Revoly Sweeps Russia and Odessa Riots Spread
The dispatch reports widespread labor unrest across Russia with a major strike in Odessa leading to clashes between strikers and troops. It notes several fatalities, protests in Lodz and Warsaw, and mobilizations expanding to cities previously untouched, including wider conscription changes in Kiev.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Odessa
Poland
Lodz
Warsaw
Krochmalnast
Boamanshvede
Kieff
Many Estates Sacked Amid Russian Agrarian Turmoil
Dispatches report troops sent to three districts as peasants sack estates and burn buildings in Kharkov area. In Kherson Governor Lewaschew arrives with Cossacks amid agrarian threats. Landlords flee estates as turmoil spreads. In PoDlla and Kovno districts peasants seize lands, threatening harvest.
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Kharkof
Elizebetherad
Kherson
M. Lewaschew
Warsaw
Podlla Hare
Kovno
Socialists Shot Down in Zeulerz Forest Ambush
In a June 27 incident near Leds, a secret meeting of about two hundred Socialists was surprised by Cossacks in Zeulerz forest. Eighteen wounded and 180 arrested. Wounded sent to Lodz hospital. arrestees to Lenszyca prison. Authorities search for socialist leaders as trains and ads blend into the report.
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Warsaw
Zeulerz
Leds
Lodz
Lenszyca
Two Killed in Subway Deaths in Jersey City and Bronx
Theodore Page of Jersey City was killed in the 18th street subway after allegedly stepping onto the tracks and throwing himself before a southbound express. A second incident near the Harlem River involved a toppled cable spool, killing Frederick Draper while John W. Deolan escaped injury. Page was 37, unmarried, and a relation of local real estate owner Horace T. Farrier. Police investigate whether Page’s death was self-inflicted, possibly the first subway self death since construction.
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Theodore Page
Mercer-st
Jersey City
18Th-St
Page
Interborough
Charles T. Page
York St
Harlem River
Bronx
Frederick Draper
West 21St St
John W. Deolan
Draper
Deolan
Horace T. Farrier
Kuropatkin Rumor of Death Circles St Petersburg
Rumor spread that General Kuropatkin was killed connected to claims 70 000 Russians cut off by General Nogi and Kuropatkin captured. General staff say no confirmatory reports and no dispatches of importance. Linovitch dispatch notes Japanese advance continuing with Russian vanposts under pressure withdrawing.
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St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Nogi
Linovitch
No Suit for Negro Bathhouse Refusal Sparks Tide
Atlantic City June 27 A downtown bathhouse owner refused to sue a wealthy New York Negro prompting strong protests among local Negroes. They threaten to claim the entire beach for bathing if salting salts are denied to Black bathers. Previously a Black bathhouse keeper supplied salts in Texas, but with that business closed the community must supply salts themselves and walk to the beach from home.
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Atlantic City
N. J
New York
Texas
Test for Stretched Cadet At Annapolis Height Question
Annapolis June 27 Luther Welch of Kansas City Me candidate for the Naval Academy has excited interest by length easing himself on a stretching machine to reach the regulation admission height. He has passed his mental and now awaits his physical examination which includes the debated height question.
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Annapolis
Luther Welch
Kansas City
Naval Academy
May Dismiss Wallace The President Annoyed
Washington June 27 Chief Engineer Wallace of the Panama Canal Commission resigns to take a $60 000 post from a New York corporation arousing grave disapproval in Washington. Taft regards his move as disloyal to the government and administration while defense asserts the commission acted with speed and efficiency under Wallace and denies dilatory methods or coercion by subordinates.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Wallace
Panama Canal Commission
New York Corporation
Taft
Corporation
New York
Canal Commission
Colon
Magoon
Colov
Shonts
Aft
United States
Bridal party wrecked after streetcar collision at Lenox and 122d
A wedding party leaving Holy Trinity Church was struck by a streetcar. Bride Miss Jennie Miller and groom Dr Dundas Campbell were injured, along with the bride’s mother and sister-in-law. The couple’s parents and the bride’s brother were unharmed. Honeymoon plans and reception were canceled.
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Lenoxaye
Holy Trinity Church
Harry P. Nicholl
Dundas Campbell
Lenox Ave
Jennie Miller
Edinburgh Court
West 140Th
M.D. Miller
A. 5
James Miller
W. J. Hall
West 124Th St
Levy & Co
John Anderson
Sthave
Harlem Casino
Boston
CAPT GRAHAM KILLED IN DESPONDENT FALL
Captain Robert D Graham a sixty five year old lawyer and Civil War veteran leaped from a sixth floor window in Washington and died shortly after. coroner cites death by own action. He was North Carolina born son of former Governor William A Graham and former Secretary of the Navy, later Civil Service Commission secretary. Burial planned in North Carolina.
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Washington
Robert D. Graham
Graham
North Carolina
William A. Graham
Navy
Pierce
Civil Service Commission
Cleveland
Toledo Man Demonstrates The Toledo No 1 Airship Circle
Roy E. Knabenshue guided the larger lighter Toledo No 1 airship in a successful first run at the fair grounds. He rose from mooring, circled to near cloud level, then repeated the circle before returning to the start, reporting perfect mechanism and no trouble during the trial.
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Ny Telegraph
the Tribune
Toledo
Roy E. Knabenshue
St. Louis
Mr. Knabenshue
Mr. Knubenshue
Ada Rehan Sidelined By Appendicitis In London
Actress Ada Rehan underwent an appendicitis operation at a London hospital and may cancel September engagements. She planned to visit her cottage in northern Ireland and had recently met George Bernard Shaw to discuss a fall play. Rumor of an explosion at the St Denis hotel proved unfounded as electric lights failed briefly. Guests denied knowledge of any blast. Ads note Ushier’s Bootee claim as the Highball’s best.
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la Helen
London
Ireland
George Bernard Shaw
ST. Denis
Bt Denis
Beller Oor
Roosevelt Attends Harvard Commencement With Taft at Yale
President Theodore Roosevelt and Secretary of War William Howard Taft join Harvard and Yale commencement festivities. Yale graduates and alumni cheer as Taft revisits old scenes before heading to Boston. Amherst Dartmouth Trinity and Radcliffe also hold exercises.
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United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Harvard
Yale
William Howard Taft
Goodby
Boston
Amherst
Dartmouth
Trinity
Radcliffe
Yale Alumni Parade Shapes Yale Harvard Day at Commencement
New Haven June 27 Yale alumni turnout centers on Yale Field for the Yale Harvard baseball game after a lively morning of reunions. Alumni from classes as far back as 1869 wear Highland costumes and kimono style outfits, while others improvise outfits and parades, with bands and drum corps adding color. President Hadley presides at the alumni meeting, as crowds celebrate Yale’s milestone commencement amid lively campus revelry.
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New Haven
Yale
Yale Field
Harvard
Jeane
Chapel St
Braves
Hla
New~ Haven
Bates
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