News Of The Week A Resume Of The Past Week
Panama and Colombia quarrel over debts. Hill leases Minnesota coal lands to steel firm. California forests suffer fires. A Philadelphia gas explosion kills eight. Army moves toward Cuba from Newport News. Goulds quarrel may separate. Two clerks die after fall from Cleveland store window. Chicago youth arrested for robbing slot machines. St Paul to issue 150 million in stock for coast rail. Western Union-backed system to challenge AT and T. Simbirik governor wounded by bomb. Czar returns to prison from yacht. Roosevelt urges national government power as remedy. Emigrant steamer lost with captain and 60 aboard. Coroner links Snyder murder near Hillsboro. Cuban annexation talk grows among emigrants. Oregon minister marries couple on Vancouver ferry. Window glass trust forming. Funston named to command in Cuba. Seattle raises 600000 for Alaska Pacific Fair. Alabama mob shoots two of its own men. Ex-Governor Magoon to be provisional Cuba governor. Lighthouse wrecks and drownings from storm. Palma mourns departure from Havana. Roosevelt doubts annexing Cuba but supports republic. Chicago packing houses convicted for underweighing lard. Vatican thefts of valuables. Bones broken in San Francisco street accidents. Disarmament in Cuba progressing rapidly. Cuban moderates blame US for intervention. Heavy rains worsen homelessness on Gulf coast. Mormon leader Smith arrested for polygamy. American marine relief lauded by Cubans. Baron Rosen narrowly escapes automobile crash. Unidentified infant and wrecked ore shipments noted.
Nineteen Dead in Pocahontas Mine Disaster
In Pocahontas Virginia the West Fork mine of the Pocahontas Colleries Co. suffered an explosion late Wednesday. A rescue party of 35 recovered nineteen bodies with 30 to 40 others believed entombed. Coffins and burial supplies are en route as officials fear a large death toll.
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Pocahontas
West Fork
Pocahontas Colleries Company
Bluefield
West Mine
Palma resigns amid Cuban intervention tensions and US action
The Havana report notes ex President Palma sought American involvement in Cuban affairs in early September. It covers his requests to the American Charge and Commander John C Colwell, the push to call Congress for intervention, and his announced resignation to avoid chaos. Marines landed then pulled back as Taft and Bonaparte actions unfolded.
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Havana
Palma
Slooper
John C Colwell
Denver
Congress
State Department
Steinhart
Timera
Nat
Bacon
Roosevelt
Cuba
Bonaparte
Taft
Sarong
Pronounce Dreadnaught a Success
Lonion Oct 5 The battleship Dreadnaught began a several hour trial of its engines amid poor weather. Naval officers praised the turbine propulsion and steering, expressing satisfaction with the vessel's performance despite conditions.
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Lonion
Triaia Eheta
Handiere
Manevering
Slaughter Report From Petrograd Palace Attack
A Times cable from Saint Petersburg reports that men wearing sacks and bearing bullet wounds attacked the palace of Peter the Great. The article notes the assailants are not among those recently captured near Kron.
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New York
Times
Petereburg
Palace of
Peterbet
Tornado Toll and Devastation Across Louisiana
A series of cyclonic disturbances produced at least three tornadoes across Louisiana, killing six and injuring nine. West Baton Rouge Parish suffered fatalities in a collapsed house and a sugar refinery mishap. St James Parish reported deaths and injuries, with fifteen buildings leveled. In Point Chataula a family perished in a collapsed home, and a black community suffered numerous injuries. New Orleans saw heavy damage and hundreds injured with eight miles of disturbed streets, while two streetcars were derailed and a number of cabins burned or demolished. Total damages exceeded one million dollars with extensive crop losses and hundreds of buildings ruined.
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New Orleans
West Baton ‘Rouge Parish
T Forel
White
Forel
St. James Parish
Rebber
John Meyer
Point Chataula
George Hawes
Marengo Street
Big mine fire traps 15 men at Blossburg Dutchman mine
Denver colp October 6 A special to the News reports 15 men believed entombed after a 2 30 am explosion wrecked the Dutchman mine tunnel at Blossburg New Mexico Six men were known in the tunnel at the time and 165 normally on the night shift none located outside four bodies have been recovered including Jan Jencki 40 American and Austrian workers predominated in the night crew Fire damp has settled hindering rescues and no fire has been reported yet Rescuers fear survival with gas present
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Denver Colp
Blossburg
Jan Jencki
Palma Enriches a Rough Rider
In Wichita on October 6 C A Mosher received a commission as a General in the Cuban Army from President Palma and planned to raise a Rough Riders regiment. The next day he was asked to resign and a salary draft dating the commission back three months was sent to him. Secretary Taft met Mosher in Havana and pressed for resignation.
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Palma
Wichita
Kan
A Mosher
Taft
Ha- Tana
Mosher
Rebels Raid Mail Train on Biola River in Russia
An armed band of about 40 men halted a mail train over the Biola river in Ufa Russia. They killed one soldier and injured three others while taking the mail and valuables. The raiders fled with an estimated $125000 in tellers.
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Ufa
Russia
Biola
Platt in Hot Water Over Divorce and Far-Reaching Schemes
New York reports Senator Thomas C. Platt has allegedly given away most of his fortune to avoid a large divorce settlement. Mrs Platt accuses him of conspiracies and cites other women, including Miss Wood who threatens breach of promise claims.
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New York
Thomas C. Platt
Tioga Lodge
Platt
Highland Mills
Janeway
Mae Woods
Misa Wood
Washington
San Francisco
Cabinet Changes in Roosevelt Administration
President Roosevelt plans winter cabinet reshuffles with Attorney General Moody resigning by December 1 and Secretary Shaw retiring in February. George Von L. Meyer is eyed for one vacancy. Moody advocates replacing him with Bonaparte at Navy, while Metcalf prefers remaining in Commerce and Labor.
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Washington
Moody
Treasury
Shaw
George von L. Meyer
Russia
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Mr. Moody
Navy Department
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Rebate allegations surface in grain export case
William H Sufferns of Decatur Illinois testifies at the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on grain rebate schemes. He says Harris Scotten & Co and Rosenbaum & Co received a 2 cent per hundredweight elevator allowance at New Orleans, reducing export costs by 10 cents overall and harming his competitiveness in European markets. R J Barr of New Orleans corroborates a similar account.
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Chicago
William H. Sufferns
Decatur
Ill
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sufferns
T Hat Harris, Scoten & Co
Grainmen of
Rosenbaum & Co
New Orleans
T He
R. J. Barr
Ocean race tales tariff impact on ships and ports
Yokohama reports an Ocean race story about tariff effects from the September 30 customs increase. The American yacht from San Francisco and the Denbighshire from Middlesbrough led the field, while the Quota failed near Singapore. The heaviest duties hit wines liquors watches and related manufactures.
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Yokohama
San Francisco
Denbighshire
Middlesborough
England
Singapore
Unclear memo cites Castillo orders and night arrangements
Fragmentary notes mention Castillo and orders to mobilize or direct actions, with references to officers and night arrangements. The garbled text lacks clear events, dates, or participants beyond Castillo and military phrasing.
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