Severe Lake Storm Wrecks Eleven Vessels and Kills Twelve
A brutal gale across northern Lake Michigan to Lake Erie wrecked eleven vessels and damaged many more. Twelve sailors are lost as ships including the Frank Perry Fay and the Maurenne meet disaster. Rescue crews saved remaining crews after lifeboats proved unusable in towering waves.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Frank Perry
Boat Island
Cheneaux
Joseph S. Fay
Rogers City
Mich
Joseph Syre
D. P. Rhodes
Sheboygan
William A. Nelson
Brosque Island Harbor
Minnesota
Harbor Beach
Nirvana
Grand Marias
Mantenos
Erie
Tasmania
Ashland
Corrigan
Lake Ere
Sarah E. Sheldon
Lorrain
Kingfisher
Cleveland
Walter Metcalf
Breakwater Light
Fort William
Canada
Ontaro
Westmount
Melrose
No Deaths Friday in New Orleans Yellow Fever Run
New Orleans reports no yellow fever deaths for a third straight day on Friday. Four new cases were registered by 6 pm with positives from Patterson Lake Providence Tyrone plantation near Beaurette Franklin Baldwin and Pensacola reporting additional cases. Quarantine bars lifted in Natchitoches West Baton Rouge and Assumption parishes.
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New Orleans
Natchitoches
West Baton Rouge
Assumption
Patterson
Lake Providence
Tyrone Plantation
Beaurette
Franklin
Baldwin
Pensacola
Wrath of Wind Tornado Strikes Jennings Killing Children
A tornado near Jennings Payne county killed two small children of Irwin Anderson living on Mouse creek and badly injured Mrs. Anderson. The House of Edward Hook was damaged and his daughter suffered a broken ankle. People fled to caves.
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Jennings
Payne County
Irwin Anderson
Mouse Creek
Anderson
Edward Hook
Train severed legs kill John Willie Owen in Frederick
Frederick Oklahoma October 21 John Willie Owen a Black man had both legs cut off by a train and died after begging someone to shoot him in the incident described in the report.
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Frederick, Okla
John Willie Owen
Boiler Blows Up In Train Wreck Near Alamogordo
An El Paso and Southwestern freight train boiler exploded twenty five miles south of Alamogordo New Mexico on October 21 trapping engineer G H Lonagan and fireman Fred Bridgeford for seven hours. Both were badly scalded and mashed and not expected to live. Brakeman McKenzie injured and a Mexican riding the train also injured.
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Alamogordo, N. M
el Paso
Southwestern
Here
G. H. Lonagan
Fred Bridgeford
McKenzie
Stolen Cunliffe Funds Found in Black Rock Trunk
In Bridgeport Connecticut on October 21 a trunk of the Cunliffe case held $9605 of the stolen money. The house staff did not know the funds were there. Detectives traced the money through George Eisenman, a chance acquaintance of Cunliffe, seen nearby and connected to Cunliffe.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Black Rock
Cunliffe
George Eisenman
Roosevelt Hosts Uncle Remus Writer at Governor Mansion
At Mrs. Roosevelts request Joel Chandler Harris known as Uncle Remus visited the governor mansion. The first meeting with the president and Mrs. Roosevelt included their children who admire his dialect writings.
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Atlanta
Roosevelt
Joel Chandler Harris
Remus
Moroccan baralits demand Valiente release for officers
London dispatch reports Tangier where Moroccan barilits seek only Valiente’s release in exchange for freeing British officers they had captured. The offer implies no political concessions or ransom.
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London
The
Times
Tangier
Valiente
Savage buys Ed Patch from Beeming for 5000 dollars
Richmond Ind Oct 21 announcement that M W Savage owner of Dan Patch bought Ed Patch 2034 from Edgar Beeming of Danville Ind for 5000 dollars. He has proved the fastest yet of Dan Patch.
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Richmond
Ind
M. W. Savage
Dan Patch
Ed Patch
Edgar Beeming
Danville
Vicksburg Lifts Quarantine After Outbreak Decline
Vicksburg Mississippi ends all quarantine restrictions and opens communication to all areas. By Friday evening one yellow fever death and four new cases were reported. Natchez logged one new case and one death, Mrs. R H Hackler among the deceased, leaving a husband and eight children. Total nine deaths, six white.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Natchez
R. H. Hackler
Funeral songs and rites at Westminster Abbey for Sir Henry Irving
London mourners attended the Westminster Abbey funeral of Sir Henry Irving with a service led by Canon Duckworth and attended by Bishop Welldon Archbishop Wilberforce and Cardinal Measley Priton. The organist played Chopin and Purcell, the procession moved from St Faith chapel to the grave, and hymns and anthems accompanied the burial. Only Lady Irving and Irving’s sons remained as mourners. four floral tributes included a cross of lilies from Queen Alexandra bearing her inscription. The nation shares in the sorrow over Irving’s death.
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London
Henry Irvig
Westminster Abbey
Frederick Bridges
Chopin
Purcell
Tourbin
St. Faith Chapel
Canon Duckworth
Westminster
Weldon
Wilberforce
Measley Priton
Coriolanus
Lady Irving
Sir Henry
England
Sir Henry Irving
Queen Alexandra
Irving
Resignation of Grand Duke Vladimir as St Petersburg commander
St Petersburg reports Grand Duke Vladimir eldest uncle of Emperor Nicholas resigns as commander of the St. Petersburg military district. He cites failing health and will be succeeded by Lieutenant General Grip enberg.
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Cyril
Vladimir
Nicholas
St. Petersburg
Gripenberg
Happenings Roundup From Across Texas and Oklahoma
Governor Lanham returns to Austin as many Russian families flee Baku. John Crozier found dead in Dallas. Swift & Co plant in Shreveport damaged by fire. Wife of Tex. official D. J. Anthony dies. Muskogee unions endorse separate statehood. Lawton land office head McGuire resigns to live in Norman. Preacher Balkey breaks jail in Anadarko facing assault charge. Collinsville post office burglarized. mail tampered with and about 14 dollars stolen. Tom Coleman charged with assault near Sherman. Roland Brown murder case to be tried in Austin. Wanamaker of Wanamaker & Brown dies. Oklahoma City realtors arrested for fraud. Mrs. Richardson loses 127 dollars en route to Texas. Dr. Casey stabbed near Shawnee. Three boys accidentally shot while hunting near Guthrie.
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Swift & Co
Shreveport
D. J. Anthony
Terrell, Tex
Muskogee
Register McGuire
Lawton Land Office
Norman
G. W. Balkey
Anadarko
Okla
Collinsville
Tex
Tom Coleman
Wood County
Texas
Sherman
Roland Brown
Hempstead
John M
Tom Pinckney
Austin
W. H. Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Wanamaker & Brown
John Wanamaker
Richardson
Colorado
Gainesville
C. F. Casey
Keokuk Falls
Shawnee
Everett Moore
Eugene Barnes
Russell Hughes
Guthrie
Trafalgar Day Celebrated Across British Empire
London marked the 100th anniversary of Nelson's victory with flags aboard ships and a signal unfurled on Nelson's column. Crowds gathered in Trafalgar Square as wreaths from colonies and provinces filled the base, while St Paul's and other churches held services. A wreath from Admiral Togo was placed on the column by naval brigade members from Portsmouth.
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London
Empire
Admiral Nelson
France
Spain
Nelson
Victory
Portsmouth
England
Trafeleur
Naval Brigade
Togo
St. Paul's Cathedral
Cunliffe Sweated After $101,000 Adams Express Theft
Edward G. Cunliffe, captured in Bridgeport after stealing $101,000 from Adams Express, arrived in Pittsburg and spent hours at Pinkerton offices undergoing intense interrogation. He slept after being placed in a central police cell, with officials unable to confirm the whereabouts of the remaining funds.
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Pittsburg
Edward G. Cunlife
Adams Express Company
Bridgeport
Conn
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Cunliffe
Central Police Station
Native copper prospector found dead of starvation
A Santa Fe dispatch reports William Didican of Schenectady New York died of starvation on the plains west of White Oaks after weeks of prospecting rich native copper. His tracks show he wandered in a circle for days while returning from the mine.
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Chicago
The
Tribune
Santa Fe N
Wreck on Missouri Pacific Train Injures Dozens
A Missouri Pacific passenger train derailed five miles west of Fort Scott Kansas after a broken rail. About thirty people were injured with several seriously hurt. Train cars including baggage mail and express cars left the track and overturned. In separate notices frost affected Texas Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina and Ohio Valley areas with cooler temperatures. Spokane attorney James Hopkins found guilty on seven counts of submitting false affidavits for old soldiers pensions. Each count carries up to a $1000 fine and one to three years in prison.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Spokane. Wash
James Hopkins
Notable deaths and regional updates flash across headlines
Magician H. M. Turpin known as Zanzie dies in Houston. Louisiana banks post gains past quarter, while Sherman nurserymen report higher fruit tree sales. Queen and Crescent resumes service to Shreveport. Frank Terry acquitted in Muskogee murder case. Frost observed in Denison area. Ardmore Gas plans $500000 capitalization and new pipelines. Dallas resident Dallas Britton dies in yard near Kaufman. Hamp James suffers severe hand burns at Mount Calm cotton gin. Choctaws receive per capita payments starting Nov. 1 at Atoka Boswell Durant Ardmore. Fire on Mahoney ranch near Santa Anna causes $5000 loss. Denison Flouring and Elevator Mill sustains fire damage.
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H. M. Turpin
Zanzie
Houston
Louisiana
Sherman
Queen and Crescent Railway
Shreveport
Frank Terry
Muskogee
Bill Cromie
Denison and
Vicinity
Mount Calm
Tex
Hamp James
Atoka
Boswell
Durant
Ardmore
Mahoney Ranch
Santa Anna
Denison Flouring and Elevator Mi'l Company
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James’ Drug Store
A. L. Mondrick
M. D. Bryan
W. C. Fountain
Crown
Burt Norwid
W. H. Lawrence
Over Haswell’s Book Store
Grimes County
South
John D. Keith
Navasota
Keith
Oak” “Ang
Cole Hardware CO
San Antonio
29Th, Inc
Republic of Mexico
President Diaz
G.N. RR
DeWitt
E. C. Dewitt & CO
Emmel & Maloney
Great Lakes
Wrath OF Wind
Henry Irving
St Petersburg
Lanham
Baku
John Crozier
Dallas
Jesse Walls
J. H. Johnston
Oklahoma City
Louisville
Mississippi
North Carolina
Gulf
Alleghenies
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Hopkins
Ardmore Gas Company
Pines
Dallas Britton
Kaufman, Tex
Bulletin
Great Northern Telegraph Company
Shanghai
Heath & Milligan
Garth, Howell & Webb
Heath & Milligan Paints
Cece Cee
MO. A. Moore
Bryan
Galveston
Denver
Ft. Worth
F. A
Denver Road
ST. Louis
H &T.C
Denison
Ae Lows
M. L. Robbins
Houston, Texas
Harrison
Haswell
Southwestern Life Insurance Co
Joe B, Reed
Friend-In-Neeed Soociety
Jor B. Raed
John Wittman
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