Russia Accepts Washington as Peace Conference Site
In St Petersburg June 19 Russia definitively accepted Washington as the meeting place for the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries. The emperor directed Foreign Minister Lamsdorff to inform Ambassador Meyer of the decision, seen as a triumph for American diplomacy and a setback to Roosevelt’s critics.
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Washington
Foreign Office
Roosevelt
Meyer
Count Lamsdorff
Peterhof
M. Nelscoff
Hague
Gazetta
Dealarag
Liaoyangwopeng
Fukumen
Linevitch
Chantufu
Sipinghai
Indictments Aimed at Five Packing Firms Reported
Chicago June 17 United States Attorney said indictments against officials of at least five packing firms were presented to the federal grand jury. A report suggested votes were near and from a dozen to forty indictments were expected. Charges include conspiracy antitrust perjury subordination of perjury and witness intimidation. Separately Zionists reaffirm Basle program as Palestine seen for Jewish colonization with 230 delegates attending.
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Chicago
United States
Grand Jury
Morrison
Secret Service
Philadelphia
Federation of American Zionists
Palestine
International Zionist Congress
J. L. Magness
Nelidoff Accepts Russian Peace Plenipotentiary Chair
Washington reports Russia and Japan will appoint three plenipotentiaries each for the Washington conference. M. Nelidoff has accepted the Russian chairmanship and is advising on assistants. Marquis Ito may not attend if health fails, with Yamagata as likely replacement. A middle August convening is anticipated and armistice steps await official notices.
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Washington
Russia
Japan
M. Nelidoff
Marquis Ito
Yamagata
Nmites
Linevitch
Obama
Morton Orders Investigation into Equitable Affairs
New York June 20 Paul Morton newly elected chairman of the board directs a full inquiry into Equitable Life Assurance society. Price Waterhouse Co and Haskins and Sells chartered accountants are to examine all details of the society including its work and investments.
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Morton
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Paul Morton
Price, Waterhouse & Co
Haskins and Sells
Chartered Accountants
Atlantic Wins Second Race In Heligoland Contest
The American schooner yacht Atlantic won the Dover to Heligoland race for auxiliary yachts in 41 hours 26 minutes 24 seconds. The Powar to Heligoland annual race was won by the German schooner Susanne owned by O Hulds chinsky.
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Island of
Heligoland
Dover
Powar
Susanne
O. Huldschinsky
Germany
Two Men Drown In Boat Accident At Priesters Park Lake
In front of hundreds of onlookers at Priest ers park lake two unknown men fell from a rowboat and drowned. Despite hours of fruitless effort to recover them a sluice was cut and the lake is being dredged to search for the bodies.
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Belleville
Priesters’ Park Lake
Emperor Meets Zemstvo Deputation in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on June 20 the emperor greeted the zemstvo deputation and said he wished to summon a national assembly. He spoke in a friendly tone and listened as the delegates presented their views.
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Czar
St. Petersburg
Zemstvo
Wheat and grain futures slip on favorable harvest news
Chicago June 19 favorable harvest results push wheat lower with July off 14e and corn down about 0.44. Prices at close show July wheat 87 1/4c, July corn 53 3/4c, oats 1. forages and pork, lard, ribs also quoted with varied September contracts. Cash prices list No 2 hard wheat at 1.01 to 1.04, No 2 cash corn around 54 44 to 54 40, No 2 cash oats about 0.50 to 0.60.
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Chicago
Stu Yei
Chicago Live Stock Prices and Receipts June 19
Cattle receipts total 25 000 with primest prices for prime steers and various classes. Texas steers bring 4.00 to 4.75. hogs 4 750 to 5 10. sheep receipts around 2 000 with lamb prices from 4.70 to 6.00. Continuous market ranges show fluctuating demand across classes.
Kansas City Live Stock Market Receipts June 14
Reports show cattle receipts at 7 800 with weak demand and lower prices for beef steers and steers. Western fed cattle range around 300.00, cows and bulls show mixed values, hogs and pigs move lower with top around 3.25 to 5.90. Sheep and lambs listed with prices for fed ewes, yearlings, and stockers.
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Kansas City
Kansas Citys
Market Report South Omaha Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
South Omaha cattle receipts 3 700 slow with native steers 3 9 0 to 3 5 0 cows and heifers 3 0 4 6 western steers 3 0 4 0 canners 2 0 3 0 stockers and feeders 2 7 9 4 6 calves 3 0 0 6 0 bulls stags 2 5 0 4 2 3 hog receipts 9 500 shade lower beary 5 15 5 20 mixed 5 17 4 5 20 light 5 0 4 2 5 pig 4 00 6 50 bulk of sales 5 17 4 5 20 sheep receipts 3 000 steady westerns 4 75 5 50 wethers 4 40 5 15 ewes 4 00 4 65 lambs 5 50 6 35
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Chicago
Texas
Se Lower
Bowes
South Omaha
Wreck on Western Maryland Rail Line Kills 28
Baltimore June 19 The Western Maryland railroad wreck near Patapsco Bridge has raised the death toll to twenty eight all of whom were railroad employees returning home for Sunday. The No 6 passenger train westbound collided with an eastbound freight at thirty miles per hour resulting in a scene of mangled casualties and scattered wreckage along the track.
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Baltimore
Western Maryland
Patapso Bridge
All Cuba in Mourning for General Gomez
Havana observes three days of mourning for General Maximo Gomez with flags at half mast, a state lying in state at the palace, and a funeral planned for tomorrow. Congress allocates $15,000 for the funeral as public business is suspended.
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General Gomez
Havana
Maximo Gomez
Cabanas
Congress
German diplomacy widens rift as Britain-I France issue stirs Morocco talks
Berlin reports a Paris semi official note showing Britain does not back France in the Morocco dispute. The move is seen as Berlin's win by diplomacy, widening the rift between France and Britain while pressuring the international conference. In Griffin Georgia eleven Black people are said to be fatally injured in a train incident.
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Berlin
Tne
Paris
Great Britain
France
Morocco
Germany
Congressional Irrigation Committee Arrives in Salt Lake City
The congressional irrigation committee touring the west is welcomed in Salt Lake City by an entertainment committee led by Senator Reed Smoot and Senator George Sutherland. They plan to move on to Provo to review proposed litigation plans for Utah Lake.
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Utah
Salt Lake
Congressional Irrigation Committee
United States
Reed Smoot
George Sutherland
Provo
Utah Lake
Crowds Attack McGraw After St Louis New York Game
After the St Louis New York National League game a crowd surrounded manager John J. McGraw of the New York team. He was struck with an umbrella and a shower of stones rained down before police intervened.
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Stone McGraw
St.Louis
John J. McGraw
New York
McGraw
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