Warships Bound for Aegean Ahead of Ottoman Front
British fleet of twelve ships sails under Vice Admiral Battenberg toward the Aegean in response to rising tensions with Turkey. Lemnos cited as likely destination, while Vienna and Budapest report Servian mobilization and tension. Authorities stress calm and readiness, denying broad mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Constantinople
Berlin
Lemnos
Grecian Archipelago
Dardanelles
Budapest
Vienna
Belgrade
Servia
Austria-Hungary
Shonts Advocates Government Ownership Of Railways
Theodore P. Shonts told a waterways convention that government ownership of railroads is preferable to private operation by public commissions. He argued regulation is acceptable but opposed to commissions running lines owned by others, warning that government operation would curb railroad development and financial support. He cited fears of government control chilling management and investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Theodore P. Shonts
Clove Leaf
Chicago & Alton
Auditorium Theater
Panama Canal Commission
Shorts
Transportation Affairs
Shants
Seventeen Thought Dead Grain Elevator Disaster Report
Richford Vermont October 10 17 persons believed dead in grain elevator explosion. Time keeper G C Bonney perished in the blast and records list at least five laborers unaccounted for as of Friday.
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Richford
G. C. Bonney
Taft Wiped Out by Typhoon in Bemar Province
Manila reports from the provinces indicate a strong typhoon caused extensive damage. The new town of Taft on Bemar Island is said to have been completely destroyed.
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Taft
Manila
Bemar
Bryan argues for election as remedy amid panic
In Streator Illinois William J Bryan told a cheering Santa Fe station crowd that under Republican logic his election this year is demanded as the cure for hard times. He claimed business failures exceed 1893 and cited Chicago papers claiming 15000 school children go to school hungry daily. Taft had a quiet day in Cincinnati and Eugene Chafin began a tour of Indiana for the Prohibition ticket.
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Streator
Ill
Santa Fe
William J. Bryan
Republican
Chicago
Cincinnati
Oet
Taft
Indianapolis
Ind
Eugene Chafin
Prohibition
Indiana
Madison
Wis
Murder Charge After Ora Lee Found Shot Near Wadsworth
A 20 year old Miss Ora Lee was found dead with a bullet wound near Wadsworth on Friday. Guy Raser, 26, was arrested by Sheriff Hutchinson and charged with her murder as the community faced a period of great alarm.
Prisoners transfer from Washington to Fort Smith
A special train left Washington for Fort SmithArk carrying 100 prisoners moved from the United States jail to Fort Smith penitentiary because of crowding at the Washington jail.
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Washington
Fort Smith
Ark
United States
Fort Smith Penitentiary
Washington Institution
Bank Wrecker Caught Named Organizer in Iowa Banks
Iowa report states H. L. Collings, captured in Philadelphia, was the alleged organizer of the Green Mountain Iowa bank and other small Iowa banks.
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Iowa
Omaha
Neb
H. L.collings
Philadelphia
Green Mountain
Disappears with Cash and Horses Near Rogers Ark
F H E Piers of this place vanished from Rogers Arkansas with drafts and cash totaling about 5000 dollars and a drove of horses. Local authorities have issued no further details as of press time.
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Rogers, Ark
F. HE. Piers
Historic Pageant Tops Week's Fete In Philadelphia Founders' Week
Philadelphia celebrated Founders' week with a climactic pageant featuring 69 floats and the Liberty Bell on a platformed truck. The parade depicted Onrust’s 1616 entry, Penn and Quaker history, Colonial Philadelphia life, and the Revolutionary era with scenes from the stamp act to the Declaration of Independence, drawing large crowds and premium seating.
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Philadelphia
Broad Street
Liberty Bell
Independence Hall
Delaware
William Penn
Germantown
Penn
George I
Benjamin Franklin
Boston
Old London
Franklin
University of Pennsylvania
Accused of an Old Murder in Oklahoma
W L Woolley principal owner of Stewart and noted Oklahoma capitalist was arrested in McAlester on charges of complicity in a 1881 murder of a man named Anderson. Woolley, present with Anderson when he was killed, had earlier been arrested and discharged at Fort Smith by Gen Wheeler. He questions why the case is revived.
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McAlester
Okla
W. L. Woolley
Stewart
Oklahoma
Stigler
Anderson
Woolley
Fort Smith
Ark
Gen. Wheeler
United States
Fires in Adirondacks Again Threaten Rockefeller Estate
Malone New York October 10 forest fires in the Adirondacks grow more threatening. A large force is sent to protect Dr Seward Webbs property at Nenasans while other fires blaze at Bay Pond and Mountainview. The Ro ckefeller country home woods are afire in many spots.
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Adirondacks
Malone
N. Y
Seward Webb
Nenasans
Bay Pond
Mountainview
William Rockefeller
New Election Fraud Conviction in St Louis
In St Louis Missouri on October 10 John H Buchner pleaded guilty to election fraud marking his fifth conviction. He was sentenced to three years in prison and taken into custody. The case underscores ongoing concerns over fraudulent election practices in the region.
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St. Louiz
John H. Buchner
Perjury charge halts Panama inquiry at session end
William A Brothers leveled a perjury accusation at Spencer Miller during a heated Panama canal discrimination hearing led by Brig. Gen. Garlington. Amid shouting and adjournment, Brothers withdrew, alleging improper bidding practices by the Isthmian Canal Commission. Col George W Goethals testified the specifications favored other devices and deemed Brothers cable crane inefficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Panama Canal
William A. Brothers
Spencer Miller
Lidgerwood Company
Garlington
Brothers
Army
Canal Commissioners
Mr. Brothers
Balanced Cable Crane Company of
Isthmian Canal Commission
Cable Way
George W. Goethals
Col. Goethals
Abandon Ship After Dismasted Vessel Crew Rescued
Captain Charles F. Hines and seven crew members of the Baltimore schooner John A Matheson reach port aboard the steamer Seminole after four days adrift in a small open boat following dismasting and heavy seas near San Domingo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles. F. Hines
Baltimore
John A.matheson
San Domingo
Troops Sent After Night Riders In Hickman
Frankfort Ky Oct 10 night riders threaten Hickman town officials prompting an appeal to Governor Willson. He orders Maj Bassett at Hopkinsville to send the Columbus company to the scene to restore order.
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Frankfort
Hickman
Willson
Maj
Bassett
Hopkinsville
Columbus Company
60 000 Seek Land in Fripp County Registrations Rise
Oct. 10. It is estimated that 60,000 had filed applications for Fripp county lands at all points. Registrations were 5,853 at Dallas, 703 at Gregory, 480 at Preshe, 3,477 at O'Neill and 188 at Valentins.
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Dallas
Fripp County
Gregory
Preshe
O'Neill
Valentins
No Divorce For Virginia Harned In Nevada Court
Reno Nevada October 10 Judge Pike refused to grant Virginia Harned Sothern divorce from her actor husband Edward H Sothern in a case that ended without the hoped separation.
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Virginia Harned
Reno, Nev
Pike
Virginia
Peary Hampered by Fog In Early North Pole Journey
In a letter from Capt. Samuel W. Bartlett, Bartlett reports Peary’s start from Etah on the Roosevelt was delayed 24 hours due to dense fog and high winds. The Erik, carrying supplies, was damaged by an iceberg and may be condemned. Bartlett blames the collision on the aurora borealis.
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New York
Peary
Etah
Far North
Pole
Samuel W. Bartlett
Bartlett
St. Johns
N. F
Erik
Roosevelt
Capt. Bartlett
Smith Sound
Greenland
Etah Harbor
Frederick A. Cook
Cape Hubbard
Cable
Stephen A. Douglas’s Son Dies Suddenly in Chicago
Stephen Arnold Douglas, son of the famed Lincoln Douglas debaters, died at his residence 84 Twenty second Street from heart disease. He had suffered rheumatism, paused his law practice, resumed a year ago, and after a digestion attack he felt better before walking out and not returning. His wife found him collapsed on Prairie avenue. Dr. Murray arrived too late.
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Chicago
Stephen
Arnold Douglas
Illinois
Twenty-second Street
Prairie Avenue
L. F. Murray
Alleged Embezzler Nabbed In Parade Crowd
Philadelphia detectives arrested E L Collins of Denver in the Redmen parade crowd on a charge of embezzling funds from a Marshalltown bank. The arrest was made by Detectives Brown of New York and Hummel of Kansas City on Thursday night.
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Philadelphia
E. L. Collins
Denver
Brown
New York
Hummel
Kansas City
Marshalltown
Veteran Publisher Pearson Conn Dies at 86 in Steubenville
Pearson B. Conn longtime publisher and dean of eastern Ohio newspaper men died in Steubenville at 86. He founded the St Louis Post and had published the Herald here for 25 years, surviving by a Thursday death.
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Steubenville
Registration In Columbus Counts Electors After Two Days
Columbus Ohio shows registration totals with 18 512 electors on first day and 14 146 on second day. The combined two day total reaches about 32 658 electors, pegged near 25 255 for the same period last year, with the year’s first two days shaping up as the peak for registrations so far.
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Columbus
Fire on guard fort reported as gendarmes killed
Vienna reports a Budapest message says Servians killed three Austrian gendarmes on the Bosnian frontier, provoking gun boats to bombard Servians. no confirmation yet.
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Vienna
Budapest
Servia Growth of Saner Policy Dims War Fever
In Belgrade on October 10 the war fever among Servia's people wanes as saner elements gain influence over patriots urging immediate military action. France and Great Britain have warned King Peter to curb unrest, with powers insisting Servia rely on joint actions to avoid a direct clash with Austria-Hungary.
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Belgrade
Servia
Austria-Hungary
Franse
Great Britain
William blamed for Balkan plot says Press in Paris
The Journal Des Debats cites a letter from a well informed source claiming Emperor William orchestrates a Balkan plot with Baron von Ahrenthal as a tool. The aim is to humiliate Britain, strike at the Young Turks, and draw in Perdinand and Bulgarin to win Russian sympathy.
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William
Bulgaria
Paris
Journal Des Debats
Baltkan
Baron von Ahrenthal
Turkey
Empire
Perdinand
Bulgerin
Fire on Bulgarian Vessel Escapes Trouble at Bosphorus
In Constantinople observers at Turkish forts fired two blank shots across the bows of a Bulgarian steamship bound for Varna. The vessel, part of the Bulgarian royal flag line, attempted to enter the Bosphorus yesterday and turned back after the shots were fired.
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Constantinople
Varna
Bosphorus
Turkey Protests and Balkan Tensions Rise
Constantinople informs powers of protest against Austria Hungary annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Turkish imperial commissioner at Sofia remains in office as independence of Bulgaria is not recognized. Russia's minister Melawolsky departs Paris to push for conference efforts.
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Wiener Tagblatt
Belgrade
Die Zeit
Vienna
Goluchowski
von Aehrenthal
Sofia
Constantinople
Porte
Turkey
Bulgaria
Austria-Euungary
Aone
Bulgarian Czar Ferdinand Enter Philipopolis in Triumph
The czar of Bulgaria, Prince Ferdinand, arrived in Philipopolis late last evening to a salvo of artillery and cheers. Civil and military authorities and church dignitaries greeted him and led a triumphal tour of the eastern Roumelia capital.
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W. Ly
Philipopolis
Bulgaria
Czar
Prince Ferdinand
Eastern
Roumelia
Austria War Readiness Poised for Rapid Deployment
Vienna October 10 report that Austria-Hungary has military preparations so complete that if needed 150000 troops could be sent across the Serbian frontiers in a day. The garrison near the Dwina river between Bosnia and Servia numbers about 10000 men ready for any eventful contingency.
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Austria
Vienna
Austria-Hungary
Dwina
Bosnia
Setvia
New Manila Bank Starts in Manila Oct 10
The Agricultural bank, government founded with 1,000,000 pesos capital, begins operations in Manila. G. R. Araneta, France secretary, serves as president and Insular Treasurer F. Branagan as manager. Only collateral accepted is real estate and harvested crops. Interest set at 10 percent. First bank stock was issued to an American father of Tarlac province. The bank expected to boost agricultural restoration and promotion in the region.
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New Manila Bank
Manila
Agricultural Bank
Vegun
France
G. R. Araneta
F. \. Branagan
Tarlac
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