Greatest Canadian Conflagration Destroys Fernie and Surrounding Areas
A vast firestorm swept Fernie British Columbia and towns like Michel Hosmer Olsen and Sparwood as flames driven by a gale engulfed a 100 square mile area. More than 100 lives were lost including at least 74 in Fernie, with hundreds displaced and rail lines, bridges, and rolling stock destroyed. Authorities note 5000 homeless and ongoing relief needs, while Fernie’s growth and coal industry face repeated destruction since 1898.
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Ferenie
B. C
Canada
Fernie
Michel
Hosmer
Olsen
Sparwood
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern
Crow's Nest Pass
Ottawa
Ontario
Wilfred Laurier
Cranbrook
Kootenay Valley
Crow's Nest
Canadian Pacific Railway
Elko
Thomas Roberts
Liberal Association
J. H. King
Canadian Rockies
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Challenges ICC Authority
The Public Belt Railroad Commission of New Orleans, a city owned belt line within New Orleans, declares it will handle interstate rail business despite an ICC telegram demanding adherence to the thirty days notice for rate filings. The belt authorities filed their operating notice only three days ago and indicate they will pursue court action to contest ICC authority.
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New Orleans
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Belt Railroad Commission of
Public Belt
Belt Road
Belt Commission
Fourteen Killed in Mexican Fight Near Texas Border
A band of about 100 rebels clashed with Mexican troops six miles south of Comstock Texas on the Rio Grande. Nine insurgents were killed and several wounded, five soldiers lost their lives, and the revolutionists reportedly crossed into Texas after breaking through the line.
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Texas
Comstock
Rio Grande
Here
Army Sergeant completes San Francisco to New York walk
Sergeant Walsh of the US Army on furlough from the Presidio finished a 63 day 23 hour trek from Frisco to New York claiming a record time. He said the walk was a wager to cross the great divide twice and noted he already crossed it westward. Walsh lost fifty pounds during the journey.
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New York City
San Francisco
New York
Walsh
United States Army
Presidio
Parachutist Killed Falling From 2000 Feet Near Hague Park
William Oliver of Mason, Michigan, died during a parachute drop at Hague park on Vandercook Lake, Jackson. A parachute line snapped as it filled, sending him 2000 feet to the ground. The parachute tore away and Oliver landed near a crowded merry go round, dying five minutes after rescue efforts began.
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Jackson
Mich
William Oliver
Mason, Mich
Hague Park
Vandercook Lake
Here
Oliver
Taft Bryan Campaign News and Political Happenings
A collection of campaign notes and anecdotes from the 1908 era. Governors, candidates Taft and Bryan, fundraising, policy positions, and election-related events are covered, including insurance rumors, speech plans, and a humorous shoe greeting in Washington.
Georgia Court Rules Mail Solicitations For Liquor Illegal
The Georgia Court of Appeals rules that solicitation by letter for liquor sales is illegal when aimed at Georgia residents. Letters mailed from outside the state become a crime when received in Georgia. The decision upholds state authority and permits punishment for mail based solicitation.
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Atlanta
Uncle Sam
Georgia
Court of Appeals
R. M. Rose
State of
Supreme Court
Congress
Russell
Large sum made by mail robbery in New York
Police say two young men and six other suspects stole and cashed forged bank checks from mailboxes in and near New York over six months. Cohen and Bradley confessed and led to the arrest of Butler Ryan Ribert Esmond Devlin Sullivan, ages 19 to 25, totaling between 7000 and 10000 dollars from more than twenty banks. A stolen check raised from 14 to 204 dollars revealed the scheme.
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New York City
New York
Robert Cohen
William Bradley
Jupon
William Butler
John Ryan
John Ribert
William Esmond
Joseph Devlin
Joseph Sullivan
Young Cohen
Committee to Check Fires Threaten Millionaire Colonies
Fires of suspected arson strike the Millionaire Colonies in Great Neck North Hempstead and nearby towns near New York City. Estates including those of William K. Vanderbilt Jr Clarence H Mackay Bourke Cochran Howard Gould and Mrs Satterwhite are affected as daily blazes prompt calls for a vigilance committee and radical preventative measures.
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New York
New York City
Great Neck
Mass
Fort Washington
North Hempstead
Long Island
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Clarence H. Mackay
Bourke Cochran
Howard Gould
Satterwhite
Man Sheds Skin Like Snake in Recurrent Episodes
In Trenton New Jersey William H Cake a linoleum printer experiences repeated skin shedding every few weeks for 53 years with a chill followed by dry scaling that cracks off. The process repeats and he recovers. his children show no symptoms despite specialists' visits.
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Trenton
N. J
William H. Cake
Cake
French aviator Henri Farman makes first US flight at Brighton Beach
Henri Farman of Paris, brought to New York by an American syndicate, staged aeroplane exhibitions at the Brighton Beach race track. The maiden flight drew about two thousand spectators and proved Farman can fly under favorable conditions, entertaining the crowd.
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New York City
Henri Farman
Paris
Brighton Beach
Express Thieves Arrested in Brooklyn Larceny Ring
Detectives say three men tied to a gang robbed Adams Express trunks worth over 10000 using bogus tags and checks devised with a job-printer. Drivers passed trunks to accomplices at Brooklyn depots, with much stolen goods recovered as rearrests are planned. Alfred Wilfert John Cook and Alfred Moule were arrested in Brownsville.
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New York City
Adams Express Company
Brooklyn
Express
Pinkertons
Brownsville
Alfred Wilfert
John Cook
Alfred Moule
Lloyds Refuse Insurance for Sheath Gowns Popularity
A London Lloyds group declines to insure a $10,000 consignment of sheath gowns imported from Paris for a New York department store. Merchants sought to insure the sale or popularity of the Parisian dress, but insurers refused, turning down the request.
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Lloyd'’s
New York City
London
Lloyd's
United States
Famous
Insurance Company
Paris
New York
Six Die and Sixty Hurt in Paris General Strike Clash
Paris reports six dead and sixty injured on the first day of a general strike by the General Federation of Labor of Paris in protest against troopers killing workers at Vigneux. Premier Clemenceau orders an investigation and prosecution of instigators. In London the post office bans puzzling misaddressed mail from receiving attention. St Louis sues to halt a $300 million lumber industry merger. a temporary restraining order is issued with August 17 set for a hearing.
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Paris
France
General Federation of Labor of
Vigneux
Clemenceau
London
England
St. Louis
United States
Hadley
Kinsey
Proxy Candidate Preston Declines Presidential Candidacy
Has Proxy Candidate M R Preston serving a Nevada murder term notified New York Socialist Labor Party leaders that he will not permit his name to be used as a presidential candidate. The party nominated Preston at its national convention and added August Gilhaus engineer New York as proxy for Preston to the ticket.
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William J. Bryan
Johnson
Minnesota
National Democratic Committee For
New York
Stock Exchange House
William H. Taft
Roosevelt-Parker
Roosevelt
Lloyds
Taft Insurance
New York City
M. R. Preston
Nevada
Socialist Labor Party
Preston
August Gilhaus
Gould Road Takes Up Obligation In Wheeling and Lake Erie Deal
New York bankers Kuhn Worth and Blair and Co completed plans to meet 8 million dollars of Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad notes. No new security was required and the consideration enabling Gould road to meet the debt was not disclosed. No party disclosed whether the Gould railroads’ destiny was affected by the terms.
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New York City
Kuhn, Worth & Co
Blair & Co
Gould
Veteran War Vet Steals Leper Wife Across Border
Brigadier General David K. Wardwell, retired, said to have fled with his leper wife from Los Angeles County Hospital and crossed into Mexico. He vows to live with her until death parts them, claiming determination to avoid separation.
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Los Angeles
Cal
David K. Wardwell
Unknown schooner ashore off Cape Henry as storm rages
A northeast Atlantic storm reaches peak off the coast causing anxiety at Wrightsville Beach. An unknown three masted schooner is reported ashore at New Inlet thirty miles from Cape Henry. Separate wrecks and damage occur in New Orleans with coal barges sinking and floods spreading through parts of the city.
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Wilmington
N. C
Wrightsville Beach
Norfolk
Atlantic
Hatteras
Carolina
Cape Henry
New Inlet
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Monongahela River
Tested Torpedo Nets Prove Effective in Naval Trials
Secret tests at Coddington Cove and Buzzard's Bay evaluated a steel mesh torpedo net designed to resist close range torpedo blasts. Torpedo cats Morris and Gwynn fired at nets above water and under water as the second submarine flotilla assisted. Officials declared the tests satisfactory and the nets intended for armored cruisers and torpedo boats for wartime protection.
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Newport
R. I
Coddington Cove
Buzzard’s Bay
Morris
Gwynn
President's Yacht Mayflower Sent to Hayti for Caribbean needs
President Roosevelt cancels use of the cruiser yacht Mayflower for the summer to free gunboats and small cruisers for Caribbean duties. The Mayflower under Thomas Snowden sails from Oyster Bay toward Hayti to relieve the gunboat Patriarch at Port au Prince and protect American interests. Additional gunboats from the Pacific may be redirected to the Atlantic for Caribbean service.
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Hayti
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Caribbean Sea
Venezuela
Central America
Roosevelt
Thomas Snowden
Hayte
Patriarch
Port Au Prince
Navy Department
Pacific
Atlantic
Caribbean
Powder House Explosion Ravages Stanaford Town
In Stanaford Raleigh county a powderhouse blast shattered nearly every building in the mining town. About 100 kegs exploded injuring several people including Postmaster Frank Munroe. Damage from the explosion reaches about 200000 dollars.
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Huntington
W. Va
Stanaford
Raleigh County
Frank Munroe
Riot In Gates Coke Plant District Leaves Six Dead
Six people died and 25 others were seriously injured in a riot between Italians and Slavs at Gates near Masontown, on H. C. Frick Coke company plants. The conflict follows long standing factional tensions between the communities.
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Uniontown
Gates
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Masontown
Smugglers Active at Texas Border in Recent Month
Immigration officials report an organized smuggling ring with carloads of Chinese caught at Alma Gordo and Sanderson in Texas and nearby New Mexico towns. They warn trainmen and government officers may be involved and say delays in court cases and bond forfeitures hinder government action.
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el Paso
Texas
Alma Gordo
New Mexico
Sanderson
Baird
Toyah
Legacy of Switzer land aunt leaves man ten thousand
Joseph G. Erb of Phoenixville aged 37 died in Phoenixville hospital after receiving a $10,000 inheritance from his Swiss aunt Mrs. Jane Pfau ner of Berne Switzerland. The silk weaver spent the money to "have a good time" and died from its consequences.
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Phoenixville
Joseph G. Erb
Phoenixville Hospital
Switzerland
Unie Inone
Kerb
Jane Pfauner
Berne
Water famine threat as Lisbon faces broken main
Owing to a broken principal water main in Lisbon Portugal the city faces a potential water famine with authorities urging residents not to fill all vessels before the reservoir is fixed. The report notes widespread disruption and advisories issued by officials.
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Lisbon
Portugal
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Sergeant Walsh
Cooper
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Martin Dies
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Bryan Democratic Club
Charles F. Murphy
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Washington, D. C
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Hughes
Ohio
Charles B. Russell
James H. Budd
California
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Judge Taft
International Brotherhood of Steam
Republican Party
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Wilmington, N. C
Cape Dare
Rod Koy
Mabel Olmstead
Syeing Lake
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Logan
Hrmzil
William Koeman
Fruit Mercury
St. Johns
Mentionaniy Eneak
Wye Yu
Hammerr Rex Beach
Copper River
Seni
Andrew Burden Cropsey
Gertrude
Bath Beach
Kessler
Pygg
Takarado Oil Company
Namboku
Fuji
Bokugetsu Company
Yamato
Minku
Japan
Pacific Coast
Thomas B. Dunn & Co
Chambers Street
Chambers & Co
Lawrenceville
Tenn
Cripple Creek
Col
Alice Hodson
Railroads of
Arkansas
Vandevender
State Allroad Commission of
New London
Conn
Newberry
Valparaiso
Senor Creel
State Department
Urge
Arizona
First National Bank of Friendly
Garrett
Tacon
Juan
P. R
Catholic Church
Turkey
New Mundji Dey
York
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