Destructive Crow Fire Destroys Towns Across Region
Vancouver reports summarize a large fire disaster hitting multiple towns. Pernie Town shows extensive loss with fifteen to twenty dead and 36 000 in property losses. Hosmer records one death and 300 homeless with 200 000 in damage. Michel notes one death and near total destruction of a 1000 resident town. Sparwood saw two fatalities as mills and yards burned. Coal Creek lightly dam aged. Overall 30 by 5 to 10 miles burned. standing timber damage 2 000 000.
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Vancouver
B. C
Pernie
Sea of Fire Rages Over Fernie B C Destruction Massive
A Calgary Times report from Fernie B C dated August 5 describes a two hour blaze that leaves 6000 homeless. Fire engulfs the town and surrounding areas, forcing evacuations to Blairmore Coleman and safety in coke ovens. Only a few structures remain including the Western Canada wholesale warehouse and Crowʼs Pass coal office.
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Fernie
B. C
Michel
Blairmore
Frank
Coleman
Hosmer
Canadian Pacific
Western Canada Company
Crowsee Pass Coal Company
Fertile
West Fernie
Annex
And
Fire damage in Fernie area estimated casualties in hundreds
Early figures on the Fernie bush fires suggest fatalities may not exceed a hundred, though many hundreds are injured. The blaze covers several hundred square miles with lumber camps and shanties scattered through the affected region. Refugees flee in scant clothing toward Cranbrook as rescue efforts continue.
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Fernie
B. C
Crows Nest
Cranbrook
Sur
Elk River Valley Coop Sweeps Through Cranbrook Area
Cranbrook British Columbia August 6 The con pearatin sweeping Elk River valley since last Saturday afternoon has already caused a prop injury and disrupted local traffic and farms with strong winds and debris.
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Cranbrook
B.C
Elk River Valley
Seizure of Japanese Sealing Vessel Miy Maru Reported
News from Victoria B C reports the seizure during a raid on Copper Island sealing grounds on June 2 involving the Miy Maru. The vessel’s crew of thirty one Japanese sealers were imprisoned at Petro Pavlovsk Kamchatka coast, with protests lodged by Japan and a representative sent to St. Petersburg.
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Victoria
B. C
Copper Island
St. Paul Island
Bering Sea
Bering
Nomur
Petropavlovsk
Kamcchatka
St. Petersburg
Recluse Peter Meyer Found Dead in Box Car
Peter Meyer seventy five was found dead on the floor of a box car where he lived on the village outskirts. The body lay several feet from his bed amidst overturned chairs and torn clothing. Meyer had resided here twenty five years and was thought worth twenty five thousand dollars.
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Janesville
Peter Meyer
Meyer
Trickett Arrested on Malfeasance Charge in Kansas City
Kansas City, Aug 8. C W Trickett assistant attorney general was arrested on a state warrant charging malfeasance in office. He allegedly accepted fees and settled cases before defendants were arraigned. Trickett, who has fought liquor sales, helped close over 300 illegal saloons. He denies the charge, claiming liquor interests back the move.
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Kansas City
Kan
C. W. Trickett
Trickett
One Hurt in Jump for Life in Wild Fire
Mrs. Robert Beckstrom and her three children leaped from a second story window of the Ehr building in Gladstone after a fire trapped them on the second floor. Mrs. Beckstrom broke a leg and sustained other injuries, with recovery described as doubtful. The father and two other children escaped with minor bruises before the mother was taken to a St. Paul hospital.
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St. Paul
Robert Beckstrom
Ehr
Gladstone
Isthmian Canal Excavation Rises in July Figures
Washington dispatch shows Colonel Goethals reports July excavation at 3,168,640 cubic yards, up from 3,066,976 in June and far above last year’s 1,077,498 cubic yards. The June total was nearly a canal record.
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Washington
Goethals
Chicago Endures Twentieth Day of Heat and Fatalities
Chicago faced its twentieth day of continuous heat and fifteenth day without rain. Four deaths were reported overnight amid the extreme temperatures and water shortages.
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Chicago
Iowa Faces Bitter Republican Split Over Cummins Senate Bid
Des Moines reports a factional rift within Iowa Republicans after the death of Senator Allison. Gov. A. B. Cummins's possible Senate run sparks standpatters and progressives to clash over party unity, with threats of a Democratic drift if Cummins stays in the race. The legislature may convene in October for a possible special session.
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Des Moines
Iowa
William B. Allison
A. B. Cummins
Dubuque
Tegeslature
Senato Allison
Cummins
Senate
Allison
Lim
Bryan plans extended campaign meeting schedule in Chicago and Des Moines
William J. Bryan announced a three day Chicago campaign start on August 22 with talks with Democratic leaders including Chairman Mack. He will also tour Des Moines on August 21 for tariff discussion before proceeding to Chicago and Indianapolis for Kern's nomination ceremonies, then Topeka before returning to Lincoln.
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Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Chicago
Mr. Bryan
Mack
Bryan
Des Moines
Indianapolis
John W. Kern
Topeka
Negro Democratic league meets in Chicago to coordinate work
The National Negro Democratic League executive committee led by James A. Ross of Buffalo, with sixty members, held a Chicago meeting to plan campaign work and a proclamation for colored voters nationwide. Many nonmembers joined, as Ross outlined focus in the Middle West and New York New Jersey Connecticut and West Virginia.
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Chicago
National Negro Democratic League
James A. Ross
Buffalo
Ross
Middle West
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
West Virginia
No Laborers Needed in Canada St. Petersburg Note
The foreign office reports a Canadian warning against unskilled laborer emigration. Openings exist for female servants and experienced farmhands who can buy or lease land, but no railroad work is available.
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St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Canada
Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Pleads Guilty on Rebating
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad faced a rebating case and pleaded guilty in Chicago on August 10, with fines totaling seven thousand dollars. The proceedings centered on improper rebates issued to favored shippers, prompting a court-ordered penalty and regulatory scrutiny.
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Chicago
Atchison, Topeka,and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Labor unions set to back Bryan in November
Chicago officials from the national and international unions allied with the American Federation of Labor plan a Chicago conference within two weeks to issue a statement on the political scene. The goal is to affirm Samuel Gompers as representative of organized labor and urge union men to support Bryan, with John B. Lennon arriving from Bloomington wearing a Bryan button.
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Chicago
American Federation of Labor
Weekington
Congress
Samuel Gompers
Organized Labor
Mr. Gompers
Bryan
John B. Lennon
Bloomington
Gompers
Lennon
Conference of Labor
Executive Council
The
Canadian Pacific strike spreads with Japanese replacements
Winnipeg August 7. Canadian Pacific railroad replaces some strikers in Western shops with Japanese workers. Replacements arrive from the mountains to Swift Current Medicine Hat Moose Jaw as long as four days away the service may be tied up due to engineers firemen and conductors opposing mail runs over inspection disputes. Demands include nine hour workday and end of merit mark system while wages remain unchanged but future improvements hoped for.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Swift Current
Medicine Hat
Moose Jaw
Pacific Coast
Inter
Chicago Heat Wave Proves Deadly Amid High Humidity
Chicago records three more heat deaths as humidity remains high and temperatures rise until a late shift in wind reduces humidity to 39 percent. Infant mortality rises in tenement districts while park and private lawn watering strains water supplies in several sections.
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Chicago
Canadian Pacific Strike Called By Union Leaders
Winnipeg Aug 5 The executive committee of the Canadian Pacific railroad shop unions issues orders for a system wide strike of mechanics expected to involve about 8000 workers. The mandate calls for immediate action across the railroad network.
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Winnigeg, Man
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Violent Algeria Earthquake Shakes Constantin Aug 5
A strong ten second earthquake in Constantin Algeria causes great damage though no deaths in the city. Reports indicate several lives lost in surrounding towns. Arabs in the population panic amid the destruction and tremors.
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Constantin
Algeria
Taft Not to Blame in 1906 Army Discharge
Lt Gen Henry C Corbin states Taft bore no responsibility for the 1906 order discharging the Twenty-fifth Infantry battalion. Taft allegedly suspended the order after learning of it and followed the president's cable directing execution, denying any personal accountability, regardless of race.
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Secretary of War
Taft
Washington
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Henry C. Corbin
Oho
Corbin
Democratic national committee opens Chicago headquarters
Nor man E. Mack, national chairman, arrives to launch active campaign nationwide from the Auditorium Annex. He calls subcommittee heads to meet and outlines plans while predicting Democratic gains in traditionally Republican states and hopeful victories in the East. Mack will attend Bryan’s Lincoln notification and meets Illinois officials to discuss strategy.
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Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Norman E. Mack
Auditorium Annex
Mack
National Committee
Bryan
Lincoln
Roger C. Sullivan
Illinois
Elk River Valley Fire Dying Down No New Developments
Vancouver reports no new developments in the Elk River valley fire. Conditions are improving as residents return to former homes. Fernie grants permits for temporary wooden buildings to be replaced by brick in ten months. People are supplied with essentials as the forest fire diminishes and stays away from settlements.
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Vancouver
B. C
Elk River Valley
Fernie
Mother Stewart Dies at Hicksville Home at 92
Mrs. BM Stewart commonly known as Mother Stewart, temperance advocate, died at her Hicksville residence. She was ninety two and devoted her life to the temperance cause, establishing Ohio’s first W C T U in Osborn in 1873 and organizing the first WC T U in the country.
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Springfield O
BM. Stewart
Mother Stewart
Hicksville
Stewart
W. C. Sae U
Ohio
Osborn
Shah Ponds Crown Jewels for Persian Loan
A Teheran dispatch reports the shah of Persia borrowed 250000 dollars from a Russian bank using the crown jewels as security. The funds are to fit out an expedition against Abriz.
Paper price advance in Watertown by International Paper
International Paper announces a ten cent per ton increase in newspaper paper to 2.35 dollars in Watertown New York. The strike situation remains unchanged.
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Watertown
International Paper Company
Dover Said to Have Resigned
The Daily News reports in Chicago that Dover has resigned, asserting the claim as absolute.
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Dover
Grand Railroad Tour Deals Through Colorado and West
Announcement promotes low round trip rates for a Colorado tour and a coast tour to California and Puget Sound with daily departures through September. It highlights tours to Yellowstone Park with options via Gardiner or Salt Lake and scenic Colorado routes, referencing 1908 schedules and fares.
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Tolcolorado
Soaie Colorado
Black Hills
Wyoming
Utah
California
Puget Sound
Pacific Coast
Cheha
Shasta
Yellowstone Park
Wonderland
Gardiner
Park
Salt Lake
Scenic Colorado
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General Corbin
Shah
Daily News
Big Horn Basin
D. Clem Deaver
Burlington Landseekers’ Information Bureau
Burlington Main Line
V. E. Jones
Sioux City
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W. F. R. Whorton
Office World Building
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Muir
L'Gensed
August Tams
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