Fear for safety of General Diaz and broader Mexican unrest
Reports from Mexico City say General Felix Diaz faces surround and arrest if Huerta gains control at Vera Cruz. A federal troop train near Saltillo was blown up killing 46 soldiers, with a locomotive and two coaches destroyed. Rebels plot coordinated strikes on Monterey Salto and San Luis Potosi as Panfilo Villa leads forces toward Torreon.
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Panfilio Nateras
Zacatecas
Roosevelt Arrives At Rio Janeiro For Visit
The steamship Vandyck with Colonel Theodore Roosevelt aboard reached Rio Janeiro but rough seas delayed port entry until morning. He and his party will land at 8 o clock, with elaborate reception preparations and Guanabara Palace accommodations arranged pending official plans.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
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Mrs Thaw Returns to Pittsburg Amid Extradition Push
Mrs Mary Copley Thaw mother of Harry Thaw left Concord for Pittsburg and planned to return next week for an anticipated extradition decision by Governor Felker. Attorney Shurtleff denied that last Saturday's briefs filing caused friction among the Thaw lawyers.
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Concord
N. H
Mary Copley Thaw
Harry Thaw
Pittsburg
Felker
Atorney Shurtleff
Thaw
Train hits man near Hazelwood discovered on track
The crew of city bound train No. 11 of the C L & N Railroad found an unidentified man on the Hazel wood track. He had been struck by a train. Coroner Foertmeyer took charge and the body was turned over to the undertaker.
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Poison likely killed Rear Admiral Eaton, trial shows
Plymouth Massachusetts October 20 Rear Admiral Joseph G Eaton died from poison with at least one dose given within six to eight hours of death while he was unconscious. Medical experts testified this supported the state’s charge that his wife Jennie May Eaton now on trial for her life caused his death.
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Mass
Joseph G. Eaton
Wreck Victims Burned In Wooden Cars In Mobile
Seventeen bodies and 74 injured coast artillerymen were brought to Mobile from Buckatunna Miss after a Mobile and Ohio rail wreck. The train leaped the track on a curve, shattering 13 wooden cars and causing fire. Officials later put deaths at 17 and injuries at 96, with 15 expected to die. most seriously hurt include Captain B Taylor and Lieutenants Campbell and Smith. Identified dead include Fritz Kohler Frank Chelewski Joseph Johnson and others.
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Mobile
Ala
United States Coast Artillerymen
Buckatunna
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Mobile and Ohio
Fritz Kohler
Frank Chelewski
Joseph Johnson
Joe Leber
Ernest Paquette
Clyde Tweel
W. H. Brit
G. W. Goodes
van Stebbens
President Wilson Foresees Currency Bill Passage Soon
In a letter to Representative Underwood the President says the currency bill will be reported to the Senate by early November and is certain to pass with no material change in the essentials within two or three weeks after.
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Washington
Underwood
Wilson
Senate
Democrats Sweep Illinois Election in Fifth District
Democrats swept the Fifth Supreme Court district as Colonel Charles C. Craig of Galesburg, on Governor Dunne's staff, won a seat on the State Supreme Bench. Republican Judge Leslie Puterbaugh, backed by suffragists led by Mrs. Medill McCormick, finished second. Arthur H. Shay trailed with under 9,090 votes.
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Leoria, Hl
Fifth Supreme Court
Charles C. Craig
Galesburg
Dunne
State Supreme Bench
Leslie Puterbaugh
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Craig
Arthur H. Shay
Sulzer Reveals Murphy Tried to Ruin Career
New York Oct 20 ex Governor Sulzer in a copyrighted interview in the Evening Journal narrates his dealings with Charles F Murphy that led to his impeachment. He says Murphy offered money before inauguration and urged a salary boost to cover mansion expenses, which Sulzer refused. He recalls threats from Murphy’s emissaries and asserts the impeachment stemmed from resisting Murphy’s control and pursuing state corruption indictments.
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New York
Mati Tody
Sulzer
Charles F. Murphy
Murphy
New York City
Mr. Hennessy
Eanisee Goma
Escaped Lions Rampage in Leipsic During Centennial Celebration
Five American circus lions escaped after a street car collision with their cage in Leipsic. The beasts caused widespread panic among attendees of the Battle of the Nations centennial event. One lion entered a hotel and roamed corridors, others chased a bus driver. All five were eventually shot.
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Publishers’ Press
Leipsic
Battleships Seek Refuge From Gale Off Virginia Coast
Norfolk Va Oct 20 Shipping along the Virginia coast and in Hamp ton Roads suffered severely today from a fifty mile southwest gale with grave fears of serious damage at sea. Battleships Vermont Kansas and New Jersey, practicing off the capes, sailed into Hampton Roads to seek shelter as crews hurried for safety amid worsening storm conditions.
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Hampton Roads
Vermont
Kansas
New Jersey
Capes
Hampton
Texas
Murder case heats up over plea and family stance
William C Ellis seeks insanity defense while his dead wife’s relatives reject any support. Robert Hosea vows the family will push for full penalty. Attorney George Remus hired to lead the defense as Mrs Ellis’s name is vindicated by her husband’s confession. Funeral held quietly at Spring Grove.
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Robert Hosea
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Ellis
George Remus
Chicago
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Spring Grove Gusal
Woman of Mystery in Beiliss Case
In St Petersburg on October 20 officials move toward a government inquiry into the Beiliss trial. A Lodz confession claims a Kiev sentence convict named Bengarin admits Yushinsky murder. Jewish emigration from southern Russia rises amid trial coverage and Vera Cheberyak, the so called Woman of Mystery, features prominently in ongoing proceedings.
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Lodz
Yushinsky
Benggarin
Kiev
Russia
Vera Cheberyak
Soong
Pankhurst Cheered As She Describes Prison Suffering
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst drew cheers in New York as she spoke of prison hardships. The militant leader, hosted by Mrs Belmont, held an audience of 248 at the Aldine Association rooms and delivered a quiet, powerful recital of her experiences.
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Emmeline Pankhurst
Elia Island
Wilson
Women's Political Union
Aldine Ashoriation
Fifth Avenue
Asquith
McKenna
Mrs. Pankhurst
Snowstorm Hits Midwest and South in October Frost
The report notes first snowfalls across Wisconsin Minnesota and adjacent areas with fierce storms sweeping Lake Michigan and stretching to Kentucky Tennessee and Alabama. Cold winds drive frost and freezing overnight with temperatures falling in the Northwest and Central West and potential damage to crops in the Gulf coast regions.
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Lake
Michigan
Snow in Kentucky sets early record across state
A light snowfall occurred today in eastern and southern Kentucky with ground covered in places. Trenton reported two inches and Jamesport recorded an inch or more. The earliest Kentucky snow on record was October 27 about 50 years ago, with freezing temperatures forecast statewide tomorrow morning.
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Det
Kentucky
Trenton
Progressives Nominate Sulzer in Sixth District Fight
The Progressive party of the Sixth district nominates William Sulzer by unanimous vote to challenge Republican Aaron Levy and ally Jacob Silberstein while targeting Tammany figures led by Edward McCail and Mayor candidate Charles Murphy. Sulzer alleges planned press statements from Fusion Campaign managers to counter his impeachment.
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Jacob Silberstein
Sulzer
Albany
Max Breincher
Apis
Leeton
Aaron A. Levy
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Edward £. McCail
Tammany
Charles Fr. Murphy
Murphy
Bulger
Defeat Probe of Job for Ohioan
Washington Oct 20 Inve litigation over the appointment of George H Gee as postmaster in Salon Ohio through a political deal was defeated in the Senate after Senator Bacon recessed the body and Senator Burton's resolution for investigation failed for lack of quorum
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Washington
George H. Gee
Salon
Ohio
Senate
Bacon
Burton
Covington Man Held Up On Lexington Pike
JF Loggins father in law of L Brown claim agent CN and C Street Hallway was attacked on Lexington pike. Two highwaymen struck him with a blunt instrument and fled. Loggins escaped serious injury. The crime was reported by LL Brown to the police who hunt the suspects.
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L. Brown
C. Street
Lexington’ Pike
Loggins
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