Peace at Portsmouth Ends Russo Japanese War
Preliminary armistice talks conclude after tense negotiations led by Witte and Komura. The treaty framework shifts to De Martens and Dennison with Roosevelt praised for guiding a swift peace settlement amid terms including Sakhalin neutralization and mutual most favored nation and open door provisions.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Japan
Russia
Witte
Baron Komura
Roosevelt
Nicholas
Meyer
Sakhalin
Mr. Witte
Emperor Nicholas
Baron Komare
White
Ifat
Baron Kommra
Far East
Chantin
Oyama
la Perouse
Hrokkaido
Pacific
Roosevelt Receives Praise After Russo Japanese Talks
The conference closed with felicitations exchanged at Oyster Bay. Baron Komura and Mr Ware telegraphed. Witte praised Roosevelt, calling his initiative generous and historic. Roosevelt thanked the leaders and expressed gratitude for the peace effort.
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Oyster Bay
Baron Komura
Mr. Ware
Mr. Roosevelt
Witte
Chin as Awakening: World Tour for Chinese Parliament Plan
Pekin August 30 Chinese foreign ministers attend a banquet by Prince Chin to bid farewell to a commission bound for a world tour. The mission aims to study foreign parliamentary systems as the dowager empress plans a decree for a future parliament in twelve years. A student corps will prep China for parliamentary government abroad. The group will spend a month in Japan then proceed to Europe and America with a large retinue.
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Pekin
Prince Chin
China
Japan
Europe
America
Glass firm beats natural gas with oil generated gas
Hartford City Ind August 30 American Window Glass company perfects a process to manufacture gas from crude oil at under six cents per thousand and with about double the heat units of natural gas. The gas burns with a clear flame is dry and non clogging, enabling distribution over a large area. Company keeps the method secret while Chicago Pineline Co. is said to use a similar process for supplying Chicago as natural gas.
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Hartford City
Ind
American Window Glass Company
Thomases
Chicago Pineline Company
Chicago
Judge Rules Against Danbury Firm in Hatters Label Case
In Bridgeport on August 30 Judge Milton Shumway of the superior court ruled United Hatters of North America v C H Merritt & Son of Danbury in favor of the plaintiffs. He orders an accounting and a permanent injunction prohibiting further use of the union label while finding no proven intent to deceive. Some non union hats judged superior. appeal likely to the supreme court of errors.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Milton Shumway
United Hatters of North America
C. H. Merritt & Son
Danbury
Hatters
Shumway
Supreme Court of Errors
Progress of the Boycott in Shanghai
Chang Chien, acting for the Pekin ministry, fined dealers 4000 taels for boycott breaches and ordered a pledge to halt American goods from foreign merchants. He plans to stamp pre contracted goods for interior sale and open offices in 36 trade centers with 200,900 taels needed from Shanghai dealers to prevent financial ruin.
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Shanghai
Chang Chien
Pekin Ministry
Commercce
China
Avaitabl
for@ien
National and American League Scores Across Cities
Baseball scores from games in Philadelphia Boston New York Chicago St Louis Cleveland Detroit Cincinnati and other cities. Notable results include Chicago routing St Louis 19 to 4 and Boston beating Chicago 2 to 19 with multiple doubleheader outcomes.
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Philadelphia
Fittsburg
Pitts- Dare
Boston
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Philadel
Detroit
Washington
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Louisville
Minneapolis-Columbus
St. Louis-Toledo
Redkey Night Patrolman Arrested After Logansport Detective Slaying
William May, Redkey night patrolman, was arrested by Cass county sheriff on an affidavit from the coroner after shooting Panhandle detective William Purdy in West Main street railroad yards. Businessmen protested moving May to Logansport for the coroner's inquest and a local complaint was filed. May remains jailed in Portland awaiting Jay circuit court action. The community largely supports May saying the shooting was justified.
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Redkey
Ind
William May
William Purdy
Logansport
West Main Street
Cass County
May
Justice of the Peace
Williamson
Purdy
Jay Circuit Court
Portland
Bees Swarm Attacks Kill Two Horses in Indiana
On a rural road near Boonville Indiana James Granstaff and Asa Bacon were stung by a swarm of honey bees. Both men were unconscious when found and Granstaff was in a dying condition while Bacon was expected to recover. Two horses in the wagon also died or were stung.
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Boonvil
Ind
Boonville
James Granstaff
Asa Bacon
Drandstaff
Bacon
Thor
Municipal Sensation in Pensacola Over Streetcar Segregation Ordinance
Secretary W C Jones of the chamber of commerce clashed with Mayor Bliss on Paufox street over a new ordinance banning whites and negros from street cars. Bliss called Jones a liar and Jones struck the mayor. Jones surrendered to police after a jaw blow. Bliss says he had not signed the ordinance pending constitutionality review.
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Pensacola
Fla
Paufox Street
W. C. Jones
Chamber of Commerce
Bliss
Jones
Death Valley mystery: Judge Bethune missing near Randsburg
Bull Frog Nev Aug 30 Judge L Bethune brother of Harry Bethune of Butte Mont a mining expert and promoter is feared dead in Death Valley after planning a trip to Randsburg James C Weller father of Earl C Weller of Telluride Colo reports finding a mule near Surveyor wells with a bible and letters bearing Kethnyne name nearby authorities fear the elder man perished while traveling through the harsh desert
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Bull Frog
Nev
Judge L. Bethune
Harry Bethuune
Butte, Mont
Death Valley
Mr. Bethune
Randsburg
James C. Weller
Earl C. Weller
Telluride
Colp
Surveyor Wells
Kethnyne
Evansville Mechanic Dies After Job Loss Grief
John Davidson sixty six a longtime mechanic at Evansville and Terre Haute railroad shops died by his own action after a paralysis stroke from nervous condition following losing his position due to reduced shop force. He leaves a wife and two married daughters.
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Evansvisle
John Davidson
Evansville & Terre Haute
Goshen Man Held to Answer on Postal Fraud Charge
Goshen man Aim So Asa Taber was arrested by U S Marshal Wilson on a postal law violation. Taber is said to have fraudulently conveyed farm property via the mails to five parties and was held under a 1000 dollar bond by U S Commissioner Burkley.
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Goshen
Aim So
Asa Taber
United States
Marshal Wilson
Wilson
Prem Trent
Burkley
Train wreck near Sherwood Junction claims multiple lives
Four men die and several are injured when an engine on the California Northwestern derails on a steep grade near Sherwood Junction. The engineer and crew were attempting a reversal when the locomotive slid off the track, tipping onto its side and crushing several workers. Names cited include Lynees, Higgins, Wan, Stelnecker, and Lenatie.
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Willeis
Calang
California Northwestern
Sherwood Junction
Fingineer Lynees
W. Higgins
Stelnecker
CL Lenatie
Detalien
A Palace for Miss Alice Roosevlt Arrives in Pekin
Miss Alice Roosevelt and thirty Philippine excursionists from Manila, including General Corbin and wife and Admiral Train, will reach Pekin around September 12. Officials anticipate her visit as they plan a new legation guard and the dowager empress prepares a palace for her reception.
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Pekin
Alice Roosevelt
Manila
General Corbin
Train
Legation
Miss Roosevelt
Bey's Fatal Experiment
Evansville Indiana sees a fatal accident as Arthur Heeger fifteen attempts a risky ride down a hill on a wheeled device. Heeger aimed to gap a creek fifteen feet wide hoping momentum would carry him across but lost control and was fatally injured. The stunt followed a recent circus visit.
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Bey
Evansville
Ind
Arthur Heeger
Hoe
Postmaster Ally Anderson Faces Federal Charge in Hepburn
Ally Anderson, 42, postmaster at Hepburn in Posey County Indiana, was arraigned before a federal commissioner in Evansville on charges of using postage stamps to pay personal debts and buy goods. He pleaded not guilty and posted bond.
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Evansville
Ind
Ally Anderson
Hepburn
Posey County
Veteran of Black Hawk War Rufus Pitcher Dies in Custer
Rufus H. Pitcher, who served in the Black Hawk War and would have turned 101 next month, dies at his son's home in Custer S. D. His centennial birthday was marked last year at the St. Louis exposition grounds.
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Custer
S. D
Rufus H. Pitcher
St. Louis Exposition Grounds
Marion Bemenderfer, Night Agent, Slain in Waterloo
In Waterloo Indiana on August 19 Marion Bemenderfer a night agent for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway was murdered. Unknown assailants fled into the darkness. Bemenderfer had served the railway in this city for twenty years.
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Waterloo
Ind
Marion Bemenderfer
Bemenderfer
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Roosevelt gratified as Portsmouth peace talks advance
President Roosevelt, at Sagamore Hill, welcomes news that the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries have reached an agreement and will proceed to finalize a peace treaty. He had pressed for arbitration, sought German support, and hopes for a just, lasting peace with a possible armistice protocol and prisoner exchanges as the next steps.
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St. Petersburg
Tokio
Peterhof Palace
Nicholas
Russia
Japan
William
Germany
Peterhof
Roosevelt
Washington
Sagamore Hill
White House
America
Europe
The Victor's Magnanimity
A Portsmouth dispatch reports Mr Sato speaking for Japanese plenipotentiaries noting initial sharp divisions over Sakhalin and war cost reimbursement but declaring the emperor authorized waiving claims and accepting a mutual division to push the conference toward a successful conclusion.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Sato
Sakhalin
Japan
Tragic Gas Explosion Claims Wilkins Wife in Hammond
Mrs. A S Wilkins dies at St Margaret's hospital after a gas explosion at their Hammond home Sunday night. Her husband, badly burned while trying to rescue her, remains between life and death.
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Hammond, Ind
A. S. Wilkins
St. Margaret's Hospital
Peace in Portsmouth Reaches Open Door and Chinese Integrity
News from Portsmouth confirms peace terms with Russia and Japan. Officials note the open door in Manchuria and China's territorial integrity as major outcomes. Navy and army heads express relief and anticipate reduced patrols and restored Russian ships. Bonaparte and General Bates voice satisfaction.
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Washington
Portsmouth
Loomis
Peirce
State Department
Manchuria
Hay
China
Korea
Philippines
San Francisco
Train
Enquist
Jemochung
Aurora
Oleg
Manila Bay
Bonaparte
Bates
Berlin Hails Portsmouth Result As Moral Diplomatic Victory
Berlin reports Japan gains a moral triumph, Russia a diplomatic win, and President Roosevelt leads in international statesmanship. The German foreign office says Germany and the world benefit from Washington's handling of the Portsmouth conference.
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Berlin
Perlin
Japan
Russia
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
Foreign Office
Germany
Washington
Temporary Embarrassment Prompted A Humorous Request
In a translated caption from Tales From Fliegende Blatter, a character named J gay Jenkins asks for ten dollars amid a joke about temporary embarrassment. The exchange contrasts Mr. Jenkins feeling humiliated with the speaker’s luck.
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J Gay, Jenkins
Tales From
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