The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1914-10-07
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Milwaukee won the pennant in thu
American Association of baseball club
for the season just ended.
A large French battleship is report
ed to have been destroyed by the Aus
trian forts on the bay of Cattaro
A German drigible balloon dropred
a bomb into a schoolhouse at Bielo
stok, Russia killing eleven children.
The Albanian senate has chosen
Prince Eddin, son of the deposed sui
tan Abdul Hamid, as Prince of Alba
MIA
| Two German aeroplanes flew over
Calais and Boulogne. throwing bombs
which caused some damage in both
cities.
The Germans bombarded the coun.
| try home of President Poineare a;
Sampigny, in the department OF the
| Mouse.
Governors of six Of the cotton-grow-
| ing states met in Washington to con
slider plan for the financing and mar
keting of the cotton crop.
The house has passed the amended
carrying s2O,OOO,OOO.
The Austro-Hungarian government
| alleges that the Russian troops have
been using dun dun cartridges.
The governments war risk insur.
ance bureau is ready to transact the
business for which it was created.
There is now feeling in Washing
ton that congress can be ready to ad-
journ about the middle of October.
The German government has forbid
den the publication of The Norwaerts,
the organ of the Social Democratic
party.
Official denial of the sinking of
| French warship by the Austrian forts
at Cattaro was made by the French
admiralty.
1t is said that the Chinese president
| Is anxious to avoid difficulties with
Japan, but that the army officials are
under German influence and have mob
| ilized large numbers of troops in Snan-
tung province.
The Russians have completed the
| establishment of a Russian govern
ment at Lemberg.
Dean Sumner OF Chicago has an
nounced his acceptance of his election
as bishop of Oregon.
An Italian torpedo boat is reported
| to have been sunk by "a mine between
Venice and Comacchio, in the Adri.
attic sea.
An Italian fishing boat struck an
| Austrian floating mine off Ancona and
was blown up, eight of her crew losing
their lives.
Many hundreds of refugees have ar
| rived i'm Havana from Mexico City,
| among whom are several wealthy and
| prominent bankers.
Max Under. probably the most IA
nous cinematograph actor in the
world. has been killed in action at the
battle of the Aisne.
Harry Boomer is under arrest at
| Akron, O., and has confessed to the
murder of Miss Winnie Becker, aged
twenty-five, for purposes of robbery
King Charles has called for a spe-
cial session Of the cabinet to deter
mine Roumania's attitude toward the
war.
German warships have opened a bat
tie by cannonading the japanese pO-
sitiOns near Tsingtao. Two Japanese
officers have been killed.
F. c. Tanner, manager of Charles s.
| Whitman's primary campaign, was
elected chairman Of the New York Re-
publican state committee.
| Austin NJ. Hestand, thirty-five years
old, an employe of the Washington.
Ind, electric works, was instantly
killed when he came in contact with a
live" wire.
| Secretary Bryan for the United
States and Ambassador Bakhmeteff
for Russia have signed a treaty bind
ing the two nations to submit all dis
| Iutes that cannot be settled diplomat
ically to an international commission
for investigation.
William Picella was killed when an
aeroplane which he was flying cap
sized at Herlpstead, l.. |.
| The Northwest Ia LANA conference
OF the Methodist cbIrech In session az
Lafayette voted 10 meet al South
| Bend next year.
Disease Prevention Day" in Ia,i-
ana Friday WIS teatr..ly obsersed,
| most o. the oii.es and towns having
some fora Of exercises appropriate to
the Cay.