All Americans Escape Death Torrent In Mexican Flood
Monterey August 20 Eight bodies recovered and buried in Monterey. Authorities estimate 2000 dead and between 15000 and 26000 homeless across the Santa Catarina valley. The river subsided enough to allow passage southward. Government sends 50000 relief, aid from San Antonio and New York firms. Bread and beans distributed. soup kitchens established. many houses destroyed, 21 and a half inches of rain in 72 hours. No Americans killed though property losses high. Searchers identify bodies as they arrive. shelters and feeding arranged for thousands.
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Monterey
Mexico
Santa Catarina
San Antonio
New York
Tampico
San Juan
Matimores
Sattillo
Rinconda i
Garcia Gardia
Optimism Guides Monterey Flood Recovery Efforts
In Monterey on August 31 optimism prevails as flood effects are seen as beneficial. Several towns were destroyed but fields are fertilized. United States aid has arrived and housing will begin immediately with rebuilt, modern structures. The mood notes hardships for poorer classes while residents press on with rehabilitation.
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Monterey
United States
Alding
Undertaker cuts legs from corpse in Wyoming
In Ftock Springs, Aug 31, Jacob Starman Moren, six feet tall, died in Hudson, Wyoming. The coffin was too short, so the undertaker severed the legs at the knees to fit the body for shipment. Indignant relatives vow to prosecute. an order to not open the coffin fueled suspicions and an investigation revealed the legless remains.
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Ftock Springs
Wyo
Jacob Starman Moren
Hudson
Pendleton to Get New Planing Mill Industry
Ben Hill of Pendleton Lumber announces a new planing mill to employ 25 to 90 workers, with equipment costing about 20000 dollars. Location not decided, likely a vacant storefront, and remodeling planned. The mill will run wholesale and retail operations supplying local and tributary areas. The project aims to use a up-to-date plant after studying other mills. orders may be filled by a Walla Walla firm until the Pendleton plant opens.
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Ben Hill
Pendleton
Pendleton Lumber Company
Hill
Walla Walla
Former Mayor Harper Denies Accepting Bribes for Protection
Los Angeles reports former Mayor A C Harper testified as a witness for Thomas H Broadhead charged with accepting bribes for protecting the red light district. Harper denied corruption claims, stating he handled $52 000 through his private bank during 1908 while Nicholas Oswald testified of large sums paid for police protection.
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Los Angeles
Cal
A. S
A. C. Harper
Thomas H. Broadhead
Red Light District
Harper
Broadhead
Nicholas Oswald
Whe
Edward Kerene
Wie
Hill downplays rail combinations in Mississippi valley
St Pan Minnesota Aug 30 James J Hill chairman of the board of Northern Pacific says there are no new railroad combinations being considered in the region. He asserts the company has sufficient connections in the Mississippi valley and that the Burlington handles traffic not routed by other lines.
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St. Pan
Minn
James J. Hill
Cirwat Northern
Missiiasippi
Burlington
Seven Children Die in Rockaway Park Orphanage Fire
Fire at St Malachis home for children in Rockaway Park results in seven confirmed deaths among inmates aged two to twelve. Sisters of the Orphanage and fire drill saved hundreds as alarm sounded. a sister later suggested three more bodies may be found. Fire started in engine room around seven last night. nearly a thousand residents occupied the wooden block structure by the ocean. Firemen hunt for additional victims while refugees are treated at Hebrew sanitarium.
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New York
St. Malachis
Rockaway Park
Sisters of Orphanage
Records of Institution Destroyed Blots Past of Children
New York report on August 31 states that institution records were destroyed making it impossible to identify the dead and verify the history of six hundred surviving children. The past of these children has been erased.
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New York
Beatrice Due Fights Tide in Narrows Swim
Beatrice Due, 12, battled the tide for four hours while trying to swim the Narrows from Brooklyn to Staten Island. Nearing shore, her father signaled rescue and she was lifted into a boat. Beatrice is the daughter of Brooklyn photographer Alfred Due. three of her sisters also swam today, the eldest, 17, already holding two gold medals in swimming contests.
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New York
Brooklyn
Stanton Island
Beatrice Due
Alfred Due
Due
Ethel
Rancher Kills Father-in-Law Near West Cliff
Walter Lombard a prominent rancher living west of here shot and killed his father in law Samuel Simerel yesterday Lombard surrendered at West Cliff claiming self defense of his wife and children whom Simerel was beating The incident occurred west of here on Aug 30.
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West Cliff
Col
Walter Lombard
Here
Samuel Simerel
Lombard
Simerel
Costa Rican Election Returns Point to Timing for President
A San Jose cablegram cited by Costa Rican minister Senor Galvo said returns from today's election indicate Ricardo Timing as the likely president. The message, received in Washington, notes Costa Rican voters chose Timing amid ongoing political shifts and regional concerns.
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Washington
San Jose
Senor Galvo
Costa Rica
Ricardo Timing
Forest Fires Cut Telegraph Links Between Portland and Seattle
Hood River Ore Aug 31 Forest fires in Hood River county and surrounding areas renewed fury today making details scarce and disrupting telegraphic lines between Portland and eastern Oregon. Fires have burned poles and leveled wires causing near isolation from Portland and vicinity with hazy atmosphere but conditions not considered serious beyond communication interruptions.
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Portland
Oregon
Hood River
Seattle
Ore
Hood River County
Washington and Oregon Fire Alerts Block Rails
Reports from Washington and Oregon describe extensive fires amid dry weather. Fires threaten the Northern Pacific route between Spokane and Seattle, making travel slow due to heat and dense smoke as trains proceed cautiously and arrive at terminal points late.
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Washington
Portland
Here
Seattle
Big Fire Near Kalama Rages Through Alger Timber Camps
Forest fires east of Kalama Washington burn Alger logging camps destroying cut timber and machinery. Moren section of Alger timber burned as fire advances toward Barre camp with considerable loss reported.
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Kalama
Wash
Alger
Barre
Pacific Squadron at San Francisco sails for Asiatic ports
Eight cruisers led by the Tennessee enter San Francisco bay after a near day of hovering. The Tennessee and Washington anchor at the waterfront while Californian Colorado Pennsylvania Maryland South Dakota and West Virginia move to Mare Island for ammo and supplies. The squadron, under Rear Admiral Sebree, plans to sail Sunday for extended cruises and speed records to Honolulu with maneuvers and target practice at Asiatic stations.
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San Francisco
Tennessee
Sebree
San Francisco Bay
Washington
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Maryland
South Dakota
West Virginia
Mare Island Navy Yard
Asiatic
Honolulu
Typhoid Epidemic Strikes Cobalt Ontario
An alarming outbreak of typhoid sweeps Cobalt Ontario overtaxing the lone hospital which is overwhelmed. Three tents have been set up to handle overflow as the number of hospital cases rises to about 70. Poor district water is blamed for the spread.
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Cobalt
Irrigation Committee Reschedules Hermiston Visit Thursday
The Senate irrigation committee will now meet in Hermiston Thursday morning instead of Morrston. They arrive by electric tram at 11 and depart at 3. Local officials urge a strong turnout and may invite a brief Pendleton stop to view the Umatilla project.
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Morrston
Senate Irrigation Committees
Mermistin
Umatilla
Pendleton
Wrecked steamer Ohio to be raised planned
Seattle August 31 The Canadian wrecking tug Salvor heads to the wrecked steamer Ohio to assess if raising is practicable. Lloyds Insurance covers the vessel. San Francisco underwriters insure the cargo. Captain Fowler and Captain Gibbs will supervise divers work and decide on the raise.
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Seattle
Salvor
Ohio
Wireleas
5. B. Gibba
Lloyds
Radelisse Forman
Alaska Steamship Company
Carter Bay
San Francisco
Fowler
Gibbs
Lone bandit loots Pennsylvanian express train
A lone bandit boarded the Pittsburg and Northern express near Lewiston Narrows, looting the Adams express car and many passengers. Conductor Isaac Pffenberger was shot in the hand, the robber forced the crew to back him to the car, and the fireman carried a sack of bullion worth $5000 and sacks of pennies. A pursuing posse recovered the bullion after the robber dropped it, mistaking it for pennies.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Bandit Robs Passengers Aboard Train Near Harrisburg
A bandit awakened sleeping passengers on a train car in Harrisburg, forced them to surrender valuables, loaded sacks with loot and money, then ordered the fireman to haul them to a hilltop. The crew could not aid the passengers. No clue to the bandit's identity. a posse arrived after the theft.
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Harrisburg
Watchman Foils Train Wreck Plot at Canal Dover
Mineral City Ohio August 31 A watchman a dying condition at Canal Dover fought four bandits in a tunnel. John Mace interrupted wreckers, shot and killed one robber wounded another and himself. bandits fled leaving a blood trail. Police seek identity of the dead bandit and details of the plan.
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Mineral City
Cleveland and
Pittsburg
Here
Canal Dover
John Mace
Mace
Mrs Bleakley Opposes Compromise in Marian Case
Kansans City Aug 31 Mrs Bleakley refused any deal with Mrs Barcelay who offered to drop a kidnapping prosecution in exchange for Marian the Incubator baby. She pledged to prosecute the alleged kidnappers to the full extent of the law.
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Kansans City
Shoshone River Reorganization Aims for Oregon Basin Development
Cheyenne Wyoming reports an Arge IO A reorganization plan seeks a $2,000,000 development of the Oregon Basin reservoir project. The abandoned reserve is to be reconsidered by Chicago capitalists consulting with officials. Proposal would reclaim about 250,000 acres of land.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Arge IO
Inal
Oregon Basin
Reserveir
Chicago
Thaw Named Librarian at Matteawan Asylum
Harry Thaw, recently re committed to the state hospital for the criminal insane, has been appointed librarian at Matteawan Asylum. The unusual appointment places Thaw, once a high profile figure in New York criminal history, in charge of library duties at the facility.
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Thaw
Matteawan
N. YY
Harry Thaw
Taft and Pinchot Clash Over Conservation Policy
Gifford Pinchot told a Portland audience that Taft accepts Roosevelt era conservation duties and supports private water power development. He asserted Taft aims to carry Roosevelt policies, despite friction with Secretary Ballinger over the conservation commission. Pinchot stressed private ownership can fund development with government oversight.
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Portland
Ore
Taft
Gifford Pinchot
Department of Agriculture
First Unitarian Church
Roosevelt
Pinchot
Ballinger
National Irrigation Congress
trans-Mississippi Congress
National Conservation Congress
Conservation Commission
Conservation Committee
Rioting Follows Costa Rica Election Clash and Riots
New Orleans dispatch reports three days of rioting at Port Lima Costa Rica over the election. A battle at Reventacion bridge left many injured and possibly drowned. Revolutionists clashed with authorities who raided their head quarters, seizing firearms amid sixty arrests as balloting finishes. Don Ricardo Jiminez is listed as probable winner.
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New Orleans
Port Lima
Costa Rica
Reventacion Bridge
Don Ricardo Jiminez
Civil War Deepens in Central America Crisis
New Orleans reports a fresh civil war surge in Costa Rica with private advices from Port Sim on. Hundreds of fatalities are alleged at San Jose as factions supporting Jiminez and Rafael Iglesia clash. Jiminez, rumored puppet of Nicaragua's Zeledya, seeks union of the two republics. he has about four thousand troops assembled.
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New Orleans
Bdiood
Costa Rica
Port Simon
San Josse
Jiminez
Rafael Iglesia
Zeelaya
Nicaragua
Cholera Alarm in The Hague Amid Silent Clusters
In The Hague on Aug 30, several suspected cholera cases appear in Amsterdiam and other sites with no clear link. Ninety people are under observation as health boards tighten precautions across districts to prevent spread.
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Holland
the Hague
Amsterdiam
Rome Quake Slight Felt in City and Vatican
An afternoon tremor shook Rome sparking fear but causing no damage. The quake was felt by residents and by Pope Pius at the Vatican with vibrations lasting several seconds.
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Rome
Pius
Vatican
Harriman Never Off Duty Says Union Pacific Leader
Omaha August 31 Mehler president and general manager of the Union Pacific declares Harriman has not been off the job in reply to when he would return to work. Mehler received a letter but refused to reveal contents, stating it declared his condition deto rating. Molter comments Harriman has never been so sick as to abandon work.
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Omaha
Harriman
Mehler
Union Pacific
Harrison
Molter
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Bandit
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