Imperial Family Heads to Reval by Rail under Guarded Escort
The Russian imperial party departed St. Petersburg in two trains for Reval with the Emperor, Empress, Grand Duke Alexis, and daughters, while Dowager Empress, Queen Olga, and others rode separately. Extra guards and plainclothes officers accompanied the journey amid Baltic Railroad precautions. Premier Stolypin and other officials also left for Reval aboard the cruiser Almas.
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ST. Petersburg
Reval
Alexis Nikolaievitch
Peterhof
Maria
Olga
Greece
Michael Alexandrovitch
Gatchina
Samar
Manchuria
Yachts Reach Reval As Imperial Party Arrives By Rail
Imperial yachts Polar Star Standart and Tsarevna dock at Reval escorted by torpedo boat destroyers under Rear Admiral Von Essen. Emperor Nicholas travels by imperial train arriving Tuesday morning with a large royal suite. They plan to meet the British royal yacht Victoria and Albert off Dago Island while local crowds are unaware of the movements. A British cruiser is reported near the Gulf of Finland as the royal party disembarks.
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Reval
Russia
Polar Star
Standart
Tsarevna
von Essen
Emperor Nicholas
St. Petersburg
Victoria and Albert
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Princess Victoria
Gulf of Finland
Almaz
Stolypin
Iswolsky
Dikofft
Cronstadt
Wheeling Road Placed in Receiver's Hands
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad named in a receiver order by Judge W. W. Taylor over claims totaling 8.79 million from National Car Wheel Company of New York. B. A. Worthington of Cleveland to act as receiver with a 100000 dollar bond. The case cites total debt near 28 million, tied to terminal work costs and looming notes and mortgages.
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Toledo
National Car Wheel Company of
New York
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
United States District
W. W. Taylor
B. A. Worthington
Cleveland
Wheeling
United Surety Company of
Baltimore
Wheeling & Lake Erie Road
Pittsburg
Ramsey
Paris editor hints at police block in Steinheil mystery
Henri Rochefort publisher claims police hide the Steinheil murder puzzle and a staged robbery never happened. He warns dangerous documents in power hands can invite swift, deadly retribution amid a string of sensational Paris scandals.
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Paris
Henri Rochefort
The
Patrie
Clemenceau
Adolphe Steinheil
Steinheil
Fire Drives 208 Guests From Gramatan Hotel
A blaze at the Hotel Gramatan in Bronxville Westchester County drove out 208 guests early today. One third of the hotel was destroyed though no deaths occurred and property loss is estimated at 150000 dollars. The fire started from a defective flue in a guest room on the second floor. Guests fled to the lawns but some returned to save belongings.
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MT. Vernon
N. Y
Gramatan
Bronxville
West Chester County
Fire destroys New Cliff Hotel in Newport Rhode Island
The New Cliff Hotel on Cliff Avenue in Newport RI burned early this morning. Firemen fought the blaze at 2 o clock as sparks drifted toward the eastern beach pavilion. Nearby estates belonging to James Brown Potter and William Aster Chanler cottage stood close by.
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Newport
R. I
New Cliff
Cliff Avenue
James Brown Potter
William Aster Chanler
English in India Plan Repression
Simla June 8 The Vice regal Council after strong speeches by Lord Minto Viceroy of India and others adopted emergency measures. The explosives bill targets bomb outrages and conspiracies while the press bill allows suspension and confiscation of papers inciting criminal acts. Lord Minto called them exceptional measures for an exceptional situation.
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Simla
India
Lord Minto
Minto
Tug Maggie Seeks Missing Launch After Grand Traverse Bay Storm
Traverse City reports a Suttons Bay tug Maggie searched Grand Traverse Bay for a 30 foot launch with seven aboard. The craft vanished in stormy seas as F B Clark and family passengers were aboard. The search continued amid high waves and unsafe conditions for small craft.
Militiamen from Cincinnati Ordered to Brown County
Assistant Adjutant General Kautzman ordered an additional company from the First Regiment at Cincinnati to Ripley Brown County joining four existing infantry companies. Sheriff Cassall requested more troops, while Sheriff Paul in Adams County suggested extending current troops ten days longer to safely finish tobacco work. Colonel Haké coordinated the deployment.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Kautzman
Cincinnati
Ripley
Brown County
Perry B. Cassall
Charles F. Haké
Sheriff Paul
Adams County
Paul
Night rider trials and mobilized troops in Kentucky
A Crofton case ends with a not guilty verdict after a long, tense period of jury deliberation. Meanwhile in Paducah soldiers mobilize and deploy to support night rider suppression, with Company B leading the advance to Ripley as 135 soldiers prepare for a ten day to extended stay in the field.
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Commercial Tribune
Hopkinsville
W. W. Durham
Crofton
Preston H. Rogers
Paducah
Panic in Burking Church Foiled by Cool Priests
In Berlin at St. Paulus Church Moabit crowded for Bonaventuri mass a fire was sparked on the roof. Father Bonaventuri and six assistants calmly directed parishioners to exit as incendiary brands soaked with petroleum were found on the roof. Police suspect arsonists linked to a prior church fire. clergy’s steadiness prevented catastrophe.
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Berlin
St. Paulus Catholic
Moabit
Bonaventuri
Peace hopes and arrests in Tehran as crisis deepens
Tehran reports say the Assembly elected a fourteen member peace commission to push for stability while the Shah declares a crackdown arresting Allah Eldowich and Bushire Jelal Aldawieh amid fears of coup and foreign intervention. Telegraph lines are cut as soldiers occupy the capital and Turkish forces mass toward Persia along with border incursions and seizure of salt mines and revenue sites.
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Assembly
Teheran
Allah Eldowich
Azed el Molk
India
Bushire Jelal Aldawieh
Zillis Sultan Serdar Manssur
Department of Posts and Telegraphs
Anarchists Plot to Kill Royalty Foiled in Lisbon
Police in Lisbon report the Society of the Black Cross planned to bomb royals at a June 18 religious feast. Among captured ringleaders are three known anarchists. Bombs, made by the society, were found and correspondence tied Manuel Bissa to the assassination of King Carlos and Crown Prince Luis, with links to Barcelona and Madrid extremists.
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Lisbon
Society of the Black Cross
Belmont May Yet Recover From Collapse
Belmon t's relatives and doctors at Brockholdt Villa reported that Oliver H. P. Belmont showed significant recovery from the morning collapse. Despite extreme weakness, the stomach trouble had nearly disappeared, and he had a chance for recovery if no complications arise.
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Commercial Tribune
Hempstead
L. I
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Hats May Cause Unto Dunkards 10 Reprimanded
In Des Moines a Dunkard conference at the Fair Grounds debates relaxed dress rules as Dunkard women favor stylish hats over conventional bonnets. Ohio churches may face formal charges and possible withdrawal. a mission fund of fifty thousand dollars was raised at the meeting.
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Des Moines
German Baptist Brethren
Dunkards
Fair Grounds
Ohio
Oamuan Volcano In Eruption Again
A report from Apia via the steamer Aeon says Mu volcano on Savaii Island Samoa is erupting violently once more. Lava flow covers a large fertile area that had previously escaped. inhabitants have fled to nearby islands.
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San Francisco
Aeon
Apia
Samoa
Savaii
Train wreck attempt west of Portsmouth shocks rail fans
Portsmouth Ohio June 3 A bold attempt to wreck the Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train from Cincinnati occurred at Firebrick four miles west of Portsmouth. Four miles west of here tolls were removed from a switch stand and the stand partly torn down. Fireman Jacob Smith was injured with a fractured skull and is in serious condition in hospital.
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Portsmouth
Chesapeake & Ohio
Cincinnati
Firebrick
Here
Jacob Smith
Taft Delegations Face Louisiana Contest Split Vote Threat
Chicago dispatch notes Republican National Committee members proposed dividing Louisiana delegates between Taft and anti Taft camps. Hitchcock rejects compromise and vows to rule on all contests. Kentucky Florida and Georgia gains push Taft to 16 additional votes as ill feeling grows over Kentucky seating.
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Republican National Committee
Louisiana
Washington
Alabama
Arkansas
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Georgia
Kentucky
Old Guard
Crane
Scott and Penrose
Hart
Iowa
Mulvane
Kansas
Taft
Uisiana
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Powell Clayton
Hitchcock
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New York Herald Co
St, Petersburg
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