Fatal Rail Disasters and Belen Cutoff Progress
Reports from Topeka and Hot Springs detail a Santa Fe stockholders meeting electing directors and reporting prosperity. Progress on the Belen cutoff aims to connect Texico to Belen before year’s end, reducing mountain exposure. A Rock Island collision at Fairfield kills four, with more injured as trains 11 and 12 collide head on near Kansas City.
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Kan
Gat
Santa Fe Railway
Phoenix & Eastern
Dudleyville
Oakdale
River Bank
Cal
Ariz
Chloride
Ripley
Belen
Texico
N. M
Trinidad
Albuquerque
Arizona & California Railway
Wickenburg
Colorado River
Bengal
Salt River
California
Henry H. Rogers
Benjamin P. Cheney
George G. Haven
Rock Island
Kansas City
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Chicago
Fairfield
F. J. Milks
Glen Canfield
Griffith
Canada Sets October Thanksgiving Day Change
Ottawa announces Thanksgiving moved to mid October with weather advantages but faces mixed reaction to Thursday timing. Separately in Scranton, YWCA delegates from all state branches gather at Elm Park church for a weekend convention featuring general and special sessions, with student delegations attending.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Caneyada
Scranton
Elm Park
Seasion
W. CA
Pennsylvani
Street Car Runaway Injures Twenty Five In NYC Crash
A street car on the New Williamsburg suspension bridge ran away about a thousand feet down to the approaches and collided with a waiting car, injuring twenty five people with two believed fatally hurt. The incident occurred in New York on October 26.
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New York
New Williamsburg
East River
Toay
William Gibbs Dies at Soldiers Home in Albuquerque
William Gibbs, 73, a former Albuquerque resident and Civil War veteran, died at the Soldiers' Home in Los Angeles County from paralysis after a stroke. Born in Chesterfield County, Virginia, he moved to Albuquerque in the 1880s, ran a tinsmith shop on Gold Avenue, and was active in G. K. Iren Post No. 5, where he served as junior vice commander.
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A. Harsch
Harsch Bottling Works
William E. Sherman
Soldiers’ Home
Los Angeles
County
California
William Gibt
Gibbs
Albuquerque
William Gibbs
Chesterfield County
Virginia
United States
Gold Avenue
Flo
G. K. Iren
Interstate Commerce Law Conference Opens in Chicago
A national gathering in Chicago9s auditorium gathers lawyers merchants and officials from across the United States to press Congress for broader powers for the Interstate Commerce Commission Speaker J P Bacon of Milwaukee outlines Roosevelt9s call for rate regulations and judicial review A rival faction forms a separate ramp convention after being excluded by the main group with about 200 adherents
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Chicago
Sevenal Chow Wand Dolesat
L Morelal
Industrix
United States
Interstate, Commerce Law Congress
J. PF. Bacon
Milwaukee
Actron
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
fiMi
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
H. Cowan
Texas
Russian Autocracy Down After Ministerial Meeting
St. Petersburg reports that a ministerial council led by Count Witte adopted new national laws granting political freedom of speech to the press and to be promulgated at once. Rail workers' pay will be revised to honor a spring promise. failure could force Prince Hilkoff to resign. In Poland, agitators hold revolutionary meetings amid factory districts with a general strike expected October 28 as food prices rise.
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St. Petersburg
Count Witte
Prince Hilkoff
Poland
Warsaw
Russia Is Isolated And Industry At Standstill
St. Petersburg, Oct. 26. Russia is practically isolated from Europe as international train service has ceased. Interior ties up deepen. only railroad battalion trains operate. All classes of workers strike in sympathy, industrial activity stalls nationwide, and clashes between troops and strikers are reported at several locations.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Europe
Engagement Of Miss Irma Schuster In Albuquerque
Mr and Mrs Max Schuster announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Irma Josephine Schuster to Mr A Swallenburg of Philadelphia Pa The bride to be is from a prominent Jewish family and has spent years in Europe and Philadelphia The wedding is planned soon plus another note from Clarksville Tenn reports a Y M C A convention with Dr James J Vance speaking on Tennessee's assets and needs.
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Max Schuster
West
Copper Avenue
Irma Josephine Schuster
A. Swallenburg
Philadelphia
Europe
Albuquerque
Snellenberg
Miss Schuster
Schuster Bros. Holbrook, Ariz
Wid
Mutiny and Fire Strike Roil Black Sea Fleet
From Odessa to Sebastopol reports flare of mutiny aboard the battleship Catherine with 400 sailors under arrest. Another dispatch says fires destroyed the battleship Potemkin renamed Pateleimon. In St. Petersburg a growing panic and rail bottlenecks as 70 thousand workers flee and food supplies tighten amid a broad strike wave and rising beef prices.
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Black Sea
London
Odessa
Sebastopol
Pateleimon
Kniaz Potemkine
McKinley Memorial Unveiled in Massachusetts
Springfield mass Oct 26 a new memorial to the late President McKinley will be unveiled this afternoon. A bronze bust on a granite shaft with a bronze Fame figure stands on Pecouale Hill in Pores Park overlooking the Connecticut river. The $15,000 memorial designed by Philip Martiny was funded by public subscriptions. The ceremony includes prayers, the monument presentation to the city, acceptance by Mayor Dickson, unveiling by Sallie Leeds Morgan, a speech by Lt Gov Gulard, and music by the Second Regiment band. Thousands are expected, schools closed and businesses to mark the event.
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Springfield
Mass
McKinley
Herote Alge
Fame
Philip Martiny
New York
Pecouale Hil
Pores? Park
Jamon T. Abbe
McKinley Memorial Commission
Frank W. Dickinsop
Misa Sallie Leeds
Hilsha Morgin
Curtis Gulidar
Second Regiment Band
Roosevelt Visits New Orleans in Roosevelt's New Orleans Visit Card
President Roosevelt arrives by special train from Memphis to a large greeting in New Orleans. A reception committee and mounted troops escort him through Canal Street to Camp and Lee Circle and St. Charles Street. He spoke at city hall to an audience amid cheers and decorations and later toured the city by river launch before boarding the West Virginia for Norfolk.
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New Orleans
Lal
Roosevelt
Loeb
Rixey
Memphis
Alay
Martin Behrman
Canal Street
Canal
Liverty Street
Camp and Lee Circle
St. Charles
Rive
West Virginia
Norfolk
Washington
Laefayette Square
Preadent Roosevelt
Bloodhounds on the Trail in Atlanta Assault Case
In Atlanta on October 26 a white woman was assaulted in the northern part of the city by a Black man who escaped. Bloodhounds were set on the trail. Cunliffe appeared in court in absence of the prosecution and pleaded guilty.
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Atlanta
Cunliffe
Express Robber Cunliffe Pleads Guilty in Theft Case
Edward G. Cunliffe, known as the Adams Express robber, pleaded guilty in Pillsbury Pennsylvania court to stealing $101,000. Sentence was suspended until Saturday. The move surprised both the Adams Express Co and Pinkerton agents who were not present. Some believe Cunliffe may be mentally unbalanced.
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Pillsbury
Edward G. Cunliffe
Adams Express
Express Company
Pinkerton Detective Association
Cunliffe
State Department Shake-Up Prompts Major Reorganization
Washington reports a definitive plan to reorganize the diplomatic and consular service. Secretary Root proposes pushing Congress and the president to acquire homes for ambassadors abroad while a sweep targets top personnel and the key cipher bureau responsible for dispatch deciphering and confidential mail pouches.
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Washington
Root
Congress
Hoot
State Department
Department
Pierce
Song
Secretary of State
Former Post Office Inspector Appointed County Auditor
A. P. Smithers, formerly postoffice inspector based in Albuquerque, resigned a month ago and has been named auditor of Denver county Colorado. The new position created by the board of county commissioners pays $100 monthly and tasks him with auditing county officer bills and ensuring monthly financial statements are filed. As post office inspector he earned an annual salary of 1600 and 44 a day for time actually employed.
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A. P. Smithers
Postoffice
Albuquerque
Denver County
Colorado
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
Smithera
Quarantines Lifted Across Gulf Coast Region
The article notes rapid quarantine removal nationwide as federal assurances ease fears of yellow fever. Meridian opens gates to travelers, resuming river and road travel from Cincinnati to New Orleans. Mississippi towns clear inspections, Biloxi ends embargoes. frost impacts ease, with Jackson and Mobile as exceptions.
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New Orleans
Yellow Tower
Meridian
Misa
Cincinnati
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Biloxi
Jackson
Miss
Mobile
Ala
Georgia Dairy and Live Stock meet opens in Macon
Macon Ga Oct 26 The first annual meeting of the Georgia Dairy and Live Stock association formed by the merger of Dairymen's and Live Stock Breeders opened at the Macon Fair Association with President George A Smith’s welcome. Prof W A Splilman outlined grains and grasses for the south and Luxumboua Pines as soil improvers. Gettys of Athens Tennessee discussed dairy farming in Georgia. Delegates adjourned for luncheon and will view the livestock show on the fair grounds then enjoy the evening.
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Macon
Georgia Dairy and Live Stock Association
Dairymen's
Ashe
George A. Smith
Aidreta
W. A. Splilman
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
South
Cugger
Auburn
Ala
Alabama Agricultural College
Gettys
Athens
Tenn
Georgia
Harvard Football in Trouble as President Seeks Change
Cambridge Oct 26 President Blot of Harvard orders end to brutality in football and may cancel intercollegiate play if slugging occurs. He will attend Harvard versus Yale in about a month and could urge Harvard to quit the sport if needed. Harriman train still on schedule as Miss Roosevelt ill. train passes Binghamton with Alice Roosevelt seen in dining car.
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Cambridge, Musk
Blot
Harvard
Yale
Harriman
Elmira
Binghamton
N. Y
Alice Roosevelt
Fair Presidency To Be Filled At Territorial Fair
The withdrawal of L Brooks from the twenty sixth territorial fair presidency prompts a mass meeting to elect a replacement. Names under discussion include George Arnot Felix Lester Ivan Grunsfeld Darby A Day J J Sheridan Wallace Henselden Simon Stern O N Mann D A Macpherson Solomon Luna P F McCanna B H Briggs and M Nash. any of these suitable leaders would satisfy The Citizen and contribute to a large upcoming fair.
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L | Brooks
Brooks
Mappoleon
George Arnot
Felix Lester
Ivan Grunsfeld
Darby A. Day
J. J. Sheridan
Wallace Henselden
Simon Stern
O. N. Mann
D.A. Macpherson
Solomon Luna
P. F. McCanna
Lands Open For Entry After Lottery In Uintah Reserve
Washington reports that midnight tonight marks the 36th lands of Uintah Indian reservation no longer set aside for settlers. Lands not claimed by lottery participants become open for entry under public land laws and mineral laws. no opening rules will be issued as the law requires. Also noting that only one bid was received for earth embankment work on the Hondo Irrigation project in New Mexico, with Wood Bancroft Doty of Omaha submitting the sole proposal at seventeen cents per embankment and one and a half cents for overhaul.
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Washington
Uintah
Hondo
New Mexico
Roswell
Wood
Bancroft & Doty
Omaha
Neban
Mail pouch stolen and robbed at Corona
A dispatch from Alamogordo reports a mail pouch was stolen from a Corona crane on the El Paso and Southwestern line. The pouch, placed for train 44, was found in an empty box car with contents intact except for a registered letter cut out. Police believe the thief knew of the remittance.
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Vaso
Alamogordo
Trainwenl
Corona
el Paso
L In
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