Revolt Rages in Russia as Kronstadt Mutiny Unfolds
Mutiny spreads from Sveaborg to Kronstadt and Reval amid chaotic reports. Ships hoist red flags, royal troops restore order, and officers are killed or wounded. Martial law clamps Cronstadt as mutineers clash with loyal forces. 200 sailors reportedly shot, casualties on both sides tally. Royal family reportedly considering move to Tsarskoe Selo as crisis deepens.
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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
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
Fighting at Helsingfors dispatch reports police clash
From Helsingfors a Reuters Telegram dispatch says heavy fighting occurred today between communal police and Socialist guards. The city’s regular police and civilian guards were mobilized. the police chief was wounded and his assistant killed. Troops were deployed to quell the disturbance. No reliable update on Sveaborg or nearby islands. mutiny details remain unclear.
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London
Reuters Telegram Company
Helsingfors
Froops
Finland
Four Feet of Floodwaters Hit Bladensburg Area
Record flood devastates Hyattsville and Bladensburg with four feet of water in many streets. Homes inundated, livestock lost, and residents flee upper floors as the Eastern Branch overflows. A horse and carriage swept away, with Mr and Mrs Fowler rescued by bystanders. Utilities, farms, and roads affected as authorities warn of dangerous conditions.
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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 Investigated by Five
Atlanta August 2 The committee of five investigating charges by Congressman Anderson against Southern Cotton Association officers concluded testimony behind closed doors. The report to President Jordan will go to the executive committee for final action at Hot Springs on September 6. It notes Cheatham admitted dealings in the name of himself and Michael O’Grady and A Lee, and condemns such conduct by an officer. Fairchild resigned as publicity manager and admitted owning an interest in Piedmont Brokerage Company. no action reported.
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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 U S Legation Faces Contempt Suit
Special dispatch from Havana reports Keyes, translator at the United States legation, to be prosecuted for contempt after he snatched a paper from a Cuban judge and claimed immunity as a legation employee. He has been discharged from the legation. officials deem the matter of little consequence.
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Legation
Special Cable Dispatch
Wallington, Post
Havana
Keyes
United States Legation
Hes
Fasted Forty Nine Days Ends in Death of Clubman
James T. Postlethwaite of Detroit died in a hospital after fasting forty nine days for health reasons. He worked in the clerical department of Michigan Central Railroad and was a member of the Detroit Physical Culture Club. Ex haustion was given as the cause of death.
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Detroit
Mich
James T. Postlethwaite
Michigan Central Railroad Company
Detroit Physical Culture Club
Fatal shooting mars Memphis election day clash
At a Memphis polling place after polls closed for county officer races a fight left J G Wellington dead and W J Cooke fatally wounded. B E Congress was seriously injured as gunfire erupted when Wellington drew a revolver and fired prompting Conn to grab a shotgun and return fire.
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Memphis
Tenn
J G. Wellington
W. J. Cooke
B. E. Congress
Wellington
Conn
Cooke
Declared Bryan Attack on Taggart Fails in Union Race
A partisan resolution demanding resignation of Bryan ally Taggart was tabled. The draft denounces Republican reforms and railroad legislation as evils, urges relief from alleged GOP misrule, and backs Wham Feminies leader for 1908 presidency. John elected chairman.
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Genatér la Pollgtie
Atove
United States
John
Governor Bryan endorsement dominates Michigan convention
The Michigan Democratic state convention at Detroit Aug 2 endorsed William J Bryan for president in 1908. The event featured a heated fight over the Taggart resolution urging investigation of National Chairman Parker and Dietmar. The party nominated John Burke for governor, Burr for lieutenant governor, and John D. Benof for congress amid intra-party disputes and leadership changes.
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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 Shoots Woman Then Beats With Revolver
An enraged man identified as a railroad worker’s housekeeper attacked a woman today. He shot her and beat her scalp until torn, with jealousy named as the motive. Police detained the suspect, a Black man employed at a local residence.
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Tochanian
Garratt
Ina
Mattie: Hopkin
Guy Cannon
Yorce
iCafinoh
Black
Four fall in feud fight near Knott County confirmed
A Knott County feud between Martin and Hall factions results in four killed last night as authorities struggle to end the war. W. Yates Martin and sons lead the Martins, entrenched at Martinis home on Beaver Creek. Sheriff Hayes and Foose in the area, no arrests expected, truce efforts ongoing, Gov Beckham may send troops if surrendered within 24 hours. C&O Limited departs at 4:30 p.m. for Chicago and Northwest, linking with Overland fast train.
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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
Man Dragged Four Blocks After Car Tragedy in Brooklyn
Special to The Washington Post reports Ernest Meyer, a Franklin Avenue trolley motorman, found a severely mutilated dead man on Franklin Avenue tracks near De Kalb and Lafayette at 3 am. Blood trail led four blocks to 32 Franklin Avenue. The hat bore Us 88 Constellation and John Shea’s name. police suspect the man fell under a moving car while trying to board and was dragged. Identified as John Shea, a former Minnesotan deserter later linked to the battleship Mame incident.
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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 this afternoon. Acquaintances say he had been acting strangely and had detectives searching for him since he arrived two days ago, moving between hotels under assumed names.
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Seattle
Wash
A. Gage
Bud
Swindler Buchner Nabbed in Paris by Police
Paris August 2 police arrested Samuel Buchner a Cracow native at Berlin request for swindling crimes in Berlin New York and Vienna. He traveled with luxury luggage and stayed at top hotels carrying a large amount of money. Officials say he belongs to an international thieves ring.
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Wachington Post
Paris
Samuel Buchner
Cracow
Berlin
New York
Vienna
Gsne
Kaiser Warns of Red Peril Heads of States
An interview with Emperor William II, reported by Matin from Berlin, warns that the red danger rivals the yellow peril. He links monarchies and republics in risk to lives and order, notes Franco-German tensions, and comments on the Leon Gambetta absence and French army morale without graphic detail.
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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 at Mangfield Center Conn
Postmaster Alfred Oden was shot in the face by one of three burglars at the Mangfield Center post office after a safe was blown open. A trail of blood marked their escape for a half mile and $260 in cash remained unreachable. Oden fired from upstairs as the burglars reentered for the loot. a hat with buckshot holes was found later. Additional items include a Minneapolis and Return rail fare offer and a steamer sailing notice with schedule changes.
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Mangfield Center
Conn
Alfred Oden
Gden
Oden
Suppressive Crusade Seizes Art Students League Catalogues
Anthony Comstock raided the Art Students League at 5 West Fifty-seventh Street, seizing its catalogs and arresting bookkeeper Nanna Robinson on a Jane Doe warrant. Police confiscated sixteen copies the raid, planned after a February copy reached his hands, with a court hearing set for Tuesday afternoon. Only two pages in the seized material concern nudity.
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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 Discovered After Cloudburst
Quray Cole and A Thompson general manager and M Macher foreman of Tempest Apex Company were found dead in a small tunnel half a mile from the Mickey Breen mine after a week missing. They likely sought shelter from a mountain cloudburst but were buried by debris washed in from the slopes. Union Mast co offices discharged without consultation invited.
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Trista
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quate—Kimmerle
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State‘ Committee
Tagas
Fowler
Resolutions Committee
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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
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Suma
ART League
New York Institution
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