California’s Yuba River dam to become world’s tallest
A massive dam near the South Yuba on the Yuba river is under construction and expected to be the largest in the world upon completion. It will rise about 305 feet and, with a connected hydroelectric system, double California’s water and power capacity, aiming for operation early in 1914.
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Lane
Oregon
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North Carolina
Overman
Almarne County
Virginia
Swanson
New Jersey
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Mworks
Wireless Man Dies at Post in Sinking Ship
Forty survivors of the steamer State of California tell of Donald Perkins heroism in Alaska disaster. Perkins, off duty and asleep, was awakened by fire shocks and rushed to the wireless room to send help before a falling mast killed him. Survivors arrived in Seattle, Wash.
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Miles testifies on tariff board work and Mulhall claims
Herbert E. Miles of Racine Wisconsin told the renate lobby committee that he hired ex Representative James E Wilson at 250 dollars a week to aid a tariff board bill in 1900. He backed Martin M Mulhall's testimony that Mulhall advanced the first paid Watson before he joined the house. Miles denied the National Association of Manufacturers tried to influence elections.
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Herbert E. Miles
Racine
Wis
Renate Lobby Committee
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James FE. Wilson
Goard Bil
Congress
Martin M. Mulhall
Mulhall
Wiatson
House
Miles
Memorials to Women In Senate Proposes Parthenon Park
Senator Jones of Washington introduces a bill to create a memorial park in the proposed plaza between the capitol and Union Station to honor women with statues and memorials. The plan envisions naming the space the Parthenon as a harbinger of female emancipation.
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Jones
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Pigeon Sets World Record Flight From Abilene to Fort Wayne
A Fort Wayne homing pigeon owned by O Anderson flew 1000 miles in 26 hours 30 minutes and 6 seconds, the distance by air line. The record was verified by the American Racing Pigeon Union in Pittsburgh. Forty seven birds competed from Abilene Texas. Anderson’s bird set a world mark while J Schilling’s second bird arrived after 3 hours 51 minutes 47 seconds. The average speed exceeded 38 miles per hour.
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American Racing Pigeon Union
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Texas City
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J. Schilling
Wireless phone at sea may reach shore soon
London report says Marconi chairman Godfrey Isaacs announced patents including wireless telephony. The statement to shareholders described the work as under consideration. In Raleigh the same day the impeachment records of Governor William Holden were shipped to Albany for use in Governor Sulzer's trial. Holden was convicted in 1871 for refusing habeas corpus writs for alleged Kl Klux Klan members.
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North Carolina
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N. Y
William Holden
New York State
Sulzer
Holden
Perrine Sentenced to Eighteen Months in Mercer Workhouse
Addison B Perrine of Highstown New Jersey was convicted of manslaughter for a fatal collision with an auto track several months ago and received an eighteen month term in the Mercer County work house. The case charged he had been drinking when driving. Joseph Wishart was thrown from the car and injured.
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Mexican Pact Is Impossible Says Senator Nelson
Washington notes quote Senator Nelson of Minnesota on Mexico, border grain smuggling, and shifting conditions in the country. The report covers tariffs, Iowa’s voice in policy, and playful exchanges about apples among senators.
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Congress
Arthur W. Dunn
Washington
Mexico
United States
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Philippines
Minnesota
Norris
Nebraska
Panama Tolls to the Hague Peace Conference Resolution
The Hague August 23 The interstate peace conference adopts a resolution favoring submission of the Panama canal tolls dispute between Great Britain and the United States to the Hague arbitration court if diplomacy fails. It also regrets Balkan financial support and urges codification of compulsory international law before war.
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Knife Duel Ends in Murder at Market in Kansas City
In a Kansas City retail butcher shop, Frank Mooney and Mark Hamilton fought across a meat block. Mooney died after Hamilton stabbed him through the heart claiming Mooney cursed him. Police investigated the fatal stabbing as a case of murder.
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Frank Mooney
Mark Hamilton
Mooney
Hamilton
Chinese Rebels Vow Bombard German Consulate at Nanking
Berlin reports indicate rising conflict in Nanking between German naval officers and southern revolutionaries who threaten to bombard the German consulate and the protected cruiser Emden. The insurgents claim Emden bombarded Lion Hill and vow retaliation as the armored cruiser Scharnhorst speeds toward Nanking.
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Progressive Republicans Seek Immediate Party Reorganization
Progressive Republicans aligned with the conciliation committee will press Charles D. Hilles to call a general reorganization convention without delay. They planned to convene within sixty days of adjournment, but leaders urge action now as Congress may adjourn late.
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Chicago
Charles D. Hilles
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Congress
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Hilles
Kansas Drought Broken by Widespread Rain and Cool Weather
After a month of extreme heat in Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma a marked cool down followed rains. Weather bureau reports show temperatures dropping by 10 to 20 degrees over broad areas ending the heat wave across the three states.
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Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
United States Weather Bureau
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