Train Robberies Shake Russian Poland and Warsaw
Two daring raids disrupt rail service in Russian Poland. At Herby toward Czenstochowa, robbers killed seven guards and stole $8,000 and arms after a skirmish. A second Warsaw-Vienna raid seized $37,200 with no casualties as guards were absent. Public disorder rises amid revolutionary activity.
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Warsaw
Poland
Herby
Czenstochowa
Customs House
Imperial Bank
Zukat
Frontier Guards
Weitennig
Laguma
Qaway Station
Brewenleki
Crenstochowa
Warsaw-Vienna
Pollen Socialist Party
Czentstochowa
Russian Poland
Stolypin Seeks Nonofficial Appointees for Cabinet
Premier Stolypin faces challenges filling a reorganized cabinet with respected figures from outside official life as he seeks competent service. New obstructions arise as he negotiates qualifications and loyalties amid stiff political expectations.
Rejected Leaders Shrug Off Ministry Entry
The text notes M Guchkoff and Prince Looff being rejected and refusing ministry. It cites Stolypin promoting strong handed reform to calm the country, announcing that the pale will receive remote institutions and denying government interference with local electoral campaigns.
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M. Guchkoff
Prince Looff
Stolypin
Peasants Clash With Dragoons Near Proskuroff
In Proskuroff Russia near the village of Chernipoff dragoons attempting to arrest two agitators were met by armed peasants. Five peasants killed twelve dragoons wounded three fatally and other combats continued.
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Proskuroff
Russia
Chernipoff
Black Hundreds Terrorize Inhabitants in Kazan
In Kazan on July 28 the Black Hundreds terrorize intelligentsia and Jewish residents with threats of uprising. Numerous houses are marked with crosses as Jews flee for safety.
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Kazan
Russia
Telegraph Wires Burned In St Petersburg Alerting Provinces
The Central Telegraph station switchboard was destroyed by fire cutting communication with the provinces except rail lines. Authorities suspect a deliberate act by revolutionists as the incident sparks panic in St Petersburg on July 28.
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St. Petersburg
Kansas entomologist bitten by Gila monster in Arizona
Special to the Morning Journal from Phoenix July 28 reports Professor Snow of Kansas University, a leading entomologist, leading a student expedition into Arizona, was bitten by a Gila monster while field work in southern Arizona and is in serious condition from the venom. He has prior experience with bites from rattlesnakes and tarantulas and now receives the best medical care amid fears for his life.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Snow
Kansas University
Arizona
Good Templars Elect Grand Officers
George F. Cotter of Seattle was re elected national grand chief templar at the national grand lodge session W H Clark of Wyoming chosen national grand secretary and A A Anderson of McKeesport Pa elected national grand treasurer Seattle selected on the first ballot as convention site for 1907
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Boston
George F. Cotteril
Seattle
Grand Lodge
United States Independent Order of Good Templars
W. H. Clark
Wyoming
A. A. Anderson
McKeesport
Boston Bank Robbery and Shootout Leaves Two Arrested
In Boston on July 28 three robbers stormed the Charlestown coal office of Meserii Hickey and wounded Patrolman Herman Shiel and Hickey, taking $260 and papers. The two suspects, George Everson of New York City and Fred Sacckati of Bridgeport, Conn., were captured after a street gunfight as police hunted the third assailant.
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Boston
Herman Shiel
Thomas Hickey
Wakefield
Relief Hospital
Hickey
Charlestown
Shiel
Kosten
George W. Everson
New York City
Fred Sacckati
Bridgeport
Vpoliceman Bhiel
Torpedo Practice Sinks Boat Off Newport
A White head torpedo fired from the torpedo station during practice struck and sank a boat carrying four seamen gunners. A lifeboat rescued them. The torpedo was driven by compressed air to break a hole 300 yards away. The men were on the range line to collect spent torpedoes and were hit by mischance.
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Newport
Revolution Ends Negotiations Over Galapagos Islands
Ecuadorian government papers reveal Garcia era plan to sell Galapagos to the United States for five thousand in gold. Roosevelt reportedly would bring the proposal to Congress and appoint a minister to Quito. Garcia's overthrow halted talks amid protests in Quito. The Galapagos, 13 islands off Ecuador, include Albemarle as the largest.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Garcia
Galapagos Islands
United States
France
Senor Garcia
Washington
Roosevelt
Quito
Pacific
Equator
Albemarle
Charles Island
Deadly grade crossing claims another victim in Las Vegas
Juan Aguilar native living in Los Conchas was killed when a switch engine struck the wagon he rode in at Coors crossing where Main Street meets Santa Fe tracks. Munro Sena was thrown from the wagon but escaped with minor injuries as the engine reportedly did not whistle. One horse died and the wagon was splintered.
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The
Morning Journal
Las Vegas
N. M
Juan Aguilar
Los Conchas
Coor’s Crossing
Cty
Santa Fe
Main Street
Aguilar
Munro Sena
Lena
Bryan and guests attend Irish club reception in London
London July 28 Mr and Mrs William J Bryan were guests at an Irish club reception. Fr OConnor welcomed them and Bryan thanked the club noting the Irish role in building up the United States. They then departed for Holland with Col Wetmore and others.
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London
William J. Bryan
O’connor
Bryan
Trish
United States
Unknown man run down by train near Watrous
In Watrous New Mexico July 28 a mysterious man was killed by a Santa Fe double header on the tracks. His identity could not be established despite inquiries. An inquest exonerated the engineer Pat Boyle who avoided the man’s approach.
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The
Morning Journal
Watrous
N. M
Santa Fe
Vo Watrous
Pat Boyle
Counting Cost of Fail Blaze
San Francisco reports detailing California insurance losses from the April 18 conflagration are being prepared by Insurance Commissioner Wolfe. Estimates place the potential losses between 250 million and 300 million dollars as lines of liability are tabulated from company records and appraisals.
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San Francisco
California
Wolfe
Wolf
Train Strikes Car Killing Three People
A train collided with a car, killing three people at the crossing. Emergency crews responded quickly as investigators began to determine how the collision occurred and whether signals were functioning.
Image of Saint Revealed by Vision Stirs Italian Village
In a Benevento area village a girl Angelli na Parretta says the Virgin appeared in a dream and a sacred picture lies buried. Peasants dug to reveal an old building and a stone slab bearing the image of St. Francis. Thousands visit the site seeking miracles and to venerate the child.
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Rome
Benevento
Angellina Parretta
Francis
Primaries in Texas End in Draw
Texas Democratic primaries yield a large total vote near 375000. Four gubernatorial candidates L M Brooks F Colquitt and T Campbell poll similar shares, with no majority, forcing a convention fight. Congressional contests show Burgess Gregg Brooks leading in several districts while Henderson leads in the sixth but may only have a plurality.
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Austin
Texas
M. M. Brooks
F. Colquitt
T. Campbell
George F. Burgess
W. W. Glass
A.W. Gregg
J. J. Blount
M. T. Brooks
8. B. Cooper
T. 8. Henderson
Milam County
Richard Mays
Judge Hardy
Navarro County
Bryan to Keynote Missouri Campaign in Kansas City
William J Bryan will open the Democratic campaign in Missouri with a speech in Kansas City on September 4, according to Senator W J Stone. The address is described as the keynote of the campaign. Severe crop damage is reported in Minnesota North Dakota and Iowa from hail rain and windstorms last night and this morning.
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Kansas City
William J Bryan
Missouri
Atansas City
W. J. Stone
Mr. Bryan
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
North Dakota
Fatal Pasadena Collision Kills One and Injures Dozens
A Southern Pacific passenger train struck a Sierra Madre electric car at Onenta Station near Pasadena. One woman died and about sixty were injured with several facing possible death. Victims were mainly Sierra Madre residents, many severely wounded as the engine car left the tracks and the car was hurled 200 feet.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Southern Pacific
Pasadena
This City
Pacific Electric Road
Onenta Station
Sisters’ Hospital
Collision at Los Angeles Street Crossing Kills and Injures
At the South F and Grand avenue crossing in Los Angeles a collision between a Grand avenue streetcar and a Pico Heights car left one man dead and several injured. A. A. Unsman a bicycle manufacturer died of chest injuries. Dudley Cavanaugh and Mrs. Dudley Cavanaugh were among the wounded. The crash was blamed on a right of way misunderstanding. A Grand avenue car, traveling at high speed, struck the other vehicle and overturned it. In a separate report, H lardia Hackett and Frederick Alexander won the eastern lawn tennis championship doubles at Longwood Cricket Club defeating Clothier and Larned in a lengthy match.
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Los Angeles
Grand Avenue
Waat
A. A. Unsman
Dudley Cavanaugh
High Seed
Pico Heights
Tiard
Longwood
Hlardla Hackett
Frederick Alexander
New York
Princeton
Longwood Cricket Club
W. J Clothier
Philadelphia
William A. Larned
Summit
N. J
Bards
Flesh of Bogs as Article of Diet
President reports official statistics show over 2500 dogs eaten in the city in the first quarter. High beef and mutton prices drive consumption of dog flesh and proposals rise to use healthy dogs taken to the pound for al and institutional meat.
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Presiden
Slaughterhouse Vet Inspects Carcasses Before Sale
The text describes current practices where animals are examined by a veterinary surgeon before slaughter and the meat then passes under government inspection.
Girl climber Mile Gindraux tops Matterhorn in bold ascent
In Geneva on July 28 Mile Gindraux a 17 year old daughter of a Zermatt stationer becomes the season’s first to reach the Matterhorn summit. Accompanied by two guides she began at 3 pm climbed through the night and reached the peak at 8 o’clock the next morning amid cheering crowds. She dressed in a masculine outfit and claimed the climb without relying on aid from her guides.
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Geneva
Mile
Gindraux
Zermatt
Tonopah Labor Talks Precede Possible Mining Strike
Tonopah Nevada hosts a conference of mine owners after near unanimous rejection of the Western Federation of Miners wage and time proposal. Quiet now, but a strike may follow with expected financial support from Goldfield Manhattan Bullfrog and nearby camps.
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Tonopah
Nev
Return of Jews to Palestine gains momentum
Jerusalem reports a strong Zionist push with a notable influx of Israelites to the Holy Land. A party of Jewish financiers surveyed a fertile area east of the Jordan near Kerak for colonization while negotiating land purchases and protections against Bedouin opposition. Five thousand immigrants arrived at Jaffa from Faussia and the Balkans and will join existing colonies.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Holy Land
Jordan
Kerak
Jaffa
Faussia
Balkan States
Naval Officer Clarence England killed in friendly fire incident
Lieutenant Clarence England, navigating officer of the US cruiser Chattanooga, was mortally wounded by a rifle bullet fired from a French armored cruiser Dupetit Thouars during target practice near Che Foo. The incident, deemed accidental by naval officers, follows a day of engagement between nine French ships and seven American ones. England, a 1890 Naval Academy appointee, died that evening.
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Chee Foo
Clarence England
Chattanooga
Dupetit Thouars
England
Dupetit Thours
Washington
J. B. Ragland
Luttte Ock
Ark
Naval Academy
Tolstoy Proposes Nonviolence Cure for Nation Woes
Tolstoy advocates a peaceful bloodless form of anarchy to resolve the country’s crises. He calls for mass noncooperation and moral reform to end oppression and war, urging citizens to withdraw support from the state apparatus until a new social order emerges.
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Tolstoy
Prince August Wilhelm Eyes US Tour After Bonn Studies
Berlin reports Prince August Wilhelm of Hohenzollern seeks a U S tour if he passes exams at Bonn University Baron Speck von Sternburg and his wife may host him in Washington The prince wishes to see mining camps in the West and possibly the Klondike amid a broader note on Russia’s unrest and calls for army reform plus Leo Tolstoys proposed remedies in a Berlin interview
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Berlin
Kaiser
Prince August Wilhelm
United States
America
University of
Bonn
Speck von Sternburg
Washington
Klondike
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Waldo M. York
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Mabel Spencer
Fred Seaber
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Balkans
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Chefoo Harbor
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