Bulgaria Proclaims Independence Amid Mounting War Fear
Vienna dispatch reports Bulgarian army moving toward the frontier with Turkish forces. Bulgaria declares independence at Tirnovo led by Prince Ferdinand. Austria-Hungary mobilizes two corps. France mediates while powers fear war End of imperial stability and potential Russo-Turkish follow-ons loom.
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Paris
France
Vienna
Austri-Hungary
Bulgaria
Sofia
Turkey
Tirnovo
Ferdinand
Kingdom of
Austria
Constantinople
Germany
Karmil
Varna
Berlin
Roumelia
Pichon
M. Iswolsky
Naoum Pasha
M. Standoff
Prince Ferdinand
London Times
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Italy
Albania
Tripoli
Strength of Armies on War and Peace Basis
A fragmented data table shows war and peace strength by category. It lists officers soldiers horses and guns on peace basis with counts for infantry cavalry artillery landwehr and landsturm and on war basis with active reserves and militia totals for various regiments and units.
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Landwehr
Landsturm
Roosevelt tour tale revived amid denials from White House
The White House denies Roosevelt will campaign for Taft, despite reports reaching Bryan that the president plans a six‑speech cross‑country tour ending in San Francisco. Bryan also refutes pension‑opposition claims, stating his platforms support liberal pensions for soldiers and dependents. Taft begins Missouri invasion with stops in St Joseph and St Louis as Hughes reflects on Minnesota ties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
White House
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
San Francisco
Hudspeth
Democratic Campaign Committee
Oyster Bay
Fairview
William J. Bryan
Congress
Tate
Missouri
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Stock Exchange
John Donovan
Exchange
Judge Taft
Hughes
Minnesota
Winona
Minn
Gov. Hughes
Middle West
New York
Rt Rev Michael Tierney Dead Hartford Bishop dies after paralysis
Rt Rev Michael Tierney bishop of Hartford diocese died after paralysis. Born September 29 1839 in County Tipperary Ireland he came to Norwalk at age eight and was educated at St Thomas Academy Bardstown KY and St Josephs Seminary Troy NY ordained May 26 1886. He served in Providence Newport New London Norwich Stamford Hartford and New Britain and became a temperance advocate during his Hartford tenure.
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Hartford
Conn
Michael Tierney
Tierney
County Tipperary
Ireland
Norwalk
St. Thomas Academy
Bardstown
St. Joseph’s” ‘'Seminary
Troy
N. Y
Providence
R. Il
St. Mary's Church
New London
St. Patrick’s Church
Norwich
St. John’s Church
Stamford
St. Mary’s
New Britain
Frisco Fire Causes $100,000 Loss in Beale Street Area
A blaze that began in the Pacific Coast Company coal bunkers at Beale street spread to the Hobbs, Wall & Company box factory and the Beale street wharf, scorching several vessels. Total loss estimated at $100,000. The fire started in San Francisco on October 6.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast Company
Beale Street
Hobbs, Wall & Company
Eleven Die in Mulberry Street Fire and Firetrap
A New York tenement on Mulberry Street burned in an incendiary attack. Eleven people died, 30 injured and 12 escaped death as three oil soaked barrels were lit in the lower hall. Victims include Minechillo Furicillo and family, Francisco Palestrino, Rosa Schettino and Vita Barone, with many others injured. Fire escapes obstructed caused many to fall or be overwhelmed by smoke. Police suspect deliberate act. victims and survivors faced harrowing escapes.
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New York
Mulberry Street
Minechillo Furicillo
Francisco Palestrino
Rosa Schettino
Vita Barone
Pietro Magliacci
Trial of Lieut Frank Evans Opens aboard Ver mont
Manila Oct 6 A court martial to try Lieut Frank T Evans met aboard the battleship Ver mont with charges read and testimony begun. Capt Seaton Schroeder is judge advocate with a panel of eight officers and Maj Williams prosecutes while Capt Harding and Lieut Kayser defend.
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Manila
Frank T. Evans
Vermont
Seaton Schroeder
W. P. Potter
T. B. Howard
W. C. Bartollet
H. C. Scales
L. M. Fulton
W. C
Two Slain in Quarrels in New Orleans
Two shot and killed and one fatally wounded in New Orleans quarrels. Joseph Bowers a carpenter was killed by James Comer a saloon keeper who claimed he shot in self defense.
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New Orleans
Joseph Bowers
James Comer
Wright in Passenger Trips at Le Mans Flight Demo
Wilbur Wright, in Le Mans France, made two short flights with passengers on Monday. One flight carried M Bellee about 216 pounds and the other carried M Pellier 176 pounds. The demonstrations of the machine's weight carrying ability were entirely satisfactory.
Dies in city park auto accident in Houston
In a runaway accident at the city park Houston on October 6 H W Cortes, a member of a feeding hardware firm, suffered a fractured skull and died. Mrs F M Tread way and her two children were painfully injured in the incident.
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Houston
Tex
H. W. Cortes
F. M. Treadway
Naval History Project Follows Kuropatkin and Nebogatov
In St Petersburg on October 6 an announcement notes that Admiral Nebogatoff, who led a squadron under Rojestvensky during the defeat by Togo, is preparing a naval history of the late war between Russia and Japan, following Kuropatkin’s example.
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St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Russia
Japan
Nebogatoff
Rojestvensky
Togo
Slays Wife and Self Near Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Oct. 6. Jacob Hempffing, 70, a prosperous farmer from Atwood, Kentucky, shot and fatally wounded his wife while temporarily insane, then killed himself.
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Cincinnati
Jacob Hempffing
Atwood
Man charged with slaying father in law in Tennessee
Chattanooga Tenn Oct 6 Evidence before the coroner jury leads to J C Stanfield being jailed on a charge of murdering his father in law H C Risley.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
J. C. Stanfield
H. C. Risley
Dr Cook Is Lost In Arctic Search For Pole
New York reports Dr Frederick A Cook the Brooklyn explorer and Mount McKinley conqueror is missing in the Arctic while friends seek his backer John R Bradley to fund another expedition. An iskimo carried a May 7 letter saying Cook reached Cape Hubbard Western Hismereland and planned a northward push toward the pole.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
Brooklyn
Lofty
Mount McKinley
Arctic
John R. ‘Bradley
Cook
North Pole
Wilds
Cape Hubbard
Hismereland
Pole
Dr. Cook
Mr. Bradley
Bradley
Tgenland
Smith’s Sound
Elsmereland
Greenland
Bel- gian steamer Tiflis rescues Beulah Mc Cabe survivor
A Belgian steamer reports reaching Port Arthur Texas after finding 200 miles southwest of the Bahamas a raft with Alexander Sjohlm, sole survivor, and a dead body from the American schooner Beulah Mc Cabe. Sjohlm says the Mc Cabe founder in a hurricane with all hands lost except him and the deceased man.
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Mobile
Ala
Tiflis
Port Arthur
Tex
Bahamas
Alexander Sjohlm
Beulah McCabe
Sjohin
Sjohlm
McCabe
Three Are Burned To Death In Yonkers Fire
Yonkers, Oct. 6 Mrs. Robert Cummings and her two grandchildren Harry three and James ten were burned to death when a cottage fire destroyed the home Monday. Cummings and his wife escaped from a first floor bedroom, but Mrs Mary Cummings daughter Mrs Maria Howland and her two children were cut off by flames in the hall. Mrs Howland climbed to a veranda roof but, while reaching the window for her children, fell to the lawn breaking her right leg and left arm.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Robert Cummings
Harry
James
Suffragists fail to gain voter registration in New York
In New York on October 6 14 women attempted to register their names at city booths but the registry clerks refused to include them. The move marked a setback for the suffrage effort to be listed among eligible voters in the city.
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New York
Second Rayner Trial Opens in Springfield Court
The trial of Abe Rayner for damaging Harry T. Lopez restaurant during the Friday night August 14 race riots began in Sangamon county circuit court on Monday.
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Rayner
Springfield
Ill
Abe Rayner
Harry T. Lopez
Sangamon County
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University of Wisconsin
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