Fire destroys St Johns orphanage in San Antonio
A deadly blaze at St Johns orphanage in San Antonio kills two children and six women, including Mother Mary superior. Fires and smoke trap 90 youngsters as sisters guide survivors to windows, many leaping to nets. Fathers Duffy and Hume enter flames to save others. only two nuns escape. Bodies recovered include six nuns and two children. several workers burned.
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St. Johns
Mother Mary
Duffy
Hume
E. Standish
D. Temple
Employes
Frances Pasteur
Uetera Stevens
Leacadla
Monica Monease
Mary Kotea
Mary of the Cross
Troutdale Youth Wounded by Accident in Gun Discharge
In Troutdale Oregon on Sunday night Clarence Buxton was shot in the foot by a misfired gun held by Lucian Latourell. The injury is serious and amputation may be needed. Buxton was transported to Portland for care.
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Troutdale
Ore
Clarence Buxton
Lucian Latourell
Portland
Becker Is Sentenced to Die in Electric Chair
New York report states Police Lieutenant Becker was condemned to die during the week of December at Sing Sing. Sheriff Harburger to escort Becker. Mrs. Becker will accompany him to the death cell. Defense plans appeal. execution stay attached by appeal.
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Becker
Harburger
Goff
Hart
Ecker
Sing Sing
Marburger
Ossining
Greeks Capture Verla Town in Monastir-Salonika Rail Line
Vienna reports a major battle at Erkine river with Turkish gains uncertain. Athens confirms Greeks seized Verla, a key rail town between Monastir and Salonika, amid heavy Turkish resistance. Belgrade notes Serbian casualties around four thousand with seven thousand wounded, Bulgarian losses high. Kilisseh executed for poor showing. Cettinje says Montenegrin and allied forces unite to attack Scutari.
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Erkine
Trde
Adrianople
Athens
Verla
Monastir
Salonika
Williams to speak at Oregon Theater in Pendleton
George Fred Williams, famed Massachusetts orator, will address a Friday night meeting at the Oregon theater in Pendleton. The event marks the close of the Wilson Marshall campaign in Pendleton and observes Wilson day. The Democratic committee expects a large crowd and notes recent Wilson meetings crowded city hall rooms. Williams, a renowned New England lawyer, backed Bryan in past campaigns and is a major fundraiser for the current effort. He spoke in Portland on Monday night.
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Oregon
Wilson-Marshall
Pendleton
Wilson
Democratic Committee
City Hall
Court House
New England
State of Oregon
Portland
Supreme Court
Hryean
Newest Fighter Takes to Water
New York Oct 30 President Taft Secretary of the Navy Meyer Governor Dix and Mayor Gaynor attended the launch of the battleship New York. The ship will commission May 1 1914 and carry 1000 men and 63 officers. Elsie Calder daughter of Congressman Calder broke the bottle. Several ships and the Mayflower were present. The launch preparations included greasing the ways with more than 12 1 2 tons of grease.
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Uncle Sam
Taft
Meyer
Dix
Gaynor
Elsie Calder
Calder
Utah
Delaware
Wyoming
Arkansas
Florida
Connecticut
Flowers for Shops Instead of Funerals
New York on Oct 30 Dr. Mark A. Matthews moderator of the Presbyterian general assembly launched a campaign to end sending flowers to funerals. He urged banishing blossoms from coffins and suggested placing roses on workers lapels, directing funds to laborers in sweatshops.
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New York
Mark A. Matthews
Presbyterian General Assembly
Laborites May Face Second Trial If Acquittal
Indianapolis Oct. 30 Indication that the 47 laborites on trial may have to stand trial on other charges if acquitted was given by Federal District Attorney Miller. A friend asked for an electric clock shown as a souvenir and Miller said all evidence is to be preserved.
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Indianapolis
Miller
Russian sable hunter banned for three years
The government imposed a three year ban on a sable hunter, halting hunting activities and restricting trade. Officials cited conservation concerns and regulatory violations. The move affects the hunter's licensing, operations, and potential future licensing prospects.
Mrs Cleveland to Remarry Professor Preston of Wells College
Princeton,date not yet set, announces engagement of Mrs Grover Cleveland to Thomas Joseph Preston professor of archaeology and history of arts at Wells college He is Princeton graduate age 50 with prior Columbia studies and Newark manufacturing success The couple’s marriage date will be announced later and Mrs Cleveland remains based in Princeton with her children Esther Marion and Richard Folsom.
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Princeton
Grover Cleveland
Thomas Joseph Preston
Wells College
Cleveland
Preston
Columbia
Iness
Newark
N. J
Woman Injured by Fall on Steamer Board Siip
Ambulance met the steamer Chehalis on arrival from Gray's Harbor to care for Mrs Flora V Storey of Tacoma passenger for Los Angeles who fell on the slippery deck and suffered a concussion of the brain.
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San Francisco
Chehalis
Gray's Harbor
Flora V. Storey
Tacoma
Los Angeles
Commercial club smoker thrills Pendleton crowd
With 260 members and friends attending, Pendleton’s first winter Commercial club smoker drew a packed hall, many standing or sitting on the floor. The program featured music from Round-up band selections, cartoons by J. R. Willis, and athletic feats by Young Hackensmith and local wrestler Young Whitey, including two straight falls for Hack and a boxing bout between Clark Nelson and Brooke Nelson.
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Cyclone
J. E. Keefe
J. R. Willia
Lee D. Drake
Jack Robinson
Mr. Willis
Dudley Evans
Pendleton A. A. C
Hackensmith
Evans
Whitey
Pendleton Gr
Time by Wireless Links Europe and America
Paris October 30 wireless telegraphy will soon set exact time at a moment in America and Europe. By mid November first precise longitudes between America and Europe will be established via wireless signals between Arlington and Paris and other European stations. Commissioner H H Hough says Washington observatory now distributes time with errors of one thousandth of a second. European and American time via cable before was fixed only in 1866 1870 and 1872.
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Paris
America
Europe
Arlington Station
Eiffel Tower
H. H. Hough
Washington
Burns to Guard Roosevelt on Trip and at Rally
Detective William J. Burns will serve as Col. Roosevelt's personal guard on the trip to New York and during his Madison Square Garden speech. Burns' detectives are also engaged to guard the colonel when he visits the polls on Tuesday.
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Oyster Bay
William J. Burns
Col
Roosevelt
New York
Madison Square Garden
Burns
Cyclone Davis Delivers Rousing Campaign Speech at City Hall
A large audience at city hall heard Cyclone Davis of Texas, a Democratic campaigner, defend liberty and oppose trusts. He linked Jefferson and Lincoln to the people’s rights, warned of corporate control, and argued dissension among Republicans favors Democrats.
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Texas
Wilson
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson
United States
Davia
George
Oil Trust
Taft
Treatment Unavailing Case Desperate for Vice President Sherman
Utica reports Vice President Sherman in comatose state with kidney failure and deteriorating heart action. Doctors warned death could come within hours or a day as Mrs. Sherman and three sons wait nearby. Hypodermics used to ease suffering. bulletins note the end may come tonight or tomorrow.
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Physiciana
Utica
Peck
Sherman
High diver and wife sought in heiress murder case
Chicago, Oct. 30. Police search for Charles A. Conway, a high diver, and his wife Beatrice Ryall, a vaudevillian, in connection with the murder of Sophia G Singer, heiress. A man and woman matching their descriptions called at a Minneapolis hospital yesterday.
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High Diver
Charles Conway
Sophia Singer
Minneapolis
Chicago
Charles A. Conway
Beatrice Ryall
Sophia G. Singer
Governor West Names License Holders and Unlicensed Stores
Salem Oregon Oct 3 Governor West released names of 15 persons holding federal house licenses who lack city licenses most seem to be women running lodging houses The special investigator in Portland also reports 19 Chinese stores selling liquor without license and five Japanese and two Italian restaurants selling liquor
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Salem
Ore
Detective Blunders in Suspect Interrogation Scene
A detective unintentionally reveals clues during a tense interrogation, his breath betraying nerves and giving away nothing crucial to the case, leaving officers to reassess the lead.
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Cettinje
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Scutari
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