Destruction of San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
The story recounts the San Francisco earthquake and fire, noting massive casualties and injuries, the city’s ruin in the aftermath, and the overwhelmed fire department. It describes displaced residents, looting fears, military patrols, and heroic efforts to fight the blaze with dynamite as aid arrives from across the United States. It also reports fund drives, relief shipments, and the insurance industry’s exposure to losses.
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San Francisco
United States
Sehamita
Supplies Rushed to Aid San Francisco Stricken City
President Roosevelt views dispatch orders as relief supplies rush toward San Francisco to aid its distressed residents and restore essential services across the stricken area.
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San Francisco
Hoosevelt
Socral
Teach Princes Duty to Empire
The Times editorial argues Prince Arthur of Connaught’s Canadian visit underlines imperial unity. It contends royal tours knit the Dominions into the empire and that imperial thinking is a civic duty, especially for the royal family led by King Edward. It praises Canada's warm reception as recognition of its role in maintaining imperial integrity.
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London
The
Times
Prince Arthur of Connaught
Canada
Taja
Edward
Salvation Army Congress Planned for New York Hippodrome
Miss Eee line Booth, commander of the Salvation Army in the United States, announced to the Binghamton press that the international Salvation Army congress will be held at the Hippodrome New York from May 11 to 16.
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Binghampton
N.Y
Eeeline Booth
Salvaion Army
United States
International Salvation Army Congress
Hippodrome
New York
Rail line debate shifts final B S and H B location
Cross C N R at Minto Winnipeg draws attention as surveyors mark right of way and C N R crossing just west of Minto yard. Souris grades rush with two steamers at work each night. Bridge work on the south span near completion and north span starting. Contractors distribute piles and timbers toward the river and Carroll Fromwainto area. Officials claim the line may be in operation by August.
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Winnipeg
Boissevain
Brandon
C.N.R
Minto Yard
Souris
Wainto
Man Declared Sane in Five-Year Murder Case
Ogdensburg N Y Arthur Chapron once confined as insane at Mattewan asylum for criminals has been ruled sane and will face trial for the murder of John Leahy. He was deemed insane at the prior accusation five years ago.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Arthur Chapron
Mattewan Asylum
John Leahy
Chapron
Monster Freighter to Be Built in Canada
Bridgeburg shipyards rush to complete for Canadian Shipbuilding Co. to start construction of a 10000 ton steel foreign steamer for the Chicago and St. Lawrence Transportation Co. The project aims to produce the largest Canadian built vessel to date.
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Toronto
Bridgeburg
Canadian Shipbuilding Co
Canada
Chicago & St. Lawrence Transportation Company
King Edward to Receive Degree at University of Pennsylvania
King Edward VII will receive the degree of doctor of laws from the University of Pennsylvania during the bi centenary observance of Benjamin Franklin's birth. Ambassadors and noted scholars including Sir Mortimer Wurand, Sir George Howard Varwin, Gugliemo Marconi, E Rutherford, Shyamice of McGill, Edward Leamington Nichols, A Brand, and H A Jouns are listed among honorary recipients.
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Philadelphia
Edward VII
Great Britain
Mortimer Wurand
University of Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin
Andrew Carnecie
George Howard Varwin
Plumian
University of Cambridge
England
Gugliemo Marconi
E. Rutherford
McGill University
Montreal
Edward Leamington Nichols
Cornell University
A. Brand
Royal Academy of Sciences
Berlin
H. A. Jouns
Holand
Royal Northwest Mounted Police recreation room burned
Fire destroyed the RCMP recreation room and canteen in Prince Albert Saskatchewan. The building suffered 2500 in damage and conten te 1200 with 600 insurance. A billiard table and a lane were burned along with numerous cups and trophies from competitions.
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Ponce Albert
Sask
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Four Men Arrested in Springfield Lynching Case
In Springfield Missouri four men are under arrest as leaders of the mob that broke into the county jail and lynched three negroes. Junes Cannefax and Oney Caffrey were among the first detained. Cannefax is a former hotel proprietor now working in the St. Louis and San Francisco yards, while Caffrey is a switchman for the same railroad. Both have been released on bail. Daniel Crane and Otis Hall, a police court character, are also in custody.
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Springfield
Junes Cannefax
Oney Caffrey
Cannefax
St. Louis
San Francisco
Caffrey
Daniel Crane
Otis Hall
Charac
Strathcona Purchases Steam Yacht Moray for Clyde Fitting
Lord Strathcona has bought the 283 ton steam yacht Moray and is fitting her out on the Clyde. The CPR steamer Empress of Britain reached 20 knots on her trial. Yi, son of Dr Ham, organist of St James Toronto, is named organist at Church of St Philip St James Oxford.
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Strathcona
London
Lord Strathcona
Moray
Clyde
C.P.R
Ham
St. James Cathedral
Toronto
Church of St. Philip
St. James
Oxford
Big Prizes for the Best Wheat at Winnipeg Exhibition
The Privelet committee of the exhibition board allocates 504 dollars for wheat prizes, led by 200 dollars for the best 25 bushels of Red Fyfe wheat and multiple awards for Red Fyfe and Alberta Red wheat. White wheats are cut, while beef cattle and swine prizes rise, including 700 dollars for Clydesdales and 200 dollars from the Dominion Swine Breeders' Association. Sheep receive a 60 dollar donation from the American Oxford Down Association.
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Winnipeg
Privelet Committee
Exhibition Board
Preston
Stanley
Huron
Alberta
The
American Oxford Down Association
Grand Trunk Pacific Expands Toward Rockies
Montreal official F W Morse announces two hundred miles of Grand Trunk Pacific surveying west of Edmonton. Fifteen hundred mules to move material from Lake Superior to foothills, twelve surveying parties in the mountains, rails planned between Portage la Prairie and Touchwood Hills by September, with work in full blast and a fall 1907 crop movement anticipated.
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Montreal
F. W. Morse
Grand Trunk Pacific
Edmonton
Rockies
Lake Superior
Touchwood Hills
Saskatchewan
Portage la Prairie
Morse
Collision in Soo Passage Sinks Two Lake Steamers Saxona and Zimmerman
A dramatic collision at the foot of the dyke in the Soo passage near Detroit sank the Zimmer men on the Canadian side and later the Saxona, bound for Duluth with flax seed, sank near Mud Lake. Both vessels carried valuable cargoes. crew survived and the channel remained passable.
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Detroit
Soo Passage
Saxona
Eugene Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Duluth
Lake Superior
Convention of Associated Boards of Trade in Edmonton
The third annual convention of the Associated Boards of Trade of Western Canada will meet in Edmonton on June 13 and 14. It will bring together Western Canada business leaders, with Alberta and Saskatchewan delegates voting on resolutions while Manitoba and British Columbia delegates may discuss but not vote.
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Edmonton
Associated Boards of Trade of
Western Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Boards of Trade
Manitoba
British Columbia
Attack on Philippine Constabulary at Maplos
Band of ladrones attacked the Maplos police HQ on Luzon. Three native constabulary members and one ladrone were killed in the clash. Officials deem it a routine incident in efforts to establish order with native constabulary. similar outlaw clashes occur with some frequency.
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Manila
Phillippine Constabulary
Maplos
Luzon
New York Board Debates Simplified Spelling Proposal
The New York Board of Education will test Andrew Carnegie's simplified spelling plan. At a recent meeting the board unanimously authorized Regents to study whether to permit teachers and pupils to use the shorter forms specified by the Spelling Board. Superintendents were told to report at the next session.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Spelling Board
China seeks railway ties in British Columbia tender
Lee Yune Co of Vancouver calls for bids to supply 266000 cedar and fir railroad ties for the Sunwing Railroad Co in Sunwing district near Hong Kong. The line plans start at one hundred miles with potential extension beyond a thousand miles, Sunwing capitalization three million dollars with two million paid in. Tenders ask for price in Vancouver and reflect a Chinese boycott of American goods.
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Vancouver
Lee Yune & Co
Rendants
Ces
Sunwing Railroad Co
Sunwing District
Hong Kong
British Coumbia
Sunwing Company
Lee Kee
Lee Yune Co
Oil prospect on Hotel Hamilton site in Neepawa
Boring for oil at the Hotel Hamilton premises in Neepawa Manitoba has reached over 290 feet, 100 feet deeper since initial indications. Confidence is high as a new company forms to continue the work and acquire more properties. The material resembles axle grease, hardens in sun, burns when dry, and has a coal-like odor.
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Neepawa
Man
Hotel Hamilton
Hamilton
Rural Delivery Costs Reported By Post Office Chiefs
The Postmaster General presented a report by William Smith and George Ross on rural free delivery. They found the service popular among officials but not self sustaining, with 30 000 routes in spring and costs projected at about 32 to 33 million dollars this year and a deficit of at least 20 million. They suggest Canada would face similar burdens and that now is not the time to expand rural delivery.
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North América
Sen Francisco
Argonauts
Yerry
Fire Department of
San Francisco
Destruc
Chicago
Palace Hotel
Golden Gate Park
Hayes Valley
House
William Smith
Post-oace Department
George Ross
United States
Washington
Canada
Canadian Post-Office Department
Salvation Army proposes three year jail takeover plan
Bramwell Booth son of the Salvation Army leader offers to take control of any city’s prisons asylums and workhouses for three years as an experiment arguing the army can run them more efficiently and cheaply than the government.
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Louder
United Kingdom
Bramwell Booth
Salvation Army
Niagara Falls Water Plan Aims at Shared Power Use
Washington report shows Niagara County Irrigation and Water Supply Company proposing to lower the riverbed briefly above the falls to divert water from the Canadian side for electricity while preserving and potentially increasing water over the American side. The plan relies on the existing treaty granting equal water division, noting Canada currently gets more than half.
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Washington
Niagara Falls
Northwestern
York
House Committee On
Niagara County Irrigation and Water Supply Company
N. Ll. Cooper
Stoessel Trial Casts Shadow Over Eastern Citadel Defense
European accounts label Gen Stoessel the hero of Port Arthur as his trial unfolds badly. His subordinates Generals Kondratchenko and Fok planned to arrest him, and Khondratchenko died the day before the arrest. Stoessel seeks Japanese evidence to aid his defence.
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Stoessel
Port Arthur
Kondratchenko
Fok
Khondratchenko
Lkely
Boiler Explosion Kills Three Aboard Prince of Wales
Three crew members die and four injured on the British battleship Prince of Wales during speed trials when a boiler explosion fractures a connecting rod on the high pressure engine and top cylinder cover. The vessel continues trials with damage noted.
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Malta
Protests Over Princess Ena Marriage To Foreign Catholic
London reports extreme Protestant agitation at Princess Ena's planned marriage to a Catholic. They accuse King Edward of fault for approving the match. The Protestant Reformation Society says the king cannot block marriages of princesses when spouses are foreigners, per royal prerogative, awaiting official consent clarification.
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London
Great Britain
Ena
Edward
Altorio
Protestant Reformation Society
Ed Ware
George Til
Edwards
Hna
Holt
Widespread Catastrophe in Naples After Vesuvius Eruption
News reports describe vast devastation in Naples from Vesuvius eruption. Authorities estimate needing 100 040 workers and millions of dollars to raze unsafe houses, provide shelters, clear roofs, and bury the dead. Proposals urge sending General Baldissare to lead relief efforts.
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Naples
Vesuvius
Baldissera
Adowa
Abyssinia
Canadian Wheat in Britain Experiments at Woburn State
The Royal Agricultural Society Journal reports on Woburn State trials of Canadian wheat varieties grown in Britain. Results show comparable quality to Dominion wheat and higher selling price, though yield is lower at 12.5 bushels per acre versus 29 bushels.
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Royal Agricultural Society
Woburn
Dominion
India Changes as Educated Maharajahs Shatter Purdah
Clara B. Hunter reports in the New York Times that modernization in India includes Maharajahs studying in England and returning to manage estates differently, free schools spreading, and women gaining education. The old purdah and curtain rules fade as new generations pursue learning and domestic roles.
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Clara B. Hunter
New York Times
India
England
Minerals Found in Sand and New North West Industry
Dravid T. Day, a government expert, shows Pacific Coast black sands contain useful minerals and can yield steel. At the Portland exposition a small smelter tested sea sands for months, finding magnetic iron, gold, platinum, and tantalum. While no single mineral profits per ton, total output proves mining the sands is promising for future industry.
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Dravid T. Day
Pacific Coast
Dr. Day
Portland Exposition
Day
Drey
Ready Reckoner Microbes Multiply in Arithmetic Rhyme
Dialogue spoof notes a boy asking for a microbe to aid in arithmetic with his father and a quip about microbes multiplying, reflecting playful newspaper humor and a judge’s voice.
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Johnnie
Papa
Kiy
Grain Markets Hold Despite Recent Decline
The market shows weak positions in meat and rice as futures slump in Chicago and Minneapolis. Visible supplies remain ample with large world stocks and favorable U S weather for winter and spring crops, while EuropeDemand remains strong for summer shipping. Prices close with April at 78% and July near 80 1 4 cents per bushel for Fort William and Port Arthur deliveries.
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United States
Mit
Ocean Passage
America
U. S
Chicago
Minneapolis
Europe
Russia
Argentina
Brad Street
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Lake Navigation
Fort Willilam
Port Arthur
Fort William
Gold Syndicate Declares Dividend in British Columbia
The Canadian Gold Fields Syndicate Limited posts a 1 percent dividend on its 600 000 issued shares for the quarter ending March 31 payable May 1 totaling 10500. C G Fields owned 4260 shares of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co valued around 600 000.
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Canadian Gold Fields Syndicate
Public confidence wavers as coal odor rises
Public confidence appears fragile amid reports of a strong coal odor spreading. Officials have not confirmed the source or impact, but residents express concern about air quality and potential health risks in the area.
Control of Telephones in Manitoba Moves to Ottawa
Manitoba and Ottawa governments arrange a hearing on expropriation and telephones under provincial control. The April 27 meeting will include C H Campbell K C Attorney General J H Agnew provincial treasurer Winnipeg officials Mayor Sharpe Alderman Campbell Brandon Mayor Emer son and representatives from Ontario and Quebec municipal associations and the Union of Canadian Municipalities.
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Winnipeg
Ottawa
Manitoba
Del
Ontario
Quebec
Dominion
Fortified Paris Flat Revealed With Hidden Passages
A Paris sixth floor apartment, leased with permission for alterations, was progressively fortified over three years. Steel shutters, roof platform with a searchlight, narrowed staircases, hidden doors, false bottoms, and electric wiring transformed the flat. The occupant is described as a Royalist once tried for plotting against the Republic.
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Paris
Saatus
Nith Dloors
When to Shoot in France
A comic Parisian sports tale where three rabbits spark a moral code. An Englishman aims twice but abstains when recognizing Mimi and Lulu, then his companions insist on shooting at Alfonse, named as a cherished fellow. The piece highlights playful etiquette among French sportsmen.
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Mimi
Lulu
Alfonse
Paris
Ben Bolt a Fort Lee Physician’s Song History
May Delineator writer Gustav Kobbe recounts the tale of Ben Bolt author Dr. Thomas Dunn English, a Fort Lee physician whose poem inspired a famed song later altered by Kneass. The piece gained fame in Trilby, yet English never earned from it, and later garbled German melodies and newspaper edits spread the incorrect lyrics.
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Ben Bolt
DuMaurier
Fort Lee
Kneass
Pittsburg
Two More Kearsarge Victims Reported
Washington DC navy department records show two additional deaths from the Kearsage explosion last Friday on the battleship.
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Kearsage
Washington, D.C
United States Navy Department
Government House Sale Talks Near Final Terms
Will Bay Government House Serantio. The Grani Trunk Rai Way Company negotiates with Ontario government for purchase of the government house property to extend freight yards. With only a $20,000 margin between offers, the deal seems likely. government may accept $756,000.
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Serantio
Grani Trunk Rai Way Company
Ontario
Government House
Duluth Locks Collapse Kills Dozens in City Disaster
In Duluth Minnesota a section of the Duluth Mesaba and Northern Ore locks collapsed leaving twenty five dead. All city ambulances have been summoned to the scene and rescue efforts are underway.
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Duluth
Minn
Mesaba
Northern Ore Locks
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