Prominent Figures Face Legal and Personal Turmoil Across U S
George Vail Jr is jailed in Batavia for his father's murder after a wealthy farmer vanished last September. Springfield chief Morris is jailed for alleged saloon tribute. W H Austin of Pacific Copper faces kidnapping charges in Mexico City. Farman conducts two flight trials at Brighton Beach. Arkansas governor Little is in a sanitarium for melancholia. Gompers denies Labor vote pledge. Rex Beach returns from Alaska ill. Frederick Dorr suspends brokerage trade over patronage gaps. Shigetaro Korikubo marries Marie Louise Harrison in La Crosse Wisconsin.
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George Vail, Jr
George Vail
Batavia
Morris
Springfield
Ill
W. H. Austin
Pacific Copper Company
Chicago
New York
Denver
Mexico City
Lawrence Ross
Buena Vista
Vera Cruz
Henri Farman
France
Brighton Beach Racetrack
John
Little
Arkansas
St. Joseph
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Rex Beach
Alaska
Frederick Dorr
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Butte, Mont
Spokane
Wash
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Shegetaro Korikubo
Marie Louise Harrison
L. A. Harrison
la Crosse
Wis
Fire casualties and disasters overwhelm North America and BC
Reports place Fernie region deaths at 200 plus with over 10 million dollars in losses as bush fires devastate British Columbia towns including Fernie Coal Creek and Hosmer. Fire in Chicago destroys Armour elevators and sheds near 2 million in losses. Other incidents include a murder suicide near Laporte Indiana and a theater tragedy in Coshocton Ohio.
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Fernie
B. C
Chicago
Armour
Burlington
Laporte
Ind
Roosevelt
West Point
San Francisco
William Wilson
Coshocton
Paris
J. M. Ranchet
Oklahoma
James Kelley
Eva Sleeper
Link James
Metropolis
National Rendering Company
Hammond
Verdi
Nev
Des Moines
James Ryan
Pratt City
Ala
America
Turkey
Coal Creek
Hosmer
Michel
Crow's Nest
Kootenay
British Columbia
Paris Strike Over Vigneux Killings Sparks Beside 24 Hour Walkout
A 24 hour general strike began in Paris protesting laborer deaths in the Vigneux riots as a 25,000 man garrison stood ready. The report cites scattered unrest, labor violence, and security measures across multiple states and cities.
Death of Senator William Boyd Allison in Dubuque
The death of Senator William Boyd Allison at his Locust Street home in Dubuque occurred Tuesday afternoon at 1 33 p m at age 79 after a prolonged illness kept secret by family and doctors. Heart failure was given as the cause with two nurses and physicians present as secrecy around his condition was maintained. Gov Albert B Gummins of Iowa announced his candidacy to succeed Allison and said an interim appointment would be made to fill the remaining term.
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Dubuque
William Boyd Allison
Locust Street
Senator Allison
Washington
Chicago
Congress
Lake Forest
Ill
Albert B. Gummins
Iowa
Allison
Insurance defeat in Jamaican fire earthquake claims
After 11 months of litigation, insurance companies lose effort to resist payment of claims from the January 14 1907 Kingston fire and earthquake damage. Privy Council in England dismisses appeals from Jamaica lower courts and upholds the decision.
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Kingston
Jamaica
England
Privy Council
Tragedy at Gotham Bank Ends With Suicide
Charles W. Westerfeld a 22 year old assistant bookkeeper at the Produce Exchange bank shot himself in the book room as two checks for 20 dollars each were presented at the paying teller’s window. He had no funds to meet the checks and was detained by the teller before his death.
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New York
Charles W. Westerfeld
Produce Exchange Bank
Westerfeld
Army Officers Finish First Day 50 Mile Walk Test
Seven officers stationed at the Presidio and Benicia completed the first day of Roosevelt ordered 50 mile walking test in 6½ hours covering 19 miles with no casualties.
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San Francisco
Presidio
Benicia
Roosevelt
Bronson Howard Dead Dramatis Dead at Avon by the Sea
Bronson Howard dramatist died of heart failure Tuesday afternoon at Avon by the Sea New Jersey where he had been ill for several weeks.
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Bronson Howard
New York
Forest Fire Devastates Fernie Region Killing and Forcing Exodus
Winnipeg reports a massive Canadian Pacific forest fire along the Crow's Nest line has killed about 173 in Fernie and surrounding camps. Some 6,000 refugees flee to Nelson and other towns while relief efforts race to deliver food and supplies as bridges burn and the rail line is crippled.
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Winnipeg
Man
Crow’s Nest Pass
Fernie
Hosmer
Michel
Nelson
Sampson
Cranbrook
Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver
West Fernie
Elk River
Canadian Pacific
Elk Lumber Company
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Ethical Syrup of Fig and Senna Promoted as Global Health Pick
An advertisement extols Syrup of Fig and Elixir of Senna as a proven family laxative with world wide approval. It urges purchasing only the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product through leading druggists and emphasizes quality and wholesome benefits for health and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
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Masortown
Winstead
Conn
State Armory
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Manchester
United States
Colon
Aetna Portland Cement Company
Fenton
Mich
Canonsburg
Frank Talmer
Russellville
Veronica Cassidy
Cincinnati
Wright
United States Military Academy
Grand Army
Ohio
Philadelphia
Ralph Harris
Kansas City
Walloon Lake
Michigan
David Lamasuey
Reberval
Lake St. John
Canada
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
United States District Court
Boston
Stafford
W. Va
Carl Burton
University of Chicago
Aurora
Leonard Hendricks
Cranston
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Bonaparte
Lenox
Mass
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
G. Winthrop Sands
W. K. Vanderbilt
Sayyid Muhammed
Mirabeau
Hamadan
W. B. Allison Deal
Gotham Bank
Libby
Spain
Noollet
Anov
Loudon
20Th Ave
Seattle
Northern
Ilinois Optical College
State St
Parker
Dda
American Manufacturing Company
Leechburg
Corn Belt Land & Loan Company
Des “Oines, la
Wm. P. J. Harris
York Street
Jersey City
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A. N. Kima
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