Fire takes awful toll of property and life
Winnipeg reports a deadly bush fire in the Crow's Nest district of British Columbia. At least 350 lives lost, with property losses estimated at 10 million dollars and several towns wiped out including Fernie Coal Creek Hosmer Michel Biko Frank Morrisey. Refugees flee as relief and martial law efforts begin.
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Winnipeg
Man
Crow's Neat
Kootenay Valley
British Columbia
Fernie
Coal Creek
Hosmer
Michel
Biko
Frank
B. C
Cranbrook
Carta
East Rootend
Crow Neat
Payroll Delegates Run Hearst Party Convention
Chicago August 3 Under x ray analysis the delegate roster to the Independence league convention echoed the Hearst payroll with many noisy voices like street extras. Delegates named include Tracy Adams Chi Red Tom Butts Mose Annenberg Tommy Brasky Eddie Burke Dummy Higgins and Al Higgins. Jacob I Sheppard Fort Scott Kane recounts rough handling and a police rescue after a claim the platform was altered before submission. The Independence start was novel.
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Chicago
Independence League
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Texas
Tracy Adams
Chi” Red
Hearst Caffery
Maine
Tom Butts
Indiana
Mose” Annenberg
Wisconsin
Tommy” Brasky
Clark
Madison
Missouri
Eddie Burke
Higgins
Kentucky
Jacob I. Sheppard
Fort Scott
Kane
Bryan
Hazing at West Point Not Yet Dismissed
Oyster Bay N Y Aug 3 The dismissal of eight cadets from the military academy after hazing charges has not been finalized President Roosevelt has taken no definite action and will likely follow the department’s guidance according to Rudolph Foster assistant secretary.
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Oyster Bay
Military Academy
Roose Welt
Rudolph Foster
Million Dollar Fire Destroys Chicago Elevators and Cars
A blazing fire in Chicago destroyed Burlington elevators BH and F and damaged or ruined 600 box cars. Loss on grain at the two elevators owned by Armour & Co. is estimated at 700000 dollars, with total losses reaching about 1000000 dollars.
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Chicago
Burlington
Armour & Co
Cheyenne Kid James Stalker Jr. Dies After Denver Stabbing
James Stalker Jr. known as the Cheyenne Kid, 20, died in Denver after four stab wounds in a row over Ketchel Kelly. Hawkins faces murder charges, claiming self defense. the death prompted a likely return of the body to Cheyenne.
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Denver
Colo
Cheyenne
James Stalker, Jr
James Stalker
Chief Armstrong
Mrs. Stalker
Hawkins
Stalker
Stanley Ketchel
Hugo Kelly
San Francisco
Seventeenth
Arapahoe Streets
Princeton
Arapahoe Street
Eighteenth
Wood perjury trial linked to Platt marriage claim
In New York on August 3, Mae C Wood an Omaha woman faced trial for forgery and perjury in a divorce suit from United States Senator Thomas C Platt. She claimed marriage in 1901 and the age certificate as proof. The blank certificate form was shown to the court as not having been printed at that time.
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New York
Mae C. Wood
Omaha
United States
Tomas C. Platt
Court of General Sessions
Miss Wood
Lost 3 year old wanders from home in city search
The 3 year old son of Mr and Mrs William Brown left their East Seventeenth Street home yesterday at 2 30 pm and was missing for about five hours. He was found after 7 pm by a son of Dr H M Bennett near the old creamery east of the Union Pacific Denver line two miles from home. The parents thank police and neighbors for locating the child.
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William Brown
East Seventeenth Street
H. M. Bennett
Union Pacific
Denver
Burlington
Bennett Boy
City
Mra. Brown
7000 Gather for Maneuvers
Militia from Wyoming and neighboring states join regular army units for a 30 day exercise at Camp Emmet Crawford Wyoming. About 7000 soldiers are in camp with 9000 under Brigadier General Morton expected to command. Maneuvers use Fort D A Russell ground in Crow Creek forest reserve.
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Camp Emmet Crawford
Wyo
National Guards
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
North Dakota
South Dakota
Crow Creek Forest Reserve
Fort D. A. Russell
Morton
Cancer Fatal to George Pettibone
Denver report says George A. Pettibone longtime Western Federation of Miners official died of cancer after an operation. He had been ill since Idaho prison confinement and was acquitted with William Haywood and Stephen Moyer in the Steunenberg murder case. Pettibone leaves a widow.
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Denver
Colo
George A. Pettibone
Council
The
Western Federation of Miners
Moyer
Hayweed
Steunenberg
Idaho
Pettibone
Haywood
Record breaking auto trip from Denver to Cheyenne
J W Barker president of Northern Colorado Power and his party drove Barker’s sixty horse Peerless from Denver to Cheyenne in four hours three minutes setting a new record despite bad roads. Barker’s son drove the car and won the honor. The trip occurred Saturday and returned Sunday morning.
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J. W. Barker
Northern Colorado Power Company
C. L. Williams
J. W. Fouraff
Denver Gas & Electric Company
Mr. Marteriss
Providence
R. I
Denver
Mr. Barker
Peerless
Cheyenne
City Opens Bids for Water Extension Project
The city council in a special session opened bids for extending the water works under a $160,000 bond issue. The winning bid will be announced at tonight's council meeting.
Monetary Conditions Very Unsatisfactory
New York August 3 The Henry Clews & Company bulletin brands current financial and industrial conditions as discouraging with a tired market, uncertain prospects and prices above panic lows. It notes improved trends are largely discounted and warns of artificial rise, with railroads facing dividend cuts and poor employment.
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Henry Clews
New York
Henry Clews & Company
Five Die as Car Plunges Down Burlingame Embankment
A large auto carrying five women and two children slid down a steep Burlingame hill after brake failure. Five occupants died and two were injured in the 30 foot drop near San Francisco, as the car struck a tree and occupants were thrown from the vehicle.
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San Francisco
Cal
Burlingame
Prince Poniatowsk
Pullman Train Wreck Injures Eighteen Near Benson
The Gold en State limited fast trans continental Pullman train of the Rock Inland railroad struck a broken rail at Hado station forty miles west of Benson while westbound from Chicago to Los Angeles. Two rear coaches ditched injuring eighteen passengers. J C Ayers of Kansas City is most seriously hurt with internal injuries. Most injuries are cuts and bruises. no fatalities reported.
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Tucson
Ariz
Golden State Limited
Rock Inland Railroad
Chicago
Los Angeles
Hado Station
Benson
J.C. Ayers
Capitalist
Kansas City
Tragedy Near Paducah Involving Jealous Lover
Paducah Kentucky August 3 19 year old Jim Kelly met his sweetheart Eva Miester and Link James near Metropolitan Illinois. Kelly shot James and wounded Miester then killed himself in a double tragedy rooted in jealousy.
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Paducah
Jim Kelly
Eva Miester
Link James
Butober
Metropolis
Til
James
Doctor and Mrs Wilson Hurt in Runaway Near Douglas
Douglas Wyoming August 3 Dr J M Wilson and his wife were injured Saturday evening when their horse team ran away returning from a drive to the La Prese ditch and reservoir dam. The buggy overturned throwing them to the ground. Both were bruised with Dr Wilson sustaining serious injuries.
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Douglas
Wyo
J. M. Wilson
la Prese
Wilson
Weather Forecast and Local Readings for Wyoming
Weather report from Washington D C August 3 1908 forecasts fair Thursday and Wednesday for Wyoming. Local data show 24 hour period ending 6 pm August 3 maximum 89 minimum 66 precipitation trace Palmer section director W S Palmer.
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Washington
Wyoming
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Weat
May Wood
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George Pettibone
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Ira G. O’brien
Pullman
Rival
Weather Report
Hone
W. 5S. Palmer
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