Deaths and incidents across the western states and plains
A string of brief items notes John Kelly died after a twenty five foot fall at Batt construction site. Others include a Butte lodging death, a Portland grain handlers strike settlement, a bystander wounded in a Goldfield pistol duel, and sheep losses in Rock River. Interior contracts and irrigation projects feature, along with accidents at sawmills and a tax assault in Oregon.
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John Kelly
Batt
Alexander P. McKillop
Butte
Portland
Jim O'Farrel
Goldfield
Nevada
Bill Tanner
Frank Timlin
B A. Harnden
Rock River
Wyoming
Secretary of the Interior
Charles Stith
George Stewart
Nellie Doyle
Fleury Hose
Hos
Oregon
Washington
Tacoma
Mequiant
Sooneres Gobbled Up All the Choice Claims
Dynamite blasts atop Mount Grant opened Walker Lake Indian reservation at noon Monday as hundreds rushed to claim gold. Chaos followed with crashes, injuries, and rapid clashes over Dutchman Cottonwood and nearby creeks. Many boats were used but could not beat those who had crossed the line the night before creating a chaotic stampede across the desert. In San Francisco Secretary Metcalf will review data on separating Japanese children in schools as the state insists the action aligns with law until treaties are found to be violated.
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Grant Peak
Mmountaine
Walker Lake Indian Reservation
Mountain
Hawthorne
Mount Grant
Walker Lake
San Francisco
Victor Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Fifty Victims Of Accident In Atlantic City Train Crash
The week’s electric train disaster in Atlantic City left many dead and injured after the vessel plunged into a waterway between the city and Mulholland. Rescue teams recovered several bodies, including Pasege Latdwiye, with authorities continuing searches as chaotic scenes unfolded along the waterfront.
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Atlantic City
Biyakrer
Chess
Dave Woon
Leon
Train Goes Off Bridge Trapping Passengers In Water
Atlantic City witnesses the West Jersey & Seashore electric train derailment as three coaches plunge into the Thoroughfare waterway. At least fifty passengers die, with casualties possibly rising to seventy five. Rescue squads respond while authorities restore order and begin investigations.
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Atlantic City
West Jersey & Seashore Railroad
Rose
Poltop
Maxy Oll
Elrete
Chiat Nal
Fire Department
Oler
Election Preview Highlights State Ballots and Joint Statehood
The coming election covers 42 sites and territories with races for state officers and members of the Sixtieth Congress. Contests include governors, legislatures, supreme court justices, and several Congress members, plus possible joint statehood for Arizona and New Mexico. Party dynamics mix Republicans and Democrats as voters prepare for November 6 across Maine Oregon Vermont and other states.
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New York
Oregon
Maine
Vermiet
Covernor
Supreme Court
Citalonm
Arizona
New Mexseo
United State
Denchrate
Fiteen
Vivant
Talstanik
Missinin
Kentneky
Arkanans
Alesay
Iit
Meinele
Vermont
Japanese Feelings Pacified By President’s Action
A fragmented report describes mixed public reactions as the president acts to quell unrest in Japan. It notes political figures and religious leaders weighing limits of foreign influence as domestic tensions ease. The piece references economic concerns and regional implications of the intervention.
Aske Fur Accounting and Political Campaigns Debated
An obscured OCR text discusses Fur Accounting and political figures Woabinetini Torey Walmunt and Jaen, mentioning Atopulliont and Dolerathy Quiverees in a murky description. The passage references a campaign and public rhetoric with unclear details about actors and actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torey Walmunt
Om York
Crite Ehmirmin
Jawad
Bhoechak Ai Jaen
Wheeler Attacks San Francisco Trouble in Public Adress
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of California denounces the city’s political violence saying if more criminals appear in Frisco they may face the scaffold. He recounts strong rhetoric about conspirators, vigils, and hot public sentiment with advisors funding investigations and calls for drastic action.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Meade
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Wheeler
Stuef
Bay Cities
Pootic
Police say Mampson fatally shoots Taezhow then dies
In New York City, Louis G Mampson assistant secretary of the Trust Company shot Victoria C Taezhow at the Hotel Griffon on West Ninth Street, then killed himself. Mampson aged about 60 left a wife and two children. Taezhow 29 lived with her father and invalid mother. Neighbors recall the pair had been together for a month and the tragedy may have been a joint death pact.
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New York
Louis G. Mampson
United States ‘Trust Company
Victoria C. Taczhow
Griffon
West Ninth Street
Simplon
Hampton
Miss Taezhow
Russian Highwaymen Robbed Wagon, $100,000 Stolen
A daring robbery in central Ilsefty involved Russian highwaymen seizing a wagon carrying $100,000. Two men were knocked from the wagon as explosions and a pursuit followed. In New York City, Kansas City figures faced accidents and a trolley collision, while a track accident injured several and a boy narrowly avoided harm. The report links various incidents to a broad crime wave and legal actions by the Attorney General and state authorities.
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Knownann Sarin
Ilsefty
Sven
Rifles Sunk In Harbor As Cuban Armies Detach
Thousands of rifles and carbines were sunk in thirty fathoms of water by Cuban artillery off Morro castle after Taft's pledge to discard surrendered arms. Despite this, bands rove in Puerto Principe and Santa Clara, Holania seeks troop protection, and Gov Magoon orders reinforcements to Aguacnie as unrest continues.
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Havana
Taft
Bia
Cuba
Morro Castle
Puerto Principe
Santa Clara
Holania
Eleventh Infantry
Hol- Fuln
Aguacate
Mavana
Magoon
Nunes
Aguacnie
Imperial Water Restores Flow To Gulf Channel
Imperial Calif water project restores the first Colorado River water to the old gulf channel near the Salton Sea after six years of desert irrigation. The flow, which had been halted by flooding, required a costly effort estimated at one million dollars to redirect and reopen the channel to the Gulf of California.
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Imperial
Cal
Gulf of California
Colorado River
Colorado Desert
Imperial Valley
Salton Eank
Southern Pacific
Explosion at Cambelt steel coal mine in Johnstown
An explosion at a Cambelt steel coal mine near Johnstown, Pennsylvania killed seven workers and injured two, with initial reports suggesting blasting caused by careless blasting, though many reports about prisoner conditions proved false.
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Johnstown
Moody to Appoint Moody to Supreme Bench
Report states President will nominate Attorney General William H. Moody of Massachusetts to the Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice Henry B. Brown. The choice follows expectations that the president would shift from his attorney general, as Massachusetts already has a justice on the bench.
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Hole
Tours at personal crisis report in Chicago tragedy
In Chicago, Willand Stewart of Toronto reportedly died by self destruction during a hotel stay. He toured with companions from Hoohwater New York and had become unsettled after a contentious theatre outing. A companion rushed to his room after a gunshot was heard and found Stewart in the bath.
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Lander
Wyoming
Chicago
Willand Stewart
Toronto
Canada
Bardinga
Stewart
Hoohwater
N.Y
Binnsart
Mem Choud
Har Kuehaod
bin Tawe
Honorable Career of General Forsyth in Columbus
Major General Alanus W. Forsyth, retired, died at his home Wednesday of a paralyzing illness. Born in Ohio, aged seventy two, he graduated from West Point in 1866 and served in the Civil War campaigns in the Peninsula and Maryland. He later held high command and earned gallantry at various battles.
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Colimbua
Alanus
W. Forsyth
A. A
Forsyth
Ohio
West Point
Peninsula
Maryland
Ble
Skagit Wrecks In Dense Fog Off Victoria Coast
The barkentine Skagit, 443 tons, bound from San Francisco to Port Gamble, drove ashore in heavy fog near Vancouver Island. Captain Rose and the cook were drowned. Seven crew reached shore aided by David Logan, after the ship foundered near the Valencia disaster site.
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Victoria
B. C
Port
Vancouver Island
Valencia
Rose
Cook
Guiney
David Logan
Naoman
San Francisco
British barque Iredale runs aground in heavy Columbia weather
In Astoria Oregon during strong south of the Columbia current the British barque Iredale capt Lawrence 49 days from Salinas Cruz Mexico to Portland grounded on Cinsoy spit about a mile south of the river mouth. The Point Adams towing crew reached the captain and crew and the wreck is believed total. The vessel struck at dawn and listed heavily as it neared breakup under surf and gale.
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Astoria
Ore
Columbia River
Pater Iredale
Lawrence
Salinas Crus
Mexico
Portland
Cintsoy Spit
Point Adams
Dresers
Tenement House Horror in Kansas City Fire
A deadly blaze at the Chamber of Commerce building in Kansas City Missouri destroyed a tenement housing about 100 rooms with an estimated 200 to 300 people inside at the time. Firemen and workers spent the night clearing ruins and noting that several bodies may have burned to ashes while authorities prepared a full search to determine the exact dead and missing.
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Kansas City
Chamber of Commerce
Complaint From Japanese Ambassador on Rights in California
A Tokyo ambassador reported to U S officials that Japanese subjects in California faced restrictions on their civil rights under the 1884 act, including freely attending public events. Secretary Hodgkins took up the issue with authorities in California, promising representations to secure redress.
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Washington
Viscount Aokiny
United States
California
Ebittr
San Prancisco
Workmen Rally Black Flag in Southern Russia Strike
In St. Petersburg a telegram from General Kaulbary reports an extended strike by workers in southern Russia. More than a thousand men quit at Yekaterinodar, Belanokuni Uuleproval, and hold the railroad in protest under the black flag. No independent confirmation yet available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Roch
Promini
Arkansas Wing Against Packers State Case Report
In a second division ruling Judge Winfield sustained the state's motion in Pulagiri County Circuit Court. The state claimed the mayor of the Hen mond Packing Company was a target and sought judgment for 910,000 due to the company’s failure to appear before the commissioner in the recent hearing at Chicago.
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Abe Pani Ibat
Late Rock
Aryeh Ihe
Allegal
Pulagiri County
Winfield
Henmond
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California University
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