Canada fire devastates Fernie and surrounding towns
A vast blaze sweeps Crow's Nest Pass country threatening Mic hel Fernie and nearby towns. Residents flee as 3,000 people scramble toward safety while relief trains and aid from Cranbrook and Nelson mobilize. The Fernie loss is estimated at 2.5 million dollars with Canadian Pacific Railway hit hard.
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Crow’s Nest Pass
Michel
Peter Campbell
Sparwood
Fernie
Foster
Great Northern
Canadian Pacific
Canada
San Francisco
Cranbrook
Kogmer
Great Northern Bridge
Michel Hospital
Peter Miller
Hosmer
Elko
Olson
Cokato
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Canadian Pacific Railway
W. W. Tuttle
Ashdown
Winnipeg
Nelson
B. C
Cranbrooke
Fire Devastates Kootenay Valley Leaving Thousands Homeless
Telegraph reports from Cranbrook and Toronto describe a vast Kootenay Valley fire affecting Fernie Josmer Crow's Nest and surrounding towns. At least 74 dead and over 5,000 homeless. Canadian Pacific Railway aids relief toward Elkow Cranbrook. Immediate government action promised.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Sid Wilfred Laurier
Cranbrook
B. C
Kootenay Valley
Fernie
Josmer
Crow’s Nest
Canadian Pacific Railway
Elkow
Cranprook
Thomas Roberts
Jllneral Association
J. H. King
M. P. St. Wilfrid
Robert Jaffray
Toronto
Kootenay
Fire devastates armory and surrounding buildings in Winsted
Firefighters battled a major blaze in Winsted Connecticut as the armory was destroyed and flames spread to the Odd Fellows Building the Manchester Building and nearby residences. Eighteen people were rescued from upper floors and nine families lost all their possessions in the August 2 incident with ammunition exploding but causing no injuries.
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New York Times
Winsted. Conn
Odd Fellows’ Building
Armory
Main Street
William Brennan
Odd Fellows
Lucy Eaton
Manchester
Odd Fellows Building
S. A. Harman
Whitch
Revolutionary Almont estate to be cut for lumber
In Northern Dutchess County the Almont estate once owned by Gen. John R. Livingston is sold to Cord A. Meyer of Brooklyn for 9000 dollars. Meyer signs an agreement with C. E. Hebbell and J. G. Hebbell to permit cutting all trees over eight inches in diameter, prompting neighbor concern in Red Hook and Rhinebeck.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Dutchess County
Hudson River
Almont
Livingston
John R. Livingston
Robert S. Livingston
Cord A. Meyer
Brooklyn
Mr. Meyer
C. E. Hebbell
J. G. Hebbell
Red Hook
Rhinebeck
Labor Men Divided on Bryan and Debs in Union Ranks
Central Federated Union delegates split over a presidential choice with five voting blocs. Taft is supported by Thomas Rock and two others while Eugene V. Debs draws support from Samuel Debs, Morris Brown, Elias Wolf, Albert Abrahams, and Berthold Korn among several unionists. Some follow Gompers guidance, others remain noncommittal or favor Independence Party.
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Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Bryan
Timms
Central Federated Union
Eugene V. Debs
Thomas Rock
Pawers and Rammers
Taft
James Scofield
International Association of Machinists
President Gompers
James Holland
Engineers’ Union
Friends of Labor
Samuel Debs
Mail Deliverers’ Union
Tnion
Independence Party
Timothy Healy
Firemen’s
Friends of
Labo
Berthold Korn
Waiters’ Union
Labor
Elias Wolf
Cigarmakers’ Union
Debs
James Hatch
Henry DE Veaux
Actors’ ‘Protective Union
James Wallace
Municipal Street Pavers’ Association
Becker
Typographia
George Gaillard
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Albert Abrahams
Bryan comments boost Democratic stance in Nebraska race
Lincoln observers tie Attorney General Bonaparte's Oklahoma banking ruling to the campaign. William Jennings Bryan says the opinion sharpens the depositor oriented issue and will influence voters. He plans to address Topeka later this month as Bryan remains distant from state quarrels. Mayor Dahlman faces GOP rivals over Bryan ties. Bryan named an honorary member of the Lincoln Printers Union.
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New York Times
Lincoln, Neb
Bonaparte
Oklahoma
Lincoln
Chicago
Washington
Democratic Party
Bryan
Topeka
Kan
Dahlman
Omaha
Denver
Nebraska
Lincoln Printers’ Union
Paddy the Wicked Parrot Teaches Bad Language at Central Park
Dan Burns keeper of the parrot house offers a reward for information on who taught Paddy the talking parrot to swear. Burns heard the parrot accuse him and called Paddy a goat before placing the bird in a cage for violating park rules on profanity.
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Paddy
Central Park
Dan Burns
Burns
Parrot House
Pan
Political fundraising plan surfaces in Seabright meeting
Frank Hitchcock and Cornelius Bliss meet at Bliss’s Seabright home to learn the best way to raise funds for a political campaign effort. George Sheldon joins plans to move a large safe into new headquarters as the drive for money intensifies.
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Frank Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Cornelius N. Bliss
Seabright
N. J
George R. Sheldon
National Committee
Hitchcock
Sheldon
Bliss
Metropolitan Life
Richard V. Oulahan
Oulahan
Washington
New York
District of Columbia
Roosevelt
Culahan
Congressional Committee
Francis Curtis
Springfield
Mass
Hughes
Timothy L. Woodruff
Adirondacks
Kamp Kill Kare
Woodruff
Mr. Barnes
Albany
Nantucket
Auto hits train. boy dies and parents injured in crash
A five year old boy, Albert Clay Murfitt, was killed when an auto struck a train and was dragged by the machine. His parents, including Mrs Murfitt seated in the rear, suffered serious cuts and bruises as their vehicle was toppled and dragged. The child was taken to Dr. John H Van Mater in Atlantic Highlands. his condition was described as critical. A horse in the crash was killed in a separate nearby incident during the same aborning period.
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Albert Clay Murfitt
Duke Auto Smashes In Greenwich Collision
Special to The Times Greenwich Conn Aug 2 After crashing Mr R B Dukes Fiat in a turn known as the smash up curve the chauffeur Rudolph Wehr fled leaving a bridal party in the car The Greenwich Cab Company driver says the Duke car struck his on the right side with both vehicles badly damaged Wehr sped toward Edgewood Inn and disappeared to the railroad station
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New York
Greenwich
Conn
R. B. Duke
American Tobacco Company
Frank Jay Gould
Duke
Rudolph Wehr
Edgewood Inn
Wehr
Edgewood
Greenwich Cab Company
Prisoner Freed After Car Fatality Sparks Inquiry
John Cole a motorman on the Thirty fourth Street Crosstown line was arrested after Tony Spoin died from injuries from a crash at Tenth Avenue and Thirty four Street. The charge shifted from felonious assault to homicide and Cole was released by Magistrate Cornell. McGloin later had him rearrested and he is to be arraigned before the Coroner.
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John Cole
Thirtyfourth Street
Tony Svin
West
Thirtyninth Street
Cole
Spoin
Tenth Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Spain
McGloin
West Thirty-seventh Street
Roosevelt Hospital
West Side Court
Cornell
Harburger
Provident Life Sale Draws Superintendents’ Scrutiny
Otto Kelsey and E. E. Rittenhouse clash over a potential sale of Provident Savings Life Insurance stock to Inter-Southern Company. The episode involves Governor Woodruff, the Thomases, a Philadelphia syndicate led by John J. Coyle, and concerns about policyholders’ funds, insolvency risks, and possible public action to halt the deal amid investigations by state insurance departments.
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Surance
Provident Savings Life Insurance Company
Inter-Southern Life
New York
Otto Kelsey
Rittenhouse
Colorado
Albany
N. Y
Mr. Kelsey
Victor
Provident Savings Life Insurance Society
Kentucky
United States
Royall Victor
Woodruff
Philadelphia
Thomas
E. E. Rittenhouse
Kelsey
Inter-Southern Company
Provident Savings Life
Coyle Syndicate of
Philadelphians
Provident Life
inter-Southern Life Insurance Company of
Louisville
S. H. Wolfe
Kentucky Commssion
Provident Savings Life Assurance Society
Armstrong Committee
Scott
Armstrong
Timothy L. Woodruff
BE. R
O. F. Thomas
Thomases
West
John J. Coyle
Western Ice Company
Bump Kills a Policeman at Brooklyn Home
Policeman Alexander Mains died at 855 Herkimer Street Brooklyn after a sudden head strike while exiting a room. He toppled into a heavy piece of furniture and suffered a skull fracture. A surgeon from St. John’s Hospital arrived too late.
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Alexander Mains
Herkimer Street
Brooklyn
Sst. John's Hospital
Conservatives Win in Cuba Province Elections
Havana reports indicate Conservative gains from interior fragments in Saturday provincial and municipal elections. Most indications show Conservatives carried nearly all provinces with few exceptions.
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Havana
Interior
City holds Aunt's death over rules on hospital access
Philadelphia reports claim that an order by Police Director Clay barred ambulances from taking an injured woman to leading city hospitals. William J. Bell plans suit against the city and the Rapid Transit Company to challenge the policy and seek accountability for delays and treatment failures.
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New York States
Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company
William J. Bell
Bell
Catherine Bell
Jefferson
Hahnemann
Presbyterian
Pennsylvania
University Hospital
Presbyterian Hospital
Clays
Clay
Canon Chase Explains Contempt Appeal Choice
Friends of Canon Chase say he did not fear jail but followed counsel’s advice not to appear before the court. They contend the court can sentence him and allow an appeal, since the original ruling was oral and only needs to be written for the appeal to proceed.
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Canon Chase
Organize to Fight the Aldrich Law and Repeal Call
Representative Fowler warns of dangers in the Aldrich-Vreeland currency law as business groups plan a nationwide campaign. A National Business Men's Protective Association may form to push amendments or repeal, with New York Merchants' Association and other boards sending thousands of communications urging change and a gold-backed, commodity-based currency.
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Aldrich
National Currency Commission
Europe
America
Charles N. Fowler
House
Banking and Currency Committee
Fowler
New York Merchants’ Association
Boards of Trade
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Aldrich-Vreeland
National Business Men’s Protective Association
Congress
Ellisbeth
N. J
United States
Chambers of Commerce
Currency Reform Plans For National Banks Probed
The monthly National City Bank circular outlines proposed congressional currency changes. It calls for public disclosure of officers and directors liabilities, loan approval by a majority of directors, caps on commercial paper from single or related sources, direct consolidation of national banks, and duplicate condition reports to the Controller to curb dishonest reporting.
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National City Bank
Congress
National Monetary Commission
Narragansett
Board of Directors
Bianchi arraigned after shooting former partner in Manhattan
August Bianchi of 100 Henry Street Brooklyn was held without bail in Essex Market Court after being charged with shooting his former partner James Correlli of 20 East 100th Street. Correlli and Bianchi once co owned a Bowery moving picture show. Bianchi says Correlli defrauded him of $500 and tried to detain his money. Correlli was hospitalized in serious condition at St Vincent's. Bianchi says the shot was intended to scare him into returning the money.
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August Bianchi
Henry Street
Brooklyn
Essex Market Court
Wahle
James Correlli
East 100Th Street
Korinsky
Lee
Bianchi
Correlli
Bowery
Correll
St. Vincent's Hospital
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Che
Harried
Euler & Robeson
U.S
Hept.a
Platt St
Oman
Philadelphian
Canon Chase Explains
Paign
The
House Bank
Ing
City Bank
Summer Suit Sale
Broadway
31St St
Warren St
Gray
Flatbush Ave
Fulton St
Bedford Ave
Brokaw Brothers
Astor Place
Fourth Ave
Caruso
Melba
Sanday Bros
Fifth Ave
Tiffany
Columbus
New York Transportation Co
CorLiks, Mincy & Go
S&s
Maiden Lane
Pearl Street
York
Mount & Robertson
Beaver Street
Broad
19Th St
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