Island Inferno Destroys Steeplechase Park Hotels
A massive fire roared through Coney Island destroying Steeplechase Park hotels and many stalls. About 35 thousand residents fled terrified as flames swept from one end of the island to the other. Rescue crews saved the armless and legless San Dora, and emergency crews battled the blaze with several injuries reported among firemen and bystanders. Insurance was unavailable, with millions in property loss and the post office damaged.
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Ard
Femaz
Rexo
Chase Park
San Dora
Francesco
Cmes
Hee
Arthur Leelanhager
Steeplechase Park
Gottfried Wesserill
Silvester Mead
Frank Frenk- Unalta
Coney Island
Man Slaims Sister Then Hangs Self in Texas Home
San Antonio Tex July 28 Charles F Pape killed his sister Christine with a gun at the family residence, then died by suicide after attempting to strangle her. He screamed and wept over the body, was jailed at 7 AM, and hanged an hour later as the jailer prepared for breakfast. The Pape family is prominent. the tragedy caused a sensational local scene. Frank Hazzard, a sergeant in Company K of the Twentieth Georgia, died at the Soldier's Home after a stroke. The funeral is at Starcy Foala chapel with Westview interment. In Mississippi, Congress news: Muskogee will host the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress November 19-22.
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San Antonio Tetts
Charles F Pape
Christine
Elgigy
Pape
Frank Hazzard
Frank Hasaard
Twentieth
Georgia
Chapel of Starcy
Westview
Misatasippi
Kansas City
Eigh Senth
Muskogee
Stair
Chichama
Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills Advert claims快速 relief
An old advertisement extols Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills for head aches and tired brain relief. It promises rapid soothing of nerves without stomach upset or after effects and claims a money back guarantee with the first package. The copy is misspelled and garbled but centers on universal headache relief.
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Miles
Mies
Bolle Mules Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Henry Huntington shoots siblings at Paris embassy aide family tragedy
Versailles July 28 Henry Huntington son of Douglas St Georges Huntington former attache of the American embassy in Paris was arrested on the charge of shooting his two sisters and one brother at his dying father's bedside. Elizabeth near the heart is said to be dying. Henry sought his father's forgiveness but refused his mother’s. Alonzo asked him to leave the room before Henry fired on his siblings and attempted to flee but was captured. The Huntington family, well known in Paris, includes Alonzo a prominent artist. Douglas Huntington was wounded by a stray bullet and Henry faced a fatal outcome for his father who remained alive at midnight and then declined further.
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Versailles
Henry Huntington
Douglas St Georges Huntington
Paris
Elizabeth
Henry
Hantington Br
Hadith
Elisabeth
Alonzo
Douglas Henry
Douglas
Huntington
Sen
Douglas Huntington
Fire on Hamilton Sailboat Aboard Old Dominion Liner
New York July 28 A fire of unknown size burns in the hold of the Old Dominion liner Hamilton. About 289 passengers aboard are unaware of the blaze as fire tugs race alongside. Crew and captain act calmly while hatches are battened down and water sprayed to extinguish the fire, confined to one hold with no major damage. The ship had recently departed Norfolk for Newport News carrying passengers from the James Town exposition.
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New York
Hamilton
Old Dominion
Boaz
Har Dock
Scotland
Engme
Hola No 2
Company S Offee
Beachatrret
Norfolk
Newport “News
Prohibition Leader To Speak At Gainesville Rally
Prohibition leader Hon Seah Wright will address a large Gainesville crowd in Georgia speaking for the temperance movement. He aims to energize supporters ahead of the Georgia legislature session and temperance committee actions.
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Gainesville
Gainecille
Auditoria
Hon Seah Wright Rende
Georgia
Temperance Committee
Hhat
Lynch Mob Slaughters Reed After Police Killing
James Reed colored man is lynched here after fatally shooting policeman John H Daugherty. Reed fled toward Tangier Sound aboard a small sailboat but was overtaken by armed posse near Tangier Sound. He confessed but was beaten to death and his body hung from a telegraph pole.
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James Reed
John H Daugherty
Daugherty
Hillery Jones
Reeds Aad
Jal
Tangier Sound
Virginia Warly
John Shelton
Reed
No Hand Taken by Roosevelt in North Carolina Case
Lennox Mass July 28 Attorney General C J Bonaparte staying at a hotel here issued a statement on the railway fare dispute in North Carolina. He says the state won its bid to have the 21 cent passenger rate law observed by all railroads pending a federal appeal. Bonaparte notes efforts to respect process, the danger of federal state jurisdiction conflicts, and that Roosevelt took no part in the matter.
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Lennox
Mass
C J Bonaparte
Vale
North Carolina
Raleigh
Bonaparte
Henry Pritchard
Fourth Circuit
Southern Railway
Sanford Wan
Baward Sanford
Emer- Bena
United States
Sanford
Supreme Court of the United States
Bench
Bar
Tment
Pettes
Roosevelt
Department Iearns
Not Guilty for Haywood Not Guilty for Haywood
The Idaho jury acquitted William D Haywood of all charges in the death of former Governor Steunenberg. The verdict followed a brief three minute discharge and a late night vote recount. Haywood greeted reporters with a smile as he rejoined his wife and mother, and thanked Boise for its support amid nationwide attention. Jurors recalled confusing instructions but agreed the case required acquittal.
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William F Haywood
Steunanders
Tadge
Haywomt
Haywood is Found Not Guilty in Idaho Trial
Judge Wood presided as jurors declared William D Haywood not guilty after a suspenseful verdict delay caused by a misdelivered envelope. Foreman Goss announced the acquittal while praise flooded in from labor groups and figures including Eugene V. Debs, with Haywood thanking supporters and pledging to return to Denver to resume his work. He also commended his family’s treatment by Boise residents and expressed gratitude across 40 states.
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Labor and Socialist
Eugene V Dos
Negro escapes raid by cutting wall and is shot by officer
Police stormed a Bradley Street house at 2 30 Sunday morning finding about ten men at cards. Greer Horton cut through a wall with an ax as officers closed in and charged toward Officer Maddox. Horton was shot in the chest and taken to Grady hospital in serious but non immediate danger. Four others, William Jones William Taylor Louis Williams and Jero Daniel, were arrested for disorderly conduct and gambling.
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Greer Horton
Charles T Maddox
Horton
Grady Hospital
Maddox
Pate
Bradley Street
Madox
William Jones
William Taylor
Louis Williams
Jero Daniel
Prison trial echoes and a dying plea for humility
The report recalls trial testimony praising fairness while noting judge and counsel, with remarks by Murphy of the Western Federation of Miners. It also describes Haywood's bedside scene as he nears death, and contrasts modern tributes with a poem about saints who have no day, set against a grim year in the church’s record.
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