Peace envoys presented to President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay
Baron Komura and Takahira with their suites arrived at Oyster Bay for formal introduction to President Roosevelt and the Russian envoys. The Mayflower and other ships fired 19 gun salutes as the Japanese and Russian peace delegations were welcomed and hosted at luncheon aboard.
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New York
Baron Komura
Takahira
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sergius Witte
Baron Rosen
United States
Takoma
Mr. Witte
Chattanooga
Roosevelt Pier
Sagamore Hill
Dolphin
Galveston
Winslow
TWO NEGRO SLAYERS KILLED IN HATTIESBURG LYNCHING
Reports from Hattiesburg Mississippi say two Black men Ed Lewis and Kid George were lynched by a mob last night for alleged accessory status in the murder of convict guard J G Smith. In St Louis George Disch, a coffin factory worker, died at work from heart disease while trimming a coffin.
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Hattieburg
Miss
Memphis
Ed Lewis
Kid” George
J. G. Smith
St Louis
George Disch
Chinese in Japan Boycott Spreads to Freight Handling
In Yokohama Chinese workers refuse to handle freight on the Pacific Mail steamer Manchuria bound for Hongkong. A meeting is planned tomorrow to organize the movement as anti American sentiment escalates in the port.
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Yokohama
America
Manchuria
Hongkong
Land graft charge comes from far North
Seattle officials report Nome residents in uproar over government officials alleged to file on valuable mining claims. Nome Nugget accuses officials of illegal methods and self serving relocations. Ohio steamer dispatch notes public anger and calls for investigation if Washington acts.
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Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Nome
Ohio
Nome-Nugget
Nugget
Washington
Chimpanzee Dooley Dies Amid Cigaret Crusade
Indy report says Mr Dooley the chimpanzee died after a week without cigarets. Gov Hanley refused to suspend the anti cigarette law to allow smoking. Autopsy cites death from shock and prostration due to deprivation after two years of constant use.
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Indianapolis
Pfister Indicted Over Milwaukee Garbage Contract Plot
Milwaukee Aug 5 Charles F Pfister a leading Milwaukee capitalist and political ally of Senator Spooner was indicted by a grand jury and arrested on charges he stole 14400 from the Wisconsin Rendering Co to secure the cities garbage disposal contract The company president FP C Gross testified he gave Pfister the funds with the understanding they would back the contract and be returned if not used as intended
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Lester F. Johnson
Rock Island
Alta
Peoria
Johnson
Railway Company
United States Express Company
Ada
Edward Beam
Edna Manley
Milwaukee
Wis
Charles F. Pfister
Henry C. Payor
J. C. Spooner
Wisconsin Rendering Company
Ates
Pfister
Oil Officer Drowns In Tank At Burghardt Lease
Dudley F. Chambers, treasurer and assistant general manager of the Southwestern Oil & Gas Co, was found dead in an oil tank at the Burghardt lease in Chanute Kansas. He descended a ladder to inspect the oil bottom and apparently suffocated while unconscious.
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Chanute, Kans
Dudley F. Chambers
Southwestern Oil & Gas Company
Burghardt
Chambers
Rumored Mitchell May Quit Miners
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania August 5 Despite President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers denying plans to quit the labor drive he is quoted saying at Olyphant I may not long be with you in this great movement This night and day work is too much The remark unsettles miners and fuels speculation on his tenure or reelection next January
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Wilkesbarre
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Olyphant
Rioting Continues in Russian City with Arrests and Violence
Detectives raid a coffee house in the Jewish district and capture 70 members of the social democratic party. Strikes rage across trades as infantry guards Lilpop Rau iron works. A flour mill manager in Sladowice district is seized, bound, pitched into a sewer, and drowned.
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Warsaw
Social Democratic Party
Lilpoprau
Sladowice
Two Deaths, Theatre Firm Formed, and Harvest Notes
Robert Kohler, 36, president of Riverside iron works, found dead on the anniversary of his brother’s death. Henry Montrose located skulking suspect in Davenport watch theft. Davenport officers escorted him to the Iowa side. Moline Theatre Company incorporated with Skinner, Morgan, Meese as organizers. initial board includes Chamberlin, Kindt, Meese. capital stock $50,000. Watermelons shift from Georgia to Missouri with Indiana and southern Illinois crops to follow. Northern Pacific lists harvest manpower needs in the Northwest, with wages $1.75 to $2.50 and thousands needed in Grand Forks Fargo and surrounding towns. Romanian drought imperils the entire grain crop.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Robert Kohler
Riverside
Henry Montrose
Spencer Square
Reinhart
Davenport
Montrose
Iowa
Northwest
St. Paul
Minn
Northern Pacific Road
Grand Forks
Fargo
McHenry
Jessie
Sheldon
Moorhead
Grafton
Hannaford
Darey
Near a Collapse Wife of Army Officer Said to Have Appeared in Questionable Roles
Grace Culver Taggart, wife of Maj. Elmore F. Taggart, faces a divorce suit as witnesses recount alleged slumming trips and improper behavior in Manila in 1901. Depositions include claims of infidelity by Captain Bush and a defense push. The testimony alternates between favorable remarks from Maj. Taggart’s father and corroboration of misconduct from other witnesses and former servants.
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Wooster
Ohio
Grace Culver Taggart
Elmore F. Taggart
Augustina de la Cruz
Manila
Capt. Taggart
Culver
Taggart
County Official Targeted by Humorous Dinner Prank
A courthouse official was unwittingly drawn into a practical joke when colleagues arranged an elaborate dinner at a local hotel without his consent. A phony hotel call claimed he ordered the event and would be billed. After some disputes, the victim learned of the ruse and later hosted a dinner for three conspirators as a quiet payoff.
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Court House
Lawless gang on New York streets erupts in violence
On the lower east side the Paul Kelly gang began a temporary reign of lawlessness as 50 policemen pursued them. They smashed plate glass windows, damaged restaurant wares, threw waiters into the street, and robbed a Greek man. Only one gang member was captured.
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New York
Paul Kelly
Lower East Side
Federal action shifts yellow fever control to New Orleans health authorities
The article covers Secretary Wilson defending meat inspection limits to small packing houses, Roosevelt ordering federal health and revenue support for New Orleans yellow fever efforts, and local updates on cases and quarantines. It notes indictments of a packer, strike at Adventure Mine, and ongoing federal coordination with Governor Blanchard and Surgeon General Wyman.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Beef Trust
Meat Inspection Service
Department of Agriculture
House Committee On Agriculture
James Wadsworth
New York
Bureau of Animal Industry
H. B. Salmon
Glyes
New Orleans
Shaw
Capt. Ross
Revenue Cxtter Service
Revenue Cutter Service
Roosevelt
Blanchard
Marine Hospital Service
Drunk Man's Deed Aboard Train Ends Fatal and Robbery
A drunken man on a Chicago and Alton excursion train crossing the Mississippi near Louisiana Missouri on August 5 shot Marion Warner of Secor Alabama, wounded a woman, and forced a passenger to empty a satchel before firing at random. He was overpowered after a boilermaker from Jacksonville tried to stop him.
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Louisiana, Mo
Chicaxo & Alton
Bloomington
Mississippi River
Marion Warner
Secor
Warner
Arn Koecks
Jacksonville
Sam Jones Takes Dig At Governor Deneen
Springfield Ul Aug 5 The evangelist Sam Jones criticized Governor Charles S Deneen before the Illinois Baptist chautauqua audience praising La Follette Folk and Hanly while quipping about Deneen and questioning his status since election He also attacked society people and warned against card play and taverns.
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Sam Jones
Springfield
Hilnvis
Deneen
la Follette
Wisconsin
Folk
Missouri
Hanly
Indiana
Tilmoit
Charles 8
Mayor Opposes Bath Skirts In Atlantic City
Atlantic City authorities report Mayor Stoy issued an edict requiring bath ing skirts to reach the knee and not be made of thin material. Beach guards were ordered to bring suspected violators to city hall for judgment on length and texture of the garments.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Stoy
Russia Decides on Another Internal Loan
St. Petersburg reports the government has decided to issue another internal loan of 10 million dollars. The move follows prior loans in an effort to bolster state funds amid economic pressures.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
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