OUSTS LANGDON HEAVY LOSS IN PUTS RUEF IN TROPIC STORMS
The Acting Mayor Gallagher removes District Attorney Langdon and points to Abraham Ruef as his successor amid graft probes. Citizens' committee pushes for a court injunction to halt Langdon's removal. Citywide uproar follows the coup as authorities face graft charges and municipal upheaval.
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Deily Gateway
San Francisco
Mayer Gallagher
Anst
Abraham Ruef
Francis
Honey
Oftlee
Elteens
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Graft allegations loom in San Francisco mayor case
Cable report details a grand jury to probe graft charges against Abe Ruef Mayor Schmitz and associates. Ruef replies by filing a libel warrant against Bulletin managers over an article accusing him of graft tied to water-plant purchases. He vows sensational disclosures to defend himself.
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Mayor Schmitz
Abe Ruef
San Francisco
Act. Co
Schmitz
Ruef
Manager Crothers
The
Bulletin
Coast Floods and Storms Drown 80 at Panshanaloo S
Severe weather plunges parts of Colorado and coastal Alaska into chaos. A sulphur water flood inundates Panshanaloo, drowning about 80 residents while Piminento and other coastal cities are swept by tides. Quarantine and labor disputes complicate efforts as ships face storms and crews struggle to reach safety.
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Chale Yolexno
Panshanaloo
Piminento
Hood
Tife
Vis
Mott to Sail 20 Foot Gasoline Boat Toward Knik
Julian Mott, Seward machinist and boat builder, plans a Thursday departure in a twenty foot gasoline motor boat built by himself. He aims to travel from Cook Inlet toward Knik and upper Kuskokwim, relying on a single power engine to cover ten miles per hour. Mott, an experienced boatman, expects safe passage despite rainy weather and plans to hug shore after entering Cook Inlet. Local reports also note prospectors and a rare copper ore exhibit at the Valdez Mining Exchange.
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Seward
Koik
Alaska Range
Kuskokwi
Cook Inlet
Reynolds-Alaska Company
Boulder Bay
Mining Exchange
Valdez
Survivors from houseboat rescued ninety miles off Key West
The liner Colorado arrived with five men saved after being swept from a houseboat during the hurricane. They saw seventy nine swept from their nearby boat as wreckage drifted far at sea. Vessels report debris and disabled craft scattered widely.
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Bla
Logie
Bnott
St. Lucie
Gateway
Mobile
Colorado
Key West
Worst storm in years sweeps Wyoming towns
The storm blankets Wyoming with blizzard conditions as snow plows work against forty mile per hour winds and temperatures fall to ten degrees below zero. Cheyenne and surrounding areas report severe conditions and widespread travel disruption statewide.
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Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Daily Gateway
Wyoming
Steamer Vojegin Strikes Mine Off Aladivostok
The Russian steamer Vojegin hit a mine near Aladivostok and sank with about 200 passengers aboard. The vessel was reported totally wrecked as rescuers rushed to the scene.
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Aladivostok
Vojegin
Wind Destroys Utah Packing Plant in Million-Dollar Fire
A powerful windstorm sparked a massive blaze at the Utah Packing Company plant. The fire destroyed the facility and its contents, causing an estimated loss of $1,000,000. The disaster swept through St Lake City, with authorities noting severe damage and ongoing investigations into the blaze’s cause.
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St Lake City
Utah Packing Company
Bandits Rob Mine Ore Shipment for 50000 Dollars
In Goldfield Nevada two bandits in a wagon forced Mohawk mine engineers to load 50 pounds of ore into their wagon at pistol point. The ore value totaled about 50000 dollars. The robbers fled and a posse began tracking them but no trace was found.
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Goldfield
Nev
Mohawk
Plank from Barn Wind Disaster Kills Man
Ogden Utah October 22 A fierce wind demolished William Gibbons barn. A plank hurled by the gust struck him in the neck severing his head, delivering a brutal death on the scene.
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Daily Gateway
Ogden
Utah
William Gibbons
Gibbons
Cabinet reshuffle announced to form new Roosevelt team
Washington announces changes in the Roosevelt cabinet with Moody retiring as attorney general and Shaw leaving the treasury. New heads will include George B. Cortelyou at the Treasury, George von L. Meyer as postmaster general, Charles J. Bonaparte as secretary of the navy, and Oscar S. Strauss to lead commerce and labor. Strauss will be the first Hebrew to hold a cabinet post. Meyer is ambassador to Russia. Cortelyou and Bonaparte retain current cabinet roles.
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White House
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Treasury
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George von L. Meyer
Charles J. Bonaparte
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Victor H. Metcalf
Commerce and Labor
Oo Ar S. Strauss
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Meyer
Russia
Cortelyou
Bonaparte
Metcalf
Commercce and
Labor
Moody for the Supreme Bench with Roosevelt nomination
Washington announces President Roosevelt will nominate Attorney General William H. Moody for the Supreme Court to replace Justice Peckham, with Senate confirmation expected in December. Moody will take the bench January 1, succeeding the ailing justice amid a move that also marks Holmes as existing Roosevelt appointee.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Gene William H. Moody
Supreme Bench
Justice Peckham
New York
Moody
Senate
Massachusetts
Justice Holmes
Steam Plant Delivered for Seward Bank Elevator
The Bank of Seward secures a second steam plant after the Oregon wreck delayed the first, with shipments via the Portland and Santa Ana. J W Spencer arranged the duplicate order and the plant will be installed in the bank's new building, aiming for operation after November 1.
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Portland
Japan
Soldiers Dump Arms in Bay in Havana Crime Beat
Havana reports Cuban soldiers threw rebel arms into the bay from Moro Castle while Taft pledged to destroy arms seized from insurgents. In Puerto Principe and Santa Clara rebels still trouble provinces. Eighth Infantry dispatched to Holguin as closures tighten. Arrivals from Valdez say Holguin quiet after gambling houses and concert halls shut. moral crusade strict. A B McEachern, Whitehorse Star manager, died in Whitehorse on October 5 after an appendicitis operation at age 30.
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Soldie
Moro
Taft
Puerto Principe
Santa Clara
Holguin
Valdez
A. B. McEachern
The
Whitehorse Star
Whitehorse
North
Floods Along Puget Sound Hit Skagit Region
Seattle reports the Skagit River is out of its banks flooding Sedro-Woolley area with farms and mills inundated. Rivers rise toward danger line as heavy rains continue. Officials fear repeats of 1896 floods. Everett notes Great Northern tracks washed out and rail traffic suspended.
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Skagit River
Sedro-Woolley
Everett, Wash
Sound
Great Northern
Portland Arrives With Mail For Two Weeks
Steamer Portland reached Seward Monday with mail from Seattle carried since September 26. Sixty six passengers disembarked at Seward. The vessel then left for Seattle three hours after returning from the westward. Notable passengers included Paul Buckley M E Davis and W S Wible, mining men from Sunrise district. Some passengers noted the cut in Valdez affecting livelihoods.
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Seward
Seattle
Inlet
Paul Buckley
M. E. Davis
W. Wible
Sunrise District
Valdez
Steamer Shelikof Delivers Mail Then Sails Westward
The Steamer Shelikof arrived in port shortly after midnight Thursday from Seattle to take Dora's run westward. It brought a small quantity of mail from Juneau and proceeded directly to Seward. Meanwhile Eviday Moral has obtained a 1905 Alaska Agricultural Experiment Station report detailing extensive experimental work and progress in Alaska’s agricultural knowledge with illustrated findings and temperature and precipitation tables. The Gateway plans to publish portions of the report. In Ketchikan, postmaster J. J. Williams was found to be shy 3140, was superseded and jailed on bail pending embezzlement charges.
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W. N. Armstrong
Seward
Cordova
O'Reilly
Armstrong
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Seward Run
Alaska Central
Seldovia
Ayak
Thetlantic Coast
Nome
New York
Havana
Chester
Pennsylvania
Shelikof
Seattle
Dora
Juneau
Eviday Moral
Alaska Agricultural Experiment Stations
Alaska
Ketchikan
J. J. Williams
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