Forest Fire Threatens Vast Timber Losses
A wildfire near Hoquiam, Washington, started by a traveler’s discarded match has scorched over 10 000 acres of slash and threatens 15 000 000 feet of Polson Logging Co. timber. Fourteen thousand acres of green timber lie in the path with no immediate hope of saving it as a gale winds continue. One thousand men fight the blaze, with property losses expected to exceed 280 000 dollars.
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Aberdean
Wash
Hoqulam
Hoquiam Road
Polson Logging Co
Nelson and Stocksell Logging Co
Two State Primaries In Show-Me Commonwealth
Kansas City reports Missouri holds primaries across precincts for general election candidates from governor to constable. U S Senate candidates not chosen this cycle. four state tickets Republican Democratic Socialist and Prohibitionist contend. Herbert Hadley is the lone Republican governor candidate amid anti trust scrutiny.
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Commonwealth
U. S. Senate
Kansas
Kansas City
Aug
Missouri
United States Senate
Herbert Hadley
Standard of Co
Kan
Was
United States
Constable
Pope May Elevate American Cardinal at Upcoming Consistory
Rome announces strong belief that another American will receive the red hat in a forthcoming consistory. Archbishop Quigley of Chicago is seen as highly likely, with Farley of New York O Connell of Eaton Ryan of the pope a among candidates. Some may be named together at one consistory, others possibly in stages, with Chicago’s Quigley a leading contender if elevated. The event carries significance amid anticipated Roman curia reforms.
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Rome
Italy
Vatican
America
Quigley
Chicago
Farley
New York
O'Connell
Eaton
Ryan
Ara Sardibady
Dual Democratic split tops Idaho convention scene
Across Wallace Idaho on August 4 1907 factions of the Democrats split as delegates from Ada Owyhee Nez Perce and Boulder counties contend seating at the state convention. McFarlane and Dubois supporters seek seats while another faction plans a separate gathering.
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Wallace
Idaho
W.C. McFarlane
Kooténal County
Ada
Owyhee
Boine
McFarla
Dubois
McFarlane
Gov Folk orders national guard to enforce Sunday liquor laws
Gov Folk announced plans to deploy nearly the entire First Regiment and Battery A of Missouri’s National Guard in St Louis County to enforce Sunday liquor laws and restore order. Brig. Gen. B C Clark and Adjt General Dearmond led a county tour, reporting saloons largely closed and conditions orderly.
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Folk
St Louis
National Guard
St. Louis County
B.C. Clark
National Guard of
Missouri
Clark
Dearmond
Rescue of French Sailors After Seven Weeks Adrift
From Lyttelton New Zealand comes a report of Captain Nosl and twenty one crew of the French barque President Felix Faure driven ashore on Antiodes Island. With scant clothing and dire privations for seven weeks they were rescued by the British warship Pagasun. Captain Noel notes New Zealand government kept emergency provisions on hand.
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Queenstown
Lyttelton
New Zealand
Nos
Felix Faure
Antiodes
Noel
Zeppelins Flight Sparks Fridrichshafen Spectacle
In Oppenheim and Constance Aug 4 reports describe a grand Zeppelins ascent despite a motor defect forcing a landing on a Rhine island near Oppenheim at 6 pm. Count Zeppelin and entourage witnessed the launch from Momling dock as airship rose, circled, and then departed toward Schaffhausen for a planned twenty four hour voyage.
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Oppenheim
Rhine
Here
Constance
Fridrichshafen
Count Zeppelin
Momling Dock
Dr.Eckner
Maj. Gradnite
Fen
Dr. Eckner
Schauffhausen
Golden State Limited Derailed Near Arizona Station
The Golden State Limited, the Pullman train running from Chicago to Los Angeles, struck a broken rail forty miles east of Bend, injuring eighteen passengers as two Pullman pouches were ditched. The accident occurred on a straight track. two coaches and the diner derailed, but all passengers were in beds and thrown about.
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Golden State Limited
Ariz
Tuscan
Gora Én State Limited
Rick Island
Chicago
Los Angeles
Hado Staation
Bend
Couches
Allison of Iowa Dead in Dubuque
Dubuque Iowa United States Senator Wm B Allison died of heart failure at 145 this afternoon. The report notes hospital hosts and visitors from Williston and Stanley where they visited Superintendent and Mrs Schollander and Mr and Mrs Don Allison. The text mentions former students at the agricultural college and new districts in the state.
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Dubuque
Iowa
United States
Wm. B. Allison
Profesor
Black Hand Behind Fatal Fernie Fire Claim Emerges
Cranbrook reports hint at a planned arson to destroy Fernie and remove five Black Hand suspects. The tale centers on three hidden fires set to engulf the town, with authorities urged to test the theory amid conflicting details.
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Fernie
Najeon
B.C
Fernin
Cranbrook
Trust Busters Seek New Trial in Standard Oil Case
President Roosevelt directs Attorney General Bonaparte to prepare for a new trial over the $29,000,000 Standard Oil verdict. Frank B Kellogg is named to lead the prosecution while Bonaparte oversees the case. They intend to file for reargument and seek modification of the appellate opinion.
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Uncle Sam
Theodore Roosevelt
Standard Oil
Grosscup
Bonaparte
President Roosevelt
Frank B. Kellogg
St. Paul
Kellogg
Two Mrs Dolans Live in Fargo A Names Coincidence
Two Mrs Elizabeth Dolans in Fargo appear in recent coverage of the Percy Adams versus Clever dispute. Both deny involvement in the case and one woman reports mail misrouting before learning of the other. In Maine, botanists convene on M deserta Island for the Josselyn Society annual session with field trips to Cranberry Island and Seal Cove.
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Percy Adams
Case
Elizabeth Dolans
Elizabeth
Hampden
Maine
Manset
New England
M. Desert Island
Josselyn Society
Great Cranberry Island
Seal Cove
Bear cub hunt ends in near tragedy for Maine warden
Bangor August reports Game Warden W A Farmer nearly loses his life while pursuing a bear cub. He carried a heavy pistol and stones, and after spotting two cubs in a tree he threw a rock and fired, narrowly escaping a mother bear threatening him on the Lake Onawa to Buttermilk stream route.
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Bangor
W. A. Farmer
Maine
Lake Onawa
Buttermilk Stream
Appeal Taken in the Juno Case
Heirs appeal the appointment of Jas Beatty as administrator of the Louis and Elizabeth Juno estates. Bond executed by The United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. Heirs name Mr Rusk as administrator. Judge Pollock expected to hear the case soon. Bookkeeper G D Root underwent appendicitis operation at St John’s Hospital and is recovering well.
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Seventh Circuit
Standard of Co
Indiana
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
Bonaparte
Circuit Court of Appeals
United States
Jas. Beatty
Louis Juno
Elizabeth Juno
Pollock
Taylor Crum
Agustus Roberts
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co
Baltimore
Mr. Rusk
G. D. Root
Acme Harvesting Machine Co
St. John’s Hospital
Auto runs amuck on honeymoon near Liberty New York
New York dispatch reports United States district attorney of Washington and his wife survived a dramatic crash on Walnut Mountain near Liberty New York When their auto overturned plunging about 300 feet the big covered car somersaulted thrice before hanging top downward in a tree The occupants were held inside by the tangled wreckage during the perilous moment Two months into marriage the prosecutor and his bride escaped serious injury with only shock and fright reported.
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New York
United States District Attorney
Washington
Meast
Walnut Mountain
Liberty
N.Y
Crows Nest disaster toll and relief in western Canada
Summary reports from Vancouver detail the Crows Nest disaster up to last night. Fernie, Hosmer, Michel, Sparwood and Coal Creek areas show multiple fatalities, widespread destruction, and hundreds to thousands left homeless. Total damage runs into millions with insurance at about 2.3 million and timber losses near two million. Cash donations to the relief fund in Winnipeg reach 25 thousand dollars.
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Crows Nest
Winnipeg
Vancouver
B. C
Fernie
Hosmer
Michel
Sparwood
Coal Creek
Many Acts of Heroism In Fernie Furnace Rescue
In Spokane Washington Aug 4 amid a seething furnace Fernie saw multiple rescues. W 5 Healy carried a live girl to safety from Elk river ditch. Charles Erickson saved a sick child and baby from a cabin, then two more girls and two women, forcing one woman from danger. J Volume carried a 90 year old woman on his back to safety across a mile to shelter as flames spread.
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Spokane
Wash
Fernie
Healy
Weat Fernie
Elk River
West Fernie
Charles Erickson
Erickson
J. Volume
Fort Steele
Crows Neat Coal Co
Flamen
Twenty Bodies Found at Fernie Fires Jail Report
Winnipeg reports a ruin search at Fernie yielded twenty bodies including eight unidentified. The Ford family and Lena Bell among the dead, relief funds reach 25000 dollars as repaired railway lines enable relief trains. Police will investigate a report that five Black Hand suspects are jailed in Fernie.
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Fernie
Suneets
Winnipeg
Engineer Anderson
Hosmer Mines
Ford
Lena Bell
Turner
Hosmer
Michel
Pla
Bank of Japan Cuts Loans in Tokyo Cable
A Tokyo cablegram reported by Yesjiro Ono of New York notes Japan's economic situation improving and money supply easing. Bank of Japan loans were reduced by about 40 million since the end of April, amid treasury operations including a 4.4 million mile? clarification needed.
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New York
Tokio
Japan
Yesjiro Ono
Bank of Japan
Treasury
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Dee Moises
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Minn
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St. Louis
la Cross
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la Crosse
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Victoria
Hoboken
Annam
Montdeleinet
the Rhine
U. S
Bulletin
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Trust Busters
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Frank B. Kelley
James H. Wilkerson
Sims
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Game Warden
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Tex
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