Agrarian Law Accepted Amid Famine and Riots in Russia
The lower-house commission accepts the first paragraph of proposed agrarian reform to expropriate church and crown lands for peasant use, while disputes over private estates persist. Famine, grain relief exhausted, and peasant uprisings surge in Voronezh and Podolia. clashes with troops, police, and Cossacks cause deaths and injuries nationwide.
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Gi Petersburg
America
Associated Press
Gamara
Voronezh
Tamboff
Bartatinthy
Keda‘wy
Tiflis
Krassno- Polsk
Podolia
Tower House
Petiourly
St. Petersburg
Social Democrats
Labor Party
M. Stichin@y
Tula
Rostoff
Kuban
Don
Natal troops crush rebel force near Durban
Natal troops surrounding Umvoti district report a large rebel defeat with five hundred forty seven killed and few escaping. No white casualties.
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Durban
Natal
El Caney wound causes death of U S consul
Lawrenceville Va July 8 W P Kenibs of Boston and former United States consul under President McKinley died at the Central Hotel from paralysis caused by wounds received at the battle of El Caney in the Spanish American War. A shot passed through his neck injuring an artery and pressing on it. doctors feared to operate.
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Lawrenceville
W. P. Kenibs
United States
McKinley
Central Hotel
el Caney
THREE STEAMERS IN COLLISION AT SEA
The Langdale from Savannah to Bremen collided in fog with the Vishren near the Channel. The Maryland from London to Philadelphia fouled the Langdale, causing the Vishren to sink. All crew were saved, and Langdale to Dover. Langdale sustained stern damage and water ingress but remained afloat.
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Dover
Langdale
Plain Reilly
Savannah
Bremen
Lamer Vishren
Newcastle
Fishren
Maryland
London
Philadelphia
Langshe
Trolley Crash Leaves Dozens Hurt at Gravesend Avenue
Sixteen injuries reported after a 59th Street line car collided with a Fifteenth Street car at Gravesend station Coney Island. Passengers were thrown to tracks and onto running boards. many were treated at Culver station. A separate Luna Park express crash near Sea Beach Palace injured six and sparked a fire. Authorities cited signal confusion. no serious injuries listed.
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Fifteenth Street
59Th Street
Manhattan Beach
Gravesend Avenue
Coney Island
Gravesend
Fifteenth Street Line
Katherine Cruikshank
No. 116
38Th Street
Brooklyn
Bridget Feeny
Lena Cohn
Lawrence Johnston
Ruth Malone
Margaret Mulligan
Culver Station
Richardson
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
New York
Sea Beach
Sea Beach Palace
James Keene
Hatkins
Mary Egallo
16Th Street
Sam Mendelson
Greene Avenue
Mary Lawless
West 116Th Street
Annie Christina
West 111Th Street
William Lawless
West 125Th Street
Frank Livingston
7Sth Street
Manhattan
Butts Way To Death In Bronx Park Suicide Witnessed
An unidentified man, about 35, killed himself in St. Mary's Park in the Bronx before 6 pm. He battered a saloon window then slashed his throat, officers found him dead on the sidewalk. The body, found near 146th street and St. Ann's avenue, was taken to the Alexander Avenue station with no identification. The man appeared German, wearing a blue serge suit and polka dot shirt.
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St. Mary's Park
Bronx
146Th Street
St. Ann's Avenue
Wimmer
Lebanon Hospital
Alexander Avenue
Girl Jumps to Death on Scenic Railway at Rockaway Beach
Harriet Nagel a 15 year old girl of 616 Decatur Street Brooklyn leaped from a moving car on a Thompson Street Rockaway Beach scenic railway last evening after losing nerve. She fell less than ten feet suffering fatal neck and skull injuries while her father mother and sister watched in distress. Authorities detained Percy G Stevenson manager of the car at No 21 Henry Street Rockaway Beach as doctors failed to save her.
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Thompson Street
Rockaway Beach
Harriet Nagel
Decatur Street
Brooklyn
Hatfield
Schenck
Tredden
Percy G. Stevenson
Henry Street
Drug firms merge to wage battle for city drug trade
A new drug store at Broadway and Vesey Street signals a potential titanic clash between Caswell Massey Company and Hegeman Corporation. Caswell Massey, led by George C. Lyon and John C. Knight, plans a long chain of high end stores, while Hegeman, headed by John H. Flagler, expands in Manhattan and Brooklyn with ties to Standard Oil interests.
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Broadway
Vesey Street
Astor House
Hegemag Corporation
Park Row
Caswell, Massey & Co
City
Fifth Avenue
25Th Street
47Th Street
Columbus Avenue
72D Street
Caswell-Massey Company
George C. Lyon
John C. Knight
Messrs. Lyon and Knight
Hall & Lyon Company
Providence
Rhode Island City
E. D. Cahoon
Major Hall
Cahoon-Lyon Company
Buffalo
W. C. Bolton
Riker Drug Company
Louis K. Liggett
United Drug Company
National Cigar Stands Company
J. Craig Havemeyer
Exchange Place
Caswel-Massey
New Vesey Street
Foano Laboratory
Saiedra Stoeig
Aioe
Knight
Caswell-Massey
Lyon
Liggett
Hegeman Corporation
John H. Flagler
Flaglers
Standard Oil
H. H. Rogers
Hegeman Concern
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Tribune
Flagler
Hegeman
Boston Drug Company
Caswell
Moths Invade Broadway Trees and Homes
Browntail moths, blamed for stripping upper Broadway trees last year, again damage foliage along the boulevard near 50th Street. Cocoons cover trunks, moths bite pedestrians, and homes are affected. Women’s waists are vulnerable, shops report surge in skin lotions, janitors keep building fronts clear as Park Department has yet to respond.
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Upper Broadway
S0th Street
Park Department
Travel by train from New York to Denver Colorado Springs or Pueblo
Tickets on sale July 11 12 13 good returning until August 24. For full information visit the nearest ticket agent. Adovt
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Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Adovt
Firescare in Theatre Causes Panic in Atlantic City
A small fire in a moving picture machine at a Young’s Pier theatre in Atlantic City NJ triggered a panic with several hundred occupants fleeing. Assistant stage manager Mr Freund was slightly injured as crowds surged to exits. The blaze was extinguished quickly and no serious injuries were reported.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Young's Pier
Freund
Yosemite Valley Stage Coaches Robbed by Lone Bandit
Five Yosemite Valley Stage coaches were held up near Ahwahnee by a lone highwayman who collected money and jewelry from all passengers. The robber, masked by a duster, halted each coach in succession at the same curve used in a prior year’s robbery and vanished into the brush after the fifth withdrawal.
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Yawona
Cal
Yosemite Valley
National Park
Ahwahnee
Killed by Trolley Car in Brooklyn Tragedy
Charles F. E. Losee of the New York Canoe Club was struck and killed last night at Bay 37th street and Cropsey avenue Brooklyn by a Brooklyn Rapid Transit train en route to Coney Island. His body was found near a house after the impact. He was about forty, owned property in Bath Beach and elsewhere, and was a trustee of the Brooklyn Savings Bank.
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Charles FE. Losee
New York Canoe Club
Ulmer Park
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railway
Bay
37Th Street
Cropsey Avenue
Brooklyn
Losee
Coney Island
Mr. Losee
Ives
Bath Beach
Brooklyn Savings Bank
Fear of Feudists Shrouds Hargis Murder Trial in Beattyville
In Beattyville Kentucky July 8 due to violent locals special telegraph operators from Nashville and General Manager Terhune run lines to Nanaweb Inn where visitors stay. Promiscuous shooting near the railroad depot tightens security as Judge Hargis asks followers to go coatless to show they are unarmed. Trial for the James B. M. murder begins tomorrow with jury selections completed Saturday. Mrs Marcum aiding the prosecution arrived tonight.
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Tribune
Beattyville
Nashville
Hargis
Terhune
Nanaweb Inn
James B. M
Marcum
Areum
Drunken fowls shock Riverhead town tale
In Riverhead Long Island eighty chickens of varied hues became intoxicated after a private wine cask soured. A hired man spilled the liquor in the garden and the birds dipped sipped and tripped in the street shocking townsfolk leaving Riverhead humorously blamed for a revival.
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Riverhead
Long Island
Secretary Root Arrives at San Juan Aims for Pan American Center
The cruiser Charleston carrying Secretary Root and party reached San Juan at 4 PM after a record New York to San Juan voyage of 3 days 19 hours. Governor Winthrop and A. H. Frazer greeted them aboard, then Root toured the governor's palace with Porto Rico officials and reviewed insular police. He spoke of storm relief work and suggested the Pan American Congress may be held in Argentina with Puerto Rico as a preferred site if located in American territory.
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San Juan
P. R
Charleston
Root
New York
Morro Castle
Umbria
Winthrop
A. H. Frazer
Rohrer
Bailey
Porto Rico
Governor Winthrop Pier Measure Defeated
San Juan Puerto Rico July 8 The Executive Council defeated the pier measure proposed by Governor Winthrop The council construed the act of Congress authorizing a franchise and pier concessions as barring the insular government from building its own piers and requiring War Department approval
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San Juan
P. R
Executive Council
Winthrop
Act of Congress
Secretary of War
Grand jury to probe interstate rail rebates targets G M Grammar
Federal officials announce G J Grammar traffic manager for New York Central west of Buffalo will not be called before the grand jury. N H Anspach head of tariff bureau for Lake Shore Railway is served and to bring tariff sheets. Prosecutors outline plans to strike at top railroad men as grand jury proceedings begin.
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Cleveland
G. J. Grammar
New York Central Lines
Buffalo
Grammar
Oliver C. Pagin
Department of Justice
United States
Sullivan
Chicago
N. H. Anspach
Lake Shore Railway
Anspach
Thieves on Riverside Drive Target Night Wanderers
Thieves, mostly tramps and a youth gang from Sid street and Amsterdam avenue, fear Riverside Drive after midnight in the lower eighties. West 69th Street station, Captain Burfeind, and Holmes patrolman efforts paused each time the police left, allowing hoodlums to resume raids on servants and drunk pedestrians.
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Riverside Drive
New York Central
River
Riverside Park
Sid Street
Amsterdam Avenue
West 6Sth
Burfeind
Holmes
Eas & Cicceae Font
Thaw White Murder Case Details Nesbit Ties And Support
Prosecution lays out Stanford White’s ongoing ties to Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and her family, showing White paid Howard Nesbit's school and living expenses. Witnesses Edna McClure and Mrs. Minck confirm years of threats by Thaw against White and recount White's aid to May McKenzie and Evelyn Nesbit before the fatal confrontation.
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Harry Kendall Thaw
Stanford White
the Nesbits
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
White
Thaw
Howard Nesbit
Evelyn
Young Nesbit
Francis P. Garvan
Edna MacClure
Boston
Miss McClure
May McKenzie
Evelyn Thaw
Miss McKenzie
Dr. Walker
East 33d Street
Sherry’s
Evelyn Nesbit
Pompton
N. J
Mrs. Holman
18 Hours to Chicago Special in Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroad service announces an 18 hour Chicago special from New York leaving at 2 05 P M and arriving in Chicago at 8 15 or 9 P M. The advert notes other fast trains to Chicago and St Louis and mentions rock ballast dusties roadbed in Pennsylvania.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Chicago St. Louis
Advte
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Firescarein Theatre
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Kentucky
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