Floods and fires dominate week with wide losses
The week reports $10,000,000 in Mississippi valley flood damage and a deadly theater fire in Levesnes France killing seven. Other items note ar r ival of Knox and Jake in Jamaica, Elks walk to Portland, suffrage progress in Arizona, and a Southern Pacific locomotive disaster on Rice Hill.
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Mississippi Valley
Knox
Jake
Kingston
Jamaica
Southern Pacific
Rice Hill
Oregon
Portland Markets Play Numerous Agricultural Prices Listed
Prices listed across Wheat Track Corn Hay Oats Cranberries Apples Potatoes Vegetables Butter Eggs Pork Veal Poultry Hops Wool Cattle Hogs Sheep cover commodities in Portland markets. Figures include Bluestem at 94 95e and 984 dollars for wheat track, Bran 22 28 per ton, apples at various box prices, and livestock ranges including cattle up to 7 dollars per hundredweight and lambs around 9 to 10 dollars.
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Oregon
Valley
Baldwin
Ben Davis
Gano
California
Burbanks
Oregon Creamery
Illinois Prefers Roosevelt in Early Primary Returns
Early returns from Illinois show Theodore Roosevelt leading in the Republican primary with Champ Clark as the Democratic challenger for president. L Y Sherman leads for U S senator with James Hamilton Lewis as Democrat, and Charles S Deneen tops Edward F Dunne for governor. Roosevelt’s statewide margin over Taft ranges 100000 to 160000. Some down state counties back Taft by small margins. Presidential delegates not named on ballots and will be chosen by districts and at large.
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Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Champ Clark
United States
L. Y. Sherman
James Hamilton Lewis
Charles S. Deneen
Edward F. Dunne
Roosevelt
Taft
Wheat Reaches Dollar Mark in Seattle Market
Seattle millers paid 1.00 a bushel for No 1 blue stem while No 1 club wheat sold as high as 97 cents. The price surge reflects record flour demand in the Orient. barley and oats also hit new highs with barley at 34.50 a ton and oats at 36.50, rare since 1909.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Orient
Northwest
Federal forces rout rebels at Jojutla and surrounding areas
Mexican dispatches report the fall of Jojutla to Zapata forces with heavy federal casualties. Rebels suffered about 600 killed, including Alfonso Barra Zambrano, while federal losses reached three officers and 40 men. General Tellez leads federals near Conejos as rebel generals Campos Argumedo and Murillo command forces.
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Mexico City
Jojutla
Morelos
Department of the Interior
Zapata
Alfonso Barerra Zambrano
Corps of
Rurales
Emilio Zapata
Jiminez
Mexico
Corralitos
Tellez
Conejos
Escalon
Campos, Argumedo
Murillo
Nile excursion steamboat sinks near Cairo dam
A Nile river collision near the great dam about 15 miles northwest of Cairo sank an Easter excursion steamboat with 3800 passengers aboard. Sixteen bodies have been recovered from the wreck as the river authorities continue rescue and recovery efforts.
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Cairo
Egypt
Great Dam
Kalyub
Mexican President Madero War Report Cites Huerta Advances
A telegram from J. Sanchez Azcona, private secretary to President Madero, relayed by Captain H Hopkins, states the situation is improving. Huerta has moved north with a large force to confront rebels, while Merloso and Puebla show pacification and Castro’s forces are said to be captured or depleted. Orozco’s troops reportedly lack ammunition and struggle to hold what they have.
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New York
J. Sanchez Azcona
Madero
Mexico
O W R N Must Pay Fine for Late Station Hay Whitman
The Supreme Court affirmed Whitman County Superior Court ruling that the O W R N must pay a $1,000 penalty for failing to build a station at Hay in Whitman County by the order of the public service commission. The station was erected four months late.
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Olympia
Wash
Supreme Court
Whitman County Superior Court
Public Service Commission
Hay
Whitman County
Joe Cannon Nominated in Danville Primary
Returns from the Eighteenth district show ex Speaker Cannon likely renominated by about two to one over the nearest challenger in Danville Illinois.
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Joe Cannon
Danville
Ill
Eighteenth
Cannon
Turkey would gobble Persia
London reports Russia distrusts Turkey’s moves in Azerbaijan and Lake Urumiah. Turkey asserts troops are temporary as negotiations continue, possibly seeking The Hague reference. Russia suspects a behind the scenes power, with Germany or Italy named as potential manipulators in the wider Balkan-Persian dispute.
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London
Russia
Turkey
Persia
Azerbaijan
Lake Urumiah
Erivan
Porte
Tripoli
Italy
Germany
Lottery Opened Farm Lands for Tieton Project in Washington
The Reclamation service announces a government lottery to open the third unit of the Tieton irrigation project in Washington. About 40 farms will be allocated by drawing to ensure equal opportunity for homestead entries, preventing speculators from gaining favorable access.
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Washington, D. C
Tieton
Washington
Reclamation Service
United States
North Yakima
Tieton Lands
Fear of race riots prompts extra police in West Virginia mining towns
In Fayetteville and nearby Boomer Cannelton and Marling extra deputies and police are sworn in amid imminent race clashes between Americans and Italian miners. The murder of Washington Bostwick, a bank boss, by three Italians fuels bitterness. Governor Glasscock is asked to mobilize militia with orders to act at a moment's notice as Boomer miners arm rifles.
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Fayetteville
W. Va
Boomer
Cannelton
Marling
Washingon Bostwick
Glasscock
Illinois Senator Culumson Unable to Attend Primary
Washington Senator Cul lom of Illinois sent a dispatch to friends saying he cannot attend the Illinois primaries due to the Mexican situation. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he will stay in Washington and remains optimistic about renomination.
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Washington, D. C
Cullom
Illinois
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
Berlin-A Report Details Sale of Parseval Dirigible
A Berlin-A report states the completed Parseval dirigible balloon has been sold to the Japanese government, marking a notable transfer of airship technology between nations.
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Berlin
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