Peace conference ends with Japanese compromise plan rejected
Japanese and Russian plenipotentiaries at Portsmouth face a stalemate as M. Witte rejects Baron Komura's modified terms including Sakhalin cession and war debt. Roosevelt consults with Emperor Nicholas and William II as talks pause to Saturday, with Russia shown as firm against tribute and indemnity.
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Roosevelt
M. Witte
Japan
Baron Komura
Russia
Sakhalin
Peterhoff
Deliberations At National Irrigation Congress Largely Idle
In Portland 1200 delegates attend sections but only 50 to 75 participate actively as the resolutions committee does most work. Ex Governor Prince calls the plan a failure while others warn the congress may not continue without government support. Officers named include Pardee as president and Shurtliff Stevens Smith Maxon in key posts. Denver and Boise vie for next meeting location.
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Portland
Ore
National Irrigation Congress
Wilson
Resolutions Committee
Associated Press
L. B. Prince
New Mexico
el Paso
National Irrigation Association
The
Irrigation Association
Oklahoma
Arizona
Rio Grande River
Colorado
Committee On Nominations
George C. Pardee
California
L. W. Shurtliff
Utah
J. H. Stevens
Texas
E. L. Smith
Oregon
H. B. Maxon
Nevada
Denver
Colo
Boise
Idaho
Old man refused marriage to 16 year-old bride by Washington justice
Seattle August 23 a justice of the peace refused to perform a marriage between O L Lander 63 and Elizabeth Alexander 16 despite the mother's consent. The girl was frightened and spoke little when asked if she would become the old man's wife.
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Seattle
Wash
Justice of the Peace
Davis
O. L. Lander
Elizabeth Alexander
Rojestvensky to Leave For Russia With Japanese OK
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky writes to family that he has nearly recovered from Sea of Japan wounds and, with Japan's permission, will depart for Russia by the end of September.
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St. Petersburg
Rojestvensky
Race War in Alaska Leaves Several Dead at Salmon Camp
News from Nushgak Alaska reports a clash between Chinese and Italian workers at a salmon packing camp. A mob besieged 100 Chinese in a bunkhouse for days after a petty dispute, with troops later quelling the riot and casualties on both sides. A drum head court martial followed, with blame not fixed on any party.
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San Francisco
Nushgaka
Alaska
Salvador
John Muir Suffering Illness in Arizona
San Francisco reporting that venerable naturalist and geologist John Muir is seriously ill in Arizona. The illness follows the death of his wife in Martinez two weeks earlier and his daughter Helen's sudden illness, prompting her move to Arizona for health reasons.
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San Francisco
John Muir
Alaska
Arizona
Martinez
Helen
Sons of Hermann Convene in Helena for Annual Session
Helena will host the tenth annual session of the Grand Lodge of the Sons of Hermann starting tomorrow. Delegates and grand officers will attend three days of business and entertainment including a banquet, a theater play Doctor Klaus, a grand ball, and a plunge party with a picnic. The organization reports Montana membership at 1600.
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Standard
Helena
Grand Lodge of the Fons of Hermann
Helens
Klaus
Walpurga
Order of the Women
the Broadwater
Central Park
The
Sons of Hermann
Montana
Fate of a murderer riddled with bullets in Alabama
Selma Alabama August 23 Oliver Lott a Negro at Tunnel s Springs shot John Bilton and seriously wounded Harry Hilton white men He barricaded himself in a house and when surrounded by a posse shot and mortally wounded G Talley the posse set the building afire Lott s body riddled with bullets was found in the ruins
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Selma
Ala
Strike Eases as Arrests Mount in Warsaw
Warsaw reports a decreasing strike in factories and wholesale arrests, including Polish socialist party members. Several persons are held at a fortress as jails for political offenders fill up.
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Warsaw
Polish Socialist Party
Temperance Gathering Opens 38th Grand Lodge Session
The Good Templars of Montana began the thirty eighth annual grand lodge meeting in I O G T hall with Miss Anmia Souness of Missoula presiding as grand chief temper. Officers and pro tems were appointed and committees named as the lodge reviews year one balance sheet shows a loss of 81 members while juvenile templars gain 25 members for a total of 209.
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I. O. GT. Hall
Anmia Souness
Missoula
Amelia Souness
B. Robinson
Masenna Bullard
J. FE. Davidson
H. G. Coy
G. A. McAllister
J. R. Brush
John Nottingham
Lawrence Hamilton
A. P. Smith
Sarah Harrington
M. M. Price
Constitution
CC. S, Passmore
M. (. Davis
Harvey Eastridge
Manlove
Carl Wilson
John Wright
Blanche Roach
Dun Stan
Miss Dronckle
J. R. Faulds
Amelia M. Souness
B. Robertson
W. D. Bennett
Miss Black
C. S. Passmore
Eva Polkinghome
Charles E. Pease
J. A
Grand Lodge
Helena
Twin Bridges
Sheridan
New Chicago
Meaderville
Billings
Belt
Boulder
Garneill
Judith Country
Jefferson
Anaconda
Drummond
Butte
Whitehall
Walkerville
Columbus
Committee On
Lulu Thompson
C. B. Robertson
Smelter City
H. A. Laird
Lillie Carlson
Butte City
James Cobb
Essie Crane
Jefferson Valley
Onie Woolverton
Maude Houghton
Sylvia Black
Jennie Houghton
Bertie Curtis
Laura Mills
King Lodge
Lydia Gilchrist
Myrtle Templeton
Mary FE
Brunell
Izona
Templeton
E. A. Westby
Hamilton
Eva Polkinhome
Frea
Uprising in Yunan Province Attacks Christian Establishments
Dispatch from Vancouver reports a mob of about 1,000 Buddhists in Yunan province attacking French Catholic missions on the coast of Sanha. One church was wrecked and several priests killed or wounded as officials in Peking press for strong punishment and protection of missionaries.
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Vancouver
B. C
Peking
British Bark Bidston Hill Foundered with 18 Lost
Buenos Ayres reports the British bark Bidston Hill sank with 18 crew drowned. Surviving crew were rescued and expected to reach Buenos Aires aboard an Argentina liner. The vessel, built in Liverpool in 1886, was commanded by Captain Jones and sailed from Hamburg on May 29 bound for San Francisco.
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Buenos Ayres
Bidston Hill
Argentina
Kidston Hill
Liverpool
Kidston Hill Company
Jones
Hamburg
San Francisco
Cotton Peckham Is Now in Prison
F A Peckham indicted for complicity in a department of agriculture cotton report scandal was arrested in Saratoga New York and arraigned before US Commissioner Charles M Davidson. He was held in Saratoga county jail in Balston in default of $1200 and the examination adjourned to tomorrow.
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Saratoga
N. Y
F. A. Peckham
Department of Agriculture
United States
Charles M. Davidson
Peckham
Sarawazu County
Balston
Peckham Arrest Ties to Cotton Report Leakage
Washington reports New York broker F. A. Peckham arrested in Saratoga on a bench warrant for conspiracy to defraud the government over the Agriculture Department cotton statistics. The indictment marks a key step in probes into the integrity of cotton data with links to Moses Haas and others involved in sharing advance information.
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Washington
F. A. Peckham
New York
Saratoga
Department of Agriculture
Clabaugh
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Peckham
Moses Haas
Wilson
L. C. van Riper
Haas
Holmes
van Riper
Yellowstone Park railway to extend to Cooke City mines
P M Gallaher chief engineer says the Yellowstone Park railway will extend from Bear creek mouth to Cooke City as one of the state’s most productive mining districts. The 50 mile Cooke City line will follow the already graded route with contracts to proceed. Promoter Mr Hall. Du Pont Powder company rep investigating Cooke City sulphur deposits described as a mountain of the mineral.
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The
Standard
Billings
P. M. Gallaher
Yellowstone Park Railway
Bridger
Beer Creek
Bear Creek
Cooke City
Hall
Coal Company
du Pont Powder Company
Thankful Services Mark Assembly Promulgation in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on August 23 a municipal hall service commemorated the emperor's national assembly manifesto. Officials attended and priests chanted a prayer for the imperial family. The municipal council read the manifesto at its session and plans a legal address and charitable work for the city’s poor.
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St. Petersburg
Mate Oscar Overboard But Is Finally Rescued
First Mate Oscar of the schooner Salvador was swept overboard in a heavy Alaska coast storm on June 22. He was rescued in a drowning condition after the lifeboat nearly gave up, the crew fighting to reach him as the sea ran high.
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San Francisco
Oscar
Salvador
Alaska
Judge Hunt Raises Bond In Marysville Injunction
In Helena on August 23 Judge Hunt ordered the Montana company to post an additional $5,000 bond within five days, raising the total bond to $10,000 for an injunction against the St. Louis company over ground work at Marysville. The prior request to raise to $25,000 was denied.
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Standard
Helena
United States
Hunt
St. Louis Company
Montana Company
St. Louis
Marysville
Gunn
Wilder's Brigade Reunion Postponed Indefinitely
Chattanooga Tennessee August 23 On account of the yellow fever scare Wilder's brigade will not hold its annual reunion in this city at the time set by the secretary of the Army of the Cumberland.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Wilder
Army of the Cumberland
Drowned Iowa Capitalist Fred F. Elbert Insured Over 300000
Des Moines, August 23. Fred F. Elbert a prominent Iowa capitalist was drowned while driving near a small river south of Des Moines. Elbert carried life insurance aggregating more than 300000.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Fred F. Elbert
Elbert
Marsh case dismissed in Brockton court
Brockton Massachusetts August 23 The case against George T Marsh arrested by Chicago officers on suspicion of involvement in the Bate automobile murder in Illinois was dismissed by the local court today.
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Brockton
Mass
George T. Marsh
Chicago
Bate
Illinois
Conflicting Testimony in Street Car Collision Inquiry
Witnesses describe whether the street car stopped before the crossing after a fatal crash on Iron street and Utah avenue. Different accounts from Conductor Hoagland Motorman Jackson miners and passengers highlight disputed signals and the car’s motion as the inquest proceeds.
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Maggie Harrington
Iron Street
Utah Avenue
Delmar L. Wilson
Lottie Turner
Maynard
M. O. P. Company
Mias Turner
Ora Johnston
Miss Johnston
Julian Gayette
Gagnon
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Witte
Portsmouth
N. H
Sevelt
Far East
Moscow
Meyer
Irrigation Congress
Prince
Mittee
Good Templars’ Convention
John
Muir
Templars of Mortem
Rowan Catholic Church
Yunan Province
Cotton Peckham
Agricultural Department
Grand Jury
Thing
Secret Service
Hotel Hilla
Cooke City Mines
Czar
Marsh Discharged
Young Indy
Motorman
Oth
Ers
Tor
Alma Dessault
Richard T. Lynch
Platinum Street
Lynch
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