Perilous Bering Strait Expedition Plans Hinted
Press reports from London outline Harry de Windt's third attempt to traverse from Europe to America via the Bering Strait. Russian and American authorities, including Commodore Melville, back the voyage with partners George Harding and prepared sledding via Yakutsk to Nijni Kolymsk. Plans include reindeer transport, possible ice crossing or Bear rescue, and future railway surveys north of Yakutsk.
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London
Harry de Windt
Bering Strait
Europe
America
New York
Straits
Koari
China
Amur
Mr. de Windt
Paris
trans-Siberian Railway
Irkutsk
Yakutsk
de Windt
Mr. Harding
Bering Straits
Nijni Kolymsk
Russia
Arctic Ocean
Verkhoyamsk Mountains
Dumadjik
East Cape
Nijni Volymsk
Cape Prince of Wales
English Channel
Dover
Bear
Washington Navy Department
Yukon
Mcrkenzie
San Francisco
Winnipeg
Klondike
Divorce Suit and Local News From Billings
Dora Simmert has filed for divorce from Julius Simmert and seeks to resume her maiden name Dora Moriarty. Funeral and wedding notices, library dedication plans for Parmly Billings Memorial, and local civic notes fill this week in Billings with multiple familiar names and community events.
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Standard
Billings
Dora Simmert
Julius Simmert
Dora Moriarty
W. L. Linton
A. G. Keller
Bozeman Sanitarium
Willard FE. Baker
Baker
Hattie Cartwright
Musselshell
A. C. Jardine
Bear Gulch
Jardine
Tovey
Bitter Root Valley
Montana
Fire Department
Committee On Fire, Water and Light
George Pirrie
Flatwillow
H. F. Clement
J. B. Herford
Edna
O. F
Order
Striking Harbor Clash Leaves Traffic Partly Normal
In San Francisco on September 22 the strike continued with few assaults and no major disturbances. Harbor police made several arrests but filed no serious charges. Employers claim 70 percent of normal traffic, while strike leaders say only 25 percent is transacted.
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San Francisco
Harbor
Counterfeit $10 Treasury Note Reported
A counterfeit ten dollar treasury note has reached the secret service bureau. It is a photolithographic production on two pieces of Japan tissue with red and blue silk fibers. The seal is brick red and the back is muddy green. The note shows check letter B, series 1880, Webster portrait, Lyons register, Ellis H. Roberts treasurer.
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Washington
Rept
Treasury
Secret Service Bureau
Japan
Webster
Lyons
Register
Ellis H. Roberts
Wood Leaves for Havana to Handover Cuban Affairs
General Leonard Wood, military governor of Cuba, departed Washington tonight for Tampa and Havana. He aims to finalize arrangements to transfer governing powers to Cuban authorities by the first of next May.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Cuba
Havana
Tampa
Wood
Thirty two lives lost in Bucharest train conflagration
A collision at Palota between a Vienna express and a petroleum train killed 32 people. The burning area covered a quarter mile, with many victims burned alive. Notable scenes included a Roumanian millionaire and a conductor among the deceased.
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Bucharest
Palota
Vienna
M. Dinu
Schwartz
Forest Fire Eases Threat to Eldorado and Hessie
A Denver special reports that a week of forest fires near Eldorado Colorado has subsided with no immediate danger to the town and nearby mining camps unless winds rise. The blaze still burns on seven mountains with heavy smoke and significant timber loss, and Hessie remains most exposed.
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Denver
Colo
Republican
Eldorado
Hessie
Yerkes Debuts With St Louis In Win Over Brooklyn
National League action reports Yerkes making a promising first appearance for St Louis against Brooklyn, holding the visitors scoreless through seven innings. The game line shows St Louis 5 Brooklyn 3 with a lineup including Schriever Newton and McGuire. Nondescript notes follow about attendance and further league play.
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St. Louis
Yerkes
Western Association
Brooklyn
Attendea Ganuwas
Portland Beats Tacoma In Doubleheader In Pacific League
In Tacoma Washington on September 22 Portland won the first game 5 to 2 and the second 6 to 0. Batteries St Vrain Zearfoss Salisbury and Vigneaux starred for Portland with strong pitching from St Vrain. Umpire McDonald handled the plate duties.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnatis
New Yorks
League Park
R. H. E. Cincinnati
Hahn and Patten
McGee
Hickman
Wall
Radke Scdptearsoene
Sudhoff, Suimmel
Bergen
Taylor and Warner
Brown
Portland
Tacoma
Wash
R. H. BE
Nledhe Asekne
St. Vrain
Zearfoss
Salisbury
Vigneaux
R. H. E. Tance
Jescee Cane “Breok
kentsnsres f_ & Batteries
Zearfons
Glendon
McDonald
Seattle
Beore
R. H. FE
Bemtti
Ceceres
Stovall
Frary
Adams
Swindells
O Connell
Typhoid Cases Rise at Fort Benton Hospital
Typhoid fever cases are arriving at the Fort Benton hospital by the dozen. Authorities suspect polluted wells at railroad camps near Havre as the cause and may take decisive remedial action. The same conditions occurred last year prompting strong measures.
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Port Benton
Fort Benton
Havre
Woman shoots father in law in Cheyenne home
In Cheyenne Wyoming on September 22 Mrs Lena Fair 20 fired at her father in law Michael Fair 50 plus at their South Cheyenne residence. She says he threatened to kill her and grabbed toward his revolver as she fired. A revolver was found in his hip pocket. Mrs Fair was arrested.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Lena Fair
Michael Fair
South Cheyenne
Bicycle Record Broken at Vailsburg Track
New York reporters report at Vailsburg track on September 22 a 25 mile open race for professionals was record breaking with a new mark set by a leading rider.
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New York
Vailsburg
Kramer Wins 20 Mile Race Setting World Record Time
Twenty eight top professionals raced for prizes as Frank E. Kramer claimed the 5 10 and 15 mile marks and the overall win by a length over McFarland with Hausman third. Time 58 55 25 establishes a new world record surpassing the previous 1 00 25 set at Revere Beach by McFarland.
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Frank E. Kramer
McFarland
Kramer
Hausman
Revere Beach
London Eyes Firm New York Market As Roosevelts Cabinet Signals Hit
In London, attention centered on a firmer New York market despite McKinley mourning. American railroad shares rose, steel strike settlement aided sentiment, and Roosevelt’s cabinet retention boosted security buying. Advances led by New York Central and Erie. Southern stock activity boosted by talks of Louisville & Nashville merger. South African news weighed on Consols amid war fears and gold borrowing. Money remained abundant.
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London
New York
McKinley
Roosevelt
New York Central
Eries
Louisville & Nashville
South Africa
Berlin mortgage bank losses mount as values fall
The Berlin bverse shows persistent depreciation with the week ending at yearly lows. A committee reports 16,000,000 marks in mortgage losses and over 1,000,000 marks in annual interest losses on Pomeranian bank obligations as the money market eases before quarter's end.
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Berlin
Pomeranian Mortgage Bank
Explorer Poltz Reveals Cave Dwellers Life
Dr Carl Lum poltz of the American Museum of Natural History lectured at Christiana Geographical Society after five years among Northwestern Mexican cave dwellers 8000 feet up. He described monogamous, morally advanced tribes who hold land communally and favor dances, sports and potteries.
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Associated Press
Christiana
Carl Lumpoltz
Mexico
American Museum of Natural History of
New York
Geographical Society
Sierra Madre
Lumpolts
United States
South America
American Museum of Natural History
British Report Loses And Releases In Boer War Action
Lord Kitchener's dispatch from Pretoria details Lovatt's scouts ambush near Herschel with Lt Col Murray killed and Murray's adjutant. Boers recaptured a gun, two commandoes taken with wagons, and later released prisoners from Scheeper's Nek and Vlakfontein engagements. Commandants Kochs and J P Botha led 55 and 54 man detachments respectively, west of Adenburg and southeast of Carolina.
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Kritzinger
Orange
Herschel
Lovatt
Murray
Lord Kitchener
Kochs
Adenburg
J. P. Botha
Carolina
Boers in Cape Colony Reported Stirring Rebellion
London dispatches note serious Cape Colony situation with Dutch aid to Boers in Natal and Cape Town alarm over rising resistance. Kitchener reports Buffalo River flooding and no Natal change as General French faces hardest tasks. Pretoria shows Boer strength around 11,000 with continued arms supply and Dutch revolt fears.
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London
Loubet
Czarina
Bethany
Paris
Lord Kitchener
Murray
Lord Mansfield
Buffalo
Natal
Lyttleton
Botha
P. J. Botha
Kitchener
Cape Colony
French
Pretoria
Holland
Cape Town
Daily Express
Intelligence Department
Funston’s capture of Aguinaldo praised by Times editorial
The Times editorial calls General Funston’s account of Aguinaldo’s capture a decisive end to the Philippine conflict. It lauds his ingenuity and bravery and says the device used was justified by the laws of war.
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London
the Times
General Funston
Aguinaldo
Kidnapping Case: Miss Stone Missionary Seizure Incident
An agent of brigands who abducted American missionary Miss Helen HI Stone in Djumabala vilayet of Salonica has been arrested at Paritza. No rescue reported.
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Constantinople
Helen HI. Stone
Djumabala
Vilayet
Salonica
Paritza
Miss Stone
General Funston Undergoes Successful Operation
Manila report states General Frederick Funston, hospitalized for appendicitis a week, has undergone a successful operation and remains in the hospital.
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Manila
Frederick Funston
Hosford Named Superintendent of Helena Public Building
Washington announces James EB. Hosford of the treasury department will serve as superintendent of construction for the Helena public building and will depart for the post tomorrow.
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Hosford
The
Standard
Washington
James EB. Hosford
Treasury Department
Helena
Mohican Returns After Seafaring Training Cruise
The U S training ship Mohican returned to San Francisco from a months long cruise with about 400 landsmen aboard for seaman training. The voyage ended with a notable number of deserters during the cruise.
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San Francisco
Mohican
Street Railway Timetable and Connections
Street railway timetable from the Electric Light and Railway Department in effect September 9 1901. Trains marked connect with B A P railway lines and Brickyard and Carroll area noted by Third Street.
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Western Union
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North Coast Limited
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Norris and Pony
N. P. Locus
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Bill Loy
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Brickyard and Carroll
Third Street
Nee Grants Setae
Sete Grant
Grant
Eeee Grant
Commercial Ave
Vo & m
Brickyard
Daly Bank and
Trust Company OF
John R Toole
M. B. Greenwood
Louis V. Bennett
C Norbeck
Anaconda Business Directory
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