Duke of the Abruzzi Royal Conqueror of Nature
Special correspondence from New York profiles the Duke of the Abruzzi a savant of the Savoy house and famed explorer who first climbed Mount St Elias in 1897 at age twenty four He led a twelve man expedition across Malespina Seward and Agassiz glaciers planted the Italian flag and proved St Elias not a volcano The story notes his early life education with naval training and his role as Italy s representative at the Jamestown exposition It calls him a versatile man admired by scientists and society and details his lineage Prince Amadeo and Madrid exile are referenced as context
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The
Sentinel
New York
Duke of the
Abruzzi
North Pole
Moon
Himalayas
Mount St. Elias
Italy
Varese
Hudson River
Army
Navy
Prince Rupert
Prince Louis of
Savoy
Prince Amadeo
House of Savoy
Victor Emmanuel II
Aosta
Amadeo
Spain
Madrid
Castile and Leon
British Columbia
Alaska
Vitus Behring
Dagelet
Duke
Russell
Malespina
Seward
Agassiz
Pinnacle Pass
Kansas Man Recalls Oregon Trail Voyage to California
Preston B. Hampton, 76, recounts crossing the Oregon Trail in 1851 with a 52-oxen train from Illinois to Oregon City. He details hardships, fights with Indians, a two‑mule winter in Oregon, and a later return to California for gold before enlisting in the Union Army during the Civil War.
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Preston Hampton
California
Kansas City
Preston B. Hampton
Virginia Hamptons
Hampton Roads
Oregon Trail
Franklin Avenue
West Side
Sangamon County
Ill
Oregon
Springfield
Illinois
Mississippi River
Iowa
Fort Des Moines
Omaha
Missouri River
Independence
St. Joseph
North American
Pacific Coast
Fort Hall
Humboldt Valley
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Sutter
San Francisco
United States
Lincoln
Mr. Hampton
Hampton
Virginia
Wade Hampton
Confederacy
Government moves to cancel coal land claims in Washington
The United States filed suit in the Tacoma circuit court to cancel six coal land patents in Lewis county Washington. The lands, patented in 1903 to stockholders of the Portland Coal and Coke company, are alleged by the government to have been secured by fraud and tied to the Portland and Railway company as a subsidiary promoted coal project.
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Portland, Ore
The
Oregonian
Lewis County
Wash
Chehalis
Portland
United States Circuit Court
Tacoma
Portland Coal and Coke Company
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Former Can Stenwens tas eu And mayor reported
In Depew New York on June 22 William Cledinne, once a member of the Can Stenwens tas eu And, is noted in a brief item about his former mayoral role. The fragment ends abruptly leaving position details unclear.
Millions Held by Great Fraternal Orders
Buffalo, June 22. New figures show fraternal life insurers surpassed prior records in 1906 with 977,297 new members, $921 million in insurance, and $80.2 million in assets. Major societies funded $67.7 million in claims and paid vast death benefits, led by Modern Woodmen of America with 801,000 members and $1.323 billion in insurance in force.
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Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Order of United Workmen
Legislative Investigating Committee of
New York
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Royal Arcanum
Knights of Honor
Modern Woodmen
Knights of Maccabees
Knights and Ladies of Honor
National Union
Woodmen of the World
Independent Order of Foresters
Improved Order of Heptassophs
United Order of the Golden Cross
Woodmen of America
Rock Island
Ill
A. R. Talbot
Linco Neb
Willian J. Bryan
Fraternal Congress
Associated Fraternities of America
International Fraternal Congress
Amalgamated Congress
Duluth
Minn
Congress
London Opens Last Link of Yerkes Tube System
London celebrates the final segment of the Charles T. Yerkes underground network. The eight mile line connects northern suburbs to central London, built since 1903 at about sixty feet underground, costing 25 million dollars. Financiers and officials attended a luncheon after a public free travel day with souvenirs.
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London
Charles T. Yerkes
Portrait of Girl Drowned after Alleged Assault Near Bridgeton
Miss Mamie Vannelill, 15, was found drowned in Sunset Lake at Tumbling Dam Park, a mile north of Bridgeton New Jersey. Her companion George Evans was found at home in wet clothes and is under surveillance. The case bears resemblance to a New York tragedy.
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Mamie Vannelill
Sunset Lake
Tumbling Dam Park
Bridgeton
N. J
George Evans
Grace
Brown
New York
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Shell Creek
Nebraska
Yerks
Mary Vennel
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