Chelsea Fire Ravages Boston Area Losing Millions
Fire in Chelsea devastates over one square mile, destroying churches, libraries, schools, hospitals and hundreds of homes. Ten thousand homeless, four deaths, many injured. northwest gale hurls embers across wooden structures. Police and fire units from Boston and surrounding towns battle blaze lasting most of the day.
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Boston
Chelsea
Boston Fire Department
Boston Blacking Company
West Third Street
Boston and Maine Railroad
Everett City
Maverick Street
Disaster Engulfs City as Fire Drives Refugees Across Chelsea Bridge
A fierce gale of 45 to 60 mph spreads flames through Everett Avenue and the factory district. Firefighters retreat under heat and smoke as families rush from burning homes with scant possessions. Spires burn while wealthier residents hire teams to move goods. refugees stream toward East Boston with carts and carriages loaded with furniture.
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Tidewater Oil Company
East End
Chel- Bea Creek
Everett Avenue
Chelsea Bridge
Boston
Rockefeller Party Guarded by Eleven Detectives in Jersey City
Twelve Rockefeller detectives and four Pennsylvania railroad detectives guarded John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Mrs. Harold McCormick and her daughter as they arrived in Jersey City from Hot Springs Virginia. The guard shielded the granddaughter from Black Hand threats seen in Chicago while the party proceeded to the Rockefeller home by ferry carriage and automobile.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Pennsylvania Railroad
Johnd. Rockefeller
Harold McCormick
Jersey City
Hot Springs
Chicago
Rockefellers
Rockefeller Home
Killings at Lake Harney Packery Shock Florida
News from Tampa reports the killing of three white orange packers Charles Whitehurst George Griffith and Charles Smith at the Auburn Son packing house near Lake Harney twenty five miles from Sanford. An armed party set fire to the house and as inmates fled they were shot with rifles and shotguns ten others escaped and neighbors were alerted but the assailants were not found. The victims had recently come from Georgia and authorities say the attack was linked to hiring outsiders resented by those refused employment.
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Tampa
Fla
Charles Whitehurst
George Griffith
Charles Smith
Lake Harney
Sanford
Auburn & Son
Georgia
Absconder Walker Wins Delay
New Britain Connecticut April 13 William Walker the bank cashier who fled is held by writ of imp filed to delay his surrender for ninety days. B N Stanley president of New Britain Savings Fund says the writ allows sixty days holding plus fifteen days for Mexico City paper review and fifteen days for transport from Ensenada to Mexico City and back.
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New Britain, Genn
Denver Nomination Clash and Tiger Decor for Convention
Denver reports a fierce GOP race with three contenders for president and a major battle over the temporary chair. New York backs Hughes, Roosevelt reins in policy, and a tiger paper-mache display will greet delegates at the July 7 Democratic convention preparations. Woodruff re-elected as state party chair.
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New York
Indorse Hughes
Hughes Endorsed as New York Republican Presidential Prospect
New York April 13 Governor Charles Evans Hughes was endorsed as the Republican candidate for president by the New York state convention. Four delegates at large and their alternates were instructed to use honorable means to secure his nomination at the Chicago national convention. The delegates at large are General Stewart L. Woodford ex Mayor Seth Low Frederick R Hazard of Syracuse and E B H Butler of Buffalo. The convention debated the resolutions committee report praising Hughes devotion to American citizens and urging support for his nomination.
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New York
United States
Roosevelt
Hughes
State Committee
Woodruff
Charles FE. Hughes
Chicago
Stewart L. Woodford
Seth Low
Frederick R. Hazzard
Syracuse
EB. H. Butler
Buffalo
Resolutions Committee
President Roosevelt Plans Abroad After Retirement
President Roosevelt said he would spend the first year after leaving office traveling outside the United States if his desires come true. His itinerary is not yet fixed, and he shared the intention at a Boone and Crockett Club dinner. He added that Taft’s nomination would make it harder to criticize him for dictating from abroad.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Boone and Crockett Club
William Taft
Minister Squiers Daughter Weds In Public Panama Ceremony
Miss Giladys Squiers, daughter of U S minister Herbert G Squiers, and Lt H H Rouwseau of the canal commission were secretly married on April 4 and later wed publicly in Ancon chapel Roman Catholic rites. Col Goethals, J C Blackburn and many canal officials attended. minister opposed the match.
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Panama
Giladys Squiers
United States
Herbert G Squiers
H. H. Rouwsseau
Panama Canal Commission
Ancon
Goethals
Canal Commission
Joseph C
Blackburn
Canal Zone
Shanklin
Squiers
Accident at Smith Village mill kills Bishop and Weston
In Enfield Massachusetts on April 13 a peculiar accident at William Bishop portable saw mill at Smith Village killed William Bishop former Greenwich postmaster and Miss Wilhelmina Weston both of Greenwich. Bishop was showing guests how the mill worked when a wedged log caused another log to spray over the side striking both victims instantly.
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Enfield
Mass
William Bishop
Greenwich
Smith Village
Bishop
Wilhelmina Weston
Miss Weston
Insull Appointed Receiver for Consumers Electric Co
New Orleans on April 13 the Consumers electric company with obligations of 1 150 000 has been placed in the hands of Samuel Insull president of Commonwealth Edison Chicago as receiver following action by National Conduit Cable of New York holder of 1 000 000 mortgage bonds.
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New Orleans
Consumers’ Electric Company
Samuel Insull
Commonwealth Edison Company of Chicago
National Conduit Cable Company of
New York
Gould Case Testimony Stricken by Appellate Division
New York April 13 The appellate division rules Helen Mar testimony in the Gould separation suit must be struck from record as improper the order for the woman's examination deemed invalid and inadmissible at trial.
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New York
Helen Mar
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Howard Gould
Supreme Court
California Fast Mail Wrecked Near La Plata
Santa Fe train No. 1 known as the California fast mail derailed near La Plata Missouri after leaving Chicago. Storage and express cars plus two passenger coaches left the track. Four persons were slightly hurt. The accident was caused by a loose rail.
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California
Marceline
Santa Fe
California Fast Mail
Chicago
la Plata
Assassination in Lemberg During Audience with Students
Governor Andreas Potocki of Galicia was fatally shot in Lemberg Austria-Hungary by Ruthenian student Mieroslaw Sjczynski during a student delegation audience. The assassin was arrested.
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Austria-Hungary
Lemberg
Andreas Potocki
Galicia
Mieroslaw Sjczynski
Markets in Chicago Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices April 13 1908
Market reports show hog receipts 38 000 with mixed and heavy shipping grades. cattle and sheep volumes strong with steady to higher prices. Officials note yesterday and weekly totals, with Western and Texas cattle ranges and lambs rising. grain company credit line listed.
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Texas
John A Babcock Message From North American Commission
John A Babcock of the North American Commission Company in Chicago Illinois offers reliable service. He assures a square deal and invites timely contact for business matters.
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The
North American Commission Company
Goulds sail away amid guarded departure in press dispute
Mme Anne Gould sails with her three children and staff on the Friedrich der Grosse. Edwin A. Jones denies any marriage plans with Prince Helie de Sagan. A lawyer acting as her spokesman says the family refused to meet the prince and notes threatening letters directed at her.
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New York
Mme
Anne Gould
Prince Helie de Sagan
St. Paul
Mme. Gould
Edwin A. Jones
Talleyrand
Mme Gould
Mme.Gould
Prince de Sagan
George
Straw Bond Rumor Ties Bank Robber Burke to Escape
St Louis reports Kid Burke, famed bank robber, may have fled on a straw bond after arrest for snatching $1,000 from a man beside Mercantile Trust. Detectives plan to seek grand jury action. Burke, tied to Eddie Guerin, posted $5,000 bonds yet bondsmen and their claimed properties appear unlisted in city records.
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St. Louis
Kid Burke
Smith
Burke
Eddie Guerin
Mercantile Trust Company
Miner William McDonald Arrested in Wells Dynamite Plot
William McDonald, an old-time miner and ranchman, is under arrest at Norwood, Colorado, on suspicion of involvement in the March 23 dynamite attempt on General Bulkley Wells, general manager of the Smuggler Union mine, targeting his bed.
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Wells
Telluride
Colo
William McDonald
Norwood
General Bulkley Wells
Union
Fire halts operation at Northwestern hospital in Chippewa Falls
Fire in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin halted an operation at Northwestern hospital on April 13. Nurses guided thirty patients to safety while one patient named Carl Sorensen remained on the operating table under ether and died later.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Northwestern
Carl Sorensen
Too Cold for the Doukhobors in Manitoba Proposal
Peter Ver gin, leader of the Doukhobors, said Manitoba and Ontario climates are too cold for his followers and proposed sending all Doukhobors to British Columbia to settle near Nel 302.
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Winnipeg
Man
Peter Vergin
Manitoba
Ontario
British Columbia
Nel- 302
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People's Afro-Methodist Episcopal Church
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Beaton
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Convention League
W. J. Bryan
Nebraska
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
George Gray
Delaware
Gov. Hughes
Minister Squiers
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Gould
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John A. Babcock
Cghigago, Ill
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