Warship mutineers fire on the town in Odessa
The London Daily Mail reports from its Odessa correspondent that the Kniaz Potemkine opened fire on Nyessinskaya Street. Large shell holes mar walls. a possible bombardment may heighten international tension as foreign consuls seek protection of warships. A St Petersburg dispatch notes an imperial address and a Russian squadron heading toward Odessa, delaying departure by two days at a pivotal juncture.
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London
Daily“Mail
Odessa
Kniaz Potemkine
Nyessinskaya Street
Kniaz
Paris
Black Sea
Dardanelles
St. Petersburg
Odessey
Cate
Lynching Near Watkinsville Claims Eight Prisoners
A mob in Watkinsville Georgia lynched seven Black men and one White man after storming the jail around midnight. The victims were prisoners charged with assaulting Mrs Weldon Doolsey, wife of prosperous farmer, and implicated in earlier crimes including the Holbrook couple murder. Reports say four others were also implicated in the Holbrook case. The prisoners were shot to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkins- Wille
Weldon Doolsey
Watkinsville
March
Holbrook
Flyer Ditch Derailed Train Tragedy Hits Pennsylvania
A derailed flyer in Pennsylvania killed one person and injured fifteen as it toppled during a track repair near Ravenna. The accident disrupted regular service, with investigators questioning crew actions and line conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Ravenna
Alliance
Aeréi
Mutiny on Russian Warship Kninz Potem Kinе details
A Washington dispatch reports mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Kninz Potem Kinе in the Black Sea roads near Odessa. Officers were murdered and thrown overboard after a sailor’s demand for better food. Mutineers threaten bombardment. port work halted and mobilization orders issued as unrest spreads from Lodz and Warsaw to western Polish provinces.
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Orewa
Washington
Amert
Odessa
State Department
Nn Yollowa
Russia
Kninz
Potem
Binck Sea
Black Sea
Kuinz Potemine
Odessadiapateh
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Lodz
Warsaw
Poland
Bank Closed After Cashier’s Shortage Sparks Run
The Vigo County National Bank of Terre Haute Indiana, facing a two day run, shut its doors Wednesday as bank examiners investigate a cashier shortage. Resources stood at 1.565 million with deposits totaling 982 thousand in regular and 191 thousand from US deposits. The United Mine Workers Indiana organization reportedly had 90 thousand deposited there.
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Terre Haute
Vigo County National Bank
Ind
National Bank Examiner
United States
Indiana Organization of United Mine
Iowa Cashier Missing At Graettinger Bank
William Mueller cashier of the Graettinger Savings Bank left the town about a week ago and his whereabouts are unknown. Sheriff Coakley has an order to have the bank safe opened, so the amount of his shortage cannot yet be determined. Estimates place the loss as high as $10,000 and depositors are expected to recover most of their funds.
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Graettinger
William Mueller
Savings Bank
Coakley
Knight Donnelly & Co. Broke as Liabilities Near 3 Million
A Chicago brokerage firm failure has grown to massive proportions with liabilities estimated near three million dollars and assets possibly totaling about two and a half million. Receiver Potter continues examination to determine exact figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Knight, Donnelly & Co
Potter
Indictments Against Metcalf Halldenbeck Metcalf Processed
Indictments facing James T Metcalf Harry C Hallenbeck and Norma R Metcalf allege conspiracy to defraud the government over a contract for money order blanks. Proceedings occurred Wednesday before the District Attorney in Washington District of Columbia benches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, ‘D. C
James T. Metcalf
Harry C. Hallenbeck
Norma R. Metcalf
Storm collapses apartment block. three men feared dead
A severe thunderstorm in New York City late Monday toppled the upper stories of an apartment building at 136th Street and One Hundredth. Three men are believed killed in the wreck as rescuers search the rubble and assess the collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New
York
Taxation dispute over Cleveland franchises clarified
Judge Lawrence holds the auditor cannot place a valuation on several Cleveland public corporations’ franchises for taxation. The Cuyahoga County case leaves unresolved how franchised holdings should be rated.
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Lawrence
Cleveland
Cuyahoga
County
Bomb Attack on Creutatochowa Chief Wounded
A bomb exploded at night in a carriage carrying Police Chief Pavaloff of Creutatochowa in the Pirkow government. The chief and seven others were seriously wounded. no bomb was thrown by Russia or Soviets.
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Varnay
Russia
Swiday
Pavaloff
Creutatochowa
Pirkow
Yukon River Crisis Cuts Nome Link After Storm Toll
A Seattle report notes the Yukon River remote towns between Tanana mouth and Eagle City have lost all contact with Nome for four days. A violent storm near Midhburg Kansas caused extensive damage with eight deaths reported Wednesday afternoon.
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Pires o.Yukon
Seattle
Wash
Ivor
Yukon River
Tanana ‘River
Eagle City
Nome
Midhburg
Tornado Near Plankinton Slays Three In South Dakota
A Saturday night tornado near Plankinton and nearby areas killed Walter John his wife and their 41 year old child. John died after being pinned by a house floor that was ripped from its foundation. The baby perished in his arms and Mrs John’s body lay 30 feet away. Four others were injured but not seriously.
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Plankinton
Mitchell, & Drg
Amallin
Plankin
Walter
John
Averé
John Williams
Artesian
Danish Cadet Schooner Georg Stage Sunk by British Steamer
Danish authorities report the training schooner Georg Stage was rammed and sunk by the British steamer Ancona. Twenty two cadets drowned, fifty seven rescued, with one body recovered. First Officer Myhre claims the Ancona cut seven feet into Georg Stage’s side causing rapid loss of decks and rigging as the crew slept.
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Copenhagen
Georg
Ancona
Myhre
Georg Stag
Boycott Legal Victory for Kansas City Live Stock Exchange
The Kansas City Court of Appeals in Hangas City upheld the exchange directors in expelling and boycotting J. J. Gladdish for alleged ungentlemanly conduct with a member. A temporary injunction restraining the boycott was dismissed, the court ruling the exchange as a lawful organization not a trust or pool in restraint of trade.
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Court of Appeals
Hangas City
Kansas City Court of Appeals
Kansas City Live Stock Exchange
J. J. Gaddish
Gladdish
Circuit
Plenipotentiaries to Meet in United States in August
White House announces that Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries will convene in the United States during the first ten days of August. The president hopes the meeting may be held on August first if possible, otherwise at the earliest later date.
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White House
Washington, D. C
United States
Koch Trial Again Set At Mankato July 6
The case against Dr. George R. Koch resumes in Mankato Minnesota on July 6 for the brutal murder of Dr. L A Gebhardt. State attorneys may seek a change of venue to secure a fair jury, else trial could move to St James.
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Koch
Mankato
Minn
George R. Koch
L. A. Gebhardt
St. James
To Protect the Flyer on New York Central and Lake Shore
Officials arrange special guards along every track switch from New York to Chicago to protect the flyer against tampering and signalight disasters.
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New York Central
Shore
Central
Lake Shore
New York
Chicago
French Army Reserven in Russia Ready for Call Up
A St Petersburg special states reserve soldiers living in Russia have received notices to hold themselves in readiness to rein the colors, signaling possible mobilization for active service.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Open shop hour shifts in Philadelphia print houses
A nine hour work day and open shop policy was adopted this Monday in forty five major Philadelphia printing establishments. Reportedly this change affects about two thirds of the local compositors and printers.
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Philadelphia
Wreck Halts Twentieth Century Limited Schedule
An eighteen hour running schedule for the Twentieth Century Limited between New York and Chicago is temporarily suspended after a wreck at Mentor, Minnesota. A separate report notes Edgood Garman, condemned for murder, was found dead in his Mifflintown Pennsylvania cell by carbolic acid. Also mentioned are plans to enlarge Mexico City’s cabinet on July 4 and a fire at Union Pacific’s Roundhouse in Evanston destroying five locomotives with losses around 75,000 dollars.
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New York
Chicago
Mentor, M
Edgood Garman
William Murray
Mifflintown
Mexico City
Dino
Tusta Sierra
Union
Pacific
Burns
Evaniston
Wye
Union Pacifia
Theloos
Downey Wreck-Hook Inland Rocky Mountain Limited Disaster
One dead and two injured as the No. 42 Rocky Mountain Limited wrecked at Downey five miles east of Town City after a switch left partly open. Engineer Barnhart killed. Brakeman Morse injured. Wire man Higging slightly hurt. Passengers unharmed but shaken. several cars derailed with extensive track damage and a freight onto the siding involved.
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Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountain Limited
Rock Island
Downey
Town City
Barnhart
Rock Islands
0. D. Morse
Frank Higging
Che
Manawvas
Nn Owlife
Nicholas
White Is Found Des Moines Attorney Vanished Two Weeks
Virgil H. White, a Des Moines attorney who disappeared two weeks ago leaving a toppled canoe and torn clothes, has been located near Dou rence 150 miles west of Des Moines. The 26 year old, son of former congressman Ted White, was working on a farm and appeared deranged. He used an assumed name and acted oddly raising questions whether he fled or suffered mental collapse.
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Des Moines
Virgil H. White
Dournce
White
Ted White
Webster
Boiler explosion injury verdict against railroad
A Fort Dodge federal jury awarded McDonough 37,600 against Chicago Great Western for injuries from a boiler explosion at the railway shops in Oelwein. The plaintiff, rendered unfit for future work, endured severe pain. the case had nine days of trial after a Salt wage claim of 25,000.
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Fort Dodge
McDonough
Vas
Chicago Great Western Road
Oelwein
Lhe
City Marshal Frank Gifford Sets 17 Year Duty Record
Iowa Falls official Frank Gifford marked 17 years of service as city marshal without a single day of absence. The city council recently approved a one week paid vacation annually for city employees, noting Gifford's perfect attendance since taking office.
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Frank Gifford
Iowa Falls
Gifford
Laundry Proprietor Burns In Boiler Accident In Iowa Falls
W B H Smith proprietor of a local laundry in Iowa Falls is in critical condition after a boiler cleaning incident. He believed the boiler was drained but opened a cock releasing steam and hot water that scalded his chest arms and neck.
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W. BH. Smith
Iowa Falls
Smith
Lovers Reunite for Keltha burg Couple’s Burlington Nuptials
Jenney L. 8 and Miss Mary Douglas 80, both of Kelthaburg NL, wed in Burlington Tuesday after decades apart. They had been sweethearts in youth, separated for 65 years, and reunited by chance.
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Jenney
Mary Douglas
Kelthaburg
Burlington
Body Found in Cedar River Identifies John Hynek
John Hynek, missing since Sunday night after a return from a Bohemian society phase, was found in the Cedar River a short distance below Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. Authorities believe a life may have been lost accidentally as the cause.
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Cedar River
John Hynek
Cedar Rapids
Tiler Henry Long Dies in Street of Heart Disease
Henry Long a tiler about 40 dropped dead on a street in Pocahontas from heart disease. He moved to Peraloulis from Vinton six weeks ago and leaves a wife and four children in poverty.
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Henry Long
Pocahontas
Péraloulis
Vinton
Logan Boy Wins Prize at American Boy Day
Logan Boy Wina Prize Angus M Berry of Logan won the $25 prize offered by the management of American Boy Day at the Lewis and Clark exposition. Popiland delivered his prize by presenting a poem on American Boy Day, July 0.
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Logan
Angus M. Berry
Popiland
Father and Son Drowned in Cedar River Calm Rescue Effort
A drowning tragedy occurred Sunday afternoon in the Cedar River near Waterloo. O W Young and his son of Biltt were swept away while in deep water. The father was seized by a panic wave and both were unable to reach the surface. Local authorities and bystanders initiated rescue attempts but could not save them.
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Ben
Cedar River
Waterloo
Lato
W. Young
Biltt
Reactio
Record of rapid divorces and a second marriage in Des Moines
Rose Schaller obtained a divorce from Wive Gase after alleged abuse and then quickly remarried to Claude Smith in Des Moines. The sequence, witnessed by Judge McHenry and Clerk Coffin, followed by a license and ceremony led by Justice Dutean.
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Rose Schaller
Des Moines
Claude Smith
McHenry
Wiv Gase
Minty
Clerk Coffin
Ix Offen
Clinton Thieves Caught In Milwaukeee and Clinton Yard Robberies
Two more members of a gang that raided merchandise cars in Clinton and nearby yards have been arrested by local police. Frank Keating of Chicago and Thomas Murphy of Clinton are in custody, with the grand jury session set for September.
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Milwaukee
Northwestern
Clinton
Frank Keating
Chicago
Thomas Murphy
Clnton
Keating
Murphy
Yaart
Tie F
Tnye
Wiliam Boler
Edward Larson
Frank Mellin
Knox" Murray
Was Pratt Poisoned Coroner Awaits State Chemist Report
Lake City residents discuss the death of Cy Pratt a young farmer near Yetter with suspected small dose poison. An inquest held Monday showed the stomach was sent to State Chemist G N Hinney for analysis while Willian Persing was detained for safety. Mrs Pratt remains under surveillance at home.
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State Demist
Lake City
Cy Pratt
Yetter
G.N. Hinney
Tratt
Willian Persing
Rockwell City
Mra. Tratt
Des Moines Attorney Steele Charged With Embezzlement
An indictment returned Saturday by the grand jury charges A. L. Steele, a Des Moines attorney and former county attorney candidate, with embezzling about $6,500 from Gladiator Mining Company. Evidence came from H. H. Crabtree, the company’s general manager, and several expert accountants who audited the books.
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Des Moines
A. L. Steele
Gladiator Mining Company
H H. Crabtree
Funeral Interrupted in Pratt Death Case at Yetter
Funeral services for Cyrus Pratt, a farmer near Yetter, were interrupted Monday when the coroner announced an investigation into Pratt's death. Mrs. Pratt and hired man Will Kershing are under suspicion of poisoning. A coroner's jury will await state chemist analysis of Pratt's stomach contents before verdicts.
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Cyrus Pratt
Yetter
Pratt
State dairy judge scores creamery butter samples at Mason City
The state dairy commissioner visited Mason City to test creamery butter samples. Ratings listed include Varley Fyver et al of Manchester eight percent, Ladage of Buck Creek 7.44 percent, Edwards of Lamont 7 percent, Chadwick of Waterloo 6.8 percent, Schettler of Baxter 5.144 percent, Chase of West Bend 4.14 percent, Feldman of Dyersville 4 percent.
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Atate
Mason City
Buttermmaker
Varley Fyverett
Manchester
Verman C. Ladage
Buck Creek
Bremer County
Edwards
Lamont
Buchanan County
Chadwick
Waterloo
Schettler
Baxter
Chase
West Bend
Feldman
Dyersville
Assault on 11 Year-Old Girl Near Riggs
Minnie Paarsch,11, daughter of Riggs farmer John Paarsch, was assaulted and robbed by a tramp on a railroad track while returning home. She fought fiercely, overpowered the assailant, who escaped. doctors fear she may die from injuries.
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Minnie Paarsch
John Paarsch
Riggs
One Year for Algamy Plea in Clinton Case
W J Galloway of Clinton pleaded guilty to bigamy after marrying a Port Madison girl to avoid prosecution while his wife and seven children remained in Clinton. He was sentenced to one year in prison at hard labor.
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W. J. Galloway
Clinton
Port Madison
Labor Bodernmann Lands Record Bass At Blue Lake
William H Bodernmann agent for Lemp Brewing Company in Omaha caught a bass at Blue Lake near Onawa weighing prev en and three quarters pounds. The catch breaks the record to date.
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William H. Bodernmann
Lemp Brewing Company
Omaha
Blue Lake
Wear Onawa
Skull Crushed in Runaway Tragedy Claims Relubeck Resident
John Robinson, an aged Relubeck resident, was struck by a runaway team on Tuesday. He sustained fatal head injuries described as a crushed skull, from which he died shortly after.
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John Robinson
Relubeck
Henry Coleman Wins Edwell Scholarship at Cornell College
Henry Coleman, a Hoone colored lad, has been awarded the Edwell scholarship at Cornell College, marking a notable achievement for a Negro student in the local education scene.
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Henry Coleman
Edwell
Cornell College
Small Wreck on the Burlington Near Patterson
A southbound freight No 78 on the Burlington was wrecked near Patterson Saturday by the outflow of a hose causing the eye to telescope. The damage was slight and no one was injured. The track was cleared in a short time.
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Burlington
Burington
Patterson
Old Settlers Moot Reunion at Wall Field
Jefferson County old settlers plan a big reunion at Wall Field on Sept 7. They hope to secure a yoke of oxen for the day if any can be found by the county.
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Jefferson County
Wallfield
Mrs Roosevelt Buys Summer Home in Virginia
Mrs Roosevelt acquires a 15 acre portion of Springfeld farm in Albemarle County Virginia for a private retreat. The property includes a small house with a rock chimney and removed tower partitions creating a single large room. The purchase is for her occasional rest and relaxation away from public duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Roosevelt
Albemaarle County
Virginia
Springfeld
W. N. Wilner
New York
Locust Plague Strikes Wheat and Orchards Across Regions
Locusts of a year coming in nightly swarms devastate wheat fields and trees, with eggs laid years ago hatched underground. Farmers spray orchards with kerosene as sparrows and other birds join the effort to reduce the infestation threatening crops and livelihoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seientista
Trans
Dong
Japan Rejects Armistice Demands Amid Negotiation Ties
Japan insists on plenipotentiaries meeting and credentials approved before any armistice with Russia. Washington notes President’s peace push faces a setback as Russia shows no demand for armistice while Japan seeks assurances of good faith. Marshal Yaο’s forces outmatch Linovitch, suggesting Japan’s stance aims for tougher terms and continued conflict risks. Germany France suggest peace talks but stop short. Britain refuses to pressure its ally.
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Japan
United States
Russia
Manchuria
Marshal Yao
Gen
Linovitch
Lineyiteh
Washington
Germany
France
Tokio
Great Britain
Cheap Labor and Deatitutior
In New York City about 100,600 respectable English speaking families face Veatitution as cheap European labor crowds them out of work. Sociologists note the city’s welfare of citizens is at stake and relief must come from some source or these families will become a burden. These families are too proud to seek charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Wlfare
Retiring Attache Honored. Philadelphia Woman Recovers Pearls
Captain I Bentley Molt in Paris receives the Legion of Honor from France. Mrs Barclay Warburton of Philadelphia regains the $100,000 pearl necklace after the jewels were picked up in the street. Horace Basler, editor of the Sheridan Journal, is reported badly injured in a Panhandle train wreck near Wittenburg with fatal injuries.
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I. Bentley Molt
Paris
Legion of Hanor
Byance
Witteburg
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Lynch
Fearfal
Georgia
Weeck
Kansas
Iowa
Put Hpnburg
Kan
South Dakota
Over ‘A. Score
Emarrio
Yarila
Steele
Informa Roosevelt
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