Wreck at Whiting Knocks Out Pennsylvanian Flyer
The Pennsylvania Flyer on the Fort Wayne line derailed at Whiting Indiana. The engine and mail car wrecked. fireman Henry Werber of Fort Wayne killed in the blaze. Over four hundred passengers were aboard. several others injured including engineer John Christie and conductor James Breen. Local fire units arrived within minutes to extinguish the flames.
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Pennsylvania Flyer
Fort Wayne
Whiting
Ind
Henry Werber
Tire
John Christie
Englewood, Sr
James Breen
Duramber Captured and Front-Region Security Actions
San Francisco police arrest Johnson the union sailor after dynamite suspected in a Mission Street lodging house blast. He was found aboard a ship at Oakland Mole and removed by officers. Also noted are upcoming reorganizing plans for the Western Base Ball Association in Chicago on October 25 and participation from Milwaukee Indianapolis Detroit Toledo Kansas City Omaha Minneapolis with Columbus St Paul or Grand Rapids as potential eighth member. A salary cap of 1000 dollars or 312804 is proposed.
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Duramber
San Francisco
Johnson
Mission Street
Curtin
Oakland
Western Base Ball Association
Chicago
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Detroit
Toledo
Kansas City
Omaha
Minneapolis
Columbus
St. Paul
Grand Rapids
Amoskeag Mills
Manchester
N. H
James B. Groome
Maryland
Baltimore
William Lawrence
Massachusetts
Phillips Brooks
T. ©. Sampson
North Adams
Mass
Buffalo
N. Y
W. T. Bull
James (. Blaine, Jr
New York
Willie Windle
Springfield
Richard A. Proctor
Greenwood Cemetery
George W. Childs
Boston
Asa P. Morse
Cambridgeport National Bank
Anna van Houten
Morse
van Houten
Mary Walker
Christie Warden
Haverhill
Arthur D. Snead
Syracuse
Snead
Norcross
Russell Sage
Mahoning Valley
Wreck of Simyo Maru Off Japan Claims Twenty Two
Advices via steamer Rio de Janeiro report the Simyo Maru wrecked off Japan on September 4. Twenty two of the twenty eight passengers were drowned.
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Rio de Janeiro
Japan
Eastern streetcar lines may consolidate in Kansas City
Reports indicate Eastern streetcar lines of Kansas City will likely consolidate. The piece notes urban transit shifts and the possible unification of routes amid local transportation discussions.
Multiple Local Incidents Reported Across Cities
A Topeka clerk was arrested for forging checks. An Evansville horse race winner set a track record. Indiana funds aided Muncie smallpox abatement. A 154 pound Columbia River sturgeon was caught. A Chicago Board of Trade panic led to bonds. A St Paul minister faces discipline for attending a Chicago performance. Six prisoners escaped Bowling Green jail, including a child murderer. Divide Station robbers took 450 dollars from Wells Fargo. Michigan pension case seeks restoration via mandamus. Michigan Supreme Court reviews women suffrage law constitutionality. A German farmer near Goffs was decapitated in a runaway accident. A riot at Indianapolis shops left Fireman James Pitts dead after a Stokes shooting.
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Robert Whisner
Topeka
Kan
Robert J
Evansville
Ind
Ib Jane
Gov
Matthews
Indiana
Muncie
Columbia River
Cassius Belden
Chicago
Divide Station
Colo
Cripple Creek
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Jupe Long
Michigan Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Gottfried Gruetze
Goffs
Big Four
Indianapolis
James Pitts
Peoria
John Stokes
Thea
Riley
National Bank Report Sought by Comptroller Eckels
Washington. Comptroller Eckels calls for a report on the condition of national banks as of Tuesday. Other items note Michigan's Burrows introducing a Battle Creek public building appropriation bill, and a treasury update shows money in circulation and per capita average.
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Eckels
Burrows
Michigan
Battle Creek
Mich
Interstate Railway Commission
Carlisle
Congress
Justice Bradley
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Commissioner of Patents
Gov. Tillman
South Carolina
Treasury
Lamerroux
General Land Office
Tilaeli
Saloon Closing Appeal Marks Chicago Mission Congress
General discussion at the Pan American Bimetallic Convention in St. Louis moves over land currency issues with Tillman Waite and others arguing against subtreasury plans. Majority resolutions are adopted after debating minority views, as delegates address money policy and currency schemes.
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Dwicut L. Moopy
Congress of Missions
Chicago
Ottawa
St. Louis
Newall
O. A. Fisk
Tillman
Committee On Resolutions
United States
Washington
J. B. Follett
Committee On
Waterbury
Kansas
H. Taylor
Minnesota
Cochran
St. Joseph
Ote
Waite
Colorado
Exposition officials plan wind-up as Oct ends
Executives discuss removal of Columbian Exposition buildings and closing the organization after October 30. Five top managers selected to report a wind-up plan led by Director General Davis and President Higinbotham. Also notes a new rate battle as Big Four and Baltimore & Ohio push an eastbound rate from East St. Louis to Liverpool via Newport News.
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Chicago
Davis
Higinbotham
Hurahan
Edmund Walker
Henry B. Stone
East St. Louis
Liverpool
Newport News
Seaboard
Interstate Commerce Commissioners
Big Four
Baltimore & Ohio
Destructive Gulf Storm Toll and Regional Disasters
Corrected lists put Gulf storm deaths at 2241 with a possible rise of 200 to 300. Texas plans to sue to recover over 1 million acres of school lands from 1883 act. Fulton Arkansas destroyed by fire amid a surge of regional calamities including poison and homicide cases and flooding in the Valley of Mexico.
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Texas
Missouri
Kansas
M. D. Bunch
Witherspoon
Ark
Fulton
Eliza Dent
Houston Kelly
Paris
Valley of
Mexico
Fire Devastates Port Louis Mauritius Blazes Consume Town
Great fire at Port Louis Mauritius destroyed about fifteen acres of the town and buildings after an oil lamp toppled in a wooden area. Property loss estimated around 6,000,000 rupees as flames spread rapidly aided by wind.
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Pennsylvania
Melilla
Port Louis
Mauritius
Pallas
Martinez Campos
Barcelona
Nebraska Democrats Name State Ticket For Supreme Court and University
The Nebraska Democrats nominate for the state ticket Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Frank A Irvine of Omaha and university students Milton Doolittle J M Pyle and Charlies Kloman. Republicans select Associate Justice T C C Harrison of Grand Island with Regents C W Kaley Henry D Estabrook and Charles Weston.
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Nebraska
The
Supreme Court
Frank A. Irvine
Omaha
Around a Big State. Indians and Local Notices
A compendium of local items lists deaths suicides accidents and crimes in Indiana towns. Notable notes include the suicides of John Huffman and Dora Peters, a gas stove burn at North Manchester, burglaries in Marion, and a jail escape pursuit in Bravis. It mentions appointments receivers and forged notes plus a state Young Men’s Christian Association convention.
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Jefersonville
John Huffman
Clay County
John Hamilton
Seymour
John J. Hartley
Patterson Fruit Jar Company
Muncie
Frieda Kostner
North Manchester
Dora Peters
Fayette
Woland
Elwood
Indiana Iron Mill Company
John Barton
Rigdon
Madison County
Stewart Durff
Wabash County
Thomas. Boyer
Vincennes
Marion
Jacob Rinhart
John Clancy
Frank Ostheimer
Lafayette
James Hamilton
Morgantown
Martinsville
John Ball
Big Four
Indianapolis
Henry Bierman
Wabash
Delphi
Hillsburg
Babe Spurlock
William Palmer
Palmer
Spurlock
James B. Alfree
James M. Adkins
Stephen S. Austin
Terre Haute
George W. Daily
Charlottsville
Howard H. Hopkins
Goshen
Ieyelo
William 8. Hosford
Mishawaka
George R. Root
George W. Smith
Union City
John S. Thurman
John Brian
Evansville
Kumler & Gaylord
Frederick Gillespie
Auggust
Monon Road
Bravis
Noah King
St. Louis
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Baker
Charleston
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Picking
Nase Ball
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Negaunee
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Will Davis
Big House
Raleigh, Tenn
Breslau
Bismarck
Kissingen
London
Berlin
Rosslave
Olaven
Pullos
England
Market Reports
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