Many Buildings in Ruins After Haitian Fire
A disastrous fire in Port au Prince Haiti began near the palace and senate buildings, burning 400 structures before being controlled. An arsenal explosion reignited the blaze, shaking the town and causing further damage as embers spread widely. The National Bank roof collapsed, but the chamber of deputies and St Louis congregation were saved.
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Port Au Prince
Hayti
Senate
National Bank
Chamber of Deputies
Congregation of St. Louis
Cholera Fatal for Lieutenant Jones in Manila Action
Manila reports Lieutenant Jones of the First cavalry died after June 24 cholera illness. Lieutenant Mul doon of the Philippine scouts contracted the disease bringing Jones to Camp Gregg and is now recovering. Cholera receding in Capiz and Pangasinan with government aiming to stamp it out within a month. Manila and Central Luzon free from the disease.
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Manila
Jones
First Cavalry
Muldoon
Philippine Scouts
Gregg
Capiz
Pangasinan
Luzon
Lambeth Conference Opens With 247 Prelates Attending
The fifth Lambeth conference opens at Lambeth Palace London with 247 prelates in attendance, far more than the 76 at the first meeting forty years ago. The meetings run from July 7 to August 6.
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London
Lambeth Palace
Orchard commuted to life imprisonment for Steunenberg murder
Boise Idaho July 2 The state board of pardons commuted Harry Orchard’s death sentence for the murder of former Governor Frank Steunenberg to life in prison.
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Boise
Ida
State Board of Pardons
Harry Orchard
Frank Steunenberg
Parsonage for Sale at Eighth and Dakota Aves
The Congregational parsonage with eight rooms and bath at the northwest corner of Eighth and Dakota Avenue is offered for sale as plans for a new parsonage are completed. Call on B. FE Beach or at the parsonage for details.
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Congregational
Eighth
Dakota Av
B. FE
Dakota Central Telephone Ad Promises Wide North Midwest Reach
Long distance call offer highlights a rate of 1 dollar to the Twin Cities and connections to North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota Iowa Nebraska and as far east as Chicago. Dakota Central Telephone Company.
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Central
Twin Cities
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Chicago
Low Rates From North Western Line To National Events
Low round trip rates will be available from points on the North Western Line for the prohibition national convention in Columbus Ohio from July 9 to 13 for the B Y P U in Cleveland July 6 to 9 for the national educational association in Cleveland June 25 to July 1 for the G A R encampment in Toledo August 27 to 30 and for the Knights of Pythias conclave in Boston July 31 to August 3. For full information apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry.
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Coumbus
Ohio
Cleveland
National Educational Association
Toledo
Knights of Pythias
Boston
Mass
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Low Round Trip Fares To Denver And Colorado Springs
Low round trip rates to Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo via Chicago on the Union Pacific and Northwestern lines. Tickets sold daily June 1 to September 30 with a return limit October 31. Two fast through trains daily to Colorado, plus the famous Colorado Special offering one night to Denver. For booklets and full information contact any Northwestern ticket agent.
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Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Chicago
Union Pacific
North West
Colorado
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Praised by Satisfied User
J W Jenkins of Chapel Hill North Carolina commends Bucklen’s Arnica Salve saying it’s the best salve the world affords. He reports curing a felon on his thumb and notes it heals all sores burns and wounds. Available for 25 cents at H Wheeler’s drug store.
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Bucklen
J. W. Jenkins
Chapel Hill
N. C
H. Wheeler
Indians threaten as snake band demands allotment certificates
Webeetka Oklahoma July 8 three wagonloads of rifles reach the Snake camp as several hundred of the two thousand Indians, armed, press a new demand. They insist on allotment certificates previously refused, and Crazy Snake reportedly issued an ultimatum threatening to drive whites from former Indian nations if not delivered.
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Webeetka
Okla
Rail cars idle drop in two weeks reports ARA
The American Railway association reports June 24 idle freight cars fell by 36 720 nationwide. Over the two weeks ending June 24 roughly one third of the reduction came from a decline in idle box cars.
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New York
American Railway Association
City engulfed by triple fires set from suspicious origin
Washington July 8 Most of the city was left in peril while the fire department fought three blazes of suspicious origin in different districts. Minor injuries to firemen were reported, twenty horses were killed and property damage exceeded $90,000.
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Washington
Taft Confers on Republican Chairmanship in Hot Springs
William H. Taft spent July 8 in Hot Springs with political talks and golf. Senator Hemenway of Indiana discussed the national party chairmanship and Indiana candidate prospects with Taft.
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Hot Springs
William H. Taft
Senator Hemenway
Indiana
Taft
National Republican Party
Kern Heads West for Democratic Vice Presidential Talk
John W. Kern and aides depart for Denver to discuss presenting his name at the national convention. They plan a stop at Lincoln to confer with William Jennings Bryan as part of the outreach. In another note, Urey Woodson is urged as Democratic National Committee chair due to his long service and experience.
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Indianapolis
John W. Kern
Stokes Jackson
Greenfield
State Committee
John E. Lamb
Claude Bowers
Terre Haute
Denver
Lincoln
Mr. Bryan
Kern
Friends
Urey Woodson
Democratic National Committee
German Driver Wins Grand Prix at Dieppe in Mercedes
Lautenschlager of Germany won the Dieppe Grand Prix driving a Mercedes in 6 hours 53 minutes 43 seconds at an average of 69.05 mph. Hemery and Hanriot, both in Benzs, finished second and third amid crowd cheers despite numerous accidents. Two men, Cissac and his engineer Schaub, were killed when a tire tore off a Panhard and crushed them. Harrison, an English driver, survived a somersault in a Weigel car despite nonlethal injuries.
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Dieppe
Lautenschlager
Mercedes
Hemery
Benz
Hanriot
Cissac
Schaub
Harrison
Kansas Flooded by Heavy Rain Across State
Kansas towns report heavy rains with St. Marys and Rossville over four inches. Valley Falls records the heaviest downpour in years. In Meridian and Ozawkie Santa Fe tracks washed out.
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Topeka
Kan
St. Marys
Rossville
Valley Falls
Meridan
Ozawakie
Santa Fe
Potter in Critical Condition After Night in Cooperstown
Bishop Potter remained in a fairly comfortable night but his condition stayed critical and no hopeful change was reported. Cooperstown, New York, July 2.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Potter
Persian Shah Seizes Tehran Parliament Buildings
Tehran reports say shah's troops stormed and captured the parliament, bombarding the square. Cossacks clashed with political club members as forces demanded surrender of detainees, with deaths reported among the attackers.
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Berlin
Teheran
Eastern delegates arrive at Democratic national convention
Denver July 6. John T. Maher, secretary to New York party leader Warran Connors, reports strong talk of Bryan and Gray as a ticket. He notes sentiment for Gray and Johnson for first place, plus wide support for Bryan and Johnson or Bryan and Hearst if they unite, which could bolster the ticket.
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Denver
Bryan
Gray
John T. Maher
W. J. Conners
New York State
Democratic Central Committee
Ait
Albany
Johnson
Judge Gray
New York
Hearst
Olive Branch
Chicago grain and livestock prices July 7
Wheat July 87 cents Sept 88 cents Dec 89. Corn July 72 Sept 72 3 4 cents Dec 62 3 4 cents May 62. Oats July 48 1 4 cents Sept 41 5 cents Dec 42 1 4 cents May 44. Pork July 15.50 Sept 15.70 Oct 15.76. Butter Creameries 19 4 22 cents dairies 17 21 cents. Eggs 15 1 cent. Poultry turkeys 14 cents chickens 10 cents springs 13 16 cents.
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Chicago
Chicago market quotations for cattle hogs and sheep
Chicago July 7 cattle bids show varying prices for beef types Texan Western cattle stockers and feeders cows and calves with calves at 4.50 to 6.25 per unit. Hogs report by weight light mixed heavy rough at 6.10 to 6.80 with good to choice heavy at 36.40. Sheep and yearlings listed at 2.75 to 7.25 with lambs at 4.00 to 7.25.
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Chicago
Killed by Falling Shanty in Minneapolis Storm
Henry H. Fortwenger a coach repairer for the Omaha railway died after taking refuge in an abandoned shanty at Shady Oak lake during a storm. A heavy beam crushed him within an hour. At Lake Minnetonka the steamer Puritan was driven ashore with twenty passengers but all escaped unharmed. Plate glass windows shattered and trees uprooted city wide.
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Minneapolis
Henry H. Fortwenger
Omaha Railway
Shady Oak Lake
Lake Minnetonka
Puritan
Democratic committee to publish congress speeches campaign book
The Democratic congressional committee plans a July 1 release of a campaign book containing only extracts from speeches in Congress. A separate campaign matter book will follow. Headquarters will open in Chicago on August 1. Excessive heat in Chicago has already caused ten deaths and numerous prostrations, including Edwin Palmer, longtime secretary of the Chicago Hotel company.
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Washington
Democratic Congressional Committee
Congress
Chicago
Edwin Palmer
Potter Palmer
Chicago Hotel Company
Palmer
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Huron
Philippines
Dakota Central Telephone Company
Via
ERN
Huronite
Oklahoma
Booming Woodson
Exonera
Philadelphia
Frederick Gies, Jr
William H. Wilson
Gies
Wilson
Persia
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