Mutinous Ships Threaten Sveaborg as St Petersburg Feels Uprising
An AP report from St Petersburg details heavy cannonading at Sveaborg near Helsinki and mutinies among Baltic Fleet ships. The imperial yacht Pots lies steaming near the royal palace as authorities fear revolt spreading to Cronstadt. Loyal troops quell unrest while reports of four mutinous vessels and strategic moves unfold amid tense harbor conditions.
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Twenty-Fourth Division
Roanoke Referee Faces Removal Bid by Merchants
The Real Merchants Association of Roanoke files charges against referee G H Penn in bankruptcy court with Judge McDowell. They accuse him of favoring the bankrupt, delaying creditors, and being discourteous. They urge removal and appointment of a new representative lawyer.
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Real Merchants Association
G H Penn
Metus City
Judge McDowell
Mr Penn
Funeral mourner killed in hack crash and throat cut
Baltimore Aug 1 Walter K Me Hirov aged fifty four a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Felons was killed today returning from the funeral of Israel Perry of Rayonne NJ whose body had been brought here for burial McElroy was alone in a hack the horses of Winch ran away the hack dashed against a post and was demolished and McElroys throat 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 for Professors
The nine new foundation for advancement of teaching has voted Randolph-Macon Woman's College into the permanent list of institutions entitled to retiring pensions for their professors. This followed official recognition that the college meets the standard set by the foundation.
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Washington Roar
Lynchbig
Sunth
Randolph-Macon Women's Collge
Ninewie Foundation For One
United States
South
Cummins Maintains Full Control At Iowa GOP Convention
Iowa State Republican convention renominated Gov A B Cummins as governor and backed Warren Garst for lieutenant governor. Dolliver helped secure Cummins dominance as standpatters yielded. a moderate tariff plank backed by Cummins was approved, calling for flexible changes to schedules and a statewide primary law while condemning corporate campaign contributions. Jamestown excursion schedule changed to 10 am departure for all day trip.
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Washington Post
Des Moines
Iowa
A.B Cummins
Cummins
Warren Garst
George D. Perkins
Perkins
Dolliver
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Ho Perkins
Jefferson County
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T PD Healy
Comention
Barnard Murphy
Wurphy
Chiurman Towner
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G W Clark
Opernker
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United States
Dog Attacks New York Artist in Gloucester Drive
G M Collier of Gloucester Massachusetts was seriously bitten by an English bulldog as he entered his automobile at his cottage. Forty wounds on arms and legs were cauterized at a drug store. The dog sent to New York for examination to rule out rabies.
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Finland
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 traveling from Providence Ky were halted by two men on the road near Rock Springs and shot. One walked to Cincinnati seeking help while severely wounded, the other died. Harvey Springer and Robert Hall, union members, were arrested by a deputy U S marshal after the attack based on a farmer eyewitness account.
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Providence
Rock Springs
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Robert Hall
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United States
Lord Douglas Held While Bigamist Case Unfolds in Portland
Portland police hold a man identified as S G Douglas at Sebago Lake cottage on Sebago Lake while Asheville authorities seek confirmation of his claimed identity as Lord Sholto Douglas. Bankers support the fiction, but Scotland Yard cable is awaited. If cleared he will be released.
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S G. Douglags
Lady Douglas
Sebago
Lord Sholto Douglas
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Don Institution
Scotland Yard
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Blaine
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Shella Douglas
Misa Loretta Adkins
California
Bogus Count and Countess Nab Elusive German Nobles
A former valet and parlor maid of a German nobleman, linked to Count Wittgenstein, is arrested in Cherbourg amid frauds against tradesmen and hotels. The couple used the count's marriage certificate, traveled on Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, and registered as Count and Countess Wittgenstein. Aimed travel ads and rail offers follow, including Baltimore and Ohio routes with round trips and scenic western connections.
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Count Wittrenstein Ag
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United States
Count End Countess Wittgenstein
Alderman Pleads Guilty in Contractor Bribe Case
Henry Porth of Green Bay Wisconsin pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to dine r y charges in a bribe scheme tied to contractors. Judge W Morahan will sentence in two weeks. Porth admits receiving about 1000 dollars via former Alderman George J Schwartz, part of a wider conviction of several aldermen led by Alderman Gray who paid a 2000 fine two months earlier.
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One Killed One Wounded In Mine Strike Fight
In Rockland Michigan a clash between striking trammers and miners heading to work under Sheriff McFarland’s guard left one man dead and another mortally wounded. Several more were shot as forty strikers were jailed at Rockland town hall. The sheriff closed all local businesses and reported quiet conditions today.
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Rockland
Thaw Mother Dismisses Lawyers in Insanity Defense
Mrs William Thaw dismissed the Olcott firm and others once hired to build Harry Thaw's insanity defense. Hartridge takes charge as Thaw moves to a direct trial strategy arguing the killing of Stanford White was justified and insanity was temporary. The split among Thaw relatives is resolved, with Thaw and Evelyn Nash now aligned with Hartridge and Roslyn consultations continuing.
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Stanford White
New York
Wilam Thaw
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Harry
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Long Island
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Phaw
Olegtt
Hartmegan
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Tme
Harry Thaw
Williamhaw
Barry Thaw
Harridge
Lorraine
Hest Forty-fifth Street
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Olratt
Town Treasurer McIntyre Missing in Union New Jersey
John B. McIntyre Jr town treasurer of Union New Jersey has been missing since Thursday relatives and friends fear foul play. He last transacted township business at the Rutherford bank and has not been seen since officials say township accounts are being backed up and checked.
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New York
John B. McIntyre, Jr
Union
Rutherford
Insurance Men Accused in San Francisco Grand Jury Probe
San Francisco august 1 grand jury investigates alleged criminal conspiracy by insurance brokers who forced policyholders to accept less after the April 18 fire. A subpoena directs Prof A W Whitney of the University of California to produce evidence of settlements. he heads the Merchants' Exchange insurance bureau tracing the history of each settlement after the blaze.
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Grand Jury
A. W Whitney
University of California
Whitney
Merchants’ Exchange
Parker On Auto Trip Business Calm In Amsterdam
Special to The Washington Post Judge Alton B Parker alighted from a car in Amsterdam New York at noon with Mrs Parker and family members. He resumed his journey eastward after a sunlit rest having started from Utica earlier. Asked about Hearst State committee action in New York he smiled and shook his head.
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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 Divides Fortune Among Gifts
The widow of Jacob Lazarus files a probate will disposing of more than half a million dollars. She directs $20,100 gifts to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, United Hebrew Charities, Hebrew Technical Institute, and Home for Aged and Infirm. The remainder funds go to the Metropolitan Museum, Corcoran Gallery, and the city mansion in Philadelphia with smaller gifts to the latter two institutions.
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Jacob Lazarus
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Hebrew Technical Institute
Home For
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Menopolitan Museum
Corcoran Gallery
Wvasinnaton
Phailadelphia
Battle for a crossing at East St. Louis
Eight hundred laborers clashed nonfatally at East St. Louis on August 1 as workers from Louisville and Nashville Railroad and Illinois Traction Company fought over a crossing. After hand to hand fights and pistol fire, two engines were altered by L&N officials and the electric line’s plans to tear up tracks were blocked. No serious injuries reported. Louisville and Nashville sought to prevent the traction company from crossing its right of way.
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Louisvile and Nashville Railroad
Illinois Traction Company
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Nashyville
Traction Company
Children to Visit Bont in Alternate Summer Schedule
Washington Post dispatch from Paris reports lawyers for Count and Countess Bont de Castellaine likely to settle out of court over children visiting their parents alternately. The countess stays at Denville and objects to all three children visiting their father at once, preferring she not be left alone.
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Specter
Washington Post
Paris
Bont de Castellaine
Denville
Cholera Cases Prompt Hygiene Steps in Madrid
Several sporadic cholera cases have been found in Madrid causing alarm. The disease is linked to contaminated water. A hygiene committee has ordered immediate actions to halt spread, including closing suspected wells.
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Madrid
Rescue by Capt Train in Shanghai Typhoon Heroics
Victoria August 1 Capt Train son of Admiral Train USN was a typhoon hero at Shanghai. He and a boat crew rescued Rey D. McGillivray missionary from an overturned houseboat. Accompanying McGillivray, Robert Law Shanghai Wharf Company manager, and several natives were drowned. Several junks sank and crews perished. Two collisions occurred with the Russian warship Mandjur damaged. In the French concession several natives were killed by collapse and by mangled lighting.
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Capt Train
Admiral Train
Shanghai
Adam Bede Attacks Muckrakers at Silver Lake Chautauqua
Congress man Adam Bede of Minnesota told a Silver Lake Chautauqua audience that muckrakers distort reality and that the world is improving. He asserted few congressmen could be trusted with national welfare and claimed he had never seen an Arthur House member intoxicated in two terms.
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Bellefontaine
Ohio
Adam Bede
Minnesota
Silver Lake
Congress
Arthur House
Dynamite Blast Damages Toledo Home Injures Mother and Daughter
A stick of dynamite placed in a wood block exploded in the stove at Mrs. Carl Ostman’s home in Toledo. The blast seriously injured Mrs. Ostman and her daughter. Police suspect the dynamite was placed deliberately after the mother received threatening letters.
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Toledo
Ohio
Carl Ostman
Mine blast and house explosion devastate Pennsylvania village
A mine gas explosion at War sor Ann injures miner John Bhumaker. Gas venting from the mine into homes ignites a second blast that kills Margaret Williams, 16, and collapses two houses. The earth settles, water mains fail, and the town sits in darkness as firefighters battle fires from stagnant pools and smoldering sections. Hundreds fetch water to quell outbreaks while residents fear wider destruction.
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Werrior Raw Coal Company
Warsor Ann
John Bhumaker
John Williams
Margaret
Willams
Americans allege mistreatment on Isle of Pines amid melon patch incident
New Orleans reports claim ill treatment of Americans on Isle of Pines following arrests linked to a watermelon patch guard dispute. J A Miller and J J Symes, residents, carry letters to Senator Morgan about Mike Brown’s imprisonment. William Taylor and others recount clashes with locals. Taylor briefly jailed, later released, and bail posted as a trial looms next autumn. Additional note mentions past bail in a separate case and boat-use warning by Cuban authorities.
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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 Mt Gretna as 25 Men Missing
Gen Grant and Gen Harries order a provost guard into Lebanon to round up 25 missing men from Camp Roosevelt Mount Gretna. Guards patrol saloons and streets, return men to Mount Gretna, and vow to stop disruptive behavior. Reports of a fatal fight circulate, with conflicting accounts and officials seeking to keep details quiet.
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Washington Post
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Omega On foot rub ad and rail excursion notice
An OCR fragment advertises Omega On foot rubs and mentions a Niagara Falls excursion with a Pennsylvania Railroad route. It references a ten day period from August 14 to September 7 and includes terms about special trains of parlor car dining car and couchette service at 7.55 a.m.
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Washington
Beedal
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