Fire in Northwest devastates Fernie and surrounding towns
A vast Canadian bush fire 100 square miles in area engulfs Fernie B C and nearby communities. Officials report over 190 known dead with 74 in Fernie as flames driven by a gale cut off Hosmer Olsen Sparwood and other towns. Railways mobilize trains but escape routes vanish. Firefighters warn wind could keep the inferno expanding.
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Fernie
B. C
Michel
Hosmer
Olsen
Sparwood
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern
Crows Nest Pass
Canada
San Francisco
Message From The Fleet Near Samoa And Auckland
The United States Atlantic fleet at 8 p m Saturday lay at 15 43 south 172 4 west 1500 miles from Auckland New Zealand. At 6 30 am the fleet changed to single column and passed Tutuila Samoa, giving islanders a view of the ships. The station ship Annapolis with officers and families aboard sailed close to the fleet off Pago Pago. At 9 o clock the fleet resumed toward Auckland in line of squadron formation. Speed reduced to nine and one half knots. The hospital ship Relief stopped at Pago Pago for coal and will follow to Auckland. Weather is fine and hot.
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United States Atlantic
Auckland
New Zealand
Tutuila Island
Samoa
Annapolis
Pago Pago
Relief
Sultan long on promises
Constantinople dispatch says the imperial edict read Saturday night before the sublime porte was published Sunday declaring the constitution suspended during Safvet Pasha’s 1878 tenure as grand vizier. It affirms equality of Ottomans, liberty, and ministerial appointments by the grand vizier, with war and marine ministers and the shiek Al Islam excluded.
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Constantinople
Sublime Porte
Safvet Pasha
Vilayets
Troops Ordered to Navajo Reservation by War Department
General Earl D. Thomas commanding the Colorado department was ordered to dispatch six companies of cavalry to the Navajo reservation. The action follows fears that renegade Utes may incite rebellion among the Navajo.
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Earl D. Thomas
Department of the Colorado
War Department
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotation Highlights
Saturday quotations from the Sioux City Live stock market list top scores at £4.59 and top down figures around £650, reflecting market activity on the day.
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Sioux City
Farman Opens Public Flight at Brighton Beach
Henry Farman’s heavier than air flying machine, brought from France, made its initial brightening flight at Brighton Beach on Friday afternoon. The craft rose twenty five feet from a special dock and flew a direct line before landing gracefully. Spectators cheered as Farman was greeted by aero club members and fellow navigators. public exhibitions began Saturday under the Aero Club of America.
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Henry Farman
France
Brighton Beach
N. Y
Farman
Aero Club of America
Albert Loses Miss Hadsel In Cripple Creek Accord
A temporary truce among Cripple Creek officials F A Hadsel and Miss Grace Hadsel and Hans Albert ends with Grace Hadsel returning to Ottumwa Iowa. Albert and Grace’s father are released from jail. Albert stays in Cripple Creek under guardianship and cannot contact Grace or be contacted. any communication risks return to the asylum.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Cripple Creek
Colorado
F. A. Hadsel
Grace Hadsel
Hans Albert
Albert
Riot at Delaware militia camp wounds reported
Soldiers from Company H of the First Delaware regiment clashed with a crowd of colored bystanders near Rehoboth. One man suffered a fractured skull and many others were injured as rioters hurled bricks and soldiers pursued suspects. The incident began after tense exchanges near a merry go round.
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Delaware
Rehoboth
Company H
First
Delaware Regiment
Newcastle
Promoters’ Assets From Central Life Stocks Seen Low
The report shows liabilities of 1 363 000 while assets total 127 000 at this stage. Thomas Rhodus of Chicago refuses to name buyers and amounts in the sale of Central Life Securities stocks via Mercantile Finance, citing grounds of self incrimination.
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New York
Thomas Rhodus
Chicago
Rhodus Brothers
Federal Grand Jury
Central Life Securities Company
Mercantile Finance Company
Fetzer
Prosecution Push in Alton Abuse Case
Burns and Rev. Dr. Charles Virden of Springfield Illinois, agent of the state board of public charities, will pursue charges against Mrs. Charles Muggenberg wife of an Alton artist charged with brutal mistreatment of her adopted eight year old daughter burning the face hands and body with a hot case knife and inflicting cuts
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Burns and Cats
Charles Virden
Springfield
Illinois
State Board of Public Charities
Charles Muggenberg
Alton
Beating at Antony Girl's School Shocks Suburb
In Antony a suburb of Paris the aged school directress Peanne Larrieu of the Sisters of St. Andrew was beaten to death by two masked men using hammers at a girls boarding institution.
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Antony
Paris
Peanne Larrieu
Order of the Sisters of St. Andrew
Bankers Indicted In Kings County Arraignment
Quarantine Commissioner Frederick H. Schroeder and Col Edward E. Britton, both executives of the Eagle Savings and Loan company in Brooklyn, were arraigned Wednesday before Judge Dike of Kings County New York.
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Frederick H. Schroeder
Eagle Savings and Loan Company
Brooklyn
N. Y
Col
Edward E.britton
Dike
Kings County
Reforms in Paris Target Objectionable Theater Images
Paris police prefect Lepine orders strict suppression of sale of objectionable pictures on the boulevards as part of ongoing reforms after his campaign against indecency in theaters.
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Paris
M. Lepine
Mob tries to free Leander Shaw at Pensacola jail
About 1 000 armed men assault Pensacola jail to seize Leander Shaw after he assaulted Mrs. Lillian Davis. Deputies and Sheriff fight back with rifles and riot guns, wounding several. Shaw is dragged to a plaza pole and shot repeatedly as the mob attacks again, leaving one civilian dead and multiple injuries.
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Poe
Pensacola
Fila
Leander Shaw
Lillian Davis
Shaw
H. C. Kellum
Slayer Honza Caught After Killing Granite City Widow
Andrew Honza, accused of fatally shooting Mrs. Annie Kocur, once titled King of the Poles, was found half dead in a swamp two miles northeast of Granite City Illinois after hiding since Sunday night. He had stabbed himself and lacked strength after three days without food. The motive cited was a quarrel over furniture storage and the widow’s son testified to improper advances.
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Honza
Stepson of William K Vanderbilt Killed in France Auto Crash
G Winthrop Sands, stepson of William K Vanderbilt, died in an auto wreck near Poissy France while riding with the chauffeur. The car left the road struck a tree, overturned and burned mol. Sands and the chauffeur were trapped and maimed. Sands died at the Vanderbilt chateau twenty miles from Paris.
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William K. Vanderbilt
G. Winthrop Sands
Poissy
France
Vanderbilt
Sands
Vanderbilt Chateau
Paris
W. K. Vanderbilt
Samuel Sands
Sultan Calls for Calm as Turkey Plans Parliament
The sultan issues an imperial appeal announcing the first Turkish parliament under the new constitution will convene November 1. He asks citizens to end demonstrations and reiterates commitment to observe the constitution and work for all subjects’ prosperity.
Elevated Trains Collide In New York injuring three
Two Ninth Avenue elevated trains in New York collided on the elevated road. An express train empty from Harlem struck the rear of a well filled south ferry car. Three injured including one seriously and several shaken up.
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New York
Harlem
Government urges release of petty offenders for harvest work
The Manitoba government states 30,000 men are needed to harvest western Canada's wheat crop and urges jail governors to release all prisoners jailed for vagrancy and minor offenses on condition they work in the harvest fields.
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Manitoba, Can
Canada
Two Dakotans hurt by careless picnickers near Elk Point
Ed Johnson of Elk Point lies in critical condition and Jay Wilmarth of Elk Point is wounded after a crowd of picnickers on the Iowa side of the Big Sioux river fired a rifle during a hot afternoon. A bystander said Johnson cried that a girl shot him as authorities begin an investigation.
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Dakota
Big Sioux
Elk Point
Westilelad
Ed Johnson
Jay Wilmarth
Iowa
Mr. Johnson
Johnson
Chris Steinbeck
Experimental Farms Selections Planned Across State
The state board of regents under chapter 229 of 1907 law may pick sections in Meade or Butte, Stanley or Lyman, and McPherson for dry farming experiments. A McPherson tract is in use this year with westward surveys to follow after a Brookings meeting on the 17th. Selections aim to place farms near rail lines for easy public inspection.
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State Board of Regents of Education
Meade
Butte
Stanley
Lyman
McPherson
State Agricultural College
Brookings
Missouri
New Lemmon Land Office Opens Under Roosevelt Act
The Lemmon land office, authorized by Congress and opened Friday, operates with Edwin Coleman as receiver and Cyrus C. Carpenter as register. The new inter state district combines parts of Bismarck Dickinson and Rapid City areas, covering 9 072 square miles with 5 026 560 acres of public domain and 456 960 acres of Indian land in Standing Rock.
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Lemmon Land Office
Roosevelt
Edwin Coleman
Flandreau
Cyrus C.carpenter
Register
Sisserton
Bismarck
Dickinson
N. D
Rapid City
S. D
Morton County
Hettinger
Bowman Counties
Butte County
Lemmon
Standing Rock
Harvest Weather Brisk With Bright Yields Across Regions
The region reports ideal harvest conditions with widespread grain cutting. Barley stands in shock near Bridgewater as yields for most grains exceed average while corn shows excellent stands and strong bumper prospects. Grass and vegetables exhibit notable growth.
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Bridgewater
Allotting Crew Heads to Cheyenne River Reservation
An eighteen man allotting crew from Crow Creek Reservation traveled through Pierre on Saturday to Cheyenne River Agency to help allot the reservation. The work precedes its planned opening to settlement.
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Cheyenne
Crow Creek
Pierre
Cheyenne River
Two Appointments to Be Made by Gamble in Navy and Army
Senator Robert J. Gamble will secure two summer appointments in the U S service. One is a 48 second lieutenant in the marine corps with a 1700 dollar annual salary and the other a cadet at West Point to fill a resignation vacancy. Examinations are set for October 15 for the marine post and for West Point, ages 17 to 22, plus the first class high school course and physicals. Many applications are arriving for these slots.
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Gamble
Robert J. Gamble
United States
Marine Corps
West Point
Senator Gamble
Grafters Land Women in Vermillion Seek Return of Payments
About a dozen Vermillion women complain of a scam by a smooth talking groper posing as an authorized Kirksville suit firm agent. They paid half and sometimes the second installment for women’s suits that never arrived, the remainder overdue and unrecoverable.
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Cit
Kirksville
Cornerstone Laid for Mitchell Congregational Church
The cornerstone services for Mitchell new Congregational church were held Thursday at 7 PM with Rev. A Craig Bowdish and Dr. H K Warren delivering addresses. A large crowd attended as material delays pushed completion toward January 1, and the building is planned of granite basement with a brick upper structure and stone trim costing about 25000 dollars not including fixtures and a pipe organ.
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Congregational House of Worship
New Congregational Church
Mitchell
A. Craig Bowdish
H. K. Warren
Yankton College
Lutherans Seek Pro-College School in Mitchell
The German Lutheran synod of Town reviews options to establish a ministerial college in Mitchell. With Dubuque and Clinton already hosting schools, Mitchell’s site could host the first building for 400 students as talks with Dr Sprecher progress and candidates consider Sioux Falls Aberdeen and Eureka as possibilities.
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Mitchell
German Lutheran Synod of Town
Ministerial
Dubuque
Clinton
Synodical
Sioux Falls
Aberdeen
Eureka
8S. Sprecher
Tripp
Aberdeem City Awards Sewer Contract to Fargo Firm
At a special meeting theAberdeen city council awarded the contract for a new sanitary sewer on the north side and a pumping station to James Kennedy of Fargo North Dakota who is already finishing another sewer project in that city. Residents of Orient Faulk County push for a new public school building. They circulate petitions urging the board of education to call a special election and place bonds on the ballot.
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Aberdeen City Council
James Kennedy
Fargo
N. D
Orient
Faulk County
Board of Education
Mormon Elders to Begin Statewide Conversion Campaign
Six Mormon elders are in Mitchell preparing a campaign to initiate conversion work across the state. Elder William Redd leads the delegation and plans a northern tour to spread their message.
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Mitchell
William Redd
Religious Workers
horace =Sroeor
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British Columbia
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Miss Hadsel
South Dakota State News
State Board
Lemmon District
ARMY
New Mitchell Church
Lutheran College
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