Wilson to reorganize crop statistics bureau
Secretary Wilson plans a thorough reorganization of the agriculture department’s crop statistics bureau in Oyster Bay. He seeks senior, educated experts to lead the bureau, including three hires, two from the South with cotton and tobacco statistics expertise, to raise reporting standards. He aims to root out graft and gain President Roosevelt’s support.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Roosevlt
Sagamore Hil
Progime
Agriculture
Andrew Fairservice
Walter Scott
Rob Roy
Andrew
Governor Seeks Uniform Divorce Law Cooperation
Governor Higgins urged nationwide unity in divorce statutes. He forwarded a Pennsylvania invitation to Walter S. Logan, senior New York commissioner, asking him to liaise with colleagues and attend a possible Washington congress on behalf of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Higgins
Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Washington
United States
Walter 8. Logan
Williams Street
New York City
New York
Mississippi Governor Clarifies Health andmilitary Claims
Jackson report quotes Governor Var daman stating only two sporadic yellow fever cases in Mississippi and no import embargo. He says health certificates from outside entrants with ten days infection free can enter. He dismisses militia conflict rumors as unfounded and notes militia members guard duties only.
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Jackson, Miss
Vardaman
Mississippi
Louisiana
Crayon Portrait of Carrie Nation Found in State Rooms
A crayon drawing resembling Carrie Nation was found among ruins in the state historical rooms. No trace of vandals was obtained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Nation
Topeka
Kan
Will Lease Big Pasture Lands In Oklahoma
The secretary of the interior orders leasing over 400 000 acres of Kiowa and Comanche lands in Oklahoma for five years starting January 1. Leases grant lessees a five year renewal preference at an appraised value set by the secretary.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Oklahoma
Secre
Mosquito Carrier Debate Spurs Yellow Fever Letter
New Orleans businessmen plan to mail circulars across the South featuring Dr. J H White of the United States Marine Hospital Service. The doctor asserts freight cannot spread yellow fever except by infected mosquitoes and urges that shipments do not become mosquito environments.
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New Orleans
South
J. H. White
United States Marine Hospital Service
White
Kohnke
Board of Trade
Witte Denies Attributed Remarks on Japanese Peace Terms
In New York, Sergius Witte, the Russian peace plenipotentiary, denies saying Japan’s terms were intolerable and denies predicting the conference would break up in a week. He brings instructions from the emperor outlining policy to pursue, stressing flexibility if Japan’s terms seem reasonable. The Russian mission awaits results calmly and without anxiety.
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New York
Sergius Witte
Japan
M. Witte
Washington
Baron Komaria
Russia
Russians Caution on Peace Terms Await Known Japanese Proposals
Russian press commentary urges patience as peace envoys meet. The Russ notes M Witte has clear instructions on unacceptable demands and Russia will decide after Japanese terms are known. Noratof says Russia would not initiate a pressure plan and disputes over Manchuria claims are not being considered.
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ST. Petersburg
Russ
Novoe Vremya
M. Witte
M. Noratoff
Foreign Office
Gazetina
Russia
China
Manchuria
Attendance at Exposition Reaches Over a Million
Lewis and Clark officials report 27,426 attendance on Wednesday pushing total June 1 to date to 1,019,591 including passes marking a million at the Portland exposition.
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Portland
Ore
Emperor Nicholas Presses Demand for Honor in War
The message to the Orenbourg clergy shows Nicholas' resolve against a peace he deems dishonorable to Russia. It is printed widely in Russia and stirs debate, even among peace advocates, without guaranteeing that Portsmouth negotiations are doomed to failure. The emperor’s stance heightens military resolve sparked by Sato interviews and Japan’s rumored demands.
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ST. Petersburg
Nicholas
Orenbourg
Russia
Friends of Peace
Portsmouth
Sato
Japan
General Stosse Relieved of Command in Siberian Army Corps
General Stoes has been relieved of the command of the third Siberian army corps in St. Petersburg. The decision alters leadership of the unit amid ongoing military operations and reshuffles at the front.
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Stosse
ST. Petersburg
General Stoesse
Close Call for Paul Morton in New York Accident
New York New York Paul Morton president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society and Mrs Morton had a narrow escape from serious injury when their automobile collided with an Eighth Avenue car at Forty fourth street. They were crossing town with two friends met at the Pennsylvania railroad depot when trying to avoid a south bound car the wheels slipped and the machine struck the other car lightly and was disabled.
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New York
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Roosevelt Hosts Russia and Japan Envoys in Oyster Bay Peace Mission
President Roosevelt welcomed the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries at Oyster Bay in a simple ceremony aboard the warship Mayflower. He expressed hope for a just lasting peace, and the luncheon fostered cordial relations between the two belligerents and the American hosts.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
United States
Russia
Japan
America
United States Navy
Long Island Sound
Dolphin
Galveston
Portsmouth
N. H
St Louis Enforces Yellow Fever Quarantine Border Limits
The Missouri board of health orders quarantine enforcement along the eastern border to St Louis and southern border, and to Kansas City on the western edge. Local boards will establish stations or detention camps unless the state board intervenes. Entrants from the danger zone may be detained in interior towns if they cannot show a bill of health.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Board of Health
Kansas City
Boards of Health
State Board
Refunding Philippine Debt Under Currency Act
The Bureau of Insular Affairs plans to replace 3 million dollars of Philippine temporary certificates due September 1 with new bonds for half that amount. The certificates maintain gold and silver parity in circulation. The new issue bears 4 percent interest and matures in one year.
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Washington
Bureau of Insular Affairs
The
War Department
Harriman to Invest Ten Million in Pacific Northwest Rail
The Telegram reports H. Harriman plans spending ten million dollars on railroad construction across Oregon Washington and Idaho within a year. The plan includes Southern Pacific work from Drain to Marshfield on Coos Bay linking with the Coos Bay Roseburg and Eastern line from Marshfield to Myrtle Point with a branch to Beaver Hill. The project covers a dual line between Riparia and Grangeville shared with Hill and Harriman.
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Portland
Ore
H. Harriman
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Southern Pacific
Drain
Marshfield
Coos Bay
Roseburg & Eastern
Myrtle Point
Coquille
Beaver Hill
Harriman
Ripara
Grangeville
Messrs. Hill
Admiral Rojestvensky Recovers After Forehead Operation
Admiral Rojestvensky has made satisfactory progress after forehead surgery. He left bed to sit in a chair yesterday though pain in one foot slows walking. He expressed sincere satisfaction with the treatment and there is no cause for uneasiness.
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Tokio
Rojestvensky
Baw
Capture of Sakhalin Russians Surrender to Japanese Cavalry
Tokio dispatch reports an Independent cavalry column attacked south of Paleo July 28 routing the Russians and seizing field guns and rifles. Reinforcements pursued south of Taylan. surrender followed July 30 after a flag of truce. Governor Liapunnov and 70 officers with 3200 men capitulated, with spoils under investigation.
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Sakhalin
Tokio
Sakhalin Island
Paleo
Taylan
Rykoff
Onol
Tayalan
Liaonoff
Tolovitch
Liapnoff
Kotsumi
Japanese envoy associate says Japan urges continue war aims
Nasujiro Ishikawa editor of Hachi Shimbun To kio described popular Japanese sentiment as no time for peace. He urged securing Harbin and Vladivostok first to curb Russian ambition and avoid further fighting after peace.
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New York
Nasujiro Ishikawa
Hachi Shimbun
Tokio
Komura
Japan
Harbin
Vladivostok
Canadian regiment to pass through New England states
Washington reports that New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts governors consented to the Forty third Canadian regiment Duke of Cornwall's Own passing through their states while en route from Ottawa to visit Boston and Providence. Massachusetts law restricts troop assemblies for drill or parade. The telegram was sent to the British ambassador in New York and Lenox.
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Washington
State Department
Ottawa
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Forty-third
Canadian Regiment
Duke of Cornwall's Own
Boston
Providence
New York
Lenox
Koreans Ask Roosevelt to Intercede for Korea
Syngamon Rhee and Rev P K Yoon met President Roosevelt in Oyster Bay to present a memorial urging him to safeguard Korean interests at the peace conference. They carried a letter of introduction from Secretary Taft and obtained a personal hearing. Rhee studies at George Washington University in Washington.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Syngamon Rhee
Rev
P. K. Yoon
Korea
Taft
Mr. Rhee
George Washington University At
Washington
Royal Commission Finds No Navy Blockade Threat to England
The Prince of Wales led a 1903 commission on food imports in war time. Its unreleased report is understood to be reassuring, concluding a full blockade of all British coasts would be virtually impossible given fleet adequacy.
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England
London
Royal Commission
Prince of Wales
Chadwick creditors to receive seven mills on dollar
Creditors of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick will get a total dividend of about seven mills on the dollar once the settlement is final. Net assets expected around $25,000 against $2,000,000 in indebtedness.
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Cleveland, CO
Cassie L. Chadwick
Netaseeta
Stockholders to Pay Assessments in Bank Failure Case
TOPEKA Kan stockholders of the Firet National bank must pay the full amount of their holdings on August 7 per Receiver Bradley.
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Topeka
Kan
Firet National Bank
Bradley
No Panama on Hie Plate
Stenographer C. B. Kreider of the government land office in Lawton received a Washington offer for a Panama post at $1,760 yearly, but declined.
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Panama
Lawton
C. 8. Kreider
Government Land Office
Washington
Boycott Not Lasting Long Says U S Minister
San Francisco reports John Barrett newly appointed minister to Colombia is in the city to learn about U S China relations amid the Chinese guilds boycott on American goods. He says his trip is informal to gauge coastal sentiment and merchant views on oriental trade while noting the Chinese guilds’ power and hoping U S immigration policy will ease fears.
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San Francisco
John Barrett
Colombia
United States
China
Barrett
Satis faction with Witte reception in United States
Petersburg newspapers convey general satisfaction with M. Witte s cordial U S reception. They note a long held view favorable to Japan and an optimistic tone on peace negotiations. Most papers align with Witte s stance in New York interviews on his arrival.
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Witte
ST. Petersburg
M. Witte
United States
Japan
New York
Hyde Will Soon Come Home From England
Former Chief Statistician Will Return to the United States in response to a cable message from Secretary Wilson. Hyde writes from Southport England on August 2 1905 he will return as soon as possible. The note follows a grand jury probe into alleged leakage in the Bureau of Statistics involving Edwin Holmes and advance cotton crop figures.
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United States
Washington
John Hyde
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Mr. Hyde
Southport
England
Hyde
Bureau of Statistics
Edwin 8. Holmes
New York
Department of Justice
Europe
Rival carbon firm backed by Rockefeller emerges
Cleveland report says United States Carbon company will compete with the National Carbon trust with nearly one million dollars in capital. The Palm dealer notes the local plant, idle for over a year, was bought by Martin Brady of Fast Ohio Gas, a Rockefeller unit, and $100,000 is being spent to overhaul it for carbon product production by September 15.
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Rockefeller
Carbon Company
Cleveland
Plalm
National Carbon Company
The
Carbon Trust
United States Carbon Company
Martin Brady
Fast Ohio Gas Company
Rockefeller Corporation
Secretary Shaw Threatens Correction of Abuses by Cutter Winona
Secretary Shaw informed Louisiana Governor Blanchard that any unauthorized acts or abuses of discretion by the revenue cutter Winona will be corrected as far as possible. The notice followed dispatches alleging cutter interference with Louisiana fishing vessels including a claimed case of a boat being captured and towed away during the Yellow Fever campaign.
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Shaw
Washington
Blanchard
Louisiana
Winona
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Taft Party in Manila Welcomed by Civil and Military
Secretary of War Taft and party arrived on the steamship Manchuria Friday in Manila. A water pageant greeted them as Governor General Wright and Major General Corbin participated with staff and the reception committee. The Ohio battleship fired a salute, then Taft received the city’s golden keys at Governor General Wright’s residence amid thousands of elaborately dressed spectators.
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Manila
Taft
Manchuria
Wright
Corbin
Train
Ohio
Great Western Gold Company Receiver Bid Sought
In St Louis a circuit court filing by Ralph Brucker of Chicago and Willard F Snyder of Salt Lake City seeks a receiver for the Great Western Gold company. The suit claims mining property bought for 15000 was capitalized at 12000000 and that stock has been sold many times that amount.
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ST. Louis
United States
Ralph Brucker
Chicago
Willard F. Synder
Salt Lake City
Great Western Gold Company
Fever cases show improvement in New Orleans
In New Orleans the fever situation improved from midweek with only two new sub-fevers reported one in uptown and one in downtown. Officials estimate about 233 fever cases are under treatment, using ten days as a liberal recovery or death window.
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New Orleans
Conger Returns Home from Mexico on Leave
Mexico City Ambassador Conger and his family departed Thursday for the United States. He takes two months of absence and plans to go to Washington to be consulted on the Chinese question, with emphasis on the boycott.
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Conger
Mexico
Mexico City
United States
Washington
Government Deficit for July Reaches 13.68 Million
Washington monthly statement shows a deficit for July totaling 13.68 million dollars as government receipts and expenditures are tallied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
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Wyman
Cotton Exchange
Wryman
Cuba
Marine Hospital
Taft Party
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