Blaze destroys livery and boarding stables at 339 West
A morning fire at 339 West street occupied Gan livery and boarding stables and a vehicle shed. Fire started in a truckload of furniture on the first floor. Stablemen John Hyland and James Kelly were rescued with injuries. laborer John Spencer found badly burned. Loss estimated at $50,000.
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West T
Ganlivery
John Hyland
James Kelly
Hyland
Kelly
John Spencer
For Sale City Property Near Allen Academy
For sale listings describe multiple parcels including half blocks near Allen Academy and a four block from Main Street brick property with a cistern. Prices range from 250 to 1260 dollars with easy terms and interest in selling part or all of Otto Boehme's holdings near schools and railroad frontages.
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Main Street
Allen Academy
East Front
Otto Boehme
Mitchell News Briefs on Coal Strike Talks in Washington
John Mitchell arrives in Washington to press for a commission to investigate the coal strike. He meets President Roosevelt and aides Secretary Root and Representative Payne. Officials say no details on obstacles to settlement will be released, and Mitchell declines to discuss the case. He later meets Commissioner Sargent at the treasury and remains reticent about future moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers Association
White House
Mitchell
Cortelyou
Root
Representative Payne
New York
Wright
United Mine Workers’ Association
Roosevelt
Wilkesbarre
Treasury Department
Sargent
Ships Wille Sent to Venezuelan Port Amid Valencia Battle
Washington reports from Minister Bowen in Caracas indicate the army remains near Valencia with the city closely surrounded as a battle rages. It is likely the Panther or Cincinnati will be dispatched from their current station to the Venezuelan capital. Conductor and motorman in Pittsfield trial blamed for the Roosevelt bodyguard death.
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Washington
Panther
Cincinnati
State Department
Bowen
Caracas
Valencia
Bulgarians Defeated as Turkish Forces Quell Revolts
Government circles report Bulgarian revolutionary bands defeated in a sharp engagement at Krezna defile. Turkish troops dislodge and disperse insurgents, while the Porte notes Bulgaria’s government plans to suppress the Macedonian committee.
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Constantinople
Krezna
Porte
Bishops Meet in Cincinnati to Discuss Philippine Controversy
Catholic bishops of the Cincinnati province in executive session at St. Peter's Cathedral under Archbishop Elder consider the clergy stance on the Philippine controversy recently presented in Rome by Governor General Taft.
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Cincinnati
Archbishop Elder Presiding
St. Peter’s Cathedral
Rome
Taft
Mitchell Heads to Washington for Talks on Arbitration
President Mitchell left for Washington after 3 AM to confer with President Roosevelt about the operators plan. Local leaders debate whether Mitchell can push a plan granting miners equal representation on the commission and whether the arbitration scheme is fair to strikers. If agreed, a convention could be called within four days. The Birmingham Coal Strike also settles with 4500 workers returning to duty under mediation by Rufus N. Rhodes and the Birmingham News.
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Mitchell
Wilkesbarre
Washington
Roosevelt
Birmingham
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Rufus N. Rhodes
Birmingham News
Rhodes
Butler Placed on Trial in St Louis Bribery Case
In Columbia Missouri on October 15 Judge Hockaday overruled the defense demurrer to the indictment against Ed Butler the St Louis millionaire politician charged with attempted bribery related to the garbage bill. The case proceeds to trial.
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Butler
Columbia, Mo
Ed Butler
St. Louis
Hockaday
George Croker Improves After California Abscess Operation
George Croker the California millionaire who had an abscess removed in New York after blood poisoning shows considerable improvement and is expected to resume active business within a few days.
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New York
George Croker
California
Plot to Murder President Threat in Budapest
A workman notified police of a plot to blow up the president of the lower house of the Hungarian parliament by placing a bomb beneath his chair. The detective force on duty at the house has been increased.
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Buda
Pest
Hungary
Sceptre to be auctioned at Newmarket October 29
The Sportsman reports that if not sold earlier, owner R. S. Siever will auction his bay filly Sceptre at the Cambridgeshire Stakes meeting in Newmarket on October 29 at a reserve price of 122000 dollars.
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London
Sportsman
R. S. Siever
Sceptre
Newmarket
Prominent Physician Dr W A Adams Dies in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas October 15 Dr W A Adams a leading north Texas physician died suddenly here He served as medical examiner for Equitable Life Insurance and was a general surgeon for Frisco whose local operations he supported in the region.
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Fort Worth
Tex
W. A. Adams
North Texas
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Frisco
Old Treaty Ratified by U.S. and Spain
Madrid reports the cabinet has approved a renewal of the literary copyright treaty between the United States and Spain. The pact aims to strengthen protections for authors and publishers and formalize cross border rights for works created in both nations.
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Madrid
United States
Spain
Bowen Asks for Warships for LaGuayra Crisis
United States Minister Bowen cabled Washington requesting a warship be sent to LaGuayra at once as the situation grew extremely critical in Caracas Venezuela on October 15.
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Bowen
Caracas
Venezuela
United States
Washington
LaGuayra
Prominent Citizen Dr A J Childress Dies in Terrell
Terrell Texas October 15 Dr A J Childress longtime prominent local physician dies at his home in Terrell his death removes one of the town’s oldest citizens and respected medical figures.
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Terrell
Tex
A. J. Childress
Black Sand Wins London Stakes at New Market
Black Sand won the czare with stakes at the New Market track as King Edward attended, arriving in a horse-drawn conveyance through heavy rain.
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Black Sand
London
New Market Track
King Edward
Miners Split Over New Arbitration Plan in Wilkesbarre Opinion
A canvass shows mixed views among miners on the coal presidents plan to let President Roosevelt select an arbitration commission. Many oppose the limit on the president’s choice and the four-member panel, while others trust Roosevelt to ensure fair representation, and support honoring Mr. Mitchell’s arbitration proposal.
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Coad
Wilkesbarre
United States
Mitchell
White House
Washington
Commission
Roosevelt
Sessions in progress as deputies meet in France and UK
The French chamber of deputies resumes in session with strong expectations. Ex-President Kruger travels to southern France while Hawarden opens the Gladstone library. Other items include a Knights of the Carmelite election, a New Orleans agents meeting, and strike settlements.
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French Chamber of Deputies
Kruger
Transvaal
France
Gladstone
Hawarden
Eng
Piomar
Carmelite Order of the
Catholic Church
New Orleans
Lexington
Middleton
Guayquil
Ecuador
N. A. Shaw
Clarksville
Tex
Sheppard
Carrie Nation
John H. Reagan
Palestine
Hot Springs
Ark
W. M. Haden
Lovelady
Rosser
George Zellner
Lake Charles
Europe
Hamilton Rayner
el Paso
I. B. Gifford
John Hackenay
Lacey
Nathan Thurman
Ventura
Tugwell Island
Rankin, Tex
John Moseley
Robert Watson
Stephen Hartman
Posey County
New Harmony
Ind
John Mamarek
Tyndall
Anna Vachten
John Dowling
Burlington Road
St. Joseph
Fred Gray
Logansport
Waxahachie
Claude Nutt
Collins Turner
Summerville
Collins
Ferris
Hempstead
Thos
Dial
Cooper, Tex
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Blaze
J. W. Batt
Brazos County
Schos
Heptos
Heptol
Morrison Drug Co
Waco
Texas
Bryan
W. W. Griffin
Bryan, Texas
NER
Pil Suai Parlor Ate Tag
Arbitration Commission
Pittsfield
Mass
William Craig
James T. Kelley
Euclid Madden
Craig
Port Au Prince
St. Marie
George Croker Better
FORD
Franklin Brothers
GSE
Ecupion
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
McConnico
General Insurance Agency
Bryan, Tex
Mutual Lif of
A. D. M’connico
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