Northeast gale floods Jersey coast and rails
A fierce northeast gale sweeps the Jersey coast and Delaware Bay for hours, leaving ships ashore and rail lines submerged. Vessels such as the Maurice River oyster fleet endangered. Ocean City and Sea Isle branches washed out. Homes flooded. telegraph lines down. two deaths reported from electrocution.
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Cape May
Jersey
Delaware Bay
Millville
Maurice River
Ocean City
Sea Isle
West Jersey Railroad
Reading
Egg Harbor City
Tuckerton
Lewes
Del
Little Falkenburg
Sarah [. Vaughn
H.W. Laws
Annie L. Ponder
Emma J. Cottingham
Fall River
Philadelphia
Delaware City
Elizabeth Lee
Gloucester
Mass
Cape Henloyen
Bowers Beach
William Spencer
Thei Cottage
Millike
Mauricenver
Atlantic City Storm Leaves City Cut Off and Damaged
The northeast storm, among the fiercest in years, washed out train beds and damaged wharves at Atlantic City, burying streets under floodwater and forcing residents to use boats. Across Ocean City and Highlands, heavy winds and high surf destroyed boardwalks, bulkheads, and hotels, with extensive property damage and halted traffic.
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Atlantic City
John Afehrer
Bolton Parsons
Grammercy Place
Moore Brothers
Philadelphia and
Reading
Chelsea
Tarrmen
Chesapeake Bay
Ocean City
Trimbers Hotel
Congress Hall
Trimper's
Easterns Shore Hotel
Cropper's Pavilion
Atlantic Hotel
Meyer Cottage
Ocean City Fishing Company
Cambridge
Fonts
Highlands
N. J
Seaside
Parkertown
Sandy Hook
Bukhead
Shrewsbury
Suit Over 2 Million Worth of General Electric Railway Stock
New York October 26 Bates sues to recover 2 million dollars in stock of the General Electric Railway Company of Chicago. He alleges J. Pierpont Morgan & Co and others conspired to gain control by transferring 70,000 shares through intermediaries to Morgan and his firm. Bates claims the stock, issued for a 5 million capital, was fraudulently held and misused.
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New York
Charles Austin Bates
General Electric Railway Company
Chicago
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
Lucius Clark
A. G. Wheeler
Perry A. Hull
Bates
Clark
Secon
Hut
Stinson
J. Pierpont Morgan
United Merchants of New York
Ferdinand A. Thomson
Law Department
The
United Merchants
Thomson
James B. Weir, Jr
German Princess Angers Press Over Czars Refusal
Berlin reports the czar and czarina refuse to receive Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Baden in Darmstadt amid tensions with German papers calling the act an insult to the nation. The grand duke’s daughter is Emper or William II’s granddaughter.
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Berlin
Baden
Darmstadt
Grand Gguke
Wuld
Grand Duchess
Emperor William 7
The Central Horror: Wreck Victims List Grows to Nineteen
Frantic crowds gather at Cold Spring as New York Central wreck death toll rises to nineteen. Names span across cities including Buffalo Chicago Newark and San Francisco with casualties identified and many still in hospitals. Rescue and identification efforts unfold amid rain and wreckage.
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Eustocer Foyle
Tompkins
McKay
San Francisco
China
Fong Hop
Lee Song
Chin Quong Hong
New York
Lee Seng
Hoo Wah
Lee Tong Sing
Mott Street
Wong Gin
Hop Sing
Hudson
Cold Springs
Cola Spring
Samuel Williams
Buffalo
Peekskill Hospital
Peekskill
Cold Spring
Henry C. Williams
August Goetz
Bartholomew Evvangelical Church
Chin Lee Song
Chin Fong Hop
Hive
Chin Quong Hon
Peekskil Hospital
Hoo Wuhk
George C. Green
Lake Shore Railroad
Edwin A. Green
Chicago
Wi York
Binghamton
Edwin
Mary Lindsman
Ciea
N. Y
Bert Lindsman
Croton
Lindsman
Mamie Miller
Pullman Will To Be Filed In Court Tomorrow
The Pullman estate valued at about 20 million dollars is expected to reveal public and charitable bequests when filed in probate court. Executors decline comment on possible disinheritance of George M Pullman’s two sons. Rumor assigns large sums to Chicago University and a San Francisco heiress, with details pending official disclosure.
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Chicago
George M. Pullman
Lincoln
Afr. Fullman
Chicago University
Frank Carelan
San Francisco
Pullman
Rival boarders' fatal fight ends in murder in Brodericks
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on October 26 a riot between two boarding house factions escalated. John Bolick and George Hornick ran rival lodgings. after attackers used stones axes and clubs, boarder John Gavra fired from an upstairs window. Steve Buri died from a heart wound, Charlie Sloch was wounded, constables arrived and arrests were made.
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Wilkesbarre
Brodericks
Weithen
John Bolick
George Hornick
Hyuer
Bolick
Hornick
John Gavra
Steve Buri
Charlies Sloch
Five Dead From Chicago Dead House Suspect Nabbed In New York
Nuggets of news recount multiple crimes and tragedies from across the country. Police in New York arrest a gang member rumored to be part of a burglar ring. An unknown farmer and two horses die crossing a railroad near Trenton. A bookkeeper hires men in Rome over disputed accounts. An opera singer faces hardship in a New York hotel. Reports include a Chicago wife murder case, a violent shooting in Greenfield Missouri, and a boiler blast near Wiener Arkansas killing several men.
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Dunning
Chicago
New York
King the O
Kate
Wichita
Kaw
Estrela Belmiante
Tw Lkely
Lustgert
Jacob MM. Masters
John C. Huiston
Greenfield
Weiner
Ark
Nisams
Oht
No Reply From Spain Delays Cuban Policy Note
Washington reports Spain’s response to the Cuban question had not arrived by closing hours, with Cabinet approval pending delivery to Minister Woodford. Brunner of the Marine Hospital Service notes seven Havana deaths by starvation the week ended Oct 7 and 21 for Oct 24, detailing dire conditions at Los Fosos and widespread illness from food shortages.
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Washington
Spain
State Department
Madrid
Woodford
Dupuy de Lome
Silver Heel
Weu
Repret
Cuba
Waeodford
Lim
Dupuy de Leme
Wyman
Brunner
Marine Hospital Service
Havana
Hie
Los Fosos
Havyang
Weather Disrupts WwW. C.T U. Meeting Postponed
Due to disagreeable weather the WwW. C.T U. meeting announced for Monday eight was postponed until Saturday at four o'clock after the sewing room closes. The girls interested in the night school for young ladies will meet tonight at eight o'clock at 212 North Market Street.
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Www. C.T U
No. 212
North Market Street
Fraudulent Creek Nation Warrants Raise Alarm
Washington reports over ninety nine thousand dollars in alleged fraudulent warrants tied to Creek Indian Nation indebtedness in Indian Territory. Special Agents Will Beverly and Ross identify fraud amid a wider program to liquidate Creek debts. a confession by a participant adds to the developing case.
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Washington
United States Treasury
Indian Territory
Congress
Will Beverly
Ross
Stock Market Slump Follows Wall Street Turmoil
Price declines sweep most active issues in New York while Chicago Gas gains steady the market at midday. Reports cite weakened New York Central after a prior disaster, with a broad slide across stocks though some offsets in gas and wheat futures. In Philadelphia flour and grain futures edge firm as pork and eggs hold steady amid varied commodity moves.
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Wall Street
New York
Spain
Ednteer
Salon Pacific
New York Central
Chicago
Balto
Ohio
Chesa
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Senest J. Knade, Sr
Jamse D, Mason J. Wesley Guest
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Wu Enabe & Co
Clinton FP. Paine
Paine & Mclaran
Thomas W. Hall
Wilbur FP. Jackson
Nat Rank
Edward Baine
Ames D. Mabor
James D. Major Co
Cracker Mi & N
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Wu. P. Harvey
M. McD
Prishard
Pala
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Solco Agen
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M.B.O
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Mal X Brothers
Warren St
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West Patrick Street
Separaniy
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Astase Poroui
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Claude Young
Colered
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Women’s Home Missionary Convention
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fayette Street Church
Clinton B. Fisk
New York City
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Detroit
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Delaware
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Berea
Bishop
Cincinnati
W. C Herron
FR. S. Rust
F. A. Aiken
Delia Lathrop Wiliams
Justice Beach
Supreme Court
United Portable Hoisting Engineers’ Union
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Benjamin P. Davis
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Gibbons
Lettie
Hrause
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Signor Casseila
Turin
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Orleans
Isaor Casseia
Dr Brown
Beecher Council
Brooklyn
C. O. Brown
Bay Conference
Pingree
Michigan Central
Lake Shore
State Supreme Court
Indianapolis
Hicks
Monrovia
MR. Pullman
New Fork
Cullen Peck
Sparkil
Court of General Sessions
Cassin
Atlanta
Harry A. Cassin
Criminal Superior Court
Georgia Loan Savings and Banking Company
South Africa
State Savings Bank of
Butte, Mont
National Bank of the Republic
Union Marine Insurance Company
Seattle
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Alaska
Congcosta
Jose Conta
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Macuntane
Princeton
N- Ger
Charles W. Sholts
Princeton Unity
Princeton Inn
Sheids Leing
Lana
Uncle Sam
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Johnson
Amoy
Frederico Mora
Ricardo de Resquesens
Costa Rica
Tenney
Costa Rca
Scranton
Eugene D. Fellows, Jr
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