Two Naval Disasters Sink Delfin Submarine Trial Drowns Sailors
At Baltic works during a torpedo boat Delfin conversion to a submarine, twenty two sailors drown when the crew fails to close the manhole before submerging. Four officers and thirty men aboard. accident blamed on inexperience and rushed escape. Delfin, Russia's premier submarine, was designed by BKoubnoff and Beklemishev and had a 1903 trial.
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St. Petersburg
Baltic Works
Russia
Bkoubnoff
Beklemisheff
Ironclad clash at Cronstadt damages Navarin report shows
The Russian ironclad Netron Menia rammed the battleship Navarin at Cronstadt in the afternoon. The extent of the damage and casualties are unknown. Navarin displaces 10,206 tons with 9,000 indicated horsepower and a 630 crew. Netron Menia is 3,340 tons, an old vessel updated with new boilers in 1897.
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St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Netron Menia
Navarin
Cronstadt
Collision injures many near Chaska Minnesota
Two men were seriously hurt and others injured in a head on crash on the Minneapolis and St. Louis road one mile from Chaska. Crosby Siegerfuss of Excelsior and Henry Hughit of Minneapolis were among the injured as a work train collided with a freight train while approaching Chaska.
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Shakopee
Minn
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Chaska
Crosby Siegerfuss
Excelsior
Henry Hughit
Minneapolis
Baptist minister fined for assault in Jacksonville
Rev. J. B. Holly a prominent Baptist leader and editor was fined 250 in criminal court for assaulting Rev. W. A. Hobson pastor of First Baptist Church and editor on the Southern Baptist. The dispute centered on management of the Southern Baptist and Baptist Witness and a council meeting is to address the matter.
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Jacksonville
Fla
J.B. Holly
Southern Baptist and Baptist Witness
W. A. Hobson
First Baptist Church
Southern Baptist
Holly
Council of the First Baptist Church
Southern Baptist and
Baptist Witness
Cloudburst floods Pittsburg area flooding roads and homes
Over 500 structures along the Pan Handle railway near Pittsburg were inundated by two to ten feet of water from a night cloudburst in Robinsons Run hollow and the Chartiers valley. Buildings and bridges washed away, horses and cattle drowned, at least one life reported, rumors of more deaths unverified, many narrow escapes noted.
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Pittsburg
Robinsons Run Hollow
Chartiers Valley
Loomis Disappearance Remains Unsolved In Europe
Washington reports no news from state department agents in Europe on the whereabouts of Kent J. Loomis who vanished from the Kaiser Wilhelm fr on June 20. Officials say no new lead has emerged and the case remains unresolved.
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Washington
State Department
Department
Europe
Kent J. Loomis
Plymouth
Missing Passenger Believed Hidden by Friends
Report notes a missing passenger possibly concealed by friends in a sanitary manner during a fit of abstraction. Authorities expect he has recovered from his lapse and is likely safe.
Powers Shot In Boardinghouse clash Aboard June
In Chicago on June 30 Richard Powers boarder keeper was shot during a cay by John Keough business agent for the Seamen's union. Keough tried to shoot himself but the revolver misfired. Keough was among Powers' boarders.
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Chicago
Richard Powers
Cay
John Keough
Seamen’s Union
Keough
Powers
Vessel Believed Lost Near Port Arthur Off Liaotieshan
Chinese arrivals from Port Arthur report a large vessel, likely Russian, stranded on rocks ten miles southeast of Liaotieshan promontory with three funnels and two masts visible. They say the Japanese fleet left the entrance on June 24 and the Russian fleet reappeared briefly, with fighting continuing on land and sea. Weather has been stormy since Monday and Manchuria reports extreme heat.
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Chefoo
Port Arthur
Liaotieshan
Manchuria
Japanese Drive Russians From Fortified Hills at Port Arthur
A Tokio special reports fierce Sunday combat at Port Arthur on June 26 as Japanese forces attacked three fortified hills and, after heavy fighting, forced Russian defenders to retreat.
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Chicago
Daily News
Tokio
Port Arthur
Russians Defeated East of Haicheng in June Battle
It is reported that Russian forces were defeated about sixteen miles east of Haicheng, and that the Russians at Tatchekiao are retreating north to avoid being cut off as Japanese forces rapidly advance.
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Tientsin
Haicheng
Tatchekiao
Oral Kuroki
Siugen
Tatche- Kiao
Oku
Kuroki
Dalien Pass
Kuropatkin
Novoe Vremya
Japanese Commanders to Leave for Front July 6
Marquis Oyama and Lieutenant General Kodama, chief of staff, depart for the front on July 6. Their destination remains undisclosed.
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Tokio
Marquis Oyama
Manchuria
Kodama
Japanese Lifeboats Drift Ashore Near Kiongsong
In a fogbound Vladivostok harbor on June 30 three Japanese lifeboats washed up near Kiongsong. One boat likely from the Kinshin sunk April 29 by Vladivostok cruisers, others appear from Japanese warships. Quiet conditions prevail.
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Vladivostok
Kiongsong
Kinshin
Modification Request For Cattle Dip Order Affects Shipments
Washington hears demands to ease a March order requiring dipping cattle west of the Mississippi to curb mange. Officials face petitions from former Senator Carter Representative Dixon and others seeking relief and alternative inspection before shipment.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Mississippi River
Department
Agricultural Department
Carter
Dixon
Conrad Kohrs
Montana
Buell
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Joseph Rosenbaum
Chicago Commission
Battle of Tupambac Report From Uruguay Alarms Leaders
Dispatches from Bage Uruguay report the Battle of Tupambac with heavy losses. Government forces suffer about 600 killed and 8000 wounded while revolutionists lose around 100 killed and 600 wounded. Revolutionaries claim capture of war supplies and press the pursuit under Mariano Saravia against General Benavente.
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New York
Bage
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Saravia
Tupambac
Uruguay
Eashenparase
Mariano Saravia
Tenth National Prohibition Convention Opens in Indianapolis
The tenth national Prohibition convention opened in Tomlinson Hall Indianapolis with about 4000 delegates, alternates and visitors. National Chairman Oliver W. Stewart presided as committees formed the permanent organization naming A G Wolfenberger of Lincoln Neb permanent chairman and W G Calderwood of Minneapolis permanent secretary. The platform drafting group includes W Howard Iowa and S Dickie Michigan among others.
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Indianapolis
Tomlinson Hall
Abraham Lincoln
Clinton B. Fiske
Francis Willard
Nebraska
Iowa
New Jersey
Oliver W. Stewart
Chicago
George H. Peeke
Sandusky
Stewart
W. 8
Dean
General Miles
Delaware
W.S. Dean
United States
Homer L. Castle
Pittsburg
Castle
W. G. Calderwood
Minneapolis
St. Louis Exposition
W. M. Godwin
Missouri
David R. Francis
A. G. Wolfenberger
Lincoln
Neb
P. Tracy
Mlinio
I. H. Amos
Oregon
Northwestern
W. Howard
Michigan
S. Dickie
Minnesota
W. A. Powers
South Dakota
C. EB. Hollins
Washington
C. L. Haggard
Wisconsin
B. van Keuren
North Dakota
J. L. Sizer
Supreme Court Reverses Ruling in Knapp Case
The Supreme Court overturned the circuit court’s grant of a new trial for Alfred R. Knapp, the Hamilton man convicted of murdering his wife, and set August 19 as the date of his execution by electrocution.
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Preme Court
Circuit Court
Alfred R. Knapp
Hamilton, D
Ludwick Not Guilty After Sensational Ten Minute Jury Deliberation
Coldwater Michigan June 30 a jury cleared Katie Ludwick of harming her husband John after a ten minute deliberation following a thirteen day trial described as sensational by observers.
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Coldwater
Mich
Katie Ludwick
John
Abandon Hunt for Wisconsin Sheriff Murderer
In Winona Minnesota on June 30 members of Company C Hudson Wisconsin militia withdrew from a cross river search for Lon Smith the man suspected of killing Sheriff Harris of St Croix County Wisconsin near Eau Claire. Bloodhounds and extensive clues failed to locate him and authorities believe he escaped into Minnesota prompting the militia to return home.
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Winona
Minn
Hudson
Wis
Wisconsin
Harris
St. Croix County
Eau Claire
Lon Smith
Minnesota
Attempt to Tax Indians in Flathead Region Sparks Hearing
Testimony opened in Missoula as the United States seeks to stop Treasurer Daniel J Heyfron from taxing Indians living on the Flathead reservation. The county argues the wards are county residents subject to tax while the U S maintains they are under federal guardianship and not tax liable unless they become citizens. The move triggered earlier threats and outbreaks on the Flathead eight months ago.
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Missoula
Mont
United States
Daniel J. Heyfron
Missoula County
Flathead Reservation
Three Forts Captured Near Port Arthur in All-Day Battle
Unofficial reports say the Chikwanshan Chitan shan and Sobhosan forts southeast of Port Arthur fell after an all-day engagement begun with artillery fire. Socho-han was captured first. forty Japanese dead were noted at noon.
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Tokio
Chikwanshan
Chitanshan
Sobhosan
Port Arthur
Socho-han
Insomnia Drives Salt Lake Man to Suicide
John S. Williams aged twenty four son of Par ley L. Williams general counsel for the Oregon Short Line railway committed death by own action during the day in Salt Lake City. He sat in an easy chair with a rifle muzzle in his mouth the bullet tearing out almost the whole side of his head. Williams formerly was a student at Leland Stanford university and the Van Rennselaer Institute of Technology at Troy New York but was forced to leave school because of failing eyesight.
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Salt Lake City
John S. Williams
Parley L. Williams
Oregon Short Line Railway
Williams
Leland Stanford University
van Rennsaeler Institute of Technol
Troy
N. Y
Wisconsin Day at Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Governor La Follette from Madison attended Wisconsin Day at the exposition. He arrived with about forty staff, joined by President Francis and a military escort. A parade led to the Wisconsin state building where ex Governor Hoard presented the building. Hoard spoke, followed by La Follette, Con man Adams, and Kirby Thomas with Milwaukee music from the Merchants and Manufacturers Octette.
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St. Louis
Wisconsin
la Follette
Madison
Francis
Wisconsin State Building
W. E. Hoard
Wisconsin State Board of Managers
Conman C. Adams
Frs
Kirby Thomas
Superior
Wis
Octette
Milwaukee
Deportations Continue Halted Trainload Held in Colorado Springs
June 30 Victor sent another trainload of deported men to Colorado Springs but Captain Moore was met by Chief Reynolds and police who ordered against unloading. The train remains in place as military and police seek transport to Palmer Lake or Denver.
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Colorado Springs
Cold
Victor
Moore
Reynolds
Palmer Lake
Denver
Public anxious as Manchuria battle looms
In St. Petersburg June 30 the city awaits decisive fighting in Southern Manchuria as Japanese forces push forward through tough terrain. Newspapers speculate on Kuropatkin’s possible moves and stress the strategic shift toward tactics over plan.
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St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Army Organ
Novoe Vremya
Kuropatkin
German gun boat ordered to Port au Prince
The Panther now at Newport News has been ordered by cable to sail for Port au Prince Hayti immediately.
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Port Au Prince
Berlin
Panther
Newport News
Cable
Hayti
Maine Republicans Nominate Gubernatorial Hopefuls
Bangor June 30 The Republican state convention considered William T. Cobb of Rockland Charles B. Prescott of Biddeford Bert M. Fernall of and Eliot Wood of Winthrop as rival gubernatorial nominees with Cobb favored by conservative leaders though no clear choice emerged.
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Bangor
William T. Cobb
Rockland
Charles B. Prescott
Biddeford
Bert M. Fernall
Eliot Wood
Winthrop
Cobb
Naval dispatches prompt limited U.S. stance on Haiti incident
The state department noted reports that France and Germany dispatched warships to seek reparations for an attack on their ministers' persons in Port au Prince. It said it will not intervene unless an act appears beyond strict justice.
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Washington
State Department
France
Germany
Port Au Prince
Ohio murderer denied new trial by state supreme court
The Ohio State Supreme Court refused to grant a new trial, finalizing the death sentence for the convicted murderer in Columbus. The ruling allows the execution to proceed under state law.
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State Supreme Court
Ohio
Columbus
Armenian Revolutionists Cross Frontier In Turkish Clash
London June 30 A Times correspondent cites consular reports from Erzeroum stating forty five Armenian revolutionists crossed into Turkish territory were attacked. They suffered thirty seven killed while about three hundred Armenians are gathered beyond the frontier with six hundred Turks prepared to oppose the incursion.
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London
Constantinople
The
Times
Erzeroum
Japanese Advance Presses In Manchuria With Light Resistance
HaichengJune 30 The Japanese pursue rapid gains from Liu gen and Pengwangcheng while General Oka moves north from Senuchen. General Samsonoff offers only nominal resistance as Japanese regiments and ten batteries push from Monotien pass toward Liaoyang. A parallel force of equal strength advances from Fenshui pass along the high road to Liaoyang with support from a column from Saimatza.
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Haicheng
Liugen
Pengwangcheng
Oka
Senuchen
Samsonoff
Monotien Pass
Fenshui Pass
Liaoyang
Saimatza
Slocum Disaster Jury Finds multiple defendants criminally liable
A New York coroner and jury concluded the inquiry into the General Slocum disaster with a verdict of second degree manslaughter against the Knickerbocker Steamboat Company directors the Slocum captain Captain Pease and other officers. Warrants issued bail set from 1000 to 5000. Case referrals to the federal grand jury follow mediation between officials.
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New York
Berry
Knickerbocker Steamboat Company
Slocum
Pease
Lundberg
United States
Jmey Burnett
Jerome
Federal
General J
Gray
Cleveland
Judge Gray Quiets Cleveland Nomination Hope
Special dispatch from Wilmington reports Judge George Gray doubts Grover Cleveland will be nominated at St Louis. He also favors Parker for the nomination and says he is not seeking the presidency despite recent endorsements by leaders in several states.
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Philadelphia
Ohoe Record
Wilmington
Del
George Gray
Grover Cleveland
St. Louis
Judge Parker
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