Riots Grind Russia as 70 Killed 200 Hurt in Independence Unrest
News from St Petersburg reports violent clashes across Russia on Tuesday. In Yarievpolsky a religious procession was fired upon, several hours of rioting followed, seventy killed and two hundred wounded as troops failed to restore order. A mob later attacked the hospital and government buildings, while rumors of plots against high officials circulated amid fears of broader unrest and mobilization of troops.
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St Petrburg
Russia
Yarvievpolsky
General Treport
Mutinous Troops Reported in Eleven Russian Garrisons
Odrsea June 19 General Kanidera says eleven major Russian garrisons report mutinous troops refusing to act in quelling street disorders, signaling a rising internal crisis within the army.
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Odrsea
Kanidera
Russia
League of Republican Clubs Elects Officers
Philadelphia June 19 The National League of Republican Clubs closed its convention by electing officers for the coming year General Edwin A McAlpie of New York president H H Meyers of Arkansas vice Chauncey Dewey of Chicago secretary WG Porter of South Dakota treasurer A resolution favored protective tariff with flexible schedules and praised the Dingl ay tariff as the best yet enacted warning against rapid changes to avoid business disturbance
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Philadelphia
National League of Republican Clubs
Edwin A McAlpie
New York
H H Meyers
Arkansas
Chauncey Dewey
Chicago
WG Porter
South Dakota
League of Republican Club
M Kinley
Ding Lay
Preachers Criticise George Washington at Valley Forge
Rev Dr Steele of Philadelphia led the Valley Forge evacuation day program and criticized George Washington. He called Washington a country gentleman whose battles were not won by direct commands and questioned his statesmanship, sparking audible reaction from the audience.
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Nortristown
Steele
Philadelphia
St Luke
Valley Forge
George Washington
Washington
Tuiday
Elih
Steels
Barangue
Auditora
Noe
Anther
Knox Advocates Lock Type of Canal Debate
Washington June 19 The Senate spent most of its time debating the beef substitute for the agricultural appropriations bill and district corporation tax. Senator Knox of Pennsylvania spoke in favor of a lock type canal. The House request for a conference on the agriculture bill was not granted and the bill was laid on the table with the substitute ordered printed. The Senate signaled it may trade its acceptance of the substitute for several amendments it attached to the bill.
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Washington
Knocx
Pennsylvania
Senate
District of Columbia
House
Farmer and family drown in flooded river near Sinseton
C W Martin, a farmer near Sinseton South Dakota, his wife and three children drowned when their wagon drove off a bridge into the Little Minnesota River in high water after a circus outing. The incident occurred on the way home during the flood conditions from recent rain.
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St Paul
C W Martin
Sinseton
South Dakota
Minnesota
Two Young Japanese Work on Tidewater
Two young Japanese engineers, Kotchi Kabota and Kimmochi Okura, are in Norfolk with the Tidewater railroad in the National Bank of Commerce building. Sons of a Japanese statesman and a Tokyo brigadier general, they plan returns to Japan within 3 years to aid railroad expansion in Korea and Manchuria, boasting long English studies and prior work in Missouri and West Virginia.
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Mikaw Aod
Japan
Norflk
Tilewster Railway
Natiwal Bank of Commerce
Milostrs
Kotchi Kabote
Kimmochi Okura
Yozuro Kabota
Offliers
Imperial Department of Educatin
Young Okara
Helz Okara
Tokio
Kubota
Okura
Korea
Manchuria
Chinese Empire
Kubot
Norfolk and Wetern
West Virginia
Tidewater Railroad
Substitute for Beveridge Bill Passes House
Washington June 19 The house approved a Beveridge measure substitute after amendments by the committee, with president approval. The bill goes to conference. Forty minutes of debate followed the adoption of the resolution. Speaker Cannon named Wadworth and Scott of Kansas and Lamb of Virginia as conference on the house side.
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House
Beveridge
Houses
Cannon
Measers Wadeworth
Scott
Kansas
Lamb
Virginia
Jealous Man Shoots Sweetheart in Arm
Charlottesville Virginia June 19 a jealous man named Thomas Henderson shot his sweetheart Nannie Granger in the left arm at the elbow with a shotgun wound. He fled the scene after the attack.
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Sweetheart
Charlottesvile
Thomas Henderson
Nannie Granger
Prisoner Escapes Train Restraint During Transport
Harrisonburg Virginia June 19 Barto Riml a bus thief under penitentiary sentence from Pendleton county West Virginia escaped from Sheriff Mansey while being taken to Otts Prison at Morndeville The escape occurred from a Chesapeake and Ohio train twenty eight miles from Anotington Riml who was handcuffed jumped from a car window as the train moved He previously escaped from the Franklin West Virginia temporary jail March 1 and has been at large until last Tuesday when captured at a festive home near White Sulphur Spring He is a Pendleton County prisoner involved in a burning jail fire and is wanted in Missouri and Montana on horse and cattle theft charges He overpowered a sergeant in Montana took his horse and escaped elsewhere"}
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Harrisonburg
Barto Riml
Pendlet N
County
Mansey
Otts
Morndeville
Chesapeake and Ohio
Anotington
Tn Marca
Rimel
Franklin W Va
White Sulphor Spring
Pendlin Conty
Motina
Montane
Hailstorm Drops Goose Egg Sized Stones in Greensboro
A severe hailstorm hit Greensboro on June 19 causing damage to poultry fruit and crops. Glass shattered at Lindley’s greenhouse and Pomona Cotton Mill. Hailstones measured up to nine inches in circumference and weighed up to five ounces. Many chickens killed and trees damaged as streets filled with debris.
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Greensboro
Lindley
Norseries
Pomona
Methorit
D. Detwiler
Parade of National Republican Club in Philadelphia
The June 19 gathering in Philadelphia featured a League of Republican Clubs convention, with delegates and visitors touring the Delaware River. A grand procession led by Adjunct General Thomas J. Stewart included leaders from Washington, Wilmington, and Camden sites, as crowds recalled former Fremont Dayton supporters from 1856.
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Philadelphia
League of Republicans Club
Delaware River
Nawero
Camden
Washington
Wilmington
Thomas J Stewar
Cannon
Fremont
Dayton
Berwind Sells Virginia Land and Regional Baseball Scores
Berwind owns 33 009 acres in Virginia as parts of a regional goal. In baseball, Portsmouth 20, Roanoke Danville 3, Richmond 0. Norfolk 2, Lynchburg 8. In National League rain delays Pittsburgh New York and Cincinnati Brooklyn. Chicago 5 Boston 0. St Louis 3 Philadelphia 1. American League New York 1 Detroit 4. Boston Chicago postponed. Washington 2 St Louis 3. Philadelphia 2 Cleveland 0.
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Virginia
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New York
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Boston
St Louis
Philadelphia
Detroit
Washington
St Lonia
Philadelphs
Cleveland
Ace
St. Louis
Hicago
Beaton
Chicago - Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Barooklyn
Oston
Lynchburg
Norfolk
AL Roanoke
Richmond
Danville
Ous
Portsmouth
Wife Kills Rival for Husband's Affections
In Saude Colorado Mrs Harold Hutchinson, wife of a railroad switchman, shot and killed Mrs Jane Bede in the backyard, after confronting her for flirting with Hutchinson. The assailant drew a revolver from a handbag and fired three times. two cartridges discharged with one fatal bullet striking Mrs Bede, who died from a severed jugular vein. Witness Joseph Haley observed the incident as Hutchinson pursued the attack.
Swift Justice for Kidnapper of Youth
Philadelphia reports rapid action as John Isph Kean, accused kidnapper of Fie d e Math, testifies to Magistrate Esenbrown. The grand jury indicts by unanimous vote, sentencing Kean to 20 years in prison after swift proceedings at Broad Street station and theater outing details.
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Pennass Varit Jastice
John
Ph Kean
Fie
Keanst
M. Tretreete
Kean
Fa Theatre
Boy Tied to Rails on Delaware and Hudson
Glen Falla New York June 19 a ten year old boy was found tied to the Delaware and Hudson rails between Fort Edward and Sandy Hill a trek walker released him in time to prevent a crushing injury He said two young men injured him strapped him across the rails and left him the boy lives in Fort Edward investigators pursue leads and the case remains under review
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Glen Falla
Bex Jimin Scott
Delaware
Hodson
Fort Edward
Sandy Hill
Ft Edward
Berwind Testifies as Top Coal Shipper Details immense holdings
June 19 Berwind president of the Berwind White Coal Mining Company testifies before federal investigators detailing vast Virginia coal lands and Pennsylvania coal holdings. He describes acquiring 1000 coal cars from the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1902 during a strike to ensure shipper capacity, including $1 187 per car, and notes the fleet enables far larger coal handling than rivals.
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Weshing
Berwind
Berwind-White Coal Mining Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ittarstats Commerce Commission
Pennylvania Peilroad
Doring Asrike
Pennsylvania
Pooneylynta
Bearwiod- White
Admiral McCalla Retired From Navy on June List
Washington June 19 Rear Admiral Bowman A H McCalla reached the age limit for active service and was placed on the retired list. A veteran of the Civil War era, he commanded ships including the Marblehead and later served at Mare Island Navy Yard. He helped in the Philippine and Boxer era actions and participated in the relief attempt to Pekin legations in 1900. He graduated Naval Academy in 1864 and rose to rear admiral before retirement.
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Washington
Bowman AH Mcalla
McCalla
Mare [Land Navy Yard
Uited State Navy
Naval Academy
Spain
Craleer Marblehead
Navy Yard
Norfolk
Pilippine
T Jaime
Newark
Camn
Seymour
Legators
Pekin
Kearsarge
Mare I Iand
Funeral of Governor Pattison Tomorrow
Cincinnati observes national mourning for Governor Pattison. Schools and state institutions close or half mast. city buildings draped. courts and civic structures halt activity on the funeral day. The Ohio National Guard unit and Governor Pattison’s regiment provide escort.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Pattison
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Nations Guard
Governor's Own
Coal Strike in Ohio Ends Today Ends Tomorrow in Colambaor
In Colambaor Ohio officials report a coal strike settlement reached between operators and miners. The agreement provides a 5.88 percent wage advance on mining and day labor for the 1904-05 scale, effective April 1 1906 through March 31 1908, ending the dispute.
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Colambaor
Ohio
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