McCleary in Hot Springs Sees Taft Northwest Hope
Telegraph dispatch from Hot Springs Virginia notes James T. McCleary Second Assistant Postmaster General arrived to discuss Taft prospects. He predicts a large Republican statewide and national majority while noting Democrats seek Johnson as a potential foe but doubt his viability for 1912.
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the Tribune
Hot Springs
James T. McCleary
Taft
McCleary
Congress
Minnesota
Johnson
Repubicans
Bryan
Wisconsin
la Foliette
Mcreary
la Follette
New England
Mr. Taft
Elijah
Tafts
Corbin
Bourne
Bill
Harry
Willie
Magoon
Cuba
Ely
New Cure for Tetanus Disclosed at Mercy Hospital
Pittsburg physicians claim a magnesium sulphate spinal injection offers a cure for tetanus, outperforming antitoxin. Teenager Henry Gilbert recovered after three weeks of lockjaw from a July 4 toy pistol injury, with convulsions subsiding after treatment. Newport arrests mar baseball game as players charged with playing on Sunday. two thousand spectators watched a 4 to 2 Newport win.
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Iby
Tribune
Pittsburg
Mercy Hospital
Henry Gilbert
Mercy
Gilbert
Newport
Brockton
New England
Train Smashes Auto. Paterson Lawyer Killed in Bogota Crash
A Paterson lawyer, Donald Holmes, died after a touring car hired by Dr. James Curts was struck by a westbound train at Bogota crossing on the Susquehanna & Western line. Dr. Curts was seriously injured along with several companions, including driver James Shaw who may die. The party had left the North Jersey Country Club and was en route to New York when the collision occurred amid speculation and shock at Hackensack Hospital.
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Tribune
Hackensack
N. J
Susquehanna & Western
Bogota
James Curts
Church Street
Paterson
Donald Holmes
Wallace Paul
Ellison Street
James Shaw
W. H. Turner
No. 394
Fifteenth Avenue
Harry Fernback
New York
Fernback
Turner
Holmes
Swayzee
White
MacDonald
Shaw
Ourts
R. M. Curts
North Jersey Country Club
Mr. Holmes
Ir. Curts
Shaw & Hughes
Auto Hits Wall Injuring Washington Visitors Near Ipswich
Miss Emily Smith social secretary of the Brazilian Embassy in Washington and Loring T. Tilton a Washington businessman were seriously injured in an early morning auto crash between Ipswich and Salem. Driving Tilton's big touring car at about forty miles an hour it skidded into a stone wall. Both were thrown about thirty feet, the gasoline tank exploded and the vehicle burned. They were rushed to Ipswich Hospital in critical condition. Tilton was later moved to the Myopia Hunt Club where he was staying.
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The
Tribune
Boston
Emily Smith
Washington
Loring T. Tilton
Ipswich
Salem
Tilton
Myopia Hunt Club
Auto hits trolley in Yonkers. Sykes party injured
An auto owned by J G Sykes of East 66th street collided with a trolley on South Broadway Yonkers after a rear tire burst. Mrs Sykes suffered a broken right knee. Frank Hiscock, the chauffeur, sustained severe leg injuries. Other occupants uninjured. Car badly damaged.
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J. G. Sykes
East 66Th Street
South Broadway
Yonkers
Auto Crash Kills Two Near Gates
San Francisco Aug 2 Mrs Fred Marriott editor’s wife and Jesse Gilbert died when their car overturned on a fourteen foot embankment fourteen miles above Gates last night. Mrs Desiree Marriott wife of Fred Marriott Jr was injured and Miss Dorothy Partridge daughter of John Partridge Menlo Park was badly burned by gasoline.
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the Tribune
San Francisco
Fred Marriot
San Francisco Nei
Jesse Gilbert
Desiree Marriott
Fred Marriott, Jr
Dorothy Partridge
John Partridge
Menlo Park
Fred Mar
Fife and Drum Picnic Ended in Barge Brawl at Hudson Grove
A Bloomfield Fife and Drum Corps excursion ended with a barge brawl as beer, chafing tempers, and a harbor police response disrupted the return trip from Hudson Grove to Newark. Lieutenant Dwyer and officers escorted three prisoners to Pier A. one man fined, two discharged.
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Harrison
Singac
Bloomfield Fife and Drum Corps
Hudson Grove
Hastings
Hudson
Harbor
John F. Dwyer
Campanini
Empire
Pier A
Newark
130Th Street
23D Street
Charlie” Shotter
Essex County
Fife and Drum
Virginia Jackson
150Th Street
Ryan
152D Street
McNaught
Dwyer
Jersey
Shotter
Bryan
Hearst
William S. Truchi
Bisomfield
Charlie
Frank Daly
Orange
Jack” Brennan
Burnside Avenue
Sergeant Morris
Rector Street
Electric Light Pier
River Street
Harris
Southern Limited Train Accident Near Charlotte Injures Five
Train No. 38 on the Southern Railway New Orleans New York Limited northbound left Atlanta at noon and derailed about thirty miles from Charlotte, NC. The tender mail car and club car left the rails injuring five mail clerks. The train continued after a five hour delay.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
New Orleans
Fleet Passes Samoa On Atlantic Ocean Cruise
United States Atlantic fleet, at 1500 miles from Auckland, moved from line to single column near Tutuila Island Samoa. The station ship Annapolis and hospital ship Relief joined near PagoPago, weather fine. Ajax coalier arrived at Suva as the fleet continued toward Auckland.
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Suva
Fiji Islands
S P
Auckland
New Zealand
Tutuila Island
Samoa
Annapolis
Pago-Pago
Relief
Ajax
Oil Field Blows Up Near Tampico Volcano Formed
In the San Geronimo oil field sixty miles from Tampico a blowout created a crater about fifteen hundred feet across and a hundred feet high. Fire drains oil down crater walls, threatening surrounding tropical forests as workers had begun a tunnel to divert the fire when the blast occurred.
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The
Tribune
Tampico
Mexico
San Geronimo
Explosion in Peking Guards Quarter Fire Kills and Wounds
A blaze in the German guard section of Peking legation quarter at 10:30 pm destroyed stables and messroom and caused ammunition to explode. Two German soldiers and one Frenchman were killed, eight German and five French soldiers were seriously wounded, and four soldiers and civilians were slightly injured.
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Peking
Legation
Village Fights Fire Near Eastport Clubhouse
A forest fire near Eastport Long Island driven by a northwest wind threat ened the village and the Long Island Country Club. About a hundred men fought for six hours, backfiring and plowing furrows to check the flames. Several haystacks were destroyed and homes were in danger though saved. Many families packed to escape, game was lost, and the fire was finally stopped.
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Eastport
Long Island
Country Club
Riot at Gates plant leaves one dead and twenty five hurt
In Uniontown Pennsylvania a riot at the Gates plant of the H C Frick Coke Company between Italian and Slav factions after payday led to one death and twenty five injuries from gunfire. Authorities arrested nineteen rioters and guarded the jail as efforts continued to release detainees and charge the wounded.
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Uniontown
Penn
Gates
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Masontown
Jacob Furance
Furance
Alexa Molanski
Antillo Ronco
Ronco
Pennsylvania State Constabulary
Riters
Battleship New Hampshire returns from Quebec trip
The New Hampshire, in command of Captain Cameron Winslow with Rear Admiral W. S. Cowles aboard, sailed from Quebec after a rough crossing marked by fog and a gale. The ship endured a storm near Nantucket Shoals, losing wireless gear but keeping mission integrity. Cowles departs to Washington to head the Bureau of Equipment, while the ship heads to Portsmouth for a silver service presentation by New Hampshire.
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Newport
R. L
New Hampshire
Quebec
United States Navy
Cameron McRae Winslow
W. S. Cowles
Nantucket Shoals
Winslow
Shoals
Cowles
Washington
Bureau of
Portsmouth
Freight Wreck Near Meadow Brook Shatters 19 Cars
The greatest freight wreck on the Philadelphia and Reading line occurred near Meadow Brook. A coal train of twenty eight cars was running at fifty mph when a flange broke on a wooden car, causing a derailment that demolished nineteen cars and damaged tracks for four hundred feet. Loss is estimated at 100000 dollars and service was halted for ten hours. Railroad crews set up a telegraph station and commissary tent to feed workers at the scene.
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Philadelphia
New York
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Meadow Brook
Mrs Longworth Ends Yellowstone Park Strike
Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth calmed a Yellowstone Park servants strike during a Denver convention visit by offering the girls a day off per person if they would work while the party stayed. The Longworth party found park crowds and exhausted hotel staff, but the gesture prompted workers to resume duties.
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fRy
the Tribune
Denver
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone
Park
Longworth
Americans Win Again in Paris Athletic Games
Americans dominated the final day of the Paris special athletic games. William F. Hamilton of the Chicago Athletic Association won the 10 metres dash in 11 seconds. H I Trube of the New York Athletic Club won the 1500 metres in 4 minutes 123 seconds. E T Cook of Cornell won the pole vault. J C Carpenter of Cornell won the 400 metres in 50 seconds. H A Gidney of the Boston Athletic Association claimed the high jump. Attendance was large.
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Paris
William F. Hamilton
Chicago Athletic Association
H. I. Trube
New York Athletic Club
E. T. Cook
Cornell
J. C. Carpenter
H. A. Gidney
Boston Athletic Association
Beverly B. Tilden Dead in California Quiet Country Home
Beverly B. Tilden once a London society art and opera leader dies at his country home near Mount Hamilton. Son of New York varnish magnate Colonel William Tilden, he moved to London, befriended Prince George, and was presented to the Queen by Ambassador Phelps during jubilee ceremonies. He knew leading singers and was once engaged to Sybil Sanderson and helped bring Mme Nordica to perform.
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the Tribune
San José
Cal
Beverly B. Tilden
London
Mount Hamilton
Tilden
William Tilden
New York
Prince George
Phelps
Oxygen as aid to runners in oxygen inhalation tests
London reports athletic circles discuss experiments in inhaling oxygen by runners and sprinters. The record shows they could sustain effort longer and run faster, with no distress symptoms typically seen after racing.
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London
Destructive Kootenay Valley Fire Ravages Several Towns
A massive blaze in the Kootenay Valley devastates Fernie Hosmer Crow's Nest and nearby communities. At least seventy lives are lost and about 5 000 people are left homeless as the fire covers seventy miles. Relief was requested from Ottawa with federal action anticipated. Reports estimate damages exceeding ten million dollars.
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Kootenay Valley
Fernie
Hosmer
Crow's Nest
Canadian Pacific Railway
Elko
Cranbrooke
Thomas Roberts
Liberal Association
J. H. King
M. P
Canadian bush fire devastates Crow's Nest Pass towns
Telegraphing a catastrophe, The Tribune reports a massive Canadian bush fire sweeping Fernie B C and spreading through Michel Hosmer Olson Sparwood and surrounding areas. One hundred lives feared lost, seventy four in Fernie, with railways destroyed and refugees totaling thousands camping in open prairie shelters. The fire advances with strong winds, cutting off escape routes and threatening Montana within hours.
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Crow's Nest Pass
Michel
Hosmer
Olson
Sparwood
Fernie Fire Devastates City and Rail Line Toll
Bush fires raged through Fernie British Columbia tearing through Hosmer and threatening the Crow's Nest Line of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. Seventeen houses survived leaving about three thousand people homeless as thousands flee toward open country with telegrams sent to Cranbrook for continued updates.
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Associated Press
Winnipeg
Fernie
B. C
Crow's Nest
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Hosmer
Michel
Cranbrook
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Centin
Little Jersey
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Southern Limited
Rand, McNally & Co
Chicago
Crows Nest Pass
Captain Winslow
Mrs. Longworth
Kootenay
Ottawa
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid
Robert Jaffray
Toronto
West
Spokane
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern Railways
Canada
Elk River
Crow's Nest Coal Company
Fikes & Wood
Osceola
Montana
Great Northern Bridge
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