Flood Crisis Deepens as Texas River Rises Again
Fort Worth reports Trinity river crest near the banks with a second rush of floodwater. Six inches an hour rise threatens the city as rail losses reach about 1 million dollars. Carro wton Grapevine rescues occur. Denton river overflow endangers thirteen people. Thirteen Grapevine railroad workers, trapped on a water tank, await rescue.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Trinity River
Carrowton
Grapevine
Denton
Oklahoma flood recedes but toll and damage remain high
In Guthrie Oklahoma on May 27 the floodwaters recede with eight dead and many homeless returning home. Railroads suffer widespread washouts and bridges destroyed forcing prolonged or partial train service. Estimated damage nears ten million dollars, marking the costliest disaster in Oklahoma and Indian Territory history as passengers languish in Shawnee Tulsa Muskogee.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Shawnee
Tulsa
Muskogee
Lusitania Breaks Transatlantic Speed Records
The Cunard liner Lusitania arrived in New York after a foggy 4 days 20 hours 22 minutes crossing from Daunt Rock, breaking long and short course averages. Its speed of 24.83 knots advances the ship’s bid for a British mail subsidy of 750000 dollars.
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New York
Cunard
Lusitania
Sandy Hook
Daunts Rocks
Mauretania
Flood Causes Massive Damage in Dallas Tragedy
Dallas reports flood losses exceed 1 million dollars after Trinity river floodwaters drown at least three people and render about 4000 residents homeless. Debris blocks city lights and water plants, railroads remain shut, and Frank Edwards is reported dead in McKinney Avenue backwater. Dallas merchants raise funds to aid victims as rivers slowly recede.
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Dallas
Tex
Trinity River
Texas and Pacific Railway
Frank Edwards
McKinney Avenue
Democratic convention delayed by floods in Fort Worth
In Fort Worth on May 27 the state Democratic convention could not begin as floods kept a majority of delegates from reaching the city. The convention will be held once enough delegates arrive.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Subscriptions Surpass Bond Issue Demand for Chicago Burlington
In New York on May 27 subscriptions to the 16 million dollar Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway bonds closed at J P Morgan Co. The issue was oversubscribed several times. Bonds pay 4 percent interest, mature in fifty years, offered at 95 44.
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New York
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
Minnesota Governor Delivers Landmark Speech at Alabama Commencement
Governor Johnson of Minnesota addressed the Alabama State University alumni at Tuscaloosa commencement exercises. He spoke on Landmarks of American Liberty in the presence of graduates and attendees.
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Birmingham
Ala
Johnson
Minnesota
State University
Tuscaloosa
Colonization of Korea Proposed by Japanese Company
Tokyo May 23 Objections arise to the Oriental Colonization company bill rushed through the diet. The plan mirrors the Old Fast India company to colonize Korea by Japanese, with a Japanese president and two-thirds Japanese directors and auditors. Koreans may hold one-third of officers, and Korean approval is required for officials. The venture covers land purchase, leasing, farming, seed supply, produce disposal, colonist hiring, and housing construction and care.
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Tokio
Oriental Colonization Company
Fast India Company
England
Korea
Panic In Big Sugar Refinery Explosion Kills Two
An explosion in the grinding room of the Say sugar refinery near the Orleans depot killed two workers and injured forty-two others. The seven story building shook, walls were blown out, and windows shattered as flames spread. Firemen contained the blaze and injured were taken to hospitals. investigators suspect a dynamo spark igniting sugar dust.
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Paris
Say
Orleans
Rue Dumois
Mohonk Conference Adopts Peace Platform
The Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration adopted a platform praising The Hague conference and the growing number of international treaties. It commends educational, business, professional, and labor groups for antiwar efforts and heralds The Hague final act for a future meeting. Baron Takahira, Japanese ambassador, gave the principal address.
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Lake Mohonk
N. Y
Baron Takahira
United States
Accused of Six Murders in Midwest Case
James Brimmingstall aged forty is under arrest in Dowagiac Michigan, charged with six murders in South Bend Indiana. Police say he confessed to two and expect him to admit others. His arrest followed an alleged attempt to kill his wife who escaped and alerted authorities.
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South Bend
Ind
James Brimmingstall
Dowagiac
Mich
Bresnahan
Mrs. Vanderbilt Granted Absolute Divorce in New York
An interlocutory decree of absolute divorce was granted to Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbilt from Alfred G. Vanderbilt by Justice O'Gorman in the supreme court. Mrs. Vanderbilt is awarded custody of the couple's only child, a boy.
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New York
Elsie French Vanderbilt
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Justice O'Gorman
Supreme Court
Insurgent Reacts as State Pays for Official Automobile
Pierre South Dakota May 27 The State Superintendent of Schools gains a state funded automobile and the state auditor issues a warrant to pay for it Public uproar follows with insurgents and stalwarts reacting to perceived graft Governor and officials traced through state vouchers including a post office box and home telephone payments The episode marks the largest graft claim to date fueling public concern over state expenses and accountability
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Pierre
8. D
Astred
State House
Huron
Memorial Program for Grand Army and Civil War Veterans
All members of the Grand Army and Civil War and Spanish-American War veterans and W A C will meet at Grand Army hall at 9 30 a m Saturday May 30. A procession to the cemetery by the Huron city band will be followed by ceremonies. At 2 30 p m the G A R and W A C return to Grand Army hall and march to the opera house for a program including invocation by Rev F W Long reading of Lincoln s Gett ysburg address and a oration by Judge Dick Haney among others.
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Grand Army
Grand Army Hall
Huron City Band
Opera House
Neil McKay
F. W. Long
J. C. Hatfield
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Oliver O. Young
Long
Julia Vander Stein
Dick Haney
America
Duane Rifenbark
Tornado Ravages Salem Area Causing Heavy Damage
A severe wind and rain storm struck Salem Tuesday night with tornado force. The C and N W round house was destroyed and several box cars blown off the track. Many houses and barns were wrecked in town and surrounding areas with multiple injuries reported though no lives lost. The disaster is described as the severest storm to visit the region.
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Salem
City Lots and Acreage Pulls Amid H J Vs S and 5 Ago
The notice references city lots and one acre tracts tied to a dispute labeled H J Vs S and a time marker “5 ago” with unspecified details.
Lewis and Hughes chosen bishops at the Methodist conference
Rev. Dr. Wilson S. Lewis of Morning Side College Sioux City and Rev. Dr. Edwin H. Hughes of DePauw University Greencastle were elected bishops on the fifteenth ballot. The conference considered Paragraph 348 on prohibited amusements with Henry Wade Rogers proposing a judiciary opinion. the resolution was laid on the table after opposition to preemptive reference.
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Baltimore
Wilson S. Lewis
Morning Bide College
Sioux City
Edwin H. Hughes
Depauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Lewis
Hughes
McIntyre
Bristol
Stuntz
Downey
Jennings
Mason
Hingeley
Cooke
Goodell
Henry Wade Rogers
Yale Law School
Committee On
Judiciary
Railroad leader accepts service in equity case
Boston May 27 President Charles Mellen of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad accepted service for all defendants in a United States suit to divorce the New Haven company from control of trolley lines and its stock in the Boston and Maine railroad.
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Boston
Charles. Mellen
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
United States
New Haven Company
Boston and Maine Railroad
Scarcity of Men for Ministry Sparks Presbyterian Assembly
Kansas City May 27. An unsolved problem before the general assembly of the Presbyterian church is the scarcity of men for the ministry. Speakers blamed state universities and other nondenominational schools for diverting students from religious to commercial pursuits.
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Kansas City
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Stage coach swept away at ford drowns driver and passengers
Cumberland Maryland May 2 report a stage coach was carried downstream at a ford near Williamsport and all four aboard the coach including the driver and two passengers and the team were drowned.
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Cumberland
Williamsport
Grant County
Refuse to Testify In Cincinnati Legislative Probe
Cincinnati report details the first session of a legislative committee seeking to investigate public officials in Hamilton County. George B. Cox, George Cohen, and John H Gibson refused to testify, prompting quo warranto actions to challenge the committee’s legality and power. Vivian J. Fagin testified about county fund interest routed to Cox in envelopes, while Harry E. Hope reported no interest during Leo Schott’s term and $214,998 paid after prior probes.
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Cincinnati
Legislative Committee
Hamilton County
George B. Cox
George Cohen
Board of Elections
John H Gibson
Circuit Court
Vivian J. Fagin
United States Marshal
Fagin
Leo Schott
George 8S. Chote
Harry E. Hope
Treasury
Schott
Minnesota loses suit over 2 percent gross earnings tax
Judge Hallam of Ramsey county district court confirms Chicago Great Western Railway must pay only a 2 percent gross earnings tax on its main line from St. Paul to the Iowa state line. The ruling, if not reversed on appeal, blocks the state from collecting more than 2 percent on that portion, dating to the Minnesota and Northwestern Railway charter of 1856.
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St. Paul
Hallam
Ramsey County District Court
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Iowa State Line
Chicago Great Western
Minnesota and Northwestern Railway Company
Young
Chicago Great Western Company
Minnesota and Northwestern Company
Methodists Fail to Elect Bishops After Two Ballots
At the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in Baltimore on May 23 two ballots for bishops were announced. Neither produced an election, but the rankings shifted notably led by Rev. Charles L. Goodell dropping from fifth to tenth with a 153 vote loss.
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Baltimore
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles L. Goodell
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
New York City
All Irish Industrial Conference Planned in Galway
London reports an all Irish industrial conference set for Galway on September 16 and 17. The aim is to open new markets for Irish goods abroad and invitations have been sent to chambers of commerce in America, Canada, and the Australasian colonies to participate in expanding Irish trade outlets.
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London
Galway
Ireland
Chambers of Commerce of
America
Canada
Insurance Rates Advance at Catholic Knights Convention
Kansas City May 23 The Catholic Knights of America at their convention advanced insurance rates by 25 percent. The order, a member of the National Fraternal Congress, raises premiums after the congress warned former rates did not cover expenses.
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Kansas City
Catholic Knights of America
National Fraternal Congress
Graduated Land Tax Bill Passes In Oklahoma
Guthrie Oklahoma May 23 The graduated land tax bill which limits ownership to 640 acres per person in Oklahoma was finally passed and sent to the governor. The income tax bill and the inheritance tax bill are also with the governor.
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Guthrie, Okla
Oklahoma
Goveernor
All Big Gun Warship Michigan Nears Dreadnought Status
The battleship Michigan was launched at Camden New Jersey by the New York Shipbuilding Co. Invited guests including Assistant Secretary Newberry and Governor Warner witnessed the event. Michigan measures 450 feet long with eight 12 inch guns and armor up to eleven inches, aiming for 18.5 knots.
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Camden
N. J
Michigan
New York Shipbuilding Company
Newberry
Interior
Garfield
Warner
United States
Washington
Wolverine State
Carol Barnes Newberry
Detroit
Sharp critique of District Attorney Jerome in New York county case
Closing arguments before Commissioner Hand focus on dereliction charges against William T. Jerome. Franklin Pierce for the defense asserts New York County conditions are dangerous to society and Jerome’s conduct warrants removal, alleging threats to witnesses and improper prosecutorial conduct.
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Elizabethtown
N. Y
William F. King
William T. Jerome
New York County
Hand
Hughes
Franklin Pierce
Coun
New York
William Travers Jerome
Public Prosecutor
Pierce
Jeronte
Plague Case Reported Post Decree in La Guayra
From Willemstad Curacao May 27 officials deem reopening of La Guayra port premature. An unofficial report cites another bubonic plague case since President Castro’s decree.
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Willemstad
Curacao
la Guayra
Castro
Vote to Continue Strike Among Cleveland Transit Workers
At a Cleveland meeting of striking street railway conductors and motormen the vote decided to continue the strike against the Municipal Traction Company. Additional deserters moved back into the ranks of the strikers.
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Cleveland
Municipal Traction Company
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