Insurrection in Seoul Korea erupts in fierce uprising
In Seoul a thousands-strong mob attacks Japanese authorities as Korean soldiers join the riot sweeping police aside. Destruction hits seven Japanese residences. casualties rise among both sides amid ongoing fighting. Koreans resent Japanese domination and the recent treaty issues. The cabinet seeks refuge in the palace amid fears of further violence.
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Seoul
Korea
T Oguthet
Arma
Senator Pettus Dead Oldest Senate Member from Alabama
Edmund W Pettus longtime Democratic senator from Alabama died in a sanitarium near Asheville North Carolina after a stroke He was born July 6 1821 in Limestone County Alabama and was 86 at death A lifelong political figure Pettus served in the US Senate for ten years beginning March 4 1867 and had long been active in politics
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Senate
Plouers
Asheville
N. C
Edmund W. Pettus
Alabama
Edmund Winston Pettus
Limestone County
United States Senate
Manila Bay mining orders sent to Omaha engineers
A detachment of 129 engineers, electric lane, sappers, rushed to Manila from Omaha to mine Manila Bay. In Police Court this morning Judge FitzGerald arraigned a motley crowd from weekend revelry, most jailed for drunkenness with three days or a $5 fine. No prospect of settlement between Minnesota copper miners and employers.
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Engineering Department of Army
Omaha
Manila
Manila Bay
FitzGerald
Minnesota
Mount Hamner ascent amid storm and crater measurements
In Waush Valley July 29 President Samson Sundell J R Hood and Simeon Alfred from Tacoma and Rev W W Jones from St Louis reached Mount Hamner crater after a brutal northwest wind and high waves. Bee Hive Gibraltar Rock route lengthy climb and 1600 foot crater circumference measured by Dr Halabanoff. In Georgetown Ky Caleb Powers faced fourth trial for complicity in Governor Goebel murder with judge Sime granting motion to remove Special Judge Robbins.
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Gibraltar Rock
Minnesota
Dakota
Halabanoff
Powers
Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Sime
Robbins
Witting
Labor Shortage Stalls Umatilla Central Track Work
Engineer H A Brandon faces a labor crisis as Portland gangs fail to arrive for the Pilot Rock branch. With only eight workers, including cooks, the project risks delays while farmers harvest 70 cent wheat. The railroad offers 2.50 a day to attract laborers to finish central line construction.
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Portland
Brandon Most
Pilot Rock
Birch Creek
Mr. Brandon
Pendleton
Spur
Dalles
Umatilla Central
Brandon
Haywood acquitted after long Idaho trial Sunday morning
Rome report details judge and jury actions, Haywood’s calm reaction, and a beaming release for William D. Haywood Secretary of the Western Federation of Miners. Moyer freed on bail. Pettibone case set for October 1. foreign congratulatory telegrams pour in as miners forecast membership growth and labor support.
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Rome
Pettibone
Darrow
William D. Haywood
Western Federation of Minera
Boise
Frank Steunenberg
Idaho
Boise Capital News
Haywood
Wood
Peterson
Moyer
Denver
Federation
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Roosevelt Congratulates Girard Reader Telegram
The Appeal to Reason sent a teleogram to Roosevelt noting congratulations for the acquittal of an undesirable Boise citizen. It asks Roosevelt to explain his attitude in the matter.
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Roosevelt
London Papers Toll Haywood Verdict as Archy Fear
London papers condemn the Haywood verdict amid Idaho unrest. The Star warns the western state is near archy with large areas still in chaos and the nation failing to dig itself out. Other papers echo the anxious tone about the coming campaign and conditions.
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London
Idaho
The
Star
Excessive Heat Strikes Texas City Area
McGregor Texas July 29 for an hour and twenty minutes yesterday the thermometer registered 129 in the sun and 117 in the shade over an area three miles long and two miles wide. Scores of persons were overcome and horses cattle and poultry dropped dead.
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McGregor
Texas
Long Beach Hotel Fire Kills and Forces Evacuations
Fire at the Long Beach hotel on Long Island destroys the resort housing 600 guests. The blaze started on a top floor, two hundred occupants fled, and several guests lost all belongings. Senators McCarren and Reynolds helped rescue several women. two persons are missing amid a total loss now estimated at 1 million dollars.
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McCarren and
Reynolds
Long Beach
Long Island
McCarren
Glass Jury Disagreed Trial of T V Halsey Continued
The San Francisco bribery case against T V Halsey was continued to next Wednesday. Burns promises new evidence for the next trial and aims for conviction on retrial, Glass grants bail for appearance August 5.
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T. V. Halsey
San Francisco
Burns
Glass
Glasm
Hie
Grain Market Update from Chicago Wheat and Corn Fluctuations
The Grain Market in Chicago on July 2 showed wheat opening at 92 percent and closing at the same level. Corn opened strong at 53 percent, while oats moved up to 99 and closed at 39 5-8.
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Chicago
Extra coach likely for harvest run Walla Walla Pendleton
Daily Nout reports a tentative extra passenger train between Walla Walla and Pendleton from August 1 to about January 2. Schedule shows departures from Walla Walla at 8:20 a.m. and Pendleton at 4:50 p.m. An anticipated clean coach on No. 1 may boost local travel and attract southeastern Washington residents to Portland via main line.
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Walla Walla
Pendleton
O'Brien
F. J. Quinlan
No. 2
Portland
Spokane
Confessed Embezzler Kenton Surrenders to Sheriff
July 29 in Hardin County Attorney B B Bonok former mayor and chairman of the county executive committee turned himself in to the sheriff and confessed to embezzling twenty eight thousand dollars from an estate he managed.
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Kenton
B. B. Bonok
Hardin County Meaeted
Marning
Cattle Shipment Ordered to Troutdale by O R and N
An order for 26 cattle cars to the Union Meat Company at Troutdale has been placed with O R and N agent F J Quinlan. The cattle will depart from the city within the current week.
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Union Meat Company
Troutdale
F. J. Quinlan
Hawaiian girls visit plans tied to La Grande trip
A potential party of Hawaiian girls may be chaperoned through Oregon, California and Washington by Edyth Toxier Weatherred next fall to inspect the beet factory and nearby country. The Commercial Club weighs raising 10 to cover Portland to La Grande railroad fare, with a possible Pendleton stop en route.
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la Grande
Oregon
California
Washington
Edyth Toxier Weatherred
Portland
Pendleton
Hand Injury in Sawmill Accident At Chenowith
J H Stipp suffered a severe hand injury in a recent sawmill accident at Chenowith. Stipp, formerly of this city and a member of Dainon lodge No 4 Knights of Pythias, was working when his hand became caught in the machinery. Ward, who had been notified here, was also mentioned in the report.
Indian Under Arrest Over Liquor on Reservation
Indian Under Arrest for taking liquor on the reservation. Jim Davie, an Indian, was arrested last Saturday evening, brought to town yesterday, and is held for examination before Commissioner John Halley Jr.
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Jim Davie
Lato
John Halley, Jr
Woodmen Choose Portland for 1910 Head Camp
After a splinter contest with Carson City the Woodmen shifted next year’s head camp to Portland. The afternoon session centers on rating the per capita tax and the equalization of entrance rates.
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Portland
Seale
Carson City
Woodmen
Sessom
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Gees
Gore
Richardson
Hodgis
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Acquitti
Thomas FB. Gees
George Powell
Samuel Gillman
A. P
Belwre
Glass Jury
Stipp
Morocco
Tangier
Raieuis'e
Kaid MacLean
Raleuis
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