Mutinous Black Sea Crews Threaten Odessa Port
Reports from June 30 describe nine ships burned and mutinous crews on the Kniaz Potemkine. Off Odessa the Black Sea squadron arrived on the horizon and remained motionless while raids and fires ashore raised the crisis. Reinforcements and martial law were ordered as Skrydloff and Kruger schemes unfolded.
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Odessa
London
Paris
Kniaz Potemkine
ST. Petersburg
Russia
Admiralty
Kruger
Khossen
Admiral Skrydloff
Libau
Stevens Succeeds Wallace as Panama Canal Chief Engineer
John F. Stevens of Chicago, formerly vice-president of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, is elected chief engineer of the Panama Canal Commission to replace John F. Wallace. Salary set at 30000 dollars annually. Stevens will not join the Isthmian Canal Commission. His Manila trip with Taft as railway expert is canceled.
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Washington
John F. Stevens
Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Panama Canal Commission
John F. Wallace
Stevens
Isthmian Canal Commission
The
Philipines
Taft
Manila
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
United States
Philippines
Rock Island
Great Northern Railway
American squadron reaches Cherbourg France
The American squadron led by Rear Admiral Sigsbee, with the Brooklyn flagship and cruisers Chattanooga Tacoma and Galveston, arrived at Cherbourg to transport Admiral Paul Jones's body. Gun salutes greeted the ships as crowds lined the harbor, flags flew, and services awaited the transfer.
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Cherbourgh
Sigsbee
Brooklyn
Chattanooga
Tacoma
Galveston
Paul Jones
United States
Arsenal
Admiral Besson
White Silk Parasols Offered in Tucked and Ruffled Style
Advertisement notes three and a quarter inch white jap silk parasols described as tucked and ruffled, priced at two dollars and twenty five cents.
Fine ribbed gauze vests and ribbed pants sale
Classified ad lists fine ribbed gauze vests low neck sleeveless lace trim at 20¢ value. elastic ribbed vests with risle finish at 35¢ value. jersey ribbed pants umbrella shape bottom at 40¢ value. various items priced around 25¢ to 50¢.
Ribbons and Craft Help: Narrow, Wide, and Useful Tips
A brief note offers guidance on choosing ribbon widths for crafts. It explains there is no universal standard, encourages considering project scale, fabric, and finish, and suggests testing samples before committing to a roll.
Ten Million Dollar Endowment For U S Higher Education
Rockefeller plans a ten million dollar endowment to the General Education Board to fund a nationwide system of higher education. F T Gates, Rockefeller representative, confirms the gift to be paid October 1 in cash or income-producing securities with principal held in perpetuity. The income will support education nationwide under board terms.
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New Youxuk
United States
General Educational Board
John D. Rockefeller
Wallace Buttrick
F. T. Gates
Rockefeller
Broadway
New York
Starr J. Murphy
General Education Board
Remarkable airship flight lands atop ten story building
Toledo, June 30. A. R. Knabenshue piloted an airship three miles into the city, landing on a ten story office building after twenty five minutes and returning to the start in fifteen more. The feat occurred with a favorable east wind as spectators watched. He praised his ship as superior and claimed to have solved aerial navigation.
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Toledo
A. R. Knabenshue
Knabenshue
Knebenshue
Equitable Directors Return Profits and Hyde Resign
June 30 New York report states H C Deming of Mercantile Trust and Valentine P Snyder of National Bank of Commerce returned their shares in profits from the James H Hyde and associates syndicate. Bonds sold to Equitable netted 186107 with Deming receiving 4576 and Snyder 1510. Hyde's resignation as executive committee chair was accepted and Morton named his successor, with McIntyre also resigning as fourth vice president.
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New York
Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
H. C. Deming
Mercantile Trust Company
Bis City
Valentine P. Snyder
National Bank of Commerce
Equitable Society
James H. Hyde
Theatre Fire Destroys Union Square Space in New York
A blaze on East Fourteenth Street engulfed Keiths theater, formerly Union Square, with the fire spreading to the theater building. No occupants were inside the theater as the flames began.
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New York
East Fourteenth Street
Keith's Theater
Union Square Theater
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Panama
Cronstadt
France
John Paul Jones
DEBRO
Stacy, Adams & Co
Jersey
Ces
Tredinkelhict Store
Shade
Admiral Jones
Skyscrapper Knebenshue
Equitable
Hughes
Nineteenth Street
Chester Avene
Wickersham Company
19Th Street
Cheater Avenue
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