Trains Surrounded by Rising Arkansas Flood Near Memphis
Two passenger trains on the Cotton Belt and Frisco routes are trapped by floodwaters about three miles west of Bridge Junction, Ark, as Arkansas floods isolate lines into Memphis. About 150 passengers and crew remain aboard, with no danger reported, while railroad crews provide care. River stages in the Memphis area are at flood highs, but tributaries north of Memphis are receding. railroad traffic cannot resume until flood levels drop.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arkanena
Trice’s Landing
Cotton Belt
Ifraro
Pointe
Bridge Junction
Ark
Travia
Thy Bron Mountain
Altmar
Troops Recalled After Colorado City Strike Trouble
Governor Peabody ordered troops recalled from Colorado City after a strike incident two days earlier. Private secretary investigated the situation and recommended home return. Protests by leaders in Colorado Springs and Colorado City occurred, but the governor said danger has passed.
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Colorado
Colorado City
Denver
Colo
Peabody
Amelior
Colorado Springs
Mine Disaster At Cardiff Force Abandonment Of Mine
State Mine officials report a fire from recent explosions has burnt shaft timbers and destroyed engine and machine room facilities at Cardiff mine. The mine will be flooded and abandoned with no likely recovery of the remaining bodies. Four hundred miners were employed and are preparing to leave town as the company faces a loss of seven hundred fifty dollars.
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Cardiff
Springfield
Speelad Saya
Ryan
United Mine Workers
Carpenters to Appeal Decision In Indianapolis Case
General Secretary Duffy of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners says the union will appeal the Downey ruling favoring the International Wood Workers Union. If needed, the appeal goes to the American Federation of Labor, then to organized labor. A New York disputes note says Jingo the elephant died at sea aboard the Georgie, 22 years old, 17 feet high, six tons, valued at 50000. Alice Pleads Not Guilty. Mayors of Minneapolis and Ames plead not guilty to seven indictments amid claims of frauds, conspiracy and extortion. Bail set at 14000. Coal Strike Commission report to Roosevelt to be public Saturday. Burdick case delay in Buffalo. District attorney in Pittsburgh reports a sore throat.
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Indianapolis
Nina
Duffy
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Wnh Joiners
Brotherhood
BL. Downey
Amalqaimareal Woodworkers’ International Union
American Federation of Labor
Wand
Organized Labor
New York
Jingo
Jumbo
Georgie
Liverpool
Alice
Mitaeapolis
Ames
Turilaes
River Flood Devastates Memphis Area and Arkansas
Severe flooding in the Mississippi valley around Memphis worsens by the hour. Cited towns include Marion Arkansas where residents flee, the St Francis and Mississippi basins flood vast regions, and rail service to San Francisco and St. Louis areas halts. Rescue attempts rely on a levee breach or steamer aid as hundreds are stranded and livestock lost.
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Missiesippi
Memphin Ia
Arkansas
Mississippi
Memphis
St. Francis and
Mississipp
Marion
Ark
St. Lauia
San Francisco
Senate Ratifies Treaty With Colombia in Isthmian Canal Era
The Senate voted 73 to 5 to ratify the Colombia treaty for the isthmian canal amid an executive session. Members expressed gratification at ending the long dispute, but the chamber remained silent with no cheers or applause.
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Washington
Senate
Republic of Colombia
Shot For Leaving Pesthouse In Rebel County
A dispatch reports Clyde Keller, son of a local physician, killed William Wernyer at the pest house after a guard on duty fired when Wernyer refused to stay. A boy about nine also died and J F Ramp was wounded on Paris main street during the incident involving a Louisville and Nashville train crew.
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Rad- Aled
Clyde Keller
William Wernyer
Ketler
Pest
Webb
J. F. Ramp
Paris
Wohhoda
Louisville
Nashville
Airroast
Ramp
Three Perished in Flames at Beerthu Gat Dwelling
A Winnipex man reported a fire at a dwelling near Lake Whisipeg on Saturday night. The husband attempted to rescue his wife and two children but all perished. another man tried to aid two more children who also died.
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Lins
Beerthu
Abe
Oddufsson
Mus
Collision in Illinois Injures Wireman and Shakes Passengers
A Joliet man, Connolly, was badly hurt when a Rockdale bound passenger train collided with a freight Tuesday morning. Passengers were shaken, several cut and bruised, with no one seriously hurt. The wreck stemmed from a fault in the switch system near Rockdale.
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Joliet
Piasthound Rock Teland
Rockdale
Wireman Connolly
Trains Meet In Fog Near Franklin Indiana
A fogbound collision south of Franklin Indiana injures ten passengers but none seriously. A southbound sleeper rear ended by a northbound train sent passengers into a frenzy as they evacuated cars. Dr. Ames of Minneapolis reports the injured are being cared for, while a prisoner is held by sheriff in custody.
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Endiana
Franklin
Ind
Saga
Monen Drailpond
Lyclone
Here
Revolution Breaks Out in Uruguay Across Several Departments
Reports from Montevideo indicate a revolution has erupted in the departments of Rivera Morras and Mas doning. The government reportedly does not deploy troops or support to quell the uprising.
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Uruguay
Montevideo
Ivera
Mlores
Masdoning
Devastating hurricane hits lower archipelago death toll rises
Reports from March 16 in San Francisco recount a hurricane strike on the Tnamotu lower archipelago from January 14 to 16. Fiji island fatalities reach about , with Hikneta Island alone reporting 377 deaths among visiting divers. six other small islands add 140 deaths. Total fatalities believed above 00. Massive property losses estimated at 500000 dollars. Survivors describe people swept to sea, bodies piled in debris, and parents losing children as waves and rain destroyed villages. The epidemic of a virulent menses affected natives, reducing casualties, and rescue efforts are underway.
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Hutrlcine Lower Archipielago
Paheeta
Maren 4
San Francisco
Hiknetra
Hiknern
Free for all fight leaves two dead in Latrobe incident
A Latrobe report describes a Saturday night brawl in the Chestnut Ridge foothills near Bagenley that left two men murdered and several others badly wounded. Victims fled in fear to seek police protection as revolvers knives razors and miners’ picks were used in a brutal melee over a beer dispute.
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Latrobe
Bagenley
Priesta J
Haiti
Sover
Hes
Death and disgrace stain a doctor and twin brother
Dr Meee and his twin brother were linked to a fatal incident at a stable in Eehwirdaville, Til. The arrest followed a criminal assault charge against Dr Meee who was deeply troubled by the case. The doctor, 40, died from morphine administration, leaving a widow and child.
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Minois
Poroer
Dand
Dre Medvee
Eehwirdaville
Til
Hys
New York Boy Dies After Rabies Bite
A New York boy died Monday from hydrophobia after being bitten by a suspected rabid creature. The incident occurred at a residence where a servant and two others were exposed. Despite convulsions, the boy passed away under sedatives with no signs of illness shown by the butler.
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New York
Potie
Henry
Mes
Adenry TS Laaans
Vliet
Che Bite
Builer
Tng
Bey
Court Denies Injunction Against Spalding Bicycle Use
Atchison district court rejects injunction by Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe to bar Hautes AL Spalding from riding a bicycle on the railroad track. The judge says company could sue for trespass, but Spalding has a patent attachment allowing him to ride.
New Loop Hole in Gallaugher Case Sparks Legal Drama
Attorney B Holbert claims a clerical dating error in the October 5 perjury indictment could grant Mrs Gallaugher a new trial. County Attorney Fairchild disputes the flaw, while Judge Byington prepares to sentence. Rumors surface that Opal Coldwell may face perjury charges as witnesses clash on key testimony.
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Ca. B. Holbert
Mra. Gallangher
Gallangher
Sarah Ellen Gallaugher
Opal Coldwell
Miss Coldwell
Mrs. Gallagher
Charles Holada
For the Love of a Girl: Youth Shoots Self in Despair
William Warner, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Warner of this city, attempted suicide by a 32 caliber pistol shot to the head during a late Saturday night party. He stated that his deed was spurred by unreturned affection for Miss Haddie Linke, daughter of a local shoe dealer. he was hospitalized and later recuperated at home.
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William Warner
Louis Warner
Warner
Maple Street
Robert Marshall
Haddie Linke
Iowa City
Jacob Brum
Brean
Bartender Heir to Fortune in Atlantic Dispatch
Jowan, a bartender in Witaad'a saloon, is named as one of seven or eight heirs to the late William Huntzinger of Postville, Pa. The estate is valued near $200,000, entitling him to about $25,000. Huntzinger, who came from Des Moines and married an Atlantic newspaper founder's daughter, anticipated a future gift though not such a fortune.
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Jowan
Atlantic Dispatch
al Bluntsinger
William Huntzingee
Postville
Huntzinger
Thin City
Des Moines
Atlantic
J. C. Johnson
The
Atlantic Messenger
Cstate
My. Huntzinger
Love Letters in Court in Breach of Promise Case
Miss Jennie Dunn of Blairstown won a 5000 dollar verdict in a breach of promise suit against Dr. Warren Reed of Chicago and St. Louis. Seventeen letters were read in court in which Reed claimed miracles and cure. Dunn handed the letters to her lawyer after engagement and a landlady’s treatment scheme. In other notes, Holada claims innocence as he is sent to the penitentiary after remarks on James Gallaugher. A ruse leads to the capture of Arthur Sherlock by sheriff and farmers test. The Iowa Unitarians plan a ten thousand dollar endowment fund for state church work in Sioux City.
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Mies Dunn
Blairstown
Cedar Rapids
Jennie Dun
Warren Reed
Chicago
St. Louis
Jesus
Holada
Hafer
Fort Madison
Charles Holada
James Gallaugher
Unitarians of
Iowa
Sioux City
Iroquoie Pearl Button Factory Walkout Shocks Dubuque
A Dubuque dispatch reports about two hundred workers at the Iroquoie pearl button factory walking out on Friday. The dispute centered on the superintendent and the discharge of four grievance committee members who demanded the foreman be removed.
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Dubuque
Iroquoie
Prison Gallagher Woman Sentenced for Perjury
Mrs Callaugher receives a fifteen year term after a new trial ruling by Judge Washington in the Gallangher perjury case. The murder of James Gallangher in his bed on February 20, 1802 is linked to testimony by Chas Hollada, who admitted aiding the plan and testified to illicit relations, later confessing to second degree murder and receiving life.
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Callaugher
Aperindsitys
Judine Byington Brethled
Ntollot
Gallangher
Mons Day
Anamosa
James Gallangher
Jas. Gallangher
Lockout at Waterloo demands nonunion carpenters
Waterloo workers face clash as contractors refuse to hire union carpenters. Journeymen push a nine hour day and eighty cents per hour with union men barred, prompting organized labor across multiple trades and a possible citywide confrontation.
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Waterloo
Anya
Waterton
Hnsihers
Atlantic Man Seriously Injured In Accidental Explosion
Vernon Clemens of Atlantic was struck by a misplaced tomato can that proved to be a high explosive. The blast left him severely cut and possibly blind in both eyes. Investigators have not yet determined how the device came to be there despite extensive tracing efforts.
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Atlantic
Vernon Clemens
Mayor Wray of Oskalonna Splits From Wife He Married
Mayor Wray of Oskaloosa, who wed New Year’s day at Bette Phiiie to Mrs. Dora A. Burr, declares he will not be responsible for her henceforth. The marriage caused a sensation and the abrupt separation has sparked a second furor as Burr was rumored to be wealthy and Wray accuses her of deceit in money matters and other aspects.
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Mayor Wray
Oskalonna
Boone student loses legs in freight train theft attempt
C B Van Vleet, ISU student, tried to board a moving freight near Ontario, fell under wheels, both legs amputated below the knee. He was rushed to Boone hospital. recovery chances are very slight. Also reported are Estherville pupil strike over expulsions led by Principal Miss Misa Cullum.
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Boone
C. B. van Vleet
Iowa State College
Ontario
van Vliet
Tracer
Boone Hospital
Estherville
Misa Cullum
Miss Cullum
Ais
Dukes
Judgment of $14 000 Against Ten Insurance Companies
In district court Judge Gaynor ruled for P.P. Dalton against ten insurance firms over the Fluugher block fire last April. The suit stems from Barsrow Bros. loss and the burning of their gold stacks.
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LeMars
Gaynor
P.P. Dalton
Bars Row Bros
Trade Review Highlights Mixed U S Market Movements
The Weekly Trade Review notes brisk activity in some sectors while others lag. Western shipments improve but eastern freight remains weak, while rail earnings rise 14.1 percent from last year and 18.3 percent over 1901. Grain exports, copper strength, and building work show notable trends amid erratic raw materials markets.
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New York
Atoche
St Mart
Ronda
Isantisfactory
Massachusetts
United States
Canada
National Market Prices Drill Down Across U S Cities
A dense list of commodity quotes across Chicago, Indianapolis, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Toledo, Buffalo, New York, and other markets shows cattle, hogs, and sheep price ranges, wheat and corn grades, oats, rye, corn prices, butter, eggs, and dairy values, with broader notes on Austria Hungary buying abroad and a Vancouver coal discovery.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Neep
Detroit
Milwaukee
Park
Toledo
New York
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Mounday
John Thompson
Arenua
Honolulu
Prince Albert Kaniakeue
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Harlan
Sheriff Stewart
Ed Parker
Stod Wijck
Polk Pownstip
Arthur Sherlock
Walker
Wick
Dalton
Fouken
Cherokee
John Rholes
LeMats
Rholes
Indianola
Heam
Baz
Bradstreet
Bradatreet
Austria-Hungary
Vancouver, Island
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