Indictments for Alaska Coal Land Fraud Ring Ties to Tacoma
Charles F. Munday George Simmons and Cornelius Christopher were charged with conspiracy to defraud the government of Alaska coal lands valued at about 100 million. Bail set at 25000 each. warrants issued for Algernon Stacey and Archie Shields. Tacoma seen as next major stage in the federal probe following work by agent Glavis.
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Seattle
Alaska
Charles F. Munday
George Simmons
Cornelius Christopher
Federal Grand Jury
Tacoma
Munday
Simmons
Danworth
Christopher
Stacey
Algernon Stacey
Archie Shields
Glavis
Ballinger
No Booze Restriction Extends Across Minnesota Indian Lands
Indian department officers order closure of saloons on treaty territory today. Indian agent W E Johnson issues strict directive preventing Minnesota redskins from obtaining any liquor henceforth.
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Washington
Indian Department of Minnesota
W. E. Johnson
Minnesota Redskins
West Watson McCulloch Start Campaign Rounds
Oswald West and R A Watson with Claude McCulloch and W H Strayer left Baker today for Eagle and Pine valleys to hold political rallies. An accident forced Watson back to the city after their Buick hit a rise in the road near Toad.
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Oswald West
R. A. Watson
Oregon Journal
Claude McCulloch
W. H. Strayer
Eagle and
Pine Valleys
Baker
Watson
al Geiser
West
McCulloch
Incident Leaves Man Wounded After Car Crash
In Baker City, a party member was tossed in the back seat and struck the top of the auto. Watson hit a bag, sustaining a bad wound on the bridge of his nose. He returned to Baker for treatment and stayed in the city all day while the rest completed the trip as planned.
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Watson
Baker
Baker City
Crewe
ASSAG
Go Aong
Wellman
May Race at Savannah New York Delayed Grand Prize
Nearly all contestants who built cars for the Grand Prize race, set for the Long Island course today, hope final arrangements will soon be made to hold the Savannah race next month after the Vanderbilt Cup fatalities. Motors praise Savannah meet management, with many stating Savannah races were conducted better than any other big motor meet.
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Savannah
New York
Long Island
Georgia City
Darrow to Address Local Audience Tonight
Clarence Darrow, famed attorney, speaks at the La Grande Opera House this evening about saloon questions and mining issues. A large crowd is expected after a strong reception in Pendleton where most observers call for change.
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la Grande
United States
Clarence Darrow
Opera House
Darrow
Pimlico Fall Meeting Opens With Record Entry List
Racing at Pimlico begins this afternoon as Baltimore hosts the fall meeting. The Maryland Jockey Club fields its largest entry list ever with top stables from Belmont Whitney Keene Wilson and Hildreth represented. Novity contests the colts Matron stakes while Bashtr races in the Whitney silks for the fillies $10,000 event. Sir John Johnson and Beverwyck stable runners also compete as Fitz Herbert is sidelined.
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Baltimore
Pimlico
Maryland Jockey Club
Belmont
Whitney
Keene
Wilson
Hildreth
Novity
Bashtr
Sir John Johnson
Frank Nolan
Beverwyck
Fitz Herbert
Sir John
Wellman’s gigantic airship America sails toward Europe
Atlantic City reports the dirigible America lifting off with 8 pilots and crew of 6, led by Walter Wellman and VYanimen, aiming for a transatlantic crossing. The gasbag, 164 feet long and 52 feet wide, travels ~40 mph as plans loom on weather and sea conditions.
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Atlantic City
Walter Wellman
Vyanimen
America
Thomas Potter
Wellman
Ketchel Shot Through Lung After Bitter Quarrel
Stanley Ketchel world middleweight champion was shot through the right lung at R. P. Dickinson ranch near Conway Missouri. The shooter named Hurd fled. doctors and nurses rushed to the scene on a special train. Ketchel, guest of Dickinson, had been in the ranch for a week. his fighting career began in 1903 at Butte Montana.
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Champion
R. P. Dickinson
Conway
Ketchel
Dickinson
Butte, Mont
FINE TALENT 19 ELURED FOR all GITY
Hurricane driven death toll upper estimates range from seventy five to one hundred as the Cuba Florida Keys area suffers extensive damage. Santa Clara province reports deaths only. Local committee to meet to decide which talent will visit. Secretary McMillan returns from Portland with options from chautauqua towns in Oregon.
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Key West
Fla
Florida Keys
Cuba
Santa Clara
W. D. McMillan
Portland
Oregon
la Grande Executive Committee
Mrs. Martin May Be Insane In Snead Murder Case
Newark reporters note Virginia Wardlaw is dead from self-starvation and Caroline B. Martin is said to show insanity. The Snead murder case, tied to Mrs. Ocey Snead the East Orange bath tub victim, is unlikely to be tried today as postponement seems certain.
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Newark
N. J
Virginia
Wardlaw
Caroline B. Martin
Snead
Miss Wardlaw
Martin
Mary W. Snead
Ocey S
Local delegates arrange diverse attractions for chautauqua event
The dates were set by delegates and contracts will be closed soon. Secured options include Ex-Gov J Frank Hanly of Indiana Dewitt C Miller the famous lecturer the Aj polo quintet William Sterling Battis the Dickens man the Chicago Orchestra Williams Jubilee Singers the Saddler company and Billy Sunday.
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Frank Hanly
Indiana
Dewitt C. Miller
Ajpolo
Wiliam Sterling Battis
Dickens Man
Chicago Orchestra
Williams’ Jubilee Singers
Saddler Company
Billy Sunday
Steamer Forager in Dense Fog Goes Ashore Off Orewe Teland
Word comes that the steamer Forager carrying coal ran ashore in a dense fog off Orewe Teland Wretdnanight. Likely total loss. Crews stand by. Vessel was bound to Belling host from Boat Island.
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Victoria
Forager
Orewe Teland Wretdnan
Bellinghost
Boat Island
Not Change 10 Register Tonight
The county registration books close for two years unless a special election is ordered. Clerk Wright directs a rear room registration at the National Bank this evening as voters gain their last chance to register to vote in the general election. Primaries registrants need not re register for the general election. Unregistered voters require six freeholders to swear them in at election time.
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Hdl. Wright
United States National Bank
Monument Unveiled for Gen Felix Kulloffer at Fishing Creek
Confederate veterans from Kentucky Tennessee Alabama and Mississippi witnessed the unveiling of a monument to Gen Felix Kulloffer at Fishing Creek Pulaski County Kentucky. The site marks where Kulhoffer fell on January 19 1862 near the graves of 199 Confederate soldiers from Tennessee Mississippi and Alabama. A slab bears the inscription honoring these soldiers who died in the Battle of Fishing Creek.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Fishing Creek
Pulaski County
Felix K. 2Ulhoffer
Zillhcoffer
Church Votes to Retain Name as Holy Catholic Church
Cincinnati Oct 15 The house of deputies of the annual convention of the Episcopal church defeated a proposal to rename the church the Holy Catholic church by one vote. Delegate J P Morgan opposed the change.
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Holy Catholic Church
Cincinnati
House of Deputies
Episcopal Church
J. P. Morgan
Japanese Steamer Tacoma Maru Grounded in Fog
The Tacoma Maru ran aground at West Point while entering Seattle harbor from Japan. Despite heavy fog, the ship sustained no material damage. Passengers were ferried to land by lifeboats and transported into Seattle by streetcars.
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Seattle
Japan
Weat Point
Firebugs Ignite Solorado's Forests Rivalry Escalates
Fire incidents in Solorado forests prompt mountaineers to relocate to escape advancing flames. Authorities report rising blaze activity as communities brace for potential evacuations and firefighting efforts intensify across affected regions.
Forest Fire Suspects Sought as Fires Rage in Colorado
Denver reports a large forest patrol scouring Miramonte for firebugs riding horses and setting fires. Sixty small blazes sparked yesterday endangering lives as families in the mountains flee in fear of repeats of past horrors in Minnesota forests and wider Colorado outbreaks.
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Denver
Miramonte
Minnesota Foreste
Colorado
Passenger Train Crashes With Cattle Train Near Cartier
Canadian Pacific passenger train No. 1 collided with an eastbound cattle train on a curve four miles east of Cartier Ontario. Both engines and baggage and mail cars were badly wrecked. The engineer was badly scalded, the fireman killed, and many cattle slaughtered.
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Cartier, Ont
Canadian Pacific
Desperate Criminal Dies in Wheeling Shootout
George Johnson, a noted armed felon, was killed by Chief Clingenpool after a chase yesterday. During the pursuit he fatally wounded George Bias and Charles Hale, seriously wounded George Lentz and five others, then fled to a cliff where he assaulted them before the chief ended the confrontation with bullets.
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Wheeling
W. Va
George Johnson
Clingenpool
Johnson
George Bias
Charles Hale
Geo. Lentz
Roosevelt Arrives in New York to Back Stimson Campaign
Roosevelt reached New York after a southern trip and prepared to open the campaign for gubernatorial hopeful Stimson. He met with Republican campaign managers, signaling support for Stimson and linking Roosevelt’s future political momentum to his victory.
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New York
Stinson
Roosevelt
South
Stimson
Stimon
Whaling Company Sells Out to Railway Interests
Victoria reports that Colonel A. B. Davidson and A. D. McRae on behalf of the Canadian Northern railway have purchased the Pacific Whaling Company. The deal totals one million dollars, with payment scheduled for December.
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Whaling Company
Victoria
The
Pacific Whaling Company
A. B. Davidson
A. D. McRae
Canadian Northern Railway
Japan launches 20000 ton battleship Kawahbi at Fukoseka
The 20000 ton battleship Kawahbi was launched in Fukoseka as a heavy storm raged. The Mikado and many officials attended the ceremony marking the new ship's entry into the fleet.
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Tokio
Japan
Fukoseka
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Bowerman
Pendleton
Ore
Jay Bowerman
Portland Journal
Salem
Atlantic
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Wallman Antt Ke
Vaniem
Joseph Salus
Tim
Fenalbie
Milwaukee
Hersey
Ouanley Ketchel
Springfield
Stanley
Ed Hurd
Hurd
Solorado
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