Hope Idaho Fire Devastates Town Causing Massive Losses
Fire at the Hope Hotel cafe started the blaze that wiped out most of the business district of Hope Idaho. Loss nears 200000 with dynamite blasts hurting several residents and destroying homes and the Congregational church. Fire began from defective flues and spread rapidly in dry conditions, with buildings reduced to tinder and the town left largely ruined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Idaho
Hope Hotel
Charles J. Bez
Congregational Church
L. H. Jeannot
G. A. Sherman
Mrs. Lemley
J. C. Gable
Robert Wilkinson
J. M. Jeannot
Jeannot
Prescott
Davey
Foiled Denver Bank Robbers Foil Attack on Cashier
Duffield Knox Duncan and John Hastings attempted a bank robbery in Denver led by Edward Elwell. Duncan struck Elwell with a blackjack. Elwell grappled the assailant and overpowered him. Hastings fled but was captured soon after. Both men had newspaper backgrounds and Hastings recently married Katherine Jenkins.
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Duffield Knox Duncan
John Hastings
Denver
Edward Elwell
Mr. Elwell
Duncan
Elwell
Hastings
Syracuse
N. Y
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Katherine Jenkins
Elwell Bank
Five Lyerly family murdered in North Carolina home
Isaac Lyerly his wife and three youngest children were killed in their beds near Barber's Junction NC by robbers who looted the house and set fire to the bed. Two older daughters escaped by extinguishing flames, and two Black suspects were arrested. one had warned the farmer he would not live to eat his wheat.
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Isaac Lyerly
Barber’s Junction
N. C
T P OConnor to Visit Canada and America
Irish statesman T P OConnor, president of the United Irish League of Great Britain, will tour Canada and the United States in September. He will meet Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, head of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and address gatherings in Philadelphia Chicago and Boston.
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Canada
America
P. O'Connor
United Irish League of Great Britain
Thomas Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railway
O'Connor
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Late Sown Grain Damaged Across Inland Empire Harvest
The Portland Oregonian reports hot winds hastened cereal ripening in the Inland Empire. Late sown grain shriveled, with Sherman Wasco counties fearing up to 50 percent loss. Palouse yields average 30 bushels per acre. Eureka flat Walla Walla to begin harvesting next week. Umatilla County expected 4,000,000 bushels despite early frost and heat.
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Portland Oregonian
Inland Empire
Palouse
Sherman
Wasco
Sherman County
Eureka Flat
Walla Walla County
Washtucna
Whitman County
Umatilla
Spokane sports items mix boxing golf and tennis
Kid Scaler of Spokane scored a second round knockout over Young Carr in Boston to win his first eastern bout. Henry Chappelle a veteran turf man dies at his Sandwich, Massachusetts home aged 83. Miss Sutton defeats Miss Garfitt 6 1 6 0 to win the Wales women's tennis title. Ram's Horn 4 year old son of Butte Aunt Tessa wins the Ticu Brighton handicap at Brighton Beach with jockey Sewell. Eben M Byers wins the American golf championship defeating George S Lyons in 16 holes at Englewood Country Club New Jersey. A Spokane field meet involving Washington State Whitman Idaho and Montana universities gains favor for next year. Mark Shaughnessy, prominent boxing promoter and official, now living in Spokane.
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Kid Scaler
Spokane
Young Carr
Boston
Henry Chappelle
Sandwich Cut
Rochester N. Y
Wales
Miss Sutton
Miss Garfitt
Ram's Horn
Butte
Tessa
W. S. Williams
Sewell
Brighton Beach
Mark Shaughnessy
Washington State College
Whitman College
University of Idaho
Montana University
Eben M. Byers
Pittsburg
George S. Lyons
Lambton Country Club
Toronto
Englewood Country Club
N. J
Irrigation Funds Increased for Six Major Projects
The interior secretary boosted land reclamation appropriations for six key projects due to higher labor and material costs. Klamath Oregon rises from 1 million to 2 million, Hondo New Mexico from 240000 to 336000, Minidoka Idaho from 1.3 million to 1.55 million, Truckee Carson Nevada from 3 million to 3.7 million, Payette Idaho from 1000 to 1.49 million, Lower Yellowstone Mortana from 1.9 million to 2.7 million.
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Secretary of the Interior
Macu
K' Math
Oregon
Hondo
New Mexico
Minidoka
Idaho
Truckee
Carson
Nevada
Payette
Yellowstone
Mortana
US ministers push peace talks for Guatemala and El Salvador
Panama July 15 United States Ministers Combs at Guatemala City and Merry at San Salvador have asked Presidents Cabrera and Escalon to renew peace negotiations. Cabrera says he will enter talks if the US guarantees a halt to hostilities. Assistant Secretary Bacon cables to Combs and Merry to press for a permanent peace.
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Panama
United States
Combs
Guatemala City
Merry
San Salvador
Cabrera
Escalon
Guatemala
Salvador
Mr. Combs
Bacon
Messrs. Combs
Three Dead in LIRR Grade Crossing Crash
A Manhattan Beach line collision on the Long Island Railroad killed three people Sunday. Victims were Samuel Meanly, 37, his son Samuel Meanly Jr., 4, and daughter Annie Meanly, 5, all from Brooklyn.
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Manhattan Beach
Long Island Railroad Company
New York
Samuel Meanly
Brooklyn
Samuel Meanly Jr
Annie Meanly
Nicaragua Declares Ongoing Neutrality Amid Regional Conflict
President Zalaya states Nicaragua is and will remain neutral. Guatemalan forces with a strong army invade Honduras and El Salvador as battles unfold in both nations with Guatemalan troops advancing.
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Nicaragua
Associated Press
Zalaya
Guatemala
Honduras
Salvador
Real estate man Arrested After Fatal Clayton Shooting
L. D. Bolton shot and killed rancher Carl Gilg in Clayton New Mexico after an altercation with a young man named Hobson. Bolton was arrested and taken to Trinidad.
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Carl Gilg
L. D. Bolton
Clayton, N. M
Bolton
Hobson
Gilg
Trinidad
Global Briefs Report Baltic Mine Sinking and Policy Notes
A weekly review notes a Russian torpedo boat sank after striking a Baltic mine while crew saved. It also mentions the transport Thomas reaching Manila after grounding near Guam and various political, criminal, and social events across the world including marriages, assassinations, and colonial affairs.
Destructive Storms Kill and Injure in Chicago and Denver
A Sunday storm left one dead and four seriously burned in Chicago as lightning struck a tree sheltering people near Iowa Street and Lake Shore Drive. Buildings were set ablaze including Archbishop Quigley’s residence. telephone cables were damaged. In Denver a 10 year old boy, Charles Hollingshead Jr, was killed by lightning as a telegraph pole sparked the flood soaked area, while Eliza Hann died of heart failure from storm exertion.
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Iowa Street
Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
William Haupers
George Homan
Charles Steeling
Joseph Steeling
James E. Quigley
North State Street
Telephone Company
North Exchange
Denver
Denver Colorado
Charles Hollingshead, Jr
Eliza Hann
Young Hollingshead
El t er for the Homeless United Plan
A finance committee led body with Governor Pardee and Mayor Schmitz will use 3.75 million dollars of relief funds to rapidly build permanent houses for San Francisco the shelter of the homeless. The resolutions mark the first organized shelter effort in ninety days since the disaster.
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Finance Committee
Pardee
Schmitz
San Francisco
Czar Gives Advice to Artillery School Graduates
Emperor Nicholas at Peterhof conferred commissions and urged graduates to stay in touch with the troops. He called for loyalty to throne and fatherland and trust in God while emphasizing care for soldiers in the ranks and attention to their needs and interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas
Peterhof
Russia
Jook
Vatican Palace in Decay Threatens Papal Residence
Report says the Vatican Palace is structurally unsafe with walls cracking and bulging. Officials plan immediate temporary strengthening but completing safety work could cost over one hundred thousand dollars, forcing the pope to move.
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Vatican
Portland & Seattle Rail Likely Extended to Spokane
President Hill of the Great Northern announced recently that the Portland and Seattle line is very likely to extend to Spokane via a new route. The potential extension would connect major Pacific Northwest cities, signaling a broader regional rail expansion.
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Portland & Seattle
President Hill
Great Northern
Portland
Seattle
Spokane
Nicaragua May Participate In Guatemala Conflict
Salvador reports Honduras has sent troops into Guatemala aiding the revolutionists. General Toledo counts on Nicaragua for further aid while Mexico maintains neutrality and watches the southern border. Confirmation arrives of the execution of redo Quinonas, a Mexican, in Guatemala for publicly censuring the Guatemalan government.
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Salvador
Honduras
Guatemala
Toledo
Nicaragua
Redo Quinonas
Quinonas
Chicago Mail Underground Inaugurated in City Tunnels
Chicago opened its mail underground system Monday with the tunnel link between the post office and LaSalle Street station now in operation. The network underlies streets and includes about 75 miles of underground electric lines for freight transport.
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Chicago
LaSalle Street
Thaw Attends Church Service in Tombs Prison
Harry Kendall Thaw the Pittsburgh architect charged with murder of Stanford White attended Sunday services in the Tombs prison chapel for the first time since incarceration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tombs
Stanford White
Harry Kendall Thaw
Pittsburg
Prominent Newspaper Men of the East on Junket Tour
Twelve Washington correspondents from major papers will tour the Northwest this month. Participants include Richard V. Culahan of the New York Sun, Angus McGween of the Philadelphia North American, Thomas J. Pence of the Raleigh News and Observer, Edward G. Lowry of the New York Evening Post, Richard H. Lindsay of the Kansas City Star, D Hastings McAdam of the St. Louis Republic, W. G. Muller of Scripps-McRae, Jesse L. Carmichael of the Detroit Free Press, W. S. Couch of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Maurice Splains of the Pittsburgh Post, John P. Miller of the Baltimore Sun, and Jackson Elliott of the Associated Press.
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Washington, D. C
Richard V. Culahan
New York Sun
Angus McGween
Philadelphia North American
Thomas J. Pence
Raleigh News and Observer
Edward G. Lowry
New York Evening Post
Richard H. Lindsay
Kansas City Star
D. Hastings McAdam
St. Louis Republic
W. G. Muller
Scripps-McRae Press Association
Jesse L. Carmichael
Detroit Free Press
W. S. Couch
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Maurice Splains
Pittsburg Post
John P. Miller
Baltimore Sun
Jackson Elliott
Associated Press
Mining notes show prizes and strikes across North America
Notable contributions fund a Butte Miners union picnic at Columbia Gardens on August 13 with prizes from Amalgamated Copper and John D. Ryan. Reports include a Strathmore mine ore strike near Greenwood B C with potential value, new Nevada mineral district by A W Ellis, and a series of mining and labor developments across Canada and Idaho. One miner dies in Hercules mine Burke after a chute fall. a California picnic shooting kills William B. Francisco and injures two officers, with two officers jailed for murder.
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Butte Miners’ Union
Columbia Gardens
Amalgamated Copper Company
John D. Ryan
Strathmore
Greenwod
B. C
Nevada
Oregon Line
A. W. Ellis
Delamar
Millard Hunsicker
London
United States Steel Corporation
Los Angeles
Chile
Iquique
Tarapaco
W. A. Nicholson
Providence
Greenwood
Walter Barieu
Thomas W. Logan
Manhattan
Boundary
Pennsylvania
George A. McLeod
Royal Bank
Fee Bros
Grand Forks
H. W. Young
Vancouver
Maple Leaf Group
Franklin Camp
Mullan
Idaho
Thomas D. Nicholls
Idistrict No. 1
United Mineworkers of America
Congress
Lackawanna County
A. J. MacMullan
le Roi
Rossland
Eugene R. Day
Ed B. Boyce
Hercules Mining Company
Pilot
Murray
Hercules
Louis Laither
Burke
Bryan in Historic Britain Visit Tour to Dublin and London
William J. Bryan travels a historical sites circuit visiting Oxford Stratford on Avon Edinburgh Glasgow Belfast Cork and Dublin. He is scheduled to return to London July 23 and then proceed to Hawarden.
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Bryan
William J. Bryan
Oxford
Stratford On Avon
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Belfast
Cork
Dublin
London
Hawarden
Kaiser Wilhelm Tax on Cats Sparks Berlin Debate
Rumors allege Kaiser Wilhelm supports a feline tax in Berlin requiring collars and medallions to prove payment or the cat faces death. The claim contrasts with other regional policies while commentaries note limited press in Africa where 240 newspapers exist.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Berlin
War in Central America Escalates with Guatemalan Losses
Salvadorean forces claim a night battle at Playanar yielding 2000 casualties for Guatemala. Honduras and Salvador form de facto alliance against Guatemala as mediation offered by the United States is accepted. General Regalado dies in a border expedition. Mexico reports Guatemalan troops invading Honduras.
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Honduras
Salvador
San Salvador
Playanar
Santa Fe
Bonilla
Guatemala
Locust Plague Ravages Hungarian Plain And Crops
A swarm of locusts from Morocco devastates vegetation across about 16,000 square kilometers in Hungary. Barley rice wheat beef and turnips suffer heavy losses amid fears of famine and cattle losses.
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Hungary
Morocco
Dowie and Voliva Hold Rival Services in Zion City
In Chicago both John Alexander Dowie and Wilbur Glen Voliva preached to large crowds as a court decision on Zion City property rights by Judge Landis nears. The health board report shows 168 of 408 food samples adulterated or mislabeled across several states. Sir Jonathan Williams claims Kentucky hosts the purest English in the United States.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Shiloh House
Wilbur Glen Voliva
Tabernacle
Judge Landis
Zion City
New Ham State Board of Health of
Antion
Sir Jonathan Williams
Great Britain
United States
Kentucky
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T. P. O'Connor
Philadelphia Press
Jones
Smith
Cleveland
Samuel “Mather
John Hay
Sporting News
Northwest
Central America
Gra E Crossing
News OF the World
Globe
Baltic Sea
Bjorko
Thomas
Guam
Manila
Leslie Carter
William Payne
Portsmouth
N. H
John Isaacs
Wis
Admiral Choukin
Black Sea
McLaughlin
Ballwod
John H. Chapman
Baptist Young People’s Union of America
Harry K. Thaw
Daily Colonist
British Columbia
J. H.S. Matson
Matto Grosso
Brazil
Annie Ide
Ide
William
August William
Humphrey
Army
Rawlins
Wyo
Heid
Fifteenth Cavalry
Grace Howe McKinley
McKinley
White House
Loeb
Silva Americano
Kwanza River
Portuguese West Africa
Edelter For the
Czar
New Hill Road
Thaw
Oakland
Cal
William B. Francisco
Shellmound Park
L. H. Baldwin
George Starr
Africa
Platanar
Zelaya
Estrada Cabrera
Regalado
Mexico
Tegucigalpa
Diaz
Roosevelt
Barillas
Dowie and
Voliva
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