Review of the past week events across nations and states
Reviews note Crusade against Sisters schools in France and a New York GOP pledge to back Roosevelt in 1904. Roosevelt invites senators to tariff talks. Colombia awaits arms for Panama Isthmus attack, while Venezuela offers amnesty to revolutionists in 40 days. Coal strike talks fail in Pennsylvania. Colombia denies new warship purchase. Northwest fires cause massive damage and losses. Vanderbilt–Pennsylvania rail merger, $2 million capital, 30 000 miles. Ottumwa electric lines strike shuts all lines. Ex governor Shepherd dies in Mexico. Cold snap damages Colorado potato crop. Russia-Muan churia dispute unsettled. Bridgeton Woolen Mills burn, $100,000 loss. Britain seeks reciprocal treaty extensions with US. German maneuvers seen by American generals return home. Mrs. William Stewart killed in San Francisco auto accident. Beaumont fire threatens levee, $250,000 cost. Oregon coast fires spread smoke. Oregon battleship Oregon sails toward Chinese waters. Moroccans mourn the sultan’s mother. Utah GOP nominates Howell. Burkitt named Texas governor candidate. Meat trust remains a certainty with September 27 as start date. Cleveland mayor Tom Johnson denies presidential bid. Sherman transport quarantined at Nagasaki. Portland fires, West Oregon smoke and loss. Captain Andrews declared legally dead after multiple ocean attempts. Roosevelt finishes tour. Judge Stinson wins Colorado Democratic governor nomination. Miles departs for Manila. Clydeward named South Carolina governor candidate.
National Irrigation Congress Meets in Colorado Springs
The tenth National Irrigation Congress will convene October 6 to 9 in Colorado Springs Colorado. The American Forestry Association joins the meeting and forestry topics will receive attention. Representation is set by offices and organizations such as governors, mayors, county boards, chambers, irrigation groups, engineers, and irrigation companies.
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Colorado Springs
Denver
Colo
American Forestry Association
Congress
Leen
Board of
Chamber of Commerce
Commercial Club
Real Estate Exchange
Irrigation, Agricultural and Livestock Association
Society of Engineers
Irrigation Company and Agricultural College
United States Senate
House of Representatives
National Irrigation Association
Oil Gusher Still Burning Near Beaumont
A 16 ton well near Beaumont Texas continues to burn with flames towering high as crews attempt to smother it with steam. Despite losses of pumping gear and delays, the fire is not yet controlled but no wells appear permanently damaged. Estimated damage centers around $100000 with one confirmed fatality.
Trains Collide Near Littleton Killing Three
Denver to Colorado Springs bound Santa Fe news train No 08 collided with a freight train at Straby south of Littleton. Three crew members on the passenger train were killed and another gravely injured. Passengers were shaken but unhurt. Freight cars piled on the engines as the two trains met.
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Denver
Santa Fe
Colorado
Springs
Pueblo
Chicago
St. Louis
Straby
Littleton
Struby
Bouffriere Volcano Trails Sooty Emissions From New Crater
A Chateau Belaire official notes Bouffriere's new crater is emitting black smoke while the old crater, active since May, erupts white steam and felled volcanic material falls at Richmond and Wattibou. Craters plus Wallibon and Richmond districts observed yesterday with ash deposits reported near several villages.
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Kingstown
St. Vincent
Chateau Belaire
Bouffriere
Kingston
Wallibon
Richmond
Destructive Forest Fire Rages Across Multnomah and Clackamas Counties
Portland reports forests burning across Eastern Multnomah and Clackamas, destroying Bridal Veil Lumbering Company mill and the town of Palmer, leaving sixty people homeless at Springwater. Thousands of acres burned, seven large mills damaged or wiped out near Elma and Clark County with extensive property losses and forced evacuations.
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Portland
Bridal Veil
Palmer
Springwater
Multnomah
Clackamas
Multnomeh
Jackamas
Bridal * Oil Lumbering Company
Palmyr
ORK &N
Gray's Harbor
Elma
Wash
Star Mill
Navy to reinforce Isthmus of Panama and Haiti coast
Washington dispatches report Senge Moody ordering battleships to mobilize for quick deployment to the Isthmus of Panama and Haiti coast. The Cincinnati sails from Cape Haiti to Panama while Wisconsin takes 20 days for 4050 mile voyage, and gunboat Montgomery to replace Cincinnati on Haytian coast amid rebel violence.
Beaumont Oil Field Fire Threatens Vast Texas Resource
The Beaumont Texas oil field is on fire with spreading flames from Spindle Top area. Fire destroyed about 60 feet of trestle and ignited hundreds of thousands of barrels of petroleum in massive tanks. Thousands of people converge on the field as flames threaten more tanks and production wells. Communication lines tremble as fire crews mobilize to combat the inferno.
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Gladys
Famous Outlaw Alvord Surrenders to Arizona Sheriff
Famous train robber Bert Alvord gives himself up to Sheriff Lewie of Cochise County after years on the run with ally Billy Stites turning state’s evidence. Alvord, badly wounded, faces charges for attempted mail robbery in Cochise in 1892 and train robbery, a capital offense in Arizona.
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Ariz
Bert Alverd
Lewie
Cochise County
Billy’” Stites
Ariscan Rangers
United States
Cochiss
Fairbaths
Arizona
Jean
Hermoculo
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Great Britain
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William M. Stewart
Wifle
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Puget Sound Navy Yard
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Republican Convention
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P Burkitt
Meat Trust
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
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Manila
Nagasaki
A. A. Andrews
Maesachueetta
Washington
H. C. Stinson
Coloa
General Miles Base
Eadl
D. Cydeyward
South Carelies
National Irrigation Congress
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Vancouver
Clark County
Fifth Plain
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Kooth-Kelly Lumber Company
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