Prince Ito Killed by Bomb in Harbin Collision
Tokio reports Prince Ito Ito was assassinated in Harbin by a bomb thrown by a Korean. The Japanese consul general and the president of the Southern Manchurian Railway were wounded. The event shocks Japan as Ito is credited with framing the Imperial constitution and elevating Japan to modern civilized status. Prince Hinbumiro, head of the privy council, departed Tokio Oct 16 for Manchuria en route to a conference with Russia's finance minister.
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Hinbumiro
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Maon Ehuria
M. Kokovesoff
Prisoner Otto Mueller Confesses to 1908 Bay Shore Murder
Otto Mueller arrested in Astoria under alias Fred Gebhardt confessed to killing Annie Luther near Bay Shore on April 9 1908. He said he murdered her after revealing his marriage and two children and later disposed of the revolver after leaving her in the woods and returning home via Islip.
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Battle in Nicaragua Rebels Win First Major Engagement
On the San Juan river near Boca de San Carlos rebels led by Chamorro defeat about 1,000 of President Zelaya's forces. Government losses are reported at 100 killed and 300 wounded, with rebels seizing two Krupp siege guns and 400 rifles. Zelaya recruits anew while Chamorro advances inland.
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Nésy Boca de San Carlos
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Managua
Atlantic
Congo Atrocities Reported By Rubber Company Officer
An officer from a rubber company testifies to new Congo Independent State abuses between 1907 and 1909. He claims natives were tortured and killed, sentry posts established, natives chained and imprisoned for labor, and villages burned. The minister of the colonies orders an inquiry.
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Congo Independent State
Wisconsin Capitol Building Collapse Claims One Life
Madison Wis Oct 25 Daniel Logan of Chicago died instantly when part of the new Wisconsin state capitol collapsed dumping three hundred tons of granite seventy feet. Two workers sustained minor injuries. The damage estimate stands at 56000.
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Daniel Logan
Chicago
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Logan
Chauffeur Testifies at Doctor Murder Case in Detroit
Joseph Leach testified at the Dr George A Fritch murder examination that he drove the physician to a creek and watched him throw three sacks from his office into a creek. Leach described the confession and police reports linking Dr Fritch to Mina Millman’s death.
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Get
Joseph Leach
George A. Fritch
Manalonghtey
Mias Maybelle
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Wind
Crook
Dr. Friteh
Leech
Mina Millman
Leach
Aue
Friteh
Becree Creek
Dr. Fritch
Lurton May Be Named to Supreme Court Seat
Washington reports discuss a potential Taft nomination of Horace P. Lurton an outsider and Sixth Judicial District judge for Michigan as Peckham's successor. Henry F Severns of Kalamazoo is also named but unlikely. President Taft reportedly favors the Tennessee judge Lorton who served with him on the Sixth circuit.
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Taft
Horace P. Lurton
Elrcult
Sixth Judicial District
Michigan
Justice Peckham
United States Supreme Court
Henry F. Severns
Kalamazoo
Supreme Court
Lorton
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Tennessee
High Tribunal
Mayor Woods Faces Insurance Cancellation Amid Feud
St Louis is reporting that Roy C. Woods mayor of Wellston Missouri received a notice canceling his $5 000 policy. Woods links the cancellation to two political feud shootings and notes his life is insured for $40,000 with his will naming Joseph W Folk and six lawyers to benefit if he is killed by an assassin.
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Missouri
St. Lois
Roy C. Woods
Wellston
St, Louis
Cleminson Trial Opens Over Chicago Murder Charge
Dr Haldane Cleminson faced a murder trial for his wife’s death on May 30. He initially told a physician a burglar chloroformed them and that Mrs Cleminson was dying. The physician later admitted fabricating the burglar tale to shield the children from stigma.
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Chicago
Haldane Cleminson
McSurely
Chicago Grain and Provisions Market Slips on Weak Week
Bearish weekly statistics and large receipts weighed on the wheat market with futures down. Corn and oats also softened while provisions held firm. Close quotes show Dec wheat at 1.04 and May at 1.44. corn Dec 0.594, May 0.614. oats Dec 0.424, May 0.42. pork Jan 18.95, May 18.674. lard Dec 12.371, Jan 11.20. rye Oct 11.10, Jan 0.5. Cash: No 2 hard wheat 1.09 to 1.18, No 2 corn 0.614, No 2 oats 0.40.
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Chicago Live Stock Market Report October 26
Chicago livestock totals show cattle receipts at 26 000 with prices from 2.40 to 7.20 for natives and westerns, hog receipts 24 000 with bulk sales 7.70 to 7.90, and sheep receipts 49 000 with natives weak at 2.40 to 4.80 and lambs 4.26 to 7.20.
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South Omaha Stock Market Report October 25
South Omaha stock list shows cattle receipts at 8000 with prices from 2.89 to 7.60 for various grades. Hogs receipts 2300 with sales 7.50 to 7.65 and mixed at 7.50 to 7.60. Sheep receipts 14000 with values from 2.75 to 7.00 for ewes and lambs up to 7.00.
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South Omaha
Searlines
Wethern
Taft Rides Mississippi River Escort in Deep Waterways Campaign
President Taft begins a 1200 mile Mississippi trip from St Louis to New Orleans aboard the Oleander with a 15-vessel escort. The voyage, routed to promote deep waterways to the Gulf, includes the vice president, cabinet members, senators, several foreign representatives, and 176 congressmen. Taft plans eight speeches and faces heavy logistics with large supplies aboard. The journey also features a political jab at Speaker Cannon over harbor and river funding practices.
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Missouri
Taft
Secret Service Guard
Mississippi Valley
St. Louis
Cannon
Paul
Ephesus
Dry Farming Congress Opens in Billings With 1200 Delegates
In Billings Montana on October 26 a dry farming congress opened with about 1200 delegates. The gathering focuses on grain and vegetable production in arid regions. High railroad officials from across the country attend, with exhibits from Colorado Canada Wyoming New Mexico Utah Oregon Washington and others showcasing results under adverse conditions.
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Canada
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New Mexico
Utah
Oregon
Washington
States
Deputy Clerk Dies After Taft Visit Attack
Dallas October 25 Deputy County Clerk Louis Reichenstein died from bayonet wounds suffered while trying to see President Taft. Sergeant J D Manley of Company EB Third Texas National Guard was jailed on murder charges and refuses to talk for publication.
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Louis Reichenstein
J. D. Manley
Texas National Guard
Taft
Manley
Indian Killed in Battle Near Sleeper Oklahoma
Barricaded in a schoolhouse full of children near Sleeper Jailbreak, Cherokee Indian Jack Willis engaged in a pitched battle with officers. Willis died and Deputy Constable Tuck Ketcher was fatally wounded. Willis resisted arrest for a trivial offense.
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Muskogee
Okla
Sleeper
Jack Willis
Tuck Ketcher
Willis
Two Die After Street Car Collision in Canton
Canton reports a street car strike that killed Mrs Hiram Bnyder instantly and fatally injured her companion Mrs Mary E Harting, whose legs were severed. she died about an hour later.
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Canton
Hiram Bnyder
Mary E. Harting
Chorus Girl Shot by Husband In Critical Condition
Mrs. Evelyn Short, a chorus girl, is in serious condition after being shot by her husband William H. Short in Washington. Short, who killed himself after the shooting, remains a suicide note and fighting chance for recovery is noted by doctors.
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Washington
Evelyn Short
William H. Short
Waris
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