Hughes Awakens Enthusiasm in West
Governor Hughes draws large crowds across Minnesota on a grueling day of 16 speeches. He attacks Bryan’s policies, contrasts Taft’s record, and asks voters to choose between the two leaders as he campaigns from La Crosse to Mankato and beyond. Local supporters hail him as the big man in this part of the world.
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Tribune
St. Paul
Hughes
la Crosse
Wis
Minnesota
Mankato
New York State
Bryan
Taft
Brran
James A. Tawney
Govenor Hughes
Tawney
Kyota
New York
Tammany Hall
Neeks
Chicago & Northwestern
Clapp
Winona
Taw- Rey
Echo
Rabid Dog Attacks Four In Elizabeth
A bulldog bitten by a rabid dog in Elizabeth left three people, including Mrs. Harvey M. Day, near hydrophobia. Physicians fear she will die, and warn her husband may suffer a fatal shock once told. Pasteur treatments underway for the others.
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Elizabeth
Harvey M. Day
Chevy Street
Samuel Doty
A. O. Buck
Day
De Wolf Hopper Hurt In Eight Foot Stage Fall
De Wolf Hopper fell eight feet from the stage during What Happened Then at the Wieting Opera House in Syracuse on October 5. A hoisting hook broke, causing a hard impact. he was unconscious, later revived, but suffered concussion and possible skull fracture with serious cuts and bruises.
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the Tribune
Syracuse
N. Y
Wieting Opera House
de Wolf Hopper
Higginson Excused From Jury Duty Over Book Writing
Alexander Henry Higginson, master of hounds for the Middlesex Hunt Club, was excused from Middlesex Superior Court jury duty to finish his book The History of the Hunt in the United States and Canada. The judge remarked the book was more important than jury service.
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the Tribune
Boston
Alexander Henry Higginson
Middlesex Hunt Club
Middlesex Superior Court
Fox
United States
Canada
Mr. Higginson
Girl Hopes To Live After Glass Pierces Brain
Fifteen year old Blanche Goldstein of Brooklyn was struck by a falling window pane. A glass shard pierced her skull and entered the brain, but surgeons at St Marys Hospital removed a tumorlike brain gathering and trepanned the skull. The patient regained alertness and asked for her parents after the operation.
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Blanche Goldstein
No. Tad St. Mark’s Avenue
Brooklyn
St. Mary’s Hospital
Suffragettes Rioting at New York Meeting Ends in Free Fight
A National Progressive Women's Suffrage Union event on 125th Street and Seventh Avenue devolved into a mêlée last night. Speakers Mary Coleman Helen Murphy and Dr Julia Sears sparked the dispute as two women argued over suffrage rights. Fights broke out with friends taking sides and Coleman fainting. Police reserves quelled the disturbance and Coleman threatened to charge the officers on post with allowing the fight.
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National Progressive Women’s Suffrage Union
125Th Street
Seventh Avenue
West 125Th Street
Mary Coleman
Helen Murphy
Julia Sears
Miss Coleman
Hope for the Giants in pennant chase after win
The Giants won the first of three against Boston and must sweep today and tomorrow to tie Chicago in the National League race. The NL board postponed decision on the New York Chicago protested game, adjourning to 10 today, signaling possible Giants gains.
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Giants
Boston
Chicago
National League
New York
Sporting
Stewart Incapacitated by Heart Disease at Fort Grant
The medical board of army officers finds Colonel William F. Stewart incapacitated for active service due to heart disease first shown 34 years ago. Stewart, placed in command at Fort Grant by President Roosevelt, will present testimony and witnesses before a retiring board to continue the case.
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Washington
Medical Board of Army
William F. Stewart
Fort Grant
Arizona
Roosevelt
Stewart
Yankee cruiser Yankee freed attempt foiled by tides
By Telegraph to The Tribune. Dover Conn Oct 5. Woerd reported the Scott Wrecking Company tried to float the stranded United States cruiser Yankee at high tide this afternoon but failed. More pumps have been sent to help free the vessel.
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Tribune
Don, Conn
Woerd
Scott Wrecking Company
Yankee
Belp
Doctors Protest Denslow Locomotor Ataxia Cure Claim
New York neurologists addressed letters to Dr. John A Wyeth protesting Dr Denslows assertion that he cured locomotor ataxia and urging the Academy of Medicine not to entertain such claims They call the cure claim absurd and say any condemnation should come from proper medical forums.
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le Grand Norton Denslow
Academy of Medicine
New York
John A. Wyeth
Academy
B. Sachs
No. 21
East 65Th Street
New York Neurological Society
Denslow
Joseph Collins
West 54Th Street
Dr. Denslow
Dr. Collins
E. B. Fisher
West 52d Street
Prince of Wales’s tree cut down in Central Park
The big English oak planted in 1861 by the Prince of Wales later King Edward VII on the Mall in Central Park was cut down yesterday by Park Superintendent Beatty. The tree had rotted since 1903 and several attempts to save it had failed.
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Mall
Central Park
Edward VII
Prince of Wales
Beatty
Registration figures show varied citywide first day totals
The first day of city registration reached 227 515, down 28 047 from 1904 but up 5 845 from 1906. Manhattan and The Bronx totaled 123 971, Brooklyn 24 179, Queens 14 555, and Richmond 5 012, with reapportionment affecting several Manhattan districts and Jews missing due to religious holidays.
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Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Queens
Richmond
Hitchcock confident Taft will win presidency
Chairman Hitchcock expressed strong belief in Judge Taft's forthcoming victory. He cited fuller reports and Republican enthusiasm from recent meetings with Taft, Sherman, and Hughes, and said the campaign has eliminated any doubt about the outcome.
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Hitchcock
Judge Taft
Representative Sherman
Hughes
Runaway on Hudson Boulevard Kills Hoboken Woman
Mrs. Stephen Dieckman of 710 Hudson Street Hoboken was thrown from a carriage and killed in a Hudson Boulevard runaway yesterday afternoon. Her son, maid, and coachman were severely injured. Dieckman’s husband, owner of West New York land, was mid office when the accident occurred near Highwood Terrace after a touring car passed a steam roller and caused the carriage to be struck between them.
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Stephen Dieckman
Hudson Street
Hoboken
Hudson Boulevard Loop
Woman Bravely Rescues Toddler From Cistern
Mrs. William Weiss of Vriesland kept her head above water for ten hours in a cistern to save a two year old neighbor boy who fell in. She plunged after Jim, reached him at the bottom, and held him aloft until help arrived. she was pulled out unconscious and is seriously ill.
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the Tribune
Holland, Mich
William Wess
Vriesland
Storm Bellevue Gate After Hurt Chauffeur
Bellevue Hospital gates were stormed as attackers tried to reach chauffeur Charles Hamilton who lay injured in an ambulan ce inside. Police and East 35th Street station officers intervened as the crowd dispersed and a suspect, Adam Finch, was arrested. The strike situation at New York Taxicab Company headquarters led to sleeping quarters being set up and later removed amid safety concerns.
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Bellevue Hospital
East 36Th Street
Byrne
Charles Hamilton
Kent Avenue
Brooklyn
East 62d
Third Avenue
Poiceman
Charles Lorenz
East 35Th Street
Guile
Hamilton
Bellevue
Flynn
Adam Finch
Tremont Avenue
Allen
New York
No. 42
West 62Th Street
William Beggin
Fire Department
Walsh
Reidy
West 6Sth Street
Beggin
Broadway
Connecticut Still Day Reveals Shifts In Liquor Legislation
New Haven Oct 5 A statewide tally shows temperance and licensing supporters trading towns with dry areas. Prohibitionists maintain numbers though several large towns moved to license, including Milford New Milford Killingly New Canaan North Canaan Barkhamstead Manchester and Plymouth Branford flips a major town away from license. Final counts anticipate about 75 license to 93 dry towns. Dewey's grape juice advertises 1998 vintage bottled by Dewey and Sons Co.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Milford
New Milford
Killingly
New Canaan
North Canaan
Barkhamstead
Manchester
Plymouth
Branford
Bulgaria Now Free Powers to Mediate
Prince Ferdinand proclaimed independence of Bulgaria and awaits Austrian confirmation of Bosnia and Herzegovina annexation. Paris reports France England and Russia will act together for peace with tentative proposals to Turkey. Russia seeks power to revise the Berlin Treaty. Germany backs Austria’s plan. Britain withholds sanction for now.
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Bulgaria
Ferdinand
Austria-Hungary
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Paris
France
England
Russia
Ers
Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
Prince Ferdinand Proclaims Bulgarian Independence at Tirnovo
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria announces Bulgaria's independence at Tirnovo after arrival ceremonies and a church proclamation. He outlines historical ties to Russia and Romania, praises 1878 heroes, and vows peaceful relations with Turkey while guiding Bulgaria toward full nationhood.
France as Peacemaker In Balkan Mediation Effort
Paris reports France, joined by Great Britain, Russia and possibly Italy, acting to avert war between Turkey and Bulgaria. Proposals for an international conference on revising the Berlin Treaty are discussed, with Turkey's stance and mobilization concerns shaping the likely outcome. Bulgaria is seen as potentially favoring conflict, while European powers seek a peaceful solution through diplomacy.
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France
Great Britain
Russia
Italy
Constantinople
Berlin
Turkey
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