Insurgent Upheaval in Transcaucasia Attacks Armenian Villages
Reports from St. Petersburg describe bands of insurgents in Sharonkhhan Ervah region sacking four Armenian villages. Owllanoraschad besieged 100 insurgents killed, Khowloudir repulsed with 870 prisoners captured. Armenian villages enclosed, Sunni and Shia exhortations found, 5000 Cossacks to aid, insurgents numbered about 37 000.
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St. Petersburg
Sharonkhan
Ervah
Transcausia
Owllanoraschad
Khowloudir
Adn Mullahs
Ourch
Kischishken
Baku
Russian Assembly To Be 500 Members For Five Years
The Novoe Vremya reports that the new popular assembly will have 500 members elected for five years and share equal powers with the empire’s council. All laws must pass both houses and gain the emperor’s approval. Press access is limited and reports will be censored before publication. An official proceedings record will be published.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Popular Assembly
Council of the Empire
Associated Press
Congressional Record
Roosevelt Receives Honorary Degree at Williams College
President Roosevelt completes a busy trip through western Massachusetts. He attends three commencements, receives an honorary L. H. D. from Williams College, and delivers speeches at each stop. He defends San Domingo policy and praises college leadership while noting cordial receptions across factions.
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Williamstown
Mass
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Williams College
Garfield
Williams
Memorial Chapel
Washington
Lincoln
San Domingo
Court sessions stay for Equitable probe
New York on June 23 reports the regular summer vacation of the court of general sessions will be suspended to keep the court available if District Attorney Jerome begins prosecution related to the Equitable Life Assurance Society affairs. The move follows his request.
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New York
Court of General Sessions
Jerome
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Alleged Swindler Posed as Doctor Across Towns
Henry Wolf, a 50 year old man known as a traveling dealer, is arrested in Chicago on charges of swindling farmers by posing as a physician. He used a physician's satchel and the best livery rig to tour rural settlements, gathering money from farmers including Abingdon Iowa resident Mrs James Huey after promising to cure consumption. Wolf fled after securing 310 then disappeared, traced via railroad ticket to Chicago. He had no fixed address and clustered luxuriously, surprising neighbors with his guise.
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Chicago
Henry Wolf
Jeky
Mr. Hyde
Hart
Wolf
James Huey
Abingdon
Huey
Central Passenger Association
Harvard Class Day Fetes Seniors In Sanders Theater
Class Day at Harvard University featured an elaborate programme after rain earlier in the week. Senior class members gathered after chapel in the college yard then moved to Sanders Theater for literary exercises. Harold S. Demin of New York City delivered the class oration. Swinburne Hale of Chicago wrote the class poem and John H. Lathrop of Jackson read the class ode. The event closed with singing of Fair Harvard and benediction.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
College Yard
Sanders’ Theater
Harold S. Demin
New York City
Swinburne Hale
Chicago
John H. Lathrop
Jackson, Mich
Harvard
St Francis River Improvement Sessions Draw Delegates
More than 1000 delegates from Missouri Arkansas and Tennessee gathered in Memphis for the St Francis River Improvement association meetings. Attendees from Chicago and St Louis joined as landholders pledged to back a $2,000,000 federal appropriation at the next Congress with support from Senators Carmack and Stone and Representative Macon.
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Memphis
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
St. Francis
Raid Beginnings At Delmar Race Track Under Prosecution
Missouri Attorney General Harley orders Assistant Attorney General Kenish to advise Sheriff Herepe to raid the Delmar betting ring immediately and keep up raids until it closes. The move aims to suppress alleged violations of the anti-betting law and shut down bookmakers. Francis Joseph participates in Corpus Christi procession in Vienna amid praise and scrutiny of his aging appearance.
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St. Louis
Harley
Missouri
Kenish
St. Louis County
Delmar
Herepe
Francis Joseph
Vienna
Austria
Hungary
Bohemia
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