Wallace Resigns as Isthmian Canal Chief Engineer
Secretary Taft documents show pressure for Wallace to resign after a New York conference on June 26. The president approves Wallace's resignation, delivered with no complaint about his aides, as Taft and Shonts and Cromwell prepare the formal statement for release.
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Washington
Taft
New York
John F. Wallace
Panama Canal
Secretary of War
Wallace
War Department
Cambridge
Mass
Isthmian Canal Commission
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Shonts
William Nelson Cromwell
Oyster Bay
Harvard University
Planters urged to accept not less than ten cents for cotton
Memphis June 30 The Southern Cotton association executive committee adopts a plan urging every planter to accept not less than 10 cents per pound for cotton on hand or to be produced this year Citing large monthly mill usage and a stock of over one million bales from 1904 05 the resolution aims to stabilize prices A proposed amendment to set a middling basis for the 10 cent floor is noted A second resolution invites the International Federation of Master Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers to cooperate in building bonded warehouses in the U S and Europe and other steps to secure world supply and curb speculation
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Memphis
Southern Cotton Association Executive Committee
Southern Cotton Association
Foster
Louisiana
Southern
Brewery Bonds Shreveport Mortgage Filed
An important deed of trust and mortgage from the Shreveport brewery to the People's Bank of Mobile was filed for record in Shreveport. The brewery conveys all property to secure a $125,000 bond issue in two series of $1000 and $500 due thirty years from June 3, 1905.
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Shreveport
People’s Bank of Mobile
Shreveport Brewery
Train Wreck Near San Antonio Kills Conductor
A Santa Fe passenger train from El Paso derailed when it collided with freight cars at San Antonio south of Albuquerque New Mexico. Conductor Wells of El Paso died and five people were hurt with one seriously injured.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Santa Fe
el Paso
San Antonio
Here
Wells
Revolt at Odessa Threatens Romanoff Rule
A crisis in Odessa endangers the Romanoff dynasty as mutinous crews and strikers clash with authorities. Admiral Kruger's squadron may arrive. Kniaz Potemkine fires on the city while martial law tightens. Nine ships burned as Skrydloff pursues starving mutineers.
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Pyrsburg
St. Petersburg
Russia
Admiralty
Krugers
Odessa
Sevastopol
Kruger
Kniaz Potemkine
Kherson
Skrydloff
Mutiny Among Russian Sailors Surrounds Libau Port
About 4000 mutinous sailors are besieged in a wood near Libau as infantry and machine guns arrive. Around 1000 have surrendered, while 5000 sailors in total joined the revolt over bad food. Panicked fighting and looting followed through the night until troops and artillery arrived to restore order. Proclamations spread by revolutionary agents.
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Libau
Russia
Captain Robertson reports Czarevitch officers killed
Astoria Ore June 30 Captain Robertson of the Sandhurst says near Tsingtao the Czarevitch captain shot himself after news of Rojestvensky defeat. An officer was struck with a hammer by a sailor who blamed officers. both dead were buried the next day.
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Astoria
Ore
Robertson
Sandhurst
Tsingtao
China
Czarevitch
Rojestvensky
Sea of Japan
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Geo. A. Adams
Parker Building
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