Revolt in Russian Army Signals End of War Prospects
Telegrams report General Linevitch suggests continued war impossible as troops revolt in Manchuria after Rosetsvensky's defeat. Czar and regime face replacement calls. national assembly expected. Oyama gathers 420000 men, prepared for a flanking push to cut the Russian railroad, while Russia loses sea power and awaits terms.
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Linevitch
Rosestvensky
Manchuria
Linevitci
Russia
Tsushima
Czardom
Almaz
M. Souverine
St. Petersburg
Novee Vremya
Peoce
Grand Duke
Alexieff
Slave
Urahimously
England
America
Japan
Strait of Korea
Europe
Berlin
Trafalgar
London
Oyama
Linevitech
Tenth
Mukden
Nogi
Tsitsthar
California tourist crop shows record season earnings
The California tourist season set a record with about 40 000 visitors totaling roughly 18 million dollars in spending. Railroads and hotels benefited as tourists averaged around 50 days with daily expenditures near 86 dollars. Most visitors came from distant states, boosting travel and lodging revenues across Southern California and the San Francisco area.
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California
Golden State
Chicago
San Francisco
Trial acquits H. Clay Grubb in Salisbury killing case
Minor note reports H. Clay Grubb acquitted of murdering O. B. Davis, brother-in-law, in Salisbury North Carolina on October 16 1905. James Turner suspected escapee from Alcatraz prison in California is said to be arrested in St Louis. San Francisco post office robbers steal 1400 dollars in stamps while failing to grab 12000 dollars in stamps and 500000 dollars in gold they chased.
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H. Clay Grubb
Salisbury
N. C
O. B. Davis
James Turner
Alcatraz Island
California
St. Louis
San Francisco
Bomb aimed at King Alfonso in Paris opera attack
An anarchist bombed the carriage of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and French President Loubet as they left the Paris opera. Both leaders escaped unharmed though several bystanders and horses were injured. a child lost an eye. The alleged bomber and two others were arrested amid widespread panic and rumors of another planned assassination.
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Alfonso
Spain
Paris
Loubet
France
Frost and drought threaten crops as wheat shows promise
The weekly weather bureau crop report notes frost across the plateau and northern states, rains delaying farm work in the south and east. Corn germination slows in cool weather while wheat remains promising though rust threatens Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, and Texas. California oats mature, cotton needs cultivation, and hay outlook is good. naval news follows detailing the Japanese victory over Russia and imperial fleet movements.
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Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Middle Atlantic States
South Atlantic States
East Gulf States
Tennessee
Texas
South Dakota
Lake Region
New England
South Atlantic
Missouri Valley
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Washington
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Kentucky
Missouri
Oklahoma
Illinois
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Middle Atlantic
Carolinas
Georgia
Alabama
Louisiana
Arkansas
North Dakota
North Pacific Coast
Terrible losses for Russian fleet in Sea of Japan battle
Rough estimates place Russian losses at 7,000 to 9,000 with nearly 4,000 prisoners. Many bodies wash ashore on nearby islands and coasts. Rear Admiral Voelkersam was killed aboard the flagship Oslyabia. Admiral Togo calls the defeat a staggering disaster, nearly wiping out the once great Russian fleet.
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Sea of
Japan
Voelkersam
Oslabia
Voelkesam
Cronstadt
Rojestvensky
North Sea
Togo
Battle Supremely Terrible War Narrative From Sea Fight
London and Tokio correspondents describe a naval battle with nearly fifty warships firing. Togo’s fleet maneuvers precisely while Rojestvensky is pressed into a trap and struggles to break through, as both sides exchange heavy fire and the action unfolds in grim terms.
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London
Tokio
London Daily Telegraph
Togo
Rojestvensky
Russian fleet routed near Vladivostok in Pacific clash
The account describes a naval engagement where Russian forces faced hesitation and disarray as they moved toward Vladivostok. An hour of intense fire marked by a Japanese squadron blocking the Russians' path left them battered and surrounded, with dawn to late afternoon actions escalating the battle.
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Nakhimoff
Kamchatka
Nagoto
Togo
Nagere
Madagascar
Vladivostok
The Veto Power in Ohio
The Ohio governors long lacked veto power until Myron T. Herrick became the first to hold it. The tale notes how prior governors drew salary and fees under a fee-based system, and how a 19th century veto removed the power entirely, leaving later leaders without real veto authority.
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Ohio
Myron T. Herrick
McKinley
Village Unearthed Near Breslau After 3400 Years
Archaeologists near Breslau Prussia uncover a Bronze Age village buried 3400 years. They excavate 400 graves and 10 cave dwellings with huts and tools for spinning and weaving dated to early and late Bronze Age around 1500 B.C.
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Breslau
Prussia
Atlantic Yacht Wins Kaiser's Cup in Transatlantic Voyage
The Atlantic, a three masted auxiliary schooner commanded by Wilson Marshall, triumphed in the long race from Sandy Hook to Lizanl earning the Kaiser's Cup. The vessel crossed 200 nautical miles in 11 days 16 hours 22 minutes at an average of 10.5 knots, praised for seamanship over a hull designed for deep cruising.
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Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
Sandy Hook
Wilson Marshalls
Athatic
List
Art
Ampis
Kaiser
America
Wholesale prices rise across communities after hard times
A bureau of labor report shows wholesale prices in IM higher than any year since INQ except 16 with small food price gains over 1% era. Prices fell after IN and rose after 1877 with the Dingler tariff, peaking at 1% in 1%. Farm products hit 38% in 18M, food above all since 18 1. Cloth, clothing up 9.8% last year, fuel and lighting down nearly 17% but still high. Dirks and chemicals lower than since ISOS but 10% above nine year average. House furnishings up 11.7% above the period average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Labor
Sears
Cleveland
Bureau
ING
ING Iste
Minnesota Hero Lives Save Life on River
George Bohn of St Paul, aged MM, rowed 17 miles on the Minnesota river to save companion Matthew Taylor after a hunting accident. Taylor bled from a severed artery. Bohn bound the wound with a willow twig, placed him in a boat, and rowed three hours by night to Fort Snelling. He secured physicians who attended Taylor at the fort hospital.
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Minnesota
George Bohn
St. Paul Minn
Matthew
Taylor
Bohn
Fort Snelling
Beoba
Post Hospital
Tartar
Fort Hospital
Yellow Fever Seen As Major Threat in Panama Zone
John Barrett, the American minister to Panama, warns yellow fever is the foe to contend with in the Panama canal zone. He cites as alarming the five Colon cases reported, noting no prior outbreak and stressing sanitation and health preservation as the great problem to solve.
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Panama Canal Zone
John Barrett
Panama
Mr. Barrett
Colon
Michigan Senate Passes Auto Bill After Weeks of Debate
After a weeks long stay in the Senate the Holmes automobile bill advanced as a special order. Wayne county senators failed to delete Detroit from its reach while city interests sought easier terms for motorists and farmers opposed them. Most major amendments were defeated, leaving the measure largely intact. Speed limits stand at eight miles an hour in business areas fifteen in residences and twenty five on rural roads.
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Senate
Wayne County
Detroit
Senate Passes Primary Election Bill Amid Harmony Talk
The Senate approved the Baird primary election bill by 32 to 2 and House leaders pledged passage in the lower chamber. The measure shifts to a plurality requirement of 40 percent for nomination, inviting ongoing convention concessions. A constitutional revision bill failed on third reading, needing two thirds to proceed. Eleven named senators opposed attempts to reconsider and stall the measure.
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Senate
Baird
House
Gov
Warner
Debertr
Heine
Shehien
Smith
van Akin
Yeomans
Jones
Peck
Jenks
Meriartz
Hairl
Deherty
Bills Signed by the Governor and Related Measures
The governor signed bills including penalties for street railways and railroad companies crowding tracks without railroad commissioner permission. The package includes an $18,300 special appropriation to rebuild factors buildings at Jackson prison after a fire, $163,130 for Central Michigan Normal schools over two years, an amendment to permit meat and fish sales without peddlers licenses, and a Springwells township authorization to borrow $88,000 to refund bonded indebtedness and fund a new school.
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Jackson Prison
Central Michigan Normal Schools
Springwells Township
Printing delays extend Michigan legislature adjournment
The final adjournment may be postponed beyond June 17 as two printing houses work through long charter bills for Grand Rapids and Saginaw. The rush to time risks delaying passage of remaining bills and may require keeping presiding officers in Lansing later than planned.
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Grand Rapids
Saginaw
Lansing
State Fair funding sparks partisan lines in House
The House passed a Snell Mill appropriation of 4800 to move the Michigan building from Louisiana grounds in St Louis to Detroit State fair grounds, with all Kent representatives except one voting no. Metain and McCracken opposed. A mortgage tax exemption bill won 59 to 31 with Walker of Bay leading. An Attridge hotel liquor bill passed, requiring hotels to have 14 steeping rooms. Jamestown Fair exhibit funding failed 14 to 13, with a reconsideration sought.
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Snell
Michigan
Louisiana
St. Louis
Detroit
Kent
Parham
Ellis
M. W. Fairbanks
J. B. Knight
Ladner
Met‘ain
Metracken
Maples
Parker
Towner
Walker
Bay
Croaswell
Sanilac County
Canada
Hampton Roads
Senate
Representative Eilison Unsure for Merrice Portrait
Representative Dolph Merrice receives a letter from Ther A. Eilison noting the great inventor has no time to sit for a portrait to hang in Representative Hall, but will provide a portrait at some future date.
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Dolph Merrice
House Art Committee
Ther. A. Eilison
Representative Hall
Michigan
Pass Primary Election Bill For Haird Governor Nomination
The lower house on Wednesday passed the Haird primary election bill. It provides for direct nominations for Governor and Lieutenant Governor with a proviso that a candidate must secure 40 percent of all votes cast to win the nomination in the primary. If unmet, nomination goes to the State convention. Local option allowed for counties and congressional districts.
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Nicholas
King
Anarchiste
China
Sasebo
Oper
Federal Cartridge Company
Trenton
N. J
Hydrothera Electrical Company
Chicago Tribune
Enquist, Volkersam, Kojestvensky
Persius
Yankee Yacht
Edison
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