Flood Devastates Pittsburgh as Wenches River Flood Reaches 28 Feet
Floods along the Allegheny and Monongahela keep waters at 28 feet above the low mark. Damages run to 3 million dollars with fifty thousand workers idle. The flood swamps plants from Groetzinger tannery to Spang Chalfant works, destroys rails, and halts steel and tube lines. Wrecked bridges, landslides, and blocked lines complicate travel while towns and mills cope with raw water and fire hazards.
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Allegheny
Monongahela
Pittsburg
Davis Island
Groetzinger Tannery
Mullery Tannery
Standard Ice Company
Armstrong, McKelvy & Co
Luty & Sehram Pickling Works
MceGraw's Tannery
Carlin Foundry and Machine Company
Pittsburg Provision Company
Walker's Soap Works
Crawford's Saw Mill
Charles Nut Works
Baker Manufacturing Company
Peter Resick &Co
Hardcorg Mfg. Co
Damascus Bronze Company
Tower City Spring Company
Eagle Paint and Varnish Company
Morrison Bros.’ Stone Works
Hall Pump Works
Sicilian Asphalt and Taving Company
Pennsylvania Tube Works
Jones & Laughlins
The
National Tube Works
Elba Tren Company
National Supply Company
Weystone Smelting Company
Glenshaw Glass Comming
Span
Blick Thamond Steel Works
Thishore Bridge Works
Wayne Steel and Tren
Carnegie’s
Lucey Tarnaces
Mpescent Steel Works
Marshall Struecturanl Peuntley Company
Armastrong Coke Company
A. & H. Hamilton Corwhmns
Best Box Factory
Shoenberfer Stes Works
Fort Pitt Youndry
Ewer's Mill
Mysterious Shooting Claimed Cloormaker Father
George F. Stover a 47 year old cloormaker of 2310 Dauphin street died in a hospital from a 22 caliber bullet wound to the brain. His 19 year old daughter Annie is in custody as a witness amid police doubts of self inflicted or accidental gunfire with no revolver found.
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Philadelphia
George F. Stover
Dauphin Street
Annie
Stover
Plague Precautions Report On San Francisco Case
The U S surgeon general released the treasury commission report on San Francisco plague findings. After thorough inspection by February 16 investigators believed bubonic plague cases existed among Chinese residents with six deaths noted earlier. The panel urged strict quarantine and treating all feverish Asiatic individuals and corpses as potential plague until proven otherwise.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
Marine Hospital
Secretary of the Treasury
Simon Flexner
F. G. Novy
L. F P. Parker
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Reward Withdrawn In Kidnapping Case At Highbridge
The $10,000 reward offered by Rev. Father Mullin of the Church of the Sacred Heart Highbridge for the return of Wille McCormick and the arrest of his abductors has been withdrawn temporarily. He cites harassment from impostors and time spent away from duties, but says he will resume and raise the reward if news emerges in the coming week.
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Associated Press
New York
Father Mullin
Church of the Sacred Heart
Highbridge
Wille McCormick
Fath Mullin
Washout on D. and H. rails near Duane Albany
A serious washout on the main line of the Delaware and Hudson railroad between Duane and Albany washed away about one hundred feet of track after heavy rain. A second washout occurred on a branch line between Normanskill and Kelley’s station.
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Duane
Schenectady
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Duane and
Albany
Normanskill
Kelley's Station
Deaths of a Day in Shaver Dor April 194
Obituary notice lists several individuals connected to Shaver and surrounding areas. It notes names, dates, and places related to recent deaths, with brief biographical identifiers and referenced communities. The entry preserves date mentions and context typical of local death notices in the period.
Snow Storm Paralyzes Cleveland and Delays Eastward Trains
A ferocious April storm cripples telegraph and telephone service in Cleveland and northern Ohio, delaying trains by two to seven hours as wires, poles, and streetcar lines are damaged. New York reports west-to-east delays. floods disrupt West Street properties and mail services suffer widespread lateness.
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City of
Cleveland
New
Associated Press
Ohio
Buffalo
Pittsburg
New York
Grand Central
Western
Chicago
New England
Lake Shore
Pennsylvvania
Genral Post Ofice
San Francisco
Northwestern
West Street
Famous Blizzard Outdone in Erie Snow Storm
The Erie storm of Friday night through Saturday surpassed the 1888 blizzard in severity with twelve inches on the level in the city and three feet in nearby areas. Trolley lines were knocked out, wires down, and rubber-bound lines halted. fires sparked by crossed lines. Freight trains derailed on the Lake Shore line near Girard, with rail damage in Swanville Harbor Creek Westfield. Weather warmed to rain as services resumed irregularly.
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Evie
Bilgzard
Maren
Thee
Lake Shore
Girard
Swanville
Harbor Creek
Westfield
Erie
Fittsburg
West City
Civil service exam postponed for Philippine service agents
The civil service commission notes the April 31, 1901 examination for department assistants in the Philippine service is moved to June 6 and 4 and will be held in any U S city with postal delivery. Optional subjects in bookkeeping and finance yield credit and chances for future financial agent positions at about $2000 yearly, while the department assistant entrance salary starts at $1200.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Heavy Rain Floods Hit Connecticut Railways and Towns
Reports from New Haven indicate severe damage across the state after 36 hours of rain. Winsted faces Highland Lake overflow threats while Central New England trains between Winsted and Hartford are washed out by landslides. Derby suffers Nagatuck river flooding. the lower city remains submerged with boats on streets and crews using dynamite to clear debris.
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New Haven
Conn
Winsted
Highland Lake
Lfe
Central New England
Hartford
Whch
Satan’s Kingdom
Derby
Nagugatuck
Fire in Brooklyn Leaves Several Dead and Injured
A major blaze in Brooklyn results in multiple fatalities and injuries. Fire officials and police lead the investigation into the cause while neighbors report sighting a nearby hazard. Authorities advise residents to avoid the area as emergency services control the scene.
China to adopt Western administration features in memorial
The Chinese minister Wu Ting Fang plans a comprehensive memorial to the government outlining an enlightened policy for administrative, economic, and financial reforms. It aims to harmonize with other nations while avoiding radical changes and will detail Western governance features suitable for China. The document is nearly complete and will be presented to the imperial government.
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Washington
Wu Ting Fang
China
Weather and City News Roundup From The Morning Paper
Rain and colder today with floods reported in places. Dispatches note travel delays around Cleveland and Ireland, Aguinaldo address, and a Chinese government link. Local editorials, sermons, and legal briefs fill the page with Northeastern Pennsylvania notes on a possible fatal seating in Dunmore and suburban weather alerts.
Philippines Tariff Likely On Hold Pending Supreme Court Ruling
Washington reports that the Philippines tariff probably will not be promulgated until after the Supreme Court decision in the insular cases. The War Department notes the decision could render a new tariff unnecessary even as it continues to study rate equalization and solicit public suggestions. The previously published tariff draft drew minimal, mild criticism from interested manufacturers and shippers, with only 33 of 410 paragraphs questioned.
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Washington
Philippines
Supreme Court
War Department
Department
Taft Commission
Pittsburg or a Divorce
Harry Cook an insurance agent testified his wife refused to move from New York to Pittsburg because it was slow smoky and dirty. He was granted an absolute divorce in circuit court No. 2. They wed in Minneapolis in 1888 and later moved to New York where he earned 75 dollars a week before taking a better Pittsburg job. He has heard nothing from his wife since their separation.
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Baltimore
Harry Cook
New York
Pittsburg
Minneapolis
Children Train-Wreckers In Bethlehem Area Arrests
Four Bangor boys aged 10 to 11 were arrested for trying to wreck trains on the Lehigh and Lackawanna line near Bethlehem and Bangor. Joseph Comonte, Nicholas Comante, Frank Yamneola, and Domince Capelo admitted they opened a switch hoping to see the engine derail.
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Easton
Lehigh and Lackawanna
Bethlehem
Bangor
Joseph Comonte
Nicholas ('Omante
Frank Yamneola
Domince Capelo
Two Bank Officials Die by Their Own Hands
Charles Brown and K L Canby presidents of the First National Bank of Vancouver commit suicide near the city after the bank was closed by the currency controller. They left notes to their wives and children, and a bank shortage of 8101,000 was noted by the Bank Examiner. Brown lived in Vancouver since 1862 and Canby was a well connected cashier. The bank had deposits around 8230,000 and heavy stock ownership by Colonel Stephen Joslyn.
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Vancouver
Wash
Charles Brown
K. L. Canby
First National Bank of
Canby
Brown
J. W. Maxwell
Examiner Maxwell
Ned
United States Army
Maxwell
Stephen Josiva
Regular Army
Shafter
Beer brewery owner fails to renew license in Bellefonte
Bellefonte April 2. Matthew Volk proprietor of Hoopabure brewer faced license renewal issues after he could not file required papers. Revenue officials prevented sale of his brewery equipment choosing to hire a job man to settle the matter due to no legal warrant to seize assets.
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Bellefonte
Matthew Volk
Hoopabure
Costa
Tie
Ative Elimi
Vivense
Leer
Lelong Poswatie
Fragmentary Notice from New York City
A garbled OCR fragment mentions New York and a secretary role with references to a national party and dates. The text is uncertain but hints at a public notice or appointment with contact details and a possible event timeline. The readable items include place names and vague references to people and roles.
MacArthur Eyes Civil Government by July 1 in Philippines
General MacArthur expresses faith in Aguinaldo's pacification address and hopes to establish civilian government by July 1. Aguinaldo is in a private residence under guard, and measures for peace and releases of insurgent prisoners are reported alongside ongoing surrenders and military detour.
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General MacArthur
Aguinaldo
Crowder
Agoncillo
United States
Qlengapa
Manila
Trius
San Francisco de Malabon
Luchan
Mando-Ducat Secret Society
Agoncillo on Anxious Seat as Allegiance Swear Rumor Spreads
Exclusive dispatch from Paris April 21 reports Agoncillo delaying confirmation of Aguinaldo oath rumors while drafting a paper for the American public. If sworn allegiance is true he plans to seek American citizenship and urge Ambassador Porter for talks, triggering embassy scrutiny.
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Paris
Agoncillo
Aguinaldo
Porter
Agoneillo
Washington
Note in Family Bible Reveals Posthumous Claim
A note found in a family Bible shows a judgment for SH 000 in favor of a late husband, signed by Abram Nesbith, president of the second Nathotal bank. The document, dated March, was four days before Mr Richards' death and prompted legal action as Nesbitt sought to protect his interest through attorney Conger Valnwe.
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Wilkes-Harte
Apel
George P Wehuria
Mymouth
Gaya
Abram Nesbith
Nathotal
LRA
Richards
Sleath
Featureless coal trade trends shock markets
A distorted telegraphic report predicts a flat coal market with little change in prices. The piece notes stagnant demand and steady production, with April figures showing no rise and prices near recent levels despite earlier forecasts.
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News of the Labor World
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First National Bank of Vancouver
Associates Press
Indian Imperial Service
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Faean
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