El Paso Mayor Gr icom killed in wall collapse during fire
El Paso mayor Gr iscom was crushed to death, fireman Robin son killed and two others injured as brick walls fell while crews battled the Culisher fire at the Calisher dry goods store. Losses estimated at 225000 with insurance covering most claims. The fire began in the basement and the three story wooden structure lacked steel supports.
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EL Paso
Griscom
Todd Ware
William Robinson
Dave Sullivan
H Robinson
Ware
Robinson
Calisher
J. Calisher Dry Goods Company
Strealnn
American National Tank
Roosevelt Anxious to Learn Taft Attitude in Conference
Morning Journal reports President Taft seeks clarity on his predecessor's stance. Lloyd Griscom to visit Sagamore Hill with notes from Beverly amid talk of Ballinger's resignation and new top contacts. Roosevelt plans a cross country trip to outline his conservation program and future political moves.
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Lloyd
Beverly
Ballinger
Aldrich
Cannon
Griseam
Griscarm
Africa
Taft
Boston
Harvard
Mr. Griscom
Maren
Wheeler
University of California
Southern Commercial Congress
Atlanta
South
Texas
Cecil Lyon
Republican National
California
Indolent Porter Narrow Colapse in Manitou Incident
At Manitou Colorado a white woman Mrs Marie Petersen was shoved off a street car seat by William Johnson a black porter from Colorado Springs. The crowd surged toward lynching but police removed Johnson to a county jail cell and calm was restored with no further trouble expected.
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Colorado
Marie Petersen
Tld Woeden Street
Denver
Manitou
William Johnson
Colorado Springs
Johnson
Peterson
Took Another's Wife to Dance and Was Shot Dead
In Douglas Arizona near El Paso, Fuad Barnett, a smelterman, was killed while in the room of a married woman who had attended a dance with him. The shooting occurred early morning from outside by an unknown person. Barnett was husband to the woman’s husband? The report notes both Barnett and the woman’s husband work as smeltermen.
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Douglas Ariz
Here
Fuad" Barnett
George Marryfield
Barnett
FUGITIVE RUSTLER SLAIN BY POSSE NEAR ORE
Kinamath Palle, Ore Aug 14. A posse of two men chasing horse and mule thieves killed one suspect named Dumcas near Dairy as they tried to hide by a tree. The other thief, named Kubl, escaped. Several animals stolen earlier near Silver Lake were recovered.
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Kinamath
Dumeas
Parest
Initiative and Recall in New Mexico Debate
Edward A. Mann argues against the initiative referendum and recall as threats to republican government. He warns the move would shift power from elected representatives to direct democracy, risk corruption, and erode safeguards, urging vigilance against socialist-influenced alliances and urging adherence to a republican constitutional framework. He cites history and warns that public sentiment should not override constitutional principles or risk national unity with Congress and the president.
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New Mexico
Democratic Party
Hanna- Massie
Santa Fe
Democratic Central Committee
Repubean
Saintly Tribune Citizen
Switzerland
France
Holland
Massachusetts
Wise Fathers
Republic
Congress
Boiler explosion kills four aboard the Phoenix near Point Arena
The steam schooner Phoenix, loaded with bark for San Francisco, exploded ten miles north of Point Arena. Chief Engineer Thomas Houston and Second Mate Andrew Juemansen died of injuries after reaching shore with survivors. two firemen Nicholson and Hansen are missing. Captain Kalver and Officer Larson survived the blast as rescuers from the Point Arena life saving station searched the wreckage.
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Be Moreiay Journal
Wire Point Arena
Cal
Phoenix
Point Arena
Thomas Houston
Mats Andrew Juemansen
Hansen
William Nicheleen
Peter Kalver
Houston
Rasmussen
Nicholson
Sky
Brite
Bis
Frightful buried alive murder near California ranch
Mrs Frieda Schultz Castine a wealthy California ranch owner was found buried partly in a sandbox in her front yard. Authorities say murder and robbery were motives. Her brother in law Otto Rehultze fled toward Los Angeles after planning to go to Germany. The body showed sand in the lungs from a dying struggle and a dog had mauled it.
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Porte
Galveston
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Tte &Ehultve
Stoughton
Southern Pacific
Germany
Custine
San Francisco
Sheriffs Office
Los Angeles
Castine
Raton Miner Killed in Saloon In Caloun Row
In Raton New Mexico on August 14 Tomo Tomick a miner was shot in a saloon by an unknown man as an accomplice restrained him. Both suspects fled. Police suspect a white slave trader linked to Petra Petrovich a Montenegrin girl who was to wed Tomick following her escape in Chicago.
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Chicago
Tomick
Clinteries
Petra Petrovich
Katon
Newly Married Couple End Lives In Death Pact
A. D. Reach and his bride, married June 27, died in a gas suicide pact. Found by morning, notes to friends explain their plan. Roach, a literary Bohemian, and the Boston-born Roach woman reportedly studied occult phenomena and believed a sojourn in the psychic sphere awaited them.
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San Francisco
A. D. Reach
Murder in Abilene: Miss Benigus Found Dead Under Suspected Robbery
Mise Bertha Benigus, 20, daughter of a local merchant and telephone worker, was found dead in her parents' home in Abilene Kansas. She was chloroformed and bound, with pillows over her head, and jewelry missing from the house. A note in German claiming the murder was found, suggesting robbery as motive. Earl Livingston of Topeka was to marry her tomorrow. Police seek the killer.
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My Morning Journal
Abilene
Kan
Bertha Benigus
Miss Benigus
Earl Livingston
Topeka
Livingstone
Salina
Mise Benigus
Financial disaster pursues promoters of aviation meetings
Paris reports a summer of failed aviation meetings across Europe with large losses and broken records. Promoters blame commercialism as pilots demanded huge sums and pursued sensational feats, fueling accidents. Some say fewer, better productions will push manufacturers to improve aircraft and safety.
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Paris
Hermes
Europe
France
Hong
Paulban
Mine workers row becomes acute in Illinois caucus
Indianapolis Aug 14 John H Warner president of the Illinois Miners at a caucus charged delegates were offered international offices if they shifted their stance on the finers strike. T L Lewis president of the International miners denied any such offers and Illinois delegates backed the Peoria convention while demanding support for the Blindy strikers.
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Ind
John H. Warner
Illinois
Ilinois
Walker
T. L. Lewis
International Organization of Miners
Peoria
Blindy
Lewis
Peril in Fire Sweeps Belgian World's Fair City
A massive blaze devastated Brussels last night engulfing the Belgian World’s Fair site. Firefighters battled flames across pavilions and exhibits causing near total ruin with many structures damaged or destroyed and authorities declaring a state of emergency.
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Brussels
Fire destroys Brussels Exposition causing deaths and injuries
Fire sweeps the Brussels 1910 exposition as a high wind drives flames through Belgian English and French sections. Two killed and about thirty injured with hundreds more affected account for a massive loss amid panicked crowds and looting. Exposition grounds, Kermesz gardens, and multiple pavilions burn as troops and police restore order.
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Mornins Journal
Special Senses Wire
Brussels
Bruxelles Kermesz
Maseset
Antwerp
Solbach
Kermesz
Belgium
Louise
Boils de la Cambre
France
Germany
Holland
Italy
Netherlands
Palace of Agriculture and Horticulture
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