Proclamation Chaos and Stolypin's Hard Line in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on July 2 and 26 proclamations declare sentences on the emperor and officials. Stolypin urges rigid suppression of disturbances, targeting revolutionaries liberals and the press, while plans for a military dictatorship and an advisory council unfold.
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Czar
St. Petersburg
Trepoff
M. Pobiednostzeff
Orloff
Peterhof
Trepoft
St. Epovia
Stolypin
Trepos
Council of Empire
Shipoff
Guchkoff
Russia's Parliament Calls on People to Withhold Revenue
A new manifesto from Russia's dissolved Parliament urges all citizens to deny revenue to sustain the government. It claims elected representatives sought freedom, the removal of irresponsible ministers, and the creation of laws to protect working peasants and land redistribution, though text is incomplete.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
All Russia
Ukase
Wou
Preparatory Moscow Strike Demonstration Rehearsed Peaceful
A Moscow telephone message reports a large popular demonstration organized by workmen as a prelude to a strike. It was kept peaceful with no police or troops interference, following the plan.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Bryan's Amendment Pushes Toward Peace at Hague Council
London July 26 William J Bryan's rider to the model arbitration treaty was recast and adopted by the international council of the inter parliamentary union. Bryan urged widening arbitration to include national honor and hoped fact inquiries would settle disputes. Delegates heard Destournelles de Constant oppose general disarmament while backing a Hague conference resolution. Congressmen Batholdt and Burton elected to the council.
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London
William J. Bryan
International Council of the Interparliamentary Union
Bryan
International Commission of Inquiry
Baron Destournelles de Constant
United States
Europe
Germany
The
Hague
Batholdt
Missouri
Burton
Ohio
International Council
Stromboli Volcano Erupts Powerfully Again
In Palmero Sicily on July 26 Stromboli volcano erupts violently sending ash over Sicily while lava bursts from the crater. The island’s population is highly excited by the activity.
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Belching
Ashes Reach
Sicily
Palmero
Stromboli
Forged Union Pacific Stock Certificate Reported
New York July 26. George W. Ely secretary of the stock exchange announced a forged fifty share Union Pacific certificate. The 9 568 dated September 14 1905 is in Marvin J. Hannahs name with signatures of Harriman and Millar. Millar calls it a bungling western job. Stock trades at 147.25 a share.
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Union Pacific
New York
Union Pacific Railroad
George W. Ely
The
Stock Exchange
Ely
Marvin J. Hannah
BE. H. Harriman
Alexander Millar
Union Pacific Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Common
Railroad President Sees High Ideals vs. Selfish Profit
Washington July 26. President A. B. Stickney of the Chicago Great Western argues Americans hold high ideals and honor but business training lags. He recounts his rise, debtless bonds, and ongoing upgrades, warning England's model and rail control of wealth. He advocates labor cooperation, warns against stock manipulation, and notes unions' role in balancing wages. He is 66 and plans retirement at 70 with seven children and twenty grandchildren.
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Washington, D.C
A. B. Stickney
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Midwest
Stickney
Great Western
London
Washington
Interstate Commission
Railroad
Kansas
Commission
England
Bank of England
London and Northwestern Railroad
Chicago
Dubuque
Labor
Organized Labor
Peonage Allegations Hit Jackson Lumber Camp
In Lockhart Alabama United States deputies head for the Jackson Lumber company amid charges of peonage involving about 100 immigrant workers mostly Germans. Arrest warrants issued after a German vice consul report of severe abuse including underpayment and forced labor. The company is described as a major southern lumber supplier.
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Jackson Lumber Company
Alabama
Pensacola
Fla
Lockhart
Ala
United States
South
Guatemala Denies Killing Prisoners Under Marblehead Pact
Washington reports Guatemala rejects Salvador claims that prisoners of war were killed. The Guatemalan minister Munoz says the accusations are groundless and that Guatemala has exchanged all prisoners and even paid Salvadoran expenses to return prisoners home.
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Washington
Salvador
Guatemala
Munoz
Punish Pulajanes in Leyte as Aid Sought
Manila reports Governor Ide urged dispatch of military aid to suppress the Pulajanes in Leyte. Two infantry battalions have been sent to back the constabulary. General Allen may lead a Cebu campaign as the Ladrone chief and forty eight men surrender to Governor Osmena, with claims of pacification on the island.
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Manila
Ide
Leyte
Constabulary
Allen
Cebu
Osmena
Regulators Form Pure Food Law Rules Panel
A joint committee of the Treasury Commerce and Labor and Agriculture departments met in Washington to draft enforcement rules for the Pure Food Law. H W Wiley was elected president with James L Gerry as secretary. N D North of the Census Department represents the Commerce and Labor Department. Public hearings begin in New York City on September 17.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
H. W. Wiley
James L. Gerry
Division of Customs of the Treasury
N. D. North
Department of Commerce and Labor
New York City
Runaway Princess Louise Prompts Watchful Suspects Suit
In Bertin July 6 report, Princess Louise of Coburg escapes Elster asylum aided by Mattarchich’s lover and Frederick Thornmann and John Weitzer. Both men, once promised rewards, sue the princess after two years when she fails to honor the pledges, losing jobs and customers in the process.
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Louise
Bertin
Princess Louise of Coburg
Elster
Saxony
Prince Philip of Coburg
Mattachich
Frederick Thornmann
John Weitzer
Mattarchich
Thornmann
Weitzer
Thorn‘nann
Vaccine foe for white plague discovered by French scientists
Washington reports a vaccine against tuberculosis developed by Calmette and Guerin at the Pasteur Institute Lille. Infants given small amounts of heat treated human and bovine bacilli shortly after birth may gain lifelong immunity. Experiments show dead bacilli may survive digestion but still confer protection.
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Washington
French Academy of Sciences
United States
W. P. Atwell
Boboix
Calmette and
Guerin
Pasteur Institute
Lille
Calmette
Father's Outrage on Corpse of Daughter
In New York Magistrate Moss denounced Charles Anderson as an inhuman monster after he removed his daughter's body from a coffin and tried to throw it from a window. Anderson was sent to the work house after witnesses described the act at the home funeral scene. In Pottsville a ghastly prank backfired as a coffin fell on Mrs. Anthony Augwicz injuring her. the coffin had been stolen by acquaintances of her ill son.
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New York
Charles Anderson
Moss
Anderson
Pottsville
Minersville
Anthony Augwiez
Augwicz
Dynamite attack targets Singer stores in Polish uprising
In Sosnowice and nearby towns four Singer Sewing Machine shops were bombed, wounding many as Polish socialist party agents seek to coerce contributions. Four arrests follow, including the likely bomber, with Cossacks patrolling amid a reign of terror and threats to other businesses.
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Poland
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Sosnowice
Russian Poland
Noo
Bendzin
Zawierze
Czentochau
Polish Socialistic Party
Singer Company
Falling Wall Kills In Massachusetts Building Collapse
In South Farmington on July 26 the collapsed Amsden building, under construction at Concord and Kendall streets, claimed ten lives with ten injured and four missing. About 35 to 40 workers were on site when two or three loud explosions preceded the north wall caving in, burying part of the basement as search efforts continue among the ruins.
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South Farmington
Mass
Amsden
Concord
Kendall Streets
Concord Street
Love rekindled leads to quick Denver marriage
Marion A. Livingston of Council Bluffs and Margaret James, a widow from the same city, who had childhood ties, met in Denver at a mutual friend's home. Their old romance was renewed and they wed shortly after.
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Denver
Colo
Marion A. Livingston
Margaret James
Council Bluffs
Briefs From Across the Nation on Rail, Farm, and War
The state board at railway and warehouse commissioners rules on closed shop demands as Stanford University rebuilds after an earthquake. At Beloit Adam Stoll, 22, dies from a pitchfork accident on his farm. In Senegal area fights between natives and French troops leave 15 French dead and two officers wounded. James Sherman and allies urge Republicans to donate $1 each to the campaign fund. Navy orders enforce eight hour law across bureaus per president’s directive.
Nordica concert tour manager Alman Barrett dead
New York based Alman Barrett founder of Alman Barrett & Co. Chicago managers of theatrical and musical stars died in the Hotel Somerset from acute indigestion while set to manage Mme Nordica's concert tour this year.
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New York
Alman Barrett
Alman Barrett & Co
Chicago
Mme. Nordica
Somerset
Russian monarchist stripped from court honors
St. Petersburg France Butskoilubit, chamberlain of the court and descendant of Russia’s founders, has lost all court honors due to his revolutionary connections.
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St. Petersburg
France
Butskoilubitski
Russia
Clark expects return as Paris cable says wife bears daughter
A Paris cablegram announces the birth of a daughter to the wife of Senator W A Clark. The birth occurred three weeks ago while Clark has been in California. he is expected back in Butte today after several weeks away.
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Butte
Mont
Paris
W. A. Clark
Clark
California
Prentice Leather Plant Fire Damages Wisconsin Factory
United States Leather plant at Prentice Wisconsin suffered a heavy February loss and burned again Saturday night. The flames destroyed three of four buildings in the $500,000 facility, with damages estimated between $250,000 and $300,000.
Dr George Brown Elected President of Anti-Tuberculosis League
Dr George Brown of Atlanta was elected president of the American Anti Tuberculosis league and Atlantic City New Jersey was chosen as the next meeting place in June 1907. Dr G J Ross of Sioux City was named to the legislative committee.
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Atlanta
George Brown
American Anti-Tuberculosis League
Atlantic City
N. J
G. J. Ross
Sioux City
O'Brien Named Managing Editor at Kansas City Evening Post
Joseph A. O'Brien, long time editor and writer for the Kansas City Star, has accepted the post of managing editor at the Kansas City Evening Post. He is noted as one of the best known newspaper men in the southwest.
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Kansas City
Joseph A. O'Brien
Kansas City Story
Kansas City Evening Post
O'Brien
Southwest
Mrs Holman Refuses Comment on New York Story Letters
Mrs C J Holman mother of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw declines to discuss letters she wrote to Stanford White asking for help to separate her daughter from Harry Thaw. White was killed by Thaw, and Holman had never intended marriage for Nesbit Thaw.
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Pittsburg
C. J. Holman
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
New York
Stanford White
Harry Thaw
White
Thaw
Harriman plans greenhouses to supply diners nationwide
Omaha report notes RE Harriman’s plan to build greenhouses in Ogden Utah Denver Colorado Cheyenne Wyoming and Grand Island Nebraska to supply diners aboard Union Pacific trains.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
RE. H. Harriman
Ogden
Utah
Denver
Colo
Cheyenne
Wyo
Grand Island
Death notices and criminal brinkmanship span three cities
Paragould Arkansas reports the death of Mrs Asalia Thompkins 70 from self harm near Lorado after a crisis. New York art critic Henry P Dubois dies aboard the Deutschland amid its sinking after collision and arson. Chicago broker Lounis A Gourdain travels to Joliet promising his own prison while vowing to repay $4 000 000 from a lottery scheme.
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New York
Henry Pene Dubois
New York Journal
Deutchland
Dover
Chicago
Lounis A. Gourdain
Supreme Court
Joliet
Hartford man escapes asylum and flees to Indiana
Chicago resident Hart ford Conn. four five years in Elgin asylum for the insane escaped with help from friends and moved into Indiana to avoid pursuit. Sage says he tried to contact his family and friends repeatedly without success. The case will be investigated.
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Chicago
Frank H. Sage
Hartford
Novelty items and oddities headline scattered report
Chicago reports a two year old baby dying from a savage rooster attack with fears of blood poisoning and loss of sight. Cadiz Kentucky finds a sixteen year old boy finding a ball of butter in an old well, still tasting fresh. London notes balloon damage insurance and air ownership disputes as balloons trespass above property. Philadelphia covers a man blaming trading stamps for family ruin, with a magistrate’s gavel. Wilkesbarre reports a grave incident as a man dies while placing flowers for his wife.
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Chicago
David Alswang
London
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Modessa
Douma
Viborg
Father Koyarkoff
M. Kharlamoff
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Kharlamoff
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International Parliamentary Union
Walter Raleigh
Great Britain
Raleigh
Pulajanes
Sue Runaway Princess
Iowa
Oll
State Board At Railway and Warehouse Conmissioners
Stanford University
Cal
Beloit
Wis
Adam Stoll
Here
Senegambai
West Africa
James 5. Sherman
National Republican Congressional Committee
Newberry
Paragould
Ark
Asalia Thompkins
Lorado
Cadiz
S. D. Shaw
Philadelphia
Charles Weber
Emma
Wilkesbarre
Peter R. Meixell
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