Steamer Goddard Lost on Lake LeBarge With Three Men
Telegrams report the steamer Goddard wrecked on Lake LeBarge in northern British Columbia with three lives lost. Charles Edward McDonald, Seattle resident and longtime shipbuilder, listed as captain. Widow, children in Seattle. owner Upper Yahoo Consolidated Co. A later note mentions a White Horse postal mark. Also reported: Casca sealing schooner with 766 skins. fleet of schooners in straits. Donnacanna wreck off Long Point in Lake Erie amid a 50 mile gale. divers and salvage pending.
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Victoria
Goddard
Lake LeBarge
British Columbia
Charles Edward McDonald
Seattle
Upper Yahoo Consolidated Company
White Horse
Lake le Barge
Casca
Buffalo
Lake Erie
Long Point
Port Colborne
Port Colburn
French Schooner Madeline Ashore at Red Island
The French schooner Madeline, owned in St. Pierre, ran aground on Red Island off the French shores. She will prove total loss though her crew were saved. Part of her cargo of general goods for French fishmen was saved by Newfoundland coast folk.
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St. John’s
Mid
Madeline
St. Pierre
Red Island
Newfoundland Coast Folk
Tug Sunk and Five Lost Near Detroit
The tug Christian, likely from Toledo, with five crew aboard led by Captain Harlow, was run down and cut in two by the steamer J. J. Allbright at the upper end of Grosse Ile, about nine miles below Detroit. The crew drowned, and Captain Harlow is believed among the missing. names of the other crew are not yet learned.
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Detroit
Miah
Christian
Toledo
Ohio
Harlow
J. J. Allbright
Grosse Inle
Dewet Reported Alive Amid Boer War Rumors
In Durban Natal on October 19 General De Wet's inactivity sparks speculation among military men that he is dead or incapacitated from illness or wounds. A Pretoria letter notes Boers endure terrible hardships, citing De Wet wounded at the shoulder and gangrene from dirty dressings.
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Durban
Natal
Dewet
Pretoria
Dowet
Galway selects Arthur Lynch for House seat in vacancy
London reports the Galway Nationalists pick Arthur Lynch to contest the Commons vacancy caused by Martin Morris’s elevation to the peerage. Lynch, a former Parnellite who served with the Second Irish Brigade in Natal, was last in France and may be arrested if he returns to Ireland. Also noted is Eugene Zimmermann’s arrival at Windsor with Dowager Duchess and Duchess of Manchester awaiting the Duchess’s arrival.
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London
Galway
Arthur Lynch
House of Commons
Martin H. Ff. Morris
Lynch
Natal
Botha
Orange Free State
Pretoria
France
Ireland
Eugene Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Down House
Windsor
Doe
Duchess of
Manchester
Hugh Morton
Gustav Kerker
Century Theatre
Elie Fay
Souan
Tivoli Music Hall
Sousa
Glasgow
Fire at Pan-Aweringan Pan-American building razed in Buffalo
Buffalo October 19 fire destroyed the New England building at the Pan-American exposition. The valued contents including paintings and a Blaine portrait were lost. Building cost thirty thousand dollars. Fire discovered at 11:10 and an hour later the eastern portion was ashes. The colonial New England structure housed five state rooms on the second floor and a large entrance hall on the main floor.
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Buffalo
New England
New England States
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Bureau of Information
James G. Blaine
Santos Dumont Balloon Run Sparks Paris Prize Debate
In Paris on Oct 19 Santos Dumont ascended at 2 29 pm and 2 42 pm, rose 220 yards, aimed for the Eiffel Tower, and completed the 29 minute 15 second flight with an extra minute 20 seconds before workers seized the guide rope. The crowd cheered while the committee ruled he lost the 100,000 franc prize by 40 seconds, sparking debate over the new ground-touch rule and the dispute between Dumont and Count de Dion. Deutsch offered 25,000 francs to the poor, which Dumont declined.
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Paris
Santos Dumont
Hiffel Tower
St. Cloud
Aero Club
Count de Dion
Aeronaut
M. Deutsch
Biarritz
Deutash
Eiffel Tower
Convict Delivers Self to Aid Family
Joseph Pabst, an escaped convict with a $50 reward offered for his capture, surrendered to authorities via a friend to provide for his destitute wife and children. Pabst was returned to the penitentiary today.
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Wichita
Kac
Joseph Pabst
Pabst
Seventieth Birthday Observed of Late Emperor Frederick
Berlin events mark the seventieth birthday of the late Emperor Frederick with wreaths at the mausoleum and monuments unveiled in Nordhausen and other cities. Royal and foreign tributes arrive as editorials praise his liberalism, while Virchow week honors the renowned scientist amid local ceremonies and exhibitions.
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Berlin
Frederick
Willliam
Frederik
Orly
Potsdam
Nite Frederick
Auguste
Oscar
Rio Janeiro
Prussia
Nordhausen
Prussian
Saxony
William I
Aix la Chapelle
Frederick William
Bonn
Altenstein
Friedenhue
Otto
Kis
Bath Haus
Herr Kirscheiner
Berlin-Handwerker
Professor Virchow
Kunst Gewerbe Museum
Virchow
Order of the White Eagle
St. Petersburg
William
Profesvor
Assault on Burns Near Ward Street Church
A heavy blow with a stone struck John Burns as he walked toward the Roman Catholic Church last night near Ward Street. He remained conscious, called for help, and police and neighbors pursued the assailants who fled along Carbonate Street toward Stanley Street. Officer Hardy and bystanders assisted Burns, who received treatment for a nasty head wound. Police are investigating. no motive or suspect identified.
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John Burns
Ward Street
Carbonate Street
Wardstreat
Dazen Bivens
Stanley Street
Burns
Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Hardy
Turkey Still Owes It to Paris Despatch
Constantinople dispatch dated today confirms Leonardo claim over £100,000 loaned to the Porte remains unpaid and refutes rumors of Turkish government agreeing to French demands.
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Paris
Constantinople
Leonardo
Porte
France
Middleton vs Wilkinson Trial Ends in Five Thousand Damages
In Sarnia on October nineteenth the Visteria Middleton suit against Dr W B Wilkinson concluded with a jury awarding $5,000 in damages for alleged breach of promise. The case began Monday and drew substantial attention in the Ontario town.
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Sarnia
Ont
Visteria Middleton
W B. Wilkinson
Rich placer strike reported near Horsefly headwaters
A mining report from Ashcroft dated October 1 describes a rich gold find near the headwaters of Horsefly Creek, eight to ten miles beyond prior exploration. Prospective miners, including Bob Campbell, weigh gold samples and plan returns before snow. A special from 150 Mile House confirms crowds departing for the site, with optimistic signals from R. T. Ward.
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Ashcroft
Horsefly
Horseflly
Horsefly Creek
Bob Campbell
Barkerville
Williams Creek
Cariboo
Journal
R. T. Ward
Rvom
Bulgarians Take Action Over Kidnapped Missionary Case
Charle Mange Tower U S ambassador to Russia returned from Berlin to press the Stone kidnapping case. The Bulgarian government, via Dr Dimitri Stancoff, reports intensified effort and a cleared frontier region to encircle brigands. Bulgaria hopes for surrender and lives of Miss Stone and Midas Stowe as talks continue.
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St. Petersburg
Bulgaria
Dickinson
Midas Stowe
Casualties at Candara River in Samar Island action
Casualties listed from Company BE sixth infantry after engagement with bolo men on Candara River, Island of Samar. Names include killed Gen Tenchant, Wm A Ritchie, Edward P Burns, Carl M Johnson, Win Loftin, Jack Plouplis, Charles Wilson, Orville J Noomgood. Died of wounds: Sgt WM I Gormley, John P Kelly. Signed Chaffee.
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Washington
6Th Infantry
Candara
Island of
Samar
War Department
Chaffee
Manila
Caedura River
Co. BE
Uth
Killud
Gen. Tenchant
Wm. A
Glass Combine at Work Workers in Glass Firms Strike
Fires are lit in nearly all factories of the American Window Glass company and the Independent Glass company in Pittsburg. The two major glass combines operate on federated manufacturers plants and plan to resume full operation by November.
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Pittsburg
American Window Glass Company
Independent Glass Company
Federated Company
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