Notable but scattered events from distant places
A roundup of varied incidents from across regions and the world. Miners buried by a Nevada cave in Goldfield. Judge Williams's health uncertain. Missouri’s brewery prohibition clash. a French dirigible disaster killing four aviators. Omaha streetcar disputes hinting at settlements. hurricane coast deaths in Louisiana. Moroccan tribes defeat Spanish forces with heavy losses. a U.S. firm wins Australian arms factory contract. Moors seek peace amid hunger.
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Judge Williams
Missouri
Breweries
Prohibitionista
Clash Over Distillery Case Sparks Georgia Federal Clash
Atlanta reports a fierce legal confrontation between state lawyers and Federal authorities over Charles Steggall who refused to testify before a grand jury about a suspected distillery near Rising Fawn Dade county. Judge A W Fite ruled Internal Revenue official H A Rucker interfered with court by telling Steggall to stay silent. Federal officials pledged to support Steggall as tension could bring national troops into the dispute.
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Atlanta
Charles E. Steggall
Trenton
A. W. Fite
Dade County Superior Court
Steggall
United States
Dade County
Rising Fawn
Charles Steggall
Collector of Internal Revenue
H. A
Fite
Rucker
Thurman
Dade
Canada faces Asian labor need for railway work
Canada’s railways warn labor famine threatening construction as Asiatic workers may be imported. Collingwood Schrieber, consulting engineer, notes Western prairies see farm laborers depleting gangs, Grand Trunk Pacific struggles amid $4 daily offers by farmers while railways pay $3. In two years four new contracts await, needing 25 000 men. Sir Charles Rivers Wilson and Sir Wilfred Laurier are connected to sourcing plans.
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Ottawa
Ont
Collingwood Schrieber
Department of Railways
Western Prairies
Grand Trunk Pacific Road
Charles Rivers Wilson
Grand Trunk System
Wilfred Laurier
Ten Thousand Idle Sheriff Warns Strikers in Butte
In Batts Montana on September 25, all Butte mines shut down leaving about ten thousand workers idle and five thousand more affected if the suspension lasts five days. Union tensions rise as a new engineers union forms from Western Federation of Miners. Sheriff John K. Ike and deputies protected Gagnon mine workers amid a mob scene, with a warning that violence would be met with shooting. Work likely won't resume for a week and smelters statewide may suspend operations.
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Batts
Mont
Butte
Union No
Western Federation of Miners
Butte Miners’ Union
Engineers’ Union
Gagnon
Thomas Norton
John K. Ike
Hie
Wreck at Seattle Leaves 80 Hurt at Fair Gates
A Wallingford Avenue streetcar bound for the World’s Fair crashed after exceeding 90 mph near Fourteenth Avenue and East Fortieth Street. All 80 aboard sustained injuries, with Frank Hull of Tacoma dying an hour after rescue. The wreck tore a one story building, shattered every window, and hurled passengers together in a chaotic, deadly plunge.
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Wallingford Avenue
Frank Hull
Tacoma
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Fourteenth Avende
East
Fortieth Street
Fimny
Wreckage lines Gulf as death toll rises
New Orleans reports a death toll over 100 from Monday's tropical hurricane. Many email sloops and launches are wrecked on the Gulf shore of Land Mississippi, with occupants feared lost. Anxiety over steamers bound for New Orleans during the hurricane period has eased as ships grounded near the mouth of the Mississippi.
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New Orleans
Gulf
Mississippi
Tapscotin
Peart
Lees
Census Positions Open for Thirteenth Census Test
Washington announces recruitment for permanent census staff and new temporary posts under the Thirteenth Census act. Civil Service registrants may apply for the October 28 exam. eligibility, timing, and mailing instructions are outlined to ensure proper application and testing in selected cities and states.
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Washington
Pindell
U. S
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Civil Service Register
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Census Bureau
Taft Opens Gunnison Tunnel Irrigation Project
President Taft, on the western slope of the Rockies at Montrose, taps the deepest irrigation ditch in the West, initiating water flow through the Gunnison tunnel to reclaim 140,000 acres of arid land. The six mile tunnel will divert the river from California toward Colorado’s valleys, transforming sagebrush into alfalfa and orchards along the route.
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Montrose
Colo
Taft
Rocky Mountains
Beaton
Wight
Gunnison
United States
Sdeas
Uncamp
Saeed Padenine
California
Death List Grows From Withering Hurricane Devastation
New Orleans reports at least 48 lives lost as a tropical hurricane devastates large areas. Widespread property destruction hits Houma Grand Island and Chaniere Caminades with crops wiped out and thousands of acres tied to bayous. Cargo ships and inlets suffer heavy damage amid a widespread communications blackout.
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New Orleans
Houma
Grand Island
Chaniere Caminads
Chaniere Caminada
Bomb found in Mexican residence near customs house
The September discovery of a bomb in a Juarez residence near the border alarmed authorities. Twelve workers were detained as a precaution while officials denied any planned Taft Diaz meeting at the customs house on October 16. A small dynamite fragment was described as likely tied to revolutionsists.
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Taft
Diaz
el Paso
Tex
Juares
Mexico
Cade
Camillo Arguelles
Customs House
Diaste Arguel
Waa
Corella
Robbers Slay Six in Hurley Va Home Robbery
An entire family of six was murdered in their home at Hurley Virginia while six bodies were found, one survivor believed to be Mrs Justice. The crime, likely a robbery, left detectives probing motives and the whereabouts of the fleeing thieves. The house owner Aunt Betty Justice was rumored to guard a large sum of money.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Hurley
Betty’ Justice
Justice
George
Stritere Brena Trofers in Omahe Sept 23
Ricts re peal Ba owe e whe wer stireck with. Fragmentary OCR leaves only scattered words about an incident in Omahe on Sept 23 with unclear details and no identifiable names or outcomes.
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Brena
Omahe
Meb
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