Peace conference at Portsmouth ends with world praise
Across continents leaders and popes hail President Roosevelt for the peace settlement with Japan. Rome and Austria send congratulations while St Petersburg notes a restrained reaction. No next meeting is planned until the treaty is ready and history still awaits fuller disclosure of the talks and possible indemnity details.
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Marienbad
Austria
Edward
Japan
Russia
Roosevelt
Rome
Far East
Nicholas
Portsmouth
Eclipse seen in western cities as Cambridge misses
An eclipse was observed in major western cities while Cambridge records no sighting. Three sun spots were identified by observers, marking notable solar activity during the event.
Eclipse Observed Across Cities Into Morning Light
Partially eclipsed sun visible in Washington St Louis and Cambridge with observers noting three sun spots and clear skies in St Louis while clouds hid the event in Cambridge and north shore areas. Astronomers at the Naval Observatory reported the partial eclipse and documented timing from dawn 6 30 to 6 28.
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Washington
Naval Observatory
St. Louis
Cambridge
Mass
First Banana Cargo Enters Port Chalmette to Chicago Rails
Fifty thousand bunches of Yellow fruit arrive in New Orleans aboard the Esparza and are unloaded into screened cars for shipment west on the Illinois Central. Yellow fever is reported breaking out in Pensacola, with two cases in Vicksburg noted.
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New Orleans
Esparza
Port Chalmette
Florida
Washington
Surgeon General of the Army
Pensacola
Fla
Vicksburg
Jackson, Miss
Hunter
State Board of Health
Earthquakes and Volcanic Activity Hit Italian Regions
Reports from Naples Sultana Palena and Stromboli describe violent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Two people killed and many wounded as churches topple and houses collapse amid Vesuvius Stromboli eruptions and panic across coastal towns.
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Naples
Sultanna
Palena
General terms of peace treaty on Sakhalin division
The plan proposes dividing Sakhalin between Russia and Japan with mutual non fortification. Japan would forgo fortifying La Perouse Straits to safeguard Russia's Pacific route. Russia pays Japan for 65,000 prisoners with an eventual sum possibly up to 100 million dollars. A commercial most favored nation open door compact would guarantee mutual access.
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Sakhalin
Russia
Japan
la Perouse Strait
Hokkaido
Pacific
Original Peace Terms as Modified at Treaty Talks
The document lists modified peace terms between Russia and Japan. Key points include Japan recognizing Korea’s civil order and preserving its integrity, mutual evacuation of Manchuria, restoration of Chinese sovereignty there, and open door principles. It also covers Sakhalin division, cession of Liaotung bases, railroad concessions with future Chinese police, and Japan’s fishing rights along the Russian coast. Withdrawn items include war indemnity and surrender of interned warships.
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Russia
Japan
Corea
Manchuria
China
Sakhalin
Liaotung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Dalny
Blonde and
Elliott Islands
Japan Demanded Before War on Manchuria and Korea
The demand pressed Russia to recognize China's complete sovereignty over Manchuria and adhere to territorial integrity, grant full commercial rights to all nations in Manchuria, acknowledge Japan's predominant interests in Corea, and afford Japan equal rights for commercial interests in Manchuria.
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Russia
China
Manchuria
Japan
Corea
Clash Over Seining Rights Between Sheriff and Officials
Washington reports a clash between Sheriff Whitmore of Jo Daviess county Illinois and the Illinois Fish Commission over seining bayous of the Mississippi to save remaining fish after high water. U S Fish Commission agent R J Johnson fishes under state authority amid sheriff protests and possible arrest. Johnson sought federal guidance and was told to proceed.
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Washington
Illinois Fish Commission
Whitmore
Jo. Davies County
Ilinois
Mississippi River
R. J. Johnson
United States Fish Commission
Johnson
Department of Commerce and Labor
Secretary Displeased Rejects Bennington Inquiry Findings
Secretary Bonaparte acted on the Bennington explosion court of inquiry results. He disapproved the report’s praise of the ship’s discipline and criticized officers for not guarding safety valves. He orders Captain Lucien Young to face a court martial and also directs Ensign Charles T. Wade to appear.
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Washington, D. C
Bonaparte
Bennington
Lucien Young
Young
Charles T. Wade
Iowa Weather Outlook Fair Skies and Cooler Temperatures
Special indications report fair weather for Iowa tonight and Thursday. Cooler tonight with early moonset noted after midnight. sun rises at 5 13 and sets at 6 30.
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Chicago
Hil
Iowa
Bishop Arnett Resigns From New York AME Diocese
New York August 30 Bishop Benjamin W Arnett resigns as bishop of the New York diocese of the African Methodist Episcopal church amid illness and worry over treatment by officials of two Brooklyn churches and the colored church in the city.
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New York
Brooklyn
Benjamin W. Arnett
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Santa Monica Crash Injures Eleven In Auto Wreck
Eleven people, five seriously, were injured when a westbound Santa Monica car derailed in Los Angeles. The vehicle struck a telegraph pole and rolled over, with all victims residents of Santa Monica.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Santa Monica
Woman Kills Husband in Chicago Restaurant
In Chicago at 31st and Loomis streets William C. Van Voorhees, 37, was shot and killed by his wife Elizabeth, 25, in their restaurant early today. The motive remains unknown.
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Chicago
Wm. C. van Voorhees
Elizabeth
31St and
Loomis Streets
Grinnell Somers Hospital Destroyed by Fire
Somers hospital in Grinnell was burned to the ground last night. Dr. Somers and his family were nearly suffocated in the blaze in Des Moines reporting.
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Grinnell Hospital
Des Moines
Somers
Grinnell
Explorer arrives as Zeigler polar expedition leader returns
Anthony Fials, commander of the Ziegler polar expedition, arrived in New York aboard the Oceanic from Liverpool. He reached port on August 30 and is home after the voyage.
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Ziegler
New York
Anthony Fials
Oceanic
Liverpool
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