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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1905
Page
2
Rioters flood streets using arms while troops on rooftops join in a brutal fusillade. Vitriol from vantage points drives victims into frenzy as the city becomes a battlefield. Barricades rise, lamps are destroyed, and the Cossacks gather the dead and wounded amid hospital crowding.
Dispatches from St. Petersburg report estimates of several hundred workers slain and sixty soldiers after Lodz street battles. Warsaw warnings followed as industrial districts faced renewed unrest and barricades. Rebels armed with revolvers bombarded troops amid heavy shelling and stone throwing.
Riots erupted in Warsaw as gendarmes fired on demonstrators amid red flag processions. A bomb wounded two guards, a secret police agent was stabbed, and a general strike and shop closures spread panic across the city.
Dispatch notes that June 25 reports from St. Petersbug and references to National Assembly powers suggest forecasts are controlled by certain leaders. The text indicates concerns over procedures and unworkable governance following any potential Lippgaring influence.
The article outlines Western critical views on the Russian Duma's power under the Tsar. It describes imposed controls, veto-like mechanisms, and limited revenue initiative ability. It notes the Council of the Empire's influence, cabinet secrecy, and censorship with only selective press access. It mentions unsettled election methods between class representation and general suffrage.
Emperor Nicholas approved committee recommendations on revising laws for Jews. The committee said extending legal equality could harm other Russians and provoke popular hostility. Revisions to be postponed to the forthcoming Representative Assembly with a special extra official conference to arrange preliminaries.
Special to The New York Times Chicago scene at the Teamsters Joint Council meeting shows talk of a total strike involving about 30 000 drivers with McCarthy urging a citywide shutdown while Sumner pushes for a ten day general strike and Shea remains noncommittal stating it could force arbitration if leaders press for action
Police Chief Murphy ordered captains to enforce Sunday liquor laws and avoid arrests without proof. Officers were told to inspect saloons through doors or windows while curtains blocked view. They could arrest only those leaving with beer. saloonkeepers remained unconcerned.
Mrs Hattie Janney formerly Miss Snyder of New York sues Paul M Janney Jr of Green Spring Valley charging desertion and non support. The case stems from a 3 year marriage that turned troubled after a Baltimore visit and his later abstention from support.
Troop C will set up its new 130 acre camp at Cold Spring Harbor L I on July 4. The squadron will use electric lighting in tents and utilize nearby hay rye and oats fields to feed horses through winter. Major De Bevoise notes it is the first National Guard home of its kind. The unit totals 160 men.
Supreme Court Justice White held the city must exercise reasonable care in storing dynamite and allowed the suit by Capt. Marlin Stuart to proceed against the city. He dismissed claims against John B. McDonald and the Subway Construction Company, citing no connection to the accident. Trial set for Monday.
A Brooklyn Democrat HQ recounts a constituent from a downtown district asking his Senator to cover part of his gas bill. The Senator voted against bills to reduce gas prices, and the man estimates he pays about seventeen dollars more yearly. He has written a long letter asking for the eighteen dollars by return mail and awaits a reply.
Police officer George M. Jaeger fell through a skylight while searching for a fire at 275 Washington Street Hills Brothers. He sustained a fractured skull and was taken to Hudson Street Hospital unconscious. Watchman William Murphy alerted an ambulance as smoke from a fourth floor blaze hindered rescue. The fire caused minimal damage.
John H. Snodgrass, American Consul in Pretoria, cables Ambassador Reid in London for H. J. Meyer. Meyer asks to discredit press and Commons insinuations during the army stores inquiry, arguing War Secretary Forster’s contract halt implies guilt without evidence and harms his reputation and finances.
A Yale College department proposes consultation across Yale faculties on honorary degrees. The Yale Corporation has referred the issue to the university council and then to a committee. The aim is to grant each department influence in selection and demand fuller inquiry before awarding degrees amid prior complaints of insufficient scrutiny.
Commander A. B. Canaga reports to the Navy Department advocating turbine engines for torpedo boats destroyers scout cruisers and gun boats. He states that experience will likely justify fitting turbines in battleships and armored cruisers in time.
Janitor Adolph Benc discovers a man, Guido Bermasbene, swimming in a roof water tank at 227 East Sixty third Street. Bermasbene is persuaded to exit and jailed at Hast Sixty seventh Street Police Station on a disorderly conduct charge as tenants restrain from mob action.
Provincetown Mass hosts a Fourth of July program with crews from the North Atlantic Squadron. Main events include baseball games Maine vs Missouri and Kentucky vs Kearsarge, a tug of war between Alabama and Illinois teams, plus a track meet with ten events, a sack race and an obstacle race.
A late night evangelistic meeting in City Hall Park attracted homeless night workers after a cornetist’s bugle call. Rev. Bradford Williams and Rev. William Rouzee preached on wickedness in Manhattan while City Hall Station officers listened. the group plans weekly midnight park meetings, with prior work in Blackwell’s Island and Madison Square.
Police Justice Sweeney heard a complaint about sixteenth street public school boys who frightened eight year old Rose Lombardo with snakes from a swamp behind the school. She was taken to St Barnabas Hospital in serious condition after fainting and suffering a nervous collapse.
The Red Bank Opera House in New Jersey was destroyed by fire in the early morning. The adjacent Central House hotel housed forty Boston Ideal Opera Company members who escaped with only scenes of panic as crews saved belongings. Firefighters, many from independent engines, battled the blaze. roof and wall collapses trapped several men, injuring John Helms edt and others. Loss estimated at 35000 dollars with rebuilding unlikely.
Stamford police arrested C Sherman Hoyt, son of Colgate Hoyt, at noon for driving a French car at thirty miles per hour. He was traveling with his brother and two Brown University friends from Brown to their Summer home at Oyster Bay. They posted a $50 bond for chauffeur John Mobille.
Dr. J. R. Jacoby, a New York physician arrested on June 4 for speeding near Babylon, was acquitted by a jury before Justice Cooper. His counsel argued the speedometer indicated ten miles per hour when stopped, while prosecutors claimed nineteen miles per hour.
Pottsville June 24 Joseph Bierstein David Feist Jacob Noll and George Holvey Shenandoah school directors were sentenced to one year in jail for bribery and conspiracy. They pleaded guilty to accepting bribes for teacher appointments.
In Appleton Wisconsin on June 24 a nine year old girl Maria Derrick collapsed and died after reaching one hundred skips while skipping rope. She spoke I have finished then instantly dropped dead.
Ian Perdicaris, freed after a Morocco captivity, is hosted by Rear Admiral Chadwick at Twin Oaks Newport Rhode Island Avenue. He dined with Mrs Chadwick, met Senator Wetmore and Col De Lancey Kane, toured naval stations, and attended luncheons and dinners with notable guests including Prof. Alexander Agassiz and Major Theodore Gibbs.
Saratoga Limited, the fast New York to Saratoga train, made its initial season run this afternoon departing New York at 5 40 oclock local time. The service inaugurates the summer schedule with the speedy rail link to the spa resort.
Wilmington Delaware June 24 Col Henry A Du Pont and G Coleman Du Pont are reported to have purchased The Wilmington Daily Republican in a move that expands the family media holdings.
A storefront advertises children's dresses and boys coats with color schemes navy white red and blue and white striped galatea prices from 1.85 to 4.00. It lists wash suits eve tamers and sailor outfits plus hats towels and accessories for 2 to 12 year olds.
Oyster Bay residents await President Roosevelt's decision on delivering an address and helping set off firecrackers on July 4. A committee including Gerard Beekman and Maurice Townsend invited him. he is due June 29, with plans hinging on his landing location and accessibility. The town readies government offices and telegraph facilities for summer operations.
William and Meritt Herbert of Watertown New York aged fourteen and ten were found guilty in Brandon Vermont on charges of breaking into a local hardware store. The elder was sent to the reformatory while the younger was returned to his father. They had escaped a Watertown reform school last week and earlier broke into the Brandon shop. They rolled a boulder onto the Addison branch tracks, observed by a train engineer who brake in time to avoid an accident.
John Dockery son of U S Marshal Henry C Dockery was shot and dangerously wounded by Raleigh policeman Isaac Rogers who had been paying attention to Dockerys daughter Dockery fired once but missed Rogers Stephen Wall Dockerys first cousin was accidentally killed yesterday at the Westinghouse Electrical Works in Pittsburg Pa
Fourteen Harvard students will tour Iceland this summer, leaving New York in groups. The expedition, led by Dr. C Farrabeen, will trek from Reykjavik to Thingvellir, visit geysers Mount Hecla and glaciated routes toward Alsureyri, report measurements for Anthropology, and prepare geology findings for Harvard.
Larchmont N Y June 24 The Appellate Division upholds a lower court ruling in favor of Summer home owners opposing the Hickory Grove Company's plan for a large cemetery in the town. Ex Senator Thomas W Palmer of Michigan brought the suit near his country place. The cemetery firm bears costs in the decision.
A list of fire-related incidents from Friday night to Saturday night with multiple addresses and damages. Several entries note named property owners or occupants and varying damage amounts from trifling to $500.
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