Japan’s British Ally Stands Firm on Peace Terms
Washington dispatches report Japan will secure Great Britain’s sympathetic approval for its peace terms at the Washington conference. London remains unwavering, refusing to press Japan toward an armistice or modify demands on Russia, while expressing confidence that Japan’s terms will be reasonable in light of the war’s outcomes.
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Washington
Japan
Great Britain
London
Russia
Lord Lansdowne
Tokio
Russians Rout TokIo In Rykoff Advance
Jap army dispatch reports independent cavalry entered Rykoff on Sakhalin Island July 27 and withdrew to avoid a costly occupation. Japanese forces then captured Rykoff after street fighting, with a left and right column pressing the enemy southward toward Pareono. A pursuing detachment killed about 200 and took 500 prisoner. Enemy strength near the right column totaled 3,000 infantry and four guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Rykoff
Sakhalin Island
Port Due
Pareono
Reinforcements for General Linovitch Ready for Front
St. Petersburg reports steady forwarding of reinforcements. The Thirteenth Army corps with headquarters at Smolensk will depart for the front next week.
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St. Petersburg
Linovitch
Smolensk
Negotiations End as Glass Workers Return Home
Atlantic City July 29 All negotiations between the Amalgamated Glass Workers and employers in conference here are off for the present and the men have returned home leaving three here to await developments. The employers have decided to treat with other organizations of workmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Amalgamated Glass Workers
Double Hanging in Vidalia for Boatman’s Murder
Natchez July 29 reports Alexander Winn and Nelson Walker two condemned men publicly hanged in Vidalia for the murder of Charles Hauck a white trading boatman. Neither man confessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natchez
Miss
Alexander Winn
Nelson Walker
Charles Hauck
Vidalia
Admiral Goodrich arrives in San Diego for inquiry
Rear Admiral Goodrich, commander in chief of the Pacific station, lands at San Diego aboard his flagship Chicago. He will convene a court of inquiry or board of officers and begin the investigation into the Bennington Quaester without delay.
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San Diego
Cal
Goodrich
Chicago
Sennington Quaester
Bennington Disaster Probed by Pacific Station Board
Rear Admiral Goodrich announced to the navy department via telegraph that he has begun an investigation into the Bennington disaster. A board led by Lieutenant Commanders Bartlett Halatead and Moody of the Chicago will collate evidence, ahead of a court of inquiry into all circumstances surrounding the explosion.
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Bennington
Washington
Goodrich
Pacific Station
Navy Department
Bartlett and
Halatead
Moody
Chicago
Death toll rises from Bennington explosion to sixty three
Washington July 31 reports another death among the men injured by the gunboat Bennington explosion. The total death list increases to sixty three as the Navy Department records the latest loss.
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Washington
Bennington
Navy Department
Chicago Municipalers Fight City Over Rail Lines
The Chicago City Railway files in the U S circuit court for an injunction against the city to halt interference with its lines. The municipal ownership ordinance passed last March is challenged as unconstitutional. The railway claims possession of 119 lines with franchises running to 1958 and anticipates the 99-year act will be central to the argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago City Railway Company
United States Circuit Court
City Railway
Hoch’s Life Spared by Governor Reprieve
Johann Hoch known as Bluebeard, a confessed bigamist accused of poisoning a wife, was granted a reprieve to August 25 by Governor Deneen after assurances that a $500 appeal fund had been raised. Hoch expressed continued hope during the delay.
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Chicago
Johann Hoch
Bluebeard
Bigamist
Deneen
Hoch
Delmar Jockey Club Sues Folk Over Police Raid
The Delmar Jockey Club files a $25,000 trespass suit in St. Louis circuit court against Governor Folk the St. Louis police board and Chief Kiely over yesterday raid on Delmar racetrack denying city police authority in county jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Delmar
Roosevelt Aims to Clean Graft From Agriculture Dept
President Roosevelt expresses implicit confidence in Secretary Wilson and expects to purge graft from the Department of Agriculture. Wilson plans thorough investigations, with many employees dismissed or forced to resign as efforts to uncover and remove taint intensify at Sagamore Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Sagamore Hill
Washington
Department
Bureau of Statistics
Baron Komura Reaches New York for Peace Talks
Baron Komura and party arrived in New York at 9 45 this morning. He authorized a statement saying they desire peace but are not over anxious nor oversanguine that negotiations will be productive. He noted the Japanese protectorate over Korea could open immigration to Korea and divert it from the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Baron Komura
Korea
Campbell Sentenced After Board Bribe Conviction
Kansas City July 2 The motion for a new trial by Frank Campbell member of the Kansas City Kansas board of education was over ruled and Campbell was sentenced to serve from one to seven years in the state penitentiary for accepting a bribe in awarding a contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booder
Kansas City
Frank Campbell
Board of Education
Kan
Campbell
Root Seeks Relief Trip Leaves Utica for Montreal
Secretary of State Root and Col William Carey Sanger with Roots Elihu Jr and Edward depart Utica for Montreal. They will travel to St Johns Newfoundland and then sail to Labrador. The expedition aims to be away about a month.
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Utica
N. Y
Root
William Carey Sanger
Violence Near Libau Rocks Prussian Riots Funeral
Reports from Hasenpoth near Libau indicate the murder of Baron Preveru of the peasant reform commission during funeral unrest. A gendarme was killed and two wounded in the disturbances at Libau following the riot deaths on Sunday.
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Koenigsburg
Prussia
Hasenpoth
Libau
Russia
Baron Preveru
Peasant Reform Commission
Alaskan Central Railway Project Pace Set for Winter
Work on the Alaskan Central railway will continue through the winter as coastal climate is not severely cold. Officials say operations persist despite winter conditions and crews stay aboard to maintain progress on the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaskan Central Railway
Coast Belt
Market Report Indianapolis and regional grain values
Indianapolis market reports wheat at 84 to 85 cents for No 2 red, corn 56 to 58 cents, oats 31 to 32 cents, mixed hay prices around 6 to 10 dollars, cattle, hogs, and sheep traded across several cities with varied prices. Chicago and New York scenes show futures and spot bids for wheat, corn, oats, cattle, hogs, sheep, and lambs with monthly notes and regional differences.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
Bishop Isaac W. Poyce Dies After Camp Meeting Illness
Bishop Isaac W. Poyce of the Methodist Episcopal church died at his Minneapolis home at 1:20 this morning from a cerebral hemorrhage and paralysis that followed a sermon at the Red Rock camp meeting in Mianu on July 2.
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Joyce
Minneapolis
Isaac W. Poyce
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Red Rock
Mianu
Setting Wheels in Motion
Rochester July 27 State Senator William Armstrong has sent word to his senate and assembly colleagues that a joint legislative committee will organize in Albany next Tuesday to investigate the life insurance business in New York State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
William Armstrong
Assembly
Albany
Morton Re elected President of Equitable Life Society
In New York on July 27 at a session of the Equitable Life Assurance Society directors, Paul Morton was elected president and is understood to retain the chairmanship as well.
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New York
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Paul Morton
Brief Dispatches From The Tuesday News
Hurricanes devastate the Marshall Islands on June 30. An investigation begins into the Bennington explosion cause. National lawn tennis championships set for Newport starting August 22. Coal mine explosion in Palermo Sicily kills twelve and wounds many. Wreck on Dayton Western line near Eaton Ohio injures five. Humble Texas oil field fire kills twelve and forty five mules. Boycott of American goods widens in northern China with active Chinese press coverage.
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Bennington
Newport
Palermo
Sicily
Dayton & Western Traction
Eaton
Humble
Tex
China
Taft in Japan and Roosevelts Norway question on deck
Secretary of War Taft and party received a demonstrative welcome to Tokio. President Roosevelt faces the Norway recognition issue as the Chilean navy proposal rumors surface. The Tokyo arrival was marked by hospitable reception and imperial reception.
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Taft
Japan
American Retail Jewelers’ Association
Detroit
Norway
Roosevelt
Washington
Australia
Tokio
Congress
William
Nicholas
Fernie Fire Nearly Destroys Town in B C
Friday news reports Fernie British Columbia nearly wiped out by a devastating fire causing about 50000 dollars in damage. Four men perish in a freight wreck of the Northern Pacific. National Dental association to meet in Atlanta. Dr Max Nordau chosen president of the Zionist congress in Basel. Russians retreat in Korea as Japanese advance. Equitable Life case seeks receivers in New York. Waterloo Station collision injures many after two trains collide in Liverpool.
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Max Nordau
Zionists Congress
Basle
Switzerland
Buryong
Fukyo
Korea
Seizure of Lydia and Global Trade Notes
The German steamer Lydia of 1,058 tons has been seized by the Japanese near Lochoo. Weekly business failures rise to 195 from 165 and 174 in 1904. Peru foreign policy moves toward amicable settlement while Louisiana quarantines New Orleans. A Newfoundland pulp mill merges with $5 million capital, British control. Novosti suspension becomes permanent. China boycott of American goods grows amid protests against exclusion acts.
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Lochoo
Peru
Louisiana
New Orleans
Uintah Indian lands opened for settlement in Utah
The Uintah reservation in Utah has been opened to settlement. Other items note Emperor William sailing to Copenhagen to visit King Christian, a street duel killing J. L. Green and Edward McCrea in Sanderson Florida, a Lancashire cotton strike threat over a 5 percent wage increase, E. O. Bishop fatally shooting Gordon Reddock in Montgomery Alabama, two prominent merchants involved, and multiple lightning fatalities at Coney Island and Bath Beach. National rail accident tolls for January to March report 282 deaths and 3,713 injuries.
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Uintah Reservation
Utah
Emperor William
Copenhagen
King Christian
J. L. Green
Edward McCrea
Sanderson
Fla
E. O. Bishop
Gordon Reddock
Montgomery
Ala
Coney Island
Bath Beach
United States
Indiana’s 1905 Good Roads Report Aims High
Indianapolis July 31 Indiana’s rapid rise as a leading good roads state centers on the 1905 report by W S Bintchley chief of the state geological department. Five assistants survey gravel and stone deposits across the state with a section for each. The study will map macadam and gravel mileage and promote road improvements statewide.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Bintchley
State Geological Department
Farm labor scarce prompts land rentals in Morocco area
In Morocco Indiana on July 26 farmers expect good fields to be rented next year as high labor costs push landowners to lease rather than farm. Wages of 28 to 35 dollars a month fail to attract reliable help, and shortage extends to domestic workers forcing women to do household and harvest tasks themselves.
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Morocco
Ind
Conzman Held for Federal Grand Jury in Vigo Bank Embezzlement
Gus A. Conzman former cashier of the Vigo County National Bank was held to await action of the federal grand jury in Terre Haute Indiana after waiving preliminary hearing. He furnished a $10 000 bond and is charged with embezzling $1 000 of the bank funds.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Gus A. Conzman
Vigo County National Bank
United States
A. M. Higgins
Federal Grand Jury
Conzman
Farmers Wreck Auto Near Lagrange
A white steamer touring car owned by Sol dier & Co. of Ligonier Indiana was wrecked near Lagrange after hitting rails said to have been placed by nearby farmers prejudiced against automobiles. The chauffeur was injured and other passengers were badly shaken.
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Goshen
Ind
Soldier & Co
Ligonier
Lagrange
Indiana Presbyterian union forms at Oakland City
In Oakland City Indiana this week the Cumberland Presbyterian church and the regular Presbyterian church joined to create what is likely the state s first union of Presbyterian churches. The move follows the assemblies act promoting consolidation of the two branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland City
Ind
Presbyterian Churches
Indiana
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Regular Presbyterian Church
Domestic worker dies after gasoline kerosene mix at Lake Maxinkuckee
Jessie Cox aged seventeen, employed by M. H. Sale of Indianapolis at his Lake Maxinkuckee summer home, substituted gasoline for kerosene during breakfast prep. An explosion occurred, she was badly burned, brought to South Bend, and died a few hours later.
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South Bend
Ind
Jessie Cox
M. H. Sale
Indianapolis
Lake Maxinkuckee
Young Boy Killed by Thresher Accident Near Bremen
Advices from Bremen report an eighteen year old named Orphan from near Laporte was swept into a thresher after losing his footing and was cut to pieces before the machine could be stopped.
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Laporte
Ind
Bremen
Orphan
Fire destroys Marion Ice and Cold Storage plant
Warsaw Indiana July 29 fire gutted the Marion Ice and Cold Storage company facility on Center lake's east shore totaling about 20000 dollars with insurance covering part of the loss.
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Warsaw
Ind
Marion Ice and Cold Storage Company
Marion
Center Lake
Huntsman Instantly Killed in Fall During Hunt
William Fowler of Laporte County was instantly killed near Laporte Indiana when a gun in the hunting party discharged striking his neck and nearly decapitating him.
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Laporte
Ind
William Fowler
Fowler
Lightning Strikes Youth in Sullivan County
Frank Wiley aged nineteen was struck by lightning while seated in a church window in Jefferson township Sullivan county Indiana. He was thrown to the ground breaking his neck and back.
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Sullivan, Ind
Frank Wiley
Jafferson Township
County
Joint stock company formed in Johnson township for drilling
A new joint stock company organized in Johnson township near Elkinsville aims to drill for oil. The machinery is already on the ground and selected among local farmers and well-to-do residents.
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Brown County
Nashville
Ind
Johnson Township
Elkinsville
Private banks in Indiana convert or close under law
Indianapolis July 31. All private banks in Indiana have either complied with the law, converted to state or national banks, or ceased operations. Auditor George A. Bingham said twelve banks violated the law weeks ago, and Auditor David E. Sherrick ordered action. Prosecutors filed suits. most outlaw banks disappeared, others became state or national institutions. In the past week four former private banks filed articles to become state banks.
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Indianapolis
George A. Bingham
Auditor of State
David E Sherrick
Vigo County National bank debt payoff report
Debtors have paid about 325000 on obligations of the Vigo County National bank. Bank assets, including doubtful paper, total around 1061000 with liabilities at 936000. Shortage of cashier Conzman cited near 140000 and worthless paper may absorb 150000 capital stock and 50000 surplus.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Vigo County National Bank
Frazie
Conzman
Senator Mitchell Is Sentenced In Land Fraud Case
United States Senator Mitchell, convicted of using his office to aid the law firm Mitchell & Tanner in land frauds, was fined 1000 dollars and sentenced to six months penal servitude. Execution deferred pending Supreme Court review, with bail set at 2000 dollars.
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Portland
Ore
United States
Mitchell
Mitchell & Tanner
Supreme Court of the United States
Threshers in Deadly Peril Near Vincennes
In Harrison township Indiana a dynamite stick was found in a threshing bundle on Fred J. Myers farm avoiding a catastrophe. The machine operator T. J. Sanders employs a full crew. This marks the third attempted threshing wreck in the area this season and suspects will face summary punishment if caught.
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Vincennes
Ind
Fred J. Myers
Harrison Township
T. J. Sanders
Beasley Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Indiana Case
Paoli Ind July 26 David Beasley indicted with Henry Tow for the murder of James and Charles Rout at Bryantsville last June pled guilty to manslaughter and was committed to the Indiana reformatory at Jeffersonville under the indeterminate sentence act the maximum penalty twenty one years Tow’s trial proceeded with a jury verdict pending.
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Paoli
Ind
David Beasley
Henry Tow
James
Charles Rout
Bryantsville
Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Tow
Shonts Party Arrives in Panama for Canal Talks
President Shonts and party arrive in Panama on July 27 and confer with Governor Magoon in the administration building with Chief Engineer Stevens and Canal Commissioner Ernest. No examination date for canal work has been set. Panama newspapers extend a warm welcome.
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Panama
Shonts
Stevens
Ernest
Magoon
Zionist Congress rejects East Africa colony offer
Basle July 31 Zionist congress votes overwhelmingly against accepting Britain’s offer of a land tract in East Africa for a Zionist colony. The group reaffirms the goal of a Jewish homeland in Palestine or nearby areas.
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Palestine
Basle
Switzerland
Zionist Congress
Great Britain
East Africa
Boy Caught by Mower in Indiana Accident
On a Morocco farm near Foreaman July 25 eight year old grandson of John Beecher was caught by a mower cutting bar unseen by his grandfather. One leg was nearly severed and the boy will be crippled for life.
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Morocco
Ind
John Beecher
Foreaman
Yellow Fever Toll Climbs in New Orleans
Yellow fever in New Orleans continues to spread with six deaths reported yesterday bringing total fatalities to forty two. New cases rose to eleven on the day, increasing the overall toll and indicating nineteen new infections are active in the city.
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New Orleans
National Pentecost Encampment Opens in Martinsville
Martinsville Indiana hosts the national Pentecost encampment opening August 4 at Forest Grove park. A large tent village will seat 4,000, with daily attendance expected to reach four thousand people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Ind
Forest Grove Park
Good Year for Churches in Evansville District
Evansville Indiana July 27 report of the secretary of the M B Conference in session here shows eleven churches built in the district during the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
M. B. Conference
Two Young Girls Drowned in Creek Near Laaynes
Sisters Mattie and Grace Wigner aged fourteen and sixteen drowned while attempting to ford a creek west of Laaynes Kansas. Local rescue efforts unsuccessful. authorities investigating cause and circumstances of the accident.
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Laayens
Kan
Mattie
Grace Wigner
Here
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