Alarming Near East Rumors Stir Paris and St Petersburg
Paris papers report unconfirmed near east rumors including Serbs blowing a bridge on the Austrian frontier and martial law claims. Reports say Montenegrins burned Austrian flags, Smyrna unrest, and Bulgarian agents active in Macedonia amid warning of war. Russia declines to oppose Austria Hungary annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Near East
Cettinje
Constantinople
Smyrna
Athens
Macedonia
Seres
St. Petersburg
Russia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria- Hungary
Baron von Achren- Goehpthe
pestri-Hungary
Count Berchschild
Triple Murderer to Hang in Owen Sound
J. F. Creighton was convicted of murdering his wife and two stepdaughters and sentenced to hang on December 3 in Owen Sound Ontario.
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Owen Sound, Ont
J. F. Creighton
Roundhouse and Engines Burn
Outremont reports a blaze at the Canadian Pacific roundhouse in October city limits destroying a roundhouse and three locomotives.
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Outremont
Canadian Pacific Railway
Leading Stereotyper Dead
John W. Kerwin foreman of the American Press Association stereotyping department died at his Flushing home after a brief illness. He leaves a wife and six children. A Chicago native, he was forty six and entered APSA employment twenty five years ago. Kerwin was regarded as a master of his trade and among the best stereotypers in the country.
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New York
John W. Kerwin
American Press Association
Flushing
N. Y
Kerwin
Chicago
Colquitt Plans Speechy Role in Texas Rally Tour
Fort Worth on October 10 reports Railroad Commissioner Colquitt visiting to bid on the Mineral Wells sanitarium project valued at 80,000 dollars and to campaign for Republican aims. He declined politics but said he would give a few speeches in south Texas to aid the campaign.
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Fort Worth
Colquitt
Mineral Wells
South
Texas
Sperry Receives Papers In Evans Court Martial
Manila reports Admiral Sperry received the court martial papers for Lieutenant Frank Evans. Evans faces charges of being absent from his station while officer of the deck, using profane and disrespectful language to a superior, and intoxication.
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Manila
Admiral Sperry
Frank Evans
Little Doing In Cupid's Line
Hornell New York October 10 city clerk in September issued only nine marriage licenses reflecting subdued marriage activity for the month and hinting at local social trends.
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Hornell
N. Y
Missionary Societies Hold Simultaneous Sessions in New Orleans
In New Orleans on October 10 at the international missionary convention of the Church of Christ, three missionary groups conducted parallel sessions. The American, Foreign, and Christian Woman's societies each held their meetings under the convention umbrella.
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New Orleans
International Missionary Convention of the
Church of Christ
Christian Woman's Societies
German Steamers Collision in Fog Leaves Thirteen Drowned
Thirteen crew members on the Nipponia, including the captain, drowned after the German steamers Pretoria and Nipponia collided in fog off Scheveningen. The Pretoria sustained no damage.
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Hamburg
Pretoria
Nipponias
Scheveningen
Nipponia
Peary Expedition Seaman Delivers News From Roosevelt
Henry Johnson of the Roosevelt reaches New York from Greenland with oral dispatches on the Arctic trek. He reports a July hurricane opened the bow, repairs at Etah, and his leg injury forcing a southward dash to avoid amputation, plus a Peary club letter and diary notes.
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New York
Henry Johnson
Peary
Roosevelt
Greenland
Utah
Johnson
Peary Arctic Club
Etah
Grigsby Estate Suit Seeks Enjoinment of 800000 Payment
Jessie Stallcup Grigsby files another suit against the estate of G M D Grigsby to halt an 800000 payment to the deceased's sister Mrs elb. The plaintiff alleges she was Grigsby’s common law wife. F M Davis, jailed for contempt for alimony, was released after reconciliation with his divorced wife.
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Dallas
Jessie Stallcup Grigsby
G. M. D. Grigsby
Elb
Grigsby
F. M. Davis
Austro-Hungarian Forces Move Toward Servian Frontier
The Vienna correspondence of Le Temps says two Austro-Hungarian army corps with arms and ammunition were hurried toward the Servian frontier. Hospital trains were prepared, the dispatch adds, with Vienna and Suane noted as centers.
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Paris
Vienna
le Temps
Suaane
To Meet Frisco Railway Notes
Kuhn Leeb Co announces it will meet seven million seven hundred twenty five thousand dollars of St. Louis and San Francisco railroad notes due December 1. Some European banks including Berlin will assist them.
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New York
Kuhn, Leeb & Co
St. Louis
San Francisco
Berlin
Bulwinkle Found Dead in Fort Bend County Home
Harry Bulwinkle a wealthy Fort Bend county merchant was found dead in his bed on Saturday morning with four bullet wounds and head injuries. The robbery motive is ruled out as a chest of money and valuables under the bed remained untouched in his uninhabited residence adjacent to his store.
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Houston
Harry Bulwinkle
Falshear
Fort Bend County
Boycott Bills Posted in Constantinople on Austrian Goods
Posters in Constantinople urge the public to shun Austrian Bulgarian and German products on patriotic grounds. Many shoppers are persuaded not to enter Austrian shops.
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Constantinople
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