German Orient Crisis Draws Iswolsky to London Conference
The Russian foreign minister Iswolsky arrives in London to meet Sir Edward Grey and discuss a concert of powers on the Balkan crisis. Diplomatic contacts intensify as Iswolsky plans several days of talks at the Foreign Office to address Near East tensions. Ferdinand of Bulgaria enters Philippopolis to a triumphal welcome with artillery salvos and civic ceremonies.
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London
Balkan
Paris
M. Iswolsky
Edward Gray
Count Benckendorff
Foreign Office
Sir Edward Grey
Ferdinand Proclaims Independence in Rumelia as Demonstrations Sweep Streets
A large crowd gathers across Lilippe polis as Ferdin declares independence and full sovereignty over Rumelia. Clergy and troops are present in the cathedral while the procession moves through main streets amid demonstrative reception and affirmations from the public.
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Ferdinand
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Stephen A Douglas Dead
Stephen A Douglas son of the Little Giant dies suddenly in Chicago at age 4? The funeral will be held from 84 East Twenty second Street to First Presbyterian church. He wished to be buried beside his mother. A Democrat, he had followed his father’s ground in debates with Lincoln and worked for Adlai Stevenson. He had heart disease. survived by widow and nine? brothers.
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Stephen A. Douglas
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Lincoln
Adtai Stevenson
Rockingham County
North Carolina
Woman Fends Off Burglary During Meter Reading Visit
Owosso, Michigan, October 10. Mrs. Eudora Pstey Keyson confronted a burglar in an upstairs clothespress housing a gas meter. The intruder claimed to read the meter and asked for a chair to stand on, then fled when she left for the chair. This reflects a spate of daytime burglaries in recent weeks.
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Owosso
Mich
Eudora Pstey Keyson
Atlantic Fleet Sails for Japan Under Sperry Orders
Manila dispatch reports sixteen Atlantic fleet battleships on the move toward Japan. Rear Admiral Charles N Sperry ordered the fleet to depart two hours earlier than yesterday's schedule, with the flag ship Connecticut first to leave, followed by the others down the bay.
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Japan
Chas. N. Sperry
Connecticut
Indicted as Bucket Shop Men in Des Moines
Polk county grand jury indicts O. M. Olsen manager of Olsen Commission Co and W. J. Winston of Winston Commission Co for conducting bucket shops in violation of Iowa law. Olsen is a correspondent of Merchants' Stock and Grain exchange in St. Louis. Court action to follow.
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Polk County Grand Jury
O. M. Olsen
Olsen Commission Company
Merchants’ Stock and Grain Exchange
St. Louis
W. J. Winston
Winston Commission Company
Charles Eliot Norton Ill at Home in Cambridge
Charles Eliot Norton III of Boston is seriously ill at his Cambridge residence. The eminent author and art and literature authority, once Harvard history professor until 1808, is eighty one years old.
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Boston
Charles Eliot Norton
Harvard University
Cambridge
Taft Bryan Campaign Schedules and Finances Revealed
The Oct 10 dispatch details Taft's next week itinerary from Cincinnati through the South and Midwest, then Newark and Baltimore, with a Nov 21 Ohio close. It notes Carnegie's 20.4 million contribution to the Republican fund, Sage's 1000 gift, and a proposed 50 from 10,000 business men, plus Sheldon delaying disclosure of a full donor list. Bryan in Missouri draws the largest Hannibal rally as he tours Illinois and Missouri cities.
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Axvelt
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George R. Sheldon
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Hannibal Democratic Club
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Missouri Democratic State Committee
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Paris
Moberly
Kansas City
Bryan's "Hire" in Illinois of Prosperity
Fresh from conferences in Chicago with hundreds of business men Bryan, traveling for twelve hours through Illinois and stopping at many towns, presented himself as the Advance Agent of Prosperity. He framed the panic of last fall as his main topic and spoke from early morning until his final word.
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Uil
Chicago
William J. Bryan
Illinois
Detroit World Series Opener Promises Huge Gate
Oct 10 Detroit base ball fans flood to see the first world championship game. A telegram from Muggsy McGraw to Hugh Jennings adds respectful rivalry and mutual praise. Both clubs claim victory as ideal weather and a near sellout crowd of about 20,000 fill the grounds.
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Hugh Jennings
Muggsy” McGraw
New York National
Jennings
Giants
The Writer's Child Papa Penury Joke
The Cleveland Leader quotes a quip about penury as the wages of the pea. The exchange plays on words between writer and child.
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Cleveland Leader
Charities Conference Opens in Rock Island Tonight
Final arrangements for the State Conference of Charities in Rock Island set Governor Deneen to speak Sunday afternoon on The Words of the State. His talk is nonpolitical. Dr W E H Smith will open with History of the Care of the Feebleminded in Illinois. George W Jones of Jacksonville School for the Blind will discuss the State’s duty toward the blind. Sherman Kingsley of Chicago will report for the legislative committee.
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Linole State
Blinois
George W. Jones
School For the
Jacksonville
Sherman
Noted Washtenaw County Elder Celebrates 100th Birthday
Ann Arbor Oct 10 Mrs Egidious Reiser reportedly oldest Washtenaw resident marks her centennial birthday at daughter Mrs John Sautter's Bridgewater home. Despite not reading English papers she stays engaged by daily German newspaper reading and remains in good health with an active mind.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Mra
Egidious Reiser
Washtenaw County
John Sautter
Bridgewater
Reiser
Chicago Man Declines Office
Washington reports Attorney General Bonaparte said James H. Wilkerson of Chicago, a special DOJ attorney, was offered the post of assistant attorney general to fill Alford W. Cooley's vacated seat but declined the position.
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Chicago
Washington
Bonaparte
James H. Wilkerson
Department of Justice
Alford W. Cooley
Hogs and cattle markets steady to weak in Chicago notes
Chicago markets Oct 10 1908 report receipts and shipments with hogs quoted 5.70 to 6.65 for light to heavy grades and cattle and sheep totals. Official receipts yesterday 16604 with strong hogs and weak sheep while today’s receipts estimated at 8000 and 1500 respectively. Market shows weak to steady trends across light mixed packers heavy ship’s grades and rough categories.
John A. Babcock's Promise of a Square Deal
A brief note from John A. Babcock affirms commitment to fair dealing and timely service, promising a square, straightforward arrangement for every engagement.
Army retires Col William F F Stewart for heart disease
Washington Oct 10 The retiring board found Colonel Stewart suffering from valvular heart disease severe enough to incapacitate him for active service The finding will be sent to the secretary of war and likely followed by his retirement Stewart testified he rode 20 to 35 miles daily for years then walked 8 to 14 miles at Fort Grant claiming no ill effects despite heart issues since 1874 He said he was born a soldier and wished to remain in the service until legal retirement age
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Washington
Army Retiring Board
William FF. Stewart
Fort Grant
Stewart
Secretary of War
Howland
Latimer
Colonel Stewart
Grant
National Anthem Idea Proposed by Arts Institute Leader
Professor William Milligan Sloane of Columbia University proposes the National Institute of Arts and Letters create a single patriotic hymn. The plan blends Yankee Doodle The Star Spangled Banner La Marseillaise and Die Wacht am Rhein into one anthem. A November meeting may discuss a prize for the future national song.
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New York
William Milligan Sloane
Columbia University
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Sloane
United States
Seventeen Feared Dead in Grain Elevator Blast
Richford Vermont October 10 reports say seventeen people likely died in the grain elevator explosion on Wednesday night. Timekeeper W C Bonney perished and records list at least five laborers not yet found.
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Richford
W. C. Bonney
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