Northwest Notes a Quagmire of Rail, Mints, and Murders
The item cites the completion of the Silver Peak railroad and a first train into Har, Nevada. It mentions Denver's world minting congress, suspected murder cases in Spokane and Helena, a Montana editor’s death, a Burlington line extension plan, a Utah door keeper killed after reprimanding a man, Seattle land condemnations, bank closures in Washington and Montana, a fatal freight wreck near Monroe, and numerous other scattered incidents across several states with names and places.
Rates Higher Than Need In Indiana Insurance Firms
A governor appointed commission has studied the state auditor's office and mutual and stock life insurers for a year. It finds life insurance costs too high and notes maximum premiums exceed needs, enabling extravagant management, theft, and profit divisions, while firms remain solvent. Indiana companies, like others, show extravagance but maintain solvency.
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Indianapolis
Hanly
Indina
Invitation to Roosevelts Nashville migration talk declined
N F Thompson of Chattanooga visited the White House twice to invite President Roosevelt to a Nashville immigration and quarantine conference. The president declined due to scheduling. Thompson proposed using idle southern negroes for Panama Canal labor, claiming the better class would help recruit and idle workers cause trouble for the south.
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Washington
N. F. Thompson
Chattanooga
Tenn
White House
Roosevel
Nashville
South
Foul Murder in Missouri Ends In Confusing Fallout
Fragmentary report describes a Missouri shooting at a Coleman residence injuring a widow and child, with multiple arrests and a heavy mix of names and places. The text mentions Warsaw, Leagues, Hampton Roads, and various officials, but details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Havana Storm Kills Hundreds and Damages Harbors
A devastating cyclone moving from Havana to Pinar Del Rio left hundreds dead, mostly poor Cubans, with many sailors and longshoremen injured. The storm wrecked ships, houses, and telegraphic lines, halted streetcar service, and caused widespread distress as Matanzas City escaped and telegraphs failed. General Bell reports two Twenty eighteenth Infantry men injured, one fatally, as ships broke adrift and several vessels sank.
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Har Ler
Sone Dusit
Havana
Pinar del Rio
Matanzas
Bell
War Department
Elehth Infantry
Florida Cyclone Sinks Steamer Fleet and Kills Many
From Florida coast harrowing reports emerge of cyclone damage. The steamer St Lucia sank offshore near Elliott Key with twenty five of 100 passengers dead. The Jeo slide of the Elliott Key was engulfed by a crushing wave, and a barge carrying 100 people was torn free with fifty drowned. Sixty injured arrived in port, and more bodies were recovered, suggesting heavy losses for the Florida Fish and Produce fleet.
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Miami
Fla
Lucie
Bravo
Florida
Florida Fish & Produce Company
Captain Bravo
Jeo
Elliott Key
Iland
St. Lucia
Jui
Bahamaty
Death and Destruction in San Salvador Storm Toll
A ten day tempest across the republic floods Majada rich plains and devastates cattle crops and buildings. The San Salvador man of war Ilgalen is lost at Rejulla. Weighing rains bring drownings andоза terror. Guatemala and Honduras suffer heavy losses. Time estimates run to millions of dollars.
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San Salvador
Republic
Majada
Ilgalen
Rejulla
Hove
Guatemala
Hondured
French cabinet resigns as premier informs president
Fragmentary report shows Premier Sarrien resigning and transmitting the move to President Palluard while ministers step down. President Walteroa to return to Paris. Geopolitical reshuffle signals Clemenceau asked to form a new cabinet amid uncertainty.
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Parlé
Riday
Bankers Convention Ends with Reform Plan Proposal
The American Bankers Association outlines a coalition plan for reform to be considered, with a chief executive appointing a working group in cooperation with the New York Chamber of Commerce. The effort aims to introduce a law via state authorities, referencing several named figures and years in a period-appropriate, neutral tone.
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Louin
American Bankers Association
Pytiny
Enmnall
New York
Coumerace
Storm Hits Utah Killing Two Men and Wrecking City
A ferocious wind storm swept Salt Lake City and nearby counties from Saturday night to Monday morning, causing extensive damage. Killed were J H Sorenson in Murray and William Gibbs in Ogden while trying to save a barn, with many injured including firefighters. Telegraph and railroad service was disrupted as debris and broken limbs blocked streets. damage exceeded $100,000 in Ogden and over $10,000 in Lagoon. Winds peaked at 60 mph, with 52 mph sustained for minutes, tearing windows, flattening roofs, and felling trees across the city.
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William Gibbs
Ogden
J. H. Sorengon
Murray
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Alos
Park City
Bingham
Provo
Rio Grande
Focal Branch
Weather Bureau
J. H. Sorenson
Ogilen
Kaysville
Bamberger Road
Geden
Lagoon
Davie County
Davis County
Balt Lake
Horror at San Salvador as flood and volcano wreck coast
Reports from San Salvador indicate catastrophic devastation from floods and a volcanic eruption. Details describe drowned residents, a submerged town, destroyed cemeteries, and rail damage across Maníura, Corinto, Nie Ragua, and neighboring areas. A schooner with passengers was lost near Corinto.
Wire Damage Isolated City By Severe Storm
Overhead lines including telephone telegraph and power were damaged by a northern storm, crippling public service for a time Saturday. The city lost communication with the north and west while lines to Park City Hingham and Provo remained largely intact.
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Alt Lake City
Park City
Hingham
Projo Wi
Possible Cabinet Changes in London Report
According to a morning paper likely cabinet changes near autumn or next parliamentary pension. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman may be elevated to the peerage and leave the Liberal leadership in the Lords, remaining premier. the Marquess of Salisbury could retire as Liberal leader in the Lords, with H M Asquith to become Liberal leader in the Commons.
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London
Henry Campbell Bannerun
Tire
Ilpon
Awautth
Sermon Honors Taft and Root Before Yale Students
New York preacher Mev Dr. Lyman Ahcatt gave a Yale chapel sermon praising Taft and Root. He spoke of a figure who “went to Cuba and brought order out of chaos” and another who had just journeyed through South America. Abbott did not name them.
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New Haven
Conne
Bee Rotaring Taft
Twatae Mien
Lyman Ahcatt
New York
Yale
Nattell Chapel
Abbott
Cuba
Ehawk
South Amerie
Harawalatog
Women Suffragists Clash With London Police at Parliament
About 100 suffragists entered the House of Commons outer lobby during Parliament reopening. Police reinforced and gradually expelled them, militants resisting and clinging to railings as crowds shouted slogans demanding votes for women.
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London
House of Commons
Cabinet changes proposed for Roosevelt administration
Washington. A White House statement outlines cabinet reshuffles after the retirement of Secretary Shaw and Attorney General Moody. The planned moves place George B. Cortelyou at Treasury, George Von K. Meyer at Postmaster General, Charles J. Bonaparte as Attorney General, Victor H. Metcalfe at Navy, and Oscar S. Strauss at Commerce. Moody is expected to retire January 1 and Shaw by March 4.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Shaw
Moody
Secretary of the Treasury
George B. Cortelyou
George von K. Meyer
Charles J. Bonaparte
the Navy
Victor H. Métcalfe
Commerce
Oscar 8
Japs Irritated by Reported US School Policy
The Tokyo press condemns alleged unfair treatment of Japanese school children in San Francisco but notes that public anger is not widespread. They express confidence that President Roosevelt will protect U S friendship despite anti American sentiment in Japan.
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San Francisco
Tokio
Althowgh
Hoosevelt
United State
Dayan
Japan
Robbers Blow Safe In Guthrie Oklahoma Heist
Robbers blew open the safe of the Suite Hawk of Parks in Parks Gila fifty miles east after early Tuesday. They secured $2,000 and escaped with several citizens drawn to the scene by the explosion. A special train with officers and bloodhounds started from Shawnee in pursuit.
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Guthrie
Okla
Parks
Gila
Oxehanelig Bhote
Shawne, Olde
Banana Crop Lost as Hurricane Strikes Honduran Coast
The steamer Anselma, arriving in New Orleans, reports a hurricane destroyed the Cuban storm and hit the coast of Spanish Honduras. It found 4,000 bunches of bananas aboard though it normally carries 16,000.
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New Orleans
Analma
Honduras
Anselma
Outrages Rock Tangier Amid Turmoil in Morocco
Tangier descends into chaos as Sul tan envoy delays. Hendares tribe teems with terror, plundering the town and burning properties. Spanish forces rush to restore order and protect residents. Inland authorities report widespread maltreatment of civilians as unrest spreads.
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Tangier
Morocco
Mohammed Kb ‘Taree
Prang
Theatrical Manager Mak of Murdering Astr Confession
The fragmentary report states Chiao Alre, Margaent Lawdle, and others were found dead in the Palace hotel room on the 1th. It notes a murder motive involving a drug clerk and a women’s diamond theft. Names and details are garbled, but the core event concerns a murder confession and suspects tied to a motive of theft.
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Astr
Chiao Alre
Margaent Lawdle
Palace Hotel
Tha
Wulide
Herbert
Niehalag
Thentelea Tanager
Mat Gisorge Leebold
Hin Wooo
Diamante
Hiv Thumey
Storm Ravages Florida Town Blows Down Hundreds of Homes
Hurricane winds from Cuba swept across Florida’s lower east coast reaching Miami Key West and Jupiter. In Miami hundreds of houses were demolished and the city left in a demoralized condition as churches jail and car sheds suffered collapse and crews began removing prisoners.
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Miami
Nun
Anguatine
Fla
Wire Leas
Cuba
Florida
Flayana
Key West
Jupiter
Episcopal
Methodist Denon Fcations
Vardaman Plans Senate Fight On Fifteenth Amendment
Governor James K. Vardaman of Mississippi announced a deliberate campaign to repeal the fifteenth amendment granting black citizenship rights. Speaking at a Railway Clerks convention in Chicago, he said if elected to the U.S. Senate he would press the issue on the Senate floor, claiming a crisis in race relations and pledging to settle white supremacy versus black domination in the South.
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Chicago
United States
James K. Vardaman
Missinnippi
Chicara
Vardaman
Senate
Congress
South
Nebogatoff Not to Blame in Sea of Japan Surrender
Preliminary inquiry into Rear Admiral Nebogatot in the Sea of Japan surrender is favorable to him. Official protocol notes the disabled condition of his two main ships, lack of ammunition, and crew endurance at the time. Battleship Orel near sinking after battle. commander sought permission to destroy. Nicholas I of the Kame squadron also damaged with boats swept away.
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Bt. Petersburg
Admiraal Nebogatot
Japan
Courtmark
Rorostvorsky
Nicolas T
Kame
Maniac at Large Lou Angeles Lucian W Perking
Manic At Large Lou Angeles Lucian W Perking once notorious in this vicinity for persecuting Misa Core Otten of Pasadena daughter of a Chicago manufacturer. He was declared insane and confined at Highlands asylum now reported at Sargea and considered dangerous.
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Lou Angeles
Lucian W. Perking
Misa Core Otten
Pasadena
Chicago
Asylum of Highlands
eReemhartiey
Sargea
Hall Costs Ten Millions In New York City Palace
The Hall of Records in New York City, a $10,000,000 office palace, remains unfinished and unoccupied. On Thursday three county departments completed their books within the vast structure at Chambers and Center streets, while the heavy mass of heating and plumbing systems, cost nearly $3,000,000, now serves as the county and municipal headquarters.
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New York
Chambers
Center Streata
Automobile Over Embankment Fatal Near Mayland Maine
A car went off an embankment near Mayland and Sunbury Center in Maine. Mrs. Fred N. Dillon of Fitchburg was killed. Mrs. Georey P. Grant Jr. of Fitchburg suffered a fracture and other injuries. George P. Grant Jr., who was operating the vehicle, was hospitalized with injuries.
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Waltham
Maine
Jong
Mayland
Sunbury Center
Fred N. Dillon
Fitchburg
Georey P. Grant, Jr
Ale
Grant, Jr
Eneal
Dillon
Basten
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