Boardinghouse Blown Up by Dynamiters in Pennsylvania
A Hungarian boardinghouse in Laurel Run, Wilkes-Barre area, was wrecked by dynamite at 3 am. Three inmates were killed, four fatally injured, about six seriously hurt. About 24 sticks of dynamite under the building, wired to a distant battery, exploded partly. Wounded men described strangers fleeing the scene and pockets rifled. Proprietor Michael Bellakovitch was arrested. authorities seek him as a witness and note he had said he would travel to the old country.
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Wilkesbankne
Laurel Ran
Pittsburg
Michael Bellakovitch
Old Country
Freight wreck near Croydon claims three lives
A Pennsylvanian freight wreck near Croydon station last evening killed John McNulty Stephen Dailey and Frank Stone all of Bristol and injured 20 or more workers. Engineer E W Stout and conductor William Rich escaped injuries as cars were wrecked and the labor train was struck by fast freight 1147. Several seriously hurt workers faced possible death.
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Bristol
Pennsylvania Railroad
Croydon Station
Croydon
E. W. Stout
William Rich
Prisoner Arrested After Kentucky Knife Cartridges Blast
In Crofton Kentucky Peter Long and James Johnston argued when Johnston struck a cartridge with a knife causing an explosion. Johnston burned. Long shot in the neck and killed. Johnston arrested. Long says the shooting was accidental.
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Horkinsvile. Ky
Peter Long
James Johnston
Crofton
Johnston
Long
Smallpox Case Reported in Washington Network
Washington on October 27 reports another smallpox case, with James J. Parker of Indiana, a law clerk in the same division as previous patients, identified as the victim. The notice adds to ongoing public health concerns in official channels.
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Washinaton
James J. Parker
Indiana
Pasteur Diptheritic Cure Urges Serum Use in America
American Consul at Havre reports Pasteur and Roux developed an inoculation method for diphtheria and croup that cut death rates at Paris hospitals from 51.70 percent to 24.33 percent. The serum allegedly protects vaccinated children from exposure and may require one or two injections.
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Wasuixeros
France
State Department
United States
C. W. Chancellor
Havre
Baltimore
Paris
Chief of Police Killed In York Street Fight
In York Alabama on Oct 29 a street quarrel between S A Cameron and E F Allison led to gunfire that killed Chief of Police J W Thompson and mortally wounded Allison. Cameron resisted arrest and was struck. his pistol fired twice, striking Allison and then Thompson.
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Menypuis
York
Ala
J. W. Thompson
S. A. Cameron
Cotton Express
E. F. Allison
Allison
Cameron
Thompson
Johnson Breaks Century Mile Record on Smooth Pavement
Tom Eck and a select bicycling party report John 85 Johnson ran a mile straightaway in 1 minute 53.5 seconds paced by a quadrupler. Eck has driven Johnson here with Stearns team to attempt the mile on a measured straight course noted for its parlor floor smoothness and a sharp finish slope.
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Brrrearo
Tom Eck
John
Johnson
Eck
Stearns
New Whisky Trust Formed With $5 Million Capital
A new whisky trust has been organized in New York with five million dollars in capital. It unites New England distillers and former New York partners from the current trust and holds patents for a new process to produce spirits from molasses.
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Hasiess
New York
New England
Isaac P. Gray Withdraws From Indiana Campaign
Washington Oct 26 Isaac P Gray minister to Mexico will not take part in Indiana campaign and likely will not vote. Washington Oct 25 smallpox fears rise with two deaths four cases at pesthouse and two suspicious cases. Judge E Marion Rucker of South Carolina now has a well developed case. New York Oct 29 John Street Methodist church marks 125th anniversary. Princeton, Hg Oct 40 William Knox and Dan Doyle clash with spade and hoe Doyle gravely injured.
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Isaac P. Gray
Indiana
Washinctox
Mexico
State Department
Wasaisutos
E. Marion Rucker
South Carolina
Interior Department
New York
John Street
Methodist Church
America
Princeton
William Knox
Dan Doyle
Doyle
Knox
Rising Sun in Wood County Burns to Ground
A report from Fostoria says the oil town of Rising Sun in Wood county has been totally destroyed by fire. The 1500 resident town’s losses are expected to reach forty thousand dollars at most.
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Toiodo
Fostoria
Rising Sun
Wood County
Ohio
Tyler regains 2 mile flying start world record
Harry Tyler regained the 2 mile flying start bicycle world record in Waltham Massachusetts on October 30 yesterday afternoon. He covered the distance in 4 minutes 4 seconds, pacing by tandems.
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Wantham
Mass
Harry Tyler
Explosion Tears Up Marion Photograph Gallery
In Marion Indiana on October 25 a natural gas explosion wrecked Larrimer Bros. photograph gallery. Miss Grace Speakman of Newcastle was fatally injured, buried under debris with a fractured skull. Ben Larrimer and Alfred Greenman suffered serious burns. property loss is expected to run high.
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Marion
Ind
Larrimer Bros
Grace Speakman
Newcastle
Ben Larrimer
Alfred Greenman
Shot for snoring at St. Joseph's hospital
Fort Wayne paper reports 60 year old janitors John Huffman and Hubert Alles both inmates at St. Joseph's hospital. Huffman shot Alles in the head over snoring and then killed himself. both men were dying. Huffman had bought the revolver two weeks earlier to force Alles to stop snoring.
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Fort Wayne
St. Joseph's Hospital
John Huffman
Hubert Alles
Iead
Huffman
Alles
Defeated Candidate Daniel McClintic Dies by Poison
Courents Indiana Oct 27 Daniel McClintic longtime Clifty township trustee and former Democratic candidate for county auditor killed himself at his Newbern home using poison. He reportedly faced shortages in township accounts estimated at 4000 to 5000 dollars and was accused of forging a 300 dollar note and another 25 dollar note recently.
Well Known Horse Trader Charged With Restaurant Clerk Murder
Ras Shields a 60 year old horse trader was jailed in Hartrorp City Ind on a murder charge. He allegedly choked Frank Ditzler a Montpelier restaurant clerk to death after a quarrel. The defendant was intoxicated at the time.
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Hartrorp City
Ind
Ras Shields
Shields
Montpelier
Frank Ditzler
Ditzler
Large Page of Anderson W C T U Votes and Local Incidents
Anderson Indiana October 26 two hundred fifty members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union resolved to vote in November to test Indiana constitutional law. Cave Indiana Detachment 30 report a fatal stabbing after a card game quarrel near a fence involving John Boyd and Lincoln Hall, a black man. Later at Fred Weiland's saloon in Indianapolis Frank Walters shot Will Burkman the bartender in a dispute with George Kinney. Walters probably aimed at Kinney. Indianapolis October 27 the grand lodge K P sued Koerner lodge for possession of lodge furniture and Judge Brown ruled for the supreme body. Chris Stein, clerk of the state printing board, died in the statehouse after a coughing spell rupturing a blood vessel.
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Anderson W. C. T. U
Teassie
Anderson
Ind
Hnnsdred
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Indiana
Caves
John Boyd
Lincoln Hall
Hall
InpraNxaPoLtis
Fred Weiland
Prospect Street
Frank Walters
Will Burkman
Walters
George Kinney
Kinney
Chris Stein
Plas Napolis
The
State Printing Board
Statehouse
Tragic Death After Electric Car Fall Near White River Bridge
In Munch Indiana on October 29, the five year old son of Nancy Tuttle leapt from an electric car near White River bridge and tumbled down an embankment. His head struck a rock and the skull was crushed. He died instantly.
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Munch
Ind
Thomas
Nancy Tuttle
White River Bridge
Movement to suppress social evil by prosecuting property owners
In Indianapolis on October 30 a drive to suppress the social evil begins with arrests of property owners who rent spaces for immoral purposes and promises further detentions to follow.
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Indianapolis
Smallpox cases rise in Walkerton and scares ease
Three new smallpox cases are reported from Walkerton while the diphtheritic scare at Anderson ends and schools resume. An elderly woman named Rowan fell into a fire at Madison and likely perished from burns.
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Walkerton
Anderson
Rowan
Madison
William A. Hall
Wayne County
Henry Thompson
Crawfordsville
Baldwin, Roberts & Cos Park
Newcastle
LaIce
Etta Naantes
Indianapolis
Fire Tears Through West Street Hotel in Northwest City
A Saturday fire at the West Street hotel, a two story frame and iron building near the depot, claimed numerous lives as a coal oil lamp overturned ignited a searing blaze. Fire departments could not save many, with guests jumping from windows to escape.
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Perseus
Witmayo
Searriz
West Street
Nicolaus May Talk to Lexow Committee in New York
Rumors swirl that Mrs Zella Nicolaus of Indiana plans to reveal details to the Lexow committee about her dealings with the Gould family and a $4009 check. Officials deny knowledge of any formal interview or schedule for her appearance.
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Indiana
Zella Nicolaus
Lexen
New York
Gould
Lexow Committee
Zella
Lexow
Moss
Differences In German Cabinet Push Caprivi to Resign
Berlin Oct 27 reports Chancellor Von Caprivi has tendered and had his resignation accepted by the emperor amid a dispute over an antirevolutionary bill. Count Bothon Ehlenberg also offered his resignation.
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Berlin
von Caprivi
Bothon Ehlenberg
Council of Ministers
William
Blankenburg
Miguel
Zu Eulenberg
Von
Ohio Snake Story in Gallia County Harvest Field
Horace Clinger on his Gallipolis farm was crushing corn stalks when a large black snake attacked him and coiled around his body. Neighbors arrived and killed the eight foot serpent just as it began to subdue him. Clinger’s hair turned from black to silver in moments after the encounter.
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Gallipolis
Horace Clinger
Severe Snowstorms Sweep Nebraska and Dakotas
A persistent snowstorm affected Nebraska all day with widespread coverage and melting elsewhere. South Dakota and northwestern Iowa also saw snow with Vermillion’s storm likened to a blizzard. Carter divorce ruling affirmed. Mrs Carter to return to stage life. Cunard Line’s Lucania shat 25 minutes faster, arriving from Liverpool in 5 days 7 hours 23 minutes. Wilkesbarre officials announce a $100 reward for dynamite attack suspects on a Hungarian shanty.
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Oman
Nebraska
Sioux City
the Journal
South Dakota
Towa
Vermillion
S. C
New York
Cunard
Lucania
Liverpool
Queenstown
Democrats Fight to Get Out the Vote in Indiana
The Democratic state committee chairman Thomas Taggart predicts a victory in Indiana if Democrats mobilize voters. He argues reforms under Democrats spurred prosperity and calls for strong turnout to control state and federal ballots, noting party organization and literature demand. The piece links a historic single vote to national outcomes and urges individual responsibility at the polls.
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Thomas Taggart
Democratic State Committee
Indiana
Value of a single vote in 1836 Indiana tale
The piece argues a single Indiana vote can decide national fate echoing 1844 and 1836 concerns. It recalls Daniel Kelso defending a jailed young man who votes from his bed, sacrificing life to cast a ballot for a Democratic candidate amid heated 1840s politics.
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Kelso
Senate
United States Sena
Democrats
House
Edward A. Hannigan
Democratic
Hannigan
Smith
Indiana
Lone Star
Switzerland County
Texas
Union
United States
Mexico
Harrison
House of Representatives
Congress
Switzerland
Daniel Kelso
David Henry
Republican Grief Over Factory Resumption Of Work
The article notes Republican grief as factory reopens spread across the nation. Since Sept 1 Cincinnati Commercial Gazette and Indianapolis Journal report over 100 large factories hiring 28 542 workers.
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Cincinnati Concercial Gazette
Indianapolis Journal
Go to the polls early this election day
The piece urges voters to go early and warns Republicans aim to close polls at 2 or 4 PM to curb laboring voters. It accuses party managers of instructing officers to exploit election law to suppress turnout and deny the franchise.
Muncie Industry Set to Surge in 30 Days
The Muncie Herald notes a forthcoming citywide industrial push as every sector gears up to boost output, signaling a historic rise in manufacturing and finished goods across Muncie.
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Muncie
Voter’s Shift Cited in McKinley Support Claim
The Rockville Tribune quotes a voter who opposed McKinleyism two years ago but now supports it, arguing political stances can change with time and circumstances. The remark highlights evolving attitudes in a broader local political discussion.
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Rockville
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