Multi-Disaster Chronicle Across Regions
A stream of calamities reports fires, rail and vehicle crashes, factory blasts, and crowd unrest across global locations. Incidents include a deadly fire destroying homes in Russia, a fatal train collision in California, an explosion at a Virginia powder works, and a railway bridge collapse in Virginia injuring several. Firefighting personnel harmed, and fatalities reported amid urban collapses and wartime incidents. The Trades Union Congress endorses an eight hour day in Liverpool. A political suicide in Missouri is noted alongside multiple other fatalities and injuries from accidents and confusions across the era.
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Potala
Russia
Hleven
St. Lews
Norman Mitchell
Redding
Cal
Dupont Powder Works
Mitnowrs
Woodland
Yeo Va
Trades Union Congress of
Liverpool
Enghiad
Hight
Ohio
EO Hansberger
Democrats
Sedalia
Inker Creek
Roanoke
Landslide buries Kwarell township in Caucasus
A mountain side collapsed above Kwarell, Telaw district in the Caucasus, sending a sea of mud and sand six feet deep through the township. About 250 people are buried. fifty five horses recovered, crops destroyed, and many cattle perished. Similar disasters are noted as common in Caucasian valleys.
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Kwarell
Telaw
Caucasus
Murdered by Guard at St Petersburg Detention Prison
In St Petersburg on Monday Mile Semenova a 22 year old Social Democrat was shot while at her cell window. Prisoners expelled warders and mourned the dead, delivering the body to Milos Semenova's brother. Grand Duke Nicholas dismissed the offending guard officer after an investigation.
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St Petersburg
St. Petersburg
Mile
Semenova
Semeniva
Milos Semenova
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Seminovsky Regiment
Pepe Eualy
Grand Display At Irrigation Conference Fruit Exhibit Shines
Boise Idaho reports a superb display of irrigation products at the fourteenth National Irrigation Congress. Utah won the grand sweepstakes prize in fruit for merit with the best, largest and most varied display. Idaho counties Ada and Canyon showed large, complete dipping exhibits and Washington Cassin Fremont Tinham Figmore Nex Pere and Custer counties contributed creditable displays. Lincoln county appeared parched without water.
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Boise
Ida
Utah
Idaho
Ada
Canyon
Washington
Cassin
Fremont
Tineham
Figmore
Nex Pere
Custer
Fuport
Lincola County
Ralerd
Robbery by Revolutionists Ends in Money Heist
A daring hold up near Bate obtained a pension of 147000 sent for the Thir Heth rruiment. Three men in uniform, two officers, and two soldiers reportedly pretended to be officers and persuaded guards to hand over the cash. The money was removed and the men escaped with the armful, leading to an immediate investigation and identification efforts.
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Warsaw
Constanza
Rubik
Vickers Maxims
Barrow
England
Bate
Roosevelt Calls for More Religion at Christ Church Centenary
Oyster Bay reports President Roosevelt addressing the bi centenary celebration of Christ Episcopal Church. He stressed religion as essential to national welfare and urged that wealth serve spiritual aims. He warned against neglecting moral conduct and urged self reliance as foundation for a meaningful life.
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Oyster Bay
Christ Episcopal Church
Roosevelt
Elem
Christ
Adams Charged With Murder in Boise Case
The Adams murder case grows complex as Judge Stewart rules Habeas Corpus release denied. Adams, wanted on a Denver fugitive warrant for killing Lyle Gregory May 15, 1904, is held by Shoshone County Sheriff Angus Sutherland. A separate wire from Idaho calls for Adams on complicity in two 1904 St Joseph River killings, Tyler and Walley, with J J Simmons named as a suspect.
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Boise
Ida
Steve Adams
Stewart Friday
Denver
Galoon
Lyle Gregory
Thia County
Angus Sutherland
Shoshone County
Adamy
St. Joseph River
Tyler
Walley
J. J. Simpiins
Jistice
Steinenters
Whaling Steamer Alexander Lost in Arctic
Telegram from Mem e Alaska reports the whaling steamer Alexander was lost in Arctic waters but crew members, led by commander James A. Tilton, were saved. The vessel, a New England whaling ship, departed from San Francisco and was mined by Arctic crews.
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Arctic
Ballard Mase
Alexander
James A. Tilton
Meme
Alaska
Poisoned dried beef spurs multi family outbreak in Kalamuene
Ten persons across three families in Kalamuene fall ill after consuming dried beef linked to a single supplier. Investigators trace supplies from Natlad Dried Beef to Raha, with the suspect apprehended as a prime suspect in the incident and the community urged to seek medical attention if symptoms appear.
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Thik Gilye
Jealous Husband's Deed Stuns Pennsylvania Area
A man, Andrew MacMillan, stabbed a candidate after a political nomination event in a Pennsylvania precinct. The incident injured multiple people including a local official, with investigations ongoing into the motive and affiliations surrounding the Tellabileen party activity.
Earnings of the Mis Grande New York Resort Company
The annual report for the Mis Grande New York at the Denver and Grande railroad shows net profits of 19080 108 for the year ending June and an increase over last year. The motor care earnings were 87 081 047, up 45 07. The surplus after dividends and reserve allocations was 150 8N9, down 121 608. New equipment and betterments totaled 91 180 000, up 460 085.
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New York
Denver & the Grande Wiallrud Company
Massacre and riots strike Jewish quarters in Siedice
Reports describe a mob attack in Siedice Russian Poland with soldiers and police firing on crowds. Extremist violence wounded many, destroyed houses and shops, and spread panic through the Jewish quarters amid chaotic street clashes.
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Gledice
Siedice
Russian Poland
Warsaw
Sledice
Flamen
Pele
Confidence in Stolypin Endorsed By Octoberist Leader
Inter vew with Alexander Gutchkoff, Octoberist leader, praises Stolypin and ministerial declarations. He defends martial law as necessary in parts of Russia during a near state of war, likening Kusela to San Francisco after the quake where looters killed without trial. He expresses strong confidence in Premier Stolypin and belief in his honest intentions and program.
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Moscow
Alexander Gutchkoff
M. Gutchkomt
Kusela
San Francisco
M. Gutchkom
Eiolypia
Russia
Clos
Mogador Hostilities Widen as Troops Reach Morocco
The Times Tangier correspondent reports anxiety at the foreign legation and local circles over Mogador after dispatches, noting that troops were persuaded to sail only with promises of desertion on arrival. News from Mogador has been absent since the last reports.
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Morocco
London
Times
Tangier
Mogador
Mognder
Life Insurance Company President Faces Three-Year Term
Minneapolis report states Dr. Jaen Peres, once leading Northwestern National Life Insurance, must serve three and a half years in prison unless the supreme court grants a new trial. A district court motion for a new trial was denied as formalities were cited in the record.
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Life Insurance Company
Minneapolis
Minn
Jaen Peres
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Supreme Court
Tudge
Mexican Government Not Afraid of Revolution
El Paso dispatch cites a Herald correspondent in Douglas to report General Laie Torres commanding Sonora forces. The sensational revolutionary tale is labeled sensational and shows the arrested men as penniless, powerless, and disgraced fugitives fleeing Mexico to escape crime.
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el Paso
Tex
Herald
Douglas
Aiie
Laie Torres
Sonora
Stanton
View Consul Attacked in the Gateway
Baku-Leslie Urquhart, a British vice consul, was decorated by King Edward for heroism in relief efforts during a 1906 rescue in England. She survived a serious attack in Bundey Center, enduring multiple wounds but escaping death.
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Baku
Leslie Urquhart
Conat Herd
Edward
Herolam
Englinh
Halamthna
Active warfare begins in Pinar del Rio area
Reported in Cuba that two Vent ura railway bridges between Pinar Del Rio and San Luis were blown up by dynamite on Friday morning. A repair party was halted by Tebela fighters estimated at 600. General Avalos ordered rapid fire to the bridge site to protect workers. Officials believe repairs could take five days if guarded. Guerrera’s forces grow, and locals doubt government success.
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Havana
Pinar del Rio
San Luis
Tebela
Avalos
Ing Guna
Pino Guerrera
Forgeries Taint Philadelphia Banking Figures
Frank K. Hipple, president of the defunct Real Estate Trust Company, forged signatures of prominent Philadelphia businessmen to cover overdrafts and loans. Revolver Earle disclosed that Hipple forged notes to meet debts, sometimes using up to 160 000 dollars, and misrepresented loans to cashiers or tellers. Hipple reportedly died by his own hand amid the scheme.
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Philadelphia
Frank K. Hipple
Real Estate Trust Company
Revolver Earle
Hipple
Harle
Guerrera blocks peace talks in Cuba as bridges fall
Guerrera, insurgent leader in Pinar del Rio, rejects a ten day armistice and retaliates by destroying two Western railway bridges and severing lines beyond Pinar del Rio. An attack on San Juan de Martines may have left the garrison of 190 government recruits and mounted garda defeated or captured.
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Havana
Pino Guerrera
Pinar del Rio
Guerrera
Pinar del Rio City
San Juan de Martines
Kansas corn outlook improves with rain across northern counties
Reports from county fair associations to Secretary B D Coburn indicate rain in northern Kansas counties has boosted corn conditions, signaling a potentially record crop value for the state this fall.
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Topeka
Kan
State Board of Agriculture
B.D. Coburn
Kansas
Varius
Indictment Case Against Packing Firms Delayed in Chicago
Charges against several Chicago packing companies for restraint of trade and commerce were postponed after a conference between prosecution and defense. The delay follows plans to prepare additional aid for trial before Judge J. Otle Humphrey, with the new date set for New. 40. The action was originally fixed for a different date.
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Chicago
J. Otle Humphrey
No Revolution in Maaioo Hi Paso
Gov Yeubel of Sonora and Gov Canede of Shalea say there will be no trouble on September 14 and no revolution. They arrived en route home from Maxico Pity after conference with President Diet and declared the capital was for pleasure, not upheaval, with no reference to impending trouble.
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Moston
Yeubel
Sonora
Canede
Shalea
Max-ico
Diet
Biwinias
California Execution Follows Brief Silent Refusal
California murderer Goce was hanged at Dan Quigtin prison Friday morning for the murder of a saloon keeper in Del Norte County on December 29, 1904. He faced the scaffold at 10:20 and died within a minute, making no statement as officials reported a calm, terse departure from life.
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Fan Franchiat
Jeny Drew
Dan Quigtin
Duan
del Norte
Liberal Leaders Press for Strong Guarantees in Peace Talks
Liberal leaders in Havana demand terms stricter than proposed, seeking restoration of exiles and guarantees that arms and reforms will be carried out. They push for reinstatement of liberties deposed from office and restoration of deserters to rural posts, while some businessmen urge a temporary peace and others call for U S intervention to safeguard governance and investment.
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Havana
Mt Im
Uat
Kaa
Uberale
Prix Dent Palma
Successien Nf
Mendes Capote
Iypendency
Ibornis
Havas Sanl
United States
Congress closes irrigation congress elects Chamberlain governor
The fourteenth national irrigation congress concluded in Boise with Sacramento chosen for the next meeting city and Oregon Governor George H. Chamberlain elected president of the sixteenth congress. The Sacramento delegation celebrated as the victory passed on the second ballot and Chamberlain received unanimous approval amid a strong ovation from state representatives.
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Chamberlain
Sacramento
Boise
Ito
Cal
Sfteenth Congress
George 5. Chamberlain
Oregon
Jamestons
Congress
More Laborers Wanted for San Francisco Rebuild
San Francisco seeks workers as the rebuilding city grows. Wages range from 2 to 6 per day for bricklayers and carpenters, with other trades paid fair rates. A one-way railroad plan from September 16 to October aims to bring laborers to California to facilitate steady work.
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San Francisco
San Franc
Bricklayera
Arizona Statehood Debate Sees Parties Rally
A convention here on Thursday saw Democratic and Republican factions of Arizona endorse statehood. Mark Se of Pugaon was named the Illinois candidate for Congress and WG Cooper of Clabes named as one of two governor hopefuls. The slate reflects 1886 party resolutions urging statehood.
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Bisbos
Arig
Arisona
Mark Se
Pugaon
Lillalle
Ter
Congress
WG Cooper
Clabes
Democrata
Arienna
Thole
Bott
Aarenaut Dashed to Dest at Oskaloosa County Fair
A confusing OCR fragment from a rural fair report describes a fall near a barn area on Thursday. It mentions a spectator named Jerry Turnot and an event involving a parachute and a descent, with unclear sequence and several garbled terms.
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Oskaloosa
Jerry Turnot
Bath Panda
Taft
Girugeiing
Rowele
Bel
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Davenport
Iowa
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Alexander Gonzalen
Long Beach
Gonzales
Wally Telegraph
To- Blo
Viscount Haynehl
Perwin
Anluep
Myton
Tim Collapey
Ie Walle
Mtralou
Crimviel
Lahore
Price Uy Elven
Wille Heviditioniale
Perty
Pareylig
Horton
Ferrier
Baybard
Swareli
The
Great Mountain
Irrigation Congress
Adams
Maesilan
Mimo
Warea
Miele
Poland
Ftulienwebe
Servinee
Waray
Mosdey
Thie
Pullevnan
Anfloos
Cuda
Ran Sule
Maaioo
California
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Goaffeld
Aarenaut
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