Dissolution of Russia's Douma Sparks Wide Alarm
St Petersburg June 17 An imperial ukase prorogues the empire council to Nov 18 dissolves the douma and bars educated classes with a new election law amid fears of unrest. Press ban threatens liberal papers while Odessa and Kiev loom as flashpoints and peasants may rise.
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St. Petersburg
Council of the Empire
Russia
Dracheffsxi
Tova- Viech
Odessa
Kiev
Ukase
Constitutional Democratic Depties
Oauma
Viborg
Hague Conference Reacts to Russian Dissolution
The dissolving of the Russian Duma and the promise of a new election system in Russia drew strong reactions at the peace conference in The Hague. Delegates noted the event coincided with the conference opening and expressed broad disapproval of the move.
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Hague
Doama
Douma
St. Petersburg
Secretary Taft on the Wing
Secretary of War Taft arrived here from St. Paul Sunday morning and left for Fort Meade at 1 o clock with Senators Gamble and Kittredge and Governor Crawford.
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Taft
Bronx Falls
8. D
St. Paul
Fort Meade
Gamble and Kittredge
Crawford
Bluffton Trustee Guilty of Cruelty to Animals
Ex truste George Mounsey of Cheater township was found guilty by Justice Walbert and fined five dollars and costs for cruelty to dumb animals after he and other farmers shot dogs suspected of killing sheep. One dog belonged to Mrs. Oliver Riggs whose actions led to the arrest. Mounsey will appeal to the circuit court.
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Bluffton
Ind
rEx
George Mounsey
Cheater Township
Justice of the Peace
Walbert
Oliver Riggs
Mounsey
Drowning of Walter Brown at Fancher Lake
Crown Point Indiana June 17 Walter Brown seventeen year old son of W B Brown banker of the city drowned while swimming with school mates in Fancher lake He cried that he was all in and sank to the bottom in thirty feet of water
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Crown Point
Ind
Walter Brown
W. B. Brown
Fancher Lake
Tome Not Guilty of Murder in Indiana Case
Goshen Indiana June 17 the jury in the Harry Toms murder trial found Toms not guilty of the murder of Erasing Paul in New Paris on the night of May 16 after five hours deliberation.
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Tome
Goshen
Ind
Harry Toms
Toms
Erasing
Paul
New Paris
Old Cuban Patriot Dead
Mavana June 17 Bartolomeo Maso president of Cuba during the ten years war and a candidate against Tomas Estrada Palma in 1902 is dead. Abraham Brown of Winterton New York recounts doctors gave conflicting diagnoses but credits Electric Bitters for restoring his health after one bottle, with claims of curing blood poison and various stomach liver and kidney complaints.
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Mavana
Bartolomeo Maso
Cuba
Tomas Estrada Palma
Abraham Brown
Winterton
N. Y
O. D. Knoefel
Trial Postponed in Haywood Case as Orchard Testifies
A daylong adjournment in the Haywood conspiracy case allowed the court to continue the Orchard testimony in Caldwell. William D. Haywood’s trial resumed next morning as prosecutors link his actions to Orchard’s confession while defense counters with federation records and drafts tied to Simpkins.
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Boise
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Steunenberg
Harry Orchard
Caldwell
Canyon County
Fremont Wood
Haywood
Bryan
Orchard
Whitney
Idaho Penitentiary
Adams
Jack Simpkins
Simpkins
Western Federation of Miners
Moyer
Pettitbone
Denver
Spokane
Deadly Whisky Rupture Ends In Four Deaths In Kentucky
A drunken Sunday afternoon affray at Lee Rose Owsley County near Booneville left Tom Wilson and Wiley Bowling dead and Henry Caudell and William Long fatally wounded. John Estep arrested. Wilson formerly Jackson town marshal and Irvine resident from Estell County noted among prominent mountain families.
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Beattyville
Lee Rose
Owsley County
Booneville
Tom Wilson
Wiley Bowling
Henry Caudell
William Long
Estell County
John Estep
Wilson
Jackson
Irvine
Chinese to Be Sent Home as Contracts Expire
Premier Bothe announced in parliament that the government will send home all Chinese miners whose contracts expire. Sixteen thousand will depart this year and native workmen will be recruited to take their places.
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Pretoria
Bothe
Beveridge Visits Oyster Bay. Guest of Joseph Sears
Albert J. Beveridge United States senator from Indiana arrived at Oyster Bay on Sunday and is staying with Joseph Sears near Sagamore Hill. He has currently no appointment to meet the president.
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Mr. Beveridge
Oyster Bay
Albert J. Beveridge
United States
Indiana
Joseph Sears
Sagamore Hill
Beveridge
Government tightens food and drug guaranty rules
Washington reports trouble for jobbers and wholesale dealers as the department of agriculture moves to require guaranties from the seller in food and drug product transactions. Officials plan new regulations to ensure each buyer can resist liability, prompting widespread interest and protest.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
A & Co
B & Co
Poison Squad to Test Saltpeter Meats at Illinois
Urbana June 17 The American Meat Packers Association funds experiments at the University of Illinois to study health effects of meats cured with saltpeter. Students will be subjects in two groups one fed nitrate cured meat and the other nitrate free. Professor L H James directs the program with over 25000 dollars in cost.
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Dunne
Sebmite
Superior Court
Police Court
Schmitz
Schimitz
Board of Supervisors
Langdon
Dinen
Illinois University
Urbana
Ill
Michael Ryan
American Meat Packers’ Association
University of Ilinois
Wiley
Department of Agriculture
L. H. James
Telegraphers Vote for Strikes Support in Chicago
About 1500 telegraph operators in Chicago urged by the Commercial Telegraphers union voted to back the union leadership in any actions needed to adjust operators grievances. A $5000 strike fund was approved. The Order of Railway Telegraphers pledged personal support but did not take official action.
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Chicago
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Viscount Ayuki to be recalled as ambassador to America
The Hochi reports Viscount Ayuki, Japan's ambassador to the United States, will likely be recalled and replaced by Baron Kaneko, former minister of justice, who served in the U S during the Russian Japanese war and urged Japan to accept the Portsmouth terms during the peace conference.
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Tokio
The
Hochi
Viscount Ayuki
America
Baron Kaneko
United States
Portsmouth
Japan
Public Lands Convention Opens in Denver
Denver hosts a three day public lands convention beginning tomorrow at the Broadway theater. Delegates report discussions already point to condemnation of President Roosevelt's western land and irrigation policies in a cautious, non political manner.
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Public Lands Convention
Denver
Broadway Theater
Roosevelt
Dissolution of the Douma Sparks Polish Election Fears
Reported extras on Sunday announce the dissolution of the douma, stirring concern that the new election law may bar Poles. In Warsaw the city remains calm as people discuss the emperor's decision.
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Warsaw
Healing cure credited to Dr King’s New Discovery
In Mound City Mrs E D Clapp reports her son faced near death from a long throat ailment with exhausting coughing fits every five minutes. After using Dr King’s New Discovery he recovered fully, a claim supported by local druggist OC D Knossel who offers 50c trial bottles and larger sizes.
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Dakota
Mound City
E D. Clapp
Mer Clapp
King
D. Knossel
Indiana Parole Law Proves Beneficial After Ten Years
Indiana state board of charities reports ten year results of the indeterminate sentence law. From two prisons 3 746 prisoners were paroled with 2 084 discharged finally and 443 returned. Parole success and violations are broken by reformatories and state prison, with most parolees reporting regularly and a minority rearrested or at large.
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Indianapolis
Board of State Charities
Indiana
Parole Board of the
Indiana Reformatory
Reformatory Board
Parole Board
Mysterious disappearance ends as Wellington Matz found
Indianapolis June 17. Wellington Matz, missing since September 17, his memory blank about the past, was located at union station. He recalled Fort Wayne and a country job but could not explain why he left home or where he had been. He had withdrawn money, left funds for his wife, and was found with over two hundred dollars.
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Indianapolis
Wellington Matz
Union Station
Matt
South Harding Street
Matz
Tn Fort Wayne
Fletcher's Bank
Prompt Action Saves Sheriff in Peru Indiana
A crazed negro flagged trains on the Eel River division and resisted arrest five miles from Peru. Detective Oliver King shot the armed man to save Sheriff Frank Hostetter, as the assailant aimed a dagger at the sheriff. A deadly fire in Gavennesh, Georgia, killed Mrs. Thomas Cook and her daughter Estelle Fountain in the same blaze.
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Peru
Ind
Eel River
Pennsylvania
Oliver King
Frank Hostetter
Mexico
Thomas Cook
Estelle Fountain
Gavennesh
The Gyroscope Locomotive On a Wire to Carry Passengers
Louis Brennan demonstrates a gyroscope driven locomotive capable of balancing on a wire or single rail. The spinning top locomotive uses two gyroscopic flywheels to stabilize a vehicle that could run up to 126 miles per hour on a single rail, with potential for aerial and terrestrial transport. The India government funds a full sized model and a rail line on government land is planned. Brennan’s design uses a petro electric generator and carriages wider than standard.
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Louis Brennan
C. B
Brennan
Royal Society
London
Hrennan
New Browmpton
Kent
India
Petro
Vacation choices and spending worries arise
A traveler asks where to spend vacation time, while stressing that the key concern is what to spend rather than where to go. The dialogue highlights budgeting as the main dilemma in planning leisure trips.
Damage reports and court actions in local area headlines
A jumble of local notices describes damage east of Charles Davie at Ohio Falls Iron Company, transfers to a Judge Montgomery docket, and a Pearl Street jewelry store robbery led by Morris Hood. It notes deaths, a curfew law advocate Col Hogeland, and oblique references to a Sellersburg rink vote and community award for Estella Hostetter.
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Charles Davie
Ohio Falls Iron Company
Morris Hood
Smithwick
Guapt McAulioch
John Jo Morzean
Pearl Street
Judge Ucto
Planfild
Alexander Hogeleod
Oweha
Teletype Telegrams Spark Varied 1900s News Snips
A jumble of brief items mentions a yacht race start in Philadelphia next Thursday, fuel and ore crises in Mexico, a harbor commandant shot in Sevastopol, intercollegiate rowing near Poughkeepsie, and the grand American handicap in Chicago. Fires burn a New York Railway car barn on Madison Avenue. Municipal playgrounds rally in Chicago. Buffalo obelisk dedication to McKinley slated for September. Split unions hint at new international groups. Former President Cleveland to address a memorial statue unveiling in Wilmington Delaware. Baseball scores from the National and American leagues show Chicago Brooklyn St Louis Philadelphia and others with varied results.
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New York
Buffalo
McKinley
Western Federation of Miners
Industrial Workers of the World
SAIL ROCK A Deceptive Coral Pillar in the Pacific
A Pacific rock formation rises from the sea with a peak resembling a mast or a sailing vessel from afar. Mariners often mistake it for a ship, drawing crowds aboard passenger steamers until a closer view confirms only a rock. Puyelenens advice ter.
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Pacific
Atlantic
Distinguished British Ambassador Visits Lawton and Fort Sill
James Bryce, the British ambassador, attended a Sunday event hosted by the Lawton chamber of commerce and toured Fort Sill. He visited Geronimo the Apache and Quapah Parker, leader of the Comanches, during the trip in June.
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Vielen Lawton
Oklo
James Bryce
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Sill
Geronimo
Quapah Parker
Taken at His Word in a Catholic Standard snippet
The Catholic Standard and Times features a terse exchange where a ticker resists limits, lamenting envy of a neighbor. A passing figure offers a grim, sardonic remedy promising attention “et ease” in a clipped urban vignette.
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Catholic Standard and Times
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