Police resignations sweep empire as cabinet weighs action
In St Petersburg on August 18 authorities report widespread police resignations amid terrorism concerns. The cabinet considers replacing police with troops and discusses punitive expeditions in Poland. Stolypin orders an inquiry into the whipping of dressmaker Anna Smirnoff, who is hospitalized in serious condition. A bomb factory is found in Kishinev, arresting several. Historian Falberg is asked to document parliamentary work, while Russian emigration nears 250000 this year.
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St Petersburg
Ministry of the Interior
Mt Suay
Poland
Kiel
Wil Ocem
Premiser Stolypin
Rudiger
Mlle Anna Smirnoff
Chevalier Guards
M. Stolypin
1,400 Mile Trip By Electric Car To Bristol
Hartford reports Harry G Cairns of Electric Vehicle Company Chicago branch visited his Bristol parents driving a 46 horsepower Columbia car over 1,400 miles. Route stops included Toledo Cleveland Buffalo Niagara Falls Syracuse Albany New York Hartford with only two punctures. Cairns notes good roads and strong demand for high powered electric cars. He admired Chicago prospects and recalled the Elgin Aurora reliability run. He plans to return to Chicago tonight. West Point cadets at Fort H Wright complete a week of coast artillery instruction with perfect gun scores and 60 percent with three inch guns. They also trained in laying submarine mines. Fire claims half the city.
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Hartford
Harry G. Cairns
The
Electric Vehicle Company
Chicago
Bristol
Cairns
Toledo
Cleveland
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Syracuse
Albany
New York
Lght
Wee
East
Connecticut
Sayat
Fisher's Island
N. Y
West Point
Fort H. G. Wright
Military Academy
Shootings at Eighth Avenue Dance End in Arrest
In New York on August 18, James Murtha 26 was shot and likely mortally wounded. James Commisky 26 of Jacksonville Fla was shot in the arm and lightly wounded by a stray bullet. William Kellock 24 was arrested after a dispute with Martha. Kellock had a revolver with eleven notches on the handle.
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New York
James Murtha
James Commisky
Jacksonville
Fla
William Kellock
Martha
Commisky
Kellock
Root Banquet Honors Secretary in Buenos Aires
A grand opera house banquet for Secretary Root drew seven hundred guests from banking, commercial, and railway circles. Root praised arbitration and peaceful policies, stressing American restraint in debt collection and the value of peaceful relations with Argentina. The event marked a new era in US Argentina ties, with applause and flowers as he spoke. The Chilean earthquake potential impact on his itinerary was noted.
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Buenos Ayres
Opera House
Root
Senor Drago
Roosevelt
United States
Argentina
Henry Clay
South America
Domingo Sarmiento
Horace Mann
Chile
San Domingo Revolt Reports Elusive Details
Cape Haytien Aug 18 A serious revolution has broken out in the Republic of San Domingo. Revolutionary bands under General Navarro are said to have landed near Riviere and attacked Talabon, which was pillaged and abandoned after twenty were killed. The regime loyalists are said to be moving toward Monte Cristi as unrest spreads across the north. Commerce in the interior has collapsed.
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Cape Haytieo
Republic of San Domingo
Navarro
Riviere
Talabon
Regia Dionista
Monte Cristi
San Domingo
Trampes Break Into Station and Slot Machine Robbed
Tramps broke into the railroad station at Guilford during the night and extracted $5 from a slot machine. Petty theft is rising along the shore road with a Clinton barber shop entered the night before last and a kit of tools taken. The region notes a growing number of warfarers passing through the towns.
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Guilford
Shore Road
Clinton
We Meet in New York Danbury August 18
A notice indicates a gathering or meeting led by Rev Walter scheduled for August 18 in New York and Danbury. It names Rev Walter as the organizer or speaker and marks the event as a regional or church related gathering. The exact venue is not specified.
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New York
Danbury
Walter
Forecast for Tonight in Connecticut
The forecast for tonight in Connecticut calls for easing conditions with southeast winds and a mild to cool night ahead. Expect gradual drop in temperatures, light clouds, and no significant precipitation indicated.
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Connecticut
No More Earth Disturbances In Chile News
Washington reports from the weather bureau show no earth movements since Thursday evening tied to the Chilean quake. Details note the timing of movements around 44 minutes past seven and eight minutes later, with little subsequent activity and no official Chile reports received.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
State Department
Legation
Chile
Walker-Martinez
Manuel J. Vega T
Manuel J. Vegas
Disater
Valparaiso
Vega
Danielson to lose high school over rising costs
Danielson, Aug 18. Town officials say escalating building material prices may force the loss of a planned high school. An appropriation of 50,000 and a guilded plan failed to cover bids, despite a donated building site from John Danielson of Providence. The town rejected a 150,000 request after a Monday town meeting, 118 to 33. Wireless reports also note the Vaderland’s marconi contact 146 miles off Cape Race. Thomas McQuarrie, 55, a bricklayer, died after a fall from scaffolding during brickwork at a construction site in London.
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Danielson
John Danielson
Providence
Cape Rame
N. F
Seamer Vaderland
Antwerp
Dover
New York
Marconi
Gock
South Framingham to Ottaws Canada Trip
A fragmentary note indicates a trip planned from South Framingham to Ottawa, Canada, mentioning Ang 18 and Sin toward Gat trip. The readable text is limited and lacks clear dates or participants.
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Ottews
South Framingham
Mam
Ang
Ottaws
Canada
Burglars at Whitney Country Home Foiled by Watchman
Three men attempted a break in at Harry Payne Whitney’s Wheatley Hills estate near Joslyn L I early today. Watchman Henry Piper fired at the intruders on the porch and rear of the house and hit one man before the others carried him away. Whitney and family are in Europe. the estate is famed for its grandeur and horse stables built by William C. Whitney.
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New York
Harry Payne Whitney
Wheatley Hills
Joslyn
Henry Piper
Piper
Mr Whitney
Europe
Whitney
William C. Whitney
Six yachts advance in Roosevelt cup trials at Marblehead
Six of seventeen contenders remain in the Roosevelt cup eliminations as the regatta committee of the Eastern Yacht Club selects two races to determine three challengers for the German entrants. The remaining boats Auk Bonidre Caramba Spoke Sumatra and Vim met a planned two mile triangle then windward or leeward race two miles from the start. Gluekauf IV and Wannsee already on site in Marblehead Harbor have shown speed in practice as the regatta nears two weeks from Monday. The wind shifted southwest and racing began at 140 with Caramba leading, Spoke second, Auk third. Found in the Lagoon.
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Marblehead
Mass
Eastern Yacht Club
Auk
C. F. Adams
Quincy Yacht Club
Bonidre
G. H. Wightman
Hing
Halfway Rock
Caramba
Spokane
Meeting at Friedrichshof Yields Warm Anglo German ties
Berlin reports great satisfaction at the Friedrichshof meeting between King Edward and Emperor William. The rulers, with diplomatic aides present, discussed many political issues with no fixed arrangements, aiming for an understanding of policies. Relations are improving and personal estrangement is deemed gone.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Friedrichshof
Edward
William
Rooters Pack Hartford Visit at State League Park
Weather favored Waterbury as Hartford drew a large crowd for a State League double header at State League park. About 2,000 in attendance watched Layster Kruehel vs Farley Thackara, with Hartford scoring in the third and fifth innings to lead Waterbury 3 to 1 after six. Eddie Curley umpired as fans cheered a long afternoon of baseball.
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Waterbury
State League Park
Hartford
Layster and Kruehel
Farley and Thackara
Eddie Curley
Democratic Connecticut Convention to Nominate State Officers
The Democratic Electors of Connecticut will convene a state convention at the Hartford Auditorium on September 11 and 12, 1906. Delegates from each town attend to nominate candidates for state offices and conduct convention business. Rules grant Hartford 20 delegates and others based on legislative representation and past vote totals. The convention opens at 8 o clock in the evening to organize, with additional delegate allocations listed.
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Connecticut
Auditorium
Hartford
John J. Walsh
Thomas
Depositors Get Money After Examiner Action
Depositors at the First National bank of Chelsea were allowed to borrow 50 percent of their deposits from the Winnisimmet bank after having their bank books certified by Bank Examiner Alfred Ewer. Nearly 200 people queued at opening to obtain certification, as stockholders could not borrow against deposits. Examiner Ewer continued a full-book audit and did not discuss alleged irregularities. In Milwaukee, Bank Examiner Jones estimated the Milwaukee Avenue bank of Chicago would default over one million dollars.
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Chelsea
First National Bank
Alfred Ewer
Winnisimet Bank
Ewer
First National
Milwaukee
Jones
Milwaukee Avenue Bank of Chicago
Basket Picnic at Odd Fellows Home in Groton
The board of managers of the Odd Fellows home Groton voted to hold a Labor Day picnic on the home grounds. The event will feature a bronze tablet unveiling dedicated to the late John W. Smith of Waterbury. Special railroad rates, a luncheon, and free clam chowder and coffee are planned. Publicity urged for all Connecticut lodges and judges to notify Wallace R. Johnson of New London with expected attendance.
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Odd Fellows’ Home
Groton
Odd Fellows
Connecticut
P. G. R. John W. Smith
Waterbury
Board of Managers
Wallace R. Johnson
New London
R. of P
Field Day of W C T U Willimantic Aug 18 25th annual event
The twenty-fifth annual field day of the Women's Christian Temperance unions of Windham Tolland and New London counties was held at the camp ground. A large attendance enjoyed a pleasant day with the Grand Gold Medal Oratorical Prize Contest featuring Herman Alofsin Norwich Florence Bowers Tolland Frank Davidson Mood Miss Ruby Keeney Buckland Miss Lillian Pierce Manchester. The medal went to Miss Lillian Pierce with honorable mention to Miss Florence Bowers. Contestants received gold stick pins. Allen B. Lincoln presented the medal.
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Willimantic
Women's Christian Temperance Unions
Windham
Tylland
New London
Camp Ground
Herman Alofsin
Norwich
Florence BE. Bowers
Tolland
Frank S. Davidson
Moods
Ruby R. Keen
Keith chosen grand representative for Odd Fellows in New Haven
In New Haven on August 18 Bradley S. Keith of Norwalk was selected as grand representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows succeeding Cal vin S. Davis who has resigned. The council met here yesterday to approve the appointment and confirm the transition.
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New Haven
Bradley S. Keith
Norwalk
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Calvin S. Davis
Mayor collapses in Norwalk after bilious attack
Aug 18 report says Charles E. Dow of South collapsed at his hardware store then rode home by carriage. He is said to be slowly improving after a bilious attack. Bridgeport notes thousands attend New England Order of Protection outing on Steeplechase Island with special trains to bring in spectators. In Newburgh NY a man named Burt was struck on the head by a pitched ball and taken to hospital.
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Norwalk
Charles E. Dow
South
Bridgeport
New England Order of Protection
Newborg
SN. Y
Ang Burt
Iie
Bostal
Railroad Mem ber Rail
Hartford Aug 18 Notices were posted. Train crews earn about two and a half cents an hour. A man believed to be Ike Harris of Brooklyn was involved in an incident at Hartford on August 1A.
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Chicago
Boston
Jackson's Park
J. P
B. Plummer
Blackstone Street
Railroad
Membet Rail
Hartford
Hartfort
Ike Harris
Brooklin
Autumn Fabrics Advance Styles Prompt Fall Wear
The note hints at early fall clothing, inviting the man in marry to view advance fabrics in Autumn Fabrics. It stresses it is not too early to place orders and suggests calling to review the selections.
Eyesight Help from Lake & Strebel Co
A confusing ad notes eye troubles and urges corrective glasses. The Lake and Strebel Co department promises necessary facilities to improve sight before it worsens, inviting readers to seek examination and eyewear.
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Lake & Strebel Ca
Mad Food Inspector Attacked by Rabid Dog Incident
Dr F Keeley and nurse accompanying him were bitten while attempting to seize a ferocious dog at 92 Wolcott street Mrs Mar McDonald. The doctor used a knife to wound the animal as it attacked him and later sent the dog's brains to New York for rabies testing while he treated his own injuries. Sailors Were Executed. St Petersburg, Aug 16, teen of the sailors of the cruiser Gamyatazova, who on August 2, were executed &
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Mar McDonald
Wolcott Street
F. Keeley
New York
McDonald
Bi John
St Petersburg
Gamyatazova
Quartered Oak Workbench with French Plate Mirror
An item described as a $28 quartered oak workbench featuring a French plate mirror. The piece has been sanded and finished by hand with three passes of the finest rubbing polish.
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Odessa University
EL G. Cairns
Eighth Avenue
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Adolfo Orzagar
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Argentine
House of
W. R. Grace & Co
Lima
Aspallatay
Mendoza
London
Thomas McQuarrie
Whitney Country
Examiner
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John W. Smith
Willima
Keith
XS. F. O. P. Outing
Democrat
Mahon
P. T. Keeley
Pasteur
Hempesu-Sellen Waterbury Agency
Bert
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Hecker
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