European powers wary as Morocco war escalates
Paris reports Spain expands Moroccan navy reinforcement plans raising unease in Europe led by Paris and London. Algeria warns of interior fanatical agitation near the frontier as General Marina presses south from Zeluan. The Spanish embassy remains under guard amid Catalonia tensions. Madrid notes Moorish allies near Zeluan with about 10,000 entrenched on surrounding heights.
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Spain
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Dupuy
Europe
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Algeria
Marina
Zeluan
Barcelona
Marquis del Muni
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Madrid
The
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Johnson Wins Battle for Three Cent Fare in Cleveland
A Cleveland conference settles the street railway dispute eight years old. Mayor Tom L. Johnson wins a 2-cent fare basis with a 25-year franchise to the Cleveland Railway Co. Judge Tasler will fixed property value and fares, with cash fare at 4 cents and seven tickets for 25 cents.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Railway ‘Company
Robert W. Tasler
United States Court
Taylor
Elopes with Aunt and Lands in Jail
Edward Simpson is arrested in Kansas City on state warrants for stealing his uncle's wife Mrs Mary Simpson of Cleveland. Mrs Simpson and the 8 year old boy found with the couple also were taken into custody. Simpson’s husband Hine Simpson says he will prosecute.
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Kansas City
Edward Simpson
James B. Shoemaker
Mary Simpson
Cleveland
Hine Simpson
Simpson
Preacher Stuckey Released on Bail in Abduction Case
W. M. Stuckey, jailed two weeks in Ottawa Kansas on an abducting charge involving 11 year old Lorena Sutherland, was freed on a $1000 bond. Bond signers backed by the preacher editor’s word. Stuckey said he was arrested in Waukegan and returned to Kansas with the girl.
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Ottawa
Kan
W. M. Stuckey
Lorena Sutherland
Williamsburg
Stuckey
Waukegan
Kangas
Large bar class appears before supreme court
Pierre Oct. 7 a class of 29 taking the bar examinations appeared before the supreme court today in the largest class to attempt the exams in this state.
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Supreme Court
Pierre
Supreme’ Court
City Reform Urged by Des Moines Business Group
A city reform push emerged at a Des Moines business meeting with a resolution urging changes in city government. The action was approved amid calls for tighter control and accountability.
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Mgmslo
N. Y
Des Moines
President Taft praised by San Francisco students at UC
President Taft spoke to University of California students in San Francisco and said he is an optimist about popular government. He noted the engineer and professor see government differently and emphasized compromise and playing the game with the people.
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San Francisco
University of California
Taft
Taft's Bay Area visit opens with campus welcomes in Berkeley
President Taft arrives in Oakland aboard Mayflower and is greeted by Berkeley Mayor Hodghead and 20 locals. He tours the University of California campus, attends a Greek theater reception, and watches 6,000 Berkeley schoolchildren honor him before a parade to Oakland.
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Sixteenth Street
Oakland
Taft
Beverly L. Hodghead
Berkeley
College Town
Center Street
University of California
America
Yale
Philippine Constabulary
Inn
Mott
Thirtieth United States Infantry
Lake Merritt
Golden Gate
San Francisco Bay
Young Men’s Christian Association
Union League Club
Chang-Chih-Tung Dies as Chinese Grand Councillor
Chang-Chih-Tung grand councillor of China died at 9:45 p.m. He served nearly his whole life in government, was viceroy of Shang-Sha, named grand councillor in 1907, and directed the Kowloon-Hankow railroad. He played a key role in the 80 million loan negotiations and faced an assassination attempt last May before paralysis in July.
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China
Peking
Grand Council of China
Shang-Sha
Hankow-Sze-Chuen
Rival Policemen Clash at Macy Powwow Fight
In Pender Nebraska on October 7 two rival police forces contended for authority during a Macy powwow. A big daytime clash occurred and the matter will be settled in the next district court term.
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Pender, Neb
Macy
Gould Heads Railroad at St Louis Meeting
Edwin Gould was re-elected president of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company at the annual stockholders and directors meeting. The Cotton Belt system reports a flourishing year in its 18th annual report.
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Gould Heads
St. Louis
Edwin Gould
St. Louis, Southwestern Railway Company
Union Pacific Ordered to Build Kansas City Depot
Topeka Oct 7 The state board of railway commissioners ordered the Union Pacific to build and maintain an adequate depot at Kansas City Kansas and ensure proper facilities for passengers and freight.
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Topeka
Kan
State Board of Railway Commissioners
Union Pacific
Kansas City
Man on trial for shooting sweetheart in Plymouth County
A Plymouth County grand jury at the October term indicted Wm Wood for robbing an Akron jewelry store. The term’s sole criminal case is the Iowa vs Caspar Nieuhus for attempted murder of Anna Wengler, who survived after six shots. three bullets remain in her body. The jury, including J J Lieb as foreman, was empanelled and discharged the same day with Judge fould presiding.
Millennium Seer Gives Up Money in End of World Belief
John Williams, a Newark man, returned from Massachusetts believing the world would end. He emptied his funds into a collection plate and now has no money while his wife seeks a divorce. His wife urged him to stay, but he left with his cash, leaving him exhausted and disillusioned.
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Newark
N. J
John Williams
Massachusetts
Williams
Des Moines Man Shoots Wife Then Kills Himself
Dennis Sweeney of New Saylor area shoots his separated wife at an early hour, then fires on himself. Sweeney is found dead in a nearby corn field while the wife is reported dead.
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Des Moines
Dennis Sweeney
New Saylor
Sweeney
Cook Renewed Pledge to Danes Denies First Pole Records Claim
Copenhagen reports say Dr. Frederick A. Cook denied press claims that he asked the University of Copenhagen to waive examination of his North Pole voyage records. Professor Terp, rector, received Cook’s cable stating the records will go to Copenhagen first. After a Baltimore lecture, Cook clarified the misunderstanding of his intentions.
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Terp
Univerisity
Dr. Cook
Frederick A. Cook
Cook
University of Copenhagen
North Pole
Denmark
Baltimore
Boy and horse killed by Rock Island train near Leighton
Cornelius Vangemeret aged 11 was ground to pieces when a Rock Island train struck the outfit near Leighton. The horse was killed and his mother escaped with her infant after jumping clear from the wagon.
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Cornelius Vangemeret
Rock Island Tracks
Leighton
Mrs Elizabeth Jones Dies in Wilkes Barre After Bearing 22 Children
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania Mrs Elizabeth Jones aged 60 died today. She had 22 children with only three surviving who were at her bedside.
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Wilkesbarre
Elizabeth Jones
American woman dies on Atlantic liner
The Marquise Marie des Montiers-Merinville, aged 46, passenger on the Kron Princizen Cecilie, died aboard near quarantine. Died of Bright's disease. She was formerly Miss May Caldwell of Louisville and New York, a prominent social figure in the south. Sister Baronees Lodowitz notified. body held on ship pending funeral directions.
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New York
Marquise Marie Des Montiers
Musician Eliza Muenterfering Dies in Omaha
Madame Eliza Muenterfering a renowned musician died in Omaha at 61 from stomach cancer. She passed away at the home of her son Herman Muenterfering after a national reputation in music.
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Omaha
Neb
Eliza Muenterfering
United States
Herman Muenterfering
Father and Son Drop Dead in Pittsburg
John W. Ferree aged 58 died suddenly in Pittsburg on October 7, three days after his son died. Ferree had been declared legally dead eight years earlier after disappearing, then recently reappeared with his family before his death.
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Pittsburg
John W. Ferree
Ferree
Bankers Walsh 10 Suffer Sentence Imposed by Jury
John R. Walsh convicted of misapplication of Chicago National Bank funds must serve a five year sentence unless the U S Supreme Court overturns the verdict. The Chicago jury's verdict upheld despite defense claims of lack of criminal intent.
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Walsh
Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
United States Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Mr. Walsh
Court of Appeals
Humphrey
Grosscup
Palmer
Anderson
Creole Chefs Barred as Taft Visit Brings Opera Plan
New Orleans plans to honor President Taft with music during his visit later this month after a ban on rich Creole dishes. French opera season starts late October, with Bourbon Street opera house boxes reserved for Taft Sherman Cannon and other dignitaries as the lakes to gulf waterways convention continues.
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New Orleans
Taft
Old French Opera House
Bourbon Street
Sherman
Cannon
Gloomy Advices on Cotton Crops
Washington reports from October 6 state the department of agriculture shows a very unfavorable cotton crop condition this season. Dr. S A Knapp cites two causes: excessive early rainfall followed by drought and farmers lacking bank advances. Boll weevil pressure worsened labor reductions across the fields.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
S. A. Knapp
South
Market News Sparks Excitement in Cotton Prices
New York, Oct 6 reports from Washington stir the cotton market as ginned bales reach 2,562,888 through Sept 25, below last year’s 2,590,639. December cotton hits 23.51 and March 13.60, while a 58.5 percent crop condition shows expected figures, followed by heavy selling that erases gains.
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New York
Washington
Census Bureau
Burro Attacks Prospector as He Fights for Blood
Jacob George, an elderly Mojave desert prospector, was found near death after being lost two days in the Slate range near Death Valley. He had shot his leg accidentally while trying to wound his pack animal to draw blood for his swollen throat, and the animal mauled him until miners spotted him and rushed him to Lone Willow Springs for care.
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Cal
Jacob George
Mojave
George
Lone Willow Springs
Slate Range
Death Valley
French Jury Acquits Man Who Killed Wife to End Suffering
In Paris a assize court jury acquitted Baudin who admitted shooting his incurably ill wife after she pleaded for death. The case described the wife’s continuous pain and her influence over her husband, whose will the jury found weak.
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Paris
Assize Court
Baudin
Taft Lays Cornerstone of Portland Church
President Taft, in Portland, lays the cornerstone for the First Universalist church in East Portland. He uses a silver trowel, receives applause as he ensures proper placement, and vows support for any church preaching true religion and morality. His train departed at 6:10 p.m. for Sacramento.
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Ore
Taft
Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
First Universal'st
East Portland
Southern Pacific Railroad
Sacramento
Cal
Half-breed rancher Narcelle found dead on road
Pierre dispatch reports Narcisse Narcelle, a prominent halfbreed stockman of the west river country, was found dead north of the Cheyenne River Saturday. Authorities believe he was killed when his wagon struck a rut and was thrown from the wagon.
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Pierre
Narcisse Narcelle
West River Country
Cheyenne River
Pope Pius Improves After Illness Brightens Rome
The pope, after several days of indisposition, had a good night and is much better today. He resumed his audiences in Rome on October 6 as his condition improves.
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Pius
Rome
Wright Amazes New York With Big Flying Fe
Wilbur Wright flies a remarkable cross river flight in New York waters. He starts 75 feet above water and climbs to 800 feet, looping past Grant's tomb and the British cruiser Argyle. The 18 mile journey lasts about 3 minutes and 33 seconds as crowds cheer from shore and ships watch in awe.
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Wright
New York
Wilbur Wr
North River
Mr. Wright
Paet Grant
Argyle
Machine Works West
Aerdome
Giernors' Island
Mrr. Wing
Strikes Lose: Employees Resume Work in Omaha
In Omaha on October 6 the streetcar strike ends as workers return to former positions. Many had stayed to collect two weeks of strike benefits totaling ten dollars per man, then resumed runs. Strike leader Pratt left, signaling perceived defeat.
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Omaha
Neb
Pratt
Albert Pulitzer Dies by Suicide While Abroad
Vienna reports Albert Pulitzer brother of Joseph Pulitzer publisher of the New York World died by suicide in Vienna after poisoning himself and then shooting himself in the temple. He had suffered a nervous breakdown and had spent years in Europe before briefly returning to New York.
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Albert Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer
The
New York World
Pulitzer
New York
Europe
Mr. Pulitzer
Hungary
United States
Young Women's
Leavenworth
Kaw
Chicago
Illinois Staats Zeitung
Sun and Herald
New York Morning Journal
William R. Hearst
American
Hearst
Roman de
Prince Eugene
Berlin
Albert
Massive Early Registration at Lemmon Lands
Crowds flocked to Lemmon South Dakota for Cheyenne and Standing Rock reservation land registration starting after midnight with a surge of settlers gathering by 10:30 p m last night.
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Lemmon Register
Lemmon, S. D
Cheyenne
Standing Rock
Peary Arctic Club Plans Statement on Pole Claim
The Peary Arctic club officers met to formally pass on proof that Dr Coe did not reach the pole. The club will publish the statement in a few days.
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New York
Peary Arctic Club
Robert E. Peary
Dr. Coe
Pole
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