Nine Killed in Montana Wreck Near Paradise
A head on crash between Northern Pacific westbound passenger train No 5 and a freight near Paradise Montana leaves nine dead. Engineers Munson and Valentine and Firemen Robinson and Herrick die. Head Brakeman Dixon and one tramp injured. operator at Perma reportedly failed to deliver an order. Police and local offices announce immediate investigation into the wreck.
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Missoula
Mont
Northern Pacific
Paradise
Here
Dixon
Munson
Valentine
Robinson
Herrick
Mitchell
Perma
Rawhide Fire Wipes Out Town After Gale
A devastating blaze in Rawhide Drug company premises, fanned by a gale, left three thousand homeless and over 350000 in damages. Dynamite for demolitions, relief efforts from Reno and state towns, and martial law followed as authorities plan reconstruction.
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Rawhide
Nev
Rawhide Drug Company
Rawhide Avenue
People’s Hospital
Reno
Forest fires ravage Houghton county in Portage Lake district
Fires widening across Houghton county cause dense smoke over Houghton and Portage lake area. No blazes within eight miles east, but forests burn three to four miles south threatening farms. Millions of feet of timber lost and record Upper Peninsula damages forecast without rain.
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Houghton
Mich
Houghton County
Portage Lake District
Upper Peninsula
Forest Fire Threatens Deadwood Town and Gulch
In Deadwood South Dakota a forest fire menacingly nears the city and gulch within half a mile. Fifty men battle the blaze as multiple fires flare up recently, fed by dry underbrush and careless causes. Closest vigilance remains on the spreading flames to avert damage.
Tragic double death found in Lehigh Canal near Catasauqua
In Allentown Pennsylvania on September 7 investigators recovered the bodies of Mrs Diana Fenstermacher and her eleven year old daughter Eva from the Lehigh canal near Catasauqua. Authorities believe the mother, who showed signs of mental distress, clasped her child and leaped into the water.
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Allentown
Diana Fensteinmacher
Eva
Lehigh Canal
Catasauqua
Popular Musical Comedy Figure Arthur Sanders Dies
Milwaukee sept 7 Arthur Sanders longtime musical comedy figure and Mort H Singer cast member died in his Davidson hotel apartment after years on stage in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Arthur Sanders
Mort H. Singer
Davidson Hotel
Apolast
Russian officials ban Tolstoy jubilee celebrations
Circular from the Holy Synod urges believers not to honor Count Leo Tolstoy on his eightieth birthday, condemned by Zanmin and other papers. Authorities in Moscow and provinces levy martial law measures to stop events and censorship blocks a local theater memorial.
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St. Petersburg
Holy Synod
Leo Tolstoi
League of Russian People
Zanmin
Novoe Vremya
Cavnt
Moscow
Warsaw
Saratov
Simbirsk
Netherlands replies to Caracas over Venezuela dispute
In The Hague on Sept 7 the second note to Venezuela dated Sept 4 restates the Dutch position while showing anxiety to avoid obstructing a peaceful settlement. The full text will be published after the Netherlands parliament opens.
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Hague
Venezuela
Holland
Caracas
Netherlands
Fourth of July Carnage in the United States
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports 6 623 killed and injured in the 1907 Fourth of July nationwide. Deaths total 163 with 1 fewer than last year, while casualties exceed 1906 by 1 210 names. Baltimore and Toledo receive praise for enforcing fireworks bans, with St Paul and Detroit commended for prevention efforts.
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Chicago
Rome
Journal of the American Medical Association
United States
Journal
Baltimore
Toledo
St. Paul
Detroit
Diplomatic Drift Over Moroccan Sultan Question
Paris reports from diplomats abroad show powers awaiting the Franco-Spanish note on Morocco before acting on Germanys proposal recognizing Mulai Hafid as sultan. Germany is believed to hold back after the note met tepid reception. The note awaits Spain's final approval before transmission to the powers.
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Morocco
Paris
Germany
Mulai Hafid
Spain
Morocco Note Delays Tug Between Allies
Berlin reports the joint French and Spanish note to powers on Morocco is delayed by Spain’s amendments. Spain prefers fewer conditions for Maliki Hafid while France’s position has shifted after Germany’s stance.
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Berlin
Morocco
Spain
Maldi Hafid
France
Germany
Oldest Mason James Bellows McGregor Turns 107 in New Hampshire
Mount Sunapee New Hampshire September 7 James Bellows McGregor the oldest Mason in the country and possibly the oldest white man in the United States celebrated his 107th birthday He can read ordinary print with a reading glass and remains hale and hearty.
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Mount Sunapec
N. H
James Bellows McGregor
United States
Spain to Act With France in Moroccan Algiers Pact
Premier Maura, after meeting King Alfonso, said Spain would act in unison with France in the Moroccan Algeria affair, signaling coordinated policy with Paris over the region.
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San Sebastien
Maura
Alfonso
Spain
Franco
Big Guns Boom at Youngstown Parade Rally
Governor Hughes of New York Senator Beveridge of Indiana and Governor Harris of Ohio spoke before a large audience in Youngstown. The three branded the national campaign, praised Taft and Roosevelt reforms, and attacked Bryan on domestic and foreign policy while the city’s mills and parade crowd provided a patriotic backdrop.
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Hughes
New York
Beveridge
Indiana
Harris
Crnnée
Hesbick
A. J. Beveridge
Ohio
Cincinnati
Judge Harmon
Fairview
Mahoning River
Carnegie Works
United States Steel Corporation
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Youngstown
Wick Park
Arthur I. Vorys
Bever
Roosevelt
Bureau of Corporations
Bryan
Taft
Ublican Party
Mr. Bryan
Philippines
Cuba
Aaron
Moses
Henry
Washington
Wendell Phillips
Abraham Lincoln
Ince
Prominent Wisconsin Man Dies in Janesville
Herman Merrill a wealthy Janesville resident dies from arteriosclerosis at his home. His father David Merrill once drove from Cleveland to Milwaukee in 1837. Herman Merrill was a former Janesville mayor and state legislator leaving an estate valued at 300000 dollars.
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Janesville
Wis
Herman Merrill
David Merrill
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Iowa Priest Dies at Sea on Umbria Burial at Sea
Rev. Pather J. R. Daly of Sioux City a first cabin passenger on the steamer Umbria from Liverpool died from heart failure and was buried at sea on Tuesday last.
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New York
Pather
J. R. Daly
Sioux City
Liverpool
Frank P. Sargent Dies at 54 in Washington
Frank P. Sargent, commissioner of immigration for the Department of Commerce and Labor, died in Washington at age 54 from stomach trouble. Born in Vermont, he earlier led the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and served on the Industrial Commission under McKinley. He held Mason and civic memberships and had been ill months prior.
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Washington
Frank P. Sargent
Immigration
Department of Commerce and Labor
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
McKinley
Industrial Commission
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
National Civic Federation
Creve Coeur Club
Peoria
Fifty” Club
Philadelphia
Governor Calls Indiana Legislature Extra Session
Governor Frank J. Hanly issues a call for an extra session in Indianapolis to start September 18. Topics include a county local option law a repeal of unexpended state institution grants totaling 120 548 returning to the general fund and granting the governor authority to address potential night rider troubles in Southern Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Frank J. Hanly
Indiana
Brooklyn primary sentiment test on Hughes renomination announced
New York officials report tests of Hughes support in Brooklyn and New York County ahead of next Tuesday's primaries. Timothy Woodruff urges a Brooklyn sentiment test in several assembly districts for the governor's renomination while Herbert Parsons announces a two ballot test in New York County for Hughes.
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New York
Timothy Woodruff
New York State Republican Committee
Jacob Brenner
Kings County Republican Committee
Brooklyn
Hughes
Herbert Parsons
New York County
Spectacular Leap to Death at Prescott Hotel
A visitor from Tampa, Florida named A. Waters leapt from a third story window of the new Prescott hotel in Hot Springs, Arkansas, to the pavement fifty feet below. He tore up currency and threw it into his wash basin before the jump and died half an hour after the fall.
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Hot ‘Springs
Ark
Waters
Tampa
Detention in Omaha Inquest Ties Woman to Doctor’s Death
Police arrest Miss Leona Bonnell in Omaha and hold her at the city jail until the inquest next Tuesday. She admits being the last person seen with Dr. Frederick Austin before his fatal night, with no charge yet filed.
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Omaha
Leona Bonnell
Frederick Austin
Thomas Lowry Near Death In Minneapolis
Thomas Lowry president of the Minneapolis St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie railway and the Twin City Rapid Transit company lies at the point of death at his Minneapolis home. He has had two paralytic strokes and doctors fear a third could be fatal.
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Minneapolis
Thomas Lowry
Minneapolis, St. Paul
Cummins Nomination Sparks Iowa Republican Caucus Split
In Des Moines a Republican caucus nominated Cummins for the Allison Senate succession. 59 Republicans attended, 58 votes for Cummins, 1 for Haugen. Forty-eight standpatters refused to participate, threatening to bolt and deadlock the assembly to defeat Cummins. Democrats predict worsening splits as the session nears.
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Des Moines
Sept
Cummins
United States
Senate
Allison
General Assembly
Gilbert N. Haugen
Assembly
Claude R. Porter
Governor Cummins
Iowa
Small Bank Suspends In Pittsburg Closure By Comptroller
The Cosmopolitan National Bank of Pittsburg closed its doors on orders from the comptroller of the currency. Robert Lyons was appointed temporary receiver of the Cosmopolitan after an examination by Examiner John B. Cunningham. Judge Oldham arrived to assist. officials deny insolvency and claim deposits around 900000.
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Pittsburg
Sept
Cosmopolitan National Bank
Robert Lyons
Allegheny National Bank
Cosmopolitan
John B. Cunningham
Oldham
Legal Department
Comptroller of the Currency
John J. Emery Dies at Sea Ave Summer Home
Bar Harbor Maine September John J Emery of New York died at his summer residence The Turrets after weeks of pneumonia He reportedly valued at forty million dollars The body to be sent to Cincinnati his former home He leaves a widow and five children He owned 2000 buildings in Cincinnati plus a hotel and two theaters.
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Bar Harbor
John J. Emery
New York
Earthquake Shocks Porto Rico City Alarmed San Juan
An earthquake shock was felt in San Juan Porto Rico on September 7 causing mass alarm as people rushed into the streets. The quake did not repeat and no material damage was reported.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Springfield Rioter Sentenced
Springfield I Sept 7 Roy Young age fifteen pleaded guilty to burglary larceny arson and riot confessing to setting fire to many negro homes Judge Creighton sentenced him to the reformatory.
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Springfield
Roy Young
Creighton
Reformatory
Delagrange Breaks Aeroplane Record in Paris Flight
Leon Delagrange, president of the Aviation club of France, broke the world aeroplane record by circling the field eighteen times at an average height of thirteen feet and remaining aloft for thirty one minutes.
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Paris
Leon Delagrange
Aviation Club of France
Wu Ting Fang Seeks 200 Year Life at Battle Creek Resorts
Wu Ting Fang, in Battle Creek Michigan on September 8, searches health resorts and foods for a long life. He says he is not sick and aims to live 50 to 300 years, has quit meat eating, and plans to share his long life recipe with humanity after obtaining it.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Wu Ting Fang
Death of David D Stubbs Prominent Traffic Leader
San Francisco September 8 David D Stubbs general manager of the Occidental Steamship Company and brother of J C Stubbs traffic director of Harriman lines and Dr J E Stubbs president of Nevada State University died at his home after a short illness from influenza. He came to California in 1869 from Ashland Ohio and since 1877 held a leading role in state traffic affairs.
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San Francisco
David D
Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company
J.C. Stubbs
Harriman Lines
J. E. Stubbs
Nevada State University
Stubbs
California
Ashland
Death in Automobile Wreck Claims Real Estate Leader
Paris Fletcher of Clarke & Fletcher dies in a crash near Manieska Wabasha county. Mrs. Fletcher is seriously injured. The Minneiska area wreck left Fletcher crushed under the overturning car. He was a prominent real estate dealer and estate manager in St Paul. He was forty three years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnetska
Fletcher
Mr. Fletcher
King Edward quits London for Doncaster racing week
King Edward plans to spend the week at Doncaster where a race meeting is held. He denies receiving Cardinal Mannatelli the papal legate to the Eucharistic congress, despite Protestant federation protests about England's ancient papal entry ban. His racing plans were formally announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward
Doncaster
Vincent Mannatelli
Westminster
Protestant Federation
England
Train Kille Runaway Boys Die Near Springfield
Two fifteen year old boys from Chatham DL one identified as Runaway Boy and Louis McKnight died after being killed by a train near Springfield Illinois. They had run away three days earlier to seek fortune in Indiana and had beaten their way on trains.
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Springfield
Ill
Louis McKnight
Chatham
Indiana
Desertion Grounds Granted Dive. in South Dakota
The record notes that a request named Dive. in South Dakota was applied for and granted on the ground of desertion with the action completed.
Better Volume of Retail Trade Reported
Dispatches to Dun's Review indicate a better volume of retail trade and fall and winter activity. There is a gain in manufacturing activity but mercantile payments remain irregular.
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New York
Dun
Tommy Burne Defeats Lang in Sixth Round
Pugilist Tommy Burne defeated Bill Lang of Australia in the sixth round. Burne outboxed and outinfighted Lang, taking control after the first two rounds as the American dominated the bout.
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Tommy Burne
Lang
Bill Lang
Australia
Burns
Jealous Wife Kills Husband Then Self in Kentucky
Edward Smoot was shot four times in the back and killed at Flemingsburg by his wife. She then shot herself in the arm, reportedly due to jealousy.
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Maysville
Edward Smoot
Flemingsburg
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Montana
Gale
Michigan
Deadwood
Tolstoi
Castro
Medical Journal
Wisconsin
Commissioner of Immigration
Frank P, Sargent
Pittsburg Institution
John J.emery
Maine
King Edward
South Dakota
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