Collapse of Meyers department store buries over a hundred
In Albany New York the Meyers department store segment collapsed in the morning, killing about six and injuring many. Rescue teams worked twelve hours to disentangle fifty people, with dozens still unaccounted for as crews searched the wreckage.
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Albany
N. Y
Ann
John G. Meyers Company
North Barl Street
Crockery, Glouas and Drug Department
New York Central
Delaware and Hudson
North Pear Street
David Orr
Merchants and Farmers Urge End to Telegraphers Strike
In Minnesota merchants and farmers groups press the governor to intervene and end the telegraphers strike to protect business. Wheat harvest begins as rail lines expect high traffic. a Northern Pacific wreck at Stainerd disrupts service for hours while President Hill is rumored to visit and resolve the dispute.
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St. Paul
Aus
Ehibe
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
J. J. Hill
Perham
Stainerd
Mob Leaps to Action in Waco After Prisoner Hank Majors
In Waco Texas at 2 this morning 800 mounted citizens seized Sheriff Telly jailor and deputies. They pulled Hank Majors from a jail cell heard his confession and he died in a related incident after being taken to a bridge. The mob remains active in the city. Majors was recently convicted and sentenced but granted a new trial by Judge Surratt to avoid reversal on a technicality.
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Waco
Texas
Marine Hospital Service
White
New Orleans
Blanchard
Janvier
Citizens’ Committee
Janevier
Alive three inch shell wounds Cheyenne troops
Telegram from Fort Russell reports several men in Companies G and H wounded by an explosion of a three inch shell found in hills where artillery camped last year. Private Butts of Company G fatally wounded. Privates Purgent and Robinson badly injured.
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Cheyenne, Wyo
Fort Russell
Butts
Robinson
Czar Approves Great National Assembly Plan
St. Petersburg Aug 8 A Russian national assembly to represent Muscovite people will be proclaimed Saturday after Emperor Nicholas sealed approval. The final commission session at Peterhof prepared a coronation manifesto to summon representatives. Rail precautions and troop movements to Moscow were noted amid reports of unrest in Gomel and Berdichev as regional strikes spread.
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St. Petersburg
Alexis Michaeclovitch
Interior
Council of Ministers
Peterhof
Nicholas
Mos- Leow
Empire
Rrussia
Moscow
Associated Press
Howeover
Weterhof
Goamel
Gomel
Reval
Barney Oldfield Miraculous Escape at Detroit Auto Race
In Detroit on August 8 Barney Oldfield had a near fatal crash when Dan Waters of Lansing collided with Oldfield at the Grosse race track. Oldfield’s car vaulted the fence into the infield leaving him with a badly lacerated scalp and a severely bruised right arm while spectators rushed to aid him. An ambulance carried him away as Warels vehicle also went off track but caused no injuries.
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Detroit
Mich
Barney Oldfield
Grosse Race Track
Dan Waters
Lansing
Oldfield
Warels
Plot to Arm Filipinos Nabbed in Hong Kong Scheme
News from Hong Kong via the Kanagawa Maru reports a plot to ship guns and ammunition to revolutionary bands in the Philippines. Ten thousand rifles and a million rounds were known to have been purchased. The conspirators are in hiding at Harper Hospital, with officials expecting their arrest within days.
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Victoria
B. C
Kanagawa Maru
Hong Kong
Mamar
Philippines
Philippine
Japanese Forces Land at Port Imperator Near Kastri Bay
The navy reports a Japanese landing at Port Imperator 105 miles south of Kastri Bay in Siberia. They captured a lighthouse keeper but released him to continue his duties. Lighthouse guards fled inland without resistance.
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Imperator
Tokio
Navy Department
Port Imperator
Kastri Bay
Siberia
Chen Tung Discusses Hankow Railroad With President
Oyster Bay August 8 Chen Tung Liang Cheng Chinese minister arrived and dined with President Roosevelt. He discussed Hankow railroad negotiations with the president following Morgan's prior conference. Houston August 8 lightning struck two tanks at the Guffey oil field burning over 100000 barrels of oil and causing losses between 206000 and 400000.
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Oyster Bay
Chen Tung Liang Cheng
Sagamore Hill
Dinae
Houston
Texas
Guffey Company
Humble Oil Field
Brailsford and McCulloch Fined in Passport Conspiracy Case
London July 8 H N Brailsford magazine writer and A H McCulloch charged with conspiracy to obtain false passports for Russia were fined 500 each. McCulloch’s passport helped the man who blew up the Hidel Bristol in St Petersburg on March 11 last.
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London
H. N. Brailsford
A. H. McCulloch
Russia
McCulloch
Bristol
St. Petersburg
Envoys Open Peace Talks in Portsmouth as Witte and Komura Arrive
The Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries begin formal reception in Portsmouth New Hampshire after a wave of public acclaim. Witte and Rosen lead the Russian and Japanese parties to the naval yard for credentials and power scrutiny. The leaders will debate terms and possibly an armistice as peace talks start amid ceremonies and crowd cheers.
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Portsmouth
United States
New Hampshire
Far East
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Japan
Baron Komura
Takahira
M. Witte
Baron Rosen
Court House
McLane
Russia
Witte
Ambassador Rosen
Navy Yard
Peirce
Heli
Mr. Peirce
Baron Komury
M. Witt
May Call Out Louisiana Militia Amid Quarantine Chaos
Chaotic quarantine conditions perplex health authorities as governors back efforts to curb illegal travel and commerce. Official daily report shows six deaths and sixty new cases, raising totals to 117 for deaths and 5 for deaths overall, with seventeen new sub-foci and sub-foci totals.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
State Board of Health
Blanchard
Souchon
Marine Hospital
Board of Health
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Prank Leonard
Anna BF. Whepbeck
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Grand Forks
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Pierce
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West Hope
Quee
Willow City
Reeds
Benson County
CZAR
GREAT
National Assembly
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Bendery
Berdichet
Merdicheff
Mussinu
Poland
Barney Oldfeld
Harper Hospital
Chen Tung
Hankow Railway
Conpab Wep
VE Oyvstem Bay
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Mdl
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Pr. White
Behrmann
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