Nalian Bombardment Harms Tripolitan Works
Italian ships press Tripoli with heavy bombardment on October 3 and 4. Garibaldi and Benedetto Brin fire on forts and governor's palace. lighthouse collapses. Turkish guns disabled. outer forts reduced to ruins. consulates fly flags as bombardment intensifies.
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Nome
Tripoli
Faravelli
Varez
Giuseppe
Garibaldi
Princeses Ferruclo
Benedetto Brin
Amelia
Sultana
Francesco Ferruccio
New Revolution in Albania Breaks Out
From Podgoritza Montenegro reports on October 5 a new revolution has broken out in Albania with early reports of unrest and political upheaval across regions. Local authorities have not released detailed casualty or control figures. Western observers monitor rapidly developing events.
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Albania
Podgoritza
Montenegro
Bleachers Collapse Injures Fifteen at Springfield Fair
At the Springfield fair grounds mile track, 800 spectators watched the pace winner when the bleachers along the home stretch collapsed. Fifteen injuries were reported, five serious, with victims taken to the emergency hospital and others conveyed to city hospitals if needed. No fatalities were expected.
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Springfield
Ill
Fair Grounds
Pittsburg Officials Pardoned In Graft Case
Captain John Klein and his companion Farry Holwer were pardoned after serving half their three year terms for role in a municipal graft scandal. Klein faced bribery accusations and threatened protest. He confessed, naming many prominent city fathers, triggering a major graft exposure.
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Pitteburo
John Klein
Farry Holwer
Klein
Widow Inherits Millionaire Estate In Chicago Case
Charles W. Allen leather maker of Kenosha died mysteriously in a Chicago Palmer House window fall. Probate in Kenosha grants widow Ella F. Allen executrix of a 5.5 million estate. Ginseng Bill Davis stands trial in Boonville Ind for Ollie Carrolls death amid theft allegations.
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Charles W. Allen
Chicago
Kenosha, Wis
Kenosha
Nathan Allen
New York
Palmer House
Ella F. Allen
Boonville
Ind
William Davis
Bill
Ollie Carroll
Frank Carroll
Davis
Carroll
Flood Scene in Austin Shows Houses Piled in District
Devastation spreads through a central Austin district as floodwaters stack homes atop one another. Residents face displacement while responders work amid tangled debris and rising water. Local authorities urge caution and report structural damage across multiple streets.
Taft Tours Wyoming Frontiersman Day and Muckraker Talk
President Taft visited Cheyenne for frontier day, rode with cowboys, and spoke at the congress hall on tariff. He then went to Laramie to discuss Interior Department land claims and criticized muckraking attacks. The stop in Rawlins was brief before moving to Salt Lake City.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Taft
Cheyenne
Mr. Tatt
Wyoming
Taf
Omera
Governor Carey
Spring Lake
N. J
Carey
Laramie
Interior Department
West
Salt Lake City
Utah
Wife kills husband during party in Columbus
Mrs John Paulus accidentally shot and killed her husband while entertaining neighbors at a Columbus party on October 5. The incident occurred during a gathering when the pistol discharged. Police are investigating the accidental shooting.
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Columbus
John Paulus
Robbers Hold Up Missouri Kansas Texas Train
Three masked men halted the Missouri Kansas and Texas passenger train No 2% from Kansas City to Oklahoma City near Cesda ten miles south of Bartlesville Olla at 1 15 am rifling the mail and baggage cars. They did not enter passenger cars and escaped. A special train with a sheriff posse and bloodhounds was dispatched to the scene.
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Bartlesville
Olla
Mssouri
Kansas
Texas
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Cdesa
Here
Auto Racer Wrecked In Practice Crash At Fairmont Park
Harvey Ringler a Philadelphia amateur driving a Mercer racing car tore through an iron fence and down an embankment at Fairmount Park during practice for the 200 mile race. Ringler and his mechanic Thomas Bowen of Trenton were hurled from the car and suffered painful injuries.
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Philadelphia
Mercer
Harvey Ringler
Fairmont Park
Ringler
Thomas Bowen
Trenton
Hyde retrial set in Swope murder case
Kansas City prosecutors and defense indicate Dr. B Clark Hyde will face a second trial on October 16 for the murder of Colonel Thomas H Swope. Frank P Walsh cites possible change of venue before Judge Latshaw with Judge Porterfield possibly presiding.
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Kansas City
B. Clark Hyde
Thomas H. Swope
Frank P. Walsh
Hyde
Latshaw
Porterfield
Ship Burns Off Sumatra Coast With 25 Missing
The Dutch steamer Ixion, en route from Batavia to Liverpool, was destroyed by fire near Kinguna Island off Sumatra's west coast. The crew of twenty five fled in lifeboats and have not yet landed on Sumatra.
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Batavia
Dutch East Indies
Ixion
Liverpool
Kknguna
Sumatra
McCormick Denies Manchuria Concession Claim
Cyrus H. McCormick president of the International Harvester Co denied reports that his firm had secured a concession of 60,000 acres in Manchuria. He stated there was no truth to the claim and dismissed it as unfounded.
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New York
Cyrus H. McCormick
International Harvester Company
Manchuria
Webster's Not Guilty Plea In Murder Case
Dr Henry E Webster accused of murdering his wife Bessie Kent Webster is arraigned and pleads not guilty. A motion to quash denied. trial likely late October. A Dixon woman claims Webster rode a Chicago Dixon train with a mysterious woman, suggesting conspiracy and possible insanity defense. A change of venue may be sought.
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Oregon
Henry E. Webster
Bessie Kent Webster
O. R. Heard
Webster
Bert Raymond
Dixon
Delaney
Emerson
Henry KK. Webster
Northwestern
Cessie Kent Webster
Polo
Raymond
Dr. Webster
H. F. Hayden
Chicago
Dixon Inn
Smuggling Ring Under Probe Ties Canada to Minneapolis Mills
Federal officers in Minot say they uncovered a large grain smuggling chain from Canadian fields to Minneapolis flour mills. Walter Jackson, a wheat buyer for Atlantic Grain, and A J Maguire, a farmer, are linked to the scheme. Confessions are in the hands of Agent George W Foulkes, with further developments awaited.
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Minot
N. D
Norma
Here
Walter Jackson
Atlantic Grain Company
A. J. Maguire
United States
George W. Foulkes
Canada
Minneapolis
Poulkes
Senate panel recalls Edmonds in Stephenson bribery probe
In Milwaukee on October 5 the U S senate committee grilling Isaac Stephenson's election bribery charges recalled campaign aide E A Edmonds who promised itemized expense records. Edmonds testified he could not recall exact payments and had paid little attention to keeping accounts. Sackett, a Berlin clerk, said a card index of expenditures was destroyed. Edmonds said Sackett supervised the accounts.
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Milwaukee
Wis
United States Senate Committee
Isaac Stephenson
E. A. Edmonds
Edmonds
Rodney Sackett
Berlin
United States Senate
Stephenson
Sackett
Dam Break Disaster At Bayliss Dam Causes Losses
Forty four bodies have been recovered with an estimated thirty one more missing after the Bayliss dam collapse near Austin and Costello. State officials vow full investigation and aid for survivors as 1100 laborers work the wreckage under electric lights. Telephone operator Kathiene Lyon receives double pay for her lifesaving warning.
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Austin
Bayliss
Austin and
Costello
Sinemahoning
Tener
Nelson
Baylies Dam
Pennsylvania
Dr i. Dixon
St Fleitz
State Water State Highway Commissio
Nixon
General Electric Company of
New York
Kathiene Lyon
Mabray Chiefs Sentenced in Iowa Fraud Case
In Davenport Iowa Ed Pills and Walter Nolan pleaded guilty in federal court to ties with the Mabray gang of swindlers. They were fined 240 dollars each and sentenced to three months in Folk county jail at Des Moines. The case centers on the operation of the notorious swindle ring led by Son Cavanaugh in Davenport and New Orleans years ago.
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Wes Davenport
Walter Nolan
United States District Court
Mabray
Folk County
Des Moines
Pennsylvania Governor tours flood ruins in Austin
The Pennsylvania Governor visits Austin to survey flood damage and assess recovery efforts. Officials outline rapid aid plans while residents describe impacts on homes and businesses amid continuing cleanup.
Bloodshed in Rail Walkout in McComb City
In McComb City Mississippi on October 5 Lee Haley a 45 year old striker was shot dead near the Central shops. A dynamite explosion followed by gunfire occurred as 100 or more strike breakers from nearby towns were quartered. State troops patrolled streets after a pitched battle between strike breakers and citizens. A special train of strike breakers was attacked. casualties, including possible deaths, reported among both sides.
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McComb City
Miss
Lee Haley
Wee
Umne
Uibakera
Sheila
al Winona
Summit
Durant
Central
New Orleans
Postal Savings Plan Opens for Panama Canal Zone
Residents of the canal zone who want government custody of their savings gain with Taft's signing of a postal savings program for the canal strip. The plan takes effect immediately, offering government storage and safety for local deposits.
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Panama
Washington
Canal
Taft
Canal Strip
Miner killed by train near historic death spot in Gaylord
John Drayean, forty, a miner, was killed by a train near Gaylord Quebec within 16 feet of the place where Martin Perry was run down by an engine on the Cleveland and Pittsburg rail line. The incident occurred about 100 yards from the spot where his father died five years earlier.
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Martin
Perry
Oct
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Gaylord
John Dray Ean
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Tripolitan
Captain Klein
Harry Bolger
Boy
American Press Association
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DR. Hyde
Swope
Dixon Woman
Doctor
North Dakota
Minneapolis Guyers
Keri
Hiram Barney
Hudson City
Carpenter
Thetis
John X. Tener
Bayliss Dam
Rmy
John K. Tener
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