Sailors and police clash in Santiago, Leon de Oro riot
Details of a Tuesday night disturbance in Santiago between United States Navy sailors from the Tacoma and local police. Ensign Brisbin and several crewmen were wounded, one fireman Henry Lee critically, as police used revolvers machettes and clubs. Police officers suspended by the civil governor after consular reports.
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Santiago
Cuba
Tacoma
Lay
Brisbin
Henry L. Lee
Com der Tappan
Holaday
Race of White Giants in Northern Alaska
Chicago priest Father Barnum reports a race of gigantic, pure white men beyond the Alaska Indian line. He says these tribesmen are taller than average Americans, with no Mongolian or Indian ancestry, and that he lived among them for years while preaching and learning their language.
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Chicago
Francis Barfom
S. J
Sas
Nome
Barnum
Alaska
Esquiaux
Shaw Sees War Do Way War Talk in Worcester 191?
In Worcester at a dinner of the Worcester board of trade Leslie M Shaw ex secretary of the treasury warned that war for control of the Pacific was inevitable. He said the Pacific may not stay peaceful and noted the United States lacks ships and supplies to last forty eight hours while other nations have ready war contracts. He urged business leaders to engage in government affairs.
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Worcester
Mass
Worcester Board of Trade
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Pacific
Shaw
Bitter Feeling Against Negroes Ignites Greensburg Riot
In Greensburg Indiana a crowd of about 500 white men attacked and beat six African Americans after an assault on an elderly white woman. Salons frequented by Black residents were vandalized as the mob forced Black residents to flee. authorities dispersed the riot with no arrests reported.
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Greensburg
Ind
Seaton
Roosevelt attacks race death by own action in Review letter
In a letter to the editor of the Review of Reviews President Roosevelt rebuts an article on The Doctor In the Public School. He argues that high birth rates are vital and warns that race death by own action would reduce schoolhood and threaten national survival. He criticizes elites who praise such views and warns against dangerous policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Review of Reviews
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Rapid progress on slip construction at Timms Point
San Pedro reports rapid progress on the slip being built by Southern Pacific at Timms Point entrance to the Inner harbor. The Pacific dredger, operated by North American Dredging, unloads earth for minor fill and outer harbor reclamation. A temporary pump issue delayed the Paeile, now resolved, as dumping work advances for the seawall.
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San Pedro
Southern Pacific Company
Timms Point
Pacific
North American Dredging Company
Bezar
Va Island
M. Sanders
Sh 2Nders & Kirety
Public Debt in United States Shows Decline in April 1907
Washington reports the April 1907 monthly statement of public debt. Excluding cash in treasury, total debt stands at 903,387,017, reflecting a monthly decrease of 5,745,000. Interest-bearing debt totals 901,966,030, with non-interest bearing portions at 402,062,192 and other categories. Cash in treasury funds and liabilities balance at around 41 million, including trust funds and Philippine treasurer accounts.
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Washington
Treasury
Treasur
Positarie Philippin Treas
Saas
Countess Denied Landing After Exile Claims
In San Francisco a landing couple aboard the Ventura, who used the names George and John Pepper, faced denial for the Countess who claimed royal lineage and exile from Russia. She asserted she was daughter of the duke of Buckingham and cousin of the czar, spoke of a murder accusation, and was deemed sane by doctors. She and her husband will appeal to the department of commerce and labor.
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San Francisco
Ventura
George
John Pepper
Duke of Buckingham
Russia
Pepper
They
Department of Commerce and Labor
Tragic West Branch Fire Claims Four Campbell Children
West Branch Michigan four small children perished in a house fire caused by a stove blaze while parents Martin and Mrs Campbell attended a dance seven miles away. The two oldest children aged 9 and 10 escaped as the home burned, leaving the parents prostrated by the loss.
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West Branch
Mich
Martin Campbell
Gunboat Detains Honduran Police In Honduras Court Martial Looms
In Puerto Cortez on April 29, the police chief and several officers were jailed aboard the US gunboat Paducah after a drunken assault on Davis, a Thacker Bros. inspector. Commander Fullam ordered arrests, irons, and transfer to the Paducah, with potential murder charges and a yard-arm hanging possible if found guilty. The incident prompted calls for reparation from Nicaragua and Honduras authorities as a Port of Call procedure unfolds.
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Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Mobile
Ala
Paducah
Follam
Davis
Estrada
Fallam
Thacker Bros.’ Steamship Line
Marietta
Rorasach
Fullam
Polisault
Auit
Paducah m
Tietta
Tegucigalpa
Pallam
Body of Horace Marvin Found Near Dover
The body of Horace Marvin, who disappeared from his father's farm near Kitesham mock, was found in the marsh along the Delaware River. Clothing matches what he wore when he vanished on March 4, with speculation about murder and concealment. Neighbor Ollie Pleasanton found the body while duck hunting, after reporting two strangers who had inquired about the area days earlier.
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Dover
Del
Horace Marvin
Kiteshammock
Here
Delaware River
Kinock
Marvin
Ollie Pleasanton
Pleasanton
Canton gunpowder magazine explosion devastates Canton
A catastrophic explosion of a gunpowder magazine in Canton yesterday caused immense loss of life and property. Twenty one bodies recovered, hundreds injured, fifteen buildings razed, and over a hundred seriously wrecked. A massive section of city hall collapsed. The nine story pagoda escaped major damage while foreigners hid in the Skamie suburb. City population about 900,000. financial losses immense. The magazine officer in charge was killed. a pipe in his hand may indicate cause.
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Hongkong
Canton
Shammien
Skamie
Honan
Land Fraud Probe in Western Washington Expands
Secret service operatives in Seattle and Western Washington unearth a wide network of land frauds said to surpass prior discoveries in Oregon and California. A Roosevelt confidant has been sent to gather evidence for the Department of Justice, with F. J. Heaney expected to be invited to replicate Oregon convictions.
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Seattle
Wash
Secret Service
Washington
Oregon
California
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
F. J. Heaney
Flood Threat Forces Capitol Hill Residents to Seek Shelter
Oklahoma City area floods from a cloudburst left Capitol Hill lowlands a swamp as the Canadian River rose steadily. Residents fled Sunday night and several spent the night in trees while one house floated downstream with a family aboard. no lives reported lost yet though damage runs to thousands of dollars.
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Oklahoma City
Capitol Hil
Assassins Plans Fail In Guatar City Coup Try
Guata City Guatemala Cabrera president of Guatemala narrowly escaped an assassination as an explosion blew up horse teams injuring staff including General Orellena. Officials say a mine connected by wire from a rented house mined the road. Several suspects arrested. Peace prevails overall.
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Guata City
Guaterrada Cabrera
Guater Vly
Seventh Avenue
Orellena
Rafael Rodil
Rosil
Iaterala
Aztec Indian Dies in San Antonio at 119
Felix Rodriguez an Aztec Indian died in San Antonio Texas yesterday aged 119 He served in the Alamo battle in 1826 as a teamster in charge of the paymaster s wagon of the Mexican army After Texans won he returned to Mexico and lived there until four years ago He died without family.
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San Antonio
Tex
Sweep of California National Guard reduces regiments
Adjutant General Lauck orders 10 companies mustered out for inefficiency as California National Guard consolidates from five to three regiments. San Francisco hardest hit with many units disbanded. May 10 retirement, May 11 dismantling of First and Sixth Infantry and related units. replacements and reassignments follow under Dick militia law with Company K and Company M reorganizations.
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Sacramento
Lauck
California National Guard
Thomas Wilhelm
San Francisco
First Infantry
Nevada City
Marysville
Placerville
Second Infantry
Stockton
Modesto
Merced
Coast Artillery
National Guard
Signal Corps
Courtess Ap
Columbia
United 3
Oflifornia
East Artillery
San Franco
Fifth Infantry
Fifth Infantrympany
Napa
Raw Wind Blamed for Chicago Crime Wave
Chicago reports an unusual crime spike attributed to a biting east wind and high humidity. Prof Henry J Cox heads the weather bureau and says the conditions irritate asthmatics and inflame tensions, with experts predicting continued crime until wind shifts.
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Chicago
Henry J. Cox
Weather Bureau
Steel From Temblor Ruins Reused In Singer Building
Steel for the Singer Building at Broadway and Liberty street includes beams that survived the San Francisco earthquake and fire. Twisted Golden Gate beams were purchased, shipped around Cape Horn, melted, tempered, and rolled into new straight structural beams for the project.
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New York
Singer
Broadway
Liberty Street
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Cape Horn
Staten Island
She Told Him The Man What Would You Do In My Shoes
In a brisk exchange a man asks what he would do if in her position while the maid retorts with a sharp quip about patronizing a bootblack. The brief dialogue captures social dynamics and wit in a compact exchange.
Butte Youth Given Fifty Years for Murder
In Anaconda criminal court Judge Winston sentenced Frank Carpenter aged 16 to fifty years in the penitentiary at hard labor for the murder of John Johnson an aged ranch hand in the Deer Lodge valley. An accomplice a boy of 14 is yet to be tried.
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Butte
Mont
Anaconda
Winston
Frank Carpenter
John Johnson
Deer Lodge
Revival Exposition Promises Irish Development Progress
Dublin opens a major Irish exposition aimed at reviving drooping interests and showcasing development led by the Marquis of Ormond. A guarantee fund of 1,000,000 dollars supports an event expected to surpass all prior Irish expositions with strong foreign interest from France Italy and Japan and notable colonial participation.
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Dublin
Ireland
Ali Ch
Marquis of Ormond
France
Italy
Japan
Mounted gendarmes batter Ursuline convent doors
In Nantes France fifty mounted gendarmes surrounded the Ursuline convent. After refusal of admittance the doors were battered in. The sisters were praying in the chapel and the mother superior read a protest. An officiating priest removed the holy sacrament and the sisters withdrew. A crowd gathered outside shouting abuse and several people were arrested.
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Nantes
France
Wireless telephony advances to thirty mile range
Berlin reports Rear Admiral H N Manney, a U S navy and wireless telegraphy conference representative, says progress in wireless telephony allows unwired calls over thirty miles, up from a quarter mile recorded before the conference.
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Berlin
H. N. Manney
United States Navy
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J. R. Harham
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John Cudahy
Packer
Orleans
Grand Jury
John G. Goff
William S. Clifford
Henry C. Peters
Joseph Creenin
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Frank Mukat
Mill Valley
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Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
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Robert Choate
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