Forest fires devastate towns near Duluth and Hibbing
Fires raged for three days across northern Wisconsin and Minnesota, wiping out Chisholm and threatening Hibbing, with Bayfield and Nashwauk also in danger. Destruction totaled millions in property as residents fled. rail and road lines ferried evacuees to safety.
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Duluth
Minn
Chisholm
Hibbing
Douglas County
Wisconsin
Renshaw
Bayfield
Wis
Hibine
Great Northern
Nashwauk
Pillsbury and Martley
United States Steel Corporation
Duluth Fire Department
Chicken Thief Killed Near Garden City Links
Andrew Heinz, a laborer at Salisbury golf links, was shot dead early today while attempting to steal chickens from W. S. Ginnel’s country estate in Garden City. caretaker Peter Klossen heard a noise, fired when the intruder fled, and the man died at Nassau Hospital two hours later. no arrest has been reported.
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Garden City
Long Island
Andrew Heinz
Salisbury Golf Links
W. S. Ginnel
Manhattan
Cathedral Avenue
Ginnel
Peter Klossen
Klossen
Nassau Hospital
McCarren Supporters Attack Lynch After Bayside Speech
A crowd of about 150 supporters of Senator Patrick H. McCarren mobbed Martin C. Lynch at Firemen's Hall in Bayside after Lynch condemned McCarren. Police escorted Lynch to his carriage. he had switched sides earlier and defected twice.
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Patrick H. McCaren
Martn C. Lynch
William A. Doyle
McCarren
9Th Assembly
Brooklyn
Lynch
Piremen's Hall
Bayside
Third Avenues
Nine Die In Head on Collision West of Missoula Montana
A head on crash today near Paradise seventy miles west of Missoula between a Northern Pacific passenger and a freight train killed nine people including both engineers and firemen and injured a brakeman and a tramp. The wreck followed a delayed order delivery at Perma prompting an immediate investigation.
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Missoula
Mont
Northern Pacific
Paradise
Here
Perma
Porter Clears 6 Feet 6 3 8 Inches In Bridgeport Sprint
In Bridgeport Connecticut on September 6 Harry F Porter of the American Olympic team cleared 6 feet 6 3 8 inches in the running high jump after two failed tries. The mark would surpass the current world record of 6 feet 6 inches set by M F Sweeney in 1890 if the attempt stands.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Matt J. McGrath
Amateur Athletic Union
Harry F. Porter
M. F. Sweeney
Prince Arthur Hooted As Glasgow Reviews Boys Brigade
Glasgow riot fears rise as unemployed mobs clash during Prince Arthur of Connaught review. Police strengthen lines to quell five thousand demonstrators who hooted and sang revolutionary songs despite rain, with no cavalry present for protection.
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Glasgow
Prince Arthur of
Tragedy as 3-Year-Old Dies in Bronx Sand Grave
Lizzie Ryan, three, buried beneath a ton of sand at 214th Street and Bronx Boulevard, dies after Mrs. Ryan and others scramble to reach her. Firemen dig for half an hour before recovering the body. contractor Carmine Ciballo is arrested for criminal carelessness. May Ryan, five, is rescued uninjured.
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Lizzie Ryan
Bronx Boulevard
Daniel Ryan
214Th Street
Carmine Ciballo
Dan” Ryan
Barbara
Mary Barry
May Ryan
Lizzie
McCarthy
Engine Company No. 2
Long Island
Ciballo
East 220Th Street
Drought Leaves Five Thousand Men Idle in Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania eastern Ohio and West Virginia face a severe water famine. Clouds linger with hopes of rain to end a drought that has halted many industries and caused heavy crop and livestock losses. Districts from Johnstown to Steubenville report critical conditions and mounting suffering if rainfall does not come soon.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Johnstown
Penn
Steubenville
Bronx contractor Frank Del Balso missing after bank withdrawal
A general alarm is issued for Frank Del Balso of 1487 Hoe Avenue Bronx after he left home yesterday for The Bronx Borough Bank Tremont and Park with 2500 dollars to pay workers. His abandoned rig was found on Sedgewick Avenue. His brother fears foul play.
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Frank del Balso
Hoe Avenue
Bronx
Bronx Borough Bank
Tremont
Park Avenues
Sedgewick Avenue
Michael del Balso
Frank Schwaizler
Brook Avenue
del Baiso
Schwaizler
Gardener Henry Fitzroy Dies in Stemford at 81
Henry Fitzroy longtime gardener for Tammany leader Hoss Tweed in his palmy days died in Stemford Condy today aged eighty one years.
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the Tribune
Stemford
Cond
Henry Fitzroy
Rats Loosed in San Francisco Districts to Combat Plague
Twelve rats, each tagged with a private mark, were released in San Francisco sanitary districts to deter bubonic plague. A reward of zero will be paid for their return, as the city launches the unusual control measure. The notice evokes the Day Line’s Labor Day excursion feature.
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San Francisco
Two Banks Closed Pittsburg Institutions
Pittsburg authorities closed the Cosmopolitan National Bank and the Mount Washington Savings and Trust Company. The Cosmopolitan faced loan paper concerns over 1 million dollars, while the trust company cited irregularities. State sinking funds totaling 100000 were protected by bonds. Receivers named for the Cosmopolitan and officials expect possible reopening for the trust bank.
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Pittsburg
Cosmopolitan National Bank
Mount Washington Savings and Trust Company
Trust Company
National Bank
Cosmopolitan Bank
John B. Cunningham
Cosmopolitan
Cecent
Cunningham
Oldham
Legal Department
Washington
D. J. Richardson
Examiner Cunningham
Robert Lyons
Allegheny National Bank
John McClurg
The
State Bank
James M. Cover
Berkey
Harrisburg
Penn
Pennsylvania
Cosmopolitan National Bank of
Sheaiz
Confession Ends Death Attempt at Holy Innocents Rectory
A desemployed man tried to kill himself at the Church of Holy Innocents rectory at 139 West 36th Street last night. Police were alerted by Father O Keefe and Father McNamara after a private detective and the priests intervened, preventing the act.
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Church of Holy Innocents
West 36Th Street
Day
Tenderloin
Boyle
Father O'Keefe
New York
Father McNamara
Madden
Marlborough
Schooner Patrick McCabe Sinks After Tow Obstruction
Captain Howard Lambdin of the tug Princess found the waterlogged schooner Patrick McCabe twenty five miles northwest of Hog Island. The crew of four men and a boy are missing after the vessel sank near the Whistling Buoy in six and a half fathoms. The schooner was towed to the Capes before going down.
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the Tribune
Baltimore
Howard Lambdin
Princess
Patrick McCabe
Hog Island
Capes
Kidnappers Stop Harriman Train At Oregon Town
Kiddappers seize railroad car of H Harriman near Halsey as Mystic Shriners bound for Eugene block the line. Harriman is carried around town, later returns to his car and gives a speech before heading to San Francisco for a reception at the Wrighmount Hotel.
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The
Tribune
Portland
Ore
KE. H. Harriman
Oregon
Halsey
Eugene
Harriman
Harriman Plans Expanded Railroad Building in Oregon
Albany Ore Sept 5 E H Harriman announced in Albany that he will undertake more extensive railroad construction this year than in a long time and Oregon will receive a share. He plans to build across the mountains but has no definite plans yet.
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Albany
Ore
E. H. Harriman
Oregon
Taft to launch speaking tour across key states
William H. Taft plans a speaking tour starting in October to address voters in multiple states. Chairman Frank Hitchcock outlined the West’s strong demand for appearances and discussed route details, with Cincinnati and Ohio visits cited as influential in shaping the campaign strategy.
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Tribune
Middle
Bass Island
Ohio
William H. Taft
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Taft
Virginia
Hot Springs
National Committee
West
Hitchcock
Cincinnati
Judge Taft
Vermont
Middle Bass
Halcyon
Frank J. Hecker
Detroit
Colonel Hecker
Sandusky
Twentieth Century Limited
New York
Denby
John B. Whalen
Frank E. Kirby
F. H. Britton
Detroit Free Press
W. S. Dover
Michigan Club
Hugh Sheppard
Wayne County Republican Club
Homer Warren
General Corbin
Colonel Decker
Britton
Michigan
Commodore Richardson
Arrest of 22-Year-Old Lewis Nichols in St Nicholas Ave Break-In
Detective Campbell hid in the Oneida apartment at 121 St Nicholas avenue last night. Nichols, a 22 year old black man, entered via a fire escape window and fought the detective, receiving a head blow before surrender. He later admitted work as an elevator boy at 242 West 45th street.
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Henrietta Simon
Oneida
St. Nicholas Avenue
Lewis Nichols
Campbell
Nichols
Schofield
J. Hood Wright Hospital
No. 242
West 45Th Street
Pension for Old Negro Employee at Illinois Central
Officials of the Illinois Central Railroad approved a retroactive pension for Austin Dunbar a longtime employee from New Orleans who was injured four years ago and had not known of the pension plan until recently.
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Cateago
Illnois Central Railroad Company
Austin Dunbar
New Orleans
Dunbar
Deafness Cure Ad by Dr Branaman in Kansas City
Leading ear specialist Dr G M Branaman offers two full months of medicine free to prove his ability to cure permanent deafness head noises and catarrh in all stages. Address 1238 Walnut Kansas City Mo. Adv.
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Branaman
Cairess
G. M. Branaman
Walnut
Sansas City
Black for Senate in New York GOP rally at Rensselaer
Rensselaer County Republicans endorsed Governor Hughes and instructed delegates to back his renomination at Saratoga. Ex Governor Frank S Black will head the county delegation and may seek to succeed United States Senator Platt if the next Legislature is Republican. Barnes for Secretary of State was urged. County nominations were deferred.
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Tribune
Troy
Rensselaer County
Hughes
Saratoga
Frank S. Black
Black
United States
Platt
William D. Barnes
Combine for Sanders in Canal Suits for Delegates
A Rochester hotel meeting involving Canal Superintendent Stevens ex Senator l Hommedieu and Collector Archie Sanders offered Orleans and Wyoming delegates for Sanders to run for Congress, aiming to realign factions and control the 34th District nomination. The shift threatens Livingstone and Niagara counties and unsettles Porter and Wadsworth loyalties amid sharp county delegate votes.
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Tribune
Medina
Stevens
V'Hommedieu
Orleans County
Archie Sanders
Genesee County
Rochester
Congress
Orleans
Wyoming
Sanders
Peter A. Porter
Merrill-Wadsworth
Wadsworth
Livingston
Niagara County
Porter
Buncoed
Wadsworths
34Th
l'Hommedieu
l''Hommedieu
Capitalists Held Up at Canadian Border
Sixty prominent capitalists from New York and Boston traveling to inspect cobalt silver properties in Cobalt were stopped by Canadian customs at Niagara Falls. They faced a $1,500 duty on wines and cigars after customs sealed the commissary car. The party appealed to the government and proceeded to Toronto.
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Toronto
Ont
Stock Exchange Houses
New York
Boston
Cobalt
Niagara Falls
Italian Immigrant Kills Girl Then Fatal Self
In Caldwell New Jersey Giovan no Lentigano forty an Italian resident shot Edith Pritchett fourteen then wounded himself. The girl died and Lentigano non fatally wounded himself with a gunshot to the mouth. He was hospitalized at Mountainside in Montclair with slim chances of recovery. The motive cited is the girl’s expressed dislike for him and a $5 debt.
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Mountainside
Montclair
Lentigano
T. A. Mathews
North Caldwell
Automobile plunges into Niagara Gorge cut killing one
Dr W H Hodge’s car bounded from Whirlpool street into the Gorge Railroad cutting at Cedar avenue Niagara Falls killing Forest Ross of Bayfield Ohio instantly. Driver George Herrick and passenger William Hale were rescued and sent to hospital with injuries not life threatening. The car caught fire and firefighters freed the dead man from the wreck amid warnings that the cut was unprotected and steering failure likely caused the plunge.
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Tribune
Niagara Falls
N. Y
W. H. Hodge
Whirlpool Street
Gorge
Cedar Avenue
Forest Ross
Bayfield
Ohto
George Herrick
William Hale
Fires Endure Few Casualties. Rehab Planned
News from Rawhide reports the fire situation improved with no deaths and ample food for those displaced. Rehabilitation work is being planned and total losses are estimated under 400000 dollars, with little insurance covering the property.
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Rawhide
Great Industrial Demonstration Opens Ohio Campaign
In Youngstown Ohio Governor Hughes of New York Senator Beveridge of Indiana and Governor Harris of Ohio led a large Republican rally marking the campaign opener. A Mayong Valley steel mill parade of about ten thousand workers preceded speeches by the leaders who touted tariff policy and Roosevelt era gains.
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Tribune
Youngstown
Ohio
Hughes
New York
Beveridge
Indiana
Harris
Principa
Mahoning Valley
Congressman Burton
Senator Beveridge
Arthur I Vorys
Roosevelt
Garfield
Interior Department
Congress
Kennedy
Burton
Howland and Thomas
Barchfeld
Pennsylvania
James Kennedy
W. 3. Scarborough
Wilberforce University
Taft
A. L. Frazier
Arthur L Vorys
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Houghton
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Portage Lake District
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Watchman
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Pittsburg Institutions
Cosmopolitan National
Carter
Senate
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Self
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Dewey & Sonus Co
Fulton St
Gov. Hughes
Governor Hughes
Hes
William J. Bryan
Republican Party
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MR. Tafts
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Tilden
Cleveland
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