30 Oct 1905
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1905
Page
1
Partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday with light rain or snow flurries. Temperatures fall to near freezing. Banks will be closed. Scripps News Service reports Warsaw scene with socialist activity and bank closures affecting traffic. tram cars overturned in several parts of the city.
A heavy Santa Fe train with about ten Pullmans baggage express and mail cars derailed piling cars 30 feet high in a rock cut near a Kansas City suburb. At least 30 people were injured as the train, which had left Kansas City Sunday night, tipped into the cut.
Kansas City reports twelve killed and eighty injured when Santa Fe passenger train No 1 derailed east of Sheffield. Crew and passengers aided by others amid collapsed cars and rock-lined cuts. Rescue trains, hospitals at St Joseph and Kane City, and ongoing identifications follow the mass wreck.
A confused report outlines alleged misconduct in a river fish and game case. John Barnes, an engineer, was arrested amid claims linked to a net and a $2 arrangement. Officials push for a court of inquiry to verify evidence and clear or indict involved parties.
Boston Oct 1 A police case advances as Susan Geary 21 known as Ethel Durrell, a Shepherd King chorus girl, is positively identified as the suitcase murder victim. Her mother, Mrs Katherine Geary of Cambridge, reports rings and letters tied to the victim, while detectives pursue a surgeon, nurse, and Marvin Nauvan in connection with the disappearance and murder.
Local advertisements highlight Paris Dry Cleaners and Steam Dye Works as leaders in quality services on Tiinaly Street with reserved seats and affordable cigars. Harmon and Hall promote a large savings store near Wash Street opposite Park Theater.
Special to the Sun Pittsburgh reports Nathan a secretary at Shepherd Hotel in tears after arrest linked to the Boston sublease murder mystery. He admits an old romance with the dead girl and plans to wed, while police seek a physician and another woman implicated. Authorities say his alleged confession may point to the killer, not him.
A chaos of violence as 32 killed and 108 wounded in Odessa as street clashes erupt after student demonstrations. Reports say looting at gunshops and armed students. royal plate shipment to Copenhagen story also cited with czar’s jewelry moved to safety amid unrest.
Reports from St Petersburg describe widespread rumors on czarist reforms as the city recovers from night outages. Citizens discuss possible constitutional moves modeled after Britain and shifting poles of power including Count Witte, with no concrete action announced. The streets regain electric light and daily life resumes amid speculation.
A Heuter Telegraph correspondent reports an unverified rumor claiming the Black Sea squadron mutinied at Batormund, killed Admiralty Bleileff and Chuknine, and the squadron then sailed for S ropa.
Paul Simmons, 17, arrested near Madison on a charge of violating the postal law and taken before Commissioner Robert Hoett. He was bound over to the federal grand jury. The article notes Simmons’s shrewdness and attempt to profit from get rich quick schemes, with a prosecuting witness from Never Castle and praise for the boy’s intelligence while hinting at possible future usefulness. Deputy Rankin spoke highly of Simmons’s light color and father.
Nine year old Smatman along the Het railroad line was run over by a switch engine. His left foot and leg were crushed and needed amputation below the knee. No eyewitnesses. The boy’s mother was ill with typhoid fever and not told of the accident to avoid shock.
VIACAGO reports the notification committees appointed by the Interstate Commerce Commission prepare to present a restilutions ordorsing the president’s rail policy in Washington Tuesday. Brest branch notes 100,000 francs for the Socialist Party in Russia. St Paul snowstorm disrupts service for 14 hours Sunday, delaying trains. Cincinnati reports Clifford Grew dies after ingesting carbolic acid Sunday following a mild reprimand from his father.
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