Wreck at Oxford kills engineer and two tramps
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton passenger No 34 collided with a descending freight cars near Oxford Ohio killing engineer Edward Cohn and two young men aboard the mail coach. Fire spread rapidly. several injured including John Conner as wrecking crews and local doctors tended the scene. Wires down hindered details. train No 36 reportedly nullified and officials unsure of the full death toll.
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Cincinatti, Hamilton & Dayton
Oxford
Indianapolis
Edward Cohn
John Conner
Hamilton
Cohn
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Union Station
Monon
Chicago
Cincinnat
Wreck Report Omits Several Passengers in Long-Distance Call
A partial and unclear OCR fragment notes the wreck's long distance telephone report omitted a name. Train 36 ran under Conductor Engineer Cohn among crew, with a repairman listed as a reman. The fragment mentions no further details about injuries or fate.
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Cohn
Reman Arms
Molineux Case Rested After Testimony Question Ruling
The prosecution in the Molineux case rested after Justice Lambert ruled that reading the first trial testimony of Mattie Melando and Detective Farrell was inadmissible due to jurisdiction. A handwriting expert testified to several addressed items as written by Molineux. The defense case is expected to take up to two days, with attention on whether Molineux testifies in his own defense.
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New York
Molineux
Lambert
Mattie Melando
Farrell
King Edward's Courier Delivers Message to Roosevelt
Oliver A. Borthwick, a royal courier, arrived in New York bearing documents of great importance. He disclosed his identity to customs and claimed his mission was urgent and tied to the King, asserting he must not be detained in a friendly power's land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oliver A. Borthwick
Edward
Roosevelt
Washington
Eloquent Congressman Lands at Noblesville Campaign Stop
Representative C. E. Landis and David E. Sherrick, Republican auditor candidate, spoke to a packed Wild Opera House audience in Noblesville Indiana on October 29. The Marion Club and Hamilton Club organized a warm reception with a parade, flags, and expert oratorical display. Landis touted GOP achievements and called Indiana’s politics a beacon of progress while Sherrick pledged to support state debt payoff. Mayor Bookwalter praised Landis as the event closed.
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Indianapolis Journal
Noblesville
Ind
C. E. Landis
David E. Sherrick
Marion Club
Indianapolis
Hamilton Club
Marton Club
Opera House
Bookwalter
Ro Eheer
E. M. Hare
Mr. Landis
Indiana
Abraham Lincoln
Landis
William McKinley
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Party of Progress
Sherrick
Hamilton County
Finance Board
Durbin
Trolley Line Consolidation and Proclaimed Electric Rail Plan
Cleveland officials report a consolidation of the Elkins Widener and Pomeroy Mandiebm syndicates could form the leading electric railway group in the United States. Bond houses in Cincinnati and Boston regard the move favorably. The combined system would span about 15 000 miles, creating the world’s longest electric railroad network. Pomeroy says details are premature but confirms intention to merge railways controlled by both syndicates.
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Cleveland, C
Cleveland Railroad
Elkins-Widener
Pomeroy-Mandiebaum
Cincinnati
Boston
Proneeet Electric Railway
Uni
Ohio
F. T. Pomeroy
Innocent Inn from Festus Leads to Chicago Confidence Scam
John Valentine Kaiser of Festus Missouri traveled to Chicago to meet a supposed rich and lovely woman Mary Martin. He paid 3 percent for an introduction and found a Wells Street saloon instead of his bride’s home. Police seized Jacob Strosser in the basement for writing letters like those Kaiser received, suspecting a confidence game to obtain money.
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Chicago
John Valentine Kaiser
Festus
Mary Martin
Mary
Wells Street
Kaiser
Jacob Strosser
Strosser
Fairbanks Speaks Twice as Princeton Rails for Get Out the Vote
Senator Charles W. Fairbanks addressed a large Princeton audience in the opera house after a day marked by a gas discovery. He urged Republicans to vote next Tuesday, praised James A. Hemenway and Joseph G. Cannon, and stressed choosing leaders who stand for sound policies over personal ties.
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Journal
Princeton
Ind
Charles W. Fairbanks
Oakland City
Senator Fairbanks
Washington
Colonel Cockrum
Fairbanks
James A. Hemenway
A. P. Twineham
William Parrett
L. C. Embree
Hemenway
Representative Cannon
House
Joseph G. Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Virgil P. Bozeman
William F. Parrett
O. R. Luhring
Senator Fairbanks in Evansville Boosts Vanderburgh Support
Three thousand people applauded Senator Fairbanks in Evansville's Hall as Representative Hemenway presided. He arrived with a large Princeton reception committee and was greeted at the depot by a band. The Evansville reception included many local leaders and officials as he was hosted the next day at the Gray home, candidate for joint senator.
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Evansville
Ind
Senator Fairbanks
Evans's Hall
Vanderburg County
Hemenway
Princeton
St. George Hotel
Representative Emenway
O. R. Luhring
Senator Crumbaker
J. H. Odell
C. H. Meyerhoff
Carl Leich
Riley Debruler
G. C. Nash
J. D. Carmody
Dr. S. B. Lewis
Edward Boetticher
E. L. Plow
James Gray
Gray
Vanderburg
Rioting in Porto Rico Deaths and Widespread Wounding
In San Juan and across the island, incomplete returns show riots and shootings during the last registration day. A mob carried a corpse at a procession head in Guanama, clashes injured four including a police corporal Cepero, and Federals were barred from registering with authorities reporting little to no Federal registration islandwide.
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San Juan
P. R
San Lorenzo
Patillas
Guanama
Cepero
Insular
Ponce
Island
Conditions in Morocco Darken As Foreigners Face Dangers
A letter from George C. Reed, a Kansas missionary in Mequinez Morocco, reports widespread revolt among interior tribes. Roads are unsafe due to bandits and anti foreign sentiment grows. Fanatics have torn up survey flags marking the Sultan’s railroad line as symbols of foreign suzerainty. Reed says the situation is grave and hinges on the Sultan’s ability to rally loyal tribes to suppress the Girwans. English missionary cooperage murder at Fes is noted with the slain killer executed as described.
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Gibraltar
George C. Reed
Mequinez
Morocco
Mr. Reed
Cooper
Monary
Fes
Retirement of Hert Shapes Indiana Reform School row
Republican comments on Alvin Hert resignation as Indiana Reformatory superintendent and Joseph Byers appointment reveal mixed views. Governors Durbin and Hert maintained amicable policy alignment, while Democrats plan to use the move as campaign material amid questions over Hert notifying the governor and sourcing a non state appointee.
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Alvin T. Hert
Indiana Reformatory
Joseph B. Byers
Columb O
Hert
Board of Managers
Indiana
Charles E. Wilson
Exci
Mr. Lyers
Mr. Hert
Reformatory
Durbin
Her
State Committee
Byers
Union B. Hunt
Ohio
New York Court Appoints Temporary Receivers for Export Lumber
In New York on Oct 29 Wateman A Taft Edward J Hathorne and Ben L Fairchild were appointed temporary receivers for the Export Lumber Company on petition by a majority of directors seeking voluntary dissolution. They cite about 50 000 in liabilities due and about to mature and total assets of 2 358 538 with nominal assets. The petition warns the receivers will not exceed that amount. The principal officers are Charles R Flint.
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New York
Wateman A. Taft
Edward J. Hathorne
Ben L. Fairchild
Supreme Court
Export Lumber Company
Charles R. Fiint
Receivers Appointed for Atlantic Coast Lumber Company
In the U S Circuit Court Freeman 8 Farr and Edward J Hathorne were named temporary receivers for the Atlantic Coast Lumber Company in the Southern district of New York. Appointments follow an action by trustees Colonial Trust Company of New York as the company struggles to meet interest payments.
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Southern Pine Lumber
Cavein at Joplin Sends Mill Property to Depths
Joplin Mo Oct 29 The Stewart mill and other mining property including seven shafts in the eleventh hour tract at Prosperity near Joplin caved in today to a depth of one hundred feet. The cave in is perhaps the largest in the Missouri Kansas district. Fifty miners escaped uninjured after being warned by the cracking ground.
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Joplin
Stewart
Prosperity
Missouri-Kansas
Crusade of Fanatics Doukhobors Proselytizing Veg Justice
A large Doukhobor group marching through Manitoba toward Yorkton seeks converts to a vegetarian humanitarian faith. Women and children are sheltered by officials. many marchers are poorly clad and barefoot. One child died. illness is limited. Efforts to return them to villages and fund their costs proceed. Quaker Joseph Elkinton disputes riot claims and notes broad village visits.
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Winnipeg
Man
Yorkton
Ottawa
Ont
Department of Immigration
Philadelphia
Manitoba
Russia
Canada
Joseph
Elkinton
Society of Friends
Mr. Elkinton
Dock Laborers Strike Paralyzes Montreal Port
Two thousand dock laborers walked out in Montreal blocking port activity. They had been paid cents per hour, demand 30 cents for day work and 35 cents for night work, which was refused. A mass meeting at Champ de Mars pledged to stay out until demands are granted amid a busy port with twenty steamers awaiting cargo. Shipping agents later offered lower rates and Elder Dempster paid reduced wages for Megantic crews.
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Montreal
Champ de Mars
Elder Dempster Company
Megantic
Murdered tramp found near Wakefield line in Reading
Walter Locke and his dog located a warm body of an unidentified woman off a busy highway near the Wakefield line. The victim, a possible tramp, had six head wounds five from pistols and a sharp implement. Indications point to the murder occurring elsewhere and the body moved to the field. She appeared dressed for long travel on foot in varied weather.
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Reading
Mass
Wakefield
Walter Locke
Norfolk Democrat Morgan Sacrifices Himself in County Row
John A. Mor gan, prominent Norfolk county Democrat faction leader, shot himself to end a long feud with fusionists. A note on the table claimed his death would smooth party waters, a sentiment tied to the intensifying county political strife.
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Norfolk
John A. Morgan
Democratic
Norfolk County
East Representative Overstreet Leaves for New York City
East representative Overstreet departs to resume duties as secretary of the National Congressional Committee. Speaking dates are canceled while Attorney General Taylor and R A Brown will fill remaining engagements previously allotted to Mr Overstreet.
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Mr. Overstreet
Overstreet Leaves Marion County for New York Campaign Duty
Representative Jesse Overstreet departs Marion County to resume duties as secretary of the national Republican congressional committee. Attorney General William L. Taylor and Robert A. Brown will fill his remaining county dates as meetings continue. Overstreet says duty to ensure a strong Republican House justifies his absence.
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Jesse Overstreet
New York
National Republican Congressional Committee
Overstreet
Babcock
Hull
William L. Taylor
Robert A. Brown
Mr. Overstreet
Indiana
California
Marion County
National Congressional Committee
Indianapolis
Congress
Roosevelt
Street
Sach
Charges Against OBrien
W H Hawkins formerly secretary of the Democratic State committee withdrew his suit over salary due, saying he acts to protect friends and interests amid publicity. He emphasizes a brief statement of facts to explain the withdrawal and his reasons.
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W. H. Hawkins
Democratic State Committee
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Hamilton, C
Brakeman
Jesse H. Graham
East
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Graham
Detective Farrell
Royal Messenger
King Edward
President Roosevelt
D. E. Sherrick
Wells
Scuort
Porto Rico
Union B
Tnt Outspoken
Assiniboia
Representative Overstreet
New York City
Taylor
R. A. Brown
O'Brien
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