Malph Ot Palma Wins Vanderbilt's Auto Gap
Ralph de Palma in a Mercedes wins the eighth Vanderbilt Cup on the Wauwatosa road course covering 299 miles 2 764 feet in 4 hours 20 minutes and 1 8 seconds. Hughie Hughes in a Mercer finishes second 42 45 behind, Spencer Wishart third. Tetzlaff retires with engine trouble after leading 200 miles.
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Wauwatosa
Wis
Ralph de Palma
Mercedes
Ralph Mulford
Vanderbilt
Savannah
Hughie Hughes
Mercer
de Palma
Spencer Wishart
Hughes
Teddy Tetzlaff
Fiat
Harry Nelson
Gil Anderson
George Clark
Tetzlaff
U S Officials Report Slayings by Mexican Rebels Near Durango
United States vice-consul Allen Mc Caughlan, San Juan Taviche hacienda manager Robert L. Russell, and owner James N. Cliff were murdered near Durango by Mexican rebels. Consul Hamm informed Ambassador Wilson, who demanded Mexican troops to pursue the killers. Rebel leader Cape Luis Caro and 40 men are said to be on the trail. Nearby fighting is reported in Tenancingo as Zapata forces clash with authorities. In Eagle Pass Texas, a separate report notes 205 rebels and federals killed at Aura Pass near Ondlava with seven federal officers among the dead.
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Mexico City
Duyango
el Paso
Tenancingo
Zapatistas
Eagle Pass
Tex
Aura Pass
Ondlava
Mexico
Itreve
Powers unite on indemnity payment pressure for China
Six powers that failed to agree on a China loan meet in response to Russia's invitation to press for the $50,000,000 Boxer indemnities. The United States has not indicated its position.
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Washington
China
Russia
United States
Nomination Fight Shapes New York Democratic Convention
Wrangle over permanent chairman and platform dominates the Syracuse convention as five candidates for governor are named Gov John A Dix Congressman William Sulzer Herman A Metz George Burd and Martin H Glynn Burke of Saratoga backs Dix with Glynn seconded by two speakers only. Sulzer leads as the likely nominee while Dix faces elimination.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Jet
John A. Dix
William Sulzer
New York
Herman A. Metz
George
Burd
Buffalo
Martin H. Glynn
Albany
John H. Burke
Saratoga
Dix
Glynn
Meté
Sulzer
Farmer Shoots Wife Then Kills Himself in Massachusetts
In West Pelham George Shaw, wealthy farmer, fatally wounds his wife Jennie B. Shaw who had come from Hartford to mourn their son's grave. Shaw then kills himself by dynamite placed in a stump, after not seeing his wife since January 1911.
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West Pelham
Mass
George Shaw
Jennie B. Shaw
Shaw
Hartford
Conn
Death toll rises from Patterson Walke incident
Newport R. I. Oct 3 Chief Gunner’s Mate Edward B. Crawford died on the hospital ship Solace after serving as umpire aboard the Walke during a turbine explosion at a speed test. The accident now shows four deaths with Fireman John Delaney of Lowell likely to die. six others were injured and are reported doing well.
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Newport
R. L
Edward B. Crawford
Patterson
Walke
Solace
John Delaney
Lowell
Mass
Woman Captures Fugitives After Jail Break
In the absence of her husband, Mrs. John Hufft tracked two jailbreak fugitives from Laclede county jail to Springfield and, with local officers, captured Guy Earnhardt and Herbert Nash who had broken jail at Lebanon.
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Springfield
John &. Hufft
Hufft
Laclede County
Lebanon
Guy Earnhardt
Herbert Nash
Baseball scores from the American and National Leagues
Detroit defeated Chicago 8 to 6 while St Louis beat Cleveland 4 to 2. Heston won Brooklyn 3 to 2 in relief, Boston won 7 to 6 over Brooklyn in a second game. Chicago edged Pittsburg 6 to 5 in ten innings. New York beat Philadelphia 2 to 1. St Louis Cincinnati had no game scheduled.
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Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Heston
Brooklyn
Boston
Pittsburg
New York
Philadelphia
S. Louis
Cincinnati
Ten Children Die in Fire At St Bernard Quebec
A family tragedy reports Alexander Gravel and wife returning to find their home in flames. Ten children aged eighteen months to fifteen years perished in the blaze. In Vermont, no statewide vote produced a governor last month and the legislature elected M Fletcher of Cavendish, marking the second such legislative choice in state history.
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St. Bernard, Que
Alexander Gravel
Gravel
Montpelier
M. Fletcher
Cavendish
Vermont
US Flyers to Europe Ballon Race From Kansas City
The Kansas City Aero Club sends balloon Kansas City IL piloted by John Watts and A T Aberholt toward Stuttgart for the James Gordon Bennett trophy race starting October 27. Uncle Sam from St Louis is also launched with Captain H B Honeywell and Herman F Long. Twenty three balloons from six nations compete.
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Kansas City
Kansas City IL
Kansas City Aero Club
Stuttgart
Germany
Kansas City I
John Watts
A. T. Aberholt
Uncle Sam
Suffrage Group Elects Officers in Illinois Meeting
Galesburg Illinois October 3 The Illinois Equal Suffrage association session elected officers Grace Wilbur Trout Oak Park president Jane Addams Chicago first vice president J D Bowen Chicago second vice president Virginia Brooks West Hammond recording secretary Mabel Sippy Chicago corresponding secretary Jennie Johnson Chicago treasurer J W McGraw Chicago auditor
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Galesburg
Ill
Tilinois Equal Suffrage Association
Grace Wilbur Trout
Oak Park
Jane Addams
Iago
J. D. Bowen
Chicago
Virginia Brooks
West Hammond
Mabel Sippy
Jennie Johnson
J. W. McGraw
General Masis Killed Near Jinotega in Nicaragua Conflict
In San Juan del Sur Nicaragua Oct 3 General Asuncion Masis a top government commander was killed in a fight near Jinotega. Jinotega sits about sixteen miles from Granada and the town had been controlled by insurgents. Details of the battle are not provided in the advices.
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San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Asuncion Masis
Jinotepe
Granada
Masia
Convicts at Wyoming Prison Kill Black Ex-Convict Wigfall
In Rawlins Wyoming October 3 1903 Convicts at the state penitentiary fatally hanged Frank Wigfall a Black ex convict. Wigfall had boasted of assaulting Mrs Esther Higgins and was transferred to the prison after a mob threatened to remove him from custody. About 150 convicts attacked the cellhouse, overpowered the keeper, and Wigfall was hanged from the cellhouse balcony.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Wyoming State Prison
Frank Wigfall
Wigfall
Esther Higgins
Wiigfall
Fort Steel
Carey
Cheyenne
Baden Wins Big Buckeye Stake in Columbus
Baden captured the Buckeye stake with a $5,000 purse in Columbus on October 3, raising his seasonal Grand Circuit earnings to $29,100. He beat the field that had upset him in the Hester Columbus stake and set a new personal and event record by first mile in 2.05 and matching that time in the third heat.
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Columbus
Baden
Hester-Columbus
Buckeye
Plan War to Save Babies at National Infant Mortality Meet
Cleveland, Oct 3 The American Association for the Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality debates nationwide standardization of efforts to reduce infant deaths during its annual meeting in Cleveland continuing to Saturday.
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Cleveland
American Association For the Study and Prevention
Yale Professor Urges Health Dept and Statistics System
Prof Irving Isher of Yale told the national conservation congress in Indianapolis that 630000 US deaths each year are preventable. He urged a national health department and a Swedish style system to collect and share vital statistics.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States
Irving Isher
Yale University
National Conservation Congress
Department of Health
Sweden
Tar Party Victim Mary Chamberlain Marries Lincoln Carpenter
Miss Mary Chamberlain, once victim of the Shady Bend tar party in Lincoln county, marries Homer J. Helfferich, a local carpenter. The ceremony follows a high profile legal case that saw several Lincoln county men prosecuted.
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Lincoln, Kan
Mary Chamberlain
Lincoln County
Homer J. Helfferich
Rail official pleads guilty to rebates in federal case
New York report states W C Divine state agent for the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad based in Cincinnati admitted guilt in federal court for granting and giving rebates and was fined fifteen thousand dollars.
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New York
W. C. Divine
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Cincinnati
Balkan Powers Mobilize as War Talk Surges
London reports the Balkan peninsula in an armed camp with Bulgaria Serbia Greece and Montenegro ordering mobilization of their forces. Paris and Constantinople hold talks on averting war as Turkish troops invade Servia and Abdul Pasha is named commander in chief in the Balkans.
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Paris
Balkans
Balkan
Turkey
Europe
Bulgaria
Servia
Belgrade
Seria
Rashka
Constantinople
Balkan States
Abdul Pasha
Enver Bey
London
Balkan Peninsula
Greece
Montenegro
Jury Venire Scrutinized Over Fear of Service in Indiana
Indianapolis jurors faced questions about personal safety fears as the panel selected for the dynamite plotters trial. One man was excused as a coward after admitting fear would ruin his business. District Attorney Miller aims to speed the process with extended daily sessions.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Veniremen
A B. Anderson
Bert F. Raynes
Linton
Mr. Miller
Miller
Albert B. Anderson
Calumet man drowns after sleepwalking into lake
Albert FP of Calumet, aged twenty one, disappeared while walking in his sleep on the decks of the passenger steamer America between Port Arthur Ontario and Duluth. His body has not been recovered from Lake Superior.
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Calumet, Mich
America
Port Arthur
Ont
Duluth
Albert FP
Calumet
Twenteena
Lake Superior
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