Ministry quits and Gzar seeks to compromise
July 12 dispatches report Finance Minister Kokovsoff stating the Emperor holds the cabinet resignation. The aim is a coalition cabinet led by Count Heyden and M. Stakovich amid Conservative and Liberal factions. Strikes, clashes, and anti Jewish rumors unfold in St Petersburg while Poltava rumors threaten calm.
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Petersburg
Kokovsoff
Constitutional Democrats
Count Heyden
M. Stakovich
Russia
Grand Duke
Nicholai Nicholaievitch
Guards Corps
St. Petersburg
Poltava
Wealthy slum worker joins Socialist party
J G Phelps Stokes, a young millionaire who has worked in New York slums, announces he will join the Socialist party. In a letter to the Independence League Executive Committee he says capitalism harms society and must be replaced by cooperation and mutual aid. He withdraws from the Independence League campaign but will support socialism or run as an independent.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Socialist Party
Independence League
Stokes
William R. Hearst
League
East Side
The
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Forsooth
Harris
Akron
Cleveland
Friends
Samuel J. Flickinger
Flickinger
Dick Machine
H. H. Hollenbeck
Hollenbeck
Hy Davis
Herrick
Davis
Bill Crawford
Cuyahoga County
Friends of Reform
Bryan
America
Mutual board agenda shifts at New York Life meeting
July 12 report from New York and Mutual Life Insurance Company board meetings notes adjournment to July 16 with no action. Trustees may submit officer nominees for year election and file full ticket with the State Insurance Department by July 18. Davies protest over Truesdale report details discussed. New York Life appoints proxy committee for December 18 administration ticket. Judge Horace Lurton resigns from ticket and John E. Andrus named to fill vacancy.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
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State Insurance Department
Julian T. Davies
Board of Trustees
Truesdale Investigation Committee
Davies, Stone & Auerbach
Davies
Mutual
New York Life Insurance Company Today
Administration
New York Life’s
Allen B. Johnson
Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Rowland G. Hazard
Peacedale
R. IL
Peacedale Manufacturing Company
Horace H. Lurton
United States Court
Nashville
Lurton
John E. Andrus
Yonkers, N. Y
Dick Ambition To Direct Fight Shocks Ohio Politicians
Columbus dispatch reports Senator Dick asserts he will personally manage Ohio campaign duties. The piece outlines factional pressure against his control, ties to ex Governor Herrick, and rumors of mounting plans to place Herrick in the Cabinet if Fairbanks secures the presidency.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Hanna
Herrick
Ohio
Fairbanks
Indiana Statesman
Guatemala Win Fight as Salvadoran Leader Is Killed
General Regalado, former Salvadoran president and Salvadorean commander, was killed in battle near El Jicarb in the Jutiapa region as Guatemalan forces engaged. Dispatches say Salvadorean troops were defeated. Reports also note Guatemalan revolutionary forces claimed success and the Marblehead sailed to Guatemala.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Regalado
Salvador
Guatemala
State Department
United States
Merry
San Salvador
New Orleans
el Jicarb
Department of Jutiapa
Pacific
Mexico City
Toledo
Department of
Jutiapa
Missionaries Deployed to Van Amid Turkish Turmoil
The American Board Commissioners for Foreign Missions reports six missionaries stationed at Van in Eastern Turkey where the population is said to have been nearly destroyed by Turkish troops. No official cable news arrives, but private reports indicate Van residents fear conflict with the government over taxation.
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Boston
American Board Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Van
Turkey
American Board
Protests Rise Over British Fleet Visit to Cronstadt
A brief dispatch from Odessa notes widespread protest in the south against the planned visit of the British fleet to Cronstadt, contrasting with quieter northern press reactions as the issue sparks regional outcry.
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Odessa
Russia
Cronstadt
Dig Way Out Of Cambridge Jail
A sweep of escape reports says two burglars tunnelled from Cambridge jail in Ohio and freed their companions. Details were scarce early this morning as authorities pursued the incident in Columbus, Ohio.
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Cambridge
Seven Children Drown in River Picnic Tragedy
In Cedar Rapids eight children waded near a river bank three blocks from home when one slipped into a deep hole and six others drowned while attempting a rescue. Victims include Lucille Sweeting seven Hazel Sweeting fourteen Gladys Sweeting ten Josie Sweeting two Ruth Coyle eleven Cora Coyle nine Clara Usher sixteen. The Sweeting family lived near Ellis Park. Clara Usher was the housekeeper’s daughter and the Coyles were visiting.
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Commercial Tribune
Cedar Rapids
Lucille Sweeting
Hazel Sweeting
Gladys Sweeting
Josie Sweeting
Ruth Coyle
Sioux City
Cora Coyle
Clara Usher
Dreyfus Declared Fully Innocent by Court
Paris reports Alfred Dreyfus was fully acquitted of treason charges, dismissed from the army, and imprisoned on Devil's Island. The Supreme Court found the accused innocent and the Ministry proposed restoring him to the army with advancement. Evidence pointed to Major Count Esterhazy as the true culprit.
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Paris
Alfred Dreyfus
Devil's Island
France
Supreme Court
Dreyfus
Count Esterhazy
Bryan says he is more radical than ever on economic questions
William J. Bryan told reporters in London that he remains conservative as a principle but far more radical than in 1896 on monetary policy and corporate greed. He reaffirmed support for bimetalism and silver and noted the increased money supply since 1896 without endorsing a gold standard.
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London
William J. Bryan
United States
Priest Fisherman Drowns Near Vulcan
Marquette Michigan July 12 Bishop Eis was advised of the drowning of the Rev Father Cavicchi a Catholic priest at that place. He was fishing when a sudden squall capsized the boat.
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Commercial Tribune
Marquette, Mich
Eis
Vulcam
Father Cavicchi
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