Bulgaria Moves Toward Independence and Czar Title
Reports from Yoledon and Paris indicate Bulgaria may proclaim independence with Rumelia and assume the title Czar. Austria-Hungary seeks annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, risking conflict with Turkey and shattering the Berlin Treaty, while other powers weigh responses and the East Rumelian railway dispute fades in importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria-Hungary
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Turkey
Austria
Balkans
Lawson Badly Hurt In Carriage Fall And Horse Kick
Eucypt Massachusetts October 4 Thomas W Lawson a financier was thrown from his carriage near North Scituate and kicked by a horse. He was unconscious then taken to a drug store and later home Dreamwold. His daughter Miss Bunnie Lawson escaped injury while Arnold Lawson said the injuries were not serious.
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Eucypt
Mass
Thomas W.lawson
North Scituate
Lawson
Dreamword
Mr. Lawson
Miss “Bunnie” Lawson
Dougie
Miss Lawson
Dreamwold
Arnold Lawson
Express Kills Two In Long Island Train Crash
James C English twenty six No 50 Leroy street and Miss Catherine Murphy of 14 Morton street were struck and killed by the Greenport Amagansett express near Winfield as they walked to visit Englishs sister Mrs Cook. Engineer William Squire says he did not see them until late. flagman warned them moments before impact.
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James C. English
Leroy Street
Long Island
Winfield
Catherine Murphy
Morton Street
English
Miss Murphy
William Squire
Postmaster in Embreeville kills brother in law then wife
N Beales post master at Embreeville shoots and murders Burnley Bayless then fatally harms his wife in their home. He later hangs himself in his city jail cell with a rope. Beales and Bayless were brothers in law through marriage of sisters. Authorities note prior family discord and recent nervous strain after rescuing Henry Ferris from the Chucky River.
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Tribune
Johnson City
Tenn
N. Beales
Embreeville
Burnley Bayless
Bayless
Beales
Henry Ferris
Chucky
End of CP Strike in Winnipeg Settlement Reached
The Winnipeg based report states the Conservative government secured a settlement of the Canadian Pacific strike. The terms mirror the Lemieux act conciliation board plan for labor disputes. Striking workers return to work unconditionally with married men and first class mechanics to resume tomorrow.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Board of Conciliation
Lemieux
Bishop Tierney Nearing Death After Stroke in Hartford
The Right Rev Michael Tierney bishop of Hartford lies at death's door after a stroke last night. Physicians say survival is unlikely. The last Sacrament was given by Father Thomas S Duggan and Vicar General John Synnott.
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Hartford
Conn
Michael Tierney
Thomass. Duggan
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
John Synnott
Explosion at Pittsborg Plate Glass Works Causes Big Blaze
An explosion of gas at Pittsborg Plate Glass Company works No 2 Tarentum suburb triggered a large fire causing heavy losses and hundreds of workers to lose their jobs. Watchman J A Long was knocked down and injured. Half the plant was ruined by the blast and ensuing flames.
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Pittsburg
Pittsborg Plate Glass Company
Tarentum
Teatay
J. A. Long
Wlils
Sovereigns of Bulgaria Prepare to Proclaim Independence
Prince Ferdinand plans to declare Bulgaria's independence today with his wife Princess Eleanor of Reuss. Ferdinand wed Eleanor in March 198.
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Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Eleanor of Reuss
Wild Runaway Horse Kills Woman on Broadway
A frightened horse attached to a light runabout bolted along Broadway after noon yesterday, dragging through crowds and a passing fire engine. Mrs. Isa belle Van Cleaf died at J Hood Wright Hospital from a fractured skull. her son John C. Van Cleaf was injured. Police and bicyclists pursued the horse for blocks as hundreds sought safety.
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153D Street
Broadway
152D Street
Isabelle van Cleaf
West 49Th Street
John C. van Cleaf
Mutual Bank
van Cleaf
Lafayette Boulevard
159Th Street
West 145Th Street
Mr. van Cleaf
150Th Street
James TL White
145Th Street
White
147Th Street
McGough
Casey
Jilted Lover Lloyd Howell Shoots Himself in Park
Richmond dispatch reports 15 year old Lloyd F Howell, recently broken engagement with Miss Pela Penick, went to Gambie's Hill Park at dawn and shot himself. He told his mother of the plan and was found dead hours later by a milkman.
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Richmond
Lloyd F. Howell
Pela Penick
Gambie's Hill Park
Cuincat
Chance Yet For Giants as McGraw Sees Tie Chance
J J McGraw says the Giants can tie Chicago for the pennant by winning three straight from Boston after a Chicago win over Pittsburgh. He plans Wiltse Ames and Mathewson as starters. Chicago already clinches if New York fails to sweep Boston. a potential three game playoff would be at a to be decided site.
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J. J. McGraw
Giants
Tribune
Chicago
Wiltse
Ames
Mathewson
New York
Boston
Chicago Cubs
Pittsburg
Pirates
Cubs
League
Cincinnati
Brown
Vic Willis
White Sox
Detroit
Murphy
Dreyfus
Pulliam
Falls Down Palisades Kill Yonkers Camper
John Auer a 45 year old resident of 187 Riverdale Avenue Yonkers fell from a tree while gathering chestnuts on the Palisades. He was carried by nearby campers to Main Street recreation pier then to St Josephs Hospital where he died about an hour later from internal hemorrhage caused by broken ribs puncturing his lung.
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John Auer
Riverdale Avenue
Yonkers
Auer
Recreation Pier
Main Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Bear Escapes Cage Kills Infant At Tucson Park
In Tucson at Elysian Grove on October 4 a large black bear escaped and charged visitors. The wife of a Southern Pacific employee, Russ Laird, fled with an infant in a go cart but the bear seized the child and crushed it in view of the mother before a policeman's shot felled the bear. Bystanders then fired and killed the animal.
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Tucson
Ariz
Elysian Grove
Russ Laird
Bryan electors resign in Massachusetts
Telegraph report notes Democratic leaders Ferdinand Strauss and Charles A. Davis decline to serve as presidential electors. Strauss, a longtime Democrat and Taft admirer, says he will vote for Taft. Davis also refuses Bryan and cites personal friendship with Taft as reason.
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Massachusetts
Taft
The
Tribune
Boston
Ferdinand Strauss
Charles A. Davis
Strauss
William H. Taft
Davis
Bryan
Parker
State Committee
Mr. Taft
Names misstates Colorado committee picks in Bryan and Kern link
Denver reports Nathan Straus appoints Colorado members to a Bryan and Kern association committee, naming President Allison of the First National Bank and Cashier Bromley of the Boulder National, both lifelong Republicans. Each rebukes supporting Bryan, claiming Straus has another guess forthcoming. the Boulder convention backs a Taft club member for Treasurer.
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The
Tribune
Denver
Nathan Straus
Business Men's National
Bryan and Kern Association
Colorado
Allison
First National Bank
Bromley
Boulder National
Bryan
Straus
Mr. Straus
Boulder County
Taft Club
Tuxedo Villa Afire At Lookout Point
Fire destroyed most of a Lookout Point villa in Tuxedo Park as guests arrived for trotting races. Theodore Frelinghuysen owns the property and about 25,000 dollars in damages were reported after the fire started in the servants quarters around 9 o clock. Local volunteers aided by cottage residents removed contents while water damage added to losses. The blaze disrupted a crowded social evening.
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The
Tribune
Tuxedo Park
Lookout Point
Theodore Frelinghuysen
Dreams of burglar flees after thwarted Brooklyn break in
Mrs. Elizabeth Nothworth awoke to a burglar rifling her bureau in 898 Rockaway Avenue Brooklyn. She fought, the intruder struck her with a chisel handle, neighbors and police captured him after a pursuit during which two shots were fired. He gave the name Charles Warner of Greenpoint and Manhattan Avenues. He was held for examination.
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Elizabeth Nothworth
Rockaway Avenue
Brooklyn
Charles Warner
Greenpoint
Manhattan Avenues
Manhattan Avenue Court
Limps and Hatpins Arise From Pittsburg Sesqui Centennial
Pittsburg on October 4 reports a public demonstration turned painful as women defending themselves with hatpins jabbed men who teased them with ticklers. Dozens of men sustained injuries severe enough to require physicians and some feared to lose limbs.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Salt Lake LDS Church backs prohibition support pledge
In Salt Lake City on October 4, fifteen thousand church members proclaimed opposition to liquor traffic and unanimously approved a resolution pledging the entire Church to support prohibition legislation.
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Salt Lake City
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Nine Die in Mulberry Street Tenement Fire
A fierce blaze at 71 Mulberry Street early today killed nine people and injured 17 as residents fled through smoke filled halls and fire escapes. Investigators suspect incendiary origin. Dominic Fuccelli family among the dead. several missing or gravely injured.
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Mulberry Street
Harvard treasure expedition foiled in Jamaica
Harvard students aboard the Mayflower searched for a sunken Spanish galleon off Kingston Jamaica but were outpaced by a Jamaican syndicate. Divers recovered several Spanish coins as the wreck lay broken on the seabed. The expedition’s leader is the son of Sir Henry Blake, former Jamaica governor. Local ad for Haan's Restaurant follows.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Harvard
New York
Montego Bay
Sir Henry Arthur Blake
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