Mountain landslide wipes Karatagh, 15000 dead
News from Tashkend reports Karatagh in Bokhara, population 15000, wiped out after an earthquake loosened a massive rock and earth slide. The governor and his mother survived. communication is cut. Rescuers race to the stricken city as deaths are expected to reach at least 15000.
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Tashkend
Russian Turkestan
Karatagh
Bokhara
Samarkan
Weather Bureau
Washington
India
Australia
St. Petersburg
Central Asia
Lattakurgan
Khokand
Queer will filed in probate for Andrew Fantys
A Bohemian will of Andrew Fantys who died last August in the southern city section was filed in probate court with an English translation. The estate valued at $1,000 is left to his widow Mary Fantys and children Frank Fantys Joseph Fantys Anna Schubert Christian Renner and Jeanette Fantys. Each child receives $100 while the widow gets the remainder.
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Andrew Fantys
Fantys
Mary Fantys
Frank Fantys
Joseph Fantys
Anna Schubert
Christian Renner
Jeanette Fantys
Thirteen Die and Eleven Hurt in Switchman's Error
At Lashore Indiana on October 30 a collision between a passenger and goods train killed thirteen people and injured eleven. The accident was attributed to a switchman's error on the Northwestern railroad.
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Lashore
Ind
Northwestern
Mexican Central Strike Ties Tampico Division
In Mexico Oct 30 the Tampico division of the Mexican Central railroad shut down after a fight between a Cardenas operator and a conductor led to arrests. The entire operating force walked out to demand their release, and the shopmen joined in the protest.
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Mexico
Tampico Division
Mexican Central Railroad
Cardenas
Nearly 500 Chinese Enroute to United States
Chinese bound for the United States have been arriving at Salina Cruz since January 1. Four thousand seven hundred sixty three have landed there en route to the northern republic.
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Mexico
United States
Salina Cruz
Republic
Snowy Intermittent Flurries Hit Elkins Today
In Elkins West Virginia snow has fallen off and on for the past 24 hours with intermittent flurries and cold conditions reported around the area.
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Elkins
W. Va
Wisconsin Voters Deluged by Letters in Campaign
Wisconsin voters receive letters from La Follette Taft and Bryan as campaigns plan state and Northwest push. La Follette leaders confirm a systematic drive with Ekern overseeing, while Taft campaign uses rural route mailings and Tribune endorsement analysis. Bryan prepares a statewide tour starting November 7 with Aviward and Manson joining in Milwaukee and other cities.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Senator la Follette
William H. Taft
William J. Bryan
la Follette
Chicago
Taft
Chicago Tribune
Northwest
Ekern
Assembly
Bryan
Milwaukee
Sheboygan
Wausau
Manitowoc
Lacrosse
John A. Aviward
H. H. Manson
Small Through His Hat Calls Strike Off Men Stick
New York Oct 30 Following a tele graphers union meeting where deposed President Small was denied to speak the operators voted to stick to the end in their strike. After his repulse Small declared the strike off claiming concessions including a 10 percent increase. Small added negotiations began Oct 13 and proceeded by wire and mail until his return to New York. Supt Brooks of the Western Union said no offer to compromise had been made.
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New York
Telegraphers Union
Small
Supt. Brooks
The
Western Union
Union Pacific Lays Off 5000 Construction Workers
Five thousand men in Union Pacific construction gangs are laid off at once as all nonessential work is halted. New line projects across Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado stop, with engineering crews and double tracking teams dismissed. Lane cutoff grading outfits with $6,000,000 spent to save ten miles are idled.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Mohler
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Rev. C N Moller Hurt in Auto Bicycle Crash
Rector of Christ Episcopal church was struck by a speeding car at Eighth and Main streets at 8 15 last night. He was hurled through the air and fell on a pile of leaves near the curb, avoiding serious injury. Wrist bruises and scratches on his right hand were reported. he received medical attention. The car, driven by George F Falk with chauffeur, Mrs Elsie Gile Scott, failed to see him. Continued on page 6.
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C. N. Moller
Christ Episcopal Church
Eighth and
Main Streets
Elsie Gile Scott
West Avenue
George F. Falk
George Falk
Board of Public Works
Moller
Falk
State Board to Announce Higher Physical Valuations for Rail Firms
The state board of assessment will soon publish the value of express and sleeping car companies. Taxes are expected to rise about 1 percent from last year’s total of 17,519.76 amid a four year trend of higher valuations. Last year’s figures show Adams and American Pac. contributing notable sums, with Pullman Co. and freight lines also listed, totalling 1,558,518.54 in value and 17,519.70 in tax.
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Madison
Wis
State Board of Assessment
Pes & Wien
Ie Ik
Loeb Bears Hunting Trip Visitor Passes Through La Crosse
William Loeb Jr private secretary to President Roosevelt was a La Crosse guest after midnight returning from a Montana and Rockies bear hunt. He appeared in good health, wore hunting gear, and declined to discuss politics or confirm bear sizes. He noted six seasons of Montana hunting and said he had not read newspapers during the trip.
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William Loeb, Jr
Roosevelt
la Crosse
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Loeb
Montana
Rockies
Washington
Mr. Loeb
Germany to purge its officialdom and curb crossings
The La Crosse mayor orders strict enforcement of streetcar crossing rules after repeated failures by conductors to stop and flag steam railroad crossings. He instructs the chief of police to act if violations recur and urges public support for safety. Berlin reports broadened purge following Von Moltke scandal. The Kaiser faces calls for a wide investigation and removal of implicated officials amid rising socialist critique.
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Anderson
Livermore
la Crosse
S. B. Livermore
Wendell A. Anderson
Berlin
Germany
von Moltke
Harden
Tageblatt
Moltke
Kaiser
Iberlin
Countess von Elbe
Record Gold Flows as Banks Resume in Steady Market
New York reports 2,915,000 in gold drawn from the Bank of England for shipment to the United States this morning. Financial conditions are steady and improving as banks resume operations. United States Steel posts record quarterly earnings of 43,504,255, yet orders slump due to retrenchment in rail and construction work, leaving stocks largely unchanged amid irregular trading.
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New York
Bank of England
United States
United States Steel Corporaton
Russian mutineers attack Vladivostok
The Vladivostok garrison repelled two torpedo boats mutinied by sailors from Vladivostok. The boats were disabled after the attack from the sea. Casualties are unknown.
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Vladivostok
Tokio
Jiji
Exhibition of Art at Local High School
An art exhibition of importance will be held at the high school building Friday afternoon and evening and Saturday morning and afternoon. There will be rare exhibits and the exhibition will likely be liberally patronized.
RUMORS OF FATAL GALVESTON STORM SPREAD
A telegram reports a deadly Galveston storm with many lives lost, but the message is unconfirmed. Western Union notes storm disruption and possible restoration of cables later in the day as wires remain down.
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Galveston
New York
ST. Louis
Western Union
Kidnapped Princess Returns in Silence
Barbara M. Lapoukine, the kidnapped princess, returned to her boarding house in London today. She arrived home alone and dazed as her father, aiding detectives, joined her briefly for a private talk before departing with the princess. The full details of her experience remain undisclosed.
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London
Barbara M. Lapoukine
Woburn
Weather and Water Forecast With River Levels
Weather outlooks show Wisconsin partly cloudy with chances of showers tonight and Thursday and warmer Friday. Minnesota expects showers tonight or Thursday with moderate temperatures, Iowa partly cloudy with possible showers tonight and Thursday, then generally fair and warmer. The river remains near-stationary over the next 36 hours with observed stages listed for Red Wing Reeds Landing La Crosse Prairie du Chien Dubuque Le Claire Davenport Keokuk St Louis.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Red Wing
Reeds Landing
la Crosse
Prairie du Chien
Dubuque
le Claire
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Pullman Co
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