End of War Brings Peace Treaty at Portsmouth
The long and bloody Japan Russia war ends as Witte and Komura settle terms. Roosevelt’s mediation cited as crucial. Peace yields no indemnity, Sakhalin to be divided, open trade pledges, and mutual most favored nation and open door clauses added.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Japan
Russia
Witte
Baron Komura
Roosevelt
Nicholas
Meyer
Sakhalin
Mr. Witte
Emperor Nicholas
Far East
Chantsu
Oyama
la Perouse
Hokkaido
Pacific
Oyster Bay
Mr. Roosevelt
Court Martial Ordered Over Bennington Explosion Findings
Secretary Bonaparte denounces the court of inquiry findings in the Bennington explosion case. He orders Commander Lucien Young to face a court martial over neglect of official duty and Ensign Wade over neglect of duty. He also disapproves the inquiry’s praise of the vessel’s discipline and condition and notes Younger’s conduct remains unaddressed.
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Washingon
Bonaparte
Bennington
Lucien Young
Wade
Young
Court of Inquiry
China’s Awakening Commission Starts World Tour
The Chinese foreign ministers, hosted by Prince Chin, begin a world tour to study parliamentary government abroad. The dowager empress plans a decree toward establishing a parliament within twelve years. A student body will be kept abroad to prepare for parliamentary rule. The mission will spend a month in Japan, then Europe and America, with a large retinue.
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Pekin
Prince Chin
China
Japan
Europe
America
Cholera Threat Spreads Across German Regions
Berlin reports cholera from two Weichsel localities spreading to thirty four cases in twelve areas from the Baltic to the Warthe, with Hamburg reporting cases. Officials fear a long fight to prevent uncontrollable spread, recalling 1892 losses in Russia of around 800,000. Prussia has dispatched numerous bacteriologists to infected districts.
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Berlin
Weichsel
Baltic
Warthe
Hamburg
Germany
Russia
Bomb explodes on Barcelona parade injuring many
A conical cemented bomb exploded on the crowded Barcelona marine parade on September 4 creating panic. More than forty victims were reported with one woman dead and five mortally wounded as investigators sought the unknown perpetrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Holmes Jr. Surrenders on Conspiracy Charge
Edwin L Holmes Jr former assistant statistician at the department of agriculture voluntarily surrendered after an indictment accusing him of conspiring in the premature publication of government crop reports He was released on a ten thousand dollar bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edwin
Holmes, Jr
Department of Agriculture
Grand
Holmes
Roosevelt Hunter Kermit Returns From Bear Trip
Kermit Roosevelt, son of the president, returns to Deadwood after a ten days hunting trip with Captain Seth Bullock and party. He killed a small brown bear and two wild cats during the expedition covering about 350 miles by horseback.
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Deadwood
Kermit Roosevelt
Seth Bullock
Roosevelt
Poland Polls Set to Parallel National Elections
Petersburg report notes police issue regulations on political meetings ahead of the forthcoming electoral campaign. It states elections in Poland will be held concurrently with other nationwide polls, allowing Poland's representation at the first national assembly session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Poland
National Assembly
Acts of a Young Fiend Roasts 11-Year-Old in Hannibal
Charles Christian aged 11 was set on fire in Union Street Hannibal Missouri by another boy named McLain who poured gasoline over his clothes and then lit a match in a cruel assault.
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Hannibal
Charles Christian
Union Street
McLain
Christian
Yellow Fever's Progress in New Orleans
Reports up to 6 p m Sunday show 29 new cases bringing total to 2 024 with 287 deaths. Eleven new foci and 305 cases under treatment. Discharged amount to 1 432.
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New Orleans
General Skallon Aims to End Martial Law in Normal Conditions
Warsaw reports General Skallon, newly named governor general, plans to abolish martial law as normal conditions resume. The move signals a return to civilian authority and heightened public stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Skallon
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough Visit United States
The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough plan a brief official trip to America, aiming to meet officials and observe cultural exchanges during their flying visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke
Duchess of Marlborough
America
Grand Army of the Republic Holds 39th Encampment in Denver
The Grand Army of the Republic opens its 39th annual encampment in Denver with expectant crowds and arriving trains. Five candidates vie for commander in chief, while cities Chattanooga Columbus Minneapolis and Buffalo seek the 1906 gathering. Secret sessions will discuss constitutional changes and a new service pension bill with no age limit. A per diem Civil War pension proposal is also considered.
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Denver
Colo
Grand Army of the Republic
Corp
James Tanner
New York
Robert Brown
Ohio
Col. Burroughs
New Jersey
Charles Burton
George A. Stone
California
Chattanooga
Tenn
Columbus
Minneapolis
Buffalo
Congressional Committee
Congress
Tetanus and injuries in Fourth of July celebration
Journal of the American Medical Association reports Fourth of July injuries with 104 total cases this year and 87 tetanus deaths. Blanks cartridges caused 809 accidents, with 4,994 non fatal injuries and over 1000 face lacerations. the report calls this year better than former years.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Miss Roosevelt To Visit Pekin With Manila Party
Miss Alice Roosevelt and thirty Philippine excursionists with a Manila party including General Corbin and wife and Admiral Train arrive around September 12. A new legation guard travels with them as officials anticipate her reception by the dowager empress who is preparing a palace for her stay.
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Pekin
Alice Roosevelt
Manila
General Corbin
Train
Legation
Miss Roosevelt
Bulgarian Raiders Mobilize Across Balkans
Reports from Sofia and London indicate 800 Bulgarian–Macedonian insurgents, followers of Boris Sarafoff, have departed Sofia and may raid Turkish territory. Sofia fears a major movement and Turkish authorities foresee possible disturbances as bands in Macedonia prove highly mobile.
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London
Sofia
Boris Sarafoff
Macedonia
General Kakhenoff Retired From Odessa Command
St. Petersburg reports Gen Kakhenoff commander of the Odessa military district has been placed on the retired list due to disorders last June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kakhenoff
St. Petersburg
Kakhanoff
Odessa
Market Report IndLivest: Wheat Corn Hogs Cattle by City
Indianapolis and Cincinnati Chicago New York East Buffalo Toledo report grain and livestock prices. Wheat No 2 red 80 to 86 cents, corn No 2 53 to 58 cents, oats No 2 24 to 26 cents, hay prices record Clover Timothy millet. Cattle and hogs span wide ranges across cities with varied bids and futures.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Plague death winds through Panama and other notes
A brief item lists a bubonic plague death in Panama with other items: Denver Savings Bank president James A. Hill arrested at McLister I T. Kuropatkin reportedly resigns due to poor health. a national roads train ends in Chicago after a 12000 mile itinerary. the inter parliamentary congress sends the model treaty to a committee. the coal ship Peconic foundered off the Florida coast with two survivors. at Huntington West Virginia William Barbour killed Etta Denney then himself after a love quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
James A. Hill
Denver Savings Bank
Mcflister
I. T
Kuropatkin
Chicago
Inter-Parliamentary Congress
Philadelphia
Newrleans
Florida
Huntington
W. V
William Barbour
Etta Denney
Various World News Items Reported Across Regions
Tennessee reports no yellow fever cases. An Odessa blast hits a French boulevard. Two revolutionaries die. The southern arm of the Chinese Eastern railroad to Japan starts at Quanchentze. General Wood and wife depart for the Philippines. Japan pauses to seek peace amid its vast material power. Eleven German commissioners arrive in New York to study industry and agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Odessa
Japan
Quanchentze
Tornado Hits Carbondale Pa Demolishing Homes
A tornado struck Carbondale Pennsylvania demolishing several houses but causing no fatalities. The event is noted among other world and national items including peace talks and scientific observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Russia
Japan
Carlsbad
Reformed Religious Congress Set For Boston
The next congress of the reformed religious will be held in Boston. News that peace had been arranged was welcomed across Russia with enthusiasm. The czar plans to confer the title of Count upon M Witte as a reward. Governor General Maximovitch resigns and leaves Warsaw guarded by Cossacks. Thirty eight pedigreed dogs perished in a fire that damaged Yale club kennels in New York. The Southern Lumber Manufacturers Association announces a general advance of one dollar per thousand feet on pine. Purdue University trustees have taken over Indiana Medical College at Indianapolis and added it to the university.
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Russia
M. Witte
Maximovitch
Warsaw
Yale Club
New York
Southern Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Purdue University
Indiana Medical College
Indianapolis
Bryan to embark on world trip this month
William J. Bryan will start a round the world tour this month. The piece notes other news items including a convocation at the University of Chicago with 146 degrees awarded, weekly business failures, a fatal flywheel accident at McKeesport, a Chelmsford railway wreck, and a siege in Shusha with Armenian casualties. The U.S. public debt statement for August 31 shows debt at $1,005,524,596.
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William J. Bryan
University of Chicago
National Tube Works
McKeesport
Cromer Express
Great Eastern Railway
Chelmsford
England
Shusha
Transcaucasia
Tartara
Shah of Persia Visits Russia for Gala Dinner
The shah of Persia traveled to St. Petersburg to meet the czar and attend a gala dinner. Rumors of large Vatican treasure thefts are deemed unfounded. Zanzibar reports plague infections with ten native cases and five deaths. Liban reservists' departure sparks socialist rioting leaving ten dead and fifty wounded. Four young women drown in the Hudson when a small boat is struck by a ferry. Adrianople fire causes extensive damage. In the Greek Armenian Bulgarian and Jewish quarters seven thousand horses are destroyed.
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Persia
Russia
St. Petersburg
Vatican
Zanzibar
Liban
Hudson River
Hudson, N. Y
Adrianople
Jailbreak at Rushville County Jail Frays Defunct Arlington Bank Scammers
Oliver O. Jones former Arlington bank cashier Obadiah Bowman charged with embezzlement and Pollock burglary inmates escaped from Rushville county jail by sawing two steel bars, crawling through a second story window, and sliding down a fifteen foot rope ladder made from blankets and cord. The escape was quiet so other prisoners remained unaware.
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Rushville
Ind
Oliver O. Jones
Arlington Bank
Obadiah Bowman
Carthage
Pollock
Burglars Escape From Crawfordsville Jail
Fred Birchfield and Cooper McKinsey escaped from the Crawfordsville city jail by cutting through bars and a window. Birchfield faced forgery charges while McKinsey was wanted on grand larceny allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
Fred Birchfield
Cooper McKinsey
W Birchfield
McKinsey
Five Spencer County Prisoners Escape Through Tunnel
Five inmates at the Spencer county jail in Rockport Indiana escaped by tunneling under the jail floor. Dirt and bricks from the tunnel were hidden under inmates' blankets as the dig proceeded over several days.
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Rockport
Ind
Spencer County
Fourth annual basket dinner picnic for Indiana editors
Indianapolis September 1 date for the fourth annual basket dinner picnic of the Indiana Republican Editorial association at Broad Ripple park. Editors and families enjoyed a social event with party leaders and candidates present to mingle with the press amid games and overflowing baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Broad Ripple Park
Postoffice Tragedy in Mackey After Duel with Dirk
Princeton Indiana reports postmaster Thomas McCleary shot and killed his brother in law Melville Stuckey in the Mackey post office. Stuckey a produce dealer had quarrelled with McCleary over a loan of a revolver. Stuckey returned with a dirk knife, McCleary fired once in self defense and surrendered. Preliminary hearing set in Princeton with self defense plea expected.
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Princeton
Ind
Thomas McCleary
Mackey
Melville Stuckey
Stuckey
McCleary
Indiana Tragedy: Man Kills Man in Cornfield Outside London
Daniel Wilkins shot and killed Harvey Babb in a London area cornfield. Wilkins and his wife then went to town and to Shelbyville where he surrendered to police. Babb was found later with a forehead wound. motive remains undisclosed.
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Indiana
Shelbyville
Ind
Daniel Wilkins
Harvey Babb
London
Wilkins
Babb
Wilking
Polite Burglars Strike Union Street Homes
A Petersburg gang burglarized three Union Street houses on August 31, chloroformed residents, and stole cash totaling 123 dollars. At A. D. McRoberts home they took 54 dollars, Mrs Hertwell’s 14, and A. D. Colvin’s 55, all with notes in the same handwriting thanking the inmates for keeping still.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ind
Union
A. D. McRoberts
Valparaiso Seeks Unknown Killer in Hale Murder
There are no new leads in the Wayne Hale murder case. Hale's body was brought to Valparaiso for burial as authorities continue to search for the unidentified killer.
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Valparaiso
Wayne Hale
Pranksters Hit Mans Farm Sparks Wheat Thefts
In Princeton Indiana on August 31 pranksters hid railroad spikes and scrap iron in bundles of wheat on Henry Mans farm causing a threshing machine to be wrecked. Police investigate the spiteful mischief amid reports of similar acts in the area.
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Princeton
Ind
Henry Mans
Labor Day Proclaimed By Governor Hanly
A public proclamation from Governor Hanly designates September 4 as Labor Day. He urges a nationwide observance with a holiday spirit to honor labor's role in prosperity and happiness for Indiana and the nation. He praises soil and labor as sources of abundant plenty and calls the day a celebration of labor’s triumphs and workers.
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Indianapolis
Hanly
Special Grand Jury to Probe Crossings War
Portland Ind Aug 29 a special grand jury will be called to investigate the crossing war between the Pennsylvania railroad and the Muncie and Portland Traction company. The conflict led to the death of Pan Handle Detective William Purdy of Bradford Junction C and injuries to three others with Purdy dying in Logansport Hospital.
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Portland
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Muncie & Portland Traction Company
William Purdy
Bradford Junction
Logansport
Murdered Without Provocation in Brazil Indiana
A stranger asking directions to Perth shot Anton Provolo an Austrian after being misled about the route. Provolo was wounded and died en route to Terre Haute hospital, on an interurban car. The killer fled and his identity remains unknown.
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Brazil
Ind
Diamond
Perth
Anton Provolo
Provolo
Terre Haute
Boy's Fatal Loop the Gap Attempt in Evansville
Arthur Heeger aged fifteen died after attempting a dangerous wheel stunt known as loop the gap on a hill in Evansville Indiana. He rode toward a creek fifteen feet wide at the bottom but lost control and was thrown. The incident followed inspiration from a recent circus visit.
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Evansville
Ind
Arthur Heeger
Wealthy dealer killed in auto accident near Rensselaer
Joseph Fagot, aged 38, a Remington real estate dealer, was killed when his car ran off a bridge two miles south of Rensselaer Indiana. He was buried under the vehicle in mud and smothered to death on the way home from the city.
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Rensselaer
Ind
Joseph Fagot
Remington
Station Agent Murdered at Waterloo Station
Waterloo Indiana August 30 Marion Bemenderfer a night agent for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway in the city for twenty years was murdered last night by unknown assailants who fled into darkness.
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Waterloo
Ind
Marion Bemenderfer
Bemenderfer
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Dry county seat eyed in LaGrange win
LaGrange Indiana on September 4 reports the anti saloon forces have won a remonstrance to wipe out saloons. When enacted LaGrange will become a dry county seat town, one of the few in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagrange
Ind
Dynamiters Blow Up Jolietville Drug Store
Jolietville Indiana August 31 dynamiters blow up the drug store of William H McAlwain at 11 o clock last night wrecking building and stock the shop had a reputation as a blind tiger and was completely ruined by the explosion.
Bank Cashier Missing After $6800 Shortage Report
Evansville Indiana September 4 A Ziliak president of the Haubstadt Gibson county state bank reports bank books show a shortage of 6800 dollars. The cashier Thebes Farthing is missing.
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Evansville
Ind
A. Ziliak
Haubstadt
Gibson County
Thebes
Found the Body in Richmond Lodge Leader Suicide
The body of William Thomas, a prominent lodge man, was found north of Richmond yesterday after missing since last Monday. He shot himself, police report indicates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
William Thomas
Wolf Killed Near New Harmony by Indiana Farmer
Evansville Indiana reports that a large gray wolf was killed near New Harmony by William Woodson, a local farmer, on September 4.
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Evansville
Ind
New Harmony
William Woodson
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