Global skim of varied world events and incidents
Diverse items note royalty visits and political moves in Europe, a Denver streetcar accident injuring seven, Harriman rests at Arden, a Calgary mill blaze, and a Peru canal graft case. Reports cover cholera, rail collisions, and militant tensions, plus aviation records and legal reforms, with numerous scattered incidents across nations.
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King Manuel
Portugal
Edward
England
Denver
Harriman
Clairne Cal
Loswry
Death Toll Rises After Monterey Flood Disaster
Monterey Mexico reports a catastrophic flood killing over a thousand people and displacing about fifteen thousand. The river Santa Catalina swelled to half a mile wide with 17.5 inches of rain over three days, wrecking large buildings and drowning dozens on roofs and inside a school room.
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Monterey
Mex
Santa Catalina
Attack Postal Monopoly Faces New French Co operative
In Paris a new postal co operative backed by 150 dismissed officers plans to compete with the French post office in three branches of the mail business. It will handle newspapers catalogs accounts and debt collection for about 90 000 firms and individuals with 20 dollar shares and 4000 dollars working capital.
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Paris
Cooperative Postal Association
Mm.barbut
Simonnet
Laborieuse
Seattle man defends Alaska coal land claims
C Cunningham, representing 33 claimants in Alaska’s Cunningham coal land claims, returns to Seattle aboard the Ohio survivors list. He denounces charges of illegal filings and asserts a full investigation will prove the lands were filed legally. He says Ballinger had no scheme to favor certain interests and cites legal technicalities as the cause of any errors. He denies Guggenheim and Morgan interests back him.
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Seattle
C. C. Cunningham
Cunningham Coal
Alaska
Ohio
Interior
Ballinger
Grives
Land Office
Taft
Mr. Cunningham
Cunningham
Guggenhelm and M
Greece Granta Reforms Amid Amnesty Move For Army Officers
In Athens on August 31 a government decree grants amnesty to troops tied to the political crisis. Troop reforms call for army command to be shared by three generals and for royal family members in the service to be treated as ordinary officers.
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Athens
Operation Fears Grow As Harriman Case Clouds
Arden New York August 26 reports say in spite of family optimism speculation swirls that financier Harriman may undergo surgery. Oxygen tanks and a collapsible hospital cot arrive fueling rumors while Dr Lyle of New York is said to be involved though estate head Ford denies any operation.
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Arden
N. Y
Harriman
New York
George W. Crille
Cleveland
Aioe
Wa Lyle
Mr. Harriman
Farman Wins Endurance Flight At Reims Grand Prix
Farman, the English aviator flying a self built biplane, breaks world records for duration and distance in heavier-than-air flight at Reims. He circles 180 kilometers in 3 hours 4 minutes 56 seconds to win the endurance prize amid surprise after secret preparation and late aerial display.
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Bethany Aviation Field
Rheims
Aun Farman
Farman
Latham
Big Trees in Danger as Yosemite Fire Spreads
A Yosemite National Park forest fire, started yesterday near El Portal, races toward Merced Grove and Tuolumne big trees, threatening the hotel but reaching El Portal itself remains safe. The blaze moves northerly toward Ketchum Valley as San Francisco’s water supply area is threatened. Sparks from a locomotive firebox ignited dry grass, giving the blaze headway before danger was recognized.
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Yosemite
Yosemite National
Ketch Hetchy
San Francisco
el Portal
Vancouver man gets lashes after assault and robbery
Clay Neary, 21, was sentenced by Judge Melnnes to seven years penal servitude and 10 lashes within twenty days of confinement for beating a stranger into incensibility, robbing him, and abandoning him. The court noted the crime occurred recently in Stan and highlighted the violent nature of the act.
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Lash
Vancouver
Clay Neary
Melnnes
Stan
Reara
Oman
Wheat yield outlook echoed by Dominion official
Vancouver reports G A Seene Pieher, dominion supervisor of grain, arriving with estimates of wheat for the year near 000,000 bushels. He says there are strong indications of a highly successful season for farmers across the country.
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Canada
Vancouver
Dominion
Flood Devastates Monterey Mexico Killing Hundreds
A massive flood in Monterey on Saturday morning left about eight hundred dead and 16,000 homeless. The Santa Catalina river flooded the city, washing away adobe and stone houses and halting trains, telegraphs, and power plants. Officials fear disease as thousands seek shelter in churches and public buildings.
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Monterey
Mex
Santa Catalina
Pinchot Plan Wins at Seattle Conservation Congress
The first national conservation congress closes with a Pinchot led victory supporting Roosevelt era water rights for public use. Judge Hanford’s minority report opposes this, arguing private enterprise boosted resource development, but the Pinchot resolution passes.
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Seattle
National Conservation Congress
Gifford Pinchot
Union
Pardes
Great West Show to Tour Country with 50 000 Production
Chicago reports a grand Far West show featuring Uncle Sam's 50 000 production. The black tent display will tour with moving pictures and educational views for West bound emigrants. It promises fruit and cereal samples and irrigation feats, with stops in Hamline and Tokio dates noted.
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Chicago
Uncle Sam
Hamline
Minn
Ian Felt
Speing
Paulham Sets World Air Race Record At Champagne Prix
French aviator Paulham shattered the world time record in the Prix de la Champagne at Batheney Aviation Field Rheime. He flew a Voisin biplane for 2 hours 63 minutes 24 seconds over about 134 kilometers, completing 13 circuits before his 56 litre fuel tank exhausted. Witnesses hailed aerial navigation’s bright future despite wind and rain.
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Batheney
Rheime
Paulham
Panham
Wilbur Wright
Lemans
Bommer
Marmellons
Palestine
Striker Sharpshooters Paralyze Pittsburg Riot Atmosphere
Pittsburg August 26 reports a town strike with armed sharpshooters atop stockades and a searchlight guarding the plant. Troopers patrol streets while deputies erect a metal shield fortification. Eugene Debs urges fighters to the finish as rifles and weapons appear in the community amid growing tension and fear of clash.
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Pittsburg
Paypthcan Sire Re
Eugene Debs
Coutry
Dar
Markemen
Markamen
Ers
P. Sealth
Preston
Morgan's Yacht Near Shipwreck Off City Island
New York Aug 26 J P Morgan nearly shipwrecked returning from New Haven to New York when the Corsair struck a snag near City Island. The vessel began leaking but proceeded to New York with pumps active and the crew safe.
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Morgan
New York
J. P. Morgan
New Haven
City Island
Long
Cage Falls 1,600 Feet in Mexico Incident
A brief report notes a high fall at a location in Mexico on August 26. It mentions a special director and an unnamed party, with sparse readable details and no confirmed casualties or outcomes.
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Mexico
Soon Sanewo
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Prince Menlik
Abyssinia
Great Britain
Esquimalt Naval Station
Glenn H. Cortias
Count Boni de Castellane
Marjorie Gould
Montreal
Can
Wabash Road
Glenwood
Holland
Daniel T. Ames
American Bar Association
Arden, N. J
Panama Canal
David E. Thompson
Panama
Thomas F. Walsh
Colorado
Portland
Mount Guruga
Binger Hermann
Heney
St. Petersburg
Monroe
Alabama
Homabes
Oregon
Supreme Lodge of Negro Poning
Pythina
Kansas City
Montevideo
Melilla
Anon
Riga
Ruewin
Ave
Johnson
Minnesota
Lieutenant Button
Missouri Railroad Commissions
A.lt
Pemues’ Alliance of Atlantic M. J
Sok
Greece
Cat
Doctor
Merced Grove
Pinchot
of Conservation Congress
Depan
Tokio
McKees Rocks
Debs
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