Russian Interior Minister Von Plehve Assassinated in St Petersburg
A bomb exploded under the carriage of Minister of the Interior J M von Plehwe in St Petersburg as he traveled to visit the emperor at Peterhof. The coachman was killed and several others wounded. the assassin was captured after a rapid pursuit. The emperor Peter the Great’s government condemned the act and a major investigation followed with multiple arrests and surrounding police operations.
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St. Petersburg
Jon Phiehwe Wee
Baltic
Peterhof Palace
J. M. von Plehwe
Acassin
Bane
Dea
Antares
M. von Piehwe
von Piehwe
Tun Pichwe
Ubey
Duke
Duchene
M_ von Mietowe
Prilteema
Tete
Czar
Ergerding
Finn
Zementros
Polles
Iener
Carriaer
von Plehwe
Hamnod
Smpothy
Hotel du Nord | Amair
Bork
Lttel
Alexander Stal
Secret Service
Warsaw
von Piehne
Zanelackky Street
Associated Press
von Fiehne
Krasnoye Selo
Vladimir
Paterhof Palace
von Plehve
Rybinsk
M. “Vouteh
Strike disrupts Chicago meat packing as lockouts loom
Chicago July 28 reports say packers Swift Co and others posted notices that striking workers are no longer considered employees. Soap shortages and moving stocks to avoid disruption raise fears of wider hardship. Conflicts flare near Packingtown with pickets and a public appeal to keep meat moving.
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Chicago
Twa
Ble
Swift & Co
Packingtown
Halstead Street
Exchange Avenue
Allied Trades
East St. Louis
Til
Thia
Golden
Packing House Teamsters’ Union
Teamsters
Reteil
Chicago Junction Railway Company
Frederick Matthews
Stork
Michael Harrid
Libbey
McNeill& Linbey
South Water Street
Armour
Swift
Morris
Anna Rheinhart
Armour & Co
Donnelly
Ketchers
Tlan
Nelson, Morris & Co
Schwarzschild & Suleberger
Cudahy Packing Company
Burn the Towns Krupp and War Material Ships
Northern Japan presses toward the rail line in Manchuria and reports indicate Krupp orders and a large shipment of war matériel from Hamburg to Constantinople. Japanese forces push from the north toward Mukden while weather and provisioning pose growing challenges. New Chwang and Yinekow under Japanese control with Mrs Gilchrist appointed customs chief.
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Washington
Qa’ Anesa
Toklo
Oku
Ta Tene Kiso
New Chitwan
Bren
Eee
Russia
Hoya
London
The
Times Inte Merning
Hamburg
Constantinople
Times
Black Sea
New Chwang
Takayama
New Chwang Ham
Yinekow
Mra
Gilchrist
Ome
Winder Nd
Roosevelt Withdashes to Washington on July Visit?
President Roosevelt accompanied by Mrs Roosevelt Secretary Loeb and the executive staff test today for Washington. The trip from Oyster Bay New York begins in late July with officials onboard.
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President
Mrs Roosevelt
Washington
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Mravelt
Loeb
Weather bulletin notes cool spell and scattered showers
Readable fragments report clear weather in Missouri and Kansas with a general drop in temperatures and increases in the day’s high lows. Showers observed in eastern Kansas and western Missouri. Kansas forecast calls for generally cold tonight with low temperatures. winds from the south at noon. Government thermometer readings across multiple towns listed in the article.
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Corm and Wheat Region
Non and
Weabthy
Missouri
Kansas
Mis
Osame Dua
Concordia
Dodge City
Trace
Toreka
Toronto
Whisky question roils Elizabethtown churches
A dispatch from Elizabethtown Kentucky notes a strong temperance push as a whisky issue surges through town. Rev A P Lyon and Rev W Brengle lead sermons at a union meeting urging congregants to oppose whisky sales amid about 850 attendees. Later reports mention weather unifications and a Chicago forecast for Kansas conditions.
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Louleville
Elisabethtown
Baptist
Methodist
Presbyterian
Methodist Church
WF Brengle
Baptist Church
Elizabethtown
A. P. Lyon
Brengie
Wm. Megeinses
Satisfied over Knight Commander sinking row grows
London reports Russia promised full reparation for the Knight Commander sinking while tension with Britain eases. Washington notes US hopes for compensation via Knight Commander owners and Russian assurances. Senator Mitchell leads protest for Portland Flour Milling over Arabia seizure and broader contraband searches.
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London
Lansdowne
Great Britain
Count Beckendorf
Lord Lansdowne
Russia
Vladivostok
Montpelier
Red Sea
Dardanelles
J. Wurgess
Columbia. University
England
Bosphorus
Suez Canal
United States
House of Commons
Ballfour
Black Sea
Alaiacca
Balfour
Washington
State Department
Spenker Eddy
St. Peersburg
Arabia
Eddy
Ore
Mitchp
Portland Flour 3 Company
Orient
Hong
Kong
Wpa
Kay
4 Viour Milling Company
Boassing Oe
Ing
Ennim
Portland Flour Milling Company
Mitchell
Mitchell Ned Beet
New York
Topeka Railroad Plans Unimpeded By Receiver Case
J W Gleed states the Kansas City and Olathe Electric Railway receiver appointment will not halt Topeka line progress. He notes Topeka may secure new right of way and continue construction three miles from Rosedale. Foreclosure of the Olathe company could clarify matters, but specifics remain uncertain as Fidelity Trust and ey e Trust are involved.
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Kansas City and Olathe Electric Railway Company
Topeka
J. W. Glee
Mr. Gleed
Olathe Company
Rosedale
Gleed
Eye Trust Company of
Kansas
Cowdery Appeals Over Drug Store Nuisance Ruling
Dr. CL Cowdery Ottawa druggist contests district court verdict that his store is a nuisance and must be abated. He appeals to the Kansas Supreme Court after Franklin county action sought an injunction and a long trial that upheld the nuisance finding. Cowdery previously had liquor permit revoked and was raided for prohibited liquor.
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CL. Cowdery
Ottawa
District Court
Franklin County
Supreme Court
Cowdery
Pleasant
Dynamite Found Under Santa Fe Depot in El Paso
Eight large sticks of dynamite and two dozen percussion caps were discovered beneath the Santa Fe depot in El Paso on July 26. Authorities say the explosive setup appeared primed to detonate if a heavy tar had been applied, prompting a thorough investigation.
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el Paso
Santa Fe
Tex
Sante Fe
Two Very Old Colored Women Die of Old Age
Joe and Maria Tangy and Lissie Perkins were among the oldest colored residents reportedly dying this week. Maria Tangy, born in Mississippi in 1784, died at the poor farm after about three months there. Lissie Perkins, born in North Carolina in 1804, lived in Quintan Heights until death. she may have been about 100 and proved her age. Estate of William Whitney valued at about 21 million dollars in New York schedules. Parker informs Mayor Harrison he cannot attend the August 26 Democratic demonstration in Chicago.
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Joe
Topeka
Maria Tange
Mississippi
Lissia Perkins
North Carolina
Maria
Tangy
Lissie Perkins
Quintan “Heights
Zie
Rosebud Reservation Land Drawing Yields Many Names
The Rosebud land distribution opened with envelopes and a wheel draw. Anns M Adden of Dentonville Kan draws No 24 5 and many Kansans and others across the country secure numbers. The list includes Rosa Willam McCormick Lancaster Pa. Charlies J McCormick Forge Io Neb. Grant Hicks Sioux Falls SD. Anna M Adden Denton Kan. August Blonke Britton SD among others. A second note reports crowds watching the ballot results and a separate Paris Berlin athletic contest buildup with midinettes promising Paris revenge.
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Eeki
Wealey
Dakota City
Miltneas Dotson
Sprague
Charlies J. McCormick
Ore Io
Thomas Puskinson
Knoxville
Lee Brewer
Crafton
Neb
Frank J. Beebe
Pintte
Henry J. Rickert
Turner Coan
J. Motmberg
Martin Clemenson
Valley
Joseph T. Whitman
Council Bluffs
George W. Wainwright
Lawton
Kia
August Blonke
Britton
Chapman
Morrisos County
Rin A. Kidder
Lynn
Abiens
Anna M. Adden
Dentonrike
Kan
Clinton R. Nash
Sioux City
Brockford
Frank Tyndall
Ole BM
Oleaon
Cumberlan
James
Galvin
Banvenworth
Martin T. Buck
Oleate Mo
Anna Wurts
Yankton & de
William A
Irwin W. Pappe
Berden
Linford Boyles
Ft. Jamoa
Joseph H. Ford
Lookout
Arthur Af. Iu
Wetmore Kiss
Theodore Johnson
Charles Werner
Bowles
John Jackson
Vermillion
John H. Peterson
Spencer
B. Perrine
Wisner
Web
Ailen F. Lewis
Finndroay
Lester A. Chaltan
Omaha
James G Jenkina
Catrpell
A. Miller
Anstey
George W. Swayler
Tennesned
Benjamin F. Johnson
St Jon
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Goceanes
Interior
Krupp
Kuropatkin
Sintsintin
Manchuria
Mukgen
Mancharis
Mrs. Nation Catees
Knight Commander
Uncle Sam
Senator Mitchell
Portland Millers
J. W. Gleed
Topeka-Kansas City
Parker
Judge Parker
Harrison
Wm. McCormick
Pennsylvania
Rosebud Reservation
Anns M. Adden
Dentonville, Kan
Nels J. Pinnell
Shakeley
Orrin J. Caffer
Taber
Edmond “Hughes
John G. ‘Purrock
Lestervilla
George Longheart
Don Glbeon Lawton Eounty
Charles W. Brady
Clarence Guidhetti
Lawrence
Francis T. Roberts
Fred T. de Tin
Paris
Berlin
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