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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
2
Reports say rioters attacked the port area causing a mile long conflagration that destroyed railway sleepers and trestles. Troops fired on rioters while police and soldiers suffered casualties including three officers killed and twenty three constables and ten infantrymen killed in clashes.
London dispatch from Odessa claims a second mutinous warship fired near Langeron and Odessa. A Kniaz Potemkine grounded a Russian transport and a steamer, with civilians killed by a street bomb. The report warns of a possible surge in international tension over Black Sea access and the Paris treaty restrictions.
The Cincinnati Club faced a $7,000 loss after Treasurer Ross Holzman disappeared with cash and bonds. Bondsmen are to cover the loss since the club is insured, while no prosecution was pursued. Details on Holzman’s whereabouts remained unclear amid creditors’ concerns and various rumors.
A Cincinnati to New York special train carried The Commercial Tribune guests amid cheers and Chautauqua handkerchief waves. Delegates from many towns joined the party with dozens of readers competing in a long campaign to win a grand Atlantic voyage.
Delegates from Atlantic coasts abstain from representation as Louisiana and Kentucky groups advocate a new national waterways convention. Colonel John L. Vance opens sessions in Columbus with calls for broader river and harbor improvements and increased federal funding.
The State Department received a cable from Ambassador Meyer stating that extensive mobilization has been ordered in the districts of Kiev St. Petersburg Warsaw and Moscow to rapidly increase forces in the Far East. Authorities expect 100000 to 200000 men to be called up. No word from Consul Heenan in Odessa, wires may be cut, and no request for protection of American property or warships has been received.
ST PETERSBURG June 29 The Mayors at Moscow reject Zemstvoists program and press for a constitution. With armed Odessa rebellion the government faces pressure as city mayors demand constitutional changes. Wages Rise Twenty Percent Since January due to strikes.
Russian government imposes martial law in Odessa and Libau after mutinies and civil unrest spreads from Poland to the Caucasus. Imperial defense council meets under Grand Duke Nicholas as fears rise over loyalties and potential troop disloyalty amid reports from Admiral Kruger and Kruger's squadron.
Russian sailors in Libau mutinied last night attacking government stores and firing on officers. Infantry artillery and Cossacks moved in as chaos spread and the outcome remained unclear amid intense excitement.
About 400 railroad workers in Reval strike halting service. A squadron of Cossacks is sent to Gapso to quell rioting as telegraph and telephone lines to the area are cut.
Agrarian riots now extend over nearly the entire Kherson government region with many estates abandoned as owners flee to Elizabethgrad. A parallel situation exists in Ekaterinoslav where arson and incendiarism are widespread.
In Riga region on June 29 a clash between strikers and peasants and Cossacks left one dead and several wounded in a nearby wood. Local authorities investigate the skirmish and assess casualties.
Lodz in Russian Poland reports about 15 additional troops arriving by 3 PM and the city returning to quiet after the increase in military presence.
Judge Bunn testified in the Hoyt will suit at TIFFIN Ohio recounting tears as he described Mrs Hoyt’s wishes for her niece Mabel and the Maple street home purchase he advised. He also stated they were engaged to be married.
Washington Tazewell Capps 76 father of Rear Admiral W. L. Capps dies in Norfolk Virginia. He built a Nor fork County trucking business and left substantial property. Dr Roger Q Drake 69 prominent Kentucky physician dies in Mt Sterling. He served in the Baptist Church and on the Sunday school board. David Lee longtime Baltimore & Ohio official dies in Zanesville Ohio after a long career. Richard T Lowndes Jr son of the late governor dies at St Marys Hospital Clarksburg West Virginia during hand surgery.
A mob in Watkinsville Georgia seized nine prisoners from the jail at 2 a.m and killed eight by firing squads at a point near the jail. The victims included Lon J Aycock white and seven black prisoners charged with various crimes. One inmate Fred Thrasher evaded death as the mob rounded up the others.
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