Mexican Troubles Stir Coahuila Riots and Troop Movements
Rioting anti administration unrest reported in Coahuila and Nuevo Leon with 400 cavalry sent on sealed orders toward Babinas. Monterrey ex-mayor Pedro Martinez prepares for a secret New York mission as Reyes supporters gather at his mountain retreat. El Imparcial dismisses revolution as impossible while warning Diaz era railways and telegraphs could move 67,000 troops rapidly if needed.
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Mexico City
Muchnterest
Coahuila
Nuevo Jon
Mexico
Barnardo Reyes
Nuevo Leon
Diaz
Ei Imparcial
Ban
Bablnas
Monterey
Pedro Martinez
New York
Reyes
Reyesta Party
Belals
el Imparcial
Orchard Lied: San Francisco Gas and Electric pays damages
San Francisco Gas and Electric Co. paid attorney Walter H. Linforth 13,904 for damages to his Washington Street property from an Orchard confession. Orchard, serving life for Governor Steunenberg’s murder, had claimed plans to kill Pred Bradley with dynamite, a claim tied to his Idaho trial. the blast was blamed on faulty gas fixtures and Linforth won 10,800 in damages.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Gas and Electric Company
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Walter H. Linforth
Washington Street
Idaho
Orchard
Pred W. Bradley
Western Federation of Miners
Bradley
Linforth
Interior Secretary Ballinger Voices Reclamation Complaints
Secretary Ballinger said complaints will persist while public funds remain, noting varied conditions among settlers on reclamation lands. He cited ignorance of irrigation methods and contract reconsiderations, as authorities withdraw some contracts and reimburse expenditures.
Flood Swamps Canon City Area Halting Rail Traffic
A second cloudburst near Canon City on Wednesday night swollen the Arkansas river valley guiding a heavy flood. Forty five miles of Denver Rio Grande track between here and Salida are washed out with trains delayed for a week. Royal Gorge and Hang ing Bridge were threatened as torrents rose eight feet six inches. Pueblo levee and asylum grounds faced potential flooding with surrounding residences at risk.
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Pour Mile Creek
Canon City
Arkansas River
Denver & Rio Grande Road
Here
Salida
Royal Gorge
Arkansas
Pueblo
State Asylum
Utah Deputy Sheriff’s Killer Confessed By Suspect Olson
A man named Charles Olsen, arrested on a minor charge near Ogden Utah, confessed to killing Deputy Sheriff Clark after a railroad box car robbery near Ogden. Olsen said a second robber fled in a wagon during the shooting and that one man may have been seriously wounded. The confession followed a threat by Olsen claiming he had killed a policeman and hoped to kill another.
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Utah
Omaha
Neb
Charles Olsen
Clark
Ogden
Olsen
Rioting on Broadway Ends With Police Action and Injuries
In New York a riot by neckwear workers against a firm on Thirteenth Street and Broadway drew more than 200 participants including women and girls. Dozens were beaten as shops were damaged, a horse ran away into an electric car, and police opened fire to disperse the crowd causing excitement on Broadway for hours.
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New York
Broadway
Atr'kera
Thirteenth Street
Broseway
Lexington Avenue
Navy court's verdict on Lt Sutton death at Annapolis
Washington reports the navy court of inquiry found Second Lieutenant James N. Sutton of the U S Marine Corps responsible for his own death in October 1907 at Annapolis. The verdict said the death was personal safety related and not caused by another injury. The judge advocate general and secretary Beekman Winthrop approved it.
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Washington
Sutton
Navy Court of Inquiry
Annapolis Naval Academy
James N. Sutton
United States Marine Corps
Judge Advocate General of the Navy
Beekman Winthrop
Assant
Secretary of the Navy
Inhaled Deadly Fumes Kill Salt Lake Editor at Home
Corydon W Higging, editor of the Salt Lake Mining Review, died after inhaling poisonous fumigation fumes in a room being disinfected at his North Temple street apartment. His body was found at 4 30 p m. it is believed he entered unaware the room was being fumigated. In Helena Montana a two and a half year old girl, daughter of Will Hall Haldaway, drowned in a hotel kitchen water tank at Radersburg. The parents could not revive her and no physician was available.
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Salt Lake City
Corydon W. Higging
Salt Lake
Hwgins
Helena Mont
Mummay
Radersburg
Wi Hall Haldaway
Raderburg
Maleaway
Trial of Gugar Strike Leaders in Hawaii
Opening arguments in the trial of eastern strike leaders unfold in Honolulu. The defense contends plantation labor shifts in the islands may affect governance and race relations, while prosecutors press broader labor and loyalty concerns amid wartime tensions.
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Gugar
Honolulun
Kioney
Kinney
Islands
Congress Debates Division of Agricultural Lands in Pinchot Clash
Debates in Congress over the division of agricultural mineral and forest lands follow agitation on Colorado forest reserves and Gifford Pinchot. Former Senator Patterson of Colorado introduced the resolution, with Frank Gowdy of Denver challenging it before amending to commend administration forestry policy, seen as ending the Pinchot controversy for the session.
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Denver
Colorado
Gifford Pinchot
Congress
Senator Patterson
Pinchot
Frank Gowdy
Patterson
Mr. Pinchot
Gowdy
Rates in West higher than east across river
Washington reports railroad charges east of the Mississippi are generally fair for shippers while north and west of the river rates are high and spark complaints. Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Knapp says the Intermountain states and Pacific coast face steep transports, with hearings planned in Spokane Seattle and Salt Lake to gather evidence and shape likely relief by November. Women join Pittsburg strike action as clashes erupt with bricks, tables and lunch counters overturned amid state troop intervention.
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Reef
Mississippi River
Intermountain
Pacific Coast
Spokane
Seattle
Salt Lake
Washington
Pittsburg
Gifce
Montana to gain three Congress seats in 1930s plan
Helena correspondent reports Congressman Pray predicts Montana will gain about three seats after the next census, citing population estimates near 600000 under a new reapportionment. He notes recent post office growth and warning of shifts as representation changes are decided.
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Mont
Chas BN
Pray
Montana
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