Russia on verge of general political strike in upheaval
In St Petersburg and Moscow crowds demand a political strike as agrarian unrest and army disorders spread. The government refuses parliament demands while leaders plan to seize power if the regime falls. Streets busy with workers, bakers strike, and a 15000 strong Finland rally cheers revolutions.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Committee of Workmen
Associated Press
Terioki
Finland
Peterhof
Syrian & Viasma
Salt Lake Tribunes Burn Gut the Building
Fire gutted the upper floors of the Salt Lake Tribune, destroying editorial and mechanical departments, the valuable library, and all typesetting and electrotyping machines. The Telegram, which uses Tribune presses, will be affected but both papers will publish today and tomorrow using other local presses. Estimated loss about 60,000 dollars.
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Tribune and
Telegram
Salt Lake
Utah
Salt Lake Tribune
Evening Telegram
Tribune
Denver Lawyer Campbell Dies From Fall After Temple Ceremony
Denver lawyer Campbell a well known figure and former general counsel to the Woodmen of the World Pacific jurisdiction died from a cranial hemorrhage after a fall from an electric car. He was injured while returning from the cornerstone laying of a temple by local Shriners. Campbell, 45, was born in Cincinnati and is survived by a widow.
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Campbell
Wood- Men of the World
Pacific Jurisdiction
Denver
Shriners, Jr
Cincinnati
Kansas City Merchant Latinas T Moore Dies at 72
Latinas T Moore a Kansas City dry goods merchant died at his daughter's home from heart failure. He was 72 and founded one of the city's principal dry goods stores.
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T. Moore
Daugher
Kansas City
Mr. Moore
Jim the Penman at Spokane Theaters
Spokane theaters present Youngs four act drama Jim the Penman featuring Douglas as the penman villain in a plot likened to Raffles. Henriette Browne portrays Nina Ralston with acclaim while Charles Wyngate plays Captain Redwood and Donald Meek appears as George Ralston.
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Jim the Penman
Raffles
Kyrle Bellew
Bellew
Young
Crosman Actress Henrietta Crosman Aims Spokane Debut
Henrietta Crosman the actress is booked for her first professional visit to Spokane. She rose quickly, becoming Edmond Collier's leading woman after one season and joining Austin Daly's, Frohman's Lyceum, and Frohman management. She led Frohman's comedians after a swift rise in New York.
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Henrietta Crosman
Spokane
Edmond Collier
Austin Daly
Daniel Frohman
Lyceum Theater
Charles Frohman
Frohman
Dramatic notes on theatre figures and new ventures
Miss Florence Pierce writes the play The Children of Men premiering in Chicago. Ella Wheeler Wilcox’s Mispah revived in fall with Charles Dalton Elizabeth Kennedy and Francis Losee in cast. Elanor Robson to create eight new roles next season. Plays by Sutro M C Lillan Presbrey Mrs Ward Mrs Burnett Zangwill Rostand and Fitch in development. Lulu Glaser signs with Bobbs Merrill for Meredith Nicholson novel The House of One Thousand Candles. may stage next season. Theatrical Bank to open in Chicago, funded by Klaw Erlanger and western vaudeville merger, capital 1 million. Theaters’ monthly business about 5 million. Lew Field pursuing Joe Welch Louise Dressler Effie Fay for Herald Square production. Grace George ends season. to Europe with W A Brady. Anna Held to send show girls to Paris for gowns.
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Florence Pierce
Chicago
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Klaw & Erlanger
B. F. Kieth
Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association
Lew Field
Joe Welch
Louise Dressler
Effie Fay
Herald Square Theater
Grace George
William Ashe
W. A. Brady
Europe
Anna Held
Paris
Murder of Bride Hailed in Aurora Hungarian Settlement
Early Sunday at their Aurora Illinois home Mr and Mrs George Beilagaiyi newlyweds in the Hungarian settlement celebrated their wedding when neighbor Andrew Kuk shot the bride through the stomach with a revolver and killed her Kuk has disappeared and cannot be found.
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George Beilagaiyi
Aurora
Ill
Andrew Kuk
Kuk
Berlin officials study Kiel Canal widening plan
A commission of 30 high government officials visited the Kiel canal to study widening plans and cost estimates place the project at 50 million dollars. The existing locks and curves prevent larger ships, prompting concerns over the canal’s future.
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Berlin
Kiel Canal
Big Fire At Ryan Annex Burns Through Sunday
St Paul Minnesota June 18 a six story Ryan annex building was gutted by fire starting in the basement of Palace Clothing. Losses range 450000 to 500000 with 37 firefighters overcome by heat and glass injuries. Lt William Edwards in critical condition though most will recover. In St Louis the same morning two fires destroyed a five story office and a large livery and undertaker establishment incinerating about fifty horses.
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Ryan Annex
St. Louis
St. Paul, Minn
Palace Clothing Company
William Edwards
Ryan Hotel
Philip Carey Manufacturing Company
Charles Fisher Mattress Company of
Chicago
Grand Springs Water Company
Spokane Wholesale Produce Prices Summary
Spokane market bulletin lists prices for vegetables fruits and staples across regions. Items include potatoes at 60c cwt cab bage 2.50 cwt lettuce 20c lb rhubarb 1.00 crate onions 30c doz spinach 75c crate asparagus 8c lb radishes 30c, tomatoes 3.4 crate and many more including oranges lemons figs cranberries bananas flour butter eggs sugar coffee seeds hay and live stock prices across Spokane Davenport Walla Walla Portland Tacoma and export markets.
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Walla Walla
California
Minnesota
Mount Shasta Rumbling Report Sparks Sightings
Reports from Red Ding Cal claim smoke issuing from Mount Shasta’s cone and deep mountain rumblings. The reports are not credited and details remain unverified.
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Mount Shasta
Redding
Cal
Ellen Terry Honored at London Hotel Dinner
A London Hotel Cecil dinner honored Ellen Terry with 200 guests from the theatrical world. Winston Churchill praised British theater while Miss Terry thanked honorees and credited public homage to both her and Sir Henry Irving.
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Hotel Cecil
London
Ellen Terry
Winston Churchill
Miss Terry
Great Britain
Sir Henry Irving
Prisoners Die in Fire Set to Escape Carriere Prison
Two inmates George Washington and Tom Ladneil died when a jail escape attempt in Carriere Mississippi ended in a blaze. They aimed to burn through the roof but the fire spiraled out of control and smoke suffocated them before rescuers could reach them.
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Liberty
George Washington
Tom Ladneil
Carriere, Miss
Montana Woman Severely Injured At Saw
Mrs Lib Whiting wife of J H Whiting store owner and saw mill operator on Bridge creek below Grey Cliff lost her right hand and suffered severe lacerations to her left arm after clothing caught in a belt. Engineers survey Eighteen Mile canyon for a potential St Paul route to Butte. Telephone lines likely extended along the Yellowstone irrigation project to Glendive and Mondak.
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Lib Whiting
J. H. Whiting
Bridge Creek
Grey Cliff
St. Paul Road
Nine-Mile House
Rocky Mountains
St. Paul
Butte
Yellowstone River
Glendive
Mondak
Spokane County Republican Ticket Full List of Officials
The list names GOP nominees for Spokane County offices including Sheriff Howard B. Doak County Clerk Robert A. Koontz Prosecuting Attorney Richard M. Barnhart County Treasurer E K Erwin Auditor F P Greene Coroner Dr F P Witter Assessor E P Galbraith Surveyor A R Scott School Superintendent E G McFarland Commissioner Second District Henry Rowher Spangle Commissioner Third District W H Spence Medical Lake State Senator Fourth District W D Scott State Senator Sixth District E D Sanders State Senator Seventh District Harry Rosenhaupt Representatives Second District Jesse Huxtable H A Rhodes Representatives Third District R A Hutchinson J B Gilbert Rockford Representatives Fourth District J A Farber Medical Lake J F Congleton Milan Representatives Fifth District D M Thompson Emery P Gilbert Representatives Sixth District Alex H Gregg L P Hornberger Justices of the Peace J D Hinkle G W Stocker Constables Fred Saling George Murphy
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Spokane County
Howard B. Doak
Robert A. Koontz
Richard M. Barnhart
E. K. Erwin
F. P. Greene
F. P. Witter
E. P. Galbraith
A. R. Scott
E. G. McFarland
Henry Rowher
Spangle
W. H
Milan
D. M. Thompson
Emery P. Gilbert
Alex. H. Gregg
L. P. Hornberger
J. D. Hinkle
G. W. Stocker
Fred Saling
George Murphy
Senators urge treaty for world grain crop estimation pact
Senators Perkins and Flint and California’s David S. Lubin urged the president to transmit to the senate for ratification a treaty allowing U S participation in an international grain crop estimation scheme endorsed by a Rome conference under the king of Italy. The president will discuss with Secretary Root and report a decision soon.
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Perkins and Flint
David S. Lubin
California
Senate
Rome
Italy
Root
Angell Urges Honesty to Michigan Graduates
President James B. Angell of the University of Michigan addresses the 1906 graduating class on Honesty. He cites recent discoveries of dishonesty in big places and calls on graduates to defend pure ideals despite others advancing through unscrupulous policy.
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James B. Angell
University of Michigan
Angell
Convicted Insurance Exec Sentenced to Prison
Dr. Jacob F. Force former president of Northwestern Life Insurance convicted of grand larceny in Minneapolis faces a three and a half year sentence in the penitentiary.
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Jacob F. Force
Northwestern Life Insurance Company
Minneapolis
Longsberry to Leave Yale After 35 Years of Service
Professor Thomas Lounsberry of Yale will terminate his active connection with the university at year end after a 35 year career.
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Thomas Lounsberry
Yale
University
Escalator on Cleveland Hill Elevates Wagons At Two Miles Per Hour
In Cleveland a 420 foot escalator carries heavy wagons up a steep hill lifting loads 65 feet to a five story height. It runs at about two miles per hour, moving upward on a chain of crosswise planks and powered by electric motors.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Dam at 185 Feet May Tame Chagres Floods for Panama Canal
The article explains a proposed dam on the Chagres River at 185 feet could control floods, store water for dry seasons, and reduce costs from the French estimate by about 27.9 million dollars. It describes river geography, tributaries, and limited upper river navigation, with floods being flashy and short in duration.
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French Canal Company
Chagres
Bas Obispo
Obispo
San Pablo
Gamboa
Albujuela
Santa Barbara
Cruces
Remarkable Engraving Feat On A Pin Head Lettering Wonders
A Washington Bureau of Engraving and Printing expert, Clarence K Young, engraved two alphabets on a pin head just sixty five thousandths of an inch wide. The feat, shown magnified 6000 times, surpasses prior achievements like the Lord prayer on a gold dollar and a full English alphabet on a pin head.
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United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Philadelphia
Clarence K. Young
Not His Fault in Gossip Luncheon Trial Echoes
A fragment references Briggins doubting his mind after jury service and exposure to opposing arguments. A woman gossip is deemed bad but a man gossip is blamed, hinting at courtroom or social satire about jurors and rumor.
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Briggins
Weill
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R. B. Marston
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