Northwest notes from the Mevada frontier and West
A Mexico to Spokane wirebag of brief items reports John McMerrey a noted newspaper man dying of consumption in Pette. Died are Bar Caltehen and Frank Hat. Montana and Oregon delegates attend a convention in Spokane. A series of accidents and fires across Nev, Colo, Wash, and Mont claim lives and damage. Western political moves include Democrats meeting in Seattle and endorsements for Bryan.
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John McMerrey
Oregon
Waatington
Montana
Commurell
Spokane
Caltehen
Priesia
Northwest
Mave
Omaha
Southern Pacific
Montello
Nev
Geath
W. RB. Ivey
Union Pacific
Bu Yford
Wye
Cheyenne
J.T. Waleh
Helens
Mostana
G. McClernan
Hott
State
Edward Norris
Walden
Col
Norris
Denver
Barry Orchard
Frank Steanenberg
Idaho
Western Federation of Miners
Democrats of
Ap Xinkoows
Pokane
Sprage
Apreane
Cyrua Mann
Lara Sila
Atrocities of Cossacks Brought Out at Trial
In a trial dated Tuesday the court heard charges of atrocities committed during a devastation at M Krivowleim estate. Sixty inmates were imprisoned and thirty-four acquitted. The district chief and Cossacks arrived, summoned priests, and ordered beatings that lasted four hours, forcing peasants to strike kin and fellow villagers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerson
Tesday
Devertating
M Krivowleim
Fallroods
Taft Takes Over Cuban Republic
President Palma and Cuban officials react as William H. Taft assumes provisional governorship with Bacon and McConk at his side. Masses show indifferent attitude while Cuban leaders express relief at shifting burden to U S authorities. Trade activity resumes as merchants and manufacturers push to restore former commerce amid the temporary protectorate.
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Paims
Hatana
William H.taft
United States
Himelf
Taft
Bacon
McConk
Palma
Congress
Senor Palma
Cube
Havana
Sending Soldiers to Cuba and Gulf Hurricane Losses
A wireless message to the war department authorized the first American expedition to Cuba as Taft urges military occupation. Transports and supplies are being ready at Newport News for 5,500 men. In New Orleans a hurricane causes at least six drownings and $1,000,000 in damage as vessels sink and lands are submerged.
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Washington
Hhowever
War Department
Cuba
Taft
General Staff
Humphry
Newport News
Iene
Taft Declares Mission to Restore Havana Republic
Governor Taft in Havana at the University of Havana opening speaks to restore the fallen republic and return prosperity. The audience of Havana society responds with delight as Taft and Assistant Secretary Bacon request their wives join them, strengthening ties with the American provisional administration.
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Havana
University of
Taft
Republic
O State
Bacon
Many Packers Caught Under New Meat Inspection Law
Washington report notes at least seventy five meat dealers and packers nationwide are not in the law's coverage since the October 1 effective date. Secretary Wilson says twenty five have had inspections but plants were not ready for interstate commerce. Fifty more, many in New York, have asked for inspections after learning of the law's scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Wilson
New York
Yonkers Streetcar Die. Passengers Hurt In Incline Crash
A runaway Yonkers Street railway car ran down McLane avenue incline and jumped the track at a sharp bend. The crash killed a child and injured several men and women, five or six critically. The cause cited is a broken brake chain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Yonkers Street Railway
McLane Avenue
Tight Collar Death Revealed At Philadelphia Inquest
In Philadelphia an inquest into the death of Alexander Alcorn aged 40 found he was strangled by a tight celluloid collar worn while sitting in a chair. The coroner's physician testified the victim accidentally strangled himself while asleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Alexander Alcorn
Alcorn
Increased circulation rises in national bank notes total
The comptroller of the currency reports that by September 29 1906 national bank notes outstanding reached 673003108 dollars, up 87050868 for the year and 4080803 for the month. Circulation backed by United States bonds shows a yearly rise of 46196396 and a monthly gain of 3229764.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Roosevelt family returns to Washington from summer at Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt with three children arrived in Washington Monday afternoon from their summer home at Oyster Bay Long Island. The president appeared in good health as he greeted awaiting acquaintances and entered their awaiting car after stepping from the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Oysoa Bay
L. 1
USA
Savings of Two Miers Reveals Hidden 26000 in Old Trunk
Bethalto Miers notes the death of Misa Annie Ostkin and reveals $26000 hidden for ten years. Her father To blae Oatkin, described as a miser, had saved $10000. A trunk contained $16000 in gold coins found after years.
Old Wooden Steamer City of Concord Goes Down in Storm
The City of Concord, an eighty year old wooden steamer with three barges in tow, disappeared in a gale off Lakerie near Cedar Point. Three of her twelve crew were drowned, and a yawl boat crew endured a harrowing night before reaching Huron exhausted seven hours after departing. The captain, Charles McEacheran, faced with high winds, sailed outward rather than return, and the fate of the barges remains uncertain.
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Cleveland
City of Concord
Lakerie
Turen
Cedar Point
Huron
Charles McEacheran
Troops Sail to Cuba as U S Forces Reach Havana
Marines already in Cuban waters and soldiers headed toward Havana, with Newport News and New York as major departure points. Officials expect landings at Havana next Saturday to protect American interests and aid Secretary Taft as Roosevelt orders precautionary expeditionary mobilization amid calm insurgent activity.
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Havana
Washington
Cuba
Newport News
New York
Tampa
Fia
Cubs
United States
Roosevelt
Cuban
Taft
Provisional Cuba government praised by Rome officials
Rome officials express satisfaction at the proclamation of a provisional Cuban government, hoping for peace and order restoration and a definite U S solution to the crisis. Pope Pius orders delay of the apostolic delegate from Cuba pending instructions as Taft assumes governorship.
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Rome
Foreign Office
Cuba
United States
Taft
Victor Emmanuel
Raccontig
Pope Pius
Mer
Aversa
Cubs
Two Killed In Pennsylvania Train Wreck Near Eddington
Two people died and twenty five or more were injured in a rear end collision on the New York division of the Pennsylvania railroad at Eddington Pa. The Long Branch express bound for Philadelphia had stopped to cool a hot journal when the New York train from around 8 30 a m crashed into it.
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Philadelphia
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Eddington
Long Branch
Wind storm leaves Mobile Gulf coast towns in ruins
Destructive wind and storm sweep across the Gulf of Mexico, killing between seventy five and one hundred people and wrecking or driving ashore two score vessels near Mobile. Damage totals reach about four and a half million dollars in Mobile and over two million elsewhere. Reports from Gulfport Biloxi are dire, with many lives feared lost. Several boats and smaller craft are wrecked, while others ride out the storm. New Orleans and Pensacola report extensive wreckage and tidal flooding along the coast.
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New Orleans
Mississppi Mound
South
Gulf of Mexico
Mobile
Ala
Gulfport
Biloxi
Offciata
Hore
le Baron
Hollinger & Co
National Dredging Company
Pendleton
Pendleton Brothers
New York
Barkentine Trojan
Genoa
Italy
Barkentine Corrieriore
Josephine
Mineola
Olive
Overton
Hatt B. Moore
Daishoota
King of Avon
Pher Ugland
Alert
Nettie Quill
Mary B
United Fruit Company
Helen
Imperator
Colombia
Thaw Denied Transfer of Indictment to Higher Court
Justice Bischof refused the request by Harry K. Thaw’s counsel to move his indictment from the court of special sessions to the criminal branch of the New York Supreme Court. He ruled that publicity and jury difficulty do not constitute adequate grounds for transfer.
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New York
Bischof
Hany K. Thaw
Court of Special Sessions
Criminal Branch
Supreme Court of New York
Thaw
Steel Trust Gains Possession of Rich Iron Ore Lands
New York interests representing United States Steel and Hill Iron ore properties held a conference in Berkeley. A transfer agreement is reached and terms of the ore lands transfer to the corporation will be announced soon. Minor details remain to be worked out. San Francisco. Jacob Cross. Extradition talks on Oregon land fraud case. Cross waives examination and will be tried in Portland. Bond set at 5000 dollars. War department imposes ban on pension or other claims solicitations on military reservations.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Hill Iron
San Francisco
Jacob
Cross
Berkeley
Washington
War Department
United States
Cwmivn ii
France
Budget Commission
M. Calibtaux
Commission
China
Great National Porcelain Factory
Paris
London Mail
Care Crashed Together On San Francisco Street Car
A late Monday evening wreck on North Council Street left Dr. Randolph Craft Stoney fatally injured and two others seriously hurt when a street car collided with a second car at a track switch. Police and emergency crews responded as the three victims were treated at the scene and transported to local hospitals.
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San Francisco
Randolph Craft Stoney
Thin City
Ely Celebrates Completion of Nevada Northern Railroad
Ely Nevada marked the completion of the 140 mile Nevada Northern line linking Ogden to surrounding towns. A large gathering from the region joined the celebration as trains ran to honor the milestone and future growth for the area brought by the rail link.
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Ely
Nev
Hily
Nevada Northern
Weoma
Ogden
Nevada
End of Greenwich Observatory Threat From Power Station
The Greenwich Observatory in England faces disruption as a nearby London County Council power station, exactly on the meridian, could output over 50 000 horsepower. Officials warn instruments may become useless when all machinery is active, prompting Parliament action amid global longitude reliance.
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Greenwich Observatory
England
London County Council
Greenwich
Vices and virtues listed in an anonymous exchange
An exchange critiques social types by listing contrasting figures from burglars to Sunday school teachers, noting hypocrisy and vice across classes. It dismisses broad generalizations, highlighting a satirical panorama of moral extremes without endorsing any single group.
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Ing
Bach Rede
Paison
Travel Trains Cast Wide Net Across Major Cities
A travel notice touts five trains via the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe to Kas City St Joe Chicago Galveston El Paso and Mexico City with invitations to inquire about reduced rates. A Salt Lake City address and other scattered lines appear amid a garbled cultural column discussing marriage, wit, and social expectations with anecdotes about wits and wives and a note on nourishment in grass.
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Atchison, Topeka
Santa Colorado
Kaseas City
St Joe
Chicago
Galveston
el Paso
City of Mexico
Warren
F. Rutt Dowty
Salt Lake City
Tab
Baseball and Tonic in the Nation’s Quiet Obsession
A fragmented reflection on baseball as a unifying daily preoccupation amid wartime memory and public chatter. The piece notes how war days stirred demand for extras while baseball captivated millions who think or talk about it, highlighting cultural focus in trying times.
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Mack
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Pioche Weekly
Tee Record Publishing Co
Procmne
Mevada
Butte
Muursailles
W. A. Clark
James Brown
Rock Falla
Wakula
Wash
Brown
George Hig
Laramie
Wyo
Luli Hawley
Hug
Harriman Maen
Portland
Cuban Republic
Proclamation
Packers
Consorg
Lake Erie
Ohio
O'Connor
Timothy P. O'Connor
House of Commons
Liverpool
Celtic
America
United Irish League
Lake Michigan Car Ferry Company
Czar
Bt. Petersburg
Alesandria Palace
Peturhot
Cronstadt Bay
Thunder Mountain
Newa
Goleonts
Beeerag
New Orleana
Gulf Coat
Pascagoula
Miss
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
McNell
J. M. Roberts
McComb
J. 1
Sears
Highth
Mississippi River
Pensacola
Fla
Gulf
Santa Rosa Island
Government Street
Polonius
Solomon
Aero Club of France
Aearonet
Evan
General Irng
Short Girl
Anid
Candiilly
Hypatia
Xantippe
ST. Salt Lake City, Utah
RAMS
James Winter
Secom
Marsh Street
Utah
Union Assay
Rowe, Morris, Summerhays Co
Dealarain
East Lake City, Utan
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