Mutiny Roils Russia as Cronstadt Sailors Rise in Sveaborg Tide
Reports detail a widespread mutiny starting at Sveaborg and Cronstadt with the Asia mutineers hoisting the red flag, sinking loyalties as martial law spreads. Prisoners are executed and troops pour into Cronstadt while revolters seek alliances and a general strike across the empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triiger
Sveaborg
Reval
Palel
Anova
Cronstadt
St. Petersburg
Sycamore
Cronstad
Associated Press
Vom Watch
Gulf of Finland
Oif Sveaborg
Ald
Asia
Raiga International
Tawthie Crulger
Grant Duke
Nicholas
Royal Ston
Pamyat Azova
Rase
Esthenian
Sind
Finnish Gulf
Meyer
Consnl
Fighting at Helsingfors sparks police clash and casualties
A Helsinki clash between communal police and Socialist guards escalated with the chief of police wounded and his assistant killed. Troops were deployed to quell the disorder as reports on the mutiny at Sveaborg and nearby islands remained unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuters Telegram Company
Helsingfors
Froops
Finland
Four Feet of Water Drowns Towns Hyattsville Bladensburg
Flooding from a heavy downpour sweeps Eastern Branch of the Potomac, four feet deep in places, inundating Hyattsville and Bladensburg. Homes lose first floors, livestock perish, and residents cling to upper areas as a Chesapeake Railroad bridge near Hyattsville faces collapse. Mr and Mrs Fowler are rescued after their horse and carriage plunge into the river with help from nearby bystanders.
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Horne
Potomac
Riverdale Road
Hyattsville
Bladensburg
Chesapeake Railroad
Hyattsyills
Johnstown
Bladensburg Road
Chester Fowler
Ninth Street
Wiliam Berr
John’ Walsh
Derr
Walsh
A. Rocker
Rivergate Road
Hast Hyattsville
George Washington House
Highland
Rupert’s Park
Lincoln
Ben
Dealt in Cotton Futures Investigation Report Sent
Atlanta Aug 2 The five member committee finished the inquiry into charges by Representative Anderson against Southern Cotton Association officers. After midnight testimony the group met behind closed doors to prepare a report for President Jordan for branding to the executive committee at Hot Springs on Sept 6. Cheatham admitted dealings in the association name and was condemned while Fairchild’s resignation as publicity manager who owned Piedmont Brokerage stock was offered but no action noted.
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Atlanta
Committee of Five
Anderson
Southern Cotton Association
Jordan
Hot Springs
Cheatham
Tor Youc
Michael O'Grady
Lee
Thie Association
Arthur A. Fairchild
Piedmont
Translator at Cuban Legation Faces Contempt Proceedings
Special dispatch from Havana reports Keyes, translator at the United States legation, will be prosecuted for contempt after snatching a judge’s paper and claiming immunity as an employer of the legation. He has been discharged from his post, and officials regard the matter as of no importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legation
Special Cable Dispatch
Wallington, Post
Havana
Keyes
United States Legation
Hes
Fasted Until He Died: Detroit Clubman Dies After 49 Day Fast
James T. Postlethwaite of Detroit, an employee in the clerical department of the Michigan Central Railroad, died in hospital today after fasting forty nine days to improve his health. He was a member of the Detroit Physical Culture Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
James T. Postlethwaite
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Detroit Physical Culture Club
Fatal election fight in Memphis leaves one dead
August 2 Memphis report says J G Wellington saloon keeper was killed and W J Cooke election judge fatally wounded in a shootout at a polling place after polls closed for county officers. B E Congress injured as gunfire followed an argument over ballot counting. Conn fetched a shotgun and fired. Wellington fired until he collapsed.
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Memphis
Tenn
J G. Wellington
W. J. Cooke
B. E. Congress
Wellington
Conn
Cooke
Bryan Attack on Taggart Fails in 1908 Presidential Talk
Fragmented political brief reports a Bryan attack on Taggart being defeated and a resolution demanding resignation tabled. It notes party disarray, proposals on railroad legislation, and praise for Wham Feminies leader, with a nod to John as chairman and a call to back a 1908 presidential candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genatér la Pollgtie
Atove
United States
John
Michigan State Convention Indorses Bryan for President
Aug 2 DetroitMich delegates at the state Democratic convention debated investigations into National Chairman Parker and city reports. The body endorsed William J Bryan for president 1908 while nominating John Burke for governor and refraining from broader rulings on party leadership amid internal clashes over Brynjolfsen and Cage for the state committee chairmanship.
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Detroit
Mich
William ‘J. Bryan
Democratic National Committee
Homes x
Diegart
Cailethe
Ats
Minala
Dy Anes
Ty Brees
Sods
John Burke
Ramsey
Burr
Sof Bottineau
John D. Ben Off Cass
Scrumgard
Charced B
Brimjolfson
Democratic
Statescan
George ‘Wilkineos
Parker
H. Gard
Wilkinson
Jealous Lover Slays Woman and Attacks Another in Baltimore
A man identified as Black, employed at a Baltimore and Ohio railroad yard, shot and killed a woman described as a housekeeper and then beat another woman with a revolver. The motive appears to be jealousy, and Black was arrested after the incident.
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Tochanian
Garratt
Ina
Mattie: Hopkin
Guy Cannon
Yorce
iCafinoh
Black
Feud Fight in Kentucky Kills Four in Knott County
Four men die in a Martins Hall feud clash at Beaver Creek Knott County as authorities fail to halt the feud. Sheriff Hayes Foose in the area, a truce hoped, Governor Beckham may seek troops if Martin faction surrenders within 24 hours. C&O Limited departs 4:30 p.m. for Chicago and Northwest hubs.
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Louisville
Iday
Sand
Lick
Knott County
Martin
Hall
Bng
Gaid
W. Yates Martin
Silas
Alexander
Martiny
Beaver Creek
Hayes
Foose
Sheri Hayes
Body dragged four blocks by trolley in New York
Motorman Ernest Meyer spotted a severely mutilated man’s body on Franklin Avenue tracks near De Kalb and Lafayette avenues around 3 am. The drag trail, says police, extends four blocks to 32 Franklin Avenue where the cap reading Us 88. Constellation was found. John Cross identified the deceased as John Shea, a former Minnesota recruit. Authorities consider a possible jump onto a moving car, with the body dragged afterward.
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Washington Post
New York
Ernest Meyer
Franklin Avenue
Coney Island
Frantiin Avenue
de Kalb
Lafayette Avenues
Shostker
Lrom
Us 88
Constellation
Newport
J. Shea
John Cross
Hancock
John Shea
Minnneapolis
Minn
Jeremiah Shea
Havana
Shea
Death by own action of E A Gage in Seattle
E A Gage, son of former Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage, shot himself through the heart at the Tourist Hotel in Seattle. Acquaintances say he had been acting strangely for some time and detectives had been in search of him, with constant hotel changes and assumed names.
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Seattle
Wash
A. Gage
Bud
Swindler Buchner Arrested in Paris
Special cable dispatch reports Samuel Buchner, a Cracow native, arrested in Paris at Berlin authorities request for swindling in Berlin New York and Vienna. He traveled with large luggage and money, linked to a gang of international thieves.
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Wachington Post
Paris
Samuel Buchner
Cracow
Berlin
New York
Vienna
Ttta
Gsne
Kaiser warns of red peril in interview with Berlin Kaiser
Specter Cable reports Emperor William II warns in interview with Matin that red danger rivals yellow peril as threat to world order. He links monarchies and republics in shared risk, comments on French fleet absence at Kiel regatta, and denounces anti militarism as an international pest while stressing unity of nations.
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Specter
Washington Post
Paris
Matin Will
Berlin
Emperor Willians
Atates
H.K
Nves
Fallieres
Alfonso
Kiel
Kaizer
Leon Gambetta
Ocen
Gambetta
Kaiser
Postmaster Shot Burglary in Mangfield Center Conn
Postmaster Alfred Oden awakened by a blast when three burglars blew open the office safe. One burglar was shot in the face during the confrontation as he and others fled leaving blood trail. police later found his hat with chuckshot. Explosion uncovered over $20 in the safe but the gang could not reach it.
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Mangfield Center
Conn
Alfred Oden
Oden
Jimmie
Suppressor of Vice raids Art Students' League catalogues
Anthony Comstock seized the Art Students' League rooms at 5 West Fifty-seventh Street and confiscated all catalogues found, later arresting bookkeeper Nanna Robinson on a Jane Doe warrant. He described the June American Student of Art catalogue as obscene, with a hearing scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. The raid yielded sixteen copies and a room filled with mailed catalogues, including some addressed to young women.
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Washington Post
New York
Anthony Comstock
Art Students’ League
West Fit ‘Enth Street
Jane
Mayo
Comstock
Kenyon Cox
Frank “Vincent Dimond
Guizon Borglum
George B. Bridgman
Alice’ Beckington
Edwin C. Taylor
Andre Champollion
Gutzon Borslury
Leon Dabo
Albert Sterner
J. L
Whiliams
Atfedion
George Washington
Teague
Maya
West Forty-seventh Street
West Fifty-seventh Street
Nanna Robinson
League
Two Die In Tunnel At Tempest Apex Mine Site
Quray Cole and A Thompson general manager and M Macher foreman of Tempest Apex Company were found dead in a small tunnel a half mile from the Mickey Breen mine after a week missing. They apparently sought shelter from a cloudburst and were buried by rock and dirt washed in from the mountain.
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Czar
Peterhof
Tsarskoe-Selo
Imperial Heasehold
Tsdrskex-Selo
Rodlonetz
Dobrowelsky
Schoumoff
Stayanowsky
Reckemscheff
Krinitaki
Pton
Mattzett
Ely
Fort Constantine
Harpers Ferry
Martinsburg
Berkeley Springs
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
Herkeley Springs
Harpers Ferry, 840 & m
Country
Mme. Jaconi
Col
Alebandroff
Mutingus
Revolutionary Military Committee
Fort Constanting
Hla Ig
Abding
Co Lm
Gan
Yeslock
Vasilis Ostrov
Narva Gate
Battle Railroad Station
Constantine
Sveabor
Baltimore & Ohio Hall
Deran City
Rehoboth Deach
Trai
Washington
Baltimore
US Army
Baltimore & Ohio
RK. H
Bryan
Michigan
Taggart
Regolutions
Asnail Republicatt
Trista
Inaies
quate—Kimmerle
Parichillh
State‘ Committee
Tagas
Fowler
Resolutions Committee
Wood
Flint
State Central Committee
Wag
Ny ‘Mai
Edward Ryan
Houghton
Pary
Minneapolin
Wis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
Martin'and Hall
Beckham
New C. & O. Limited
Chicaga
Sailor
Coney Island Road
E. A. Gage
Secretary of the Treasury
Vienona
Minneapolis
A. R
Ohio
Jamentown
Suma
ART League
New York Institution
Vane Doe
Tnion Mast Co
Winstow
Wilig
Nikepapeon
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