Train Collision Near Newton Leaves One Dead
Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe passenger No. 17 collided head on with an extra stock train near Braddock thirteen miles east of Newton. Engineer David Roberts was killed and about twenty two passengers were injured. cause linked to running by a block signal. Most injured are Kansas residents. In Houston, J R Webb, a millionaire oil operator who recently returned, is suspected dead after disappearance and possible abduction to Missouri. Police pursue multiple clues.
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Newton
Kan
Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe
Kansa City
Braddock
David Roberts
No. 17
Carthe Wen
Philadelphia
St. Joseph
Kansas
Houston
J. R. Webb
Missouri
Joplin
Mr. Bb
Buffalo Bayou
Galveston
Burglary at Knight Dry Goods. $11,000 in checks taken
Fort Worth on October 19 reports the Knight Dry Goods safety blown open on Houston street. More than $11,000 in checks and about $400 in cash were stolen. burglars entered via a rear window. Police in other Texas cities asked to cooperate in locating the criminals. Judge S. H. Cowan, back from St. Louis, predicts Bryan will win Texas by a landslide and expects Democratic gains. he also expects the railroads’ injunction to end.
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Fort Worth
Knight Dry Goods Company
Houston Street
Texas
Shreveport Woman Takes Life After Church Fight
Shreveport October 17 Mrs E Medlock formerly Miss G Wallace of Lone Star Texas shoots herself after a dispute with her husband over church attendance. She was a seventeen year old bride found dead with a revolver in hand. In Waco October 19 G W Wheeler after marrying Miss Ella Warren is charged with seduction by her cousin Miss Davie Warren. Wheeler posted bond for his examining trial.
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Shreveport
E. Medlock
Waco
G. W. Wheeler
Ella Warren
Oklahoma
Davie Warren
Wheeler
Burglary and Arson Hit J. R. Robbins Grocery
In Beaumont on October 19 burglars entered J. R. Robbins' grocery store, stole about $300 in cash and merchandise, then set the building afire. A police officer confronted the burglars as they fled, three shots were fired but no injuries occurred. The damage to building and contents totaled $700.
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Beaumont
J. R. Robbins
Lyon May Be Summoned Over Insurance Information
Austin reports Colonel Cecil A Lyon may be cited to appear before Insurance Commissioner Love to reveal names of five insurance firms he claims in press statements from Sherman that insure in Texas then reinsure risks with unpermitted firms. Love seeks names to action against offenders and notes Texas law requires annual sworn permit affidavits.
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Love
Austin
Cecil A. Lyon
Love Ay
Sherman
Texas
Conpioner Love
Mr. Lyer
John M. Green
Dimmit County
Texas Topics Amid Crime and Weather Reports
A Dallas pickpocket stole 35 from R L Caughey at the fair. Leon county warns on guns. J N Zachnay dies in Daingerfield. W M Pettigrew of Texarkana passes away. Hannover ship sails from Galveston. Paris area fire destroys Barn. 400 canned black berries burned. corn hay lost. R B Williams of Scranton Pa run over in Dallas. leg fracture. El Paso thermometer drops 40 degrees. wind 46 mph. Nine carloads of bulls held at Petty oil mill to be shipped to Cuba. Mose Hulsey found with throat cut. physician says potential recovery. Deputy A J Kincaid attacked near San Antonio. pistol seized by assailant.
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R. L. Caughey
Dallas
Leon County
J. N. Zachnay
Daingerfield
W. M. Pettigrew
Texarkana
Hannover
Galveston
Bremen
Europe
Paris
F. P. Gross
R. B. Williams
Scranton
el Paso
Petty
Lamar County
Oscar McBath
Robert Hembree
St Louis
Cuba
Mose Hulsey
Halsey
San Antonio
A. J. Kincaid
Matrimonial plans of the Duke of Abruzzi reported certain
The Rome scene shows the Duke of Abruzzi to marry with the king's full consent. Guirnalé D'Italia notes Miss Elkins will be treated as a royal princess henceforth. Also reported are a physician's apparent suicide in St Paul and a Montenegrin-Austrian skirmish at Antivari with naval guard involvement.
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Rome
Duke of
Abruzzi
Guirnalé D'Italia
Miss Elkins
Berlin
Vienna
Tageblatt
Antivari
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Liepe Hel Hine
Wagner & CO
Swill’s
Webb
Lyon
Fair
State Fair of
Texas Topics
G. S. Parker
A. W. Wilkerson
J. W. English
E. H. Astin
J. K. Parker
J. N. Cole
Baltimore
Leonard C Wentzeil
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