Mutiny and general strike rumors rock Russia
Across St. Petersburg and Helsingfors reports claim imperial family flee Peterhof, mutinies aboard Pamyat Atzof and Sveaborg, with officers killed, mutineers surrendering, and a planned general strike. Claims of Cronstadt mutiny and police clashes circulate amid uncertain telegraph updates and cossack detachment actions.
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St. Petersburg
Peterhof
Tsarskoe-Selo
London
Reuter
Pamyat Atzof
Esthenian
Finnish Gulf
Pumyat Atzof
Last Testimony in Hartje Case Ends
Pittsburg Pa August 2 The taking of testimony in the Hartje divorce case closed today with arguments set for Monday A newspaper man Fred Long testified that Hartje counsel Marron spoke of letters in February years before claims of their existence surfaced plus prior trunk breaking incidents Mutinous artillerymen hold Sveaborg forts amid shelling as government forces struggle to silence mutineers. Finns urged by Red Guard to strike while a general halt appears unlikely rail line disrupted to stop reinforcements
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Hartje
Fred Long
Long
Marron
Fisher
Cov
Madine
Red Guard
Johan Koch
Demand to show railroad records pushed by Minnesota commission
St Paul Aug 2 state railroad and warehouse commission orders railroads that testified in the merchandise rate hearing to bring all records their statistics were based on to the commission office. The move broadens to include records from all Minnesota railroads. Meanwhile unrest abroad prompts reports of strikes and mutinies with Cronstadt chaos and naval actions. General Kraksky was shot in Warsaw. Mutineers fail at Fort Constantine and suffer heavy losses.
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Baltic
Helsingfors
Sveaborg
St. Petersburg
Cronstadt
Ravionoff
Dobrovitsky
Shumoff
Stoianovsky
Beaklewisher
Sandhamm Island
St. Paul, Minn
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Minnesota
Associated Press
Orienbaum
Gulf of Finland
Warsaw
Mark Krafsky
Constantine
Bouklwisneff
Forest fires controlled in Michigan towns after destruction
Sault Ste. Marie Mich Aug 2 Fires around outlying towns are under control Wellsburg is about half destroyed and Eckerman’s business district burned for about two blocks with many residences. Fires are still burning but no longer dangerous.
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Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Wellsburg
Eckerman
Blacklock Sold Taken Off Track By Chicago Buyer
Decatur August 2 W M Stubblefield of Oran Mo sold the stallion Blacklock 2 07 14 to C K G Billings of Chicago for 10000 The horse will race no more till next season and then go for the worlds racing record He is said to have made a mile in 2 01 in a tryout work at Davenport this season
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Decatur
W. M. Stubblefield
Oran
Blacklock
C. K. G. Billings
Chicago
Davenport
Lithographers Out On A Strike
Strikes were started in New York Chicago Cincinnati and other cities to press demands for reduced working hours as labor action spreads.
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Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Accused of Blacklisting Louisville Dispatch Chief Held
United States Commissioner Cassin held J. M. Scott chief train dispatcher of the Louisville and Nashville railroad in 32300 bonds to answer at the October term of the district court for alleged Erdman arbitration law violations. Telegraphers testified Scott breached the act shielding union activity sighted by employers. Root Sees Impressive Parade in Rio De Janeiro with 2,000 garrison and 5,000 police and troops in the International American congress festivities. Wilson to Surprise Packers: Secretary Wilson left Washington to inspect eastern slaughtering and packing houses, cities to be announced by the Agriculture Department.
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Root
Rio de Janeiro
Central Avenue
International American Congress
Wilson
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Corruption Charged Against New York Officials in Porto Rico Case
Hobart S. Bird, former San Juan newspaper editor now practicing in New York, sues eight top Porto Rico officials in Brooklyn Supreme Court for 100000 dollars. Defendants include former governor William H. Hunt and current governor Beekman Winthrop, with charges of corruption and efforts to suppress Bird's paper the San Juan News.
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Hobart S. Bird
San Juan
P. R
Supreme Court
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Bird
William H. Hunt
Montana
Willis Sweet
James Harlan
Justice Harlan
Regis H. Post
Colonial Office
John D. H. Luce
Boston
Spanish Bank of
James H. McLeary
Supreme Court of
Porto Rico
Jesus M. Ros
District of San Juan
Beekman Winthrop
Island
Luce
Treasury of
Cummins Rules Convention Boomed for President
Des Moines Iowa August 2 Albert B Cummins was renominated for governor by a wide margin and his control of the convention earned him influence over candidates and party machinery. The Iowa rally sparked talk of a national presidential boom for Cummins while Secretary Shaw faced hisses from his own district amid party tension.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Albert B. Cummins
Garst
Cummins
Thaw Defense Shifts Lawyers and Strategy
Mrs. William A Thaw dismisses Black Olcott Gimber Bonynge and will follow Clifford Hart ridge guidance for Harry K Thaw s defense. He plans a clear cut trial arguing justified killing of Stanford White with possible temporary insanity, while Thaw s wife Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and mother disagree on strategy. The family rift widens as new plan edges toward jury verdict.
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New York
William I Thaw
Black, Olcott, Gimber & Bonynge
Harry K. Thaw
Olcott
Stanford White
White
Thaw
Mayor Johnson's Interest Not of a Financial Sort
Cleveland dispatch notes controversy over street railway lines. It clarifies Mayor Tom N. Johnson had no financial stake in Forest City company, only support for municipal ownership to secure lower fares. The Associated Press disavows any motive beyond public interest.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Associated Press
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Fulton Street
Tom N. Johnson
Forest City Railway
Johnson
Municipal Traction Company
Forest City Company
Bailey Files Itemized Campaign Expenses in Gainesville
Senator Joseph W. Bailey filed an itemized list of campaign expenses in Gainesville under the new Terrill election law. The total amounts to 41.80 dollars. In Calumet Michigan wage increases of two dollars monthly were announced for Copper Range Consolidated workers. Mt Vernon Ohio saw Howard wiped out by a large incendiary fire with food relief needed. Standard Oil lowered crude oil prices again by three cents on higher grades and two cents on lower grades.
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Fort Worth
Ind
Joseph W. Bailey
Gainesville
Calumet, Mich
Copper Range Consolidated Company
Ohio
Mt. Vernon
Howard
Pittsburg
Standard Oil Company
Democrats name three candidates for Michigan governor
Detroit delegates to the Democratic state convention discussed three possible gubernatorial candidates: Charles H. Kimmerle, Stanley E. Parkhill, and James Helme. Resolutions were expected to endorse Bryan for president, with adjournment after Henry's address and district caucus reports. Bryan also won unanimous presidential endorsement at North Dakota convention.
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Detroit
Mich
Winship
Charles H. Kimmerle
Cassopolis
Stanley E. Parkhill
Owosso
James Helme
Adrian
Bryan
Henry
Hearst Named as Nominee Command in Buffalo Vote
New York Aug 2 The Democratic state committee halted the Buffalo convention and pledged to nominate William R Hearst for governor despite Independence League meetings The Buffalo delegation will be instructed for Hearst and supporters insist nothing can prevent his nomination amid assurances from Norman E Mack and William J Connors.
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Democratic State Committee
Buffalo
State
William J. Conners
Independence League
William R. Hearst
Hearst
Connors
Norman E. Mack
Democratic Committee
Extria
Body found in school yard near Cambridge
The unknown man, about 60, five feet eight, was found dead in the Pleasant Hill school house yard in Munson township near Cambridge. Decomposition hid identity. authorities believe he died a week earlier. The discovery followed a strong odor from the corpse near a main county thoroughfare.
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Cambridge Cambridge
Pleasant Hill
Munson Township
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