Fire and Panic Aboard Yosemite Off San Francisco
A storm at sea caused a fierce fire on the steam schooner Yosemite. Twenty two men and two women faced death as flames burned the port side. the ship docked for repairs and passenger discharge before heading to San Pedro. Captain Nelson ordered restraint to prevent panic as crew battled the blaze. Fire started in the galley near Trinidad Point. Mrs M H Deane and Mrs Carson of Portland attempted to launch a lifeboat but were held back.
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San Francisco
Yosemite
San Pedro
Astoria
Nelson
Trinidad Point
M. H. Deane
Carson
Portland
Operated On at Age of 87
Mrs Martha Baldwin Morgan of Millersville Anne Arundel county sister of Summerfield Baldwin underwent a major operation at Maryland University Hospital. Doctors call the procedure extraordinary noting her arteries resemble those of a person 20 to 25 years younger. Dr St Clair Spruill led the operation and said she could leave hospital this week.
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Baltimore
Martha Baldwin Morgan
Millersville
Anne Arundel County
Summerfield
Baldwin
Maryland University Hospital
St. Clair Spruill
Troy for Governor In Seattle Boon Lets Port Townsend Senator Enter Race
Davis and Troy a Port Townsend state senator, seek a gubernatorial bid as a side attraction to the local political scene. Troy, a native Democrat, is urged to run at the Jackson Day dinner to be held in January.
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Seattle
David & Troy
Port Townsend
Troy
Cobra Terror Aboard German Ship From Calcutta to Boston
On the Estterturm a deadly cobra terrorized the crew during the voyage from Calcutta to Boston. A sailor was bitten and died in agony after hours of convulsions, with the snake believed hidden among jute bags in the hold. The crew refuse to search for the reptile.
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Boston
Calcutta
Direct Primary Backbone of Government Today
Senator La Follette defends direct primaries as the backbone of representative government. He criticizes machine politicians and caucus power, notes opposition by the national Republican Committee, and urges popular elections of delegates to the national convention to let voters express presidential preferences.
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United Presse
Toledo
Baltimore County
Ohio
la Follette
Walter Brown
Brown
la Pollette
Wisconsin
Pro Kreenives
National Republican Committees
National Republican Committee
Washington
Roosevelt backs Congress abrogation of Russian treaty
In the Outlook Col Theodore Roosevelt endorses Congress action to void the 1822 Russian treaty. He argues Congress faced two options abrogate now or endure intolerable conditions and ongoing wrongs to American citizens of the Jewish faith as conditions persisted. He adds the issue might have been clarified by The Hague.
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United Press
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Hague
Reyes Held in Mexico City Cell After Alleged Rebellion
Bernardo Reyes, once a top army leader, is jailed in Santiago prison charged with armed rebellion against President Madero. A court martial is pending, with some military leaders calling for execution while others expect a lighter penalty after his surrender.
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Uni
Mexico City
Madero
Bernardo Reyes
Santiago
Reyes
Conor Reyes
Spokane Girl Is Released After Protests
Elizabeth Weber a 16 year old held in a juvenile home during an investigation into her sister Anna's murder was released just before midnight. Protests by German societies in Spokane and threats of damage suits followed her detention, labeled by her defenders as a fan outrage.
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Unites Prese
Spokane
Elizabeth Weber
Anna
Patterson free Malcolm C Patterson shoots liveryman
Malcolm C Patterson son of a governor was found not to stand trial for shooting and wounding F Seal after a drunken brawl in Port Orchard. A lunacy commission ruled he was afflicted by alcoholic epilepsy and Judge Frater allowed his return to Tennessee with his father to prepare the insanity defense.
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Malcolm C. Patterson
We Mer
M. KR. Patterson
Wanes
F. Seal
Port Orchard
Patterson
Frater
Prissoner
Tennessee
Woman Convicted as White Slaver in Burke Idaho
Mrs Laura Paulson the first woman convicted of white slavery in this district was sentenced by Judge Danworth to 18 months in the federal penitentiary and fined 100 dollars. Her husband received the same sentence and fine. The Paulsons owned a Burke Idaho dance hall and allegedly induced women to accompany Mrs Paulson from Seattle to Burke.
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Laura Paulson
Danworth
Federal Penitentiary
Paulsons
Burke
Idaho
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