West Indian hurricane wrecks vessels in Honduras towns
Mobile reports describe the West Indian hurricane hitting Rutan Tele Utikla Colorado and El Provence Honduras on Oct 12. Vessels were wrecked and buildings damaged. fruit plantations face nearly 1 million dollars in losses. The British schooner Southern Queen foundered near Raatan. The Harald endured damage and used extra anchor to reach deep water after a tidal wave. No lives reported then. Bananas swept away. recovery of fruit could take a month.
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Honduras
Mobile
Rutan
Tele
Utikla
Colorado
el Provence
Harald
Henrichsen
United Fruit Company
Raatan
Rautan
Valise With Bonds Lost In Cleveland Heist
George C. Bell of Chagrin Falls reported a valise containing forty eight thousand dollars in negotiable bonds missing after boarding a suburban car in Cleveland. Leslie O Dell, a railroad fireman, was arrested nearby with the bonds found in his possession and charged with grand larceny after claiming it was a mistaken possession with no prior knowledge. All bonds remained intact.
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Cleveland
George C. Bell
Chagrin Falls
Bell
Poice
Leslie O'Dell
O’dell
Louisiana Chosen for Roosevelt Panama Voyage Escort
Official notice from League Island navy yard states the cruiser Washington and the Tennessee will escort President Roosevelt aboard the battleship Louisiana for his Panama trip. Roosevelt will board in New York on November 8, crossing to Hampton Roads, with six days total voyage time. Sailors on Washington and Tennessee celebrate selection as escort as crews transfer from Minneapolis and Brooklyn.
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Roosevelt
Panana
Philadelphia
League Island Navy Yard
Washington
Hampton Roads
Tennessee
Panama
Louisiana
New York
Minneapolis
Brooklyn
Havana
Train Collision Kills Two Near Toledo
Two dead and two fatally injured when a Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton passenger train hit an outbound car on the Toledo and Indiana Railroad west of Toledo. The engineer and fireman escaped with minor injuries after their cab split open. Other items report a Norfolk man found dead by asphyxiation and a Kentucky wreck where three others were hurt after a Mountain Central train jumped the track.
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Toledo
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Indiana
Mount Sterling
Smith
Lith
Joe Derrickson
Tragic Suicide by Girl in Monterey
In Monterey on October 22 a girl identified as Manuel Salazar hanged herself using a quilt attached to a ceiling, then leaped from a bed and broke her neck. Police and authorities report the self inflicted death.
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Monterey
Manuel Salazar
German Ambassador Delays Texas Visit to Autumn
Baron Speck von Sternberg the German ambassador postpones a planned extended trip to Texas until next autumn. He cites lack of time this year for a long visit. Texans who invited him are informed of the new schedule amid recent German consular changes in Texas and focus on steamship lines aiding southwest development.
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Washington
Baron Speck von Sternberg
Texas
Southwest
Poll tax muddle prompts injunction plea in Webb County
A petition for a writ of injunction was filed in the Twenty sixth district court by the attorney general and Judge Cobbs of San Antonio. It targets Webb county officials and three clubs over 2300 allegedly illegal poll tax receipts intended for the next general election.
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Webb County
Austin
Twenty-sixth District Court
Atorney
Cobbs
San Antonio
Freeman's League
Reform Club
District Court
Houston Horror Kisses Boy Then Kills Wife and Commits Suicide
In Houston Heights Daniel S. Van Valkenburgh, about fifty, kissed his son and then shot his wife in front of the child. After the mortally wounding her he shot himself in the head. The couple, ages thirty five and fifty, had recent divorce proceedings. The real estate dealer and his wife were both taken to a hospital.
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Houston
Houston Heights
Daniel S. van Valkenburgh
Mallory steamship Concho suffers storm delays at Key West
The Mallory line steamship Concho arrived thirty six hours late in Galveston after departing New York as a hurricane raged. Officers report damage in Key West and twenty fishing vessels were smashed. Wind reached seventy eight miles per hour. Concho stayed in Key West harbor until the storm ended. Galveston wireless station set a new long distance sending record to Atlanta.
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Key West
Galveston
Mallory Line
Concho
New York
Atlanta
Railway switch engine kills Elm Mott man in Waco
McClelland, 42, of Elm Mott in McLennan county was ground to pieces by a Cotton Belt switch engine at Fourth and Mary streets crossing Monday morning. He was the son of Samuel McClelland, a wealthy local planter, and left a family. His remains were placed in a basket.
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Waco
McClelland
Elm Mott
Cotton Belt Railway
Fourth and Mary Streets
Samuel McClelland
McLennan County
Disguised Rebel Named in Juarez Arrests
El Paso October 22 One of the leading members of the St. Louis revolutionary junta named Juan Sarabia was disguised so his identity remained hidden for hours in a Juarez raid. Five other arrests were made over Sunday. All suspects have been taken to Chihuahua for trial.
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el Paso
Tng
St. Louis
Juarez
Juan Sarabia
Chihuahua
Mrs. Davis Memory Observed at City Church Service
Personal friends and relatives gathered at the Church of Zion and St. Timothy in New York for a memorial service honoring Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Dr. Henry Lubeck led the ceremony and delivered the eulogy detailing her character and bravery amid difficult times. Relatives including Mrs. J Addison Hayes of Colorado attended.
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New York
Church of Zion
St. Timothy
Jefferson Davis
Davis
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Henry Lubeck
Lubeck
Shepard's Tribute to Mrs Jefferson Davis in Washington
Memorial services for Mrs. Jefferson Davis were held at the New Willard under Southern Relief Society auspices. Justice Mowry noted writing was her livelihood and she chose New York to stay near publishers while Justice Shepard lauded her as the greatest of southern women and an honor to American womanhood. Resolutions on her death were adopted.
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Washington
Jefferson Davis
Justice Mowry
Court of Claims
Justice Shepard
Court of Appeals
Navy
Herbert
John Callighan
Confederate Veterans’ Association
Southern Relief Society
New Willard
Memorial services honor Mrs Jefferson Davis across Texas
Reports from Austin and cities including Waco Corsicana San Antonio Fort Worth Dallas Galveston and Houston show memorial services for Mrs Jefferson Davis. Congregations and veterans spoke of her life and deeds in solemn rites conducted by Confederate organizations. In Nashville three U Daughters of the Confederacy chapters joined services with Dr. Lansing Burrows praising her impact.
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Austin
Texas
Jefferson Davis
Daughters of the Confederacy and
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Waco
Corsicana
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Dallas
Galveston
Houston
Nashville
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Lansing Burrows
First Baptist Church
Record Attendance at Texas State Fair Sunday Crowds
Dallas reports 80 000 to 90 000 visitors at the Texas State Fair on Sunday with many claiming near 100 000. Railroads ran 20 plus special trains and street cars were stretched to capacity. Interurban traffic between Dallas and Fort Worth ran double trailers every half hour but still couldn't meet demand. Saturday attendance was about 70 000.
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Dallas
Edward T. Moore
Fort Worth
Head Shot Off in Dispute Over Crop Division
Shawnee Oklahoma October 22 James Howard was killed at his home by a shotgun blast in a crop division dispute. Brother in law John Sanders surrendered to police. Tragedy at Idabel Oct 22 Roland Hill, a black man, was shot in the breast and died after a few steps Newt Blasingame, a white man, was taken to Atoka.
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Shawnee
Oklo
James Howard
Here
John Sanders
Idabel
I. T
Roland Hill
Newt Blasingame
Atoka
Stabbed Nineteen Times Victim Dies in Jealous Rage
Vera Cruz reports Felipe Mejia stabbed Terresa Pedrum nineteen times in a jealous crime. In San Luis Potosi a man fell into a soap vat and was dissolved. In Okeene Oklahoma Mrs. Fred Wills choked to death while eating chicken.
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Vera Cruz
Felipe Mejia
Terresa Pedrum
San Luis Potosi, Mex
Juan Mantua
Okeene, Okla
Fred Wills
Blaine County
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Burt Norwood
W.C. Bohanon
The
Willis
R. H. Harrison
Emmet & Maloney’s
Bryan, Texas
Resa
T.R. Batte
Attorney At Law
DR. C. F. Andrews
Jenkins’ Drug Store
A. L. Mondrick, M. D
James’ Drug Store
Ww. C. Fountain
Crown and Bridge
Bui Norwid’s
Jacob Frank
Zemo
Pres
Frank Merc, Co
N. 6Th St., St. Louis
E. W. Rose Medicine CO
Olive St
ST. Louis, MO
Perantesd
M. H. James
Norfolk
E. W. James
Richmond
Baltimore
James Mansion
James
Kansas City
Robert Clarke
Clarke
Cottage Lane
Ake Charles
Charles Kern
Railroad Avenue
Baron von
Clay
General Utilities Company of Dallas
Stephen McClelland
Shepard’s
Hasee
Wilson Grain & Coal CO
Paul
Jones
Ford's Saloon
Stew“Son
Bryan Street
Nat'l Bank
Monroe Edge
FOLEY
Foley & Company
Chicago
John Wittman
W. H. Lawrence
Haswell
J. W. Batts
Taliaferro Building
Court House
Gag
Yave
Brazos County
Bryan
H. D. Evans
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