Three Die in Auto Smash at Seattle Trestle
Telegraphic summaries report a crash near Union Station Seattle where a car with eight people plunged from a trestle onto Tide flats. Gasoline exploded flames rose thirty feet driver Henry Hizer, twice jailed for reckless driving, was arrested after the crash. one woman rescued, others injured. scene under investigation.
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Union Station
Seattle
Wash
Tide Flats
Henry Hizer
News Of The Week Jensed Record Of Seven Days
A chaotic week with kidnap reports, polar controversy fallout, riots in Omaha streetcars, drownings, and political notes. Peary and Cook clash over claims, Taft touts tax policy, and notable deaths include Governor Johnson and Robert Hoe. Weather disasters and a Berlin airship venture also appear.
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Colorado Springs
Robert Hoe
R. Hoe & Co
London
Evon
Johnson
Minnesota
Peary
Truro
Portland
Dickinson
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
Europe Reports Heavy Crops Across Regions
Government notes from Washington indicate European harvests generally exceed expectations. Drought in Russia and Roumania reduces corn prospects. England faces endangered hop yield. English trade papers estimate large global gains in wheat corn barley oats and rye, with Argentina drought reducing wheat acreage less than expected. India and Australia report encouraging crop progress.
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Washington
Russia
Roumania
England
Argentina
India
Australia
Flood Deaths and Homeless in Monterey Reported
Consul general Philip C. Hanna wires revised losses for Monterey with 1,200 dead and 15,000 homeless.
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Philip C. Hanna
Monterey
Hanna
Waterloo
Prince George
Greece
Ship Casitania Disaster Near Isle of Pines
Details from Mobile recount the wreck of the Nicholas Casitania off the Isle of Pines on August 23. The Havana to Cienfuegos steamer struck rocks, exploded boilers, and was driven ashore amid a hurricane, leaving all 29 aboard dead and many bodies mutilated by sharks.
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Thone
Nicholas Cantanis
Mobile
Isle of Pines
Nicholas Castania
Havana
Cienfuegos
Carapatachibey
Caleta del Infierno
Hell's Cove
Caribbean
Immigration Figures Show Net Rise in Aliens for Fiscal Year
The August immigration report from the Department of Commerce and Labor records a net increase of 573 551 aliens in the U S population through arrivals and departures in the past fiscal year. It notes 924 695 aliens admitted including nonimmigrants, with 209 867 more than the year before and 751 786 inbound last year.
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United States
Department of Commerce’and Labor
Ballinger Dismisses L H Glavis From Land Office Post
L H Glavis chief of field division at the General Land Office Seattle has been discharged by telegraph order from Secretary Ballinger. A Christensen chief of Portland division placed in temporary charge of Seattle. Removal follows Glavis criticism of Chief Losen. Taft authorized Ballinger via presidential letter.
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Losen
L. H. Glavis
General Land Office
Ballinger
Interior
A. Christensen
General” Land Office
Portland
Ore
Glavis
Taft
Taft tour highlights and national events across 1909
The 1909 July 4 celebration death toll reached 215 per the American Medical Association Journal. Charles H. Treat resigns as U.S. treasurer. Taft defends the Payne tariff in Minnesota and meets grief in Minnesota and Canada. Halley’s comet sighted at Yerkes Observatory. A burglar traps in Marners Harbor chimney. Vancouver clears Chinese entry via Canada. Burnham views Halley’s comet first in 74 years.
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American Medical Association Journal
Chicago
Teft
Charles H. Treat
United States
Mitten
City Railway Company
W. Burnham
Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay
Wis
Halley
Taft
Winona
Minn
West
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Canada
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Minneapolis
Gov. Johnson
Charles Kohler
Marner
Death of Minnesota Governor Johnson shocks state
Governor John A. Johnson dies at St Marys Hospital Rochester after an operation. Lieut Gov Adolph Whberhardt succeeds him. Johnson had been a three term governor and a 1908 presidential hopeful with Mayo Clinic doctors present and a large bedside party.
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Minn
Martin Martinson
Charles Renstrom
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Adolph Whberhardt
Fred B. Lynch
Mirror tragedy hits Oberlin hotel with suicide
Mrs. Robert Nooney of Wellington Ohio killed herself at the Park Hotel in Oberlin by shooting in front of a large mirror. Ill health cited as the cause.
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Robert Nooney
Wellington
Ohiio
Park Hotel
Oberlin
Bishop William G. McCloskey Dies at 86 in Louisville
William George McCloskey bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Louisville died Friday at age 86 due to old age. His death marks the end of a long clerical career serving Louisville and surrounding communities.
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Hishop McCloskey
William George McCloskey
Diocese of
Louisville
Railroad notes show Harriman influence grows on NY Central
Reports from New York indicate Union Pacific has purchased large new blocks of New York Central stock, expanding Harriman influence on the Eastern trunk line and its branches. The Pennsylvania Railroad has just compiled a statement showing the amount paid on the...
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New York
Union ‘Pacific Railway
New York Central
Harriman
Pennsylvania Railroad
Taft Defends Payne Tariff Bill in Winona Speech
President Taft declares the Payne tariff law the best the Republican party ever passed and defends Tawney’s support. He cautions that defeating or vetoing the bill would harm party unity and national prosperity while praising the tariff commission and postal savings banks as necessary measures. He urges a several year trial of the tariff and highlights the corp oration tax passage.
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Minn
Taft
Representative Tawney
Roosevelt
Congress
Republicana
Tariff Commission
Milwaukee
House
Senate
United States
Postal Savings
Treasury Department
Postal
New Alaska Gold Rush Triggers Stampede to Innoko Fields
Reported gold strikes in Innoko country spark a rush as miners head to the Idataro Dubois area. Nome arrivals on the steamer Victoria confirm rich cleanups and widespread optimism about the new field prospects.
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Nome
Alaska
Victoria
Seattle
Innoko
Idataro Dubois
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