Japan Seeks Clear Korea China Boundary Policy
Viscount Aoki the Japanese ambassador to the United States declares Japan will yield nothing to China in the Korea China border dispute and that troops are moving to occupy the disputed territory. He outlines Korea’s claim, Japan's intervention, and shifts in the American-Japanese relations discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
China
Korea
Viscount Stazo Aoki
United States
Tokio
Ching
Viscount Aoki
America
Loc hos threat ens roads over 2 cent fare order
Kansas politicians expect Gov Hoch to call an extra legislative session if railroads persist with a 2 cent fare order. The governor has not been officially notified, only via newspapers. A conference with Gay Hoch Attorney General Jackson and CP Pratter reportedly discussed a special session if the railroads oppose the rail road commission resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Hoch
Gay
Jackson
CP. Pratter
Kansas Railroad Commission
Czar's Yacht Run Aground Off Finnish Coast
The Russian imperial yacht Standart with Emperor Nicholas II Empress Alexandra and family aboard ran aground on rocks off the coast west of Hangö Finland. The imperials are reported safe on board as lifeboats and torpedo boats standby for possible assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standart
Emperor Nicholas
Empress Alexandrian
Hango
Finland
Reval
Gulf of Finland
Finnish
Government official probes waterfront land ownership
Assistant Government Engineer L. L. Wheeler travels to Rockford Til to determine if waterfront buildings sit on government property. Wheeler reports many large white houses and private lawns appear to occupy public land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Wheeler
Rockford, Til
Wheeler
Red Men to Build Permanent Long House in Norfolk
The great council of Red Men at Norfolk Virginia has decided to establish its permanent home or long house. The project will cost between five hundred thousand and one million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Council of Red Men
Norfolk
Police Chief Gaviloff Assassinated in Siberia
The chief of the secret police at Ir Kutak, Siberia, Gaviloff, was assassinated on Thursday. Authority sources report a targeted political killing with no immediate suspects confirmed. The incident shocks regional security circles and heightens tensions in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Chilef
Ir- Kutak
Siberia
Gaviloff
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quotations
Wednesday quotations from the Sioux City live stock market list top beeves at 6.56 and Tope hogs at 5.95. The brief shows a snapshot of typical prices for cattle and hogs with no additional context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Train Robbers Seize $50,000 on Siberian Route
Bandits halted a Siberian postal train thirteen miles from Tomek and separated the locomotive from the freight car. They seized $50,000 and escaped, leaving investigators to pursue the highwaymen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberian
Tomek
Detroit Man Ends Life In Hartford Home Gas Inhalation
Edgar A. Davis of Detroit aged 42 committed suicide at the Hartford Connecticut home of his sister Mrs WH Taylor by inhaling gas. The death is reported as self inflicted.
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Detroit
Edgar A. Davis
Mre
WH. F. Taylor
Hartford
Conn
Widow seeks ten thousand in suit over severed head
Mrs Julia Turner sues Carroll Davidson Undertaking and Hahnemann Medical College in Kansas City for ten thousand dollars alleging her husband W B Turner died after admission and his body was dismembered with the head severed and missing. She says the head vanished after the body was removed and buried at Elmwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Medical College
Brench
Kansas City
Carroll Davidson Undertaking Company
Hahnemann Medical College
W. B. Turner
General Hospital
Julia Turner
Anya
Medical College
Turner
Riots Forth in Vancouver Attack on Japanese Firms
Advices to Consul General Nosse of Japan report renewed mob attacks on the Japanese quarter in Vancouver B C. The Japanese commercial bureau director inquires into the anti-Japanese crusade in America. Damage totals include 50 shops and 11 windows. two Japanese wounded. Premier Laurier to be briefed.
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Montreal
Can
Vancouver
B. C
Nosse
Japan
Albespino Dahil
Commercial Bureau
Japanese Foreign Office
America
Ineur
Laurier
Diplomats see near agreement on exclusion treaty with Japan
Washington officials believe a stringent Japan America exclusion treaty is closer than before. The Vancouver incident and Japanese mistreatment of citizens highlight the need to control immigration and may push Japan to formally accept restrictions on coolies entering the United States and other British territories.
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James E. How
New York
America
Japan
Washington
Vancouver
British Columbia
State Department
United States
Great Britain
Australia
British Colonies
Nebraska Youth Killed Falls From Baggage Car Near Central City
Earl Marrick a sixteen year old from Findlay Ohio died after falling from the blind baggage under passenger train No 12 as it pulled into Central City. He had run away seeking navy service, rode trains west to Denver then back home to resume schooling, and perished from fatal injuries described as severe and grisly.
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Findlay
Central City
Earl Marrick
Inds
No. 12
Murdered by a Burglar in Parkview Virginia Home
Mrs. Mary Lawless Rorschach wife of Lieut Frank Rorschach United States Army 5TM sister of former Virginia secretary Joseph Lawless was shot through the heart by a burglar in her Park avenue Parkview Portsmouth home Tuesday She fired at the intruder then was slain before help could arrive Bloodhounds secured the scent but the murderer escaped The husband was aboard the cruiser Tennessee with Admiral Evans fleet off Provincetown Mass The oldest son Frank Jr awakened to the incident and sought aid but returned to find his mother dead
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lawless Rorschach
Frank Rorschach
Joseph Lawless
Commonwealth of Virginia
Park Avenue
Parkview
Portsmouth
Governor criticizes federal injunctions over Nebraska grain rates
The Nebraska Legislature is urged to reconvene as Gov. Sheldon denounces federal court blocking of the state grain rate reduction. The railroad firms sought restraining orders to halt the commission from enacting lower rates, while the governor argues Congress should curb judges power to issue temporary injunctions against state laws. The state railroad commission, after nine months study, says the proposed rates are reasonable and that railroads resisted the commission's findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Lincoln
TV. v. Hunger
Aheldon
Cnald
Congress
Aet
Atate Lowe
State Jawa
State Railway Commission
Met
Omaha Con Man Targets Wives With Coal Scam
Police hunt a man who bilked several women by posing as an employee sent to recover coal money. He told wives a tale of wrecked coal cars and company sale prices, extorting sums including 10 dollars from Mrs Moreen and 14 dollars from Mrs Whittiker. A detailed description is on record as investigators close in.
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Omaha
Moreen
South Twentyninth Avenue
C. Whittiker
North Eirhteenth
Eighteen Miles Haystack Eighteen Miles Long On Farm
Frank Currie and Charley Tulley manage an eighteen mile long haystack project near Gordon. They operate seven mowing machines since June 21, cutting hay from about 100 acres daily to feed 15 000 cattle through winter. Currie traveled to Omaha this week for business before returning to the fields.
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Preok Currie
Charley Tulley
Ricks
Frank Currie
Gordon
Currie
Mr Currie
Omaha
Triple Elopement Ties Three Pittsburgh Couples
Three couples wife and widowed Crosby sister and her cousin eloped to Steubenville Ohio. Henry F. Hoffman wed Mrs. Gertrude M. Crosby, David M. Jones wed Mabel Campbell, and Thomas Higman wed Miss Mary Laly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Steubenville
Henry F. Hoffman
Gertrude M. Crosby
David M. Jones
Express Cases Heard in Nebraska Federal Court
Judge Munger heard arguments on remanding the case of the state against express companies doing business in Nebraska. Lincoln attorney R W Breckenridge for the express firms and Halleck F Rose for the state presented arguments as the judge took the matter under advisement. The state railway commission sought to enforce the Sibley act reducing express rates 26 percent. the companies had removed to federal court and the state asked for remand to the state supreme court.
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Munger
Nebraska
Lincoln
R. W. Breckenridge
Omaha
Halleck F. Rose
Jude@e Munger
State Railway Commission
State Supreme Court
Auto crash in Allegheny kills woman and injures four
A large automobile carrying a party to Pittsburgh skidded on a turn in Allegheny early Tuesday and struck curbstones, throwing occupants onto telegraph poles. Miss Helen Williams of Allegheny died at St John’s Hospital, while three others were taken home unconscious with serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
Pittsburg
St John's Hospital
Helen Williams
Fire destroys Cleveland Springs hotel in North Carolina blaze
Early morning fire at the Cleveland Springs hotel in North Carolina killed Miss Smith of Elsboro and two unidentified Black workers. The property suffered about 25 000 dollars in damage with 10 000 dollars covered by insurance. Guests managed to save little.
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Cleveland Springs
N. C
Clemenceau vows swift dispatch of troops to Morocco
Paris Premier Clemenceau announced to the cabinet that France will send strong cavalry infantry and artillery to Morocco as rapidly as possible to quell the revolt. Strong measures will be taken to restore order in the country.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Morocco
Burglar Caught In Act At Omaha Grocery
At about 4 a m an alarm from 1612 Capitol avenue alerted Omaha police to a burglary at C M Mullingen Co. The patrol wagon arrived and captured the intruder, who gave his name as George Casey of Pueblo Colorado. Responding officers included Deers Shou Devereese Brown Reed and Van Dusen.
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Casey
C. M. Mullingen & Co
Capitol Avenue
Omaha
Mullingen
Deers Shou
Devereese
Brown
Reed
van Dusen
George Casey
Pueblo
Cola
Plattsmouth Man Held Up by Three Men on Washington Ave
George Hall, son of J. M. Hall, was robbed on Washington Avenue in Plattsmouth as three unidentified men accosted him. One flashed a light and a revolver while the other two searched his pockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsmouth
George Hall
J. M. Hall
Washington Avenue
Tragic Grain Bin Collapse Kills Two Children Near Hastings
On Fred Grothan's Hastings area farm a wheat bin burst under 12,000 bushels, trapping and killing two children who were playing nearby. Henry Mohling is named in connection with the incident. the accident occurred five miles northwest of Hastings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Mohling
Wince Font
Three Minute Diphtheria Antitoxin Announced by Ohio State
Professor Biylle of Ohio State University announces an antitoxin that supposedly kills diphtheria forms in living humans within three minutes after exhaustive tests. The claim comes from a physiological chemistry researcher amid a long technical program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State University
Biylle
Canada Shifts Fisheries Dispute to The Hague Conference
After talks with imperial authorities Canada agrees to refer its portion of the Newfoundland fisheries dispute with the United States to The Hague conference for settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Newfoundland
United States
Bishop Wilberforce Dead in England Burial Planned
The Rt Rev Emmet Roland Wilberforce, bishop of Chichester, died Monday at Bembridge Isle of Wight. Born in 1840, his death ends a long clerical career and triggers tributes from the diocese.
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Wilberforce
Chichester
England
Emmet Roland Wilberforce
Bembridge
Isle of Wieht
To Meet at Albuquerque Selected for Irrigation Congress
The meeting place for next year's Irrigation Congress was chosen as Albuquerque. The designation was announced during the current session indicating plans for national coordination on water and irrigation policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Irrigation Congress
Child Crushed by Wagon in Tragic Stanley Accident
Acy Woolridge of Stanley reports his one year old daughter Myrtle was run over and killed by a wagon. The child clung to the rear wheel as the horse started, throwing her beneath the wheels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle
Acy Woolridge
Stanley
Robbers Bind Missouri Pacific Agent in Eldorado Safe Robbery
A Missouri Pacific agent was bound and gagged by masked men in Eldorado Kansas on Monday as they robbed the railroad safe of 1200 dollars in cash and fled the scene.
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Eldorado
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Frisco Plague Claims Two More Deaths in San Francisco
San Francisco reported two more bubonic plague deaths on Monday and three new cases were confirmed. Total cases reach 21 with 16 deaths, not including the Ir Hckley case which proved fatal.
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San Francisco
Mre
Love Letter Tragedy Ends in Kennett Man’s Death
Arch Brown of Kennett Missouri was shot and killed by Aud McMunn while Brown wrote a love letter to Mrs McMunn. The fatal shooting occurred as the pair clashed over the correspondence. Police investigated the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch Brown
Kennett, Mo
Aud McMunn
Mra. McMunn
Meat Drivers Return to Work After 19 Day Strike
Meat wagon drivers employed by the Wholesale Butchers' Association of New York resume work after a nineteen day strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wholesale Butchers’ Association of New York
United States Wins Palma Trophy in Ottawa Shoot
The United States secured the Palma trophy at the International Army Shoot in Ottawa Ontario finishing with 1,714 points of a possible 1,800. Team members earned the title through a dominant performance across events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ottawa
Ont
Paroled convict in Lincoln held on Mundy torture case
Albert Wehr a paroled convict was arrested in Lincoln TL on suspicion of aiding the torture of Mr and Mrs Warren Mundy. He allegedly confessed on Tuesday. Local police pursue charges as details emerge from the Saturday night incident.
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Albert Wehr
Lincoln
Warren Mundy
Twain declines Roosevelt steamer voyage
Mark Twain will not pilot the President Roosevelt's steamer down the Mississippi during his southern and western trip. The famous author declines the invitation citing personal reasons. The trip remains on Roosevelt's itinerary with other arrangements made for river transport.
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Mark Twain
President Roosevelt
Mississippi
Man Drops Dead at Alliance Depot
A stranger from Red Lodge Montana named Lejanter Kirjula collapsed and died at Alliance depot as he prepared to board a southbound train. Reports cite heart failure and advanced age, noting he is a cripple.
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Alliance
Lejanter Kirjula
Red Lodge
Mont
Hanna
Aliance
South
Political nominees headlining Fremont district ticket
The Dodge ticket includes Jublevns and C. B. Abbott of Fremont along with Jack Martin of Central City, Conrad Hollenbeck of Fremont, and George H. Thomas of Columbus as Republican and Democratic nominees. Democrats won a large vote in Colfax and Platte counties.
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Jublevns
Dodge
C. B. Abbott
Fremont
Jack Martin
Central City
Republicana
Conrad Hollenbeck
George H. Thomas
Columbus
Colfax
Platte
Roche Seeks Ball at Norfolk Bail Appeal
Roche seeks bail in Norfolk after arrest of Herman Moche linked to Frank Jarmer slaying. Sum set at 15000 dollars. bail not secured yet. Supreme Judge Tarnes allows bail on Roche's appeal, bond to be approved by Judge Barinos.
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Roche
Ball
Norfolk
Herman Moche
Frank Jarmer
Maison
Tarnes
Barinos
Hoy Steals Father's Team In Wayne County
Nineteen year old Axel Mack of Wayne County is held in the county jail awaiting authorities action. He says he stole his father’s horse nine miles north of Wis ner to dispose of it and flee.
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Hoy
Axel Mack
Wisner
Wayne County
Barker Hearing Postponed on Sanity Trial
Judge Hamer secured a continuance for the sanity trial of Frank Barker from Judge Frost at Lincoln. The matter of paying jurors and witness fees is unresolved, so Judge Frost ordered the case to hold until that issue is settled.
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Barker
Hamer
Frank Barker
Frost
Lincoln
Open season begins September for game law copies
Several newspapers note the open season starts September 1 and the game commissioner’s office has received six or more inquiries from spokesmen statewide requesting copies of the game law. The open season begins September 15.
Underwriters Inspect Lincoln for Insurance Conditions
A committee representing the National Board of Fire Underwriters arrived in Lincoln to inspect local insurance conditions. Several blocks will be carefully checked as part of the survey.
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Lincoln
Natorial Board of Fire Underwriters
Robbery Targets Laneath Cafe Proprietor Hiding Cash
Proveedor Fam Westerfield owner of a cafe on North Thirteenth Street Laneath was robbed of 8676 by two unidentified men who seized him as he hid the money under an exercise in the cellar of the restaurant.
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Fam Westerfield
North Thirteenthtreet
Laneath
Reared for a Wife in Beatrice Court Case
August Mischnick of Cortland appeared in Beatrice seeking his wife who had left him. The couple wed last spring in Manapolis after Mischnick joined a matrimonial bureau claiming 8000 to free his wife and her mother.
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August Mischnick
Cortland
Beatrice
Manapols
Net
Mischnick
Bowie seeks $15000 ball loan from Madison to Norfolk
Herman Bowie of Wranvk farmer arrives in Norfolk from Madison in a bid to secure a $15,000 ball loan but has not yet obtained the funds.
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Herman Bowie
Wranvk Farmer
Norfolk
Madison
Itam
Cole Eyes Nomination for Neligh Game Warden Post
In Neligh, W. W. Cole emerges among candidates for game warden. Supporters say his steady work could win official backing, though no state office decision has been announced.
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Cole
W. W. Cole
Neligh
Come Werden
Ileke
Ole
Bumo Wardlerth
Close Call for Driver Harry Martin in Urgent Narrow Escape
In Bre vie wholesale grocery wagon BL 8, driver Harry Martin narrowly escaped fatal harm when his vehicle collided with a Union Pacific invite car returning from Lincoln. Police report a close call with no serious injuries.
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Harry Martin
Beatrice
Union Pacific
Lincoln
Reward offered for capture of Shimnway near Addins
A reward of 200 dollars is offered for the apprehension of Shimnway, the man connected with the murder near Mee Martin in the Addins area. The notice seeks tips leading to his arrest and mentions a named alleged offender.
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Murterer
Heward
Shimnway
Mee Martin
Addins
Veterans Parade Drapes Saratoga In National Colors
Gov Hughes leads Grand Army of the Republic encampment parade at Saratoga amid flags and a one mile route, with a special flag bearing Gen Grant carried at the rear. The program includes a reception at Congress Hall and a luncheon for leaders and guests before business sessions begin.
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Marthmosle
Saratoga
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Great Convention Hall
Charles Bi. Hughes
J. Cary Winans
Toledo
Tim Department
New York State
Alaska
Gov. Hughes
GALT
Congress Hall
New York
Bate
Department of New York
Robert B. Brown
Department
Brown
Color line explainer in American Magazine series
In the concluding installment Tiny Brannard Baker explains why negroes in the South drift toward the belt. He cites lack of schooling for children and police protection as factors that push planters to divest large plantations for smaller farms amid labor shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiny Brannard Baker
Name New York and Saratoga Navy Ships
The President and Navy Department will rename one of two 20 000 ton battleships the New York and rechristen the armored cruiser Saratoga to preserve its historic name. The other battleship will be named Delaware.
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New York
Washington
Navy Department
Congress
Saratoga
Delaware
Monument To McKinley Dedicated In Buffalo
A marble obelisk memorial to William McKinley was dedicated in Buffalo on Thursday. The New York State monument rises eighty six feet in white marble at Niagara Square, with Gov. Charles B. Hughes delivering the principal address. The inscription details McKinley’s life from Ohio birth to presidency and death, and the commission members presented the completed work to the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McKinley
State of New York
Cuba Costs Millions in Pacification Effort
The 1907 annual report of Gen. Aleshire, U S army quartermaster general, shows total Cuban pacification costs at 2 154 970 dollars with 1 015 383 dollars spent on transportation. The report calls for more commissioned officers post quartermaster sergeants and a general service corps and urges raising building cost limits to 60 000 dollars especially for hospitals. It notes rising lumber prices and describes coal purchases for trans Pacific transport from Nagasaki Japan with rapid loading speeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shire
Army
Aleshire
Quartermaster’s Department
United States
General Service Corps
Congress
Nagasaki
Japan
Compromise on Army Pay Without Size Increase Reached
President and congressional leaders reach a pay rise for the army without expanding its size. In New York a teen was freed after eight hours in custody following confinement at the McAdoo tunnel. An accident tied to rainfall disrupted work. In Syracuse two foreign youths, limited English, are detained over suspected involvement in an attempted derailment near Jordan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
McAdoo Tunnel
New York
Syracuse
Jordan
N, Y
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