Carload of Dynamite Explodes in Windsor Missouri
Six known dead with additional suspected fatalities and over thirty injured after a car of dynamite attached to a southbound freight train exploded in Windsor Missouri. The blast demolished the depot platform and caused widespread destruction, with telegraph lines cut and emergency crews tending the wounded. Windsor, Henry county, population about 1500, lies twenty one miles southwest of Sedalia.
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Windsor
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Frederick Wake
Miscouri Pacific Railway
Dee Hall
Henry County
Sedalia
Jefferson County
Connors Promises Seats to McCarren Delegation
Rochester story reports Democratic state convention in session as leaders work on governor candidate and McCarren Murphy dispute. Connors declares all McCarren delegates have credentials and would be seated if proper. Attendees include Mack Murphy and McCarren aides. Kings County contests loom.
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Rochester
N. Y
Morgan J. O’brien
McCarren-Murphy
Norman B. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Wiliam J. Connors
State Committee
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
P. H. McCarren
Daniel F. Cobalan
James Cassidy
Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
Connors
Kings County
McCarren
Russian Jews to Hold Lands Under New Interior Plan
St. Petersburg Sept 15 The ministry of the interior drafts a new law easing Jewish restrictions. The proposal enlarges the zone of Jewish settlement and removes restrictions on land ownership.
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St. Petersburg
Ministry of the Interior
China Signs Arbitration Treaty With United States
Washington Sept 15 Wu Ting Fang the Chinese minister has authority to sign a proposed arbitration treaty with the United States. The provisions are understood to follow the general lines of those negotiated with other great powers.
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China
Uncle Sam
Washington, D. C
Wu Ting Fang
United States
Exiled Colonel Skips Test Ride From Fort Huachuca
A Fort Huachuca dispatch says Colonel Stewart, long in exile at Fort Grant, will not undertake the ninety mile ride ordered by the war department. He quits Fort Huachuca and heads back to Fort Grant without completing the test.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Fort Fluachuca
Arts
Stewart
Fort Grant
War Department
Fort Huachuca
Departure of fleet to Manila postponed
Albany West Australia Sept 15 The collers Taurus and Epsom arrived bringing coal for the American battleship fleet The fleet will supplement supplies from these vessels and the departure for Manila is postponed from Thursday morning to Thursday evening.
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Albany
West Australia
Collers Taurus
Epsom
Manila
New United States Marshal Appointed in Alaska
The Department of Justice announced Henry K. Love, a special agent of the General Land Office, will serve as United States marshal for the third division of Alaska, replacing George C. Perry.
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Alaska
Washington, D. C
Department of Justice Today
Henry K. Love
General Land Office
Oregon
United States Matsral
George C. Perry
International Congress of the History of Religions Opens
In Oxford England on September 15 delegates gather for the International Congress of the History of Religions. The event focuses on historical aspects of religions with Sir Alfred Lyall presiding.
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Oxford
England
Sir Alfred
Lyall
Hughes Renominated by New York Republicans on First Ballot
Governor Hughes secured the GOP renomination at the New York state convention on the first ballot with 827 votes to 151 for James Wadsworth Jr and 31 for John Stewart. The result followed days of county leader efforts to unseat him and was supported by the party slate led by Timothy Woodruff. Other nominated officials included Horace White, Samuel Koenig, Edward O Malley, Charles Gaus, Thomas Dunne and Albert Haight.
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Saratoga
Hughes
James Wadsworth, Jr
Livingston County
John Stewart
Montgomery
Barnes
Albany
Timothy Woodruff
Horace White
Onondaga
Samuel ‘8. Koenig
New York
Edward R. O'Malley
Erie
Charles H. Gaus
Thomas B. Dunne
Monroe
Court of Appeals
Albert Haight
Utah Federation Declines to Endorse National Labor Circular
In Ogden Utah on September 15 the Utah Federation of Labor failed to endorse the AFL circular urging Bryan and Kern support. A special committee advised local unions may act without state federation instructions and its report was unanimously adopted.
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Ogden
Utah
Utah Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor
Bryan and
Kern
Utah Republicans Put Up State Ticket
Utah Republicans nominate a full state ticket including congressmen and three presidential electors at Salt Lake City convention. William E. Spry named governor candidate. Platform endorses federal health board, postal savings banks, a stronger navy, mining bureau and good roads. Delegates cheer as Hughes is praised from Saratoga.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Roosevelt
Wm. E. Spry
Salt Lake Ciy
National Board of Health
National Bureau of Mines
Passenger Agents to Meet Next in Chicago
Seattle Wash Sept 15 Chicago was chosen to host the next annual meeting of the Traveling Passenger Agents Association and M H M Bobreer of Chicago was selected president of the organization.
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Chicago
Seattle
Wash
Traveling
M. HM. Bobreer
Misgen and Graves Arrive in Chattanooga from Birmingham
T L Misgen and John Temple Graves, independence party candidates, arrived in Chattanooga Tennessee from Birmingham today and were met by a large crowd at the station.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
T. L. Misgen
John Temple Graves
Independence Party
Birming
City to ask voters for 500000 waterworks bonds
The council moved to submit a 500000 waterworks bond issue at the next general election to fund a pipeline from the reservoir system to Fort Russell. The measure faces little opposition, with petitions urging saloon curfews and Sunday closures discussed by ministers and Judge Gibson Clark.
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Ecity Council
Fort Russell
L. C. Hills
R. L. Harris
E. C. Jordan
Gibson Clark
Randall Avenue
G. P. Johnston
Water and Sewerage Committee
Granite Springs Reservoir
Middle
South Crow Creeks
Cook
C. T. Johnston
Cheyenne Electric Street Railway Company
Water Committee
Ozone
Crystal Lake
C. W. Riner
Park
Cholera Ravages St. Petersburg With Rising Toll
St. Petersburg reports 740 cholera cases and 60 deaths in the twenty four hours ending at noon, nearly double yesterday’s tally. The city faces a sharp surge in Asiatic cholera as health measures struggle to curb the outbreak.
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St. Petersburg
Miner Convicted of Sodomy in Evanston Wyoming
Evanston Wyoming Sept 16 George Anderson a coal miner from Almy has been convicted of sodomy and will be sentenced to a penitentiary term.
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Evanston
Evanston, Wyo
George Anderson
Almy
Weather forecast for Wyoming and Washington DC area
Forecast for Wyoming indicates fall in east and south with showers in northwest portion. cooler Thursday. Local data show max 75, min 46, no precipitation. Palmer, Section Director.
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Washington
DD. C
Wyoming
Palmer
Bryan On Roosevelt's Good Boy Taft Letter
Baltimore opinion by William J. Bryan on President Roosevelt's endorsement of Taft. Bryan argues Roosevelt should stay in Washington to push Taft to prove his reforms and warns that endorsements carry value only if Taft delivers on anti trust and labor reforms. He critiques Taft on labor rights trial by jury and trust policy.
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Bryan
Roosevelt
Taft
Baltimore
Washington
William J. Bryan
Two Hundred Workers Trapped as Shaft Fire Rages
In Detroit on September 15 a shaft fire trapped about 200 Michigan Central tunnel workers. Two men were confirmed dead and several others overcome by smoke or missing as crews battled flames in Shaft No 4 near the Windsor end, hoping to reach air and safety amid the blaze and collapsed timbers.
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Detroit
Mid
Michigan Central Tunnel
Juel
Windsor
Five Die in Boiler Explosion Near Seerlon
Five men were killed and sixteen injured when a boiler exploded on the Laura Line near Seerlon on the Dutch border. The accident occurred in Aix La Chapelle reports say. Local authorities investigate causes as rescue and medical teams respond to the scene.
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Aix-La-Chapelle
Laura Line
Seerlon
Trickett Faces Charges in Kansas Liquor Case
C W Trickett former Kansas attorney general is charged with accepting an earned fee. Judge Moore in Wyandotte district court Kansas City Kansas dismissed the liquor case on motion by Attorney General Fred Jackson under orders from Governor Hoch. Trickett says liquor interests mitigated the charges.
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Kansas City
C. W. Trickett
Kansas
Moore
Wyandotte District Court
Kan
Fred 8. Jackson
Jackson
W. W. Hoch
Trickett
Hquor
Fgbting
Congressmen Liannik Tears Up on Stand in Bank Trial
Congressman J F Liannik of Norwalk testified in the Norwalk Savings Bank case in Fremont on Sept 15 describing his bank transactions. He denied any intent to defraud or embezzle as tears welled during his testimony.
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Fremont
J. F. Liannik
Norwalk
Laning
Vow Uniform System in Government Accounts
The president appoints an inter departmental statistical committee to coordinate all government statistical work. Upon Secretary Strauss of commerce and labor, the panel aims to promote uniform methods terms and results across agencies and will meet soon.
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Washington
DD. C
Strauss
Department of Commerce and Labor
Ite
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