Peace terms submitted seek vast concessions from Russia
Japanese envoy Baron Komura outlined aims including cession of Liaotung and Port Arthur, indemnity reimbursement, Manchuria evacuation, open door policy, and limits on Russian naval strength. No fixed sum. to be settled after Japanese expenses are known. Witte received the documents in St. Petersburg. summary cable included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Japan
Portsmouth
N. H
Baron Komura
M. Witte
St. Petersburg
Sakhalin
Deases
Lingtung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Dalny
Hardy
Korea
Vladivostok
Bering Sea
Far
President Roosevelt in Pennsylvania Visiting Mining Towns
President Roosevelt visited Whhikeshirre Pennsylvania to address the Catholic Total Abstinence Union delegates. An estimated 200000 people filled the valley from Shickshinny to Pittston for a holiday to honor the President. He spoke on the River common with Cardinal Gibbons Mayor Kirkenall John Mitchell and Rev J J Curran among the speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Whhikeshirre
Total Abstinence Union of America
Shickshinny
Pittston
Cardinal Gibbons
Kirken*all
Wilkesharre
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers’ Ton
J. J. Curran
Catholic Total Abstinence Union
Cardinal Gibons
Mitchell
P. C. Knox
Weaver
Philadelphia
Uoon
Widow sues over Harrisburg wreck for damages
Margaret E. Phillips widow of Farmers FR Phillips sues for 100000 dollars claiming her husband was sober, highly skilled, and earning about 25000 a year when the Harrisburg railroad wreck occurred on the New York to Pittsburgh route on the night of May 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Margaret E. Phillips
FR. Phillips
Pennsylvania Railroad
Illars
Phillips
New York
Pittsburg
Philip
Religious Parade Stopped After Clothing Burned Near Yorkton
Thirty Doukhovors, a religious sect, marched toward Yorkton Manitoba stripped naked and burned their clothes. Police arrested all members of the party and wrapped them in blankets. They refused nourishment, surviving on raw potatoes while claiming to seek Christ. A second group reportedly headed toward Yorkton from the northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkton
Manitoba
Christ
Black Leg Breaks Out At Brookfield Farm
A cattle disease called black leg or black fever has broken out at John A. Terry's Brookfield farm in Massachusetts. Mr Terry has buried three young cows after receiving orders from Agent Peters of the Massachusetts cattle bureau to cremate or bury and lime the carcasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Brookfield
Mass
John A. Terry
Mr. Terry
Agent Peters
Massachusetts Cattle Bureau
Workman mauled by lions in Blackpool menagerie incident
A workman attempting to enter the lions cage at Blackpool was killed when the beasts escaped from their yard. Two city property items were found loose near the cage along with parts of the worker's body. The man had boasted the prior night of entering the lions' cages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackpool
Eng
Pole Hunters Suffered: Ziegler Expedition Rescue Arrives
The relief steamer Terra Nova rescued Anthony Fiala and the Ziegler polar expedition. They had endured severe weather since 1903, losing provisions and coal after the America broke up. After long surrenders to open water and ice, supplies dwindled and depots at Cape Vlora, Cape Dillon, and Camp Alegler sustained them until hope waned in 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ziegler
Anthony Fiala
Tromsoe
Norway
Pole
America
Cape Vlora
Cape Dillon
Camp Alegler
Socialists Arrested in Poland as Jails Fill
Polish authorities report mass arrests of Socialists after a forest meeting near Lodz. Police in Warsaw round up 250 armed Jews in a synagogue, with 15 more captured after a gunfight. Bombs found, police shot, and district disturbances noted amid clashes with revolutionists. Palace of Count Krasinski at Tykocin burned by peasants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Lodz
Warsaw
Treasuries
Opatow
Lubartow
Wengrow
Count Krasinki
Tykocin
Relestok
Highwaymen Captured After Attempted Train Hold Up
Special Agent William G. Cumming of the Northern Pacific trooped a running clash when three men tried to seize an eastbound passenger train near Summer. Shots rang out as the train halted and the trio were pursued and captured. The suspects named Frank Roberts, Charles I. Williams, and George Ruck were jailed at Trace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Cumming
Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific
Michael Helfrich
Cumming
Tace
Frank Roberts
Charles I. Williams
George Ruck
Landslide Buries Indian Village on Thompson River
A disastrous landslide on the Thompson river near Ashcroft, British Columbia, last Sunday blocks the river bed and buries an Indian village. Ashcroft, a village with about 500 residents, lies in Yale district's northwestern area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Manitoba
Ashcroft
Yale District
British Columbia
Army records set at International shoot at Fort Sheridan
Plt Sgt George Sayer of Company A Fifteenth Infantry posted 92 points out of 1000 marking a new high. First Lt Frank C Baker from the medical department Fort Monterey scored 90. Previous best stood at 78. Next high scorers were Lt Ned M Green Fifteenth Infantry Port Monterey 870 and Cpl J Grandy Northern division Fort Snelling Minn Bou.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sheridan
Plst
George Sayer
Fifteenth Infantry
Frank C. Baker
Medical Department
Fort Monterey
Ned M. Green
Port Monterey
J. Grandy
Fort Snelling
Minn
Four thousand and five nine men quit work strike ends
Figures from the International Structural Iron and Bridge Workers Union show about 4,000 men quit in a strike against the American Bridge Company. Subcontractors are said to be employing non union labor and press for union recognition. No settlement or talks have been proposed by either side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecoramy
Naiara
Internatiural Structural Tvon
American Bridge Company
Chauffeur Myers Convicted in Child’s Death in Philadelphia
William Henry Myers, a Philadelphia chauffeur, found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for fatally striking 5-year-old Eldon Saryer. Jury deliberated overnight before sentencing him to 18 months imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Myers
Philadelphia
Eldon Saryer
Taft Says U S Must Stay In Philippines A Generation
Secretary Taft told Manila that the United States must remain in the Philippines for at least a generation to prepare the natives for self government, outlining continued American guidance and administration during the transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Manila
United States
Philippines
Twelve Killed as Trains Collide Near Vermillion
A fast eastbound Nickel Plate passenger train struck a westbound freight near Vermilion Ohio killing 12 people including engineer Charles W Poole of Conneaut and several Italian laborers. About 25 injured, eight may die. Freight crew blamed for order misread or failure to obey. Air brake failure and high speed caused telescoping wreckage with no fire. survivors escaped by jumping. rail cars splintered and trapped passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Road
Eighman
Vermillion
Miss
Charles W. Poole
Conneaut
Joseph Alexander
Newark
N. J
Rank Weaver
Findlay
C. W. Poole
Haefner
Vanderbilt Eyes Big Purchase of Little Kanawha Rail
Col. J M Schoonmaker reports unofficially that Vanderbilt interests have bought options on the Little Kanawha syndicate for 7 million dollars. The deal covers the railroad, its extension, Buckhannon and Northern work, several thousand acres of coal lands near Parkersburg, and aims to connect to lakes, tidewater, and major lines like Chesapeake and Ohio and Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Kanawha
J. M. Schoonmaker
Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad
Vanderbilt
Little Kanawha Syndicate
Buckhannon and Northern Railroad
Parkerburg
Lakes
Parkersburg
Central
West Virginia
Tidewater
Norfolk
Chesapeake and Ohio
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Norway Free Referendum Favors Dissolution With Sweden
Norway approves dissolution with Sweden by a large margin in a referendum report. About 450000 voters cast ballots totaling nearly 20000, with roughly one in 3000 opposing the measure. Absentees abroad account for the gap between voters and ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Two Brakemen Killed In Freigth Collision Near Fremont Ohio
Two Wheeling and Lake Erie freight engines collided head on near Fremont Ohio. Brakemen George Wells of Norwalk and George Peck of Toledo were killed. The westbound train allegedly failed to receive stop orders at Clyde. Both crews escaped by jumping to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont, O
George Wells
Norwalk
George Peck
Toledo
Clyde
Mutineers Sentenced on Pruth for Mutiny
After a trial of 68 mutineers aboard the training ship Pruth, 15 were acquitted four condemned to be shot three given life penal servitude and the rest to shorter terms. The court recommended commuting two death sentences to life penal servitude and the other two to ten years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pruth
Amalgamated Window Workers Adopts Wage Scale Rise
Amalgamated Window Glass Workers’ association approves a wage scale increase of about 634 percent for blowers and gatherers. The scale will be presented to manufacturers for approval and take effect September 1 if agreed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated
Amalgamated Window Glass Workers’ Association
Cannibal rumors from Cameroons reach Antwerp
Travelers arriving in Antwerp Belgium report rumors from the Cameroons of a tribe called the Niems killing 2 000 Africans and eight German colonists. The tale describes a cannibal feast and widespread inhuman acts as regionally repeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Belgium
Cameroons
Africa
Yellow fever case report with new totals
The report of yellow fever cases shows new cases zero and a running total of 616, with deaths rising by four to 112. It notes 17 new sub-foci and a total of 114 sub-foci to date.
Crete Bombarded as Insurgents Resist Russian Landing
Russian gunboat Khrabry bombarded Castelli on Crete's north coast after insurgents opposed a Russian landing to seize the customs house. A shore party was repulsed, two Russians wounded, and the village hoisted a white flag. Crete has long revolted for greater independence, with European powers urged to restore order and maintain the status quo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khrabry
Castelli
Crete
Retima
Prince George
Greece
Great Britain
France
Italy
Porte
London
Rome
Paris
St. Petersburg
130 Miles in 102 Minutes Sets Long Distance Record
The Pennsylvania special train, with Engineer Jerry McCarthy and five cars, covered 130 miles from Crestline to Fort Wayne in 102 minutes, though 22 minutes late from Crestline. The record beats the previous 112 minutes set weeks earlier, and officials hail the average speed as a remarkable achievement in long distance running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
WHIRLED TO DEATH Farmer's Daughter in Engine Shaft
Edith Kent a 14 year old daughter of a Chautauqua county farmer died when her hair caught in a farm engine shaft. Her mother heard screams but could not reach her in time as the daughter was drawn into the machinery while her father and uncle were away at Dunkirk preparing for a picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halr
Edith Kent
Chautauqua County
N. Y
Dunkirk
Miss Kent
Edith
News Briefs on Health Immigration and Rail Rate Changes
New cases of yellow fever and deaths rise in New Orleans though Surgeon White remains unalarmed. William Gehm of Sharon Pennsylvania inherits several thousand dollars from a German uncle. Governors from 26 states consider delegates to a National immigration conference in New York City on December 6 and 7. Postmaster General Cortelyou updates money orders to curb forger alterations. Pennsylvania spearheads a move to uniform divorce laws. Louisville & Nashville and Illinois Central railroads scale oil rates after a Gulf Refining Company complaint. President Roosevelt speaks at Chautauqua Assembly Grounds. Western Pennsylvania Golf Association captains win Olympian team cup at Chicago Golf Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
White
William Gehm
Sharon
Germany
National Civic Federation
New York City
Cortelyou
Pennsylvania
Louisville & Nashville
Ilinois Central Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gulf Refining Company
J. M. Guffey
Pittsburg
Roosevelt
Chautauqua
N. Y
Western Pennsylvania Golf Association
W. C. Fownes, Jr
Chicago Golf Club
Towboat Joe B Williams Sunk On Monongahela River
The Joe B Williams struck a log six miles below Golconda Illinois on the Ohio river and sank with no loss of life. The hull hole measures about 40 feet and damage runs around 10000 dollars. The vessel will be raised as it is among the largest towboats in the river coal trade next to the Sprague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongahelia River
Tragic New Albany Murder Suicide Incident
In New Albany Indiana Mrs Chester Winstanley drowned her eight year old daughter in a bathtub while temporarily insane. She then shot her husband with a pistol, and after swallowing carbolic acid, died about an hour later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Winstanley
New Albany
Ind
Death of Archbishop Chapelle Dims in New Orleans
Placide Louis Chapelle archbishop of New Orleans and apostolic delegate to Cuba Puerto Rico and the Philippines died of yellow fever at the Palace on Esplanade avenue New Orleans. He was 63 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archbishop Chapelle
Placide Louis Chapelle
New Orleans
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Esplanade Avenue
Harper resigns as University of Chicago president
Dr. William R. Harper announces his resignation as president of the University of Chicago to devote his remaining time to fighting a cancer diagnosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Chicago
William R. Harper
Harper
Death toll rises after collapse at Myers department store
Rescue teams freed 60 of about 100 trapped when the John G Myers Company building on North Pearl Street Albany collapsed. Twelve hours of frantic work uncovered six dead and many injured as workers, mostly girls, were trapped beneath bricks and beams. Italian workmen had begun removing a pillar blamed for the collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Myers Company
Pearl Street
Albany
Myers
Secarely
Glass Scale Signed by Los Angeles Labor and Glass Factories
A conference at Cedar Point near Sandusky Ohio between President Simon Burns and L A 30 Knights of Labor and Glass Manufacturers led by J R Johnston produced a complete agreement. A 5 to 10 percent wage increase for workers and year round production were agreed, enabling factory output to compete with the window glass trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A
Simon Burns
Committee of
Knights of Labor
Committee of Glass Manufacturers
J. R. Johnston
Cedar Point
Sandusky
Faetories
Fhre
Window Glass Trust
Dirigo Drifts 14000 Miles From Honolulu To Delaware Breakwater
Captain Goodwin reports the Dirigo drifted about 14000 miles from Honolulu to the Delaware breakwater in 156 days. The fast clipper endured calm sultry seas with incessant rains and only two vessels sighted until near land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwin
Honolulu
Delaware
Atlantic
Pacific
Steamboat Nellie Walton Burned Near Marietta
The steamer Nellie Walton burned to the water’s edge while anchored midstream near Marietta Ohio. Used as a sand digger on the Ohio river, it was owned by Capt. Duffy and caused by a lantern exploding on the lower deck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Walton
Marietta
Ohio River
Duffy
Crowded Steamer Sunshine Sinks Near Indianapolis
The excursion steamer Sunshine sank at Broad Ripple Park ten miles from Indianapolis with 180 passengers aboard. No fatalities were reported though several injured in the panic as boats and canoes rescued passengers from the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine
Broad Ripple Park
Indianapolis
Rear Admiral Benham Dies at 73 in New York Estate
Rear Admiral Benham, retired, died at Lake Mahopac New York after 58 years in the navy. He was 73. Known for his role in the court of inquiry in the Admiral Schley case, his naval career spanned Civil War and Spanish American War service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benham
B. K. Benham
Lake Mahopac
N. Y
Admiral Benham
Admiral Schley
Reception for Taft at Fort McKinley Draws Thousands
Thousands attend reception for Secretary Taft Miss Roosevelt and party. The Army and Navy party in automobiles inspected Fort McKinley and reviewed the troops during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Miss Roosevelt
Army and Navy
New Fort McKinley
Philippine Revolt, Nipped by Steamer News
The Kanagawa from Hong Kong reports a plot to ship 10 000 rifles and 1 000 000 rounds of ammunition to Samar and other unpacified districts in the Philippines. Filibusters are in hiding after the scheme was discovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanagawa
Hongkong
Samar
Philippines
Alger's Big Timber Purchase in Minnesota
Alger Smith & Co led by Senator R A Alger bought 190 million feet of pine in Lake County Minnesota and plan a railroad extension through the Duluth and Northern Minnesota to the Cook County line. The deal is said to be around 1 500 000 dollars. King Edward celebrated his coronation anniversary by reviewing combined French and British fleets totaling about 70 ships at Portsmouth harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alger
Alger, Smith & Co
United States
R. A. Alger
Lake County
Minn
Duluth
Minnesota
Cook County
Edward
Portsmouth Harbor
Crop Conditions Mixed Across Regions In Latest Bulletin
The weather bureau reports mixed crop conditions with too much rain harming parts of Nebraska Kansas Missouri Florida and portions of Mississippi but rain needed in Northern Alabama Georgia the Carolinas Ohio Valley Tennessee and much of the Middle Atlantic. Central and western corn belt crops look promising. Wheat threshing largely done. rust in spring wheat noted in some Dakotas Nebraska Iowa Minnesota but overall crops not seriously injured. Oregon harvest active with lower yields. Washington spring wheat ripening. oats crop good. Rust prevalent in eastern and some central western districts. boll weevils harming Texas and western Louisiana. apples still unfavorable. haying progressing under favorable conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Florida
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Carolinas
Middle Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Pacific
Corn Belt
Dakotas
Iowa
Minnesota
Oregon
Washington
Texas
Louisiana
Tribesmen on Warpath Target Portuguese Villages
The Cologne Gazette reports 6 000 Cuanhama tribesmen attacked several Portuguese villages north of German Southwest Africa on Portuguese territory. Most villagers were massacred and houses burned. Three French missionaries were carried away but escaped. The massacre mirrors a prior Portuguese defeat in the same region last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cologne Gazette
Africa
Venezuela Court Annuls Hamilton Concession in Asphalt Case
A Venezuelan federal court has annulled the Bermudez Asphalt Company Hamilton concession. President Roosevelt was informed by the State Department that no immediate government action or determination has been announced or reached on the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Court of Venezuela
Hamilton
Roosevelt
Department of State
Bermudez Asphalt Company
Socalled
Soston Wool Market Heats Up With Steady Trading
The wool market shows healthy movement with heavy initial business for culled wools and active trading across territories. Leading quotations list Ohio and Pennsylvania bids around 86 387ce and 84 35e for No 1 and 2 grades, with delaine, fine and unwashed varieties priced in the 28 40c range and Michigan lots in the 27 40c area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soston
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Delaine
Michigan
Mills Open Declared By Steel Employers After Strikes
Theodore J. Shaffer head of the Amalgamated Association informs union officials in Youngstown Warren Girard and Greenville that Carnegie Steel mills in the striked regions will be opened after a year long stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore J. Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers
Youngstown
Warren and Girard
Greenville
Carnegie Steel Company
Troops Clash With Armed Jews at Zhitomir and Riga Strikes
Reported collision between troops and a body of armed Jews at Zhitomir in Russia, with unverified claims of deaths and injuries. Riga confirms serious trouble as twenty thousand workers strike. Socialists threaten workers. A cavalry regiment patrols streets to enforce order amid the unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zhitomir
Russia
Riga
Meat Men Must Answer War On Beef Trust Planned
The Pennsylvania dairy and food division will launch a campaign against the beef trust before month’s end. Criminal prosecutions will be filed against 50 meat dealers statewide for selling meats doctored with preservatives. The real defendants are the companies forming the trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy and Food Division
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Beef Trust
Col Lamont Leaves 3 Million in Estate to Family
The will of the late Col Daniel 8 Lamont, once secretary of war under Cleveland, files for probate leaving an estate valued at 3,000,000 with 3 daughters and Mrs Lamont as beneficiaries. Personal property at 3,000,000 and real property at 300,000 comprise the total. Julius A Houser, a Pennsylvania railroad brakeman, died at age 23 in a train incident near Moravia Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Lamont
Daniel 8. Lamont
Cleveland
Julius A. Houser
Pennsylvania Railroad
Moravia
Hrie
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Manchuria
Pole Hunters
Army
Chaudeur
Lake Erie
South Africa
Asphalt Company
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