Mont State Miners Hold First Annual Meeting in Helena
The Montana State Association of Miners held its first annual meeting in Helena with five delegates in attendance. Publicity reportedly reduced Harriman system road accidents by 20 to 60 percent over three years.
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Montana State Association of Miners
Helena
Staty
Harriman
Ronda
Farmora and Traders National Bank of
la Grande
Ore
Tte
Knaighta of Pythias
Montana
Great Palla
Koighte
A. 5
Burroughs
Sheridan
Wyo
Sherif Harvey K. Brown
Baker City
Fire Sweeps Path of Flames Ruins Schoolhouse in Alpena
Alpena Michigan reports a schoolhouse destroyed by a forest fire with twenty six children and their families affected. Miss Howland recalls the blaze driving families to neighbor shelters. A grief stricken search continues as seven more bodies are found nearby raising the death toll known to date.
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Alpena
Mich
James
Mina
Dost
Banneht
Henry Hines
Cathro
Metz
Rogers City
Presque Isle
American Fleet Arrives in Yokohama Amid Epic Welcome
The US battleship Connecticut anchors at Yokohama harbor at 9 20 AM while sixteenth ships pass Honmono point. Japanese cruisers Sowa Mogami and Tatsuta salute under Rear Admiral Murikami. A massive cheersing crowd, fireworks, and flags greet the American fleet as officials and locals observe a historic ceremony.
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Yokohama
Honmon Point
Sowa
Mogami
Tatsuta
Murikami
Visine
America’s Friends Association
Kurihomam
Perry
Kanu Naive
Yokohvimi
Honmou Point
Crear
Bedlam
Kyler
Ax “Oon
Connecticut
Grazing Charges on National Forest Reserves Dropped
Gifford Machot and A F Potter announce a 10 to 15 percent reduction in sheep grazing rates on national forests. The cut, to apply next season, stems from market changes making the sheep business less profitable, with wool prices down and mutton values rebounding.
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Washington
National Wool Growers’ Association
Salt Lake City
Gifford Machot
A. F. Potter
Powers Reach an Agreement on Balkan Settlement Proposal
London reports Great Britain Russia and France agree on an eight article program for the proposed European conference to settle the Balkan question. Proposals cover Bulgaria independence Crete Armenia Montenegro Danube rights and RussianIngress rules with protections for Turkey.
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London
Great Britain
Russia
France
Balkan
Berlin
Bulgaria
Rumelia
Turkey
Austria-Hungary
Husoia
Herzegovina
Novipazar
Crete
Italy
Montenegro
Servia
Tvenian
Herzegovisnan
Novionazar
Hengary
Danube
Black Sea
Ethel Roosevelt to Make Debut in Washington
Washington newspapers announce Miss Ethel Roosevelt will debut at a dance on December 28. The event clears the way for other debutante dates as social circles plan a festive season.
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Washington
Ethel Roosevelt
Attempted assassination of priest shocks Chicago church crowd
An attacker fired at Rev. J. P. Plelding pastor of Corpus Christi Church during Sunday school. The gunman, described as a rough dressed man about 40, possibly Greek or Italian, fled as frightened children surged past him into the street. The incident caused wild excitement in a fashionable Chicago residence area.
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Chicago
J. P. Plelding
Corpus Christ
Biatriots
Hains Brothers Charged With Murder in the First Degree
New York Queens county grand jury handed up indictments of Captain Peter C. Hains Jr and T Jenkins Hains for murder in the first degree in the August Bayside Yacht Club killing of William Annis. T Jenkins Hains is named a principal. trial expected around November 9.
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New York
Peter C. Hains, Jr
T. Jenkins Hains
Queens County Grand Jury
Flushing
Willam &. Annis
Bayside Yacht Club
Missing St Charles businessman after hotel money loss
George W. Capper, a St. Charles businessman, was seen leaving the Hotel Majestic Annex in San Francisco with $100,000 in gold and personal valuables. He departed and did not return, prompting fears he was harmed and may be found in the bay. Local friends reported he had a large sum on him and suggested foul play.
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San Francisco
Hotel Majestic Annex
George W. Cappers
St. Charles
Nis
Cappore
Bay
Broker Dorr Arrested in Embezzlement Case in Los Angeles
Fred Dorr, noted stock broker with tangled finances under earlier San Francisco scrutiny, is arrested in Los Angeles on embezzlement charges by W. T. Coatsworth. Dorr posted bonds totaling $106,000 after the claim that $800 was misappropriated on June 24.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Fred Dorr
San Francisco
W. T. Coatsworth
Coatsworth
Dorr
Counterfeiters' Plant Found in New York Tenement
Secret service agents uncovered a thoroughly equipped counterfeit operation in a tenement on the city’s east side. Nearly a thousand spurious coins were seized though no suspects were in the room, ending months of nationwide pursuit.
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New York
Enat
Secret Service
Newark Judge David Howell Dies After Self Inflicted Wounds
In Branch Brook Park Newark New Jersey Judge David Howell of the criminal court shot himself twice in the head in front of about a hundred people. He died two hours later in hospital. Howell, a prominent Democrat active in politics, had recently been divorced by his wife.
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Newark
N. J
David Fy, Howell
Frat Criminal Court
Branch Brook Park
Howell
Three Digging Crews Die In Cal Firework Accident
Three well diggers were killed on Rudolph Spreckels ranch near Sonoma California when a 100 pound dynamite charge prematurely exploded. The victims include L D Crane foreman formerly of San Francisco Herbert Wright of Santa Rosa and a man named Alfred. Their faces were burned beyond recognition as they worked over the well.
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Sonoma
Cal
Rudolph Spreckels
L. D. Crane
San Francisco
Herbert Wright
Santa Rosa
Alfred
Harvard to Accept Five German Students Annually
Harvard University binds itself for ten years to admit five advanced German students each year with full access to all departments tuition free. German educational authorities express high gratification at this substantial sign of goodwill from Harvard.
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Herlin
Harvard University
Harvard
Second Tragedy In Family Involving Luetgert Brother
Chicago report says Arnold Luetgert, brother of Adolph Luetgert, the famed Chicago rhinestone maker, killed himself in Elgin TN after a sensational public act. He fired three shots into the air before fatally shooting himself in the head to attract the crowd.
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Chicago
Arnold Luetgert
Adolph Luetgert
Lauraigemaker
Elgin
Luetgert
Second Furlough in Fifty Two Years
New York reports the American board of commissioners for foreign missions saw Rev. Dr. Hiram Bingham speak at a Thursday meeting. At 80 and just out of hospital after pneumonia he delivered a spirited address, earning frequent applause. It marks his second furlough in fifty two years of South Pacific work.
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New York
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Hiram Bingham
South Pacific
Bingham
Alty
Prairie Fire Threatens Dallas During Sioux Reservation Opening
Ten thousand visitors and several thousand local residents battled a prairie fire that surged from the Sioux Indian reservation toward Dallas. Five homes burned nearby while crews used plows and water blankets to shield rooftops. The blaze split and moved southward, causing no serious injuries.
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Dallas
Massacre Threat Looms as Tabriz Turmoil Grows
Novoe Vremya correspondent reports in a dispatch from Tabriz that foreign residents face extreme danger. Nationalist legionaries riot against foreigners and Russians, threaten massacre and pillage, and have looted houses of monarchist merchants. Ain Ed Dowleh withdraws from his front camp as unrest spreads.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Tabriz
Persia
al Tealy
Satar Khan
Ain Ed Dowleh
Wreck on Denver & Rio Grande near Oliver Siding injures crew
A head on collision between eastbound freight No. 62 and an extra west freight on the Denver and Rio Grande near Jordan Narrows at 2 26 am leaves Engineer G W McAleer of the extra missing and Engineer T J Loftis of the regular dead or perhaps buried. two firemen and two brakemen injured. Fourteen cars and the No 62 engine demolished. unofficial reports blame Loftis for disobeying orders.
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Salt Lake City
Denver & Rio Grande
Oliver Siding
Jordan Narrows
Extra West
G. W. McAleer
Extra
T. J. Loftis
Regular
Wunder Black
Loftis
Balkan Situation Improves Amid Unconfirmed Anglo Russian Pact
In St Petersburg officials report no confirmation of the Anglo Russian agreement as per the House Gazette. Turkish negotiations lag behind published plans while Austria Hungary maintains but may abandon the Novi Pazar railroad project which fractured the Mursiteg Agreement, signaling a brighter European stage.
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St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Hourse
Turkey
Austria-Hungary
Novi Pazar
Europe
Chinese Woman May Be Executed in Pekin
Madam Lien wife of the biographer of the late Id Hung Chang was arrested in Shanghai by imperial order. She has defended a female teacher beheaded last year for revolutionary activity. Foreigners fear a repeat of the 1903 execution of Sheg Chien unless outside opinion intervenes.
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Pekin
Madam Lien
Id Hung Chang
Shanghai
Sheg Chien
Tragic Metz Relief Train Fire Claims Fifteen
Fifteen people die as a Detroit and Mackinac relief train carrying Metz villagers to safety derails after rails spread near Nowicki siding Alpena Michigan. Women and children perish in the gondola car amid raging forest fires while crews attempt rescue and recovery efforts.
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Alpena
Mich
Detroit
Fondola
Pred Wager
Foster
Nowicki Crousing
William Bartlett
Feefer
Kinville
Floven
Hor Tes
James White
Burns
Hearst Charged With Libel in Oklahoma Governor Suit
William R. Hearst, the editor, was served with an $800,000 libel and slander suit filed by Oklahoma Governor Charles N. Haskell in a Douglas County Nebraska district court after a train incident in Omaha. Deputy Sheriff Stewart for Smythe & Smythe of Omaha served the papers.
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Omaha
Storm Delays American Fleet Off Yokohama
A tremendous storm off Lu zon Island’s north coast delayed the American battleship fleet reaching Yokohama. The storm began October 12 and lasted until the afternoon of October 14, causing one drowning and some damage while the Connecticutt relayed details to Tokyo via wireless.
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Tokyo
Yokohama
Luzon
Connecticut
American Business Men Visit Tokio Luncheon
A Pacific coast delegation of American business leaders and brokers from commercial groups toured Japan and attended a luncheon hosted by President Shibusawa of the Japanese Welcome Society. Attendees included the American ambassador Thomas J. O'Brien, Baron Ishii director of commerce, Baron Keak a leading magnate, and about 150 prominent Japanese business figures.
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Tokio
Pacific
Japan
Shibusawa
Japanese Welcome Society
Thomas J. O'Brien
Baron Ishyi
Foreign Office
Baron Keak
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