Riots and Red Flags in St Petersburg Amid Military Crackdown
A 4,000 strong crowd in St Petersburg clashes with police and a Cossack detachment as marchers wave red flags and sing. Police disperse rioters with force, several wounded, one lieutenant arrested, and several papers confiscated. Landlords plead for troops to safeguard estates near Moscow and St Petersburg.
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Nts
Constitutional ‘Rath Club
People’s Palace
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Russian Interior Minister Sends Bialystok Riots Report Abroad
St. Petersburg July 10 Interior Minister Stolypin has sent the government’s Bialystok riot report to the American Ambassador and other nations’ representatives for transmission to their governments. The unprecedented move signals foreign interest in Russia’s side of the affair without granting external recognition. The report mirrors Stolypin’s parliamentary submission.
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St. Petersburg
Stolypin
Meyer
Bialystok
M. Stolypin
Emperors Nicholas and Empress Visit Oranienbaum Grounds
Em peror Nicholas and the empress toured the hospital and barracks from the imperial yacht Polar Star at Oranienbaum near Cronstadt. It marked their first outing outside Peterhof since attending the St. Petersburg parliament opening. Oranienbaum lies nineteen miles west of St. Petersburg on the Gulf of Finland.
Mutineers Sentenced After Attempted Fire on Civilians
In Tiflis a military tribunal spared most mutineers who had been ordered shot for firing on the populace during March disturbances. Twenty seven were punished lightly with thirteen sent to prison for six weeks to a year, and the rest acquitted.
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Tiflis
Caucasia
Senpes
Threatening a Voter Case Confirmed in Germany
The imperial supreme court upheld lower court rulings against Father Woerner a Catholic priest of Constance in the grand duchy of Baden for threatening a voter during an electoral campaign. He warned the man he would face sacraments if he did not vote for the Center party candidate in the reichstag race.
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Leipsig
Germany
Imerial Supreme Court
Father Woerner
Constance
Grand Duchy of
Center Party
Reichstag
Harriman Ties Purchase Ties Tie Nation to Far East
Harriman expands rail infrastructure dealings by ordering 150000 railroad ties from Japan with delivery to Guyamas Mexico at 6 cents gold each. The large purchase marks the company’s growing international material contracts and signals intensified Latin American logistics.
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San Francisco
E. H. Harriman
Japan
Guyamas
Mex
Grand Jury Opens Oil and Rail Rebates Inquiry
The United States grand jury in Cleveland begins investigating interstate commerce and anti-rebate violations by major railroads and Standard Oil. About a dozen witnesses were subpoenaed, with three called to the panel making initial inquiries. the inquiry may last several days to a week or more as more witnesses may be summoned.
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Cleveland
United States Grand Jury
Federal
Standard Oil Company
George T. Roberts
Interstate Commerce Commission
N. H
Secures Loan Abroad For Chicago Milwaukee St Paul
Negotiations by French capitalists in Paris concluded for a major railway loan. Details are scarce but the loan is understood to be for the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul. Reported sums vary from twenty five million to fifty million six hundred thousand dollars.
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New York
Paris
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Gage Declares Theosophy Ties At Point Loma
Lyman J. Gage, former secretary of the treasury, issues a signed statement from Point Loma Cal in response to rumors about his ties to theosophy and coming to California. He says he seeks a simple life, cites the military reservation and Raja Yoga school, denies affiliation with either group, and asks to be left to mind his own business.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Lyman J. Gage
Point Loma
United States Military Reservation
Raja Yoga School
Katherine Tingley
Universal Brotherhood and Theosophical Society
Theosophical Society
Theosophists
Grain law upheld in Wisconsin case
Judge Parish of Ashland circuit court rules the grain law valid in Gregory Cook & Co. vs Wisconsin grain and warehouse commission and dismisses suit to block state inspection officials from using mill scales.
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Superior
Wis
Transport Thomas Uninjured After Guam Rock Incident
Washington July 10 The war department reports the transport Thomas, taken off rocks near Guam Saturday, is not damaged and has resumed voyage to Manila. Part of her cargo was removed to float the vessel.
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Washington
War Department
Thomas
Guam
Manila
Loss of Stanley Joseph Triggers Sea Tragedy Report
Word from North Sydney dated July 10 states the British fishing schooner Stanley Joseph has been lost with all hands on board. No survivors are reported, and the fate remains under investigation by maritime authorities.
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North Sydney
C. B
Stanley Joseph
Thaw Threats Drive DA Effort to Secure White Murder Testimony
New York July 10 The district attorney’s office intensifies efforts to obtain testimony in the Stanford White murder case as stage figures, notably Paula Desmond and Gertie Grant, are sought for questioning. Edna McClure’s testimony links Evelyn Nesbit, White, and Thaw to the motive and sequence of events surrounding the killing.
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New York
Stanford White
Paula Desmond
Gertie Grant
Edna McClure
Thaw
White
Europe
Harry Thaw
Paris
Evelyn
Miss McClure
Uncle Joe Cannon's renomination drive kicks off
Chicago July 10. Uncle Joe Cannon's campaign for the Republican nomination to the presidency will start in Watseka on August 16 with the Republicans of the Eighteenth district meeting to renominate him for Congress. State Treasurer Len Small of Kankakee and State Senator Edward C. Curtis of Grant Park, longtime Cannon lieutenants, have just visited Chicago for two to three days as part of the effort.
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Chicago
Joe” Cannon
United States
Watseka
Congress
Len Small
Kankakee
Edward C. Curtis
Grant Park
Grain elevator strike hits South Chicago workers
In South Chicago the grain elevator industry halted operations as 520 employees walked out demanding 35 cents per hour, up from 27 to 32 cents. Six firms are involved, with no expectation the strike will spread to Chicago proper.
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Chicago
Lawyer G Meade Busery Shot by Student Dies
Seattle reports lawyer G Meade Busery dies after being shot by university student Chester Thompson. Thompson, son of a prominent figure, is linked to the incident as a relative of a prominent ae and a nephew of a yin is.
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Seattle
Wash
G. Meade Busery
Chester Thompson
Young Thompson
Yin
Result of Antipass Law Across Iowa
Des Moines reports show an anti pass law triggering a wave of resignations across ninety nine counties. Mayors city treasurers and city physicians resign to keep pass privileges on rail lines. In cities with broad railway ties many vacancies will require special elections to fill posts.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Panic in New Jersey Theater Sparks Flight and Injuries
At Young's Pier Theater in Atlantic City the moving picture machine exploded as 2 000 people watched. Flames and darkness triggered a panic with many women injured in the exits. Orchestra members forced blocked doors to allow most of the crowd to escape. fire damage was light.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Young’s Pier Theater
Marshall Field & Co Store Closed Over Exit Lighting Dispute
Chicago reports Marshall Field & Co dry goods store barred to the public by Building Commissioner Bartzen after failure to place red exit lights. Police stationed at doors. manager Simmons warned, mayor criticizes drastic action, warrants to be issued.
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Chicago
Marshall Field & Co
Bartzen
Simmons
Wisconsin congressman Henry C. Adams dies in Chicago
Congressmen Henry C. Adams of Wisconsin died in the Auditorium hotel after a several week illness. He had served in the Fifty-eighth and was re-elected to the Fifty-ninth Congress. Adams previously chaired Wisconsin’s legislature and held roles as state superintendent of public property and dairy and food commissioner.
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Chicago
Henry C. Adams
Wisconsin
Auditorium Hotel
Folk Orders Arrest of St Joseph Saloonkeepers on Sunday
Governor Folk directs Rt. Joseph police to arrest saloonkeepers who remain open next Sunday and seize their stock for evidence after a third arrest. If local police cannot enforce the law, state militia may be sent. The action follows a Kansas City appeals court ruling upholding Sunday sales.
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Jefferson City
Folk
Rt. Joseph
St. Joseph
Kansas City Court of Appeals
Sloan Pleads Guilty to Assault on Photographer
Oyster Bay July 10 J H Sloan Jr chief of the presidents secret service corps pleaded guilty to assault in the third degree and was fined 10 dollars by Justice Squire Franklin after a photographer Clarence Le Gendre said he struck him during the president's visit. Sloan paid the fine.
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Oyster Bay
L. L
J. H. Sloan, Jr
Secret Service Corps
Clarence le Gendre
New York
Sloan
Justice Court
Squire Franklin
Advance of five per cent in Southern Massachusetts mills
Boston reports a 5 percent wage increase in cotton mills across thirty or more towns and villages in Southern Massachusetts and the islands. About 40,000 workers benefit, part of a broader New England rise since earlier in the year totaling 165,000 textile operatives. Of these, 110,000 are in cotton mills and 55,000 in woolen and worsted plants.
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Boston
Massachusetts
New England
Dreyfus Case Flare Sparks Duel in Paris
In Paris on July 10 the Dreyfus affair again drew sharp lines. General Gonse, opposing Dreyfus, challenged Colonel Piequart, a Dreyfus backer, to a pistol duel at twenty five paces. Gonse fired and missed. Piequart refused to shoot.
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Paris
Dreyfus
Gonse
Piequart
Cloud burst swamps Wellsville causing heavy losses
A cloud burst near Wellsville Ohio on July 10 flooded more than 200 homes and business buildings. Foundations were weakened forcing residents to flee. Wagons and small frame structures were carried into the city from surrounding country districts.
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Wellsville
Fire destroys Armour elevator in Madrid at $100000 loss
A fire starting from the elevator engine destroyed the Armour elevator at Madrid Iowa, wiping out a 250000 bushel grain facility and thousands of bushels of grain. The fire spread to the Milwaukee depot but the depot was saved.
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Tes Moines
Madrid
Milwaukee
Castro resumes presidency amid transfer in Venezuela
A Caracas dispatch reports Vice President Gomez was transferred to President Castro, who had temporarily resigned in April. The move stabilizes the government and is met with broad public contentment.
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New York
Caracas
Venezuela
Gomez
Castro
Suspected Murderer Found Dead After Disappearance
Kewaunee Wisconsin July 10 Campbell Lobst who vanished the day his wife was murdered last Friday was found dead in the woods near the city with two bullet holes in his heart indicating suicide or foul play.
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Kewaunee
Wis
Campbell Lobst
Sioux City Hero Dives into River to Save Child
In Garretson South Dakota on July 10 John J. Moore, a Dakota pincer, leaped into the Big Sioux River to rescue a little girl and succeeded before being overcome by the water and horning others.
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Sioux City
Garretson
S. D
John
Moore
Big Sioux River
Evanses Sentenced to Life in Booneville Murder Case
In Evansville Indiana on July 10 Jonah Williams his wife Minerva and their son Wesley were given life terms for the murder of James Leigh in Booneville last spring. Another son An drew Williams is serving a term for a petty crime and two younger children are in reform school.
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Evansville
Ind
Jonah Williams
Minerva
Wesley
James Leigh
Booneville
Andrew Williams
Cortelyou rescinds order on rural mailbox rules
Postmaster General Cortelyou announces an August first change allowing rural route patrons to buy boxes from listed manufacturers or build their own. Boxes must meet department standards for size durability and weather protection and require postmaster approval of the serving office to ensure mail protection.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Lsted
Secretary Shaw Appeals to Banks to Suppress Small Note Demand
Secretary Shaw appeals to national banks to issue more small denomination notes to meet demand and cites higher profits from these notes. He sends a letter to all national banks urging aggressive issuance of small bills over larger denominations.
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Shaw
Washington
National
Strike by cement workers demands higher wages in Chicago
Chicago reports a strike by cement sidewalk and floor layers over wage demands. Workers seek 35 cents per hour after earning 30 cents. most employers refuse to grant the increase.
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Chicago
Bryan Visits British Premier in London
William J. Bryan and Mrs. Bryan returned from Wrest Park the country residence of Ambassador Whitelaw Reid. They then went to Downing Street and spent an hour with the British premier.
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London
William J. Bryan
Mrs. Bryan
Wrest Park
Whitelaw Reid
Downing Street
Sixth Victim of Explosion in Saginaw
Saginaw Michigan July 10 John F Cosendai proprietor of Cosendai works where gasoline explosion occurred Friday killing five persons and injuring others. Cosendai believed to be the sixth victim of the blast.
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Saginaw, Mich
John. F. Cosendai
Cosendai Works
Notable Obituaries and Appointments In Brief
Brief items report golfer H. J. Tweedie dead in Chicago and John W. Eastman aged eighty three dying in Minneapolis after fifty three years there. Emperor William names King Haakon honorary German navy admiral. Mrs. Clara Stone Hay ill at Lake Sunapes. condition not serious. Zoological society offer to place a herd of Batalo on Wichita forest reserve Oklahoma accepted. Roosevelt appoints Charles Earle solicitor for commerce and labor department. International tuberculosis congress to be held in New York City November 14 to 16 with wide attendance promised.
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H. J. Tweedie
West
Chicago
John W. Eastman
Minneapolis
William
King Haakon of
Norway
Clara Stone Hay
John Hay
Lake Sunapes
N. H
New York Zoological Society
Wichita Forest
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Charles Earle
Department of Commerce and Labor
Edwin F. Sims
United States
New York City
Market Quotations Wheat Prices and Track Grades
Wheat prices listed for July, September, December and May futures with July at 76 3/4 cents, September 77 cents, December 177 1/4 cents, and May at 1 dollar 1 cent. Track grades show No 2 hard 79 1/4 cents, No 1 Northern 78 1/4 cents, No 2 Northern 77 1/4 cents.
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Minneapolis
Cattle and hog prices at St Paul stock yards
St Paul Union Stock Yards report from July 9 lists cattle values for good to choice steers at 4.50 to 5.50, cows and heifers 3.00 to 4.50, veals 4.00 to 6.00. Hogs quoted at 6.35 to 6.55. Sheep and lambs range wethers 4.75 to 6.00 and lambs 6.00 to 6.75.
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St. Paul Union
St. Paul
Grain futures report from Duluth notes mixed prices
Wheat bids and on track quotes shown for No. 1 Northern and No. 2 Northern with July and Sept options. Flax prices listed for arrival and on track with July September and October figures.
Chicago Unicn Strix Yards Prices Report
Chicago July 9 Cattle Reeves cows and heifers calves and stockers and feeders range from 1 25 to 6 50 on cattle with hogs listing prices from 3 75 to 6 85 and sheep and lambs quoted at 4 46 to 6 70 reflecting mixed grade market activity.
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Chicaro Unicn Strix
Chicago
Market quotations and commodity prices report
Wheat July 77 percent Sept 77. Corn July 52 cents Sept 52. Pork July 17 dollars. Butter Creameries 15 cents? Turkey and chicken prices listed. Northwestern cash grain prices September 1.08 1.07. General market quotes reflect mixed shifts across grains and meats.
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Chiesro
Northwestern
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