Spectacular Chicago fire destroys grain stores and elevators
A massive blaze at the dock freight home of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad at 16th Street and the river destroyed two grain elevators and hundreds of thousands of bushels of grain. A fire boat was sunk, and extensive buildings and cars burned as Fire Marshal Horan warned of a potential citywide conflagration. Firefighters worked desperately to stop the flames as heat prevented closer attack.
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Chicago
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
16Th Street
Horan
Chicago Heat Record Shatters In July Century Day
A Chicago heat wave pushed temperatures to 96.4 degrees the highest since July 21, 1901, with Kansas City at 98 degrees as the only warmer U.S. location. Strong winds and humidity tempered the heat, and the day recalled the severe conditions of the earlier century.
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Chicago
United States
Kansans City
Miscouri City
Auto Brakes Fail in San Francisco Tragedy
A tonneau plunges down an embankment near Bernagame San Francisco, killing five of seven occupants and injuring two. Miss Ethel McCormick, at the wheel, attempted to slow the car with brakes that failed and emergency brakes that snapped. The vehicle struck a rock after veering toward a high bank.
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San Francisco
Bur- Nagame
Crystal Lake
Ethel McCormlck
McCormick
Thomas McCormick
McCormick Iron Works
San Franciseco
O'Brien
Keystone Manufacture Works
Frederick Marrett
James FD. Gilbert
Hutchinson
Kan
George A. Vanderveer
Republica
Ninth Judicial District
Rock Island
Fireboat Vilnoia sinks after Chicago blaze
The fireboat Vilnoia of the Chicago fire department was sunk by the collapse of the east wall of elevator F near 10th street and the river. Two engineers and four stokers were rescued. a dock worker was injured by falling debris. the vessel and its engines were crushed. The blaze caused alarm over a threatened crop shortage as grain stored in nearby elevators burned.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Wall
Vilnoia
10Th Street
Lyons
Automatic Train Stop Trial On Burlington Road
The Interstate Commerce Commission plans a $1,000,000 reward for a reliable automatic train stop. Secretary Borland notes many proposals failed to satisfy, but the Rowell Potter system will be trialed on the Burlington road for several months.
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Borland
Signal and Train Control Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Burlington Road
Judge Thormann Grants Temp Injunction in Cincinnati Fight Over Revenue Rules
In the Federal Circuit Court at Cincinnati Judge Thormann enjoined enforcement of new internal revenue rules against local distillers. He rules that the traditional branding system remains lawful and that marking products as spirits or alcohol is permitted despite the department’s new law.
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Thormann
Federal Circuit
Cincinnati
Internal Revenue
Minne sote Territorial Pioneers' Association Golden Celebration
The executive committee of the Minne sote Territorial Pioneers' Association holds special exercises at the fair grounds during State fair week this year. The association has received a $500 contribution from the State Agriculture Blockery for use in the celebrations.
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Minnesote Territorial Pioneers’ Association
Ex-Bank Cashier W. Walker Extradited to Face Trial
Former New Britain bank cashier W. Walker has been extradited from Mexico and brought back to face trial for a major crime. The case centers on alleged bank-related offenses and involves U.S. and Mexican authorities coordinating the transfer.
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New Britain, Conn
Mexico
Various Sports Notes From Across The Nation
The three mile open professional bicycle record was broken in Salt Lake City by I F A McFarland at 5:83. Roosevelt congratulates the American rifle team on its Bisley Olympic victory. Keene plans to ship his stable to England this fall if turf conditions don’t improve. Litonia’s WII J Fiser holds a strong lead with Vinkola as the key mare. Allison Jack, famed Southern athlete, dies from injuries at a New Orleans track meet after a hammer incident. Powers dominates the Tatonia jockey list with a 24 percent win rate. Col Milton Young of Kentucky plans to sell McGrathiana stud and related stock. Bryce, president of the Columbus baseball club, dies at the ballpark in front of 8,000. Amy Brooks wins the Peoria 2:10 trot in straight heats over Spanish Queen. Michigan Supreme Court upholds lower court’s ban on Sunday baseball in Detroit. Duluth to be well represented in coming harness races. G Lathrop of Harvard track plan noted by athletic committee.
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James R. Keene
England
New York
Litonia
Wii
Fiser
Gie
Vinkola
Allison Jack
New Orleans
Bryce
Columbus, Ohio
American Association
Columbus
Peoria
Ill
Amy Brooks
Detroit
Tukes
Michigan
Duluth
Ae G
Lathrop
Harvard
Crimeon
Death of Iowa Senator Allison Ends Long Career
United States Senator William B Allison of Iowa died in Dubuque on Tuesday from heart failure. A veteran Republican leader, he served in Congress since 1868 and in the Senate for over three score years, rejecting cabinet offers from Garfield Harrison and McKinley. His death comes on the eve of reelection, possibly throwing Iowa politics into turmoil. He was born March 2, 1820 in Perry Ohio and rose from law to national politics, directing monetary policy and international monetary conferences.
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United States
William B. Allison
Dubuque
Lows
Willa Boyd Allison
Perry
Ohio
Tie
Western Reserve College
Fils
Allison
Ashland
Anna Carter
Wooster
Oho
IST
Dubique
Terese
Policce
Kawkeye
Chicago
Congress
Washington
Praence of Law
Senate
Garfield
Harrison
McKinley
Grant
Brussels
Cannon
Representative Glenn Targets Marriage Ban Over Pad Use
Representative Glenn introduced a bill to invalidate marriage contracts based on alleged fakery from pads stays crimps paints or other devices. He cites threatening letters from women nationwide and says the allegations must have some truth.
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Glenn
Canal project progress amid reorganization in Panama
The Washington office of the Panama Canal Commission reports half of the Cutobra canal work completed with about 47 million cubic yards excavated. American workers reportedly dug a small portion, while Chairman Oothale has reorganized the effort to divide the work into geographic sections with a chief in charge of each area.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Cutebra
Oothale Haa
Plans for 1000-Foot Mills Tower on Broad Street
Readable fragments describe plans for a 1000 foot tower atop the Mills Building in Broad Street, New York. The project would rival the world’s tallest structures, but the owner has not yet made a definite decision.
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Metropolitan
New York
Mills
Broad Street
Patient at Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital
A patient at the Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat hospital is unnamed by doctors. He suffers a peculiar form of blindness that leaves him rightless when standing, yet his vision remains unimpaired.
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Manhattan
Mar
New York
Taft Embraces Roosevelt Policies and Reform Program
In Cincinnati Taft pledges to follow Roosevelt policies and push reforms. He warns of hard work to define ways to preserve business integrity while restraining departures, and he defends a broad anti trust and interstate commerce approach as essential to national prosperity.
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Taft
Roosevelt
William Hi. ‘Taft
Cincinnati
Ehlef
Mr. Tat
Devine
Tort
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bryan
Roosevel
Sultan Abdul Hamid II Targeted in Palace Dagger Attack
A would be assassin bribed to kill Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey was seized in the Yildiz palace after a dagger strike failed by the sultans personal breastplate. The assailant carried gold and packing for flight, while palace guards restored order amid renewed fears for the rulers safety.
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Sultan Abdul Mamid
Turkey
Constantinople
Yildiz
Abdul
Taft Urges Elastic Finance and Strong Injuction Policy
William H Taft argues the Republican platform supports a more elastic financial system and strict injunctions against unlawful activities He warns against jury trials in court orders and criticizes Democratic plans to regulate corporations and tariffs as socialist and harmful to trusts He stresses American world power and prudent national security without inviting injustice to labor or distortion of prices by government action
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Ofbera
Republican Party
Spain
Porto Itico
Cuba
Philippines
En Angrican
Roosevelt Era Principles and Rail Rate Policy Debate
The text defends Roosevelt's commitment to law and equality before it while criticizing the Interstate Commerce Commission's overreach under current rate bills. It argues for limiting regulatory power to quasi judicial duties and supports balanced capital and labor, citing employers liability and eight hour laws as progressive milestones and endorsing workers' rights to collective action within limits.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Diryao
Republican Party
King of His Kind
A Tulea Oklahoma World editorial lauds the protective tariff as greatly benefiting American workers, claiming it has made laboring men “the absolute king of his kind” and given them unmatched prestige and power compared with labor interests elsewhere.
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Tulea
Opera singer loses fingers to bull terrier attack at Seagate
Miss Emelie Gardner an opera singer is in critical condition at Coney Island Hospital after a bull terrier attacked her in the cottage pantry at Seagate. The dog owned by housekeeper Mrs Bangman and kept in the basement bit her left arm and chewed off two fingers of her right hand during a nighttime attack.
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Emelie Gardner
Coney Island
Balloon Hamburg crashes during landing in Lubeck
The Hamburg balloon of the Hamburg Aeronautical Society failed a landing near Lubeck. The incident disrupted local activity as spectators gathered while authorities investigated the cause.
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Hamburg
Hamborg Aeronautical Society
Lubeck
Nicaragua
Guatemala
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