Fire Loss Estimates Revised Across Upper Peninsula
A district survey shows overall losses to lumber interests and homes totaling under 250000, with 110 homes destroyed. Delta county alone accounts for about 100000 in damages while Marquette, Menominee, Dickinson, and Alger counties report varying figures, including village damages and uncounted timber losses.
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Upper Peninsula
Delta County
Marquete County
Menominee County
Dickinson County
Quinnesec
Alger County
Earthquakes Shake Atlantic Mine in Houghton Region
The Atlantic mine near Houghton and Hancock endured fifty seven seismic shocks the strongest ever in the area. Buildings rocked like cradles with cracks two to six inches wide. The mine shut down two weeks ago amid disturbances and rising signs of cave ins. Panic grows as more miners and families flee copper country while locals fear the mine may never reopen due to rock collapse.
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Atlantic
Honsco
Widh
Houghton
Hancock
Quarrel Over a Woman in Ovid Ends in Severe Wounding
About one o'clock on a recent morning in Ovid three young men fought over a woman. Claude Tubbs bled from a severed artery after a razor encounter with John Kinney and a leg wound from Tubbs. Kinney and Huggins allegedly pursued Tubbs. Tubbs is likely to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Tubbs
Tubbs
John Kinney
Robert Huggins
Kinney
Muskegon Man Daniel Finlayson Dies Alone in Police Cell
Once a prominent Muskegon citizen with a thriving lumber era presence, Daniel Finlayson faced relentless misfortune. In 1892 he lost his wife and six children to death, his business burned in the following year, and his decline ended in alcohol-driven death while friendless in a city police cell.
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Muskegon
Daniel Finlayson
Finlayson
Reservoir Contract Awarded for Rochester Water Works
Heitsch Brothers of Pontiac win a 10000 dollar contract to build a 2,000,000 gallon reservoir for Rochester, set on Fox hill above the main street. The springs there will supply water to multiple Rochester villages and pipe through the reservoir bottom. Operating costs will be low, with completion planned for this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heitsch Brothers
Pontiac
Rochester
Fox Hill
Fatally Hurt On Diamond At Kalamazoo Normal
Lynn Deal of Williams was struck on the right temple by a thrown ball during pregame practice in Augusta. He was a senior at the Kalamazoo Normal and captain of the baseball team and never regained consciousness after the injury.
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Kalamazoo
Lynn Deal
Williams
Deal
The
Normal
Augusta
Menominee angler nets two giant sturgeon prize
Homer Williams of Menominee caught two big sturgeon in Green Bay nets this season, weighing 140 and 162 pounds. The fruit of North country waters marks a historic catch as sturgeon once piled up shoreward in boatloads.
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North Country
Homer Williams
Menominee
Green Bay
Miner Dies After 100 Foot Fall at Chapin Mine
Frederick Carlson, a 23 year old miner, was killed instantly when he fell one hundred feet down a shaft at the Chapin mine in Iron Mountain.
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Frederick Carlson
Chapin
Iron Mountain
Medal for Young Hero From Bel laire Heroic Rescue
Willie Stillwell of Bel laire may receive Carnegie hero fund recognition after rescuing a little girl from drowning. He risked his life to save the child, drawing praise from friends and the community for the brave act.
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Willie Stillwell
Bellaire
Lad
Carnegie Hero Fund
Young Stillwell
Indians Claim the Isles On Walpole Island
Louis Sands chief of the Chippewa on Walpole island asserts that Russell's Dixon and Harsen's islands in the St. Clair river are owned by his tribe. He cites a 1823 agreement and documents to prove ownership, while Ife claims a British deed. The dispute centers on transfer of boundary lines between the United States and Canada and whether vested Indian rights were considered. The three small islands, used as summer resorts, are valued and their ownership is in dispute.
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Louis Sands
Walpole Island
Russell
Canada
Ding
C1s
Windsor
Solomon White
St. Clair River
Parole Granted to Sonia Prisoner Thomas F McGarry
Former Grand Rapids attorney Thomas F McGarry, jailed for bribery in the Lake Michigan Water scandal and linked indictments, was paroled from Tonia prison by Governor Warner. McGarry had faced a four year term after his June 1904 conviction while residing in Florida where he held lumber business ties.
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Thomas F. McGarry
Grand Rapids
Laut K. Salsbury
Lake Michigan
Tonia Prison
Warner
Metrarry
Tonia
Florida
Copper Mine Merger creates major Minnesota property
An official announcement outlines a plan to consolidate Midate Calumet Pittsburg Lake Superior Pillsbury Junction and Duluth Mining companies into a single Minnesota corporation with 200000 capital. The four mines at Bisbee Arizona are to form one of the world’s largest copper properties.
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Calumet
Pittsburg
Lake Superior
Pillsburs
Junction
Pitttsburg
Duluth
Minnesota
Bisbee
Aviz
Kidnap Interupts Evanston Wedding in University City
C Vaughn Jones the Evanston groom and Laura Ransom of Ann Arbor witnessed a disrupted ceremony at the Episcopal church in the university city as members of the Sigma Nu fraternity kidnapped the groom. He was held captive during the reception and not returned to his bride until midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Vaughn Jones
Evanston, IL
Laura Ransom
Ann Arbor
Episcopal Church
University City
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Jones
Rapt Capsizes Drowns Two Boys in Black River
A raft overturned during a family picnic on the Black river near South Haven. Scott Shepherd, 19, formerly of Chicago, and Clarence Coleman of Kalama zoo drowned before aid could reach them. Shepherd was the son of Edwin S. Shepherd, now living in South Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River
South Haven
Scott Shepherd
Chicago
Clarence Coleman
Kalamazoo
Shepherd
Edwin S. Shepherd
Wild Bull Terror Roams Menominee County Farmland
A wild bull that escaped as a calf years ago has grown enormous while roaming the woods of Menominee County. The creature subsists through winters and devastates farms, with no capture or killing attempt succeeding thus far. Residents fear further damage as authorities search for a solution.
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Menominee County
Michigan Towns See Industrial Prospects Lifted By New Plants
Commercial Club seeks Kalamazoo site for a large cigar box plant. Ovid faces a knitting factory proposal to employ twenty five workers. Tamarack Mining plans a sawmill at Dollar Bay to replace the one destroyed by fire. Owosso loses Estey Furniture and Lake Ice Plant to fire, $100 000 damage. Presque Isle Countyman Barney Hill to build cedar camps two miles south of Lake Nettie, hiring workers. Rendkye-led group eyes new savings bank in Muskegon. Oceana County reports frost slashing one third of the peach crop. Mrs Newell Cady near Caro commits suicide by hanging, amid domestic troubles. O C Lumber sawmill at Sturgeon Mill Dickinson County employs seventy five. daily output 40 000 feet lumber 10 000 lath 70 000 shingles. West Branch Charles Woods supplied 4 000 000 feet hemlock logs to Bay City for raft to Campbell Brown mill.
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Commercial Club
Kalamazoo
Ovid
Tamarack Mining Company
Dollar Bay
Barney Hill
Lake Nettie
Presque Isle
Rendkye
Muskegon Savings Bank
Oceana County
Newell Cady
Caro
O. C. Lumber Company
Sturgeon Mill
Dickinson County
Charles Woods
West Branch
St. Ignace
F. T. Woodworth & Co
Bay City
Campbell-Brown Lumber Co
Russia at a Crisis parallels Paris unrest before revolution
The article draws a parallel between Russia under Czar Nicholas II and France on the eve of the 1789 Revolution. It notes the Douma's demands for amnesty reforms and land expropriation, the Czar's partial concessions, and the ministers' evasive replies. It warns that suppression or concession could heighten danger as terrorists strike. It reports assassinations and bombings in St. Petersburg and Sebastopol during celebrations, with multiple deaths and injuries.
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St. Petersburg
Paris
Douma
Czar
Louis XVI
States General
Mirabeau
Council of the Empire
Russia
Nicholas
Iis
M. Shataloff
Timoseieff
Martinoff
Tiflis
Sebastopol
Cancer's Ravages Challenge City Cancer Myth
Prof Guthrie McConnell based on government cancer statistics shows rural areas have higher cancer growth and mortality than cities. Outdoor laborers more at risk, cancer common in well watered timbered Pacific Northwest. Women face about twice the risk of men. Mortality rises after age 65, with unmarried individuals at higher risk. average death age is 58.
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New York
Guthrie McConnell
United States
Pacific Northwest
Gutters Run with Wine at Henderson Home
Ex Senator John B Henderson of Missouri and his wife joined the Independent Order of Rechabites and destroyed their wine cellar contents worth about 1000 dollars by pouring it into the street gutter in front of a large temperance gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John B. Henderson
Missouri
Independent
Order of Rechabites
Henderson
Government Helps Soldiers In Murder Case At Pittsburg
The War Department assigns Lieut Edwin M Stanton to aid the district attorney in defending two soldiers Drury and Dowd charged with manslaughter for a copper theft suspect shot dead off a post boundary. The trial tests military jurisdiction over crimes on civilian soil and the post commander's power to shield the government. The case rests with the court of Oyer and Terminer at Pittsburg.
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War Department
Edwin M. Stanton
Third Infantry
Judge Advocate General
Pittsburg
Court of Oyer and Terminer
United States
Drury
Dowd
Allegheny
Pennsylvania
Dolliver Attacks Sociologists At Atlantic City Meeting
Senator Dolliver of Iowa assailed sociologists at a YMCA meeting in Atlantic City for aiming to spare citizens toil and competition. He warned their teachings would create drones and said labor’s law is the mold of rugged manhood, arguing social scientists cannot settle labor capital frictions or the fate of 10,000,000 blacks. He urged public opinion as the cure.
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Dolliver
Iowa
Y. M. CG
Atlantic City
N. J
Education notes from various states and figures
Maine teachers earn an average of 1.20 daily for 313 days. Massachusetts shows five towns with no normal teachers. Alabama reports a licensed-teacher shortage. New York City notes 2000 to 4000 floating truants on coal barges. Bar on Takaki cites four-fifths of Japanese boys studying English. Professor Newcomb lauded by Emperor William. Minnesota bans consupltives from teaching and TB-affected children from enrollments. John Bassett Moore writes key arbitration history. Alabama AG says teachers may not copy without adopted books. Ohio teacher wages listed by district. Princeton Illinois holds monthly parents meetings with male attendance. Mexican congress to discuss federal control of public schools. Dr A Rambeau joins University of Berlin. Darwin’s four sons become scientists.
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Maine
Massachusetts
Alabama
New York City
Baron Takaki
Japan
Simon Newcomb
William
State Board of Health of
Minnesota
John Bassett Moore
Columbia University
Ohio
Princeton
Mexico
A. Rambeau
Kansas City
University of Berlin
United States
Charles Darwin
George
Plumian
Cambridge
Horace Darwin
Francis Darwin
Leonard Darwin
Bomb hurled at King and Queen in Madrid palace attack
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria escaped unharmed as a bomb hidden in a bouquet exploded on the palace steps after their wedding procession. Twenty people were killed and about 100 wounded. The attack sparked arrests and suspicion of Catalonian and red agents.
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Alfonso
Spain
Queen Victoria
Madrid
Duke of Sotomayor
Bishop Potter Notes Growing Religious Toleration Abroad
While visiting London and Europe, Bishop Potter of New York praises rising tolerance among religions. He cites closer ties between American and Anglican congregations, softened sectarian hostilities, and improved Arab perceptions of Christians during his Egypt visit, noting better treatment of animals under Christian influence.
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Potter
New York
London
Italy
Egypt
Europe
Nile
Largest Auxiliary Vessel Here R C Rickners Arrives in New York
The five masted bark rigged German ship R C Rickners arrives in New York on her maiden voyage from Bremen. At 450 feet long and built entirely of steel she ranks as the largest of her kind. The vessel carries a gross tonnage of 5250 and sails at 17 knots with all sails set. Auxiliary engines can push her to 5 knots without sails.
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R. C. Rickners
New York
Bremen
Germany
Appointment of Very Rev Patrick d Mellaie as Porto Rico bishop
Short News Notes report that Very Rev Patrick d Mellaie is appointed bishop of Porto Rico replacing Archbishop Blenk. It also notes Samuel Geller, alleged gang leader behind horse poisoning, sentenced to one year in New York. Thomas Allen, Bryan’s brother in law, says Bryan will not seek Nebraska senate seat. The American Birth Insurance Company, formed to pay cash benefits on birth of living children, has gone into receivership in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick d. Mellaie
Porto Rico
Archbishop Blenk
Samuel Geller
New York
Thomas Allen
William J. Bryan
United States
Nebraska
American Birth Insurance Company
Boston
Chronology of notable events from 946 to 1905
A condensed list of historical milestones arranged by year notes assassinations invasions massacres coronations and reforms. Entries include Edmund I of England 946 Edward Brace 1815 Savonarola 1498 Cranmer 1533 and other items such as the first Liverpool Times 1576 the Boston riot 1854 and the Panama Canal Zone governor 1905.
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Geronimo Savanarola
Alexander VII
Cranmer
Henry VIII
Catherine of Arragon
Liverpool Times
England
Segular
Demetrius
Moscow
Fort Mystic
Mason
Richard Cromwell
Bitonte
American Philosophical Society
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
Virginia Assembly
Slowe
Clinton and Burgoyne
Boston
James Otis
South Carolina
Tarah
Napoleon
Italy
Sweden
Lake Erie
Louis Napoleon
Slam
Quebec
Sir John Franklin
Louis Philippe
France
Malta
Athena
Anthony Burns
San Francisco Banks Open After Earthquake
Secretary Shaw reported from New York that San Francisco banks felt the crisis stabilized and did not need government deposits. A run seemed unlikely, and if one occurred the government would provide immediate aid. By Wednesday banks held $45,000,000 more in vaults, a transfer from other centers after the earthquake.
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Shaw
New York
San Francisco
Eed
Steel Rail Market Booming Amid Reconstruction Demand
The iron and steel trade rises to a peak due to vast orders for San Francisco reconstruction. Rail needs surge as mills struggle to keep up with the demand, driving prices higher across all lines.
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San Francisco
World Commerce Outlook for 1906 From Commerce Department
The Department of Commerce and Labor estimates world international trade in 1906 at 25 billion dollars. This figure represents the sum of imports and exports for which reports are available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce and Labor
Plague Ravages India With Rail Spread Death Toll Rising
India is hit by a growing plague with Bengal reporting about 5,000 deaths weekly and Bombay averaging 150 deaths daily. Central provinces tally around 500 daily. Health authorities blame rail travel for wider spread among natives. The notice urges readers to advertise.
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India
Bengal
Bombay
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Michigan State News
Diamond
Isles
Sonia
Thomas P. McGarry
Prat
Ann Arbor Haze
Companion
Wild Bull Terror
Owosso
Estey Manufacturing Company
Lake Ice Company
Dolliver Grills
Mars
Manuel Duran
Mateo Moral
Red
Bishop Potter
Edmund I
Edward Brace
Ireland
Ionian Islands
Greece
BR. Kirby Smith
Johnson
U. S. Senate
Congress
Erie Railroad Company
Sheik-ul-Islam
Great Britain
Steel Rail Market
Booning
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