Washington City Chosen as Seat of Peace Conference
Washington selected as the venue for negotiations between Russia and Japan to forge a peace treaty, with Secretary of State announcing the choice at the White House. The plan allows for possible adjournment to a summer resort if Washington feels too hot, as Roosevelt urges moderation and calls for terms limiting indemnity and control in Korea and Manchuria.
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America
Russia
Japan
Washington
Roosevelt
William Loch
White House
Chefoo
Paris
Germany
France
England
Korea
Liao Tsung Peninsula
Manchurian
Manchuria
China
Vladivostok
Far East
Sak‘aalien
M. Negligoff
Marquis Ito
Banker Burns Sentenced In Ohio Penitentiary Case
Orus M. Burns of Montpelier Ohio faced three federal indictments totaling 21 counts with potential 105 to 210 year terms. He pleaded guilty to one count in Toledo court. Judge R W Taylor gave Burns seven years in the Ohio penitentiary.
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Gurns
Orus M. Burns
Montpelier
United States District Court
Toledo
R. W. Taylor
Barns
Ohio
Kansas Harvest Labor Demand Estimated for 25 009 Men
A Kansas report to A B Jam Ason indicates 25 009 harvesters are needed on 2 210 teams to reap crops, with 64 days of work. Wages are said to range from 1.75 to 2.50 dollars per day, and 200 men have already signed in Kansas City for shipment to fields.
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Kansas
State Labor Department of Kansas
A. B. Jam Ason
Free Employment Department of Missouri
Kansas Fields
Children Shot Near Valdosta After Dog Barking
In Valdosta Georgia the 17 year old son and 16 year old daughter of W L Garter a former Baptist minister were attracted by a barking dog and went outside to investigate followed by a younger child. They were shot from behind the smokehouse. The girl died at once and the boy died after crawling back to the house. The younger child was wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdosta
W. L. Garter
Lake Shore Train Sets 626 Mile Record Chicago to Buffalo
The Lake Shore line established a new record by covering 626 miles in 453 minutes, beating the prior time of 473 minutes. The consist included four Pullmans hauled by large Prairie locomotives, yielding an average speed of 70.9 miles per hour excluding stops. Also noted were heavy imports of raw materials for iron reduction in Pittsburgh.
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Lake Shore
Chicago
Buffalo
Dispute Over Morocco Strains Franco German Ties
France seeks to uphold dominance in Morocco without international oversight, while Germany rejects French primacy and the Anglo French accord. The dispute draws in Britain and other nations as rumors of broader alliance shifts rise, though officials say the issue is a renewal of Moroccan conflicts rather than far reaching realignment.
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France
Germany
Morocco
International Congress
Great Britain
Europe
Secretary Hay Returns from Europe in Fragile Health
Secretary of State John Hay arrived from Europe aboard the Baltic, visibly improved yet not well. A long document from the White House was delivered to him in quarantine by a special messenger, and Hay refused to reveal its contents. He would not discuss peace talks or plans to leave the cabinet.
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John Hay
Europe
Baltic
Roosevelt
White House
Bay
Hay
Washington
Twelve Die in Civil Train Fight Between Racial Groups
A violent clash on an excursion train from Atlanta to Columbus left twelve people dead and multiple others wounded. Reportedly sparked by a craps game, the melee erupted aboard the train before departure and continued in Griffin, Georgia, where three more victims died. Knives pistols and brass knuckles were used during the confrontation.
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Atlanta
Columbus
Griffin
Resign Portfolios In Russian Navy Shake Power
In St Petersburg Grand Duke Alexis high admiral and Admiral Avellan head of the navy department resign, followed by an imperial decree removing the grand duke from supreme naval direction. Sources note Russia aimed to build a great navy after Alexander III era, with losses from the Sea of Japan battles.
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St. Petersburg
Grand Duke
Alexis
Avellan
Alexander III
Russia
Japan
Deaths reach 500 in Russian mine explosion
A Russian mine blast at the Ivan colliery in Khartsisk, owned by the Donetz Company, killed five hundred workers. The disaster raises the toll as authorities confirm the extensive loss of life and tragedy spreads through the region.
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Khartsisk
Donetz Company
Jewish Town Yanova in Russia Destroyed by Fire
Reports from the government region describe Yanova, a Jewish town in Koyno, almost wiped out by arson. Anti Semitic incendiaries caused a large blaze leaving tens of thousands of Jewish families homeless and near starvation.
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Russia
Yanova
Koyno
Three men shot during Chicago strike demonstration
Telegraphic briefs report three men shot amid a strike demonstration in Chicago. The Greek premier Theodore P. Delyannis has been buried in Athens. Mrs William J Bryan and her daughter sailed for Europe, to be joined later by Mr Bryan. Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and Princess Margaret of Connaught wed at Windsor.
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Chicago
Theodore P. Delyannis
Athens
William J. Bryan
Europe
Bryan
Gustavus Adolphus — of
Sweden
Princess Margaret of Connaught
Windsor
England
Yellow Fever Bulletin Reports Five New Canal Zone Cases
Gov Mingoon reports to Isthmian Canal Commission five new yellow fever cases in the canal zone. Named patients include George B McIntyre chairman La Boca Samuel Davis non employed Panama George W West draughtsman Panama and Henry Van Holland clerk Panama. Japan assures China Manchuria sovereignty restoration.
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Mingoon
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama
Canal Zone
George B. MclIntyre
la Boca
Samuel Davis
George W. West
Henry van Holland
Twenty Five Die In Western Maryland Wreck Near Patapsco
A disastrous Western Maryland railroad wreck near Patapsco Maryland on a Saturday evening left twenty five dead and many mangled. The passenger train carried many travelers plus a work crew returning home for Sunday. An extra eastbound freight ignored a siding, the two trains collided near a sharp curve west of the Patapsco bridge, engines piled and boiler protections spared by broken steam connections.
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Western Maryland
Patapsco
Westminster
Finksbury
Mount Hope Station
Baltimore
Patapsco Station
Maryland
Massacre by Pirates Terrifies Far East Coast
A letter from Petropavlovski reports pirates massacred 150 natives along the Kamchatka coast after landing under false friendship. The raid left streets littered with bodies and valuables seized, with some survivors claiming Japanese assailants. Petropavlovski fears further attack on the town as details emerge.
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Far East
San Francisco
Petropavlovski
Kamchatka
A. Morogravienos
Morogravienos
Morogravlenof
Big Coal Ouster Sultiiled Against Hocking Valley
Attorney General Ellis amends the Franklin county circuit court petition to oust the Hocking Valley Railroad Company from its charter alleging violations of the state antitrust law. The suit targets Buckeye Coal and Railway Sunday Creek Coal Continental Coal Toledo & Ohio Central Kanawha & Michigan and Zanesville & Western Railway companies as coal concerns controlled by the Hocking Valley outfit.
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Hocking Valley
Ohio Trust
Hocking Valley Railroad Company
Ellis
Franklin County
Buckeye Coal and Railway Company
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Continental Coal Company
Toledo & Ohio Central
Kanawha & Michigan
Zanesville & Western Railway
Russia Agrees On Washington As Peace Conference Site
Russia finally accepted Washington as the venue for the peace conference, signaling a breakthrough in negotiations and setting the stage for formal talks between major powers.
WV Supreme Court Sustains Tax On Oil Gas And Coal Leases
The West Virginia Supreme Court upholds state Tax Commissioner Dilson’s ruling that oil, gas and coal leases are taxable. The decision is expected to place about 100 million dollars on the tax books and generate several million dollars in annual revenue for the state and counties, easing the burden on realty and personal property.
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Supreme Court of
West Virginia
Dilson
Train Falls From Trestle Kills Three Veterans
Three Confederate veterans died and 24 others were injured when a special eastbound passenger train, carrying veterans to the Louisville reunion, derailed on a 20 foot high trestle near Golden Gate, IH after the engine struck a spread rail at 60 miles per hour. The wreck overturned the engine and four coaches, with fatalities listed as J. D. Uhles of Greenway Arkansas, J. D. Johnson the fireman from Princeton Indiana, and Otto Graetz the engineer from Princeton Indiana.
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Theouthern
Golden Gate
Louisville
J. D. Uhles
Greenway Ark
J. D. Johnson
Princeton, Ind
Otto Graetz
Germany to Fortify Klaochon Bay for War Vessels
An imperial order directs fortification of Klaochon Bay the southern Shantung peninsula. Rear Admiral Tripppel oversees the project with five engineers and fortification officers detailed for duties. The move signals a broader fortification plan in the area.
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Klaochon Bay
Shantung Peninsula
Protectorate
Trappel
International and national brief items of the era
Reports note American Steel and Wire orders remain satisfactory in a dull year. bribe revelations before a Chicago grand jury by John C. Driscoll. $120,000 in securities stolen from a Fall River state room with an offer to restore for a price. Danish West Indies may send a commission to Denmark to press US sale. Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild leaves $4 million for charities. Finnel Buechler fatally burned in a Newark gas blast. Vesuvius opens widen new crater openings. Auburn smoke incident overcomes many firemen. Austrian invite to Morocco conference accepted by Berlin only with other powers. Roosevelt directs immigration inspectors to blunt Chinese boycott risk. Count Zeppelin tests new airship from Lake Constance to Romanshorn. Yellow fever cases in the Panama canal zone. two Americans S L Davis and Edgar Nicholas among the affected.
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American Steel & Wire
Chicago
John C. Driscoll
State Room
Fall River
Danish West Indies
Denmark
United States
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild
Finnel Buechler
Newark
Mt. Vesuvius
Auburn
N. Y
Columbian Rope Company
Tangier
London “Times
Morocco
Roosevelt
Count Zeppelin
Manzell
Lake Constance
Romanshorn
Magoon
Tathmian Canal Zone
Panama
Culebra
S. L. Davis
Edgar Nicholas
Kirkman Sentenced to Dismissal and Prison
President approves findings in two trials of Captain George W. Kirkman of the Twenty fifth Infantry. He is dismissed from the army and confined in the penitentiary for three years for involvement in the sensational Omaha case in which another army officer’s wife died by suicide.
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Kirkman
George W. Kirkman
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Omaha
Neb
Monument to Slocum Victims Unveiled in Middlevillage Cemetery
A granite shaft memorializing about 1,000 victims of the Gen. Slocum disaster was unveiled at the Lutheran cemetery in Middlevillage Long Island. A bronze bas relief shows the burning steamer with life-size bronze figures symbolizing Memory Grief Faith and Hope.
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Slocum
Gen. Slocum
Middlevillage
L. I
Flint Glass Plant Burns at Kokomo in Fire Loss
Fire destroyed the $150,000 National Flint Glass plant known as the Jenkins factory in Kokomo Indiana. About $25,000 in stock was lost. Two firemen were severely injured by falling walls. Roy Har bert, a new worker, is unaccounted for.
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Flint Glass
National Flint Glass Company
Jenkins Factory
Kokomo
Ind
Roy Harbert
Beef Trust Indictments Unsealed by Federal Grand Jury
Two top heads of the beef trust and ten other individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury. The twelve defendants will remain unnamed until arrests are made by U S marshals as the case proceeds.
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Beef Trust
The
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Pelee Volcano Shows Renewed Activity
For ten days Mt Pelee displays renewed activity with dense smoke drifting over the White River valley and clearing at the sea. Bright luminous flashes light the dome while a strong flame burst was observed on June 3. Dome collapse occurs and mud flows into the valley.
Wages Raised for 2000 Puddlers in Pittsburg District
Wages for about 2,000 puddlers in non union plants around Pittsburg will rise 38 cents per ton to 5.75 dollars as several local manufacturers refuse to meet the Amalgamated Association strike. The increase follows a Detroit conference where union men secured higher pay. Many plants including Oliver’s Mill Southside and National Tube Company plants will adopt the new scale starting July 1.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers
M m Vance
Republic Iron & Steel Company
Detroit
Amalgamated
Amalgamated Association
Olivers MIII
Southside
Republic Works
National Tube Company
Prankstown
Second Avenue
Moorhead Brothers
Sharpsburg
Spang-Chalfant Works
Etna
Black Diamond Works
Park Steel Company
Penn Avenue
Lindsay & McCutcheon Works
Wil
Association
Three Children Cremated Near Swanton West Virginia
Henry Herriman and his wife narrowly escaped a fatal house fire near Piedmont West Virginia that claimed three of their children ages four to ten. The blaze started from a defective chimney, destroying the home and leaving the couple destitute.
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Henry Herri
Swanton
Piedmont
W. Va
Herriman
Premier Delyannis Assassinated in Athens Chamber
Theodore P. Delyannis, Greece’s premier, was stabbed at the main entrance of the chamber of deputies in Athens and died within three hours. The assassin, a professional gambler named Gherakaris, was arrested and said he acted in revenge for the premier’s crackdown on gambling houses that were recently closed.
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Theodore P. Delyannis
Greece
Gherakaris
Chamber of Deputies
Athens
Delyannis
Three Booth Sisters Drown While Bathing in Ohio River
Daughters of Dr. Grant Booth named Hallie 21 Fanny 18 and Annie Belle 14 drowned near Credlins Kentucky while bathing in the Ohio River. One girl sank in quicksand and three others tried to help leading to two drownings. Julia the youngest was saved by Elam Vernon and others in a nearby gasoline launch. Two bodies were recovered so far.
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Hallie
Fanny
Annie Belle Booth
Grant Booth
Ohio River
Credlins
Annie
Julia
Elam Vernon
Russian Cruiser Ordered Away From Saigon Waters
The Russian auxiliary cruiser Ku ban near Cape St. James Saigon Cochin China was ordered to depart immediately by the Governor who also sent a French warship to enforce neutrality. Twenty eight coal culers had left Saigon and thirty more prepare to sail. The British steamer Carlisle believed to carry war munitions for the Russians was detained.
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Cape St. James
Saigon
Cochin
China
Carlisle
Wisconsin mother kills children then dies at home
Mrs. Paul Klass, at Kieler Wisconsin, killed her four children with a butcher knife, severing their throats, then died by suicide. The eldest was six and the youngest an infant. Reports note the mother had poor health. Separately, Postmaster General Cortelyou issued a fraud order against a chemical preparation claimed to whiten dark skin.
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Paul Klass
Kieler
Wis
Cortelyou
Colombia Reaches Out to Restore Ties with United States
John Barrett presents to the president as Senor Enrique Cortez, ex foreign minister, is named confidential agent in Washington. Cortez will work to reestablish cordial relations between Colombia and the United States and also foster friendly ties with Panama.
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John Barrett
United States
Colombia
Senor Enrique Cortez
Senor Cortez
Washington
Panama
Weather Keeps Crops Growing Favorably Overall
Weekly crop report notes warm conditions across central and southern regions boosting general growth. Northern areas face heat shortage, with cold and wet spells dampening corn in lake region and upper Ohio valley. Spring wheat improves in Minnesota and the Dakotas while oats suffer from heavy rains in parts of the upper lakes and southern Illinois. Harvest underway in the south with Texas and Oklahoma yielding below expectations. Cotton belt feels favorable overall though portions remain Brassy.
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New England
Minnesota
Dakotas
Lake Region
Ote Valley
Ohio
Mississippi
Missouri
Central
West Gulf States
Middle Atlantic States
Kansas
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Pacific Coast
Washington
North Pacific
Upper Lake
Texas
Oklahoma
ANOTHER BATTLE IN MANCHURIA REPORTEDLY ADVANCING
Movements and skirmishes in Manchuria hint at a new battle as Japanese forces press in a large semicircle around Russian lines. General Linovitch notes left edge near Fenghwa ninety miles north of Tieling and right edge near Yingcheng sixty miles east of Pengh wa.
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Manchuria
Linovitch
Europe
Fenghwa
Tieling
Yingcheng
Penghwa
Wool Market Shows Strong Demand With Cautious Pricing
Market remains notably strong though manufacturers hold back on top prices. Demand for medium grades is strong enough to suggest good value for the portion of the clip. Pulled wools are scarce while foreign and Territory wools stay firm with moderate trading. Quoted levels include Ohio and Pennsylvania XX and above 34 35e, No. 1 328 39c, No. 2 59 46c, fine unwashed 26 270, quarter blood unwashed 84 35ec, three-eighths blood 84 35e, half blood 82 33e.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Justice Brewer at Vassar Aces Women to Lead Nation
Justice Brewer declared at Vassar College that a woman may become president of the United States within a generation. The remark highlighted evolving views on gender and national leadership during the era.
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Justice Brewer
Vassar? College
United States
Waiting for France in Morocco conference stance
America and England decline to join conference without French approval. Britain and the United States align with France, agreeing a Madrid convention framework and urging urgent reforms in Morocco.
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America
England
Morocco
Great Britain
France
United States
Auto Struck by Train Kills Couple. Sons Fatally Hurt
An auto carrying Mr and Mrs Richard Sayer of Englewood New Jersey and their two sons was struck by a wire train near Goshen. Mr and Mrs Sayer were instantly killed and the sons were hurled to the tracks. They were not expected to survive. The chauffeur escaped by jumping clear.
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Richard
Sayer
Englewood, N. J
Goshen
Oyama Ready to Advance on Russian Lines
Japanese forces under Field Marshal Oyama push the Russian left beyond the Knoche river and occupy heights north of the river. A heavy force backs the movement as Oyama prepares a general offensive.
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Knoche River
Oyama
Police Captain Convicted in Bribe Case
Capt. James Wilson of Allegheny Pennsylvania was convicted of taking fifty dollars from a woman in exchange for allowing her to keep a disorderly house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wilson
The
Allegheny
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Mikado
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Western
Fane
Rae Tha
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