Strike Settles To Long Fight In Rail Telegraphers War
Strikes among Great Northern and Northern Pacific telegraphers intensified over several days from Aug. 2 to Aug. 4. President Perham ordered 2,050 operators out, with 95 percent expected to be idle by daybreak. Rail officials claim temporary disruption and ability to fill posts, while unions vow ongoing resistance.
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St. Paul, Minn
Alegraph
Perham
Order of Railway Telegraphers
St. Paul
Minn
Horn
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Harn
Northern Pacific Road
Slade
Idaho Division
Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railways
Telegraphers' Union
High Officials Must Bear Blame In Bennington Inquiry
Special dispatch from San Diego to the Call reports a court of inquiry into the Bennington disaster. It asserts boiler B failed not from high pressure but from crown sheet and bolts that were dead from constant use and lack of renewal. The court will not censure Bennington officers but shift responsibility to higher authority.
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San Francisco
San Diego
Cal
Bennington
Bannington
Denmark King Candidate Seen for Norway Crown
Copenhagen August 3 reports Emperor William now favors Prince Charles of Denmark as Norway’s king. He is quoted saying without Charles king Norway would be a republic, adding he prefers a monarch and will support Charles’s candidacy.
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Norway
Copenhagen
William
Tailor Frank Fortman Ends Life After Farewell Letters
In St Louis on August 8 Frank Fortman a 76 year old tailor spent the night composing a will and farewell notes then fatally shot himself in the back yard. He left a note to his son asking forgiveness for the act and directing his cremation and ashes scattered on his cemetery lot.
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St. Louis
Frank Fortman
After waging the baby to sleep a woman confronts her spouse
A woman finally settles a tense moment by soothing a baby, then speaks to her husband Appleop, revealing a strained domestic scene amid an evening that threads through family care and conflict.
Wilson to reorganize crop statistics bureau plans
Oyster Bay August 1 Secretary Wilson will reorganize the crop statistics bureau of the Agriculture Department. He seeks men of character and education to lead, with two Southern experts in cotton and tobacco. He and President Roosevelt discussed the department amid investigations and vows to purge graft and corruption from federal bureaus.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Willison
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Long Island
Baron Rosen
Bureau of Statistics
Plant Industry
Russian envoy M Witte voices pessimism on peace talks
New York August 3 The Herald reports M Witte the Russian peace envoy warned negotiations will end within a week as Japanese terms are intolerable. He praised Japanese military and administration, noting Russia faced vast distances and colonial war hardships, while Japanese progress remains overstated.
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Nw York
Herald
M. Witte
New York
Japan
Russia
Korea
Manchuria
Work on Panama Canal Abandoned
The isthmian canal commission plans to abandon attempts at digging the canal until better prepared. Sanitation reforms will replace current conditions, with Chief Engineer Stevens to reside at Culebra or Ancon.
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New York
The
Isthmian Canal Commission
Herald
Panama
Stevens
Culebra
Ancon
Bryan plans world tour after Wisconsin banquet
Col. W. J. Bryan told intimate friends after a Wisconsin Democrats banquet that he would begin a trip around the world soon. The voyage is expected to last one to two years.
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Madison
Wis
Democrats of
Wisconsin
W. J. Bryan
Root Starts for Labrador and St Johns Tour
Secretary of State Root and Col. William Cary Sanger depart Utica with Elihu V Jr and Howard. They travel to Montreal and St Johns N F then sail for Labrador, expected to be absent about a month.
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Root
Labrador
Utica
N. Y
Col
William
Cary Sanger
Elihu V Jr
Howard
Montreal
St. Johns
N F
Newlywed Roast Chicken Sparks Unseen Family Feud
A playful exchange between Mr and Mrs Newlywed reveals a feisty dinner table mood. The husband quips about a tough roast chicken as a joke while the wife chides him for speaking ill of the dead, hinting at unresolved tensions in Meggendort er Binetter.
Predict New Alliance Against Great Britain and Japan
August 4 St Petersburg dispatch notes mixed editorials on peace efforts. Sviet dismisses progress as idle talk while Moscow Gazette condemns Witte’s US mission as a disgrace. Gazette anticipates a European alliance led by Russia Germany and France to curb Japan and Britains influence.
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Great Britain
Japan
St. Petersburg Gazette
France
Germany
Russia
St. Petersburg
Sviet
Moscow Gazette
M. Witte
United States
the Gazette
Far East
Taft and His Party on Way to Manila
Secretary Taft and party sailed for Manchuria to Manila on the steamer Manchuria after spending Sunday in Kioto and Kobe. A large crowd cheered at Kioto as the party left by special train, and Kobe welcomed them with officials, a waterfront reception, and fireworks as gifts were exchanged with Miss Roosevelt.
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Taft
Manila
Tolio
Manilla
Manchuria
Kioto
Roosevelt
Kobe
Sunnday
Water Front
Miss Roosevelt
Nippon Badly Damaged In Sea of Japan Battle
San Francisco reports say the Nippon, a former Togo Kisen Kaisha liner and scout ship for Admiral Togo, was badly damaged by Russian shells in the Sea of Japan battle. To save her from total loss the vessel was run ashore, with chances to be raised and resume her Orient service.
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San Francisco
Siberia
Togo Kisen Kaisha
Nippon
Cor Japan
Togo
Far East
America
Hong Kong
Orient
Japan
Admiral Rojestvensky Leaves Bed After Operation
August 1 Toklo reports Admiral Rojestvensky has made progress since forehead operation. He sat in a chair on Sunday, could not walk freely due to foot pain, but is not cause for uneasiness. He expressed sincere satisfaction with the treatment.
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Rojestvensky
Toklo
Admiral Rojestvensky
Russians Fire on Japanese Boats Off Chung Ching Coast
Tokio reports two Russian torpedo boat destroyers appeared off Chung Ching on Korea’s northern coast at 4 40 AM and attacked the Kelshe merchant steamer. Sixty shots were fired, seven hitting the engine room and bridge, killing the captain and one day, wounding two crew. The destroyers then steamed to Vladivostok while the Kaisha continued the voyage.
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Tokio
Chung Ching
Korea
Vladivostok
Chinese Daily to Be Printed in San Francisco
It is announced that Chinatown will have an eight to ten page morning daily Chinese language paper. It will be the only Chinese morning paper outside China, published along American lines and illustrated. The paper aims to represent a new political party formed in China and this country.
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San Francisco
Cal
Chinatown
China
Quotable Thought Sparks Debate on Women's Past
A remark suggesting that a woman's past is too long provokes debate about memory and judgment in society. Commentators discuss implications for reputation and fairness, noting the statement reflects gendered expectations and social scrutiny.
Witte for Peace Talks In America With Cautious Tone
Sergius Witte, Russian peace envoy, arrives in New York with a senior staff to enter talks with Japanese commissioners. He praises Roosevelt and American fair play in an address, but offers no optimism on the conference’s outcome, stating his mission to learn Japan’s conditions for peace.
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New York
Sergius Witte
Russia
America
Roosevelt
Electricity Aid In Elopement Sparks Pittsburg Plot
Joseph Hulburt Jr age 22 employed at Etna borough light plant used knowledge of electricity to cut off all lights around Sharpsburg to abduct 15 year old Ethel Upperman in a dramatic elopement. Father woke but darkness hid the act as Hulburt appeared and the couple embraced.
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Pittsburg
Joseph Hulburt, Jr
Ethel Upperman
Sharpsburg
Hulburt
Etna
Compromises Timber Claims In Minnesota Settlement
A conditional timber trespass settlement in St Paul Minnesota totals 70 000 on state claims. Treble damages were sought from Shevlin Carpenter Bonness Howe and C A Smith Lumber company. The board will accept double damages 47 000 and drop suits if the next legislature passes curative acts.
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St. Paul Minn
Shevlin-Carpenter , Company
Bonness & Howe
C. A. Smith Lumber Company
Assets show defalcation in German bank assets
Buffalo New York August 3 report by appraisers Keating and Teller filed for the defunct German bank shows face values of assets totaling 6,799,175 with an estimated actual value of about 3,930,707. Demand notes face 1,252,324 value 399,973. Time notes face 3,077,468 value 3,227,928.
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Buffalo
N. Y
George P. Keating
George QR. Teller
German Bank
Kilbourne
London to switch to gas street lighting
Washington reports Consul Halstead says London will discard electric arc lamps for gas street lighting. Incandescent gas lamps will be cheaper and more effective, with new lamps giving ten times as much light for the same cost, according to the Birmingham dispatch.
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Washington
London
Halstead
State Department
Birmingham
Results of baseball games by league and region
National League games featured Chicago Beets and New York at 3 to 1 and 3 to 1, St. Louis over Philadelphia 4 to 8, and Brooklyn edging Philadelphia in 13 innings. American League results include Philadelphia 4 over Chicago, New York 4, Cleveland 3, Boston 4 tied, St. Louis 2 over 3, Washington 2 over Detroit 1, plus minor league and regional scores across Louisville Milwaukee Columbus Minneapolis Toledo St Paul 14 Indianapolis 3 Kans City 1 and others.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
New York
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Boston
Washington
Detroit
Louisville
Milwaukee
Columbus
Minneapolis
Toledo
St. Paul
Indianapolias
Kansays City
Peoria
Bloomington
Springfield
Decatur
Rock Island
Dubuque
Uecungue Bpringue Terre Hene
Grand "Rapids
Dayton
Canton
Typhoid Fever Outbreak in Columbus Neighbors Sick on Edwards Street
In Columbus Ohio Aug 8 authorities investigate typhoid fever outbreak centered on Edwards street where a dozen families are affected and tainted milk is suspected as the source.
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Columbus
Ohio
Edwards Street
Few Seek Homesteads in Uintah Reservation
Denver August 3 report shows registration for homesteads in the Uintah reservation progress slowly with only 5,507 registrations recorded at all points on the first day.
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Denver
Col
Grand Junction
Austrian Ambassador Arrives in New York on Caronia
Baron von Hengelmuller Austro Hungarian ambassador to the United States Sir Edmund John Munson former British ambassador to France and Lady Munson arrive in New York aboard the Caronia from Liverpool after a steamer voyage with a notable international diplomatic reception expected shortly.
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New York
Mississippi and Louisiana clash over quarantine rule
Mississippi troops guarding quarantine lines allegedly crossed into Louisiana waters near Pearl river. Governor Blanchard protested to Mississippi officials and urged actions to keep guards on their side. A Mississippi patrol at Lake Borgene canal caused fisherfolk disruption. British Brayhead cargo issue added tension. Fever outbreak in New Orleans continued with 54 new cases and 5 deaths reported yesterday.
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Memphis
Tenn
Baton Rouge
Lasaga
Mississippi
Louisiana
Rigolets
Pearl River
Blanchard
Perraliat
J. W. Bostwick
Souchon
State Board of Health
Vardaman
Lake Borgene
Lake Borgene Canal
Gulf
United States
New Orleans
Charity Hospital
Bostick
Naval Brigade
Oyster Commission
Lake Ponchattain
Lake Borgne
Tate
Brigade
Brayhead
Lake Boyne Canal
Cereeen Es
Cssecsceeees
Quo Warranto Seeks Delmar Jockey Club Charter Forfeit
Jefferson City Mo July 29 Quo warranto proceedings prepared by Attorney General Hadley were filed in the supreme court to annul the Delmar Jockey Club charter and confiscate the property for the state. Judge Marshall ordered the respondent to appear on October 10 to show cause why the charter should not be annulled and property forfeited.
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Jefferson City
Hadley
Supreme Court
Delmar Jockey Club
Marshall
Witte powers extend to plenary authority in talks
Russian press urges delay before talks on peace terms. Witte holds broad powers and will guard Russia’s interests. Neratoff says commissions to pressure Japan unlikely. credentials show Witte acts as full plenipotentiary. Russia insists on negotiations between the two nations and denies claims for Manchurian damages. China stands without standing in court.
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Witte
St. Petersburg
Russ
Novoe Vremya
M. Witte
M. Neratoff
Foreign Office
Gazeta
Russia
China
Manchuria
Vladivostok under Japanese siege near end of war
London reports Japanese forces tighten around Vladivostok by sea and land. Togo's ships control the port while land forces advance from the Tumen and Amur regions. Harbin defenses appear untenable for Linevitch, with Japanese concentrations threatening western flank and supply lines amid impending peace negotiations and indemnity terms.
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London
Japan
Vinovostok
Togo
Vladivostok
Amur
Harbin
Sungari
Linevitch
Linovitch
Oyama
Tieling
Oku
Nogi
Smasher's Picture Smashed in State Historical Rooms
In Topeka Kansas on July 30 a crayon drawing nearly the size of Carrie Nation’s portrait was found ruined in the state historical rooms. The vandalism occurred overnight. glass and frame were shattered and the canvas slashed beyond recognition. No suspect is identified.
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Smasher
Topeka
Kan
Carrie Nation
New University Gift To Wesleyan Church In Kansas
The Rev. H. T. Besse of San Jose California donates 60000 dollars to Wesleyan Methodist Church to educate ministers and missionaries at Wesleyan seminary in Houghton New York. Ten years earlier he gave 40000 dollars for similar ends a portion may found a university in Kansas or Iowa.
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Kansas
San Jose
Cal
H. T. Besse
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Wesleyan Seminary
Houghton
N. Y
Bat The Judge Quips Amid Skyward Banter
In a brisk exchange, Bat chides Batt for being overly dramatic while Batt retorts with a jab about constant knocking, as a judge referees their banter in a light courtroom scene.
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Korean Straits
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Minnesota
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