Stolypin Forces Resignation Of Reactionary Controller
In St Petersburg on June 26 the Emperor accepted the resignation of M. von Schwanebach, Controller of the Empire and leader of the reactionary cabinet wing seeking dissolution of the Douma. Stolypin’s protracted struggle ends as Schwanebach’s influence wanes after the Douma’s dissolution. his departure signals possible resignations of other reactionaries.
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Chries von Schwanebach
Empire
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Douma
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Count Witte
M. Yermoloff
Witte
Goremykin
M. Goremykin
GREAT TIFLIS ROBBERY AND BOMB ATTACK IN ERIVAN SQUARE
A wagon with 170000 dollars escorted by Cossacks was attacked in Erivan Square Tiflis causing multiple deaths among Imperial Bank employees. Bombs exploded injuring over fifty as a revolutionaries cache was sought. Police offered no arrests by nightfall. Tiflis is the Transcaucasian capital on the Kur River with Armenian presence and modern city features.
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Imperial Bank
Transcaucasia
Caucasus
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Baku
Cathedral of
Zion
The
Catholicus of Georgia
Desertions from the Monmouth Near Victoria
About forty sailors fled the British cruiser Monmouth while it lay in Victoria British Columbia. Sixteen swam ashore and escaped, while six slipped from a guard of honor escorting Prince Fushimi. Some hid under the naval wharf. Several were recaptured and returned to the ship in irons as it sailed this morning.
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Monmouth
Guard of Honor
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Launch of the Inflexible at Clydebank shipyard
The armored cruiser Inflexible, sister to the Indomitable and Invincible, was launched at Clydebank. She accelerates to 25 knots, displaces 17,250 tons, and measures 580 feet in length. The ship costs $8,500. Her main battery comprises eight 12 inch guns and a six inch armor belt.
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Glasgow
Clydebank
Russian torpedo boat Obedimitny hits mine
In St. Petersburg on June 26 during maneuvers the torpedo boat Obedimitny struck a mine. The mine exploded but caused only slight damage because of its deterioration.
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St. Petersburg
Obedimitny
After Gang of Kidnappers in Buffalo Arouses Action
Buffalo detectives were sent to Grand Island to pursue a rumored gang of kidnappers who lure children from picnic parties and hold them for ransom. The crime targets parties under women supervision, with Mrs. William C. Rote paying 15 dollars. Tramps and possible constable complicity are suspected after her complaint was dismissed.
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Tribune
Buffalo
Grand Island
William C. Rote
Rees Street
Judge Gray's Son Injured Playing Ball in Wilmington
Andrew C. Gray, son of Judge George Gray, sustained a badly fractured left-hand finger while fielding a hard drive as shortstop for the Wilmington Country Club ball team. The injury occurred today in Wilmington.
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Tribune
Wilmington
Del
Andrew C. Gray
George Gray
Wilmington Country Club
Coward Shoe Offers Wide Range for All Footwear Needs
Footwear retailer Coward Shoe advertises shoes for seashore or mountains in russet glazed kid calf patent leather and canvas finishes. Styles and sizes available for men women and children to suit every occasion.
Sold Nowhere Else
James S. Coward of 268 274 Greenwich Street is mentioned in a terse line with an address and a cryptic phrase about sar Warren treat and Mati orders fitted for a Scud tor Catalegen, suggesting a classified or ad item with unclear context. The fragmentary text hints at a wartime or technical reference but lacks coherent details.
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James S. Coward
Greenwich St
Lessen War Evils Motions At The Hague
The Hague June 26 report on the June 24 American proposal by General Horace Porter forbids bombardment of unfortified towns and villages except to protect military needs with notice. It also outlines hospital ships rules and Red Cross usage, naval armament limits, and arbitration plans with The Hague court.
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Sefior Barra
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Great Britain
Germany
Japan
Slump in Pig Iron Markets Drops Prices in Bearish Session
Pittsburg June 26 Twenty five thousand tons of pig iron dumped into a bear market lowering prices from 25 50 to 23 50 per ton with expectations of further declines. Milliken Brothers failure canceled orders for fifteen thousand tons of Bessemer and twenty thousand tons basic iron while Jones Laughlin purchased five thousand tons at 23 50 per ton. Milliken had been buying near 25 a ton, pushing finished product prices not to justify raw iron at 25.
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Pittsburg
Milliken Brothers
New York
Bessemer
Jones & Laughlin
Milliken
Brothers in Duel Ends With Italian Shootout on Road
Five Italians were wounded in a dawn duel on Ruch Road as the Lenze brothers encountered Frank and Raffelo in hiding. Carlo Lenze suffered a lung wound and Raffelo Spiro a abdomen injury. both rushed to North Hudson Hospital with slim chances of recovery. Toney Lohmer was struck in the elbow while attempting to intervene.
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Fire at Minnie Healy Copper Mine Drives Out 300 Miners
A fire broke out in the Minnie Healy Copper Mine owned by the Butte Coalition Company between the six hundred and eight hundred levels. More than three hundred miners fought the blaze with fumes overwhelming some workers. The Leonard Mine nearby cut one shift of two hundred men. Bulkheads are being built to stem the flames, mirroring measures used at the St. Lawrence mine which has burned for thirteen years.
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Butte
Mont
Minnie Healy
Butte Coalition Company
Leonard
Amalgamated Copper Company
St. Lawrence
Heat and Death Toll Rise as Lightning Hits City
A brutal heat wave up to 88 degrees and a thunderstorm produced four deaths and many prostrations. Lightning struck churches in Westchester and Brooklyn, a Union street tree, and several other sites across New Jersey and New York, with hospitals and authorities rushing aid and responders.
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Hammond Avenues
Westchester
St. Monica's Roman Catholic
East 7Th Street
East &Suh Street
Holmes on Stand Defends Against Cotton Data Conspiracy Charge
E. S. Holmes Jr former associate statistician at the Agricultural Department testified in his defense about a charge of defrauding the government by prematurely sharing cotton crop reports. He denied having prior information or signaling the report, contradicted Van Riper, and the judge overruled the defense motion. Worthington outlined the defense urging the signals were a tissue of misstatements.
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Washington
E. S. Holmes, Jr
Agricultural Department
Holmes
Stafford
Worthington
van Riper
Mrs Rice backs strict muzzling of dogs in city
Mrs Isaac L Rice, president of the Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noise, urged strict enforcement of a dog muzzling ordinance. She cited dog bites, noise from river steamers, and claims from the Manhattan State Insane Asylum about noise harming patients, and she aims her efforts at hospital districts.
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Isaac L. Rice
Society For the Suppression
the Tribune
East Liver
Manhattan State Insane Asylum
Pittsburg Anti Spitting Crusade in Action
Health authorities and the Police Department led a city wide enforcement of the anti spitting ordinance in Pittsburg on June 26. Dozens of men and a few women were arrested in the business district for spitting on sidewalks. J W Pontefract of Carnegie Steel Company was fined $1 after arraignment before Magistrate Brady. Large downtown signs warn spitters to obey the law.
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Pittsburg
J. W. Pontefract
Carnegie Steel Company
Brady
Navy and Army Bureau Changes and Vessel Moves
Admiral Brownson acts as secretary announces shifts in the bureau of navigation. Captain Badger to leave July 12 for Annapolis duties. Commander Winslow to succeed as assistant chief and to key posts. Commander Nicholson to command Nebraska and be promoted. Army officers face reprimand for ignoring critical communications. Captain Wright receives reprimand. Various Army and Navy assignments and vessel movements reported, including Winslow’s career notes and ships arriving or sailing to Aden, Tompkinsville, and Norfolk.
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Brownson
NAVY
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Naval Academy
James H. Sands
Cameron McR
Winslow
Charleston
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Badger
New York
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Henry ©. Havemeyer
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Spain
Reginald F. Nicholson
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Nicholson
Oregon
Richard T. Mulligan
Yorktown
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Mulligan
War Department
Army
Edmund 8. Wright
1St Cavalry
Military
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Wright
Scout cruiser launched at Bath Iron Works
The scout cruiser Chester, named after the Pennsylvania city, was launched successfully from Bath Iron Works in Bath Maine. Miss Dorothy Wallace Sproul, daughter of State Senator William C Sproul of Chester, christened the vessel as one of the navy’s latest fast warships.
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Chester
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United States Navy
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William C. Sproul
Teachers Attend Albany Hearing and Signatures Report
At yesterday’s Board of Education meeting Superintendent Maxwell listed teachers who attended the Albany legislative hearing on the equal pay bill and reported replies on whether pupils were pressed to sign petitions. District officials presented two large bundles to be unopened by a committee set to investigate their contents. The board also probes the disappearance of $7,000 from the Interborough Association funds during the equal pay battle.
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Coal Roads Summoned In Antitrust Move In Scranton
In Scranton on June 26 three large regional coal carriers the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Erie and Lehigh Wilkes Barre Coal were served with federal summonses under the Interstate Commerce and Sherman Act. Officials named include E M Rine W A May and E W Marple. The action alleges a trade restraining combine with the Philadelphia and Reading company and demands appearance in Philadelphia by August 1. Charles J Bonaparte Attorney General leads the case.
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Erie Company
E. W. Marple
Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Company
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Philadelphia
Charles J. Bonaparte
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Star neglige shirts and boys suits sale at Broadway Stores
Three Broadway Stores on Warren and 13th and 32nd streets list Star neglige shirts in all colors. Men’s double breasted, Norfolk, tunic and sack suits reduced from 15.50 to 12.50 with other items cut and sailors and Russian mixed suits priced at 5.50 6.50 and 7.50. Located opposite City Hall Union Square and Greeley Square.
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Tabasco in Ulster exposes graft and local graftown feud
Kingston writer Stephen H Abbey attacks Ulster County officials and lawyers in a continueing campaign against graft. The Ulster Squaredealer publishes scathing editorials with verses and a pledge to a square deal for all, targeting New York water politics and local power.
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Spook Talks To Spirit Rappers In New Orleans Seance
Six spirit rappers claim contact with Walter Lamana, the kidnapped boy murdered by the Black Hand. At No 823 Baronne street they say the Lamana spirit warned to send money to Tony Gendusa and not tell his mother, and that nine men and one woman were present at the murder.
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Baltimore brokers to quit
James Madison Thompson, head of James M. Thompson & Co., announces voluntary liquidation and asks customers to settle by July 1. The firm is solvent but Thompson withdraws from active business, while retaining Baltimore Stock Exchange membership.
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Baltimore
James Madison Thompson
James M. Thompson & Co
Thompson
Baltimore Stock Exchange
Storm Lets Oil Run Wild In Osage Glenn Fields
A massive storm and cloudburst hit Northern Indian Territory delivering heavy flooding and widespread damage. In Sapulpa three people were killed as waters flooded streets, plate glass shattered, and a hotel roof was torn off. Over 150 oil derricks toppled in the Glenn pool, with Osage Nation derricks swept away and Turley reporting 54 derricks down. Many wells flooded and homes overturned in Maize as the oil region suffered extensive destruction.
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