Russia creates national assembly to advise in empire
St. Petersburg Aug 19 Russia's national assembly grants consultative power to representatives, aiming to coordinate public institutions under autocratic rule. The emperor retains absolute authority, with the douma's role largely advisory and budget oversight possible, suffrage limited by property and group exemptions.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Nicholas
Ukase
Senate
Project
Moscow
National Assembly
Council of the Empire
Peckham Arrested in Saratoga in Cotton Fraud Case
Frederick A. Peckham, indicted for complicity in the department of agriculture cotton reports scandal, was arrested in Saratoga and jailed in Ballston after defaulting on a $12,000 bail. He is linked to Moses Haas and Holmes, with witnesses naming Peckham as a key go between and noting Peckham paid some hotel bills for Holmes during trips to New York.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Frederick A. Peckham
Department of Agriculture
United States
Charles M. Davison
Peckham
Ballston
Washington
F. A. Peckham
New York
Moses Haas
Wilson
L. C. van Riper
Haas
Holmes
Statistical
Secret Service
Scretary Wilson
van Riper
Redwood Shipment to New York Sets Record Deal
San Francisco reports a landmark contract for 1,500,000 feet of redwood to New York City. The shipment, the largest direct water route cargo yet arranged, follows signed contracts and outlines plans for the fleet to transport the lumber.
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New York
San Francisco
New York City
What the Conference Has Accomplished
Portsmouth New Hampshire August nineteenth details the terms under discussion between Russia and Japan. The document lists twelve items with accepted, deferred, or refused status, including recognition of Korea’s order, Manchuria evacuation, and open door principles, plus other concessions and rejected claims.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Russia
Japan
Korea
Manchuria
China
Sakhalin Toapan
Liaotung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Dalny
Blonde and
Eliott Islands
Chinese Eastern Railroad
Harbin
Niuchwang
Mr. Dothstein
Prince Uhktomsky
Ussuri
Far Eastern
Pacific
Russian Lttoral
Vladivostok
Bering Sea
Major Conger Tenders His Resignation
Edwin H. Conger of Iowa resigns as American ambassador to Mexico effective October 18. President Roosevelt accepts. Conger hints at a China mission that may be abandoned or declined. He leaves with esteem for public service and President Roosevelt commends his zeal and devotion.
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Oyster Bay
Edwin H. Conger
Iowa
Mexico
Roosevelt
Conger
Pexing
China
Peasant Disorders Rise in Elisabethgrad and Alexandria
Fresh agrarian disorders erupt in the Elisabethgrad and Alexandria districts as peasants destroy estate property. An estate at Butzky is demolished. The Elizabethgrad zemstvo president seeks government permission to convene landlords for a settlement of the agrarian question.
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Odessa
Elisabethgrad
Alexandria
Butzky
Elizabethgrad
Wrecking Firm Buys Government Hall at Exposition
In St. Louis on August 24 the government building from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, costing $500,000, was sold to a wrecking company for $10,600. The steel trusses alone cost $100,000, and the sale marks the end of the structure's public life.
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St. Louis
United States Government
Indians to Write Constitution by Fifty-One Committee
Muskogee Oklahoma Aug 24 At the statehood and constitutional convention of the five civilized tribes yesterday the committee of fifty one to draft a constitution for presentation to the convention was announced. The convention adjourned last night for two or three weeks to await the work of the committee.
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Muskogee
I. T
Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes
Committee of Fifty-One
Japanese Propose Roosevelt Peace Compromise at Conference
Portsmouth Aug 24 The Japanese plenipotentiaries threw cards on the table offering to withdraw article 9 and surrender of warships if Russia accepts a modified Sakhalin cession with a repurchase option for 1 200 000 000 yen and withdraw articles 11 12 Russia rejects the plan as a sham. M Witte insists Russia will not pay tribute and calls for withdrawal of all tribute demands. Plenipotentiaries adjourn to consult governments amid dark outlook.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Japan
Baron Komura
Russia
M. Witte
Roosevelt
Sakhalin
Far East
Holmes to be brought back under Roosevelt directive
Washington announces President Roosevelt directs bringing Edwin Holmes Jr. to justice amid a government cotton crop report manipulation scandal. Grand jury adjourns for a week after testimony by Wilson and Hays. possible indictments expected within forty eight hours. John Hyde remains abroad. Holmes absent in Washington. George T. Moore to be restored to his bureau post as DoJ says no offense committed.
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Washington
Kedwin
Holmes Jr
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Federal Grand Jury
Wilson
Hays
Holmes
John Hyde
England
United States
George T. Moore
Bureau of Plant Industry
Pennsylvania
Department of Justice
Japanese Transport Kinjo Sunk After Inland Sea Collision
Tokio Aug 24 The Japanese transport Kinjo sank after colliding with the British steamer Baraong on Aug 22 in the Inland Sea. One hundred twenty seven invalid Japanese soldiers were drowned.
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Kinglo
Tokio
Ine Hundrat
Russian Bond Sale Is Slow in Moscow Reports
St. Petersburg reports from Moscow that subscriptions to the new internal loan are unsatisfactory. Totals reached only 100000 dollars. An imperial ukase of August 17 authorized a new internal loan of 100,000,000 dollars at 5 percent.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Mystery Man Near Rout Pole Reported Within Distances
Fragmentary notes indicate a man has approached within 23 miles of the North Pale and within 12 miles of the Rout Pole, but no corroborating witnesses have stood in place. The garbled OCR suggests a pursuit or survey scene with distant landmarks.
Desperate but not hopeless advices from St Petersburg
Despairing but not defeated, peace prospects linger as President Roosevelt presses for a settlement. Meyer's Peterhof audience unsatisfactory but not rebuffing, new appeal sent to M White. Russia refuses price in Sakhalin and Japan terms. Witte offers possible future arbitration or adjustment. Direct talks resume as Lamsdorff reports oppose Japanese compromise.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Meyer
Peterhof
Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay of Mr. Meyer
M. Witte
Pierce
Japan
Russia
Sakhalin
Associated Press
Symkhalin
Czar's Manifesto Denounced at Public Meeting
In Moscow a town hall gathering debated the emperors douma project manifesto. A speaker condemned it while another urged armed rebellion. Mayor Galitzin opened with a speech as officials read a resolution valuing the constitution but demanding immediate civil rights and universal suffrage to restore calm. Applause followed. few dissenters.
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Moscow
Prince Galitzin
Douma
France Demands Indemnities Over Moroccan Arrest
The French minister St Rene Taillandire submitted to Sultan Mulay el Aziz a demand for 2,000 dollars as indemnity for the arrest of a Franco Algerian citizen, plus 100 dollars daily until release and punishment for the responsible official. Paris signaling readiness to use force to press the terms.
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France
Morocco
Tangier
St. Rene Taillandire
Mulalabdel Aziz
Bryan Returns from Rest and Plans Orient Trip
Lincoln Aug 2 W J Bryan is back from a brief rest and will conclude lectures in two weeks. His son William, recently hospitalized in Chicago, is nearly recovered and accompanied Bryan home. In September they will sail from San Francisco for the Orient instead of Europe.
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Lincoln, Neb
W. J. Bryan
Yellow Fever Reports and Outbreak Notes Near Iowa
Daily yellow fever reports show declining new cases and low deaths in New Orleans with several fatalities in hospitals. In Gregory Missouri three Italian workers contracted the fever after coming from Mississippi, sparking alarm over quarantine breaches. Leaville reports 170 cases and 200 dengue cases prompting immediate help, while Aziz notes 44 new cases and totals climbing toward 600 with hundreds still under treatment.
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New Orleans
Charity Hospital
Gregory
Greenville
Miss
Burlington Railroad
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Keokuk
Towa
Stark
la Fourche
Devron
Leaville
Aziz
Eees Ettebeer
Roosevelt seeks to avert break in Portsmouth peace talks
President Roosevelt uses all influence to prevent a rupture at the Portsmouth conference and to secure a just lasting peace. He has Britain France and Germany backing efforts to keep the Washington talks from failing. Baron Rosen met Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill to present a settlement proposal likely to go to M. Witte and possibly Emperor Nicholas for final decisions.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
Great Britain
France
Germany
St. Petersburg
Tokio
Baron de Rosen
United States
Sagamore Hill
Baron Rosen
Magnolia
Mass
M. Witte
Nicholas
Far East
Suppression of Boycott in Pekin Province Reported
It is understood that the viceroy and governor have agreed to suppress the boycott against American goods, likely ending before Minister Conger arrives in Pekin. The move signals government action to restore trade flows amid tensions in China.
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Wii
Shanehal
Conger
Pekin
Accused Woman Freed in Ottumwa Slaying Case
Ottumwa August 24 Mrs Mary Harris freed from custody after evidence failed to prove murder charge in the shooting death of her husband. The case hinged on the shooting at the couple's home and the district attorney cited insufficient proof to proceed.
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Ottumwa
Mary Harris
Harris
Senators push four year terms in county offices
Des Moines notes report Senator G M Tilis of Mascaline urging county auditors to seek a September board recommendation to lobby for four year county officer terms. The piece cites mine output forecasts in Polk County for 1907, with 1,094,521 tons produced to June 30 1906 and over 2,800 miners employed, plus fifteen fatal accidents in the recent biennium.
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Des Moines
Lao
G.M. Tilis
Mascaline
Towa
Board of Supervisors
Titus
Tie
Polk County
Sweeney
Remarkable Opinion Quirk In Librarian Consolidation
A comical typographical error in Lawrence Huttons article on merging the Astor Tilden and Lennox libraries swaps a negative habit for a worse one. The piece oddly claims New York has never fully realized how greatly it has been enriched by the receipt of the west but 1008 of James Lennox.
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Lawrence Hutton
Astor
Tilden
Lennox
New York
James Lennox
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Orient
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I. N. McNash
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State House
Miller
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