Robbers Loot Bank in Sawyer Hold Citizens at Bay
A gang robbed the Sawyer State Bank in Sawyer North Dakota, looting $4,600 in cash. They cut telephone lines, shot out windows, and dynamited the bank. a posse of about 25 Minot men pursued, with injuries reported including Fred Fulber knocked unconscious and a farmer hit in the head. Sheriff Lee led the search as the robbers fled on foot toward the Soo railroad.
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Minot
N. D
Sawyer
Sawyer State Bank
Arik
Lee
Soo
Bassett & Lund
Fred Fulber
Owas
Train Collision Panic in Chicago Yards
A Madison train collided with the eastbound Overland Limited No 7 in Rockwell street freight yards, seriously injuring one passenger and wounding two others. Mrs A Newstead of Omaha and Chicago residents George Atkinson and Anton Norwick were hurt as panic spread and the dining car suffered heavy damage. The Limited was waiting for a signal when the switch error sent the Madison onto its track.
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Chicago
Madison
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Rockwell Street
A. Newstead
Omaha
George Atkinson
Anton Norwick
Limited
Madigan
Overland
Trains Collide in Helena. Freight Conductor Killed
Passenger No. 7 of the Northern Pacific crashed into the rear of a freight train in Logan yards. Conductor Thomas Worlein died in the caboose fire. Engineer Roos of the passenger train was injured.
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Helena
Mont
Northern Pacific
Butte
Logan
Logan Yards
Thomas Worlein
Caboose
Roos
Burton Now In Prison for Sentenced Former Kansas Senator
Ironton Missouri October 23 Former United States Senator Joseph R Burton of Kansas arrived from St Louis at night and after dining with his wife surrendered to the jailer. He was assigned to a cell in the fronton jail. Mrs Burton accompanied him to the sheriff's office and then went to the cottage she has rented to remain until his sentence is served.
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Kansas
Bagins
Ironton
United States
Joseph R. Burton
St. Louis
Alecs
Fronton
Sunset Limited derailment injures many in New Orleans
The Sunset Limited derailed on the Southern Pacific near New Orleans injuring about forty African American passengers, with one dead and several seriously hurt. Three white travelers were injured. The engine, mail and baggage cars and a negro passenger coach left the rails in the incident.
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New Orleans
Sunset Limited
Southern Pacific
Negrona
Gets Twenty Years in Prison in Alabama Case
Herman Thompson, a black man, was sentenced to twenty years at Pratt Mines penitentiary after pleading guilty to attacking Calle Belle Cain. He was escorted from Montgomery city courtroom at 3 PM, taken by special train, and had been in hiding under deputy guard, using a coachman disguise to reach the courthouse.
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Montgomery
Ala
Herman Thompson
Belle Cain
Pratt Mines
Montgomery City
Thompson
Severe storm disrupts rail traffic and livestock losses
Snow and cold span the region from the Rockies to the Missouri River causing heavy livestock and fruit losses. Telegraph lines fail and rail schedules suffer as snow drifts reach nine feet at Emery Gap and a Santa Fe train derails near Wagon Mound. One miler worker is hurt as mail coach and baggage cars plunge down a embankment. warming trend expected soon.
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Denver
Rocky Mountains
Missouri River
Weather Bureau
Plains
Corona
Moffatt-Salt ‘Lake
Emery Gap
Colorado Southern
Santa Fe
Wagon Mound
Springer
Trinidad
Milelark
Disorganized Rail Service Blamed on Wind Across Utah
Salt Lake City reports disruptions as Terrific wind toppled telegraph wires hindering train dispatching. Denver and Rio Grande moves few trains while Oregon Short Line wreck near Woods Crossing blocks routes. Salt Lake and Oregon line blocked by trees. Centerville incident injures conductor and two passengers. City uproots 2,000 trees. several ongoing construction structures wrecked.
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Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Denver and
Rio Grande
Oregon
Extradition of Silveira Faces Venezuela Dilemma
Washington reports the United States cannot aid the extradition of Silveira the Cuban banker believed in Caracas Venezuela. No Cuba Venezuela treaty exists and U S authorities cannot intervene. Governor Magoon may request Castro to allow Cuban custody but outcome rests with Venezuela's president.
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Washington
United States
Silveira
Havana
Caracas
Venezuela
Republic of Cuba
Magoon
Cuba
Castro
Spaniards on the Isthmus Resist Malaria Better Than Negroes
Washington reports detail Isthmian canal workers from Spain showing strong health. Chief Engineer Stevens and Chief Sanitary Officer Gorgas note not a single of 300 brought since January died. They resist malaria better than Black workers, with Stevens praising white workers' suitability for duty.
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Castillan
Washington
Shonts
Isthmian Canal Commission
Stevend
Gorgas
Stevens
Blizzard in Texas Bounds Plains as Wind Rages
A Texas Panhandle blizzard hurls sixty mile per hour winds with sleet and snow. Cattle remain in good condition despite icy grass and limited losses expected. Channing reports a blizzard while Wichita Falls experiences cold weather about 120 miles south of Amarillo.
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Plains
Texas Panhandle
Channing
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Fire kills Kansas farmer, wife and daughter in home blaze
Eight miles west of Washington Kansas, the home of farmer J M Elliott burned, killing Elliott his wife and their sixteen year old daughter. The fire’s origin is not known and three members of the family perished in the blaze.
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Kansas
Washington
Kan
J. M. Ellott
Here
Elliott
One Fatality At Ogden Storm Causes Massive Damage
Ogden Utah October 23 reports a 36 hour wind storm ending at 4 am left one man killed William Hibbs as he tried to anchor a barn. Many injured and property damage estimated at 100000. Barns overturned roofs blown off houses telegraph lines severed and church buildings damaged including a mosaic window destroyed.
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Ogden
Utah
Liiam Hibbs
All Trains Delayed by Sleet Storms in Plains
All trains from the West were many hours late due to stow and sleet storms across Nebraska Kansas and Colorado. A Burlington freight wreck near Hemingford delayed traffic while Central Nebraska saw damage to trees and lines and stock suffered from the cold and isolation.
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Linco
Neb
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Burlington
Hemingford
Snowbound Wyoming trains delayed in October storm
Cheyenne Wyoming reports ongoing snowstorm from Friday through Sunday. about a foot of snow falls, trains delayed, stock on the range in good shape, unlikely losses unless temperatures drop sharply. Tangier dispatch notes bandit Raiguli invited to restore order at Argilla due to local authorities’ inaction.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
London
Tangier
the Times
Raiguli
Argilla
OutsaIls the Centaur in Northwest Balloon Endurance Race
Pittsfield Massachusetts October 28 two balloons Centaur and L Orient remained after the aborted Hawtry cup race. L Orient beat Centaur by about three and a half hours landing in Jamaica Vermont fifty seven miles from the start. Centaur landed in Bennington Vermont thirty miles away. Pilots Charles T Walsh Major Samuel Reber Captain Charles F Chandler of the signal corps US Army for Centaur. L Orient piloted by Leo Stevens with Captain Homer W Hedge president Aeron club of America aboard. Heights 6200 and 8000 feet. Extreme heat forced removal of outer clothing and thermometers read 106 degrees at times.
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Pittsfield
Mess
Centaur
L’orient
Massachusetts
Vermont
Jamacia
Bennington
Charles T. Walsh
Samuel Reber
Charles F. Chandler
Sienar Corps
Leo Stevens
Homer ‘W. Hedge
Aeron Club of America
Depredation fears prompt 200 infantry moves to Puerto Principe
In Havana 200 Seventeenth Infantry soldiers under Colonel John T. Van Orsdale head to Puerto Principe as rebels hover near the capital. Also reported are resignations by Under Secretary Gaston Mora and General Hanael Montalvo over government reorganization disputes. The Santiago aqueduct burst during the cyclone, flooding the town below with no loss of life. Yellow fever cases in Craves drop to two deaths and two recoveries, while the overall fever picture remains steady. BOYNTON PLEADS GUILTY.
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Havana
Econditiona
Puerto Princine
Seventeenth Infantry
John T. van Orsdale
Gaston Mora
Hanael Montalvo
Magoon
Santiago de Los Banos
Boynton
Counterfeiting Plan Lands Men In Prison In New York
Captain George Boynton pleaded guilty in U S circuit court to being a party to a plan to counterfeit Venezuelan silver coins to fund a revolution. He received six months in Kings County Penitentiary. Lewis M Thompson and T B Wilcox also pleaded guilty to possessing dies for coin duplication and were fined 250 and 100 dollars respectively. Boynton presented papers showing he acted as Venezuelan revolutionary party special commissioner in New York to finance a coup by creating duplicate silver dollars, to be legalized by the junta after overthrow.
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New York
George Boynton
United States
Ailver
Venezuela
Kings’ County
Lewis M. Thompson
T. B. Wilcox
Boynton
Baby Girl Escapes Tragic Train Crash Near Lowden
In Cedar Rapids on October 23 a Chicago and Northwestern train eastbound struck a carriage at a grade crossing two miles east of Lowden. Mrs Charles Luett two children and Mrs Luett's brother in law William Luett were killed instantly. A baby girl survived the crash while Mrs Luett’s mother and a son escaped by stepping out to walk the crossing, likely saving themselves from the same fate.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago and Northwestern
Lowdon
Charles Luett
Luett
Inlaw
William Luett
Lowden
Court help on a train in Iowa sparks lynching fears
Mapleton Iowa October 28 a Northwestern train court session bound over Claude Fisher charged with attacking Miss Minnig Baker. Bonds set at 20000 and Fisher taken to Onawa jail. Authorities feared an attempt to lynch him. Also Cleveland October 23 Anna Held robbed of 120000 dollars in diamonds corsage pieces pearl necklaces and 100-franc notes from a train stateroom en route to Pennsylvania station. Santiago Chile October 23 President Alfaro says Europe loan impossible due to press distrust and government finances are desperate.
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Iowa
Mapleton
Northwestern
Claude Fisher
Minnig Baker
Onawa
Fisher
Cleveland
Anna
Eclald Avenue
Pennsylvania Railroad
Santiago
Chile
Quito
Ecuador
Alfaro
Constituent Assembly
Europe
South Dakota Storm Claims Two Chamberlain Boys
A prairie blizzard swept Central South Dakota as David Ganaway and Hubert Brown, sons of Chamberlain residents, were caught outdoors and died. Broux Falls reports the tragedy on October 23.
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Chamberlain
Broux Falls
M. D
South Dakota
David Ganaway
Hubert Brown
Newfoundland Fishermen Agree Not to Fish at Night
In Newfoundland a night fishing ban is agreed by colonial fishermen after Americans pledge not to use purse seines for herring. The accord aims to reduce friction caused by nets being cut during nighttime fishing and to promote smoother coastwise operations.
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New Foundland
Johns
N. F
Three Miners Killed in Southwestern Mine Blast
In Pittsburg Kansas on October 23, three Avatrian miners died and a fourth was fatally burned after a powder explosion at mine No 31 of Southwestern Development near Mineral. Victims include Frank Kromeac 27 Charles Monkle 28 Frank Kaske 24. Peter Grion severely burned. Sparks from a pit lamp ignited open powder kegs containing twelve pounds each.
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Pitsburg
Kan
Southwestern Development Company
Mineral
Pittsburg
Frank Kromeac
Charles Monkle
Frank Kaske
Peter Grion
Cantillon brothers buy Minneapolis baseball club
The Minneapolis team in the American association was sold to Mike and Joe Cantillon of Milwaukee by A. H. Kock. Martin J. Nowell, a former state senator and ex assistant attorney general of Illinois, has died at Springfield. In Newcastle, Pennsylvania, three strikers were wounded in a riot after a trestlemen strike at Carnegie Steel furnaces. W. B. Townley of the British embassy becomes minister to Buenos Aires, replacing Haggard. A California home for actors with pulmonary trouble is planned, initiated by George M. Cohen.
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Minneapolis
Mike and
Joe Cantillon
Milwaukee
A. H. Kock
Martin J. Nowell
Iltools
Springfield
Carnegie Steel Company
Newcastle
W. B. Townley
Washington
Great Britain
Buenos Ayres
W. H. C. Haggard
California
George M Cqhan
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