Peace With Russia and Japan Signed at Portsmouth
The Portsmouth treaty ending the war between Russia and Japan was signed shortly before 4 PM in the navy yard conference room. The ceremony featured Witte and Komura, with Baron Rosen and Baron Komura exchanging pleasantries as fully powers-backed diplomats sealed the peace for humanity and civilization. The document outlines a multi-article settlement including Manchuria evacuation, Port Arthur, Sakhalin, Manchurian railway cooperation, and future ratifications within fifty days, with English and French texts to govern interpretation.
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Mr. Witte
Baron Rosen
Baron Komura
Christ Episcopal Church
Portsmouth
N. H
Russia
Japan
Witte
Komura
Baron de Rosen
Takahira
Rusgia
Rosen
Korea
Manchuria
Author
Danny
China
Kouang-Tcheng-Tse
Sakhelin
la Perouse
Tartare
Sakhalin Island
Sea of Japan
Okhotsk
Behring Sea
Caucasus in Wild Panic Amid Oil Region Turmoil
Reports from Baku describe Governor led troops fighting to restore order with limited success as armed rioters attack oil works in Balakhan suburb. Tartars roam countryside, committing murders and pillaging. panic grips the region and homes are abandoned.
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Baku
Balakhan
Toland Waterway hearings to span Norfolk and North Carolina
Special engineer board designated by the Secretary of War will visit Norfolk and North Carolina points in October to hold hearings on the proposed inland waterway. Representative Small obtained the information after a War Department conference with General Smith Leach, president of the board.
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Toland
J Washington
Engineering Board
Secretary of War
Norfolk
North Carolina
Small
War Department
Gel
Smith Leach
Dr Theron H Rice Nominated President For Seminary
Columbia S C The executive committee of the Columbia Theological Seminary has recommended to the trustees that Dr Theron H Rice of Atlanta be given a position as president. Rice led the movement to move the seminary from Columbia and merge with Clarksville University into a large Presbyterian university at Atlanta.
Public Printer Palmer Ousted By Roosevelt Demand
Washington special reports President Roosevelt demanded Public Printer F W Palmer resign effective the 15th of the month. The move followed Palmer's attempt to push Oscar J Ricketts and L C Hay from the Government Printing Office on grounds of alleged disorganization and impropriety.
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Washington
F. W. Palmer
Roosevelt
Mr. Palmer
Palmer
Oscar J. Ricketts
L. C. Hay
Recketts
Hay
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Frank W. Palmer
Government Printing Office
Ricketts and Hay
Ricketts
Keep Commission
Telegraph
Wom
South Carolina Crop Bulletin Highlights Dry Spell and Cotton Decline
The week ending Sept 4 in South Carolina saw cool start and above normal warmth with little rain, leaving soils dry in many areas. Cotton on sandy soils deteriorated due to rust and shedding while opening and picking proceed, clay lands slow to open. oats sown, tobacco cured, rice harvested, and fall truck planting underway in coast districts amid dry soils. Pastures remain good and strawberry planting continues.
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Blackville
Florence
Greenville
Rica
J. W. Bauer
Colleton Prisoners Try to Break Jail
Walterboro reports a near jailbreak as six young men jailed for car theft near Green Pond and Young's Island faced an attempted escape thwarted by the sheriff’s timely discovery.
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Colleton
Walterboro
Special
Green Pond
Young’s Island
South Carolina Items Highlight Meetings and Investigations
President Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association will visit Bennettsville on September 12 to address Marlboro County cotton growers at the courthouse with President Smith and Treasurer Hyatt. Jordan and Smith also plan a large rally at Max ton, North Carolina, on September 9. H. W. Holloway, a comptroller general agent, investigated the arson at Henry Montz’s house in Leesville, resulting in the arrest of two white men named John and William Taylor. Converse College anticipates a large fall enrollment beginning September 20 under President Pell. A fire at Union County poorhouse farm destroyed a barn, three mules, corn, and provender, estimated at 850 dollars with 350 dollars insured. Adam Wilkes, a negro man, stands charged with criminally assaulting Ivy Choice, eight, in Spartanburg Magistrate Kirby’s court, bound over to sessions court. Evidence against Wilkes was strong. The Tennnessee Normal College sentence appears to end abruptly.
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Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Association
Bennettsville
Marlboro
Court House
Smith
Hyatt
State Association
Jordan
Maxton
N. C
H. W. Holloway
Comptroller General
Leesville
Henry Montz
John
William Taylor
Converse College
Pell
Union County
Adam Wilkes
Spartanburg
Ivy Choice
Kirby
Sessions Court
Wilkes
Calabrian earthquake devastation and relief efforts described
A sweeping quake near Catanzaro and Messina devastates Calabrian towns including Pizzo and Monteleone. At least 370 killed and many injured as aftershocks subside. Troops engineers and doctors rush to assist. relief funds and public works aid follow.
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Rome
Calabria
Sicily
Pizzo
Monteleone
Catanzaro
Messina
Remgino
Monteléone
Martirano
Stefaconi
Picpio
Triparli
Zmararo
Cessaniti
Naida
Olivani
Madonna
Ministry of Interior
Stranded Aragon Vessel Reaches Norfolk Uninjured
The steamer Aragon loaded with lumber from Georgetown South Carolina stranded two miles south of False Cape on the Virginia coast. The barge Saxon, which went ashore with the Aragon but was later floated, also arrived in Norfolk this afternoon seemingly unharmed.
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Norfolk
Georgetown
S. C
New York
False Cape
Virginia
Asheville Slayer Arrested in Murder Case
Floyd E. James was arrested Tuesday at 1 30 p m by Patrolman James on a warrant charging the murder of James Dougherty the previous Sunday night August 27. He was arrested at work near his home and taken to the city hall where a preliminary hearing will be held after a conference with his attorneys. James proclaimed his innocence and said he regretted the arrest more for his wife’s sake than his own.
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Anderson
Will Rowland
Toccoa
Sessions Court
Asheville
N. C
Floyd E. James
James
James Dougherty
Public Printer Ous Reason For Dismissal Revealed
President Roosevelt releases Keep Commission findings on the Public Printer Palmer dismissal and Lanston Monotype vs Mergenthaler contract controversy. The report cites improvidence, bias, and related stock holdings by Palmer’s aides in the Lanston firm, while noting no proven corrupt payments. Palmer is removed. further discipline to follow for subordinates.
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Palmer
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay, L. I
Keep Commission
Washington
Mergenthaler Typesetting Machine Company
Frank W. Palmer
Lanston Monotype Company
Keep
Lanstéié
Laston Company
Lanston
Mergenthaler
Oyster Bay
Morganthaler Company
Mergenthaler Company
United States
Lanston Company
Aly
Various World News Snippets From New Gleanings
A roundup of curiosities and developments from around the globe. Reports include a Yankee circus stranded in Grenoble, a Grenoble scene. New York tenement with 475 residents. Belgian railroads creating hospital care. Portsmouth in England curbing cock crowing. France’s national debt at about 6.6 billion dollars. Provo land draw losers. Leeds creating an automobile department. Kamchatka coal discovery near Baron Koff Bay. a Paris street sign mocking butchery of animals. Seward Alaska linked by telegraph. Japanese buyers purchasing Schenectady steam turbines. Hudson River bridge repair in Poughkeepsie estimated at 1.3 million. bore attempts west of Denver for a mining and railroad tunnel. second lake steamship for Lake Titicaca. and Humboldt County Nevada fossil remains sent to the university.
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Grenoble
France
New York
Belgium
Portsmouth
England
Provo
Utah
Leeds
Baron Koff Bay
Kamchatka
Paris
Seward
Alaska
Schenectady
N.Y
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Hudson River
Rocky Mountain Range
Denver
Col
Lake Titicaca
Andes
Peru
Humboldt County
Nevada
The
University
Flying Anake in Virginia Feared Flying Snake Killed
A remarkable flying snake captured near Berry Plain in King George County Virginia. The creature, five feet long with a one inch body, appeared as a snake with wings and fed on birds while aloft. It never touched ground, was found near the Rappahannock, and sparked wide curiosity, per the New York Herald report.
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King George
Berry Plain
John S. Dickinson
Rappahannock
New York Herald
Miners Strike Settlements and Union Movements Worldwide
Reports show steps to organize Tasmanian workers and ratified settlement of the Morris Run miners’ strike. NSW laborists oppose current arbitration law while unions push for label goods. Women increasingly fill station agent roles and enter industry, with broader cautionary notes on debt. Several regional notes include railway wage acts in Ipswich and a Beaver Cal union convention backing block signaling. The piece reflects early 20th century labor trends, gender shifts in work, and financial prudence warnings for wives.
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Tasmania
Morris Run
Sydney
New South Wales
Chicago
Kesitan Patshatt
Ipswich
Queensland
Finland
Alpha
Australia
Windows Glass Workers
Pittsburg
American Federation of Labor
Scranton
San Francisco Labor Council
National ‘Train Dispatchers’ Association
Beaver
Cal
United States
Atlanta Yellow Fever Victim Dies in City
Atlanta’s only yellow fever case, J. C. Caruthers, who arrived from Pensacola last Friday, died after a pronounced attack. No other cases have appeared and authorities report vigorous precautions to prevent importation of suspicious cases from outside.
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Atlanta
J. C. Caruthers
Pensacola
Shot by State Senator in Saluda incident description
A Saluda citizen Joe Coleman was shot four times on Main Street and gravely wounded. State Senator EB S. Blease surrendered to the Sheriff, with no further details available. Blease is brother to Cole L. Blease, prominent in dispensary investigations and a New York senator from his district.
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Charleston
S. C
Saluda
Newtry
Sajudy Aduininx
Countien
Gomez on Parade in Santiago de Cuba
General Joseph Miguel Gomez governor of Santa Clara province and National Liberal candidate for Presidency led a thousand horsemen into Santiago de Cuba on Saturday. Police prepared for disruption but no incidents occurred. He received a brilliant welcome at the San Carlos Club and spoke at a theatre that evening.
Suburbs Unsafe Amid Moroccan Turmoil
Tangier and Special-Samuel R Gumere, the American Minister, along with several European residents, have left their suburbs for the town center at the Moroccan authorities request due to security failures in surrounding districts. Severe fighting persists between Raisuli’s tribe and rival groups.
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Tangier
Samuel R .Gummere
Raisuli
Millions For Land Act Announcement From London
Walter Hume Long chief secretary announces Treasury needs 1,000,000 dollars by year end and stock to raise 50,000,000 dollars cash in 1900. Measure aims to finance Irish land act operations and address stoppage in land purchases due to fund shortages.
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London
Walter Hume Long
Ireland
Treasury
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Morris
Lisbon
Edgefield
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L. D. Childs
Geo. W. Byers
H. T. Boyd
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Public Printer
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Imoney
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Saluda County
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Edgefield County
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