Czar's Domain Tightened as Governors Gain Special Powers
St. Petersburg June 21 An imperial mandate gives Archangel Novgorod Omnetz Paskov Ryzan Smolensk Tver and Yaroslav police governors power to suspend papers banish suspects and arrest without courts for up to three months or 500 dollars. The move targets unrest amid calls from social democrats socialists and revolutionary groups to resist the new election law. Railroad leaders face arrests while a conference of revolutionary delegates votes 47 to 19 against a general strike.
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St. Petersburg
Archangel
Novgorod
Omnetz
Paskov
Ryazan
Smolensk
Tver
Yarnoslav
Russia
Tell
Union of Railway Employes
Assassin condemned to death in Sebastopol trial
The assassin of Colonel Guessekoffsky, harbor commandant at Sebastopol, who was murdered on June 16, is condemned to death. He was tried by a regular court martial with expeditious procedure. Mutineers from battleships Synope and Tria Sviatitea face trials in July.
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Sebastopol
Guessekoffsky
Synope
Irish Nationalists Formalize Home Rule Campaign
Dublin June 21. United Irish League leaders chaired by John Redmond outline a virile movement for full national self government with an elected and responsible legislature. The party withdraws support from Campbell-Bannerman. Extreme Sinn Fein members clash with Redmond but resolutions pass unanimously. A push to expand branches to sixty more than in 1906 is noted.
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Dublin
Ireland
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
United Irish Teague
John Redmond
Messrs
William O'Brien
Timothy Healy
Redmond
Sinn Fein
League
Waste Weir at Lewiston Reservoir Gives Way
The waste weir at Lewiston reservoir broke today near Bellefontaine Ohio and a thirty foot hole sent floodwater into the Miami River, overflowing banks and damaging farm land. Warnings were issued to towns along the river while forty men work waist deep to stem the damage and stop the immense hole.
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Bellefontaine
Lewiston Reservoir
Rood
Victims of Revolt Buried in Secret Night Interment
Lisbon reports two police killed during a suppression of a political demonstration for Premier Franco were buried secretly by police to avoid protests. Clashes persisted with some wounded and many arrests, prisoners sent to Caxias fortress as government moves to prosecute revolt leaders over reform attempts.
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Lisbon
Franco
Oporto
Caxias
Revolt in Portugal Gathers Steam as King Faces Uprising
Dispatches from Madrid relay a Lisbon riot as crowds clash with troops over King Carlos's decree driven government. Premier Franco is jeered at Oporto, riots erupt in Lisbon, dozens wounded or killed, cafes looted, and fear of a broader revolution grows with royal absence from public functions.
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Portugal
Carlos
London
Lisbon
Madrid
Daily Mail
Franco
Oporto
Senhor Franco
Hotel d’Angleterre
Ciestra
New president chosen for Fort Wayne and South Bend Railway
P A Randall was elected president, succeeding G A Walkup who resigned due to time constraints. Will F Dinnen also resigned. J H Grisamer of Churubusco becomes secretary. Construction outlook favorable with grading near Wolf Lake toward Fort Wayne. new investors identified.
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P. A. Randall
Fort Wayne- South Bend RailWay Company
Fort Wayne and South Bend Railway Company
G. A. Walkup
Chicago
Walkup
Will F. Dinnen
J. H. Grisamer
Churubusco
Wolf Lake
Fort Wayne
Schmitz Holds Ten His Job and Works
San Francisco June 22 Mayor Schmitz returns to the board of supervisors to oppose a 720000 Geary street reconstruction appropriation and a 20 cent city tax levy. Acting Mayor Gallagher defends the budget while Dinan challenges Gallagher on a prize fight permit. A writ of habeas corpus for Schmitz and bail decision is set for Monday.
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San Francisco
Schmitz
Board of Supervisors
Geary Street Road
Gallagher
Dinan
Galagher
Rights and Wrongs at the Indiana Church Speech
Vincennes Indiana June 24 William Henry twenty two traveled hundreds of miles to make amends for stealing a few pennies from a church collection eight years ago He spoke in the Sunday school of the Methodist church admitting the theft and offering to pay back fourfold or more if required by the church authorities He hoped his confession would bring closure to a troubled conscience.
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Vincennes
Ind
William Henry
Methodist Church
Panera
Hamitt D. Hinkle
First Methodist Church
Third and
Bunton Streets
Henry
Aoki Says There Is No Japan U S Crisis
Viscount Aoki, the Japanese ambassador, in Washington states there is no situation between Japan and the United States and that relations are cordial. He rejects agitation over trifles, urges no trouble, and supports intermarriage and naturalization for Japanese in America while noting Japan cannot be dominated by any single nation.
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Washington
Viscount Aoki
Japan
United States
America
Visecount Aoki
Pacific
Sea Turtle Weighs 1902 Pounds With Marked Inscription
A 1902 pound sea turtle was captured by fisherman Julius Solissa near San Diego. Its five foot two inch shell bore a carved inscription referencing the British ship Sea Brine from August 12 1881 and calling for notification in England. The find suggests the turtle was released after the mark was burned and hints at a mid Pacific voyage twenty six years prior. Sunday school workers plan a new effort in the rolling mill district linked to Third Presbyterian Church.
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San Diego
Cal
Julius Solissa
South
Thomas Fletcher
Brawley Road
Rivington
England
South Pacific
Roll ‘Ing Mill
Third’ Presbyterian Church
Jealous husband kills wife then commits suicide near Bridgeville
In Pittsburg on June 24 Joseph Matcovich a 38 year old coal miner shot and killed his wife at their Bridgeville home and then killed himself. The couple s two year old son was found crying beside his mother s corpse. Jealousy is stated as the motive.
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Pittsburg
Joseph Matcovich
Bridgeville
Woman Shot at Breakfast in Canton Contract Husband Suspect Sought
Elizabeth Palmage was shot and killed in Canton as she prepared breakfast. Police seek Achim Fatu, reportedly living with her as husband under a contract made in Hungary, but have not located him.
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Canton
Ohio
Elizabeth Palmage
Achim Fatu
Hungary
Demand a Roosevelt man as national candidate
Kentucky Republicans nominate Augustus F. Willson for governor and W. H. Cox for lieutenant governor and adopt a Roosevelt aligned platform for 1908. The convention, after a brief party split over Taft and Fairbanks, unanimously backed Willson and Cox and endorsed a Roosevelt style president. The platform also supports uniform local option laws across Kentucky.
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Kentucky
Augustus F. Willson
W. H. Cox
J. W. Breathitt
Louisville
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
National Convention
W. F. Bradley
Willson
Maysville
Mr. Willson
Augustus E. Willson
Bowser Woman Fears Husband Plans Poison and Abduction
In this 1907 tale Mrs Bowser flees to a hotel after suspecting her husband Samuel Bowser plans to poison or kill her to cover a secret. The mother-in-law fears for her life after a dramatic depot meeting and a tense dinner, while Bowser plays genial host and confounds suspicions with kindness.
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Mr. Bowser
Samuel Bowser
Robison Chapel Orchestra Concert at Thomas School
The Robison chapel orchestra performed Saturday night in the Thomas school building and grove in Gellar Creek township with Hon. James M. Robinson delivering an address. The Leo and Grabill bands assisted in providing music. Sam Lyons plans to leave the city Wednesday for Seattle to seek a permanent location.
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Robison Chapel
Thomas School
Grove
Gellar Creek Township
James M. Robinson
Leo
Grabill
Sam.Lyons
Seattle
Wash
Public spat over critic's ego ends in rebuke
In Washington, Mr. Stormington Barnes replies to a critic with sharp irony. He says he resents not the critic's opinions but the egoistic presumption behind publicly expressing them. The exchange highlights tensions between media discourse and individual reputation.
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Stormington Barnes
Washington Star
In Old Kentucky Rup and the railway joke
A quip reports Colonel Bourbon loses his left arm in a railway accident yet notes his drinking arm remains unharmed. The joke appears in a New York Life cartoon caption style.
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Old
Kentucky
In the Jungle Comedy Quips About Snakes
A light exchange in Baltimore American jokes about Mrs Cobra’s extravagant taste for her baby’s new rattle highlighting playful banter about snake etiquette and fashion.
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Python
Cobra
Boa
Baltimore
Vessel Strikes and Crew Warn of Immediate Hazards
A distress call reports a vessel striking and emergency measures required. Captain orders rapid donning of flotation and safety gear as crew prepare for possible evacuation and inspection of damage.
Fire damages barn at 507 East Wayne street
A Sunday morning fire slightly damages a barn owned by C. C. Schlatter and accepted by John Schafer at 507 East Wayne street. Authorities think a boy discarded a match into a barrel of excelsior, igniting the blaze.
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Wayne Street
C. C. Schlatter
John Schafer
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