Europe seeks united action over Balkan crisis
France and Britain along with Russia discuss steps to prevent war between Turkey and Bulgaria and to convene a conference of Berlin treaty signatories. Crete unites with Greece, Serbia quiets after talk of war, Austria-Hungary proclaims Bosnia and Herzegovina annexation as Malta fleet moves toward Lemnos.
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France
Turkey
Bulgaria
Pichon
Great Britain
Russia
Italy
Berlin
Europe
Germany
Austria
Turkish Council of Ministers
Crete
Greece
Constantinople
Smyrna
Samos
Belgrade
Servia
Balkan
National Assembly
Austria-Hungary
Servian
Francis Joseph
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Valetta
Malta
Aegean Sea
Lemnos
Prince Louiis of Battenberg
Haseen
Indicted board members threaten wider city scandal
The Minneapolis board of education faces indictments for bribe accepting as prosecutors vow broader probes into city government. In Pennsylvania a National Guard officer, J Clayton Erb, was killed at his summer home. his sister in law Catherine Beisel awaits murder charges. In Mississippi a mob hangs two Black men over a jail escape claim, and a Morrill marshal shot editor Schmucker before suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Ticks
Minneapolis Board of Education
J. Clayton Erb
Third Regiment
National Guard of Pennsylvania
Village Green
Catherine Beisel
Jim
Frank Davis
John C. Kendall
Illinois Central Railroad
Lula
Miss
Morrill
Kan
Perry Roger
J. H. Schmucker
Peoria Leader Elected Grand Master of Locomotive Firemen
W. C. Carter of Peoria Illinois is elected grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers succeeding John J. Mannan. Carter has long served as secretary of the organization. The Canadian Pacific strike ends with machinists returning to work on company terms. The Town Central railway shop men strike, active since April 22, is settled.
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W. C. Carter
Peoria
Ill
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
John J. Mannalan
Carter
Canadian Pacific
Town Central Railway
Multiple Disasters Reported Worldwide In Brief News
Twenty five men drowned when the French fishing schooner Juanita foundered near Grand Banks The sole survivor the captain was rescued to St Pierre Miquelon He has lost his reason General Miatchenko wounded in a sham battle during Turkestan army maneuvers near Ashabad A revolutionist plot suspected Charles T Trotter and Vincent Toledo Jose Canavan killed near Lubao Pampanga by Filipino attackers Eleven Dutch and Russian incidents report a Jew ish family killed in Slobodze Russia and thefts Caracas says Castro is seriously ill off Hamburg two German steamers collide thirteen Nipponia crew drown Cholera cases in St Petersburg decline Earthquakes cause panics in Southwestern Russia.
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Juanita
Grand Banks
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Turkestan
Ashabad
Miatchenko
Charles T. Trotter
Vincent E. Toledo
Jose Canavan
Lubao
Pampanga
Slobodze
Russia
Roosevelt campaign fund under fire in Baltimore speech
Judge Alton B Parker accuses Roosevelt of forgetting past Standard Oil donations while condemning Haskell. Parker cites 1904 fund totals and multiple large and small donors. The Democratic push aims to mobilize in Indiana and Ohio. Bryan plans another New York tour with an Omaha speech closing the race. Taft to stay campaigning through election eve.
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Baltimore
Alton B. Parker
Roosevelt
Haskell
Standard Oil Company
Wiliam H. Taft
Democratic National Committee
Indiana
Ohio
William J. Bryan
New York State
Omaha
Hitchcock
Taft
Unfortunate Events: Fires and deaths across rail and city incidents
A Vermont grain elevator explosion at Richford owned by Canadian Pacific and Boston and Maine killed twelve people and left another woman fatally injured, while a Great Northern train wreck near Marias River Montana killed two and injured one. An officer in Minneapolis fatally shot Theodore Hedine and disfigured Julia Churchill during an arrest attempt. Three Lake Shore track workers died and a Jersey City policeman perished rescuing an aged woman.
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Richford
Canadian Pacific
Boston and Maine Railroad
Great Northern
Marias River
Mont
Theodore Hedine
Julia Churchill
John Connolly
Minneapolis
Lake Shore
South Chicago
Nicholas Nestor
Jersey City
Noted politicians W J Bryan and W H Taft attend Chicago banquet
W J Bryan and W H Taft met at the Chicago Association of Commerce banquet the fourth annual event. The gathering was described as the first of its kind since the Lincoln Douglas campaign. Congressman Nicholas Longworth denounced reports that Taft would support Roosevelt running again after two terms.
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W. J. Bryan
W. H. Taft
United States
Chicago Association of Commerce
Lincoln
Douglas
Nicholas Longworth
Rock Island
Taft
Roosevelt
Arbitration treaty signed between China and United States
The proposed arbitration treaty between China and the United States was signed in Washington with Wu Ting Fang acting for China and Secretary Root representing the American side.
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China
United States
Washington
Wu Ting Fang
Root
Courts ease picketing limits in iron molders case
Milwaukee union No. 125 injunction modified by Chicago circuit court of appeals to ban only threatening or intimidating picketing. Detroit wins 7 to 0 over Chicago to secure 1907 American league pennant. Deep channels to link Great Lakes and Gulf urged. Panama canal charges clash in New York as Miller accuses a Pendegwood rep of perjury. La Follette plans a Commoner. Chicago tops New York 4 to 2 to claim 1908 National League title. Atlantic fleet sails from Manila toward Japanese waters.
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Iron Molders’ Union No. 125
Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers Company
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
New York City
William A. Brothers
Spencer Miller
I‘edgerwood Company
United States
la Follette
Wisconsin
New York
Manila
Notable Deaths Across United States and Canada
Obituaries note the deaths of author James Oliver Curwood killed by Indians in Lac la Ronge country while in the wilds for a publisher. ex senator General Eppa Hunton dies in Richmond aging eighty five. U S consul general Benjamin Ridgeley dies in Monterey Mexico. bishop Michael Tierney of Hartford Province passes after paralysis. General Louis Fitzgerald prominent New Yorker dies at seventy one. timber thief John Morrison, sixty seven, dies in Michigan copper country.
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James Oliver Curwood
Detroit
Mich
Findson Bay Wilds
Lac la Ronge
Eppa Hunton
United States
Virginia
Richmond
Benjamin H. Ridgeley
Mexico City
Monterey
Mex
Michael Tierney
Hartford
Conn
Louis Fitzgerald
New York
John 8. Morrison
Michigan
Railroads see surplus cars fall amid unsettled trade outlook
The American Railway association bulletin reports a drop of 49,795 surplus cars in the United States and Canada, leaving total surplus at 133,792. Weather disrupts retail trade while manufacturing plants expand capacity and forecast a quick return to normal conditions.
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American Railway Association
United States
Canada
Dun
Optimistic League Forms in Montclair New Jersey
The Optimistic League is organized in Montclair New Jersey with resolutions urging a daily smile and an optimistic view to hasten prosperity. The group invites enthusiastic citizens to join by agreeing to smile at least once a day and spread the habit.
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Optimistic League
Montclair
N. J
Odd Cure For Deafness From Sunlight
Ralph Martin who was deafened in Spokane Washington after a lightning strike killed the team he drove has recovered his hearing in a peculiar way. He lay with his head on the ground exposing his eardrums to sunlight and shadows until hearing returned to normal.
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Ralph Martin
Spokane
Wash
Martin
Audible fog signaling by Great Western railway staff
A group of Great Western railway workers in England devised an in cab device that signals signal positions to the engine driver by sound. A whistle indicates danger and an electric bell signals all right, aiding visibility during fogs.
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Great Western Railway
England
Lake Earn: a new lake made to order in Indiana
A small pond near Libertyville, Indiana, was enlarged into Lake Eura by a dam and spring feeding, transforming the basin into a crystal clear lake of over 100 acres. The project, led by A. F. Sheldon, aims to foster a future commercial university amid a pristine wooded shoreline and untouched forest surrounding the lake.
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Eura
Lake County
Indiana
Lake
Eara
Libertyville
Ind
A. F. Sheldon
Sheldon School
Earn
Bush Grown Potatoes Attract Connecticut Grower Notice
Farmers near Waterbury Connecticut show interest in Samuel Wilson Wolcott’s bush grown hybrid potatoes. The plant is described as a cross of yellow tomato and sweet potato with secret methods. Food experts praise nutrition and quick cooking. Waterbury grange members saw Wheeler’s vine grown beds.
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Weterbury
Conn
Samuel Wilson
Wolcott
Wilson
Ifood
Stiles Wheeler
Waterbury Grange
Wheeler
Earthquake Theories on Crust Upheavals and Gas Pressure
A scientist noted for earthquakes proposes that sea water entering crust fissures meets magma becoming steam that expands vastly and lifts the crust while pushing lava downward, potentially causing quakes if vents do not form. Other theories include Davy's idea of underground metal bases allowing water penetration and gas generation, plus crust shrinkage.
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Davy
Market Quotations From Minneapolis Wheat and Lard Prices
Market quotes from Minneapolis dated Oct 10 show Wheat December at 1.02 and May at 1.07 dollars. Lard on track No 1 at 1.05 and Northern grades ranged from 1.0453 for No 1 to 0.98 for No 3 with No 3 at 1.01 dollars.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Livestock Prices At St Paul Market Report
St Paul market closes for cattle hogs sheep with prices listed for steers good to choice six to six seventy three per hundredweight cows and heifers four to five dollars veal calves three seventy five to six dollars hogs five sixty to six twenty five sheep various values wethers yearling wethers and lambs priced between three fifty and four eighty five per hundredweight.
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St. Paul
Wheat and flax prices on Duluth market report
On track and for arrival Duluth quotes show Wheat varieties steady with No 1 hard at 1.04 5 for Dec and May contracts around 1.06. Northern grades range near 1.04 for No 1 and 1.02 for No 2 with Oct and Nov futures listed. Flax prices on arrival and track cited at 1.23 on Oct and 1.22 for Nov with Dec at 1.21 and May at 1.26.
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Duluth
Northern
Chicago Grain and Provisions Market Quotes
Chicago prices for wheat and corn show mixed futures with Wheat Dec at 1.01 5/8 dollars, May 1.04 2/5, July 98 1/2. Corn Oct 7 1/8 cents, Dec 64 3/4, May 64 1/4, July 63 3/4. Oats Dec 49 3/4, May 51, July 47. Pork Oct 15.25, Jan 15.67 44, May 15.50. Butter Creameries 71 6 3/4 to 72 1/2, dairies 24 1/4. Eggs 23. Poultry Turkeys 17, chickens 11 3/4, springs 12 1/2.
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Chicago
Chicago Stock Yard Prices Report
Chicago Union Stock Yards price list from Oct 10 lists cattle with prices for beef cattle Texans western cattle stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves hogs by weight light mixed heavy rough good to choice heavy pigs and sheep yearlings lambs with ranges provided for each category.
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Chicago
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Chicago Union Stock Yards
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Oliver
H. Bliss
Pioneer Printing and Pub. Co
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