Fire Devastates Boston Harbor Front. Loss Near 1.5 Million
A harbor front fire in East Boston caused about 1.5 million dollars in damage including four piers, three warehouses, a grain elevator and many freight cars. A watchman, Daniel Sullivan, is missing and feared dead as ships and lighters escaped. railroads including the Boston & Albany suffer the largest losses.
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Boston
Boston & Albany Railroad
Masachusetts Coal Wharf Company
Boston and Chelsea Fire Departments
New York Central
Hudson River
Pabst Loop Hotel Fire Ravages Coney Island
A fire at Pabst's Loop Hotel in Coney Island shortly after 1 am destroyed the building. About 200 guests fled as flames spread to Vanderveer's Hotel and the nearby Culver Depot. Damage is estimated between 100000 and 150000 dollars with no lives lost.
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New York
Pabst
Loop Hotel
Coney Island
Vanderveer
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Sally
Culver Depot
Lally
Fire destroys Zehden's Casino and adjoining buildings
A blaze in College Point Queens destroyed Zehden's Casino and nearby structures causing estimated losses near 200000. The Bethlehem Orphan Asylum sheltered over 500 children briefly, and there was a panic among inmates before the fire was checked.
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New York
College Point
L. I
Zehden
Canderas
Bethlehem Orphan Asylum
Benzine Explosion Fire Kills Six at Budapest Cleaning Plant
A benzine explosion at a Budapest chemical cleaning company caused six deaths and fourteen injuries. Four workers died by jumping from windows before nets could catch them. Two more workers were burned to death. Fourteen employees suffered serious injuries while the rest were rescued.
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Budapest
Coal Found in Philippine Islands Opens Vast Deposits
Captain Hubert L. Wigmore an army engineer employed to develop government coal fields on Batan Island returns to the United States on July 15 aboard the Burford and reports immense coal deposits sufficient for government use for years to come. Army and navy tests rate the coal superior to Australian and Japanese products and experts in the United States are purchasing mining machinery to further develop the mines.
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Commercial Tribune
Manila
Hubert L. Wigmore
Army
Batan
United States
Buford
Navy
Ing
Count Boni Opens New Legal Battle Over Custody
Paris July 8 Count Boni de Castellane launches a court fight to gain possession of his three children from his marriage to Miss Anna Gould. Maitre Bonnet stated a decision will be sought to grant custody to the Count arguing that Princess De Sagan, under the control of Prince Helier de Sagan, is unsuitable as guardian.
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Helfer de Sagan
Hitchcock Made Chairman New Yorker Is Treasurer
Frank H Hitchcock of Massachusetts was named Chairman of the Republican National Committee. George R Sheldon of New York named Treasurer. Arthur I Vorys of Ohio named to run Ohio headquarters in Cincinnati. The Executive Committee approved Taft nominees amid earlier doubt over candidates and potential conflicts. Sheldon will confer with Taft in Hot Springs after assignment.
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Hot Springs
Frank H. Hitchcock
Massachusetts
George R. Sheldon
New York
Arthur I. Vorys
Ohio
Cincinnati
Republican National Committee
William H. Taft
Taft
Crane
Herrick
Warren
Wyoming
Hitchcock
Vorys
Mr. Taft
Sheldon Assurer
McKinley
Illinois
Republican Congressional Committee
National Committee
William Nelson Cromwel
le Committee
Sheldon
Cornellia N. Bliss
Roosevelt
Harvard
Bliss
New York State
Cannon
Sherman
Congressional Committee
Congressional
Cromwell
Chicago
Tomorow
Frank’ H. Hitchcock
Representative Burke
Pennsylvania
Executive Committee
Bryan Praised by Democrats at Denver Convention Demonstration
William Jennings Bryan told reporters in Lincoln that the Democratic National Convention had shown him exceptional confidence and goodwill. The Nebraska visit featured a celebratory watermelon feast after a long telegraph update from Denver, with Bryan noting the tribute and then returning inside.
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Lincoln, Neb
William Jennings Bryan
Mes Bryer Wes Cembly
H E
Fairview
Mr. Bryan
Robert F. Ross
Bulletin
Bryan
Ang
Charles Guy
New York
Acacia Wrecks On Lake Ontario Off Sackett Harbor
The top master schooner Acacia of Kingston Ontario Captain William Simmons bound Oswego to Kingston laden with coal went on a shoal near Sackett Harbor during last night’s gale. Crew of five rescued by Sackett Harbor boatmen before Big Sandy life savers arrived. Vessel and 370 tons of coal likely total loss.
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Watertown
N.Y
Acacia
Kingston
Qont
William Simmons
Oswego
Sackett Harbor
Lake Ontario
Barge James G Blaine Raiders Shores In Lake Ontario Storm
A severe storm drove the coal laden barge James G Blaine ashore at Oswego New York. The vessel broke apart on the beach but all seven crew members including a woman cook were rescued by life savers.
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Oswego
N. Y
Lake Ontario
James G. Blaine
Man goes berserk on train in Virginia attack
On a Bondtown Virginia train Dan Cloves of Big Stone Gap suddenly attacked passenger James Sturgill slashing his throat from ear to ear. He then wounded himself twice cutting his own throat. Sturgill, who had never met Cloves, likely faces death.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Bondtown
Dan Cloves
Big Stone Gap
James Sturgill
Cloves
Sturgill
Longworth Disappointment at Chicago Convention Demonstration
Mrs Ruth Bryan Leavitt watched as the crowd cheered her father’s name for an hour and twenty eight minutes while Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth kept time nearby. Leavitt called the moment wonderful and exciting though Longworth seemed eager for the Chicago record to stand.
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Bryan
Arthur English
Denver
Logan
Grace
Commercial Tribune
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
William
Charles Dunlap
Louis’ Spratlin
Longworth
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Chicago
Mrs. Levitt
Bryant
Gore
Nebraska
Roosevelt
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Georgia
Minnesota
Connecticut
Atwood Backed for Democratic National Committee Chair
Denver July 8 A strong Bryan faction backs John A Atwood of Leavenworth Kan for chair of the Democratic National Committee. Atwood a noted orator and railroad cases lawyer has Bryan’s confidence and is expected to key his nomination speech.
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Denver
William J. Bryan
National Committee
John A. ‘Atwood
Leavenworth
Kan
Democratic National Committee
New National Committee
Atwood
Middle West
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bryan
Nebraskan
Kansas
Platform Makers Agree On Anti-Injunction Plank
Denver, July 8. A subcommittee failed to present a full report on the injunction plank causing a delay while labor leaders debated the language and advance notice demands. The Injunction Subcommittee, led by Williams Parker and Sullivan, reached a complete agreement but adjourned as the full committee schedules an evening session.
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Denver
Col
Subcommittee On Platform
Williams
Sullivan
Federation of Labor
Labor
Mr. Bryan
Roosevelt
Messrs. Williams
Massachusetts
Parker
New York
Iowa
Judge Parker
Mr. Williams
The
Bryan leads as Guffey loses credentials at Democratic convention
At the convention Bryan dominates the floor amid loud demonstrations. The Credentials Committee unseats McCarren delegates, seating anti-Guffey Pennsylvanians and other anti-Johnson and Sullivan delegates. Parker repudiates the New York anti-Tammany plank, Hobson warns of war with Japan as Roosevelt signals potential conflict.
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Bryan
Gore
Taft
Oklahoma
New
Pacific
Gression
Committee On
McCarren
Kings County
York
Pennsyl
Vania
Johnson
Ohio
Sullivan
Illinois
Dubois
Idaho
Alton B. Parker
Rand
New York
Gation
George Fred Wil
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Count Boni
Paris
Boni de Castel
Anna Gould
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