Belligerents Ready to Appoint Peace Plenipotentiaries
News service reports both Russia and Japan accept Roosevelt's peace plan and will appoint plenipotentiaries to meet in Washington. Russia ready to hear Japan's proposals as Japan nominates reps. Tokyo confirms agreement and time, with armistice effectively begun and talks aimed at terms of peace.
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New York
Associated Press
Roosevelt
St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Russia
Japan
Tokio
Washington
England Deeply Interested in the Move to End War
London reports that Britain backs President Roosevelt’s note to mediate between Japan and Russia. The British government withholds direct participation but offers cordial support and praises Roosevelt’s diplomacy as the only path to resolve the conflict. Japan demanded assurance of Russia’s earnestness before talks could begin. The article notes Japan’s request for monetary indemnity as part of its terms.
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England
London
Roosevelt
Japan
Russia
Message of the President to Russia and Japan
The president urges Russia and Japan to open direct peace negotiations to end their war. He proposes plenipotentiaries meet directly without intermediaries to seek terms of peace and offers to aid only in arranging preliminaries if the two powers request. The aim is a meeting the world prays will yield peace.
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White House
Washington
Russia
Japan
United States
Mississippi River Highest in Three Years at La Crosse
La Crosse Wisconsin June 10 The Mississippi River today stands at its highest level in three years with a two day rise of three feet flooding waterfront factories and lumber yards. The lower Wisconsin River also rising sharply with multiple washouts across railroads and towns. Trains delayed and the Des Moines river rising seven feet in three hours threatens levees and towns including Alexandria Missouri.
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Mississippi River
LA Crosse
Des Moines
Keokuk
Wis
Wisconsin River
Peoria
Toledo, Peoria ,& Western
la Harpe
Towa
Mississippi
Alexandria
Kilbourne
Wisconsin
Ottumwa
Iowa
Burlington
Tyrone
Bonaparte
Marshalltown
Ralph W. Yckham
Roosevelt Peace Message Shapes Hope for Early Accord
Berlin reports the president's peace message to Russia and Japan praised for spirit and clarity. It notes Russia is inclined toward peace, while Japan may balk if terms are harsh. The article cites Roosevelt’s persuasive role and Nicholas’s shift toward reconciliation amid war debt estimates.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
Foreign Office
Nicholas
Fire in Apartment House Earns Narrow Escape in New York
At West Thirty ninth Street, thirty five residents escaped a blaze that trapped them in a midtown apartment house. One woman was severely injured and several firefighters sustained injuries during the blaze that erupted early today.
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New York
West Thirty-ninth Street
Graft Crackdown Aims at Milwaukee Officials
Milwaukee district attorney plans a June 22 grand jury start to pursue graft among over 100 men. Two confessions have been secured from ex county officials, with others including Bert J. Meixner alleged. The investigations build on confessions of Strauss and Seidel as the basis for indictments and possible convictions.
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Milwaukee
Wis
McGovern
Strauss
Seidel
Bert J. Meixner
Steel workers get raise compromise ends wage conference
Detroit June 10. A wage conference between Republic Iron and Steel and the Amalgamated Association concluded with a compromise for the year ending July 1, 1906. Workers receive an average raise of 7 percent restoring the 1903 04 scale.
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Detroit
Mich
Republic Iron & Steel Company
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Real Crisis in the Affairs of Russia Novelty
St. Petersburg reports radical press shifting to exploit a potential peace, warning of humiliation from terms Japan may demand. It recalls M. Witte’s statement to AP that no internal crisis would occur during the war, but a crisis would come after it ends, a prophecy now echoed by radical tactics.
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St. Petersburg
Japan
M. Witte
Committee of Ministers
Associated Press
Witte
Norway seeks recognition after union dissolution
European powers urged not to recognize the new Norwegian government. Oslo reports the Storthing delivered a dissolution notice to King Oscar via a Stockholm representative. Russia and Germany will withhold recognition until the king consents to sever the union. Denmark and others explore options, with disapproval from the Danish royal family and no serious support yet for Prince Arthur of Connaught.
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Christiania
Storthing
Oscar
Sweden
Norway
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Russia
Germany
Denmark
Gustave
House of Bernadotte
Prince Arthur
Connaught
Strikes Drag On as Talks Falter Amid Labor Graft Echoes
Chicago June 1 Neither side ready to agree on settlement as the 65th day of the teamsters strike passes without peace talks. John C Driscoll returns to testify before the grand jury on labor graft claims while denying knowledge of any alleged transactions.
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Chicago
Teamsters
John C. Driscoll
Grand
Pair Take Poison and Die Together
Kansas City June 10 Mabel Gates 18 and George Job Jr found dying from strychnine on Kansas avenue at Rosedale. They died before aid could reach them. Believed to have mutually chosen death by their own act.
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Kansas City
Mabel Gates
George Job, Jr
Kansas Avenue
Rosedale
Kans
Eastern War Nearing End Features Indicates Decline
Readers see a dated wartime summary with incomplete figures on costs to Russia and Japan, field casualties, and ships lost. The piece mentions Port Arthur siege duration and losses but provides fragmented numbers. Names, dates, and specific totals are obscured, yielding a vague, archival snapshot.
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Russia
Japan
Port Arthur
Sinn
Mese Lonnes
Leading Battles. Yalu to Mukden 1904 05
A compressed report of major battles in the Yalu, Nanshan, Yafangow, Motien, Liaoyang, Shaho, Heibokotal, and Mukden campaigns during 1904 05. It notes troop counts, outcomes, and casualties with a period voice from the era. Russians retreat or are defeated at different stages while Japanese forces advance and suffer losses, culminating in Mukden’s decisive engagement.
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Yalu
Kureki
Yalu River
Manchuria
Yeawnangcheng
Nanshan
Oke
Hussian
Tato
Port Arthur
Yafangow
Rassinos
Stnkelburg
Oka
Naval Battles and Disasters in 1904 Port Arthur
A compact record of naval actions and losses in 1904 including Japan sinking battleships and cruisers, the destruction of ships at Chemulpo, the sinking of Petropavlovsk with Admiral Makarov, the May mine and collision losses near Port Arthur, the August engagements in Korean Strait, the destruction of Novik, and Nogi's siege results. Multiple ships and high‑ranking figures are named in the episode list.
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Port Arthur
Arthur
Czareviteh
Tweed
Shanghai
Saigon
Korean Strait
C A I P Divided Into Two Grand Operating Divisions
Topeka June 10 It was announced the Chicago Rock Island Pacific railway has divided the system into two grand operating divisions and appointed two general managers effective Thursday June 15. F O Melcher will head the Chicago division from Chicago and Went will head the Topeka division from Topeka both holding general manager roles.
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Topeka
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
F. O. Melcher
Rock Island
Little Rock
Ark
Augustana Synod Consoles Oscar King Shocked Sweden Norway
The Evangelical Lutheran Augustana synod, meeting in Stanton Iowa, with 225000 members and the only Swedish Lutheran body in America, sent a cablegram to King Oscar expressing sympathy amid Sweden and Norway troubles, while avoiding political dispute.
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Stanton
Iowa
Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod
America
Sweden
Norway
Oscar
Killed by Mexican Bandits in Sonora Mining District
Luther H. Jewell of Chicago, mining near Magdalena, was killed, robbed, and cremated in Sonora Mexico on June 10. A Mexican suspect confessed, implicating four others, deepening belief that Yaqui violence is aided by Mexican bandits and pointing out the funeral pyre of the cremation as proof.
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Luther H. Jewell
Chicago
Sonora
Mexico
Luther H Jewell
Magdalena
Banker Bigelow to Plead Guilty in National Banking Case
United States District Attorney Butterfield announced that former banker Bigelow would appear in federal court this afternoon to plead guilty to a violation of national banking laws and receive a sentence. He had previously been sentenced to 10 years hard labor at Fort Leavenworth Kansas.
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Milwaukee
United States
Butterfield
Bigelow
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Royal Family See Alfonso to Depot
London report states King Alfonso departed London for Spain this morning. King Edward the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught accompanied Alfonso to the railroad station.
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Alfonso
London
Spain
Edward
Prince of Wales
Duke of Connaught
Hard Blow at Lobbyists in Wisconsin Senate Action
Madison June 11 The Wisconsin Senate concurred in the assembly anti lobby bill aimed at driving paid legislative agents from influencing lawmakers. The act prohibits lobbyists from contacting members except before committees, ending a persistent pressure described as hounding members to hotels and even to war rooms.
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Wisconsin Senate
Assembly
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Senate
Archbishops Keane in Rome Receives Compliments
In Rome Carolinal Gott, prefect of the propaganda, received Archbishop Keane of Dubuque Iowa simulating the official report of his archdiocese and offered congratulations. In Madison Wisconsin gossip centers on a report that several leading Wisconsin athletes have been suspended for unpaid board bills. The named players include Findlay Jones Kemp and Clark of the football squad.
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Dubuque
Rome
Carolinal Gott
The
Propaganda Today
Keane
Iowa
Parish
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Findlay
Jones
Kemp
Clark
Morton Secures Chieftain Role in Equitable Crisis
Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton is elected chairman of the Equitable directorate with broad power as resignations ripple through the board. James Hazen Hyde sells most of the society’s capital stock to policyholders led by Thomas Ryan. July 1 marks Morton’s formal departure from Washington but control of Equitable affairs shifts only after that date.
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New York
Equitable
Morton
Washington
Loo
Fiowk
Metropolitan Subway
Alexander
Hyde
Wilson
Tarbell
Brayton Ives
Equitable Society
Paul Morton
Navy
George T. Wilson
WiLliam H. McIntyre
Francis Hendricks
Hiamits
Morten
Brayton Yes
Frick
Charles Stewart Smith
Jews Killed in Russian Riots Report Rebutted
Minsk reports a riot between soldiers and Jews with one Jew killed and 20 wounded plus one soldier shot after a purse theft claim. Lamdon newspaper disputed a prior claim of 1 death, citing official version of provocation. Separately, Senator Allison and Congressman Cousins sail for Europe aboard the steamship New York with Mrs. Morton and Miss Morton.
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Minsk
Russia
Lamdon
Europe
New York
Senator Allison
Cousins
Iowa
Paul Morton
Secretary of the Navy
Morton
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Korea
Liaotung Peninsula
Harbin
Sakhalin
Kansas
F. C. Melcher
M. E. Cain
Went
Eastern Grand Division
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Augustana Synod
Metropolitan
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