Linevitch denies army surrounds in bold telegrams
The dispatch cites Gen. Linevitch denying reports his army is surrounded and says morale is high and positions secure. It notes Japanese attempts to turn flanks failed and outlines plans near Amur, Port Castries, Nikolaievsk, and Khabarovsk with a base of 30,000 men and 72 guns.
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St. Petersburg
Ussuri
Pacific
Port Castries
Amur
Russki Viedomosti
Sakhalin
Sofinsk
Nikolaievsk
Khabarovsk
Linevitch Deules
Linevitch
Some New Laws Are Needed
Oyster Bay Aug 2 Attorney General Moody left for Washington to press inquiries into agricultural department scandals and consider amendments to US criminal laws. The president and AG also weighed pursuing the Meat Packers indictment in Chicago. A mad bull killed Susan Lentz near Joliet Illinois as she tried to release it from a pasture. bystanders failed to save her.
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Oyster Bay
Moody
Washington
Agricultural Department
United States
Chicago
Joliet
Susan Lentz
Plainfield Township
Strikers Riot in San Juan Amid Wage Strike
San Juan Porto Rico August 2 mobs control much of the city after a longshoremen wage strike. Streets were torn up as the mob fought police last night. one killed and 40 injured with three in critical condition. Carnahan Near Death in Indianapolis. Major General James B. Carnahan of the Knights of Pythias is sinking toward death, with death hourly expected.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Carnahan
Indianapolis
James B. Carnahan
Knights of Pythias
Cotton Growers Demand Renovation of Agriculture Dept
Washington declares in a public statement by President Jordan and Secretary Cheatham of the Southern Cotton association that Congress should reform the agriculture department statistical work. They demand a new cotton bureau with a trusted head, unbiased practice, and a law to prosecute officials for leaking or selling information, urging a top to bottom renovation in Rooseveltian fashion.
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Washington, D. C
Jordan
Cheatham
Southern Cuttom Association
Con
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Congress
Agricultural Department
Jordan and Cheatham
Cotton Bureau
Statistical Bureau
Department
Department J
Root
France Explains Morocco Conference Position to Germany
Paris premier Rouvier gave Prince von Radolin, the German ambassador, a note clarifying France’s stance on the Morocco conference program. The note aims to dispel misunderstandings about the conference scope and notes delays in organizing the meeting. East St. Louis boat eviction clears Sandy Hook squatters. about twenty five boats were dragged to the river and set adrift.
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Paris
Rouvier
Prince von Radolin
Morocco
East St. Louis
Sandy Hook
J. Franklin
Hyde Coming Back to Face the Music
Washington reports that Secretary Wilson received a cablegram from John Hyde, former chief statistician of the department of agriculture, urging his return to this country. The note from Southport, England says Hyde plans to return as soon as possible, amid investigations into leakage in the bureau of statistics connected to Edwin S. Hermes and advance cotton crop figures to New York brokers.
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Washington
John Hyde
Department of Agriculture
Wilsom
Southport
Eng
Hyde
Bureau of Statistics
Edwin S. Hermes
Department
New York
Andrew Wylie Dies Former DC Supreme Court Justice
Andrew Wylie, former justice of the district of Columbia supreme court, is dead in Washington. He presided over several notable trials, including the star route conspirators. The Swedish ministry coalition was formed today in Stockholm with Christian Lundberg as stato minister.
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Andrew Wylie
District of Columbia
Washington
Supreme Court of the
Stockholm
Christian Lundberg
Stata
Third Trial of Koch Ends in Acquittal
In Mankato Minnesota on August 2 a jury found Dr George R Koch not guilty in the third trial for the murder of Dr L A Gebhardt his brother dentist of New Ulm The case drew northwest attention Gebhardt was killed November 1 1904 with blows from a hammer Asa P Brooks editor of the New Ulm Review testified he saw a man over Gebhardts body but could not identify Koch Circumstantial evidence tied to jealousy from business rivalry and love affairs helped fuel suspicion while Koch maintained his composure and continued his practice during the proceedings
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Mankato
Minn
George R. Koch
L. A. Gebhardt
New Ulm
Northwest
Gebhardt
Asa P. Brooks
New Ulm Review
Dr. Gebhardt
Brooks
Koch
Resolutions on Rockefeller Attack Spark Chautauqua Controversy
At Springfield Illinois yesterday ex hibitions introduced resolutions disapproving Senator La Follette s attack on John D Rockefeller The measures were tabled by an almost unanimous vote amid claims the topic was delicate and the assembly should stay out The Rev R S MacArthur left without defending Rockefeller as he had promised to do
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Chautauqua
Senator la Follette
John D. Rockefeller
R. S. MacArthur
New York Divine
Chautauqua
Rockefeller
John Roach
Roadhouse
MacArthur
Women Own Big Stores In Chicago Market Shift
In Chicago’s retail scene a major ownership change places women at the helm of big mercantile stores. Mrs. Augusto Lehmann, representing the Lehmann estate, has acquired Otto Young’s share in The Fair, becoming sole owner. Mrs. Mollie Netcher, widow, continues to run the Boston store after her husband’s death.
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Chicago
America
Augusto Lehmann
Lehmann
Otto, Young
Mollie Netcher
Boston
Prominent Army Officer Faces Divorce Case At Wooster
Wooster, August 2. Many men prominent in army circles have arrived as witnesses for the Taggart divorce hearing this afternoon. The case, surrounded by sensational features, has attracted wide attention. Major Taggart is one of the best known officers of the regular army.
Windstorm Kills One and Injures Twenty in Bessmay
A strong windstorm swept Bessmay, Louisiana, yesterday afternoon, toppling several large trees that crushed houses in the town. Reports show one white boy and two Black men killed, with twenty others injured. Authorities in Beaumont, Texas, received word last evening about the casualties and damage.
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Beaumont
Texas
Bessmay
Man held on manslaughter charge in drowning death
Bridgeport, August 2 Joseph Barrett a young man was held to the superior court in bonds of 500 charged with manslaughter in causing the death of Lillian Brabner a 14 year old girl by drowning on July 19 Barrett is accused of abandoning the girl in deep water while bathing at Seaside park.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Joseph Barrett
Lillian Brabner
Barrett
Seaside Park
Yellow fever in the south worsens amid rains
Severe rains in New Orleans interrupt the yellow fever control effort as six more deaths bring the toll to seventy four. Officials report renewed militiamen and train inspectors patrolling as far north as Cairo while quarantines persist and gutters and cisterns are affected by washed oil.
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South
New Orleans
Cairo
Russian envoy Witte arrives in New York in good health
Sergius Witte Russia's senior peace envoy arrives aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse and reaches quarantine in New York. He says he is happy to visit America and that his sole mission is to negotiate peace. He regrets not speaking English. The voyage came after a passage across the Atlantic.
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Stasicans
Mass
Atlantic
Sergius Witte
Russia
American
Witte
America
New York
Gen Wood to Resume Command in the Philippines
Boston dispatch reports Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood returning from the Philippines for a head operation and stating he expects to resume duties in the Far East within a month. Also notes the death of former Missouri Congressman John Dougherty in Liberty aged 80, and the death of prosecutor Edward Furthmann in Chicago, both reported Aug 2.
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Philippines
Boston
Leonard, Wood
United States Army
Far East
Missouri
Liberty
John Dougherty
Two Days Fete On St Marys Canal Opens A Semi Centenary
A two day fete marking the fiftieth anniversary of the St Marys Canal opens in Sault Ste Marie with crowds, flags, a sunrise salute, and a naval parade in which Canada participates. Dignitaries including Vice President Fairbanks and Senator Burrows attend as streets and government buildings glow with lights.
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Sault Ste Marie
Mich
St. Mary's River
St. Mary's
St. Mary's Ship Canal
Canada
Char W. Fairbanks
Chiefs
Warner
Burrows
Michigan
Danish Move Boosts Prince Charles for Norway King
Copenhagen reports Emperor William leans toward Prince Charles as Norway's future monarch. If Charles does not become king, the Emperor favors a Danish monarchy. Separately, a bank in Royal, Champaign County, Illinois was robbed of $4,000 with a nitroglycerine explosion blowing the safe door open.
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Copenhagen
William
Norway
Charles
Denmark
Christian I
Hohenzollern
Danville
Royal
Champaign County
Foresters appoints Toronto for next meeting
The Independent Order of Foresters supreme court chose Toronto Ontario as the next meeting place four years hence. The salary of the supreme chief ranger was raised to 15000 dollars and the treasurer to 6000 dollars. Officers elected include Dr Oronhyateka as supreme chief ranger and John A McGillveay as supreme secretary. The chief ranger is described as a full blood Mohawk. In Rome the pope received Rev Edward L Spaulding chancellor of the diocese of Alton Illinois.
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Oronhyateka
Aulande City
N. J
Supreme Court of the Independent Order of Foresters
Toronto
Ont
Wederburn
Alton
Rome
Edward L. Spaulding
Diocese of
Rockefeller Wife Failing Health Amid Husband Criticism
Aug. 2 Cleveland report notes Mrs. John D. Rockefeller’s health rapidly declines under stress from public criticism of her husband. Close friends say she withdraws from social circles, avoids church work, and relies on her sister as she travels with Rockefeller’s private life under scrutiny.
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Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Cirele Narrey
Forest Hill
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