Roosevelt to Welcome Russian and Japanese Envoys Aboard Mayflower
Final arrangements set for the 1:30 p.m. greeting on the cruiser Mayflower with 250 crew, as the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries arrive to attend the Washington peace conference. Secretary Peirce and Rear Admiral Sigsbee will accompany the visitors to New York and Portsmouth sessions.
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Roosevelt
United States
Mayflower
Washington
Sylph
Peirce
Root
Department of State
Charles D. Sigsbee
Navy
Frederick D. Grant
Department of the East
Army
New York
Chattanooga
Tacoma
Winslow
Dolphin
Portsmouth
N. H
Galveston
Officials Seek Federal Aid to Fight Yellow Fever in New Orleans
New Orleans officials and business leaders urged President Roosevelt to place the federal government in charge of the yellow fever campaign in Louisiana. Surgeon General Wyman is expected to join soon as confidence wanes and quarantines threaten trade. Mobiles flee to St. Tammany parish where no cases have appeared, while the Friday report cites 43 new cases and 89 total deaths.
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New Orleans
South
Roosevelt
United States
Louisiana
Wyman
Cotton Exchange
Abriton
Blanchard
St. Tammany Parish
St. Tammany
Lynching of two Black men shocks Hattiesburg crowd
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on August 6 a city convict guard, A Smith, was killed by two gang members William Horn and Kid George. The mob removed the pair from the jail at 9 p m and hanged them from a bridge under electric light. Ed Lewis alias Brock aided in the escape but later refused to reveal Horn’s whereabouts. A posse pursues Horn.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Smith
William Horn
Kid George
Horn
George
Ed Lewis
Brock
Secretary Taft Arrives in Manila for Water Pageant
Secretary of War Taft and party reached Manila on the steamship Manchuria at 10 oclock Saturday morning. The arrival sparked a grand water pageant with Governor General Wright Major General Corbin Rear Admiral Train and the reception committee on hand as the Manchuria anchored.
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Manila
Taft
Manchuria
Wright
Corbin
Train
Roosevelt Guests Hosted by Oyster Bay Figures
President and Mrs Roosevelt informal entertainments for Sergius Witte and Baron Rosen, the Russian plenipotentiaries to the peace conference, who arrived by Long Island Rail Road from New York at 12 30 p m. They occupied on the local scene with cordial receptions and social greetings.
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Downing and Foy
New York
George Burns
United States
Secret Service
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
M. Witte
Baron Rosen
Witte
Baron Komura
L. L
Russians Hope Peace Talks Start Tuesday Instead of Monday
St. Petersburg, Aug. 5. Russians fear Monday as a day of evil omen. The peace conference is now expected to open on Tuesday. Japanese terms await definite information, with credentials exchanges and formalities likely to occupy two days.
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St. Petersburg
Russians Surrender on Sakhalin Island
Tokyo reports the final pursuit and surrender of most of the Sakhalin garrison. Russian governor general Liaonoff, 70 officers, and 3,200 men capitulated to Japanese forces, yielding maps, records, and supplies of the administration.
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Tokio
Sakhalin Island
Liaonoff
Three Die After Train Collision Near Huntington
The Guyandotte Valley passenger train from Logan to Huntington killed three men and injured another Friday. Frank Adkins was struck near Logan and died instantly. a companion was seriously hurt. George Assan of Barboursville died as the train reached Huntington. George Seickel walking on the track was also killed as the engine returned to the roundhouse.
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Huntington
W. Va
Guyandotte Valley
Logan
Frank Adkins
George Assan
Barboursville
George Seickel
Minnesota Editorial Association Outing Planned for August
Final arrangements are set for the Minnesota Editorial association annual outing from August 2 to 28. The trip will visit Iron Range mines Burt Pool Mahoning on a special Duluth Misabe and Northern train, followed by a steamer excursion on the Huronic to Port Arthur Fort Williams Sault Ste. Marie Santa and Port Arthur.
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Minnesota Editorial Association
Iron Range
Great Lakes
Burt, Pool and Mahoning
Duluth
Misabe
Northern
Huronic
Port Arthur
Fort Williams
Sault Ste. Marie
Sarnta
Porturon
Roosevelt Orders Federal Consideration of New Orleans Yellow Fever
President Roosevelt directs Surgeon General Wyman to assess Governor Blanchard of Louisiana's request for federal control of the yellow fever crisis in New Orleans. Wyman will report the next day after conferring with officials of the marine hospital service and Secretary Shaw to determine advisable federal actions. Previous precedents support government involvement in the outbreak.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wyman
The
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Blanchard
Louisiana
United States
New Orleans
Shaw
Marine Hospital Service
Train hits buggy. two Westfield girls dead
Westbound Big Four train No. 19 struck a horse and buggy carrying the three Westfield sisters in Danville Indiana Friday. Two girls died of injuries and a third was severely injured. the horse was killed instantly and the buggy crushed.
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Danville
Ind
Big Four
Robert Westfield
Hamlet man kills wife then drowns himself
David Reed, fifty, shot and killed his wife in La Porte Indiana, then walked to the Kankakee river four miles away and drowned himself. No motive is known beyond his wife's desire to return to Michigan.
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la Porte
Ind
David Reed
Hamlet
Friday
Kankakee River
Michigan
Strike reports clash on Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Conflicting reports Friday show strikers fail to halt traffic on the Great Northern and Northern Pacific lines. President Perham denies a North Dakota chairmen returned to work as managers say many employees seek to resume duties. Freight shipments resume as violence limited to Easton station incident. NP says service remains fully maintained.
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St. Paul
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Perham
North Dakota
Slade
St. Paul and
Minneapolis
Albee
Easton
H. J. Horn
Explosion at Dale basement injures several in Appleton
A gas line explosion in a Dale basement during generator repairs fatally injures John Runnington Jr. and seriously injures others, destroying Frank Kuehnl’s saloon and damaging nearby buildings. Injured include Dr. G. Kretchmann of Neenah, Mrs. Frank Kuehnl, and two Kuehnl children.
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Appleton
Wis
Dale Friday
John Runnington, Jr
Djseverely
Frank Kuehnl
G. Kretchmann
Neenah
Frank Kuehn
Kuehnl
Drowning Tragedy Near Wichita Involving Steinbacher Family
Mrs. Lewis Steinbacher and six children, including three from Rev. D F Lynch, believed drowned after boating on the Little River near Wichita. The party disappeared after leaving about noon Friday. search ongoing into Saturday with Rev Lynch, pastor of the First Methodist Church, among those presumed missing.
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Wichita
Kan
Lewis Steinbacher
D. F. Lynch
Lynch
First Methodist
Attempted assassination of Atarko governor in Russia
An attempt was made Friday to assassinate M. Stolepine the governor of Ataro while he was driving. Three shots were fired but caused no injuries and no effect on the governor.
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Atkarsa
Russia
M. Stolepine
Ataro
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