Peace conference hangs by thread in Portsmouth talks
Reports from Portsmouth indicate a final phase of the peace conference with Russia and Japan poised over indemnity and Sakhalin. M. Witte and Baron Komura conveyed guarded statements amid a crisis as Tokyo, Washington, and St. Petersburg weigh terms and a possible postponement.
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Tokio
Portsmouth
Phistr Iteclf
Japan
M. Witte
Baron Komura
Tokyo
Nicholas
Russia
Sakhalin
Meyer
Europe
Destiny of Manchuria and Japanese Control Deepens
In Manchuria on August 28 reports say Japanese advances and rail gains near Mukden have extended control as forces on both sides reinforce. The region shows new lines of communication and administration, with Manchuria’s destiny seemingly fixed amid ongoing military movement and local unrest.
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Munshu Pacs
Manchuria
Portsmouth
Jiaoyang
Mukden
Kawamura
Yalu
Kaiyuan
Changpaishan
Associated Press
Imperial Hunting Reserve
United States
M. Witte
Deaths Reach Unusual High For Day In New Orleans Fever
New Orleans reports 31 new yellow fever cases raising total to 1,743 with 13 deaths and 255 total deaths. The day marks the largest death total since the outbreak began, blamed on a sudden weather shift. Several merchants and Italians are among new cases. Natchez notes six cases and questions New Orleans as the source.
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New Orleans
Natchez
Amelia
Bayou Boeuf
Pecan Grove
Elizabeth Plantation
Hanson City
St. Rose
Port Barrow
Ninth Ward
Jefferson Parish
Lake Providence
Gulfport
Mississippi City
Southern Pacific Railway
State Board of Health
Opposition in Tokyo to Sakhalin division proposal
Tokyo reports strong public opposition to dividing Sakhalin between Russia and Japan. Newspapers warn a partial surrender would derail peace and demand indemnity and territory cessions. Editors call for continuity of negotiations and caution against risks to national security.
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Tokio
Sakhalin
Russia
Japan
Nichi Nichi
Hochi Shimbun
Mainichi
Reports of Typhoid in Manchuria Army Exaggerated
From Tichapudze, Aug 28, reports say typhoid cases among soldiers are overstated. Overall health is good as boiling-water machines rise. Japanese advance along the railroad has halted with a withdrawal to Shahedzy.
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Tichapudze
Manchuria
Shahedzy
Third regiment guards Nashville area miners strike
Seven companies of the Third regiment N G S T left Harrimas camp at noon to Tracy City as striking miners threaten trouble.
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Nashville
Tenn
Harrimas
Tracy City
Police pursue trio after pistol duel in Minneapolis
In South Minneapolis Patrolman Jones faced two unknown men during a Sunday morning pistol duel near Chicago avenue and Twenty-ninth street. After a brief exchange of shots, the suspects fled behind box cars leaving a bloodied brace and bit. Later a confectionery at Twenty-eighth street and Park avenue was broken into with $25 in cigars stolen.
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Minneapolis
South Minneapolis
Jones
Milwaukee Road
Chicago Avenue
Twenty-ninth Street
Twenty-eighth Street
Park Avenue
Chinese boycott stance voiced by envoy Tong in Portland
F F Tong, envoy from the Chinese emperor, arrived in Portland en route to Washington. He says the boycott against American goods across all classes will persist until either Chinese freely admitted to the United States or similar restrictions are applied to other nations. He asserts Americans misunderstand the boycott’s reach, noting it involves men, women and children alike.
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Portland
Ore
China
United States
F. F. Tong
Washington, D. C
Explosions At Manzanillo Port Kill Twenty Laborers
Twenty Mexican laborers were killed and several injured by a premature dynamite blast at the Manzanillo port works in Mazatlan. The contractor, Colonel Edgar K. Smoot, arranged indemnity for the families of the deceased.
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Mazatlan
Mex
Manzanillo
Edgar K. Smoot
Fire destroys main plant of Dickey Clay in Kansas City
Kansas City, Aug 28. The three story brick main building of the W. H. S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing plant No. 3 in the east attoms area was destroyed by fire Sunday. Loss is estimated at about $50,000.
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Kansas City
Dickey Clay Manufacturing Company
Attoms
Russian guard stations destroyed on Amur river
Rear Admiral Kataoka reports the naval division sent up the Amur to bombard and destroy two Russian guard stations at Zharef and Lezeervo on the south river bank. The stations had been reinforced recently.
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Tokio
Kataoka
Imperial Navy Department
Amur
Zharef
Lezeervo
Interparliamentary Congress Opens in Brussels Delegation Attends
A large U S delegation joins European parliaments at the interparliamentary congress in the Palais de la Nacion Brussels Aug 28 The Italian chamber of deputies sends 100 delegates the British house of commons 30 and the French chamber 40 with German Austrian Hungarian and Nordic parliaments also represented Notable Americans include Bartholit Burke Bates Barehield Dickerman Moon Palmer Goldfogle Waldo McNary Norris William Alden Smith Slayden Wood Littlefield and former Congressman Barrows plus others.
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United States Congress
Palais de la Nacion
Parlliaments of Europe
Chamber of Deputies
House of Commons
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Belgium
Holland
Herr von Plener
Austria
mid-European Economic Union
Count Apponyl
Congress
Bartholit
Missouri
Iiterparliamentary Union
Burke
South Dakota
Bates
Barehield
Dickerman
Moon and Palmer
Pennsylvania
Boutellc
Fuller
Illinois
Goldfogle
Waldo
New York
McNary
Massachusetts
Norris
Nebraska
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Slayden
Texas
Wood
New Jersey
Littlefield
Maine
Corsman Barrows
Massachuset
Walton seeks injunction to block Alaska land titles
Miss Lena Walton of Alaska plans to file suit in the district court to estop the Interior Secretary and the General Land Office from issuing patents or title certificates to disputed lands in Alaska. She claims $1,000,000 value in land, while the mining company contends the land belongs to the government. Proceedings will also be pursued at Nome and San Francisco to counter a potential judgment in the company’s favor.
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Washington
S Rors
District of Colu
Lena Walton
Alask
Interior
General Land Office
Alaska
Ornving Co
Ait
Miss Walton
Ild Goose Mining Company
San Francisco
Cal
Timber Terrace Collapse Injures Twenty at Berlin Theater
A terrace sixteen feet above the Metropole theater stage collapsed during a Sunday rehearsal in Berlin. Thirty performers on the terrace and stage crowd were affected. twenty injured, four feared dead, including popular comic singer Max Steiden among the injured. Most victims are young actresses.
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Berlin
Metropole
Max Steiden
Chinese Officials Press China Boycott Suppression
Washington reports Consul General in Shanghai cabled the department that the boycott continues but no disturbances are seen and Chinese officers are trying to suppress the movement. Conditions overall look more hopeful.
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Washington
Overs
Shanghai
S: © Department
Anle
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