Biggest Combine Yet Unite Carnegie and CrampE Ship Co
New York reports talks are under way for a merger between the Carnegie shipbuilding group and Cramp E shipbuilding interests. Representatives have met in Atlantic City and deny a steel and shipbuilding trust is forming. The move follows Carnegie wealth consolidations with aims at alliance with a major shipbuilder.
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New York
New Carnegie Company
Cramp Ehip
Atlantic City
New York Steel
Carnegie
Weather notes from Boston to Buffalo April 9 1900
Local forecast across cities shows fair or partly cloudy skies Tuesday and Wednesday with northerly winds. Observations report barometer readings around 20.6 to 20.85 inches, temperatures around mid-20s to low 40s, wind directions NW to W, and varying cloudiness. Agricultural bureau notes clear or partly cloudy conditions in many stations with minor precipitation none.
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Boston
Washington
New England
New York
Portland
The
Agricultural Department Weather Bureau
Philaana
Buffalo
Detroit
After the Flood Texas Stock Losses Rise
Texas tracks flood aftermath with stock counts and property losses. Reports from Wharton Lafayette Bastrop and nearby areas describe basements inundated bridges washed out and lives lost or missing amid receding waters. Rail lines note about 60 washouts and ongoing river rises. Local towns such as Bastrop and Le Grange report varying damage as the Concha river continues to affect the region.
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Austin
Tex
Wharton
Lafayette Countier
Bastrop County
Concha
le Grange
Hayette County
Rail routes crippled by floods hit Texas towns hard
International and Great Northern and Missouri Kansas Texas lines sustain heavy washouts and bridge loss from Hearne to the Rio Grande, with sections from Taylor to Milano and to North Texas points largely abandoned. Cotton crop damage seen as limited due to early season, while Avetin residents discuss rebuilding dams and powering the city. The water department pursues salvage and a steam pump to restore services. Governor Sayers allocates 500 dollars from flood relief funds to aid the homeless and poor.
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International and Great Northern Railroad
Misoouri
Kanens
Avetin
Concensus
Old Water Commission
Water and Light Commission
Sayers
Oly
Dozen or More Die in Texas Floods and Storms
Goneales Texas April 9 The flood situation remains dire as the river drops only four feet since yesterday. Loss of cattle is heavy and at least a dozen lives are feared dead. A Lobomen and his wife drowned after jumping into rising water while others, including a negro boy and two Mexicans, are missing. Bodies reportedly snagged by snakes and barbed wire. Farmlands ruined. Arkamenna Pass railroad two miles blocked. bridges and track damaged. Upsipus Christi reports schooners blown ashore and stranded on the beach.
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Goneales
Tex
Arkamnena Pass
Upsipus Christi
Colorado River Flood Claims Fifty Lives in Texas
Reports from Dallas indicate the Colorado River rising and flooding numerous districts across southern Texas. Over fifty lives lost, with Austin and Bastrop heavily affected as rail and river traffic collapse. La Grange notes a continued rise four feet above last year’s flood with substantial property damage and no train service on major lines.
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Dallas
Texas
Austin
la Grange
Colorado
Haetrop
Texan
California
Texas and Pacific
Crosby Will Filed for Probate After Death
The will of the late Horace Crosby was filed for probate. It leaves 100,000 to his nephew Horace Choney of Belfast Maine.
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Titeburg
Horace Crosby
Crosby
Horace Choney
Belfast
Yukon creeks to clean up for half a million dollars
A Yukon paper estimates that the dumps on Hunker and Dominion creeks in Klondike will require a spring cleanup valued at about four hundred ninety thousand to five hundred thousand dollars. The inspection covered all dumps and their tributaries to assess the cleanup scope and cost.
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B. C
Hunker
Dominion Creeks
Klondike
Yukon
In For Winter Of It Hopes Based On Early Achievements
Early achievements raise expectations for winter plans but those hopes appear to stall as the season unfolds. The report notes initial successes and mounting challenges, with key figures cited as facing tougher conditions ahead.
British Plans For Winter Campaign At Mafeking
London April 10 Britons accept a winter campaign under Lord Roberts likely to last months. The eighth division moves toward Kimberley as Kitchener safeguards rail lines while Roberts remounts and outfits troops with woolen khaki. Mafeking siege relief, ambush attempts, mine discovery, and dynamite unearthed frame the advance.
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London
Lord Roberts
Thiele
Kimberley
Bloemfontein
Lord Kitchener
Brabant
Gatacre
Roberts
Hiate
Mafeking
Aspen Lown
Boers Near Bloemfontein Tighten Ring
Bloemfontein reports say Boer forces close in around the city as railway and telegraph work progress. British scouts indicate Boer patrols approaching, with trenches prepared and guards alert. the garrison appears increasingly isolated as operations unfold in the vicinity.
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London
Bloemfontein
Delly Telegraph
Raya
Donkershort
Californian’s Hull Repair Trails to Portland Debacle
The Allan Emm steamer Californian arrived in Boston after a Portland tow with about 20,000 feet of lumber and seventy barrels of cement. Divers worked to repair a perforated bottom, filling gaps between broken plates while the keel remained largely intact. Separately, C H Brown, a Kilby Street cotton broker, filed for bankruptcy with assets of 289,205 and nominal liabilities of 123,769.
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Boston
Portland
C. H. Brown
Kilby Street
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China
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Middle ST
Anderson, Adams & CO
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Orace Anderson
Cana. C. Adams
Tuos
J. Lirrcek
Carnegie Co
Local Weather Report
Colorado River
Houston
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Columbus
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Rmoke
Ily
Lagrange
Kansas & Texas Road
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Cape
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Free State Rand
Kroonstad
Hiscber-Wolmarans Deputations
Peaee
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Duke of Marlborough
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the Times
Enya
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Times
Wepener
Allwal
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Aieutenant
Houxville
Cape Artillery
Queenstown Mounted
Onape Town
Daily Mall Telegraphing
New York Mutual Life Insurance Company
Bokks South
Daily
Mall
Suodayasaya
Great Britain
Rhodesia
St. Petersburg
Nicoblas
Moscow
Paardeberg
Kinsardy
Uarnavon
Cape Colony
Clevelands
Cleveland
Gleveland Baking Powder CO
Waitt and Bond
Blackstones
Havana
Presumpscot Manufacturing Co
Cumberland Milts. Me
Middle Street Paint Store
H. H. Hay & Son
Middle Street
Oren Hooper’s Sons
Benson
A.M. Wentworth
Practical Optician
Congress St
Wspa
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