Great Fire at Coney Island Destroys Amusement Zone
A major blaze swept seven blocks of Coney Island on Sunday causing about a million dollars in damage. Tilyou's Steeplechase park and nearly twenty hotels were destroyed or saved, with Luna Park and Dreamland spared by shifting winds. Three people injured, including fireman Gottfried Messerli, and the armless performer San Dora was rescued in a basket amid the flames.
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Luna Park
Dreamland
San Dora
Wonder
New York
Coney Island
Tilyou
Gottfried Messerll
Surf Avenue
Steeplechase Park
Johnston for Pettus seat in Alabama Senate
Birmingham July 29 former Gov Joseph F Johnston of Birmingham expected to win the unexpired Pettus term and a subsequent full term to 1915 after the death of Senator Edmund Pettus in Hot Springs North Carolina Pettus aged 86 died after an apoplectic stroke at his hotel on Friday morning Johnston 64 with a noted Confederate war record and a long career in Alabama public life
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Birmingham
Ala
E. W. Pettus
Hot Springs
N. C
Joseph F. Johnston
Johnston
Alabama
Morgan
Gov. Johnston
Senate
Senator Pettus
Pettus
Edmund W. Pettus
United States
Fire Explodes Killing Fourteen at Christie Street Tenement
A basement store explosion in a six story tenement at 222 Christie Street New York triggered a rapid fire that killed fourteen occupants and injured many more. Most victims were Italians and residents were awakened in their sleep fleeing in night clothes as flames swept the building.
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New York
Christie Street
Spies blamed in Turkish plot inquiry arrest of Armenian priest
New York authorities questioned Levant Martogessian former treasurer of the Hunchakist Armenian society. He admitted past church ties and said Turkish government spies target patriot Armenians here. He produced a threatening unsigned letter and was later arrested on extortion and blackmail charges tied to the Tavshanjian murder inquiry.
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New York
Levant Martogessian
Hunchakist
Armenian Apostolic Church
Tarshanjian
Hunchakist Society
Hovannes Tavshanjian
Miracles at St Anne Shrine Heal Many in Kankakee
Thousands at St Joseph's church during the ninth day of the novena to St Anne report healings. Miss Mary Pierce of Delphi Indiana says paralysis for four years ends. Daisy Lamond of Kankakee regains sight without glasses. George Neary of Lost Nation Iowa and Michael McCormick of Kinsman Illinois claim they walked for the first time since infancy.
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Kankakee
Ill
George Neary
Lost Nation
Michael McCormick
Kinsman
Governor Johnson Finds Quiet Iron Range After Strike
Gov. Johnson returned from the iron range country and Duluth where he investigated the strike. He said the area is quiet with no immediate need for state interference and he hopes there will be none. He could not predict what future events may bring.
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St. Paul
Minn
Gov. Johnson
Iron Range
Duluth
Fatal Fire in Memphis Building Under Construction
An early morning blaze on the eleventh floor of the Memphis Cold Storage building in Memphis Tennessee during construction killed one fireman and seriously injured two others. Fire under control before five o clock. Loss estimated at $600000.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis Cold Storage Company
Battle with Raisuli Near Tangier Sees Ongoing Fighting
Fierce clashes persist between Raisuli's band and government troops rushing to free Kaid MacLean, the sultan's adviser held prisoner. Prisoners arrive and frightened residents flee the combat area as news on MacLean remains unavailable.
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Raisuli
Tangier
Kaid MacLean
MacLean
Police halt Red Flag Parade in Hancock protest
In Hancock Michigan on July 29 police broke up a socialist parade after marchers carried red flags defying a new city ordinance. Officers used clubs as arrests were made for thirteen people including one woman.
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Hancock
Mich
Governor's Wife Dead in Mineral Wells Texas
Dispatches report the death early Saturday morning of Mrs. Newton C. Blanchard wife of Louisiana governor New ton C. Blanchard at Mineral Wells Texas. The notice confirms the governor’s wife has died prompting official statements from Baton Rouge and local authorities.
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New Orleans
Mineral Wells
Tex
Newton C. Blanchard
Louisiana
Haywood Acquitted in Steunenberg Murder Trial
William D. Haywood, chief figure in the Western Federation of Miners, is acquitted of murder in the Steunenberg case after a 21 hour jury deliberation. Gov. Gooding vows continued prosecution of Moyer Pettibone and Adams. Moyer released on bail. Pettibone to face speedy trial. Haywood visits his mother and issues a conciliatory statement.
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Boise
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Glodr
Frank Steunenberg
Western Federation of Miners
Fremont Wood
Haywood
Charles H. Moyer
Federation
George A. Pettibone
Denver
Attorney Nugent
Moyer
Pettibone
Darrow
Broadway
St. Luke's Hospital
Borah
Jugge Wood
Gov. Gooding
Steunenberg
Wood
News in Brief Major 1906 world incidents and deaths
Prince Orloff's jaw broken when a motorist stone threw at his car near Paris. N. C. Brewer and wife killed in Cleveland area trolley crash. Two new independent packing houses planned in Alliance and Havelock. Don Juan de Austria sails to Michigan for naval militia use. John Maxwell dies at Amsterdam NY aged 93 after founding the local mill over 60 years ago. Other items: Niagara Falls suicide attempt. Walter Wilcox’s car crash to avoid children. forgery confession by Thomas Black in Kenton OH. actress Helen Trowbridge commits suicide in Pittsburgh. a balloon ascent body found near St Petersburg. glaciers in Swiss Alps shrinking. Orinoco likely total loss near Cape Sable NS. Waldo Parker named private tutor to Quentin Roosevelt. J J McAlester swindled out of 10000. William Kenyon dies near Amsterdam NY. Rock Island workers discharged overalls strike. Dr Antony Varicle dies in Seattle. Varicle's telegraph instrument invention noted.
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Prince Orloff
Paris
N. C. Brewer
Cleveland
Alliance
Havelock
Neb
Don Juan de Austria
Michigan
John Maxwell
Amsterdam
N. Y
B. J. Olding
Cincinnati
Niagara Falls
Walter T. Wilcox
New York
Thomas Black
Kenton
Helen Bailey Trowbridge
People’s Stock Company
Chicago
Pittsburg
Aeronauts Park
St. Petersburg
Hogland
Gulf of Finland
Cape Sable
N. S
West Indian Line
Orinoco
Waldo D. Parker
Holderness School For
Plymouth
N. H
Roosevelt
Quentin
J. J. McAlester
American National Bank of South
McAlester
I. T
Antony Varicle
Seattle
Wash
Jealousy Sparks Tragedies in Two Indian Territory Incidents
In Wa panucka Ardmore Edgar Ball shot and fatally wounded his young wife then wounded his sister-in-law Maggie Dobson and killed himself. Motive reported as jealousy. In Tulsa J D Stackhouse restaurant owner shot his wife and then killed himself in jealousy prompted violence.
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Ardmore
I. T
Wapanucka
Edgar Ball
Maggie Dobson
Tulsa
Cousin of Gen Grant Dies in La Crosse
Mrs. M. T. Burke, a cousin of General U S Grant, died in La Crosse Wisconsin at age 77 from injuries suffered in a recent fall.
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Gen. Grant
la Crosse
Wis
M. T. Burke
U. S. Grant
Peruna and Catarrh The Hartman Remedy Claim
An advertisement touts Peruna as a universal catarrh remedy using herbal ingredients and Dr. Hartman’s synthesis. It argues chronic catarrh affects nose throat lungs and stomach, claims past doctors failed, and asserts Peruna offers honest uniform production and direct home supply.
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Peruna
Hartman
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Japan
Miners’ Federation
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James H. Hawley
O. N. Vanduya
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ST. Louis
Texas
Omaha
National Lead Company
York
Boston
Buff
Carters
Scaaterliver
Ely
Ely Bros
Warren St
N.Y
Colorado
C. J. Johnston
L. K. Mulford
Colo
California
Frank Adama
Huntington
Los Angeles
Cal
Colony
Fresno
Defiance
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