Booth-Tucker dies in California train wreck near Dean Lake
Mrs Emma Booth-Tucker consul in America of the Salvation Army and daughter of founder William Booth perishes when California train No 2 derails near Dean Lake Missouri. Col Thomas Holland fatally injured and many others hurt as body brought to Fort Madison Iowa and Chicago.
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Kansas City
Emma Booth-Tucker
America
Salvation Army
Booth-Tucker
William Booth
Army
California
Dean Lake
Thomas A. Llolland
Amity
Colo
Fort Madison
Iowa
Booth- Tucker
Col. Holland
Tooth-Tucker
Marcelline
Iawa
Ballington Booth
Booth
United States
Fifth Avenue
Thomas Yolland
Athe Army
Ehicg
Kelsey
New York
Keley
Hoyse
Trurley
Topeks
Bert Gutwea Cage
Aml
George Brinckler
Fred’ Farn
Michael
George A A
McKay
Chicago
Ensign Dammess
Col
Charles Lowton
Flooth-Tucker
Topeka
Kan
Jamesa Haley
Eastern Grand Division
The
Santa Fe
Cunningham
Andrews
Pullman
Eerirely
Mra. A. E. Baden
Winfield
Wreck Fatal to Mrs Booth Tucker Aide In Amity Trip
Miss H Dammens Salvation Army member recounts the Amity Colorado wreck that killed Mrs Booth Tucker. She and Col Holland traveled with the party from New York and switched to a Pullman car before the crash. Dammens survived and aided the injured as rescue crews worked.
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Col. Iolland
India
Fort Madison
H. Dammens
Salvation Army
Ars
Tucker
Col. Holland
Mrs. Boothing Tree
Defense of Parks and Labor Leaders Trial Update
New York October 29 details resume of the Parks case with Tim McCarthy bond forfeiture. Prosecution nears jury verdict as defense argues extortion charges are absurd and cites initiation fees and negotiations with Tiffany Studios. Montana notes report an industrial crisis with Gov Toole and Senator Gibson planning talks and unions seeking a special legislative session.
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New York
Parks
Tim McCarthy
J. J. Byrne
Devery
Osborne
Rand
Charles Avery
Tiffany Studios
Schmidt
Mr. Osborne
Parksland
Tiffany
Death of Mrs Booth-Tucker Reported From London
London reports the death of Mrs Booth-Tucker after a train accident. Details describe the fatal skull fracture, medical aid from Dr. Hunter of Pittsburg, and a two hour delay before she died. Brig. Alice Johnson comforts Booth-Tucker's seven children with the news.
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Dean Lake
Hunter
Pittsburg
Kan
16 year old boy gravely injured in Brooklyn football game
Thomas M McCauley, 16, lies near death in a Brooklyn hospital with a broken neck and paralyzed legs after a training school game. He kept holding the ball as the tackle collapsed the line and players piled on him. He is the son of a police sergeant and was carried from the field after the play.
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New York
Thomas M McCauley
Brooklyn
McCauley
Blair case update shows James L. Blair improving
James L. Blair, the attorney, is reported to be comfortably improving in St. Louis after a night of rest. His family plans to travel soon, while the Blair investigation continues with authorities summoning Paul Young and Alfred Hahn as witnesses.
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St. Louis
James L. Blair
Blair
Recorder of Deeds
Paul Young
Alfred Hahn
Mr. Clahn
James T. Roberts
George 8. Graham
Dick Brothers & Co
Philadelphia
Lieutenant Walsh Sentenced for Embezzlement
Manila October 29 Lieut James W Walsh Jr constabulary supply officer at Manbate Visayas Luzon convicted of embezzling 13000 dollars of government funds and sentenced to ten years imprisonment.
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Manila
James W. Walsh, Jr
Constabulary
Discovery of Lewis and Clarke inscription in Mount Rastus district
Dr. If Curry reports finding a tree bearing the inscription "Lewis and Clarke 1804-1805" in Mount Rastus Mining district near Baker City Oregon along with a well built stone fort and remains of a log hut. The inscription was cut in late fall or winter when the bark is down, making the letters appear raised. An early overland trail is known to have passed nearby.
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Baker City
Ore
If, KE. Curry
Mount Rastus
Lewis and Clarke
Curry
Dowie Plans New Crusade Amid Home Visit
In New York on October 29 Dowie told followers to prepare for another crusade and return to Zion City to save funds for travels. James M. Peters announced transport arrangements for an early next week departure while Dowie remains for Mass meetings at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday Wednesday Friday and Sunday.
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New York
Dowie
Zion City
James M. Peters
Carnegie Hall
Heavy Movement of Merchandise Stresses Rail Lines
New York report notes heavy merchandise movement by rail out of the city with urgent calls for faster car returns from the west. Rail companies defer November 1st reductions in maintenance work, and shipments of general goods and machinery to the west continue, though eastbound traffic is lighter than last year.
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New York
Bilbao in Chaos as Rioters Rampage in Bilbao
The Bilbao garrison is reinforced while clashes between soldiers and rioters continue. Dynamite used to blow doors of Jesuit houses and rail lines to block trains. Bread prices surge. six killed and about one hundred injured. Abductions, fear, and mass flight plague the city as Madrid orders a conference with mine owners.
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Bilbao
Spain
Madrid
Haa
Were burying the wrong man in Iowa mix up
A Sioux City despatch reports William Rogers was buried in error in Iowa. A funeral procession viewed the coffin and Mrs. Rogers identified the deceased as not her son in law. The body had been sent from Independence with mistaken labels, leading to the mix up.
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Chicago
Chronicle
Sioux City
Iowa
William Rogers
James Ferguson Rogers
More Money for St Louis Leads to Large Currency Shipments
New York reports heavy transfers to St Louis and western points with 825000 dollars moved to St Louis and 600000 to Chicago plus 250000 to New Orleans. In St Louis officials say the trust company offices returned to normal activity after a volatile period and expect no repeat of the recent fluctuations.
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New York
St. Louis
Chicago
New Orleans
St. Louie
Trust Company
Brickmakers Out of Work in Cook County
Fourteen hundred brickmakers in Cook County are laid off with pay and told there will be no work until late spring. About four hundred to be discharged in December as strikes and higher building costs halt Chicago construction. Brick firms hold stock and will not increase supply, with the Hingis Brick Company implicated in starting the layoff.
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Chicago
Cook County
Hingis Brick Company
The
Trust
No Decision In Butte Trouble
Governor Toole has not decided on calling an extra session. He will travel Friday to Butte for a conference with James J. Huh, Senator Gibson, Senator Clark and Congressman Dixon. C F Kelley, counsel for Amalgamated, says false reports blame Minnie Healy ruling and stock manipulation for the shutdown of their property.
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Butte
Mont
Toole
Montana
Gibson
J. J. Hill
Great Northern
Dixon
Clark
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly
Western Federation of Miners
Helena
James J. Huh
C. F. Kelley
Amalgamated Er Company Today
Minnie Healy
Ebhutalown
Prizes Awarded to Servant Girls in New York
An association in New York, after months of efforts with the servant girl problem, held its third predistribution. Twenty three maids were presented with engraved cattas and a box containing $10 in gold for two years in one household. Four girls received special prizes for four years in one place.
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New York
Italians watch Skinner’s Abyssinia mission closely
A Rome dispatch reports Italian nerves over Consul General Skinner’s expedition to Abyssinia. Instructions have been sent to the Italian minister in Addis Ababa to monitor Skinner and report on his reception and any business outcomes of his visit.
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New York
Abyssinia
Skinner
Marseilles
Rome
Italy
Three More Indicted for Land Fraud in Oregon
Washington reports three additional indictments in Oregon land fraud schemes Emma L Watson Guy Hutt and Norman Williams face charges Watson linked to a conspiracy with Mina Ware Williams accused of forgery Huff charged with forgery He says the ball rolls on with seven indictments in a week and more to come investigators note widespread timber and stone act irregularities and entry fraud including carloads of women and families entering lands across the Pacific states
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Washington
Hitchcock
Portland
Ore
Emma L. Watson
Guy Hutt
Norman Williams
Mina Ware
Williams
Nesbitt
Huff
Timber and Stone
Department
Pacific States
Middle Western States
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Collision sinks ship off Hakodate in fog
A fog bound collision near Hakodate Japan between the Russian Yushen Kaisha Progress and the Toksi Maru sank the latter. Of about 100 passengers and crew aboard the Maru only 58 were saved.
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Yokohama
Hakodate
Japan
Yushen Kai
Show Bills Cause Run on Pennsylvania Bank
Foreign mine workers in Barnsboro Pa on October 29 withdrew cash after seeing prominent show bills claiming bank troubles. They moved funds to coal operators who redeposited them, preventing inconvenience.
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Pennsylvania
Barnsboro
Friar Land Sale Settlement Urged by Vatican Delegate
Manila October 29 Monsignor Guidi the papal legate urges settlement of the friar land dispute before Governor Taft's departure for America. Taft says he hopes the sale is concluded prior to leaving as the shares have reduced their price.
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Manila
Guidi
Vatican
United States
Philippines
Fri
Russian Troops Reoccupy Guard Houses in Moukden
An official dispatch from Moukden reports a detachment of Russian troops entered the town yesterday and reoccupied guard houses due to weakness of Chinese authorities failing to keep promises. It denies Japanese plans to fortify the Yalu river or to land troops in Corea and notes fewer anti-Russian demonstrations in Japan.
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St. Petersburg
Moukden
Manchuria
Yalu
Corea
Japan
Chicago Brick Company President P. J. Sexton Dies
P J Sexton at 50, head of the Chicago Brick company and noted contractor, died after illness in Chicago. He came to the city after the great fire and built landmarks including Cook County hospital, city hall, county building and Plymouth Congregational church. He also helped with several World's Fair structures and served in a Kentucky cavalry unit during the Civil War.
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Chicago
P. J. Sexton
Chicago Brick Company
Plymouth Congregations
Ira
Mr. Sexton
Kentucky Cavalry
Fire Destroys Loftus Sims Steamer at St Louis
A fire today partially destroyed the steamer Loftus Sims upon arrival from Memphis. The captain and crew barely escaped as parts of the vessel burned, with the ship seriously damaged and passengers unharmed.
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St. Louis
Fira
Loftus Sims
Memphis
Organized to Fight Unions Conference Opens at Kimball Hall
Chicago launches a two day conference to form a national federation of employers associations. D. M. Parry of St Louis and E. F. Debrul of Cincinnati join Marshall Cushing of New York as secretary of the National Manufacturers association along with C. N. Chadwick and James T. Hoisle representing New York employers.
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Chicago
National Federation of Employers Association
Kimball Hall
D. M. Parry
St Louis
E. F. Debrul
C. N. Chadwick
James T. Hoisle
Employers of
New York
Victims Suffer Huge Losses in Brooklyn Check Forgeries
New York, Oct 29. A gang of clever check forgers victimized about one thousand businessmen in Brooklyn and eastern Manhattan, totaling around 25000 dollars. A ringleader opened a Brooklyn bank account and used a verification stamp to cash forged checks at many small shops before vanishing.
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New York
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Lee
Brooklyn Bank
Ferguson Endorsed for Philippine Commission Vacancy
Manila dispatch reports seventeen provincial boards backing Executive Secretary Arthur W. Ferguson for the Philippine commission seat created by Governor Taft's alleged retirement. Taft plans to leave for the United States shortly.
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Manila
Arthur W. Ferguson
Board of Philippine Commissioners
W. N. Taft
Islands
United States
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Boston and Montana
Amalgamated
Boston
Anaconda
District Court
Court of Ultimate Resort
London
Aras
Booth- Trucker
Mount Vernon
Brig
Alice Johnson
Jas. L. Blair
Lieut. Walsh
Lewis and Clark
Oregon Country
Chicaco
Party’s Association
Board of
Pittippins Commissioners
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