Envoys at Oyster Bay Tomorrow in Joint Presentation
Acting for the President, Peirce outlines the formal presentation of Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries to the President at Oyster Bay. The ceremonies include shipboard arrivals aboard the Chattanooga and Tacoma, a joint presentation aboard the Mayflower, and a neutral stance on precedence between Komura and Witte.
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New York
Peirce
Baron Rosen
Takahira
Washington
Baron Komura
New York Yacht Club
East Twenty-third Street
Chattanooga
Oyster Bay
Mr. Peirce
M. Witte
Tacoma
Sylph
Galveston
Mayflower
Dolphin
Portsmouth
Cutler
Sagamore Hill
Schidlofski Feigns Insanity or Fears Spirits in Cambridge Jail
Schidlofski, the wife murderer, is reported in a frenzied state in a Cambridge jail. Officials doubt if his nerves and fear of death drive true insanity or if he is feigning. He says evil spirits torment him and calls for help to save him from devils.
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Schidlofski
Cambridge
M. Witte Tours New York by Automobile
The Russian envoy M. Witte spent several hours touring New York by car. He rode Riverside Drive and areas of the lower east side where many Russians reside and visited the financial district. He viewed the stock exchange from the visitors’ gallery unrecognized on the floor.
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New York
M. Witte
Riverside Drive
West Side
Lower East Side
Financial
Stock Exchange
President Roosevelt to host Witte and Rosen at luncheon
Oyster Bay, August 3. President Roosevelt will receive informally tomorrow Sergius Witte principal envoy of the Emperor of Russia to the Washington peace conference. Baron Rosen the Russian ambassador will accompany M. Witte to Oyster Bay for luncheon with the President and Mrs. Roosevelt. No other visitors are expected.
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Oyster Bay
L. I
Roosevelt
Sergius Witte
Russia
Washington
Missing stamp dealer from New Bedford sought by Boston police
T. M. Gifford, a wealthy stamp collector, has been missing for a week after leaving his New Bedford home for a business trip to Boston. He was last seen at Nantasket, with plans to buy a large stamp collection. family fears robbery or foul play.
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Boston
T. M. Gifford
New Bedford
Gifford
Nantasket
Crescens Sweet Records 7 in Race at Sweet Marie
Crescens Sweet set a record time in a seven race event at the Sweet Marie track. The event featured notable rivals and drew a crowd of local spectators.
Readville Trotting Match: Sweet Marie Defeats Tiverton
Sweet Marie, the Californian mare, defeats Tiverton in a $5000 Readville match race. The three heat race marks a fastest-ever three-heat trot, with times 2:05 1/2, 2:04 3/4, and 2:06 3/4 as the mare overtakes her rival after a hard three-heat battle.
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Readville
Sweet Marie
Tiverton
New York Speedway
John Howell
Memphis
Transylvania
Lexington
New York
Crescens
Abbott
Swett Marie
Tiverson
Wedding gifts stolen from Dockham firm arrest of a Melrose youth
More than 500 dollars in wedding presents including silverware vanished from the private office of Stevens Dockham of C Augustine Dockham & Co publishers 6 Beacon Street. Charles Gordon Bigglestone 107 Wyoming Avenue Melrose a 20 year old English native is arrested after detectives recovered the goods from a North End dealer who had bought them from the boy.
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Stevens Dockham
C. Augustine Dockham & Co
Beacon Street
Charles Gordon Bigglestone
Wyoming Avenue
Melrose
England
Morrissey and Armstrong
Watts
North End
Young Bigglestone
Deckhams
Stevens Deckham
Chelsea
Bigglestone
Fair Local Forecast For Boston And Vicinity
A fair weather outlook for Boston and nearby areas. Expect sunny to partly cloudy skies Friday and Saturday with light winds and dry conditions. Temperatures rise to comfortable levels, making outdoor plans favorable across the region.
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Boston and Vicinity
Private James McManus Shot at Fort Ethan Allen
Private James McManus enlisted in the Fifteenth Cavalry in New York was shot by Corporal William Mead at Fort Ethan Allen. He lies in critical condition at the post hospital after drawing his sabre on Mead, who fired a 32 calibre bullet into his right side. Tremaine notes Mead acted properly.
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Burlington
James McManus
Fifteenth Cavalry
New York
Fort Ethan Allen
William Mead
McManus
Mead
W. C. Tremaine
Telegraphers Strike on Great Northern Ends Day Two
St Paul Aug 3 The second day of the telegraphers strike on Great Northern and Northern Pacific lines ends with railroads claiming a break in the ranks and union officials saying the fight has just begun. Some trains stay on schedule while several way freights are abandoned. Operators on one Great Northern branch in North Dakota have returned, with 35 more willing to go back. President Perham rejects sympathy strikes and says the union will fight to win.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railways
North Dakota
Perham
Telegraphers’ Brotherhood
Electr ic crash at Attleboro injures twelve
A head on collision of two trolley cars on the North Attleboro loop leaves twelve seriously and seven lightly injured. Officials cite a signal mistake on a blind curve four miles south of North Attleboro as the cause.
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Attleboro
North Attleboro
Interstate Consolidated Street Railway
Bernard Cannon
Fred Barker
Herbert Slade
Boston
Arthur Monroe
Warren
R. I
Richard Murray
Susie Klein
Annie Kirke
Ellen Moulton
Providence
Hiram Congdon
Owen Curtis
Cyril LaFontaine
F. Meyer
End of Britain Hinted by Novoe Vremya
The Novoe Vremya reports Britain’s empire faces disruption with the British empire described as near collapse and a major shift looming, signaling potential upheaval in imperial dominance.
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Britain
St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
Louisiana Moves to Seize Mississippi Boats Amid Fever Crisis
Governor Blanchard ordered sheriffs and district attorneys in St. Bernard and Orleans parishes to capture armed vessels on Lake Borgne and enlist Naval Brigade support. Commander Bostick dispatched fifty Marines aboard the Majestic and two other craft, with plans to cover the Louisiana coast from the Rigolets. Despite rising cases, fatalities declined and officials expect 20 to 25 new daily cases for days, signaling ongoing control efforts.
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New Orleans
Blanchard
Louisiana
St. Bernard
Orleans Parishes
Lake Borgne
Bostick
Naval Militia
J. W. Bostick
Oyster Commission
Majestic
Bayou St. John
Naval Brigade
Ing
Rigolets
Wasdin
Marine Hospital Service Today
Governor Blanchard
Winona
Ship Island
Mississippi
United States
Exciting Lake Chase of Chicago Gamblers Reach Shore
Chicago Aug 3 police battled gamblers who tried floating pool rooms on Lake Michigan. Fourteen stooped ashore at South Chicago aboard a launch. others fled toward Indiana Harbor aboard the excursion steamer Eagle, then to Chicago by train.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
South Chicago
Indiana Harbor
Collins
City of Traverse
Eagle
Yosemite
Seminole Liner Detained on Smuggling Charge
SAN DOMINGO CITY August 8 The Clyde liner Seminole is detained on a charge of smuggling cartridges.
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San Domingo City
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