Uintah Lands Released From Reservation for Irrigation Needs
Washington notes that a supplemental proclamation rescinds the reservation of about 85 000 acres in the Uintah Indian reservation. The Interior Department reports the initial claim that agricultural lands were reserved for water conservation was incorrect. The lands are now subject to disposition under law.
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Washington
Uintah Indian Reservation
Interior Department
United States Geological Survey
Mate
Secretary of the Interior
Ryan
Chinese boycott shifts focus to breadstuffs in tariff debate
The national reciprocity conference in Chicago advocates a maximum and minimum tariff to foster reciprocal trade. Alvin H. Sanders, chair, promotes the plan after critics at the convention. The slogan signals a shift from reciprocity to a broader tariff approach amid debate on trade policy.
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Chicago
United States
Woongress
Alvin H. Sanders
Glinois Theater
Wheat price impact from China boycott interview
President J J Will of Great Northern road warned that a Chinese flour export ban could push about 20,000,000 bushels of wheat into Europe. The shift would lower European breadstuff prices and affect wheat growing regions in the United States.
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Minneapolis
J. J. Will
Great Northern Road
New York
China
Europe
United States
Root Resigns From Multiple Financial Directorships
Secretary of State Elihu Root has severed all connections with several corporations where he served as director. The Times reports he resigned from boards including Morton Trust, National Bank of Commerce, Continental Fire Insurance, Title Guaranty & Trust, and other companies.
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New York
Elihu Root
Roosevelt
The
Times
Root
Morton Trust Company
National Bank of Commerce
Continental Fire Insurance Company
Title Guaranty & Trust Company
Cadets Begin Practice March To Sea Girl Rifle Meet
West Point cadet rifle team left Friday for Sea Girl New Jersey to compete in the national rifle championship on August 2. The entire corps will cross the Hudson Saturday to Garrison and begin a five day practice march focused on practical military exercises under warlike conditions.
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West Point
N. Y
Sea Girl
N. J
Hudson River
Deadlock Persists At Peace Conference In Portsmouth
Reports from the Portsmouth peace talks say optimism fades as plenipotentiaries fail to bridge major gaps on articles including cost of the war and the interned ships. Witte favors adjournment to Monday. Komura may seek two day delay to consult his government.
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Portsmouth
Baron Komura
Witte
Rugsila
Far East
St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Cautous
M. Witte
Sakhalin
Russia
Japan
Russian Assaults Repulsed Near Changtu and Wei Huan Paelen
An official report details Aug 14 actions near Changtu where a Russian force attacked Erbshiplipa and was repulsed with one Chinese casualty while Russia suffered thirty five. A second push northwest of Changtu and a separate raid on Wei Huan Paelen were likewise repulsed.
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Tokio
Chantu
Erbshiplipa
Changtu
Wei Huan Paelen
Attempted assassination of President Quintana in Buenos Aires
A laborer named Blanas Vicello attempted to shoot President Manuel Quintana as his carriage passed Retiro Park. The aide-de-camp leaped from the carriage, overpowered the assailant, and prevented the attack.
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Washington
Beaupre
Muenos Ayres
Blanas Vicello
Manuel Quintana
Retiro Park
Bradstreet Review of Trade Indicates Early Fall Momentum
Bradstreet notes fall trade gaining steam with more buyers and good harvest weather. Combined cereals likely to exceed prior years in quantity and quality. Prices remain high for agricultural goods and manufactured materials, yet buying continues. Collections improve overall with regional variations and currency shipments rising without yet affecting rates.
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New York
Bradstreet
Dunne Halts Digging at Hitness Tunnels in Chicago
Mayor Dunne ordered an immediate halt to almost all construction on the Hitness Tunnel company's underground work. No operations will resume until the firm develops safe methods for building connections by passes and drifts to prevent sinking buildings and street settlement.
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Chicago
Hitness Tunnel Company
Dunne
Peace prospects in Far East hinge on Roosevelts move
Report from Portsmouth New Hampshire notes Roosevelt’s intervention in the Russo Japanese peace talks may steer negotiations but outcome remains uncertain. Russian and Japanese sides exchange messages through their leaders in St Petersburg and Tokyo while Britain and other neutrals press for mediation. Japanese demand remuneration for the war and insist on Sakhalin. Tokyo offers little public reaction.
Grand Army appoints three women as honorary aides
Commander in Chief Joe R. King of the Grand Army of the Republic announces three women to be honorary aides on his staff at the national encampment in Denver. Kate B. Sherwood, Sarah E. Fuller, and Elizabeth Turner, all past national presidents of the Women's Relief Corps, become the first women on the commander's staff. A second item names five officials forming a committee to push changes at the Youngsville Soldiers' Home to a national soldiers' home.
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Boston
Joe R. King
Grand Army of the Republic
Denver
Kate B. Sherwood
Ohio
Sarah E. Fuller
Elizabeth Turner
Massachusetts
Women’s Relief Corps
Iowa Tennis Champion Crowned in Rock Valley
Walter T. Hayes of Toledo defeated Baker of Sioux City to win the Iowa tennis championship, taking the title at Rock Valley.
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Rock Valley
Ila
Baker
Sioux City
Walter T. Hayes
Toledo
Iowa
Bankruptcies and Extradition Ties for Cambridge Clerk
Liabilities of 292677 and assets of 50 are listed in a bankruptcy petition filed by George B. Appleton of Cambridge. Appleton, a former clerk in Arthur TE Appleyard's office, is also linked to Appleyard railways and is facing extradition to New York for grand larceny from a Buffalo bank.
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Boston
George B. Appleton
Cambridge
Appleton
Arthur TE. Appleyard
New York
Buffalo
Ohio
Ohio Traction Company
Dayton, Lebanon & Cincinnati Railway Company
Fraud Charged Over Vera Cruz Development Deal
Eight suits filed in Steubenville by Edward Nicholson and others claim fraudulent representations by the Vera Cruz Development company of Canton and its officers. The suits allege inducement to buy interests in the La Himeralda rubber plantation and accuse a general scheme by the defendants to sell shares.
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Steubenville, O
Edward Nicholson
Vera Cruz Development Company of
Canton
la Himeralda
Kaneko Meets Roosevelt in Ambiguous Portsmouth Mission
Baron Kaneko, credited as a confidential Japanese representative, visited President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill in an unpublicized meeting. Officials stressed the call pertained to peace talks at Portsmouth, though Kaneko did not appear as a formal envoy. He departed for New York after a private conference with the president.
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Portsmouth
Ster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Gaurday
Baron Kaneko
Tokio
Japan
New York
Barnes
Sagamore Hill
Russia to Grant Tariff Concession on American Machinery
Petersburg reports M Witte will announce a reduction of Russian duties on American machinery and tools. Ambassador Meyer secured the concession after long talks with finance and foreign affairs ministries. The United States proposed a commercial arrangement under the tariff act of 1897, and Russia agreed in anticipation of the deal.
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Petersburg
M. Witte
America
Russia
Meyer
Finance
United States
ST. Petersburg
Associated Press
Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs
Lord Curzon Resigns as Viceroy of India
London reports the resignation of Lord Curzon of Kedleston as viceroy of India and the appointment of the Earl of Minto as his successor. The white book shows Curzon cabled his resignation on August 12 amid bitter notes with the India office and Lord Kitchener over army administration reforms and Curzon’s push for Barrow as military supply member.
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India
London
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Earl of Minto
India Office
Lord Curzon
Lord Kitchener
Edmund Barrow
Platform Collapse Injures Hundreds at Synagogue Cornerstone
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania a platform collapse during the Beth David Russia Hebrew synagogue cornerstone laying sent over 500 people including three rabbis into a basement. Most suffered cuts and bruises but authorities believe no one was fatally hurt as the ceremony continued after the panic subsided.
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Pittsburg
Beth David Russia
Miller Street
Washington
Fraudulent naturalization papers aid alien officers arrested
Reports to Chief Wilkie of the US Secret Service say about twenty arrests were made on the Pacific coast. Alien officers of American ships obtained ship officer licenses through naturalization papers secured by a group of foreigners who falsely testified on residence for citizenship.
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Washington
Wilkie
United States Secret Service
Pacific
Oldest Canadian senator David Wark dies at 101
Fredericton New Brunswick Hon. David Wark aged 101 years and six months died at his home Sunday. He was the world’s oldest legislator and a life member of the Canadian senate at Ottawa.
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Fredericton
N. B
David Wark
Wark
Canadian Senate
Ottawa
New Loan Authorized in St. Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG reports an imperial ukase authorizes the issue of a new internal loan of 100 million dollars at 5 percent.
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ST. Petersburg
De Martens Gives Up Hope
De Martens has abandoned hopes of a peace treaty this time and telegraphed his wife that he hopes to sail home next week from Portsmouth New Hampshire.
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de Martens
Portsmouth
N. H
Discussion Not Permitted in Hong Kong Boycott Meeting
Hong Kong reports that Sir Matthew Nathan the governor refused the request of the Chinese Commercial union to hold a meeting in the city to discuss the anti American boycott.
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Hong Kong
Matthew Nathan
Russian Emperor Proclaims National Assembly For Consultative Reform
The manifesto and ukase announce a consultative national assembly to aid in drafting and reviewing legislation. It will accompany the empire’s council, with an autocratic emperor as supreme lawgiver. two-thirds approval by both houses can block laws, while the assembly can request and advise on laws and budgets.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Nicholas
Senate
St Petersburg
Moscow
National Assembly
Council of the Empire
Federal supervision urged at national insurance convention
Ralph Breckinridge of Omaha urged federal control of insurance in Denver addressing the national insurance agents convention. He argued state collectors exploit insurers to fund politics and neglect public interests, citing statutes to support constitutionality and legality of federal oversight.
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Denver
Colo
Ralph W. Breckenridge
Omaha
Insurance Committee
The
American Bar Association
National Insurance Agents’ Convention
Seed Men Form A New Union In Washington
At a meeting in Washington representatives of the American Association of Nurserymen the American Seed Trade Association and the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists formed an organization with F R Pierson of Tarrytown NY as chairman and Charles N Page of Des Moines Iowa as secretary to cooperate on mutual interests. They agreed on securing favorable legislation defeating unfavourable laws securing favorable rulings by customs on imports of seeds plants bulbs trees and horticultural merchandise and a discontinuance of government free seed distribution.
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Washington
American Association of Nurserymen
American Seed Trade Association
Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists
F. R. Pierson
Tarrytown
N. Y
Charles N. Page
Des Moines
Yaqui Indians for Peace Reported in Mexico City
Reports from Mexico City say Yaqui Indians of Sonora are seeking peace after a prolonged and costly conflict with the government. Negotiations are reportedly under way to end the warfare and allow development of Sonora’s resources to resume.
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Mexico City
Sonoma
Sonora
Stand By the Eight Hour Day Convention Action
The International Typographical Union meeting in Toronto endorses the eight hour campaign and plans a Jan 1 1906 strike against resisting employers. Samuel Gompers commends the union stance in the eight hour fight. The convention will meet in Colorado Springs next year.
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Toronto
International Typographical Union
Colorado Springs
Samuel Gompers
Grain Rate War Ends After Western Line Agreement
Omaha reports a brief grain rate war ending as traffic managers from western and southern lines meet in Chicago. They set reduced rates from Missouri River points to Chicago St Paul and St Louis, effective August 19, cutting by 1 4 cents on wheat and related routes. Railroads pay water charges at both ends, now twice.
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Omaha
All Western and Southern Lines
Chicago
Chicago Great Western
Burlington
Missouri River
St. Paul
St. Louis
Minneapolis
San Louis
Memorial details revealed by Koreans to President Roosevelt
Asbury Park report outlines a petition by Syngman Rhee and Rev P M Yoon claiming Korea made a treaty with Japan for joint defense and offense and was opened to Japanese armies. It says Japan pledged reforms but failed, instead arming thousands of rough men to oppress Koreans.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Syngman Rhee
Seoul
P. M. Yoon
Hawaii
Roosevelt
Korea
Japan
Roduce
Europe
America
German Leader Hastens to Wilhelmshoehe Amid Tense Britain Rift
Berlin dispatches report Prince von Buelow left Norderney for Berlin and then went to Wilhelmshoehe to see Emperor William. Dr. von Muhlenberg, recalled from vacation, joined the visit. Observers say Britain and Germany drift toward an entente breaking with public knowledge, signaling a possible European menacing alignment against Britain.
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Berlin
Prince von Buelow
Norderney
Wilhelmshoehe
William
von Muhlenberg
Foreign Office
Wilhelmshoede
Great Britain
Germany
States plan October start for life insurer probes
State Insurance Commissioner O'Brien said western state departments will not begin investigations of eastern life insurers until October. New York Life will be first examined, with others to follow if warranted, as New York's legislative committee works on future life company rules.
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ST. Paul
Minn
O'Brien
New York
Minnesota
New York Life
New York Legislative Committee
All Life
Russia to reduce duties following tariff talks
In St Petersburgh, M Witte will announce a tariff concession after long talks. Ambassador Meyer secured the compromise after negotiations with Russia s finance and foreign affairs ministries. The agreement stems from U S proposals under the 1897 tariff act.
Indians Committing Depredations In New Mexico
Word at New Mexico ranger headquarters says Apache Indians from Arizona are raiding in southwestern Socorro county on the McGollan reserve. Stock taken from settlers, who have organized a posse and pursue the Indians led by Apache Kid. A courier with the posse reports a surprise confrontation.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico Rangers
Arizona
Socorro County
McGollan Reserve
Apache Kid
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