Fires Devastate Northern Michigan Five Counties Five Towns Wiped Out
A massive forest fire along the Escanaba line roared through Marquette Menominee Delta Alger and Dickinson counties destroying Talbot Quinnesec Northland Sunderland Niagara and other towns. Four known dead and scores missing as hundreds of families lose homes and thousands of acres burn in what officials call the worst blaze since 1871 Peshtigo.
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Escanaba
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Exscanaba & Lake Superior Railroad
Peter Lafpond
Katos
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Marquette
Menominee
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Alger
Dickinson
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Suundere
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Upper Peninsula
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railroad
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Choctaw
Newberry
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Menominee Iron Range
Birch
Northern Lumber Company
Royal wedding preparations thrill Madrid crowd with splendor
Madrid reports rapid decoration of streets parks and plazas for the May 31 royal wedding of King Alfonso and Princess Ena. Officials requisition hotels and invitees arrive from Norway China Austria Hungary Denmark and Russia. The bride travels from France aboard a British warship and the couple will proceed to the Plaza Oriente and the Church of San Jeronimo amid elaborate processions.
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Alfonso
Ena
Battenberg
Canary Islands
Plaza del Torres
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China
Austria Hungary
Denmark
Russia
Ernment
Ana
Toledo
Frederick W. Whiteridge
Pino-Hermosa
Collier
France
Spanish
Moret
Duke of
Mexican Minister Lamira Missing After Typhoon
Pekin May 19. The Mexican minister to China Lamira, who was aboard during a recent typhoon, is dead in the wreck. Authorities report the storm claimed several ships and left many towns isolated as relief efforts begin.
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Pekin
Lamira
China
Ead
Vice President in Atlanta
Vice President and Mrs Charlies W Fairbanks spent twelve hours in Atlanta on their return to Washington from Birmingham. Local entertainments included a Capitol City club luncheon a reception at the Ohio club and a troop review at Fort McPherson with a presidential salute. Col Robert J Lowry and Major F E W Halford greeted them.
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Atlanta
Charlies W. Fairbanks
Birmingham
Washington
Moon
Col
Robert J. Lowry
F E. W. Halford
Capitol City Club
Ohio Club
Fort McPherson
Condition of Pope Causes Apprehension
Rome May 19 report on His Holiness the Pope notes his gout attacks have increased in frequency due to exposure to cold fatigue and poor digestion. The gout has spread to the left knee causing substantial swelling and acute pain with notable inflammation.
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Rome
Extreme Heat Causes Two Deaths In New York
Two deaths and several serious prostrations were reported as a heat wave blanketed New York. Official readings showed 85 degrees in the afternoon while street temperatures climbed to 95 degrees.
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New York
Suffrage Delegation Pressures Premier in London
About 4000 women suffragists from diverse groups visited Premier Bannermann at the Foreign Office. Eight speakers had five minutes each to present petitions for immediate voting rights for women. The premier urged patience as government unity grows, claiming progress but facing sustained objections from the deputation.
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London
Campbelly Bannermann
Foreign Office
Democrats Endorse Filibuster Tactics To Speed Statehood Bill
Democratic members of the House back minority leader Williams in filibustering to delay action on the statehood bill. They urge roll calls on all motions and to raise the point of no quorum to maximize delay as discussions proceed. The same session saw the cotton leaks bill fail 107 to 65 due to conferees proposing congressional exemption.
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House of Representatives
Williams
Henry
Texas
Beall
Wiliams
House
Congress
McCall
Massachusetts
Crumpacker
Indiana
Grosvenor
Ohio
Jerdher
Burleson
Jenkins
Wisconsin
Turk and Allies Move to Protest Insurance Policy Clash
Ambassadors plan a joint note to the Turkish government over foreign joint stock and insurance firms in Constantinople. Britain seeks a response from China on customs administration, with Germany the notable holdout among powers.
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London
Great Britain
Turkey
Egypt
Constantinople
China
Foreign Office
Germany
French madman disrupted cross border tour train
Geneva May 19 a powerful young French man traveling with English American and French tourists boarding a Switzerland bound train from the Riviera went violently insane. A Woman raised the alarm the train halted and he forced his way into another compartment near Bellegrade he smashed windows with a cane the train stopped again. Conductor aided by Americans including some injured overpowered him and he was handed to police on arrival at Geneva.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Riviera
Bellegrade
Harvard Defeats Yale In Annual Dual Track Meet
Cambridge Mass May 19 Harvard won the annual dual track meet 57 1 2 to 46 1 2 setting records in the two mile run 120 yard hurdles and running broad jump Stone Harvard ran two miles in 9 53 5 improving the mark Kine of Harvard set two years ago Hill Yale won the 126 yard hurdles in 15 3 5 seconds Sheffield Yale won the broad jump 23 7 1 4 feet setting a new mark The prior dual meet record dates to 1899 by A L Nickerson Harvard.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Yale
Stone
Kine
Hill
Hallowell
Sheffield
A. L. Nickerson
Miss Sutton Wins Two Prizes on Boston Stopover
Miss May Sutton of Pasadena California defeats Marion Fenno 6 0 6 0 to win the invitation singles and, with Norman W Cabot, takes the mixed doubles 6 3 6 2 over Phyllis Green and N W Niles. Sutton sails for England next Wednesday.
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Mass
May Sutton
Pasadena
Cal
England
Sutton
Marion Fenno
Norman W. Cabot
Harvard
Longwood
Mis Phyllis Green
Philadelphia
N. W. Niles
Miss Sutton
New York
Oklahoma wins Southwestern Field and Track Meet title
Oklahoma City report notes Oklahoma totaling 53 1/2 points to win the Southwestern field and track meet with Texas second at 31. The follow up mentions Michigan defeating Chicago 79 1/2 to 46 1/2 at Marshall Field in a dual meet.
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O. T
Oklahoma
Texas
Michigan
Chicago
University of Michigan
Marshall Field
University of Chicago
Accountant Wins Withers Stake By Tale In Lpnghe
New York May 19 before a crowd of 20 000 Harry Browns Accountant won the historic Withers stakes one mile at Belmont Park today. Bohemian James BR. Keene’s horse was second. Clark Griffiths Frank Farrell’s horse third. Norfolk Va May 19 Irwin Tucker cashier of Ravings Bank of Newport News committed suicide as he faced arrest for defrauding about 16000 with potential shortfall up to 20000. insurance may cover.
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Harry Brown
Belmont Park
James BR. Keene
Bohemian
Frank Farrell
Clark Griffith
Norfolk
Irwin Tucker
The
Ravings Bank of
Newport News
Newport News Today
Tucker
Five Die in Tennessee River Boat Accident Near Norman
Five members of the Eldridge family from James county Tennessee perished when a boat overturned on the Tennessee River near Norman twelve miles north of Chattanooga. A boy, 18, survived by clinging to the hull as others were drowned.
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James County
Enn
Tennessee River
Norman
Mes
Apogar Miles
al Eldridge
Mary Eldridge
DE Witt Eldridge
Abel M'Gill
Jesse Eldridge
Navy Officers Earned Heroism in San Francisco Disaster
The Navy Department received evidence of heroic conduct during the San Francisco earthquake and fire. Mare Island Naval Hospital reports three officers who volunteered for duty: Engineer R. C. Davis, Lt. A. Stokes, and Lt. F. A. Udell. Stokes and Udell returned to the hospital after the emergency.
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Navy Department
Prisco
Washington
San Francisco
United States Naval Hospital
Mare Island
Golden Gate City
R. C. Davis
A. Stokes
Marine Corps
F. A. Udell
Government Faces Parliament on Internal Peace in Russia
May 19 St Petersburg report says Nicholas II will grant a partial political pardon and seek amnesty while avoiding full concessions. Government aims to shift responsibility to Parliament for peace without yielding to all parliamentary demands. Mouromtseff’s Peterhof visit brought no change.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Mouromtseff
Peterhof
Pacific Assurances
Perkins Not Nominated Trustee Of New York Life
Reports on good authority say George W Perkins may not be renominated as a trustee of New York Life Insurance Company when the board names its ticket on July 18. Perkins declined to discuss nominations or comment further.
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New York
the Times Today
George W. Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
Perkins
Vesuvius Flood Devastates Neapolitan Slopes
Naples reports another Vesuvius torrent as rain floods the region. A river of mud and ashes swept trees houses and animals, widening up to eighteen feet in depth in places. Two deaths recorded a man and an eleven year old boy.
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Naples
Vesuvius
Reion
Wandering Gypsies Problem in Swezereland
Geneva reports a Gypsy and Bohemian migration from Bohemia amid fears of revolution and civil war. Swiss authorities feed the nomads and push them across the frontier to France and Germany, while male Gypsies are jailed and families supported locally.
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Geneva
Central
Europe
Bohemia
France
Germany
Marines Ordered to Santo Domingo from Norfolk Yard
Washington orders caused excitement in naval circles. A draft of 75 marines from Norfolk yard and the battleship Texas guard was sent to the cruiser Columbia at League Island for Santo Domingo service. They departed tonight by Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Norfolk Vac
Harry
Washington
Yexas
Columbia
League Island Naval Station
Santo Domingo
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pius X Criticizes Women Politicians and Endorse Educators
In Paris dated May 1 Pope Pius X praises women teachers and women in medicine while condemning female politicians as lacking judgement. He supports women studying and entering trades when compatible with morals, urging no restrictions on education but cautioning against women deputies. The report also covers other Parisian items including miners Neny and Prouvost selling views of their escape and Monaco moving its Oceanography Museum to Paris.
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Paris
Pius X
Fraulein Thiemer
Austria
Neny
Provvost
Courrieres
Merdames
Messieurs
Prouvost
Lens
Biarrit
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