Fire destroys Cummings hat factory at Orange New Jersey
A violent explosion sparked a fire that leveled the Frederick Cummings Sons & Co hat factory in Orange New Jersey causing about 300,000 dollars in losses and putting 500 workers out of work. The incident stands among a string of national events reported this week.
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Frederick Cummings Sons & Co
Orange
N. J
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Soo Lines
Minnesota State Grain and Warehouse Commission
Racine
Wis
San Francisco
National Bank Examiner Aver
First National Bank
Chelsea
Mass
Valparaiso
Victoria
Order of Eagles
Edward Krause
Wilmington
Del
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
James S. Harlan
Illinois
W. S. Fielding
Queens-Shelbourne
Supreme Court
Jiminez
Santo Domingo
New York
Francis Joseph I
Austria-Hungary
John D. Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Baxter Moulding Company
St. Louis
Queen Alexandra
London
Norway
Queen Maud
Denmark
Victoria and Albert
Pamayat Azuva
Reyal
Russia
Vancouver
B. C
Beaver
Frazer River Bridge
Bulgaria
Adrianople
Robert M. Larner
Washington
Berley
Friborg
Seaford
Prince of Wales
Glasgow
Ireland
Midway
Tragic Market Street Car Death Shocks City
Miss Jennie Regan sister of Detective Sergeant Regan was killed when a fuse blew on a Market Street car. The loud blast frightened her so she fell from the open car and cracked her neck, ending her life in San Francisco.
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Miss Regan
San Francisco
Market Street
Jennie Regan
Regan
Drown Before Parents Eyes in Grand River
In Grand Haven Michigan on August 20 two daughters ages 11 and 14 of Earl F Rilsen drowned while bathing in the Grand river before their parents.
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Grand Haven, Mich
Earl F. Rilsen
Grand River
Fortunes Multiply in Wall Street Rise on Rail Stocks
Immense fortunes were won Saturday as Harriman stocks surge after Southern Pacific dividend news and Union Pacific stock on a 10 percent basis. E H Harriman and King Edward VII are named top winners with profits around 10 million dollars each. Other big gainers include John W. Gates James R Keene John D Rockefeller William Rockefeller H H Rogers James Stillman and Daniel Guggenheim. The Journal notes Edward cleared 25 a share on Southern Pacific and 30 on Union Pacific while Harriman reportedly gained 10 million. King Edward’s European meeting with J Pierpont Morgan helped spark interest in Southern Pacific through Sir Ernest Cashel.
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Wall Street
Harriman
Union Pacifc
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
E. H. Harriman
King Edward of England
John W. Gates
James R. Keene
John D. Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
H. H. Rogers
James Stillman
Daniel Guggenheim
E .H. Harriman
King
England
J. Pierpont Morgan
King Edward
Europe
Ernest Cashel
New York
Spectacular Army Review At Camp Tacoma
Camp Tacoma Washington August 20 General Funston reviewed about six thousand troops including cavalry artillery and infantry from regulars and militia before 8000 to 10000 spectators. The brigade formation review lasted an hour and closed the encampment week with orderly crowds and well conditioned units.
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Camp Tacoma
Wash
Funston
Camp
Tacoma
Pacific Northwest
Harvard's Oldest Grad Joseph Cross Dies in Massachusetts
Rev. Joseph H. Lawrence Cross, born 1808 and Harvard 1828 graduate, oldest Harvard College alumnus and oldest Congregational minister in the United States, died at his daughter’s home in Lawrence Mass. He counted Daniel Webster Oliver Wendell Holmes and Charles Sumner among his contemporaries.
Fires Devastate Spokane Mill Block and More News
The Lamb Lumber planing mill in Spokane caused a block burning damage of 33600 dollars with only 12000 dollars insured. A Seattle man D A Smith died after being thrown under a moving Portland car. Alfred Johnson was found dead in Helena possibly by poison. Bimbo the monkey aeronaut died after a 2000 foot fall during a Columbia Gardens parachute event.
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Lamb Lumber Company
Spokane
D. A. Smith
Seattle
Portland
Alfred Johnson
Reeder’s Alley
Helena
Bimbo
Columbia Gardens
Butte
Wilber
Stensland Smoothed the Bank Defalcations Case
Bank examiner Jones reports to the auditor of public accounts on the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank of Chicago. He estimates total defalcations at up to $1,000,000 plus, caused by President Stensland. He accuses chief clerk Risborg, clerk Kowalski, teller Gillinski, teller Esdohr and others of knowing undisclosed bank affairs. Cashier Hering is said to have perjured himself in January and April statements.
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Jones
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank of
Chicago
Stensland
Risborg
Frank Kowalski
John Gillinski
Esdohr
Hering
Smuggling Ring Busted Over Mexican Immigrants Infected Eyes
James R. Dunn, immigration inspector in charge at St. Louis, reports a wholesale smuggling operation of Mexican immigrants into the United States. All entrants were barred by law due to trachoma, a contagious eye disease.
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James R. Dunn
St. Louis
Mexico
United States
Friendly reception for Leishman as Turkish ambassador
John G. A. Leishman, recently appointed American ambassador to Turkey, has been warmly received by the Turkish foreign minister. Dispatches from Leishman report no Turkish disposition to refuse recognition of his ambassadorial status.
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John G. A. Leishman
Turkey
Leishman
Calamity Strikes Valparaiso Chile Amid Widespread Quake Damage
Historic earthquake devastates Valparaiso and Santiago with fires and collapse. San Felipe region towns like Los Andes Quillota Llay Llay Illapel Vallenar and San Felipe suffer heavy losses. Buenos Aires and San Diego report damage as railways bridges and tunnels are ruined and telegraph lines fail.
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Buenos Ayres
Plaza del Orden
Plaza Prat
Los Andes
San Felipe
Andes
Quillota
Llay Llay
Illapel
Vallenar
Santiago
Jenin
Santiago de Chile
Cabinet Office
Waters Claim Twelve Victims in New York Drownings
Twelve people drowned in New York waters Sunday with several heroic rescues. Bathers formed the majority of the victims as communities mourn the loss and crews search the rivers and bays for missing swimmers.
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Waters
New York City
New York
Grand Army of the Republic wraps up 40th encampment
The Grand Army of the Republic concludes its 40th encampment in Minneapolis and adjourns to meet in Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1907. A debate leads to sending a protest against Henry W. Wire statue to General S. D. Lee. New staff appointments are announced: Adjutant General Joseph W. Neal of Ohio, Quartermaster General Charles Burrows of New Jersey, Assistant Quartermaster General H. J. Holcomb of Philadelphia, and Chief of Staff J. V. Winanes of Ohio.
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R. B. Brown
Zanesville, C
Joseph W. Neal
Ohio
Chas. Burrows
New Jersey
H. J. Holcomb
Philadelphia
J. V. Winanes
American Girls in Paris Offerings Show Parisian Interest
American girls sent to Paris by Kentucky, Ohio, and California newspapers, known as peaches, attracted over 2000 marriage offers according to a French canvass. None accepted to date, reflecting the prudence of the American beauties.
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Paris
Kentucky
Ohio
California
France
German and British Leaders Conclude Friederichshof Talks
Great satisfaction prevails at the German foreign office over the meeting at Friederichshof between King Edward and Emperor William. The Emperor expressed himself highly satisfied with the outcome of his personal conferences with the king. The discussions, in the presence of diplomatic representatives, covered many important questions of interest to both countries.
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Friederichshof
Edward
William
Heat Overcomes Kansas City Man in 92 Degree Heat
Kansas City on August 20 recorded 92 degrees as 75 year old John T. Wintermore collapsed and died from heat.
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Kansas City
John T. Wintermore
Wide Range of Northwest News Items Across States
A roundup of incidents and events from Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon notes drownings, plant salvages, fires, legal and civic actions. Highlights include a Tacoma drowning, a shingle mill restart, school roll call reforms, a Spokane drill prize, a Spokane triple wedding invitation, avalanching fires in Pierce county, and losses from various fires and accidents.
Oregon Notes Show Local Routines and Legal Steps
The State Normal school will be crowded. Ex-mayor William J. Wilkinson of Athena suffered a serious leg fracture in a runaway near Weston. Coe D. Barnard, convicted of perjury as a witness, is sentenced to two years at McNeil’s Island and a $2000 fine. The Yellowstone trip for the Northern Pacific will be Spokane-Butte dominated with about 300 riders. The La Grande O R & N depot will be moved 30 feet to widen space between building and main track.
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Archibald Casaing
Tacoma
Washington
State Board of Education
N. E. Munson
Great Northern
Chain Lake
Spokane
Wenatchee Valley
Jesse Smoot
Government Reclamation Service
Okanogan
Claire Hunt
Colville
Puyallup
Agnes J. Barry
John Mills Jr
Catherine L. Decker
Fred L. Mills
Frances B. Mills
Shirley D. Barry
John Iills
Charles Biery
Wenatchee
Farmers Telephone & Telegraph Company
Pacific States Telephone Company
State Penitentiary
Pierce County
Adams County
Waitsburg
Chelan
Cuba
Rex
William Baldwin
Columbia
Rossburg
Willard Babbitts
Pend d’Oreille
Newport
McInnis
Mike McHale
William Drugan
Chewelah
Oregon
William J. Wilkinson
Athena
Weston
Coe D. Barnard
Charles A. Watson
William H. Hunt
McNeil’s Island
Yellowstone National Park
Northern Pacific Company
Spokane-Butte
la Grande
Railroad crash in Lima kills engineer and injures fireman
Northbound Oregon Short Line flyer derailed through an open switch at Lima, colliding with a freight train. Engineer John Face died, fireman Phil Sappington badly hurt, Freight Conductor Samuel Ewart unharmed.
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Oregon Short Line
Lima
Butte
Samuel Ewart
John Face
Phil Sappington
Board of Equalization
Sanders County
Big Blackfoot Milling Company
Montana
Helena
Carroll
Chinook
W. E. Davidson
Cow Creek
Pace
Montana Agricultural, Mineral and Mechanical Association
Earnest Stackpole
Los Angeles
Idaho
Milwaukee Railroad
Fred Baker
A. F. Bray
Tidal Wave Hits Hawaiian Islands Menacing Bays
Wireless reports a tidal wave threatening Hawaii Maui and Hilo with a general height of five feet and a 12 foot surge at Maalaea Bay where a wharf and its superstructure were carried away.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Maui
Hilo
Bay of
Maalaea
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News OF the World
Globe
Crazy Mountains
Northwest
Yellowstone
Missouri
Harvard
J. H. L. Cross
Webster and Homes
Northwest News
San Diego
Chile
Bella Vista
Drake
Richard Hawkins
South America
Pacific Ocean
Neuvo
Maclcon
Gran Avenida
Naval School
School For Marines
Museum of Natural History
Hydrographic Bureau
Villa
Straits of Magellan
Panama
Minneapolis
News OF Northwest
Acci
Lewis Bros
Grande Ronde Cash Company
Allen & Lewis
Pendleton
Milton
Parkersburg
Coquille River
Kronenburg
Doe
Montana News
Idaho Notes
Lewiston
Nez Perce County
Agnes Staples
Clifford Staples
Forest City
Ah Sing
Orofino
Clearwater
Spalding
Yakima
State Board of Equalization
Baptist Church of
Idaho Falls
Harry Williams
Roy Heller
Wile
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