Ferdinand for Peace Demand of Powers Met
The fourteenth Bulgarian Assembly opened as Emperor Ferdinand read a pacific throne speech defending his government. He pledged to reimburse losses and urged unity to defend Bulgaria’s rightous cause of peace and civilization in the Balkans. A grand procession, military display, and cheers greeted the monarch, Empress, and entourage.
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National
Ferdinand
Tirnova
Balkans
Turkey
Francis Joseph
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Savoff
Alexander
Tracems
Marie Louise
National Assembly
Europe
Bulgaria
Great Britain
France
Imany
Italy
Bucerian
Servia Still Warlike on Drina Strip Demand
Premier Milovanovics said Servia regards ceding the Zone along the Drina as essential to join with Montenegro and gain a sea outlet. Austrian refusal would force Servia to defend existence and ready herself to fight to the last if needed, but not rush into war.
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London
M. Milovanovics
Drina
Montenegro
Onia
Herzegovina
Servia
Crown Prince George Arrives in Petersburg
Crown Prince George of Serbia arrived in Petrograd from Belgrade and was lodged in the Winter Palace. He was greeted by a crowd outside the station despite police clearing the area to avoid interruptions from Serbians and Bulgarians who sought to deliver welcoming addresses.
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Petersburg
George
Crown Prince
Servia
Belgrade
Winter Palace
Russian Minister Detained After Frontier Incident
Belgrade reports Russian Minister to Servia M Sergucieff angered by a frontier incident last night. He crossed the Danube to Seriin opposite Belgrade to meet his wife and was detained and manhandled by Austro Hungarian police on his return, with baggage ransacked.
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Belgrade
M. Sergucieff
Servia
Hungary
Danube
Seriin
Wrights give aeroplane lessons at Le Mans
Wilbur Wright conducted a flight lesson in Le Mans under his contract with Count de Lambert. Three flights totaling twelve, eight, and seven minutes demonstrated a new control lever enabling the instructor to manage the pupil's movements. Count de Lambert praised the handling and predicted rapid proficiency. The British Aero Club awarded the Wright brothers a gold medal.
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Count de Lambert
le Mans
Wilbur Wright
Count de Lamte
Onion
British Aero Club
Wright Brothers
Notable 1900s Foreign Notes From Europe and Canada
King Alfonso unveils a monument in Saragossa welcomed by locals. Mauretania sustains minor stem damage docking for overhaul. Will of Manuel Silva Buissa found in Lisbon citing liberty and equality for his children. Steam barge Fred Mercer runs ashore near Vincent, Kingston. vessel belonged to Hall company of Jensburg.
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Lisbon
Manuel Siva Buissa
Carios
Kingston
Ontario
Fred Mercer
Oswego
Epe Vincent
Hall Company
Jensburg
Slemierity
New York
Light
HeNides
Kingstown
Seal Poachers Raid Russian Grounds Backed by Patrols
The Monteagle reports Russian seizure of two Japanese seal schooners in the North Pacific. The Bosa was intercepted near a rookery. six armed men were left on the rookery as a patrol ship arrived. A second schooner near Great Santa Island was burned after the crew deserted and fled.
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Victoria
B. C
North Pacific
Monteagie
Bosa
Great Santal Island
Kaiser’s friendship for Britain outlined in interviews
Berlin reports Foreign Office notes an interview with Emperor William published in The London Daily Telegraph. It says the interview is largely accurate and discusses Franco Russian mediation, potential triple alliance aims against Britain, and doubts about mutual guarantees to preserve France Russia alliance and Alsace Lorraine.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
William
London Daily Telegraph
Wernigerode
Prince Stolberg
Great Britain
France
Russia
Paris
Echo de Paris
Germany
M. Delcassé
Count Mouravieff
Frankfort
Alsace-Lorraine
Douma Opens Session as Balkans Tension Looms
The autumn session of Russia's third Douma opened in St. Petersburg with expectations of greater usefulness than prior sessions. The Tauride Palace began with an urgent interpellation on the Balkan situation. M. Makiakoff of the Constitutional Democrat party harshly criticized the government over Austria Hungary annexation moves.
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St. Petersburg
Council of Empire
Tauride
Balkan
M. Makiakoff
Constitutional Democrat
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria-Hungary
Chinese greet fleet as Amoy hosts Amory scenes
Shanghai reports welcome telegrams from Viceroy Twan Fang and other officials to Rear Admiral Emory of the American battleship fleet. Amoy observers note arrivals of Captain Reeves and delegates, while Culgoa sails for wireless contact. Ivy from General Lee’s grave and a bronze tablet were placed at the Amoy Club grounds by American residents.
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Shanghai
Twan Fang
Nanking
Emory
Chinese Press, Association
Polish schools closed in Warsaw amid student attacks
In Warsaw on October 2 private Polish schools were shut by governors in retaliation for nearly daily assaults on Russian university students in the streets. The Poles have appealed to the Douma.
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Warsaw
Private Michael Beecham Sentenced for Camp Stotsenburg Killings
Manila report says Private Michael Beecham of the 1st Cavalry received a life sentence for the May Camp Stotsenburg massacre in which four comrades were killed. He is expected to appeal though the Supreme Court could impose death.
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Manila
Michael Beecham
1St Cavalry
Camp Stotsenburg
Beecham
Supreme Court
Disciple of Burbank Praises Corsets in Talk
Dr. L. E. Landrone urged using Luther Burbank plant theories to train children and endorsed corsets as strengthening torso muscles. He claimed the modern form would weaken without the stays and that body fluids reflect emotions with anger and sorrow harming them while love and happiness purify them.
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Tribune
Los Angeles
L. E. Landrone
Luther Burbank
Women's Literary Club
Girl blows in big steel furnace at Jones & Laughlin
Miss Mildred Machlosky a Vassar graduate and daughter of the furnace superintendent ignited an idle Jones & Laughlin steel furnace in Pittsburg before about a thousand cheering workers. The blast followed a resumed demand for pig iron.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Mildred Mach‘losky
Vassar
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Venezuela answers Dutch note while ill in bed
Caracas reports President Castro, confined to bed by illness, responding to the Netherlands note on October 12. Venezuela rejects mere compensation for a destroyed consular shield and warns that Holland’s threats to revoke the 18 November protocol risk conflict.
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Caracas
Ocellis
Castro
Netherlands
Venezuela
Curagao
Holland
the Hague
Sperial
Garcia
Curacao
la Guayra
Kensington's Seizure Leaves Sailor to Recount Escape
A crew member named Ballentyne of the British schooner Lady Kensington reports escape from Venezuelan officers off Margarita. He reached St. Vincent after paddling a canoe to Trinidad, while the vessel and most passengers remain detained. current aid is 29 cents daily.
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St. Vincent
Margarita
Caribbean Sea
Venezuela
Ballentyne
Gulf of Paria
Trinidad
Lady Kensington
Pampatar
Yaqui Peace Near Reports from Sonora Battle and Surrenders
Reports from El Paso and Bisbee indicate a clash north of Altar Sonora with forty Yaquis killed after Papagos allegedly were armed by the Mexican government. Hermosillo saw twenty four Yaqui warriors surrender after a skirmish. a treaty favorable to the Yaquis was anticipated this week.
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el Paso
Tex
Altar
Sonora
Mex
Bisbee
Aziz
Hermosillo
Bule
Torres
Europe
Two Large Contracts Signal Steel Trade Upswing
United States Steel announces two major contracts boosting iron and steel optimism. One covers 20,000 tons for Chicago and Northwestern Railway station steel. the other supplies 15,900 tons for a planned world’s largest apartment building by United States Realty and Improvement Company on Broadway Amsterdam Avenue 86th and 87th streets.
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United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
United States Realty and Improvement Company
Broadway
Amsterdam Avenue
86Th and
Sith Streets
Woman Falls Before Train On Busy Fifth Avenue Line
An unknown woman paced the Fifth Avenue L station at 40th Street in Brooklyn for over half an hour before throwing herself in front of a northbound six car train. The first two cars ran over her, and the body lay near the third car. A witness, James Stiles of 4809 Fourth Avenue, said she had let several trains pass before the fatal action. Traffic halted for about an hour and the body, not yet identified, was taken to the morgue.
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Fifth Avenue
40Th Street
Brooklyn
James Stiles
Fourth Avenue
Smuggling case against coral dealer De Simone
Michele De Simone of A. De Simone & Son was arraigned on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and smuggling coral products. He was held in 3500 bail for examination on November 4 after failing to post bond and was sent to the Tombs. Customs inspector Leon J. Hyams alleges a October 19 conspiracy with others to recover seized coral by false statements claiming purchases from city dealers.
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Michele de Simone
A. de Simone & Son
United States
Shields
de Simone
Leon J. Hyams
Pasquale Caligari
Ciro di Fillipis
Hyams
Two Found Dead in Greenfield Double Tragedy
In Greenfield Massachusetts on October 28 Benjamin E Gaines thirty nine and Miss Harriet Mabel Wing ten years younger were found dying from bullet wounds at Miss Wing s boarding house No 1 Wells street They died without making a statement Police believe Gaines shot Miss Wing then killed himself no motive is known The pair had been seen together often but there was no known quarrel or engagement
Government Coal Suit Highlights Car Shortage Pressure
The government suit to dissolve the coal trust built today on evidence that independents could not obtain railroad cars to sell directly. A Pardee & Co executive testified the firms sold to railroads at 60 percent of tidewater prices after 1892 agreements with Baer Truesdale and Lehigh Valley lines. The hearing before examiner C H Guilbert adjourned with plans to resume.
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Philadelphia
Coal Trust
C. H. Guilbert
United States District Court
H. M. Howe
A. Pardee & Co
MacReynold
Independent Dealers’ Association
Baer
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Thomas
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Howe
Schwab's Friend Fooled in Larceny Case
D B Brown of Pittsburg and D S Brown, New England agent for Bethlehem Iron Works, were arrested in Boston on larceny charges after L C Collins alleged he was defrauded of 20 by bad cigars. Police released them on $1000 bail. Collins blamed the incident on the two Browns in their office.
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Tribuna
Boston
D. B. Brown
Pittsburg
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Iron Works
D. S. Brown
New England
L. C. Collins
Brown
Collins
Crabbe Wins Full Back Salary Verdict Against Zeigler Coal
Chicago Oct. 28 The jury returned a verdict for Hugh Crabbe former secretary to L Z Leiter against Zeigler Coal Co for 841666 back salary The plaintiff vowed further actions against Joseph Leiter Mary Z Leiter widow and trustees of the Leiter estate and announced related suits in New Jersey for 300000 and 3500 respectively
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Tribune
Chicago
Hugh Crabbe
L. Z. Leiter
Zeigler Coal Company
Crabbe
Mr. Crabbe
Joseph Leiter
Mary Z. Leiter
Leiter
New Jersey
Parade Orders for Business Men Republicans Association
Police Commissioner Bingham issued orders for Saturday parade arrangements. The march starts 10 30 am at State Street and Battery Place, proceeds up Broadway to Waverley Place Fifth Avenue then Seth Street, ends at disbanding. A signal station is at Worth Monument with ambulance links. crosstown cars pass during gaps. fire and ambulance streets kept clear. mail wagons unaffected. rear Admiral Coghlan serves as grand marshal with staff at Pine Street.
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Bingham
Business Men's Republican Association
State Street
Battery Place
Broadway
Waverley Place
Fifth Avenue
Seth Street
Worth Monument
26Th Street
J. B. Coghlan
Pine Street
Worth Street
40Th Streets
Oliver B. Bridgman
Bankers’ and Brokers
Broad Street
Maritime Exchange
Whitmore Trial Moves Toward Defense After Witness Flurry
After three days in court the Theodore Whitmore murder trial shifted to a possible alibi defense. The defense claims another man killed Helena Whitmore and presents witness Volz who places “Gold Tooth Billy” Bartlett with Helena the night before the body was found in Lampblack Swamp near Harrison New Jersey. Jury toured the swamp site and heard descriptions of items linked to the case while key state witness Lottie Carroll faltered.
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Theodore Whitmore
Helena
Lampblack Swamp
Harrison
N. J
Whitmore
Theodore Volz
Billy” Bartlett
Bowery
Newark
Elliott
Lena
Battery Dan Finn Defies Warrants In Election Fraud Probe
Magistrate Battery Dan Finn in West Line court refuses to issue warrants and summonses for alleged registration frauds, arguing evidence is insufficient. He attacked William Leary, Superintendent of Elections, calling his requests vague. A plain clothes officer sought twelve warrants for registration agents as three hundred warrants were deemed invalid. Leary claims the magistrates block lawful action. Patrolman Madigan faces illegal registration charges amid torn registry pages.
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Dan” Finn
West Line Court
Crane
William Leary
Leary
West 47Th Street
Dan
Tammany
Thomas P. Madigan
Mercer Street
Varick Street
Bleecker Street
Bleeceer Street
Madigan
Man Claims Eight Hours As Prisoner At Elections Office
James Thompson an insurance agent and partner at Kenzel and Thompson says he was held for eight hours in the Bureau of Elections at 27 West 42d Street for refusing to sign affidavits and read them. He was taken to night court on a charge of violating metropolitan elections law Section 7. Magistrate Barlow set $50 bail for Friday examination in the 4th District Court.
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Bureau of Elections
West 42d Street
James Thompson
Kenzel & Thompson
No. 141
Broadway
Michael Carmody
James D. Merriman
Leary
Thompson
Louis Spiegel
Barlow
4Th District
Peter Hughes
Jefferson Market Court
P. C. Ward
Rankin
Burton
Night Rider
Kentucky
Rogan
National Cortes Convention
Memphis
Patterson
Union
Rich Ridgewood butcher shoots wife then kills himself
George Obach a wealthy Ridgewood Heights butcher fired three shots at his wife at their Forest avenue home and then killed himself, dying instantly. Mrs. Obach was taken to the German Hospital in serious condition. Obach, a member of several German societies, was to celebrate his fortieth birthday yesterday.
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George Obach
Forest Avenue
Ridgewood Heights
Long Island
Parker Building Mortgage Foreclosure Suit Filed
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company sues Emma S. Thiele and others in the Supreme Court to foreclose a 1.2 million mortgage on the Parker Building at 19th Street and Fourth Avenue. After a January fire damaged the premises, the insurer applied $307,104.80 from fire loss to the mortgage, leaving a claimed balance of $892,843.18 plus interest. Attorneys: Ritch Woodford Bovee & Butcher, Wall Street.
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Supreme Court
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Emma
Thiele
19Th Street
Fourth Avenue
Ihe Parker Building
Emma S. Thiele
Metropolitan
Ritch, Woodford, Bovee & Butcher
No. 18
Wall Street
United Box Board Company Formed in New Jersey
The United Box Board Company is incorporated in New Jersey with $125000 capital by Hyatt Cox George K Wadsworth and Richard F Tully. It will acquire the assets of the United Box Board and Paper Company under the reorganization plan announced two days ago.
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United Box Board Company
New Jersey
Hyatt Cox
George K. Wadsworth
Richard F. Tully
United Box Board and Paper Company
Night Rider inquiry nets pledges to hang four leaders
Union City Tenn Oct 28 reports say confessions by Tid Burton and other evidence push authorities to indict and hang at least four Night Rider ringleaders for Captain Rankin s assassination. Ferriner and others implicate ten to twelve men. Governor Patterson hails strong evidence and vows punishment.
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The
Tribune
Union City
Tenn
Tid
Burton
Night Rider
Rankin
Tiptonville
Dyersburg
Obsen County
Frank Ferginer
Ferriner
Colonel Tatum
Patterson
Tom Johnson
Hornbeak
Garret Johnson
Spout Springs
Will Watson
Lake County
Winn
Fred Pincen
Thorn
Witesses
J. A. Johnson
R. L. Knight
D. E Martin
J. Bright Horton
James M. Brice
the News Banner
Brice
Tennessee
Tatom
Troy
John F. Cochran
Camp Nemo
Tatum
C. Jackson
Walnut Log
Court of Inquiry
Judgments Violated Court Order In Railway Case
Fred F. Searing, president of the Delaware and Eastern Railway Company, charged that judgments totaling 1130 were entered in defiance of a New York court order issued by Justice Blanchard on October 2. The company sought to set aside the judgments with an order to show cause before Justice Bischoff, asserting a valid defense to the action.
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Fred F. Searing
Delaware & Eastern Railway Company
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
New York
Blanchard
Justice Bischoff
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Gare
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