Devastating Cincinnati Fire Kills Woman and Injures Firemen
A ten story building explosion at Fourth and Race streets in Cincinnati injures a woman fatally and leaves a fireman with multiple injuries. Fifty others are burned as rescuers battle flames from insecure ladders amid a frenzied crowd. The blast originates from Pittsburg Film and Calcium quarters on the fourth floor, trapping evacuees and blocking exits.
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Cincinnati
Fourth
Race streets
Lewis Purcel
Pittsburg Film & Calcium company
Neave
Niemen
Wreckage Found as Crew of Yarmouth Vessel Lost
London reports the bodies of Captain Avis and twenty two crew members from the Heamer Yarmouth were recovered in the North Sea. Wreckage parts were found in mid channel. The cause remains a mystery as weather had been fair since the vessel sailed from Rotterdam for Harwich.
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Yarmouth
London
Vela
aesledam
Harwich
North sea
Avis
Death by own action found aboard steamer aftermath news
Port Clinton Ohio reports the body of William Fox seventy eight found on West Sister Island north shore by lighthouse keeper’s children after nineteen days since his supposed jump from the steamer on a return trip from Put-in-Bay. Indiana dispatch notes the national executive board of the United Miners of America removes all officers of District No. 11 while restraining order pending until November 9.
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Arrow
Port Clinton
Willian Fox
J.D. Fox
West
Pox
iMid- He Bass
Put-in-Bay
Indianapolis
Ind
hational
Unitel Ming Workers of America
Indiana
Headless Body Found Triggers Barber Simpso n Arrest
Cincinnati dispatch reports the headless body of a white man found in the Covington hills led to the arrest of barber Farris Simpson in Harrodsburg Kentucky. The murdered soldier Nobile, seen in Covington with Simpson, carried nearly $2000 in army funds. Police in Covington issued a murder warrant. Simpson claims mistaken identity. Noble hailed from Jackson Kentucky.
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Farris Simpon
Cincinnati
Covington
Kentucky
Harrodsburg
Farris Simpson
Nobile
Simpson
Nobie
Ile
Paris
Lexington
Aafredsburg
Jle
Noble
Jackson
Ken Lucky
English reform worker Mrs Philip Snowden charms Boston
English reform worker Mrs Philip Snowden stands out at the Massachusetts Woman Suffragette association convention in Boston October 29. She defends militant tactics as necessary to oppose the government while praising political sagacity and resilience of her movement.
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Boston
Philip Snowden
Massachusetts Wonnur Suffragette association
Night Riders to Be Hanged Belief at Rabble Chase
Governor Patterson leads troops in Obion County Tennessee after the Rankin killing at Reel Foot Lake. Authorities cite confessions by Burton and Ferriner and statements from ten grand jury witnesses as they pursue an estimated 800 suspected Night Riders across Lake and Obion counties, expecting over a hundred arrests.
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Union City
Tenn
Captain Rankin
Reel Foot lake
Samshore
Patterson
Obion county
Rankin
Burton
Ferriner
Night Riders
Lake and Obion
Taft Jubillant Over Reception in New York City
Taft reports a great Madison Square Garden meeting eclipsing Bryan's event, hailing a jubilant reception as he begins a final tour through New York state. He claims the Republican ticket will win and notes 75,000 heard him after 23,000 packed inside MSG. He travels to East Rochester and other cities with a speech condemning Bryan.
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Taft
New York State
New York
Madison Square Garden
Bryan
William H. Taft
New York City
Garden
Lyons
East Rochester
Canandaigus
Geneva
Seneca Falls
Auburn
Syracuse
Mr. Taft
opera-house
Theodore Roosevelt
iM. Roosevelt
McKinley
Narrowly Escapes with His Eyesight
New York October 21 a Broad street banker Lewis W Worngser narrowly escaped blindness when a bottle of carbolic acid hurled by a strike sympathizer shattered the taxicab glass and sprayed its contents over him. He dodged the acid but suffered severe facial cuts from the glass.
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New York
Lewis W. Worngser
Broad street
Wormser
Riots Drive English Shopkeepers to Heavily Insure
London reports shopkeepers in England Wales and Scotland are insuring against mob violence as colder weather fuels fears of more disorder. Premiums range from 2.50 to 4.26 per 4900 insured. Unemployed unions estimate 10 percent of skilled workers idle with a much larger share of unskilled laborers out of work, totaling about 2 million and rising.
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London
England
slan
Scoton
parliament house
counncils
Trafalgar square
lahor
Empress Moves to Stamp Out Chinese Reformers
Dowager Empress Cixi acts against Chang Wen society after Singapore reform messaging call for restoring the emperor, dissolving the court clique, moving the capital to Nanking, a constitution and a national assembly within three years. Arrests and suppressive actions follow, with agents dispatched to monitor arms shipments and reform strength. In Washington, Navy court martial ordered for deserter Charles J Magness who recently wed Ada Gorman.
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Peking
Nanking
Jémpress
lzu-Hsi
Chang Wen society
Cheng Wen
Hong Kong
Singapore
Penang
Washington
Newbarry
Charles J. Magness
Ada Gorman
Maryland
Hains defends stance in celebrated murder case
T Jenkins Hains issues a signed statement defending his position and attacking Mrs Claudia Libby Hains and her attorney. He denies being a seafaring bully, claims he is a recluse and student, and says his nautical writings are widely used. He cites the grand jury indictment and his brother’s alleged breakdown, noting the attackers’ aims to paint him as a villain. Mitchell Day celebrations and treasury receipts round out the brief item.
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Hains
dail
New York
T. Jenkins Hains
William J. Annis
Claudia Libby Hains
Hains’ attoriey
Annis
United States
United States navy
England
Jaiis
Bennett
Peter C. Hains
Not the daughter of the millionaire changeling dispute
Dorthea McVickar, recognized as D B H Crouse's daughter after his Syracuse death, is to face a $2,000,000 compromise dispute in Utica Supreme Court. Twenty seven heirs claim the millionaire was never married and that she is a decoy child, alleging the London wife Wilson received about $400,000.
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Othe
New York
Dorthea
McVickar
D. BH. Crouse
Syracuse
Supreme Court
D. Amgelis
Utica
Crouse
Narrow Escape of a Detective Ends in Tragedy
Pittsburg Pa October 29 George Foulks a Baltimore and Ohio railroad detective is jailed after shooting and killing his best friend Frank Sanders over a dollar dispute Sanders died almost instantly after four close range shots. Police averted a lynching at the Stag hotel bar room where the tragedy occurred. Norfolk Va October 29 an unknown four masted schooner went ashore fifty miles south of Cane Henry. Six crew saved by life savers two drowned vessel probably a total loss
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Pittsboro
Pittsburg
George Foulks
Baltimore & Ohio railroad
Frank Sanders
Sanders
Foulks
Sander
Stag
Norfolk
Cane Henry
Carnegie Attacks Bryan on Supreme Court Appointments
Andrew Carnegie arrived in New York aboard the Adriatic and warned that electing William Jennings Bryan would be a national tragedy. He said Bryan would appoint several Supreme Court justices for twenty years, potentially rendering the Senate practically helpless. Carnegie also praised Governor Hughes as a favorable choice and noted England faces unemployment amid a global economic depression.
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New York
Bryan
Andrew Carnegie
Adriatic
supreme court
senate
Iike Bryat
aman
Carnegie
Hughes
Biss
json o
fengland
Fatherland Sold Out Belief Ties Russia and England
Berlin reports German officials claim Russia sold out the fatherland to England during the Balkan crisis in exchange for a promised loan. Iswolsky and Grey allegedly pressed financiers in London to back a loan if Russia supported England. Rumors say German financiers balked and Teutonic influence shifted. Serbia and Montenegro seek Russian alliance to resist Austria. Servia and Montenegro demand a buffer strip along the Drina river and refuse Austria’s Bosnia and Herzegovina terms.
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Berlin
Russia
England
Edward Grey
Iswolsky
London
Edward
Germany
France
Austria
Balkans
Turkey
Belgrade
douma
Servia
Montenegro
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia
Drina river
Duluth Limited wrecked near Kempton Wisconsin
The Duluth Limited of the Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis and Omaha line was ditched by wreckers near Kempton Wisconsin early today. Ten people were seriously hurt as the engine and eight cars derailed and overturned. An official investigation indicates a rail was removed to wreck the train. Injured include P. J. Tilton of Logan Ohio.
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St. Paul
Minn
Duluth Limited
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha
Kempton
Wisconsin
Omaha general office
P. J. Tilton
Logan
Ohio
Tide Ties Up Cunard Steamer in Wave Hit
Boston, Oct 29 Twenty aboard the Cunard liner Ilvernia were injured when the steamer struck a gigantic tidal wave in Devil's Hole one day out of Queenstown. Six are seriously hurt, all steerage passengers. The injured include Carl G A Dahl Annie Comey Edward Larsen Annie Larsen John W Crompton and Maria Mulhern. They suffer broken legs and fractured knee caps and are under medical care. The ship reached Boston today and officers reported the accident.
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Boston
Mass
Cunard
lvernia
Devil's hole
Queenstown
Carl G.A. Dahl
Annie 'Comey
Edward Larsen
Annie Larsen
John W. Crompton
Maria Mulhern
pe grant station
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