Harvard Wins Varsity Eight Race on Thames
Harvard defeated Yale in the annual Thames River varsity eight race in New London. The Crimson pulled away in the final stretch to finish about two lengths ahead amid strong winds and large crowds. Noyes of Yale collapsed at the finish and was helped from the boat. Weeks of Yale also tired late. Time was 23 minutes 2 seconds for Harvard and 23 minutes 11 seconds for Yale.
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New London
Noyes
Yale
Crimson
Harvard
Filley
Boulton
Elling
Thames
Richard Peck
City of
Red Top
Red
Naval
Yase
Heden
Revolt in a Fortress Osowiec Sparks Russian Disorder
Reports from St Petersburg say serious disorders broke out in the Osowiec fortress garrison near the Polish frontier. Details are scarce due to closed General Staff offices and guarded authorities. Other unrest includes a Mingrelian regiment court matter in Tiflis, mutiny at Samara, and a guard transfer at Vladikavkaz fortress.
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Samara
Batoum
Vladikavkaz
Lost on a Mountain With Trampers on Mount Whiteface
Dr J D Merrill a Chicago physician and Miss J L Warner of Boston climbed Mount Whiteface. They split at a trail fork. Warner frightened and walked to the boat landing. Merrill waited all night near the summit for rescue. Searchers found Merrill early today near the summit, exhausted and nervous, as Warner was reported safe.
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Lake Placid
J. D. Merrill
Chicago
Mount Whiteface
J. L. Warner
Boston
Mount Marcy
Whiteface
Dr. Merrill
Lake Side Inn
Richman's Son Burglar Involved in Noted Case
Pittsburg June 28 Frank Galey son of Samuel Galey and nephew of John H. Galey was arrested for burglarizing the James B. Laughlin house of Jones and Laughlin Steel. He confessed implicating Joseph Boyd, a East End prominent family member. both had been witnesses in the W De Forest Lappe murder case.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Frank Galey
Samuel Galey
John H. Galey
James M. Guffey
James B. Laughlin
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Galey
Joseph Boyd
East End
Boyd
Lawrenceville Preparatory School
Princeton
W. de Forest Lappe
Lappe
Rufus Ullman
Pittsboro
Tenderloin
Ullman
Union
Frick
Fire forces emergency stop on Third Avenue car near 50th
A northbound Third Avenue surface car at 45th Street suffered a blown fuse that ignited a fire, burning three rear seats and the floor. The crowded vehicle sped on to 50th Street where a second fuse failed and halted. As passengers evacuated, flames spread from the floor to the ceiling.
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Third Avenue
45Th Street
Fort George
50Th Street
Auto Hits Horse Near Belle Haven Injuring Two Women
A July collision on Shore Road in Greenwich, Connecticut, between an automobile and a horse injured Mrs. J. B. Vanharlen and her aunt, Mrs. Annie E. Webb. Webb suffered a broken ankle and was described as seriously hurt. The two women, racing to pass a carriage with Dreier family members and staff, were thrown to the road as the horse shied. They were later taken to the Vanherien home in a passing fruit wagon.
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Tribune
Greenwich, Conn
Belle Haven
J. B. Vanharlen
Annie E. Webb
Remsen Street
Brooklyn
Perkins Letter Proposes Arbitration to Settle Iowa Gubernatorial Contests
Sioux City dispatch reports George D. Perkins of Iowa offers to submit the chaotic gubernatorial dispute to arbitration. He asks Governor Cummins to request the Republican National Committee appoint a three member commission to hear contests, draft a temporary roll, and set parliamentary rules for the state convention. The move aims to unify the party and avert hasty action amid contested delegates and factional strain.
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Sioux City
Iowa
White House
Shaw
Wilson
Dolliver
Lacey
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Cummins
George D. Perkins
Perkins
Allison
Dubuque County
Dallas
Buchanan County
Marton
National Republican Committee
aEegarsnely
Republican Party
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Students Paddle to Canada From New York to Lake Champlain
Two Princeton College students Morton Lexow and Harold Simpson began a canoe journey from Nyack New York traveling along the Wallkill River to the Hudson then northward toward Lake Champlain. The trip will take about two months and follows family connections of Lexow and Simpson.
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Nyack
N. Y
Princeton College
Canada
Morton Lexow
Clarence Lexow
Harold Simpson
Simpson
Newton
N. J
Wallkill River
Hudson
Lake Champlain
Atlantic City Return Special Train From New York
A Sunday round trip to Atlantic City is offered for 250 dollars. The Pennsylvania Railroad runs a special train from New York at 6 45 a m with stops at Newark and Elizabeth. Return from Atlantic City departs at 9 p m.
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Newark
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Tom Masson Targeted by Anonymous Letters in Social Turmoil
Montclair New Jersey June 28 special Tom Masson of Life fame faces a wave of anonymous letters amid Glen Ridge social circles alleging blackmail and threats of prosecution. Masson suspects a disgruntled former Life contributor as the author, noting about forty five letters with disguised handwriting and hostile statements about him as a hog.
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N. J
Tom Masson
Glen Ridge
Ridgewood Avenue
New York
Glen Ridge Club
Masson
Tom
Mr. Masson
Glen
Thomas L. Masson
Glenridge
Drain of Inland Sea by Southern Pacific Under Way
Professor L C Hill says the Southern Pacific Railroad will begin draining the forming inland sea in the Yuma basin Arizona. The Colorado River cut through its banks diverting water into the basin washing out 200 miles of tracks and covering 330 square miles. Brush mattresses will seal the gap with rock weighted piles, then water flow will be redirected to the river channel.
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Denver
L. C. Hill
Government Reclamation Service
Arizona
Southern Pacific Railroad
Yuma
Colorado
Yuma Basin
Southern Pacific
Cats Guard Fruit Against Birds in New Jersey
Red Bank New Jersey June 28 Special Mrs Basse of Middletown trains two cats to guard her cherry trees from catbirds and robins. Each morning she waves a broom to call them up the tree and signals them with the broom to stay. The cats keep birds at bay and the tree remains untroubled.
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Red Bank
N. J
Yale Baseball Man Weds Secretly
Clarence A. Barnes a Yale baseball player married Helen N. Long of Norwich Conn in a secret ceremony at Norwich after meeting during a game with Norwich High School girls. Barnes fled Yale life after his parents refused consent fearing disturbance, and wed in April.
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Mansfield
Mass
Norwich
Conn
Clarence A. Barnes
Yale
Helen N. Long
Barnes
Benedict
Wind Blows Train Over at Weir Station
High winds near Cheyenne Wyoming toppled a train of eleven laborer cars at Weir injuring twenty people seven seriously. Telegraph poles fell and caused additional damage along the line.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Weir
Engineer Dead In Cab On Colonial Express
Philadelphia June 28 The Colonial Express sped past stations between Tren ton and Philadelphia with seven chair cars and a day coach aboard. Engineer George Maxwell lay dead in his cab from heart disease shortly after leaving the New Jersey capital. Fireman James Hackett found Maxwell unresponsive when he checked the throttle at Frankford Junction.
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Colonial Express
North Philadelphia
George Maxwell
Trenton
New Jersey
Colonial
Frankford Junction
James Hackett
Maxwell
Hackett
Bridal couple killed as train hits carriage in Gwynedd
Four people die at Gwynedd station when an excursion train from Menlo Park strikes a carriage carrying a newly married couple and their guests. The victims include Thomas Jaquett and Mrs Jaquett of North Wales and two guests. The couple had wed only last night and were honeymooning nearby. The train, moving about forty miles an hour, found no gates at the crossing and struck the carriage as they attempted to cross.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia & Reading
Gwynedd
Thomas Jaquett
Jaquett
North Wales
Fenn
Joseph Hunter
Menlo Park
P R R Tunnels in New York Under East River
Samuel Rea vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad denied rumors of insurmountable obstacles in boring four tubes under the East River. He said completion by fall 1908 was unlikely but trains under the North River and into Long Island would proceed as planned, with tests of freezing and other methods, and possible two additional tunnels depending on traffic outlook.
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North River
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New York
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North Rivers
War Department
Girl Abductor Sentenced To Four Years In Penitentiary
Louis Rodgers, a former Carnegie Technical Schools electrician, abducted fourteen year old Edna Bughee from Pittsburg and took her to New York. He pleaded for mercy citing service in the 69th New York Infantry during the Spanish American War. He was sentenced today to four years in the penitentiary.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Louis Rodgers
Carnegie Technical Schools
Edna Bughee
New York
Gie
Spain
69Th New York Infantry
Fear drives czar out of Peterhof palace
The Times of London reports St Petersburg correspondent that the court plans to move from Peterhof to Tsarskoe-Selo due to distrust of palace servants after the discovery that revolutionaries are among the Peterhof staff.
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Peterhof
London
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St. Petersburg
Tsarskoe-Selo
Alarm In Warsaw After Telegraph Cutoff At Night
June 28 10 30 pm telegraphic communication with St Petersburg and Moscow interrupted since morning causing great alarm among people in Warsaw with officials monitoring the disruption.
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Warsaw
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Cabinet Rumors Move Toward Responsible Ministry In Russia
The Constitutional Democrats are summoned as negotiations for a Mouromtseff led ministry unfold. Reports say Nicholas II faces growing revolutionary influence in the army with Preobrajensky Regiment splitting and court martial orders. Authorities grant new trials, declare security in several districts, and conservatives shift toward endorsing most agrarian reforms.
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Constitutional Democrats
M. Mouromtseff
Nicholas
Goremykin
Preobrajensky Regiment
Krasnoye-Selo
Peterhof
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