Boiler Explosion Wrecks Baltimore and Ohio Train Near Leesburg
A Baltimore and Ohio Southwest flyer ran at 50 mph and wrecked at Leesburg Ohio. The locomotive boiler exploded killing engineer Philip Roe and fireman Charles Studer. Eight coaches derailed and one private car stayed on track. numerous injuries reported, many passengers from the Cincinnati fair festival. Superintendent R G Rawn directed evacuation to the Warner house in Chillicothe seeking space for 40 injured.
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Chillicothe
Baltimore and Ohio
Cincinnati
John Sellers
Wellston
Miss Sylvester
Welston
Charles Mosher
George Warner
Mabel Warner
Otto Wissler
Henry Greenbaum
R. G. Rawn
Warner House
Zulus Need Attention and Other Dispatches
Uneasiness rises in Zululand as reports of Boers and natives clash grow. Dinizulu regains prestige and remains a dangerous figure amid native hostility over loss of mission property. Separate items note a $57,933 aid to the American Board for Boxer damages and various arrests in Chicago New York and Williams Station Michigan involving forgery robbery and a fatal accident.
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Durban
Natal
Zululand
Times of Natal
Dinizulu
Vryheid
Fire fighting teaching trip proposed by London officials
George C. Hale, former Kansas City fire chief, receives invitation from London officials to visit to discuss improving London fire methods. He has arranged meetings in New York with British fire officials and a London union secretary. Hale previously led Kansas City teams to Europe for world best department comparisons and victories.
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Fespere
Coarse C. dEste
Kiteas
Gte
London
Lim
Ko Ie Oten
Eagle Fire Lighting
Kuco
Lacrace Faulkener
Be Frigades
George C. Hale
Mater
Kansas City
Male
Crystal Peace
Hale
Europe
Sale
Charmed With Alfonso King of Spain Wins American Admiration
Miss Agnes B. Wilson of Manhattan, returning to New York on the Teutonic, reports at Madrid’s flower festival she met King Alfonso XIII. She defends the monarch against gossip, praising his charm and sensibility, noting his respectful conduct toward his mother and his attendance at royal events.
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Spain
Alfonso
Toapain
Andlio
Kines
Jews in Palestine and the Zionist Debate in London
A London cabler reports novelist Tocael Zane Wal argues that Jews would restore Palestine under Christian aid, portraying a vast Crusade as atonement for massacres. The piece links anti Jewish hysteria to Zionist ambitions amid a sea of editorial rhetoric. Also notes a severe winter foreseen by beekeepers, with honey stocks dwindling nationwide as beekeepers prepare for lean months ahead.
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Tanswell
Christ
Laredo
Denver Times
Free labor exchange opens to settle disputes in Wilkesbarre
Joachim Peters promotes a grand labor solution outside his Wilkesbarre store, advertising a “free labor exchange” for employers and employees amid a strike. He stacks bold claims about resolving disputes and urges miners and operators to “push up or shut up” while promising swift negotiations and registrations for skilled workers.
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Joachim Fetera
Joachim Peters
J. Pierpont Morgan
Olin
Mitchell
Wilkesbarre
Allah
Drst
Mitchel
Ank
Peters
Morgan and the Newsboy Revolving Around a Quick Pay
A New York correspondent reports J P Morgan rode in a hired cab when a newsboy chased it on Nassau Street. The boy earned Morgan’s attention shouting about an extra and received fifty cents, then returned for another fifty. Morgan urged him to keep both payments and pointed him toward a nearby cart.
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J. P. Morgan
Nassau Street
New York
Philadelphia Press
Liberty Street
Morgans Coul
Mr. Morgan
Young Teddy Roosevelt Ambition Speech Spotted
New York correspondent reports Teddy Roosevelt declaring he would rather be president of a big railroad trust than of the United States. He praises a private car trip on the Erie and shows off trophies from a hunt, boasting about shooting prairie game. Meanwhile Russia aims to reclaim southern Manchuria and restore the rail line to Chinese territory, as officials crack down on rebellion.
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Iether Bellailroad
Baccatire
United States
McCullough
Chicago and Northwestern Rail
Pye
Tom
Russia
Manchuria
Peking
Paul Lossar
Tiao River
Perfume Concert Promises Odor Based Japan Trip
A New York dispatch describes an experimental perfume concert at Carnegie Lyceum on October 14 titled A Trip to Japan In Sixteen Minutes. Two geishas and a solo dancer accompany a scented performance designed to evoke Japan as aromas fill the hall.
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Japan
Carugie Lyceum
New York
Chicago Tribune
Insurgents Not In Evidence Across Isthmus
U S bluejackets ride with each passenger and freight train across the isthmus aboard a small quick firing gun from the cruiser Cincinnati. The Colombian government protests to US consul Oscar Maltoros. No definite word on insurgent general Herrera or signs of approaching forces.
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Colon
Colombia
United States
Cincinnati
Oscar Maltoros
Herrera
Senator Quay Seeks Talks With Cassatt on Coal Strike
Philadelphia report says Senator Quay met President Cassatt for a brief personal call. He stated no conferences were planned with Cassatt or Baer regarding coal strike settlement, insisting there will be no more conferences from his side.
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Guey
Philadelphia
Senator Quay
Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Quay
Baer
Take Care of the Stomach Remedy Ad
A vintage advertisement touts a stomach remedy named FOCO BERUCLIVG LORIE Chatis Mabie claiming cures for indigestion and gastritis. It lists testimonials and mentions Coshocton Ferguson's drug store and local store names as places to buy.
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Munis
Coshocton
Ferguson
Ruscor
Franchise Code Fight Looms in Ohio Legislature
Columbus reports progress of the state house code committee with 57 amendments, schedule set to report to both branches midweek. Framing expected for a conference committee for compromise, while the senate considers Nash bill revisions and franchise provisions for 21 year grants.
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Big Fight
Uther Huteliusence
Buckeye
Columbus
House
Senate
Gordon
McKinnon
Harding
Marion
Advocates of
Longworth
Hamilton
Godfrey
Putnam
Harrison
Boards of Education
Board of Education
Senate Committee of
Chamberlain
Friars Supplanted in Philippine Mission Plan
Philadelphia reports a major step toward resolving Philippine troubles as Villa Nova College announces that Rev Daniel O Mahoney and Rev J E McErlane will be sent to Manila as American Augustinians to succeed the Spaniards. The move is framed as aligning church and state under the pontiff to pacify the islands.
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Philadelphia
Philippine Islands
Villa Nova College
Thomas Rodriguez
Manilla
Rodriguez
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Britain invites action on Roumania Jews issue
Berlin reports the German foreign office received a note from Britain inviting signatories of the 1878 Berlin treaty to address Roumania's treatment of Jews. The British note mirrors U S aims to curb asylum influx. Interchange of views among powers expected on feasible action. Roumania is anticipated to respond and defend its case before the signatories.
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England
Berlin
Roumania
United States
Edward J. Brown Named Superintendent at Girls Industrial School
Delaware Ohio September 19 trustees of the Girls Industrial school elect Edward J. Brown of Toledo to succeed Captain A W Stiles who has resigned Brown a newspaper man was among 22 applicants Minister Danger on the Boxers Washington September 19 China faces a new Boxer uprising similar to 1900 says Minister Canger advices state department note taxation and missionary presence fuel unrest could trigger international trouble unless indemnities are restrained
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Stiles
Delaware, O
Girls' Industrial School
Edward J. Brown
Toledo
A. W. Stiles
Brown
Ele
Washington
China
State Department
Canger
Department of State
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Southwestern Flyer
Eagin Meer
Leesburs
Ohi
Boston
American Board of Foreign Missions
North Catna
Chicago
John Selfridge
Genesee Fruit Company
New York City
Uiat City
Selfridge
F. FE. Werk
Marine Corps Ab
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Marine Barracks
Werkman
Welkman
Williams Station
Mich
Wachool
Ohn Rutherford
Harry
Byron Moore
Palestine
Morgan and the
Newsboy
Teddy
F. Finnell
Geidel
Opera House
Ohio Senate
San Francisco
Idaho
Yellowstone Park
Frank Strasser
Greensburg
New York State Banking Company
Syracuse
Examiner
William Howard Neff
Ohio State Board of Health
Carl Richard
Allegheny Valey Road
Ford City
Vittoria Coal and Coke Company
Caperton
Newriver
W. Va
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Thomas McNilty
Thomas
William
Uncle Sam
el Meow
Hotts
Sparagus Pilla
Sterler
Remedy Co
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