Fierce battle reports in Balkans raise tensions between Turks and insurgents
Aug 18 dispatches describe terror at Uskub with mobs and threats of massacres, Muslim population defiant, and Christians fearing to leave homes. Turkish troops offer little protection as telegraph links fail and raids by Bashi Bazouks increase unrest. Reports from Monastir note six hours of fighting with heavy Turkish casualties.
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Soda
Uskub
Uskubop
Bulgaria
Monastir
Turkish actions in Krushevo alleged massacre reported
Reports from Sofia and Constantinople claim the Turks recaptured Krushevo and slaughtered the entire Christian population, including government tobacco workers under European control whose proceeds funded Turkish debt. Vienna notes a curious political suggestion arising on August 18.
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Sofia
Constantinople
Authentia
Krushevo
Vienna
Insurgent Leaders Highlight Balkan Turmoil in Report
A Uskub dispatch notes Michoeilovski and Boris Saratet active in fighting at Krosheve and Prassbathion as Monastir area tensions rise. Turkish reserves in Europe total forty three battalions called out amid frontier trade disruption.
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Uskub
Michoeilovski
de Bul- Rein
Krosheve
Boris Saratet
Prassbathion
Eden
Monastir
Insurgents Reach Monastir as Turkish Commander's Orders Vary
Reports from Constantinople relay that at least 500 Mussulmans have moved through Monastir under insurgents seeking to gain ground. Enver Hushiti Pasha, nominal commander of Turkish forces there, struggles as shifting instructions from the capital and palace counter orders hinder offensive actions.
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Constantinople
Mussolmans
Bereth
Monastir
Enmer Hushiti Pasha
Monaetiv
Powers Pleads Innocence in KY Murder Case
Georgetown Ky Aug 15 Caleb Powers resumed the witness stand denying he urged Frank Cecil to hire someone to kill Goe bel or introduced Cecil to Taylor for such a purpose. Noakes testified to a 1900 Danville statement. defense produced letters and Mackenzie Todd testified about seeing Youtsey before the shooting. Judge Robbins barred references to the Corbet reward fund.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Frank Cecil
Cecil
Goebel
Taylor
Powers
Robert Noakes
Commonwealth
Danville
Dew
Max Lewis
Louisville
W. B. Jewell
Noates
Campbell
James Howard
Finley and
Lewis and Jewell
Noakes
Brazil
Til
Mackenzie Todd
Frankfort
Youtsey
Executive Department
Robbins
Adion
Corbell
Local youth ends life after railway tragedy
Great Falls reports a colored boy named Hared Johnson attempted suicide by lying on a moving Great Northern freight train. A wheel caught his neck, either choking or breaking it, and he died within minutes at Collins.
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Great Falls
Hared Johnson
Collins
Maniac's Horrible Detroit Murder Terrorizes City
A six year old boy Alphonse Wiles was found murdered in Detroit near the Michigan Stove Works. He was bound with wire and stabbed with a sharp instrument while minimal blood was found on clothing. Police consider a killer of the Jack the Ripper type at large and have offered rewards totaling 5,300 with a Bangor Maine tramp in custody as a suspect.
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Teredias
Charles Minards
Bangor
Detroit
Dick Tibbitts
Huplever
Jack the Ripper
Theft at Rome Respers home nets cash and diamonds
In Hicrlen the residence of Rome Respers, owner of the race horse Dick Welles, was entered by burglars. They took about $4,000 in cash and diamonds, with losses split between Mer Respess and Jock ey Dominick who resides with Respess.
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Chicago
Rome Respers
Dick Welles
Hicrlen
Burghers
Mer. Respess
Dominick
Respess
Trans-Mississippi Congress Opens in Seattle Pavilion
The 14th annual Trans-Mississippi congress opens in Seattle with 600 to 800 delegates from western states. Sessions focus on papers, discussions, and plans for irrigation, commerce, and western development, with addresses by Thurber and Smoot among others.
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Seattle
Aug. IL
Lake Washington
Ue West
Grev
Henry McBride
Hues
Thomas Burke
Great Northern
Northwest
Kirby
Congress
Tom Richardson
New Orleans
Progressive League
Fo O B. Thurber
United States Export Association
McKinley
Herbert Strain
Montana
Reed Smoot
Utah
Werldh
Tamera
Agricultural
Angeral
National Irrigation Association
G. W H. Maxwell
Irri- Bauon
Johny Barrett
Prisoner Fatally Shot After Cell Escape Attempt
James Williams, a convict at the state penitentiary, was shot to death in his cell by night turnkey Gardsell after Williams reached through bars, grabbed the keys, and wrestled the revolver following a struggle. Williams had escaped from the prison in June prior to the incident.
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Denver
Times
Rawlins
James Williams
State Penitentiary
Ciamsell
Williams
Gardsell
Gawdsell
Che
We Hiams
Brand Kreenys
Murder and suicide in Osakis firm incident
In Osakis Wisconsin Thomas BR Morgan president of a sash door and blind company and city alderman was shot by employee Fred Hampel. Hampel, after arrest, hanged himself with suspenders in jail. Shooting was without provocation and witnesses describe Hampel as distraught.
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Osakosh
Wis
Thomas BR. Morgan
Morgan Comepany
Fred Hamupel
Hampel
Legal Punishment: The Buck Murderer and Law’s Course
A report reflects on the pursuit of justice for the Buck murder case. It discusses the killer’s actions to ensure the law takes its course and the ongoing efforts of authorities to secure a lawful punishment.
Father of the Dead Boy Approves the Plan
Missoula Aug 15 There were no new developments in the Buck boy murder case. Public sentiment favored legal punishment for Walter Jackson, and authorities backed by Sheriff Pond aimed to prevent lynching. Jackson remained in jail as preliminary hearing set for Thursday while the court prepares for the Ham ilton trial.
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Ravalli County
Sheriff Pond
Fannie Buck
Thare
Jackson
Missoula
Stevensville
Bitter Root valley tense over mob justice rumors
Hamilton Aug. 18 There is no clear sign of a mob but Bitter Root residents show intense feeling following the death of Fonkie Buck and Walter Jackson. Sheriff Pond keeps guards and Winchesters ready as Detective Hogan probes, while Jackson denies past Spokane jail time.
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Sherif Pond
Ravalli County
Montana
Jackson
Hogan
Sheriff Pond
Winchester
Stevensville
Fannie Buck
Hamileton
Bitter Root Valley
Hampton County Court
Ines
Walter Jackson
Hamilton
Les
Winchesters
Doust
Spokane
Breach of Promise Verdict Set Aside in Portland
In Portland Oregon Judge Bellinger set aside a $22,500 breach of promise verdict against Miss Birdie Mearethy of Wayne Michigan and James Heryford of Lake County Ohio. He said the award was grossly excessive and arose from passion or prejudice, noting such a large sum is unusual.
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Portland
Ore
United States Court
Bellinger
Birdie N. Mearethy
Wayne
Mich
James Heryford
Vealthy Cobtleman
Lake County
Moet*irthy
Train boiler explosion injures crew near Santa Fe line
A boiler blown from an engine pulling a bound passenger train near Kingmag, Santa Fe line, killed engineer Mioh and seriously injured fireman J H Brian. The boiler flew about 160 feet, the doller 100 feet ahead. No train damage or other injuries reported.
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Dertis
Republica
Albuquerque
N. BM
Santa Fe
Kingmag
Mioh
J. H. Brian
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