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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1905
Page
6
United efforts from Washington and St. Petersburg push for peace negotiations between Russia and Japan. A presidential note urges direct talks between belligerents, allowing for preliminary arrangements and possible meeting dates. Emperors and ministers prepare public for a peace move while warning against renewed hostilities.
A Birmingham churchwarden, at a vestry meeting, reads a list of subscriptions to parish funds. The entry mix includes vic ar and various donors such as anonymous gifts, Mrs, and twenty five shillings. The scene reflects temper and wit about money and governance.
Tokio reacts with cautious optimism to news of American intervention and potential peace negotiations. anticipation centers on whether Russia will accept Roosevelt proposals and how long negotiations will last. names such as Ito Katsura Komura Yamaga ta emerge as possible peace commission heads. public hopes for an armistice and end to carnage persist, with details to come after formal messages and releases.
Frank G. Bigelow, a Milwaukee banker who defaulted about a million and a half dollars from the First National bank, pleaded guilty to ten banking law counts and was sentenced by Judge Joseph W. Quarles to ten years in Fort Leavenworth. The judge spoke with emotion about their long friendship as the crowded courtroom watched the transfer to custody.
President Roosevelt's personal appeal to the warring nations to meet plenipotentiaries to seek peace terms arrived in St Petersburg and is hailed as a major diplomatic triumph. Skeptics admit success and observers laud a new world brand of diplomacy as the belligerents move toward a peace awaited by the civilized world.
A dispatch from Kieff reports an unknown man fired twice at Lieutenant Colonel Spiridovitch of the secret police yesterday afternoon. Both shots hit. the colonel was seriously wounded and the assailant fled the scene.
Consul General Rodgers in Shanghai reports seven Russian colliers anchored at Woosung and likely to be interned. Japanese vessels are sighted off Gatzlaff. The Russian torpedo boat destroyer Bodii is interned at Shanghai. The remark concludes with a caution about those who stir up trouble.
Paul Morton, retiring secretary of the navy on July 1, was elected chairman of the board of directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society in New York. His unanimous selection followed by resignations from President James W. Alexander and four vice presidents. Morton demanded a free hand in measures and personnel before accepting, with Hyde divesting majority control but retaining interest. Resignations remain subject to Morton’s approval.
June reports that the Storthing declared the dissolution of the Sweden Norway union and that the king no longer acts as Norway's king. Excitement rose as the crisis intensified after May 26 when the regency ended and the king resumed office. Demonstrations spread nationwide in support of the council of state’s action.
In Stockholm on June 8 King Oscar telegrammed Premier Michelsen to record a strong protest against the Norwegian government’s method and action. Paris reports the Norway Sweden crisis stirring officials as Nansen is linked to republican elements, and a Norwegian king’s line of succession is questioned. Manila cable from St. Petersburg dated June 8 orders Admiral Anquist to remain at Manila and carry out repairs as directed by the American government.
Tokio reports that the Russian cruisers Admiral Nakhimoff Vladimir Monomach and Dmitri Donskoi have sunk in comparatively shallow water making them vulnerable to being walked.
At Christiana 30 000 people gathered as the union with Sweden was dissolved. The Norwegian flag replaced the union flag atop Akershus Fort with cannon, band, and cheers. Officials and citizens praised the move, while Bjornson and Faron von Wedel Tarlsberg sent messages supporting Norway’s new regime.
An Associated Press inspection of the Russian battleship Orel at Maizuru reports a furiously damaged hull with forty gaping shell holes and smashed superstructure. The starboard forward 12 inch gun and several 6 inch turrets are disabled, bulkheads bloodied, decks strewn with debris and fires, while the main armor belt remains intact and the ship will require reconstruction from the waterline up. The crew endured a terrible ordeal before surrender.
Secretary Way and Mrs Hay departed London for Liverpool to join the Baltic to sail to New York. A royal car accompanied the boat train for the secretary of state while Amb At large Heid and Mrs Reid and Mrs Carter saw them off. Twenty four hour rule insists ships can only take on coal and supplies to next port. political clubs used to oust opponents.
New York reports the AP has definite knowledge that Japan and Russia have accepted President Roosevelt's offer and a meeting of their representatives is assured. Washington confirms Japan's acceptance, with Russia's reply arriving by cable. Both replies are expected to be made public today.
June 11 dispatch from St. Petersburg reports Russia choosing Paris to open peace negotiations with Japan, with Emperor ready to name M. Ne Nichoff as plenipotentiary to receive terms. Council at Tsarkoie-Selo discussed ending the war if terms were not onerous, while ministers diverged on continuing hostilities.
Rear Admiral Train reports to the navy department that Russian ships at Manila have been interned. The vessels are under guard behind breakwater, with coal supply denied and officers and men paroled on condition they take no part in the war. Governor Wright’s cable confirms internment and steps to disable machinery and remove breech-locks, with custody by Admiral Train.
The New York Court of Appeals in a 4 to 3 decision sustains lower courts in upholding Albert T. Patrick as guilty of first degree murder in the death of William Marsh Rice. Patrick was convicted April 7, 1902 for administering chloroform and mercury during Rice’s sickness on September 23, 1900.
Eugene E B Lario of Denver repeats his earlier endorsement of Dean's Kidney Pills from 1899, claiming the remedy cured his backache after long desk sitting. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo markets the 80 cent boxes, with broad druggist distribution noted. A separate quip contrasts overdone meat with a waitstaff remark in Philadelphia Press. A political quip closes the snippet.
A compact snippet notes Defiance Starch offers 16 oz per package at the price of 12 oz, claiming superiority to cold water starch. It contrasts retailer behavior with stock limits and includes a brief quoted exchange from Washington Life and Harper's Bazaar about manners and nurses, ending with a joking Roosevelt salary line.
A humorous incident in the British House of Commons saw the Donegal member announce plans to ask another question arising from an unanswered answer by the attorney-general for Ireland. The chamber erupted in laughter as the remark drew headlines.
A San Francisco man credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with ending his dyspepsia and sleeplessness after eight boxes. The ad urges readers with stomach pain nausea vertigo insomnia and related woes to use the pills and request the diet book What to Eat and How to Eat from Schenectady New York.
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