Peace chances brighten as Roosevelt effort seeks break in Russo Japanese stalemate
A cable from St Petersburg reports M Witte's secretaries deciphering the Russian reply as rumors of a rejection spread. Roosevelt's proposal to repurchase Sakhalin and concessions by both sides aims to resolve the deadlock and avoid new war, with officials awaiting Emperor Nicholas's decision.
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Portsmouth
N. H
St. Petersburg
M. Witte
Russia
Baron Rosen
Baron Komura
Hugh
Abe
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Sakhalin
Japan
Sakhain
Witte
Oyster Bay
Baron de Rosen
York Beach
Navy Yard
Peirce
New York
McGrew
Boston
Merchants Limited
Intelligence
Baron Kaneky
Marquis [Tu
Tokio
Emperor Nicholas
Meyer
Nicholas
London
Morning Post
Pacific
Ryoosevelt
Foreign Office
Sick preacher wed in hospital room at Continental
Miss Deila Ahlefeld of Toledo married Rev. Edward S. Weaver, pastor of Continental Methodist Church, while he lay ill with nervous prostration. The ceremony occurred in his bedroom with relatives as witnesses. Weaver, 37, and his wife, 31, have been lovers for over twenty years. she will nurse him back to health as he takes a vacation and honeymoon later.
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Columbus Grove
Deila Ahlefeld
Tuledo
Edward S. Weaver
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Continental
Weaver
Demand Made on Sultan Over Arrest of French Citizen
In Tangier the French minister to the Sultan Mulai Abd-el-Aziz presented a demand for 32,000 indemnity for the arrest of a French Algerian citizen. He also seeks punishment of the official responsible and a further 100 dollars daily until the prisoner is released. Paris hints at possible forcible measures, including occupying a Moroccan port, if satisfaction is not immediate.
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Tangier
Morocco
St. Rene Taillandier
Sultan Mulai Abd-el-Aziz
Fall from Scaffold Kills Man at Puffalo Plant
A scaffold forty feet high at the American Radiator plant in Puffalo collapsed while eight men worked. One man was killed and two others were seriously injured as the structure tilted and fell onto the floor.
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Puffalo
Murder of Mrs Mize in Chicago Robbery Fatal Shot
Mrs Mize of New York was killed during a walk in a chic Chicago South Side district. Robber demanded money. Mrs Mize bravely cried for help as he fired a bullet through her heart. Companion Mrs Wilson fainted. both women were found on the sidewalk as detectives hunted the fleeing assailant.
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Chicago
E. Mize
New York City
Southside
Mize
del Prado
Midway Pleisance
E. F. Wilson
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Fifty-ninth Street
Washington Avenue
Mire
Mise
Fifty-ninth
Wilson
Martha Scanton
Guesh
del Prada
Miunains
Lescribe
VESSELMEN PLAN DITCH CANAL FROM LAKE SUPERIOR TO LAKE MONTONI
Nelson Thomasson of Chicago reports a syndicate plans a canal from All Train on Lake Superior via Whitefish river to Gladstone or Escanaba on Lake Michigan. The 40 mile distance would require dredging 16 miles, shortening Duluth Chicago travel by 265 miles and Duluth Buffalo by about 200 miles, and avoiding the St. Mary's river.
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Detroit
Mich
Nelson Thomasson
Chicago
Lake Superior
Gladstone
Escanaba
Lake Michigan
Whitefish River
Michigan
Duluth
Buffalo
St. Mary's River
Big fish caught at last in Ohio river battle
Huntingtos West Virginia August 2 After a one and a half hour fight he was towed more than a mile in his boat ID. GR Spener captured a catfish weighing eighty pounds. The monster had terrorized river fishermen for years and wrecked trot lines and many hooks. He tied a steel hook to a twenty foot trace chain and used cod liver as a lure.
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Huntingtos
W. Va
Ohio River
GR Spener
Russian Internal Loan Subscriptions Falter in Moscow
Moscow reports subscriptions to the new internal loan are unsatisfactory, totaling only 100000 dollars. An imperial ukase from August 17 authorized issuing a new internal loan of 100 million dollars at 5 percent.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Yellow Plague Record Excerpts From New Orleans Update
New Orleans reports 57 new yellow fever cases total 1503 with 214 deaths and 342 total foci. Eight foci lie above Canal street and cases include a Rosa Park residence area victim, a downtown boys college employee, and Rev Father Aveillie. One uptown death described. State physician Dr Devron notes continued seriousness outside the city.
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New Orleans
A. B
Canal Street
Rosa Park
St. Charles Avenue
Blanchard
Collge
Father Aveillie
St. Maurice Church
J. A Devron
State Board
Leeville
Gayon la Fourcche
Endurance at an End. Mrs King mystery near Coshocton
A note from a distressed wife claims abuse and says she cannot endure human treatment. Her 10 year old daughter is missing and presumed with her. Parents Calumet and Airs Burt fear social prominence hides danger as the search continues. Lt Charles Tourt, brother of Mrs King, returns from Fort Schuyler to aid the investigation.
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Coshowen
Amzit
Charies
Boon Mysterbua Y Nessing
Burt
Ther Daugiter
Sums
Conld
Ptataema
Coshoctoa
King
Howse
Charles Tourt
Charles Tourt, 9 Mrs. King’s Brother, Who Is An Officer At Fort Schuyer
New York Harbor
Must Try Another Game Involving Damage Claim
John Wilmot alias John Edwards and J Forbes alias Edward Benson of New York were fined 50 dollars and costs and given 30 days in the workhouse for attempting to defraud the Cleveland Electric Railway Co. by claiming injuries on its cars. Police say they operated in other cities and are sought in Buffalo and Washington. Edwards fainted at a hospital after his arrest and Benson testified to injuries.
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Cleveland
John Wilmot
John Edwards
J. Forbes
Edward Benson
New York
Alice Court
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Buffalo
Washington
Edwards
Benson
Commission Appointed to Take Testimony in Major Oil Suit
A commission was appointed to take testimony from John D Rockefeller and other Standard Oil officials in a $50,000 suit filed by Rhealerh P Greenough. The case centers on a contract with Benjamin F Greenough, inventor of a refining process, granting him a quarter of a cent per gallon of Standard Oil sold. H H Rogers, the chief defendant, says Greenough vacated the agreement on January 1, 1875.
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Standard Oil
Boston
Marie
John Dol. Rockefeller
Rhealerh
Greenough
Pan
Allied Vista
Benjamin F. Greenough
Sandard Oil Company
H. H. Rogers
Athos Arrives After Hunger and Thirst Shipboard Fight
The steamship Athos, 17 days late from Jamaica to New York, reached port with a cargo of rotten bananas and sharks aboard. Engine failures, limited drinking water, and repeated breaks delayed the voyage from July 30 to Aug 20, while crews and passengers faced famine, thirst, and fights among glad coolies. Towage by the Adirondack and the Stella Verde followed, with the vessel finally reaching port after sustenance from passing ships and tugs.
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New York
Aux
Athos
Suntland
Donald Steamship Company
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Allai
Atlos
Newark
Stoumar Vera
Nios
Scotland
Altai
Jobin Dougas Donald
Julia Anna Denyhee
Morris Dunn
Tosehank
Keith
Fred Saunders
Bay Ridge
Donald
Henry Tainke
John A. Donald
Donald Steamsup Company
Women Form Cat Club in Albany to Aid Felines
Women cat fanciers from several regions organize the Lock Haven Catooclad in Albany in November area 25 to promote ownership of thorough red cats, find homes for vagrant cats, and stage private and public feline exhibitions.
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Albany
Lock Haven
Exploding Boiler Kills Four on Dredge Boat
Four men were killed when a boiler on a dredge boat near Norborne Missouri exploded. Bosworth dispatch says the tragedy occurred on the vessel during work near the river.
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Bosworth
Norborne
Died Horrible Death in Barn Under Egg Lure
Kenton Ohio August 23 an elderly farmer died trapped under his barn while crawling to collect eggs. Moore 30 was unable to escape, digging out dirt with his nails as cries for help went unheard. The body was found after four weeks of disappearance amid eerie circumstance surrounding a missing person case. Meanwhile Chicago printers weigh eight hour day strike risks with potential widespread job losses.
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Ohio
Egga
Kenton
Genevra
Siegel Moore
Moore
Han
Feira
Chicago
Atg
Chicago Typothunae
Dob
Associaion
Wreck Victim Dies in Baltimore Collision Update
William Gall, superintendent for the internal district of Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway, dies from injuries after a trolley car and fast passenger train collide at the crossing at Winton Place. The death brings the toll to five.
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Wilam Gall
Cordite Rhe
Incermall
Tas Balimore and
Ohio Southwestern Railway
Winton Place
Five Die in Wreck on Union Pacific Near Rogseile
Five persons killed and several injured in a Union Pacific wreck near Rogseile Kansas about 18 miles west of Topeka. Reported August 23. Authorities investigating cause and tally of casualties.
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Topeka
Kan
Union
Rogseile
Tomva
National and American Game Results Update
National schedule results show Yankees 1 beat Boston 0 while Pittsburgh defeated New York 1 and Philadelphia upset Chicago 6. American League standings list Weston at 2 and others with mixed results as rain interrupted several games.
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New York
Pytteburg
Bata
Carters
Boston
Oooklen
National
Kaowis
Phttshburgo
Phila- Gophia
Conempatty
Chisama
Chicago
Roondyn D- Teeend
Palace
Weston
Peeroit
Washington
Pinot
Chicago grain market amid crop shortage drives prices up
Chicago on Aug 22 shows crop shortage reports influencing the grain market. Prices rise for all deliveries as September closes higher with wheat at 50 to 54 percent, corn Sept at 33, oats Sept at 247 percent. oats gain a net from the previous close.
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Chicago
Pittsburg Markets August 22 Market Prices Summary
Market notes from Pittsburg list corn oats hay butter cheese and dairy products with prices, plus cattle calves hogs and sheep figures. Prices show ranges for prime to fancy cattle, milch cows, feeding steers, calves, hogs and lambs, with several quality grades and weights noted.
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New York
New
Ohio
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Czar
Sultan
France
Thiet
Denzien
Coshocton Society
Aque
Ita
Pittsburg
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