Delays in peace talks alarm Washington and Tokyo
Washington notes a halt in Russia Japan negotiations due to Count Lamsdorff illness. Officials say no hitch, just temporary suspension as pleni potentiaries awaited. Diplomats expect delays in armistice until envoy names and conference date set, with August seen as likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Japan
Count Lamsderi
Count Lamsdorff
St. Petersburg
Cassini
Thtre
Manchuria
Japanese flotilla fate at Port Arthur raises ships
Japanese commander at Port Arthur reports Bayan floated and indicates plans to salvage Russian vessels. Reports vary on how many ships can be raised and added to the Mikado’s navy, with a later note that about fifty vessels at Port Arthur could join, including small merchant ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Port Arthur
Mikado
London Times
Poltava
Peresviet
Retvizan
Oea
Linevitch Silent Four Days Amid Sparse Front News
Russian General Staff remains optimistic as front information stays scarce. No major engagement has begun while preliminaries proceed. Linevitch’s latest dated June 20. rumors of encirclement lack solid basis. Office in Godzyadani notes cautious outlook despite sparse reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Linevitch
London Daily Telegraph
Russian reconnaissance raid near Cancheze presses Japanese lines
On June 21 Russians conducted a force reconnaissance against Japanese positions near Cancheze. The Japanese fortifications at Tsaopinga withstood the assault as Russian forces aged, backed by two additional fortified lines. The attack forced Tokyo to pull three divisions from Kaiyuan, but the engagement ended at dusk with Russian withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cancheze
Tsaopinga
Kaiyuan
Russia protests seizure of hospital ship Orel
Russia asks French minister in Tokio to protest to Japan on its behalf over the seizure of the hospital ship Orel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Russia
Tokio
Japan
Orel
Russian Raider Dnieper Reaches Jibuti After St Kilda sinking
The Russian auxiliary cruiser Dnieper arrived at Jibuti on June 24 after sinking the British steamer St Kilda in the China Sea on June 5. British warships will not need to search for the Dnieper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dnieper
St. Kilda
China Sea
Norway Seeks U S Recognition for Free Norway
About 4,000 Norwegians in Brooklyn urged President Roosevelt to recognize Norway as an independent state after Norway ended union with Sweden. The gathering at Prospect Hall, led by Oscar Sissenere, adopted an address to the President and sent a cable to the Norwegian Storthing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Prospect Hall
Brooklyn
Roosevelt
Norway
Norwegian Society of
New York
Oscar Sissenere
New ‘York
Sweden
United States of America
Nanay
Land
J. Nannestad Bjorn
August Reymert
Manhattan
Caesar
Mr. Reymert
Rome
Storthing
Oscar
White House
Fleetwing to become mission boat in Jersey City harbor
The old transatlantic racer Fleetwing, once runner up for a 90 000 prize in 1866, is being rebuilt by the American Baptist Home Missionary Society to serve as a mission boat. It will be towed around the harbor to hold religious services for sailors with Rev. William Jones as pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington’ Street
Jersey City
American Baptist Home Missionary Society
Mr. Bennett
Henrietta
Lorilard
Vesta
Sandy Hook
Needles
George
Franklin Osgood
McAllister Towing Company
Newtown Creek
Mission Society
William Jones
Barbara Berg 101 Celebrated in Paterson
Barbara Berg of Dundee Lake turned 101 today as neighbors in Paterson celebrated. She walks stairs easily and has a sharp memory, born in Flawyl St Gall Switzerland.
Malice Caused Wreck, Says Ohio Inspector
Springfield Ohio June 24 Chief Inspector W O Jackson of Ohio railroad and telegraph department returned from Mentor after investigating the Lake Shore wreck He said the switch was opened intentionally and the perpetrator may never be known The speed of the train is not believed to have caused the wreck and fatalities are noted with funerals in Cleveland and another death reported
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ohio
W. O. Jackson
Mentor
Lake Shore
Light on Mentor wreck remains elusive as inquiry continues
Cleveland June 24 The Lake Shore and State Railroad officials and coroners probe the Mentor open switch mystery that wrecked the Twentieth Century Limited. Coroner Siegelstein suggested the switch stood open for hours, a claim Lake Shore officials dispute. Funeral services were held for five local victims as damaged mail from the wreck circulated in suburbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Shore
Mentor
Marshall
Thomas Morgan
Charles H. Wellman
M.S. Fogle
Mr. Wellman
Sweden's Riksdag debate on Sweden Norway dissolution demands
The uncommitted faction campaigns for presenting Norway demands as Sweden's irreducible minimum and seeks guarantees before a government powers bill. They push for a 25 million dollar emergency loan and troop mobilization while the Moderate Party backs the King and Ministry for full negotiations on dissolution terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Riksdag
Norway
Sweden
Maroczy Still Leading At Ostend Chess Tournament
In Ostend Belgium the tenth round left Marius Maroczy ahead by a half point over challengers Janowski and Tarrasch who each held seven points. Final scores for round ten show each player's wins and losses, with upcoming eleventh round set for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ostend
Belgium
Kursaal
Maroczy
Janowski
Tarrasch
Slapiy Acs
Marshall
Blackburne
Schlechter
United Service brief notes July to September official visits
Major Orin B. Mitcham will make up to three monthly visits to Syracuse for high explosive material inspections and up to two visits to Parlin and Haskell for powder inspections. Capt. Samuel Hof to Johnstown for ordnance material inspections. Brig. Gen. T. C. Lebo retires after 40 years. Major C. B. Baker to Philadelphia for steamship port work. Capt. J. C. Nichols to New York for Sandy Hook duty. Capt. Edward P. O’Hern to West Point for duty reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Orin B. Mitcham
Ordnance Department
Syracuse
N. Y
Parlin and
Haskell
N. J
Samuel Hof
Johnstown
Penn
T. C. Lebo
C. B. Baker
Philadelphia
Quartermaster’s Department
J. C. Nichols
New York
Sandy Hook, Proving Ground
Edward P. O'Hern
West Point
Navy assigns Brownson to Fourth Division on West Virginia
Rear Admiral W. H. Brownson is ordered to command the Fourth Division of the North Atlantic Fleet aboard the battleship West Virginia. Commander R. Henderson receives commission effective June 21. Commander A. Mertz is ordered to inspector of ordnance duty at St Juliens Creek naval magazine starting July 1. Major E. R. Lowndes is commissioned a Major.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Brownson
North Atlantic
West Virginia
R. Henderson
A. Mertz
Naval
St. Juliens Creek
E. R. Lowndes
Shipping Movements Report from Washington Dated June 24
Arrived Massachusetts at New York Craven at Newport Sailed Standish from Norfolk to Annapolis Severn from Newport News for Washington News for Ferdinand Bay Dolphin from Newport News to Washington Sylph from Washington to New York Ajax from Guantanamo to Monte Cristi The Wilmington has been ordered out of commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Massachusetts
New York
Craven
Newport
Standish
Norfolk
Annapolis
Severn
Newport. News
Ferdinand Bay
Dolphin
Newport News
Sylph
Ajax
Guantanamo
Monte Cristi
Wilmington
Grocer-Hiding Youth Arrested After Amsterdam Ave Robbery
Rudolph Schilling fourteen of 250 West Eighty fifth Street was arraigned in Children’s Court on a concealed weapon charge and paroled. He was arrested after a robbery attempt at Gustave Bender’s 485 Amsterdam Avenue store two weeks earlier. The boy allegedly entered, locked the door, and brandished a revolver demanding cash, then fled as the grocer hid inside the ice box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Schilling
West Highty-fifth Street
Children's Court
Amestrdam Avenue
Gustave Bender
Amsterdam Avenue
Bagelpe
Bender
Rudolph
Paris to debate amnesty bill for 1899 revolutionary plot
A government bill in Paris proposes amnesty for those condemned in the High Court over the 1899 revolutionary plot. The chief beneficiary would be Paul Dérouléde, ex-deputy, now in political exile in Spain. The measure would also revoke penalties tied to recent secret army reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
High Court
Paul Dérouléde
Chamber of Deputies
Spain
Secret Army
Author's daughter elopes with youth from notable circles
Paris reports a sensational elopement involving Mme Mollin, daughter of Anatole France, and seventeen year old Psichari, grandson of Ernest Renan. Mollin, ex-wife of a former secretary to Gen. André, is connected to a recent war ministerial scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Paris
Mme. Mollin
Mollin
Prof
Psichari
Anatole France
Gen
André
Gen. André
Sainte Barbe
Ernest Renan
Countess Cassini Recovers From Severe Fever
Paris reports Countess Cassini slowly recovering from a long fever. Physicians say she is out of danger and convalescence is proceeding satisfactorily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Cassini
Cabrera Funds Science Arts and Agriculture School in Guatemala
Guatemala City June 24 President Cabrera uses personal funds to set up a practical School of Sciences Arts and Agriculture taught by American professors. Tuition will be in English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Cabrera
Alman & Co Store Early Closing Hours Notice
GB Alman and Co announce store hours with daily closing at 5 P M and Saturday noon closing. The notice informs customers of adjusted retail schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alman & CO
Shipment of imported chiffon taffeta offered at sale prices
On Monday and Tuesday June 26 and 27 a shipment of four thousand yards of imported black chiffon taffeta suitable for gowns and coats will be offered at 75 cents, 95 cents, and $1.10 per yard from regular prices of $1.10 to $1.75.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Voys
Lamsdorff
Meyer
Foreign Office
The
Constitutionalists
Progressives
Godzyadani
Jibuti
Columbus
Racer
Jersey
Samuel C. Beckwith
Storrs
Lake Shore Road
A. L. Rogers
New Rochelle
New Haven
Lynn
Mass
H. C. Mechling
Fort Hamilton
William D. Mickey
the United Service
Army
the Navy
Grocer
Deroulede
Countess Cassini
Stern Brothers
Dimity
Wais
Oxford
Dresden
West Twenty-third Street
Colored Dress Goods Department
Guimp
Nineteenth Street and
Stet Avenue
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!