Hurricane Hits Havana and Camp Columbia
The Havana cyclone of October twenty damaged Camp Columbia’s tents and bar racks, with 2,000 U S troops affected. Deaths reached twenty, mostly poor Cubans, and telegraph lines were knocked out. In Havana the storm caused extensive flooding and property loss, with total damages estimated at two million dollars. Other ports reported ship damage, sunk boats, and a late arrival due to the storm.
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Camp Columbia
United States
Harry Fosdick
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Sioux City
Fred Sutcliffe
Fort Snelling
Thomas Shonealt
Reading
Brooklyn
la Regla
Denver
Minneapois
Texas
Prairie
Celtic
Httle
Pinar del Rio
Matanzas
Bucketshops lead to eight years for bank embezzlers in Pittsburg
Clinton B. Wray and Charles B. Hixon, former Union Trust teller and bookkeeper, pleaded guilty to embezzling about 125000 and were sentenced to eight years at hard labor. Wray claimed losses came from bucketshop speculation, with 99000 lost to two firms.Also, State Bank of Pittsburg officials were found guilty of irregularities tied to the bank’s 125000 deficit. sentence deferred. Dun's Trade Review notes retail gains in heavy clothing and footwear, steady wholesale returns, prompt mercantile collections, and wage rises amid steel mill and shipyard demand. October earnings up 75 percent year over year, with rail blockades delaying shipments.
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Pittsburg
Clinton B. Wray
Charles
Hixon
Teller
Union Trust Company
Wray
Young
Robb
J. 8. Espy
D. E. Horrigan
William Herb
T. T. Kirk
Addison Boren
W. A. Merritt
Henry Nichols
Edward Kerr
State Bank of Pittsburg
Dun’s
New York
R. G. Dun & Company
Bug
Leper dies after long exile near Clarksburg West Virginia
Syrian leper George Rashid died of heart failure in a shanty at Pickens near Clarksburg. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad built the shelter and 8 Quisze watched over him until county and state authorities took charge. He faced assaults and gunfire despite scattered medical care then cremation was arranged by authorities. In Washington a White House conference discussed political campaigning and arbitration proposals followed by a murder case in Conway.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
George Rashid
Pickens
Here
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Watts
New York
White girl attacked. Black porter captured and removed
A reported incident in Montgomery involved Herman Thompson, a Black porter, accused of assaulting Calne Belle Cain, age 10, a white girl. The assailant was identified, captured nearby, and transported by deputy sheriff to We tumpka, about 14 miles away.
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Montgomery
Aia
Uct Zu
Calne Belle Cain
Herman Thompson
Wetumpka
Bilby Acquitted Of Perjury Charge In Kansas Case
J E Bilby of Quitman Missouri, son of a wealthy cattleman, was acquitted in the United States district court in Leavenworth Kansas of a perjury charge. He had been arrested on a fencing government land charge in Kansas, a case later dismissed. the perjury count stemmed from that fencing case.
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Bilby
Leavenworth
Kan
J. E. Bilby
Quitman
United States District Court
Kansas
Currency Reform Causes Parlia mentary Tangle at Bankers Meet
At the American Bankers Association session in St Louis on October 20, the currency reform report by the Banking Legislative Committee led by Arthur Reynolds triggered uproar and rapid debate. Delegates moved to adopt, refer back, or consider the sections seriatim before approving a path to draft a bill with the New York chamber of commerce for congress.
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St. Louis
American Bankers’ Association
Banking Legislative Committee
Arthur Reynolds
Des Moines National Bank
Reynolds
Executive Council
William George
Aurora
New York Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Murphy and others cited in grand jury probes over league offers
New York witnesses described alleged attempts by managers of the Independence League to press Tammany candidates. Murphy testified for 13 minutes and prompted subpoenas for Joseph E. Goulden, William Astor Chanler, Joseph Pendergast, and several others. Other subpoenas target money from Charles W. Farnes, Democratic candidate for Congress.
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Murphy
New York
Charles F. Murphy
Grand Jury
Independence League
Joseph E. Goulden
William Astor Chanler
Joseph Pendergast
Charles W. Farnes
Congress
League
Trial report on Moody and Standard Oil verdict
Washington reports Attorney General Moody will not comment on the Findlay verdict. J J Sullivan to prepare a report and transcript of evidence. US took no part. Moody aims to intervene in first employer's liability case to defend its constitutionality. Railroad attorneys in Louisville reportedly planned a broad effort to undermine the law. A Kentucky test may begin soon. Oscar Lawler probes Santa Fe rebates in California with subpoenas for railroad and local business officials. grand jury evidence sought. Senator Button to be in St Louis to face mandate of his sentence. Mrs Button to accompany him. Mrs Jefferson Davis remembered as funeral is held in Richmond Hollywood cemetery alongside Jefferson Davis.
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Washington
Standard Oil
Findlay
D. Hoe
United States
J. J. Sullivan
Louisville
Kentucky
Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Cal
Oscar Lawler
California
United States Marshal
Santa Fe Railroad
United States Grand Jury
Button
Abilene
Kan
St. Louis
Burtos
Burton
Ranging through crimes and politics in fast stream
At Hennettsville Bob Dargan was hanged for rape. French cabinet resigns and Clemenceau to form new cabinet. Weekly U.S. failures 186, Canada 17. Mrs Laura Coutdin进入 private sanitarium Cromwell. Zuckerman & Co Turin bank fails for 91.2 million. Thomas McNeal convicted life for wife murder. Mahlon Gebhart robbed in Miamiburg. Thomas Brady condemned to death in Alexandria. Charles Dipple hanged himself near Marlette after twin sons died. Ohio divorce stats show year rise. Franklin leads with 1,312 pending cases. Dutton assaulted in Cincinnati. likely robbery motive. Spafford found guilty of fraud in Bowling Green.
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Hennettsville
S. C
Bob Dargan
M. Clemenceau
United States
Canada
Laura Cottdin
Bishop Potter
Cromwell
Thomas McNeal
Portsmouth
Mahlon Gebhart
Miamleburg
Thomas Brady
Alexandria
Charles Dipple
Marlette
Standard Oil case heads to highest court on appeal
Rockefeller interests push for reversal after probate court verdict finds conspiracy against trade under Valentine anti trust law. Defense plans immediate appeal through common pleas, circuit, and Ohio supreme court, challenging jurisdiction and trial errors amid national attention.
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William L. David
Hancock County
Ohio
Banker
John D. Rockefeller
Standard
David
John D. Rockefaller
Supreme Court
Standard 611 Company of Ohio
Aranda
Grain and Livestock Market Report Across Cities
Grain and Livestock prices listed for Chicago East Buffalo Pittsburgh Cleveland Cincinnati Toledo and New York. Cattle hogs sheep and calves quoted with ranges by grade quality and location. Early note of a Cincinnati preacher resigning to Cheyenne and Plum Run mine strike settlement in West Virginia.
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Chicago
Pittbeurg
York
Cleveland
Iuma
Cincinnati
Toledo
Lima
Indiana
New York
Tragic Farm Dispute in Indiana Ends in Deaths
Rising Sun Indiana Oct 20 Jackson Norris and his father George Norris were killed and Joseph Richard son seriously wounded after a dispute over farmland boundaries. The elder Norris fired hitting his son then wounded Richard son who shot and killed the elder Norris. Local authorities report the tragedy stemmed from a dividing line quarrel between the Norris and Richardson farms.
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Indiana
Rising Sun
Ind
Jackson Norris
George Norris
Joseph Richardson
Norris
Richardson
Hhis Mark
A Hope Lost Scene in a Dublin Theatrical Anecdote
Frank Gillmore recalls his aunt Miss Sarah Thorne a leading lady at Theatre Royal Dublin who skipped a scene and found herself the principal witness in a courtroom. With no lines she shouted Ask that man and the cast improvised as the judge searched pages. The curtain fell on a hopeless situation.
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Frank Gillmore
Sarah ‘Thorne
Theatre Royal
Dublin
Miga Thorne
What is the Spanish main and how is it viewed
A club discussion clips different beliefs about the phrase Spanish main connoting vast distant seas. References from Hesperus and Ingoldsby Legends surface, while participants admit vagueness in meaning and prefer not to verify precisely.
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Lujidh ‘Tabie
Ingolsby
Gama
London Chronicle
The Crumpet Story and Dutch Humor
Oliver Wendell Holmes praised Dutch humor and told a crumpet story as an example. A tale features a man to be hanged who asks for a dozen hot crumpers to satisfy a long‑held wish, revealing the Dutch origin of the joke.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
America
Feddle
Fragmented note stirs gossip in boarding house tale
A garbled exchange references a boarding house with ears to gossip, a dumb waiter, and a handsome guide. The text cites a magazine line about a prospective renter missing a crucial word in a letter, hinting at a mistaken flat offer and decor questions, with scattered literary quotes.
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Baltimore
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