Grand Duke Faces Music Amid Security Bolstering
St Petersburg August 14 reports say Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch survived an Aug 10 assassination attempt at Krasnoye-Selo. The emperor and family remain at the guards camp with six more regiments, rail restrictions stay tight, and a grand review is planned. Revolutionists are being pursued. leaders and a clandestine printing press were seized with explosives. Separate trial for M Onipko is planned after Cronstadt mutiny. Ambassador Meyer departs for Kisweagen for a month of treatment, with Eddy acting as chargé d affaires in his absence.
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St Petersburg
Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Krasnoye-Selo
Krasnoye Belo
Tharskoe-Selo
Peterhoff
Livadia
Crimea
Moscow
Petersburg
M. Onipko
Cronstadt
St Peter and St Paul
M. Karmin-Karavatoff
Academy of Law
Meyer
Kisweagen
Eddy
Wireless to Mount Gretna Demonstrates Field Signals
Washington reports satisfactory wireless results at Camp Roosevelt Mount Gretna Pa under Ian Gibbs with a set at headquarters and two more in use. Messages reach headquarters within minutes via outlying stations using kites for temporary links during marches and maneuvers. Demonstrations show field troops can maintain rapid wireless contact with base even on fast moving operations. London inquest for Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie set for tomorrow with funeral at Kensal Green Catholic church. Norwalk report notes Connecticut Sons of St George judge to hold annual event.
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Washington
Car
Camp Roosevelt
Mount Gretna
Iain Gibbs
Alganal Corps
Signal Corps
London
Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie
John Oliver Hobbes
Catholic Coure
Kensal Greens
Bids Expected for 2500 Chinese Laborers Contract
Washington reports that about 2500 Chinese laborer contracts may attract many bidders to the Isthmian canal commission. Bids must include large certified checks, likely at least 50000 dollars, and proposals will be published for 30 days before opening around September 15. Arrival of laborers to the Isthmus is not anticipated before January 1, 1907.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Gillette Got His Men Bristol Men Charged With Assault
Deputy Sheriff Gillette of Waterbury arrested Frank Wilder and Anthony and William Paderewski on assault and theft charges from Mrs Thatcher of Wolcott. The trio, alleged berrying trespassers on Thatcher farm, were taken to Wolcott for a hearing after refusing to leave or pay for trespass.
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Bristol
Gillette
Waterbury
Frank Wilder
Anthony
William Paderewski
Ather
Wolcott
Life Savers' Busy Time At Beach Rescue Pairs
Two drowning rescues occurred within thirty minutes at the bathing beach at One Hundred Thirty Fourth Street and the East River. Julius Beckett, seventeen, of 722 East One Hundred and Eighty Third Street, was revived after being carried out to midriver by the Clason Point boat Virginia. Minutes later Seymour Turkus, fifteen, of 54 East One Hundred and Thirty Fourth Street, was saved after going under twice as wash from a passing steamer pulled him down. Lieut Charles Schmidt of the United States Volunteer Life-Saving Corps dived to recover him and bring him ashore.
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New York
East River
Julius Beckett
East One Hundred
Eighty-Third Street
Hendry Ordered to Answer or Face Jail for Contempt
San Francisco Aug 14 Charles Hendry local representative of the London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Co must answer all questions before the grand jury or go to jail. The judge presiding Judge Graham held Hendry in contempt for failing to divulge names of London and Lancashire policyholders whose policies are embargoed by the latter company’s action, requiring a cut on all policies upon payment.
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Nswer
San Francisco
Charles Hendry
London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Co
Grand Jury
Graham
Hendry
London
Lancashire
Lamtton & Lancashire
Jesuits Prepare to Elect New General in September
Rome reports active preparations for the election of a new Jesuit general with meeting planned September 1. American delegates include Very Rev T. J. Gannon of New York and Very Rev H. M. Ocker of Missouri, representing 1,750 Jesuits. The election is expected to occur in September to coincide with the Virgin Mary’s nativity.
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Rome
Congregation of Jesuits
America
T. J. Gannon
New York
Maryland
H. M. Ocker
Missouri
Lkely
Pope receives Very Rev. Blanche in Rome
The visiting Very Rev. P. G. Blanche apostolic vicar of the gulf of St Lawrence, was received by the pope in Rome. Blanche spoke at length on education and commented on the Franco Vati can conflict, hoping the discussion would guide French bishops and have a salutary effect.
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Rome
G. Blanche
Gulf of St Lawrence
Wis
The Sultan to Better. le Constantinopie
Fragmentary OCR item suggests a historical note about the sultan and Constantinople with unclear date. Limited readable text leaves major entities and events uncertain. no definable action or outcome can be confirmed from the snippet.
Limited Ice Output Clouds Maine Prices
Providence Rhode Island August 14 The American Ice Co of New York is charged in a Rhode Island bureau report with curtailing ice output from its Maine fields. Over four years only about one third of available ice has been cut, raising price effects, especially when harvests are poor elsewhere. In New York the grand jury investigating the ice trust resumed sessions subpoenaing witnesses connected to subsidiaries of the American Ice Co.
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Providence
R. I
American Ice Co
New York
Maine
Rhode Island Bureau of Industrial Statistics
Grand Jury
Ice Trust
Sesson
District Attorney’s Office
American Ice Company
Ice Dealers Indicted in Boston Price-Fixing Probe
Boston August indictments target ice dealers accused of conspiring to raise prices. Most decline comment while a few defend the action as a response to warm winters and rail freight hikes. Massachusetts Ice Dealers Association denounces any criminal conduct and distances itself from price control.
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Boston
Jarvis
W. Ferris
Ioo Co
Moran
Massachusetts Ice Dealers’ Association
Charles W. Hallstram
Massachusetts Ice Dealers’ Assocation
Ice Dealers’ Association
Rock Drillers Strike Extends to 420 Men in Manhattan Tunnel
New York reports a widening walkout as 150 rock drillers quit the Manhattan tunnel section under the Pennsylvania line. Business Agent Thomas Curtis says engineers may join with a sympathetic strike tomorrow night, risking a broader stoppage across tunnels. Rome publishes the pope’s encyclical urging bishops on church state separation, stressing defense of religion in France.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Manhattan
Thomas Curtis
Rock Drillers’ Union
Rome
France
Fleet GONE OUT TO SEA Engaged in Sham Battle at Rockport
A flotilla of torpedo boats and two divisions of the North Atlantic fleet left Rockport harbor and moved to sea for a secret exercise likely a sham battle. Rear Admiral Evans led the torpedo boats and first division while Rear Admiral Davis headed the second division. The fleet will also demonstrate a signal system independent of wireless or flags, with a public reception planned in Rockport Town Hall for over 2,000 invited guests.
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Rockport
Mass
Ins
Evans
Portland
Davis
Admiral Evans
Reunion of Old Soldiers at G A R Encampment
Reunion day for G A R veterans in Minneapolis Aug 14 with events across the city from 9 a m to midnight. Receptions by patriotic societies and affiliated groups drew large crowds as travel peaks arrive. Delegations include 260 from Massachusetts and a Pennsylvania group with a Bucktails survivor arriving amid busy civic activity.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Ips City
Grand Army
Massachuestts
Pennsylvania
Zanesville, C
Waterbury and New Haven Doubleheader Draw Big Crowd
About 1 000 fans watched Waterbury face New Haven in a State League park doubleheader. Corcoran and Jope pitched for New Haven while Hogarty and Thackara worked for Waterbury. New Haven led 6 0 after seven innings as the crowd, umpired by Shannon, dispersed after the late game. In San Francisco, Yoshu chi Sakuri arrived from Japan to promote cotton trade, predicting U S exports to Japan will rise and that Japanese need favors from American cotton.
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State League Park
Waterbury
New Haven
Corcoran
Jope
Hogarty and
Thackara
Shannon
Taven
Trainmen officers confer with General Manager Higgins
National officers of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and three relief committee members met General Manager Higgins on their behalf. The session aimed to advocate for rationed men positioned as yaceamen during their status. Woodbury Man Dead. Woodbury Aug 14 Horace D. Carties prominent woolen manufacturer died aged 65. Curtin notable in politics oration. Montpelier Aug 14 Vermont convention adjourned.
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New Haven
Brotherhood of Railroad
General Relief Committee
Higgins
Yaniamen
Woodbury
Horace D. Carties
Curtin
Ex railroad moves and new York Pittsburg air line plans
San Francisco aug 14 the examiner reports j c stubbs traffic director Harriman system Chicago accepting 70000 a year to London while sproule may take his post new york says stubbs not leaving Harriman system. Pittsburg aug 14 consolidation papers to form new york pittsburgh and chicago air line by foreign bankers with joseph ramsey jr promising 150000000 plus cost 75000000 to 106000000 and electric operation with three year build.
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San Francisco
J. C. Stubbs
Harriman
Chicago
London
William Sproule
Trafic
Stubbs
New York
Sproule
Traffe
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
Wabash Railroad
New York, Pittsburg
Keystone Air Line
Pennsylvania Ace
Wil
Allegheny Mountains
Ramsey
Pitsburg Dispatch
Forelen
Indiana, Clearfield & Eastern
Own
Tamaqua & Ashland
Brush Creek
Currows Run
Governor Ide Returns to Manila After Tacloban Conference
Governor Ide returns to Manila after a Tacloban meeting with Major General God Brigadier General Les Governor de Verra and Colonel Taylor of the constabulary. The officials pledged support for American authorities and to share information to curb Pulajanes. Local tensions in Leyte stem from Spanish era disarmament and political opposition. Burials of Private William J. Gilek and Mathias Zeck noted at Tachobas.
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Manila
Ide
Tacloban
Island of Leste
God
Les
de Verra
de Vesta
John F. James
Eighth Infantry
D. Snyder
William J. Gilek
Mathias Zeck
Tachobas
Forecast for constant rain in western region
A weather update indicates unsettled conditions with scattered showers across the western area. Expect temperatures to remain mild with periods of drizzle and light winds, and plan for possible brief heavier bursts in the afternoon.
Passengers Injured in Fort Scott Junction Collision
Twenty five passengers were injured at Fort Scott Junction Kansas when a Missouri Kansas and Texas train collided with a Frisco switch engine. The chair car bore the impact and trucks were knocked from the adjacent sleeping car. None of the injured was seriously hurt.
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Fort Scott Junction
Kansas
Sedalia
Kan
Illinois Tunnel Co Begins Freight by Carload
The Illinois Tunnel Co announces the first carload freight shipment tomorrow. Five years of construction cost about 30 million dollars and yielded 45 miles of tunneled rail in central Chicago. The system uses overhead trolleys with 50 electric locomotives and hundreds of cars, plus 600 more cars and 35 locomotives on order. Connections link 30 downtown buildings and nine major railroad warehouses, with more in progress.
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Chicago
Hinois Tunnel Co
Illinois Tunnel Co
Chicago Avenue
The
Lake
Halsted Street
Sixteenth Street
Who Owned the Change Brings Waterbury Man to Court
Bridgeport on August 14 John McHugh of Waterbury filed suit against Lindley street butcher John Keeler for $10. McHugh lent Mrs Donovan a 810 bill when she had no change for a fifteen cent purchase. Mrs Donovan’s market ran short of change and Keeler claimed the balance as a debt. The case is returnable before Justice F. L. Wilder.
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Bridgeport
John McHugh
Waterbury
John Keeler
Lindley Street
Mrn
Je Donovan
Donovan
McHugh
Mra Lawrence
F. L. Wilder
Master Builders Meet Tonight and Local Real Estate Boom
City notes report an important meeting of the Master Builders' association this evening. John L. Nettleton dies at 195 Woodlawn terrace, survived by a son B. L. Nettleton. Civil War veteran and Wadham's post G. A. R. funeral tomorrow at 2 pm with service at home and interment in Pine Grove. Major Baldwin Street property transfers include Timothy F. Meehan purchasing Patrick Coogan's Baldwin and Lake streets holdings, plus four tenements and a seven room cottage. Mrs Mary Carroll's block at Baldwin and Keefe slated for sale, with J. T. Farrington closing further deals.
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Master Builders’ Association
John L. Nettleton
Woodlawn Terrace
B. L. Nettleton
Wadham’s Post
Pine Grove Cemeter
Lower Baldwin Street
Timothy F. Meehan
Sylvan Avenue
Patrick Coogan
Baldwin and
Lake Streets
Duncan
Coogan
Mary Carroll
Maldwin and
Keefe
J. T. Farrington
Five Taken in Major Bank Street Police Raid
A large police raid on Bank Street this afternoon yielded a major capture. Officers Dodds Kennaugh Bergin and others swooped in around 8 o clock securing several suspects and taking them to the station. Names reported include John Derwin Fred Beach John Sullivan Frank Cunningham Tony Pappail Frank Klo Patrick Burritt John B Michael Burns Michael George Dowditch. Barbour from Bremen and related wireless reports involve ships near Nantucket. Baron Bensky arrives in Washington aboard the Kaiser Tl as ambassador.
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Bank Street
Dodds
Kennaugh
Bergin
John Derwin
Fred Beach
John Sullivan
Frank Osborne
Frank Cunningham
Tony Pappail
Frank Klo
Patrick Burritt
John B Michael Burns
Michael George Dowditch
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United States
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Asia
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Anntal
Vermont
Mlinois Company
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City News
Democrat
POU
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Newport
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Marconi
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Renee
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