War to the Knife Declared by Russian Premier
The Czar answers Parliament with a harsh warning to crush enemies of society. Stolypin issues orders to governors and officials to act with vigilance and suppress revolutionary movements. The regime pledges firm measures without wholesale repression, aiming to restore order and reform legal procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Brotrpin
Russia
Caucasus
Ettke
War Office
Muller Zakomelsky
Sebastipn
Mennenkampf
Siberian
Biolypin
Secret Cabinets and Muted Dissent Turmoil Shakes Russia
Constitutional Democrats face closed secret meetings as Stolypin allies resist broader cabinet, with only Prince Nikolai Stoff likely to join a nonportfolio post. Night caucuses and protests spread through St. Petersburg’s social and political circles while agrarian unrest erupts near the capital. Peasants loot the estate of General Baron Fredericks and authorities hesitate to deploy troops. Rebel circles plague Trepoff Orloff and Ortoff while dynamite wounds eight at Singer sewing stores in Russian Poland after US firm decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constitutional Democratic Cinha
Mme Shinof
Guchkoff
Nikolai Stoff
Sarazay
Stolypin
Constitutional Democratic Club
Constitutional Democrats
Paul Dolgourokoff
Viborg
Mor Gay
Moscow Constitutional Democrats
St. Petersburg
Baron Fredericks
Frederick
Gatching
Deith
Czar
General Trepoff
M. Pobiedonosteef
Gén Ortoff
Wreck of Great Northern Mail Train Near Camden Caused Multiple Deaths
Spokane July 25 reports say a Great Northern mail train plunged seventy feet into Diamond Lake one and a quarter miles east of Camden killing engineers N Edward Munson and Ifrank Bell and several others. Seven seriously injured and many more with cuts or bruises. The wreck, blamed on spreading rails, left N. Edward Munson, Ifrank Bell, Charles Danner, George R. Strickland, George Howard Curtice, and others dead or missing. Nearby Nelson in B C saw a separate fatal crash when a Great Northern train fell into a 200 foot chasm killing Judge Lownsend D M McKinnon purser W St Smith and an unidentified miner.
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Spokane
Wash
Great Northern
Camden
Diamond Lake
N. Edward Munson
Ifrank Bell
Ireman
Hillyard
Charles Danner
George R. Strickland
George Howard Curtice
St Paul
Great Northern Railway
Nelson
Judge
Lownsend
Rossland
D. M. McKinnon
Kasia
Philippine labor plan to Hawaii eyed by commission
The Philippine commission adopted a resolution backing the Hawaiian Planters Association scheme to transport Filipino laborers and families to work in Hawaii sugar plantations. Judd, representing planters, pushed for over 200 laborers. The commission authorized contracts with conditions for fair treatment and return travel. Laborers are urged to accept the association’s offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Philippine Commission
Judd
Philippines
Hawaii
Planters’ Association
Stromboli Ashes Ashore as Sicily Feels Volcanic Activity
July 25 reports Stromboli volcano erupting, ashes reaching Sicily and lava surging from the crater. Meanwhile in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Representative Walter I. Smith wins Republican nomination for re election in the Ninth Iowa district at a convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falermo
Sicily
Stromboli
Angola
Ninth Iowa Republicans
Council Bluffs, In
Walter I. Smith
Iowa
Obstructing Tree Limb Cut Long Distance Wire
A dry weather incident near Albany Indiana caused nine days of line trouble on the Albany to Indianapolis route as a limb grew around the wire. Workers cut away trees and vines at Rockford and Jonesboro spending nearly $100 to locate the obstruction after the twig swelled during rain and loosened in sun. Frand in a Divorces Case. Bloomington, US, July 25. George H. Bryan of Logen county faces arrest as his wife seeks prosecution for divorce asserting the citizen status dispute and prior remarriage allegations. The decree was later annulled after new facts surfaced.
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Albany
Ind
Indianapolis
Jonesboro
Rockford
Frand
Bloomington
George H. Bryan
Logen County
Ead
Lawson E. Cracker
St. Louis
Illinois
Salinas
Cal
Bonth Dakota
Ag To
Harris
Bryan and Bryan Advance Arbitration Plan at Inter Parliamentary Union
At the Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting in London on July 25, Wallan J. Bryan won support for a clause widening arbitration to include national honor questions. The measure, backed by Von Plener, aims to prevent war except in extreme provocation, by inviting inquiry or mediation before hostile acts. The session also discussed disarmament, with a resolution to push it onto The Hague conference program. Bryan and delegation members were noted, including D. L. D. Granger and Bartholdt, while Russian delegates departed for St. Petersburg. Bryan’s social schedule included lunches and dinners with notable figures, and a continental trip planned for July 29.
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London
Wallan J. Bryan
Inter-Parliamentary Conference
von Plener
Austria
Bryan
Baron d'Jéstournelles de Constant
Germany
United States
The
Hague
D. L. D. Granger
Rhode Island
Bartholdt
Missouri
T. E. Burton
Ohlo
M. Alladin
Toil
M. Hochtehet
Constitutional Democrata
MM. Ostrogorsky
Vasileff
Kovalev
Moberly Bell
London Times
Lord
Weardale
James Bryce
Ireland
Whitelaw Reid
Ms. Reid
Thoras P. O'Connor
United Irish League
Continent
Ouly
Smallpox Report From Colon Sees No Epidemic
Washington reports Chief sanitary officer W C Gorgas states smallpox in Colon has about thirty five quarantined cases with no deaths and no epidemic risk. The first case appeared June nine from a child who arrived from Cartagena Colombia and had a mild eruption.
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Washington
W. C. Gorgas
Panama
Colon
Carthagena
Colombia
Gorges
Chicago decree not recognized by Michigan courts
Saginaw Mich July 25 The state supreme court at Lansing upheld the circuit court ruling by B L Beach denying recognition of a Chicago divorce decree granted to Howard E Hewes from his wife for desertion. The decision affirms the Saginaw judgment and keeps Hewes from using the Chicago decree.
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Michigan
Saginaw, Mich
State Supreme Court
Lansing
Circuit Court
B. L. Beach
Sthla Wtounti
Chicago, WI
Howard E. Hewes
Riches Too Much for Him
A Cumberland county farmer, Scott Emerleh, gains sudden wealth from oil on 160 acres near Greentip and becomes insane, now an inmate. Fourteen wells yield huge royalties, about 100 dollars daily, causing a mind collapse. The report links wealth shock to insanity in a case from Mattoon, Illinois dated July 25.
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Mattoon
Scott Emerleh
Cumberland County
Emerich
Greentip
Feisco Schools Open After Fire Amid Crowded Rooms
San Francisco public schools reopen for the first time since the fire and attendance is strong though nearly thirty buildings were destroyed. Some districts will run on half-day schedules until more facilities are added, with about 60 percent of prior enrollments expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Oliver
Governor Ide seeks aid to quell Pulajanes in Leyte province
A mixed batch of early 20th century items reports Governor Ide of the Philippines requesting military assistance to suppress Pulajanes in Leyte. Included are labor strikes in Bedford Massachusetts for higher pay and union recognition, funeral services for Russell Sage in Far Rockaway, Philadelphia meatpackers closure, and various regional labor actions. Also noted are political moves in Alabama, Georgia, Utah nominations, railways transactions, and a fatal shooting in a family dispute.
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Ide
Pailippines
Leyte
Bedford
Mass
Russell Sage
First Presbyterian Church
Far Rockaway
Long Island
Philadelphia
Italy
Norfolk, Va
Perpetual Refrigerator Below 8000 Feet
A sea depth of 8000 feet shows water remaining frigid yet turns white warm er with depth. Despite cold, life persists with more animal life at greater depths than in shallow water.
Colored Diamonds Mention Varied Hues and Pointers
The article lists several colored diamond colors including black blue red brown yellow green pink and orange. It notes there are no pietized or pioiet varieties mentioned in the context.
Bribery allegations rock Des Moines street railway case
Des Moines Iowa July 25. The arrest of George B Hippee general manager of the Des Moines street railway and A M Hadley a railway employee on charges of attempted bribery shocks a bitter city fight with the Civic League. Alderman Hammery says both men offered money to influence votes on franchise and assessments. Hadley pleads not guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
George B. Hippee
Des Moinestreet Railway Company
A. M. Hadley
J. L. Hammers
Des Moines Civic League
Hammery
Hippee
Hadley
Dex’ Moines
Ammery
Gsagesament
Polk
Waterbury
Leishman Arrives in Constantinople Prompts Diplomatic Debate
Ambassador Leishman arrives at Pora the diplomatic suburb of Constantinople. Dispatches hint the U S may raise the legation to embassy, a move some European signatories of the Berlin treaty oppose. Also notes Rev John A McCracken buried near Oberammergau and other brief items from Joliet and Beverly including a Japanese auction method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leishman
Cabla
State Department
Pora
Constantinople
United States
Bereo
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SS Trepoff
Othera
Filipino Labor For
Iron Mountain
Mich
Spread Esgie
Kokomo
Fred Scherer
Scherer
George Scherer
Berike
Cahmet
Quincy
Lawton
Decatur
B. C. Wilson
Ollie Moreland
Dell Mathews
Commisnion
Colow
Chicago
VFON
American Institute of Mining Engineers
British Iron and Steel Institute
Institution of Civil, Engineers
Hadfield
Edward
Robert WW. Bunt
Lobago
New York
Frederick Bennett
Alexander R. Peacock
Pittsburg
Peacock
Bennett
Feisco
Buria
Peste
Shing
Fapan
Manchuria
Chamber of Commerce of
Shanghai
Mukden
Antungere
Evansville
Elizabeth Cissel
J. P. Morgan
Morgan
Cissel
Great Basin of
California
Colorado River
Salton Sea
Southers, Pacific, Company
New Orleans
Union
Alabama
Georzia
Gibbons
Wabash
Lake Gilbert
Brainerd
Minn
Utah Socialist State Convention
William §. Dalton
Salt Lake City
Supreme Court
Homer P. Burt
Congress
Fort Smith and Western Railway
EL Teno
Airs
Nicholas Longworth
Karlsbad
John Danron
Bribarat Des Moines
Adob
Bim
Porta
Europe
Oberammergau
Upper- Bavaria
Oberanmergan
Ludwie II
John A. McCracken
Munich
McCracken
Gourdsin
Jollet
Louis A. Courtain
Rock Island
Beverly
Masa
VIA
Teena
C. F. Hayes
Agt
Chicago Great Western Railway
City Ticket Office
C. J. Connell
CP.8
T. A
Ticketa
W. L. Buckley, C.P
Minneapolis
Ilinois Central
Waterloo
W. L. Buckley
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