Roosevelt plan suggests Sakhalin buy to settle war debts
The Associated Press reports President Roosevelt proposed that Russia repurchase all or part of Sakhalin from Japan to satisfy Japan's war costs while Russia declares it has not ceded territory or paid tribute. The plan would involve arbitration to set the price and would adjust Articles 5 and 9 on Sakhalin and indemnity.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Ave
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Russia
Sakhalin
Japan
Deadlock Over Terms Between Russian and Japanese Envoys
In Portsmouth August 19 the current Japanese terms are listed with acceptances and refusals. Russia accepts most provisions including evacuation of Manchuria and respecting China’s territorial integrity, while Japan gains or loses items such as Sakhalin and Baltic naval rights. The discussion notes differing stances on ports, railways, and war costs.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Russia
Japan
Korea
Manchuria
China
Sakhalin
Liaotung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Dalny
Blonde and
Elliott Islands
Four Men Die As Dredge Engine Explodes Near Norborne
Four men were killed when an engine exploded aboard a dredge boat near Norborne Missouri on Tuesday. The dead include James Lynch of Bosworth Isaac Wade of Norborne and two unidentified laborers.
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Norborne
Bosworth
James Lynch
Isaac Wade
Court martial may follow Bennington disaster findings
Washington reports a court of inquiry found the Bennington explosion due to closing a valve between a boiler and its steam gauge, not boiler defects. Ensign Charles T. Wade, the sole surviving officer, faces possible court martial as the investigation assigns responsibility.
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Washington
Bennington
Wade
Begnington
Charles T. Wade
Ambassador Conger Signs On to Mexican Mission
Edwin H. Conger of Iowa resigns as American ambassador to Mexico, planning to retire October 18. The announcement came from Oyster Bay New York with Conger stepping down after completing tenure at the Mexican mission.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Edwin H. Conger
Iowa
Mexico
Manifesto Establishes Consultative Russian National Assembly
Aug 19 reported that Russia creates a national assembly as a consultative body tied to the empire’s council of the empire. The emperor retains absolute power and lawgiving, with nonbinding recommendations. Suffrage rests on property, excluding many peasants without land, women, soldiers, and civil functionaries.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
National Representative Assembly
National Assembly
Council of the Empire
Chiles
Butte Tragedy as Street Car Hit by Freight Train
Nine people died and about thirteen injured when a crowded street car returning from Columbia Gardens collided with a freight train on the Butte Anaconda and Pacific line at a crossing north of town. The motorman allegedly failed to heed warnings and attempted to cross ahead of the locomotive.
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Butte
Mont
Columbia Gardens
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific
Maggie Harrington
Maud Johnson
Jacobs
Sadie Smith
Maggie Keefe
Vera Haughton
Chris Wold
Butte, Anaconda
Pacific
Hoagland
Strike Ends for Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railways
St Paul August 21 President Perham of the Order of Railway Telegraphers has called off the strike on the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways after a close vote. The message to General Superintendent Slade states the strike is declared off and members may return to work under the last offered schedules.
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St. Paul
Perham
The
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Tion
Great Northern
Slade
Great Northern Railway
Curzon Resigns as viceroy of India
London reports the resignation of Lord Curzon of Kedleston from the viceroyalty of India. The Earl of Minto is named as his successor amid a dispute with the Home Office over Barrow’s appointment to the viceroy’s council. Correspondence reveals bitterness between Curzon, the Indian Office and Lord Kitchener.
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London
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
India
Earl of Minto
Curzon
Home Office
Edmund Barrow
Lord Curzon
Indian Office
Lord Kitchener
Japs Seize Russian Transport at Kamchatka Harbor
Tokio reports the squadron commander seized the Russian transport Australia at Petropavlovsk harbor on August 13 during a Kamchatka operation. The maneuver reflects ongoing hostilities in the region.
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Tokio
Kamchatka
Australia
Petropaviovek Harbor
Storm Kills and Wrecks Across Minnesota Towns
Reports from Sunday night storm in Minnesota list fatalities and injuries across several towns. Tosten Danielson dies in Pilot Mound church wreckage. Lanesboro Rushford and Root Prairie report deaths and injuries as tracks and farms suffer extensive damage. casualty toll expected to rise with incoming reports.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
Tosten Danielson
Pilot Mound
Lanesboro
Rushford
Root Prairie
Seven Still Missing After Norfolk River Wreck
Bodies of two more victims were found in the Elizabeth river near the wreck site raising total dead to sixteen with two more dying in hospital. Fourteen bodies recovered earlier and as many as seven still missing after the Kinston and Greenville excursion train disaster.
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Norfolk
Kinston and Greenville
Elizabeth River
Thomas Perguson
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Wife of New Yorker shoots stenographer in hotel parlor
Mrs. Beatrice Young, wife of William G. Young who employs several stenographers in New York hotels, shot Mrs. Catherine Morgan in a parlor of the Hotel Imperial. Jealousy appears to be the motive as the couple were estranged and Mrs Morgan was linked to the separation. The cafe panic emptied quickly as reporters rushed to the scene.
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New York
Beatrice Young
William G. Young
Catherine Morgan
Young
Hotel men join to fight the beef trust in Chicago
Chicago August 22 hotelmen wholesale butchers and restaurant keepers form a combination to combat the beef trust. Two plants worth 150000 and 300000 are under construction and a third costing 500000 is planned.
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Chicago
Beef Trust
Fifty Graphophones Available for Eligible Recipients
Fifty graphophones are on hand for those entitled to them. Please call and obtain yours.
Reciprocity Conference Adopts Tariff Plan At Chicago
Chicago aug 18 the reciprocity conference finished its work and formed the American Reciprocal Tariff League to push a plan for a permanent tariff commission. A fifteen member committee will organize and promote the program with calls for maximum and minimum tariff levels to ease trade tensions. Gov a b cummins of iowa led the principal address defending reciprocity.
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Chicago
United States
American Reciprocal Tariff League
Congress
Govenor A. B. Cummins
Iowa
Dissolution of the Union Georgia Norwegian Storthing approves talks with Sweden
The Norwegian storthing voted 104 to 11 to authorize the government to open negotiations with Sweden to end the union. The government will report the referendum result to Sweden and seek cooperation for a peaceful settlement, and delegates are named to conduct talks. Also noted, a yellow fever case in Keokuk and a quarantined Greek laborer from Nantes.
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Dept
Christiania
Norway
Alp
Storthing
Sweden
Riksdag
Keokuk
Gregory
Narthez
Hofjkins Visit with Miller Granddaughter Gracie Hanum
Mr and Mrs H J Hofjkins enjoyed a visit with their Miller granddaughter Gracie Hanum a few days before midweek.
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H. J. Hofjkins
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China Secures
Chinese Eastern
Harbin
Newchwang
Mr. Rothstein
Prince Ukhtomsky
Ussurri
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Russian Littoral
Vladivostok
Behring Sea
Ambassador Conger
Jowan
Czar
Butte, Mont
Northern
Earl of
Minto
Nesota
New Yorker
Farmer's
Gehman & Lee
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Huron
South Dakota
Missouri
Heir Grand
Miss Gracie Hanum
Ness
Red Cross
Red Cross Cream Co
W. A. Kuntz
O. N. Radcliffe
Huron, S. D
North Dakota
F. J. Whitney
Minn
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