30 Jul 1906
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1906
Page
1
Mutiny outbreak in Poltava seizes guns and siezes the prison as the Sevko regiment protests to support arrested private. Loyal troops quell the mutineers with machine guns. several killed or wounded. Outbreak ends around 2am.
In Sebastopol on July 29 the naval court martial sentenced seamen linked to the November 1905 Black Sea mutiny. Four men faced death, one received life servitude, thirty-two punishment terms, and fifty imprisonment with six acquittals. Samenkoff, charged in the May 11 bomb attack on General Neptus, escaped with an assisting volunteer who vanished.
A Warsaw postal car robbery on the Warsaw road yielded a parcel bundle of about 60 000 dollars in cash with additional funds. Missing documents prevent final total, while authorities allege a Volga river steamer crew aided the band. A separate report describes a monk on a Kharkov to Yekaterinoslav train warning of peasant attacks on a Monastery tied to an 1854 imperial escape.
The situation in Russia has quieted since last Saturday with no likely major developments next week. Proletariat organizations continue to agitate for a simultaneous general strike and express confidence in achieving it within a month or six weeks.
A late night Associated Press dispatch from St. Petersburg says a tutor reached the AP desk claiming General Trepoff was killed, but confirmation was lacking. The report suggested the event might reflect a revival of a rumor from the previous week.
A St Petersburg council of workmen's deputies representing 136,000 workers met at Tericki across the Pin Filth border to discuss response to the dissolution of parliament. They avoided a general strike for now while considering measures and views on press freedom and public news flow.
Reports say the Russian government imposes strict censorship on telegrams via the official agency and restores foreign newspaper suppression. The foreign press faces heavy edits, with articles blocked and ink and sand used to obscure content. In Rio, the Pan American Congress continues as Secretary Root's arrival heightens interest.
In Canonsburg Pennsylvania Samuel Pearse returns home to find his wife and two children dead and a third child dying from bullet wounds. A fire started in a bedroom was extinguished by Pearse before it could spread. The attack is believed to be motivated by robbery with no shooter identified. In Peru President Pardo asks congress to push internal progress and discusses a $1,500,000 railroad loan set to be debated at the Pan American conference.
Socialist candidate E V Debs told a Riverside Park gathering that U S workers should back the liberation of Western Federation of Miners leaders Charles Moyer William Haywood and George Pettibone, even by blood if needed, to free the imprisoned officials. He claimed over a million workers would rise to demand their release. The speech accompanied a Moyer Haywood defense meeting in St Louis.
An anti-Greek demonstration in Philipopolis Bulgaria turned violent as Bulgarians seized three Greek churches. Two people, a Greek and a Macedonian, were killed and several wounded as mobs controlled the streets. Troops fired blank rounds to no avail. fears of further attacks mounted in the Greek quarter.
Expreso reports a major derailment on the New York Central line with trains plunging toward the Hudson River. The piece outlines an ambitious plan to fill parts of the East River and add about half a billion dollars in city property.
Laborers and workmen building street railways threaten to walk out today unless their demands are conceded. The labor action could disrupt transit projects around the Golden Gate area and affects ongoing city construction.
A New York Central express derailed after hitting a landslide in heavy rains near New Hamburg eight miles south of Poughkeepsie. Fireman Millis was killed. engineer Wells seriously hurt. Fifteen passengers seriously injured. many more with minor injuries. Hospitals prepared as doctors rushed to the scene on special trains from New York and Pougkeepsie officials.
Returns show T M Campbell of Palestine leads the governor race with at least 230 votes and second choice strength for nomination. M Brooks of Dallas likely second, with Colquitt and Bell trailing. State ticket incumbents and other officials named, plus a beaten congressman in the second district. Venezuelan government seeks damages after canceling a French railway contract in Caracas.
A general strike is called for all construction workers on the United railways in San Francisco. About 1,600 laborers and helpers will halt rehabilitation of street railways, demanding reinstatement of discharged workers, higher wages, and an eight hour day. Many strikers are foreigners brought to the city by the United railroads.
In Oyster Bay on July 29 President Theodore Roosevelt and his family attended a service at the Presbyterian church. The sermon was delivered by Rev Charles L. Thompson, secretary of the board of home missions, as special services were held in the president's honor.
State Insurance Commissioner Oto Kelsey released a report showing total insured value tied to the San Francisco disaster at 2,546,307, with net losses totaling 152,823,068. The Hartford Fire Insurance Company of Connecticut recorded the largest net loss at 6,186,702 as part of the six million plus damages.
The panel of five Pacific coast underwriters amended rules to remove city agents and solicitors. From now on companies connected with the board will transact business directly or via enrolled brokers to cut expenses. Previously each company kept a city agent in every locality.
The national convention of the Commercial Law League of America opens in Asheville North Carolina and will run from tomorrow through Saturday with sessions in the city.
The Morning Journal reports Edison proposes filling eight square miles of water to create dry land from the Battery to Hell Gate and extend Manhattan to Brooklyn. He cites future population growth and the need for mercantile expansion. engineers call it practicable and essential for the city’s future traffic. The piece also covers Speaker Cannon at Coney Island seeking rest in Gotham, his mood, and a milk inspection crackdown amid infant mortality concerns.
A New York Times style recap of maritime disasters and urban heat issues. Reports detail people trapped beneath a derailed boat during a fatal Anglesea, New Jersey incident, with rescuers saving several survivors. Also covered are London electric power debates and plans to revamp the Statue of Liberty site, plus Morgan art purchases and early cooling efforts in subways.
Two ElbHIT individuals died when their yachts capsized during a Sunday fishing trip off the New Jersey coast. Rescuers searched the area as authorities investigated the incident.
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