Czar calls for new peace conference move
St. Petersburg reports Russia plans to address foreign powers about a second Hague peace conference. President Roosevelt backs the idea, but favors Russia initiating the step. The peace treaty signing should not be delayed despite a Russian cruise. An official copy with conference documents is en route to St. Petersburg for signature.
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Russia
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Cherbourg
Peterhof
Count Lamsdorff
Fever Centers Shrink as Yellow Fever Eases in New Orleans
In New Orleans on Sept 19 the fever scene showed improvement with several previously infected centers reporting disappearance of cases. One suspicious yellow fever case emerged on government boats at Kemps Bend in North Louisiana linked to New Orleans. New cases totaled 12 with 2 deaths.
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New Orleans
Kemps Bend
Louisiana
Miners Refuse Peace Offer in Chicago and Alton Sector
Miners in the Chicago and Alton subdistrict reject the peace plan urged by National Vice President Lewis. A referendum held Saturday resulted 521 to 165 against resuming work under the state executive board accord with operators. Lewis will forward the vote to National President Mitchell for decision.
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Springfield
Chicago and Alton
National
Lewis
Mitchell
Money flowing into banks in Tokyo after peace
In Tokyo on September 19, amid public dissatis faction with peace plans, business capital shifts to banks as it moves into deposits. The move signals a gradual funding of new enterprises following the peace treaty, with deposits likely to lower interest rates.
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Tokio
Disabled at Sea Bremen in Tow After Shaft Break
The North German Lloyd steamer Bremen sighted in Halifax harbor in tow of Lucigen after its propeller shaft broke two days from New York. The ship carried 100 cabin passengers plus steerage. All onboard are reported well.
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N. S
Bremen
New York
Lucigen
Died in a joint opium death at Plum Alley resort
Salt Lake City report says a Chinese woman summoned police to 53 Plum Alley where a Chinese man died on a cot and another, in a deranged state, set a fire. On the floor below, Eddie Merode, a white acrobat, lay dying likely from opium poisoning with his money and jewelry missing. An acquaintance claims Merode, once E J Baer, was the son of a Wilmington cotton manufacturer who inherited $30,000 years ago.
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Salt Lake City
Plum Alley
Eddie” Merode
Merode
Heritea Wealth
E. J. Baer
Wilmington
N. C
jBace
National Sons of Veterans encampment opens in Gettysburg
In Gettysburg Pennsylvania on September 19 the annual encampment of the National Association of Sons of Veterans began with a large reception by the Ladies Auxiliary of Gettysburg camp. The first business session started today and a motion to merge with the Grand Army of the Republic was rejected on a technicality.
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Gettysburg
National Sons of Veterans’ Association
National Association of Sons of Veterans
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Commerce department ousts two Chinese inspectors
Washington sept 19 the department of commerce issued an order removing Edward Boltz and Charles W Stevenson Chinese inspectors in the immigration service They are charged with aiding in smuggling four Chinese into the United States at Buffalo and with perjury at their hearing
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Washington
Department of Commerce Today
Edward Boltz
Charles W. Stevenson
Immigration Service
United States
Buffalo
Cigaret Law Gets a Jolt in Test Case
In Omaha a tobacco dealer John Alpherson won a ruling by Judge Day who declared the anti cigaret law unconstitutional as it applies to giving away cigaret papers. The judge noted the law covers manufacture and sale only and hoped to aid in curbing juvenile cigarette use. The case proceeds to the supreme court.
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Omaha
Neb
John Alpherson
Supreme Court
Die 61 Years After Wedding Aged Lee County Couple Pass Away
Sterling Alabama September 19 After 61 years of married life Mr and Mrs Andrew Morris of Marion Lee county died within 48 hours of each other a double funeral was held today Minot Bank Closed Minot North Dakota September 19 The Minot National Bank failed to open its doors this morning and a notice read Closed pending action of the controller of the currency sugar prices drop in Newee September 19 all grades of refined sugar were reduced 2 cents a hundred pounds Prominent Leroy Man Dead Bloomington Illinois September 39 Soeene Kenan a banker and former mayor of Leroy Ill died today aged 77 Troops Leave Yokohama Yokohama September 19 Troops sent here during recent riots have been withdrawn to Tokio
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Lee County
Sterling, al
Andrew Morris
Marion
Minot Bank
Minot. N. D
Minot National Bank
Leroy
Bloomington
Soeeeny Kenan
Leroy, Ill
Yokohama
Tokio
Union of Two Countries and Labor Court Rulings
A Berlin farewell honors Frank H. Mason as American consul general in Paris. German official Goldberger pushes reciprocal ties while urging tariff protection. In Chicago a non union worker wins a damages claim against a union. Packers conspiracy case faces jury issues over juror placement and timing.
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Berlin
American Association of Commerce and Trade
Kaiserholf
Frank H. Mason
John K. Gowdy
Paris
Charlemange Tower
Roosevelt
William
von Koerner
Department of Foreign Commerce
Foreign Office
Captain Young on Trial for Gunboat Bennington Disaster
Mare Island California September 1y The court martial of Commander Lucien Young who led the gunboat Bennington during the San Diego harbor boiler explosion last month sits in session Judge Gear his attorney and the full beard are present
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Mare Island
Lucien Young
United States
Bennington
San Diego
Gear
Turkey Yields A Point To America
Constantinople reports Turkey has admitted the right of American consular authorities to see Armenias Vartanian and Afarian charged with political crimes and to investigate their claims to American protection, marking the first step toward yielding to American demands.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Notorious cracksman dies in stable fall
Charles Edwards, linked to the Jimmy Hope gang and jailed 38 times, was found dead in a New York stable after a horse kicked him, with his widow and three children refusing to claim the body and the burial planned in the potter's field. Snow and wind hit Cripple Creek Colorado with several inches of snow and a damaging gale.
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New York
Edwards
Jimmy Hope
Potter's Field
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Colo
James Mol Found Guilty in Water Deal Bribe Case
Grand Rapids jury convicts former Alderman James Monot of accepting bribe from ex City Attorney Salsbury to aid the Lake Michigan water deal. This is Mol’s second trial. he was previously found guilty at the first trial.
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Grand Rapids
Ald
James Monot
Salsbury
Lake Michigan
Mol
Roosevelt telegraphs on possible New Orleans visit date
President Roosevelt sent a message to Mayor Behrman of New Orleans stating he expected to arrive October 24 if the public desired it. He added a second trip could be made to visit Louisiana and Arkansas if people preferred a later visit, subject to state quarantine regulations.
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New York
Roosevelt
Behrman
New Orleans
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Arkansas
Flood cuts rail link between St Louis and Kansas City
The Mississippi rose to 27.02 feet, flooding central Missouri as steel bridges and miles of track washed away. Rail service between St Louis and Kansas City halted. line communications destroyed. towns report loss of mail and flood damage to lighting plants and major industries as tributaries rise.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Central Missouri
Missouri Pacific
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Wabash
Alton
Oil Prices Rise Again In Pittsburg District
Pittsburg Pa Sept 19 The Standard Oil company advanced the price of all crude oil grades except Raglan for the third time in two weeks. Higher grades went up three cents while lower grades rose two cents.
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Pittsburg
Raglan
Standard Oil Company
After Studebaker Remains Watchman Exchanges Shots
South Bend Indiana September 19 Two suspicious men fired on Thomas Hackney the watchman at the Studebaker family mausoleum in the city cemetery. Hackney says the intruders fled after he challenged them and one man appeared to be wounded in the exchange.
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South Bend
Ind
Thomas Hackney
Clement Studebaker
Hackney
Prince Louis of Battenburg to Visit Washington in November
The state department reports Prince Louis of Battenburg will arrive November 2 in Washington. The British North Atlantic squadron under his command will be in the Annapolis roads while the commander in chief and staff visit the capital. The president will receive him at the White House with proper ceremonies.
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Washington
State Department
Prince Louis of Balttenburg
Annapolis
White House
Power boiler explodes injuring several in New York
A 16,000 horsepower boiler exploded at the United Electric Light Power company's power house in New York City last night. About a score of men narrowly escaped death and five were seriously injured with Patrick Brady believed to be fatally hurt. In Lincoln, William J. Bryan served as delegate to Lancaster county's Democratic convention, which named delegates for tomorrow's gathering also attended by Bryan.
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New York
United Electric Light & Power Company
Patrick Brady
Bryan County
Lincoln, Neb
William J. Bryan
Lancaster County
Bryan
Fires and political donations probe shadow New York life case
Saranac Lake Sept 19 a state attorney general may sue to recover 151.44 in New York Life funds used as campaign contributions and consider official misconduct by trust fund managers Paul Morton of Equitable Life says no more political contributions. Four mysterious fires at Fort Hamilton Wadsworth Slocum in two months raise concern with suspicious origins and no definite cause.
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N. Y
Judas Mayer
New York Life
New York
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable
Perkins
Republican National Campaign
New York Harbor
Department of the
Fort Hamilton
Fort Wadsworth
Fort Slocum
License Revoked for Oteri Steamer Captain
Washington Sept 19 The department of commerce has revoked the license of the captain of the steamer Oteri once part of United Fruit lines between the West Indies and Baltimore for alleged refusal to aid the presidents yacht Sylph when she was disabled off North Carolina coast last April after transporting Mrs Roosevelt to Florida.
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Department of Commerce
Oteri
United Fruit Company
West Indies
Baltimore
Sylph
North Carolina
No Danger Now of Cholera Epidemic
Washington reports Ambassador Tower in Berlin states the German government announces the outbreak checked and an epidemic unlikely. Berlin bulletin notes seven new cholera cases with no deaths.
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Ambassador Tower
State Department
Berlin
Odd Fellows Parade Draws 15000 In Line
The Odd Fellows conclave featured a three mile parade through Philadelphia with about 15,000 marchers and a thronged line of sight-seers along the route this afternoon.
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Philadelphia
Riot follows election in Saltillo and fires hit Nome
A dispatch from Coahuila, Mexico reports a riot after Sundays gubernatorial election in Saltillo with several deaths. Nome fire destroys a block in Nome, Alaska, including the city hall and major stores, with $200,000 loss but no reported fatalities. The Hague sees the Dutch Parliament open as Queen Wilhelmina addresses internal affairs. Maj Robert H Montgomery, U.S. Army retired, dies in Washington of Bright's disease.
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Texas
Coahuila
Mexico
Saltallo
Nome
Seattle
Wash
Alaska
M. E. Atkinson
J. P. Parker
Maj. Montgomery
Washington
Robert H. Montgomery
Bright
State liquor dealers meet at Peoria convention
Peoria September 19 The 26th annual convention of the Liquor Dealers Protective association of Illinois opened with about 600 delegates in attendance. President Harry W Airwarm of Chicago, Vice President J F Tillibuescher of Quincy, and Secretary M J McCarthy of Chicago are expected to be re elected.
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Peoria
Liquor Dealers’ Protective Association of Illinois
Harry W. Airwarm
Chicago
J. F. Tillibuescher
Quincey
M. J. McCarthy
Toronto flour mill fire destroys vast grain stocks
A blaze at the Brown flour mills in Toronto Ontario killed one firefighter and seriously injured another with two more hurt. The mill contained about ten thousand barrels of flour and roughly 300000 bushels of wheat. The total loss was estimated at 200000 dollars.
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Toronto
Ont
Watermelon Season Closes With Light Crop and Higher Prices
The watermelon season in the melon belt ended with a very light crop, likely one third of normal. Prices averaged about 50 higher across the season, offsetting growers losses. Separately, Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford's estate inventory lists assets of 4,391,871. Ex-Mayor Frank B. Hoskins of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, died suddenly.
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Stanford
San Jose
Cal
Jane Lathrop Stanford
Fond du Lac
Wis
Frank B. Hoskins
Another Franco German Crisis Over Moroccan Conference
Paris reports a fresh Franco German crisis as Morocco conference talks stall. Meetings between German plenipotentiary Dr. Rosen and French plenipotentiary M. Revoil are suspended while the foreign office remains hopeful for an eventual settlement.
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Paris
France
Germany
Dr. Rosen
M. Revoil
Foreign Office
Prussian Court Denies Crown Prince Tax Exemption
Berlin September 19 The Prussian superior court rejected Crown Prince Frederick William’s appeal of a tax assessment on the estate inherited from his grandfather. The prince sought exemption as heir to the throne from the tax on the crown, but the court upheld the levy.
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Superior Court of
Prussia
Frederick William
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