Marshfield In Path Of Flames Threatens Oregon Town
Marshfield Oregon faces encroaching forest fires as winds drive flames toward suburbs. Many homes already burned. firemen and residents trenches and patrols to protect lives and property. Mayor Straw appeals for help as the town seems surrounded and the blaze advances in all directions. Ukiah California also reports a forest fire threatening outskirts with 100 marked men dispatched amid shifting winds.
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Marshfield
Ore
Straw
Ukiah
Cal
Big Trees in Danger Near Santa Cruz Forest Fire
Santa Cruz California August 1 forest fires burn six miles from Big Basin as reinforcements rush to protect workers and prevent spread amid growing danger to the wooded region and nearby settlements.
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Santa Cruz
Cal
Kidnaper Gets Girl in Chicago Case Stirs Past Murders
Police grow suspicious that a man who advertised for a wife’s companion abducted 12 year old Veronda Cassidy in Chicago. The suspect, Charles B Hadhey, is also linked to Nora Fuller a 13 year old murdered in San Francisco in 1903. The man used the alias E J Blair and Moyle B C postmarked letters.
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Chicago
Veronda Cassidy
Charles B. Hadhey
Nora Fuller
San Francisco
Hadley
Catherine Casper
E. J. Blair
Moyle
Cassidy
West
William Cassidy
Fuller
Seattle
Rehearing Petition in Standard Oil Case Planned
After Standard Oil, Chicago, Aug. 1 district attorney Lima says a petition for a rehearing will be filed within ten days.
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Standard Oil
Chicago
Lima
Standard Ol
Sultan Forces Ahmad to Implement New Constitution
An official dispatch from Constantinople notes a special council will enforce the new constitution at once. The body includes Kinmel Pasha, foreign and interior ministers, the state council president, and the Inga adviser to the porte. A rescript is planned. The Young Turkish readers press to stabilize finances and ensure official salaries are capped, while abolishing dual offices and unnecessary under secretaries. The Times reports reactionaries are unsettled by the constitutional revision and possible postponement of elections by the shah.
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Constantinople
Kinmel Pasha
Foreign Affairs and Interior
State Council
Inga
Porte
Young
Turkey
London
Times
Teheran
Pirates steal 6000 salmon near Point Roberts
Two armed pirates rowed to an Alaska Packers trap south of Point Roberts. They disarmed and bound the watchman, then took 6000 salmon worth about 2000 dollars and released him. They left 25000 salmon to escape as they fled. The watchman was freed this morning by a tug’s crew.
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Bellingham
Wash
Alaska Packers’ Association
Point Roberts
Colonial Railroad Rates to Be Announced This Fall
Colonial rates will be announced by the O. R. & N. company during September and October as railroad men anticipate heavy traffic. Pendleton agent F. J. Quinlan says fall rates will mirror last spring, about $5 higher than last year but well below standard fares.
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0. R. & N. Company
F. J. Quinlan
Pendleton
Ketchel retains middleweight title with KO of Kelly
Stanley Ketchel of Grand Rapids defeated Hugo Kelley of Chicago at the Coliseum in a scheduled ten round bout ending in the third round. Ketchel started slowly as Kelly dominated early with strong lefts, bloodied Ketchel’s nose, but Ketchel finished with a decisive left to the jaw that felled Kelly, retaining the championship.
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San Francisco
Stanley Ketche
Grand Rapids
Hugo Kelley
Chicago
Colliseum
Kelly
Ketchel
Ketohel
Stalian
Four Negroes Lynched After Mob Action in Kentucky
In Russellville Kentucky a mob broke into the jail and hanged four black men found on the Nashville pike. The killings followed the white farmer James Cunningham murder by Rufus Browder. Browder fled the country to avoid lynching, while the lynched men led a lodge that endorsed the crime. Kentucky authorities faced mob pressure as leaders of the lynching party were executed by the mob.
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Rufus Browder
James Cunningham
Colored Lodge
Russellville
Nashville Pike
Allensville
Browder
Louisville
Cunningham
New York to Welcome Olympic Athletes August 23
New York plans a remarkable reception for American Olympic athletes arriving August 23. Speakers will include Theodore Roosevelt William Jennings Bryan and governors and mayors. The ship will be escorted by a U S gunboat as the procession proceeds up the North River to City Hall for exercises in City Park.
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New York
Roosevelt
Bryan
Hughes
McClellan
United States
Death in a cab stump mystery young Manila-bound youth
Coroner's Physician Clark reports Bernard Revalk, 18, found dead in a San Francisco cab. Autopsy declares death by cyanide of potassium with suicidal intent or poisoning via water. He attended a farewell party last night before his planned Manila assignment. Son of wealthy typewriter dealer R. B. Revalk. Case remains mysterious.
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San Francisco
Clark
Bernard Revalk
Revalk
R. B. Revalk
Manila
Raids Round Paris Labor Federation HQ
Gendarmes raided the general labor federation headquarters in Paris. Editor Poughal of Voix du Peuple and Secretary Griffeuishes Marn were arrested along with prominent federation members and charged with responsibility for the riots and strikes threatening Paris welfare.
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Paris
General Labor Federation
Poughal
Voix du Peuple
Griffeuishes M. Marn
Masonic cornerstone laid for governor mansion
Olympia on August 1 marked by grand lodge Masons, speeches by Governor Mead and officials as the cornerstone of the governor's mansion was laid. City offices observed a general holiday proclaimed by Mayor Higemeyer and business suspended.
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Olympia
Grand Lodge of Masons
Mead
Higemeyer
Leniency sought in hazing case at West Point
Aug 1 Roosevelt conference leads Sec to consider dismissal of eight West Point cadets accused of hazing. Wright says punishment too severe and that the cadets may face court martial. Oyster Bay report notes steps toward leniency after the meeting.
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Hazers
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Seceance
West Point Cadeta
Wright
Lirely
Knight Ranch Wheat Yield Debate Reaches Knight
Ernest Knight, in town for threshing crew supplies, declined a claim that the Knight Bros wheat ran 47 bushels per acre. He stated their grain will average 45 bushels per acre.
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Goms
Knight Ranch
Knight Bros
Ernest Knight
Heat deaths rise near Fresno in 114 degree day
Two heat deaths were reported from nearby towns. Mrs. E. Fashpach was found dead in Visalia and Riareri Srugari was found in a ditch near Tulare as temperatures hit 114 degrees yesterday.
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Fresno
Cal
E. Fashpach
Visalia
Riareri Srugari
Tulare
Bryan Responds To Anti Injunction Plank Attack
Norman E. Mack says W J Bryan will reply to Van Cleve of the National Association of Manufacturers. The Commoner will publish Bryan's 2000 word reply next Friday. Some association members plan to support the Democratic nominee amid the anti injunction plank dispute.
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van Cleve
Bryan
New York
Norman E. Mack
Bryan T
J. C. van Cleve
National Association of Manufacturers
Mack
Oday
Bryan Confirms Report on Van Cleve Circulars
Lincoln Nebraska August 1 Bryan day confirms plan to reply to Van Cleve circulars. His acceptance speech is being transcribed today and will soon appear in complete form.
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Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
van Cleve
Railroads ready to fight state tax rise in Washington
Bellingham Aug 1 The railroads of Washington plan a bitter legal battle if public service corporation assessments rise beyond what they deem equitable according to State Tax Commissioner Frost The Northern Pacific and Great Northern lines are already gathering real estate value figures from experts in several regions to prepare for court testimony
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Bellingham
Wash
Washington
Board of State Tax Commissioners
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Roads
Indian Returns From City After Replevin Suit
An Indian from the Umatilla reservation who sought to reclaim a horse found in the valley by the owner, the redman’s sister, returned to the reservation. It is believed the Indian affairs agent will take up the prosecution as the party is short of funds.
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Umatilla
Redman
Indian Affairs
la Grande
Heat records toppled in La Grande as 106 degrees verified
The La Grande Observer reports 106 degrees in the shade at the government weather observatory, breaking heat annals in La Grande for at least 22 years. Records from 1806 and 1897 are incomplete, but authentic sources confirm today's heat exceeds past summers. Despite the heat, no one suffered as mountain air remains refreshingly mitigating.
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la Grande
Government Weather Observatory
Oyster beds cleaned on Washington state reserves near South Bend
Active efforts on the Washington state oyster reserves near South Bend see two crews at work cleansing the beds of about 10,000 starfish daily. The operation is directed by State Oyster Patrol head H. E. Bochau as they destroy the pests and tidy the beds.
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Washington State
South Bend
State Oyster Patrol
H. E. Bochau
Vancouver man David England drowns at Barnet BC
David England aged 35 from Vancouver drowned at Barnet British Columbia after falling from a launch. His wife and six friends witnessed the fatality helplessly as the tragedy occurred aboard the vessel.
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David England
Vancouver
Barnet
B.C
Fire devastates Island City stores and mill
A blaze in Sand City Union County last night caused about 1500000 in damage. W B Perry store suffered 2000, M and M implement shop 345000, Staure hotel 31500, Pioneer flour mill 350000 with 75 000 barrel capacity destroyed. An electric pump failed early, leaving only wells for water.
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Ssand City
Union County
W. RB. Perry
Perry
M. & M. Company
Staure
Weyerhaeuser son denies lumber merger link
St Paul Aug 1 F P Wey erhaehu wer son of the millionaire lumber man denies his father's interests are connected with the 300 million lumber merger He says he will keep what yellow pine he has.
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St. Paul
F. P. Weyerhaeeuwer
Youth Heacock Given 16 Years for Murder in April
Ukiah California August 1 Jesse Heacock, a youth, was yesterday sentenced to sixteen years in San Quentin for the murder of Fritz Steinhart in April.
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Ukiah
Cal
Jesse Heacock
San Quentin
Fritz Steinhart
Prohibition Cuts City Crime in Police Court Records
The police court shows a sharp drop in activity due to prohibition with July 1907 accounting for only seven drunkenness fines out of 171 total. June had 41 drunken cases of 90, and bawdy-house fines dropped from 30 to 17, indicating dryness reduced offenses in the Tenderloin area. The summer influx of transients is down as better behaved workers replace hoboes, though the fall decline began before prohibition.
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Gerald
Tenderloin
Elements Unite In Destruction Across New Mexico
Cloudbursts and floods sweep New Mexico's territory causing extensive damage. One man Alfredo Apedaca killed by lightning in Wagon Mound while in bed with his wife and child. wife and baby injured. Santa Rosa crops ruined. streams flooded. many buildings destroyed. communication severed. Delegations to the Independence party convention delayed forty miles east of Ogden by a cloudburst washing out the track.
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New Mexico
Las Vegas
N. M
Alfredo Apedaca
Wagon Mound
Santa Rosa
Ogden
Utah
Independence Party
Washington
Oregon
California
Nevada
Chicago
All Ready at Camp Tacoma Maneuvers Begin August First
In Tacoma 113 army officers and 2648 soldiers open camp at David and Stanley on Amer ican Lake. Maneuvers start Monday with powder burning to simulate war. First period August 1 to 10 focuses on attack and defense. National guard, regular officers, concerts, and pay days noted. Paymaster guards $32,000 from Portland with $60,090 more expected this week.
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Tacoma
United States Army
David & Stanley
Amercan Lake
National Guard
Washington National Guard
Portland
Wheat hits new local high at 76 cents amid mixed grower demand
The local wheat market rose to 76 cents after opening at 71, with transactions continuing as buyers' offices stayed busy. Despite several sales, many farmers remain unready to sell, while the club is set for sale today at 75 cents and growers bring samples to town.
First Move For Gravity Water System
The water commission authorized its chairman to hire an engineer for a preliminary survey on a gravity water system. They consider the Uma_tilla river above Wenaha springs as the best source, with McKay creek possible. J. T. Brown to appoint firm. Young & Kelsay may secure the position. All members present except T. Taylor.
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Water Commission
Umatilla
Wenaha Springs
McKay
J. T. Brown
Young & Kelsay
Brown
Portland
T. <. Taylor
Complete Water Commission
J. R. Dickson
T. C. Taylor
Will Moore
James A. Fre
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Nora Puller
Sultan
Ahmad
Wil
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Puget Sound
Stanley Ketchel
Kentucky
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Nebraskan
Manufacturers’ Association
Commoner
Island City
Young Weyerhaeuser
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