Northern Michigan Devastated by Worst Forest Fire
Escanaba area battles massive forest fire with five counties burned and hundreds missing. Wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph drove flames 50 miles, destroying Talbot Quinnesec Saunders Niagara and other towns while leaving thousands homeless and causing millions in losses.
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Peshtigo
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Dickinson
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Woodlawn
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Bay Shore Lumber Company
Royal Madrid wedding preparations enthrall city and envoys arrive
Madrid readies for King Alfonso and Princess Ena with lavish decorations and flower carpets. Envoys from Norway China Austria Hungary Denmark and Russia arrive as Hotels fill and gifts fill three palace salons.
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Ena of
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China
Austria-Hungary
Denmark
Russia
Ena
Toledo
Frederick W. Whitridge
Hermoso
Collier
France
Moret
Duke of Almodovar
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Plaza Dicente
Church of San Jeronimo
Parliament's Days Numbered in Russian Crisis
The London Daily Telegraph correspondent says the Russian parliament is effectively dead in the eyes of the court party. He predicts the crown will dissolve parliament, order new elections, and aim for a controlled return to power.
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London Daily Telegraph
Worldwide news in brief reaches across oceans
A weekly digest lists events from the globe including Frederick W. Whitridge’s appointment as special ambassador for the Spanish royal wedding, labor disputes settled in Manchester, legal rulings on mutual aid society assessments, fires destroying towns in Wisconsin and Ontario, political shifts surrounding John Mitchell, deadly boiler explosion in Nebraska, a massive explosive blast in Tennessee, and various notable sentences and motions from the United States and Europe.
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Roosevelt
United States
Spain
Ena of Battenberg
Atlantic
Manchester
C. W. Macara
Massachusetts Supreme Court
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Stanley
Wis
Northwestern
Cobalt
New Ontario
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Chicago
Southern Pacific
Wells,Ney
L. F. Zimmerman
M. S. Irwin
Ogden
Stevenson (Tenn
Southern Railway
Myrtlewood
Marengo County
Ala
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Ben Chui
White Lake
Mich
Pekin
Saratoff
Charles M. Chamberlain
Auburn
Neb
Chamberlain Bank of
Newport News
Tucker
Tanner
George E. McNeill
Boston
Riga
Russia
New York
Coast Defense
Frithjof
Kiel
Germany
Countess Boni de Castellane
America
Helen Gould
Charles W. Fairbanks
Atlanta
Flanders Suicide Follows Forgery Arrest Warrant
W. K. Flanders aged 36, a Collinwood Ohio prominent citizen, shot himself in his home as officers with a warrant for forgery arrest approached. He died two hours later. The alleged forgery involved a note signed in the name of a well known manufacturing firm.
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W. K. Flanders
Collinwood
Cleveland
Cars Pile Up in White City Coaster Crash
Twelve people were injured when the coaster at Chicago's White City amusement park stalled and a chain of five cars collided. With no lighting at the slope, passengers leaped from the 20 foot high structure, many suffering broken limbs and serious injuries among the 25 aboard.
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White City
Chicago
Mining Notes From Western Mines in Brief
In Oregon, Yankee Girl bondholders plan development work within days, while Magnolia mine reports full operation and steady mill output. A new Canadian hoist for Centre Star at Rossland will be the largest lode hoist in the country, 1200 HP. Mine news covers Idaho, Montana, and Nevada with arrests, trials, and new oil and mineral discoveries, including Merritt oil excitement and a $10.15 per ton gold silver rock near Troy Idaho.
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Yankee Girl
Deer Creek
Citizens’ Consolidated Gold Mining Company
Wheeling
Magnolia
Granite
Centre Star
Rossland
B. C
Milwaukee
Canada
James Ritchie
Granby
H. M. Hogg
Mine Owners’ Association
Vincent St. John
Burke, Idaho
Miners’ Union
Benjamin Burnham
Denver
Boise
Idaho
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Frank Steunenberg
T. M. Patterson
Bourke Cochran
Furnace Creek Copper Company
Death Valley
Cal
Patrick Clark
Bullfrog
Spokane
A. M. Stevens
Eddy
Coeur d’Alene Mountains
Sanders County
Montana
British Columbia
Merritt
N. R. Shepard Place
Troy
Shepard
Three Die in Drunken Brawl at Lyneville Warehouse
A visitor to Mark Wilson's Lyneville warehouse discovers Mark Wilson his brother West Wilson and Arthur West dead from gunshot. Revolvers lay beside Arthur West and West Wilson, suggesting a mutual shooting accident that wounded Wilson.
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Lyneville
Mark Wilson
West Wilson
Arthur West
Fire Levels Sani tary Utilization Plant on Barren Island
A two acre sanitary utilization plant on Barren Island in Jamaica Bay was totally destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at 1,000,000 dollars. The blaze began in the drying room. Idaho State Sunday School association held an event in Idaho Falls on May 30.
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New York
Sanitary Utilization Company
Barren Island
Jamaica Bay
Idaho State Sunday School Association
Idaho Falls
Palma inaugurated president of Cuba again with oath
President Palma was inaugurated in the Red Salon of the palace at noon with the diplomatic corps and Cuban officials present. The ceremony featured the oath administered by the chief justice, a Cuban coat of arms canopy, and cheers from the crowd as Palma, in good health, thanked participants and pledged to strengthen Cuba’s relations with foreign powers. Vice President Mendez Capote and cabinet members accompanied him, followed by a balcony salute and a public reception and luncheon with officials.
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Diplomatic Corps
Congress
Supreme Court
Mendez Capote
Palmar
Senor Gaytan de Ayala
Cuba
Havana
Spain
Torrential Flooding Races Down Vesuvius Ignores Barriers
The Vesuvius region endures heavy rainfall creating an unstoppable mud torrent 12 feet wide and up to 18 feet deep. A panicked population evacuates as trees, lava, houses and animals are swept away. Two deaths reported, a man and a boy.
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Vesuvius
Labor Union Bank Opens In Chicago With Arizona Charter
The Commonwealth Trust and Savings bank, Chicago’s first union labor bank, opened May 19 under Arizona law with $2,000,000 authorized capital, now reduced to $500,000 with half subscribed. Officers are experienced bankers. directors are leading labor figures. Plot to Depose the Czar Reported in London Tribune Moscow coverage.
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Commonwealth Trust & Savings Bank
Chicago
Arizona
Boxers to Fight in Spokane Amateur Club clash
Billy Honey Mellody of Mass and Dick Fitzpatrick of Illinois duel in a 145 pound round at Spokane Amateur Athletic Club on June 8 at 3 o clock. Fitzpatrick already drew with Mellody in Chicago and is favored by slight edge.
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Billy Honey Mellody
Mass
Dick Fitzpatrick
On Cage
Ill
Spoka Amateur Athletic Club
Fitzpatrick
Melody
Chicago
Mellody
Harvard
Yale
Seattle
Jim Agnew
Oakland
University of Michi
Chico University of Chicago
Sailor Kelly
Young Tracey
Butte
Rossland
Tracey
Cubs
New York Giants
Agaan
Fireman Jumps to Death on Express Train
Charles Westlake of Newark Ohio a Kenyon college graduate plunged from the engine cab of a Baltimore and Ohio express at midnight after opening the door to fire up. He saw excited people flagging the train near a bridge east of Cook's station where the bridge was on fire. The train was stopped just in time and Westlake was killed.
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Charles Westlake
Newark
Ohio
Kenyon College
Baltimore & Ohio Road
Cook's Station
Washington Courthouse
Westlake
Six aboard Cleveland car crash near Girard results in fatalities
A Cleveland party of six traveling west on Lake Shore Road collided with a telegraph pole near Girard Pennsylvania. One person was killed, another dying, two severely injured. Among the injured are Mrs. A. Young with a skull fracture, C. E. Schurman with both legs broken, and an unidentified man with a shoulder injury.
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Lake Shore Road
Girard
A. Youngskull
C. E. Schurman
Pope Pius X In Grave Condition At Vatican
Vatican authorities say the condition of Pope Pius X is as good as can be expected but grave apprehension remains as the illness resists treatment and there is concern over his prognosis in Rome.
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Rome
Vatican
Pope Pius X
Salaries Reduced in Zion City Church
W G Voliva head of the Christian Catholic church announces to followers in Zion City that church expenses in the financial department dropped from 9800 dollars a month to 3832 dollars a month between January 15 and May 19.
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Zion
W. G. Voliva
Christian Catholic Church
Zion City
Yankee Consul Shot Dead in Batoum
American vice consul W. H. Stewart was shot and killed at his country house in Batoum as agents report a violent incident. Local authorities investigate the assassination and security remains tight around the consulate.
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Slam. Batoum
W. H. Stewart
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