Mutineers Lose Fortresses as Warships Arrive at Helsingfors
A press correspondent reports in Helsingfors that mutineers held key fortifications until Russian warships bore down the coast. Two officers among the mutineers are named, a special court will try the prisoners from St Petersburg, and about one thousand men remain confined while casualties and missing numbers are uncertain.
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A Press
Ton
Kohneky
Kemitjanof
St Petersburg
Helsingfors
Skatudon
Mutiny Quelled On Togatyr Cruiser Off Helsingfors
An incipient mutiny broke out today on the Thus sian cruiser Togatyr near Helsingfors. The uprising was immediately suppressed with the arrest of 200 sailors aboard the vessel.
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Helsingfors
Togatyr
Governor fatally wounded by bomb in Samara Mussia
An assassination attempt in Samara left the city governor dead when a hazardous device was hurled at him. He suffered devastating injuries as his head and feet were torn from his body. the assailant was captured and arrested.
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Samara
Mussia
Sveaborg Fortress Seized as Government Holds Prisoners
Nelsingfors reports Sveaborg fortress fully in government control this morning. Prisoners have been moved to Bkatad den island awaiting trial as the socialist red guard faces setback.
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Nelsingfors
Sveabore
Bkatadden Island
Socialist Red Guard
Strikes and Clashes Hit Russian Lodging and Regiments
Last night workers in the Finnish proletariat pressed a general strike and halted a street railroad power house action. Guards fought rioters with fatalities while Moscow guards show disloyalty unrest in St. Petersburg. Cossacks deployed to regiment barracks. Dragoon forces surprised a large secret revolutionary meeting near Riga ending with captures.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Admiral and Staff Die Flying Mutiny at Cronstadt
Mutiny at Cronstadt leaves Rear Admiral Becemsheff and two aides dead after charging bar racks during a mutinous outbreak. Drumhead trials resume as authorities report executions likely. In Warsaw, artillerymen mutiny at Rembertow camp prompting infantry and Cossacks to intervene.
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St. Petersburg
Becemsheff
Cronstadt
Warsaw
Remibertoff
Strong patrol of troops guard railroad lines
Strong patrol of troops occupies all Finnish railway stations from St. Petersburg to Viborg and blocks the coast along the line, as reported from St. Petersbur Aug 3.
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St. Petersbur
St. Petersburg
Viborg
Fire in wood yards near prison sparks prisoner release plot
Fire broke out in several large wood yards near the prison as revolutionaries tried to create confusion to free political leaders. Authorities fear further attempts as the plan unfolds and remain vigilant.
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Kharkov
Frightful Accident In Liquor House In Houston
An explosion in the rectifying rooms of the wholesale Nquer house of Jopper & Co in Houston Texas today killed W S Pletcher instantly and fatally injured Lee Brooks who was burned by burning alcohol. The entire building burned gutted with losses estimated at 75000 dollars.
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Texas
W. S. Pletcher
Lee Brooks
Jopper & Co
Bryan Urges Peoria Shift as Democrats Read Civil War
Chicago August 3 William Jennings Bryan demands the ouster of Roger Sullivan from the national committee threatening to withhold state convention endorsement for his presidency. Sullivan claims Bryan's letters were a misrepresentation and vows to stay in politics. Berlin reports a prison birth of a child awaiting execution with a nurse for eight weeks. Cotton crops show improved condition nationally and in Texas for late July.
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William Jennings Bryan
Roger C. Sullivan
Illinois
National Committee
Hopkins-Sullivan
Bryan
Peoria
Sullivan
Millard F. Dunlap
Owen FP. Thompson
Jacksonville
Lonesome Stonds
Berlin
Bloemera
Gladbach
Washington
the Department of Agriculture
Texas
Hamburg Flood Rips Through Pennsylvania Town
A cloudburst swept Hamburg Pennsylvania with a ten foot flood washing through streets and destroying over fifty dwellings. Allan J Romig drowned when a tinsmith shop collapsed. The Union Flour Mill dam failure caused the disaster with losses exceeding 50000 and dramatic rescues including Professor Wallace’s family saved from upper floors.
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Hamburg
Allan J. Romig
Union Flour Mill
Wallace
Rear Admiral Train Dies At Post Of Duty
Che Foo Aug 4 Rear Admiral Charles J Train commander in chief of the United States Asiatic fleet died at 9 16 am of uraemia He held neutrality duties in Pacific waters during the Russo Japanese War He was 61 and would have retired in May next year He served many years at sea including command of the auxiliary cruiser Prairie in the North Atlantic patrol and had been a rear admiral since 1904.
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Admirt Charlies J. Train
United States
Asiatic Feet
Uraemia
P Tippine
Admiral Train
Prairie
North Atlantic
Open St Peters Tomb Debate Moves Pope To Act
New York reports Catholic intellectuals inflamed by a letter signed Marcellus of the Old Stones urging Pope Pius X to authorize an excavation of St. Peter’s tomb to settle doubts about its existence. Archaeologists split, with Grisar and Marucci supporting a tomb and others urging opening it. A St. Petersburg note describes rebels seizing a printing works and forcing 150,000 copies of the Viborg manifesto to be printed.
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Pius X
Peter
Rome
New York Freeman's Journal
Marcellus
Michaeal Angelo
Ponifs
Europe
Holy Father
Marucchi
Father Grisar
Mgr. Barnes
Douma
St. Petersburg
Boussals
Five Montana mines idle as union dues dispute sinks operations
In Butte and Great Falls a wave of layoffs follows the discharge of five smeltermen over union dues. About 3,000 miners and 4,000 tons daily were affected as the Boston and Montana Copper properties halted operations. The union then voted to end the stoppage pending review of the discharged workers.
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Great Falls
Boston
Butte
Joe Gans to Meet Battling Nelson in $30,000 Labor Day Fight
Goldfield Nevada August 3 The Battling Nelson camp says he will fight Joe Gans in a finish fight for $30,000 to be posted in a local bank and announced in San Francisco tomorrow. Gans' acceptance is expected tomorrow.
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Nev
Nelson
Joe Gans
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Fire damages London post office mail and letter delivery
A blaze at the west end branch of London’s post office disrupted foreign mail from the Cannbourn street office. Half the mail burned, a bag used to carry the rest, and a small vial with phosphorous was found. Police suspect militant destruction to halt delivery and will inspect correspondence closely.
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West End
Post Office
Canbourn Street
Cloud burst devastates Castel St. Angelo region in Italy
A cloud burst in the Camernco area near Clomdbhurst Ancona caused severe flooding. Castel St. Angelo village suffered the worst, with buildings destroyed and an impetuous torrent sweeping away five to ten people.
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Ialy
Ancona
Italy
Camernco
Castel St. Angelo
Samoan Claims Settled and Mayor Jolson Case Update
The United States paid Germany the $20,000 award in the Samoan claims dispute once arbitration by King Oscar concluded in 1902. In Cleveland Judge Kennedy ruled Mayor John Leon not guilty of contempt for tearing up tracks. W J Springborn fined $100 and costs for violating a temporary injunction.
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United States
Germany
Great Britain
Denminde
Samoa
Oscar
Sweden
Norway
Jolson
Cleveland
Ohio
Kennedy
The
Common Pleas Court Today
John Leon
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
W. J. Springborn
Public Service
Pord
Springborn
Costa
Veteran Printer Isaac P D George Dies at 69
In Chicago on Aug 3 Isaac PD George first president of the International Typographical Union died aged 69. He also led the Old Time Printers Association as president at the time of his death. Montevideo reports say Brazilian students hostile to Secretary Root reacting to his speech.
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Chicago
Isaac PD
George
International Typographical Union
Old Time Prinere Association
Brazil
Toot
Montevideo
Root
Pimbassy Clerk Charles Hodson Dies at Embassy
London August 3. Charles Hodson longtime chief clerk at the Am terleag embassy here died today after thirty years in service.
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Pimbassy
London
Charles Hodson
Amterleag
Emperor William Warns of Red Danger Besides Yellow Peril
In an interview published today the German Emperor warns that the red danger looms as a global threat alongside the yellow peril. He states heads of state constantly risk their lives and calls anti militarism an international pest while condemning unrest in the French army and expressing unease at any harm to it.
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Paris
Mafin Today
Berlin
William
Lithographers Strike Over Eight Hour Day Across U S
The New York dispute reports mixed results with some signatories to eight hour day deals while 85 percent of lithographers nationally reportedly reject the demand and vow to continue the strike. Philadelphia joins with members of the Lithographers International Protective and Beneficial Association walking off to press for the eight hour day affecting twenty six establishments and several hundred workers.
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New York
Medical Society Plans Conference to Safeguard Public Morals
New York August 4 The Medical Society of the County of New York announces plans for a November 12 conference at the Hudson theater to discuss protecting public health and morals. Topics include quackery narcotic and drug sales under harmless medicine pretenses adulterated drugs and foods newspaper ads of medicals and child labor. The conference may seek a charter for a broader society with state branches and local chapters.
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Andrews
Medical Society of the County of
Hudson Theater
Missionary Explorer George Grenfell Dies in Congo Mission
London reports Reverend George Grenfell, a Baptist missionary explorer born 1848 in Cornwall, died July 3 at Basoko in the Congo Independent State from blackwater fever. He earlier became the first European to visit Edra Palls Cameroons in 1876 and mapped two thousand miles of upper Congo waterways.
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George Grenfell
Basoko
Congo Independent State
Penzance
Cornwall
England
The
Baptist Society
Commission For the Protection of the
Congo
Edra Palls
Cameroons
Mobango
Upper
Greeks and Bulgarians battle near Fiorina. fifteen killed
In Corandjan near Fiorina a clash between Greeks and Bulgarians left two Bulgarian sentries dead. Turkish troops aided the Bulgarians and the Greeks were defeated with fifteen killed.
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Corandjan
Fiorina
Resignation Accepted at New Mexico Normal University
Governor Hagerman accepted the resignation of Dr W K Tipton as president of the board of regents of the New Mexico Normal University at Las Vegas and as surgeon general of the New Mexico national guard. No successor named amid ongoing friction among regents following a governor led investigation.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Hagerman
W. 4K
Tipton
Board of Regents
The
New Mexico Normal University
Las Vegas
New Mexico National Guard
Investigation of peonage at Jackson Lumber camp in Alabama
Pensacola Fla August 3 An investigation by a United States commissioner into alleged peonage at the Jackson Lumber company camp at Lockhart Alabama resulted in three men being held for trial He are Robert Gallagher superintendent W N Grace and Oscar E Sanders company employees each held on heavy bond
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Fla
Jackson Lumber Company
Lockhart
Ala
United States
Robert Gallagher
W. N. Grace
Oscar 8. Sanders
Two Men Drifting Aboard Open Gulf Boat
News from New Orleans reports two men adrift in the Gulf of Mexico aboard scows after a storm cast them from the tow line of the tug R. W. Wilmot. The Wilmot, sixty miles from Mobile when the line broke, watched their comrades signal for help as the four scows drifted apart.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
R. W. Wilmot
Wilmot
Mobile
Alleged Anarchist May Sue Germany Over Arrest
Altona Prussia August 3 police officials say they regret American officials angered them by the arrest of Rosenberg formerly of Beattie Washington on July 3 on a charge of anarchistic conspiracy. He was released after no ground to hold him. He may sue for damages. Also reports of shipboard duel in Japan and government printer firing in Washington. Emperor William to visit Spain in September and meet King Alfonso.
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Prussia
Rosenberg
Beatie, Wash
United States
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Altona
Germany
Pires Miller
Washington
W. A. Miller
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Keiser
Spain
Madrid
William
Mediterranean
Alicante
Alfonso
Feorrol
Nicholas
Stolypin
Conant Heyden
Strikes Grip St Petersburg as Nation Faces Political Crisis
St Petersburg plunges into darkness as 2000 factory workers join a general strike amid tension over Stolypin cabinet. Rail strike risk grows while Nicholas poised to name troops chief. Mart ial law looms. protests flare in Narva and Viborg as authorities tighten patrols and fires threaten the city.
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St. Petersurg
Stolypin
Russia
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Te Deathlin
Pamayat Azon
Sosinsky
Mogyroff
Narva
Viborg
Runell
Moscow
Pekin Legation Guard Grow Controversy and Customs Moves
United States plans to reinforce its Pekin legation guard, prompting surprise and concern as China orders customs staff changes in Manchuria. American minister Rockhill strongly opposes the guard increase while new maritime customs directives shift reports to a central residence.
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Mama Maritime Customal Board
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