Hectic West Happenings Highlight Robberies and Disasters
Week in the west notes unveiling of Captain Owen ONeill statue in Prescott to a 6000 strong crowd. A tornado devastates Rochester Texas wounding several and causing heavy property damage. Isco reports postal totals for year ending June 30 show a small decline. John Day ferry shooting near Wasco leaves Freeman dead and McDonald wounded. Coaling station construction begins at San Diego. Hollywood burglary and a mansion fire mar Los Angeles. Lena Myers dies of hydrophobia in Prescott after skunk bite. Kern river levee flood damages Bakersfield area. Pasadena shootings injure Maldonado. Hamilton found dead by roadside near Sierra Madre.
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Pasadena
Orville Grant Hamilton
Sierra Madre
Patsy John
Lena Monk
Hamilton
Sierra Madri
Austin and Newell
Polena
There was a young lady named Alys in malys
A portion of the Philadelphia Ledger verse mentions a young woman named Alys cited with lines about poverty and a father building a palace, reflecting a playful historical sentence from the era.
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Alys
Alice
Dad
Philadelphia Ledger
City Opposes Claim Of The Japanese Restaurant Riot
San Francisco attorneys say city defense will argue no riot occurred and damage came from two or three individuals before a mob could form. US Attorney general inquiry into San Francisco licensing actions for Japanese employment agencies is underway. Tokyo awaits San Francisco reply on consul’s protest before official action is taken.
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San Francisco
Atchey Bagget
United States
Hne
Bonaparte
San R
Tokio
Babe Run Over by Train Not Hurt in Winnetka incident
A Chicago and Northwestern express halted suddenly near Winnetka when a baby lay between the rails. The crew rescued the child unharmed as curious onlookers gathered. No identification could be learned from the infant or its guardians.
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Babe
Chicago
Winnetka
North Port
Duncan
Chicago & Northwestern
Fifteen Naval Officers to Be Retired
Washington announces compulsory retirement for fifteen naval officers per the personnel board under the naval personnel act. Names include Captains Alvin Wadcamp Richard Davenport James Bul Roger Ball Frank Sawyrer. Commanders William Winder Jena Parker John Colwell William Cutler. Lieutenant Commanders Lewis Clark Stansworth William Allison Charles Webster Nean Mansfield.
Lost Sunnyside rancher sparks townwide search
The disappearance of H. E. B. M aff a Sunnyside rancher and Law and Order League president triggers a mass hunt in Portlan. The town suspends business as residents fear foul play. a $70 reward is raised for news of the missing man, dead or alive, amid threats reported to Nicolai.
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Portlan
Orth Yakima
Faye Tateh
H. EB. Maf
Sunnysid
Yakima
Nicolai
Law and Order League
Bloodthirsty Mexican Stabs Opponent in Saloon
In San Diego Cenobio Mendino, a drunken Mexican, stabbed millwright John Kertz during a fierce affray at the Silver Moon saloon. Mendino allegedly licked blood from his knife to erase clues before being arrested. Kertz’s condition was reported as not yet out of danger and he has a wife and two children in Jacksonville, Florida.
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San Diego
John Kertz
Cenobio Mentino
Silver Moon
Mendino
Kertz
Jacksonville
Fla
Japan Rejects Renewal If Immigration Clause Stands
Semi official reports say Japan will not renew the US treaty if Washington keeps a clause excluding Japanese laborers from the mainland. Foreign Minister Hayashi reportedly sent a confidential memorandum outlining Japan’s stance, resisting immigration limitation and signaling a push to study Pacific coast conditions.
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Washington
United States
Hayashi
Otataka Yamaoka
Count Okuma
Progressive Party
Yamaoka
Pacific
Saionji
Root
Japan
Government of
San Francisco
Seattle
Masaji Miyakawa
Mars at record closeness sparks new telescope fever
New York reports Mars is nearer to Earth than in years, about 40,000,400 miles away. Astronomers plan to use enhanced telescopes and photography, predicting July 8, 1907 may reveal new evidence of Martian activity and engineering feats once thought impossible. Special observatory preparations are under way across America as data gathering intensifies.
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New York
Mars
Earth
Weaver
Jehild
Pennsylvania
Belmont
Tehachapi Pass Faces Severe Mountain Fires
Kern County force of fifty men responds to urgent blaze near Toll House ranch in Tehachapi pass. Fire first observed last night, six sections burned, flames reignite along Southern Pacific tracks and spread through shrub oak and feed grass. Southern Pacific crews aiding extinction efforts as cattle numbers in Argentina are estimated at 25,000,000.
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Bakersfield
Kern County Land Company
Tehachapi Pass
Toll House Ranch
Southern Pacific
Twenty years of reclamation swept away by flood
An Associated Press report details Buena Vista Inkepis floodwaters breaking the auxiliary levee and spreading across the reclaimed district. The flood is expected to take thirty to thirty jades long and two to twelve miles wide, submerging islands, hay stacks, fences, roads and homes. Half a million sacks of wheat are ruined. it will take a decade to erase the catastrophe’s marks. Evaporation runs about four feet annually, five years for water to recede, with ten years needed to recover cultivation bases.
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Asfield
Buena Vista Inkepis
Telegraphic Brevities from The World in Brief
A round up of brief global items: Petroff sentenced to death for Premier Petiroff's murder. three miners killed at Cedar Point shaft. Jewish riot in Odessa with fatalities and injuries. war medals awarded to American nurses and journalists from the Russo-Japanese War. MacLean hostage in Morocco. U.S. land openings in Idaho and California. Turkish postage stamps auction for Higaz railway funds. Manchuria opens to foreign trade. several Chinese port towns designated open to commerce. American soldiers at Jamestown exhibit disturbance. plot details on Count Witte’s potential assassination published by revolutionary sources.
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ST. Petersburg
Count Witte
Portsmouth
Moscow
Union of True Russian People
Infernal machine hurled at San Francisco baker
A three pound coffee tin filled with powder nails and iron fragments and a burning fuse was thrown through a basement window at a San Francisco bakery. Baker Lewis ter was inside and a prior shooter who fled through the same window had wounded him about a month earlier. The device was seized by police and detectives are investigating the attack as they seek the baker's former assailant. Japanese enter country by stealth report on border crossings and immigration evasion at Salina Cruz and El Paso. Two hundred seventy five Japanese landed there and scholars say many aim for U S coal districts while others skirt border restrictions via Juarez routes toward Canada, prompting scrutiny by immigration authorities.
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San Francisco
Lewister
Pierce and
O'Farrell
Vere
CO City
Salina Cruz
Las Esparajo
Jos
Canada
United States
Mexican Officials Detain Man Amid Extradition Protest
Telegrams reach the state department from Manuel Sarbia who was held for extradition after arrest alleged political. friends appeal for return claiming kidnapping and transport into Mexico. No word yet from territorial officers, leaving no basis for department action.
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Wasrington
State Department
Manuel Sarbia
Aed
Douglas
Department
Mexico
Six inch Morse telegraph wire carved by Long Beach man
A six inch section of the wire used by Prof Samuel B F Morse to send his first experimental message was carved by S P Miles of Long Beach. Miles recalls Morse presented the piece in 1865 at his Hudson River home near Poughkeepsie New York. The carved wire connected two posts for early experiments before the Washington Baltimore line was built.
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Long Beach
Samuel B. F. Morse
S. P. Miles
Prof
Morse
Hudson River
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Miles
Victoria landing place for many Japanese
Victoria B C is expected to receive over 3000 Japanese this month from Honolulu, with August arrivals mirroring the flow. The steamer Kumeric will bring about 2000 Japanese from Honolulu as the first major contingent, followed by other British steamers of similar capacity. Across the Pacific, numbers rise with five steamers due in the next two weeks carrying over 900 on board.
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Victoria
B. C
British Columbia
Honolulu
Pacific
Japan
Desperate Battle Report From Formosa Invasion
The steamer Tre mont arrives with news of heavy fighting in Formosa. Japanese trained Formosan Chinese troops under Lt Col Haikawa attacked Chintoz tan hill fort, capturing it after a day of combat. The assault resulted in the death of the commanding officer and 13 hundred troops.
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Victoria
B. C
Tremont
Formosa
Haikawa
Chintoz‘tan
American Citizen Oppressed by Russians in St Petersburg
The American embassy has filed for protection for Sergeant W. Peezt of Seattle who lacks naturalization papers. Peezt, living in Krasnoyarsk under false passports, was imprisoned recently and alleges ill treatment.
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ST. Petersburg
W. Peezt
Seattle
Peezt
Krasnoyarsk
Not Applicable
Chicago man wanders in London fog reflecting on home days as he rubs his hands under a dim street lamp. He remarks the moment has a dark smear similar to past troubles back home.
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Chicago
London
Arbitration petition praised at peace conference reveal
President of peace conf receives Miss Anna Eckstein of Boston May presenting a petition signed by over two million Americans in favor of general arbitration treaty. Nelidoff says progress possible via arbitration. conference may discuss periodic meetings. Paine notes Fourth of July timing as omen. Subcommittee on harbor bombardment reviews floating mines rule with Britain Italy Japan amendments.
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Hague
Preston Gue
Anna Eckstein
Boston
Mays
M. Nelidoff
Russia
Christ
M. Nelldorf
Robert Treat Paine
American Peace Society
Miss Eckstein
Gagerup
Nor _way
Ottley
R. N
Great Britain
Italy
England not likely to reduce indemnity in Boxer uprising
In the house of commons Charles E. Price pressed Britain to waive China’s indemnity for the Boxer suppression. Foreign Secretary Grey stated no official info on U S action and said Britain’s posture remains to recover only actual expenses incurred.
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London
House of Commons
Charles E. Price
United States
China
Grey
America
Color line in British forces blocks London youth enlistment
London youth born to a black father and English mother is barred from joining the navy or army as British authorities uphold racial bans. Guardians raised him after his parents died, and the case sparks anticipated debate in Parliament over citizenship and service rights.
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London
British
Admiralty
War Office
Parents Almost Sailed Away Leaving Baby at Hotel
Henrick Van Sieck of Paoli Iowa and his wife nearly departed for Europe on the steamship Nieu Amsterdam forgetting their infant. The baby rested asleep at the hotel overnight and was not missed until the gangplank was to be raised. Hotel staff alerted officers who delayed the sailing for ten minutes to reunite the family.
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New York
Henrick van Sieck
Paoli
Iowa
Europe
Nieu Amsterdam
Mail Pouches Recovered After Stage Holdup in Lander
Post office inspectors recovered three stolen mail sacks hid in a cave near Myersville after a February 1906 stage holdup. Several hundred letters were processed, with registered items opened while ordinary mail remained intact. Pouches had been overturned and hidden by the robbers.
Germany denies advising US on battleship policy
Berlin reports a semi official denial of claims that Germany told the United States to disperse its battleships or about affairs in the Far West. The government is quoted denying both the Pacific force suggestion and any representations on Western matters.
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Berlin
United States
Pacific
Germany
Far West
United States denies naval site purchase from Mexico
Washington Acting Secretary of State Atlee said the United States government has made no overtures or plans to negotiate for the purchase of a naval site on Magdalena Bay in Lower California. He stated the government has no intention of proposing such a purchase to Mexico.
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Atlee
United States
Republic of Mexico
Magdalena Bay
California
Mexico
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