Floods devastate Harriman and surround towns in Tennessee
Harriman Tennessee suffers extensive flood damage from Emery River overflow with estimates of a quarter million dollars. Two lives are reported lost and up to fifty houses washed away at Oakdale and Harriman. The Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis line bridge at Mammoth Ford washed out and trains rerouted. Across Tennessee and nearby states multiple rail washouts, river crests, and flooded streets disrupt travel and power.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Harriman
Emery River
Oakdale
Tunneat Junction
Cincinnati
Vestel Lumber Company
Hoe and Tool Company
Tennessee
Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad
Mammoth Ford
Nashville
Tullahoma
Robbery Suspects Named In Hotel Richelieu Theft
Detective O'Dea of the San Francisco police will bring back two men and a woman charged with the Kruttschnitt Apartments robbery at the Hotel Richelieu. Prisoners are Albert West Charles Vanderes and Gussie Stoltz. West fled to Los Angeles after the crime and was arrested at the Hotel Van Nuys where he worked as a bell boy.
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Los Angeles
Cal
O’dea
San Francisco
Hotel Richelieu
Albert West
Charles Vanderes
West
O'Dea
Auble
Hawley
van Nuys
Mystery man linked to robbery in San Francisco case
Police traced a cryptic lead to a luxury South Main Street lodging where Gussie Stoltz and her friend Charles Van deres alias Carl Brown revealed details about the suspect. Officers recovered two gold watches tied to Mrs Krutschnitt, while the pair carried baggage and some cash. West remained scantily supplied.
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San Francisco
Gussie Stoltz
Charles Vanderes
Carl Brown
Main Street
Richelius
Crazy Swede shoots, then dies after standoff at Russ House
Fred Jonugall, a disturbed Swedish lodger at Russ House in San Francisco, fired at least a dozen shots on First and Los Angeles streets after exchanging fire with police and striking John Long. he wounded himself fatally in the mouth as officers breached the room. The incident left nearby doors scarred and a street scene of chaos as Morey, Long, and police faced off with the gunman.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Fred Jonugall
Russ
Jonugall
William Morey
John E. Long
Long
Morey
Miles seeks Philippine duty in bid to aid peace and economy
President Roosevelt forwarded to Congress Miles's petition asking authorization to go to the Philippines with ten aides from Cuba and Puerto Rico to explain American benefits there and to advise on military disposition. The proposal would also include bringing back Filipino representatives for full consideration of their future status. The War Department rejected the plan as improper interference with current command.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Miles
Philippines
House
Burleson
Texas
Philippine Islands
Cuba
Porto Rico
United States
War Department
Threatened strike averted at Lowell cotton mills
In Lowell Massachusetts on March 29 a citizens committee and textile council representatives held an all night conference. They announced the threatened strike of 16 000 cotton mill operatives had been averted for the present. The unions agreed to withdraw the strike in the public interest while urging wage increases at the earliest opportunity.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Splrit
Denver and Rio Grande names new railroad general manager
Denver March 29 Manager J M Herbert announced the appointment of Frank W Egan as general manager of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad. He succeeds W S Martin who has resigned.
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Denver, Colo
J. M. Herbert
The
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Frank W. Egan
W. 8. Martin
Seventeen Race Horses Burned To Death In Detroit Fire
Seventeen racing horses perished when a training stable in Highland Park owned by veteran driver Frank H. Colby burned early today. The blaze destroyed the group, with sixteen horses dying in stalls and a total loss around 30000 dollars. Among the animals named were Red Royal Harry P The King Maiden Queen and Moneo, trotting and pacing stock valued at several thousand dollars each.
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Detroit
Mich
Frank H. Colby
Highland Park
Red Royal
Harry P
Trotter
the King
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Silver Creek
Knoxville, Tenn
Sentinel
Coal Creek
Knoxville and Ohio
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Jellico
Louisville
Knoxville
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Handsome
Waists
Dinkelspiel
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Army
Philppines
Capitol
Nelson A. Miles
United States Army
Californian
Lowell, Mass
Textile Council
New Railroad Official
A. H. Grenell, Jeweler
Nineteenth Street
A. Lowant
Bakersfleig
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