Japan May Waive Indemnity In Sakhalin Settlement
Portmouth dispatches report Baron Komura will seek a new compromise basis with M. Witte to end the war. Japan reportedly waives indemnity and agrees to have the northern Sakhalin price set by a mixed commission, shifting the burden toward Russia if accepted. Negotiations continue amid mixed signals from Tokyo and St. Petersburg.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Baron Komura
Tokio
Japan
M. Witte
Associated Press
Nicholas
Pieyer
Sakhalin
St. Petersburg
Russia
Peterhof
Gulf
Linevitch
Roosevelt
Foreign Office
Kuropatkin Resigns Command Amid Ill Health Report
The Japanese Daily Telegraph correspondent at Moji, Japan, reports that General Kuropatkin has resigned his command and that his health has deteriorated, signaling a change in leadership during the current campaign.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Moji
Japan
Kuropatkin
Imperial ukase orders selective mobilization in far east
An imperial ukase dated August 1 orders troop mobilization to reinforce the army in the far east. The measure applies to only 70 of the empire’s 792 districts.
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St. Petersburg
Far East
Interparliamentary Congress in Brussels Hails Roosevelt
In Brussels the Interparliamentary congress opened at the National palace with a notable demonstration in favor of President Roosevelt and the success of the peace conference. The event highlighted support for his policies and the conference's aims.
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Brussels Lands
Roosevelt
Brussels
National Palace
Roosevelt praised in Portsmouth peace congress report
The senate session in Portsmouth featured a welcoming address by Minister of State Bernaert praising President Roosevelt. Delegations from most wicading parliaments attended as admirers applauded his calls for peace and the Hague conference and the Russo Japanese plenipotentiaries summit. The congress adopted resolutions thanking Roosevelt and authorized notifying him of the action.
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Portsmouth. .S
Senate
Bernaert
Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
Baron de Favoreau
Congress
First White House birth descendant dies in Washington
Washington mourns Mary Emily Donelson Wilcon 75 described as the first child born in the White House and a grandniece of Andrew Jackson. A descendant of Tennessee pioneer John Donelson, she died Monday in Washington.
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Washington
Mary Emily Donelson Wilcon
White House
Andrew Jackson
John Donelson
Tennessee
Roosevelt to visit Jacksonville October twenty first
Secretary Charles H. Smith announced a letter from Secretary Loeb stating President Roosevelt will arrive in Jacksonville on the morning of October 21. He will stay for six hours.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Charles H. Smith
Board of
Yrade
Loeb
Roosevelt
Quarrel Over Love Affair Ends in Double Tragedy
In Hellington West Virginia on August 29 a man shot and killed Etta Denny during a quarrel over a love affair and then killed himself. Both victims were well known and prominent. Etta Denny had just returned from her father’s funeral.
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Hellington
W. Va
Williama
Etta Denby
Denny
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