Mexican Clash at Stockton Leaves Two Dead
A mob of drunken Mexicans attacked Constable Tom Scott in Stockton Texas. J Baker arrived to aid, sparking a gunfight that killed two Mexicans and seriously wounded three others likely to die. Rangers were ordered to Fort Stockton to quell the violence and guard the town.
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Francisco Salinas
Bruben Gonzales
Eduardo Gonzales
Ornelas
Leandro Orona
Noth
Ius
Scott
Call
Captain Hughes
State
Fort Stockton
Roosevelt Leads California After Early Count
Early returns from Los Angeles county show Roosevelt ahead of Wilson by a narrow margin in California. Democratic managers warn of possible challenges to final totals if his lead holds, as progressives posted their strongest county gains. Aeroplane depots planned along the Pacific coast to support artillery depots, with contracts for a score of biplanes for coastal defense.
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N Francisco
Cal
Los Angeles
Roose
California
Wilson
Roosevelt
Los Ancounty
Angeles
Pacific Coast
Coast Artillery
Augustus On Norton
Artillery Corps
Acific Coast Aerial
Harvard Defeats Vanderbilt in Close Road Game
Harvard defeated Vanderbilt today in MBRIDGE Massachusetts by a close score in the ll game here. Vanderbilt fell short as Harvard secured the win on the home court.
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Arvard
Vanderbilt
Mbridge
Mass
Weather Observations From Multiple Cities
At 8 a m reports show ST LOUIS 44 degrees with rain and a 4 mile north wind, CHICAGO 36 clear with a 6 mile northwest wind, MILWAUKEE 30 cloudy with a 12 mile west wind, ST PAUL 28 cloudy with a 10 mile southeast wind, KANSAS CITY 44 clear with a 12 mile southeast wind, NEW YORK 46 clear with a 10 mile northwest wind, BOSTON 44 cloudy with an 8 mile west wind, and WASHINGTON 46 cloudy with a 12 mile northwest wind, all noting warmer conditions ahead.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
DandIts Rob Southern Pacific Coast Train
A northbound Shasta limited on the Southern Pacific coast line was held up at Delta California by two bandits. One robber was killed by a brakeman after a brief pursuit. the other escaped with the registered mail. Passengers unharmed.
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Redding
Cal
Shasta Limited
Delta
Here
First railroad ride for 113 year old Mrs Keith in Joplin
In Joplin Missouri Mrs H Keith aged 113 and her 89 year old son rode a train for the first time. They traveled from Southern Arkansas to town and were startled by the sight of a policeman in uniform. Mrs Keith noted her eldest son is 95 and said all sons live nearby. Her Civil War widowed husband had been killed.
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Joplin
H. Keith
Arkansas
Charles McManamy
Paroled Father Sentenced After Daughter Testimony
Peter Bennett a blacksmith was paroled for one month in the custody of his 10 year old daughter after she testified he struck her when she would not get money for liquor. Judge Newcomer said your sentence will be six months but the parole followed. Pauline cried and asked leniency as the father and child left the courtroom.
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Chicago
Peter Bennett
Newcomer
Bennett
Pauline
McManigal Testifies At Bomb Plot Trial Accuses Hockin
Ortie McManigal testified as a government witness in a 45 defendant case. He claimed Herbert Hockin urged him to dynamite unions’ open shop targets and promised union pay. McManigal described obtaining 35 pounds of dynamite and preparing three bombs for a Detroit Ford building attack.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ortie E. McManigal
Herbert 8. Hockin
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
McManigal
Hockin
Iron Workers’ Union
Chicago
Milwaukee
Joliet
Ford
Detroit
William Behm
Bloomville
Ohio
TALIAFERRO NAMED ASSOCIATE JUSTICE FORTH CIVIL APPEALS
George B. Taliaferro to succeed Judge W. 8. Fly as associate justice of the Fourth court of civil appeals. Announcement by Governor Colquitt states the appointment and indicates Taliaferro will accept. Judge Fly becomes chief justice, succeeding the late Judge James.
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Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
George B. Taliaferro
W. 8. Fly
Colquitt
Taliaferro
Judge Fly
James
Bexar County
Bull Demolishes Auto In Rural Iowa Clash
A red bull charged a red touring car on a country road near Sergeants Bluff Iowa yesterday. The bull gored the vehicle knocking it aside and sent it over an embankment. Passengers escaped with minor injuries.
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Sergeants Bluff
Farmer harvests sweet potatoes worth about 4200 dollars
A Stephens county farmer in Cisco Texas planted fourteen acres of sweet potatoes, irrigated them and has sold produce for three months at 1.15 to 1.50 dollars per bushel. He expects about 3500 bushels for a total value near 4200 dollars.
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Cisco
Tex
Stephens County
Latin American diplomats challenge Monroe doctrine stance
Dr. Manuel de Oliveira Lima of Brazil denounced the Monroe doctrine at a Pan American Union luncheon, saying western hemisphere nations oppose the doctrine and resent U S protectorate power. He proposed communal opposition to encroachment as an alternative. The Brazilian diplomat spoke after lectures at Harvard and Yale and planned to sail to Rio Janeiro.
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Washington
Manuel de Oliveira Lima
Legation
Pan-American Union
Western Hemisphere
Monroe
Lima
Harvard
Yale
Rio Janeiro
Wealth Shows Increase in Texas 1912 Valuation
Austin November 9 The total assessed wealth of Texas for 1912 reaches 2 524 681 775 an increase of 11 059 030 over 1911 The rise is small compared with 1911 gains and is blamed on an 18 million decline in intangible assets plus election year effects.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Comptroller's Department
Astor Infant Granted $3333 Year Support
Surrogate Fowler approves a three year support for John Jacob Astor III infant son of Mrs Madeline Force Astor. Mrs Astor named guardian until the child reaches age fourteen, following her recent attainment of majority.
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New York
John Jacob Astor
Madeline Force. Astor
Fowler
Turkish grand vizier vows order in Constantinople amid war threat
Paris dispatches report Kiamil Pasha telling ambassadors he will keep order unless invaders seize the capital. Nazim Pasha reorganizes Nazim Pasha's army as officers retire and are restored, while Ahmed Mukhtar Pasha blames the Young Turks for weakening the army and cites lack of officers and supplies.
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Paris
Kiamil Pasha
Constantinople
Europe
Norandunghian Pasha
Ottoman Empire
Mahmoud Mukhtar Pasha
Nazib Pasha
Commission of Union and Progress
Echo de Paris
Nazim Pasha
Tchatalja
Ghazi Ahmed Mukhtar _ Pasha
Kars
Fall of Tchatalja Imminent Amid Constantinople Turmoil
Associated Press reports serious disorders in Constantinople with Kurd soldiers described as killing Christians in the Galata district. Fires are reported in parts of the Turkish capital while banks and foreign embassies remain guarded by disciplined Turkish detachments.
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Paris
Constantinople
Galata
Fl Cial
Bucharest
Roumania
Looney Names Assistants
Attorney General elect B F Looney announced his assistants C M Cureton Bosque County Clde Sweeton Hopkins Luther Nickels Hill G E Smedley Midland William Herris Wood and W A Keeling Limestone to join his staff in Greenville Texas November 9.
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Looney
Greenville
Tex
B. F. Looney
C. M. Cureton
Bosque County
Cldge Sweeton
Hopkins
Luther Nickels
Hill
G. E. Smedley
Midland
William Herris Wood
W. A. Keeling
Limestone
Bulgarians Press Forward at Tchatalja as Constantinople Weighs
Bulgarian forces intensify attack on Turkish positions near Tchatalja with reports the fortress line may fall within hours. Third army drives into forest south of Derk Lake while first army presses main position east of Tchatalja. Turkish troops resist hard but worn veterans falter.
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Vienna
Tchatalja
Constantinople
Reichspost
Derks Lake
Balkan War Near End and Balkan Powers Split
The Balkan war nears conclusion after Saloniki surrender leaving Scutari Monastir and Janina in Turkish hands. Entente and Triple Alliance split on peace policy with Russia backing Slavic states and diplomates seeking to prevent wider conflict. Serbia pressures Albanian ports as Austria Hungary weighs risks and negotiators move toward talks.
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London
Saloniki
Scutari
Monastir
Janina
Adrianople
Constantinople
Macedonia
Albania
Europe
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy
France
Great Britain
Russia
Turkey
Balkan
Serina
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Paso
Tom Scott
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Lonel
Los Angeles County
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Vicinity
Staan
Southern Pacific Coast Train
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Iron Workers
Fourth Supreme Judicial District
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B. Colquitt
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Baby
Mrs. Astor
Young Turks
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Associated Press
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Austria
Britain
Austria- Hungary
Adriatic Sea
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Adriatic
Ers
Servia
Balkans
Ister
Belgrade
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