Roosevelts Invite Russian Envoys to Oyster Bay in Peace Talks
President Roosevelt invites Russian peace envoys to Oyster Bay to confer with him and Japanese representatives in a bid to avert a rupture in the peace conference. Barón Rosen and M. Witte are involved as key figures in negotiations over indemnity and the Sakhalin question.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Witte
Baron Kaneko
Rosen
Baron Rosen
Portsmouth
Isag
Rio
St. Petersburg
Griscom
France
England
Russia
Sakhalin
Japan
Tly
M. de Witte
M. Witte
Eit
Fim
Telegraphers Strike Ends Across Northern Pacific
St Paul Aug 19 The strike of telegraphers on the Northern Pacific railroad is officially ended by O R T President Perham. He says workers accepted the railroad terms before striking and secured about $20 000 annually in wage increases.
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St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Perham
North Pacific
Seoul
Korea
Tumen
Railroads Face Contempt Over Rebates in Kansas City
Contempt proceedings filed in federal court accuse the Alton Burlington Missouri Pacific Rock Island and Santa Fe railways of violating a 1902 court order by issuing rebates. The action seeks censure for disobeying the injunction and cites the interstate commerce law.
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Kansas City
Philipps
United States District Court
Alton
Burlington, Missouri Pacific
Rock Island Santa Fe
Fever Report Highlights Two New Deaths Amid Heat
New Orleans reports no material change in fever conditions with a sweltering night. Inspectors note the usual cases and deaths while federal authorities say their system operates near perfection and aids in controlling the illness. Total to date shows 1,327 cases under treatment and 278 deaths.
Russian Manifesto Sparks Debate On Constitutional Change
In a broad review, observers discuss the potential impact of the czar’s manifesto offering a popular representative body. Supporters see a path to a parliamentary system and constitutional monarchy, while others note timing and broader war implications. Reports from Berlin Tokio and Seoul describe shifting attitudes, hopes for peace, and ongoing military considerations in Manchuria and Korea.
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Vladivostok
Pacific
Squtas
Manchuria
Smallpox Discovered in Johnson County Township
An epidemic in Liberty township Johnson county was found when a woman seeking skin treatment in Iowa City was diagnosed as smallpox. Investigations showed multiple cases in the township, a district school exposed, and several families affected.
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Iowa City
Liberty Township
Johnson County
Trainmen Killed In Northwestern Wreck Near Waukegan
A rear end collision on the Northwestern near Waukegan Illinois early today killed the engineer and fireman of the rear train and the conductor of the front train. A brakeman suffered the loss of both legs.
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Racine
Wis
Waukegan
Ill
Iowa City Woman Informs Of Husband Death In Idaho Claim Trip
Mrs. Harry Fisher of Iowa City received notice in Boise City Idaho of her husband’s accidental death. While returning from a Deadwood Basin claim trip the man and a companion were en route to Garden Valley. He slipped on a log, discharged his revolver, and the bullet struck his stomach. He died within hours. The friend, attempting to return alone, went astray and drifted in the wilderness for a week.
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Iowa City
Harry Fisher
Boise City
Idaho
Deadwood Basin
Garden Valley
Murder Charge Against 11-Year-Old in Detroit
Detroit on August 19 John Goodson aged 11 was arrested charged with the murder of Hannah McQuade aged 7 near the West City limits. Hannah and her sisters were in a wagon when Goodson and three companions tried to climb the rear. The youths allegedly shot at the girls with a Flobert rifle after being ordered away.
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Detroit
John Goodson
Hannah McQuade
McQuade
Goodson
Drowned While Attempting to Save Escort Near St Louis
Fred Churchill an employee of the Union Electric Light and Power company and Stella McMullen of 919 North Compton avenue were drowned last night a mile and a half north of the city limits on the Illinois side of the Mississippi river. A party of seven young men and three young women swam at the spot when Churchill was pulled into an eddy and swept away. McMullen tried to rescue him and was carried under with him. Rescue efforts failed.
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St. Louis
Fred Churchill
Union Electric Light and Power Company
Stella McMullen
Compton Avenue
Illinois
Mississippi River
Young Churchill
Miss McMullen
Fire Agents Elect Officers In National Association
The National association of Local Fire Insurance Agents elected E. J. Tapping of Milwaukee as president Henry A Putnam of Boston as secretary W. H. Manderville of Olean N Y as treasurer and E B Case of Chicago as chairman of the executive committee The next meeting is likely in Indianapolis
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Denver
Colo
National Association of Local Fire Insurance Agents
E. J. Tapping
Milwaukee
Henry A. Putnam
Boston
W. H. Mandeville
Olean
N. Y
E. B. Case
Chicago
Indianapolis
Turk at University: Turkish Student Enrolls in Iowa Dentistry
From Turkey comes Mekael Deacon to study dentistry at the University of Iowa. His father is a native dentist in Turkey while the young man seeks modern education at S. U. I. to advance in his profession.
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Iowa City
Ila
University of Iowa
Turkey
Mekael Deacon
College of Dentistry
Man to be hanged turns death by self to escape
Lambert Niehaus, sentenced to be hanged next Monday for killing his brother in law, killed himself in his county jail cell this morning using a pen knife. The act occurred during the Death Watch, St. Louis reports.
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St. Louis
Death Watch
Lambert Niehaus
Fugitive Custer Recaptured After Jail Letters
George E. Custer, one of eight escapees, was recaptured in Bismarck, North Dakota after writing letters to Grace Butts in jail Sioux City. The letters followed a jail courtship that led to his capture.
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George Custer
Sioux City
Grace Butts
George E. Custer
Bismarck
North Dakota
Bryan addresses Fairfield crowd at chautauqua
Col. William Jennings Bryan spoke to about six thousand at Fairfield on his new lecture The Prince of Peace noting religious focus with political jabs. He claimed Republicans had stolen parts of his platforms and said Gov. Cummins was in Chicago supporting tariff reform. Rev J W Potter praised as platform manager with Booker T Washington slated Friday drawing a large crowd.
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Fairfield
William Jennings Bryan
Fairfield Chautauqua
Gov. Cummins
Chicago
J. W. Potter
Muscatine
Booker T. Washington
Receiver Appointed for Denver Savings Bank
Judge Mullins names Guy Stevick as receiver for the Denver Savings Bank which is currently closed. The appointment comes as the bank remains shut in Denver.
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Judge Mullins
Denver Savings Bank
Denver
Guy Stevick
Turks Call Up More Redifs Amid Revolution Rumors
Constantinople reports three additional battalions of Redifs are mobilized for Macedonia due to intensified revolutionary activity. The action follows rumors and growing unrest linked to revolutionary bands.
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Constantinople
Macedonia
Russian Manifesto Establishes National Assembly Plan
Russia's August 19 manifesto outlines a national assembly with 412 delegates from across the empire and the Don region. The czar preserves autocracy, Finland excluded, and the douma will convene by mid January 1906 for a five year term with limited powers and a defined list of legislative matters.
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St. Petersburg
National Assembly
Senate
Russia
Don
Finland
Council of
Empire
Germany
France
Douma
Zemstvos
La Follette for President Plausible in Wisconsin Women Drive
Mrs E M Springer of Springfield Wisconsin says women in Wisconsin can push Governor La Follette to the White House. She travels to Chicago for fall buying and registered at the Chicago Commercial association, asserting a Wisconsin movement toward his nomination.
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Wisconsin
Chicago
la Follette
United States
E. M. Springer
Springfield
Wis
Governor Folk Attacks Railroad Passes for Lawmakers
Petersburg Illinois August 19 Governor Folk condemns the practice of granting rail road passes to lawmakers calling it one of the greatest evils in legislation. Earlier George J Charlton general passenger agent Chicago and Alton railway defended railroads against recent attacks.
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Petersburg
Ill
Folk
Missouri
Old Salem Chautauqua
Assembly
George J. Charlton
Chicago and Alton Railway
Pioneer Dies in Illinois at 85 an Lincoln Associate
Roland W. Diller a pioneer settler of Illinois and longtime intimate of Abraham Lincoln died at his Springfield home after a lingering illness. He was 85. He is survived by one son and two daughters.
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Illinois
Springfield
Ill
Roland W. Diller
Abraham Lincoln
Stop Boycott Sparks Bilateral Negotiation Pause
Peking reports the American government will halt talks on a new Sino American exclusion act convention until the anti American boycott ends and holds China accountable for losses from the boycott. Chinese officials say they will curb illegal acts but cannot halt the boycott.
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Peking
China
Hoch Seeks Stay as Legal Fight Nears Hanging
Chicago reports that unless Gov. De Neen or the supreme court acts Johann Hoch faces hanging next Friday morning. Hoch’s lawyers finished the record and Assistant State's Attorney Harry Olson was closing his brief. Prep for submission to the supreme court begins early in the week. Hoch demands $500 more beyond $700 already provided, which his counsel says is unnecessary.
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Chicago
Morocco Arrest Sparks Comment Over Tangier Showdown
Paris reports an Algerian merchant was arrested by Moroccan authorities triggering sharp editorial reaction. The piece notes rumors of a French naval demonstration at Tangier, which the Foreign Office denies, while France vows to seek satisfaction from Morocco.
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Paris
France
Tangier
Foreign Office
Morrocco
Rock Island Train Wrecks in Indian Territory
A Rock Island passenger train derailed near South McAlester I T today due to a misplaced switch. Four persons were seriously injured and two mail clerks, W P Mahoney and Albert Disky, were dangerously hurt.
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Indian Territory
South McAlester
I. T
Rock Island
W. P. Mahoney
Albert Disky
Little Miss Marie Getts Celebrates Eleventh Birthday
In Columbus Junction on August 19 Miss Marie Getts marked her eleventh birthday with a party at her Second Street home attended by nearly twenty friends. After games, ice cream and cake were served. Guests included Lucile Mossberry Greta Colton Lore Breta Gertrude Owen Vera Duncan Mary Stapp Gale Holdia Agnes Louise Reaney Alice Sprague Lenore Ruth Brown Vivian Clarence Griffith Terror Russell O Conner Floyd Wagner and Roland Gelatt. Also noted were visits from local residents and a Woodmen and band trip to Muscatine for family health matters and accompanying relatives.
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Columbus Junction
Marie Getts
Second Street
Lucile Mossberry
Greta Colton
Lore Breta
Gertrude Owen
Vera Duncan
Mary Stapp
Gale Holida
Agnes
Louise Reaney
Alice Sprague
Lenore
Ruth Brown
Vivian
Clarence Griffith
Terror
Russell O'Conner
Floyd Wagner
Roland Gelatt
Wm. Condit
Allerton
J. A. Sprague
G. O. Morgridge
Muscatine
J. L. Overholt
W. D. Condit
Auto racer Webb Jay badly hurt in Kenilworth Park crash
Webb Jay of Cleveland sustained serious injuries after his car plunged through a fence into a 15 foot pond at Kenilworth Park during a 10 mile race. He was pulled from water by spectators, rushed to the German hospital with nine broken ribs a punctured lung and a fractured right femur. Doctors warn pneumonia and pleurisy may follow though a fight for life is possible.
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Buffalo
Webb Jay
Kenilworth Park
Jay
Cleveland
Lyttle
Burman
Les
Local notes of visits and church services across towns
Larington plans visits in the city. Hon E F Brockway attended Me Chautauqua near Letts. A W Barnes returned from Indiana for a friend's wedding. D H Darrow works on a new Morning Sun school building foundation. Families from Columbus City and Lenox visited J A Robertson’s home. Members travel to Muscatine and Brighton for relatives. The fourth quarterly Methodist meeting and conference were held with sermons and communion planned. Presiding Elder Meyers led services. Presbyterian services scheduled. Sunday school at 9:45 and morning sermon on The Duty of Winsomeness. Reformed church has no morning preaching. pastor to Conesville at 11.
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Bessie
Allen
Rogers
Helen Mize
Lucky
Yesterdy
Tom Robertson
Kttle William
Columbus City
Blanche Tedford
Lenox
Robertson
South Hill
S. BE. Wagener
Floyd
Evelyn
Brighton
Bertha Kelley
Mollie Oliver
Muscatine
Methodist Church
Bilder Meyers
Presbyterian Church
Babbath School
F. R. Lefever
The
Reformed Church
Conesville
Weather for Iowa Forecast Released
Chicago aug 19 fair tonight and Sunday with sunrise at 6 02 and sunset at 6 47 moonrise at 9 11 conditions noted for Iowa region with no storms listed and mild temperatures anticipated by weekend advance notice
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Chicago
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