War Outlook in Servia Sparks Assembly Seats War
Belgrade Oct 12 The Servian national assembly opened amid excitement as warlike sentiment grows. Prominent agitator Professor Jovanovits is elected president as Austrian monks’ Danube arrivals provoke alarm. A mob burns two Austrian flags in Theater square and demonstrators march to the skuphtina.
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Belgrade
Servia
Parks
Associated Press
Skupghtina
Danube
Akupshtina
National Assembly
Jovanovits
Many Alarmist War Rumors Fill Paris Papers
Paris dispatches report alarming rumors from the Near East and Balkans. Servians allegedly blew bridges on the Austrian frontier and martial law was declared. a Servian omber was captured and shot. Montenegrins reportedly burned Austrian flags and damaged the Austrian consulate. Constantinople cites anti Christian agitation and consuls seeking ships for possible action. Bulgarian agents are said to operate in Macedonia near Beres. Constantinople editors think war is inevitable.
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Paris
Bridgsen
Cettinja
Constantinople
Smyrna
Athens
Macedonia
Beres
Matin
Beieve
Russia Accepts Austria-Hungary Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
St Petersburg reports Russia will not oppose the annexation by Austria-Hungary and will bow to the accomplished fact. The Russian Black Sea fleet remains mobilized for autumn maneuvers with no immediate need for action. Fleet upgrades had begun prior to the Balkan crisis.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria-Hungary
Baron von Ahrenthal
Count Berehthold
Black Sea
Moving to the Frontier Austrian Corps Headed to Servian Border
Vienna dispatch says Eleventh and Thirteenth Austro Hungarian army corps with arms and ammunition are being hurried toward the Servian frontier. Hospital trains prepared in Vienna and Budapest. Austrian newspapers censored reports on mobilization. Constantinople notes a boycott urging the public to avoid Austrian Bulgarian or German products.
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Paris
Vienna
Temps
Budapest
Constantinople
Parliament in State of Siege Over Suffragist Protest
London October 14 The unemployed and suffragists march on Westminster as police try to disperse them. Leaders Mrs Drummond Mrs Pankhurst and Miss Cristobel Pankhurst are arrested and jailed. A militant suffragette disrupts the House of Commons and is removed.
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London
Westminster
Drummond
Pankhurst
Cristobel Pankhurst
Bow Street
Horse of Commons
Hose of Commons
Major Tucker Arrested for Deserting Wife on Train
Major Will iam F. Tucker of the US Army was arrested on a Wabash train at Decatur for deserting his wife, daughter of the late General John A. Logan. Sergeant Walter O'Brien led the capture. Tucker, ill, agreed to return to Chicago with officers. He remained in St. Louis hotel, unable to travel, with no statement given.
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Decatur
William F. Tucker
United States Army
John A. Logan
Walter O'Brien
Chicago
Tucker
St. Louis
Michigan
Ilinois
Detroit
O'Brien
Willan F. Tucker
Southern
Decatur, Jr
Legislative pay raise fuels re election fears in Minnesota
In St Paul on October 4 1907 legislators voting to increase compensation face no risk of ousting. A Minnesota supreme court per curiam discharged an order to show cause from defeated Minneapolis candidates seeking to keep renomination names off the ballot. The ruling upholds the attorney general’s view that any office means any office other than Senate or House seats. Printing of ballots may proceed while the formal opinion is written.
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St. Paul
Supreme Court
Minneaplatts
Atfcla Oal- Tot
Seston
Paris Professor Unveils New Anti Tubercular Serum
Paris reports Professor Jan nelongue of the University of Paris has developed an anti tuberculosis serum hailed as highly efficacious. In eleven phthisical patients treated with the serum ten show cure or improvement and further tests are planned to confirm stronger results.
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Paris
Jan‘nelongue
University of Paris
Bryan Touring Nebraska on Campaign Swing
William J. Bryan spoke across Nebraska appealing directly to farmers and laborers, opening at Blair and continuing throughout the day. He argued Democrats represent producers and wage earners, attacked Republican claims tied to good crops and prices, and urged votes for the state ticket while addressing farmer and labor concerns.
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Appaala
Tekamah
Neb
Nebraska
Bryan
Blair
West
Tal
Democratic Party
Balloon Falls Into North Sea During James Gordon Bennett Cup Race
The St Louis balloon, one of three American entries, fell into the North Sea between Heligoland and Wilhelmshaven, about thirty miles from shore. Pilot M B Arnold and assistant H G Hewitt were rescued by a German steamship after nearly drowning. Fog or venting reportedly blew them off course.
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Berlin
St Louis
North Sea
Heligoland
Wilhelmshaven
St. Louis
M. B. Arnold
H. G. Hewitt
Mr. Hawk
Heavy Loss to Shipping in Nassau Hurricane
Nassau Bahamas October 14 a second hurricane in twenty eight days struck the island with winds over eighty miles per hour and torrential rain. The storm left the entire island under water as more than seven sections collapsed in the two days after. Shipping suffered heavy losses in the port and coastal areas.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Fire Explosion Kills Engineer at Lange Plant in Milwaukee
In Milwaukee on October 14 a fire after a can of varnish exploded at the A Lange Manufacturing plant fatally burned engineer John Kirch. Four other men were injured rescuing Kirch. The loss to the company is estimated at $15,000.
Pilot Mound merchant Charlee Bard death by suicide
Charlee G. Bard, a Pilot Mound merchant, died by suicide using carbonic acid. Reports say financial troubles motivated the act. The death occurred in Boone County on October 14.
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Boone, Ta
Charlee G. Bard
Pilot Mound
Roosevelt declines speeches of support for Taft
President Roosevelt told Senator Hemenway he saw no need to issue speeches or publicly back Taft. He noted receiving numerous requests but chose not to accede. He conferred with visitors from New York and Kansas on the political situation and discussed plans for future remarks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hemenway
Indiana
Taft
Wiisnt L. Werd
New York
Womenway
D. W. Dubvane
Kansas
Abolish All Cut Rates debated by Western railroads
The Western Passenger Association debated ending excursion fares under a cent per mile west of Chicago to the Missouri river. After lengthy talks officials adjourned without agreement, noting low rates hurt revenue but the issue is too large for a quick decision.
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Chicago
Get
Western Railroads
Missouri River
Western Passenger Association
Policeman Nestor Dies After Daring Fire Rescue
New York police officer Nicholas Nester of Jersey City plunged into a burning building on Queen Avenue to rescue a woman. He aroused inmates, carried the frail resident to safety, and perished when he returned to the blaze before his body was recovered after the structure cooled.
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New York
Del
Nicholas Nester
J City
Qeean Avenue
Nestor
Mia
Witt-nebert
Ile
Leading Stereotyper Kerwin Dies at 46 in Flushing
John W. Kerwin foreman of the American Press Association stereotyping department died at his Flushing home after a brief illness. He leaves one wife and two children. A Chicago native, he was forty six and had worked for the APA for twenty five years. Recognized as one of the country’s best stereotype masters.
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New York
John W. Kerwin
American Press Association
Cstereo Yying
Flushing
N. Y
Kerwin
Chicago
American Proan Association
Agso
Chicago Wins First Game Defeats Detroit Ten to Six
The pennant contenders Chicago and Detroit opened the series in Chicago, with the Cubs defeating Detroit 10 to 6. The game drew a large crowd despite cool weather in Chicago and ongoing pennant race implications for both leagues.
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Chicago
Detroit
Judge Taft's car derailed near Sterling
Sterling Oregon October 14. The Taft special suffered the first casualty on its travels when Judge Tafts car and a Pullman car adjacent left the track as the train entered a siding. A journal track rail cracked but deemed safe. The derailment caused about a thirty minute delay, delaying the party an hour behind schedule as rails spread on the siding hindered movement during the transfer from Erie to Baltimore and Ohio. Taft spoke to Sterling residents while workers realigned the car.
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Sterling
Erie
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Taft
Wife's Bequest to Husband in Odd Portland Will
Chicago probate reads Andrew Heckler of Portland, Ore., to receive one dollar in 23 monthly installments from the late Catherine E. Heckler. Attorney B S Pagne of Portland is left a cut glass water bowl. Mrs. Isabella Vanca inherits the remainder. The will cites the husband as the man who married in 1905 in San Diego and later deserted her. Estate is mainly personal property.
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Chicrgo
Andrew Heckler
Catherina EB. Heckler
Portland
Ore
B.S. Pagne
Isabella Vanca
Heckler
San Diego
Cal
Ferryboat collision sparks panic on Ariel voyage
In Detroit fog, the ferry steamer Ariel colliding with the freighter Energy caused minor injuries to about 100 women aboard and a brief panic among factory workers. Glass cuts from shattered windows lit the scene as crews restored order. Nearby, a gas leak at a Bank Street boarding house killed four Italian men, then a Bryan campaign stop framed fears of economic downturn.
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Detroit
Mich
Ariel
Walkerville
Ont
Waterbury
Conn
Bank Street
Gulis- Seppi Santero
Antonio de Marco
Taft Addresses Deep Waterways Convention Banquet
Chicago October 8 Taft led the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways Convention with a strong call for conserving natural resources and deepening waterways as essential to reduce transport costs. He argued it is policy not a project and departed for Galesburg for the Lincoln Douglas event after the session. Bryan joined Taft for a Chicago Chamber banquet that evening.
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Taft and
Bryan
Chicago
William H. Taft
Mare Taft
Deneen
William K. Mavanapeh
St. Louis
Auditorium
Secretars
Forbes
United Sint
Taft
Galesburg
Lincoln Douglas
Wiam J. Bryan
Ansoula- Yon of Commerce
Bryan and Mack Confer on Democratic Tide Stronger
William J. Bryan and Norman E. Mack met in Chicago to discuss Democratic campaign plans. Bryan said the tide is running strong and Western reports are increasingly favorable, boosting confidence in the ticket.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Bryan
Iowa
Bryan
West
Bryn
East
Far West gun duel leaves two dead near Muskogee
On an open highway near Muskogee Oklahoma three miles from town Porun Joan Eagle a prominent farmer and Henry Williams meet in a revolver duel. Williams dies from his wounds Eagle also dies from injuries in the exchange both men had long stood as enemies and had made threats against each other before the fatal confrontation.
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Muskogee
Okla
Porun
Joan Eagle
Isdeat
Henry Wiliams
Eagle
Williams
Williame
Prohibition Candidate Eugene W Chatin Death Report
A garbled 1920s style notice notes exposure related illness and death amid a Prohibition candidate named Eugene W Chatin. It references Elijah Kanouze, a Wisconsin practitioner, and Milton area figures, with uncertain dates and places due to OCR errors.
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Massachusetts
James H. Vahey
Parliament
Major Tucker
U.S. A
Placas
Minnesota
Pineule Medicine CO
Berning Building
West Virginia
Charleston
VW. Va
Kanawha Valley
Joseph Stewart
Yares
Hitlinola
Streator
Hannibal
Cop Waterways
Mack
Kaovin
Appleton
Wiz
Eugene W. Chatin
Appletay
Morray
Elijah Kanouze
Wisconsin
Promaenia
Milton Wi
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