Notable World Figures in Brief From Around the World
Brig Gen A W Corliss U S Army retired dies at home in Denver Born in North Yarmouth Maine 1837 Samuel Clemens Mark Twain to establish permanent residence in Reding Connecticut New York house to doctor concerns Rev J P O Connor and Rev J A Delaney named monsignors Dr William Osler named rector at Eildinburgh University German minister de Lagarcrantz to resume US post Orleans police arrest German spy in bribery case Kent England hops crops suffer Countess de Sabatier dies by suicide in Paris Haitian trade pact lowers duties on German goods Knoxs escape injury in Geneva car crash Spindelhof carpenter heir to 7 5 million rubles earthquake hits San Juan Porto Rico Delagrange sets new aviation record 29 minutes 445 seconds 24 727 meters Western Pennsylvania Virginia suffers drought impact Sioux City hosts sixth annual Interstate Livestock Fair Maryland oyster law aid sought Kidnapping of children by witches reported in Havana Divorce suit filed in Waterloo Iowa Fort Keogh remains disinterred for reburial at Fort Custer Washington primary results suggest Levy Ankeny defeated by Wesley T Jones Kansas City returns to business as usual after seven months Wabash Waterloo Mabel Anton injured in rollover car near Washburn Day explosion kills Clara Day Hartford hot corn can explosion sinks Day Canadian Pacific denies strike settlement reports Wyoming mines close. Montana Rocky Fork region orders increase
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Herman de Lagarcrantz
Denmark
United States
Orleans
Prance
Kent
England
Countess de Sabatier
Nct
Germany
Haiti
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Colorado
Prohibitior
H. L. Murray
Sioux City
Minnesota
Nebraska
Crothers
Maryland
Johnson
Worcester County
Aquarium
New York
Bedford
N. J
Havana
Cardenas
Nannie Canfield
Lee Canfield
Waterloo
Iowa
War Department
Fort Keogh
Fort Custer
Washington
Levy Ankeny
Walla Walla
Wesley T. Jones
North Yakima
Willam H. Wallace
Criminal Court
Kansas City
Mabel Anton
Lowe
Washburn
Multiple Fatalities and Disasters Reported in Broad Range of Incidents
Reports recount deadly accidents and fires across several states. Included are a bank manager killed in a California city auto crash, a fishing fleet owner and two others drowned after a boat incident, a fall in Mason City injuring travelers, a fire at Philadelphia Cricket Club buildings with seven deaths in one family, a massive Armour & Co. fire in Chicago stockyards causing $500,000 damage, and additional cases of homicide, suicide, and injuries across Iowa, New Orleans, Michigan, and New York, with many victims unnamed or unidentified. The piece outlines widespread tragedy from vehicular crashes to violent acts and catastrophic fires.
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PhiKy Litenthal
Anglo-California Bank of San Francis cd
Hat Clty
Rainy Lake
Fort Francis
Moses Infelt
Alhermen
Charlew
Mason City
Iowa
T. A. Barrett
Austin
Minn
Philadelphia Cricket Club
Armour & Co
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Stock Yards
Morgan
Central
Mich
Thomas Tren
North Shore May Be Swept Clean Rescue Steamer Rounds Up Refugees
The steamer Gopher has been dispatched to the North Shore to rescue panic-stricken inhabitants as waves threaten to wash ashore, with crew picking up refugees and bringing them to safety.
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North Shore
Gopher
Forest Fires Threaten North Shore Settlements
Duluth reports raging forest fires in the Lake Superior region risk wiping out north shore settlements if rains do not fall within forty eight hours. Refugees from Big Bay Chicago Bay and Pigeon River Indian reservation moved to Grand Marais by the steamer Gopher and America to Port Arthur. Fires burn vast tracts of timber with no fire protection in Grand Marais, two small chemical engines offering little defense. The steamer Gopher, under Adjt. Gen. Wood, aided by Capt. Eaton, evacuated women and children, while villagers faced minimal protection and the wind-driven flames.
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Duluth
Lake Superior
Big Bay
Chicago Bay
Pigeon River
Grand Marais
United States
Gopher
Grand Marails
Chippewa Town
America
Beaver Bay
Pigeon River Indian Reservation
Big Hay
Cascade
Costo
Lutson
Grand Ma- Tais
Wood
St. Paul
Exton
Carhart
Cook County
Eaton
Gen. Wood
Chicago
Bay
Bawlet
Reflecton
Furrther
Carlson
Jacob Peterson
Chicago’ Bay
Mahoning
Buhl
Nashwauk
Refugees Flee Burning Shore After Forest Fire
A coastal village reports a night of smoke and flame as residents flee. Families, including Mrs Jacob Peterson and eight children, are rescued by boats from the Gopher while fires threaten Mahoning Nashwauk Hibbing and nearby towns. Montenegrin bands suspected in the destruction.
Forest Fire Rages Near Galena South Dakota
A forest fire that began near the Munford mines by Galena and was once controlled flared again last night. Four troops of the Fourth Cavalry patrolled the area all day and were relieved, with new units taking over. The blaze consumes timber as it spreads across a wide stretch of rural woodland.
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Sturgis
Munford
Galena
Fourth Cavalry
Man Fined for Running Dogs Before Chicken Season in Pathsay
Fergus Falls Minn Sept 13 Charles Granger Barnesville man fined ten dollars in Pathsay justice court for letting his dogs chase chickens before the season opened. Deputy Game Warden Jones investigated the case and swore out a warrant charging him with wrongdoing. Nottingham Sept 13 A large vote supported a resolution for a free secular education system at the trades unionists congress now in session.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Charles Granger
Barnesville
Justice Court
Pathsay
Beltle
Jones
Nottingham
Congress of Trades Unionists
Bero
Drownings Reported After River Vessel Capsizes in Grand River
Lansing Mich Sept 13 William Gardiner and his wife perished last night when a ranched boat named Isunch capsized in Grand river near a rubbling bridge and sank. Rescue teams recovered the bodies and continued searches for missing passengers.
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Lansing
Mich
William Gardiner
Grand River
Branch Managers' Bad Sales and Missing Million Uncovered
Chicago reports reveal A Booth & Co a giant fish house in receivership with falsified balance sheets. W Vernon Booth Alfred Booth and Mrs Gaylor held major stock while auditors flag fraud between statements and reality. Minor stockholders unite to trace $1,012,000 diverted funds believed redirected from pressing debts to unspecified aims.
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Chicago
A. Booth & Co
Great Fish
Fish Trust
W. Vernon Booth
Alfred
A. Booth Company
Banke
Booths
Canadian Northern Train Ditches Cars at Woodridge
A Canadian Northern train at Woodridge sixty-five miles east of Winnipeg derailed with the engine tender baggage car and two passenger coaches leaving several passengers and crew with bruises and cuts and one man fatally injured. The line will be cleared today.
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Woodridge
Winnipeg
Here
Mone
Pursue Horse Thief Band Through Montana Forest
Billings Mont Sept 12 Sheriffs Herford and a posse chase a gang of horse thieves who stole thirty five horses from forest rangers on Sage creek fifty miles south of Billings early yesterday morning. News of the theft reached here as the posse headed out on the trail.
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Montana
Billings
Mont
Herford
Forest Rangers
Sage Creek
Record breaking attendance at Gustavus Adolphus College
St Peter Minn Sept 12 It is probable that all attendance records at Gustavus Adolphus College will be broken The institution opened for registration for a week and the enrollment is larger than ever before passing the 400 mark Farm Property Burned Clear Lake Vic Sept 13 Lightning set fire to the hay stacks belonging to Nick Gemes one mile north of townBurning about thirty tons of hay Lightning struck the barn of H Johnson four miles north of Amery damaging the barn and some live stock
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Gustavus Adolphus College
St. Peter, Minn
Clear Lake
Vic
Nick Gemes
H. Johnson
Amery
Algo
Manon City Man Dies After Street Car Injury
After about twenty four hours of suffering, C. Moore who was hurt in a street car accident died last evening. Splinters driven into his skull ruptured an artery and could not be removed without increasing the hemorrhage.
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Manon City
Towa
C. Moore
Hay Bales Witness Farmer’s Death by Suicide
In Clinton Towne on September 13, a weak farmer named Bealth Botton Smith was found dead by hanging himself in a hay mow. The incident is reported as a suicide and authorities are notified.
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Clinton
Towa
Bealth Botton Smith
Premature Birth Ends Hope for Dutch Heir
Amsterdam reports that Queen Wilhelmina's hoped for heir is unlikely as the birth was premature. The queen regains health but remains low in spirits. With Wilhelmina last of the Orange line, a successor must be chosen by Parliament, and talk of a republic surfaces but is deemed premature.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Wilhelmina
Het Loo
Apeldorn
House of Orange
Qligen
Republic
Kaiser Talks in Alsace Promising Peaceful Development
Emperor William addressed a reception in Colmar Alsace pledging peaceful growth for Alsace under Imperial German protection. He asserted peace would be maintained and Alsace would prosper beyond its current level, with development under the eagle’s guard to be completed and never disturbed.
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Colmar
Alsace
William
Promisi
De Reus Job Vacant After Venezuela Critique
The Hague Sept 13. J H de Reus former Dutch minister to Venezuela was expelled by President Castro in July for a letter criticizing the Venezuelan administration. He has been honorably relieved of his duties and placed on the unattached list.
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Castro
Holland
The
Hague
J. H. de Reus
Netherlands
Republic of
Venezuela
Casto
Amsterdam
Abd-el-Aziz Quits Fight Amid Grateful Farewell Letter
Casablanca reports Abd-el-Aziz the former sultan of Morocco wrote Mtougi thanking him for support but said he would abandon the struggle. Mtougi responded that he would not submit to Mulai Hafid and may join the new ruler's field.
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Casablanca
Abd-el-Axia
Morocco
Mtougi
Mulal Hafid
London Unemployed Masses Besiege Hospital for Porter Job
About 3,000 unemployed men in London gathered and tried to enter a hospital seeking a porter at four dollars and sixty cents weekly with meals. Police were required to maintain order as the crowd swelled.
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London
Markets Update From Grain and Live Stock Centers
Quotations from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Milwaukee Bronx City and South St Paul show grain values for wheat corn oats and flax with several grades. Live stock prices list cattle hogs sheep and veal calves with ranges in each market and region.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
Milwaukee
Northern
Bronx City
Iowa
South
Barley Harvest Boom Near Albion Iowa
A phenomenal barley yield was harvested yesterday from Ford Thompson's farm two miles east of Albion in Marshalltown County. Thompson had just over five acres in barley with grain threshing out an average of fifty three bushels per acre.
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Marehalltown
Iowa
Ford
Thompson
Albion
Dreyfus Trial Ends With Acquittal for Louis A
In Paris on September 13 Louis A was acquitted of attempting the life of Major Alfred Dreyfus. The acquittal follows a widely watched case that stirred political tension.
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Dreyfus
Paris
Louis A
Maj
Alfred Dreyfon
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Porto Rico
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Aviation Club of France
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DE Reus
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