Russia Hears the Terns of Peace Indemnity and Sakhalin
Bar on Komura presents peace terms to Witte at Portsmouth. Indemnity renamed reindorsement for war costs and Sakhalin cession, amount to be negotiated. Other terms demand Port Arthur leases, Manchuria eviction, open door support, railway retrocession, Korea protectorate, fishing rights, interned ships, and naval limits.
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Portsmouth
S. If
Sakhalin
Baron Komura
de Witre
de Witte
Japan
Lingtang Peninsula
Port Arthur
Dainy
Manchuria
China
Russia
Harbin
Vladivostok
Korea
Siberian Littoral
Behring Sea
Far
Russians See Japanese Terms as Acceptable to End War
The article describes Russian objections to key terms including limits on Far East naval power and torpedo rights while Japan argues the terms are modest compensation for war costs and victories. The czar awaits a reply after Russian plenipotentiaries reviewed the proposals with five experts. The next conference date is set for Monday.
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de Witte
Far East
Baron Komura
Bronday
No arbitration planned in Great Northern telegraphers strike
St Paul August 11 General Superintendent Slade declares the Great Northern strike a closed incident. He tells Twin City reporters arbitration is unlikely while less than all workers have returned. He says newspapers are fueling false hope of settlement with J J Hill and questions the value of negotiating with a minority.
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St. Paul Minn
Great Northern Railroad
Slade
Twin City
Slide
J. J. Hill
Bill
Speaker Cannon Visits Cliff Haven Summer School
The Roman Catholic summer school at Cliff Haven hosts Speaker of the House Joseph G. Cannon, Senator James A. Hemenway, and Representatives Joseph Sibley and EB B Vreeland. Cannon remarks on American character and past and present ideals, praising the school and wishing it future success.
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Cliff Haven
House of Representatives
Joseph G. Cannon
James A. Hemenwar
Infrigna
Joseph Sibley
Pennsylvania
EB. B. Vreeland
New York
John EB. Driscoll
Cannon
Suecera Mary
North Pole Hunters Rescued By Terra Nova
The Fiala Ziegler expedition members were saved by the relief ship Terra Nova near Honningsvaag Norway. One Norwegian sailor Wasnissie died of natural causes. The party reached 12 degrees 7% minutes perth, below the highest latitude. The American ship America had sunk in the ice in 734 and not heard from since July 1903.
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Honningsvaag
Norway
Fiala-Ziegler
Terra Nova
Wasnissie
Perth
America
Saloons Backed in Monroe County Petition Vote
Citizens in Monroe County favoring saloons carried the petition by about fifty percent. Albina will now allow saloons, and Monroe County stays the only one in TowA with such a petition approved.
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Towa
Albin
Monroe County
Albina
No Betting on Gal Games at Park
St. Louis Aug 11 Vice President Stapler F Rovinson of the St. Louis National League club posted signs at base Unt park reading Positively to betting allowed in these stands.
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St. Louis
Stapler F. Rovinson
Unt Park
Warrant Issued for Western Bank Officials
Denver Aug 11 warrants sworn out before the district attorney against four bank officials and one clerk of the Western bank after it closed its doors on Tuesday.
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Denver
Colo
Western Bank
Japanese bid invites Sukhatin fisheries rights tenders
London dispatch reports that Tokyo invites competitive bids on Sukhatin fisheries rights covering 1906, signaling rapid government action.
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London
Tokio
the Times
Scores on the Ball Fields Chicago 111
Baseball scores from various leagues dated Aug 11 show Pittsborg 7 Pittsburg 4. Cincinnati 4 Philadelphia 1. St Louis 4 Brooklyn 3. Chicago 0 New York 1. Boston 5 Detroit 4. New York 8 Chicago 4. Indianapolis 10 Minneapolis 1. Toledo 6 Kansas City 2. Columbus 3 Milwaukee 0. Omaha 14 Sioux City 8. Des Moines 2 ten innings over St Joseph 1.
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Chicago
Pittsiore
Boston
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Brooklyn
New York
Detroit
Washington
Bain. Association
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Toledo
Kansas City
Columbus
Milwaukee
Louisville
President's Ovation Tour Through Wyoming Valley
The president addressed animal convention delegates and mine workers amid joyous ovations across New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Crowds lined Lehigh Valley stations, Wilkes-Barre lit with flags, and about 200,000 visitors celebrated in the Wyoming Valley with schoolchildren, nurses, and families offering bouquets and cheers. The party continued to Pittston for a spur to Chautauqua, N.Y.
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Wikesharre
United States
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
United Mine Workers
Wip
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Jersey City
Wyoming Valley
Sukickskinny
Pittston
Wilkegbarre
Cardinal Gilhous
Kirkendall
Ola Mitchell
Prions
Nev. A. d. Curran
Catholic Total Austinerce Union
Cardinal Gilshous
Mitchell
Marcy Weaver
Philadelphia
Platfors
President Urges Self Help and Sobriety for Workers
A priestly letter warns workers that true welfare comes from personal effort and self governance. The president lauds sobriety and temperance, noting higher wages raise saloon spending and family disruption among the poor, while urging men to support their families and improve themselves before governing others.
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Caiun
America
Weil
President's City Drive Draws Large Crowd
A presidential procession finished a 25 block city tour at 4 20 PM with 300 girls in white singing as the president paused to bow. The party crossed the Susquehanna river to visit the Wyoming monument five miles north before the large crowd.
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Wyoming Seminary
Ae Kingston
St. Ignatius Church
Dorranceton
Forty Fort
Wyoming
Wilkesbarve
Pittston
Exeter
West Pittston
Susquehanna River
Wilkesbarre
Chautauqua
N.Y
Mit
Wyoming Monument
Ambush at Mamer Jewelry Store Ends in Tragedy
Chicago Aug 11 A police officer Oscar Benson shot and killed Matthew Mamer after being accused of theft and then killed himself. Mamer was brother of Chris Maiser clerk of the Illinois supreme court. A companion was wounded but may recover. Benson had been near the 120 West Harrison jewelry store when the charges reached him.
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Chicago
Oscar Benton
Matthew Mamer
Chris Maisér
Supreme Court of Illinois
Nicholas Kittin
Mamer
Benson
West
Harrison Street
Bin
Manners Store
Three Valuable Horses Cremated at Elmendorf Farm
An inferno at J. B. Baggin's Elmendorf farm in Lexington Kentucky killed three valuable trotting horses and burned a barn valued at 10 000 dollars. Henry Robiness a colored man confessed to setting the fire stating a white man paid him to do it.
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Lexington
J. B. Baggins
Elmendorf
Henry Robiness
Lutherans at Cedar Point for annual work fest
About 10,000 Lutherans gathered at Cedar Point Quebec for their annual work festival. Other items note Roosevelt sending the submarine Plugger to Oyster Bay and plans for a Philippine Army reunion in Chicago in early May.
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Cedar Point
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
National Society of the Army of the Philippines
Chicasa
Elzie Morgan
Robert Moore
Woodlawn
Mt. Vernon
Alvare
Chappelle
New Orleans
Mount Lanalpais
Calla
Tlendlulu
O'Keefe-Fitzgerald
Grand Rapids
Mich
Fitzgerald
Amalgamated Window Glass Workers of America
Caillard
London
Ministry of Finance
Lone keeper fights insane brother to save lighthouse
Merril Hulse endured seven days alone at Stratford Shoals on Long Island guiding the light amid threats from Julius Coster who attacked with a razor tied to a pole and later tried to cut the house walls. Hulse fought for his life and for the safety of the lamp while Coster threatened death by self harm when removed to hospital.
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New York
Stratford
Eteals
Long Island Sound
Ght
Merril Hulse
Tulse
Julius Coster
Coster
Hulse
Smatford Shoals
Gilbert L. Ruland
Long Island
Bridgeport
Mort Tefferson
Bin
Iight
Jenses
Huise
Music Hath Charms In Milwaukee Jails Says Sheriff
At the interstate sheriffs convention Sheriff Carey of Milwaukee reported that music in jail calms prisoners and prompts confessions. He started weekly concerts during Sunday services and twelve or thirteen inmates pleaded guilty to crimes, saving about 3600 dollars in jury trial costs for Milwaukee County.
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St. Paul
Mino
Carey
Milwaukee
Qwasie
Tam
Milwaukee County
Trains Derrida West of Columbus Junction Injures One
The Gold en State Limited bound west from Rock Island to Colorado ditched one mile west of Columbus Junction. Only one person injured, Charles Ackerman of Chicago, badly bruised by a chair fall. Rail spreading cited as cause. Tom Johnson chauffeur fined in Elyria for speeding the red Devil.
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Des Moines
Golden State Limited
Colorado
Columbus Junction
Charles Ackerman
Chicago
Tom Johnson
Elyria, O
George Johns
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Tolger
John Kon
Unprecedented Scenes in Portsmouth Port Parade
Unprecedented scenes in Portsmouth as French sailors fraternize with British tars. The two nations march arm in arm through the streets, singing the Marseillaise and the British national anthem.
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Portsmouth
Miner Shot and Killed Near Montreal Mine
Samuel Stenman, a miner at the Montreal mine, was shot and killed near his home in Horley Wie on August 11. The murderer escaped as the sheriff and a posse pursue fellow miner Peter Desrolia. Typhoid toll rises in Washington with 25 new cases reported August 31, the highest single day total of the outbreak.
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Horley, Wie
Samuel Stenman
Montreal
Peter Desrolia
National Capital
Washington
Health Office
Weather Bureau Chief Denies Graft Claims
Prof. Willis I. Moore of the U S Weather Bureau issues a signed statement denying graft in the Mountain station near Bremont Virginia and rejects secret service investigations. He says no agents are at work and that any corruption accusations are part of a scandal campaign.
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Washington
Willis I. Moore
United States Weather Bureau
Kine Ridge Mountains
Bhremont
Moore
Instituton
Secret Service
Grount Weather
Weather Bureau
Weather
Bureau
Attica
Weather Bureau labor dispute sparks strong defense
A Mt Weather professor defends wage levels and eight hour policy amid claims of underpayment and lavish facilities. He cites wages of 30 cents to a dollar daily for local labor and counters accusations of improper consolidation with the Weather Bureau, arguing for fair wages and legitimate authority.
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Mt. Weather
Wh- Son
Mt Weather
Congress
Weather Bureau
Qummer
Washington
Strike of Boiler Makers Shuts Down Great Western Shops
Oelwein Iowa August 11 The boiler makers at the Chicago Great Western shops in Oelwein have walked out with little notice after a week of talks with Great Western officials. The strike is said to lack Brotherhood of Boiler Makers authority. The company pays 25 cents and has offered to raise wages to 36 cents at St Paul Oelwein and Chicago, the highest rate paid at either Saint Paul or Chicago.
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Oelhwein
Boller Monkers
Chicago
Great Western
Oelwein
Brotherhood O
St. Paul
Eisler St
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