Harriman blames railroad mongers amid Fontanet disaster
At Fontanet Indiana Colonel Dupont and General Connable arrived to oversee relief as Governor Hanley orders extra militia. The town buries its dead under light rain while searchers dig for six missing bodies. Officials warn against souvenir digging and threats of arrest or shooting for offenders. reports describe mangled remains and bones displayed in Terre Haute saloons.
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Fontanet
Ind
Alfred Dupont
Dupont Powder Co
Connable
Hanley
Indianapolis
Kerschner
Terre Haute
Marconi launches Port Morien to Cliffden wireless link
Sydney Nova Scotia reports the Marconi Wireless Telegram company began the press and commercial service between Port Morien and Cliffden Ireland at 2 p m with a message from Premier Sir Wilfred Laurier congratulating England on the new Western World communication link.
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Sydney
N. S
Port Morien
Cliffden
Ireland
Marconi Wireless Telegram Company
Wilfred Laurier
England
Deadlock in Illinois Central proxies prompts adjourned meeting
Chicago Oct 17 realizing the deadlock in the committee considering proxies of both Fish and Hariman the two sides of the Illinois Central controversy is hopeless for the present and called an adjournment of the stockholders meeting until 5 p m Practically every proxy presented is being fought over.
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Chicago
Fish
Harriman
Illinois Central
Blame Placed on Co B 25th Infantry in Brownsville Shooting
Washington October 17 the annual report of Brigadier General Crozier chief of ordnance of the U S army places the blame for the Brownsville shooting affair on Company B 25th Infantry colored The incident last year led to one man killed another maimed the whole battalion dismissed without honor and sparked a major political fight between Foraker and the Administration.
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Washington
Brownsville
Texas
Co. B
25Th Infantry
Crozier
U. S. Army
JAP PRINCE welcomed by officials but Koreans wary
Seoul Oct 17 Crown Prince Yoshihito of Japan was greeted cordially by Korean officials but local crowds appeared sullen. Discharged Korean soldiers are reportedly threatening and rumors swirl of a plot to assassinate the royal visitor.
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Seoul
Korea
Yoshihito
Japan
Seven ambushed in Sonora by Yaqui Indians
In lower Sonora a group of four men and three women, including a former government mail carrier, were ambushed by Yaqui Indians. All seven were fatally wounded and scalped, with severe injuries reported.
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Fi Paso
Texas
Sonora
Coal company suit over fatal electrocution in 1906 incident
C A Vail as Herbert W Wilson's administrator sues U S Coal Co for 5000, alleging negligence after Wilson was electrocuted turning a machine on November 14 1906. Also McMechen Mfg Co sues U S Coal Co for 1285 0 for goods sold and delivered. Vail represents both actions.
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C. A. Vail
Herbert W. Wilson
U. S. Coal Co
Wilson
Alban and Vail
McMe¢hen Mfg. Co
Vail
Harriman appeals for railroad justice before I C C
E H Harriman urged Americans and their representatives to aid railroads in gaining fair treatment from the Interstate Commerce Commission. He proposed press group involvement to devise regulations and advocated hearing complaints and defenses together to avoid injustices and biased hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
E. H. Harriman
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harriman
Exparte
Raiders Loot Wabash Yards Merchandise in Steubenville Shipment
Kent Ohio October 17 thieves raided the Wabash yards early today looting a car containing consignments to Steubenville and other Ohio points. They set the car on fire and escaped with merchandise valued at 3009 dollars.
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Kent
Wabash
Steubenville
Ohio
Ten Thousand Minnows Distributed in Tuscarawas River Area
The State fish car distributed about ten thousand minnows, mostly bass, across the Tuscarawas River and Sugar Creek yesterday and today. The effort covers Canal Dover and Newcomerstown, with plans to extend eastward to other streams in the Panhandle and across the state on tour aboard the Buckeye.
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Panhandle
Tuscarawas River
Canal Dover
Newcomerstown
Tuscarawas
Sugar Creek
Collision narrowly averted at Wheeling harbor mouth
In Wheeling Creek mouth, the steamer Kanawha and towboat Helen White of the Ohio Consolidated Coal & Coke Co. barely avoided a collision as Kanawha skirted the West Virginia shore and the Helen White veered to clear a tow of empty barges. Both crews slowed and passed with only feet to spare near a dangerous sandbar.
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Kanawha
Helen White
Ohio Consolidated Coal & Coke Co
Pittsburg
Wheeling Creek
West Virginia
Jefferson County Officers Win Term Extensions
Columbus Ohio October 17 A decision by Attorney General Ellis extends the terms of Jefferson county Treasurer C J Foreman and Sheriff Vorhees. The extensions push their terms to January 1900 and June 1900, with successors to be elected in the November 1900 election. The ruling relies on a biennial election amendment allowing extensions and temporarily suspending the four-year limit.
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Columbus
Ellis
C. J. Foreman
Jefferson County
Vorhees
Petition for Local Option Election in Saline Township
A petition with eighty three voter names in Saline township Jefferson county is ready for trustees after meeting legal formalities. The group exceeds one fourth of township voters and signals strong interest in a local option election. Saline township includes Yellow Creek, Port Homer, Queen City and Hammondsville near Yellow Creek.
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Saline Township
Liondale
Irondale
Jefferson County
Yellow Creek Township
Yellow Creek
Port Homer
Queen City
Hammondsville
Car's Antics Startled Passengers on Downtown Streetcar
Passengers deserted a Pleasant Heights line car after the motorman lost control thrice. A front seat baby was jolted and bruised when the vehicle lurched, prompting several male passengers to abandon the ride and walk home.
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Pleasant Heights
Train Wreck Reported in Scully Pa Yards
Train crew report a freight wreck in the Scully Pennsylvania yards this morning with several cars derailed and wreckage burping. Conductor Wm. Hoehler may be fatally injured.
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Scully Pa
Wm. Hoehler
Man Uses Defective I Brake Turning to Hilltop
A motorist shifts course toward the hilltop encountering a defective ibrake. Police investigated the incident and advised precautionary measures for drivers on the stretch.
Distinguished Men to Be Here Next Week in Vera Cruz Case
A hearing before Master Commissioner Iinoh Pearce on the Ed ward Nicholson et al. vs Vera Cruz Development Co. and La Esmerelda Rubber Co. plantation cases opens in the Council Chamber with a formidable legal lineup. Austin Lynch for the Vera Cruz Co. and D P. M. Gruber for Nicholson clash over admissibility of evidence as the constitution and minutes are examined. Depositions will trace that Vera Cruz ordered printed material from Canton and challenge the plantation’s land use and rubber tree claims, with Bloomfield’s deposition about land clearance and bona fides to be presented.
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Edward Nicholson
Vera Cruz Development Co
la Esmerelda Rubber Co
Iinoh Pearce
Council Chamber
Austin Lynch
Canton
Vera Cruz Co
DP. M. Gruber
Nicholson
la Esmerelda Co
Vera Crom Co
Bloomfield
D. M. Gruber
A. C Lewis
E. E. Erskine
Wilson
Damage suit and court matters dominate Steubenville docket
A $10,000 damage suit is filed by John W. Porter as administrator of Steve Kish against W and L E Railroad Co for a fatal on track accident at a bridge over Short Creek. The petition alleges dangerous track and bridge conditions, a fast train, no warning, and public use of the crossing for years. Numerous cases and notices follow including pleas of not guilty in minor-related offenses and multiple settlements. The piece also covers temperance lectures by Dr. Taylor and announced appearances by Judge Samuel Artmaan and W C T U convention notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Porter
Steve Kish
Kish
Tiltonville
Short Creek
P. P. Lewis
J. W. Porter
Vulcan Clay Co
East Ohio Sewer Pipe Co
W. S. Scammahorn
James Brettell
Gladys Smith
Guardian
Steubenville Traction and Light Co
Monogahela. Trust Co
la Grange Coal Co
William Heise Et al
Ira Blackburn
Slentz
Church Hill
Wells
O. B. Lewis
Justice Neely
Fyan Fvans
William Cattrell
John Hannan
Mike King
William Mullen
Lucky Weaver
George J. Yosavich
Charles Greenbere
Welcome Night opens W C T U State Convention in Steubenville
The opening session of the W C T U State Convention will be held Tuesday evening at Second Presbyterian Church. Welcome Night is expected to draw a large audience to the event honoring delegates and speakers. Rev E R Taylor of Boston will speak next week on Gods message in science to thinking men, highlighting scientific temperance in schools.
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Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction
Boston
Hunt
Taylor
Sanuel Artmaan
Lebanon
Ind
Indiana
Second Presbyterian Church
States
Second Presbyterian
Steubenville
E. O. Tylor
A. M
D. D
Maya
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Wheeling
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Jefferson CO
Attorney General
Worhees
MR. Ellis
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Hill Top
Scully
W. & L. E. Company
W. C. I. U. State
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