Czar Shows Widening Hope for Peace Talks
Washington reports the Czar welcomes considering peace. Ambassador Meyer’s audience described as cordial and hopeful. Takahira and Baron Kaneko meet the White House as Britain and Germany observers weigh in while Japan prepares terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akahira
White House
Meyer
Russia
Takahira
Japan
Baron Kaneko
Ianeko
Mortimer Durand
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers Featured in Index 70
A brief index lists sections such as Commercial AWorld and Business as well as arrivals of out-of-town buyers. It notes pages for court calendars marine intelligence weather yesterday's fires and new corporations with various society and real estate items also highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amusem@its
Marine Intelligence
Ambassadors Discuss East Peace Efforts In Paris
In St. Petersburg the United States and allied envoys push for a ceasefire in the East while new instructions reach Ambassador Meyer in the Russian capital. Count Cassini meets with French Ambassador Jusserand to discuss the crisis. No appointment yet with the President and telegrams from St Petersburg remain unclear.
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Meyer
St. Petersburg
Count Cassini
Jusserand
Peace talks hinge on Russia Japan mediation moves
Berlin reports Roosevelt and German views on peace align as Russia seeks terms through Meyer to Emperor Nicholas. Paris notes Lamsdorff and Witte probing Japan's position while Britain and the US push for a settlement and Tokyo’s likely full war continuation. Rome says Italy backs Roosevelt backed good offices for Russia.
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Berlin
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Washington
Roosevelt
Foreign Office
Russia
Japan
United States
Germany
Meyer
Nicholas
Vladivostok
Harbin
Pacific
Russia open to proposals as Japan seeks terms
Dispatch from St Petersburg reports Count Lamsdorff's spokesman says Russia will consider Japan's terms but will not initiate negotiations. Russia far from war is over, yet military moves continue as peace prospects grow. Czar may consult only his inner circle, while Zemstvoists press for nation-wide counsel.
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Washington
Meyer
St. Petersburg
Mediaton
Count Cassini
Japan
Russia
Juondon
Great Britain
Berling
Paris
Benlin
Moertinwr Diand
Roosevelt
White House
London TimEs
NEW York Times
Count Lamsdorff
Foreign Office
Linevitch
Tsarskoe-Selo
Gen. Trepoff
Zemstvoists
Moscow
Wireless Telegraph On Moving Trains Demonstrated
Chicago and Alton Railway announces wireless telegraphy on trains between Chicago and St Louis with tests showing messages sent at fifty miles per hour. President Felton says all trains will be equipped to improve safety and enable dispatcher communication across the division.
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Chicago
Chicago and Alton Railway
St. Louis
Alton Road
Felton
Alton
Chicago and
New York
Jane Street
Russian Cruisers Interned in Manila Harbor
Washington reports Gov Wright cabled Secretary Taft that the President’s orders may have been carried out. The Russian vessels Aurora Oleg and Zemstchuy will be interned until the war ends after they remained in Manila's port beyond the deadline.
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Washington
Gov. Wright
Taft
Manila
Ais Befobon
Aurora
Oleg
Zemstechuy
Village Boy the famed saddle horse dies in St. Louis
The renowned St. Louis saddle horse Village Boy, who carried presidents and governors and delighted crowds at the World's Fair and during Theodore Roosevelt’s visits, was euthanized after illness. Governor Folk had purchased the animal, which had served notable figures including President and General Frederick Grant.
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York
SVT
Frederick Grant
Gov. Folk
Labor Hall Shooting Leaves Philadelphia Union in Turmoil
Edward Joyce, 22, a Washington structural iron worker, was shot during a local union meeting at 282 North Ninth Street. Forty men were arrested and questioned at the Sixth District Police Station as Joyce refused to name a suspect. Joyce said he would settle the matter himself when able.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Sixth District
Edward Joyce
Washington
North Ninth Street
Joyce
Change of Time on Pennsylvania Railroad Ad
Notice lists timetable changes for the Pennsylvania Railroad including the eighteen hour Special to Chicago leaving West 234 Street at 3:00 PM and the Limited service departing at 9:19 PM. Multiple local changes will be implemented effective immediately.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Special
Chicago
Pennsylvania Limited
Picton
Advy
Japanese Flanking Move Reported in Manchuria
A priv ate telegram from Manchuria says Japanese forces occupy Omoso near Kirin, threatening lines to Ninguta Vladivostok and Korea. Reports note potential railway disruption and a possible inland crossing of the Tumen River to sever communications and place Japan near the Harbin Vladivostok line.
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Omoso
Kirin
Ninguta
Vladivostok
Korea
Tumen
Japanese Ships Pass Lingayen Entrance Heading South
Two Japanese ships have just cleared Lingayen Gulf entrance and move southward. Lingayen Gulf lies about 100 miles north of Manila on Luzon’s west coast.
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Island of
Luzon
Manila
Lingayen Gy
Lingayen Gulf
Kaiser Calls Conference on Moroccan Question
Germany proposes an international conference on Morocco with all signatory powers of the Madrid Convention after the Sultan refused French demands. Paris reports German diplomats in conciliatory talks with France as Berlin hosts a royal wedding meeting.
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London
Germany
Morocco
Paris
Herr von Flotow
M. Rouvier
France
Prince von Radolin
A Waitress Romance Ends in Midwest Secretary Marriage
James Broderick, secretary of Broderick & Wind Engineering and Construction Co of Chicago New York and St Louis, married Miss Martha Matilda Bemnarkt, a downtown restaurant waitress. They honeymoon at Paradise near Baltimore, rented by Broderick. Three years ago he met her in the restaurant and fell in love, though she once refused marriage due to his wealth.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
James Broderick
Broderick & Wind Engineering and Construction Company
Chicago
New York
Marth Matilda Bemarkt
Paradise
Baltimore
Miss Bemnarkt
Glick Arrested on Kidnapping Charge in New York
Ulysses G Glick promoter formerly of Chicago now in Erie Penn arrested by Central Office Detectives at the Fifth Avenue Hotel on a charge of kidnapping his three year old son Jack from his wife. Gerry society holds the child while Mrs Glick to arrive in New York. Moody of Monte Vista Colo comments on estrangement and alleged plan to take boy to Buffalo.
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Ulysses G. Glick
Chicago
Erie
Penn
Fifth Avenue
Central Office
Reilly and Kear
Jack
Glick
Gerry Society
Wagner
Irie
Ulysses
New York
Roosevelt Abandons Plan for Extra Session on Rates
Congress members say the President will not call an extra session to tackle railroad rate questions. Tariff revision prospects hinge on the decision as Senate delays may block the rate bill. The calendar can be manipulated to delay action into 1906, with endless speeches and shifting bills hindering priority.
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New York Times
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Insane burglar found by Mrs Zelie in Kingston kitchen
Mrs Frank B Zelie of Kingston reports a terrified chase as an insane man named George B Taggart first claimed to be a gas fixtures agent then hid with long shears in her kitchen. Neighbor John Peppard fled pursued by Officer William Ryan. Taggart was arrested and later entered a view of insanity in court.
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New York Times
Kingston
N. Y
Frank B. Zelie
George B. Taggart
Taggart
Peppard
North Front Street
Sherman Declines Run for Congress in Chicago
Lieut Gov Lawrence Y Sherman traveled to Chicago and stated he is not a candidate to fill the Fourteenth District vacancy caused by the Marsh death. He criticized Washington as aristocratic and money-driven and described a congressman as a pension agent and post office solicitor.
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New York Times
Chicago
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Congress
Fourteenth
Marsh
Washington
Christendom
Post Office Place
Dynamite destroys bank in Paris Illinois blast
The Dar County National Bank in Paris Illinois was wrecked by a dynamite explosion this morning. The blast also damaged Bradshaw's jewelry store and Wetzel's gift shop nearby. The bank vault was ruined though the small safe containing funds remained intact. bookkeeper Walter Juntgen suffered a broken arm from a brick hit. Bank officials said they will resume operations tomorrow.
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Paris
Ill
Dsar County National Bank
Bradshaw
Wetzel
Walter Juntgen
Yale Princeton Baseball at Princeton Saturday
Yale and Princeton clash in a baseball contest at Princeton on Saturday June 10 with special trains returning via Pennsylvania Railroad at close of game.
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Yale-Princeton
Princeton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lou Payn on McClellan Mud Sticks Harder Than Others
Louis F. Payn told a group of Republicans at State headquarters that upstate Republicans viewed New York City politics as unlikely to change the municipal race. He praised Mayor McClellan saying it would be harder to throw mud at him than at most opponents mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis F. Payn
New York City
Columbia Statesman
McClellan
British Squadron to Visit U S Waters This Autumn
The Navy Department reports through the British Embassy that Prince Louis of Battenberg will lead a British squadron of four cruisers to American waters this autumn. The voyage will skip Newport due to late-season constraints, but will stop in New York and Annapolis before the Prince proceeds to Washington, with a visit expected in October.
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Washington
Navy Department
American
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Atlantic
Newport
New York
Annapolis
President Receives Papal Envoy About Polish Church
President Roosevelt met Archbishop Francis Albin Symon of Rome, envoy to study Polish Catholic Church needs in America and possible new bishoprics. He was accompanied by Rev. John Pitass of St Stanislaus’s Buffalo. The President asked Symon to relay goodwill to the Pope.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Francis Albin
Symon
Rome
America
John Pitass
St. Stanislaus’s Church of
Buffalo
Train Wreck Near Davison Wounded In Flint
A Grand Trunk Express bound for Chicago derailed ten miles east of Flint near Davison after spreading rails. Ten people were injured, with Mrs. Cora Waltrous of Roxbury Massachusetts reported fatally hurt. Injured passengers include A M Spaulding Rumney NH Mrs Jennie Cook Roxbury MA Arthur A Holmes Middleborough MA Michael McMullin ex police officer Boston MA Mrs J L Christie West Newton MA N Hamshin Boston tourist agent.
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Flint
Mich
Grand Trunk Railroad
Chicago
Here
Davison
Cora Waltrous
Roxbury
Mass
A. M. Spaulding
Rumney
N.H
Jennie Cook
Arthur A. Holmes
Five Dollar Weekly Reward Helps Boy Find Pearl Necklace
Bernard Cahilly, who found Mrs. Warburton’s $5,000 pearl necklace, met with his father and Mrs. Warburton to collect the reward. The Cahillys discussed plans, hoping for Atlantic City or Europe, while the boy learned his wage offer. Warburton offered employment at five dollars a week, which Cahilly accepted.
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Philadelphia
Bernard Cahilly
Barclay Warburton
Europe
Warburton
Cahilly
Fugitive Campelli Sought Over Gold Bars Theft
Detectives await arrest in Queenstown Ireland for Giuseppe Campelli a former Reading Railroad section hand accused of stealing two gold bars valued at more than 13000 from a Bethayres baggage car burned in Philadelphia The bars allegedly belonged to S S White Center Manufacturing Campelli fled after confiding the find to a woman in Bethayres Italian settlement he then left for New York and sailed for Italy the woman vanished fearing retribution by his associates
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Queenstown
Ireland
Giuseppe Campelli
Reading Railroad
Bethayres
S. S. White Center Manufacturing Com
Pany
Campelli
New York
Italy
Colored physicians and clergy form TB battle group in New York
The Charity Organization Society creates a sub committee of twenty one colored doctors and ministers to combat tuberculosis among the citys colored residents. The Health Board assigns its dispensary to their supervision for three evenings weekly starting last night. A colored nurse will conduct targeted investigations, with illustrated lectures for colored churches planned next week. Paul Kennaday notes urgent need as colored deaths from TB exceed white rates.
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Charity Organization Society
Health Board
Paul Kennaday
General Committee
New York
Equitable Life Nomination Talks Narrow to Three Names
The Equitable Life nominating committee pared candidates for the board chair to Alton B. Parker, John Harsen Rhoades, and Gov. Charles S. Deneen of Illinois. Meanwhile George J. Gould negotiations for James H. Hyde’s stock suggest a multi million dollar deal, with Hyde’s consent still unconfirmed.
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Alton B. Parker
Supreme Court
John Harsen Rhoades
Greenwich Savings Bank
Gov
Charless. Deneen
Illinois
James H. Hyde
George J. Gould
Hyde
Equitable
Mr. Gould
Mr. Hyde
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Mr. Meyer
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Inasamich
Kaiser
M. Witte
Committee of Ministers
M. Nelidorf
Tokio
Jadivostok
Lake Baikal
Sakhalin
Primorsk
Siberia
Manchuria
Amur
Sungari
Peking
Vate
Iti
Gunshu Pass
Batjanoff
Imperial Army Headquarters
William
General de Lacroix
Dockeritz
de Lacroix
Miss Bemarkt
U. G. Glick
Erie, Penn
Burnett
Ion
Congressman
Sherman
Lou Payn
Pope
Michigan
The
Queenstown Police
Parker
Gould
Equitable Reconstruction
J. H. Rhoades
Deneen
Ation
Gov. Deneen
Depew
Mr. Rhoades
John. Harsen Rhoades
Gov. Herrick
Charles Samuel Deneen
Ilinois Kast
McKendree College
Lebanon, I
Cook County
Society
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