Fire Ravages Metz Michigan Rail District Amid Death Toll Rising
A burning district in Metz Michigan sees train wrecks and collapsed rails as two counties suffer widespread flames. A fireman perished in a tank while a relief engine spotted a blazing pile of ties. women and children perished in a gondola car. only the local church remained standing.
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Metz
Michigan
Cathro
Alpena
Foster
Newicki Crossing
William Bartlett
Kinville
Posen
Forest fires in Michigan burn towns and kill numerous
Alpena Michigan reports a vast forest fire outbreak across Presque Isle Cheboygan and Alpena counties. Metz township is shattered by a relief train wreck with fifteen dead and many injured as refugees rush from blazing villages to safety. Raging fires threaten La Roque Cathro Traverse City and Upson area with rail and wire disruptions complicating rescue efforts.
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Alpena
Mich
Metz
Presque Isle
Cheboygan
Cheyboygan
Alpend
Henry Kemps
Bolton
South Rogers
la Roque
Cathro
Alcona County
Hubbard Lake
Au Sable River
Upper Peninsula
Chippewa
Houghton
Detroit and
Meekinaw
Here
Nowicki Siding
Jesuit Bishop Consecrated in U S Ceremony
Washington October 16 a Jesuit bishop was consecrated in solemn ceremony under papal orders and in the presence of Monsignor Falconio and the papal delegate Right Rev Laurentis Veres of Mexico. The event followed President Diaz's request and marked a rare Jesuit elevation. Bishop Veres will soon return to Mexico.
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Conio
Laurentis Veres
Mexico
Diaz
United States
Veres
Suffrage Convention Reports Progress in Women Rights
Buffalo Oct. 16 delegates at the fortieth annual NAWSA convention study propaganda methods and praise pioneer suffragists. Elizabeth Hauser cites newspaper coverage gains and notable events in Des Moines, Michigan, Paris, Sweden, Denmark, Britain, Norway, Finland, and petition efforts to press for federal suffrage. Kate Gordon notes Roosevelt dismissed a million-signature petition.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
National American Woman’s Suffrage Association
Elizabeth Hauser
Warrensburg
National Press Department
Hauser
Des Moines
Iowa
Michigan
Paris
Sweden
Denmark
Great Britain
Norway
Finland
Kate M. Gordon
New Orleans
Roosevelt
Congress
Fire ties up roads in Rock Island plant yards
Fire caused 500000 dollars damage in the yards of the Rock Island Lumber company and the Rock Island Sash and Door works. Ties burned off the bridge on the main line of the Rock Island railroad and traffic halted for hours on the main lines of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul roads. Telegraph telephone and power currents were disturbed briefly.
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Associated Press
Rock Island
Ill
Rock Island Lumber Company
Rock Island Sash and Door Works
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Kid Moy Back in New York Ring After Absence
A boxing note reports Kid Moy returns to competition in New York on October 16 following four-month absence from the ring. The report notes his return status and references the recent layoff.
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New York
Ens
Ring
Panama Crane Contract Probe Sparks War Department Hearing
Washington October 16. Unfair methods and improper influence mark the inquiry into the Isthmian canal crane contract. Lieutenant Colonel George W Goethals faces charges from William F Brothers president of the Balanced Crane Cable Co New York. Inspector General Garlington oversees with Williamson named. Br oth ers promised ten percent to sway action. engineer C B Strickler denies any such talks.
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George W. Goethals
William F. Brothers
C. B. Strickler
Mr. Brothers
Mr. Williamson
Canal Company
Mr. Strickler
Negroes Visit Mr Hitchcock In Campaign Visit
New York reports state that George R. Sheldon declares a claim that Wall Street Republicans were forced to donate $500 each to the campaign is false. Chairman Hitchcock met with district leaders and welcomed 41 Republican color ed club members from the city.
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Associated Press
New York
George R. Sheldon
Republican National Committee
Nathan Strauss
Democratic
Wall Street
Republicn
Hitchcock
National Headquarters
Republican Colored Club
H Tves
Mack Sets Sights East After Claiming Gains
National Chairman Mack, in Chicago for two weeks directing the western fight for the Democratic ticket, heads east after registering in Buffalo. He plans to study New York and the east, declining to cite figures, but says New York Ohio and Indiana lean Democrat this year with more states likely to swing in two weeks.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Mack
Buffalo
New York
East
Ohio
Indiana
Taft campaign tours Tennessee with eleven stops
Judge William H Taft pressed his pro Republican message across Tennessee from Chattanooga to Bristol in a rapid eleven stop itinerary. He urged voters to back the Republican ticket citing national interests and wartime unity with the Spanish American War as ties between North and South. Meanwhile in Omaha Hearst faced a sudden civil suit for 60000 dollars for slander and libel filed by Governor Haskell of Oklahoma after a dramatic door breaking episode on Union Pacific train No 2. Hearst accepted service and announced willingness to face further suits before election.
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South
Ohio River
Mason and Dixon Line
Chattanooga
Cleveland
Athens
Sweetwater
London
Lenoir City
Knoxville
Morristown
Greenville Johnson City
Bristol
Salsbury
Richmond
Chattanooga Tabernacle
Tennessee
Ohio
Foraker
Hearst
Bailey
Bryan
Haskell
William Randolph seeks slander suit amid Omaha incident
An officer forced entry into William Randolph’s stateroom in Omaha to serve a summons the intruder kicked a door and a guard, while a disrobed woman fled. Randolph accepted the summons and sent word from Chicago that he would pursue a defamation case against Tom A Taggart describing plans to be in Indiana.
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Omaha
GAR
Tom
Haskell
Indiana
Hearst Defies Others in Chicago Arrival Statement
Chicago readers report Hearst arrived in the city today and dictated a statement declaring he does not care whether the summons served was legal or not and that he is willing to receive the summons. He adds that he holds nothing against the process.
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Chicago
Hearst
New Head for DePauw and Press The Rev
Clergy appointment at DePauw University reported with emphasis on leadership change. The Rev. named to oversee academic affairs and public outreach steps into a prominent role affecting campus media relations and institutional direction.
Baptists Endorse Law At Indiana Convention
Four hundred delegates representing sixty thousand church members and over six hundred district churches meet in Fort Wayne Indiana on October 16 to endorse the recent special legislative session. They approve the General Assembly action enacting a law to allow local option in the county.
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Baptists
Indiana
Ani Convention
General Assembly
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Cadillac
Traverse City
Fred Wagner
Fred Nowicki, Jr
John E. Kinville
William Foster
Arthur Lee
Conductor Kinville
James White
John Nowicki
Albert Hardies
R. S. Richards
Bay City
Washington
Rome
Monsignor
Diomede
OOD
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Kid Moy
Balanced Crane
Panama
MR. Hitchcock
MR. Mack
TAFT
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Virginia
Tenn
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Liam H. Taft
Didate
Omaha, Neb
Union Pacific
William Randolph
Charles N. Haskell
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Douglas County
Neb
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Ty Sheriff
Stewart
Smyth & Smith
Gov. Haskell
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Mr. Hearst
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