New York, N.Y: The international Convention of Fire Chiefs is held in this city. Various tests of fire apparatus are conducted for the delegates to the conference and they assist at the unveiling of the Firemen's Memorial. San Juan, Mexico...See moreNew York, N.Y: The international Convention of Fire Chiefs is held in this city. Various tests of fire apparatus are conducted for the delegates to the conference and they assist at the unveiling of the Firemen's Memorial. San Juan, Mexico: One hundred and fifty persons are killed and 300 injured by the accidental explosion of 2,300 pounds of dynamite loaded on a railroad car near this city. Saint Cyr, France: The native colored troops witness with amazement the maneuvers of an aeroplane and a dirigible balloon. Philadelphia, Pa: After a fire which almost completely destroyed her, the steamer "Penn" sinks at her wharf in the Delaware River. Denver, Colo: The youngsters of this city hold their second annual Juvenile Frontier Day in contests and costumes symbolizing everything for which the wild and woolly West is famous. New York, N.Y: After having been arrested three times en route and lodged in jail for a week without her identity being discovered, Miss Laura Ryan, the original "Girl Hobo," arrives here after riding freights from Seattle, Wash. Washington, D.C: William Bayard Hale, President Wilson's special representative in Mexico, returns to report to the President personally, on conditions in the turbulent country. Oakland, Cal: Irish-American team proves victorious in tug of war, feature of picnic of Building Trades Councils of San Francisco and Alameda counties. Colorado Springs, Colo: A tablet commemorating the death of three boys is unveiled on the spot where they were massacred by Arapahoe Indians in 1868. Written by
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