Final Appeal to the People Imperial Ukase dissolves Parliament
Imperial ukases dissolve the present parliament and set the convocation for six months hence while declaring Moscow's surrounding province under extraordinary security. Observers fear drift toward dictatorship as Nicholas IIs government curtails elected representation and hints at universal suffrage as a new political battleground.
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Rt. Peetersburg
Russia
Nicholas
Moscow
Dreyfus Receives Legion of Honor in Paris Ceremony
Major Alfred Dreyfus, in full uniform, was awarded the Cross of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor at a formal ceremony inside the military school courtyard. Two artillery batteries guarded the venue while General Gillain and Colonel Tarte witnessed the official event marking his long-awaited distinction.
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Paris
Alfred Dreyfus
Legion of Honor
Thirteenth Artillery
Tarte
War Office
Dreyfus
Gillain
Mant Dreyfus
Washington discusses meat inspection law scope
Secretary Wilson stated there is misapprehension about the act and emphasized it covers establishments engaged in interstate meat shipments only. He urged a public crusade to ensure meats from state and local businesses are clean and wholesome.
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Washington
Wilson
Reds In Session Hidden Leaders Detained In St Petersburg
In St Petersburg, Friday arrests at the Misia office followed a Revolutionary Party meeting. Editor Solomnia, a member of parliament, hid three leaders. two escaped. Police seized important papers. Escaped leaders included M Chernoff, village feld general and head of central ambliies, and his top lieutenant.
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St. Petersburg
The
Misia
Revolutionary Party
Solomnia
M. Chernoff
Feld
Revolutionistg
Ambliies
Leutenant
Russell Sage dies at ripe old age
New York reports the death of Russell Sage at his Cedarcroft home in Lawrence L I from heart failure after a long career as financier and railroad investor. Born 1816 in Verona he built wealth in groceries railways and Wall Street and once aligned with Jay Gould. At death he chaired twenty five major railroad and telegraph firms.
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New York
Russell Sage
Cedarcroft
Lawrence
Verona
Oneida County
Elisa
Pendance Sage
Title
Connecticut
Henry
Troy
Lacrosse Railroad Company
Chicago, Milwaukee
Exchange
Sage
Grant & Ward
Mr. Sage
Railroad and Telegraph
Mexico Faces Possible Uprising Against Foreign Officials
In Sonora and Cananea tensions rise as Mexican railroad workers plan to expel foreigners with official positions in rails, mines, and smelters to mark September 16 independence events. Rafael Yeabel meets Diaz in El Paso as governors prepare to convene, with the government vowing prompt action to quell disorder.
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el Paso
Tex
Rafael Yeabel
Sonora
Mexico
Mexico City
Diaz
Cananea
Fl Paso
League of Mexican Railroad
National Irrigation Congress Opens in Boise
Delegates and visitors at the fourteenth National Irrigation congress in Boise September 3 8 will see crops grown under irrigation. Exhibits include all varieties of vegetables beets grains and sugar crops. The event will feature lessons and field tours illustrating how results were achieved in irrigation districts.
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Irrigation Congress
Bolee
Toaho
National Irrigation Congress
Boise
Irriga Fon
Treaty Signed On Cruiser Ends Central American Conflict
A peace treaty among Guatemala Honduras and El Salvador was signed aboard the US cruiser Marblehead off Guatemala with Mexican and US mediation aiding the accord. After months of fighting and shifting alliances the three nations agreed helps for a ceasefire and terms accepted by all three governments. The accord followed rapid diplomacy after July 20 under Washington’s push to restore peace in the region.
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San Jose
Guatemala
Salvador
Honduras
United States
Marinehead
Guatemalan
Senor Gamboa
Mexico
Toledo
Washington
Jealousy Tragedy Follows Fort Assiniboine Incident
Charles D. Schmidt a 23 year old water inspector in Helena Montana killed his wife’s alleged lover a trooper from Fort Assiniboine with a shotgun then fatally shot himself though not fatally injured.
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Helena
Mont
Chied
Fort Assiniboine
Charles D. Schmidt
Fireman’s Fund Insurance to Wind Up Operations
President W J Dutton announces the Home Fire and Marine Insurance Company will wind up its business. The Fireman’s Fund, crippled by the April conflagration, forms Fireman’s Fund Insurance Corporation to take over its outstanding assets and begin anew.
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San Francisco
W. J. Dutton
Home Ire and Marine Insurance Company
Home Fire and Marine
Old Firemen Fund Insurance Company
California Corporatous
Dutton
Fireman's Fund
Fireman's Fund Insurance Corporation
Brutal Murder in Seattle Revealed in Nanaimo Dispatch
Special from Nanaimo British Columbia reports the murder of Mary Jane Dalton in her Seattle home. The father John Dalton found her body after returning home. A single pallet wound pierced the forehead with additional gunshots. The victim fought to defend herself as Robert Stiles Featherstone is charged with the crime.
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Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
Nanaimo
Mary Jane Dalton
Poly
John Dalton
Robert Stiles Featherstone
Earthquake Damage Reported in Socorro New Mexico
Citizens estimate losses at two thousand dollars with over a hundred tremors since July 2. The July 12 shocks damaged adobe walls in about 10 houses, Knights of Pythian hall, the court house, and a school home. Chimneys toppled and residents slept in tents while one residence and the Price home were reported destroyed but valued at only a few hundred dollars.
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Socorro
N. M
Knights of Pythian Hall
Joseph Price
Colorado Telephone Company
Denver Elctr Tramway Franchs Contested In Equity Suit
Aroost M. Pease of New York city filed in the United States circuit court on Thursday a suit in equity to annul the new Denver tramway franchise. He alleges a system of intimidation and purchase by the Denver City Tramway and the Denver Gas and Electric company with gross fraud at the polls. Pease owns Denver real estate valued over $20,000.
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Denver
Denver City Tramway Company
Denver Gas & Electric Company
Sulh
United States
Aroost M. Pease
New York City
Pease
Two Young Kansans Found Injured After Night Assault
In Kansas City Bertha Bowlin and Frank Kern both 21 were found uneoneclaws at Fourteenth and Franklin on the west bluffs above the railway yards. The woman is dying and the man may not recover. Albert Crone 21, a stockyards employee and Missouri National Guard member, was arrested later and held. he had been jilted by the girl.
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Kansas City
Bertha Bowlin
Frank Kern
Fourteenth
Franklin
Albert Crone
Missouri National Guard
Court Declares Ohio Jurisdiction Lacking in Rebating Probe
Federal grand jury in Cleveland adjourned without indictments after finding no jurisdiction for the alleged interstate commerce and anti rebate offenses. The Lake Shore Railroad and Standard Oil were main targets, with evidence from the Interstate Commerce Commission. Cases will be transferred to Chicago for prosecution.
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Cleveland, O
Federal Grand Jury
Standard Oil Company
Lake Shore Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lake Shore
Chicago
Police Threaten Strike Shakes St Petersburg
Police in St Petersburg faced a near panic as officers in the First district refused to patrol over money fund interest disputes. Cossacks arrived after gendarmes were surrounded. the chief promised investigation and satisfaction of demands.
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St. Petersburg
Lawyer Burton Gibson Held on Murder Case in Bronx
New York. Burton W. Gibson former counsel for Mrs. Alice Kinan was jailed on order of Coroner McDonald in default of 25000 bail after the inquest found Kinan’s murder by a known assailant. Gibson admitted visiting the Brenton house after the crime and removing documents he claimed were his rights to seize, and said he notified police.
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New York
Burton W. Gibson
Alice Kinan
Bronx
L. M. Stenton
Toma
McDonald
Castro pardons prisoners as Caracas saws out new era
Washington reports Caracas receives word that General Castro pardons all state court offenders in celebration of resuming presidency. Prisons cleared, bond values rise five to seven points amid renewed confidence. Castro has not named a new cabinet yet.
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Washington
Advicce
Castro
Caracas
Trial for Their Lives in Fulton Murder Case
Fulton Missouri Tuesday trial of Ridmund F Bailey and his wife Alva for the murder of Jay Lawder a wealthy mine owner at Far mer. Lawder was shot as he was about to board a train. Bailey claimed Lawder was too friendly with Mrs Bailey. Mrs Bailey later said she told her husband of relations with Lawder and she is indicted as an accessory before the fact.
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Fulton
Ridmund F. Bailey
Alva
Jay Lawder
Farmer
Dalley
Lawder
Stromboli Eruption Sparks Fires and Alarm
A violent eruption of Stromboli on Tuesday sent incandescent material showers inland, causing serious fires. No deaths were reported and loud detonations accompanied the event, drawing comparison to Calabria’s earlier quake and raising heightened anxiety.
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Palermo
Calabria
Armistice Takes Effect in Central America Peace Move
The armistice among Central American republics began at 6 am as Guatemala faces accusations of seeking trouble. Guatemalan Minister Munoz announced Guatemala will send three commissioners and a secretary to a peace conference in San Jose. President Escalon’s envoy John Jenkins arrived in Washington to aid peace efforts amid tensions with El Salvador.
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Washington
Munoz
State Department
Guatemala
San Jose
Senor Munoz
Escalon
John Jerkins
San Salvador
Bacon
Jenkins
Salvador
Central America
Japan pursues sweeping plan to nationalize industries
Washington reports from the Bureau of Manufactures say Japan aims to protect supervise develop and nationalize all industries. A nationalized railway system is a first step toward broader industrial nationalization with a proposed government private capital joint company to run Manchurian rails forests and mines. The move could redefine competition for American firms in the Orient.
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Washington
Bureau of Manufactures
Itte
Manchuria
Japan
Naon
Death calls Lady Curzon of Kedleston
London Lady Curzon of Kedleston wife of the former viceroy of India died at 1 40 pm Wednesday after a long illness and a hot season. She was Mary Lester of Chicago and owned nine million dollars in her own right. She married George N. Curzon in 1895 and he later became first Baron Curzon of Kedleston and viceroy of India.
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London
Curzon
Keddleston
India
Walmer Castle
Kent
Corson
Mita Mary Lester
Levi 2. Leiter
Chicago
England
George N. Curzon
Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon
Scarsdale
Marquis of
Saliabury
Baron Curson
Kedleston
Earl of Minto
Son Stabs Father In Domestic Dispute
New York report states Conrad Schirmer and his 1 year old son quarrel at the son's sweetheart Mina Clara Lazarus home on 199th street. The youth stabbed his father with broken glass, likely causing a fatal wound. the elder Schirmer objected to the late hours. Unnamed was arrested.
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New York
Conrad Schirmer
Conrad
Mina Clara Lazarus
Bawt
199Th Street
Schirmer
Unnrwd
Not Guilty for Hargis and Callahan in Kentucky Case
In Beagyville Kentucky a Clark county jury found Hargis and Callahan not guilty after twelve minutes of deliberation in the murder trial of J B Marcum the mountain Republican lawyer. Circuit result includes a separate $8000 damages verdict against Hargis by Mrs Marcum for his alleged role in the killing. Both men face new charges in Lexington for the James Cockrell killing.
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Beagyville
Kys
Hargie Callahan
Kentucky
J. B. Marcum
Marcum
James Hargis
Edward Callahan
Jackson Court House
Curtis Jett
Tom White
Callahan
Hargis
Clark County
Lexington
James Cockrell
Salt Lake Makers Push Campaign for Lower Rates
The Manufactures and Merchants Association of Salt Lake City led by President Orson H. Hewlett urges a railroad rate reduction to boost trade with southern Nevada and make Salt Lake a primary jobbing center. Members cite success in Nevada and claim Salt Lake can compete with Denver and Los Angeles on equal terms if rates improve.
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Salt Lake City
Manufacturers and Merchants’ Association of
Orson H. Hewlett
Salt Lake
Manufacturers and Merchants’ Association
Nevada
San Francisco
Omaha
Denver
Hewletts
Asaying
Los Angeles
Grand jury in Nashville discharged in tobacco trust probe
Federal grand jury in Nashville Tenn was discharged by Judge Lurton after lengthy inquiry into the tobacco trust case. Officials say the probabilities favor no indictments but the investigation will influence related actions in other jurisdictions and prosecutions.
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Nashville
Tenn
Lurton
United States Circuit Court
Department of Justice
Estates Burned and Proprietors Killed in District
In a 725 square mile area unrest spreads as peasants burn over twenty estates. Several landed proprietors die, others escape terror by fleeing their estates. Ten miles away fifteen estates were burned with additional casualties. The situation clouds the district with fear.
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Hobrulak
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Tobacco Trust
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