War Progress and Diplomacy in Far East and Washington
A week in review outlines Russo Japanese War moves with peace talks in Washington not yet fixed.Reports note resignations of Grand Duke Alexis and Admiral Aveilan, Russia paying 100 million annually in interest, and daunting indemnity risks. Togo’s dispatch claims early naval battle result after 87 minutes. Chinese front troop withdrawals possible if talks succeed with Gen Linevitch encirclement by Japanese forces.
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Washington
Russia
Japan
Grand Duke
Alesis
Aveilan
Togo
Rojestvensky
China
Linevitch
Chicago Strike Bribery Charges Echoed in Grand Jury
John C. Driscoll testified before the Chicago grand jury claiming he paid money to halt hundreds of strikes and bribed labor leaders, admitting expenditure of 350 000. The panel probes graft across labor factions and wider schemes in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Johan C. Driscoll
John C. Driscoll
Chicago Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Greek Premier Delyannis Assassinated at Athens Chamber
The popular Greek Premier Theodore Delyannis was stabbed and mortally wounded by gambler Gherakaris at the Athens chamber of deputies entrance and died within three hours. The assassin was arrested claiming revenge for measures against gambling houses. Also: war on Chicago Packers ends, up to 40 indictments expected. Otis Botts executed in Peoria for murder. Sweden supports peaceable Norway settlements. Mil ler resigns as Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Jesse Wilson named successor. Mount Vesuvius active with new crater openings. Szathmar, Hungary hit by cloudburst with 11 dead. Susan Atwater Cillette dies at 95. Dr. Robert Roberts dies in Indianapolis. Mrs. Paul Klass kills her four children and herself. remains of Admiral John Paul Jones to depart from Cherbourg. Russia expects good wheat harvest. a long Yellow River bridge in China opens. Agriculture Secretary Whison to enforce cattle transport laws. 21 West Point cadets to receive diplomas.
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Theodore P. Delyannis
Greece
Gherakaris
Chamber of Deputies
Athens
Delyannis
Chicago
Otis Botts
Peoria
Ill
Social Democratic Party
Sweden
Seden
Norway
Melville W. Miller
Department of the Interior
Miller
Jesse Wilson
Indiana
Mount Vesuvius
Szathmar
Hungary
Susan Atwater Cillette
Gurdin Gillette
Kenosha
Wis
Gillette
John Atwater
Washington
Ray
Robert Roberts
Inianapolis
Paul Klass
Whson
Ast
West Point
Indictments, awards and world events fill Paris wires
Five indictments were returned by the Paris grand jury including Walter W. Juntgen for dynamiting Edgar County National banks. Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild died June 28 leaving 4 million dollars for charity. Other items cover court cases, royal marriages, political moves, and Global events from Roosevelt’s anti red tape drive to Morocco tensions and Wisconsin veteran encampments.
Multiple national and local incidents reported in a broad summary
Grover Cleveland chairs Equitable trustees and a 600000 policyholders note. New 78 hour trains and a Rock Island schedule enable coast to coast travel in 34 hours. Northwestern University fundraising reaches 1000000 with 200000 raised in three days. A graft hearing with Philadelphia Republicans linked to city contracts. New York City census shows 33997154 population, up 649952 since 1900. Memorial services for Robert Anderson at West Point. Scott Furniture warehouse fire costs 175000. Drownings at Manitowoc Wisconsin and a fatal auto-train collision in New Jersey. Tippo Tib dead in Zanzibar. Magnificent battleship shell explodes wounding eighteen. A Tucumcari rancher’s wife kills herself and five children. Confederate veterans’ reunion honors Wheeler. American Flag Association reports new anti desecration laws. A mother shot by son near Aldmond, New York, then son commits suicide. Two more killings and accidents across Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri. Rothschild and Archduke Joseph noted in obits. Roosevelt tightens China policy amid tensions. Various rail and legal news plus crop bulletin notes.
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Grover Cleveland
Equitable Trustees
New York
Rock Island
Northwestern University
Evanston
Philadelphia
New York City
Robert Anerson
Fort Hunter
Fama
Memorial Hall
West Point
Scott Furniture Company
Winnipes
Man
Mightning
Georgia Knapp
John Lat
Manitowoc
Wis
Richard 9. Sayer
George Campbell
Tucumcari
N. M
Louisville
Jon Wheeler
Robert
Hagadorn
Alamond
N. Y
Richard Baker
Tioga
Joshua Phyles
Baker
Illinois
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Springfield
Princeton
American ‘Tobacco Company
United States Supreme Court
St. Louis
Shelbyville
Ind
Iowa University
Fairbanks
Roosevelt
China
William Mitchell
Troy
Kan
Mitchell
Hector
Wellesley
Morris
Dr. Clark
American Jockey Club
Charles J. Bonaparte
Golden Gate
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild
Hend
Vienna
Archduke Joseph
Hungary
Warner A3
Conscience Fund
The
Treasury
Germany
Klaochou
Far East
Tllinois
A. Davidson
Green Ridge
Carnegie Whrary
Topeka
Japan presses in Manchuria nearing Liaoyang and Sipinghai
St Petersburg reports Manchuria operations advancing toward Liaoyang west of the Liao river with Japanese forces near Chantufu and opposing Linovitch near Sipinghai. Unclear if Linevitch will retreat or counter, while Russia accepts Roosevelt peace conference terms at last.
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St Petersburg
Manchuria
Liao Yang Chung Chong
Liaoyangwopeng
Liao River
Fakomen
Linovitch
Chantufu
Sipinghai
Linevitch
Associated Press
Russia
Washington
Foreign Office
Roosevelt
St Paul Invites Peace Conference to Sit in New Capitol
Minnesota Governor John A. Johnson telegrams President Roosevelt inviting the plenipotentiaries of the Japanese Russian war to meet in St Paul Minnesota in its new capitol due to favorable cooler weather and to provide proper hospitality.
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St. Paul
Minn
Washington
Gay
Johnson
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Minnesota
St Pant
John A. Johnson
Act of Father Sparks Jail Fear and a Robbery Conviction
Wabasha Minnesota June reports a father bringing a 10 year old to the sheriff to avert a mob and a land dispute with a telephone crew when a gunfire wounded Joseph Tushaus. Foley Minnesota recounts Charles F B Morgan’s first degree burglary conviction for the Bank of Rice robbery, with accomplices Meyer and Young released. Prairie du Chien Wisconsin describes Italians inciting workers into a strike with gunfire, and St Paul notes Louis Cutter’s death after leaping from a switch engine in front of an approaching train.
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Wabasha
Minn
John Kirtz
Plainview Telephone Company
Kirtz
Joseph ‘Tushaus
Foley
Charles FB Morgan
Bank of Rice
Searle
J. A. Senn
Sunk Rapids
John D. Sullivan
St Cloud
Stewart & Brower
St. Cloud
Jis
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Lynxville
St. Paul
Louis Cutter
Mail
St. Paul Union
Omaha
Bradley
Cutter
IOWA STATE NEWS HALT FUNERAL AND TRIAL ARRESTS
Des Moines reports halt of funeral for Mabel Wood Adel seven year old. Edward Bishop the uncle arrested after postmortem inquiry. Yeager and Tucker killed and gravely burned in Keokuk fire from live wire. Insurance agents arrested in Des Moines for restraint of trade. Waterloo farmer finds charred wife body in coal shed. possible tramp homicide.
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Des Moines
Mabel Wood
Adel
Edward Bishop
Bishop
Waterloo
W. J. Schrack
John Peck elected mayor in special election
News from Briet McCallsburg reports John Peck won a special election to become mayor.
Ingenious German pocket calculator with wrench feature
A German inventor designs a compact steel and aluminum pocket calculator with a nine-key board and a dial to record totals. It includes a spring for tens and hundreds and a mon key-wrench attachment to remove firmly embedded screws with rust. Richard Strutt claims a clock powered by electrified gold leaf and radium could run for 2000 years at about $4000.
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Richard Strutt
Lord Rayleigh
Woman’s Privileges and the Double Standard in Behavior
The piece argues that women may exhibit flirtation, moodiness, tears, vanity, and wardrobe focus with social grace, while men displaying similar traits are labeled as frivolous or hypocritical. It highlights a gendered double standard in societal judgments and expectations.
Money Was All Right But Why Daughter Refused Band
Town Topics item presents a witty dialogue between two clubmen about why a daughter rejected an old moneybags’ offers. The banter hints at social pressures and preferences beyond wealth, capturing a period tone.
Peruna Credited For Nervousness And Weakness Recovery
Miss Sutia Robinson of 4 Rund street Mall en Mass writes that Peruna cured her nervousness and weakness from overwork and sleeplessness after seven months of use. She notes improved appetite sleep and strength and claims the pelvic weakness also disappeared. Free medical advice offered by Dr Hartman Hartman Sanitarium Collins Ohio.
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Sutia Robinson
Rund Street
Mallen
Mass
Peruna
Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Collins, C
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Edgar
Nathaniel de Rothschild
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Par
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Kate Edwards
Greason
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William Boardman
Missouri
Treasury Department
Art
Fuller
International Board
Castro
Venezuela
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Mich
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Ont
Jabor
France
Morocco
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L.t. Francis W. Brown
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Nebraska
Elmer J. Burkett
William Hansbro
Warm Springs
James R. McKeen
Congress
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Hallie, Fannie
Anna Belle Booth
Grant Booth
Ohio River
Crecullus
West Point Military Academy
Cleveland
F. Horstmann
Herman G. Hurand
la Crosse
Folk
Freeport
Oscar
Washington, D
Kansas
Col
W. C. Greene
Augustus Heinze
Margaret of Connaught
Prince Gustavus Adolphus
Gov. Johnson
Iowa State News
Keokuk
Oscar Yeager
Walter Tucker
Yeager
Tucker
Freman
Ore Department
Reseus
Briet
McCallsburg
John Peck
Dubuque
Josh Wagner
Independence
Blair
Messrs. Abrams
Acers
Odd Fellows and Rebekat
Jows Falls
Fas
Frrom
Ticga
Council Bluffs
General Assembly
Iowa
Clinton
Matthew Kienzle
Muscatine
County Recorder
Willion Lumber Company
Raymond
Wash
Mustatine Capital
Guthrie’ Center
George Clark
Neola
Campbell
Burlington
Rader
Ed Thurman
Thurman
Red Oaks
Pollack
Tom Dennison
Fairfield
Keosauqua
Falrileta
Sadie
Robinson
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