Anarchy in Odessa as Newsboys Boycott The Bulletin
In San Francisco on June 29 The Bulletin faced a boycotting group of newsboys citing graft accusations against Mayor Schmitz and Abe Ruef. The clash led to mobs, wagon attacks, and police guarding Bulletin wagons as crews report continued disorder and torn papers. The conflict centers on a proposed four-for-five-cent deal and retaliation rumors.
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San Francisco
Bulletin
Schmitz
Abe Ruef
Newsboys
Evening Post
Bulletin Office
Pittsburg flyer derailed near Atwater Ohio kills one
A Pennsylvania railroad Pittsburg flyer derailed between Atwater and Ravenna Ohio today. One person is reported killed and several others injured. The train left Cleveland at 5 o'clock this morning. In Ellis Kansas westbound Union Pacific No 101 crashed into a freight train in yards this morning.
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Cleveland, CO
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Road
Atwater
Ravenna
Ohio
Cleveland
Ellis
Kas
Union Pacific
Kansas City
Mutiny and Fire Sparks Odessa Chaos in Civilian-Populated Port
A midnight dispatch from St. Petersburg reports Odessa erupting in anarchy with workers clashing with troops as bluejackets armed with machine guns arrive from Kniaz Potemkin. Fires rage in warehouses and harbor areas as mutineers fight barricaded troops. Hundreds killed, hospitals overwhelmed. rumors of soldiers joining mutineers circulate. A battleship and cruiser on orders to Odessa departed Sebastopol during the night.
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ST. Petersburg
Odessa
Associated Press
Kniaz Potembine
Sebastopoh
Riots in Odessa Trigger Martial Law and Massive Fires
Hundreds of rioters shot by troops and likely 500 killed as fires engulf Odessa harbor. Martial law proclaimed, warehouses and several Russian steamers burned, Cossacks slain, explosions noted. City enshrouded in smoke as clashes continued. Authorities struggle to restore order amid vast losses.
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Odessa
Skirts sale listing with low price tag noted
A brief classifieds item advertises skirts at a sale price of $2.49. The readable text emphasizes a bargain offering without additional details on style size or brand.
Ribbed Vests and Union Suits Ad Offerings
A garbled ad lists fine ribbed gauze vests with low necks and sleeveless cuts at 20c, elastic ribbed vests at 35c for three, and fine jersey ribbed pants and union suits with umbrella shapes. It promotes white jersey ribbed vests in sizes five to nine, mentioning colors blue pink black and various prices.
Silk Parasols at $2.25 with stitched and colored borders
An item listing describes Aene 3.25 inch White Jap Silk Parasols, tucked and ruffled, priced at $2.25 each. The ad emphasizes decorative borders and refined finish as selling points.
Mutiny and unrest in Odessa and Kniaz Potemkine mutiny
Report from ST PETERSBURG dated June 29 describes Odessa flooded with wounded and inadequate medical aid as troops occupy streets. Shops closed, traffic suspended, residents flee while the body of Omiltchuk, executed sailor from the Kniaz Potemkine, lies on the quay. Mutineers still hold the ship. Rear Admiral Kruger's squadron has not arrived. a great fire is burning aboard.
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Odessa
Omiltchuk
Kniaz Potemkine
ST. Petersburg
Kruger
Yale Beats Harvard in Annual Varsity Boat Race
New London June 29 Yale defeated Harvard in the varsity boat race from the bridge to the flags. The east course outcome saw Yale lead most of the way with an official time of 22:38 2-5 to Harvard 22:36.
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New London
Harvard
Yale
Four Hundred Acres of Wheat Destroyed in California Fire
Fire destroyed four hundred acres of wheat and oats six miles west of Lodi Calif on June 29. The blaze started from a harvester hot box and burned a half mile by two and a half miles, with William Tredway losing two hundred acres and fences for an estimated forty thousand dollars. In one 280 acre field firefighters saved all but eighty acres. In Redding two river drivers John Hoover and Shorty Russell drowned in the Sacramento River when their boat capsized after striking a submerged log. fifty men searched for the bodies.
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Lodi
Cal
Here
William Tredway
Redding
John Hoover
Shorty" Russell
Big Bend
Sacramento River
Pit River
Foreman Woods
Hoover
Russell
Collision of trains near Gillis street claims two lives
Kansas City dispatch reports an eastbound Santa Fe California Limited collided head on with a westbound Kansas City Southern stock train near Gillis Street two miles from downtown. Two were killed and three injured, with passengers largely unharmed. Engineers were badly hurt, one jumping to escape.
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Kansas City
Eastebound
Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe
Califo Limited
Kansas Ci Southern
Gillis Street
Chicago
Thomas Fitemorris
Wills
Trial opens in Portlawy defense for Senator Mitchell
PORTLAWY Ore June 29 Judge A S Bennett opened the defense argument in the trial of U S Senator Mitchell. The proceedings moved as the defense began presenting evidence while alleging persecution.
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Aon
Shade
Jersey
Aene
Charles Jewett
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Hughes
Nineteenth Street
Chester
Wickersham Company
19Th Street
Cheater Avenue
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