War wears on as Russia and Japan sink peace hopes
In the far east the war remains unresolved as Russia and Japan refuse major concessions. Diplomats hope for a compromise, though Kaiser pressure and a London Times report of stalled talks dim prospects. Indemnities, the Balhalin issue, interned ships, and naval power questions block agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
America
Salkhalin
Russia
Japan
England
Far East
Manchuria
China
Peking
London Times
Yellow Fever Situation Expands Across States
The New Orleans yellow fever tally shows 176 deaths and 1146 total cases. Eleven cases have surfaced at Mississippi City, Mississippi, with secrecy since July 20. Suspected cases appear in Crawfordsville Indiana and near Michigan City. Quarantine may delay oyster season. grain exports suffer. Dr. Hogan warns southern Illinois needs extraordinary precautions to keep the disease out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi City
Miss
Indiana
Grawfordsville
Michigan City
New Orleans
Hgan
Illinois Board of Health
South
Election turmoil and disasters in early 1900s Russia and U.S.
Czar Nicholas pushes for a popular assembly while keeping autocratic power. Roosevelt meets with insurance leaders urging federal supervision and hints at new legislation. A limestone slide buries 27 at Lehigh Portland Cement quarry. 12 killed or injured. Train derails into the Elizabeth River. multiple deaths and missing persons. Tornado devastates Wellfleet, Nebraska. hundreds of cattle perish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas
Russia
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Congress
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Ormrod
Elizabeth River
Norfolk
Wellfleet
Neb
Frank Ward
Pueblo
Col
Frances
Henry D. Davis
Cleveland
Order of Magles
G Rand Aeric
Denver
Cal
Chicago
Plymouth
Mass
George L. Marsh
William Bate
Alaska
New York
Ambassador Tower
United States
Berlin
Wong Kai Kah
Marshall Field
Cummins Aids Move At Chicago Reciprocity Conference
Gov. Cummins of Iowa led a wide centered address at Chicago’s reciprocity conference, denouncing stand-patters in Congress and federal officials, calling for aggressive tariff reform. The event highlighted Democratic hopes, a South Dakota Negro colonization plan, and state medical board actions in Shell Rock amid census notes and a fatal Bonfire accident involving Victoria Quinell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Woodard
Des Moines
Chicago
Gov. Cummins
Iowa
United States
Illinois
Cummins
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
South Dakota
B. P. Biar
Sully County
Biar
Blar
Missouri River
Fix Date for Ceremony at Capitol in Grand Army Event
Gov Cummins and Adjt Gen Newman designate Wednesday August 30 for the ceremony marking the removal of haute flags from cases on the state house legislative floor to the main capitol corridor. Newman is to arrange the program. The service is expected to be impressive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cummins
Adjt
Gen. Newman
Grand Army
State House
Newman
Flags Passed To Regiments For Permanent Resting Places
Representatives of the regiments may again receive the flags and convey them down the main stairway of the capital to their new resting places, which will be permanent.
Indisputable quote raises claims about Shakespeare
A Cleveland Leader voice questions the authority behind Shakespeare's status as a living figure, joking that he survives after being murdered by bum actors for 900 years, reflecting a satirical take on literary immortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
Cleveland
Windstorm Smashes St Paul Area. Damages Hit Sauk Rapids
A violent wind and hail swept St Paul and Sauk Rapids causing massive property loss in minutes. Glass shattered, trees uprooted, and sheds blown down. Lumber yards suffered heavy damage as the electric plant and streetcar service were disrupted. Two deaths linked to storm fears follow earlier tornado events in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Cloud
Minn
Saule Rapids
Negelona
John Welm
William Stremmel Welm
Saul Rapids
Julius Neil Lumber Company
Mississippi River
Stearns
Benton
Train Saviour Bates Warns Milwaukee Line Near Lansing
Saved the south bound passenger train at Lansing by William Bates a camper who rushed along undermined tracks waving his shirt as signal after a storm undermined the rails on the Dubuque division near La Crosse Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wis
Dubuqere
Milwaukee Road
Lansing
Here
William Bates
Prairie Fires Predicted In Prairie West
Prairie fires loom as heavy summer grass growth raises risk this fall. New settlers west of the Missouri, unfamiliar with prairie fires, may start fires accidentally amid the dense regrowth. Death on Railroads reported in Washington shows 94,201 railway casualties in 1904, with 16,046 killed and 84,155 injured.
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Navy Department
James B. Smith
Roy. C. Lindell
Swedish Lutheran Church
Vasa
Minn
California
Honolulu
Hilo
Hana
Kallus
Congress
Wisconsin Postmasters’ Association
Walter Stimpson
Pittsburg
Monongrahela
Enos Adking
Guyan River
Hanger
W. Va
John Jebeles
Lela McBride
Austen
Ala
China
Summer Palace
Baltimore & Ohio Southeastern
Winton Place
Cincinnati
Bielostok
Poland
Grammichele
Sicily
St. Louis
Wilson
W. F. Wilcox
Cornell
United States
United Verde
Jerome
Ariz
Clark
Montana
Booker T. Washington
Washington
Fairbanks
Ethan Allen
Burlington
Craig Biddle
Radnor
Bjornstierne Bjornson
Cleveland
Mentor
Lake Shore
Twentieth Century Limited
Interstate Commerce Commission
Schuylkill Arsenal
Taft
Collins
Chicago
Brockton
Mass
Marsh
William Bate
Dove
Pierre
Missouri
Interstate Ecommerce Committee
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Frederick Churchill
Stella McMullen
Festus
Churchill
Anne Woodall
Newport
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg
Philadelphia
Jefferson County
N. Y
Charles H. Cross
Chauncey Welch
Leon Jacerwitz
Dayton, O., State Hospital
Jacerwitz
Milwaukee
Trust
McGovern
Hugh Watt
Lim
Baler
Indianapolis
Public Service Corporation
New York Park
Arizona
New Mexico
R. G. Dun & Gos
Jacob H. Schiff
Danker
M. Guggenheim
Webb Jay
Buffalo
Joseph A. Thompson
Thaw
Thomas W. Lawson
Uintah
Utah
Provo
Shonts
Panama Canal
Walter P. Kraft
Equitable Trust Company
Norway
John P. Mockler
Cairo
Charles A. Stevens & Brothers
Gus Bobbs
EL Conger
Mexico
Order of Knights of Khorassan
Detroit
Colorado Springs
Civil Service Commission
Batavia
Dutch East Indies
Rambong
Marshal Islands
Austin Drake
Springfield
Spain
Congress of the Russian Union of Peasants
Bell
Moscow
Amain
Aurin the People
Towa
Shaw
Crats
W. H. Smith
Shell Reel
State Board of Medical Examiners
Smith
State Board of Health
Dioes
Board of
Senator Courtright
Shell Rock
Thayer
Marshalltown
Blashfield
Western
Wilds
Custer
Plains
Wisconsin Territory
Black Hawk
Marquette
Victoria Quinell
GOV
Commings
ST. Cloud and
Sauk Rapids
St. Panta
St. Paul
Marie Giaselman
East Sixth Street
Adolph G. Krahmer
Hope Street
Harbors
Chas. W. Kurtin
Stephenson
Anton Painko
Oscar Blomfilt
Mahoning
Laura
Reno
Vena Corey
J. I. Buhler
D. & Corey
Redwood Falls
Minv
Whichta, Knn
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