Score Die in Fire Forest Blaze Wipes Metz From Map
Alpena Michigan dispatch reports a forest fire near Metz burning refugees from Metz village aboard a Detroit and Mackinac relief train. A burned culvert caused the wreck, killing about a score and injuring two crewmen while others escaped or were unaccounted for. Conductor Kinville and Engineer Foster survived badly burned, Wilfully missing details due to damaged wires.
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Metz
Detroit & Mackinac
Posen
Millersburg
Kinville
Foster
Presque Isle
Detroit & Mackinac Railroad
Matz
Hawk's Station
Poster
TWO BIG WAREHOUSES BURN
South Chicago saw two salt warehouses owned by International Salt Company burn along the Calumet river causing an estimated one million dollar loss. Firefighters saved Elevator C and 1,250,000 bushels of wheat but the flames spread toward the north. Watchman James Norback first raised the alarm as fire crews battled the blaze amid smoke and wind.
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South Chicago
Chicago
Calumet River
Uundeed
International Salt Company
Morten
James Edison
Belt Line Railroad
James Norback
Norback
Sioux Indians in Outbreak Threat Over Burial Removal
From St Paul Minnesota comes word that Sioux in North Dakota may protest if the army moves graves at Fort Yates to Kepukuk National Cemetery. The delay stems from restlessness and the burial of Sitting Bull, the famed war chief.
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St. Paul
Minn
Fort Yates
N. D
National Military Cemetery
Kepukuk
Fleet to visit South America in Pacific fleet transit
Admiral Swinburne of the Pacific fleet, after target practice at Magdalena bay around December 1, will cruise along the western coast of South America visiting Panama Callao Coquimbo Peru and Talcahuano Chile before returning to Magdalena bay for spring record target practice The eight armored cruisers West Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania Colorado Tennessee Washington California and South Dakota constitute the fleet.
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Swinburne
Pacific Fleet
South Pacific Ocean
South America
Magdalena Bay
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Tennessee
California
South Dakota
Panama
Callao
Coquimbo
Peru
Talcahuano
Chile
Hearst Served with Oklahoma Libel Suit in Omaha
In Omaha on October 17, William Randolph Hearst was served with a 600000 libel and slander suit filed by Governor Charles N. Haskell of Oklahoma. The papers were served on Hearst aboard Union Pacific train No 2 after a dramatic door breach by Deputy Sheriff Stewart. Hearst doubted the case would reach trial, saying Haskell aimed to time the suit before the election and praising Haskell's resignation as national treasurer. The incident followed a tense scene as Hearst and his wife encountered officers and a locked stateroom door.
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Neb
Union Pacific
William Randolph Hearst
Charles N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Douglas County
Nebraska
Sherif Stewart
Smyth & Smith
Gov. Haskell
District Court
Hearst
Seattle
New York
Stewart
Mr. Hearst
Haskell
National
Balkans Crisis Rise As Turkey Denies Blame
Constantinople reports Turkey will not assume responsibility if Bulgaria’s hard line leads to hostilities. Vienna contemplates Austrian naval display in Turkish waters if Turkey protests boycott fail. Paris hosts Turkish envoy Naoum Pasha who rejects the Berlin program as basis for talks, urging redress and siding with Young Turkey critics. Bulgarian diplomat Standoff says the program may satisfy Bulgaria.
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Naoum Pasha
France
Balkans
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Russia
Austria- Hungary
Germany
Italy
Young Turkey Party
M. Standoff
Bulgaia
Submarines Not in Peril Official Navy Report Denies Danger
Navy department released Lieut Commander Logan report denying sensational claims that the submarine flotilla from New York to Philadelphia faced extreme danger. It says 58 hours total, 12 anchored, seven lost to fog, no rough weather, decks clear, no poisonous gas, no flooding. Plunger trip Newport to Philadelphia cited rough weather but seaworthy with 345 miles at 7.3 knots.
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Hts
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Navy Department
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Scorpion
Delaware
Newport
Christian Science Monitor to Replace Sensational News
The Christian Science Publishing Society announces a new daily newspaper, the Christian Science Monitor. It will publish the real news in a clean wholesome style, avoid sensationalism, and exclude exploitation of vice and crime, aiming to be welcomed in homes that value purity and refinement.
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Boston
Christian Science Sentinel
Christian Science Publishing Society
Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
Missing Balloons Lost At Sea In German Endurance Race
Berlin October 17 German airships Plauen and Hergesell absent since Monday last in a 28ship endurance contest with 27 others. Committee believes both lost at sea after the others were accounted for. Plauen commanded by Herr Hockstetter and Hergesell by Lieut Foertsch. Airships small in size. Plauen 1696 cubic meters and Hergesell 1460. Washington October 17 Bank Examiner reports Union National Bank of Summerville Pa closed by order of the comptroller. Capital 50000.
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Hergesell
Aero Club Committee
Herr Hackstetter
W Hergesell
Lieut. Foertsch
Pennsylvania Bank
Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
John B. Cunningham
Union National Bank
Summerville
Socialist Member Suspended for Rest of Session in Commons
Albert V. Gray son, Socialist MP for Yorkshire, who condemned colleagues for not aiding starving Londoners, was suspended for the rest of the session amid strong disapproval from his peers. Also reports typhoon damage in Amoy delaying a reception for the US fleet, and a Peoria man dies after a gasoline explosion incident that engulfed his wife in flames.
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London
Albert V. Grayson
House of Commons
Yorkshire
Lincoln Douglas debate ends after three days in Alton
Alton Illinois concluded a three day semi centennial observance of the Lincoln Douglas clash with a program honoring the region's pioneers. In Washington the week also saw Rt Rev Iavenus Veres of Mexico consecrated a bishop by Monsig Falconio, the papal delegate.
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Ill
Washington
Iavenus Veres
Mexiilo
Monsig. Falconio
Jap China Clash Settled in Korea Tangle
Seoul reports the engagement between Chinese and Japanese troops at Kantae in northern Korea has been settled and no further difficulty is expected.
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Kantae
Korea
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