Roosevelt Shot While Leaving Gilpatrick Hotel in Milwaukee
Theodore Roosevelt was wounded by a pistol shot as he left the Gilpatrick hotel to address a crowd. The assailant, identified as John Schrenck of New York, claimed a third term for the president should be shot. Roosevelt continued his speech after the arrest and was later treated at Emergency hospital.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Theodore Roosevelt
Gilpatrick
Henry F. Cochems
Roosevelt
John Schrenk
East Tenth Street
New York
John Schrenck
Milwaukee Dispatches
Schrenck
East
Oath Street
Steve Antoko
Antoko
Avenue A
Wins Award After Jim Crow Car Incident
Miss Ritchel of Kokomo Indiana wins 3750 damages after forced ride in a Jim Crow car and being removed from a train in Kentucky. Her attorneys in Frankfort Kentucky say the court of appeals awarded the sum. The case concerns a light complexioned Jeenous woman challenging segregation practices. Two Ohio prisoners, Barnedge and George Washington, were recaptured in Piqua after escaping Columbus state penitentiary.
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Railway Co
Kokomo
Ind
Bella Ritchel
Kentucky
Frankfort
Court of Appeale
Mias Richel
Ohio
Piqua,o
William Barnegre
Coorge
Washington
Columbua
Kidnapped Wall Street Broker Incident Reported
In Texas on October 14 a masked man halted a two passenger train at this point and attempted to claim a life by his own act, leaving authorities to investigate the eerie event and locate the suspect.
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Rich
Pamy Texas
Redelserday
Red Sox Triumph Over Giants In Tight Series Clash
Boston wins 2 to 1 over the New York Giants in a tightly pitched game at Fenway, with Christy Mathewson edged by Hugh Bedient after a third inning run spree. Hooper and Yerkes deliver key hits for Boston while Speaker’s at bat stirs the crowd, and the series pauses for the next test.
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Boston
New York Giants
Christy Mathewson
Hugh Bedient
Matty
Hooper
Yerkes
Speaker
Doyle
Gianta
New York
Polo Grounds
N. Y
Wood
Tesreau
Giants
Boston Red Sox
Fenway Park
Rube Margard
Marquard
Red
Ei ' Yerkes
Seeereeesd Lewta
Weeee Gardner
Anes Wagner
Ss. Cady
Bedient
Neers
B. Devore
Yee Doyle
Sade Nee Snodgrass
Murray
Merkle
Herzog
Meyers
One Dead and 13 Hurt In Arlington Line Crash
In fog near Columbus, Ohio a party’s Arlington line collision left one man dead and thirteen seriously injured. The deceased was Charles W. McIntyre, a motorman, as fragments of glass cut victims. Nearby, the USS Unaima? Unaiga arrives at Gibraltar on Oct 15 on its Pacific coast assignment after Newport News circumnavigation.
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Columbbaa
Arlington Line
Charles W. McIntyre
Unaiga
Gibraltar
Washington
United States Revenue
Newport News
Pacific Coast
Archbold admits he wrote letters to public figures
John D B Archbold testifies before a senate committee on campaign funds and identifies letters to figures including Foraker Quay and Hanna and Grosvenor Sibley containing checks. He admits writing deposit certificates for legal services to Standard Oil of Ohio tied to his Ohio affairs and the Foraker correspondence from 1900 and 1960.
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Senator Foraker
Ohio
Clapp
Foraker
Archbold
McManigal Identified by Hotel Guests in Dynamite Case
Ortle E. McManigal was identified by hotel clerks as visiting cities when explosions occurred. A Kansas City hotel register allegedly shows "J W McGraw" registered August 20, 1910, three days before McManigal dynamited part of a Missouri River bridge. The clerk labeled him as the man in court.
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Kansas City
Indianapolis
Ortle E. McManigal
H. L. Pearce
J. W. McGraw
McManigal
Missouri River
W. Bert Brown
James B. McNamara
McGraw
James W. Noel
Pearce
Daughter Revenges Father in Kentucky Feud Indictments
In Breathitt County Kentucky four Denton faction members sit jailed on conspiracy charges in the murder of Ed Callahan, a noted feud leader. The indictments followed relentless affidavits collected by Lillian Callahan Gross, daughter of the slain chieftain, who rode at night to pursue justice. Wilson Callahan fled to Mexico fearing a similar fate as his father. Mrs. Gross vows continued pursuit until all implicated are convicted.
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William Callahan Gross
Kentucky
Jackson
Denton
Ed Callahan
Breathitt County
Lillian Callahan Gross
Wilson Callahan
Mexico
Man Threatened by Mob Over Keokuk Assault Case
Charles Cavanaugh, a laborer, is guarded in Keokuk county jail after attacking three women near the city. Enraged farmers near Rio threaten lynching. sheriff Crimmis prepares for possible violence. The victims, Whittaker girls and Mrs J C Vanansdall, are recovering.
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Iowa
Glria
Keokuk
Charles Cavapaugh
Whittaker
J. C. Vanansdall
Ria
Crimmis
Cavanaugh
Gompers Seeks New Appeal Over Trial Contempt
Labor leaders Gompers Mitchell and Morrison file a bill of exceptions alleging error by Justice Wright in a contempt trial. The case moves to the District court of appeals. Postmaster General Hitchcock places an order for 30,000 scales for parcel post service.
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Labor
Wright
Washington
District Supreme Court
Rammel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Supreme Court
District Court of Appeals
Hitchcock
Montenegrins Demolish Schicerik in Fierce Battle
A Daily Mail dispatch from London reports Schicerik leveled by Montenegrin guns after a furious bombardment. Todor Lazaroff reportedly died by his own hand due to tuberculosis. Montenegro claims major victories at Shroka Mountain and Gusinje with hundreds of Turkish casualties and 256 Montenegrin dead and 800 wounded since the war began.
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London
Podoritza
Daily Mall
Schi¢erik
Todor Lazaroff
Shroka Mounttain
Constantinople
Turkey
Balkana
Bielopolia
Vuvkovitch
Montenegro
Servia
Okra Mountains
Bosnia
Nicholas
Lim
Vukovitch
Bor
Behlich
Gusinje
Guasinje
Ase
Taft Seeks State Action On Farm Credit Banks
President Taft urged governors to adopt uniform laws for land mortgage banks and cooperative mortgage bond societies modeled on German systems. He backs amendments to permit national land mortgage banks under strict government supervision and the guarantee and marketing of debenture bonds by state banks.
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Washington
Taft
Ambassador Herrick
Europe
Germany
Congress
Polo Meet Halted by War
British polo teams scheduled for a southern California winter tournament must cancel due to Balkans unrest. The players, all officers in the British Army, received orders to report to their regiments per a cablegram to Walter Dupee of the Coronado polo team. The message cited Lord Tweedmouth and other British peers.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Rosenthal murder plot confession shocks New York court
In New York on October 16, Jack Rose testified in a sensational trial recounting the plot to kill Herman Rosenthal. Rose described Becker as Steering the plan while Becker allegedly urged murder and silencing of Rosenthal with threats of violence. The cross examination showed fatigue but a clear, dramatic confession sequence lasting through the day.
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New York
Bald “Jack
Rose
Gest
Gots
Hérnmn Rosénthal
Gamelen
Becker
Leutenant
Rosenthal
Rowe
Fleet reviewed by Meyer inspecting new super dreadnoughts
Secretary of War George Von L Meyer and aides reviewed the largest American fleet in New York harbor. President Taft aboard the Mayflower observed as Arkansas and Wyoming were inspected, with Rear Admiral Osterhaus leading officials aboard the Connecticut.
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New York
George von L. Meyer
Meyer
Dolphin
Connecticut
Osterhaus
Mr. Meyer
President Taft
Twenty-third Street
Hudson
Taft
Arkansas
Wyoming
10000 Are Killed in China War Tactics
London dispatch reports Yuan Shih Kai forces using traps to slaughter Mongols in Eastern Mongolia. Over 10,000 killed as troops march in a circle toward Urga to suppress Eastern Mongolian bids to join Outer Mongolia. Urga government seeks Pekin envoy amid reduced Russian backing.
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Yuan
London
Yuan Shih Kai
Mongolia
St. Petersburg
Quter Mongolia
Urga
Pekin
Confesses Opium Fraud Scheme In San Francisco
Customs official Win H Hoburg admitted accepting a $1000 bribe from a Chinese contact to deliver fifty tins of axle grease misrepresented as opium. He had sold contraband opium tins to Chinese buyers over time, using grease as a disguise. Meanwhile, engagement news reports Lieutenant Commander Edward McCantey Jr and Miss Jean Oliver plan marriage in Washington.
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San Francisco
Cal
Win H. Hoburg
Jean Oliver
Washington
Sheriff Candidate Williams Faces Raw Canvass
Mr Williams one of five sheriff candidates in a northern Wisconsin county canvasses rural farms. At Farmer Thompsons door the housewife jokes he already promised four other candidates the same pledge, illustrating the district’s wary voter climate.
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Willams
Wisconsin
Farmer Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Williams
Norman E. Mack
National Monthly
Protected Both Ways Train Tale Keeps Four Parents on Watch
Two conservative ladies on a western train encounter a young girl traveling alone. She explains she visits both sets of parents twice yearly, since her mother and stepfather live at one end and her father and stepmother at the other, ensuring “four parents all on the lookout.”
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Otter
Postum Featured In Bellows Of Home Cures
A housewife recounts her journey from coffee to Postum after health issues and nervousness. Her doctor urged coffee, but after trying Postum her husband praised it as “good stuff” and they both felt better, leaving coffee behind.
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