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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1905
Page
1
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Odess a reports riot violence last night with hundreds shot by troops and massive harbor fires gutting warehouses and several steamers. Mutinous crews threaten broader upheaval as martial law looms and ships of the Black Sea fleet are cited in mutiny.
Government transport arrived today and its crew mutinied seizing other ships and turning over the captain and officers to the battleship Kolax Potemkin. Foreign consuls seek warship support while Sevastopol notes that battleship and cruiser departed for Odessa at full speed.
A collision between a Santa Fe Limited and a Kansas City Southern stock train two miles from Center City left two conductors dead, an engineer fatally burned, and several injured. Fireman William Frazier and switchman Michael Devine were killed. BF Wills was badly scalded, Jesse M. Tabit was scalded and internal injuries. a male passenger was seriously hurt.
Harvard won the four oared race by three lanes with a time of 11 22 and also captured the two mile freshmen race against Yale. Yale finished second in the latter event.
The cablesgram from Meyer, American ambassador to St Petersburg, says extensive mobilisation has been ordered in the districts of Kiev St Petersburg Warsaw and Moscow due to the pull toward the vast east. Separate notes cover bank losses in Washington Missouri a train wreck in Cleveland Ohio and other scattered items.
A tornado last night killed six people and injured twenty, sixteen seriously, damaging stores and crops across a 15 mile path half a mile wide. The dead include Mrs. Robert Alexander and two daughters, Mrs. Janu Alexander, Elwer Janiaan, Daniel Weaver. Seriously injured listed by name. Property and crops losses run into thousands.
A heavy wind and rain storm drenched central and southern Kansas with heavy rainfall, damaging wires and trees in Dunation City Emporia Lawrence and Clay Center where five inches fell and two storms raged in Clay Center. Hail and damage reported in Grand Forks and Ottawa also note substantial effects as gas franchises shift in local energy deals and Chanute becomes an export hub shipping zinc to Japan.
A serious Central and Georgia railway wreck near Forest Park prompts casualties. The article records Morton brothers Joy and Mark exploiting sidings to form a fake railroad, skimming freight shares, boosting their salt mill’s advantage and prompting political condemnation of corporate crime. Also notes Junior CGE ice cream social at First Baptist church June 30 with 15 cent ice cream and cake.
A mob in Watkinsville Georgia lynched seven Black men and one white man Lon Ayeoc after jail break. Victims named Lewis Robertson Rich Robertson Sandy Vince Claude Elder Ben Harris Joan Patterson Joy Yearly. The mob fired on prisoners as they stood tied near a fence causing multiple deaths.
President Wadley disclosed at the Yale alumni dinner that John Rockefeller donated 21,000,000 recently and 2,000,000 more has been given to Yale recently, with 1,000,000 subscribed by graduates. The report also notes a memorial boulder in Medford honors Captain Isaac Hall, and mentions chilly ties between the retiring ambassador and his successor at St James, Joseph Choate.
A Namqualand tale shows a jilted woman replying to a suit threat with a letter to Mr G W Mallet and Klaas Cloete. The missive implies heartbreak and defiance as authorities weigh actions over a promised union. Other items note social visits and travels of Mr T E Newlin, Mrs M S McCreight, and Mr Nelson Goslin with a closing hint about ice cream at a local shop.
Haskell School wrapped up the year with a long program of commencement exercises in forenoon and afternoon, featuring a girls chorus, solos, and speeches on domestic training and Indian education. Remarks by Bode D. Grahaut and J. N. Wilksonen highlighted opportunity, self reliance, and higher education for American Indians. Afternoon athletic events and a large closed exhibit followed, culminating in a concert by Buch’s band and a popular diploma procession.
Yesterday voters in the Lecompton school district decided to keep the high school at Lecompton and authorize special taxes to support its enlargement and improvement. The plan aims to make the school one of the county’s best.
An elaborate 6 o clock dinner was held Tuesday in the domestic science department honoring graduates from various departments. Guests included Rev W W Bolt F Lenig Hutchingon and Mother Mr and Mrs C L Edwards Captain and Mrs John G Tlaskell Prof and Mrs McDonald and several locals. Try the orgid soda at Wiedemann’s.
Market briefs show cattle and hog futures from Kansas City and Chicago with mixed receipts and price ranges. Cattle demand steady to higher with steers and cows listed, hogs to packers trading around mid five dollars. Wheat and corn futures move in cautious ranges as weather and demand influence trade.
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