Komura Arrives in Jersey City for Peace Talks Mission
Baron Komura Japan's chief peace plenipotentiary arrives in Jersey City from Chicago with a large Japanese delegation. A crowd observes ceremonial bowing, hats, and press photography before the party moves to the Waldorf Astoria. They discuss language for talks, estimate Russians' arrival, and hope for an end to the war that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
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Baron Komura
Japan
Jersey City
Pennsylvania
Chicago
New York City
Legation
Washington
New York
Sam Little
Baron Kaneko
Philadelphia
America
Twenty-third Street
Komuri
Takahira
Manhattan Beach
Waldorf-Astoria
Aino Sato
Oyster Bay
Sato
M. Witte
Delmar Race Track Raided Amid Legal Clash
In St Louis on July 25 police seized Delmar race track premises arresting eleven alleged book makers. Gov Folk and county authorities clash with Prosecuting Attorney Johnston over law enforcement. Cella Adler and Tilles sue officials for damages while Hadley plans quo warranto actions against the Jockey Club. Assistant Prosecutor Jo Kiskaddon resigns amid turmoil.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Delmar
Johnston
St. Louis County
Cella
Adler
Tilles
Hadley
J. Jo Kiskaddon
Gov. Folk
Folk
Louis A. Cella
Index to Departments and Page References
A concise index lists department titles with their page numbers including CommercialWorld Amuscements Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers Business Troubles Court Calendars Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails New Corporations Real Estate Society United Service Weather Report Yesterdays Fires and page allocations for each item on the newspaper.
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CommercialWorld
Imarine Intelligence and
Society
United Service
Weather Report
President objects to Roosevelt portrait in brochures
Spokane news reports President Roosevelt objects to his portrait on the title page of a pamphlet about the Lewis and Clark Trail. A White House letter dated July 19 demands recall and no further circulation. Chamber of Commerce officials canceled an order for 50,000 pamphlets and began recall efforts.
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Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
White House
Washington
Chamber ‘of
Barnes
Goodsell
Mitchell Is Sentenced for Misuse of Office
United States Senator Mitchell, convicted of using his office to aid the law firm Mitchell & Tanner of Portland, was fined $1000 and sentenced to six months in prison. The sentence is deferred pending a Supreme Court review. Mitchell is free on $2000 bail. The judge noted the statute allows imprisonment or a fine and may require disqualification from office.
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Portland
Ore
United States
Mitchell
Mitchell & Tanner
Supreme Court of the United States
de Haven
Little Chum Drowned in Harlem River Tragedy
Robert Hynes seven years old of 338 East 134th Street drowned in the Harlem River under the Third Avenue Bridge while swimming with peers. Eight year old Charles Beulshausen, same building, tried to rescue him and fell in but escaped. Rescue boats searched but found no trace. Hynes's body was not recovered.
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Robert Hynes
East One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Street
Harlem
Third Avenue
Charles Beulshausen
Hynes
Dailey Towing Company
Beulshausen
Deutschland Steamer Passes Lizard En Route to Europe
The steamer Deutschland bound for Plymouth Cherbourg and Hamburg passed the Lizard at 4 o'clock this morning signaling its continuing voyage to European ports.
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New York
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Hamburg
Yellow fever outbreak grows in New Orleans and quarantine plans
New Orleans reports wide spread fever with 18 block area under danger and 12 deaths since July 21. City boards and merchants pledge rapid isolation hospital, disinfect, fumigate and fund campaign to stamp out the disease along the mosquito theory.
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New Orleans
United States Army
City Board of Health
State Board of Health
State Board
United States Marine Hospital Service
Bourbon Street
Barracks Street
Stanne Street
Lmit
Charity Hospital
Hotel Dieu
Havana
Health Board
Citizens’ Committee
Dumaine Street
Hamilton P. Jones
L. J. Faget
White
Guileras
Marine Hospital Service
Mississippi
Texas
Maus
Chaffee
Jackson Barracks
Fort St. Philip
Piney Woods
St. Tammany
Gulf Coast Health Officials Report Virulent Outbreak
A Marine Hospital Service bulletin notes twelve cases and eight deaths in the city with likely more unobserved. Surgeons White Wasdin and Young are coordinating inspections along the Mississippi Gulf coast from Mobile to Pass Christian and Jackson. Poe cars bound for Texas will be fumigated to destroy mosquitos.
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Washington
White
Marine Hospital Service
Wasdin
Memphis
Ocean Springs
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Christian
Miss
Young
Chicago
Jackson
Mississippi
Poe
New Orleans
Texas
Yellow fever cases reported in Colon and aboard Seguranca
The Panama Canal Commission transmitted Gov Magoon's cable noting Theresa Scahill an American non employee fell ill with yellow fever at Colon on July 17. William Carter an American and George Peters a Swede both Seuranca ship employees were attacked on July 20. The ad ends with optical eyewear at Spencer's 12 Maiden Lane.
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Washington
Panama Canal Commission
Gov
Merited Praise for The Pennsylvanian Special
An experienced traveler lauds The Pennsylvanian Special for superior service equipment and dining car quality. The Pennsylvania Railroad is described as rock-ballasted from New York to Chicago and capable of an 18 hour daily run.
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Pennsylvania Special
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Night blasting at Warrington prompts action against contractors
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Mrs Vanderbilt along with other tenants of the Warrington apartment at 161 Madison Avenue complain of tunnel blasting near 32nd Street and Madison. Police Captain Cottrell orders a halt after 6 PM and the contractor promises to pause for the night. Manager E D Garvin plans to seek an injunction from Justice Fitzgerald to restrain blasting between 6 PM and 7 AM.
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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
John Nicholas Brown
George C. Houghton
Church of the Transfiguration
Warrington
Madison Avenue
Cottrell
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tenderloin
Garvin
Justice Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Scotty Dismisses Waldorf and Makes Big Offer in Cincinnati
Scotty the miner arrives in Cincinnati and checks into Gibson House with no baggage. He tells a broker he will buy mining stock for 40000 dollars cash, displaying a large roll of money, but the broker declines. Scotty says he is an advertising agent for the Santa Fé and hints at further travel and high expenses on his return to Chicago.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Ohio
Scott
Miner
Scotty
Gibson House
New York
Thomas P. Noctor
Union Trust Building
The
Santa Fé
Chicago
Harriman Ends Silence on Equitable Affairs After Inquiry
Edward H. Harriman, asserting no ties with the Equitable Life matter, explains past loans and stock dealings as insignificant and declares the new management will correct extravagant methods. A directors meeting and Haynes resignation expected. Mayer plans blanket suits for an accounting of funds.
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Equitable
Alexander
Hyde
Frick
Archibald C. Haynes
Haynes
Morton
Mayer
Slocum Captain Sells Fire Extinguishers After Disaster
Capt William Van Schaick captain of the General Slocum disaster steamer is selling patent fire extinguishers after being barred from sailing. He traveled Hudson and Harlem rivers captains praising his device, saying investigators and public mistreated him following the Slocum disaster.
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William van Schaick
General Slocum
North Brother Island
Hudson
Harlem
van Schaick
Schultz
Hudson Boat Club
West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
United States
Fortune if he drops wife in Pittsburgh will
Anna M. Gunning of Forbes Street dies at 55 leaving $500,000 to Carl F. Miller on condition he divorces his wife Jane Wilson. If he remains with her he gets nothing. Miller, once her sweetheart, is to receive half the principal and interest if divorced, else nothing.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
Anna M. Gunning
Forbes Street
Carl F. Miller
Wilkinsburg
Miller
Miss Gunning
Jane Wilson
Edward James to Succeed Farrell at Great Northern
Edward James, long time purchasing agent for the Great Northern Railway with St Paul headquarters, will replace J D Farrell as assistant to the president of the Great Northern Railroad and president of the Northern Steamship Company following Farrell’s resignation announced yesterday in Seattle.
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Seattle
Washington
Edward James
Great Northern Railroad
St. Paul
J. D. Farrell
Great Northern Railroad Company
Northern Steamship Company
One Night to Chicago by the Twentieth Century Limited
The New York Central Lines offer a fast thousand mile ride with a 3 30 P M departure from New York and an 8 30 A M arrival in Chicago the next day and claim the service as the world's fastest.
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Chicago
Twentieth Century Limited
New York Central
New York
Choate as Inquiry Counsel for Life Insurance Probe
Rochester July 25 The first meeting of the joint legislative committee to investigate life insurance companies in the state will be held next Tuesday morning in the Senate Judiciary Committee room at the State Capitol. Chairman Senator W W Armstrong announced the plan and said he knows nothing further. The Post Express endorses Joseph H Choate for counsel and Armstrong is favorable, but no decision will be made until after the committee is organized.
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New York Times
Rochester
Joint Legislative Committee
Life
Senate Judiciary Committee
State Capitol
W. W. Armstrong
Armstrong
The
Post-Express
Joseph H. Choate
Mr. Choate
British Policy Holders Form Aids Mutualization Plan
London July 25 preliminaries set to form an association of British policy holders of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. A provisional committee issued a circular outlining aims including representation in the directorate mutualization annual auditing by British accountants and surplus distribution to policy holders.
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London
Equitable Life Assurance Society
United States
The Second Empire Fast Train Schedule
A new New York Central fast train departs Grand Central at 1 57 P M with arrivals at Albany 4 52 Utica 6 47 Syracuse 8 00 Rochester 9 33 Buffalo 11 10 P M No excess fare Adv.
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New York Central
Grand Central Station
Albany
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffal
Railroad Link to Siberia Through Bering Strait Denied
A private Russian source says a proposed American syndicate project to connect America with Siberia by railroad, including a tunnel under the Bering Strait, has been rejected by a Russian commission. The panel reportedly finds the plan dangerous to Russia and not commercially valuable.
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NEW York Times
Berlin
America
Siberia
Bering Strait
Russia
Drowned attempting to beat steamer on Hudson River
Robert Mc Kay, possibly from South Brooklyn with two sisters, drowned in the Hudson River at Marlborough after diving from the stern of the Hudson Taylor steamer while returning from a berry-picking trip. He was a strong swimmer and disappeared about 100 feet from shore near Newburg.
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New York Times
Newburg
N. Y
Robert McKay
Brooklyn
Hudson River
Marlborough
Poughkeepsie
Hudson Taylor
Hold Up Frustrated On New York Central Train
In Schenectady New York on Wednesday July 26 police were alerted to an express train robbery attempt. The American Express train stopped at 12 30 AM and several men fled into darkness after officers fired shots. No arrests were reported.
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Schenectady
N. Y
New York Central
Albany
American Express
Oliver Perry
Roosevelt declines Ninth Regiment escort for Aug. 10 speech
President Roosevelt informs the Aug. 10 address committee at Wilkes Barre that he does not want the Ninth Regiment or the Catholic Total Abstinence Union regiment as escorts. He suggests using them to ease street congestion as police, but Col. C. B. Dougherty will not deploy the Ninth.
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New York Times
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Roosevelt
Ninth Regiment
Total Abstinence Union Regiment
Fifty New Daily Papers Planned in Iowa
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General De Graw announced a plan to convert fifty weekly and semi weekly Iowa papers into dailies. Two pages will be printed centrally and distributed to towns, with local pages added locally. The move relies on rising rural demand and daily rural free delivery.
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Washington
de Graw
Iowa
Small Horse, Big Policeman on Broadway Standoff
Policeman Frank Converse of the Traffic Squad, weighing 314 pounds, stood firm as a small runaway horse charged down Twenty-eighth Street. Driver Thomas Doyle led the crowd and horse toward Broadway while Converse grasped the bit and halted the animal. He then cleared the way for a streetcar and helped a passing woman.
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Twenty-eighth Street
Frank Converse
Broadway
Thomas M. Doyle
Seventh Avenue
Converse
Kaiser rewards a negro for saving Frederick the Great statue
Emperor William grants George Ellis a silver watch and chain for preventing an explosion at the Frederick the Great statue. Gessler Rosseau, the dynamite crank, threw the box that smoked and exploded, stunning Ellis and breaking windows. The watch bears the Emperor's monogram and will be presented by the Diplomatic Bureau through the State Department.
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New York Times
Washington
William
George’ Ellis
Frederick the Great
United States
Gessler Rosseau
Philadelphia
Rosseau
Washington Barracks
Ellis
State Department
Diplonatic Bureau
Dynamite Blast Kills Three in Bank Head Mine
An explosion at the Bank Head Mine in Banff Northwest Territory during daytime work killed three miners and injured several others. The blast, whose cause is not yet known, disrupted operations and damaged the mine interior.
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Banff
Northwest Territory
Bank Head
Burnett's Extract of Vanilla Leads in Strength and Purity
InAdv representatives praise Burnett's Extract of Vanilla for its superior heat stability and aroma intensity, claiming it outperforms competing vanilla extracts in strength and culinary efficiency.
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Burnett
Russian fears rise after imperial meeting probe
A dispatch from St. Petersburg reports near unanimous concern that Emperor William orchestrated a meeting with Tsar Nicholas II to press internal policy. Bureaucrats decry London Times coverage. Zemstvo and Douma activity sparks expectations of repression and possible political moves. General Riegels’s arrival signals looming measures.
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Sian
William
Zemstvo
Meeting of Czar and Kaiser sparks continental diplomacy
Paris dispatch notes Emperor William pressed the invitation to meet the Czar with vigor. French opinion remains skeptical of German aims while viewing Russia as needing France. The episode is seen as part of Germany’s broad rapprochement with Russia and not a decisive shift in Franco German relations.
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Paris
William
France
Russia
Germany
German Policy Yields Dramatic Yet Little Practical Gain
Berlin observers say Germany's policy has produced dramatic effects but few tangible results. The planned meeting of the two Emperors is seen as a political achievement, yet anticipation suggests disappointment and the likelihood that press reviews will urge not to squander energy on unpromising ventures after William II's northern cruise.
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Berlin
William
Mediterranean
Imperial Meeting Aims at Russia Peace and World Policy
The St Petersburger Zeitung links the Nicholas William interview to Russia’s internal crisis and notes the meeting could influence peace talks. Odessa warns of a planned anti Jewish rising. strikes and clashes reported in Perm and Warsaw. Polish elites seek policy changes amid unrest. Hohenzollern with Emperor William arrives at Wisby.
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ST. Petersburg
Irussia
Imperial
Odessa
Auecasus
Perm
Warsaw
Dombrowa Steel Works
Grochowska Street
Poland
Committee of Ministers
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Little Chum
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Henry Goldthwait
Quarantine Board of
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Lower Bay
Colombia
Ship Island
Fort Morgan
Gulf of Mexico
Colon
Spencer's
Maiden Lane
32D Street
Harriman
of the Transactions
Edward H. Harriman
Far East
Pacifico
Equitable Life Matters
Mr. Harriman
Equitable Lite
Mke
Union Pacific Preferred
Union Pacific
Slocum
Choate
Inquiry Counsel
Kaiser
Frederick
Czar
Zemstvoists
London Times
Wisby
Sweden
Hohenzollern
Emeror William
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