Manchuria Peace Talks Loom After Round of Battles
Reports from correspondents in Tientsin and Tokyo describe Japanese moves around General Linovitch and a Russian siege as peace negotiations stall for weeks. The Morning Post notes Kawamura’s army of the Yalu arrives to join existing Japanese forces, while talks on language and dates unfold in Washington. Diplomats say no conference date is set and credential exchanges mark the first formal steps.
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Daily Telegraph
Tientsin
Tokio
Gunshu Pass
Linovitch
Linevitch
Morning Post
Omoso
Kawamura
Yalu
Baron Rosen
White House
Russia
Japan
Washington
St. Paul
Newport
Chicago
Marquis Ita
Associated Press
Great Britain
Armistice Plan for Manchuria Talks Near Washington Meeting
Reports from Washington outline the plan for Russia and Japan to appoint plenipotentiaries and sign a brief armistice in Manchuria. M. Nelidoff would lead Russia while Marquis Ito heads Japan with Takahira possibly the third plenipotentiary. Baron Rosen would join Russia in Washington.
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Marquis Ito
Japan
Takahira
Tokio
Washington
Hay
Nelidoff
Russia
Baron Rosen
Kuropatkin
Russia Japan peace talks move toward conference opening
Foreign office reports negotiations progressing rapidly toward the opening of a conference between Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries. Count Cassini’s Washington selection awaited. date fixation reportedly pending as officials prepare Saturday newspaper publication.
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St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Cassini
Washington
Russia
Peace Conference Set for Washington Delighted by Japan
Tokyo reports that Japan approves Washington as the peace conference site despite earlier hopes for Northern China to speed a meeting. Delays due to distance are noted, but overall satisfaction with the selection remains.
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Tokio
Washington
China
Officials deny Linovitch appeal against peace talks
St. Petersburg reports confirm an official denial of rumors that General Linovitch and other generals sent an appeal to the emperor opposing peace negotiations.
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St. Petersburg
Linovitch
Fire wipes out teen business houses in Fort Francis
A morning blaze in Fort Francis Ontario destroyed seventeen storefronts leaving only three businesses. Loss exceeds $200000 as firefighters, aided by International Stalls, could not halt the spread through wooden structures. A wide vacant area limited total destruction to the business district.
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Fort Francis
Ont
North Dakota G. A. R. Holds Sixteenth Encampment
Jamestown hosts the sixteenth annual North Dakota G. A. R. encampment with about 200 veterans marching in a parade followed by a civic procession of Jamestown firms. The G. A. R. and W. R. C. conduct joint and separate sessions and Joseph Hare of Bismarck is elected department commander.
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Jamestown
N. D
North Dakota
Joseph Hare
Bismarck
West Virginia Supreme Court Keeps Lease Taxation
The West Virginia Supreme Court sustains the State Tax Commissioner ruling that oil gas and coal leases are taxable. The decision will add about 400 million dollars to tax lists and generate several million dollars in annual revenue for the state and counties. It represents a gain for tax reform efforts and lowers realty and personal property tax burdens.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court of West Virginia
Diillon
Terror Withdraws From War Game At Fort Monroe
Fort Monroe Virginia June 17 The double turret monitor Terror withdrew from the afternoon war game due to steering gear damage and went to the Norfolk navy yard for repairs Admiral Dickins with his squadron bombarded Fort Monroe again at night The engagement repeated the Thursday night performance. The bombardment began at 10 30 o'clock.
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Fort Monroe
Terror
Norfolk Navy Yard
Admiral Dickins
Credit Men elect officers at annual meeting
Memphis report lists officers named by the National Association of Credit Men with Or G Fessenden of New York as president Frank M Gettys of Louisville as vice president and Charles Meek of New York as secretary treasurer The next meeting will be held in Baltimore
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Memphis
Tenn
National Association of Credit Men
Or. G. Fessenden
New York
Frank M. Gettys
Louisville
Charles Meek
Baltimore
Tornado damages trees and buildings near Hudson Wisconsin
A tornado passed north of Hudson Wisconsin at about 6 30 p m damaging trees and structures. It weakened and broke when it crossed Lake St Croix.
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Hudson, Wis
Lake St. Croix
Thaw Divorce Ends With $75,000 Check to Ex Wife
In Chicago Charles W. H. Thaw of New York allegedly gave Francis Rash a 75000 check after a Friday divorce decree granted to Mrs. Thaw. Alimony was noted in the decree, but the check specifics were disputed by Thaw’s lawyer. The Thaws married four years ago and the case may close a dispute that led to Thaw’s New York imprisonment for alimony arrears.
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Chicago
Charles WH. Thaw
New York
Francis Rash
Thaw
Judge A
Thaws
President targets bureaucrats after business methods
Washington report says President orders thorough review of government departments led by Assistant Secretary Keep. He criticizes bureaucrats who accumulate papers and delay work, urging an end to excessive letter writing and a shift to general business methods across all agencies.
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Washington
Woman Kills Four Children Then Takes Her Own Life
Dubuque Iowa region reports Mrs Paul Klass killed all four of her children at their Kieler Wisconsin home eight miles east of Dubuque with a butcher knife. The eldest child was six and the youngest a baby. The mother had been in ill health.
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Dubuque, Ja
Paul Klass
Kieler
Wis
Dubuque
Pope Hosts Dubuque Archbishop in Rome
In private audience at the Vatican on June 17, Pope Pius X welcomed Archbishop John J. Keane of Dubuque Iowa for about thirty minutes. The pope praised temperance work, sent blessings to temperance advocates nationwide, and asked Keane to convey respectful wishes to President Roosevelt and the United States.
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Rome
John J. Keane
Dubuque
Keane
Catholic Temperance Societies
Cedar Falls
United States
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Bodies Tied Together In Monongahela River Tragedy
In McKeesport two bodies, a mother and child, were found bound by a bed sheet tied around waists. The pair had likely been in the water for weeks, clothes indicating a comfortable home. Authorities favor suicide over homicide as the motive for their plunge.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela River
McKeesport
Riot At Lynxville Sparks Shootout With Laborers
In Wisconsin, three Italians led a failed effort to force 150 Italian railroad workers to strike for higher pay at Lynxville. Gunfire wounded the trio as laborers seized revolvers from boarding cars. Deputies searched the area, with no arrests by nightfall. In Ferryville, townspeople drove part of the same group from town using firearms and axes.
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Rairie. du
Burlington Road
Ferryville
Wisconsin appoints railroad rate commission members
Governor La Follette sent a message to the senate naming Professor B. H. Meyer of the University of Wisconsin Labor Commissioner Halford Erickson and Second Assistant Tax Commissioner Nils P. Haugen as members of the new railroad rate commission. Terms run four, six and eight years respectively, with senate confirmation pending.
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Madison, Wis
la Follette
Senate
BR. H. Meyer
University of Wisconsin
Halford Erickson
Nils P. Haugen
Railroad Rate Commission of Wisconsin
Meyer
Erickson
Haugen
Two Young Men Hanged for Colorado Murder
Canyon City Colo June 17 Frederick Arnold aged twenty and Newton Andrews aged twenty one were hanged at the state penitentiary for the murder of Mrs Amanda Youngblood in Denver two years ago.
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Canyon City
Colo
Frederick Arnold
Newton Andrews
State Penitentiary
Amanda Youngblood
Denver
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