Bulgaria Is Responsible Ottoman Show Resistance Over Abducted Missionary
The Turkish government says it will resist US demands for ransom repayment after Ellen M. Stone, the American missionary, was abducted. It disputes responsibility, citing Stone’s travel without guard, lack of notice to authorities, and claims the brigands were Bulgarians with the plot planned in Bulgaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
United States
Ellen M. Stone
Porte
Miss Stone
Turkey
Associated Press
Bulgaria
Miss Stone Release Not Likely Within A Week
Sofia dispatch to the Daily Telegraph reports that Mr Dickinson of the United States government assures neither Miss Stone's ransom receivers nor her guides will be prosecuted and that Turkey agreed a fortnight ago to reimburse the ransom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Miss Stone
Sofia
Daily Telegraph
Dickinson
United States
Turkey
Tsilka Reported Deed Near Constantinople
Constantinople October 31 rumors persist that Madame Tsilka the companion of Mies Stone and her child, born since her capture by brigands, are dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Madame Tsilka
Mies Stone
Keewalk Rival to Nome Emerges at Candle Creek
Passengers aboard the Roanoke report Kee wallk a new town at Candle Creek mouth with 1000 residents growing fast. Lumber scarcity shifts many to log houses. Deering City notes population drain as residents relocate to Kee wallk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Townsend
Wagsh
Keewalik
Candle Creek
Nome
Roanoke
Deering City
Keewallk
Americans killed in Samar in distilleries of war report
Advices from Catbalogan Samar island report 12 men of Company G ninth infantry under Sergeant Wilford killed while on assignment from Rassy to San Antonio to investigate bolo weapons and related casualties during operations.
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Manila
Catbalogan
Island of
Samar
Ninth Infantry
Wilford
Rassy
San Antonio
Soldier Heroism Amid Battle With Insurgents
In a violent assault by 146 insurgents, two soldiers were killed and two wounded. Willford stayed composed and performed splendidly. Fourteen insurgents fell. Captain Bookmiller of Company G recommends Willford for the Medal of Honor and Privates Swanton and Vero for certificates of merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willford
Bookmiller
Swanton and
Vero
Railroad Depot Wrecked After Barn Fire and Robbery
A Kansas City dispatch reports a fire at Shell's big live barn destroying 25 horses and buggies, while the Santa Fe safekeeping vault is blown open and the depot wrecked. Gunfire erupts as robbers and townsfolk clash. assailants flee into darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kkansas City
Star
Shell
Ogether
Santa Fe Railroad
Hearst Cited for Contempt by Chicago Judge
Judge Elbridge Hancey of the circuit court orders William R Hearst owner of the Chicago American and six employees to appear at 1 o clock Monday to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt. The action concerns news items editorials and cartoons questioning the judge in a Peoples Gaslight Coke case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Hearst
Chicago
Elbridge Hanecey
Circuit Court
Chicago American
William R. Hearst
People’s Gaslight & Coke Company
Error Overstated River and Harbor Estimates
General Gillespie announced an error in his office over river and harbor appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1908. The original report listed about 12 million dollars, but the estimates were actually 20 million, excluding 7 million for works under continuing contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gillespie
Burnet Indicted as Accessory in Hotel Death
A Chicago grand jury indicted Dr. Orville Burnet as an accessory before the fact in the death of Mrs. Charlotte Nicol. The two, who met at a hotel recently, allegedly agreed to die together rather than be separated, and Burnet is charged with murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Orville Burnet
Dr. Burnet
Charlotte Nicol
Burnet
Burke and Prager Indicted for False Reports in Chicago
Chicago October 31 grand jury charged former city oil inspector Robert F. Burke and ex assistant Max Prager with making false reports to the city comptroller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Robert FE. Burke
Max Prager
Burke
Jane Toppan Held for Murder in Mass Case
Miss Jane Topyn is held without bail in Barnstable Mass after being charged with the murder of Miss Mary Gibbs at Calumet in August. A further hearing is set for November amid legal proceedings and state investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Toppan
Barnstable
Mass
Jane Topyn
Mary Gibbs
Calumet
Five-Story Worth and High Streets Building Burns in New York
A five story structure at Worth and High streets housing White & Co. shirt and linen dealers Joshua L Bailey & Co Owens and a Henry Clews & Co. branch office burned tonight. Loss estimated at sixty thousand dollars.
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New York
Worth
High Streets
White & Co
Joshua L. Bailey & Co
Owens
Henry Clews & Co
Bankers
Novel features in Tammany's fight
The dispatch reports a heated New York municipal contest with strong anti Tammany sentiment. Bill posters proliferate, a Carnegie letter hoax triggers retaliation, and street campaigns by fusion supporters and Republicans mark a tense citywide battle. Brooklyn and Manhattan polls show mixed leads, with no landslide in sight.
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Omaha Bee
New York
Bill Tweed
Tammany
New York Journal
van Wyck
Supreme Bench
Times
The
Herald
Brooklyn Eagle
Andrew Carnegie
New York City
Nists
Carnegie
Strong
Brooklyn
Arnegie
Citizens’ Union
Fourteenth
Twenty-Third Streets
Fourth Avenue
Houston Street
Tim Sullivan
Republican
Bowery
New York Herald
Seth Low
Kings County
Manhattan
Edward M. Shepard
Broadway
Shepard
Low
Debates and Testimony in Schley Court of Inquiry
The Schley court of inquiry hears testimony on gunnery, ship movements, and officer conduct during the battle. Witnesses recount ranges, ship turns, and conversations aboard the Massachusetts while Admiral Dewey weighs legal objections and rebuttal procedures.
Testimony corrections in Schley case reveal selective recalls
Admiral Dewey allows corrections to testimony but not rearguing prior evidence. Sailors including Sigsbee and Chadwick recount visits to ships off Santiago, warnings to press boats, and the sequence of orders from Washington on April to May. Cross examination probes memory of specific conversations and adherence to government directives.
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Admiral Dewey
Lemly
Sigsbee
St. Paul
Santiago
Yale
Harvard
Sehley
Goodrich
St. Louis
Cape Haytien
Somers N. Smith
Brooklyn
8St
Paul
Key West
Texas
Schley
Rayner
Navy Department
Mr. Rayner
Alfred B. Claxton
Bantiageo
John H. Reys
Cienfuegos
Eagle
Commodore Schley
Port Antonio
Southerland
Merrimac
Niels Anderson
Helm Hard
Chadwick
Hanna
Washington
Admiral Sampson
Havana
Porte
Sampson
New York
Admi Sampson
Cuba
San Juan
Porto Rieso
New Orleans
Department
Dupont
Metropolitan women win Griscom trophy inter-city match
Eighteen top players from the Woman's Metropolitan Association faced seventeen from Philadelphia's Woman's Golf League at Morris County links for the Clement A. Griscom trophy. The Metropolitan team dominated, winning 9 holes to five holes, with Genevieve Hecker Mrs J A Meanice and Miss Underhill on the victorious roster.
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New York
Woman's Metropolitan Association
Woman's Golf League of
Philadelphia
Morris County Links
Clement A. Griscom
Genevieve Hecker
J. A. Meanice
Underhill
Father and Son Drowned in Siuslaw River near Mapleton
Reports from Mapleton, Oregon say M Voltaire Gurney and his son Robert drowned last Monday in the Siuslaw river while guiding a log drive near Mapleton. Both bodies were recovered from 20 feet of water.
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Eugene, Ore
Mapleton
Siuslaw River
M. Voltaire Gurney
Robert
New Montana Oil Field Near Malta Prompts Spring Drilling
Northern Montana reports a new oil field about 40 miles southwest of Malta on the Great Northern line. Indications map a 20 by 5 mile area, with potential for a large field depending on spring drilling results. The oil resembles Pennsylvania Franklin crude and samples are being sent east for analysis.
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Great Falls
Monctana
Kintla
Malta
Great Northern
Sandusky
Milasouri
Kalispell
Northwest
Pennsylvania
Franklin
Trade With South Africa Will Increase
Kansas City, Oct 31 Col J G Stowe former U S consul at Cape Town spoke at the annual convention of the National Association of Agricultural Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers urging greater U S exports to the Transvaal as a market for American products. He noted war tensions yet emphasized trade prospects and received applause. Delegates heard on irrigation expansion and home markets, with W A Reeder endorsing irrigation and prospects of arid land settlement. Col Nicholas Bell invited an exhibit at the 1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition and several delegates were named to a trade and reciprocity meeting in Washington November 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
J. G. Stowe
United States
Cape Town
National Association of Agricultural Implement and
National Association of Agricultural Press Leagues
George H. Maxwell
National Irrigation Association of Chicago
W. A. Reeder
Kansas
Maxwell
National Irrigation Congress
Col
Nicholas Bell
Ight
Washington
Dublin plans international rowing cup at next year's exhibition
Baron O'Brien aims to donate a cup for the international rowing competition at the exhibition next year. He shows interest in the Killarney races between Pennsylvania and Dublin University and predicts crews from the United States France and Holland will participate.
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Dublin
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Tammany's
Schley Defense
Fly
Schrey
Borden
Parker
Admiral Schley
Montevideo
Vizcaya
Maria Teresa
Grant
Massachusetts
Colon
Sears
Mss
Navigator
Captain Lemily
Naval Court of Inquiry
Modore Schley
Anderson
Joseph G. Eaton
Wampatuck
Mar
Minneapolis Journal
South Africa
Stowe
Transvaal
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