Fires in New York Fatal and Costly Blaze
A multi site disaster across New York and nearby areas over 24 hours left twenty dead and fifteen injured. A six story Christie Street tenement fire started by a bomb killed many on the crowded Italian block. The Long Beach hotel and Steeplechase Park were destroyed, and a Hamilton steamship blaze caused about 15000 in damage before fire crews contained it.
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New York
Christie Street
Long Beach
L. 1
Coney Island
Hamilton
Old Dominion Line
Port
Chrystie Street
Steeplechase Park
Battle with Raisuli Near Tangier in July 40
Fighting continues between Raisuli the bandit and government troops seeking to release Kaid MacLean, the sultan's adviser held prisoner. Prisoners are arriving, and district residents flee as news from Macheu is unavailable.
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Raisuli
Tangier
Kaid MacLean
Macheuu
Huntington Shooting Tragedy Rocks Paris Society Family
Versailles July 30 grief and sorrow engulf the Huntington household after Henry Huntington shot four relatives at the deathbed of the fathers. Maj Douglas St. Georges Huntington, a prominent American in Paris, struggled to survive as his son, deemed demented, is jailed. Elizabeth and Alonzo Huntington fight for life, Edith and Douglas lightly wounded. Mrs Huntington prostrated by shock. Henry, lately living in Paris or the Aisne area, has long been regarded unbalanced and married Denise, daughter of a village doctor.
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Versailles
Neptune Park
Huntington
Henry Huntington
Maj
Douglas St. Georges Huntington
Arou Aia
Maj. Huntington
Elizabeth
Alonzo Huntington
Edith
Douglas Huntington
Ma. Huntington
Porter
Lafayette
Legion of Honor
Henry
Paris
Ace of Aisne
Denise
Heat Record Shocks McGregor Texas With 179 Degree Day
In McGregor Texas on Sunday a searing heat wave lasted about an hour and 20 minutes. The sunward reading peaked at 179 degrees with 117 in the shade. A three by two mile area suffered the impact. A hazy veil drifted overhead as scores of people and livestock collapsed. Horses cattle hogs and poultry perished, one man losing forty five head of stock. The cause remains unexplained.
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McGregor
Tex
Independent Packers to Build in Nebraska Towns
Independent packing houses will be constructed in Havelock and Alliance Nebraska. The Alliance company with $25000 capital fully subscribed filed articles of Incorporation Monday. Charles Williams of Sioux City is organizing a company in Havelock. Both firms will operate complete packing businesses with Alliance capacity of 100 beeves per day.
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Lincoln
Neb
Havelock and
Alliance
Charles Wiliams
Sioux City
Havelock
Land Fraud Cases Postponed in Wisconsin and Colorado
Milwaukee July 30 hear ing in cases of Wisconsin Coal Mining Company of Colorado members indicted by the Colorado federal grand jury in land frauds postponed to Sept 10. Federal Coal and Iron Company cases postponed to Sept 17. San Francisco July 30 jury in Louis Glass bribery trial unable to agree after 48 hours and was discharged.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Coal Mining Company of
Colorado
Federal Grand Jury of
Federal Coal and Iron Company
San Francisco
Louis Glass
Haywood is Freed after Moyer Bail Deal in Idaho
William D. Haywood was acquitted of complicity in the murder of former Gov. Steunenberg. Charles H. Moyer, Western Federation of Miners leader, was released on $25,000 bail after a deal between state and defense counsel. Judge Wood did not adjourn the term, and coverage describes jurors’ explanations and Orchard’s reaction.
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Boise
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Steunenberg
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Hagood
Wood
Haywood
Apectatoral
AM D. Haywood
Orchard
Harry Orchard
Gov. Steunenberg
Weern Federation of Miners
State
Orcha
Samuel D. Gilman
Finley McBean
Samuel F. Russell
Denver
Hodgins
Sherif Moseley
Borah
Gov
Labor
Kay Wood
Union
John Murphy
Bofse
Gov. Gooding
Moyer and Pettibone
Jack Simpkins
Moyer
Pethone
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