Arbitration Proposals Touched In Roosevelt Plan
The Associated Press reports that the Roosevelt proposal through Baron Rosen to de Witte and Emperor Nicholas centers on arbitration. It likely covers indemnity and possibly Sakhalin, with potential submission to Japan and Russia to gain public support for an impartial settlement.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Baron Rosen
de Witte
Nicholas
Sakhalin
Hauge
Japan
Indiana Coal Trust to Merge Twenty Companies Under Vandalia
Final steps in a 20 Indiana coal company merger into Vandalia Coal Company were completed in Indianapolis. Mines valued at about 4 million dollars were exchanged for checks as offices to be opened in Linton and Terre Haute. The merger aims for roughly 3 million tons of annual output. St. Paul ruling confirms ownership of diamonds sent for selection under customs law.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Coal Companies
Vandalia Coal Company
Johnson Coal Mining Company
South Linton Coal Mining Company
Indiana and Chicago Coal Company
Linton Coal and Mining Company
Island Valley Coal Company
White Rose Coal Company
Linton
Terre Haute
Great Northern Slashes Grain Rates in Northwest
The Great Northern railroad announced a sweeping reduction in grain rates across its eastern territory up to Montana. The cut, described as a voluntary profit sharing policy, ranges from 5 cents per hundred at distant points to 0.5 cents near the Twin Cities and Great Lakes headwaters.
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St. Paul, Minn
Great Northern Railroad
Montana
Northwest
Great Northern
Twin Cities
Great Lakes
Boy Killed by Rock Blast During NYC Construction
In New York a 13 year old, Edward Sheehy, sleeping in a fifth floor room at 4 East 34th Street, was killed when a five pound rock crushed his skull. The stone was blasted from a Pennsylvania Railroad cross town tunnel project on First Avenue between 34th and 35th streets, with workers blasting through the night.
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New York
East Thirtyfourth Street
Edward Sheehy
Pennsylvania Railroad
First Avenue
Thirty-fourth
Thirty-fifth Streets
East Thirty
Seven by Seven by TrainCrew Was Blind to the Signals
A rear end collision in the Chicago and Northwest freight yards at Waukegan killed four men: Ernest Taylor engineer of beer train, Charles E. Schreck fireman, L. O. Love head brake man, and W. V. Hoag conductor on ice train. John Taylor, a brakeman, failed to warn the beer train. signals were obscured by rain and closed cab windows.
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Chicago
Northwest
Waukegan
Ernest Taylor
Charles E. Schreck
L. O. Love
W. V. Hoag
John Taylor
Trans-Mississippi congress to curb Chinese immigration
Portland Oregon August 21 resolutions adopted by the trans Mississippi congress urge removing consular service from politics calling for an immigration congress in 1906 and seeking uniform road construction nationwide. A push for strict enforcement of Chinese immigration rules followed a sharp debate with California delegates protesting at directing President Roosevelt.
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Portland
Ore
trans-Mississippi Congress
California
Roosevelt
Fatal flood devastates Southwest City Missouri
Four people drown and $200000 in property is lost after a torrent floods Southwest City Missouri. Photographer C O Kelsey perishes when his two story building collapses. Ned Smith and two unnamed men drown while trying to rescue him as ten inches of rain fall in nine hours. The St Louis and San Francisco bridges are washed away and 1000 head of stock perish. Residents flee to high ground as streets fill with water up to ten feet.
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Joplin
Southwest City
Missouri
C. O. Kelsey
Ned Smith
Kelsey
St. Louis and
San Francisco
Beatty
Ark
Colorado Return Fare to Denver for G A R Encampment
$20 round trip from Chicago on Union Pacific and Northwestern lines with daily service Aug 50 to Sep 4 for the G A R Encampment in Denver. Two fast trains daily and special individually conducted G A R trains Sept 2 from Chicago. From Denver, affordable side trips and mountain scenery. For itinerary and reservations contact W. P. Kniskern in Chicago.
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Chicago
Denver
Colorado
W. P.kniskern
Baseball Scores from Chicago to Sioux City
The day’s standings list League games in New York Boston and Philadelphia with Chicago Portland New York and St. Louis results. American and Western schedules show Chicago Cleveland Denver Sioux City and Pueblo Omaha outcomes across Saturday and Sunday with several doubleheaders.
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Chicago
New York
Boston
Cinccinnati
Brooklyn -Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago -New York
Western
Denver
Des Moines
Sioux City
St. Joseph
Pueblo
Omaha
Les Moines
St. Jseph
Taft Honored by Moros in Mindanao
Advices from Zamboanga report three grand demonstrations in honor of Secretary Taft and his party. Tribes from Moro provinces and leading dattos joined a procession, Moros drills, a parade, and native dances. A night dance and Mindanao club reception followed, as the Twenty infantry led the parade. The Logan sailed for Jolo with Taft aboard.
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Manila
Zamboanga
Taft
Army and Navy Club
Mindanao Club
Mauz
Logan
Jolo
Kidnapping Report For Carl Miller In Urania Area
In Ypsilanti Michigan on August 21 Carl Miller eleven son of farmer George Miller of Urania seven miles south of town disappeared from his home after his mother, two younger children, and the father left him to lock up. Thieves took forty dollars in cash and several hundred in bank certificates. A second nearby house was entered and cash taken. Authorities believe the kidnapers have a hours start and may hold the boy for ransom or fear him as a witness.
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Ypsilanti
Mich
Carl Miller
George Miller
Urania
Here
Carl
Perth
Excursion to Dubuque for Tri-State Fair
The C M and St P railroad announces excursion tickets to Dubuque for the Tri-State Fair from August 21 to 26 at 3.65 for round trip. Tickets on sale August 21 to 26. Return valid until August 28, 1905.
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Dubuqué
Dubuque
Dying Tenor Francisco Tamago Reported in Italy
Francisco Tamago, the tenor, is in a dying condition at his residence in Varese Italy. Other brief notes cover Pittsburg brickmakers resuming work after a strike, Milwaukee population at 312 968 per state census, a drowning at Green Lake Wisconsin, a dry victory at Asbury Park by woman voters, a $100000 fire at Newcastle Forge and Bolt plant, and various international and local notices.
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Francisco Tamago
Varese
Italy
Pittsburg
Milwaukee
J. Wilkie Ross
James Ross
Chicago
Green Lake
Wis
Asbury Park
N. J
Newcastle
Forge and Bolt Company
Paris
Nicholas
Russia
James Staten Hyde
Long Island
France
Ralph G. Haxton
Indiana
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
International Typographical Union
Anderson
Ind
Old Jokes Could Tilt Bank Cashier Careers, Doctor Says
A hospital surgeon notes higher facial paralysis among bank tellers photographers and elevator operators. He attributes it to repeated “old jokes” about fresh money and ups and downs, warning workers that continued exposure hurts and urging career changes. The Cleveland Plain Dealer commentary adds a jab about advertising and big houses with ledgers to cover costs.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Czar
Takahira
Coal Trust
Foms Ruling
St. Paul
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Walter L. Sanborn
United States
Samuel Fink
Henry Bockstruck
Union Pacific & North- Western Line
Moros
Gollmar Bros
Petit Family
Europe
Sandown
Maxwell-Nelson
Daisy
Africa
Nile
State and 17Th Street
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