Islander Disaster Claims Nearly Seventy Lives
Paducah Ky August 20 The steamer Golconda was torpedoed near the city eight miles away with fifteen drowned later confirmed. The Queen arrived from the north bearing word of one of the Pacific coast’s worst marine disasters. The Islander from Skagway to Douglass Island struck a iceberg at 2 a.m. August 15 and sank in minutes carrying 108 passengers most in bed. Sixty seven bodies are known. many passengers scrambled into lifeboats or fell into icy water. Capt Moore stayed on the bridge until the ship sank then leaped to a raft. Chief Engineer Brownlee barely escaped. Pilot Lablang blamed Captain Foote for delaying life boats. The loss prompts questions of duty and survival actions on a night of heavy loss.
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Port Townannd
Wash
Taclle
Skagwivy
Douglise Island
Turek
M. Bhiumaur
Portland
Soho
Sam Starten
Winnipeg
Jost Bigs Portiain Jean
Laat
Moore
Bink
Slit
Brownlee
Allen
Dr. Phillips
Seattle
Victoria
Lablang
Islander
Foote
Anyshing
Andrew Keating
Arthur
Juilus
Los Angeles
Marquis Ito on Korea and Japanese emigration
Portland, Aug 19. Marquis Ito, eminent Japanese statesman, said in an interview that Korea is Japan’s natural outlet for surplus population. He warned that continued emigration toward the shores could amount to unofficial occupation of the peninsula and suggested South America offers advantages for many thousands of emigrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Portland, Ore
Portland and Asia Line
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Marqus Ito
Marquis Ito
Japan
Ihares
South America
Wisconsin Republican League Says Faction Strife Hurts Party
The Wisconsin Republican League formed by state lawmakers issues an address to Republicans. It cites factional strife from the last legislature and the failed primary election bill, calling for cordial cooperation and warning against unwarranted interference with legislative powers. Sixty signatures appear, including George I. Ray and several assemblymen and senators.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Republican League
Whch
Republicans of
Wisconsin
Pehonry
Wich
George I. Ray
Assembly
Zinn
Keene
Miner
Johnson
Orton
Dow
Senborg Toehr
Hagemeister
Whitehead
Bissell
Green
Eaton
Gayenrl
Kreutzer
Ecuador Ready for a Fight Near Paste Frontiers
A force of Ecuadorean troops is ready to invade Colombia near Paste, about 150 miles northeast of Quito, as tensions rise. Also reported, Dr. Rangel Garbiras invaded Venezuela with 4,000 men from Cucuta. initial clash at Encontrados failed and invaders retreated, with boats recaptured by Venezuelan troops. Other items: Jerome Flaney collapses dead at a race ticket window in Kokomo. Mine Superintendent John Cairns killed at Moneaqua, Illinois during coal car switch. lawsuits filed in Chicago requesting $13,000 recall of funds from Knights of Pythias Endowment Bank.
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Quito
Ecuador
Colombia
Paste
Washington
Department of State
Maraiabo
Rangel Garbiras
Venezuela
Cucuta
Marabnho
Moneaqua
John Cairns
Coal Times
Cairns
Hhe Baller
Dohe A. Hinsey
Chicago
Endowment
Knights of Pythias
Supreme Lodge of the Order
John A. Hinsey
Board of Control
Henry B. Stolte
Onatro
Colon
Tico
Guineno
Castro
Rangel Garbuns
Uribe-Uribe
They Dont Believe A Fragmented News Item
In Prisco San Illinoises Aug 19 a report notes no credence given to a marriage among sixty teachers sent to Manila by the government. Honolulu papers and special correspondents make no mention of the event. Also filed is a Buffalo disappearance report and a railway mail service notice about a train hold up and stolen registered mail near Caney Texas.
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Prisco
San Illinoises
Manila
Honolulu
Wonokin
Thomas
Washington
Kansas and ‘Texas
Caney
L ‘i
Texas
General McArthur Arrives Aboard Sheridan in San Francisco
The transport Sheridan arrived yesterday from Manila with General McArthur and staff, and the Fourteenth Infantry under Colonel Quinton. The party includes Major Stait and other officers as part of the passenger list arriving in San Francisco.
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McArthur
San Francisco
Sheridan
Manila
Stait
Fourteenth Infantry
Quinton
Test of Iowa game law looms over quail shipments
Des Moines August 21 Iowa sportsmen watch with interest as a test of the new game law unfolds William Waggoner is charged with shipping ten quails to a Chicago house and a box of forty four quails found there traced to him He is to face action under state laws and the interstate commerce statute alleging shipment of game killed in violation across state lines
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Des Moines
Fai
Iowa
William Waggoner
Avingnest
Vandilla
Fish and Game
Waggoner
Chicago Commission
United States
Bank Insurance Suit Questions Rail Co. Case
Aug. 21 Paul, Minn. attorney for Bankers Mutual Casualty Co. appeared before Judge Loehren in an intriguing case from Harvey, N. D. A Minneapolis mail package containing 3010 dollars to the German State Bank was stolen after the agent left the sack in a room. The insurer seeks reimbursement from the railroad, and the suit’s proper naming is under consideration.
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Railway Co
Paul
Minn
Coulin
Bankers’ Mutual Casualty Company
Des Moines
Loehren
Minneapol
Harvey
N. D
Mie Insurannee Company
Fires Destroys Wells Higman Basket Co Warehouse
Aug 19 reports in Traverse City Mich say a warehouse of Wells Higman Basket Company burned, destroying fruit packages worth an estimated 75 000 to 100 000 dollars. East town area temporarily threatened as investigators seek cause and extent of loss.
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Traverse City
Mich
Wells Higman Basket Company
Dyspepsia Cure Promises Permanent Relief for Indigestion
An advertisement touts Kudol dyspepsia cure and Kakol dyspepsia cure as permanent solutions for indigestion, claiming they rest the tired stomach and aid digestion. It also mentions One Minute cough cure and a few lifestyle notes, ending with a drugstore prompt.
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Seema
Crisla
Paducah
Golconda
Wsconsin Republican League
Fox
Kokomo
Ind
Jerome Flaney
Tckot
Haney
Buffalo
Shugrue
Mobile
Alysis
Cleveland
Slugrue
Hock Polls
Fir Lands
Wikhorn Creek
8.S. Cresder
Britain
London
Ernest Satow
Peking
Great Britain
Robbo Destlers
Marion
Binningham
Ala
International Typographical Union
Mecca
Raven's
Franz Hagenstein
Ackley
Buck
Beirne
Ark
de Wilett
DeWitt
Frantz Hagenstein
Wetmore
Wetmores
el Pour
M.C. Wetmore Tobacco Compamy
St. Louis
America
Bavaria
Exploree
Baldwin
Pole
S. H. Allport
Johnstowne
Ribbon Counter
Cristorita
VARIA
Zitz
Ayer
F. A. Soule
Billings, Mont
Banateteer
Dubuque
Carrey
Plug Tobaccos
Vance
York Ile
New York Life Insurance Company
Great International Life Insurance Company
T Otal Insurance
Beverr Steam Laundry
Acizley
Jeanton Radison
Pierce Hox, Boyd
Nebraska
Antelop Holt
Platte Aeone
Polata
Fremont, Elkhorn
Missouri Valley
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