New York Horror Train Plunges Into Hudson
The Buffalo and New York Special derailed and plunged into the Hudson River two miles below Garri son station. Twenty eight people are reported dead as the wreck flooded the river and a retaining wall gave way due to high water. Passengers included eight Chinamen and a passenger from St Louis. rescue efforts followed the sinking cars and carriages.
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Hudson
Buffalo and
New York
New York Central and
Hudson River
Garrison’s Station
Augustus Carr
Herman Acker
Reilly
St.Louis
Leat
Alleged Plot to Kill Sheriff in Latimer Riot Case
The Latimer Pa riot on September 10 left deputies shot by strikers. John Seplak was arrested after being wounded. authorities say he planned to murder Sheriff Martin and was linked to a larger plot involving fifteen foreigners. Seplak denies the allegations and a razor was found in a circular praising the shooting.
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Lattimer
Sherit
Sheri Martin
John Seplak
William
Seplak
Salisbury to quit despite denials expected soon
Political circles believe the Marquis of Salisbury will resign as premier within months despite official denials. A cabinet minister on October 20 privately noted the Duke of Devonshire said he would take the premiership when Salisbury retires.
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Marquis of” Salisbury
England
Duke of Devonshire
Marquis of Salisbury
British reply settles free silver question in US debate
The Journal Des Debats in Paris says Britain’s answer to the United States Monetary Commission proposals ends the free silver issue, dampening business optimism despite potential alternative solutions. A flood and landslides near Ancona disrupt Adriatic communications, drowning Count Richart as telegraph lines fail. The Northwest Sunday School Union Conference opens in Chicago with Rev. R A Terry and WW Newell speaking. A military inquiry at Fort Sheridan investigates alleged mistreatment of Private Hammon by Captain Lovering.
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Journal Des Debats
Paris
United States Monetary Commission
American Sunday School Union For the
Northwest
Towa
Ninais
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Dakotas
Michigan
Montana
Chicago
R. A. Terry
WW. R. Newell
Hammon
Fort Sheridan
Lovering
Weyler Defies Transfer as War Minister Faces Crisis
A dispatch from Havana reports General Weyler refuses to relinquish command to Captain General Castellanos despite orders from Spain's minister of war. Weyler demands a written pledge that the four western provinces are pacified before transfer. The situation grows tense as Sagasta weighs extreme measures to resolve the impasse.
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New York
Havana
Weyley
Castellanos
Spain
Senor Sagasta
Ministy
Werler
Weyler
Werter
Gener
Maher After Corbett Faces Championship Challenge
Irish champion Peter Maher rests in Philadelphia and plans a bid for the title. He aims to meet James J Corbett in the ring, arguing Corbett should defend his claim after Fitzsimmons defeated him. Maher asserts fairness and his own proven ability warrant another bout.
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Peter Mauer
Philadelphia
Maher
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Fitz
Fite
Maspeth
Crisis in Austria as Unterhaus fights spill into night
Severe disorder erupted in the Austrian Unterhaus with deputies using desk tops as weapons. Desks and lids were torn amid clashes as Czech lawmakers attempted to seize rulings. Count Goluchowski traveled to Budapest to brief the emperor on emergent measures.
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Unterhaus
Uaterhaus
Count Goluchowski
Imperial Council of Ministers
Budapest
Tuberculous Cattle at Kansas State Agricultural College
Official tests at Kansas State Agricultural College in Manhattan found advanced tuberculosis in eight cattle. The disease allegedly existed for years, with college management condemned. The board of regents has not decided on measures to prevent spread. further tests planned. A Jamestown North Dakota group formed a grain storage company to aid farmers, offering lower receiving and storage charges and a Carrington branch.
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Kansas State Agricultural College
Manhattan
Law
Cornell University
A. Geddes
Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington
Fisher and Cottrell
The
Agricultural College
Board of Regents
Jamestown
N. D
Carrington
Illness and legal cases headline multi city notice
H M Hanna of Globe Shipbuilding lies critically ill in Cleveland after appendicitis surgery. Major M P Tandy, U S commissioner to Paris 1900, is gravely ill delaying return. Carrie Corbett of Danville awarded 4383.Xt for breach of promise. Werner Bros store in Great Bend, North Dakota robbed of $80.
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H. M. Hanna
SL Hanna
Globe Shipbuilding Company
Great Lakes
Cleveland
Ohio
Mr. Tanna
Mark A. Hanna
M. A. Hanna &Co
Hanna
Carrie Corbett
Danville
John Germand
Werner Bros
Great Bend
North Dakota
Yardmaster Killed by Train at Sandstone
The night yardmaster of the Eastern at Sandstone Minnesota Bert Livengood was run over by a train and killed at about midnight Friday.
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Eastern
Sandstone
Minn
Bert Livengood
Rand of Experience Dialogue Sparks Vintage Debate
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer reflection, a character debates street slang and slangy coinage as a heir proclaims a night of possession. The piece uses regional color and era voice to illustrate youth bravado and parental admonition.
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Cleveland Plain Dentler
Governor Brady Reports Alaska Population and Gold Boom
Governor John G Brady reports Alaska's current population at about 8 000 natives and 10 000 whites. He notes intense gold mining activity along Cook Inlet and Yukon access interests, with lumber demand rising and property sales reaching high prices.
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Alaska
John G. Brady
Secretary of the Interior
Brady
Lynd Canal
Mhore
Highvater
Yukon
United States
Cook Inlet
Klondike
Week in Trade Reflects Quiet Testing of Retail Trade
The Don & Co weekly review notes after the peak buying period, a quieter stretch to test retail demand and deplete large stock buildups. Textile feeds show stock replenishment and other lines follow due to two months of restocking, while wool offerings in Boston aimed to realize profits but kept prices steady. Wheat exports reach 83 bushels with flour, and October shipments total 10,809,908 against 7,742,214 last year as western receipts lag. corn falls slightly on smaller receipts and exports.
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Don & Co
R.G. Don & Co
V’s Weekly Review of Trade
Boston
Chinese Wives and Children Exemption Decision
Judge Hanford in Seattle ruled that Chinese merchants wives and children no longer need certificates from the Chinese government to enter the United States. Officials warn the ruling could trigger a large influx if upheld by higher courts.
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Hanford
Federal Court
Seattle
Wash
United States
Thea
Detroit Factory Boiler Explodes Killing Foreman
A Detroit Cabinet Company factory boiler exploded Saturday morning causing two deaths including foreman Laurent Turner and engineer Moses Peltier. At least ten others were injured. The building’s front and rear ends were blown out and cause remains unknown.
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Detroit
Mich
Laurent Turner
Moses Peltier
Tragedy at Spokane: mother and son found dead
Mrs. C. W. Kessier of Spokane was found dead with a ghastly wound to the throat. Nearby lay her ten year old son with a bullet through his head. The husband is in prison, proclaiming innocence and alleging his wife killed the child and ended her own life.
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Spokane
C. W. Kessier
Wash
Jie
Hog Shipments Halted Over Kenyon Cholera Outbreak
Hog cholera near Kenyon Minnesota has halted shipping from Kenyon and Nerstrand seven miles north. Farmers face heavy losses as a large corn crop yields low prices. In Chicago on the 21st western jobbers meeting led by Captain Brown of Minneapolis approved a 3 percent advance with a further 5 percent on November 1.
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Kenyon
Minn
Nerstrand
Window Iass
Chicago
Captain Brown
Minneapolis
Uywon
Rumdum Pro Baseball Note From Silent North
Fragmentary line hints at a professional baseball context with uncertain speakers and North American reference. No clear names, places, or dates emerge to confirm a full event or人物.
Fowler Bicycle Co Assigns Assets in Chicago Finday
The Fowler Bicycle Company of Chicago assigns its business amid heavy liabilities near 800000 dollars and limited assets. Paydays were delayed as a payroll crisis and a committee questioned the treasurer about wages, prompting the firm to abandon a strike and announce the assignment.
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Fowler Company
Chicago
Chicnzo Finday
Fowler Bicycle Company
West
Dlment
Tneneiy
Fim
Great Storm in the Orient Devastates Leyte and Samar
A Leyte dispatch reports a massive cyclone and tidal wave devastate the Philippine island, killing thousands and destroying Tagloban Hernanion and villages. Estimates 400 deaths with broader casualties on Leyte and Samar. later Manila advisories place more communities wiped out and many perished.
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Leyte
Philippine Islands
Tagloban
Hernanion
Manila
Cariga
Burgo
Double Missouri Tragedy Shocks New Madrid
George Westeman aged 40 shot his young step daughter at New Madrid on the 21st and then killed himself. He was suspected of criminal intimacy with the girl, the supposed cause of tragedy as she was seen to become a mother. Doses Handy Much Improved. Maj. Moses P. Handy, special commissioner in the exposition, ill Friday, started from Paris for Barre on his return to the United States, much improved.
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Handy
M. P. Tandy
United States
Paris
Missouri
George Westeman
New Madrid
Doses Handy
Maj
Moses P. Handy
Barre
Regional Market Prices Across Major Cities
The report lists cattle hogs and sheep prices in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Pueblo Milwaukee Buffalo and more. It covers grains including wheat corn oats and barley with various No 2 grades and White varieties, along with butter eggs and potatoes. ranges reflect feeding and shipping conditions.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Loutis
Cincinnati
Hervor
Milwaukee
Iowa Supreme Court Declares Grain Contracts Gambling
The Iowa Supreme Court rules that contracts for grain aimed at speculation with no delivery are gambling contracts and void. In Counselman & Co. v Reichart, the Cass district court case held voided contracts depend on mutual intention to gamble. If only one party intended margins speculation, actual delivery would negate gambling status.
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Supreme Court
Counselman & Co
Manuel Reichart
Cass District Court
Odd Fellows Meeting Delays Orphans Home Decision
Davenport hosts the Davenport session of the Town grand lodge of Odd Fellows as three options for the orphans home are debated. Indianola and Jefferson factions back locations, while a motion to abandon the project passes 82 to 7. Next grand lodge to decide, with contracts to be canceled and councils asked to weigh state wishes. Council Bluffs chosen for the next meeting site.
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Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Davenport
Indianola
Jefferson
Odd Fellows
Council Biuffs
Epworth Leaguers to Hold Eighth Ottumwa Convention
Iowa Epworth Leaguers plan the eighth annual convention in Ottumwa on November 8 with nearly 1,000 delegates expected after last year's Cedar Rapids gathering. State officers have worked for months to ensure a fine program featuring top talent from old pulpit and pew. Local committees are coordinating efforts to ensure a great meeting.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Epworth Leaguers
Ottumwwa
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Conit
Conit ' Antitées
State Fair Clears Debt For The First Time In Years
The State Fair directory releases a full financial statement showing $12,497 47 in old debts paid plus all current expenses and premiums, leaving a $48.03 cash balance. Directors suggest skipping next year’s fair due to the Omaha exposition, decision to be made at January annual meeting.
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Janet
Two Wives and 2000 Policy on Trial in Waterloo Court
A district court case in Waterloo centers on a life insurance policy valued at 2000 issued by the AOUW. The plaintiff Ada A Stedman Parsons contends she is the lawful wife and beneficiary, while the grand lodge disputes the divorce status at the time of policy execution. Meanwhile a sensational Auburn incident reports Mayor William Shannon taking his daughter from a school, against her will, after a dispute with her stepmother.
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Waterloo
Frank H. Parsons
Bellevue
The
Owler
Ossien
Parsons
Ada A. Stedman
Workman Lodge
Marsried
Grand Ludge
Ester B Parsons
Grand Lodge of the Order
Theorter
Auburn
William Shannes
Grant City
Pate
Aulture
Noos Shannon
Reclaiming 3000 Acres From Mud Lake
In Hamilton County Prof D A Bent of the State Agricultural College aims to drain Mud Lake. After three years and 6000 acres in the plot he secured a county deed and riparian rights. A Des Moines banker funds the project as 30 workers dig ditches six to ten feet deep and twenty feet wide to raise dykes and keep water out.
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Mud
Hamilton
D. A
State Agricultoral College
Comensing
Thea
Ded Moines
Decatur County Man Charged With Obscene Mailings
Postoffice Inspector C B Fawner filed charges before U S Commissioner Hunter in Ottumwa accusing J W Capel of Decatur County of sending lewd and obscene letters to men. Capel waived examination. bail set at 2000 dollars. He was jailed after arrest by U S Marshal G D Wray. Letters addressed to several men in Dhester County were described as exceedingly obscene.
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Decatur County
Postoffice
C. B. Fawner
United States
Hunter
Ottumwa
J. W. Capel
Davis City
Capel
G. D. Wray
Dhester
Iowans Debate On Municipal Control Of Utilities
A joint debate features speakers from Stig Normal School Cedar F and Iowa State College Ames discussing whether U S cities should own and run light water and surface transport systems. E T Sheppard BI Jaynes and M F Foster support affirma tive. G S Brewer Anderson and B H Hibbard oppose. The discussion occurs amid reports of local deaths and Mormon mission activity in Marshalltown.
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Iowan
Stig Normal School of
Cedar
Iowa State College of
Ames
United States
E. T. Sheppard
BI. Jaynes
M. F. Foster
Brewer
Thenderson
B.H. Hibbard
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Gilbert
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Fred Gilbert
Spirit Lake
GA. P. Elliott
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Bicycle Concern Fairs
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Kailulani
Associated Press
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Baldwin
Eaolher Point
Bin
Thomas TV
Reynolds
James J. Kirby
St Louis
Richy
Attorner
Hawkeye State
ODD Fellows Meeting
Atlantic
August Brehmer
Washington Township
Cass County
Jim
Booge
James Deitrick
James E. Booge
Sioux City
H. E. Hubbard
Discovery
C.C. Porcher
Webster City
John Andrews
Blount Pleasant High School
Drake
Henry Goss
Centerville
Excelsior Springs
Thos. Vaughn
Marshall Laws
Old Court House
Stanly
J. A. Lyons
Carroll
Sherif Bright
Des Moines
Jamie Vance
Oskatoosa
Hartgraves
Portland Cemént
H. Foster Bain
Iowa Geological Survey
Hawardée
Bain
Chicago & Northwestern
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Ouve
James Hanson
Union
Gifford
Marshalltown
James D. Coon
Thomas D. Wallace
John G. Ware
Tak
Mormon Church
Vluieries
Louis Madison
Lyamus
G. M. Fike
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Presbyterian Churely
Waterino
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Independence Avenue
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Grand Island
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