Coast Happenings From San Francisco to Monterey
Brief notices report multiple incidents including Arthur Poth death by carbolic acid and gas, a San Jose post office burglary with stamps and coins stolen, a Loch Lomond wreck with missing crew, a Chinese junk Whang Ho sighting, and a Squires escape from Alcatraz who reached Monterey safely.
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Victoria
B. C
Loch Lomond
Chatham Islands
Whang Ho
Thursday Island
Papette
Cape Horn
Alcatraz
San Francisco
Monterey
Squires
Alcatraz Island
Santiago
Flood Devastation North of Bellingham and Subways Planned
In Lynden fifteen miles north of Seattle area Nooksack floodwaters swamp farms and transport routes. One and a half miles of the Bay and British Columbia track flood to four feet, with livestock moved to higher ground. In Seattle Etlinger Co and A de Benditty seek eight miles of subway rights at an estimated cost of 6 million dollars to be built in under three years.
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Washington Bellingham
Wash
Lynden
Nooksack
Bebay
British Columbia
Etlinger & Co
London
A. de Benditty
Amsterdam
Seattle
York
Cypress Hill Cemetery
Long Island
China
Explosive Gas Blast Damages Lorenz Hotel in Redding
An explosion in the third story of the Lorenz hotel in Redding caused two rooms to burn and windows to shatter. Mrs. H A Jones Walter Erskine and Jack Rule suffered facial and hand burns, Erskine the worst. D A Lancaster was knocked down with burns to hair and eyebrows. Hotel damage estimated at 500 dollars.
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Redding
Cal
Lorenz Hotel
H. A. Jones
Walter Erskine
Jack Rule
Erskine
D. A. Lancaster
San Francisco
United States Posts Rich Variety of Postage Stamps
The United States exhibits the greatest variety of postage stamps. This overview notes diverse designs, issues, and periods reflecting national history and culture.
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United States
Gas Explosion Kills Twenty Five on Gold Street Brooklyn
The New York report details a massive gas explosion on Gold Street Brooklyn that buried laborers and killed twenty five. Fifteen were said buried under earth and timber with twenty missing as flames and geysers shot from a shattered water main. Samuel Trout, foreman, perished while attempting rescue.
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New York
Gold Street
Brooklyn
York
Front Streets
Samuel Trout
New Roll Call of House Prepared with Party Tally
The temporary roll call of the House for the Sixty-first Congress is published showing a House of 219 Republicans and 172 Democrats, totaling 391 members, compared with 289 in the prior session. The publication lists the politics of all members as indicated by unofficial returns.
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Washington
New House
Schwab Too Poor To Live In Palace
Charles M. Schwab has boarded up his River side drive mansion after telling a discharged servant he cannot afford to keep the home open. The $7,000,000 Schwab mansion spans a full city block between Seventy third and Seventy fourth streets and back to West End avenue, long regarded as America's most expensive estate.
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New York
Riverside Drive
Charles M. Schwab
Schwab
Seventy-third
Seventy-fourth Streets
West End Avenue
America
Commission Finishes National Resource Inventory In Six Months
The National Conservation Commission announces its first full meeting in Washington on December 1 to begin shaping the six month stock of the nation’s waters forests lands and minerals. Governors or their representatives will join a week later for further discussion and to help formulate the president’s required report due January 1.
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Washington
National Conservation Mmission
Commission
Conservation Commission
Conference of Governors
White House
Frontier Town Bars Men With Firearms
Baggs Wyoming and frontier town authorities vow to curb gun use after three men, including Rodgers and C E Sprague, are jailed in Rawlins for carrying guns. Rodgers fined 100 dollars and Sprague 35 dollars, both unable to pay the sums. Bob Meldrum described as a noted gunman represents the law.
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Baggs
Bagge
Weat
Rodgers
C. E. Sprague
Rawlins
Bob Meldrum
Sprague
Boy Heroic Rescue At Playa Del Rey Pier Collapse
Luis Molina an 11 year old Mexican boy saved two drowning men when a pier section sank near Playa Del Rey. He used a skiff to reach the men guided them to safety and brought them to Venice where residents applauded his actions and raised about 110 dollars in rewards.
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Playa del Rey
Luis Molina
John Cole
Molina
United States Volunteer Life Saving Station
Venice
British India exports quinine through post offices
Government efforts succeed in producing large quinine quantities for sale via post offices. The measure expands availability and strengthens supply chains across regions.
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British India
England Eyes Naval Supremacy Amid War Fear
London reads with unease as England accelerates battleship building. The Admiralty pushes new vessels after Kaiser Wilhelm’s interviews stir unrest. The Collingwood, launched after keel plates in February, cost about 10 million dollars, with England to field ten dreadnoughts by 1910 and Germany nine.
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London
England
Germany
Kaiser
London Telegraph
Hale
New York
William
Collingwood
Lone
Old Pump Yields Hidden Gold Coins in Utica Area
In Utica New York John Roberts bought an old pump for 10 cents from Angelo Dupree. While breaking it up coins spilled from holes revealing 34 000 in twenty dollar gold pieces dated up to 1888. Roberts deposited the treasure in Farmers and Merchants Bank at Watkins and awaits a rightful claimant. The junk dealer will memo the pump for inspection before sale.
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Utica
N. Y
John Roberts
Watkins
Schuyler County
Angelo Dupree
Roberts
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Roosevelt Granted Unrestricted Big Game Privileges abroad
President Roosevelt will be allowed to shoot any beast or bird in British East Africa, with a special hunting license valued at $250. Richard Cunningham will manage equipment, with two Washington experts and Edmund Heller joining to preserve trophies. The expedition teams include gun car riers, an American cook, servants, and fifty porters, aided by native porters and ponies.
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Washington
British East Africa
Roosevelt
Richard Cunningham
Cunningham
Edmund Heller
California
Fire in Montana mine kills three at Red Lodge
A mine fire at Northwestern Improvement Company in Red Lodge Montana broke out around 1 a m Friday in the fourth drift east from No 2 slope. Three miners died and six more were feared lost while seven men were rescued in a half dead condition. Fire crews and volunteers fought flames as iron pipes were laid and water sprayed the site by Friday afternoon. A past disaster at the same property in 1906 cost eight lives.
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William Haggerty
Red Lodge
Northern Pacific
Nnlar
Craigvar Arrives at Port Townsend After Stripped for Fuel
The British steamer Craigvar reached Port Townsend twenty seven days from Yokohama in badly dilapidated condition. Captain Edmunds reported fuel ran to less than a ton three hours steaming remained. The vessel diverted to Seattle for rebunkering with Tacoma named as destination and three passengers helped strip timber to fuel the boilers.
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Sraigvar
Port Townsend
Yokohama
Townsend
Craigvar
Edmunds
Puget Sound
Tacoma
Seattle
Pacific
Practical Jokers Trigger Fatal Sneezing Fit in Saloon
In Patterson New Jersey Andrew M Taylor 40 died after sneezing fit caused by snuff scattered by practical jokers. He ruptured a blood vessel and died despite medical aid as police investigated the incident in New York area report.
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New York
Andrew M. Taylor
Patterson
Taylor
Beautiful Girl Found Dead in Atlantic City Boathouse
In Atlantic City New Jersey Eli Clark 18 a pretty daughter of a wealthy resident was found dead in a boathouse on Saturday. Nearby were unconscious Arthur Penny 18 and Walter Reynolds 18 both sons of prominent citizens. Three whisky glasses and a bottle were found. Detectives think she was enticed and given liquor then gas may have been turned on by accident after lights were out.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Eli Clark
Arthur Penny
Walter Reynolds
No End of Trees Recounts Family Tree Quip
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet recalls a witty exchange about ancestry and lineage with Mr. Maguire. The remark plays on the idea of a family tree as a symbol of privilege and control surrounding the imagined Garden of Eden.
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Mr. Maguire
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Peace Conference Will Convene In The Hague
The Netherlands government proposes an international committee to arrange a peace conference. Other dispatches note President Roosevelt planning a 1910 Rome visit with family and seeking a villa for a long Italian stay.
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Hague
Netherlands
Terrorized by Mad Dogs in Terre Haute and Chicago
Seven more victims of the rabies epidemic flee Terre Haute for treatment at the Pasteur Institute in Chicago. Officials report about 100 animals killed as the city remains in horror. twenty five patients are at the Chicago institute.
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Chicago
Terre Haute
Indiana City
Pasteur Institute
Chicago Institute
Wreck Devastates Nevada Rail Line
A broken wheel caused a multi car wreck near Eglon twelve miles west of Winnemucca. Sixteen cars carrying oil machinery dressed poultry and other freight lay wrecked along the track. One brakeman L A Graves was seriously cut but no fatalities occurred. Railroad officials call it the state’s most destructive in years.
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Nevada
Reno
Nev
Eglon
Winnemucca
L. A. Graves
Opium Smuggling Ring Exposed in Cement Shipment
Evidence of an extensive opium trafficking plot from China was unearthed. Workmen at Camp Stotzenburg and Manila forts discovered opium concealed in cement barrels shipped from Hongkong. Opium turned over to customs as investigators probe the case.
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Manila
China
Camp Stotzenburg
Hongkong
Causes of Wrecks Discussed by Railway Surgeons
Speakers at the eighteenth annual meeting of the New York and New England Association of Railway Surgeons blamed love liquor gambling and improvements in automatic safety devices and signals for many fatal railroad accidents. Dr R W Corwin of Pueblo Colorado recounted cases of a jealous young engineer neglecting his duties and another who gambled over a lost paycheck and backed his train into an excursion train. He argued railroads do not deliberately overwork their men and warned against false economy.
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New York
New York and New England
Man Recovers Lost Farm Money Hidden in Oats
William Ray of Marietta Ohio sold a farm for 5000 dollars and hid the cash in a bag of oats. Harry Wehrs found the oats, started to feed his horse, discovered the money in 100 dollar bills, and returned it to Ray. Ray rewarded Wehrs with a five dollar bill.
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Marietta, O
William Ray
Harry Wehrs
Ray
Wehrs
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Arthur Poth
Ninth Street
San Jose
Miles Hillister
Los Angeles
Santa Fe Railroad
Main Street
Donald Styles
Hugh Sharkey
Pierce Bros
Portland
Ore
Northwest Fruit Growers’ Association
North Fruit Growers’ Association
State Horticultural Society
King Edward
New York City
Europe
Oregon
Idaho
T. Gawley
Edna
Advance
Coimbra
Department
Capt. Gawley
Secret Service
G. Miller
Gawley
Bellingham
Vancouver
Wic- K
Katayama
Frontier Town
Boy
Two
New York Jews
New Zealand
Montana
John F. Weston
Philippines
Department of California
Frederick A. Smith
F. W. Duvall
Philippine
Kansas City
Walnut Street
Kellogg-Philipps Commission Company
Annie Bradley
Arthur Brof
Utah
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