Santa Fe Torn Reynolds Fails Before Office Scramble
In Santa Fe Aug 20 delegates and local politicians clash over postmaster and district clerk jobs. Wilson resigns as district clerk to join law practice, Shearon seeks district clerk, others like Jaramillo and Marsh vie. Delegate Andrews arrival boosts lobbying for postmaster role. Knapp favored by odds. Supreme Court term opens with bar exams amid capitalizations board meeting and appeals on county assessments.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Wilson
New Mexico
Hanna
Ormsby MecHarg
Andrews
Bishop
David Knapp
Dr. Knapp
Arrests Rise as Mexico Tensions Mount in Nuevo Leon
Reports from Mexico City describe General Bernardo Reyes, Nuevo Leon governor and opposition vice presidential candidate, surrounded by federal troops near Galena while authorities surveil him. Rioting activists and Masons in Coahuila and Zochimilco face disorderly conduct charges as unrest spreads through northern Mexico. General Trevino moves troops to quell disturbances. Reyes birthday celebrations are canceled as fears of a broader clash grow.
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Nardo Reyes
Nuevo Leon
Galena
Senor Reyes
Regista
Coahuila
Zochimilco
Mexico City
General Reyes
Monterey
Mexico
Trevino
Third Military Zone
Reyes
Dias
Alameda
Diaz
Masonary
Mexic
Atonks
Yachtsmen Aid Treasury Balance With Foreign Craft Tax
Washington expects about 400000 to increase government revenue next September when duties on foreign built yachts are collected by the customs division. The Payne law imposes a 74 ton tax on pleasure craft built abroad and owned by Americans for six months or more, with 4h to 89 foreign built yachts owned by Americans.
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Washington
Customs Division
Treasury Department
Ex-convict Henry Day lynched after alleged double murder
Reports say Henry Day an ex convict was abducted from Wilcox county sheriff and lynched by a mob after being charged with attacking Mrs Josh Vicker and killing her and her infant last Tuesday in Piteserald Ga.
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Piteserald
Henry Day
Josh Vicker
Wilcox County
Former Chicago merchant dies after long illness
Juho T Flheayne, once a wealthy Chicago merchant, died today in a sanitarium after a period of confinement. The report notes his residence and the location of the sanitarium where he passed away.
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Hivcago
Juho T. Flheayne
Citizens of Monte Ties Aem Pou Enp Te Een
Monterey Mex Aug 20 not a weapon could be bought here today half of the men of the town are carrying concealed weapons Lodges of clandestine Masons who recognize General Keyer as chief are preparing a demonstration at Alameda Trouble I feared.
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Monterey
Mex
Keyer
Alameda
Mexican agent recruiting for rebellion in Diaz era revealed
Beaumont Texas Aug 2 predicted from Charles Valenguela a wealthy Mexican reports two Bernardo Reyes agents sought his pledge to join a Díaz overthrow movement. He says the agents aimed to enlist support if the insurrection sharpens its course.
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Beaumont
Texas
Charles Valenguela
Bernardo Reyes
Diaz
Reyes
Birthday Quiet in Monterey as Reyes Celebrated
Celebration of General Bernardo Reyes birthday passed quietly in Monterey Mexico Aus 20. A serenade on the Alameda was orderly with no disturbances. Buildings were decorated with electric lights though some features were missing. Police were numerous, military authorities prepared for emergencies. the penitentiary adjoining the Alameda reported filled with federal troops.
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Monterey
Mexico
Aus
Bernardo Reyes
Alameda
Church to run on business basis shocks leaders
Chicago August 24 The executive committee of the International Sunday School Democratic party heard H. J. Heinze declare he will not join any church enterprise unless its finances are managed like a successful business. He urged formal accounting and efficiency.
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Chicago
Sofia! Democraton
H. J. Heinze
Pittsburg President Urges Reforms in Sunday School Finance
Pittsburg official of the Pennsylvania Sunday School association quotes Dow on expanding work beyond funds. Mr Heinze pleads for a stronger financial system in Christian work urging planners to deduct shrinkage from capital and to test credit by attempting borrowing.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Sunday School Association
Dow
Heinze
Americans May Build Railroad in Turkey Vast 1250 mile line near Persian frontier
Constantinople Aug 20 The chamber of deputies discussed granting a concession to an American syndicate to build a railroad from Stevas Asiatic Turkey to Lake Van near the Persian frontier a distance of 1250 miles The ministers of public works and finance backed the plan.
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Constantinople
Chamber of Deputies
Stevas
Turkey
Lake van
Girl Drowns With Philadelphia Lawyer At Wildwood
In a suicide attempt to save life of W Brooke Lessig a Philadelphia lawyer and a younger Philadelphia society leader Miss Virginia Paul drowned in the surf at Wildwood Crest. Neither body was recovered.
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Virginia Paul
Morning Journal
Wildwood
N. J
W Brooke Lessig
Philadelphia
Wildwood Crest
Philadelphia Society
Powers Advise Turkey to Make Haste Slowly
London reports four protecting powers Great Britain Russia Italy and France urge Turkey to accept not rushing Crete settlement and propose appealing to the powers over Berlin treaty for any grievances. The note stresses safeguarding Turkish interests and seeking peace through the coalition's guidance.
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Turkey
London
Great Britain
Russia
Italy
France
Crete
Macedonia
Berlin
Roosevelt mobilizes taxidermist for Roosevelt animals
Washington news reports George J. Turner chief taxidermist of the Smithsonian is recalled from vacation to work on eighty two skins of African animals sent by the Roosevelt party, ensuring prompt treatment and preservation.
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Washington
Cgeorge J. Turner
Smithsonian Institution
Roosevelt
Suspects Seized In Pell Street Slaying Flight From City To City
Aug 7. Reports say Suspects Lou Tong and Chu Wahi were arrested after Chin Ling alleged his bride Celestial had been killed by a rejected admirer from San Francisco. Police say Chin Ling’s story ties Lou Tong to the flight from San Francisco to Chicago then New York.
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Pell Street
Chin Lang
San Francheco
Chicago
Chin Ling
Chu Wahi
Lou Tong
San Francisco
Louw Tong
New York
Ling
Kitt
Taft to Visit Mexican Territory for Diaz Meeting
President Taft accepts Diaz invitation and plans to visit El Paso and Ciudad Juarez on October 16. The two leaders will exchange visits as U S and Mexican troops assemble along the border while Taft weighs interstate commerce and anti trust policy with Attorney General Wickersham.
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Diaz
Mexico
el Paso
Juarez
Senor de la Barra
South
Diag
Mr. Taft
Rio Grande
Ciudad Juarez
United States
Fl Paso
Ciudad Juares
Wicckersham
Wickersham
Juarez Plans 20 000 Entertainment Budget for Presidents
Juarez city authorities vote to appropriate 20000 for hosting Presidents Ding and Tatio during their October 16 meeting. Plans include extensive decorations and a bull fight as part of the festivities.
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Juarez
Mexico
Ding
Tatio
Farmers battle fire threatening timbered farms near Lake Coeur d Alene
About 300 farmers defend homes as a massive forest fire three miles wide menaces fir and tamarack timber west of Lake Coeur d Alene. For forty hours efforts failed to stop it and as it split positions toward Mockeford and Taylor, immediate control seems unlikely with $260,000 worth of timber per mile destroyed and total damage at least $2,254.
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Oround
Lake Coeur Walene
Mockeford Tay
Five Hundred Women Riot at Pittsburg Plant
Five hundred women faced strikebreakers at the Pressed Steel Car Company plant near Pittsburg Pa. Soldiers were called to suppress the crowd as stones were hurled over fences. The anxious mob surrounded the stockade and shouted in protest during the morning agitation over the company strike.
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Amazons
Pressed Steel Car Company
Pittsburg
Specter
Vilttebure
Aus
Riot at plant as state troops quell strike scene
State troops clashed with rioters at a factory after a strike. Women attacked the stockade and restaurant hitting windows with bricks while Amazon Brigade members shouted in multiple languages. Troopers on horses dispersed the mob and some shots were fired at new workers entering the plant.
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Amazon Brigade
New Mexico Lands Designated for Enlarged Homesteads
Interior Secretary designates 631,680 acres near Portales Taliban and Yesso and in the Matuncia valley in New Mexico as enlarged homestead lands. Total acreage in New Mexico reaches 68,529,520 with 2,959 acres set for temporary power sites along the White River.
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Iby Morning Journal
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Portales
Yesso
Matuncia Valley
New Mexico
Pierce
White River
Pope Pius Gave Meter Car to Cardinal Merry del Val
In Rome on Aug 20 Pope Pius presented a luxurious meter car to Cardinal Merry del Val, secretary of state, after noting Vatican gardens were too small for his use. Wealthy Americans from Plymouth funded the gift. the event was reported from frame Aug 26.
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Vatican
Pope Pius
Merry del Val
Attack on a Spat jah convoy reported at Melilla
Huffians launched a determined assault on a Spanish convoy near Melilla. In the fighting two Span iarde were killed and several wounded before the attack was repulsed.
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Melilla
Fireworks on Midstream Barge Trigger Fatal Iowa Accident
At Burlington Iowa a pyrotechnic display on a river barge sparked a fire that caused five people to leap into the Mississippi. Two women from Mount Pleasant Iowa drowned, while three men were rescued exhausted.
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Hy Morning Journal
Burlington
Iowa
Marshall Jordan
Conover
Mount Pleasent
Made Millick Betrayed By Brother In Mexican Counterfeit Plot
The Morning Journal reports John Roberts, a million peso counterfeiter, was arrested after betraying his brother Marion. Roberts, once an engineer in Mexico, admitted forging pesos and attempted to pass notes through Louisville brokers J M Fetter & Co. He claimed Marion would have shared the proceeds if they stayed united.
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Roberts
Stimpsonville
United States
Blaydes
Marion
J. M Fetter & Co
Louisville
John Roberta
Ohio River
John Hoberts
New York
Marion Roberts
John
Fire attempt at Pressed Steel Plant in Pittsburgh thwarted
An arson attempt at the Pressed Steel Car plant in McKee’s Rocks was halted when police detected the blaze. Strikers had threatened to dynamite the steamer NH OH Pfeifel used to ferry strike breakers, prompting the crew to quit and refuse passage across the river.
Harriman Returns Home After Enervating Cure
Aug 20 news from Aris reports that despite circulating rumors Harriman’s health is not critical. The Budgastein cure is described as enervating with patients sent to quiet aftercare resorts. Harriman could not settle in a foreign site for full rest, and his doctors advised returning home.
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Aris
MW. Harriman
Budgastein le
Maurriman
Denver session ends forest land dispute with resolution
In Denver the Transmississippi congress adopted a Patterson motion calling for a law dividing agricultural, mineral and forest lands, aiming to settle the Pinchot dispute. Governor Hadley of Missouri spoke on rates, endorsing government ownership of railroads to improve inland waterways.
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Morning Journal
Denver
Colorado
Gifford Pinchot
Transmississippi Congress
Patterson
Congress
Pinchot
Frank Goudy
Mr. Pinchot
Goudy
Hadley
Mitesouri
Te Wan
Harriman Jr Joins Railroad Survey Team For Summer
Chicago August 20 Avertil Harriman son of BE W Harriman works up from ground, choosing railroad surveying over Europe. He joined Oregon Short Line party in Idaho carrying chains with George Dixon of New York at 654 dollars per month, to be treated as an ordinary employee.
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Chicago
Avertil Harriman
BE. W. Harriman
Europe
George Dixon
New York
Oregon
Wichita Again Seeks Four Day Liquor Ban
Wichita commissioners enacted an ordinance to stop liquor sales for four days starting Monday. Strong public pressure included talk of using recall to enforce a swift, permanent day of this liquor ban.
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Wichita
Kan
Deadly Electrical Storm Hits Central Louisiana
An Aug. 34 heat wave in Alexandria Louisiana was broken by the worst electrical storm in Central Louisiana history. Two people were killed, one paralyzed and two rendered unconscious by the lightning.
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Alexandria
Louisiana
Convention muzzled by Colorado judge at national congress
Denver report notes Judge J B Shelef ord and others challenging the handling of national proceedings. Delegates faced constrained debate despite a motion to allow free discussion for an hour daily.文
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Denver
Joe” Cannon
J. B. Sheleford
Colorado
Transmissionippi Commercial Congress
Mississippi
Helford
W. G. Stone
National Forestry
Burreau
Pinechot
John W. Milliken
Northwest
Missing Waratah Steamer Abandoned Search
Caonetown reports that the government and admiralty have ended efforts to locate the steamer Waratah which departed Port Natal on July 26 for London with about 300 people aboard. The overdue Menarandra from Madagascar to East London is said to be twenty four days late and may be assisting Waratah.
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Admiralty
Port Natal
London
Madagascar
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