Coal Lands Withdrawn from Entry in Public Domain
A Washington dispatch reports President and Secretary Hitchcock withdrew 6,000,000 acres of public coal lands across New Mexico Colorado Utah Wyoming North Dakota Montana Oregon and Washington. The action, criticized as socialist, seeks to prevent future coal shortages amid potential strikes while Congress has not granted explicit authority.
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Denounced by Pope and encyclical expected against socialists
Rome reports a papal encyclical against socialists both Italian and foreign is expected tonight. In Charleroi Bergamo an attempt to wreck the Northern Express from Paris killed the engine crew. the cars remained and passengers were uninjured. Russian agitators are blamed. Grand Duke Vinditar was not on the train.
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Bergiam
Paris
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Mrs Corey Divorced From Steel Magnate in Reno Court
Mrs William Ellis Corey wife of United States Steel Corp president was granted a Reno Nevada divorce in the Second district court after a short trial. The custody of her 16 year old son Allan was awarded to Mrs Corey. Alimony was not pursued though a prior settlement with her husband was noted.
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William Ellis Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Nevada
Allan
New York
Miss Corey
Allan Corey
Sardis Summerfield
William EB. Corey
Divorce Inquiry Is Instituted Washington Aug
A Census Bureau ordered thorough survey of marriage and divorce in the United States begins August 1 with special agents in New York state. About forty men will cover major cities nationwide, reviewing court records and vital statistics for twenty years ending 1886 as Roosevelt pushes for up to date data to aid potential national divorce legislation. Carroll D. Wright leads the effort, drawing on prior work and the manufactures census staff for clerical support.
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Aug
United States
Census Bureau
New York State
Roosevelt
Congress
Carroll D. Wright
Kiber
After the Ice Men Faced Pressure Across the Nation
Across the country ice dealers face legal action and trials over price fixing. Rager in St Louis moves to dissolve alleged trusts and levy fines, while New York considers criminal charges. Indianapolis probes an ice trust as prices rise. Cincinnati and Philadelphia indictments follow. Consumers pay 6 to 19 dollars per ton depending on city.
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Indianapal Land Jury
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Toledo
Liberty
Balloonist McMann Dies After Parachute Fails
Webster City Iowa August 1 James seph McMann aeronaut died today from injuries after a parachute failed during a Salt Palace stunt. He fell from a cannon attached to a balloon and endured broken ankles and internal injuries after the second parachute failed to deploy.
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Jamesseph McMann
Salt Palace
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Des Moines
McMann
Soldiers and Sailors Rally Against Imperial Government
The radical group and central committees of the proletariat issue a appeal calling on soldiers to refuse illegal government orders, demand land and liberty, and uphold parliament. Stolypin orders governors to enforce tax payments amid reports of royal troops using machine guns on demonstrators and a growing push for a constituent assembly.
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Russia
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Uiat
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Sevsk Regiment
Enou! Jre
Royal Troupe
Dismantle a brewery by Russian workers at Behlusselburg road
In St Petersburg on August 1 two thousand workmen gutted a brewery on Behlusselburg road before troops dispersed them. A July 30 report claimed General Trepos had been attacked, a claim later deemed baseless.
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Behlusselburg
U Sntke
St. Petersburg
Trepos
Cannonsburg shooting case shocks Washington county
Elmer Dempster, 19, a Black farm helper, confessed to a brutal crime in Cannonsburg involving Mrs. Samuel Pearce and three children. He allegedly shot two children dead, injured a third, attempted to assault a daughter, started a house fire, and fled as a mob formed. He was later jailed in Washington, while a large crowd pressed for lynching.
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Elmer Dempster
Samuel Peres
Dempster
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Dwight
Robert
Asault
Truce Briefly Broken in Armenian Tartar Clash at Shusha
The temporary truce among Armenians Tartars and Russian troops near Shusha collapsed with renewed fighting. Tartars attacked Askeran pays and surrounding villages while Armenian and Russian forces, under General Zeoloshkovski, defend the Shusha area. Reinforcements have been dispatched as the battle intensifies and Shusha burns.
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Tartar
Zoloechukov
Yelisuvetopol
Askeran Pays
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Haladad
Karantuckh
Askerin
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Kiermischan
Zeoloshkovski
Tere
Yelisavetepol
Agdam
Bhusha
Six Men Die in Boiler Explosion at Indiana Mill
Vincennes August 1 Six men were killed and three injured when a boiler exploded at Shepard & Co s pulp mill tools. Workers were removing old boilers while new ones were being installed. the boiler room was demolished and property loss is estimated at 50 000.
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Ina
Shepard & Co
la Grange
Willie Stewart
Stewart
Him City Club
Mad dog attack injures three in Pittsburg
Aug 1 report describes Willian Garrison biting three men after hydrophobia attack. Policeman J Grimes, Wagonman Robert Helmes, and Walter Owens identified as victims. Garrison treated at city detention hospital reporting prior attack. notes of a mad dog legend and unrelated botanical item.
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Willian Garrison
J. Grimes
Robert Helmes
Walter Owens
Outbreak at Poltava as Troops Fire on Mutineers
Grave outbreak and subsequent suppression shake Poltava garrison after a private’s arrest exposes a shed meeting place of revolutionaries. First battalion parades, seizes guns, and confronts authorities. several killed or wounded as loyal troops respond with machine guns.
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Russia
Levski' Regiment
Pritor
Petersburg
St. Petersburg
Council of Workingmen's Deputies
Terloki
Oil prices fall by Standard Oil concessions
Pittsburg July 31 The Standard Oil company reduced the higher grades of crude petroleum by three cents and all other grades by two cents today marking a drop in prices across the company's crude offerings.
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Pittsburg
Standard Ol Company
Guillotine Doom Foretells Public Executioner’s End
Paris reports on July 21 that the budget committee cut the salary of public executioner M. Dieb Jr., signaling the imminent end of capital punishment by guillotine in France. The move foreshadows the device's disappearance as the state shifts away from this method.
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France
Paris
M. Dieb Jr
Sullloti
London Seaside Stopover Signals Chinese Customs Changes
Telegraphic briefs report Sir Robert Hart resting at the seaside and planning to retire to England after tidying Chinese customs duties, while rumors persist that a new customs board will have executive duties.
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London
Sir Robert Hart
Pekih
England
Robert
New Customs Board
Burm Bernard Shares Wedding Breakfast Anecdotes
In New York during Wedding Month Burm Bernard jokes at a wedding breakfast about a luxury few brides and grooms enjoy. He recalls joking with a washerwoman about her son and notes the groom is expected to be married tomorrow while his mother handles the laundry tasks.
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New York
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