Talk of peace is dying out in war reports
A long dispatch from St. Petersburg and Washington outlines shifting hopes for peace between Russia and Japan. It notes Japanese flanking near Sipinghai, czarist reluctance to act without sea control, and varied diplomatic views in Berlin and Paris.
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Rosestvensky
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Paris
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Linevitch
Harbin
IOWA PEDAGOGUES IN SESSION AT OSKALOOSA
Arriving trains bring scores of teachers for the eleventh annual Southeastern Iowa Teachers association meeting. The gathering opens at the Methodist Episcopal church with President H. C. Hollingsworth delivering the annual address followed by Dr. Herbert L. Willett of Chicago. Other noted educators will speak as sessions continue through the week. Attendance is expected to be large and representative.
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Southeastern
Newfoundland Legislature Opens Session With Treaty Talks
St Johns N F March 30 The Newfoundland legislature assembled today to discuss a wide agenda including policing the French fisheries regulations action on the Bond Hay treaty parliamentary approval of the Harmsworth pulp making project and several fishery bills.
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St. Johns
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Newfoundland
Spaulding Guide Displays 1905 Baseball Averages
Spaulding's 1905 baseball guide just issued lists batting and fielding averages for Missouri Valley league players, shown under the Western Association title. It features a portrait of Manager Leist and the 1904 club.
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Spaulding
Western Association
Leist
Governor Folk's New York Visit Before Missouri Trip
Governor Folk of Missouri left New York for St. Louis at 11:30 p m after a day with Henry Wollman president of the Missouri Society. A steady stream of friends called at his apartments during the afternoon and Folk said he enjoyed his visit and hoped to return soon.
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Folk
Missouri
St. Louis
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The
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Falk
Roosevelt Demands Resignations of Canal Commissioners
President Roosevelt calls for the resignation of all canal commissioners and asserts he will have a free hand in reform. New commissioners have not yet been named, signaling a shakeup in control of canal operations.
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Roosevelt
Presidents reshuffle panama canal commission set
Taft requests resignations of all seven canal commission members to enable Roosevelt’s reorganization. Major General Davis and others in Washington to respond. new appointments likely announced during Roosevelt’s southern trip. Sedalia ball club roster drama continues with O R Shumag arrival and contract disputes with Jake Bauers.
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Taft
Washington
George W. Davis
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Canal Zone
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Davis
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William H. Burr
Benjamin M. Harrod
Donald Grunsky
Standard Oil Faces Extended Deadline In Antitrust Case
In Topeka Kansas on March 34 the state allowed Standard Oil to amend its bill to include the Santa Fe railroad in the alleged illegal combine. The company received until April 20 to answer the charges.
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State of Kansas
Great Oil Company
Philippine half way government to be inaugurated in two years
The half way government promised by President McKinley will be inaugurated in two years. A native Philippine assembly election is set for March 27, 1907, to elect members for a two year term. Two houses and two congressional commissioners will receive salaries of 5000 dollars and 2000 dollars for expenses. Annual assembly sessions will run ninety days.
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M’kinley
Witnesso Charged As Feasible Fixer In Armour Case
A confidential man is accused of attempting to fix a witness in the Armour affair. Authorities say the suspect offered bribes and manipulated statements to influence testimony. The case highlights ongoing legal scrutiny surrounding corporate malfeasance and whistleblower activity.
Armour executive indicted for interfering with witness
Federal grand jury in Chicago indicted Thomas J. Connors, Armour & Company general superintendent, on charges of trying to influence witness Shields in the beef trust investigation. Connors was released on $5000 bond. Shields testified in New York and Chicago, with observers reporting attempts to coach him and others. Armour defended Connors, calling the indictment a grave misunderstanding of facts.
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New York
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Omaha
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Singapore
Armour
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Sfields
Subway Fire Stopped After 120 Feet Deep Outbreak
A subway fire starting 120 feet underground in the tunnels was extinguished today after portions of the tunnel caved in. One section of the tunnel collapsed and killed Fireman Lilly.
Train Derailed as Excursion Train Ditches in Dryden
The third section of the homeseekers excursion train carrying 560 settlers from Toronto derailed at Dryden Ontario, broke rail damage derailing twelve coaches. Officials provided no casualty details though subsequent reports say no fatalities occurred.
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Homeseekers
Toronto
Northwest
Dryden
Rapertage
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Stevenson Brothers Move Offices to New Suite
Stevenson Brothers have moved their offices from the Hutchinson building to Room 104 in the Katie building.
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Stevenson Brothers
Hutchinson Building
Katie Building
Surgeon Removes Ovarian Tumor at Maywood Hospital
Dr. W. B. Dorsett of St. Louis operated on Mrs. Henry Shaffer for an ovarian tumor at Maywood hospital this morning. The patient withstood the operation well and is progressing nicely this afternoon.
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St. Louis
Henry Shaffer
Maywood Hospital
Roosevelt to Attend Slocum Monument Dedication
President Roosevelt promises to attend the dedication ceremony for General Slocum's monument in Brooklyn on May 30.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Washington
Roosevelt
General Slocum
Brooklyn
Ex-OH Attorney General Faces Grand Jury Probe Details
Frank Monett former Ohio attorney general has submitted strong evidence to District Attorney Morrison for the grand jury. The material concerns private car lines run by the packers and relates to investigations in Kansas into railroads and Standard Oil.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Chicago
Frank Monett
Ohio
Kansas
Standard Oil Company
Morrison
Grand
How to Make Sedalia Patronize Home Industries
Sedalia hosts several cigars factories producing good quality cigars. If every local smoker used homegrown cigars, plants would expand four to five times, hundreds more jobs would appear, and Sedalia’s population would grow. Merchants and landowners would benefit as the city gains through collective buying of local products.
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Sedalia
President to Call Extraordinary Session on Railroad Legislation
Washington reports the President told callers he plans an extraordinary session of Congress around October 1 to consider railroad legislation.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Washington
Nan Patterson accomplices held as Caesar Young case advances
Morgan Smith and his wife along with Nan Patterson's brother in law and sister were arrested in Cincinnati on the charge of helping procure the weapon used in the killing of Caesar Young. Smith had previously vanished before Nan Patterson's trial.
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