Fall of Adrianople Report Sparks Armistice Hope
A Belgrade dispatch claims the Turkish fortress of Adrianople fell to Bulgarian and Servian forces, a report unconfirmed by officials. Turkey asks Bulgaria for armistice terms as cholera spreads and war prospects shift amid Balkan diplomacy and European great power mediation.
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Belgrade
Servia
Adrianople
Bulgaria
London
Turkey
Tchatalja
Constantinople
Bey
Russia
England
Germany
Austria
Adriatic
Balkan
Rumelia
Macedonia
Servias
Greece
Montenegro
Lake Scutari
Pact Near With Russia Replace 1832 Commercial Treaty
Washington officials indicate a new agreement between the United States and Russia to replace the 1832 commercial treaty, abrogation of which becomes effective January 1 next. Details of the pact remain unrevealed.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Electric car to debut on Terre Haute line
The new Beach Edison electric car from Silver Run will start its first regular trip this week on the Terre Haute and Southeastern route. It carries 229 Edison storage batteries, four 25 hp cells, 106 miles per charge, and seats 40 passengers. The car costs 17 000 dollars and includes electric lights and air brakes. A Grover station will be built at the inter urban junction, and the train will run two daily round trips to West Dana with stops at Libertyville West Clinton St Bernice and other points before returning to Terre Haute.
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Beach- Edison
Terre Haute and Southeastern Railroad
Silver Run
N. WL
Edison
Southeastern
West Clinton
Westinghouse
the Traction Company
Grover
Terre Haute
St. Bernice
West Dana
West
Dania
Perre Haute
New Albany Tribune Changes Hands and Plans Future Policy
The New Albany Tribune stock, sold by M. B. Thurman to local business men, will see a new management team take charge in a few days with a formal transfer announcement. Founded by Gen. Jasper Packard in April 1888, the paper long served as the district’s GOP daily under his leadership.
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New Albany Tribune Company
M. B. Thurman
New Albany
The
Tribune
Jasper Packard
LaPorte
Lafayette
Autograph? Fatal Brooklyn auto plunge kills wife of manufacturer
A car carrying four men and a woman went off a 150 foot cliff on Highland boulevard Brooklyn. Mrs Andrew Reid, wife of a local manufacturer, died. Two injured men held on homicide charges. The chauffeur’s identity and other passengers’ names were not disclosed. Reid collapsed at the police station. Missing passengers fled the scene. Jewelry valued at 6999 dollars was found on one occupant.
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New York
Highland Boulevard
Brooklyn
Andrew Reid
Reid
Surgical Marvels At New York Surgeon Congress
At the New York clinical congress of surgeons 2000 attendees witnessed feats including a man given a new nose from finger tissue at Presbyterian Hospital and a cat temporarily kept alive after decapitation at the Rockefeller Institute. The reports describe nerve sensation loss in 21 days and preserved heart and lungs after head removal.
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New York
Clinical Congress of Surgeons
Presbyterian Hospital
Clarence A. McWilliams
Rockefeller Institute
John Merlin
Eleven Perish as Mayflower Steamboat Sinks in Mattewaska
Ottawa reports eleven people believed dead after the steamboat Mayflower sank on the Mattewaska river near Barry's Bay. Three survivors, found half frozen three miles downstream, remain too weak to reveal details of the crash.
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Ottawa
Ont
Mattewaska River
Barry's Bay
Women plan 7 cent meal exhibit to fight cost of living
The Chicago School of Domestic Art and Sciences announces a 7 cent per plate meal exhibit next week. A family of six will eat for 42 cents with items including bread 2 cents mutton and vegetable en casserole 2 cents steamed rice 5 cents and bread pudding custard 16 cents. The casserole dish allegedly provides as much nourishment as a 0 cent steak and aims to reduce need for side dishes. They also claim 285 loaves can be made from one sack of flour.
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Chicago School of Domestic Art and Sciences
Robbery at Wells Fargo Express Office in Lake Charles
A package of currency valued at 25,900 dollars was taken from the Wells Fargo Express office in Lake Charles. Night express clerk Fe Chevis reported the robbery and has been arrested in connection with the incident.
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Lake Charles
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Chevis
Night Express
Tries to Kill Woman Then Ends Own Life
Champaign Illinois November 1 Tames Cain a rejected suitor of Miss Margaret Lowry attempted to kill her with a hammer and then killed himself by jumping in front of a train Both were of good families and the tragedy is noted in local reports
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Champaign
Tames Cain
Margaret Lowry
Harmuier
4Tralia
Mob Lynches BlacK Man After Norfolk Arrest
In Ocala a mob lynches Preách Neils a Black individual arrested in McIntosh Florida for a double serious case. Authorities report the incident as a fatal mob attack with no immediate arrests.
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Tampa
Fla
Preéch Neils
McIntosh
Ocala
West Side School Seventh Grader Sprains Ankle on Steps
Miss Amy Hornsucker, seventh grade student at West Side School, stumbled on the school steps this forenoon and suffered a badly sprained ankle. The injury was casual but not serious.
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Amy Hornsucker
West Side
First Time Under Oath Ortie McManigal Details Los Angeles Times Plot
Ortie McManigal testified in the dynamite trial that J B McNamara described the Times bombing and related plots. He recounted meetings with Chicago figures, money from Treitmoe, and plans to stage explosions, including a trip to San Francisco and a Los Angeles insertion of nitroglycerin.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Manigal
J. B. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Rochester
Times
McManigal
103
Tveitmoe
Peerless
San Francisco
Smitty
P. H. McCarthy
Treitmoe
McCarthy
J. B
Francisco
Los Angeles
McClung Resigns as Treasurer of United States
President Taft accepts the voluntary resignation of Treasurer McClung, effective on appointment of his successor Carmi Thompson, private secretary to the president. Rumors say friction with Secretary MacVeagh led to retirement. Yale football star McClung had long career at Yale and as Yale treasurer.
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Washington
Nav
United States
McClung
Carmi Thompson
Taft
A MecClung
Deck
MacVeagh
Treasury
A. Pratten
Tre Usury
Andrew
Yale
Southern Railway
Yale University
Thompson
Charles PD. Hilles
White House
Hilles
Republican National Committee
McCling
MacClung
Lis Eecessor
McClunge
House of Commons Adjourns For Monday On Home Rule Debate
London reports the house of commons adjourned until Monday amid a proposal from the speaker seen as coming from King George. The move aims to give both sides more time to consider points in the home rule dispute. Ronald MacNeill apologized for hurling a book at Winston Churchill, cooling tensions as Churchill accepted the olive branch warmly.
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London
House of Commons
George
Ronald MacNeill
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Glive
California Roosevelts Lead Narrowed by Uncounted Counties
California reports a Roosevelt plurality of 56 over Wilson with one precinct missing and nine counties yet to be canvassed. Final results hinge on three large counties that have not certified their returns. Boise counts Wilson ahead of Taft by 415 votes with about fifty districts still unreported. In Ohio, Nicholas Longworth loses his seat by 27 votes to Stanley Rowe.
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San Francisco
California
Roosevelt
Wilson
Boise
Idaho
Woodrow Wilson
Tafb
Patt
Cinenti
Tramiiten County
Board of Elections
Nicholas Longgforth
Theodore Pogsevelt
Ohio
Stanley Rowdle
Mystery surrounds death of Miss Powers in Boston hotel
Miss Marjorie Powers twenty eight was found in a partly filled bathtub at a West End hotel. A man who had rented a room for her was detained by police awaiting an autopsy. Powers was a stenographer employed by Arthur T Cumings of a Faneuil Hall business.
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Boston
Marjorie Powers
West End
Miss Powers
Arthur T. Cumings
Faneuil Aall
Explosion Plotboard Revelation At Ink Alley
A suspect described a plan to gas a building by breaking a gas jet in a cellar and setting a one o clock fuse. He claimed intent to target Otis and mentioned leaving suitcases of explosives at Otis’s home, linking the act to a local Merchants and Manufacturers’ association figure.
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Ink Alley
Otis
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Bullet Missing in Ex-Fire Chief Todd Case
The bullet fired at ex-Fire Chief Frank Todd is not visible on X rays according to Dr. Edwards of Indianapolis, while Bloomington physicians believe the bullet lies somewhere in his back. Dr. Frank Holland captured a clear X-ray yesterday but no bullet appeared, and Todd endures continual pain.
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Frank Todd
Edwards
Indianapolis
Todd
Bloomington
Frank Holland
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