Week's Notable Yet Minor Events Summary
A roundup of varied happenings from the past week includes political mutterings in Finland and Red circles, a Seattle suicide, disease fears in San Francisco, and typhoid concerns tied to a fly. New York trims labor hours for women and children to ten, while Kansas warns insurers over San Francisco losses. Price hikes by contractors, canal purchases, and ailing officials in Seattle surface amid broader national shifts. Copper miners' pay, Kentucky violence, and legal disputes surface alongside corporate and railroad notes.
Mutinies Plague Russian Ports As Crown Mutiny Cracks
In St Petersburg and Cronstadt mutinies erupt among thousands of sailors and marchers. Loyal forces fire on mutineers while courts martial sentence hundreds to death. The Pamyat Azova and other vessels change hands as unrest spreads to Reval and Sveaborg amid doomful cabinet tensions.
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St Petersburg
Craieer Asia
Abo
Sveaborg
Ministry of Marine
Biriloff
Helaingfore
Tahip Auda
Islands Rice Imports Shrinking As Island Produces More
Governor Ide cites a year ending June 30 report showing Philippine imports of rice fell to about 1,870,000 pounds valued at 42,000 pesos, while exports rose and inland supply grows. The report notes a steep drop from 1894 and sparks debate over poverty versus demand. Shippers argue poverty limits purchases and that export potential may rise in two years.
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Manila
Ido
Philppines Des Cone
Ide Eaye
Philippines
Lelands
Rce
Lal
Wll
Wilcon Will Surprise Packers
Secretary Wilcom departed Washington to inspect several slaughtering and packing houses in the East. He issued strict instructions that inquiries be answered with he has gone away and it is not known when he would return.
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Wilcon
Washington
Wilcom
General Strike Tests Russia as Nicholas Emerges
In St. Petersburg a widespread general strike of 20,000 workers extends to electric plants and factories. Pickets, boarded-up shops, and halted streetcars mark unrest as Stolypin cabinet’s fate and possible military or proletariat rule loom. Grand Duke Nicholas is named as potential commander of troops, signaling possible martial law.
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St. Petersburg
Scholypin
Count Heydon
Alexander Guchkoff
Prince Nicholas Looff
Paul Vinogradoff
Koni
Grand Durie Nicholas
St Petersburg
Stolypin Cabinet Swaya
Balsoce
Russia
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Mutinous Warsaw Artillery Faces Open Revolt
In Warsaw on Aug 4 mutinous troops from the Summer Rembert force near the city rose in open revolt. Artillerymen expelled officers from their quarters and a squadron sent to quell them met grapeshot. Details are scarce as authorities curb information to prevent publicization.
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Warsaw
Poland
Rembertoff
Rebels Fire Big Woodyards near Prison in Aug. Outbreak
Harkov reports fire in several large woodyards near the prison. Officials suspect the blaze was a device by revolutionaries aiming to free political leaders amid the confusion. Authorities fear a renewed effort to achieve the same end.
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Harkov
Revolutionaate
Insurance Chief Orders San Francisco Firms to Halt Business
California Insurance Commissioner Wolf warned Fireman's Fund and Home Fire and Marine Insurance of San Francisco that unless they shore up capital in four weeks he will seek the Attorney General to revoke their licenses. Home Fire and Marine will cease operations. Fireman's Fund reinsured $372,584,750 and held premiums of $4,471,117 with a new Fireman's Fund formed since the fire. The actions threaten permanent closure of both companies. In New York, Aug 4, subpoenas were sent to over 40 Standard Oil officers and staff from Chicago. company counsel M F Elliott declined to state if officials would respond.
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Ang
Wolf
Fireman's Food Insurance Company
Home Fire & Maring Insurance Company
San Francisco
Webb
California
Home Fire & Marine
Fire
New York
Standard Oil Company
Chicago
Standard OU
Illinois
M. F. Elliott
Enid
Elliott
Stampede to Windy Arm In Alaska Coastline
Rich strikes reported in Southeastern Alaska draw longshoremen from Skagway Juneau and other towns to Windy Arm. Workers along the front have stamPed in large numbers forcing coastwise fleet to extend their own beats.
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Seattle
Alaska
Skagway
Juneau
Windy Arm
Mutineers Seize Sveaborg Fort in Helsingfors Clash
Mutineers gained full control of Sveaborg and seized all armament as heavy artillery fire raged through the night. Several officers were killed or wounded. Colonel Nazaroff was bayoneted and later killed by stoning and drowning. The mutiny followed a broader plan to seize Russia’s coastal forts at Cronstadt Sevastopol and Sveaborg.
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Helsingforn
Sveaborg
Heleingfore
Nazaroff
Russia
Cronstadt
Sevantopol
Revolutionary Military League
Baron Komura Arrives. Japan to Maintain Open Door in Manchuria
Victoria dispatch reports Baron Komura new Japanese ambassador to Britain arrived aboard the Empress of Japan en route to London. He reaffirmed Japan will uphold the open door in Manchuria after military occupation ends and said foreign merchant criticism stems from impatience while Russia withdraws and Japan preserves occupation.
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Victoria
B. C
Baron Komura
Great Britain
Canadian Pacific
Empreea
Japan
London
Quebec
Manchuria
Russia
Danny
Baron Komara
Battleships Alabama and Illinois collide off Brenton Reef
Rear Admiral R D Evans reports a fog night collision between the battleships Alabama and Illinois about eight miles southeast of Brenton’s reef light ship. The Illinois side was scraped by Alabama bow and several Alabama plates were injured. Six inch guns may be damaged but no waterline damage.
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Newport
R.I
R. D. Evans
Alabama
Illinois
Brenton
Evans
Civil Service Aids Meat Inspection Effort
Washington reports show the Civil Service Commission quickly supplied inspectors to the Agriculture Department for meat inspection, with 8,986 applicants to be examined and 2,540 sets of papers received in the week ending July 28. In Colon Panama July rains hamper isthmus conditions as authorities plan repairs to main streets.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Department of Agriculture
Canal Zone U
Colon
Paris paper warns Latins on Root policy in Pan America
Liberte denounces Secretary Root and the Pan American congress as steering Latin nations away from Europe and toward Yankee influence. It claims Europe is being expelled from the Americas and predicts Latin peoples will lose control of their continents if Washington’s policy continues.
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Paris
Liberte
Momree
Root
Pan American Congress
Twus
Sarah Bernhardt
Dupes
Paidane
Pan-America
Europe
North America
South America
United States
Latin Europe
Constantinople
Mt. Petersburg
Tokio
Algesires
Mutiny Spreads in Russian Fleet at Hango and Seaberg
Reports from Viborg and Helsingfors detail a mutiny among Russian naval personnel at Hango Finland with officers imprisoned and mutineers aided by ships at sea. Battleships Ceareviteh and cruiser Bogatyr fired on mutineers. casualties and surrender followed as reinforcements moved to confirm control.
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Viborg
Hango
Finland
At &Eaberg
Heleingfors
Tende
Sed
Ibave
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