Global Happenings From Far Off Regions And Incidents
A roundup of international and U.S. items notes Japan’s harsh stance on Corean insurgents, 41 dead in a Gulf storm, a fatal car strike in Michigan, and a Galveston survivor aided by cork legs. Reports cover Paris premier Briand, Roosevelt for New York mayor talk, Utah lightning strikes, Colorado cloudburst damage, San Bernardino fire, and other diverse events across cities and nations.
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Galveston
Seattle
American Forks
Utah
Wabash Train Plunges Into Missouri River Crash Kills Six
Kansas City July 27 Six lives were lost and 36 injured when Wabash passenger train No 4 derailed and plunged into the Missouri river thirty miles east of Kansas City. Eight cars and the engine went into the water as track undermined by flood waters gave way. The wreck followed a nearby freight move that passed safely hours earlier.
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Kansas City
Wabash
Missouri River
St. Louis
Des Moines
No. 4
Mark Twain to Pilot Taft on Mississippi River Trip
St Louis July 27 President Taft will travel from St Louis to New Orleans with Mark Twain acting as pilot of the boat carrying the president. Twain, a longtime river pilot, has been invited again and is said to be inclined to assist Taft safely down the river. The itinerary includes Cape Girardeau Caruthersville Cairo Memphis and Vicksburg. In Madrid official reports say 20000 Moorish and Rif forces mass near Melilla after bombardment aided by the gunboat Martin Alonso Pinzon.
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Taft
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Mark Twain
Cape Girardeau
Caruthersville
Missouri
Cairo
Memphis
Tenn
Vicksburg
Miss
United States
Clemens
Mr.Clemens
Madrid
Melilla
Martin Alonzo Pinzon
Rift
Bleriot Awakens English Angers London Editors on Aviation
London newspapers publish editorials stressing aviation as a possible instrument of warfare and urging England to wake to aviation science. Reports also note a Big Four accident injuring 42, with a damaged baggage car derailment near Rioneany, Indiana. Nebraska notes a year 1908 mortgage cancellations totaling about 90 thousand dollars in remaining property values. The battleship Michigan reportedly set a speed record at about 19 knots during its trial run in Philadelphia.
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Bleriot
London
Great Britain
Nebraska
Omaha
Neb
Philadelphia
Michigan
Leonard Roeder Dies at 108 in Pensacola Burial
The obituary notes Leonard Roeder died at age 108 and was buried today in Pensacola. The fragment mentions Gulf and damaged rigging with a reference to Generel Blecher and an elderly to Generel Blecher, but details are unclear due to OCR issues.
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Jely
Leonard Roeder
Generel Blecher
Porter Brothers Begin Central Oregon Rail Line Construction
The Porter brothers contractors, builders of the North Bank, unload grading equipment at The Dalles and start work on a Deschutes canyon to Central Oregon railroad. The project is framed as a Hill opposed by Harriman clash, though Porter insists he is not Harriman’s employee. Johnsoner, Porter firm member, oversees unloading.
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Porter Brothers
North Bank
Central
Oregon
Dalles
Porter Ron
Deschutes River
Deschutes Canyon
Harriman
Hill
Johnsoner
Porter Bros
Porter
Mr. Hill
Hariman
Chicago graft exposed and police faces indictments
Grand jury indicts Detective Sergeant Jeremiah Griffin at Desplaines street station with 25 counts for accepting bribes from vice figures on the West Side levee. Indictments cite about 9 000 dollars monthly from the underworld and over 150 000 dollars in all. Allegations reach City Hall and Mayor Busse's trusted advisers amid wider police corruption across precincts.
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Grand Jury
Jeremiah Griffin
Desplaines Street
Edward McCann
Phicd Aman Bey
West Side
Untlerworld
Desphines Street
Busse
Japan grows restive under U S treaty trade terms
Washington reports Japan shows restiveness over the treaty with the United States as Tokyo seeks immediate negotiations for a new pact before the current accord ends in two years. The United States notes trade interests remain stable but discusses Most Favored Nation extensions and tariff parity concerns.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Iste
United
Great Britain
Germany
Eee
Cartala
Apple Trade with Germany Shows Pacific Coast Lead
Consul General Robert Pee reports from Hamburg that the 1908 German apple imports totaled 164 421 tons with the United States supplying 10 502 tons, while 1907 imports were 181 457 tons with 9 229 tons from the U S. He notes Oregon and Washington top Virginia prices per bushel and describes strict quality and packing standards, Hamburg as a major apple port, and persistent foreign inspection and market rules shaping U S export practices.
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Robert Pee
Hamburg
Germany
Oregon
Washington
California
United States
San Jose
Pacific Coast
Good
America
Skinner
Record crop surge doubles potato output in Pacific Northwest
Reports over the past week indicate the Pacific Northwest will produce nearly four times as many potatoes as last year. Oregon shows the largest one year acreage gain, with Willamette Valley and Eastern Washington expanding sharply. Idaho and Western Washington also expect much higher yields than prior seasons.
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Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Willamette Valley
Washington
Idaho
Gofer
Galveston Flooded As Seawall Averts Total City Destruction
A hurricane equivalent to the 1900 disaster struck Galveston Texas causing about 100000 dollars in city damage and twelve deaths. The 17 foot seawall protected the land but lower streets and warehouses flooded. Dredge broke loose, wires failed, and ships escaped heavy damage due to early warnings.
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Galveston
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Caribbean Sea
Tarpon Pier
Gulf
East Texas
Mallory Line
New York
Volcanic Eruption Ravages Sumatran Villages
News from Victoria dated July 22 reports a Sumatran volcano erupting with lakes in the crater and flooding inland communities severely damaged. Steamer arrivals relay the extent of devastation, with villages inland up to sixty miles affected.
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Victoria
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