Maine Battleship Caisson Work Nears Completion
Havana reports progress on restoring the battleship Maine site. Dredging by Norman Davis and Barnard fills caissons, aiming to finish by end of April. Afterward, hull recovery and wreck exploration will begin with U S warship support and expert scrutiny to determine the explosion’s cause.
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Havana
Inclaw Messin Ee
Rive
Eliee Bela
Norman Davia
Hunter-Trumbo Dredging Company
United States Army
Barnard
Uework
Panie
Great Basin
United States
Havanna
Maine
Straits of Florida
Despair Ends Boise Man’s Life Amid Starvation Rise
James Ross, lost in Eastern Idaho last December, reportedly cooked his buckskin gloves to ward off hunger and, repulsed by the meal, shot himself. His body, with a rifle and exposed skull, was found near ashes and a tin cup, flagging a suicide to escape exposure. In Astoria, the Centennial Committee named April 12 for a Fort Astor replica groundbreaking, with a city park ceremony and half holiday declared. Fort project contract set at 2500 dollars. In San Francisco, many Filipino laborers from Hawaii intend to stay for Alaska cannery work, while a few head north aboard the Continental and Oriental.
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Boise
Idaho
James Ross
Ross
Astoria, Or
Astoria
Old Fort Astor
San Francisco
Hawaii
Korea
Alaska
Alaskan Packers
Canton Uprising Report Shoots Through London Dispatch
Hongkong special to the Daily Express says Canton faces a serious uprising with the Tartar general killed and troops rushed to the city as it enters a state of siege.
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London
Daily Express
Hongkong
Canton
Mexico Made Secret Pact With Japan Revealed
A supposed authentic narrative claims President Taft faced a secret treaty between Mexico and Japan granting coaling stations and Pacific coast concessions. Amb Barker Wilson is said to have photographed the document in Mexico City archives and hurried to inform Washington, alleging a pre March 1 agreement and troop mobilization at the border followed.
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Taft
Mexico
Japan
Washi Ina
State Department
Magdalena Bay
Wilson
United States
The
Republic
Diaz
Toyo Kisen Kaisha
San Francisco
Mexco
Mexcan
Mexican
Pacific
Mr. Wilson
Washington
Insurrectos in Southern Mexico distance from Madero Rebels
In El Paso Texas officials report the insurrecto junta denies ties to Maderists elsewhere. They say Williams defeat by Colonel Mayor's federals will not affect insurgent plans in other states where Francisco I. Madero Jr is recognized as leader.
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el Paseo
Tex
Stanley Williams
Insurrecto Junta
Mexico
Mexican Republic
Williams
Mayor
Francisco I. Madero, Jr
Supreme court frees 15 Filipino laborers from Korea case
Territorial Supreme Court issues writ of habeas corpus releasing 15 Filipinos taken from the steamer Korea before departure to San Francisco. It censures the prosecution for blocking F B Craig the Alaska Packers counsel from access and for jailing them without charges.
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Honolulu
Territorial Supreme Court
Korea
San Francisco
F. B. Craig
Alaska
Fire at Bombay festival kills hundreds in crowded hut
A blaze in a thatched hall in Bombay, India, trapped about five hundred people gathering for a festival. Two hundred men and women and children perished as the building burned with a single exit, causing a widespread panic.
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Bombay
British India
Colliery fire kills fifty in Throop Pennsylvania
A mine fire at the Pancoast colliery in Throop near Scranton traps about 60 workers in a blind tunnel. Fifty men and boys are believed dead with three bodies recovered. John Evans, head of the US rescue car, died from helmet failure. Foreman Walter Knight and Fire Boss Alfred Dawe are missing. Escape blocked by flames and gases as rescuers push through to the tunnel.
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Serenton
Pancoast
Throop
John Evans
United States
Walter Knight
Alfred Dawe
James Vickers
Tuberculosis Cure Linked to Tahitian Herb Coin
Dr. L. Bellonne, former Tahiti colonial army chief surgeon and bacteriologist, arrived aboard the Mariposa in San Francisco. He hints at a TB cure from a Tahiti coin herb, awaiting formal report to the French government in Paris.
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San Francisco
Tahiti
L. Bellonne
Bellonne
Paris
Lifesaving transfer saves 1720 from Prinzess Irene
At Lone Hill life saving station the 1720 cabin and steerage passengers from the stranded North German Lloyd liner Prinzess Irene were moved to the deck of the Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm in five hours ten minutes on Saturday afternoon and then bound for New York. Not a life was lost and no panic reported as passengers aided one another. The first off was a woman then a baby with cabin passengers aiding steerage due to language barriers. Captain Godard notes the liner may remain trapped a week or eight fortnights as she strains on the sands.
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Lone Hill
L. L
New York
Goddard
Pendleton Doctor Challenges Germ Theory at Meeting
In Pendleton Oregon Rev Mr Vande Walker a retired physician argued that germs and bacteria are not disease causes but products. He spoke at the Pendleton City and County Medical Society meeting but physicians present did not endorse his views.
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Pendleton, Or
Vandewalker
Pendleton City
Denver House Passes Moffat Tunnel Bill to Senate
The Colorado House approved by 35 to 30 a bill authorizing $4 million in state bonds to fund a tunnel through the Rocky Mountains at James Peak for the Denver Northwestern and Pacific railroad. The road would guarantee the state against loss.
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Denver
House
Senate
Rocky Mountain Range
James Peak
Denver, Northwestern & Pacific
Unions Fight Guard Laws in Montana Referendum Move
Labor unions in Montana plan to circulate petitions starting Monday to force a referendum on the military law passed last session. The measure ties the state national guard to federal requirements and marks the first use of the referendum since its four year adoption.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
National Guard
Current Events Roundup of News Items
Reform mayor Tom L. Johnson dies. Roosevelt visits Idaho. Mexican rebels try to seize Zaca tecas in a street fight. A deadly jean outbreak hits Portugal occupation threats loom. Portland carpenters strike for 4 a day. Train hits boulder near Donner Lake. Giant remains found in California cave. A Seattle brickmason killed by 90 000 volt wire. Iroquois steamer disaster off Vancouver Coast. Rival teamster factions clash with revolvers near streetcar line. Stephen Crawford pledges 2400 for Alton mayoral bid if saloons stay closed Sundays. Ralph Smith backs reciprocity treaty. More artillery to Hawaii defenses. Diaz urged to resign by Mexican rebel chiefs.
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Portugal
Portland
Nevada
Donner Lake
California
Seattle
Vancouver
Ralph Smith
Hawaii
Diaz
Wheat and livestock market items from regional sheet
Market prices list for wheat barley corn apples asparagus potatoes hops wool poultry butter pork veal cattle hogs sheep and more. Includes per unit figures in cents and dollars for Bluestem wheat alfalfa hay and seasonal produce across Eastern Oregon and Portland regions.
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Oregon
Portland
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Main Street
Post
Independence
Geo. F. Heck
Independence, Oregon
Independence and
Drexler & Alexander
Geo. C. Will
Salem, Oregon
Edison, Victor and
Columbia
Watt Shipp
Sun Typewriter
Fort Astor
GROM
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Ohio
Roosevelt
Zacatecas
Stree
Ade
Stephen Crawford
Alton
Portland Markets
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