Portsmouth Peace Treaty Signed Ends War With Russia Japan
The Portsmouth conference ended with the signing of the treaty between Russia and Japan at 3 50 PM. Two additional articles provide for Manchuria evacuation within eighteen months and for defining the boundary under a graphic commission. Leaders Witte Komura Takahira and others witnessed the ceremony as crowds rejoiced in Portsmouth.
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Manchuria
Sakhalin Island
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy General’store
Navy Yard
Russia
Japan
Mr. Plancon
wPeirce
Mmandant
Winslow
New
Baron Rosény
Takahira
M. Witte
Baron’ Komura
Rusela
Japan A
Ati
Baron Komura
M. Wittle
Iworld
Wen
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Christchurch
MM. Witte
Tireaty
Iaces
Uenemeter
Treaty Highlights Between Japan and Russia
The pact establishes perpetual peace and friendship, mutual protection of persons and property, and Korea’s integrity under Japan. It outlines port Arthur and Liaotung transfer, Manchuria evacuation to China, no new troops, and shared railroad rights. It sets fishing, prisoner exchange, and most favored nation trade terms with ratification within fifty days.
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Japan
Russia
Korea
Port Arthur
China
Liaotung
Manchuria
Kuangendztse
Kirin
Straits of la Perouse
Siberian
Siberia
Empire of
Novelties of the News Roundup
A collection of brief items from across the United States. Included are the suicide of Harry L. Hoffman beside his mother's grave in Rose Hill cemetery. Mrs Ixate Owens of Millville pa suffering loss of speech after a dental drug. John Alexander Downe’s Boston representative William H. Piper headed to Chicago to oversee the Central tabernacle. Mrs Piper claims her left leg lengthened by prayer. James Reeder’s 9 year old son injured by a clay mixer hook in Chester pa and left with lifelong marks. Mrs John D Rockefeller ill at her country home near Cleveland advised to rest for two years amid public criticism of her husband’s finances. Herbert Green street of Richmond va a 10 year old who swallows buttons marbles and stones since age three, growing large for his age.
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Boston
Mass
John Alexander Downe
Wiliam H. Piper
Central Tabernacle
Chicago
Chester
James
Charles Reeder
Doyle
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
Rockefeller
Pocantica Hills
Richmond
Herbert Greenstreet
Ngbi
Public Printer Palmer Ousted by Roosevelt Demand
Washington public printer F W Palmer faces resignation after Roosevelt demands removal effective Sept 15. Palmer sought to force out Oscar J Ricketts foreman of printing and L C Hay foreman of division, prompting Keep commission inquiry into Lanston typesetting contracts and a broad reorganization likely at the Government Printing Office.
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Washington, D. C
F. W. Palmer
Roosevelt
Palmer
Oscar J. Ricketts
L. C. Hay
Government Printing Office
Ricketts and
Hay
Washington
Oyster Bay
John A. Sleicher
New York
Keep Commission
Lanston
Commission
Printer Palmer
Ricketts and Hay
Keep
Ricketts
H. T. Brian
William S. Rossiter
Census Bureau
John Leech
Philippines
Brutal murder case shocks New York mother and baby
Agnes Hyland aged 25 confesses involvement in the death of her 2 year old daughter Gertrude. She claims Gustav Denzer killed the child because it was in the way. Denzer denies murder but admits punishing the child and helping to dispose of the body found in a west side tenement doorway.
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New York
West Side
Agnes Hyland
Gustav Denzer
Denzer
Gertrude
Fury of mob turns deadly in Clinton Street incident
A mob attacked a motorman after a girl, Anna Schrinscher, two, was killed when a northbound streetcar rolled forward as the crowd pressed the driver. Several people were hurt, police reserves battled to disperse the mob, and the officer was disarmed amid the chaos.
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New York
Clinton Street
Anna Schrinscher
Millionaire Bull Involved In Auto Explosion
Racine Wisconsin September 5 Frank K Bull president of the J I Cass Threshing Machine company was badly hurt when a motor vehicle exploded while he sat inside the car. The blast injured Bull and damaged the vehicle in a morning incident.
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Racine
Wis
Frank K. Bull
J. I. Cass Threshing Machine Company
Corn ripening amid favorable temperatures across grain belts
Washington reports crop conditions for the week ending September 4. Warm temperatures favored maturation east of the Rockies while cool pockets appeared in upper Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys and northern New England. Some light frosts caused minor damage. Texas Kansas Missouri and the north Pacific coast still need rain. corn advanced rapidly with early crops being cut in the southern belt and Iowa to begin cutting this week. Threshing progressed despite midweek rains.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Missiouri
Mississippi
New England
Rocky Mountain
Missouri Valley
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
North Pacific Coast
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Corn Crops Advance as Warm Week Yields Good Progress
Des Moines reports five days of warm weather with light showers then a cool spell near frost in northern districts. Week’s average 3 to 6 degrees above normal. corn progress satisfactory with early planted grain ready for shock. Fall plowing and feeding fall grain underway. pastures good. second clover cuttings strong. oats hurt by stacking loss. late potatoes weaker. grapes ripening. winter apples expected light.
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Des Moines
Bureau of Crops and Weather
South Dakota corn near safe by mid month says bulletin
The South Dakota crop bulletin reports warm weather early and cool nights with light frost in the northeast but no damage. Eastern showers hinder stacking and threshing in spots, while crops overall progress well. Corn should be safe from frost by the 10th to 15th and largely by the 20th, with good yields possible if conditions stay favorable.
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South Dakota
Huron
Field-Caton Wedding at Westminster St Margaret’s
London Sept 7 Marshall Field and Mrs Arthur Caton of Chicago wed at St Margaret’s Westminster in a small ceremony attended by relatives and embassy staff. Canon Hensley-Henson officiated. The couple will honeymoon briefly in Europe before returning to America.
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London
Marshall Field
Arthur Caton
Chicago
St. Margaret’s Church
Westminster
Herbert Hensley-Henson
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Samuel Kirshbaum
St. Margaret's
Whitelaw Reid
Theroom
Marshall Field, Jr
Augustus Eddy
Reid
Carter
Postoffice Clerks Meet in Cedar Rapids Convention
About 200 delegates from nearly every state gathered in Cedar Rapids for the sixth annual convention of postoffice clerks. Sessions will run all week with the main topic a proposed plan to introduce a fraternal insurance feature into the association.
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Postoffice Clerks
Cedar Rapids
Convicts Faced Flogging and Rat Eating at Marquette Prison
Kalamazoo reports allege brutal flogging at Marquette prison driven to suicide attempts and extreme hunger. Witness accounts describe prisoners fed bread and water and forced to eat rats, with several inmates flogged for insanity.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Marquette
Daniel Eugene Hampton
Warner
Hampton
Imil Walz
Detroit
I. A. Peverett
James Russell
Secret English Special License for Marshall Field Wedding
London reports an extraordinary dispensation from the archbishop of Canterbury for the marriage of Marshall Field and Mrs. Arthur Caton of Chicago. The license waives canonical rules including banns and residency, permits a ceremony between 8 am and 3 pm, and costs 200 pounds paid by Ambassador Reid.
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Marshall Field
London
Arthur Caton
Chicago
St. Margaret’s Church
Cantterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury
Reid
Cloudburst nearly wipes out two New York villages
Utica New York reports that New Berlin and Edmeston were almost destroyed by a cloudburst last night. Communication was cut off early today, hindering damage details. One woman is reported drowned and several other small towns are said to have suffered heavily.
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New York
Utica
N. Y
New Berlin
Edmeston
Butte Mob Foiled in Lethal Lynching Attempt
In Butte Montana on September 7 a mob of about a dozen men failed to lynch James F Brunas after he shot and killed Patrick Hanley following a minor dispute Hanley was a leading miner in Butte The jail held under guard as police repelled the attack with deputy sheriffs and revolvers The mob sought dynamite but left when ringleaders dispersed Barnes from Chico California had served two years in San Quentin for a prior shooting.
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Butte
Mont
James F. Brunas
Piatrick Hanley
Hanley
Barnes
Chico
Ca.l
San Quentin Penitentiary
Bert Cooper
Mrs Grace Taggart Plans Chicago Move After Divorce
Mrs Grace Culver Taggart expects custody of her children and plans to move to Chicago to live with Sergeant Vose and wife after the divorce case ends. Captain Taggart also plans house keeping at Columbus Barracks where he will be stationed and has arranged schooling for the boys.
Slaughter in Baku Reports Show Fatal Toll and Fires
Dispatches from St. Petersburg report about fifty people killed in the Baku fighting on September 2 with many wounded, mostly Tartars. No official casualty details by Sunday. private messages say corpses line streets and 161 buildings burned. In Gori, Police Commissioner Avalois was shot yesterday and the assassin fled.
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Baku
St. Petersburg
Ministry of the Interior
Caucasia
Jina
Gori
Avalois
Cholera Update Reports Fresh Cases in Berlin
An official bulletin shows eleven new cholera cases and one death from noon yesterday to noon today, totaling seventy seven cases and twenty four deaths to date in Berlin.
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Berlin
Sioux City Live Stock Market Report
Sioux City stock yards report hog prices light and butcher types at 5.80 to 5.40, mixed and heavy 3.10 to 5.20. cattle with butcher steers around 3.70, cows and heifers 2.25 to 4.15, stock cows 1.85 to 2.60, yearlings and calves 2.40 to 7.00. Chicago market shows cattle lower, hogs 5.50 to 7.80 range, sheep and yearlings down. Closing: hogs slow at opening, cattle weak with beeves 4.00 to 6.40, cows 1.50 to 5.00, stockers 2.20 to 4.50.
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Sioux City
Chicago
Market Report Kansas City Stock Prices Summary
Kansas City market figures show native steers at 4.00 to 6.00 dollars, southerns around 2.00 to 3.70, westerns 4.90, native cows and heifers 1.70 to 5.0, stockers and feeders 2.50 to 4.25. Hog prices mixed from 5.50 to 9.75, pigs and lights around 5. Gua De io. Sheep prices lower with muttons 4.25 to 4.40 and lambs 5.75 to 7.50.
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Kansas City
Grain Market Reports Chicago Sept 6 Cash Quotations
Cash quotes for grains and provisions in Chicago show varied pricing: Wheat No 2 spring 90 95c, No 2 red 79 84c. Corn No 2 2c, No 2 yellow 1c. Oats No 2 2% 27c, No 2 white 27 271c. Rye No 2 60c. Barley good feeding 7 3 74c, fair to choice 42 48c. Wheat seed No 1 1.06, No 1 Northwestern 1.12. Provisions show Mess pork 15.05 16.10, lard 7.85, rib sides 8.55 8.65, short clear sides 8.87 9.12. Whisky high wines 1.24. Butter 17 20c, Eggs steady at mark 10 14c, Cheese firm 11 11 3 4c.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Grain prices in Minneapolis closing cash market
Closing cash prices in Minneapolis show Wheats at No 1 hard 84c No 1 northern to arrive 82c No 2 northern 79c No 3 77c Nor 1 macaroni 60c Corn No 3 yellow 50c No 3 Sc Oats No 3 white 24c No 8 22 23c Rye 34c Barley 4c Flax 1.09
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Minneapolis
Collision Kills Three as Freight Hits Passenger Train
Three people die and seven or eight injured in a rear end collision near Brush Colorado as a Burlington freight train struck a standing passenger train. The private car Rainbow was torn and a porter and cook were killed.
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Burlington
Brush
Colo
Denver
Rainbow
Cook
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Harry L. Hoffman
Rose Hill Cemetery
Hoffman
Saginaw
Millville, Pa
Ixate Owens
Leity
Frank Palmer
Ricketty
Field-Caton
Westminster Church
Peverett
Charles Devonshire
Hallmaster
Ionia
Frank Temple
A. B E. Peverett
George McCoy
D. E. Hampton
Mrs. Taggart
Germany
Grain Markets
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