Rojestvensky Acquitted as Mutiny Trials Continue
Reports from St. Petersburg and Cronstadt detail court martial outcomes. Admiral Rojestvensky is acquitted on grounds of not being fully conscious, while four officers on Bedovi are convicted and to be shot, with mercy recommended for several others. Civil unrest widens with protests and political shakeups across Russia.
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Cronstadt
Rojestensky
Bartle
Sea of Japan
Rosestvensky
Rojestvensky
DeComnue
Baranoff
Bedovi
Illipovsky and
Leontieff
Reform like charity should begin at home in Britain
London reports reveal the annual inspector of factories and workshops findings show dirty jam factories and sausage makers with unsanitary, crowded conditions. The Jam boiling room and ties to horses, un drained floors, and lack of proper sanitation are cited as typical revolting practices.
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London
Chicago
Curious Duel Near Cape Girardeau Sees Eye Injury
Nick Bryant and George Rodgers, brothers in law, quarreled on a train near Hannibal last night. They drew revolvers as the engine jumped the track and, during the delay, fired at each other. Bryant was struck in the left eye and Bryant was brought here for treatment while Rodgers escaped into the woods.
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Cape Girardeau
Nick Ryant
George’ Rodgers
Analou
Bryant
Rodgers
Wool Growers Rights Case Sets Federal Duty Rule
Boston July 10. Judge Coit upholds the Board of General Appraisers ruling in Stone and Downer wool importers versus United States. The decision holds that mixing tools to gain a lower duty rate is subject to double duty, affecting wool importers and the wool trade nationwide.
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Boston
Board of General Appraisers
Stone and Downer
United States
Coit
Indiana seeks book examination on West Baden hotels
West Baden Ind July 12 Attorney General Miller with three expert accountants filed a formal demand on the West Baden and French Lick Springs hotel companies to inspect their books. The state aims to uncover relations between the hotel firms and alleged gambling casinos. Taggart and Sinclair raised no objection.
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West Baden
Ind
Miller
French Lick Springs
Taggart
Sinclair
Warrant for John D Rockefeller in Hancock County
A Hancock County sheriff holds a warrant and information affidavit charging John D Rockefeller with violation of anti trust laws for organizing and maintaining a monopoly in oil. The probate court judge signs the warrant directing pursuit into other counties if needed.
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John D. Rockefeller
Banker
Hancock County
Ice Trust Probe Opens in Kansas City Investigation
Kansas City officials probe a suspected ice trust that allegedly fixes prices at ten dollars per ton for small buyers while the ice cost is about one dollar and fifty cents. H L Burke of the Peoples Ice Storage and Fuel Co testifies that his firm controls output through contracts with rival ice companies.
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Kansas City
H. L. Burke
People’s Ice, Storage and Fuel Company
Root's South America visit yields trade signals
Secretary Root's drive to visit South America bears fruit as Brazil announces a 20 percent tariff cut on flour and many U.S. exports to boost trade. In San Juan Puerto Rico Root and Governor Winthrop toured the house of delegates and met with officials as the assembly adjourned for an informal reception.
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Washington, D. C
Root
South America
Brazil
San Juan
Porto Rico
Winthrop
House of Delegates
House
Vistors
Secretary Wilson Praises Packers at Stock Yards
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson toured Chicago stock yards and several plants before breakfast. He expressed satisfaction with progress and said packers are working with commendable vigor to meet government demands and will not ease until improvements are fixed.
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Chicago
Wilson
Swedish Doctor Develops Milk Powder From Fresh Milk
Stockholm July 19 Swedish doctor Erenberg has found a process to dry fresh milk into a water soluble powder. The powder contains all elements and flavor of milk and can replace fresh milk in tea coffee for infants and in confectionery. Cheese and butter can also be produced from the powder.
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Stockholm
Erenberg
Special Election Ordered Under Old Law in Adams Vacancy
Madison Wisconsin July 10 the attorney general ruled a special election must fill the Adams death vacancy. The old caucus and convention system decides the winner and the new primary law does not apply.
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Madison, Wis
Adams
Depew in good health plans European trip
A close friend of United States Senator Chauncey M. Depew announced the senator is in good health and not resigning his Senate seat. He is staying at his Scarborough, New York home and expects to sail for Europe in a few weeks, returning late in the fall.
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New York
United States
Chauncey M. Depew
Unites States Senate
Mutiny at Tambov sparked by cavalry revolt
Reports from Tamboy and St. Petersburg detail a July mutiny in the Kasarya cavalry and Nejina dragoons, with an infantry officer and a soldier killed as mutineers barricade their barracks. While authorities warn of unrest, 27 mutineers were given light penalties, amid broader political tensions and revelations of anti Jewish pogrom claims.
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St. Petersburg
Tambov
Tamboy
Sebastopol
Trepoff
Treport
Prince Urusoff
Associated Press
General Trepoff
Death penalty bill falls in Russian parliament clash
In St. Petersburg on July 9 the lower house bill to abolish the death penalty failed in a caucus of centrists and the empire council. The opposition also blocked a military jurisdiction reform. The defeat renews calls to abolish the imperial council as a barrier between the emperor and the people.
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St. Petersburg
Constitutional Democrats
Emeror
Court
Treport
Moscow
M. Komissaroff
Yarensk
Russia
Inerior Durnéva
Council of the Empire
Marshall Field & Co. Closes For Stairway Construction
Chicago action by the building department shut the Marshall Field & Co. store briefly for three hours due to unfinished stairways. Police kept doors closed until management promised rapid completion and reopening.
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Marshall Field & Co
Chicago
Refuse to Use American Meat
London July 11 report that a British Atlantic fleet ship refused American tinned meats during maneuvers. The admiralty orders substitution with Australian or Argentine brands and returns remaining American tins to victualing yards. Churchill informs Redmond that New South Wales enforces strict health rules with heavy penalties for diseased meat and required twelve hours’ notice before slaughter.
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London
Admiralty
Winston Spencer Churchill
William Redmond
East
Clare
New South Wales
Thaw Witnesses Draw Broadway Subpoenas in White Murder Case
Investigation into Stanford White's death by Harry Thaw draws many stage figures to the DA's office. Broadway's theatrical district floods with subpoenas as chorus girls flee the city to avoid summons. Thaw's lawyers hire top alienists and offer large retainers, raising questions about the forthcoming insanity defense.
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New York
District Attorney's
Stanford White
Harry Thaw
Broadway
Edna McClure
District Attorney
Thaw
White
No Decision In The Dreyfus Case Reported
Paris July 11. The supreme court met in secret and adjourned without a ruling on the Dreyfus case. The Rennes court martial verdict may be annulled but judges split on quashing or ordering a new trial. Tensions rise as a duel erupts between General Gonse and Colonel Piquart, the latter a Dreyfus backer, with Gonse firing and missing.
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Paris
Supreme Court
Dreyfus
Rennes
Gonse
Piquart
Governor to seize saloons with militia aid
Governor Folk directed St. Joseph police to arrest saloonkeepers who stay open Sunday and warned that if local police fail to enforce laws, others will take over. He hinted militia may be sent to enforce the order.
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Folk
St. Joe
Jefferson City
St. Joseph
Wages Rise 5 Percent for 45000 Southern Mills Workers
Boston July 9 five percent wage advance goes into effect in cotton mills in over thirty towns in southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island benefiting about 45000 operatives. Chicago July 9 350 grain elevator workers strike for higher pay at South Chicago elevators though city concerns not expected to spread to Chicago proper.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Chicago
Wisconsin Congressman Adams Dies in Chicago Hotel
Congressman C G C Adams of Wisconsin died today at the Auditorium hotel in Chicago after weeks of illness. He was reported to have been in ill health for some time.
Ade Taggart engagement denied in Indianapolis report
The July 9 report stating Miss Lucy Taggart, daughter of Thomas Taggart, and playwright George Ade are engaged is authoritatively denied. No engagement between Miss Taggart and Ade has occurred.
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George Ade
Miss Taggart
Indianapolis
Lucy Taggart
Thomas Taggart
Democratic National Committee
Mrs Hay Ill in Newberry at John Hay’s Widow
Mrs Hay widow of former Secretary of State John Hay is ill in Newberry New Hampshire on July 9. Local report notes her illness while visiting.
Humorous Lone Road Agent Seizes Bag With Pretty Assistant
A Yosemite valley highwayman held up five stages and a private carriage on Saturday. Sheriff from Maricopa and Madeira counties pursue leads toward Grub Gulch but no arrest yet. The robber rifled Wells Fargo box, seized $150 from tourists, and selected a young woman as an assistant before replacing her with a man to search passengers.
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Wawona
Cal
Yosemite Valley
Grub Gulch
Prouty and Jones
Marjcosa
Madeira
Iresno
J. F. Tibbett
Riverside
Amy Michelbacker
Ahwanee
W. A. Palmer
Winchester
H. W. Elliott
Hermites
Grand Jury Probes Railroads and Standard Oil for Rebates
In Cleveland on July 11 the United States Grand Jury began an investigation into alleged violations of interstate commerce and anti-rebate laws by several railroads and the Standard Oil company. About a dozen prominent railroad and oil figures attended, but only three testified in the morning. The government aims to indict executives high in the firms, potentially reaching John D. Rockefeller and Henry H. Rogers of Standard Oil.
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Cleveland
Federal Grand Jury
Standard Oil Company
United States
Grand Jury
John D.rockefeller
Henry H. Rogers
Floods Hit Wellsville and Wichita After Severe Storms
A cloudburst in Wellsville Ohio flooded over 200 homes and businesses as frame buildings washed into the city from surrounding areas. In Wichita Kansas a fierce rainstorm left basements flooded and downtown streets with six inches of water.
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Wellsville
Wichita
Kan
German Method Lets Fish Live Four Days Without Water
A German inventor keeps fish alive out of water for up to four or five days by sealing them in a box with moisture saturated gill conditions and a controlled oxygen supply. Consul Guenther notes the process relies on gill moisture and an oxygen tube to maintain life until return to water.
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Washington
Guenther
Frankfort
Germany
New York Money Market Update
Money steady at 3 1 4 percent with mercantile paper. Sterling exchange steady near 4.84 70 to 4.84 75 for demand and about 4.41 98 to 1.82 for sixty days.
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New York
York
Eee Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Transport Thomas Safe After Guam Rock Incident
Washington July 9 The War Department reports the transport Thomas was pulled off rocks at Guam and was not damaged it has resumed its voyage to Manila indicating no cause for concern about its mission or readiness for further operations.
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Washington
War Department
Thomas
Guam
Manila
Hartje’s Own Expert Calls Forgeries in Divorce Case
Pittsburg July 11 One of Augustus Hartje's own handwriting experts testifies letters in the divorce suit against Mary Scott Hartje are forgeries He also doubts a sample from Mrs Hartje matches the letters The expert refuses to testify for Hartje Hartje faces allegations linked to a private detective Craig and ongoing legal actions by Mrs Hartje's counsel on new claims
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Pittsburg
Augustus Hartje
Mary Scott Hartje
T. M. Willams
Pitsburg
Attorney Freeman
Craig
Lincoln
Lyman Gage Joins Point Loma Theosophical Group
Former U S Treasury secretary Lyman J Gage has moved to Point Loma near Los Angeles to join Madam Katherine Tingleys universal brotherhood He bought an $8000 rock promontory site for a home and will devote his life and fortune to spreading theosophy He resigned a $50000 yearly New York Trust post and travels to southern California are unexplained by friends
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Los Angeles
Cal
Secretary of the Treasury
Lyman J. Gage
Katherine ‘Tingley
Universal Brotherhood
Point Loma
Gage
Mme. Wrigley
Guage
First National Bank of Chicago
California
Macaum Tingley
New York Trust Company
Is Cupid Illiterate Chicago Study Says Co-eds Marry Little
A Chicago report on University of Chicago alumnae shows only 171 of 1,060 graduates since 1893 have married, about 16 percent. Advocates blame dormitory visiting rules and strict courting limits driving students to marry after leaving campus.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Arthur FE. Bestor
Alumni Association of the University
Bestor
Northwestern University
Postmaster General Allows Patons to Build Rural Mail Boxes
Washington July 9 The postmaster general rescinds the rule forcing rural mail route patrons to buy boxes from 200 listed manufacturers. Patrons may now construct their own boxes effective August 1.
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Washington
Postmaster General
Sloan Fined for Assault on Photographer in Oyster Bay
J B Sloan Jr chief of the presidents secret service corps pleaded guilty and was fined ten dollars in a police court at Oyster Bay for assaulting Clarence Lagendre a photographer for the New York World while Lagendre was taking a view of the president by permission of Mrs Roosevelt when the incident occurred.
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J. B. Sloan
President’s Secret Service Corps
Oyster Bay
J. B. Sloan, Jr
President
Secret Service Corps
Clarence Lagendre
New York World
Lagendre
Roosevelt
Secret Service
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Sheffield
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Grocers’ Federation
Reid
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Jamestown
N. Y
ICE Trust
Frank
Depew
Nova Tcherkask
Don Cossack
Tom
Tiflis
Caucasia
Stolypin
Meyer
Bialystok
Czar
Oranienbaum
Emperor Nicholas
Peterhof
St. Peters
Girl
Ali
Rockefeller
Rogers
Wichita, Kan
Hartje
the Treasury
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Cupid
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