Firing at Sveaborg as Petersburg braces for uprising
Reports from St Petersburg describe heavy cannonading at Sveaborg near Helsinki and Kronstadt fears of revolt spreading to the Baltic fleet. Mutinous ships, loyal troops, and a newly formed strike mood stir a tense Baltic theater as authorities move to contain the uprising and curb information reaching Cronstadt and its islands.
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Cronstadt
Baltic
Helsingfors
Cronstad
Sveaborg
Cromstad
Twenty-Fourth Division
Ex Deputy Herzenstein Murder Sparks Liberal Protests
Aug 2 St Petersburg reports say ex deputy Herzenstein was shot at his country home near Terloki Finland while walking with family. Liberals plan demonstrations in St Petersburg and Moscow to honor him, amid claims the Black Hundred seeks vengeance for Gen Koslos death earlier in July. No suspects detained.
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St Petersburg
Moscow
Herzenstein
Calistons
Prince Troubetskoy
M Herzenstein
Terloki
Finland
Constitutional Democrats
Counter Terrorist League
Black Hundred
Herzensten
Koslos
Peterhof
TerTioki
Want Referee Removed in Bankruptcy Hearings
Roanoke Va Aug 1 The board of directors of the Real Merchants Association of this city filed charges against G H Penn referee in bankruptcy before Judge McDowell and asked that he be removed They claim he cannot deliver justice favors the bankrupt waits on debtors and neglects creditorsThey request the judge appoint a representative lawyer to fill the post.
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Roanoke
Real Merchants Association
G H Penn
Metus City
Judge McDowell
Mr Penn
Funeral mourner killed in hack crash and glass attack
Baltimore August 1 Walter K Me Hirov aged fifty four a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Felons was killed returning from the funeral of Israel Perry of Rayonne New Jersey whose body had been brought here for burial McElroy was alone in a hack when the horses ran wild the hack struck a post and demolished and McElroy's throat was cut almost from ear to ear by broken glass of a window The driver of the hack was seriously injured
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Baltimore
W.l
Walter K Me Hirov
Independent Order of Odd Felons
Ainnost Instants
Israel Perry
Rayonne
McElroy
Teachers to Get Pensions in New College List
Randolph-Macon Woman's College president announces the college qualifies for the ninenew foundation pensions for professors, placing it on the permanent list of institutions entitled to retirement benefits. The notice follows an official accreditation and highlights the move as a statewide advancement for teaching standards.
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Washington Roar
Lynchbig
Sunth
Randolph-Macon Women's Collge
Ninewie Foundation For One
United States
South
Cummins Men in Full Control at Iowa Republican Nominates Cummins
Iowa's State Republican convention renominated Gov. A. B. Cummins amid a turbulent gathering showing Cummins and the progressive wing in firm control. Warren Garst nominated for lieutenant governor after a tense roll call. Dolliver aided Cummins' dominance as the standpat faction yielded to his influence. The platform endorsed the Jona idea, a moderate tariff plank, a state-wide primary, abolition of the party pass, and campaign finance limits. Jamestown sailings change to 10am for all-day trips announcement.
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Washington Post
Des Moines
Iowa
A.B Cummins
Cummins
Warren Garst
George D. Perkins
Perkins
Dolliver
State Committee
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Ho Perkins
Jefferson County
H M Towner
T PD Healy
Comention
Barnard Murphy
Wurphy
Chiurman Towner
Woard
Towner
G W Clark
Opernker
House of Representatives
Pemanent
Convention
United States
Dog Bites G M Collier in East Gloucester
New York artist Miles Collier visiting East Gloucester was badly bitten by an English bulldog as he entered his automobile. Forty wounds covered Collier’s arms and legs. he was treated at a drug store and is reported comfortable tonight. The dog was sent to New York for rabies testing, and the vehicle remained with the dog in the rear seat prior to the attack.
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Washington Post
Gloucester
Masa
Miles Cailter
New York
East Gloucester
Collier
Two Negro Miners Shot Near Rock Springs
A Sturgis Kentucky dispatch reports two black coal miners en route from Providence were stopped in the road near Rock Springs and shot. One crawled to safety in dangerous condition. the other died. Harvey Springer and Robert Hall, active miners union members, were arrested by a deputy U S marshal after the attack on the miners, per a farmer eyewitness.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Sturgis
Providence
Rock Springs
Harvey Springer
Robert Hall
Miners’ Union
United States
Lord Douglas Held After Bigamy Suspect Alleges Lord Sholto Douglas Identity
Portland police detain a man at Sebago Lake under the name S G Douglas. Asheville authorities seek bigamy charges over Miss Josephine Hood’s marriage. Bankers identify the prisoner as Lord Sholto Douglas, with two companions posing as Lady Douglas and heir. Scotland Yard cable to confirm, release likely if match is confirmed.
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Lord Douglass
Lord Shosta Douglas
Marquis of Queensberry
Asheville
N. C
Sebago Lake
S G. Douglags
Lady Douglas
Sebago
Lord Sholto Douglas
London
Don Institution
Scotland Yard
Ashville
Blaine
Air
Douglas
Shella Douglas
Misa Loretta Adkins
California
Bogus Count and Countess in Prison
Former valet and parlor maid of a German nobleman arrested in Cherbourg amid extensive frauds on tradesmen and hotelkeepers. The couple used Count and Countess Wittgenstein titles, carried the count’s marriage certificate, and recently traveled aboard the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. They advertised travel packages and limited round trips, with schedules tied to Baltimore and Ohio routes and distant connections.
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Cherbourg
Count Wittrenstein Ag
Count Wittgenstein
United States
Count End Countess Wittgenstein
Alderman Porth Pleads Guilty in Bribe Ring Case
Henry Porth of Green Bay Wisconsin pleads guilty to bribery charges in Municipal Court. He admitted receiving one thousand dollars in the scheme tied to contractors via former Alderman George J Schwartz, with sentence to be announced by Judge W Morahan in two weeks. District Attorney Cady has secured convictions of the ring including ringleader Alderman Gray who paid a two thousand dollar fine earlier.
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Green Bay
Wis
Henry Poth
W . Morahan
Porth
George J. Schwartz
Cady
Gray
Schwartz
One Killed and Wounded in Rockland Mine Clash
In Calumet Michigan a fight between striking trammers and miners heading to work under Sheriff McFarland's guard left one man dead and another mortally wounded. Several others were shot and about forty strikers were detained at Rockland town hall. The sheriff closed all local businesses and ordered quiet restored.
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Calumet
Mich
Michigan
Rockland
Thaw Case Shifts as Mother Dismisses Defense Firm
New York August 1 Mrs William Thaw dismissed the Olcott firm and others hired to build an insanity defense for her son Harry Thaw. She now favors Clifford Hartridge who will steer the case toward an insanity plea or temporary aberration. Thaw insists he killed Stanford White and a jury should acquit.
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Stanford White
New York
Wilam Thaw
Black
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Gruber
Madison Square Roof Garden
White
Heacman
Harry
Melany Bartudga & Feshod
Broadway
Roslyn
Long Island
George Lauder Carnegie
Hartridge
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Cleatt
Phaw
Olegtt
Hartmegan
Ingiah Thaw
Tme
Harry Thaw
Williamhaw
Barry Thaw
Harridge
Lorraine
Hest Forty-fifth Street
Thaws
Olratt
Missing Union town treasurer John B. McIntyre Jr reported
New York August 1 John B McIntyre Jr town treasurer of Union New Jersey has been missing since Thursday. Relatives and friends fear foul play after efforts to locate him failed. He handled township business at the Rutherford bank Thursday and has not been seen since. Associates on the township committee have begun to support the town accounts as far as known they are correct.
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New York
John B. McIntyre, Jr
Union
Rutherford
Insurance Men Accused In San Francisco Fire Conspiracy
San Francisco August 1 grand jury investigates charges of criminal conspiracy against insurance brokers who allegedly coerced policy holders into accepting reduced settlements after the April 18 conflagration. Subpoenas issued demanding evidence of settlements, directing Prof. A W Whitney of the University of California, head of the Merchants' Exchange insurance bureau, to produce records. The bureau aims to trace the history of every settlement connected to the blaze.
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San Francisco
Grand Jury
A. W Whitney
University of California
Whitney
Merchants’ Exchange
Parker On Auto Trip
Special to The Washington Post from Amsterdam New York August 1 Judge Alton B Parker alighted from a car and resumed his journey eastward after a sunstoned rest in the city Mrs Parker Intlaw and Parker Wail accompanied him with Harry T Sarkey of Poughkeepsie The judge declined to comment on the Hearst State committee action in New York yesterday afternoon
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Washington Post
Amsterdam
N.Y
Parker
Intlaw
Alton Parcker Wail
Harry T Sarkey
Poughkeepsie Hoertly
Utica
Hearst State Committee
New York
Widow of Portrait Painter Gifts Half Million in Will
Amelia Tu Lazarus widow of Jacob Lazarus distributes over half a million dollars in probate. Ten benevolent institutions receive gifts of 20100 each to the Metropolitan Museum of Art United Hebrew Charities Hebrew Technical Institute and Home for Aged and Infirm. Her art collection is left to the Metropolitan Museum Corcoran Gallery Washington and Philadelphia’s mansion. The two latter institutions receive five dollar gifts each.
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New York
Amelia Tu Lazarus
Jacob Lazarus
Metropolitan Museum of Art
United Hebrew Charities
Hebrew Technical Institute
Home For
Metropolitan Museum
Menopolitan Museum
Corcoran Gallery
Wvasinnaton
Phailadelphia
Battle for a Crossing at East St Louis Disputed Track Clash
Eight hundred laborers clashed at East St Louis as Louisville and Nashville Railway workers and Illinois Traction Company crews fought over a crossing. After hand to hand encounters and dispersed pistol fire, two L and N engines were altered to block the electric line from tearing up tracks. No serious injuries reported.
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East St. Louis
Louisvile and Nashville Railroad
Illinois Traction Company
Louisville and Nashville
Electric Road
Lowsville
Nashyville
Traction Company
Children to Visit Bont de Castellaine Parents Alternately
Paris reports lawyers for Count and Countess Bont de Castellaine will likely settle out of court over the children visiting their parents on alternating vacations. The countess stays at Denville and objects to all three children visiting their father at once, preferring to avoid being left alone.
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Specter
Washington Post
Paris
Bont de Castellaine
Denville
Cholera Cases Reported in Madrid Amid Alarm
Several sporadic cholera cases were found in Madrid causing concern. The disease is linked to contaminated water. A hygiene committee has ordered immediate steps to prevent spread and closed numerous suspected wells.
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Madrid
Rescue by Capt Train in Shanghai Typhoon Heroic Action
Victoria BC August 1 Captain Train son of Admiral Train US Navy was among typhoon heroes from Shanghai. He and a boat crew rescued missionary Rey D. McGillivray from an overturned houseboat. Ship manager Robert Law drowned with others as several junks sank and houses collapsed. Chinese losses and fatalities reported in the French concession amid two collisions.
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Victoria
Capt Train
Admiral Train
Shanghai
Adam Bede Denounces Muckrakers at Chautauqua
Adam Bede of Minnesota told a Silver Lake Chautauqua audience that muckrakers are defiant and that public men must meet new duties. He claimed the nation’s welfare is entrusted to a few capable lawmakers and said he had never seen an Arthur House member intoxicated in two terms.
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Washington
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Adam Bede
Minnesota
Silver Lake
Congress
Arthur House
Dynamite Blast Injures Toledo Family at Home
A stick of dynamite hidden in a log ignited a blast at the home of Mrs. Carl Ostman in Toledo on August I. The explosion wrecked the stove and seriously injured Mrs. Ostman and her daughter. Police suspect deliberate placement after receiving anonymous threatening letters.
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Toledo
Ohio
Carl Ostman
Night Explosion Ravages Pennsylvania Village and Mines
An explosion in the Warson Ann mine of the Werrior Raw Coal Company kills miner John Bhumaker. Gas from below ignites a lamp in John Williams home, fatally burning his daughter Margaret aged sixteen. The blast collapses earth, disrupts water mains, destroys the Williams residence and an adjacent house, and plunges the town into darkness as firefighters smother fires and residents fear wider devastation.
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Wilkesbarre
Werrior Raw Coal Company
Warsor Ann
John Bhumaker
John Williams
Margaret
Willams
American Sent to Prison in Isle of Pines Incident
New Orleans report details alleged ill treatment of Americans on the Isle of Pines. J A Miller and J J Symes, bearing letters to Senator Morgan, link to Mike Brown’s imprisonment. William Taylor’s patch defense and subsequent arrest unfold, with bail and pending trial cited.
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New Orleans
Addaitone
Isle of Pines
J A Miller
J. J Symes
John ‘F Morgan
Alabama
Mies Mlke Brown
Wiliam Tayior
Taylor
Pying
Symes
W. H. van Vorhees
Cupan
Soldiers Wander From Mount Gretna Stir Lebanon Missing Men
Gen Grant and Gen Harries crack down after 25 missing or stray soldiers are found in Lebanon. A Provost guard rounds up men, stamps passes, and increases station security to stop disorder and harassing civilians. Plans for all-night scouting, guided maneuvers, and outpost drills follow as commanders inspect lines and prep for further action.
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Harries
Lebanon
Gen
Charles E. Taylor
Washington Post
Roosevelt
Mount Gretna
Gen. Harries
First District
Phelan
Lieut Wyan
Mts
Col. Read
Grant Yill
JM Shindle
Washington
H Company
Pennsylvania National Guards
Staf
Gart
D. B MacLeod
Fort Myer
Thirteenth Cavalry
Harrisburg
Omega On foot rub trial bottle advertised at Niagara Falls excursion
An OCR jumble promotes Omega On foot rubs with references to a trial bottle and a Niagara Falls excursion by Pennsylvania Railroad. It mentions a ten day drought period from August to October and a special train with parlor and dining car service at 7 55 a.m.
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Baltilmore
Ohio
Washington
Beedal
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