Tramp Suspected in Train Wreck Case in Pueblo
John Duffy, a tramp, held in Pueblo jail on $200 bond after a passenger train wreck near Apishapa Creek. Police suspect hidden bullion theft motive as rail was obstructed, with chaos exposing loot. Two other tramps captured after a clothing-store theft tied to a telegram on a pants sighting. one man denies involvement.
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Pueblo, Cofs
John Duffy
Apishaps Creek
Pueblo
Union Avenue
Strue
Elne
Tornado kills two and injures nine in Oklahoma
A tornado formed three miles north of Hyd 8 in Caddo county at 0:30 last night killing two children aged 14 and 8 and injuring nine others including Bertha Beechel and Mantel Beechel. The storm wrecked farmhouses and crops over four miles with an estimated property loss of $50,000. A separate wind hail storm hit Cushing in Payne county damaging homes and stores and causing a fatal fire.
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Kansas
Oklahoma City
Caddo County
Trank Browns
Mary Brown
Mantel Beechel
Melham
Stillwater
C. T
Cushing
Payne County
Payne
Prominent Citizen Endorses Ogden City Finances Reelect Glasmann
B Patton of Ogden argues in a letter dated Oct 31 1903 that city finances under Mayor Glasmann and the council are sound. He notes debts paid off, cash on hand, and no new debt, praising street improvements and higher wages.
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Ogden
Cny
Osten
Glasmann
Ofden
B. Patton
Purdue Football Tragedy Hits Indianapolis Train Crash
A Big Four special train carrying nearly 954 Lafayette and Purdue students derailed near Riverside Park Indianapolis. Fifteen dead or missing and forty injured, many seriously, including Purdue football players and staff. the Indiana state championship game postponed as rescue teams work through wreckage and identify victims.
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Purdue University
Indianapolis
Big Four Road
Lafayette
Riverside Park
Purdue
Indianapolis University
W. H. Grube
Butler
Ind
Walter Furr
Texas
E. C. Robertson
Walter I. Rouch
Pittsburgh
J. Powell
Corpus Christi
W. D. Hamilton
Gabriel Drollinger
Beheaded
Sam Squibb
Jay Hamilton
Huntington
N. K. Howard
Walter Robertson
Fatrick McClair
Chicago
Sam Trust
Noblesville
G. L. Shaw
John Miller
L. E. Rush
Pittsburg
A. W. Bitting
W. G. MacManus
Davenport
Iowa
Clark Meyers
Monticello
T. A. Bailey
Richmond
I. O. Wright
Pendleton
William Spray
Sandusky
C. Adams
Frankfort
John C. Taylor
Kruleed
Harry T. Vantayle
J. C. Coates
Burwin
Laula Smith
A. L. Holler
J. R. Whitehead
W. Ruaterbolt
Miller
G. Nicholas
E. W. Frank
S. Milla
W. W. Taggart
D. B. O’brien
Hendricks Johnstone
I. W. Moore
Walter Rush
M. E. Steele
Canton
Cumberland
F. M. Hartshorn
F. M. Miller
Waynetown
Alexander Thomas
Marion
O. McCormack
John Anderson
C. C. Tansman
Cincinnati
J. B. Knapp
CO. H. Weitz
Irving H. Long
Louisville
W. Ti. Lealiz
J. Troop
Mra
Misa Helen Troop
Ollie Peterson
Eighteenth Street
Hamilton Boys
Qne
Gabriel S. Drollinger
Nell
Bloomington
Indiana Eleven
Teara
Tha
Xara
Miners Depart Butte as Arbitration Talks Stall
Butte October 31 arbitration committee in copper dispute refused to discuss today. A Silver Cow trades and labor union committee delivered a petition for an extra session of the legislature, which Governor Toole declined to commit on. Meanwhile miners drift from town in groups and some enlist in the army as recruiting stations open.
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Butte
Silver Cow Trades and Labor Union
Dole Named Judge and Governor Swap in Hawaii
Washington reports the President appointed Sanford B. Dole as United States district judge for Hawaii to succeed the late Judge Estee and George R. Carter as governor of Hawaii to succeed Governor Dole.
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Washington
Sanford BH. Dole
United States
Hawaiii
Estee
George R. Carter
Hawaii
Dole
Crazy Man's Bloody Work In Vancouver Shootings
Frank White shot Fred Elerman in Vancouver Washington after heavy drinking and had previously been confined in an insane asylum. He also wounded James Garrity and told the sheriff he planned to kill both men.
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Vancouver
Wash
Frank White
Fred Elerman
James Garrity
White
Attempted Hold-Up on Northwestern Train Fails
Chicago police and rail detectives investigate an attempted hold-up of a Northwestern train near midnight. Fireman Louis Ernst is wounded by gunfire while Engineer Harry Ebbetts narrowly escapes injury as bullets from a likely in- train attacker strike. Five dynamite bombs later found near the scene. Detected uncertainty on the attackers identity.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Louis Ernst
Harry Ebbetts
Infernal machine found aimed at Young Armenian editor
An infernal device addressed to Peter Kureghian editor of Young Armenian was intercepted by his landlady and turned over to police. A man described as Armenian left the package at his home. The contrivance included copper wires a time clock carbons and steel filings and powder set to explode at 6 p.m. Police link the incident to London assassination fallout and Armenian revolutionary disputes.
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Boston
Peter Kureghian
Kureghian
Sagonni
London
Vareshian
Huntshagist
Armenian Revolutionary Party
Rail line completes to Lewistown Montana
Butte Montana October 31 a Lewistown Montana special says Chouteau County seat now the only Montana county without a railway. The last spike was driven at 5 pm to Lewistown extending the Montana railroad linking to Butte and the nation. Mayor L W Eldridge and Welter F Smith led the ceremony as public officials watched. The first train left Lewistown at 10 am and an office opens there ready for business.
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Butte
Mont
Lewistown
Chouteau
Montana
L. W. Eldridge
Welter F. Smith
Aurora Borealis Disrupts Telegraph and Phone Lines
Chicago reports serious electric disturbances blamed on the aurora borealis. Telegraph wires in all directions suffered outages and long distance phone lines were sometimes completely suspended. A New York display later caused heavy telegraph delays as cablegrams were accepted with delays.
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Chicago
New York
Utes Threaten Violence Against Game Wardens
A Meeker Colorado report says 300 Utes camp on Douglas Creek south of Bangley. Wardens moved toward the camp after a Weirs party killing. Indians vow to shoot wardens. Indian police advance. Governor Peabody may send militia to eject the red men. Interior notified of possible depredations with federal action expected.
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Denver
Meeker
Colo
J. P. Halley
Douglas Creek
Bangley
Weirs
Douglass Creek
Peabody
Woodard
Department of the Interior
Crushed by Attacks Made by His Son
A Chicago despatch from Essex Iowa reports John Murray Dowie was crushed by an attack from his son John Alexander Dowie. Judge Dowie defends their paternity, calls the claim a myth, notes their lawful wedlock, and says the records are at the Holbornburgh registers. The father, aged and feeble, is a respected local figure living in a cottage.
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Chicago
The
Chronicle
Essex
Iowa
John Murray Dowie
Jon Alexander Dowie
John Alexander Dowie
Princess Street
Holinburgh
Scotland
Judge Dowie
Nan
Fire destroys Catholic school in Amta watershed district
New York reports the Christian Brothers College, a Catholic institution housing about one hundred students, was set ablaze by local workers after injunctions expired. The Brothers and pupils had left for Baltimore and other cities, with neighbors looting valuables as buildings in the watershed district face further action.
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New York
New York City
Amtawalk
Westchester County
College of the Christian Brothers
Watersled
Baltimore
Retail Trade Improves Amid Cooler Weather Across Regions
Cooler weather has boosted retail demand for durable goods including clothing and shoes as crops move freely in the Northwest and South. Eastern jobbers report a brighter tone while overall buying remains conservative with smaller lots. Labor unrest is cited by radical leaders as a risk to gains, though conservative voices foresee better future conditions.
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New York
Le-Tradstreet
Largest meteor ever found in Oregon City report
F W Crosby collecting specimens for the Smithsonian in Washington says a meteor found near Oregon City weighs ten to twenty tons and is the largest ever discovered. He notes its strange appearance suggesting it may have been buried in a hill for centuries.
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Oregon City
Ore
F. W. Crosby
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Lodi
Calif
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William Beechel
Alove
William Brown
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