Cizars Home Peril Overshadows War
A New York Times dispatch reports from Washington that Russia yet dithers on peace talks after the Sea of Japan disaster. Ambassador Meyers cable suggests internal turmoil under Trep off and a possible shift toward peace once control is secured, with unrest spreading in St Petersburg and calls to convene a parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Count Cassini
State Department
St. Petersburg
Japan
Meyer
Russia
Trepoff
White House
All-Russian Zemstvo Congress Prohibited in Moscow
The all-Russian Zemstvo congress scheduled for today in Moscow was banned by order issued last night. Delegates including mayors of twenty-five cities arrived, many vow to defy the ban and press on. The Union of Russian Journalists chartered a steamer on the Neva to hold a police free meeting, urging a constituent assembly and celebrating a Russian revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Zemstvo
Zemstvos
Union of Russian Journalists Today
Neva
Russia reverts to autocratic police control under new ukase
The government announces a ukase restoring the Third Section to police power, granting an Under Secretary of Police near absolute authority over Russians lives and liberties. The Moscow Gazette reports this move as a return to reactionary rule, with further developments anticipated from Minister Boulizine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York Times
ST. Petersburg
von Plehve
Russia
Moscow Gazette
Boulizine
Index to Departments Overview and Page References
A compiled index listing department topics and page numbers including Amusements Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers Business Troubles Court Calendars Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mail Real Estate Society United Service Weather Report Yesterday Fires and New Corporations with corresponding pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Service
Weather Report
Trepoff Seeks Tsar’s Backing as Interior Assistant
Gen. Trepoff traveled to Tsarskoe-Selo to thank the Emperor for his appointment as Assistant Minister of the Interior and to discuss using the ukase’s powers. He has kept order in St. Petersburg, working long hours, with tight security as radicals view him as a potential dictator. Rumors swirl of ministerial resignations and a Navy reshuffle amid growing political tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Trepoff
Tsarskoe-Selo
Trepotf
von Plehve
Russia
Ministry of the Interior
Ukase
Constantine
Petrovich Pobredonostself
Holy Synod
Pobiendonosteff
M. Bouligan
Count Lamsdorff
Alexieft
Loris Melikoff
Milyutin
Ignatieff
Alexander II
Alexander III
Hisather
Odessa
Automobile Dash Shatters Bank in Ohio
At Coshocton Ohio on June 6 an auto traveling forty miles an hour broke a front axle and plunged over a twenty foot embankment. Owner John P Thomas sustained broken legs. Passengers David Wolgarth Charles Lehouse and John D Deets were injured.
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Coshocton
Ohio
John P. Thomas
David Wolgarth
Charles Lehouse
John D. Deets
Steamship Minneapolis Passes East of Fire Island
The steamship Minneapolis bound from London was east of Fire Island at 12:08 this morning, May 27, as reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
London
Fire Island
State Agencies See Expanded Roost of Roosevelts Friends
Gov Higgins announces appointments to State Lighting Water and Railroad Commissions naming James R Sheffield Lester Shedden John C Davies to Lighting. H H Persons Charles Davis Milo Acker John Sleicher and Dr Lederle to Water. Aldridge named to Railroad. Albany June 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Water Commission
H. Persons
East Aurora
Charles Davis
Kingston
Milo M. Acker
Hornellsville
John A. Sleicher
Albany
E. J. Lederle
New York
West
Gov. Higgins
State Commission On Gas and Electricity
State Railroad Commission
Water Commission
State Lighting Commission
James R. Sheffield
Lester L. Shedden
Plattsburg
John C. Davies
Camden
Sheffield
Davies
Roosevelt
Shedden
O’brien
anti-Odell
George W. Aldridge
Railroad Commission
Michael J. Dady
Brooklyn
Dady
New York County
Cady
Odell
H. H. Persons
Hornelsville
Civil Service
Dr. Lederle
Low
Higgins
Lighting and Water Commission
State University
Clinton County
Supreme Court
Fifth Judicial District
Senator Flatt
Watson M. Rogers
Jefferson County
Oneida
Supreme Bench
Monroe County
Morton
Black
Aldridge
Platt
Senator Platt
Chairae Odell
Enquist Must Leave or Dismantle Ships
In Manila on June 5 Major Gen Corbin received Rear Admiral Enquist after a 13 gun salute when leaving the Russian flagship. Washington's ultimatum demands the fleet sail within 24 hours or dismantle ships while Enquist awaits further orders from St Petersburg. Repairs have begun. A two funnel warship seen northwest of Luzon heads south, likely a Japanese vessel.
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Manila
Corbin
Enquist
Ferguson
Washington
St. Petersburg
Luzon
B R T Shops Ablaze in East New York
Fire started in the Brooklyn Rapid Transit big repair shops in East New York at 1 30 this morn. The four block complex along Broadway from Manhattan Crossing to Gillen Place includes a large barn and several smaller shops. By 2 30 AM the blaze was spreading as investigators probe possible explosion.
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Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
East New York
Broadway
Manhattan Crossing
Gillen Place
Two Die in Tenement Fire on West Twenty Fourth Street
A blaze at 35014 West Twenty fourth Street in a two room tenement killed Alexander Brenner Jr and Catherine Brenner. Firefighters and police rescued the distraught father and dragged two young victims from the flames as three other Brenners were injured. The cause of the early morning fire was not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Twenty-fourth Street
Alexander Bremner
Brenner
Alexander, Jr
Catherine
Alexander
Brennlur
William
John Haggerty
Bremner
Haggerty
Expressman
Sergi. Gilmartin
Kaiser's Greek minister missive causes palace embarrassment
Mme Rangabé wife of Greek Minister C A Rangabé forgot an invitation from the Kaiser to attend a dinner with the Crown Prince of Greece. His absence prompted officials to adjust plans and investigate the forgotten command, revealing the diplomatic slip and potential trouble for the minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
Berlin
Mme. Rangabé
C. A. Rangabé
Greece
M. Rangabé
Imperial Palace
Roosevelt in Statute of Rough Rider Stands at White House
President Roosevelt received an equestrian statuette of himself as Colonel of the Rough Riders from New York sculptor Macmonnies pupil Janet Scudder at the White House. Mrs Roosevelt, Admiral and Mrs Dewey, and Mr and Mrs Charles J Bonaparte attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Macmonnies
White House
Janet Scudder
New York
Dewey
Charles J. Bonaparte
St. Gaudens
Macmonies
Macmonnie
New York Central Fast Train Schedule Announcement
The Second Empire item notes a new fast train from Grand Central at 2 30 P M reaching Albany 5 20 Utica 7 14 Syracuse 8 23 Rochester 9 66 and Buffalo 11 30 P M with no excess fare advertised.
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New York Central
Grand Central Station
Albany
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Big steamer ashore on Long Island coast near Jones Inlet
A large steamship, likely a freighter or possibly a liner, lies ashore or very near shore a mile outside Jones Inlet between Point Lookout and Shore Beach. The vessel is not in danger. foggy conditions and no life savers on duty complicate rescue efforts. Signals and searchlights were used, with daylight expected for crew dispatch. The expected inbound liners Kaiser Wilhelm II Cretic Astoria and Bovic are noted as due.
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Freeport
L. I
Jones
Inlet
Point Lookout
Shore Beach
John Whaley
Merritt Wrecking Company
Astoria
Bond Theft Secrets Unfold as Clerk Sentenced
Bonds totaling thirty three thousand dollars were stolen from Lawyers' Title Insurance and Trust Company before May eight. Thomas G. Wylie, a six year registry clerk, confessed after indictment and was sent to Elmira Reformatory by Justice McMahon. officials declined to explain theft timing or disposition of bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Title Insurance and Trust Company
Thomas G. Wylie
Iirle General
Union Pacific Land
Wylie
Edwin W. Coggeshall
McMahon
Louis Loewenstein
Elmira
Chicago
West Eighty-seventh Street
Thief in Theatre Elevator Fight at Paradise Gardens
A crowding elevator incident at Oscar Hammerstein Paradise Gardens followed an accusation by Benjamin A. Hall claiming $100 robbery. Hall grabbed a boy later named Alfred Anderson, a Brooklyn tenor, as a scuffle amid jostling women occurred. Detectives arrested Anderson and George T. Smith, a bookkeeper, found with lace company cards and pawn tickets. a third man escaped. Smith claimed residency at West Forty-ninth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Hammerstein
Paradise Gardens
Benjamin A. Hall
Toledo
Ohio
Hiall
West Forty-seventh Street
Alfred Anderson
New York Avenue
Brooklyn
Hall
Anderson
Wood and Hay
George T. Smith
Smith
Goldenberg Company
Fifth Avenue
Marquelte
West Forty-ninth Street
Man Arrested in Jewelry Theft From Knickerbocker Co
Samuel Folodarr twenty five of 248 East Thirteenth Street was arrested at his home last night charged with stealing more than $1 000 worth of jewelry from the Knickerbocker Jewelry Company at Sixteenth Street and Sixth Avenue where he was employed Louis Seleznick president of the company said he found in Folodarr room last night about thirty watches and much other jewelry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Folodarr
East Thirteenth Street
Knickerbocker Jewelry Company
Sixteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Louis Seleznick
Folodarr
Atente
Pennsylvania Railroads Sets New New York to Chicago Record
Pennsylvania Railroad ran two special trains from New York to Pittsburgh in 8 hours 50 minutes and Pittsburgh to Chicago in 7 hours 13 minutes, totaling 16 hours 3 minutes for 897 miles. The test aims to support 18 hour service, with General Mgr George L. Peck predicting 15 hours from New York to Chicago at this pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Pittsburg
George L. Peck
Pennsylvania Lines
Tornado Strikes Binghamton Fifth and Sixth Wards
A tornado hit Binghamton New York on June 5 at 10:30 p.m. causing extensive damage to homes and barns in the Fifth and Sixth Wards south of the Susquehanna River. One person was badly injured and a woman on Kress Street suffered a severe head wound. no fatalities reported. The Hartigan home on Van Buren Street and nearby properties were damaged. a doorway roof and second story were blown off in places.
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Binghamton
WN. Y
Susquehanna River
James Hartigan
van Buren Street
Livingston Avenue
Mr. Hartigan
William Davis
Holden
G. G. Barnes
George Thornton
Kress Street
George Tompkins
Livingston Street
Deadly Michigan Storm Ravages Thumb and Saginaw Valley
Reports from Lower Michigan describe a severe electrical storm that toppled homes schools and barns. In Sanilac Cass City Caro and nearby communities several people were killed or fatally injured and others suffered serious wounds from lightning and debris as residents took cover in safety buildings.
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Detroit
Mich
Lower Michigan
Thumb
Saginaw Valley
John Smith
Urban
Sanilac County
Edward Philpotts
Philpotts
Wagner
Hemlock
Elsie Appleman
Cass City
Caro
William Hutchinson
William Dorser
Central Lake
Charlevoix
George Morrow
Morrow
Gillespie Arrested For Speeding In Fifth Avenue
Henry L. Gillespie living at the Hotel Breslin was arrested by Officer Rensselaer at the West Thirtieth Street station for driving eighteen miles per hour on Fifth Avenue between Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Streets. At the station he was asked his occupation and replied with a weary quip that he just plays around the town.
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Henry L. Gillespie
Breslin
Rensselaer
West Thirtieth Street
Fifth Avenue
Thirty
Thirty-ninth
Highwayman Robs Woman in Yonkers Street Attack
Alma Sedwige, a servant girl for M. J. Huber, was robbed at about 1 AM near Hawthorne Avenue and Franklin Street by a man with a revolver. The thief grabbed her umbrella and handbag containing money and fled down Hawthorne Avenue. Police and detectives were summoned. William Kelly was arrested near the Hudson River Railroad tracks but not identified by the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Yonkers
WN. Y
Alma Sehwige
M. J. Huber
Valentine Lane
Hawthorne Avenue
Franklin Street
Alma Sedwige
D. J.’ Shea
William Kelly
Hudson River
Schiff and Coolidge Quit the Equitable Board
Jacob H. Schiff of Kuhn, Loeb & Co and T Jefferson Coolidge of Boston resigned from the Equitable Life Assurance Society board. The move signals further Harriman Pennsylvanian withdrawals as A J Cassatt may follow. Schiff cites failure to bolster reform and criticizes directors Hyde and the board’s handling at last Friday’s meeting.
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Jacob H. Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Harriman
T. Jefferson Coolidge
Boston
Equitable Life Assurance Society
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrietan-Pennsylvania Railroad
Wall Street
D. O. Mills
John T. Stewart Fole
M. Ex. Ingalls
Big Four
Frick
Hyde Party
James W. Alexander, Esq
Sir
Ofice
Mr. Hyde
Society
Schiff
Hendricks
State Insurnce Department
Mr. Hendricks
Mr. Schiff
Equitable
Attorney General Institute
E. H. Harriman
Equitable of Securities of Railroads
Brayton Ives
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Cizar
Empire
Pavlovsk
Senate
Star Chamber
Czar
NEW State Board
Railroads
Davies and Snedden
George W. Aldredge
The
Kaiser
Long Island Beach
Ers
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Michigan
Gillespie
Usher’s
Schiff and Coolidge
Ingalls Will
Cassatt, Mills
Stewart May
Bliss
Hyde
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