French Bombard Casablanca After Native Uprising
Tangier Casablanca on the Moroccan coast was bombarded by French forces after a Moor offensive. French bayonet charges and Melville shell bombardment followed heavy native resistance. Six French sailors were wounded, no European fatalities. France and Spain move troops to protect foreigners under the Algeciras framework.
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Tangier Casabionon
Sine
Casablanca
France
Spain
Algeciras
Morocco
Europe
Tornadoes Struck Four Towns in Iowa Region
A trio of tornadoes hit Mason City Ilowa Clear Lake Hanlonton and Lake Mille on Tuesday evening. One person died and several injured at Hanlonton. A Cottage in Clear Lake was demolished injuring G Bh Rice’s daughter. Homes of LO Varney and F L Rogers destroyed. Park trees leveled and ships sank in the lake. Three separate twisters advanced from the north end.
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Mason City
Ilowa
Clear Lake
Hanlonton
Lake Mille
G. Bh. Rice
LO. Varney
F. L. Rogers
Settlement possible in Southern railway state dispute
Montgomery Ala The outlook for a peaceful settlement of the controversy between the Southern railway and the state power looks favorable after Vice President Russell of the Mobile and Ohio met with Governor Conner. Two plans were floated one allowing withdrawal of a writ to the federal court and the other to test a case and await the decision.
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Montgomery
Ala
Southern Railway
Russell
Mobile & Ohio
Finley
Southern
Conner
Rathroad
Bribery Case Juries Duel Between Lawyers
In San Francisco during juror examination in the Halsey bribery case, Prosecutor Hiram W. Johnson and Defense Attorney Bert Schlessinger clashed. Assistant District Attorney Cook sustained a minor facial injury as the dispute escalated at the counsel table.
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San Francisco
Hiram W. Johnson
Bert Schlessinger
Ead
Halsey
Cook
Johnson
Schlessinger
Mining firms purge union men after Colo Springs meeting
Cripple Creek miners report several workers discharged Tuesday as mining firms in the Cripple Creek district pledge strict card permit enforcement after Ming Owners conference in Colorado Springs. Union claims Haywood's return influenced the decision.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Canocla Hon
Colorado Springs
Mining Companion
William D. Haywood
Colorado
Miine
Union Pacific Earnings Rise in June Despite Fare Changes
Official figures show Union Pacific earned $0,577,055 in June, up from $5,607,281 a year earlier, with net earnings of $2,554,008 vs $2,199,596. For the year ending June the six months show gains, reflecting overall improvements in earnings and revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Wnlon Pacific
Harriman Warns of Coal Shortage and Freight Car Gap
The report cites Mr Harriman speaking during a church visit about a coal shortage this winter due to rising consumption and railroad car shortages. He blames misperceptions about railroads for car shortages and warns rate legislation, noting higher labor and material costs justify keeping rates steady rather than falling. He emphasizes railroads face higher costs and limited car supply amid industrial growth.
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Ormida
Hardioan
Sone
Trinity Riecopal Cathedral
Harriman
Wioy
Sid
Senate
Navy commends Edward W Whitehead for selfless heroism
Acting Secretary Newberry records a formal commendation for Edward Wade Whitehead first Class gunners mate for saving comrade Sergeant John F Cox during a Samoa Tutuila barracks landslide. Whitehead shielded Cox with his body until a pellet party could rescue them.
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Washington
Newberry
Navy
Edward Wade Whitehead
Whitehead
Tutuila
Samoa
John F. Cox
United States
Ahiy Adams Wero
Rail spread causes wreck near Milan Washington
Eastbound Great Northern passenger No. 4 derailed about a mile west of Milan as it rounded a sharp curve. Rails spreading caused the crash leaving the engine mall and baggage car on track. The smoker overturned down a twenty foot embankment with twenty injured, two seriously. Interior of the car was badly wrecked. day car tourist sleeper and diner left track. Pullman stayed near river edge.
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Spokane
Wash
Great Northern
Milan
Washington
Tourisl
Jay
Will
Hundred Houses Burned in Manila Fire
Fire in Manila on Sunday afternoon destroyed 120 native houses and left 640 people homeless. The blaze, caused by an electric wire, covered about 100 yards square. A heavy rain limited spread. no injuries were reported and relief was arranged for the homeless. The loss estimated at 68,000 pesos.
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Manila
Typhoon Flood and Earthquake Ravage Japanese Coast
A massive natural disaster hits coastal Japan with typhoon flood and earthquake. Villages flooded, homes destroyed, ground subsidence, ships lost, and many lives reported dead or injured. Hiroshima Kure Kobe area suffers severe damage with rivers overflowing and infrastructure destroyed.
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Victoria
J. C
Ton
Koznehima
Pale
Takigawa
Hiroshima
Yano
Nakano
Okukatla
AMS
Kure Aleo
Fithgawa
Sak
Judge Short Arrested for Murder in Center Texas
Houston judge HM B Short was seized at Center while presiding over a civil case on an indictment for murder of Dr Mike Paul list fall. Bond set at 10000. Dr Paul was pursued by a crowd including Dick Garrett who fired at officers. Garrett was later hanged after preliminary trial as militiamen guarded the courthouse. Two grand juries failed to indict until the third met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
HM. B. Short
Center
Tex
Mike Paul List
Paul
Dick Garrett
Garrett
Short
Parners
Kling Dy
Dr Paul
Giant Powder Fire Destroys Depot in Boulder
A Western end Colorado & Southern freight depot fire in Boulder destroyed the depot and its freight within half an hour. The blast spread to a powder house with 1000 pounds of dynamite exploding and fatally injuring two men. Glass shattered across the town and many residences were damaged. A brick house occupied by J J Mc Cabe was wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Colo
Colorado & Southern
Sao
J. J. McCabe
Telegraph Operators Ready to Fight Nationwide Over Wages
Striking telegraph operators, aided by recent Chicago actions, plan to extend the wage dispute across the United States and Canada. National and regional officials urge leaders to act as Chicago tensions escalate. Companies prepare to resist decisively, with cuts for strike breakers already in Chicago offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Canna
Tetrac
Howe
Haseell
New York
Servall
Telegraphers’ Union
San Princisco
Remains of Murdered Man Located Near Telluride
Skeleton identified as W. J. Barney, a Smuggler Union mine worker who vanished in June 1901, was exhumed near the Alta mill by Gen. Bulkeley Wells with Steve Adams guiding the way. Adams had confessed to complicity in the crime in Idaho but later recanted. Warrant plans target two prominent Western Federation of Miners figures.
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Telluride
Cole
W. J. Barney
Jell
Idaho
Analine
Welle
Barney
Wonton
Sal
Wells
Herve
Doe Adame
Tate
Dickshor
Monoager Collins
Fe Alee
Lord
General Wells
Thurney
Harney
Western Federation of Miners
Steve Adams
Honduras Set to Return to Constitutional Rule in October
Washington reports the provisional government of Honduras plans a September 16 anniversary move to formalize a constitution of 14. An October election will choose a permanent president with candidates including General Davila and Dionysus Gudieres. The shift follows U.S. State Department hesitancy to recognize provisional rule amid Central American upheaval.
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Washington
Honduras
Central America
Davila
Providional
Dionysus Guderies
Iis Uty
Senor Ugarte
Supreme Court Upholds Primary Election Party Disclosure
San Francisco reports the supreme court sustains a law requiring voters to state party affiliations at registration. The ruling, backing a last legislature measure, declares the act constitutional in full. More than 6,000 electors who refused to reveal politics will be barred from the upcoming primary, potentially reshaping the political landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Supreme Court
Belfast Unrest Sparks Sunday Disorder in Queen's Square
Disorder broke out in Belfast as strike meetings ended Sunday afternoon. Crowds surged toward Queen's Square, mobs clashed with police and troops who were not on duty. Fines, reinforcements, and bayonet charges followed as injuries occurred on both sides.
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Belfast
Queen's Square
Sultan of Morocco Condemns Casablanca Murders
Tangier reports the sultan via Ben Siiman expresses grief over the Casablanca killings and condemns the act that cost five French lives. He is ready to offer satisfaction, including dismissing the Casablanca pasha and punishing the guilty.
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Tangier
Morocco
Ben Siiman
Fee
Casablanca
Monarchiat Rebels to Land in China in Three Bands
Victoria B C The steamer Athenian carried news that the Chinese legation at Tokio telegraphed the Chinese government of plans for an antimonarchiat invasion of China. The rebels reportedly intend to land at Yangchou and advance in three bands toward Tientsin Wuhu and Nanking.
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Victoria
B. C
Tokio
China
Yangchou
Tientaln
Wuehang
Nanking
Polish Priest Shoots Twin Brothers in Pittsburgh Hotel
Ludwig Sexegirl, an unattached Polish priest from Chicago, entered a Pittsburg hotel at 1111 Carson Street early Thursday and shot twin proprietors Steven and Andrew Starszynski. Steven died within an hour. Andrew survived but ill, as investigators seek motive. Sexegirl was arrested and remained silent.
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Pittsburg
Ludwig Sezegirl
Chicago
Carson Street
Steven
Andrew Starszynski
Andrew
Sexegiel
Bla Vietimu
Woman Pardoned in Gosling Murder Case in Indian Territory
President Roosevelt has pardoned Nancy Miller who was convicted about six years ago of manslaughter for killing Alice Brane in a dispute over a gosling. Miller, mother of six or eight children, had served about six years in prison and was fined $500.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Nancy Miller
Indian Territory
Alice Brane
Gosling
Central America Seeks Peace via Washington Conference
Central American republics in Washington press for a general convention of delegates to secure permanent peace in the region. Mexico supports the idea, and ministers say an agreement could be reached for a winter meeting, potentially with an intervention clause to enforce peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bacon
State Department
America
Mexico
Telegraph Operators Strike in Chicago Over Union Dispute
Western Union telegraph operators in Chicago struck at midnight following the Los Angeles action two days earlier. The local Commercial Telegraphers union directed refusals to work with nonunion colleagues, prompting about 200 men and four women to quit and rally outside the telegraph office, while police took no action.
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Chicago
Western Union
Los Angeles
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Overland
Boilermakers Strike Across Pacific Division
All boilermakers employed on the Pacific division of the Southern Pacific railroad from El Paso to Portland including Sacramento Sparks Ogden and Salt Lake City have been called out on strike over alleged unjust discrimination against union boilermakers in the Los Angeles shop. Arbitration is agreed and a settlement is expected.
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Sacramento
Pacific Division
Southern Pacific Railroad
el Paso
Texas
Portland
Ore
Sparks
Nev
Ogden
Utah
Salt Lake City
Pocatello
Ida
Los Angeles
Brave Woman Foils Slaying by Grabbing Smoking Plate
In San Francisco Mrs Wong Suon Yue, wife of a Chinese resident in the Portsmouth square refugee camp and sister of Mrs Howard Gould of New York, seized the smoking plate from August Rodrigues after he killed Manuel Madrid. She chased him toward the police who arrested him, with high praise for Mrs Buen who assisted in the capture.
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San Francisco
Wong Su0on Yue
Portsmouth Square
Howard Gould
New York
August Rodrigues
Manuel Madrid
Mra. Buen
American Spice Trade Association Formed In New York
The spice industry forms a new organization named the American Spice Trade Association. It aims to settle disputes within the trade. Membership spans major New York firms and includes companies from Philadelphia Baltimore Clemnei St Louis and other towns.
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New York
American Spice Trade Association
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Clemnei
St Louis
West rail strikes threaten nationwide disruption
Denver reports that railway labor disputes hinder Colorado & Southern operations and may spread to other lines. Grievance committees seek a 2 cent an hour wage increase for yardmen, with mines near Trinidad to shut down indefinitely affecting about 3,000 workers. Central City volunteers man a fuel train to avert coal shortages.
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Denver
Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles P. Nell
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Denver & Rio Grande
Trinidad
Colorado & Southern
Central City
Guiden
Commission Regulates Wheat Freight to Pacific Coast
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a through rate cap of 65 cents per hundred pounds for wheat from Nebraska to Pacific coast terminals starting September 15. The prior rate on the Chicago Burlington & Quincy line was 75 cents per hundred pounds, and the commission ruled rates over 65 cents on this route are unreasonable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harlan
Wetheridins
Nebraka
Pacific Coast
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey
Mrs. Bradley Remains in Jail as Bail Fails
Mrs Anna M Bradley remains in custody awaiting trial for the killing of Senator Brown. No bail has been posted as supporters in Salt Lake City failed to raise funds. She was returned to jail from the hospital where she had stayed weeks. Bail plans would have paid attorneys and physicians rather than securing her temporary release.
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Washington
Anna M. Bradley
Brown
Mire
Bradwywall
Salt Lake
Hague Proposal on Prize Money for Warship Crews
The Hague proposal to prohibit crews of warships from receiving prize money was presented before the Geneva convention committee and passed 16 to 4 amid 14 abstentions and 12 absentees. Joseph Choate noted the United States already bans prize money. A second French proposal sought indemnification for owners of captured merchant ships.
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Hague
Joseph Choate
United States
Waldo Rescued After Stranded On North Pond
In Portland Maine a dispatcher reports Congressman George EB Waldo of Brooklyn was stranded on North Pond after a motor boat incident. He clung to the keel for twenty five minutes as a windstorm stirred the waters while paddling two miles in search of a fishing spot.
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Portland
Maine
North Pond
Wemesday
George EB. Waldo
Brooklyn
Waterville
Halsey Trial Proceeds With Small Jury Pool
A San Francisco court hears Theodore V. Halsey on bribery charges as forty jurors are reduced to a partial panel. Only twenty-five names are called and most excused for bias or health. Two jurors remain accepted with peremptory challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Theodore V. Halsey
Convict Granted Last Visit To Dying Child In Alabama
Oscar Earle, a white convict, received a ten day clemency release from Governor Consor after telegraph news reported his baby’s critical condition. Tearful pleas moved officials as the governor granted permission for the man to visit Nie his child before possible death. Earle had been imprisoned for shooting a man who was abusing him.
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Montgomery
Ala
Oscar Earle
Consor
Earle
Bin
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