Japanese Demand Indemnity and Peace Terms Presented
Portsmouth report describes Japanese demand for reimbursement of war costs and cession of Sakhalin land as core terms. Compulsory limits on Russian naval power and fishing rights are also proposed, with Manchuria and Liao Tung in play. Both sides show guarded diplomacy as M Witte awaits imperial word.
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Portsmouth
No 1
Ishind
Sakhalin
Liao Tung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Dalny
Manchuria
China
Russia
Japan
Harbin
Vladivostock
M. Witte
Far East
Russians in Tokyo meet on Sakhalin terms at hotel
M Witte and Baron Roger dined with Assistant Secretary Peirce and, despite navy yard work, returned to their hotel rooms where ghia burned late. The hotel buzzed with guests and correspondents as telegraphs clicked and speculated on terms, while the plenipotentiaries offered few statements.
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M. Witte
Baron Roger
Peirce
Navy Yard
Ghia
Globe
Japan
Optimistic Japan Peace Terms Hover Over Portsmouth Talks
Fijiro Takasugi, English professor at Tokio Imperial University and Harvard alumnus, predicts a peace treaty at Portsmouth. He states Japan will demand Manchuria’s immediate evacuation, Sakhalin cession, and an indemnity possibly as high as one billion dollars, with Russia expected to protest yet yield. He also foresees a mocked representative assembly to quell public unrest.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Fijpiro Takasugi
Imperial University of
Russia
Japan
Manchuria
Sakhalin
Baron Komura
Tekalira
Exar
Diplomatic Note from M Witte to Japanese Envoys
At Portsmouth Navy Yard Aug 10 M Witte delivered a note to the Japanese plenipotentiaries after they failed to present credentials at the prior meeting. The note’s contents are not yet learned but there is belief it concerns the credential issue.
Fraternities Seek Rockefeller Donation for Sanitarium Bid
Las Vegas New Mexico August 10. Fraternal orders have asked John D Rockefeller to fund the National Fraternal Sanitarium project with a portion of the 75000 dollars sought from public subscription An auction and Rockefeller’s support are seen as key to completing financing ahead of a planned October opening The Las Vegas city council granted W A Buddecke a fifty year electric railway and lighting franchise with a 2000 bond to spur 150000 dollars in improvements including extending the streetcar line to the city northward
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The
Morning Journal
Las Vegas
N. M
John TD. Rockefeller
W. A. Buddecke
Muddecke
Franchises, Power House and Lighting Contract Details
A telegram from Chief Justice Mills reports his son Witeou Mills shot at target practice in East Stoneham Maine. He suffered an internal hemorrhage but rallied, with hopes of recovery. The text mentions Springs boulevard, a new power house, new cars and new machinery and a franchise contract for city lighting at a uniform rate for ele thouights to private per Bure.
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Mills
Witeou Mills
East Stoneham
President To Go Down In Submarine Plunger Demonstration
New York August 16 reports from Brooklyn Navy Yard say Lieutenant Charles Nelson commands the submarine Plunger Toyweed. The boat is at Farr dock for overhaul and will need five days to reach Oyster Bay to meet the president. Officials note the president wants to see how the craft operates and the crew is eager to accommodate.
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New York
Brooklyn Mivy
Charles Nelson
Coynter Bay
Fey Dock
Oyster Bay
Deputy Sheriffs Guard Stations On Northern Pacific
The Northern Pacific hired fourteen special deputy sheriffs to guard new stations amid feared telegraphers strikes. They report the worst incident so far a forcible extraction of an operator at Covington and wire interference at multiple sites. In Alabama, John McQueen was shot dead by Nick Boshell’s kin near Cedrom after an armed attack on the Boshell home. McQueen had killed eleven men, with three prior killings in Walker County.
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Seattle
Wash
The
Northern Pacific
Ewoll
Covington
Hirmingham
Ala
John McQueen
Cedrom
Jasper
Nick Boshell
McQueen
Boghellis
Boshell
Walker County
President Roosevelt Receives Enthusiastic Ovation in Wilkesbarre
President Roosevelt addresses delegates of the Catholic Abstinence Union and United Mine Workers in Wilkesbarre Pa. He is greeted by vast crowds across New Jersey and Pennsylvania with estimates near 200000 in the Wyoming Valley. Cardinal Gibbons Mayor Kirken tule John Mitchell and J Curran attend as speakers and cheer.
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United Mine,Workers of America
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley
Jersey City
Wyoming Valley
Shindishinny
Pittston
Cardinal Gibonus
Kirkentule
John Mitchell
Miners ‘Union
Lew J. J. Curran
Catholic Abstinence Union
Cardinal Gibbons
City
Wyoming Monument
Here
Chautauqua
Bread bakers threaten strike in New York
Samuel Kurtz led a Gentile bakers committee in New York sending a telegram to the International Bakers Union secretary in Chicago asking for advice on a sympathetic strike. Fourteen unions with 7,009 bakers attended the meeting, citing overwork and low pay. A favorable Chicago reply could halt bread baking in New York almost immediately.
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New York
Samuel Kurtz
International Bakers’ and Confeet'onere
Chicago
Nw York
Denver Bank Officials Charged With Felony
Denver authorities issue warrants for four Western bank officials and one clerk on charges of accepting deposits while solvent status was known. Named are President W D Brown, Cashier D F Blatre, Assistant Cashier M M Beatty, Clerk Mark Pentlewaite, and absent Vice President W T Perkins. Bond set at 5000 dollars each. Also reported: Gold en State Limited wreck near Columbus Junction with injuries.
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Denver
Colo
Western Bank
Elmer D. McColly
W. D. Brown
D. F. Blatre
MM. M. Beatty
Mark Pentlewaite
W. T. Perkins
Chicago
Beatty
Private funeral marks mourning in plague era
Official record shows new plague cases rising with 68 new infections today and 5 deaths. Total cases reach 747 with 124 deaths and 286 patients under treatment as Dr White organizes his forces amid the crisis.
Alarming Rise in New Orleans Infections Reported
In New Orleans on August 10 the daily case count grows with many new infections outside the Italian community. Dr. Corpus reports an ugly focal center in St. Charles parish with 11 cases on the Reserve plantation and 1 on the Sarpy plantation. Patterson in St. Marys parish records five new cases, bringing total to thirty there as Italians from the infected district disperse.
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New Orleans
St. Charles Parish
Corpus
Marine Hospital Service
Reserve
Dr. Corpus
Patterson
St. Mary's Parish
New Oreleans
Private funeral held for Archbishop Chapelle in New Orleans
Aug 10 New Orleans reports funeral for Archbishop Chapelle will be private to reduce risk amid yellow fever. Health officials note corpses are not contagious but crowds near the infected district are avoided. Cardinal Gibbons sends condolences as fever cases remain milder and hospital work expands. A sanitation strike in the Thirteenth ward adds to city concerns.
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New Orleans
White
Father Scottt
Archbishop Chapelle
Canal Street
Cardinal Gibbons
United States
Behrman
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