GORRORS AT BIALYSTOK continues on unrest and siege
Descriptions recount widespread destruction at Bialystok with burning stores and crosses marking Christian homes. Military cordons, martial law, and attacks on police stations unfold as reinforcements arrive. At the Jewish Hospital, mangled corpses and wounded flood the wards while Red Cross efforts struggle amid ongoing violence in the region including Tartars and Armenian victims.
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Samandani
Seine
Ison
Gasse
Bialygu
Red Cross
Parliament Votes To Send Agrarian Question To Commission
In Petersburg on June 18 the lower house ended a long agrarian debate by proposing a ninety nine member commission to study partial expropriation of private land. The session also advanced bills on ending special class privileges and restrictions on civil rights amid a stirring display of liberal and radical opposition.
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Petersburg
Gsion
Michael Stakovitch
Orel
Prhich
Commission
Constitutional Democrats
Bese
Peterhof
MM. Petrunkevitch
Vinaver
Thers
Riga
Interior
W&m
MM. Milukoff
St. Petersburg
Bialystok
M. Ostrogorski
Grodno
Conflicts in Erivan Spark Interracial Warfare
Reports from Tiflis describe fighting in Igdarie near Erivan with Tartars and Armenians clashing. Armenian casualties rise as retaliation includes killings, looting, and village attacks by June 16. Cossacks dispersed marauders, while Kurdish cross-border activity is noted amid broader regional violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiflis
Igdarie
Reine
Erivan
Tartars
Alikmariue
Ong
Astrugeic
The Lafayette Relics Auction Leaves Historic Memorabilia
Christie Nanson Woods announce auction of Lafayette relics on King Street St James's Square. Highlights include letters to George Washington Monroe Madison Clay and Jefferson, Free Masons diploma, plans from the War of Independence, and a silver gilt dragon insignia. Catalogues available after viewing Saturday and Monday.
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Lafayette
Christie, Nanson & Woods
King Street
St. James's Square
Mutiny fears at Cronstadt hit St Petersburg
Report from St Petersburg says Cronstadt Fortress faces renewed unrest with sailors soldiers and workers turbulent. Reinforcements from Krasnoye Selo and Oranienbaum are deployed as strikes spread from Yekaterinoslav Saratoff and Bakmuth. Rail and stage robberies rise while bakeries stay closed amid brewing nationwide tension.
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St. Petersburg
Cronstadt
Krasnoye Selo
Oranienbaum
Caucasus
Poland
Riga
Riots and massacres across cities in Russian lands
Reports from Warsaw Berlin Odessa St Petersburg Kostroma describe anti Jewish riots in Grodno Lomza Bialystok and nearby towns. casualties reported with deaths and wounded and widespread destruction of Jewish shops while police and troops struggle to control mobs and violence continues through June eighteenth.
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Warsaw
Zabludow
Gouiandz
Grodno
Ossowiec
Lomza
Berlin
Jewish Society
Grajewo
Russian Poland
Lapy
Bialystok
Starcheltzi
British Pressures On Russia Over Jewish Massacres
London reports Sir Edward Grey refused to pledge action against Russia over treatment of British subjects and Jewish massacres. He said no official information yet and the fleet’s Cronstadt voyage would proceed on a summer cruise involving Russian, Swedish, and German ports.
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London
Edward Grey
House of Commons
Cronstadt
Russia
James Keir Hardie
Bialystok
Foreign Office
Admiralty
Keir Hardie
Grey
A Time to Intervene Over Bialystok Crisis
London Jewish leaders discussed pressuring Russia over Bialystok. Lord Rothschild met with Sir Edward at the Foreign Office. Sir Samuel Montagu hopes for government intervention. Government wary of harming French bondholders. papers urge decisive action citing past protests.
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London
Bialystok
Lord Rothschild
Foreign Office
Sir Edward
Samuel Montagu
Samuel
Russia
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Kishineff
Berlin Russia meeting denied after Norway trip
Cologne dispatch in The Gazette denies plans for an imperial meeting between William and the Emperor of Russia this year following the former sovereign’s Norway voyage.
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Cologne
the Gazette
Berlin
William
Russia
Norway
Local Jews to Hold Protest Meeting in Norfolk Street
United Hebrew Congregation of America will hold a mass meeting of protest tomorrow night at Norfolk street against the slaughter of Jews in Russia. The group operates from headquarters at 183 Past Broadway.
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United Hebrew Congregation of America
Broadway
Norfolk Street
Russia
Bourse Dims as Imperial 4s Fall to 72
St Petersburg reports continued market weakness with imperial four percent bonds dropping to 72 while five percent securities slide to 87 as trading remains subdued.
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St. Petersburg
Imperial
Emperor William Tours Norderney Milestone Visit
Emperor William arrived at Norderney from Heligoland aboard the Sleipner and met Chancellor von Billow. The Berlin dispatch notes rumors of ministry changes with Admiral von Tirpitz possibly resigning and Vice-Admiral von Ahlefeld as a potential successor, while reports on Foreign Secretary von Tschirsky remain contested.
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Prince von Buelow
Norderney
Emperor William
Heligoland
Sleipner
von Billow
Berlin
Hamburg
Cloudburst devastates Prague suburbs Selean Smichow Konopischt
A disastrous cloudburst struck today over Selean Smichow and Konopischt in the Sazava valley. Sixty houses were demolished dams bridges and roads swept away fields laid waste trees uprooted and many cattle perished. Seven persons are missing.
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Prague
Selean
Smichow
Konopischt
Sazava River
Dreyfus Case Reopened At Paris Supreme Court Hearings
Paris reports the Dreyfus case reopening with public hearings at the Palace of Justice. Maitre Mornard defending Dreyfus argued Rennes court martial errors and forged initial letters, noting witnesses were paid and many original charges rested on coincidences and hastily drawn conclusions. Dreyfus seeks only vindication and restoration of his name.
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Paris
Palace of Justice
Supreme Court
Dreyfus
Artillery
Maitre Mornard
Rennes
Wreck on Cuban coast leaves crew alive except two
Six crew members of the schooner Hiddie Feore and two women arrived in Havana after the vessel ran ashore at Punta India north coast of Cuba. The ship, sailing from Sabine Pass to Porto Padre with lumber, lost sails and rudder. one woman and crewman Stephen Kelly were swept overboard and drowned, the rest reached shore or swam to safety.
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Havana
Hiddie Feore
Alley
Mobile
Cook
Sabine Pass
Tex
Porto Padre
Cuba
Punta India
Stephen Kelly
Ramillies Damaged After Channel Collision Near Sheerness
The British battleship Ramillies was escorted to Sheerness after a collision with the battle ship Resolution in the Channel. The Resolution sustained no damage, while Ramillies must be docked. Other torpedo craft faced collisions or grounding and minor machinery faults were reported.
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London
Ramillies
Sheerness
Channel
Resolution
French Delegation to Honor Courrières Rescue at Hibernia Mine
Six hundred French visitors will arrive at the Hibernia coal mine on June 26 to honor the relief work by a team of fifteen lifesavers sent from Herne on March 12 after the Courrières disaster in which about 1200 people died. The delegation includes Courrières survivors, a son of former President Carnot, corporate and university representatives, Paris fire brigade members, and high officials.
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Herne
Westphalia
Hibernia
Courrières
Courriéres
Carnot
University of Paris
Paris Fire Brigade
Insurgents Rumored to March on Matto Grosso Capital
Rio Janeiro reports the Matto Grosso state situation growing serious with rumors insurgents are marching on Cuyada, the state capital. The report notes growing tensions and potential military movements near the capital.
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Rio Janeiro
Matto Grosso
Cuyada
Aga-Robartes Unseated Over Garden Party Violations
London reports Thomas Charles Aga-Robartes, Liberal MP for Bodmin, Cornwall, was unseated by the election court due to illegal practices centered on voters being entertained at a garden party.
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London
Thomas Charles Aga-Robartes
Viscount Clifden
Bodmin
Cornwall
Handon Arrested in Cuba for Extradition Warrant
Havana reports Singleton C. Handon was arrested in Pinar del Rio on an extradition warrant. He faces defalcation charges filed by Spaulding Manufacturing Company of Conway Arkansas.
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Havana
Prince John George Betrothed to Bourbon Sicily Princess
Dresden reports Prince John George brother of King Frederick August will wed Princess Marie Immaculata of Bourbon Sicily daughter of the Count of Caserta. The betrothal was announced at Cannes, linking the Saxon royal line with the Bourbon Sicily branch.
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Dresden
John George
Frederick August
Cannes
Marie Immaculata
Bourbon-Sicily
Caserta
Alphonse of
House of Bourbon-Sicily
Clemenceau Defends Government Action in Labor Struggle
In Paris the Interior Minister M. Clemenceau defended the government's use of the law to protect willing workers from striker violence, replying to socialist accusations of excessive repression in the Chamber of Deputies.
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Paris
M. Clémenceau
Interior
Chamber of Deputies
Young And Jonas Remanded In Shares Conspiracy
London June 18 Anthony Young and Henry Jonas managers of the American Mining Milling and Smelting Syndicate were remanded at Guildhall police court on charges of conspiracy to defraud the public by selling valueless shares. Inspector Pentim said thousands of pounds were involved and the shares sold here at high prices were likely bogus. Jonas was bailed. Young bail was refused.
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London
Mark Anthony Young
Henry Jonas
American Mining, Milling and Smelting
Guildhall
Pentim
Jonas
Young
Municipal Ownership Commission Eyes Housing and Materials in Liverpool
The National Civic Federation unit visited Liverpool to study municipal housing for the poor and the production of building material from refuse destructors after inspecting main dwellings. The delegation then proceeded to Manchester.
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Liverpool
Municipal Ownership Commission
National Civic Federation of the
United States
Maine
Manches
Keats Shelley Memorial House Hopes in Rome
The Rome option on the Keats house at Piazza di Spagna advances toward preservation as a memorial for Keats and Shelley. A memorial library and perpetual guardianship are planned with international support and prominent letters of endorsement from Theodore Roosevelt and others.
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Rome
Piazza di Spagna
John Keats
Villa Medici
France
Keats
Shelley
America
Queen Victoria
House of Kents
Percy Bysshe Shelley
England
United States
Plowden’s Bank
Lst
R. A. Johnson
The
American Commission
Mr. Johnson
John Hay
Theodore Roosevelt
American Committee
Keats-Shelley
East 17Th Street
New York
Royal House
Congo Officials Firm Refuse Full Congo Commission Evidence
London report details Sir Edward Grey and the Brussels envoy arguing over publishing the Congo Commission of Inquiry evidence. The Congo administration resists, claiming the request aids anti Congo propaganda, while the British minister insists on disclosure.
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London
Edward Grey
Brussels
Congo Commission of Inquiry
Congo
Grey
Congo Reform Association
M. Cuvelier
American in accident in Baden during Herkomer contest
Perc y P. Pierce of Buffalo the only American in the Herkomer car race collided today near Handheim with a wagon carrying two people. One occupant Carter Walter died and the other was injured. Pierce and accompanying American Mr. Castrey are detained at a local hotel as bail is set pending trial. The car was badly damaged.
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Wertheim
Baden
Percy P. Pierce
Buffalo
Herkomer
Handheim
Carter Walter
Pierce
Castrey
Fail to reopen mine as guards attempt restart
Freeport Pennsylvania June 18 An unsuccessful attempt with armed guards to reopen the Creighton Coal Works mine near Tarentum failed. About eight hundred miners from Cornell Coal Creighton Coal McKean Coal and McFetridge Brothers Co had struck last week over a workers organization. Guards faced resistance as miners refused to start work.
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Tribune
Freeport
Penn
Creighton Coal Works
West Pennsylvania
Tarentum
Cornell Coal Company
Creighton Coal Company
McKean Coal Company
McFetridge Brothers & Co
Narrow escape from quicksand in Brooklyn cellar
Albert Constant of 27 Wyckoff Avenue Brooklyn fell into an old well at 125 Madison Street where ten feet of quicksand lay. Sergeant Bernard Clark and Patrolman Murphy lowered a laborer to reach him. Murphy grasped Constant and pulled him out, delivering him to St. John's Hospital.
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Constant Albert
Wyckoff Avenue
Brooklyn
Madison Street
Shannon
Bernard Clark
61St Precinct
Charles M. Murphy
Murphy
Albert
Sergeant Clark
St. John’s Hospital
Education bill advanced after long Commons debate
London June 19. After a lengthy session the House of Commons voted down many opposition amendments and adopted Campbell-Bannerman’s resolution to expedite the Education bill. Government majority 141. Resolution allows closure by compartments and sets daily-passable clauses, with seventeen days left for remaining stages.
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London
House of Commons
Campbell-Bannerman
Revolt in Kwango District Sparks Congo Unrest
Dispatches from the Congo Independent State report a widespread native revolt in the Kwango district. Several factories were pillaged and burned as reinforcements were dispatched to restore order.
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Antwerp
Congo Independent State
Kwango
Austrian Premier Survives Attempt to Unseat Him
Vienna reports Count Goluchowski, foreign minister, survived a Kossuth faction bid to remove him over alleged anti-Hungarian guidance. After a long debate, Eugen Zichy’s censure failed by a large majority as the Hungarian delegation adopted the foreign estimates. premier Wekerle backed Goluchowski.
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Vienna
Count Goluchowski
Kossuth
Francis Joseph
Goluchowski
Eugen Zichy
Dr. Wekerle
British Minister to Servia Named by King Edward
London reports King Edward approved J. B. Whitehead, former Berlin embassy secretary, as British Minister at Belgrade. Britain had cut diplomatic ties since June 30, 198, after the murder conspiracy involving King Alexander and Queen Draga, with regicides later removed from power.
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London
Edward
J. B. Whitehead
Berlin
Belgrade
Great Britain
Servia
Feter
Alexander
Draga
KING HAAKON AND MAUD VISIT NORWAY TRAIL ENTHRALLED CROWDS
King Haakon and Queen Maud travel from Molde to Christiania with warm welcomes and a formal city address. Norwegian delegates from America arrive to greet the new monarchs, wreaths laid at Wergeland statue, and speeches celebrate Norway's independence.
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Christiania
Haakon
Maud
Molde
Christiansund
Norway
America
Henrik Arnold Wergeland
Hans G. Stub
Hamline
Minn
Aarge
Trondhjem
Hotelkeeper Held for Murder in East Rockaway
Bert Tupper charged with killing Lockwood Pearsall at his East Rockaway hotel is jailed at Mineola without bail awaiting coroner inquest results. Sidney Abrams remains in $2,500 bail as a witness. Inquest scheduled for tomorrow.
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Bert Tupper
Lockwood Pearsall
East Rockaway
Mineola
Long Island
Sidney Abrams
Alterations to Maine Turrets Aimed at Preventing Accidents
Electrical equipment for the Maine’s turrets is being relocated at the navy yard to avoid accidents like those on the Kearsarge off Guantanamo. Switches rheostats and gun controls are moved below the spar deck and other risky connections near magazines are removed to a safe distance.
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Maine
Navy Yard
Kearsarge
Guantanamo
Crown Prince Frederick William Cancels Engagements
Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany, illness and cold, recalls invitations for a dinner and gives up all engagements for the next few days in Berlin reports dated June 18.
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Berlin
Frederick William
Auto Drops to Ravine as Family Escapes Unhurt
A runaway car carrying J. B. Leverin of Racine Wisconsin and his three daughters slid twenty feet down a hillside ravine near Glencoe. The vehicle plunged through a rustic bridge railing, rolled over, and then slid past the occupants. All escaped with only slight bruises and cuts.
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Chicago
J. B. Leverin
Racine
Wis
Glencoe
Harlem court case on champerty loss of papers in Oppenheimer dispute
Assistant District Attorney Appleton says complaint and supporting affidavit in the Oppenheimer champerty case disappeared and an Essex Market police court investigation is ordered. Oppenheimer released on own recognizance. new papers issued while originals are unaccounted for. Frank J. Prial affidavits allege Oppenheimer paid Jennings S. Pisce to buy sewer claims in Brooklyn’s Italian quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Harlem
Benjamin G. Oppenheimer
No. 25
Broadway
Champerty
Brooklyn
Steinert
Oppenheimer
Mn Appleton
Essex Market
Frank J. Prial
Department of Finance
Jennings S. Pisce
Na Street
Humbert Dies of Injuries From Carriage Crash
E C Humbert father of J J C Humbert of Madison and senior member of E C Humbert Son brokers New York died at his son's home Orange New Jersey due to injuries from a June 2 carriage collision with an automobile driven by Frederick Clark of Tarrytown New York Clark is bonded to appear at the next court term.
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Orange
N. J
E. C. Humbert
J. J. C. Humbert
Madison
E. C. Humbert & Son, Brokers
New York
Humbert
Frederick Clark
Tarrytown
N. Y
Clark
National Association of Stationers and Manufacturers Holds Second Session
The National Association of Stationers and Manufacturers gathers its second annual session at the Hotel Astor with about four hundred delegates from local organizations in attendance. Yesterday the executive committee met Ballington Booth to lead the opening prayer for today’s session. Local bodies have arranged hospitality for visiting delegates.
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National Association of Stationers and Manufacturers
Hotel Astor
St. Louis
Ballington
Actor Benjamin Howard Found Dead in Riverside Park
The body of actor Benjamin Howard was found on a park bench in Riverside Park near Sith Street. A bottle of poison lay nearby, and police believe he killed himself. The bottle was taken in charge by Coroner Shrady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Howard
West Sath Street
Riverside Park
Sith Street
Hickey
Shrady
Marriage Arrest After Preceding Elopement Stirs Charge
Giuseppe Mungo of 2 East 106th Street was arrested before his wedding to Clavino Dtrizito and held on $1 bail for carrying concealed weapons. James Geraghty, motorman of a car involved in a fatality on Sixth Avenue, held on $1,000 bail awaiting coroner results. Margaret Foley died after being run down on Third Avenue. Pawnee Bill’s Wild West parade draws Brooklyn crowds despite bad weather.
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Giuseppe Mungo
East
106Th Street
Clavino Dtrizito
James Geraghty
Sixth Avenue
Amelia Dezizie
Margaret Foley
Harlem Hospital
Brooklyn
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