Struck by Freight Train Kills Detroit Electric Car Conductor
A Mt Clemens suburban electric car bound for Mt Clemens was struck by a Michigan Central freight train at Gratiot and Bellevue in Detroit. Conductor Tony Schneider was crushed to death. 23 passengers were injured, two fatally. Names of the injured include Otto Vonderke and Mrs Egenell, among others.
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Michigan Central
Detroit
DelRos
Mt. Clemens
Gratiot
Bellevue Avenues
Schniider
Mr. Clemens
Tony Schneider
Otto Vonderke
Joseph Egenell
A. Pipper
Leesville
John Neiberheiser
Oscar Hollis
Richmond
James Gardiner
R. M. Berth
Jennie Kerns
Maud Donalson
Frank Pruvssel
Perils of the Deep Loss of the Steamer Zurich
Details of the Zurich disaster reach Carisiana showing two rafts built by the crew as fate loomed. The captain three engineers second mate and four black sailors with two dogs boarded the first raft. the mate three white sailors and five black sailors with two dogs the second. Both rafts lacked food and water and were driven four days at sea. The first raft was found near the Bigton islands on Oct 24 with only the captain survives. The second raft washed ashore Oct 25 bearing only a negro corpse.
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Zurich
Carisiana
Bigton Islands
Fourteen Burned to Death in Alabama Fire
A flammable blaze at Faires Alabama destroyed two dwellings owned by Harry Goodlow and Samuel Smith son, killing fourteen occupants. The Goodlow family from Iowa included father, mother, and six children. the Smithson. family consisted of husband, wife, three children, and a sister. The tragedy occurred October 27 and news reached Bullock’s confessional to True Simulwaver.
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Faires
Ala
Iowa
Mositz
Mobile
Harry Goodlow
Samuel Smithson
Goodlow
Smithson
Mr. Smithson
Supreme Court Rules Corporations Tax Unconstitutional
Des Moines, Got. 27. The Iowa supreme court invalidates the present system of taxing insurance, express, telegraph, telephone, sleeping car and fast freight companies. The court holds corporations must be taxed on the same basis as individuals, meaning state collections do not support city, county or schools as individuals do. Assessor French’s cash market valuation method is upheld, forcing a broader reorganization of railroad taxation. The decision is deemed highly significant with implications for state revenue.
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Town Supreme Court
Des Moines
Supreme Court
French
Remley
NO RECEPTION AT CAPITAL AT FIFTY-FIRST STAFF
Des Moines reports no state reception for the Fifty-first regiment. Byers announces the unit cannot reach Des Moines and will disband in Council Bluffs with any reception held there. Des Moines companies A and H plus Oskaloosa arrive that afternoon and stay night. they likely won’t leave before the reception ends.
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Council Bluf
Drs Moines
Byers
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Oskaloosa
Sleep Was a Stranger Fame Helped by Dr Miles Nervine
Mrs C B Hicks of Lebanon Indiana writes of sleepless nights and nerve exhaustion. She says local remedies failed but Dr Miles Nervine gave her first rest in months and she is completely cured. The firm offers a guarantee with a refund on the first bottle and a free book on heart and nerves from Dr Miles Medical Company Elkhart Indiana.
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Fort Doves
D. J. Skinner
Manson
Lavinia Fitzgerald
C. B. Hicks
Lebanon
Ind
Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Company
Elkhart
Iowa Baptists Plan Expanded Missionary Drive at Muscatine
At the Iowa Baptist state convention four district missionaries will be appointed instead of two and a $12 000 fund-raiser sanctioned for the committee. Obituary notes list 12 ministers dead in the past year. Resolutions denounce Sunday concerts post office openings and the army canteen while opposing the seating of Congressman-elect Roberts and endorsing prohibition. Muscatine chosen for next year’s convention with Rev Brown of Iowa City to deliver the annual sermon.
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Muscatine
Booxy
Iowa
Rev. Brown
Iowa City
Returning Bodies of Soldiers from the Philippines
Washington dispatch reports D H Rhodes of the quartermaster department sails for Manila to arrange repatriation of American soldiers who died in battle or of disease in the Philippines. The president’s pledge to honor fallen troops abroad will be strictly followed, with bodies sent home on returning transports expected early next year.
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Philippines
New York
Washington
D. H. Rhodes
Quartermaster's Department
Cuba
Manila
Philippine Islands
Imperial Leaders to Meet Ahead of Kaiser's England Visit
Telegraphic briefs report Emperor Nicholas and Emperor William to meet at Darmstadt before the Kaiser travels to England. Also noted are a Chicago trial for H H Hammond in a winter shooting, a Denver suicide, and various motions from fraternal, labor, and land-office bodies.
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Emperor Nicholas
Emperor William
Darmstadt
England
H. H. Hammond
John T. Shayne
Chicago
Edward A. van Tayle
River ‘Side
Denver
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Admiral Watson
Manila
Navy Department
Pasig
New Bedford
Hermann
General Land Office
United States
Vanderbilt Will Splits Fortune With Alfred G Vanderbilt
New York Oct 27 Chauncey M Depew announces Cornelius Van derbilt will leaves bequest split Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt inherits the larger portion becoming head of the family Alfred to receive about 41 5 million plus 1 million held in trust Cornelius Jr not married nor in dispute Gladys Reginald and Gertrude Whitney each receive about 7 5 million Alfred to donate around 6 million to Cornelius to keep him as rich as his siblings
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Alfred
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Chauncey M. Depew
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Corneliua Vanderbilt, Jr
Miss Wilson
Gladys
Reginald
Gertrude
Harry Payne Whitney
Depew
Cornelius
Episcopalian Missionary Council Concludes In St Louis
The Protestant Episcopal Church missionary council closes its three day session at St Louis with morning business, afternoon visits to the Woman's auxiliary and missionary addresses by women, and evening farewell gatherings among delegates who formed strong ties. A separate Omaha fire devastates the Tank Manufacturing plant on Douglas Street, with losses estimated between 15 000 and 20 000 dollars and little coverage by insurance.
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Episcopalian Missionary Council
St. Louia
St. Louis
Missionary Council
Protestant Episcopal Church
Woman’s Auxiliary
Omaha
Omaha Tank Manuufacturing Company
Douglas Street
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Albert A. Wyman
Nebraska Fire Insurance Company
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Gully
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