Bomb Explosions Rock East Side Tenement District
Telegraphic dispatches report a bomb exploded in a hallway on East Eleventh Street in New York City. Police had guarded the area for weeks to prevent further outrages as the owner Pasque DisCard faced Black Hand warnings. The blast shattered stairs and windows in a building housing eighteen families, with prior bombs in nearby structures after the owner was ordered to pay penalties.
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New York City
East Side
East Eleventh Street
Pasque Disccard
Typhoon Ravages Philippine Cagayan Valley Worst In Memory
Report describes October 12 storm as the valley’s most destructive in living memory with hundreds of houses swept away and an expected death toll near 300. A cutter was sent to survey conditions and organize relief as refugees face a cholera outbreak.
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Philippines
Cagayan Valley
Will Wage War on Disease in South Lend
South Lend Indiana faces a typhoid outbreak with 23 cases this month and 29 in September. Health Officer D W McNamara urges a war on flies and asks residents to keep screens up until snow flies to curb the epidemic.
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South Lend
Ind
D. W. McNamara
Circus shows net profit from Chicago run reaches large sum
Hagenbeck Wallace circus returned to Peru Indiana after a two week Chicago run under the Firemen’s Association of Chicago. For the owner Col Benjamin F Wallace the time yielded 45000 dollars while firemen took 55000. Overall this season the show profited more than 125000 dollars for Colonel Wallace.
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Hagenbeck & Wallace
Peru
Ind
Chicago
Firemen's Association of Chicago
Benjamin F. Wallace
Colonel Wallace
Fourth Son of Kaiser Weds Duchess in Berlin Ceremony
Imperial palace chapel in Berlin witnessed the wedding of the Kaiser’s fourth son Prince August William to Duchess Alexandria Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. The ceremony was attended by the Imperial family and about fifty minor German royal houses.
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Kaiser
Alexandria Victoria
Schleswig-Holstein
Prince Frederick
Duke
Schlesswig-Holstein
Imperial Palace
Berlin
Germany
August William
Prussia
William
War Samaritan Mulford Dies at 79 in New York
Brig. Gen. John D. Mulford U S Army retired, famed for exchanging 12 000 Union prisoners during the Civil War, died Monday at Montour Falls New York at age 79 He organized militia in Schuyler County New York and served as agent of exchange under Gen Grant delivering prisoners from Savannah and other locations to New York City.
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Mulford
John Dimer Mulford
U. S. AY
Montour Tafts
N.Y
Schuyler
County
New York
New York Volunteers
Big Bethel
Baltimore
Melford
Washington
John A. Dix
Grant
Mwe
Savannah
New York City
Bridegroom Too Religious Divorce After Five Weeks
Mrs Hoxsie Haney of Sioux Falls won a divorce from her husband after five weeks of marriage accusing him of extreme religiosity. She said he gave a third of his income to religion and prayed nightly for her soul, causing deprivation. She plans to marry Gus Westphal in St Paul after a Sioux City meeting.
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Hoxsie Haney
Sioux Falls
Methodist Church
Newark
N. J
New York
Private detective ends life in Keystone agency office
Jerome C. Counsell an 18 year old private detective at the Keystone Detective agency in Wittsboro shot himself twice in the office after talking to stenographer Flor ence Warman who heard the shots. Doctors say Counsell will die as a result of his self inflicted wounds.
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Jerome C. Counsell
Keystone Detective Agency
Wittsboro
Florence Warman
Counsell
Robber Holds Up Auto Party Near Red Bank
Former New Jersey state senator Thomas N. Mc Carter and two wealthy friends with a chauffeur were held up between Newark and Red Bank. The highwayman robbed them of watches and more than $1,500 in cash but the victims pretended they had only $1. The incident illustrates a bold crime with four victims and a successful deception by the travelers.
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Thomas N. McCarter
Public Service Corporation of
New Jersey
Newark
Red Bank
Goats Island death ruled a voluntary suicide in Niagara
Robert W. Kirkland of Philadelphia identified the body found on Goat Island Niagara as his son Robert W. Kirkland a young man employed in the real estate department of the Northern Trust Company of Philadelphia. The father said the youth years old was not in trouble and ended his life with a revolver.
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Robert W. Kirkland
Philadelphia
Goat Island
Niagara
Northern Trust Company of
Steamer New York Burns in Dockyard Fire
The Hudson River Day Line steamer New York, docked for repairs at Thomas S. Marvel ship yards in Newburgh New York, caught fire shortly before 1 a.m. and burned nearly to the water. Five men were reportedly asleep in the hold and may have suffocated if true.
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Burns
New York
Hudson River Day Line
Thomas S. Marvel
Newburgh
N. Y
Mob Trails Negro Slayer in Arkansas Lumber Camp
Posses with bloodhounds are patrolling the woods after Elijah Mays, a Black man, shot and killed George Molette, a 50 year old white watchman at the Saline River Lumber Company planing mill in Draughan near Pine Bluff Arkansas. The pursuit follows the slaying.
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Elijah Mays
George Molette
Saline River Lumber Company
Draughan
Pine Bluff
Ark
Death Ends Long Kendall Jarvis Feud Span
Jarvis, last survivor of the Kendall Jarvis feud in Scott county Kentucky, was found dead in a stable on his farm near George town. Death is believed to be from apoplexy, ending a long-running dispute connected to the famous family feud.
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Jarvis
Scott County
George
Town
France Averts War By Halting Mobilization Plans
Quick diplomatic move by France halted Turkey Bulgaria military build up and led to both nations agreeing to stop troop mobilization. Officials credited timely mediation and reduced regional tension as talks continued.
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France
Turkey
Bulgaria
Limited Oklahoma Public Land Available for Homesteading
The commissioner reports only 86,890 acres of unappropriated public domain in Oklahoma at year’s end. Out of 45,115,200 total acres, mountains, streams, and sandhills reduce available land, making government land scarce compared with other states.
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Oklahoma
Gener Land ‘Office
Kansas
Alabama
Movida
Michigan
Louisiana
Arkansas
Nebraska
North Dakota
Minnesota
Washington
South Dakota
Oregon
Colorado
Idaho
California
Wyoming
Utah
Montana
Nevada
Deadly flood devastates Cagayan Valley amid typhoon rains
Reported toll runs into dozens with cholera spreading among refugees as Oct 12 storm unleashes torrential rains. Rivers rose up to thirty feet washing away homes and villages. Aparri submerged while American rescue crews led by Lieuts Trendwas Clark and others saved numerous natives from flooded houses.
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Cagayan Valley
Lavon
Aparri
Lieuts, Trendwas and Clark
Westmaster Toss
Eaginesr Clark
New Mexico Storm Kills Three in Sixty Mile Sweep
A cyclone crossed New Mexico destroying homes and property from Tucumcari to Hartford. Three people died and many were injured as shanties and windmills collapsed. Families were left amid wreckage across a sixty mile wide area with numerous fatalities.
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Tucumucari
S. Owens
Hartford
Ueumveari
Thomas Jones
J.C. Nanking
Quay Valley
T. C. Williams
Typhoon Toll Rises in Chinese Towns
The.typhoon toll in China climbs with 1 100 dead at Chang Chow and 1 200 dead at Lam Cheng. Thousands of homes were destroyed including the prefects yamen. Admirals Sperry and Emery sent condolences to Commissioner Mark.
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China
Chang Chow
Yamen
Lam Cheng
Sperry
Emery
Mark
Cathedral Cornerstone Laid and Baptist Church Dedication
Bishop Falconio laid the cornerstone of a new Catholic Cathedral in St. Louis, a project costing over 2 million dollars. The Second Baptist Church at King's Highway and McPherson Avenue was dedicated, recently completed at a cost of 250 thousand dollars.
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St. Louis
Falconio
Second Baptist
King's Highway
McPherson Avenue
Woman thanks attorney who aided her in shoplifting case
A Chicago husband’s wife, formerly accused of stealing a fur neckpiece in New York, writes to attorney Samuel A. Merger of 277 Broadway to thank him. She credits his intervention and counsel four years ago for her acquittal and current success, sending five hundred dollars and a marriage update.
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Samuel A. Merger
Broadway
New York
Elient
Berger
New York City
Manhattan
Society of Chicago
Hia
Night Riders Kidnap and Kill Tennessee Lawyers
A mob abducted Col. Re'%, Waylor and Capt. Quinten Rankin from a Walnut Log hotel and carried them to Reedfoot Lake. Rankin was hanged to a tree and shot. his body found by searchers. Waylor is missing. Col. Taylor’s fate not confirmed. The killings follow a fishing-regulation dispute at Reelfoot Lake and prior threats against the men.
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Tennessee
Col
Waylor
Quinten Rankin
Renton
Walnut Log ‘Tom
Reedfoot Lake
Rankin
Taylor
Reelfoot Lake
Walnut Log
Col. Taylor
Havana Treasury Heist Funds Missing Five Figures
A Havana treasury raid exposed by Marjor Terrill shows Miguel de Ta Torre, longtime Havana fiscal zone treasurer, rifled a safe containing 195000 dollars in cash deposits awaiting court action. The provisional government vows full department scrutiny as investigations unfold.
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Treasury of
Havana
Provisional Government
Marjor Terrill
Department of the Treasury
Kept Vow Never to Work by Trade Leader Col Jamies Murray
Col Jamies A Murray a Cincinnati city oddball died at the branch hospital aged 52. Twenty years earlier he led a plumbers strike and vowed never to work again if the union failed, a pledge he kept living off wit and relatives.
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Col” Jamies A. Murray
Branch
Cincinnati
Murray
Real Indian Fight in Montana
A telephone message from Ovanda Powell county says Deputy War den C. B. Peyton and four Indians are dead after a battle near Wollands Prairie on Swan River. Peyton and Rudolph were attempting to arrest Indians for hunting without a license.
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Montana
Ovanda
Powell County
Mont
C. B. Peyton
Finthead Indians
Ypeyton
Lermandolph
Vwollands Prairie
Swan River
Peyton
Rudolph
Bank Closed in Summerville as Receiver Appointed
Bank examiner John B. Cunningham closed Union National Bank of Summerville, Pennsylvania. With capital of 50,000 dollars the bank was reported to hold a large amount of questionable paper, prompting suspension and the appointment of a temporary receiver.
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Pennsylvania Bank
John B. Cunningham
Union National Bank
Summerville
Cunningham
Charles HE Norton Emeritus Harvard Professor Dies at 81
Charles HE Norton emeritus Harvard professor and noted author on art and literature died at his Shady Hill Cambridge home. He was nearly 81, with a fatal heart and vitality failure attributed to age.
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Charlies Iliet Norton
Harvard University
Shady Hill
Cambridge
Mass
Warrant Issued for Kansas City Teacher Over Lip-Paste Incident
A warrant is issued for Edith Wirt, a grade school teacher in Kansas City Kansas, after she pasted a strip of court plaster across the lips of 9 year old pupil Harvey Gallaway for talking in class. The father swore out the warrant charging cruel punishment.
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Edith Wirt
Kansas City
Kan
Harvey Gallaway
Doctor Marcus Tessier Found Dead In Office
Dr Marcus Tessier a well known physician was found dead on a couch in his St Paul office at 210 Baltimore block by his wife a letter in the room says he took poison and died by his own hand he had been dead about twenty four hours
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Marcus Tessier
Baltimore’block
St. Paul
Mine Suffers Fire at Monongan Coal Tipple
A fire damaged the coal tipple at Monongan number six belonging to the Bairmont Coal Company in Vairmont West Virginia. The loss is estimated at 1000 and is insured. The mine had been the scene of a prior incident last December with many miners involved.
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Ming
Bairmont Coal ‘Company
Vairmont
W.wayvaa
Waa
Fleet Reaches Port for Repairs After Severe Gale
Sperry’s squadron endured a harsh gale off Yokohama with two vessels badly buffeted. The Kearsarge, separated from its consorts amid rough weather, limped in for repairs as the fleet sought shelter and safety.
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Sperry
Ita
Yokohama
Kearsarge
Tenement Fire Claims Three Lives in New York
A blaze engulfed a six story tenement on East Third Street New York shortly before 1 o'clock this morning. Three persons were burned to death and the lives of about 100 tenants were imperiled as flames swept through the building. Firemen battled the blaze but the danger to residents remained high as smoke and heat hindered rescue efforts.
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Cox
Lincolnville
Oklo
Third Street
New York
Tragic Fire Attempt Leaves Woman Dead in Cleveland
Reported incident describes an attempt to light a fire with kerosene that killed Mrs. Mary Petlak and gravelyinjured her husband Lawrence who is near death. The blaze endangered their infant sleeping in an adjoining room.
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Mary Petlakin
Cleveland
Lawrence
Colorado Steamer Burning After Beached at Hillsboro Bay
A fire damaged the forward hold of the steamer Colorado beached near Hillsboro Bay. The vessel was bound from Tampa to New York when the blaze broke out, causing extensive damage to the forward section.
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Mallory’ Line
Colorado
Tampa
F'York
Hillsboro
Chicago Weekly Review of Bank Clearings and Local Business
The Chicago weekly review notes bank clearings at 243,279,198, down 9.7 percent from 1907, with 21 district failures versus 25 last week and 18 a year ago. It reports moderate business gains in factories and merchandising, cautious demand in iron and steel, rising machinery and band production, and dull ship building. Local dry goods, foods, menswear and footwear show stable activity.
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Weekly Review of
Chicago
Prade
R. G. Dun & Co
Economic Outlook Mixed With Cautious Confidence
New York notes unseasonable warmth affecting seasonal merchandise and a cautious buying mood. Industry shows slight activity gains in iron and construction while droughts hinder coke and paper mills. rail tonnage is up and earnings decline narrows, with new enterprises held by credit institutions. Business failures in the U S total 244 for the week ending Oct 15, Canada 29.
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United States
Canada
Chicago Cattle Hogs Sheep and Grain Prices Listed
Market prices across multiple cities include Chicago cattle $4.00 to $7.60 hogs $4.00 to $5.05 sheep $3.00 to $4.50 wheat No 2 97¢ to 1 Ve corn No 2 Tle to Tes oats standard 47¢ to Ave rye No 2 T4e to T5e hay timothy $8.60 to $18.00 prairie $8.00 to $11.00 butter choice creamery 28¢ to 26 eggs fresh 23e to 71a potatoes per bushel 2d2c to 2c Indianapolis cattle shipping $3.00 to $6.75 hogs good to choice heavy $3.50 to $5.05 sheep common to pm $2.50 to RTS wheat No 2 $1.00 to $1.01 corn No 2 white etc. St Louis cattle $4.50 to $4.00 to $5.95 sheep $3.0 wheat No 2 $1.01 to $1.03 oats No 2 65e to 68e Cincinnati cattle hogs $4.00 wheat No 2 $1. ol to 1 033 corn No 3B white etc.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Cory
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NING
New Mexico
Charles HE
Norton
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