Naval clash fears as Russian fleet moves south
Fourth Squadron evades pursuit while Admiral Nebogatoff heads toward the China Sea. News from St Petersburg reports Japanese fast cruisers and destroyers shadowing Nebogatoff to stop a junction with Rojestvensky, with possible Japanese presence in Dutch Borneo and Straits of Sunda. Cap tain Clado gains staff captaincy as Gromoboi sails from Vladivostok.
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ST. Petersburg
RosJestvensky
Nebogatoff
Admiralty
Rojestvensky
Straits of
Sandy
Teso
Straits of Landy
Straits of Malacca
China Sea
Madagascar
Russ
Clado
North Sea
Gromoboi
Vladivostok
Foreign Office
Russia
Netherlands
Dutch Borneo
Straits of Sunda
Unanimous Salt Lake vote approves $100 million Union Pacific fund
In Salt Lake City stockholders of Union Pacific approved the issuance of 100,000,000 dollars in preferred stock at a special meeting. The vote covered 1,000,000 preferred shares and 1,961,787 common shares with proxies held by Judge W. D. Cornish. Joseph F. Smith and two Salt Lake City newspaper men voted for the issue. no explanation of fund use was given.
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Harriman
Salt Lake City
Utah
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Saares
W. D. Cornish
New York
Joseph PF. Smith
Mormon Church
Union Pacific
Rudolph Will Be Hanged at Union for Murder
ST. LOUIS, Mo. James A. Finch, counsel for William Rudolph, said he appealed to Governor Folk by phone to grant clemency, but the governor refused to reconsider commuting Rudolph's Monday execution for the murder of Detective Charles J. Schumacher.
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Rudolph
ST. Louis
James A. Finch
William Rudolph
Union
Charles J. Schumacher
Folk
May Bet on Races at Track
Houston governor Jan ham approves a bill permitting betting at race tracks on race day, enabling gamblers to wager within track facilities. The decision follows legislative debate and aims to regulate wagering activity locally.
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Houston
Tex
Janham
Nebraska After State Cash Case Heard in Topeka
Nebraska seeks to collect 20216.05 from John M. Burton of Rawling County through the Kansas supreme court. Burton stood as bond for the Bank of Orleans, a Nebraska bank that failed after depositing money for the Nebraska state treasurer.
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Nebraska
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Court
John M. Burton
Rawling County
Bank of Orleans
Burton
Meyer Testifies on Prussian Railways and Rate Regulation
Prof. H R Meyer of the University of Chicago testifies before the senate committee on interstate commerce about Prussia and Germany state railways. He argues government rate fixing would not curb secret rebates and could worsen regional conflicts, harming trade and industry. Senator Harris advocates empowered ICC to set rates, citing livestock transport costs and meat prices as rising concerns.
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Washington
H. R. Meyer
University of Chicago
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Prusia
Germany
Prussia
Meyer
Interstate Commerce Commission
William H. Harris
Kansas
Southwest
Passenger Ship Aransas Sunk in Fog Collision
The Joy line steamer Aransas, captained by Road, sank after a midship collision with the barge Glendower off Pollock Rip shoals. Of 37 aboard, 36 passengers and crew were rescued. one passenger, Mamie Kelly, from Boston to New York, perished. The incident occurred in fog with no wind.
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Vineyard Haven
Mass
Joy Line
Aransas
Glendower
Miss Kelly
Germany Hopes For Treaty With United States This Year
Berlin officials aim for early autumn talks between plenipotentiaries from Germany and the United States to negotiate a commercial treaty. Preliminary proposals could be exchanged late in the summer as Germany notes its tariff agreement with the United States of July 10, 1900 would end by March 1, 1966, though not called a denunciation.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
United States
Germany
Germans Honor Poet Schiller in Austrian Centennial Observances
Vienna and other Austrian cities mark the centennial celebration of poet Schiller with mass gatherings. Thousands marched to the Sieher monument in Vienna, heard addresses and recitations as the festivities unfold over several days under multiple societies. Torchlight processions and choral events are planned along with public readings from Schiller’s works.
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Schiller
Vienna
Austria
Sehier
Roosevelt Banquet in Denver Tops State Affairs
President Roosevelt enjoyed a grand welcome in Colorado as towns along the Denver and Rio Grande line gathered at stations to greet him. A banquet at the Brown Palace hosted by the Denver Chamber of Commerce featured lavish decor and a toastmaster led remarks focusing on federal railroad rate policy and expanding Interstate Commerce Commission powers to set rates with swift effect while ensuring justice for all, from big railroad interests to individual workers.
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Denver
Roosevelt
Colorado
Glenwood Springs
Denver & Rio Grande
Interstate Commerce Commission
2000 Tons of Horse Meat in Germany Diet Trend
Washington report says horse flesh is rising as a diet in Germany. Frank H. Mason, U.S. consul general at Berlin, cites Germanys strict meat inspection law as the driver. Last year Berlin slaughtered 13,000 horses yielding about 4,000,000 pounds sold in 64 shops.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
Frank H. Mason
United States
Berlin
Mason
Comanche Chief Quoted On Indian Lands Promise
Quanah Parker, Comanche chief, told a mixed audience that President Roosevelt assured him Kiowa-Comanche pasture lands in Oklahoma would stay Indian property forever. He urged allotment and asked for $100 annual payment, with Roosevelt to consult the Indian Affairs commissioner.
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Commanche
Lawson
O. T
Quanah Parker
Roosevelt
Oklahoma
Parker
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Married Again at £5 Great-Grandfather Marries Woman
In Asbury Park New Jersey 95 year old George Schmidt a Newark butcher now spends time in Ocean Grove and wed Mrs Ellen Day Schwartz in a secret ceremony. She knew him in girlhood with this his second marriage and her third. The bride calls him a perfect husband and he jeers that he is a 96 year old boy when dancing with friends.
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Asbury Park
N. J
George Schmidt
Newark
Ocean Grove
Ellen Day Schwartz
S. H. C. Smith
Korean Grafters Deposed for Treaty Rights Violations
Washington reports from Seoul that Penyang magistrate Paing Han Chun, accused of oppressing locals and interfering with American treaty rights, has been removed. His alleged peculations exceed $100,000, with Americans in Penyang noting abuses and the official’s manipulation of lands and military requirements for personal gain.
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Washington
Allen
Seoul
Korea
State Department
Penyang
Paing Han Chun
Reciprocal inspection pact between US Britain and Canada
The British embassy reports Britain and Canada will accept American hull boiler and life saving equipment certificates. The US will issue a similar order for British and Canadian ships. The pact will ease vessel clearance at all three ports and reduce costs, requiring only a verification survey of compliance.
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America
England
Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Great Britain
Dominion of Canada
Grand Jury Probes American Tobacco and Subsidiaries
A U S attorney special assistant Henry W. Taft announced a secret federal grand jury inquiry into matters involving American Tobacco Co and its subsidiaries. The probe, conducted under the anti trust law, became public when E F Hale refused to answer questions, citing self incrimination, with Hale later ordered to respond.
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Federal Grand Jury
New York
American Tobacco Company
Henry W. Taft
Secretary of War
United States
Taft
E. F. Hale
Grand Jury
Hale
Former State Senator Bunkers Sentenced Five Years
Sacramento former state senator Harry Bunkers of San Francisco was convicted of accepting a bribe and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary at San Quentin.
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Sacramento
Cal
Harry Bunkers
San Francisco
San Quentin
Taft Calls Davis to Washington for Panama crisis
Taft cables Governor Davis in Panama to return immediately to the United States and places Colonel Gorgas in charge of canal zone administration until Governor Magoon arrives. Davis is ill with malaria and urged by doctors to leave the isthmus to recover but hesitates.
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Taft
Davis
Washington
Panama
United States
Gorgas
Canal Zone
Magoon
Russians and Japanese Clash Near Liao River Front
Report from Manchuria says Oyama widened offensive on both flanks and heavy columns massed along the Liao river. Japanese cavalry struck Cossacks, drove Russians from a village, and a recon party was ambushed. Vladivostok torpedo boats burned a small sailing vessel off Subi, with five Russians killed or captured others.
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Tokio
Manchuria
Oyama
Fenghushieng
Winevitch
Liao River
Fakoman
Bashienchen
Palitoun
Vladivostok
Hokkaido
Subi
Rosestvensky
Nixon Builds Boats for Russia Nearing Completion
SEBASTOPOL The torpedo boats built at the government yard under Lewis Nixon of New York approach completion. Trials in the Black Sea will start in a few days, with Nixon's organization handling design and construction to overcome foreign-work difficulties. The Gregory has proven sea worthy in Atlantic tests, and future trials will gauge claimed advantages of Nixon’s design.
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Sebastopol
Lewis Nixon
New York
Black Sea
Nixon
Gregory
Atlantic
Oregon
Russia
Adva
Paymaster BECOMES WILD on Chicago Train
C S West a government paymaster recently from Manila caused a disturbance on a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line train fifty miles from Chicago. He attacked the conductor, glass broke in the car, passengers fled, and brakemen subdued him. He was taken to Union Station and then to a police station for medical examination.
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Co. S. West
United States Army
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
C. S. West
Manila
New York
West
Union Station
Northwestern Issues Stock Apportions Additions for Improvements
New York Chicago and Northwestern Railway directors in a special meeting adopt a resolution to issue additional common stock equal to 15 percent of total outstanding stock. The issue, already authorized by stockholders, allows subscribers to buy at par up to 15 percent of their holdings as of June 1. Proceeds target improvements and betterments.
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Northwestern
New York
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Three Die As Omaha Casket Plant Collapses In Storm
A four story brick Omaha Casket company building on Grace Street between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets collapsed during a Wednesday afternoon storm. Three people were killed and six injured. nine were inside. The roof lifted first, then blew off dragging timbers and tearing the structure apart. The first floor stored coffins and materials, and the coffins and boxes helped shield survivors as floors failed. The south wall collapsed inward, complicating rescue efforts.
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Omaha
Omaha Casket Company
Grace Street
Twelfth
Thirteenth
Sixty Two Dead In Warsaw May Day Slaughter
War saw authorities tally sixty two dead including ten in hospitals overnight with about 200 wounded. Crowds gathered at the Tenth district police station to identify thirty victims, while disturbances in city districts drew sharp public anger at military and officials. Infantry and cavalry patrolled streets as residents condemned the slaughter and feared reprisals.
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Warsaw
Tenth District
No Rate Bill Likely From Senate Panel Says Leaders
Washington reports show the senate interstate commerce committee likely will not produce a rate bill with force. Representative Townsend and Colonel Hepburn both indicate no approval of federal rate-fixing power in the current hearings. They foresee a new push on regulation by government commission would need another fight.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Federal Commission
Townsend
Michigan
Senate
Roosevelt
Hepburn
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Japan Upset Over France Neutrality Promises
A Tokio dispatch says Japan’s public mood is inflamed by France’s failure to curb the Russian Pacific squadron’s violations of neutrality. The Tokyo Asahi calls French assurances false and urges strong action, including possible bombardment of French territory. Officials in London allege France duped Japan with promises to stall Russia while Moscow’s fleet loiters near the three mile limit. Tokyo Chamber of Commerce weighs halting French commercial dealings.
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France
London
Tokio
Tokio Asha
Japan
Upo
Rojestvensky
Times
Tok
Chamb
Decoration of Schiller Monument in Weimar Event
Weimar hosts a large gathering for the one hundredth anniversary of Schiller's death with wheat from across Germany piled around his monument. Delegates from German universities Austro Hungary and Swiss lands attend along with American high school representatives and numerous notable personages.
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Schiller
Weimar
Grand Duchy of Laweimar
Germany
University of
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