Train Goes Into River Near Garrisons Station Disaster
A New York Central train plunges into the Hudson at Garrisons Station leaving 28 dead and many injured. The engine and cars topple from an embankment as a foggy morning yields mystery. rescuers recover bodies, identify some passengers, and note a saved number of lives when the last three sleepers stay on the broken track.
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Bevers
New York Central
Garrisons Station
Garrisoss
Hudson River
Buffalo
Hia Breman Haad
Tonoey
A. F. Bracken
New York
White Squadron Arrives In New York City From Eastern Waters
The White Squadron consisting of the cruisers New York and Brooklyn and battleships Massachusetts Texas and Iowa arrived in New York on October 5 after an extended visit in eastern waters. The New York went up the bay to the navy yard while the three battleships anchored off Tompkinsville, Staten Island.
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New York
Brooklyn
Massachusetts
Texas
Iowa
Navy Yard
God
Tompkinsville
S. I
Women Occupy Pulpits in Toronto WCTU Meeting
In Toronto on October 25 delegates from 83 city church pulpits gathered for the WCTU convention. A large Massey Hall crowd heard Miss Elizabeth Greenwood of Brooklyn preach the annual sermon in the afternoon with Miss Frances Willard presiding.
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Toronto
Massey Hall
Elizabeth Greenwood
Brooklyn
Frances
Willard
Major Handy Out of Danger After Illness
Paris cablegram reports Major Moses P. Handy nearly recovered from illness and out of danger. He will sail for America next Saturday.
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Amity
Ouricauo
Paris
Moses P. Handy
America
Problem of Finance Report to Be Heard by Commission
The monetary commission reconvenes on November 8 to begin work on its currency measure and accompanying report. The measure will be concise and the report likely to present a clear statement of facts and terse argument in support of the agreed upon plan. Public input has been wide with few crank letters, and many thoughtful suggestions on silver’s role and monetary unity, including certificates and varying denominations.
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Herard
Wasninetos
Moneaary Commission
Treasury
Commission
Associated Press
Secretary of the Treasury
Canada
Wrecks on the Great Lakes Disrupt Several Vessels
Heavy fog and high seas on the Great Lakes caused multiple shipwrecks and damage. Vessels listed include the J. W. Gifford foundered near Take Michigan with crew rescued in Chicago, the Tuscarora grounded on Thunder Bay Island with major hull damage, the Cadillac and Sheldon wrecked or damaged at mar ine entrances, and the A. D. Thompson spent on the Kiln banks near Amherstburg. No lives reported.
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Great Lakes
J. W. Gifford
Chicago
Inka Michigan
Tuscarora
Lehigh Valley
Buffalo
Cadillac
Marquette
Mich
Sheldon
Toledo
A.D. Thompson
Amherstburg
Increase in Bank Deposits in Kansas Reported
Kansas banks report 374 of 882 institutions to Bank Commissioner Breidenthal confirming a 7 million dollar rise in deposits, up 45 percent from last year. Including expected national-bank growth, total deposits near 10 million, with state totals around 42 million and 30 per capita available cash amid an unprecedented liquidity situation.
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Kansas
Toreka
John W. Breidenthal
National Bank
Lash On Bank Cashier Sparks Arkansas Scare
Mrs. Benjamin Sapp, wife of Shoemaker Sapp, lashed Bank of Siloam cashier R. B. Morris with a rawhide in the shoe shop adjoining the bank. Morris, married and wealthy, was invited by her husband for business. Mrs. Sapp claims insult, but Morris is exonerated. A bystander was struck during the incident.
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Arkansas
Stroam Springs
Ark
Benjamin Sapp
Sapp
Morris
Bank of Siloam
Market Letter Warns of Weather, Demand Effects on Wheat
A market letter from McLain Bros. & Co. notes gold inflows bolster New York banks reserve and hint at easier money, while yellow fever and arid wheat regions curb fall purchases. Reports foresee renewed wheat market strength from dry weather, with global demand, foreign crop projections, and cautious English buyers shaping prices. Domestic and foreign grain supplies shift, showing increased wheat, corn, and oats stocks. readers invited to request the private weekly letter.
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Mclain Bros. & Co
Commission
Rialto Building
Chicago
New York
Missouri River
UT Kindy
Aulfering
Nate
Continental
Europe
Sti
Tater
Mirope
Argentina
Paul
Titseelion
United States
Canada
Lassie
Debs comments on Pullman death at cloakmakers meeting
Eugene V. Debs spoke to cloak makers in New York about wages and the wage system. He urged action toward a cooperative economy while noting Rockefeller’s failure to arbitrate with Pullman’s death prompting “Peace to his ashes.” Major Handy entertained US officials in Paris at a dinner. Ex-Governor Morrill of Kansas remains seriously ill in Hiawatha.
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Social Democracy
Pullman
New York
Eugene V. Debs
Mnss
Cloak Makera
Mr. Debs
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Lake Front
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Frank J. Degan
W. H. Meyers
Trenton
N. Y
Poughkeepsie
Degan
Meyers
No. 1
No. 11
Myers
Saeatcher
Thomas Reilly
St. Louis
Garyaman
Woxe Gra
Chinamiun
Carraman
Onan
Chinaway
Crinaman
Crinamay
F. A. Green
Criyamay
G. Myers
Tremont
Wowax
Max
Guissipz Papuana
W.S. Becker
Newark
A. G. McKay
Jonx Forty
East Albany
Jonx Q. Towraiys
E. G. Parish
Chinaman
Peekskill
Tong Lee
Herman Acker
Shaw
Express
John B. Ryan
Yarrow
Jersey City
Clarence Morgan
Aurora
W.S. Langford
Bayonne
Charles Buchan
John Smith
John Flood
New York City
Hop King
Patterson
N. J
Reilly
BE. A. Green
Care A. W. Otis
Dear
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Finance
Monetary Commission
Los Ancelys
Cal
San Francisco
Quezaltenango
Tapalacha
Quezultenango
Washington
Friends
Indianapolis
The
Friends Church of America
Western
New England
Middle Western
Calfornia
Oregon
Dr. Nansen
National Capital
National Geographic Society
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M. J. Davis
Lewis, Lowa
N. K. Fairbank Company
Walnut St
Dess
Major Handy Enutertates
Mosca P. Handy
Horace Porter
Henry Vignaud
Legation
John K. Gowdy
Getty
Seligman
M. Launay Belleville
Department of Exploitation
M. Hanoteaux
Morrill
Hiawatua
Kan
Farmers’ Institute
Towa
Institute
Milleu Ot Thir
August P. Peterson
Kossuth
Des Moines
Oliver Yelland
Sheffield
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