Crisis Looms in Peace Talks Over Sakhalin Cession
Portsmouth Aug 16 The world watches as the Russo Japanese peace talks near a possible break with deadlock over Sakhalin and the cession of territory. Article 4 sets open door commerce while article 6 covers yielding Liaotung leases and Port Arthur. Russia resists Sakhalin, Japan aims to press until bases of treaty are agreed.
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Portsmouth
N. H
China
Liaotung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Dalny
Blonde
Elliott Islands
Sakha
Sakhalin
Japan
Russia
Korea
Manchuria
Siberian
Amur
Harbin
Vladivostok
Bering Sea
Far East
Far
M. Witte
Yelding
Hower
Baron Komura
Pakahira
Washington
Baron Rosen
Reciprocity Conference Brings Delegates to Chicago
A large number of delegates from across the United States arrive in Chicago for a reciprocity conference. New York is represented by three groups including the New York Produce Exchange and Chamber of Commerce. Texas Cattle Growers and National Manufacturers Association leaders attend, with Governors Hoch Mickey Johnson Cummins due to participate and Senator Shelby M. Cullom delivering remarks.
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Chicago
New York
New York Produce Exchange
Chamber of Commerce and Merchants’ Association
James [. Parker
Gustav H. Schwab
Eadward L. Page
Texas Cattle Growers’ Association
D. M. Parry
Indianapolis
National Manufacturers’ Association
Hoch
Kansas
Mickey
Nebraska
Johnson
Minnesota
Cummins
Iowa
Shelby M. Cullom
Alice to Visit Tsian and Empress Inquiry
The Chinese Empress may receive a visit from President Roosevelt’s daughter. Mania reports Aug 16 events in Iloilo with Taft party reception for 300 at a banquet after a civic and military parade. The Logan sails to Bacolod for sugar plantation inspections. Mrs Dubois’s condition after a runaway accident improves significantly.
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Mania
Iloilo
Logan
Bacolod
Occidental Negros
China
Miss Roosevelt
Pekin
Mrs. Corvin
Dubois
Senator Dubois
Idaho
Peasants Union Calls for Universal Suffrage and Secular Education
In Moscow delegates from 22 governments of the Union of Peasants adopted resolutions urging that national assembly representatives be elected by universal suffrage, give the constituent assembly power to initiate legislation and control finances, establish peasant proprietorship by transferring state domains and church lands, and mandate free secular education.
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Moscow
the Union of Peasants
National Assembly
Constituent Assembly
Channel Squadron Sails From Spithead for the Baltic
London Aug 16 The British channel squadron under Sir Arthur Wilson sails from Spithead for the Baltic. It includes 11 battleships eight cruisers and torpedo boat flotilla and will visit Youlden Grandeep Swinemunde and Neufahrwaasser during the cruise.
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Channel Squadron
London
Sir Arthur Wilson
Spithead
Baltic Sea
Youlden
Grandeep
Swinemunde
Neufahrwaasser
Entertaining Prince Louis at Quebec Citadel Terrace
A grand pyrotechnic display followed a dinner in honor of Prince Louis of Battenberg last night on the terrace. Guests included Earl Grey Prince Louis and officers of the Second squadron hosted by Citadel officers.
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Prince Louis
Quebec
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Earl Grey
Hodge Sought on Requisition in Pittsburg Case
Governor Higgins signs requisition for Frank F. E. Hodge of Buffalo to face charges after Pennsylvania authorities say he ran down Angelo de Pocha in a Pittsburg park and fled the state before arrest.
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Hodge
Albany
N. Y
Higgins
Frank FE. Hodge
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Angelo de Pocha
Mormons Settle in Canada Trek Through Montana
Between 50 and 60 Mormons arrived in Butte Montana on August 16 to continue to Alberta seeking homesteads and colonization in the southern region of Alberta.
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Canada
Butte
Mont
Alberta
Alporta
Death in ATS sting causes first infection still alive
New Orleans reports yellow fever developments with 1 080 total cases, 172 deaths total, and 62 new cases in the last 24 hours. Dr John Guiteras arrives to inspect Gulf cities and assist quaratine efforts. A citywide disinfection drill is planned for Sunday at 10 o clock.
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New Orleans
John Guiteras
Guiteras
Havana
Warner
Snulghur
Mar Hospital
Marine Hospital
Marine Hospital Service
Fellow Workmen Strike at McCartney Mill in Washington Pa
Workers at the McCartney tin mill refuse to work with Benjamin Hodgson and his two sons after charges of assaulting Mary Jones aged 16. Bail posted, Hodgsons return to work, leading to a brief renewed strike before the superintendent discharges the Hodgsons and workers resume duties.
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Washington
McCare
Benjamin Hodgson
William
Mary Jones
Hodgsons
Davis
Greene County farmer dies by suicide in barn
August 16 in Waynesburg Pa Jacob Haver a prominent farmer from Jefferson township hanged himself in the barn authorities report the death as a self inflicted act in a rural setting the case awaits further inquiry by local officials
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Greene County
Waynesburg
Jacob Haver
Jefferson Township
Blood of Two Children Stains Automobile Cup
Two children died during the motor car reliability run from Baden to Nuremburg for the Herkomer trophy. The tragedy occurred as the event proceeded through Baden Baden on August 16, with investigators examining the wreck and authorities reporting the fatalities.
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Baden Baden
Childre
Baden
Nuremburg
Speech at convention predicts rise of women in industry
At a Detroit convention of factory inspectors and sociologists, Chicago education chief Bodine cited federal data showing women and machine labor push men from urban work to mining and farming. He warned of a coming era where men become a “back number” while women lead industrialism, and criticized fashion-ruled motherhood and neglect of rich children as a social problem.
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Detroit
Bodine
Chicago
America
Academy of Divorce
Patti's Teacher Dead Passes Away in Poverty
New York, Aug. 16. Giuseppe Nicola, early teacher of Adelina Patti, died in poverty at age 59 in New York. Born in Palermo, he led a small opera company to America, later taught music, helped Patti at age 15, and served 11 years as conductor at the Academy of Music. He toured South America and Cuba with his company, then returned to the United States, organized another troupe, taught 17 years in Detroit before returning to New York to compose, gaining fame for Ave Maria and the aria Te Prego O Padre.
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New York
Guisseppe Nicoa
Adelina Patti
Palermo
College of Music
America
Max Strakasch
Nicola
Academy of Music
South America
Cuba
Iin
Colonel Maple
Bril
Detroit
Nw York
Ave Marin
Nine Italians murdered in hut dynamite blast
In Elkins West Virginia on August 16 nine Italians were blown to pieces and their hut razed by a dynamite explosion at the Quinevy Brothers construction camp six miles from Durbin. The crime, believed linked to a feud with a gang of desperadoes, was not found until daybreak. bodies and body parts were found hanging from trees. No trace of the perpetrators. The incident risks international complications.
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Elkins
W. Va
Quinevy Brothers
Durbin
Sinking of New Shoreham Near Providence Dock
The steamer New Shoreham entering Providence harbor with 100 passengers struck a sunken wreck and sank as she lined up to the dock. Passengers slid ashore over the gangplank to safety after an exciting near docking.
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Block
R. L
New Shoreham
Providence
Fugitive Caught at Akron
Akron Aug 1 Wallace Moore alias Marn Melio escaped from the Je tteive Ind reforma tory months ago and has been captured by spies. He is charged with conts in five rob beres committid or recently. Yellow Fever in Indiana La Porte Int Sug 16 Mrs Fred Shreve of Waterforh county Wa recently ord tained from the south where her two sivers died from swamp fever is reported fatally WU with yellow fever.
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Akron
Walace Moore
Marn Melio
Ind
Spetives
Indiana
la Porte
Fred Shreve
Counly
Filers Sud
Standard Oil Declares Dividend for New Jersey
Standard Oil of New Jersey declares a quarterly dividend of 6 per share payable September 15. This brings total dividends declared this year to 30 per share, with prior payments of 9 on June 15 and 15 on March 15, compared to 29 per share in the same period last year.
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Standard Oil
New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Major Taggart’s Letters Fuel Ohio Divorce Trial
In Wooster Ohio on August 16 Major Taggart testified that he was compelled to write letters to his wife by Colonel Miner, amid a dramatic court scene. Attorney Smyser challenged Miner's role as the letters revealed the couple’s turmoil and Taggart’s admission of personal faults. The trial featured readings from Taggart’s letters, cross examinations about a Fort Leavenworth dinner, and recollections of a San Francisco trip, with the judge presiding and witnesses recounting tense moments. Washington also reported charges filed last April against Major Taggart related to the divorce case, though no action was taken until the suit concludes.
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Major Taggart
Smyser
Mrs. Taggart
Attorney Smyser
Taggart
Fenee
Fort Leavyeuworth
Heart Cdp
Fort Cart
Miner
Uy Bowse
Chinatown
San Francisco
Washington
War Department
Ohio
Coleone Miner
Bristow Returns to Kansas for Newspaper Work
General Joseph J. Bristow completes Panama railway commission duties in Washington and heads to Kansas to engage in journalism. He owns two Kansas newspapers, one in Ottawa and another in Salina.
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Bristow
Kansas
Wastington
Joseph J. Bristow
Panama Railway
Washington
Ottawa
Salina
Prosecutor seeks death for youths in explosives case
Odessa reports the military prosecutor appealed a court martial decision that sentenced two 20 year old boys and a 14 year old girl to penal service for possessing explosives. The prosecutor again urged capital punishment.
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Odessa
Betrayed by Photo Charged in William Bate Murder
Chicago authorities issue a warrant for George Lawrence alias Bennett Marsh, once a chauffeur for wealthy Chicagoans, in the 1904 murder of William Bate. Brockton police arrest Marsh upon photo identification in Massachusetts as detectives pursue the elusive Mr Dove. Chief Collins questions the Marsh theory after Jay Morton statements.
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William Bate
Brockton
Mass
Chicago
George Lawrence
Bennett Marsh
Bro
George S. Marsh
Jay Morton
Callins
Lawrence
Marsh
Bate
Wrong name for corpse sparks mystery in wreck case
In Lorain on August 16 a Findlay man, C D Baird, identified the body of a Nickel Plate wreck victim as Reginald Milhuff of Findlay. A letter to Joseph Alexander of Newark was found near Milhuff, suggesting Alexander was aboard but uninjured. Undertaker Frank Barnhard of Findlay confirmed Milhuff is alive.
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Joseph Alexander
Findlay
Lorain
Newark N. J
C.D. Baird
Reginald Milhuff
Frank Barnhard
Milhuff
Newark
N. J
Alexander
New York Bakers End Strike With Wage Pact
In New York on August 16 a hundred bakers sign an agreement after a strike by 254 kosher bread bosses and assistants. Foremen win $20 weekly, other bakers receive a graded scale for 10 hour work, and union recognition is granted.
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New York
National and American Games Highlight Week Schedule
National Tuesday features Philadelphia and Pittsburg matchups with New York and Cleveland looming. American clubs include Philadelphia, St Louis, Detroit, New York, and Cleveland in showdowns across cities as teams chase boosts and records in a packed week of action.
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Nation Ndting
New York Five Crnemanat
Bittern
SE. Deets
Chenge Bais Beata
A. Vida
Tapel Ud Bracdeers
Philadelphia
Plutsburg
Pindadelain
St. Lowss
Derratt
New York
Cleveland
Revival of crop shorts from Russia steadies Chicago wheat market
Chicago grain traders faced revived crop short reports from Russia, which stifled offerings in the wheat pit. September wheat closed at 11 and one quarter higher, while corn fell about four and one half cents and oats rose modestly. Closing quotes placed September wheat at 81 and three quarters, corn at 52 and one half, and oats at 25 cents.
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Chicago
Russia
Pittsburg Markets August 15 Prices Across Commodities
Market report from Pittsburg details corn soy beans hay eggs butter cheese cattle calves hogs and sheep prices. Includes ranges for grades and weights with figures for prime to fair quality and various categories of livestock and dairy products.
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New York
Ohio
Lmbereer
Calle
Epring Amis
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Tsian
Patti
Col
Miner Accusch
Faith
Chicago Grain Market
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