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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1905
Page
6
Officials report ongoing work on a treaty involving De Martens and Dennison to draft a formal agreement. Key sessions focus on terms, enforcement mechanisms, and timelines to finalize the document.
Dispatches report drafting of the Portsmouth treaty underway with M de Martens and Mr Dennlon preparing the preamble and three articles while leaders halt awaiting replies from the Japanese and Russian emperors. Witte's role as chief plenipotentiary draws praise at home yet court circles resent the outcome amid criticism from the military faction.
Baron Komura and Mr. Takahira donated 1000 dollars after attending a York Maine garden party. The York hospital plans to perpetuate the gift by endowing two beds with inscribed tablets bearing the donors names.
St Petersburg reports M Witte cable to Emperor Nicholas stating Japan agreed to peace terms. Russia to remain a great power, expresses obedience to the czar, seeks forgiveness for not doing more.
Odessa hails the end of peace with relief as a ukase for mobilization the day before hinted at a possible continuation of war. The accord is seen as a victory for M. Witte and vital for Odessa whose trade and industry suffered during the conflict.
Twenty men aboard the American steamship Peconic, traveling from Philadelphia to New Orleans with coal, drowned when the vessel sank off the Florida coast during a fierce gale. Only two crew members survived, reaching Amelia Beach around noon after freeing a small boat and evading the sinking ship. The two were ashore by 1 a.m. Monday and recounted a rapid capsize as cargo shifted and a heavy wave struck during a turn.
Governor Doeneen considers a warrant to extradite Henry D. Norris from Anchor to North Platte Neb. on charges of abandoning his wife Morria and child. Norris, by attorney Sterling, contests the warrant claiming a prior marriage contract and stipulation exempting him after their child’s birth.
Charles von Schwanebach, minister of agriculture, tells the Associated Press that the Portamouth settlement is a happy and honorable peace. He says reforms in Russia should proceed naturally and firmly applies remedies to agitation. He notes the peace improves U S prestige as arbiter in world affairs.
New Haven Connecticut reports all litigation over the estate of Philop Bennett, once a New York merchant, is believed ended as heirs withdraw an appeal to William J. Bryan executor accounts. Grace Imogene Bennett, widow, and other heirs had filed for hearing on Bryan’s accounts.
Fifty Russian families left Panama for Chirique. Arrangements ensure the same number will be settled each month in different parts of the republic. The government provides each family with 500 dollars and thirty acres of land.
Washington Consul General Lee cables the State Department that one death from plague occurred at Panama on Saturday. The report notes the Panama outbreak and urges monitoring and response actions.
The cholera outbreak has grown from two locais to thirty four cases in twelve localities along a 150 mile stretch from the Baltic to the Warthe river and in Hamburg. Authorities in Prussia have deployed cabinet committees and bacteriologists to contain the spread while enforcing port and river restrictions. Deaths are reported in Paris Warnsheim Warthe Netze Lemberg and related river districts as inspections increase.
Letters from citizens across the country flood the White House urging preservation of Niagara Falls as power plants are developed on both sides of the river. Communications are filed with the state department and may prompt the president to consider forming an international commission on the issue.
In Stamford, Connecticut, a safe valued at $150 in cash and jewelry over $20,000 vanished from Paul Bonner's summer home at Nirvana on the Sound. Police believe burglars entered through a lower window, moved the safe to the shore, and loaded it onto a vessel. A servant found a note left in the room reading If we are deprived of our freedom this place will be in ruins.
Mrs W P Tleming of the Harvard observatory reports a new star in the Aquilla constellation. First seen August 10 it appeared 6.3 magnitude, brightened to naked eye visibility by August 18 then faded to tenth magnitude by August 26, indicating rapid light decline.
Reports from Peking indicate the American boycott waned after peaking in early August. Trade centers say the movement is decreasing, with Shanghai the only place where American business has suffered a significant blow amid the ongoing negotiations.
Count Tolstoi learns Portsmouth pence of peace. He calls the ending of the war welcome but warns future conflicts will arise as long as the social system and power struggles remain. He declines to comment on peace terms, focusing on the broader conference outcomes.
Portland to Washington envoy from the emperor of China F. F. Tong says the boycott of American goods by China will not end until Chinese are admitted to the United States or similar discrimination is applied to other nations. He notes the boycott affects all ages and genders and is widespread beyond a single class.
New York report says after talks between the president and J P Morgan at Oyster Bay the Chinese Development company met and ratified the sale of the Hankow railroad back to China.
In Constantinople the death of Armenian Aplic Undjian is linked to Chirkis Vartan jan, a self described U S citizen who says he was ordered to kill Undijian. Vartanian, a Kharkut native, once lived ten years in the United States and claims no further details on who issued the order. Andjian was detained during the 1896 massacres but later left the revolutionary group.
Topeka secretary S J Crum bine of the state board of health says physicians will use influence to push legislature to create a state hospital for tuberculosis treatment. He favors a western Kansas location where the air is light.
State Health Officer Tabor quarantined Memphis residents and those from the Memphis gateway may still enter Texas. The measure restricts only people from Memphis while travelers passing through the gateway continue to be admitted.
Chairman Shonts of the Isthmian canal commission returns from Oyster Bay and New York with plans for cold storage on the Isthmus. The program covers refrigerators on ships, a large warehouse at Colon, ten refrigerator rail cars from Chicago, and rail service delivering food to labor camps, ensuring five day transport from the United States with no spoilage risk.
New York report says a practical settlement for Merchants Trust Co affairs was announced. Hudson Valley Railway assets held as collateral were sold by receivers to a claimant. Proceeds were not disclosed but will be used to pay depositors.
In Karlstad Sweden the first meeting of Swedish and Norwegian delegates to dissolve the union convened. Each side will elect a chair, with Sweden's Christian Lundeberg and Norway's Michelsen presiding on alternate days. The conference will be secret and resumes September 1.
At Portsmouth New Hampshire the Japan Russia war nears end after a tense session. M White and Baron Komura broker a path to an armistice and a treaty to be drafted by De Martens and Dennison. Russia refuses indemnity but agrees to Sakhalin split and prisoner costs.
Washington reports the president approved the sentence in the court martial of First Lieutenant G. Hichards of the Twenty third Infantry. He was convicted of duplicating pay accounts and sentenced to dismissal from the service and one year at hard labor.
In a letter to Baron Komura the peace envoy, President Roosevelt extends congratulations to the Japanese emperor and people for wisdom and magnanimity. He adds that all civilized mankind share the feeling and signs the note.
Cardinal Gibbons praises President Roosevelt as a great man for ending the war between Japan and Russia. He says Roosevelt is first in peace and in the hearts of his countrymen, the biggest man of this century, admired for his work and destined to be blessed by nations.
Japan yields extensive terms on Korea Manchuria and China open door principle and territorial integrity while Russia concedes naval limits and Sahkalin split. Paris reports Roosevelt initiative at Portsmouth conference ends long diplomatic strain and French officials hail success.
In the Uintah reservation many prospective settlers abandon government lands after surveying. William S. Gray of Lehi Utah drew No 15 and planned a farm but returned saying the remaining land after Indian allotments is precipitious hills and alkali flats. He cites hundreds of men with low numbers quitting.
Bradstreet's wires show United States and Canada wheat east of the Rockies down 203000 bushels while European demand lifts total to up 1497000. Corn east of the Rockies up 453000. oats up 1246000. Leading gains include Manitoba 375000, Chicago private elevators 241000, Omaha 66000, St Joseph 56000. Depot Harbor stocks fall 128000 bushels.
Dr Henry F Garey a Baltimore eye specialist died tonight of Brights disease. He invented the opthalmo oscillator in 1899 a device that marked a new era in scientific eye surgery.
Nippon Yusen Kaisha through the Japanese consul here places contracts for eighteen liners with Clyde shipbuilding firms.
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