Night Train Disaster Kills 27 Burns Dozens Injured
Chicago and Grand Trunk wreck near Nichols Station leaves 27 dead and many burned beyond identification. Pacific Express with thirteen coaches collapses after meeting the Raymond & Whitcomb special. chaos, fires, and frantic rescue efforts unfold as investigators charge engineers and conductor with manslaughter or negligence.
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Battre Creix
Mich
Chicago
Pacific
Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway
Pacific Express
Nichols Station
Archbell
Repon
Wis
J. W. Beardsley
Watkins
N. Y
L.bs. Meyes
Thompson
Woodstock
Barry J. Archbell
New York
C. F. Adams
Main Street
Buffalo
James S. Archbell
Evanston
Ill
S. H. Baldwin
Milford
Conn
C. T. Beardsiee
Springfield
Mass
W. P. Clark
Sarmia
Oswego
Frank Rogers
I. C. Stewart
Dalton Station
Cook County
Jennie Stewart
Frank Turn
Middle Smithfield
George Vance
Lincoln
Cat
Robert Vance
Adtinten H. Ward
Mooretown
Belle Williams
Brocknar
W. Williams
Ulster Street
Toronto
Evalyn Wurtz
Rochester
Fred Wurtz
Aukle
Henry Wooley
Iain No. 6
Nichols
Rounds House
Chicago & Grand Trunk Road
Raymond & Whitcomb
Boston
Burt Scott
Zengineer Wooley
Willang
Highway Robbers in the Capital City
Des Moines reports a daring nighttime holdup on West Grand avenue line car No 2. Three masked robbers held up Conductor Thomas Hickey, Motorman A Beeson, and two passengers, Rutledge Sloan and Miss Alice Johnson, looting valuables as others nearby were threatened. Police have no crew ready to pursue.
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Des Moines
Des Mores
West Grand Avenue
Thomas Hickey
A. Beeson
Rutledge Sloan
East Fifth Street
Alice Johnson
Ninth Street
Ninth Street Bridge
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Iowa
Fort Dodge
M. E. Wooden
F. J. Maley
M. J. Aldrich
Edith Train
Fort Dodge Times
Fort Dodge Union
F. J
Bankers Conclude Chicago Meeting with Strong Repeal Call
More than 800 delegates at the American Bankers Association session in Chicago urged immediate repeal of the Sherman silver bill purchasing clause. E H Pullen announced the resolution, to be sent to Congress. Post remarks praised sound currency, elastic currency, and prudent banking amid panics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmaco
American Bankers’ Association
A-1 Palace
E. H. Pullen
Executive Council
Congress
Joseph C. Hendrix
New York
Australia
United States
Horace White
New York Evening Post
Sidney Sherwood
Johns Hopkins’ University
Sherwood
E. O. Leech
United States Mint
Leech
M. M. White
Fourth National Bank of Cincinnati
John J. P. Odell
Union National Bank of Chicago
Chicago
America
Henry Starr Convicted of Murder in U S Court
Henry Starr, bank robber and desperado, was convicted in the United States court of murder for the killing of Deputy Marshal Wilson last December in the Indian territory. He heard the verdict with indifference as his mother wept. twenty other indictments stood against him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smita
Ark
Henry Starr
United States
Marshal Wilson
Indian Territory
Starr
Company and Crew to Blame Verdict in Michigan Central Wreck
Jackson Michigan coroner jury finds Michigan Central Railway Company engineer Whalen conductor Webb and two brakemen guilty of gross negligence in the wreck. The inquest verdict was returned at midnight Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Mich
Michigan Central
Jackson
Michigan Central Railway Company
Whalen
Webb
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union elects officers
Officers of the W. C. T. U Cuiiaco elected at the annual meeting with Frances E. Willard named president and Mary A. Woodbridge as corresponding secretary. Esther was chosen recording secretary with L. M. serving as treasurer.
Practical advice on avoiding aging from a Spanish philosopher
A quip attributed to a Spanish philosopher suggests aging can be thwarted by odd rules. He claims to stay young by basking in sun in summer and staying wet in winter, never resting, eating cold meat, and drinking cold water when hot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverley
Dedication of Washington Battle Monument in Trenton
In Trenton New Jersey on October 21 Thousands gathered to mark the 1776 victory over Britain. Delegations from multiple states attended with governors and dignitaries while tablets from states were unveiled The 150 foot monument features a Washington statue atop an observatory and rests on a concrete foundation weighing about 4 000 000 pounds Cost 60 000 with funding from Congress New Jersey and private subscriptions.
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Trenton
N. J
Republic
Washington
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Herbert
Hoke Smith
Govs. Flower
Pattison
Fuller
Vermont
Reynolds
Delaware
Russell
Werts
New Jersey
Morris
Brown
Maryland
Society of Cincinnati
Sons of Revolution
Monmouth Battle Monument Association
Gen. Stryker
Monument Association
Congress
Great Chinese Cotton Mill Destroyed in Shanghai
Fire destroyed a major Chinese cotton mill in Shanghai owned by Li Hung Chang. Loss estimated at 500000 with no insurance. The mill aimed to be the model for a new native industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Shanghai
Li Hung Chang
Bank official robbed on Texas Pacific train near Longview Junction
James T. Dargan vice president of Security Mortgage Trust was asleep in a Dallas to Atlanta bound Pullman car when a satchel with 15000 in negotiable notes and bonds was stolen between Dallas and Longview Junction. The theft occurred early Thursday morning.
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Dailins
Tex
James T. Dargan
Security Mortgage & Trust Company
Texas Pacific
Dallas
Longview Junction
Atlanta
Dargan
Patrick Kanaley Dies on Operating Table in Syracuse
Patrick Kanaley of Jordan died on the operating table in a Syracuse hospital after choking on a sponge used by an assistant to clear mucus from his throat. The incident occurred October 21 in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Patrick Kanaley
Jordan
Orchard Heist Probe Finds Five Thousand Missing
Cincinnati October 21 Thomas M. De Witt Ohio superintendent of the Wells Fargo Express reports after investigating Orchard the absconding clerk that a little over five thousand dollars was taken from the company.
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Cincinnati
Thomas M. de Witt
Ohio
Wells- Fargo Express Company
Builder John Thomas Chappell Declares Heavy Failure
Lonxpox October report states John Thomas Chappell of 149 Lupus Street has failed with liabilities of £220,000. The contractor ran branches in Brighton, Southampton and additional locations.
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Lonxpox
John Thomas Chappell
Lupus Street
Chappell
Brighton
Southampton
Talks on Finance as Bankers Convene in Curacao Hall
About 200 to 800 bankers from major cities met in Hall 3 at the nineteenth annual American Bankers Association convention in Curacao. Comptroller Eckels urged caution on banking practices, praised resilience during monetary strain, and pressed for reforms toward a sound currency. President Rhawn and Mayor Harrison spoke, with Coe presenting resolutions to form a national monetary commission.
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Curiaco
United States
Art Palace
American Bankers’ Association
Rhawn
Hiram ‘Thomas
Harrison
Executive Council
Europe
Cleveland
James H. Eckels
Eckels
George 8. Coe
American Exchange Bank
New York
Association
Coe
District of Columbia
National Monetary Commission
Sherman Assails Senate Delays Over Silver Issue
In a Senate speech dated the 17th Senator Sherman denounces Democratic delays and vows action. He criticizes prolonged debate, urges unity to resolve key measures, and argues for reform to advance silver purchase policies and curb government spending. He warns the Senate risks losing public trust if it remains stagnant.
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Senate
Sherman
House of Representatives
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Carlisle
Desperado Bud Lindsey Mortally Wounded by U.S. Marshal
Exoxivity Tenn Oct 20 Bud Lindsey a noted desperado in this region was shot and mortally wounded near Jacksboro Wednesday afternoon by J N McGhee deputy United States marshal Lindsey led Coal Creek mining troubles and captured Gen Anderson before being released by Gen Carnes command He had served years as a deputy U S marshal and opposed moonshiners.
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Tenn
Bud Lindsey
Jacksboro
J. N. McGhee
United States
Lindsey
Coal Creek
Gen. Anderson
Gen. Carnes
Mrs Lucy Stone Blackwell Dies at 75 in Dorchester
Boston report notes Lucy Stone Blackwell long champion of woman suffrage dies after a monthlong decline at her Dorchester home. She was 75. In Maryland, Baltimore area honors mark Cardinal Gibbons twenty-fifth bishopric anniversary with ceremonies.
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Boston
Lucy Stone Blackwell
Dorcester
German tragedy shocks Berlin as noble couple slain
In Berlin on Monday Count and Countess Blucher were murdered by their gardener who, in love with a pretty servant girl dismissed by the count, killed them then took his own life. The incident follows a tale of passion and betrayal in a noble household. The gardener’s motive stemmed from the dismissal of the servant girl. The Victoria’s successor is the battleship Ramillies, commissioned at Portsmouth and bound for the Mediterranean.
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Berlin
Blucher
Victoria
Lonpox
Mediterranean
Ramillies
Portsmouth
Mysterious insect erosion hollowed Lefaucheux gun butt
A St Louis case notes a thirty year old Lefaucheux gun butt eaten hollow by insects. Brongniart found no live insects or traces though galleries hollowed the interior while the outer hull remained intact giving a light weight discovery.
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Entomological Society of France
M. Ch. Brongniart
Museum
Lefaucheux
M. Brongniart
St Louis
Around the Globe Snippets and Odd Facts
A collage of world notes contrasts kingdoms and customs with quirky curios. Topics include time zones in England and Japan, ancient coin series, classroom customs in China, South Africa’s mixed-population towns, Bank of England paper history at Laverstoke, Hungary wedding rituals, Brazil's vast area, Virgin Islands revenue, stamp-collecting zeal fading, Australian green ants with leaf nests, Cook’s observation on leaf engineering, universities in Russia founded by Alexander I, and a Broadway fireplug blockage incident.
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England
Yokohama
Japan
China
Carr Town
South Africa
Bank of England
Laverstoke
Hampshire
Hungary
Nort
Alaska
Brazil
United States
Averica
Virgin Islands
West Indies
Australia
Cook
Iowa Farm Product Report for 1893 Compared to 1892
The Iowa state bureau of agriculture presents its biennial review of farm products for 1893 versus 1892. Wheat acreage fell 6 percent while winter corn rose 10 percent and oats 5 percent. potato area declined. Total corn acreage reached 6,000,000 with 90,000 for wheat, 4,000,000 for oats, 500,000 for barley, and 100,000 for potatoes.
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State Bureau of Agriculture
Iowa
Farmers Alliance rejects free coinage at Des Moines meet
The Farmers' Alliance state convention in Des Moines voted down resolutions favoring free coinage of silver. It adopted anti-option and Conger land bill resolutions and backed a sound stable currency with sufficient volume. President J. H. Sanders of Owasco and Secretary August Post of Moulton were reelected.
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Farmers’ Alliance
Des Moines
J. H. Sanders
Owasso
August Post
Moulton
Des Moines Fire Destroys Three Business Buildings
Fire began at Layman Cold Storage in Des Moines and spread to the Frederick Field wholesale boot and shoe house and Merchants' Transfer offices. Field’s stock valued at 50,000 with two‑thirds ruined and insured for 40,000. Layman’s stock 16,000 insured 2,400. total loss near 100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Layman Cold- Storage Company
Des Moines
Frederick Field
Merchants’ Transfer Company
Field
Mitchellville teacher fined for excessive lashes case
In the state against Louise Morgan at Mitchellville, a teacher at the state industrial school, Justice of the Peace Maley found the plaintiff and fined Mrs. Morgan one dollar plus costs for administering 273 lashes with a strap. The verdict was appealed.
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Louise Morgan
Mitchellville
Justice of the Peace Maley
Highwaymen Hold Up Street Car In Des Moines
Two highwaymen robbed the motorman and conductor and two passengers on the Ingersoll avenue street car in Des Moines taking about 200. That same night highwaymen robbed people in six or seven other locations, taking various sums.
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Ingersoll Avenue
Des Moines
State Auditors Propose Levy Increase to 2.5 Mills
The auditor estimates receipts for the next two years at 3 930 036 and regular expenditures at 2 862 770. After deducting probable unpaid taxes, 445 896 remains for special and extraordinary appropriations. An increase in the state levy from two to two and a half mills is recommended.
Thirty Days Given to File Answer on Boundary Case
The action challenges a boundary order between Hawkeye state and Illinois. Attorney General Moloney seeks vacation of the order. Chief Justice Fuller issued the decision in Washington.
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Mast
Towa
Moloney
Eltimois
Hawkeye State
Illinois
Fuller
Washington
Murder charge stirs Mason City case. suspect in Ottumwa saloon
Charged with killing two police, a suspect in the Mason City case is believed at large. An Ottumwa saloon arrest matched the description and the man asked if the officer was dead. Chief White and Clerk Tillotson went to identify him.
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O’brien
Mason City
Ottumwa
White
Tillotson
Secretary of State Bars Prohibition Ticket From Ballot
A long news brief lists multiple Iowa incidents including the denial to place the citizens' prohibition ticket on the official ballots. Other items note arrests, marriages to settle cases, a 15 year old victim in an incest case, a bank robbery, a court receiver appointment, reunions, suicides, shootouts, and various accidents across Des Moines, Keokuk, Mason City, Orange City, and Creston.
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Great Sun
Great Council of Red Men of
Iowa
Fort Madison
M. Johnson
Great Sachem
Lee County
Davenport
Belle Plaine
Stuart
Panora
Gray
Audubon County
Pocahontas
Des Moines
A. B. McCown
Wampum
George W. Shope
Secretary of State
Citizens’ Prohibition
Henry Keene
Creston
Betty Stepney
Keene
Loring Richmond
Keokuk
Annie Rigney
Mason City
A. H. Barrett
Ellington
Jones
National Starch Works
Chicago
Shiras
Iowa City Packing & Provision Company
Policeman O'Brien
Ed Epperly
U. S. Fogg
Independence
Red Wilkes
Methodist Episcopal State University
Babe” Jones
Supreme Court
Kemp
Joe McGee
Fayette
George Collins
Clear Lake
Lincoln O'Dell
Cornelius P. Sheehan
E. E. Johnson
Recipes from a bygone kitchen are printed here
A collage of home cooking notes lists Cream Pie and Uncooked French Cream from American Agriculturist, Chicken Pie from Good Housekeeping, Fricasseed Chicken tips, Sweet Breads from Womankind, Fried Scallops method from Boston Budget, plus serving ideas and tweaks, reflecting period domestic science and practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostom
The Steam Engine and Its Modern Promises
The article extols the steam engine as the cornerstone of civilization, powering mines mills and transport, enabling electricity and modern life. It equates steam power with global labor capacity and underscores its role as humanitys chief inventive force. It also notes Moon myths and a humorous exchange about art in schools from other sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Toledo Blade
Parrot Loss Consolation Tells of Recent Marriage
A brief note records Miss Parsay being consoled for the loss of her parrot and mentions that she married a few days ago, as observed by the Indians Colla Journal.
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Slaln
Battle Creek, Mich
Pweemty
Bhem
Grand Trunk
C. W. van Dusen
Methodist
Charles van Dusen
Nichols Memorial
C. H. Ward
B. S. Ward
Moretown
Ward
Ranger & Farley
Henry
Burt N. Scott
King
Wooley
Marshall
Scott
No. 9
Bellevue
Frank Crafton
RED Men
Crafton
Fred Crafton
Mabel Swartz
Sioux City
Iowa Supreme Court
Swartz
Atlantic
Kansas City
Col
Iowa Falls
Thomas Bundy
Bundy
Trenton, N. J
Texan
DaKkLand
Hartman
Jane Edwards
Mount Vernon
The
Tennessee
Lacy Stone Blackwell
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Alexander I
Broadway
Iowa State News
Atri
Johnny
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