Four Thousand Turks Slain in Battle East of Vardar
A Rila dispatch reports at Perin near Melnik sixty-five miles north of Salonica on September 16 Turkish troops surrounded the village and attacked insurgents led by Stolpoff Dervingoff Jankoff and Zontcheff. The insurgents repelled and routed the Turks killing all and capturing one commander as villages in Melnik district burned.
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Zontcheff
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Santa Clara
Russell Quits Office Over City Politics Clash
William Hepburn Russell, Commissioner of Accounts and chair of New York Democrats’ executive committee, resigns after clashing with Mayor Seth Low over partisan politics. In his letter, Russell argues city governance must be partisan and cites upcoming national and state contests as shaping city policy. Mayor Low accepts the resignation effective immediately, praising Russell’s service while condemning any motive to subordinate city interests to outside aims.
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Greater New-York Democracy
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Poussell
Russell
New York
Seth Low
Accoun
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Kile
Democratic Republic
Washington
Albany
Foraker
R Tly
Cincinnati
New-York
Peek
Richard Croker
Convic
Ae Jlcan
Fts
William Hepburn Russell
Mr. Russell
City of
Timme
Turks Suffer Casualties in Kresna Defile Fight
Five hundred Turkish soldiers were killed by dynamite while clashing with insurgents in the Kresna defile near OfA on Sept 21. The report notes heavy combat and substantial losses on the Turkish side.
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Kresna Pass
Ofa
Bulgaria Losing Hope Near War Crisis
Sofa dispatch reports Austria and Russia slow to reply to Bulgaria. Talks of Turkey Bulgaria negotiations surface as Macedonia crisis persists. Bulgaria demands Turkish withdrawal and reforms or risk sending an army to the frontier. Revolutionary reports claim 120 villagers perished in fires near Kastoria with 1200 women and children unburied nearby.
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Austria
Russia
Bulgaria
Nome
Tildiz Kiork
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Bulearia
Moreacres
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Monastir
Kastoria
Servian reply to Porte cites measures to curb Macedonia bands
Constantinople report says Serbia has dispersed a large band preparing to cross the frontier and will struggle to restrain popular agitation if Christian persecution and Turkish excesses persist. The appointment of Reshid Pacha to Brusa is criticized as a test to powers and may provoke a protest by the American minister. In Beirut, Walli Pacha’s appointment disappoints locals who expected Nagin Pacha to become Vali. Washington notes a State Department review of Beirut to Bruca transfer and possible shift from promotion to transfer.
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Macedonia
Servia
Reshid Pacha
Vali
Beirut
Brusa
Porte
Reshid Pache
Vilayet
Walli Pacha
Nagin Pacha
Syria
Washington
State Department
Eides
Bruca
Weishman
Department of the In
New Primary Act in Boston Tested by First Trial
Boston Sept 21 The first trial of the new Luce caucus primary law moves ahead tomorrow evening. The measure passed by the last legislature allows three parties the Republican Democrat and Socialist to use distinct ballots. Voters must request the ballot for the party they support or abstain. The piece ends with unrelated lines about perfume and a plant list.
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Boston
New Luce
Gaston
Miller Case Discussed by Labor Leaders in Washington
The Miller case involving Assistant Foreman W A Miller of the Government Printing Office, reinstated by order of President Roosevelt after expulsion from the local book binders union, was informally discussed by the American Federation of Labor executive council. Union leaders debated Roosevelt's stance and urged Miller's dismissal in separate resolutions.
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W. A. Miller
Government Printing Office
Roosevelt
Bookbinders’ Union
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
President Gompers
Whitmore
Stereotypers’ Union
Gompers
Miller
Federation
Central Labor Union
Columbia Typographical Union No. 101
Cortelyou
Federated Trades Council Won't Put Roosevelt on Unfair List
Milwaukee labor leaders reject linking President Roosevelt to the Miller bookbinders case and view the Washington movement as a Democratic attempt to use unions against Roosevelt. The executive committee met and announced it would have nothing to do with the plan.
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Federated Trades Council of Milwaukee
Roosevelt
Washington
Democratic Party
Assassin Tracker Says Dexter Murder Suspect Near
The body of Orlando P. Dexter was found after an ambush near his Adirondack home. Lawyer John Badger says the sheriff is on the assassin’s trail not among timber poachers but due to a long standing grudge. Henry Dexter plans to raise the reward if the culprit is not captured by the funeral Thursday.
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Adirondack
John P. Badger
Malone
N. Y
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Henry Dexter
Badger
Mr. Badger
West Fifty-sixth St
Marietta Sanford
Russell
Santa Clara
Steinberger
Fatal gunfight at hardware store robbery turns up killings
A clerk woken by robbers at Bronson & Griswold in Trinidad Colo. fires both barrels, mortally wounding one robber while the other flees. The wounded man dies in hospital as the second murder scene near Dexters cottage is investigated.
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Col
Bronson & Griswold
Oliver Griswold
Citizens Union Names Candidates for Aldermen Amid Reform Drive
The Citizens Union proposed Richard Watson Gilder in the Fifth, Jacob H. Schiff in the Sixth, and F A Ringler in the Thirtieth districts as alderman candidates. R Fulton Cutting and George Haven Putnam already consented to run, as reformers push for a nonpartisan, businesslike City Hall.
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Citizens Union
Richard Watson Gilder
Vth
Jacob H. Schiff
Viith
F. A. Ringler
R. Fulton Cutting
George Haven Putnam
Thomas A. Fulton
The
A Labor View of the President in Chicago
The Chicago Federation of Labor voted to send a long advisory letter to President Roosevelt on labor policy and open shops. They criticize his view as impetuous yet humane and urge awareness of finance interests around the White House, with a copy to Oyster Bay under Labor Day. The exchange drew frequent applause.
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Chicago Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Miller
Government Printing Office
Finance
White House
Oyster Bay
GNY Democracy Urges Fusion as Russell Resigns
The Greater New York Democracy executive committee ousted chairman William Hepburn Russell and endorsed fusion. Russell resigned as Commissioner of Accounts and Mayor Low accepted the resignation. Citizens Union named Richard Watson Gilder Jacob H. Schiff and F A Ringler as alderman candidates for district seats.
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Greater New York Democracy
William Hepburn Russell
Russell
Low
Citizens Union
Richard Watson Gilder
Vth
Jacob H. Schiff
Iid
F. A. Ringler
Liar said W H Russell sways fusion line in New York Dems
The Greater New York Democracy executive committee voted unanimously for the fusion ticket after a heated session. Sheriff Cronin and Borough President Cantor led sharp rebukes of Russell while Cantor defended Roosevelt and Hill against national interference. The body reaffirmed nonpartisan support for a clean city administration.
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Russell
John Kerrigan
Xiith
Cronin
Tammany Hall
Roosevelt
Cantor
David B. Hill
Richard Croker
Greater New-York Democracy
Kings County Democracy
Board of Aldermen
Electricity From the Heavens Tested on Pike's Peak
Denver reports F. Schoonmaker has spent three months testing Whitney's sky electricity claims on Pike's Peak. He finds all sixty statements true and urges immediate machinery to harness electric fluid for work now done by water and steam.
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F. Schoonmaker
Pike's Peak
Professor Whitney
Whitney
Earth
Sky
Murdered Eugénie Fougeres Identity Revealed
Paris reports the Aix les Bains murder victim is not the music hall star but a Parisian courtesan named Eugénie Fougere. The deceased occupied lavish rooms at Aix les Bains and was famed in her social circle. Actress Mile. Fougere has returned from a Russia and Germany tour.
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Eugénie Fougere
Aix-les-Baina
Eugénie Fougére
Aix-les- Bains
Ife
Mile
Fougère
Russia
Germany
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