Witte Doubts Peace Terms as Japanese Demands Hard
Russian envoy M Witte warned that peace terms may be impossible to accept given Japanese demands. He denied publishing remarks after meeting President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. Russians in Portsmouth voiced patriotism and hoped for reforms to sustain the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N. H
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
M. Witte
Russia
J Én
Baron Roosevelt
Se Komura
Wentworth
St. Petersburg
Rusia
Moscow
Kremlin
South Africa
Mrs George J Gould Injured in French Car Crash
In Dieppe France Aug 7 George J Gould and Mrs Gould were returning from Saint Velery en Caux when their car skidded. Mrs Gould was thrown out bruised leg not serious. The car careened down a steep incline halted by a hedge. Mr Gould uninjured. They planned to travel tomorrow for grouse shooting.
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Dieppe
France
George J. Gould
Mr. Gould
Mrs. Gould
Witte Arrives. Port— Portsmouth Hosting Envoys
M Witte arrived in Portsmouth at 11 15 PM and a full schedule unfolds for tomorrow with Admiral Mead and envoys visiting Mayflower and Dolphin, a Navy Yard reception, a 2 PM court house ceremony, and a Wentworth Hotel luncheon plan. security and seating arrangements sparing ceremony with informal collation.
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Portsmouth
N. H
M. Witte
Navy Yard
Landing
Guard of Honor of
Marines
Mead
Landpn
Peirce
Kittery — Bridge
Nouth
New Hampshire National Guard
Col. Tetton
Court House
Baron Rosen
Takahira
Wentworth
Admiral Mead
Bridge Jumper On Brooklyn Bridge Severs Self With Gun
A man on a Third Avenue trolley on the Brooklyn Bridge killed himself during rush hour after pointing a revolver at the motorman and forcing a stop. He leaped from the middle span into the river, his body sinking and not recovered. witnesses described a calm act and a final bow to passengers before the fatal jump. Authorities searched the East River but found no trace of the body, and the man’s identity remained unknown.
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Alrevolven
Brooklyn Bridge
Third Avenue
Park Row
Brooklyn
Considine Watson
Autorman
Iin Notorman
Murray
Harles Gorman
Harry Smith
Fulton Street
Father and Son Poisoned at Poughkeepsie Home
Layce Neuman and his ten year old son Fred are in critical condition at Vassar Hospital after belladonna poisoning. Neuman, a former vice president, had recently married Clara Korh from New York and brought her home two weeks ago. Neuman denies poisoning and cites marital troubles. his wife notes his despondency and mentions prayer for relief from his burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Poughkeepsie
Layce Neuman
Fred
Vassar Hospital
Neuman
Clara Korh
East Twenty-fourth Street
New York
Ner
Fr. Ackert
Ackert
Index to Departments Listing Pages by Topic
Commercial World Amusements Business Troubles Court Calendars Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails New Corporations Real Estate Society United Service Weather Report Meaterday's Fires and page references across the issue provide a roadmap of content sections and their locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial World
Marine Intelligence
Society
United Service
Weather Report
Meaterday's
Boy Mysteriously Shot In West Brighton Wood
Fourteen year old Humphrey Christie was found wounded in Garrett's Wood near West Brighton after going there to play with a toy rifle. The bullet entered his left side and exited the right, injuring his lung. doctors deem self harm unlikely as the wound is larger than could be caused by the toy gun. He remained unconscious by late evening.
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Humphrey Christie
William, Christie
Seth Street
West Brighton
Richmond
Garrett's Wood
Broadway
West Bichton
Doullet
William Smith
Sloop Explosion Fatal on Sound Near Whitestone
Thomas G. McClatchey owner of the Delpha sails from Whitestone when engine fire sparks a blaze. Philip Riviti perishes in the explosion as the yacht sinks in flames. McClatchey and two others are rescued by Captain Hansen’s Jersey City launch. The Delpha reportedly valued at 10000.
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Delpha
Witzel's Point
Thomas G. McClatchey
East One Hundred
Twentythird Street
Whitestone
Philip ‘Rivit
East One Hundred and Twenty-second Street
McClatchey
John Burke
Washington Avenue
Edward T. Murphy
Washington Street
Tarrytown
Peter Hansen
Jersey City
Hansen
Ees
Woodruff
Pennsylvania Special praised for service and speed
An advertisement extols The Pennsylvania Railroad for the PennsylvanIa Special noting superior running time from New York to Chicago, coach and dining car service, and smooth operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Chicago
Adv
Morgan Seeks Roosevelt Talk on Canton Han Kow Railway
J Pier Morgan visited Sagamore Hill to meet with Mrs Roosevelt and the President to discuss American control of the Canton Han Kow Railway concession. The talks touched on Chinese government moves to buy out the concession and the potential shift in stockholder sentiment. Morgan’s yacht Corsair escorted him to Oyster Bay with details of the visit remaining cautious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Oyster Bay
J. Pier Morgan
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Canton-Han-Kow
American-China Developmnt Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan
Gan
Canton
Han-Kow
China
Pe Ameri Ae
United States
Far East
Far Hust
Philippines
Ars
Canton-Hankow
Mr. Morgan
James Rogelt
Mr Morgan
Great political problem over Chinese railway concessions
The conflict centers on two China railway concessions from Peking to Canton, with Belgian and American interests vying for control. Belgium aims to extend rights to the southern half via the American-China Development Company, while China and the United States dispute transfer of rights. Morgan and King Leopold intervened, arguing Western powers must act to protect China deals, turning the issue into a major political problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Peking
Canton
Han-Kow
Han-Ko
Belgia
Société Belge Pour l'Etude de Chemin de Fer En Chine
Bacy Steement Company
Société Astaitique
William Barclay Parsons
American-China Development Company
Gen. Whittier
United States
Washington
J. Pierpont Morgan
Tourope
England
Leopold
Dover
Mr. Morgan
Taft Shakes 3,000 Hands in Manila Reception
Major Gen. Corbin hosted a Taft party dinner with Rear Admiral Enquist and staff. Taft toasted the Russian Emperor while Enquist saluted. Alice Roosevelt dined with Commissioner Forbes, and 8,000 attended a Malacanan Palace reception greeted by Taft and Miss Roosevelt.
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Manila
Corbin
Taft
Enquist
Roosevelt
Forbes
Alice Roosevelt
Wright
Malacancanan Palace
Miss Roosevelt
Hays to be relieved in Washington
Washington reports that Assistant Secretary Hays will not continue permanent personal involvement with the Statistical Bureau. A successor to Mr Hyde is to be appointed. The crop estimating board is to continue with changes in membership. P L Hutchins named traveling inspector for cotton districts to assist the board as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hays
Statistical Bureau
Hyde
P. L. Hutchins
State Board of Agriculture of
Louisiana
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Cotton Crop Estimating Board
Crowded picnic boat sinks near Indianapolis
The Sunshine excursion steamboat sank at Broad Ripple Park on the White River, ten miles from Indianapolis, with 180 aboard all men except one woman who was rescued. No deaths, several injuries amid panic as passengers were pulled from the water by launches and canoes.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Sunshine
Broad Ripple Park
Broad Ripple Dam
White River
Fearless Texas Farmers Stand Against Cotton Crash
Col R E Smith president of the Southern Cotton Association declares farmers across Texas and the South will not fear Theodore H Price and his Wall Street group. He vows to hold the crop if necessary and appeal to Texan people for action against attempts to depress prices.
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New York Times
Austin
Texas
New Orleans
Theodore Price
Wall Street
Col. R. E. Smith
Southern Cotton Association
South
Theodore H. Price
You'll Be Hanged She Said Derick Dunk Arrested in Conklin Murder
Derick Dunk, a Black man, suspected in the Delia Conklin murder, was arrested at Haskells and brought to the county jail with Detectives Nat Shane and Assistant Prosecutor Shaw. Clayton Conklin, twelve, fled the scene minutes before the body was found. Dunk was taken from his sister's home as police pursued him, and a coroner may seek release of witness John Lyons detained at the inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
Derick Dunk
Delia Conklin
Conklintown
Shaw
Nat Shane
Dunk
Haskells
Clayton
Conklin
Lineman Killed by Live Wire During Pole Work
Belmar New Jersey August 7 James McCall of Lakewood a lineman for the New York and New Jersey Telephone Company was killed instantly when he touched a 2200 volt live wire while repairing wires atop a pole at Brille New Jersey this afternoon. He dropped dead on the ground after the shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Belmar
N. J
James McCall
Lakewood
Theew
Policeman Rescues Drowning Woman At Far Jockaway
A Bathing incident at the foot of South Street Far Jockaway ends with Mrs. Bernhardt of Carlton Avenue Brook in Brookline rescued after exhaustion and sinking. Police and bystanders pulled her from the water and she was taken to St Josephs Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Street
Judge's Auto Stopped for Scorching
Worcester Massachusetts August 7 Justice Vo Cochrane of the New York Supreme Court with his chauffeur was stopped on Main Street for speeding by a police motorcycle officer. They were taken to Police Headquarters charged with violating the speed law. After the judge presented his protest a special session of court was called and the chauffeur David Farrell was fined 15 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Worcester
Mass
Cochrane
New York Sureme Court
Main Street
Hey
David Farrell
Depositors of Merchants Trust Push to Investigate
A stormy meeting of the Merchants' Trust Company Depositors Protective Association at 917 Eighth Avenue prepared to consult District Attorney Jerome about possible criminal action. They alleged receivers refused bids that could fully repay deposits and pressed for accountability of directors while planning to seek a three-person committee to press the DA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants’ Trust Company Depositors’ Protective Association
Merchants’ Trust Company
Eighth Avenue
Jerome
H. Mildenberg
B. Levison
M. Francis Snowder
Association
Isaac Pennamacoor
James I. Moore
The
New York Trust Company
Merchants
Douglas Robinson
Robinson
Europe
Barnard
Virginia
Moore
King
Edward Lauterbach
Lauterbach
4 Corporation
S. H. Mildenberg
New York County
Lévison
Merchants’ Trust
Cme
John H. Callan
Trust Company
Seward Webb
Webb
Gould
Negroes Hold Up Train Near Egg Harbor City
A fast Atlantic City Rail Road freight was halted by two African American robbers near Egg Harbor City New Jersey. They boarded the halted train using weapons and fled into a wooded area after police opened fire. No surrender occurred.
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New York Times
Egg Harbor City
N. J
Atlantic City
Senft
Lightning kills three in Boone North Carolina
Three men were killed by a lightning strike in Boone North Carolina on August seven. A fourth man suffered an arm fracture from the same storm.
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Charlotte
N. C
Boone
Japan salves three ships from Port Arthur
News from Port Arthur says the Russian cruiser Bayan will be towed to Japan around August 15. The Poltava and the Peresviet will depart within a week under their own steam.
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Bayan
Poltava
Peresviet
Port Arthur
Tokio
Japan
Boiler blast near Del Rio kills four, wounds seven
An explosion at a saw mill owned by T. J. Salts in Cooke County Tennessee killed four men and wounded seven. Fifteen workers were in the boiler room when the blast occurred, most of them lumbermen caught during a heavy rainstorm.
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Knoxville
Tenn
del’ Rio
Cooke County
T. J. Salts & Co
Whalebacks Go Aground Off Fisher's Island
The Bay View whaleback steamer and two steel barges from Boston lie ashore on Race Point Fisher's Island. They grounded in dense fog Sunday near Montauk Point. All vessels have hull holes and are filling with water with little chance of salvage.
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New London
Conn
Bay View
Boston
Race Point
Fisher's Island
Montauk Point
Col Sanger Seen as Root Aid for State Post
Special in The New York Times reports Col William Carey Sanger former Assistant Secretary of War and ally of Mr Root is favored to become Assistant Secretary of State succeeding Francis Loomis. Sanger a Harvard graduate and military analyst is a near neighbor of Root in Oneida County New York. Mrs Sanger’s ill health prompted his resignation from the War post two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
William Carey Sanger
Evarts, Choate & Beaman
Serjctary of State
Francis Loomis
Col. Sanger
Root
Oneida County
N. Y
Secretary of State
Labrador
Harvard
Europe
Mr. Root
Strikers' Places Filled Amid Telegraphers Strike
In St Paul on August 7, telegraphers' strike shows little change as Northern Pacific and Great Northern report more handling capacity. Union President Perham says every division has good news and some clerks join in sympathy. General Manager Horn notes 70 percent of telegraphers and % of agents' jobs filled.
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ST. Paul
Northernacific
Great Northern
Perham
The
Telegraphers’ Union
Horn
Northern Pacific
Roosevelt to visit coal fields with Cardinal Gibbons
Spring Aug 7 report says President Roosevelt will tour Pennsylvania coal regions on Thursday to avert a possible strike like 1902 3. Cardinal Gibbons is noted as accompanying the effort due to many Roman Catholic workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Roosevelt
Pennnsylvania
Cardinal Gibons
United Mine Workers
Cardinal Gibbons
Southampton
Virginia Republicans Gather for State Convention in Roanoke
The Roanoke gathering will nominate a full Virginia ticket to face the Democrats next fall. Judge L L Lewis of Richmond is slated for Governor, with Secretary Leslie M Shaw arriving to address delegates. Some expect Shaw to be their 1908 presidential candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Virginia
L. L. Lewis
Richmond
Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
Washington
Republcans
Shaw
Saratoga Limited Train Service Advertised
The Saratoga Limited of the New York Central offers parlor cars and a first class passenger coach between New York and Saratoga with no extra fare. See time table in daily papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
New York Central
New York
Adv
Inferno at Hoboken Piers Threatens Rails and Ships
A major blaze at the Hoboken pier complex of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad started at 11 PM aboard the ferry Hopatcong and spread rapidly to Secaucus, Elmira, and Binghamton. Fireboats and police battled flames lighting the river, with ships and docks damaged and a fireman hospitalized. Estimated railroad damage reached at least 1.5 million dollars.
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Hoboken
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Newark Street
Secausus
Elmira
Binghamton
Secaucus
Porlice
New York
Fourteenth Street
Kaiser
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
North German
Lloyd Company
Col
Edward Stevens
Abram
Hewitt
Aleady
Manhattan River
Old
Church Street
Elizabeth Street
Mulberry
McDougal
Mercer Streets
North River
Christopher Street
Manhattan Dock
Redly Road Company
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Witte
Envoy
George J. Gould Hurt
New York Tones
Cat
Sloop
Mr. Roosevelt
Mies Roosevelt
Czar
Southern Association
Atlantic City Railroad
Tennessee
Flames
Lackawanna
Hamburg Steamship
Hamburg- American Steamship Line
Bulgaria
Duke’s House
Eit
Arthur Scott
John Ryan
Ryan
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