Jealous Bureaucrats in Russia Snub Witte Victory
Portsmouth report details the start of drafting the Treaty of Portsmouth with M De Martens and Mr Den nison as legal advisers. While a peace basis is accepted, Russia and Japan dispute articles on the Chinese Eastern railroad, Port Arthur leases, and future indemnities, as M Witte faces courtly resentment at home.
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Russia
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Roosevelt Likely to Push Hague Conference Reassembly
Washington reports it is probable that after the peace treaty between Russia and Japan is signed there will be renewed efforts to reconvene the Hague conference. President Roosevelt will likely issue a third circular note directing the powers through the Hague to proceed, with Secretary of State Hay possibly advising on the reminder.
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Russia
Japan
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Messages pour in for Roosevelt on Nobel peace prize
Oyster Bay reports a flood of telegrams and messages dated Aug 20 to Aug 36 praising President Roosevelt for peace efforts. The line includes communications from the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Consul General Holdings, General Booth, Archbishop of Canterbury, Andrew Carnegie, and European royalty, with early note from the King of England among others. The Nobel committee in Christiana Aug 30 conveyed congratulations, and Copenhagen reports strong likelihood Roosevelt will win next year.
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Ioldings
Booth
Salvation Army
Roosevelt
Europe
Russia
Japan
England
Marienbad
Austria
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Pope Hails Roosevelt Peace Efforts in Historic Accord
A Rome dispatch reports cheering reaction to a peace agreement credited to President Roosevelt. Willam J. Ftryan praises the president’s leadership and the peace plan gains high praise from the Pope who calls it the happiest news of his life and asks thanks to God for Roosevelt's courage.
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Roosevelt
Disturbances Spread Across Courland Liven Provinces
Police report shows Leftist unrest in the Battle provinces with four assaults on officials, six attacks on police, two bombings, and arson attempts in Courland Liven and surrounding towns. Rioters destroy archives in Mitau and churches hold May and June demonstrations as arms supply appears extensive. Libau sees a general strike crippling mobilization, factories, and railways. In Tokyo Admiral Hejestvensky to return to Kiev in September after recovery from battle wounds.
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Courland
Liven
Rigoom
Mitau
Earthquake Hits Paleni and Sultana Amid Vesuvian Eruption
A violent quake is reported from Paleni and Sultana concurrent with eruptions of Vesuvius and Stromboli. Many houses collapsed and church steeples toppled causing panic. Two killed and hundreds injured among the local population.
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Sultana
Sultans Feet Finally Get Cold
A Tangier dispatch reports Bougain, a French Algerian merchant, has been released after harsh prison treatment. Washington coverage notes McCabe’s inquiry clears Salmon of misconduct regarding meat inspection tag contracts and affirms his administration of the bureau.
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Aus
Fea
Bougain
Bounaia
Washington
Molicitor McCabe
Agricultural Department
Dr. Salmon
Pr. Salmon
Howard Label Company
Meat Inspection Service
Two More Brave Fever Fighters Stricken Down
In New Orleans Ade 30 a report notes two more fever fighters felled by illness as the infection grows and deaths rise. Officials report total cases and fatalities to date with counts of seven in critical condition and twenty seven overall.
Fever Strikes New Orleans Doctors Amid Quarantine Controversy
In New Orleans the yellow fever toll rises with two more physicians among the dead, including Dr J T Well and Dr J A Meraux. Reports claim infected individuals spread illness while moving among patients as weather shifts and debates grow over quarantine and responsibility for the outbreak.
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New Orleans
J. T. Well
Canal Street
J. A. Meraux
At. Bernard Parish
CM. Shasiley
North Dakota
Pr. W. M. Nichards
Barataria
Former Santa Fe firefighter suicide shocks Las Vegas crowd
Morning Journal reports Isaac Taylor a ranchman in Santa Fe district killed himself at his home amid unrest near the Debs strike. Deputies arrest two suspects near the asylum with cattle and horses seized awaiting owner, while Gutierres and another man face grand jury for a stolen watch belonging to Miss Jeanett Richley. Las Vegas housing expands with forty new residences and two dozen cottage tents planned by local builders.
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Morning Journal
Las Vegas
Isaac Taylor
Santa Fe
Laiig
Encorpacion Gutierres
Grand Jury
Misa Jeanett
Richley
Gutierres
Olen
Las
Las Verans
Great Solar Eclipse Captured by U S Naval Observatory
The American expedition led by Rear Admiral Chester, head of the U S Naval Observatory, photographed the sun during the eclipse and sketched its prominences with a prism instrument. The eclipse was visible in northwest Ireland with vivid crescent shading as the umbra peaked.
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Alcoria
Aue
Admirel Chester
United States Naval Observatory
London
Treland
Porteet
Yankee consul pressed to honor King Oscar in Sweden
Washington reports on a Swedish newspaper campaign against American consul Robert Bergh for not reporting a King Oscar birthday celebration. The Aftonbladet accuses consuls in the town of hoisting flags, except Bergh, prompting questions about tensions with President Roosevelt. Assistant Secretary Loomis seeks Bergh's explanation.
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State Department
Gentherburg
Sweden
Robert &. Berth
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Oscar
Roosevelt
Mr. Bergh
Aststent
Loomis
Eclipse observed under fair conditions in Paris
Report from Paris dated August 20 notes an eclipse of the sun seen under favorable conditions. Communications with Labrador hindered confirmation of results by scientific parties there.
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Labrador
Paris
Conference to promote international arbitration opens here
Mount Lebanon August 1888 a no table conference to advance arbitration will be opened tomorrow under the auspices of Bhakers as its organizers with peace among nations and men as the watchword.
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Mount Lebanon
Taft Quits Manila for Japan on Tomorrow’s Sail
Secretary Taft and party aboard the transport Lomen will sail from Manila to Japan tomorrow. Officials indicate continued diplomacy and transit plans for the mission.
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Troneport Lomen
Taft
Japan
Shaker proposal for international arbitration gathering
The Shakers advocate arbitration of international disputes and arms reduction to ease taxation. A conference in the locality will host speakers including Roelton Hall, rabbi Charles Fleischer, Kate Waller Barrett, I C Manchester, Walter Logan, and Rev Amando Deyo to discuss implementing neutral waterways and global peace.
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New York
Charles Fleischer
Cambridge
Kate Waller Barrett
National Council of Women
I. C. Manchester
National Association of Loyal Women
Walter & Logan
New York State Tar Association
Rev
Amando Deyo
Universal Peace Union
Brazil Chamber of Deputies offers prize for remedies
The Brazilian chamber of deputies declares a 2 million dollar gold prize for a preventive or curative remedy for tuberculosis and cancer. An international commission will evaluate submissions and the prize will be awarded after two years of experiments.
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Chamber of Deputies
Rio de Jantero
Epidemic of Hygrophobia Strikes Lower Rio Grande Border
Report from Austin Texas notes wolves and coyotes near the border attacking ranchers. Fourteen people are hospitalized for hydrophobia treatment amid the outbreak. In Mobile Alabama a gasoline yacht named Masuedora burned at Key West after a fire destroyed the vessel while en route to New York.
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Isolated Aleutian Trader Wonders Who Is President
From Tacoma August reports describe a lone white trader on Atke Island in the Aleutians 404 miles west of Dutch Harbor. He trades annually with Indians, sells furs in Dutch Harbor, and since 1904 has not seen a white man or a newspaper. He asked the Perry crew who is president of the United States.
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Perry
Juneau
A! Atke
Aleutian Group
Dutch Harbor
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Bonaparte Condemns Negligence in Bennington Case
Secretary Bonaparte condemns neglect of official duty in the Bennington explosion inquiry. He orders Commander Lucien Young to face a general court martial for implied responsibility and prosecutes Ensign Wade for neglect of duty while praising survivors’ conduct and the crew’s overall discipline after the disaster.
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National Court of Inquiry
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