Lodz Riots Ended? Toll Climb Threatens Core City Tale
Looting and street fighting in Lodz Poland explode as 60,000 workers clash with troops. Friday’s battles kill or wound about 2,000. 130 die on Friday, 41 die in hospitals overnight. Hospitals overflow, beds scarce, many on floors. Barricades rise in Jewish quarter. two bombs hit barracks, 20 soldiers killed or wounded. Troops fire on mobs, rioters hurled vitriol. city plunged into darkness as lamps are wrecked. Tremendous exodus follows, 12,000 leaving. trains crowded. Mobs destroy 35 liquor stores. residents live in constant fear of renewed slaughter.
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Lodz
Russian Poland
Social Democrats
Jewish Bund
Government May Seize Sioux City Land in Special Proceedings
Sioux City Iowa reports government moves in O’Brien County to open up about 12000 acres from the old land grant to the Sioux City and St Paul railroad to settlement. Patrons who bought from the railroad face show cause within sixty days to keep their patents and prevent lands from being opened to homesteaders.
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Sioux City
Iowa
O’brien County
St. Paul
Memphis Fire Destroys Palace Store in Major Memphis Blast
A Sunday blaze in the Palace department store at Fifth Avenue and Union Street in Memphis caused damage estimated between 500000 and 650000 dollars. Firefighters battled a rapid spread before bringing the flames under control. the store was occupied by Harris Brothers and Jacobus Brothers.
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Memphis
Nashville
Tenn
Palace
Harris Brothers
Jacobus Brothers
Fifth Avenue
Union Street
Land fraud cases surge in New Mexico territory
The article reports on arrests tied to suborning perjury by a Chicago official with the Southwestern Land Company. It notes multiple prospective fraud prosecutions for land entries and alleged schemes in the territory, where unimproved land sells for 20 to 30 dollars per acre and investigations continue.
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Tana
Chicago
C.S. Southwestern Land Company
France Morocco note fuels war fever in Paris
Paris readers see war fever rise as France weighs Germany's response to the Morocco note. Analysts note no casus belli yet, while arms discourse Buzzes in military clubs. France shows a ready army with 530000 on peace footing and potential expansion via reserves and territorial militia.
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Paris
Germany
Morocco
France
Rouvier
Newberg to Celebrate Fourth With Peace Themed Parade
Newberg Oregon plans a unique Fourth of July featuring the Goddess of Peace replacing the Goddess of Liberty. No soldiers will march and hymns and Sunday school children will lead a peaceful parade, reflecting the town’s Quaker heritage and anti war stance.
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Newberg
Ore
United States
Gory
Bunker Hill
Valley Forge
the Hague
Thirty Spaniards Return from Corpus Christi Celebration
Dispatches report thirty Spaniards traveling from Salvatierra after attending a Corpus Christi celebration in the Minho region. The voyage back from Portugal to Spain appears uneventful with no further details available.
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Spain
Minho
Portugal
Salvatierra
Wilhelm Will Visit Oecar
A brief fragment mentions Wilhelm Will and Oecar in what appears to be a travel or visit note with unclear context and no resolvable details.
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Wilhelm Will
Oecar
Tragic Twenty Century Limited Wreck Near Mentor
The fast east bound Twenty Century Limited crashed at an open switch near Mentor Ohio, killing nineteen people. The locomotive and tender were hurled from the tracks and the combination car ignited in flames. Investigators suspect the switch was opened intentionally by a crank.
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Mentor
Cleveland
Lake Shore Road
Oui Mer
New
Chicago
Ies
New York
Moon
Lake Shore
William Usher
Nickel Plate
James Barnes
Willoughby
Bert
James Garfield
Iowa Woman Rejects Fortune for Catholic Faith
Mrs Lucinds Gao, an Iowa woman, gives up eighty thousand dollars rather than convert to Roman Catholicism. Charles Simpson, a friend of the Ganson family, died in Sacramento, California during the discussion of her religious choice.
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Iowa
Davenport
Lucinds Gao
Charles Simpson
Ganson
Sacramento
Cal
Fans Killed In Riots Amid Besieging Forces
Report notes fatalities among fans during a riot as besieging forces clash with attendees. Details incomplete but indicate deaths tied to crowd violence and security failures during the disturbance.
Rogers' Execution Stay by Vermont Governor
Vermont Governor granted a stay of execution for Rogers citing legal proceedings. The action delays the death sentence as appeals proceed.
Vermont executes reprieve save condemned wife
In Isleboro Vermont a reprieve delays the execution of Mary M Rogers for the murder of her husband. The stay granted by Charles J Bell to December 8 aims to bring constitutional questions before the U.S. Court. Rogers’s lawyers sought habeas relief. the court instead noted the issues for higher review.
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Itleboro
Mary M
Charles J. Bell
Windsor
the Court of the United States
H. Wheeler
United States Circuit Court
France and Berlin Cable: France's Response Delayed
An incomplete Franco German exchange over the Moroccan issue leaves Britain awaiting France's official answer. The Foreign Office remains silent, while Paris is expected to offer its position through Am Sao Bihourd, shaping the next steps amid tense diplomacy.
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Berlin
France
Amsao Bihourd
Foreign Office
Conten
Germany
Japan Rejects Armistice Without Peace Guarantees
Washington reports Japan will not agree to an armistice in Manchuria until plenipotentiaries for peace meet and assess each other. Japan would accept a truce if a guarantee that Russia will negotiate in good faith is given. The President continues efforts amid fighting in Manchuria facing a temporary setback.
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Japan
Washington, D. C
Sen
United States
Russia
Manchuria
Oil and Gas Boom in Ohio Claims Vast Gas Find
The Mansfield area reports a major gas strike with a “Special Expert” noting a well showing tremendous gas flow and large daily output. Drilling data suggests a world leading gas prospect with high pressure and expansive gas cap indications nearby.
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Ohio
Mansfield
Loomis Cleared as Bowen Scandal Ends
President Roosevelt approves Taft findings exonerating Assistant Secretary Francis L Loomis in the Bowen controversy. Bowen is dismissed after the President condemns his conduct as reprehensible and disloyal to the country, while Taft cites Loomis’s lack of discretion but not dishonor.
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Washington
Herbert W. Bowen
United States
Venezuela
Francis
Loomis
Bowen
Loomis-Bowen
Roosevelt
Taft
Lawson to Speak in the West States
Mr. Lawson has accepted invitations and will depart Boston to address audiences in Kansas City Ottawa Kas Fairbury Neb St Paul Minn and Albert Lea Minn as guest of the respective governors.
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Lawson
West
Boston
Kansas City
Ottawa
Kas
Fairbury
Neb
St. Paul
Minn
Albert Lea
Autos Predicted in the Bible Sermon Warns Drivers
In St Paul Minnesota the Rev G L Morrill warned reckless chauffeurs citing Nahum 2 4 to claim the modern automobile fulfills a biblical prophecy as chariots race through broad streets and sparks fly.
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St. Paul, Minn
Nahum
G. L. Morrill
New York City Population Near Four Million Benchmark
The New York census estimate indicates city population around 3,987,145 on June 1, with a final total near four million unlikely despite rising figures. Analysts cite incomplete district data but expect the city to remain just under the four million threshold.
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New York
New York City
Vassar Receives New Library Building as Monument
A $500000 library building presented to Vassar College in Poughkeepsie New York by Mrs. Frederick Ferris Thompson of New York. The structure honors her husband a longtime Vassar trustee whose gift previously established a library now outgrown and to be vacated.
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Vassar
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vassar College
Frederick Ferris Thompson
New York
Highwaymen in Petticoats in Denver Grocery Robbery
Two masked women entered a Denver grocery store and, leveling revolvers at the heads of Chester Brunt and Handa, frightened customers during a bold daytime theft.
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Denver
Chester Brutn Aes
Handa
Roosevelt Praises Morton In Letter On Navy Retirement
A Roosevelt letter to Paul Morton expresses admiration and faith in Morton as a railroad official and Cabinet member, noting candid praise and Roosevelt’s steadfast trust as Morton nears retirement from naval duties.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Paul Morton
Navy
Morton
Powers to the People in St Petersburg Cable Move
The Novoe Vremya reports a new popular assembly of 500 members elected for five years will have powers equal to the empire council. All laws require passage by both houses and the Emperor's approval.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
No Wonder Alexis Resigned
The day before Grand Duke Alexis quit as high admiral he received a terrorist warning that he would be executed if he did not retire within twenty four hours.
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St. Petersburg
Grand Duke
Alexis
Girl Dies While Skipping Rope In Appleton Special
In Appleton Wisconsin a nine year old girl Maria Derick died suddenly while skipping rope. At the hundredth mark she proclaimed I have finished and then collapsed dead. Authorities described the death as under peculiar circumstances and investigations are implied.
Loomis Named Special Ambassador to Receive Jones Remains
President Roosevelt elevates Francis B. Loomis to special ambassador to France to oversee the arrival of John Paul Jones remains. Loomis, former Assistant Secretary of State, is tasked with handling the exoneration of ex-Minister Bowen.
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Roosevelt
Francis B. Loomis
Bowen
United States
John Paul Jones
France
Teamsters Strike Nearing End in Chicago Special
Obstacles to ending the teamsters strike appear removed and indications point to hostilities ending soon unless unforeseen developments arise between opposing interests.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Chickasaw Warrant Fraud Suspected In Oklahoma
An alleged theft linked to Chickasaw warrants is reported in Muskogee with possible ties to a fugitive banker from Tishomingo. The amount is estimated between $100,000 and $200,000 and may rival the Creek warrant scandal in scope.
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Muskogee, I. T
Premier Balfour Proposes Statutory Commission in Army Stores Scandal
In London the prime minister under pressure from all sides announced in the House of Commons that the government will immediately introduce a bill creating a statutory commission to inquire into the army stores scandal. The move follows intensified scrutiny of the procurement and storage affairs.
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London Cable
Balfour
House of Commons
Attack with carbolic acid at Pittsburg lumber yard
An unknown man called Scott a lumber merchant to his door in Pittsburg Kansas and threw a pint of carbolic acid in his face. Scott escaped serious injury but sufferable burns on face neck and shoulders. No motive or suspect named. No motive or address for the attacker is known.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Scott
Divid
Hotive
Dead Man on Salary List in Equitable Society
A New York Special reveals, per Francis Hendricks, state superintendent of insurance, that the Equitable Life Assurance Society still lists a dead man on its payroll at a salary of $25 000 per year, thirteen months after his death.
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New York
Francis Hendricks
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Former First Lieutenant Fred M. Smith Sentenced at Penitentiary
Columbus Ohio special report says Fred M. Smith a former First Lieutenant in the Coast Artillery was received at the penitentiary in full uniform. He was court martialed and sentenced to one year for falsifying vouchers while with the quartermaster's department.
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Columbus, O
Fred M. Smith
Coast Artillery
Quartermaster’s Department
Swedish papers urge war and demands on Norway
The Standard's Stockholm correspondent reports Swedish conservative papers openly advocate war. They call for mobilization and demand cession of Northern Norway as compensation for dissolving the union.
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London
Standard
Stockholm
Norway
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