Japanese Lands On Sakhalin Amid War Diplomatic Ties
Japanese troops landed on Sakhalin Island as a two day bombardment by Japanese forces opened near Korsakovsk. Russian defenders withdrew after destroying coast guns and government buildings. The occupation signals Japan’s firm stance ahead of peace talks in Washington.
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St. Petersburg
Potemkine
Kusteni
Roumania
Sakhalien
Japan
Sakhalin
Liapanoff
Chipivan
Korsakovsk
Merce
Shepivan
Linevitch
Washington
Sakhlin
Surrender of the Potemkine raises Russo Romanian dispute
The Potemkine mutiny ends with surrender to Romania at Kustenji. The crew, labeled deserters, will be sent to the frontier and released. Diplomats may protest the deserter designation for mutineers and the murder of officers. Admiral Kruger arrives as the vessel is turned over for stern justice.
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Russia
Roumania
Kustenji Harbor
Kustenji
Foreign Office
Odessa
Potemkine
Kruger
Associated Press
Kniaz Potemkine
Plenipotentiaries Set Meet Place for Japan Russia Talks
Tokyo dispatch reports Japanese forces on Sakhalin capturing four guns and ammunition as Russia and Japan agree on Portsmouth New Hampshire as the peace conference meeting site. Sessions will be held in the federal navy yard building recently completed.
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Japan
Russia
Portsmouth
N. H
Mutiny on the Kniaz Potemkine Ends in Surrender
During the final days of the voyage two engineers and an officer with revolvers controlled the mutiny aboard the Kniaz Potemkine. Seven officers were taken prisoner while Matuschenko, the mutineer leader, resisted and allegedly killed ten officers. Papers and books were destroyed as the vessel surrendered when no other ships joined the mutiny.
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Ance
Matuschenko
Kniaz Potemkine
Rambler Car Arrives From Ottumwa in Washington
Edward Klopfenstein and Samuel Barden brought Mr. Klopfenstein's new Rambler two seater model L twenty horsepower to Washington from Ottumwa. They left at 6 and arrived shortly after dinner, covering 64 miles on very poor roads. This brings Washington's auto count to about a dozen, a notable showing for the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Klopfenstein
Samuel Barden
Ottumwa
Mr. Klopfenstein
Washington
Thieves Stir Quietly Steal 25 Chickens From Coop
Thieves entered Philip Thoma's chicken coop Saturday and took 25 or 30 fine young fowls while leaving six behind. No one was at home, and exact entry time is unknown. Thoma appreciates the six remaining birds.
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Philip Thoma
Mr. Thoma
Joe Melinsky Injured After Colt Kick
This afternoon about three o'clock Joe Melinsky employed by J. Emmons was kicked by a colt. A physician was summoned and his injuries are not yet known.
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Joe Melinsky
J. Emmons
Yeomen to Convene Meeting Tomorrow Evening
The Brotherhood of American Yeomen will hold a meeting tomorrow evening to handle business of importance.
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Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Spence Brothers Visit Dolans En Route to St Louis
William Frank and Dick Spence of Tipton visited Mr and Mrs G P Dolan in the city yesterday on their way to St Louis where they will assist Jud Dolan with plastering one hundred houses under contract.
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William, Frank
Dick Spence
Tipton
G.P. Dolan
St. Louis
Jud Dolan
Will Return to Illinois Without a Fight
Seattle July 10 E J Lew, a real estate broker sought at Wheaton Illinois for embezzlement alleged to total over 100000, will return without extradition.
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Illinois
Seattle
Wash
E. J. Lewis
Wheaton
Ill
District Attorney Jerome targets Bequstable Life scandal prosecutions
William T. Jerome, district attorney, pursues criminal prosecutions as he handles about 12 000 New York County cases yearly. A New York native aged forty six, he battles crime and graft, keeping a country home in Lakeville Connecticut where he tinkers with clocks to recover from the strain of his demanding duties.
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William T. Jerome
New York County
N. Y
New York
Lakeville
Conn
Baseball Scores Across Leagues and Associations
Scores from Saturday and Sunday games across the League Association and Western divisions. Key results include St. Louis beating Cincinnati 6-3, Chicago defeating Pittsburgh 8-1 in a doubleheader loss, and Detroit tie with Chicago thirteen innings. The report also mentions a coal mine in Illinois tied to debts and promise of payoff.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Boston- Philadelphia
Boston
Pittsburg
New York
Detroit
Philadelphia
Washington
Cleveland
Association
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Louisville
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Toledo
Columbus
Colorado Springs
Des Moines
Sioux City
St. Joseph
Denver
Omaha
Train collision injures two on Big Four mail run
Greencastle July 10 A west bound freight pulling into a siding near Oakall five miles west of town collided with a fast New York mail train moving east at about sixty miles per hour Fireman Tippy of Indianapolis died and engineer A M Garner of Mattoon IL was seriously hurt Both passengers and mail clerks avoided injury
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Greencastle
Tad
New York
Oakall
Here
Tippy
Indiamaapolis
A. M. Garner
Mattoon
Fire hits Illinois state arsenal and armory
Fire in the new state arsenal and armory at Springfield caused damage of several hundred dollars. The origin is unknown and flames were found by the night watchman. Firemen faced heavy smoke and difficulty locating the blaze. Several hundred military uniforms were destroyed.
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Springfield
New State Arsenal
Robbery Attempt Ends With Shooting and Arrest
In a violent attempted robbery, Ritzenthaler was shot after Unser drew a pistol. Ritzenthaler, who had been drinking, told officers he was crazed by Hyuer during the incident as the sack with valuables was recovered and arrest followed.
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Unser
Ritzenthaler
Sachel
Hyuer
Flood Drowns Three Men in Bad River Area
News from Pierre South Dakota reports three more flood fatalities from the Bad river flood. Victims Henry Rifleberg Edward Cook and Fred Trumbo were in a house at the junction of the Bad river and Squaw creek when floodwaters swept the building away. Albert Rifleberg survived by reaching the roof.
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Pierre
8. D
Rifenberg Ranch
Newlin
Ilenry Rifenberg
Edward Cook
Fred Trumbo
Albert Rifenberg
Squaw Creek
Indictments Hit Detroit Naturalization Scandal Leader
The federal grand jury has presented thirty four indictments and a report criticizing the Detroit recorder’s court for lax naturalization methods. Judge Swan will handle the cases. Twenty indictments target Ferdinand Parma, once a city detective bureau member and Italian leader in Detroit.
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Detroit
Recorder's Court of Detroit
Swan
United States Court
Federal Grand Jury
Ferdinand Parma
City Detective Bureau
Wooster Man Kills Sweetheart Then Himself
Joseph Shaffer fatally wounds his sweetheart Lizzie Montandon in Wooster Ohio then shoots himself. Doctors say Montandon cannot live following a quarrel in which Shaffer accused her of attention from other men.
Chicago Markets Report Strong Cattle Sheep Hogs Prices July 10 1908
The Chicago market notes strong cattle and sheep with steady to higher tone for hogs. Receipts estimated 35000 cattle 21000 hogs 21000 cattle and 18000 sheep, with varied classes from light to heavy shipping grades and prices across multiple categories.
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Stong
Dog recovers missing purse on shore in Munising
Mrs George A Leiphart lost a purse containing 125 in money and checks when the family boarded a launch to Grand Island. The small cocker spaniel pulled her toward the bay shore and, following the dog, she found the purse buried in the grass where she had left it.
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Munising
Mich
Bay Shore
Far Jadet Submarine Crew Dead After Tunis Sinking
Paris reports the crew of the submarine Far jadet is dead after its sinking at the entrance to Sidi Abdallah port in Tunis last Thursday. Efforts to raise the vessel were ineffective.
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Paris
Farjadet
Sidi Abdallah
Tunis
Archibald Haynes Resigns From Equitable Life Agency
Archibald Haynes, general agent for the Equitable Life Assurance Society, resigns effective December 31. His stake includes Broad Street offices in New York and a major city clientele. He cites concern over future control of policyholders via stock transfers as motive.
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Equitable Life
Alfatra
New York
Archibald
Haynes
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Broad Street
Paul Morton
Financial District
Devlin Seeks Return After Brain Blood Clot
Topeka reports Charles J. Devlin consulting attorney Clifford Histed as doctors note a brain blood clot. Devlin shows marked improvement and hopes to return to work in about a month citing mines will pay out if he is fit and able.
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Illinois
Devlin
Histed
Topeka
Kan
Charles J. Devlin
Clifford Histed
Robber Attacks Paymaster Then Seizes Transport Chest
In Sandusky Ohio on July 10 as paymaster 8S H Unser carried $13000 toward the Wheel ing and Lake Erie Railroad docks he was attacked from behind by John Ritzenthaler of Turon who seized the money satchel from his hands and fled the scene.
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Sandusky
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Company
H. Unser
John Ritzenthaler
Turon
Men Blown to Pieces in Pennsylvania Rock Powder Blast
Eight workers were killed and two injured when a blast of rock powder near New Cumberland on the Pennsylvania railroad improvements misfired. Victims include James Wiseman dynamite boss Buffalo New York and Arthur Green steam driller Harrisburg with others named and missing. The blast scattered debris up to 200 yards and bodies were dragged from the Susquehanna across the river. Wiseman had supervised the shot and his hair dyed helped identify him.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
New Cumberland
Susquehanna River
Pennsylvania Railroad
P. S. Kerbough & Co
Bnota
James Wineman
Buffalo
N. Wij
Arthur Green
Plarraburg
Robert Thompson
Helper
Frank Mullach
William Reed
G. C. Miller
Idaville
Adams County
Wiseman
Kerbaugh Company
Fred
Tamping Iron Explosion Kills and Injures Quarry Workers
A blast at a quarry killed and injured several workers when tamping tools sparked while a rock powder charge exploded. An Italian water boy and a fireman were among the injured as telegraph wires bore flesh and bone fragments. The incident caused widespread shock across Harrisburg area.
Auto Firm Sued for 25000 Damages in Kokomo Suit
Joseph Berkheiser his wife and daughter of Miami County sue Haynes Apperson and Apperson Bros. automobile companies in Kokomo Indiana for 25000 stating a runaway horse frightened by an auto caused injuries.
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Auto Company
Kokomo
Ind
Joseph Berkheiser
Miami County
Haynes Apperson and
Apperson Bros
Kittridge the Story Writer Dies At Reeds Ferry
Walter Kittredge, the poet and author of Tenting on the Old Camp Ground, dies at Reeds Ferry from infirmities of old age. He is survived by a widow and one daughter.
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Kittridge
Manchester
N. H
Walter Kittredge
Reeds Ferry
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Island
St. Andrew
Sakhalin Island
Tokio
Evening Journal
Washington, D. C
the Plenipotentiaries of
Ment Navy Yard
William Travers Jerome
Preaud
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Chicago Board of Trade
McCall
C. J. Devlin
Disness
Au Row
John Shetter
Miller
Tlarrisburg
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