Japanese and Russian Peace Talks in Conference Surge
Reports from August 14 describe tense peace talks between Japan and Russia as negotiators exchange replies over core issues. Observers note both sides display resolve, with talks possibly ending soon if positions remain fixed. the fate of war in Manchuria hinges on breakthrough or rupture.
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Oyama
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M. Witte
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Plenipo
Japan
Texas Indian Oklahoma cotton crop reports show declines
The Galveston Daily News will publish today a cotton crop report based on 562 Texas, Indian Territory, and Oklahoma estimates. It shows condition August 11 compared with 1904, with Texas 9.92 percent worse, Indian Territory 6.15 percent worse, and Oklahoma 7.58 percent better. A light improvement over July in each case.
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Dallas
Tex
Galveston-Dallas News
Texas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Wire Tappers Arrested In New York Raid
Police raided a West Forty-fifth Street brownstone on August seventeenth and captured nine alleged wire tapping swindlers. Eight suspects already had mug shots in the rogues gallery as reserves joined the entry. Eleven men were inside with two fleeing as officers entered by the parlor window.
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New York
West Forty-fifth Street
Rogues
Judge Parker Forms Partnership With Hatch Firm
Buffalo August 15 reports indicate New York state supreme court Justice Edward W. Hatch will resign to join a new law firm to be known as Parker Sheehan and Hatch. Other partners will be former Judge Alton B. Parker and Wil Ham F. Sheehan. The firm plans to begin operations September 1.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York State Supreme Court
Edward W. Hatch
Parker, Sheehan
Hatch
Alton B. Parker
Wil Ham F. Sheehan
Parker
Sheehan
Double Tragedy in Tennessee Reported Near Rockwood
Dispatch from Rockwood Tennessee says Will Frazier and John Williams killed Jordan Miller and his son in the mountains near Chattanooga. Details are awaited from returning officers.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Rockwood
Will Frazier
John Williams
Jordan Miller
Confession of Wife Murderer Named in Utah Dispatch
A Utah dispatch reports Percy J. Luster confessed to killing his wife in Guthrie Kentucky using poison and a gun. He will travel south with requisition papers after presenting the confession to Chief Detective Pender. Luster is described as a nervous wreck.
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Percy J. Luster
Guthrie
Pender
Luster
Wife's Joke Triggers Tragic Lake Death
Chicago, August 14. Joseph Garon, intoxicated, was urged by his wife Maggie to drown himself. He complied and died two hours after rescue. A note in his coat claimed the wife warned him to leave home and go to the lake. She wept at the hospital and insisted she was joking.
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Chicago
Joseph Garon
Garon
Maggie Garon
Goodby
Six Hurt in Central Park Runaway Crash
In New York three women and three men were injured late last night when a frightened carriage team ran wild through the park drive. Two women suffered fractured skulls and one may die. the others are expected to recover after bystanders freed victims from the wreckage near a tavern.
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New York
Central Park
Arrest in Roberta for Attempted Criminal Assault
Alford Howard is jailed in Roberta Georgia after being arrested on charges of attempted criminal assault against Mamie Childers. His preliminary hearings occurred Monday with bond set at 500 dollars. the entry was through a window around 11 pm. The case proceeds to the superior court for trial.
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Roberta
Alford Howard
Mamie Childers
Seventh Satellite Observed by Lick and Harvard Teams
Harvard Observatory officials announced a telegram from Lick Observatory in California confirmed a seventh satellite of Jupiter has been observed. The discovery adds new details to planetary satellites and was received late last night by Boston researchers.
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Boston
Harvard Observatory
Lick Observatory
California
Plenty of Fruit at Mobile Fruit Port
August 17 report from Mobile, Alabama notes bananas arriving and en route to Chicago while residents anticipate ample fruit supplies despite earlier famine rumors.
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Mobile
Ala
Chicago
Tragic Nickel Plate Collision Kills 12 near Vermilion
A fast eastbound Nickel Plate passenger train collided with a westbound freight near Kishman, Vermilion, Ohio, killing 12 and injuring 25, eight likely to die. Officials blame freight crew orders misread or ignored. Most victims were foreign laborers from Standard Oil bound for Brookfield.
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Nickle Plate Road
Kishman
Vermillion
Standard Oil Company
Fort Seneca
Brookfield
C. Poole
Haefner
Gamblers Beat Policeman In Bloody Brooklyn Raid
Patrolman Vance Lavender of Brooklyn was beaten and kicked by a crowd angered by a raid on their gambling club. He was carried to hospital in critical condition. Police fought a crowd at Michael J. Lynch’s home, where Lynch allegedly led the attack. Lynch’s mother Mary Lynch resisted with a nightstick, suffering injuries.
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Vance
Lavendar
Brooklyn
Michael J. Lynch
Mary Lynch
Grand Eagles Hold Eighth Annual Meeting in Denver
Denver on August 16 reports the eighth annual meeting of the Grand Eagle of the Fraternal Order of Eagles opening. Officials promise a new epoch with a ritual revised along Masonic lines and tighter membership restrictions while keeping occupations open. The group also considers establishing a home.
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Denver
Order of Eagles
Trans-Mississippi Congress Opens in Portland With 1000 Delegates
Portland August 17 Everything is in readiness for the four day Trans Mississipp i congress opening today with about 1000 delegates expected. Oregon Washington Idaho provide the largest representation while California Utah Colorado Texas Montana and others send delegates. Welcoming addresses are planned from Gov Chamberlain and others and responses by Gov Pardee Gov Mickey and ex Gov Prancia.
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Rufus P. Jennings
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Cotoreto
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Misatesippi River
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Washington
Idaho
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San Francisco
Geo. Chamberlain
Albert KE. Mead
United States
Fulton
Piles
G. C. Pardee
John H. Mickey
Nebraska
David R. Prancia
Missouri
Committee On
National Reciprocity Conference Opens in Chicago
The National Reciprocity Conference began a two day session at the Illinois Hotel with 690 delegates from across the country. Debates cover reciprocal trade relations and amendments to tariff and interstate commerce laws. Western stock, farming interests, and foreign residents in Chicago attend. A. D. Sanders of Chicago calls the meeting to order at 10:15 a.m.
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Chicago
Iiinota
A. D. Sanders
American Florists Meet in Washington August First
The Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists held the second day of its session in Washington with strong attendance. Judges reported on the prize essay contest on the ideal employer. First prize went to S. B. Skidelsky of Philadelphia, second to Henry Eichholz of Waynesboroh, Pa, and third to J. Austin Shaw of New York City. Dr T B Galloway spoke on floriculture following the election of officers to be held tomorrow.
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Washington
Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturalists
S. 8. Skidelsky
Philadelphia
Henry Eichholz
Waynesboror
J. Austin Shaw
New York City
T. B. Galloway
Bureau of Plant Industry
Mississippi Cotton Association to seek broader crop data
The Mississippi Cotton Association will not rely solely on farmers for crop condition estimates through August 25. It will solicit reports from merchants bankers cotton buyers railroad officials and other reliable sources to enhance accuracy for the general report.
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Mise
Mississippi Cotton Association
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