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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1906
Page
8
The St. Petersburg lower house debates land reform as agrarian unrest grows with strikes in Kiev, Odessa, and Moscow. Constitutional Democrats clash with government over dismissals and ministerial control while calls for constitutional measures intensify.
Odessa reports tense conditions as striking Russian port workers threaten drastic actions. Authorities fear a repeat of last June with 2000 Baltic seamen en route and firemen vowing to blow up ships and burn the port. Military guards and machine gun units are deployed near tarbors to deter violence. The political strike has halted Black Sea navigation.
June 6 Kursk soldiers of the Kozzioff Infantry Regiment held a meeting to demand improved conditions and transfer of 03 class soldiers to the reserve. An officer tried to interrupt with a drawn sword and was nearly beaten to death. Artillery solidarity marked the episode as they refused orders to disperse.
The 14 000 ton Minotaur cruiser was launched at Devonport dockyard named by the Countess of Crewe. It measures 490 feet, 74 feet 6 inches beam, drafts 26 feet, with 27 000 horsepower and a speed of 28 knots. Armament includes four 8in guns, ten 7.6in guns, thirty smaller guns, and five torpedo tubes. Armor belt 4 to 6 inches thick and a crew of 755. Coal capacity 2 000 tons. Estimated completion cost 6 750 000 dollars.
Havre June 6 the French Line steamer La Provence on her second NY to Havre trip arrived 8 p m with a six days two hours forty eight minutes passage covering about 3200 miles official NY figures. The voyage beat the Deutschland by about four hours on total speed though exact Germany figures were not yet received.
Indianapolis June 6 Forty third national convention of the United States Brewers Association opens at the Claypool Hotel with over two hundred delegates from nearly every state and a capital value estimated at 500 million dollars. Albert Tieber greets delegates and notes beer production growth from six million barrels in 1870 to over fifty million this year. The report attacks the Anti-Saloon League and cites 1905 beer production at 49,459,540 barrels with state totals and imports listed.
The Anti Policy Society led by Charles P Blaney notes seven years of work against policy gambling in New York City praising Detective and police cooperation led by Commissioner Bingham. The group calls for continued efforts and seeks public tips and donations to fund the eradication of policy shops and street games.
On June 6 at Berea College in Kentucky Mrs. Nanie Nuckols shot and killed Mrs. Viana Black in front of about ten thousand commencement attendees. Nuckols, jealous and with her husband and three children, was arrested and jailed in Richmond. Black left five children and a husband. both women came from prominent families.
Coroner's jury found negligence by BRT and its workers led to three deaths. Susie Brown, 6, killed on Park Avenue by a crosstown car due to rapid approach to crossings. Morris Samuels died on Sea Beach line. jury blamed lack of proper flag arrangements. Jacob Cushman, superintendent of Greenwood Cemetery, killed at Fifth Avenue and 64th Street. body run over by one or more cars.
The Superball Pullman train of C RK of New Jersey, Philadelphia and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads runs from New York at 8 0 p m with Liberty Stream time. It travels to the Capital in about one hour.
New light emerged in Coroner Shrady's East 33d street tunnel probe into S Pearson and Son. Roberto Rowland testified two men threatened his life for supplying evidence against the contractor. An additional worker described warnings by men near the company offices.
Real estate owners along William street oppose a proposed tunnel to connect Manhattan and Brooklyn, arguing it endangers tall buildings and relies on unstable subsurface. Advocates favor an elevated loop along Williamsburg Bridge to City Hall Square, with officials noting strong local resistance could derail the tunnel plan.
Herbert E. Walter of Mount Vernon postponed Edith Walter’s marriage to Robert H. Downes after learning Downes is married with a wife and child in Manhattan. Downes, aka Henry Robinson, confessed, and Walter urged him to reveal the truth. Edith Walter remains confined to bed as gifts are returned. Downes departs Middletown.
Morris Osborn nineteen son of coal operator F M Osborn died instantly when his car overturned after hitting an obstruction near Cleveland while en route to the father’s summer home near Willoughby. His companion escaped with bruises.
The centennial meeting of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America opened at the Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas with about 160 delegates. Rev. Dr. J. M. Farrar presided, and Rev. Donald Sage Mackay was elected president while Rev. Samuel W. Zwemer became vice president. The meeting runs about a week and Roosevelt’s attendance was not possible.
A private test of the submarine bell on Sandy Hook Lightship 61 showed reliable signaling from four miles away as tug Wall tested broadcasting gear. The bell, 15 feet below the surface, rings every ten seconds and provides bearings via receiver on the Wall. Government orders equip over a dozen lightships from New York to Cape Hatteras and installs on West Virginia and Missouri.
The Senate led with the conference report on the Railroad Rate bill. Senator Spooner focused on the anti pass provision calling it unjust while Hale Tillman Bailey McCumber Teller Lodge Morgan Piles Pettus and Patterson offered criticisms. Senator Daniel tried to reconsider the vote on the Railroad Employers Liability bill to offer amendments. The chamber adjourned to 2 pm to attend Senator Gorman's funeral and telegrams on the anti pass issue continued largely from railroad workers.
Consumers can wear tropical and outing suits for business and leisure. The note highlights light fabrics, separate flannel and duck trousers, comfortable collars, and a wide stock of russet Oxfords priced at $8.50 and $5. The text advertises Bee Esies three Broadway stores near Warren Street, Sand Street, and City Hall Union Square.
The House authorized the final rental payment of 139 600 to the National City Bank for the New York Custom House after debate. Representative Sulzer urged striking the paragraph, arguing improper lease conditions, but the vote was 89 to 49 to keep the appropriation. Keifer defended the government right to hold title and the payments as lawful under Congress act of 1399.
Liverpool report says Armour Packing Company invites the British Association for the Advancement of Science to send a commission to Chicago during the CGO convention in Toronto to investigate charges against the company’s practices.
Henry J. Taylor an automobile dealer of Great Barrington Massachusetts and Miss May Whitney claimed to be niece of the late William C Whitney former Secretary of the Navy were hurriedly married last night at the Mount Vernon home of Judge David Johnstone. The groom twenty three the bride a year younger. Best man Henry M Downing maid of honor Miss Agnes Johnstone sister of the judge. Mr and Mrs Taylor will reside in Great Barrington.
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