Fernie Fire Death Toll Rises to Near 400
Refugees flee with only the clothes on their backs as Fernie burns. New estimates place the death toll around 400 and property losses near 10 million dollars. Vancouver raises relief funds and Winnipeg sends a relief train. Cranbrook and Nelson crowds suffer, needing urgent aid.
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Vancouver
B. C
Fernie
Winnipeg
Elk Lumber
Somiouily Vy
Michel
Lave
Nelson
Michel Faces Hopeful Doom as Wildfires Rage
Fire sweeps toward Winnteen and Fernie with high winds fanning flames. Dozens of homes and animals perish as residents flee across the Crow’s Nest region toward Cranbrook. Thousands are displaced in the Cranbrook area while search parties recover bodies.
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Winnteen van
Michel
Stiand
Enaeon
Ernie
Fernie
Crow’s Nest
Cranbrook
Vancouver Fire Relief Sent From Ottawa
Government sources in Ottawa report aid to British Columbia fire victims. General MacDonald orders militia tents and blankets deployed to aid the homeless with distribution through provincial authorities and coordinated relief efforts.
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Ottawa
Ont
Politician Tariff Debate and tainted party loyalties
P M HENKEL argues that republican reformers fear a tariff shift and that campaigns rely on vague promises to keep reformers loyal. He condemns Hearst’s Independence move as revenge driven and questions whether the public can be misled by such tactics.
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Republican Party
Taft
Hearst
Independence Party
Bryan
P. M. Henkel
Bishop Brent Declines Washington Episcopate Again
Bishop Charles Henry Brent of the Philippine Islands has declined to become Episcopal bishop of Washington. In a letter received in Washington from Boston he repeats that God wills him to stay in the Philippines, the same reasoning as his initial declination.
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Washington
Ant
Charles Henry Brent
Philippine Islands
Agin
Fron Boston
Philippines
Newark real estate operator jailed on juvenile assault charges
Paterson Aug 4. John Caedie a Newark real estate operator was arrested on a charge by a twelve year old girl and held in $1 000 bond for grand jury action He was also held on another charge by teen Lillian Lehner for an offense said to have occurred July 18.
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Paterson
Juln Caedie
Newark
He Yao
Lillian L. Lehner
Afteen
Dismissal Fate Of Cadets At West Point Still Uncertain
Oyster Bay August 4 The fate of eight cadets guilty of hazing at West Point remains unsettled with possible permanent removal reinstatement through congressional action or executive clemency. A president Roosevelt statement says no final decision has been made awaiting War Department recommendations. Also in brief Thirty cents is deemed too high for a Dubuque to East Dubuque transport complaint filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Des Moines August 4 Former Iowa legislator Major T R Kellogg dies after long illness. he had offered the famous resolution pledging Iowa’s faith and resources to Civil War national honor.
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Oyster Bay
West Pont Military Academy
Roosevelt
Rudolph Foster
Loeb
Des Moines
Tt. D. Kellogg
Towa
Iowa
James T. H. Williams Dies After Short Illness
Eau Claire Wisconsin August 4 James TH Williams aged sixty two a well known figure in state newspaper circles died in a local hospital after a brief illness He previously published papers at Augusta and Hayward Wisconsin.
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Eau Claire
Wis
James TH. Williams
Augusta
Hayward
Drought and Heat Threaten Beaver City Corn Crop
Beaver City Nebraska reports a week of extreme heat and hot winds. No rain for weeks in the Beaver valley has left the corn crop nearly ruined and drought conditions growing more serious.
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Beaver City
Neb
Beaver Valley
Young Chaffee to Take a Wife in Atlanta
Aug 4 announces the engagement of Miss Ethel Chaffee to Lieutenant Adam P. Chaffee Jr of the Fifteenth Cavalry, son of retired Lieutenant General Chaffee. Their marriage is planned for this fall.
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Chaffee
Atlanta
Ethel Nff
Adam
Chaffee, Jr
Fifteenth Cavalry
Baseball scores a jumble of city matchups and errors
Scores list chaotic games across cities with teams Philadelphia Chicago New York Cincinnati Brooklyn St Louis Boston Pittsburgh Cleveland St Louis Detroit Chicago and other clubs. Batters and pitchers named with errors and incomplete line scores appear as scattered entries.
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Cincinnati
New Yok
Needham
Brooklyn
St. Louls
St. Louis
Bat
Boston
Pittsburg
Tarrers
Fittelurg
Wits
Gibson
Spade
Sechler
New York
Wiltse
Bresnalin
Teries
Saliee
Bliss
McIntyre
Bergen
Wisherty
Dorner
Cleveland
Hoga
Chicago
National
Wts PLC
Chiengn
Ay Borton
W. L
Notrost
St. Louia
Philadelphia
Toston Cree
Washington
Public Belt Railroad Opens Amid Tariff Turbulence in New Orleans
New Orleans opens the Public Belt railroad amid friction with the interstate commerce commission over tariff timing, with no freight cars provided by rival lines. The gala ride featured city officials but no freight movement. In Dublin, US Olympic team members excel at police games with records set in hammer and shot events.
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New Orleans
Public Belt Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dublin
United States
Palla Bridge
John Ilanagan
Ralph Rose
Whirl of Death Fatal Bicycle Accident in Coshocton
William Wilson was killed instantly in a Coshocton theater when his new loop the loop bicycle maneuver nicknamed the whirl of death sent him airborne and into a beam. Panic followed as spectators were injured in the rush.
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Coshocton. O
William Wilson
Wilson
Chicago Markets and Livestock Show Varied Prices
Chicago quotations show wheat corn oats and barley with mixed futures and spot ranges. Live stock and poultry receipts are listed with price bands for prime fat steers cattle calves and sheep along with hay and prairie hay grades.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Ifogsa
Timothy
Prairie
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Thomas Kehoe
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John Singera
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Chicago Grain
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Dunning & Sterveng
Live Stock Commission
Enat Buffalo
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Steyrs
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Stablin Cuil
Indiana
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Main
Frank J. Irvin
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John Scranage
Joseph H. Lesh
Charles Neidig
Hollister
Horuuster Druc Company
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