House Adopts Conference Report on Tariff Bill
Washington July 31 The House approved the tariff conference report by 195 to 183 amid heated debate. Payne urged colleagues to back the measure while Mondell led a filibuster read through the lengthy document. The act includes funding for the new customs court and taxes enforcement and provisions for salaries and a vice president and speaker vehicle allowance.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States Court of Customs and Appeals
Senate
State Department
House
Mondell
Wyoming
Payne
Clark
Tex Mann
Tlinots
Republican
Panama Canal
Rice wounded after escape attempt at Needles jail
Chester Rice, a New Mexico fugitive, was wounded during another escape attempt at Needles California. An officer delivering lunch was struck and Rice fled through an open cell door. the officer fired four shots, one hitting near the heart as Rice evaded capture.
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Needles
Cal
Chester Rice
New Mexico
Rice
West Virginia Governor Arrives for Alaska Expo Day
Governor Williams Glamecock of West Virginia arrived in Seattle to participate in West Virginia day celebrations at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition. The event highlights the state’s mining and industrial strengths and marks a key regional gathering with officials and visitors from across the nation.
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Wvernoh Glasscock
Ala
Associated Premy
Seattle
Williams EL Glamecock
West Virginia
Tahoe's charms forbidden in Nevada
Reno Journal reports conflict over Lake Tahoe access as the Hobart estate trustees limit camping and development on the Washoe county Nevada shore. The repaired incline road nears completion, but signs "No Camping Here" deter exploration, leaving much of the lake’s beauty confined to the California side despite equal scenery.
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Washoe County
Hobart
Nevada
California
Tahoe
Reno Journal
Bonanza Rock Opened in Pompeii Searchlight
Ore discovery at Pompeii site described as bonanza rock with a six inch extra vein width and potential value around 500 to 1000 dollars per ton. Manager Matt Hoveck confirms the find by telephone while observers note better ore runs recently at Harting of the ill and 315-foot road project.
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Pompeii
Matt Hoveck
Harting
Four Die After Gasoline Explosion in West Third Street
An explosion from a gasoline powered device in a four story West Third Street building fatally injured five people including two children and two men. Four others were hospitalized with injuries and some remain trapped. Arnold Kuhle, head of Kuhle Manufacturing, and a man named McCauley were testing a gasoline filling machine when the blast occurred. The blast wrecked the building, shattered windows across the street, and set the nearby Central police station blocks ablaze.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
West Third Street
Truins
Arnold Kuhle
Kuhle Manufacturing Company
McCauley
Mexico City Hit by Severe Aftershock Shakes Capital
Mexico City endured another strong quake today lasting about a minute and forty seconds. The National Palace and public buildings suffered cracks while Acapulco saw the customs house and military barracks destroyed. Thirteen quakes in thirty hours were recorded by Tacubaya seismographs.
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Acapulco
Customs House
Tacubaya
Two Disastrous Fires Level Osaka City
At 6 o'clock this morning a major blaze in Osaka destroyed 12,000 buildings and swept an area four miles square before being brought under control. The fire struck a large portion of the city on this Sunday.
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Associated Press
Osaka
Denver Photographer Not Slayer of Waeltz
Roy L. Griswold is cleared as a suspect in the Belleville murder of Peter Waeltz after Sheriff Charles Gashel of St. Clair county Illinois recognizes Griswold in Georgetown and declares he is not Sydney Baker. Griswold is released after a three day arrest.
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Associated Press
Denver
Roy L. Griswold
Peter Waeltz
Belleville
Illinois
Charles Gashel
St. Clair County
Ilinois
Georgetown
Griswold
Sydney Baker
Waelix
Fire in Santa Rosa Woolen Mills Destroys $225000
Santa Rosa scene of a major blaze this afternoon that wiped out $225000 in property, starting in the woolen mills and likely sparked by chimney embers falling into an open ventilator. The Italia Unica hotel, a Japanese lodging house, a frame residence and several cottages also burned.
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Italia Unica
Nevada Club Artists to Play New Selections
Professors Tatro and Voss bring a new classical program to the Nevada Club performed by the esteemed Nevada Club artists. The pieces promise to be among the best heard in these parts and are enjoyed by patrons.
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Nevada Club
Tatro and
Voss
Tonopah
Big Work Completed At U S Land Office Nevada report
The U S land office has finished a June 30 1909 survey of Nevada lands led by Clerk Edmund Robinson under Land Office Agent Louis J. Cohn. It details 7008763 acres of water and land and 56700871 acres of vacant land, with Ormsby County estimated at 48906 vacant acres and 108886 total with water. The compilation covers over 3100 townships and reveals major prior inaccuracies.
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United States Land Offee
Nevada
J Edmund Robinson
Land Office
Louis J. Cohn
Ormsby
Tts
Washington
Resumes Open Shot at Youngstown Plant Start
The first of six sheet mills at Youngstown Sheet and Tube resumed operation last night with non-union labor after an oven shop declaration. The conflict centers on a July 15 date and ongoing production impacts.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Murder at New York Chinese Consulate Shocks Officials
Dr Luk Wing Chinese vice consul of New York died after a shooting inside the consulate. Michael McDonald, a watchman named Wong Bow Cheung as the shooter claiming self defense and crazy motive. The suspect, a former stewart on the battleship Indiana, was arrested outside the building. Wing had married an American girl years ago.
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Associated Press
New York
Luk Wing
St. Gregory's Hospital
Michael McDonald
Wong Bow Cheung
Stewart
United States
Indiana
McDonald
Wing
Assasin
Baseball Scores and Contests with National League Results
American League standings and results show Detroit, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, New York, St. Louis, and Washington in recent play. Games in Washington Chicago New York Detroit Philadelphia and Boston are listed with first and second games noted. The piece also reports on death notices and mining industry news including will of Martin W. Fox naming Frank Fox as sole legatee and new company presidencies.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Cleveland
Chicago
New York
Louis
Washington
St. Louis
Fox
Hale and Norcross Mining Company
Frank Fox
Cincinnati
Ohio
M. W. Fox
Hale
Norcross Mine
West Con. Virginia Mining Company
Con. Virginia Mining Company
Inte MW. Pox
Stent
Gut Ad Nik
Noreros
Miber
W. L Pet
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Robertson wins 24 hours race at Brighton Beach
George Robertson driving the Simplex car wins the 24 hours race at Brighton Beach New York. He covers 1091 miles, 86 miles behind his own world record of 1177 set in October. Rainier finishes second and Palmer Binger third.
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Associated Preas
Brighton Beach
N.Y
George Robertson
Robertson
Rainier
Palmer‘Binger
Federation Rejects Referendum For Officer Elections
Denver July 31 The Western Federation of Miners votes 195 to 160 against electing officers by referendum. The action allows women's auxiliaries to local unions to send one delegate each to the national convention.
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Denver
Western Federation of Miners
Electric trains crash near Caldwell injure many
Ten people were killed and at least sixty injured when two electric trains on the Spokane and Tiland railway collided head on at Caldwell Idaho twenty five miles east of Spokane. The dead include William Ward Wenatchee Washington and A P Whigiley Memphis among others. Both trains traveled about fifteen miles an hour and struck with no warning.
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Wash
Spokane and
Tnland
Caldwell
Idaho
William Ward
Wenatche
Washington
A. P. Whigiey
Memphis
Tennoenes
D. B. Campbell
Couer de
Alene
Orville Puterbaugh
Elkhart
Indiana
John A. Vernie
Springfield
Misouri
Caslle Golden
W. H. Dahlquist
Byterville
Town
J. C. Cox
Hayden Lake
Two Men Sentenced for Clothing Theft in San Quentin
George P. Clifford received fifteen years at hard labor for stealing clothing valued at fifteen dollars. Edward Melee, his companion, was given a similar sentence.
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Associated Prem
San Francisco
George P. Clifford
San Quentin
Edward Melee
Terriale Quaker Earthquake Report From Tortoba Spain
An Associated Press dispatch from Tortoba Spain dated July 31 reports the Ebro observatory logged a powerful earthquake lasting about two hours from a distant epicenter. The short notice notes intense tremors felt across the region with widespread impact.
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Ebro Observatory
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