Desolation in Monterey Flood Drowns Town
Flooding along the Santa Catarina river devastates Monterey Mexico with up to 800 feared dead, 15 000 homeless, and 12 million in property losses. The disaster stretches to Saltillo and Tamaulipas with bridges washed out, railways impaired, and darkness amid rising floodwaters.
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Monterey
Mexico
Santa Satarina
Santa Catarina
Saltillo
Bag- Dag
Tamaulipas
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Guanajuato
Coahuila
Neuvo, Leon
Men Leave Plant Alleged Bad Treatment
Pittsburg workers at the Pressed Steel Car Plant quit their jobs claiming severe mistreatment. They describe unbearable conditions in the stockade, rot rotten soup served by filthy negro waiters, vermin in beds, inflated clothing prices, and four for ten cent stamps, with alleged peonage and unchecked gambling in the commissary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Escaping Prisoner Killed in Meridian
Edward Strickland a federal prisoner jailed in Meridian Mississippi escaped with two others by prying a trap door in the jail yard. Strickland who had been arrested on a mail robbery charge was killed hours later in a pursuit by a sheriff's posse.
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Meridian
Miss
Edward Strickland
Strickland
Post Ofice
J Fail
Dallas postal superintendent shot by divorced wife
Flanary, superintendent of the registry department at the Dallas post office, was fatally wounded by his divorced wife in the downtown business district. The woman was arrested and Flanary was rushed to a hospital with three gunshot wounds to the abdomen. little hope for recovery was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Filanary
Tegistry
Dallas Post Office
Flanary
Threats of a Tariff War Loom Over Negotiations
Washington recognizes that unless State Department talks with Germany succeed under the maximum and minimum tariff clause, a commerce war may erupt. Germany and France press for retaliation, arguing the new tariff targets Germany while recalling 1908 trade figures of American imports to Germany at 307 million dollars and German imports to the United States at 121 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
State Department
Germany
France
United State
United States
Almost Race Riot Narrowly Averted in Parade
In Kansas City Missouri a clash during a parade by the Supreme Lodge of the Negro Knights of Pythias nearly erupted into violence as a laundry wagon led by W S Jarboe and his wife was challenged by armed Knights. The crowd surged, the horse’s bridle was seized, and Mrs Jarboe struck at the men before the armed knights restored order prior to police arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Negro Knights of Pythias
Supreme Lodge of the
W. S. Jarboe
Gompers Aims for International Labor Federation
At the British Trade Union Congress in Ipswich during the first week of September, AFL President Samuel Gompers plans to propose forming an international labor federation. He suggests a membership of 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 across the old and new worlds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Federation of Labor
British Trade Union Congress
Ipswich
England
Gompers
Labor Federation
Man Leaps at Macon Bridge Threat to Self Ends Arrest
Macon Georgia police arrested J. L. Dees, an employee, as he attempted to leap from a high bridge over the Ocmulgee river. His wife alerted authorities after he had been acting queerly and threatened to end his life, and Dees did not return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Ocmulgee
J. L. Dees
Dees
Damaging Testimony In Secret Peonage Probe
In Pittsburg three hours of testimony described alleged conditions at the Pressed Steel Car Company plant in Schoenville where 3,500 workers are on strike. The public hearings in peonage charges against the firm ended, with Government Agent H. Hoagland and three Secret Service men continuing the investigations privately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
Schoenville
Argent H. Hoagland
Secret Service
Jobs Return as Railroads Order Billions in Rolling Stock
New York reports orders since January 1 by railroad express and dispatch firms for 100 million to 175 million dollars worth of rolling stock.Several plants once running half time now operate at full capacity, bringing thousands of formerly unemployed workers back to steady jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Railroad, Express and Dispatch
Gulf Storm Ravages Pedro and Brazos Islands
Brownsville Texas refugees rescued by life saving crew report extensive damage to Pedro and Brazos Islands after a gulf storm. At Tarpon Beach nearly every structure except the lighthouse and quarantine station suffered damage or destruction, with no lives yet confirmed lost.
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Brownsville
Texas
Brazos de Santiago
Pedro and Brazos Islands
Tarpon Beach
Forest fire threatens Yosemite Merced Group sequoias
Yosemite California forest fire at the valley entrance endangers the Merced Group sequoias and famous sequoia grove. The Alabama legislature session adjourned. A proposed constitutional prohibition amendment will be submitted to voters in the last week of November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yosemite
Cal
Yosemite Valley
Merced
Cholera outbreak and other world news from Washington
News notes from Washington report Asiatic cholera in Rotterdam and a gulf coast hurricane. Also covered are UK politics, a suicide, Italian earthquake damage, deaths of notable figures, Mexican swindlers unearthed, treaty and tariff tensions, and various international incidents and trials.
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Gulf
Mexico
House of Commons
Rotterdam
United States
Germany
Lord Eliot
Earl of St. Germans
England
Siena
Italy
London
George Manville Fenn
Suffragist Hints Gun Action at Legislature
New York reporter quotes Mrs. Julia Goldzier of Bayonne proposing women arm themselves and march on the capitol. She says bloodshed may be needed if the legislature refuses suffrage and hints the Capitol at Trenton could be surrounded and stormed.
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New York
Julia Goldzier
Bayonne
California
Elizabeth Gerberding
Woman's League of Justice
San Francisco
League of Justice
Gerbercin
New York Press
Moors Slaughtered by Artillery Fire Near Restinga
From Lisbon reports Melilla dispatches say Moroccan coast fighting is general. Spanish artillery inflicted heavy losses with 350 Spanish casualties and about 1000 Moorish deaths in three days. A Moorish deserter says Spanish prisoners were tortured and decapitated, with bodies dumped in a mass grave on Mount Guruga. estimates cite around 1000 prisoners.
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Lisbon
Melilla
Morocco
Restinga
Mount
Guruga
Cholera On Vessel Bound For Baltimore
A cablegram from the American consul at Rotterdam indicates the Dutch ship Andyk sailing to Baltimore with cholera aboard. The slow steamer is not expected to reach Cape Charles by September 8.
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Washington
Andyks
United States
Rotterdam
Marine Hospital Service
State Department
Andyk
Baltimore
Cape Charles
Threats of Lynching Demand Punishment in Panama
A World special from Panama reports Americans in the Canal Zone threatening lynching Gen Herbert O Jeffries unless punished for killed William Nichols Chandler editor of the Panama Press. Jeffries is a prisoner in a room of the police station and says he is sorry yet has backing to evade punishment.
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New York
Panama
Canal Zone
Herbert O. Jeffries
William Nichols Chandler
Panama Press
Jeffries
Chandler
United States
Isolation Surrounds Harriman Estate High on Mountain
E. H. Harriman's family enforces strict seclusion at his mountain top home. No guards patrol publicly, yet his solitude is total for all social contact, with only a select inner circle allowed near him and no communication from the outside world reaching his chamber.
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Arden
E. H. Harriman
Women barred from Memphis law school matriculation
Memphis Tenn reports that Martha Conser was to be the first woman to matriculate in the University of Memphis law department but officials say the old rule forbidding women from enrolment forces her surrender of the honor.
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Memphis, Tenn
Martha Conser
Law
University of Memphis
Conser
University
Chicago
Eve
Shakespeare
Alabama court stenographers hire sparks job surge
Gov. Comer signs bill pledging stenographers for every court of record in Alabama. About four hundred aspirants seek the fifty to sixty positions created, with salaries set at 1200 dollars.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
B. B. Comer
Protest over preacher's tales reach Cincinnati letters
Prominent Cincinnati residents accuse Rev. Frank C English of falsehoods in talks to negroes on education in Hthelyn Miss and say he was run out of town. They forward a letter to Methodist authorities demanding action.
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Cincinnati
Hthelyn Miss
Frank c.’ English
Diamond wearers text and fashion notes blend in column
A miscellany of fashion and society notes outlines jewelry trends with hollow gold ball clips for travel use and a push for women to engage in California politics. It also covers dress decorations such as veiled hats, 1830s revival styling, infantile speech issues in psychology, and ongoing fashion notes on pleats, lace, hats, and fabrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Valenciennes
Son
Roosevelt Visits Lady Delamere on Kenyan Estate Romance
Theodore Roosevelt, in East Africa, notes Irish-born Lady Delamere ruling a 175000 acre estate. She, daughter of the Earl of Enniskillen, married Lord Delamere after nursing him after a fall. The couple’s Kenyan holdings are described as the largest owned by an individual. Lady Delamere is praised for field skills and once shot a lion from her bedroom window.
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Theodore Roosevelt
British East Africa
Earl of
Enniskillen
Lord Delamere
Delamere
East Africa
Roosevelt
Lady Delamere
Big Zame
New York Press
Yoke Skirt Wins Wide Admiration Across Nations
Fashion note reports the yoke skirt gaining extraordinary popularity abroad and at home. French and English women favor the style, featuring a deep yoke and tucked plaits starting at the yoke edge. The Delineator outlines the silk finished dress and its pretty tucklike effect.
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Wir
CAR Company
Andrews
Europe
Norton
Berlin
Count Zeppelin
Paulman
Select Committee
la Paz
el Roghi
Diaz
Cannon
Taft
American Protective Tariff League
Senate
House
Mississippi River Commission
Major Richardson
H. H. Wiley
Denver Pure Food Congress
Montevideo
Uruguay
Monclova
Reyes
Odessa
Russia
Tiflis
Prince Chavadze
Barcelona
Duke of
Prouty
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York City
Niemsen
Denver
Natchez
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Naval Militia
Bennet
United States Supreme Court
Boston Herald
Jessie Field
Page County
Miss Field
Border
New Haven
McClure
Dr. Witmer
Seeca
Pennsylvania
Marigaton
Mama
Willie
Africa
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