Mutiny on Potemkin Sees Battleships Move On Odessa
In Odessa mutineers seize Kniaz Potemkine, murder crew, and train guns on the city as crowds clash with troops. The Black Sea fleet is mobilizing with battleships George Pobedonostets, Tri Sviatetia, Rostislav, Ekaterine II en route, while London dispatches report rebels in port and a bomb attack injuring six.
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Oldissa
Kniaz Potemkine
Russia
Black Sea
George Pobedionosetz
George the Victorious
Tri Sviatetia
Langrand
Odessa
Kalaz Potemkine
The Celestial Kingdom Maintains Her Interests
The Chinese reclusion issue remains central in the United States with growing public spirit. Foreigner observers note heightened national sentiment, citing cases such as a Chinese comprador declining a lucrative post with an American firm. Advertisements for American goods are often refused by motive newspapers, while letters from China and abroad press the central government to act firmly.
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Peeing
United States
China
Dark Side of Army Social Life Revealed by Ex Captain
Kansas City The Star reports Geo W Kirkman ex infantry captain and Fort Leavenworth prisoner will publish Thirty Year of Army Life detailing alleged army life scandals. He faced multiple trials before a three year sentence after a fellow officer’s wife killed herself amid rumors.
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Kansas City
Geo. W. Kinkman
United States ‘Army
Fort Leavenworth
Kirkman
Fort Niobara
West Point
Bernhardt to Tour America for thirty weeks
Mme Sarah Bernhardt signs a contract for an American tour of thirty weeks beginning November 6 at the Lyric Theatre New York. She will bring her entire Paris company to perform a revival of Victor Hugo's Adrienne Lecouvreur and the new Angela.
Constitutionalists Demand Territorial Cession in War Aim
Tokio reports the constitutionalist party led by Marquis Safonji passed a resolution urging cession of territory and payment of war outlays to secure a future guarantee and peace in the Far East. The party leaders then interviewed Premier Katsura to present the plan for settling Korean and Manchurian questions.
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Tokio
Constitutionalist Party
Marquis Safonji
Katsura
Canal Zone Funds for Public Schools Plan
Washington The secretary of war approves Governor Magoon's plan to spend 30000 of canal zone local revenue on public schools. A census reports 1836 children near the Panama Railroad line with 893 able to read and write and 935 illiterate. The plan aims to establish forty two schools in the canal zone.
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Washington
Magoon
Canal Zone
Panama Railroad Company
Russia and Japan name tentative plenipotentiaries for talks
Russia assigns M Nelidoff and Baron Rosen as tentative plenipotentiaries with Takahira naming Komura and Takahira for Japan. Official announcements delayed by health and workload but expected within days. Each mission to include multiple advisors and officials from Tokyo and St Petersburg, totaling about ten to twelve members.
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Washington
Russia
M. Nelidoff
Paris
Baron Rosen
M. Takahira
White House
Japan
Baron Komura
Kogoro Takahira
Nelidoff
Tokio
Takahira
Bardn Rosen
St. Petersburg
Telegraph and Telephone System to Be Installed in Canal Zone
Major Edward Russell of the Army Signal Corps is ordered to report to the Isthmian Canal Commission to travel to the Isthmus and install a complete telephonic and telegraphic communication system in the Canal Zone.
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Washington
Edward Russell
Chief Signal Corps
Army
Isthmian Canal Commission
Isthmus
Canal Zone
Germany Answers French Note On Morocco Conference
Germany’s reply to the French note on Morocco was delivered by Prince Radolin and Premier Rouvier at the foreign office. It states the Moroccan question should be regulated by a conference of powers with no preemptive limits, while presenting a conciliatory general view to ease suspicion of hidden motives.
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Paris
Germany
Morocco
Radolin
Rouvier
Foreign Office
Chief Engineer Named for Isthmean Canal Project
Secretary Taft appoints John F Stevens as Chicago chief engineer of the Panama canal with residence on the isthmus and salary of 30000 yearly. He becomes general manager of the Panama railroad and leaves the Isthmian Canal commission. Previously vice president at Rock Island, Stevens also served as Great Northern VP before Manila assignment.
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Washington
Taft
John F. Stevens
Chicago
Panama Canal
Isthmus
Stevens
John F. Wallace
Panama
Isthmian Canal Commission
Philippine Commission
Philippines
Mgr
John F Stevens
Isthmian Canal
Twe
Advisory International Board of Engineers
Shonts
Board of Consulting Engineers
Canal Commission
W. A. Darling
Rock Island Railway
J. F. Stevens
Great Northern
Chicagco
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
United States
Manila
Rock Island
Great Northern Railway
Treasury deficit nears 25 million for fiscal year end
Washington reports the government deficit for the year ending Time 30 will be about 24.5 million dollars, with receipts near 543 million and expenditures around 567.5 million. The June closing month shows a surplus of nearly 12 million, reducing the deficit from 37 million to 24.5 million.
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Washington
the Treasury
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Arranging a National Reciprocity Conference in Chicago
Prominent representatives from agricultural, commercial and livestock industries met in Chicago and completed plans for a national reciprocity conference to be held in August. The event aims to devise defenses against European commercial war and rising discriminatory taxes on American goods, with Alvin H. Sanders named chair of the arrangements committee.
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Chicago
United States
Alvin H. Sanders
Secretary Hay Dies at Home in New Hampshire
Secretary of State John Hay died at 12 26 Saturday morning at his New Hampshire home after a pulmonary embolism. Mrs Hay and doctors Scudder and Murphy were at his bedside. he had spoken normally Friday and bade good night about 10 pm, then slept until 11. Charles of the time, he displayed breathing difficulty and expired at 12 28.
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Newbury
N. H
John Hay
Hayy
Dr. Scudder
Murphy
Philippine peace prospect after Wood voyage
Major General Leonard Wood and wife arrived in San Francisco aboard the Pacific Mail liner Stancharia on a quick trip east. Wood says conditions in the Philippines are improving rapidly and that insubordinate natives are being subdued. He asserts Manila is more healthful than commonly thought, noting he left his children behind as proof.
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San Francisco
Leonard Wood
Mutineers Surrender Kniaz Potemkine to Kruger's Fleet
Without a fight the mutineers aboard the Kniaz Potemkine surrendered to Vice Admiral Kruger’s squadron which arrived at Odessa at noon. The fleet, including five battleships and seven torpedo boats, loomed off the ship as the red flag came down. Kruger ordered Ekaterina II to place a crew aboard the battleship and the rest of the squadron withdrew.
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Odessa
Kniaz Potemkine
Kruger
Kniaz Potemkina
Ekaterina II
Iowa Man Drowns After Jump From Jack Knife Bridge
A man believed to be Thomas Meehan of Clayton Indiana leaped from the highest point of the Jack Knife bridge on Harrison Street and plunged fifty feet into the river. Police said the incident appears to be a self inflicted death.
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Iowa
Chicago
Thomas Meehan
Clayton
Harrison Street
Omaha Teens Arrested in Highway Robbery Case
In Roseburg Oregon two 17 year old youths named John Thompson and Frank Reed, both claiming Omaha as their home, were arrested and charged with highway robbery of a drunken man.
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Roseburg
Ore
John Thompson
Frank Reed
Omaha
Bombing at police chief carriage wounds eight in Czenstochowa
A bomb was thrown at a carriage carrying K. M. Pawoloff the chief of police of Czenstochowa in the Piotrkow government. The chief and seven other persons were seriously wounded in the attack.
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Warsaw
K. M. Pawoloff
Czenstochowa
Piotrkow
Government Print Shop Contract Inquiry Opened
Washington reports a special presidential committee is investigating the letting of a contract by Public Printer Palmer for seventy typesetting machines for use in the Government Printing Office. The inquiry follows complaints that the award was irregular.
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Washington
Palmer
Russian lines wary as Japanese push toward Bodine
Reports from Manchuria describe Japanese cavalry and light infantry advancing northward east of Kirmvand and west of the Grand Trade route toward Bodine. General Linevitch concentrates forces, opposing the western Japanese column under Generals Tamara and Akiama while pulling back outposts under mounting pressure.
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Gunshu Pass
Manchuria
Kirmvand
Bodine
Tamara
Akiama
Linevitch
Mob Attacks Jail in Lynchings Near Watkinsville Ga
Eight prisoners were taken from the Watkinsville jail by a masked white mob and seven were shot to death within 200 yards of the town center. The prisoners included four accused in Holbrook and wife murders, one held for assault, and three others. The mob demanded keys, tied inmates, and executed them with rifles and pistols in a quiet, early morning ambush. One prisoner, Ton Aycock, a white man, feigned death and survived.
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Watkinsville
Lewis Robertson
Rich Robertson
Sandy Price
Claude Ber
Bob Harris
Jim Yearly
Ton Aycock
Jac Petterson
Holbrook
Post Office Orders Crack Down on Periodical Abuses
Washington officials move to end publishers using their periodicals to ship samples at second class rates. The order labels the practice an abuse of second class privileges and gives publishers until September 1 to comply. After that date, nonconforming issues will be charged fourth class rates.
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Washington
Madden
Taft rebukes Wallace and seeks resignation
Secretary Taft harshly rebuked Eugene Wallace in New York for shifting his position for personal gain and influenced only by self interest. After the rebuke, Taft requested Wallace resign and turn office records to the commission chairman, citing public interests.
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Washington
Taft
New York
John F. Wallace
Panama Canal
Secretary of War
Two Millions for Yale Endowment Gift Revealed
New Haven Conn President Hadley announced at an alumni dinner that John D Rockefeller gave 1 million dollars to Yale's endowment. total gifts to date reach 2 million with other donors contributing 50 000 to 250 000 each. funds to be invested as income producing securities and preserved as endowment for annual income used for current expenses.
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John D. Rockefeller
New Haven
Conn
Hadley
Yale
PEL
Rockefeller
Knight Donnelly Co Failure Estimated At Millions
Chicago reports the grain and stock brokerage firm Knight Donnelly Co has collapsed. Receiver Potter outlined liabilities near three million dollars with assets around two and a half million, mostly unlisted stocks and loans from friends. The shortfall stems from speculative operations and a large notes on hand.
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Chicago
Knight, Donnelly & Co
Potter
Wur
Wallace Resigns as Isthian Canal Chief Engineer
Wallace resigns from the Isthian Canal commission after a New York conference with Secretary Taft. He accepted a Panama offer worth 60 000 annually, nearly 25 000 with the canal. Roosevelt directed Taft to accept the resignation immediately, with a two month extension suggested.
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Oyster Bay
Wallace
Isthian Canal Commission
New York
Taft
Panama
Panama Canal Commission
Boston
Mr. Wallace
Commission
Roosevelt
Eighteen Hour Train Schedule to Resume Between New York and Chicago
The Central announce that the eighteen hour schedule on the Twentieth Century Limited between New York and Chicago will be restored at once after a rigid inquiry found the Mentor wreck was not caused by excessive speed. The Lake Shore and Ohio railway officials conducted investigations and will continue the eighteen hour run pending a full study.
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New York
Chicago
Mentor
Newman
The
Central
Lake Shore
Ohio
Mutinous Crew Seizes Battleship in Odessa Harbor
Panic grips St. Petersburg as word arrives that a mutinous crew headed by eight officers has taken a battleship in Odessa harbor. Authorities are described as in a near state of alarm with admiralty concern mounting.
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ST. Petersburg
Manchuria
Rojestvensky
Odessa
Apache Warriors Seek Return to Arizona
Geronimo and about 124 tribal members signed a petition asking the government to transfer the Apache to Arizona. The petition was sent to the War Department which is considering a plan to enlarge Fort Sill and may lead to removal, as a twenty year term of imprisonment nears expiry.
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Lawton
Geronimo
Arizona
War Department
Fort Sill
Get Rich Quick Man Arrested in Chicago
Al-d Justus Ww. Lobb, president of the Continental Finance Company, was arrested Friday night on a federal warrant for using the mails to defraud and for conducting a lottery scheme. The company was recently placed in receivership after investors complained of promised large returns that were often not delivered.
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Chicago
Justus
Lobb
Continental Finance Company
Michigan Central Triggers Rate War On Eastern Lines
Michigan Central announced to the Interstate Commerce Commission that on July 1 it will sell Chicago to eastern points tickets at the differential rate awarded by the arbitrators. The move, unexpected by many, signals a escalation in passenger fare disputes across routes to the east.
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Michigan Central
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Board of
Aly
Panama Claims All Mines for Government
Washington consul reports Panama cabinet resolution declares all mines beneath or on private property belong to the republic. He notes Panama’s mineral wealth and rapidly growing American exploration interest increases.
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Panama
Washington
Town Probably Destroyed at Metlakahtia Alaska
Dispatches report the town of Metlakahtia on Annette Island near Ketchikan as likely burned to ruin the night of June 26. The Cottage City steamer crew arriving from the north says several large buildings were destroyed in the blaze.
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Seattle
Metlakahtia
Alaska
Metlakan
Annette.s. Land
Ketchikan
Two Murderers Are Hanged in Lancaster Case
Furman and John O'Brien were executed for the killing of Samuel Reasler, an aged toll gate keeper, on the night of July 1, 1904. The pair, after a shooting spree at Gordonville with another man named Craig, were pursued. Craig received twenty years, while Furman and O'Brien escaped momentarily before being captured at the Reaster toll house.
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I Lancaster
Pal Lee
Furman
John O’brien
Samuel Reasler
O’brien
Craig
Gordonville
Benitentary
O'Brien
Russler
Ui Aa
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Canal Zone Funds For
Peace Plenipotentaries
Uncle Sam
Hay
New Hampshire
Linewitch
Georgia
Post Office
Eugene Wallace
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