One Man Resigns M Muravieff Likely to Be Replaced by Witte
M Muravieff resigns as chief peace plenipotentiary in Russia. Rumor says M Witte, president of the committee of ministers, will replace him after an audience with the emperor and approval by Foreign Minister Lamsdorff. Witte is seen as likely to bring peace with Japan, despite limited English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RT. Petersburg
M. Muravieff
M. Witte
Committee of Ministers
Japan
Lamsdorff
Mitte
Russia
Far East
M. Wittee
Nebraska Grain Dealers Try Squeezing Process
On the Omaha trial of Worrall Grain founder Charles G Bearsall and Thomas D Worrall the Nebraska Grain Dealers association sought to force the firm out of Nebraska’s grain market. Testimony notes the secretary’s access to a farmer’s grain shipment and alleged railroad collusion with the grain trust.
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Omaha
Charles G. Bearsall
Thomas D. Worrall
Worrall Grain Company
Nebraska Grain Dealers Association
Nebraska
Worrall
Nebraska Grain ‘Dealers’ Association
Worrall Company
The Russian Empress With the War Party
The article notes pressure to appoint M. Witte as head of the peace commission. Emperor Nicholas II rejects Witte and selects M Muravief as the plenipotentiary. Lamsdorf and M Nelidoff are cited in the push, while M Pokouloff and M Shipoff are described as Witte supporters among the five plenipotentiary councillors.
Sugar price cut by 20 percent across all grades
San Francisco reports a 20 percent reduction in all sugar grades due to weakness in the raw sugar market. The drop follows a 1% cent per pound fall in raw sugar prices as beet sugar prospects in Europe brighten and the pale world crop, about half of global output, is set to enter markets in August.
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San Francisco
Cal
Europe
Shonts and Stevens Busy in Panama Canal Plans
Washington reports Chairman Shonts of the Panama Canal Commission and newly named chief engineer Stevens are in the capital. They expect to depart for Oyster Bay on Friday and sail for Panama on July 18. Stevens will study engineering corps vacancies before inspecting forces in the isthmus, with no plans made until arrival.
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Shonts
Stevens
Washington
Panama Canal Commission
Oyster Bay
Panama
Peace Conference Planned at Portsmouth Yard
Assistant Secretary Pierce announced that representatives of Russia and Japan agreed to hold the peace conference sessions in Portsmouth New Hampshire in a government navy yard building just completed. He is to arrange details and will travel there to confer with the navy yard commandant. The talks will take place in the general storehouse.
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Washington
Pierce
Russia
Japan
Portsmouth
N. H
Government Navy Yard
Portamouth
Adulterated Foods Labeled Under New York Order
Secretary Wilson issues a revised order on adulterated foods imported after the pure food law. Goods already in the country may be sold rather than returned. Canned peas colored with sulphate or copper must be labeled. Some jams labeled artificially colored. Mushrooms to be sold as stems and scraps.
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New York
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Chemistry Department
Europe
Custom House
Depew Denies Endorsing Equitable Loan to Depew Land
Senator Chauncey M. Depew tells a Paris correspondent he never advocated the $250000 loan by the Equitable Society to the Depew Land Improvement Company. He cites appraisers' findings that value supported the loan, notes the company’s early development, a receiver, and potential profit if creditors regain control, and mentions his resignation as counsel to Chairman Morton before turning 72.
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New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Paris
New York Tribune
The
Equitable Society
Depew Land Improvement Company
Equitable
Depew
New York Central
Morton
Lawson vows to return money in frenzied finance tale
Thomas W. Lawson, famed financier and author of Frenzied Finance, spoke to about 300 Minneapolis Commercial Club members after a luncheon. He said he is not afraid of personal violence, entered unguarded, and will return millions to the American people when the time comes.
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Minneapolis
Thomas WW. Lanson
Mineapolis
Pin
Morton Cuts All Salaries
New York reports sweeping salary cuts at the Equitable Society announced by Chairman Morton. The 20 percent reduction applies to all salaries above $15,000, 15 percent to $9,000 to $15,000, and 10 percent to $2,000 to $9,000 annually. Implemented August 1, the move aims to save $150,000 to $200,000 yearly.
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Morton
New York
The
Equitable Society
General Blackmar, G A R Leader, Dies in Boston
General William W. Blackmar, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, died in Boise Idaho on Sunday from nephritis. Born July 25 1841 in Bristol Pennsylvania he served as captain after Five Forks and later as Massachusetts judge advocate general. His death came after a prolonged illness and his body will be taken to Boston for funeral arrangements while John R. King of Washington succeeds him as commander.
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Boise
Idaho
W. W. Blackmar
Grand Army of the Republic
Boston
Grand Army
Northwest
General Blackmar
Bristol
Pennsylvania Cavalry
West Virginia
Flo
Five Forks
Custer
Long
Talbot
Rice
Massachusetts
Blackmar
John R. King
Washington
Hingham
Japan Looks to Sakhalin Annexation After Witte Rise
Prices climb on Russian securities as M. Witte becomes peace plenipotentiary. Japan plans to claim Sakhalin by conquest with formal cession among its demands. Russia issues another 5 million paper roubles, total paper debt 495 million against 547 million in gold.
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ST. Petersburg
M. Witte
Japan
Sakhalin
Western Passenger Association Adjourns Meeting in Duluth
The Western Passenger Association ended its convention in Duluth and planned to reconvene in Chicago the second Tuesday in September. Deliberations on differential rates stalled due to absence of Missouri Pacific Wabash and Chicago & Alton representatives, amid talk of a coming conflict among Chicago New York lines.
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Duluth, Minn
Western Passeeager Association
Chicago
Missouri Pacific
Wabash
Chicago & Alton
New York
Portsmouth Seaport Hints at Navy Yard Peace Conference
Rear Admiral Meade in command at the navy yard notes an intimation of a peace conference possibly held there. A new four story brick brown stone storey building at the yard, just completed, stands unoccupied and is described as the largest in the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N. H
Meade
Navy Yard
New Head of Admiralty Named in Russia
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports Vice Admiral Birtleff appointed head of the Russian admiralty succeeding Admiral Avellan who resigned.
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Admiralty
London
St. Petersburg
Birtleff
Avellan
Chinese government opposes boycott of American goods
Washington report states Mr Rockhill the American minister at Pekin has cabled the State department claiming the Chinese government is vigorously opposing the threatened boycott of American goods.
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Washington
Rockhill
Pekin
State Department
Fate of German Officer Who Drew Black Ball
A letter received in Marinette Wisconsin claims Victor Van Taske, a local bookkeeper who vanished July 4, drew the black ball in a past duel with a German army officer and would die by his own hand as a result. The note links his disappearance to a long standing dispute and says the black ball dictated his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marinette
Wis
Victor van Taske
von Taske
Tremendous Wheat Crop in Republic Valley
Indianola Nebraska reports a record grain harvest with wheat and rye yielding 30 to 50 bushels per acre and barley at 60 to 75 bushels. Binders work day and night and Sunday as hundreds of acres lie unshocked awaiting labor. Wages reach fifty cents per acre and 200 to 300 workers could be employed in the county.
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Indianola
Japanese peace plenipotentiaries itinerary announced
President J. J. Hill of the Northern Pacific railroad arranges the travel plan for Baron Komura and the Japanese peace plenipotentiaries. They arrive Seattle on the steamer Minnesota July 20, travel east on the Great Northern to Duluth, then sail on the Northwest to Buffalo, and proceed by Pennsylvania railroad to Washington arriving in early August.
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ST. Paul, Minn
J. J. Hill
Northern Pacific Railroad
Seattle
Washington
Baron Komura
Minnesota
Great Northern
Duluth
Northwest
Buffalo
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania Railroad
Nebraska parents search for missing daughter in Chicago
A. G. Smith, superintendent of Central City schools, and Mrs. Smith arrive in Chicago to locate their daughter Florence. They have taken apartments at the Saratoga hotel and vow not to return without news, saying Florence left Deaconess Seminary in Aurora to work as a nurse.
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Chicago
A. G. Smith
Central City
Neb
Prefect Killed in Moscow Political Assassination
Major General Count Shouvaloff, prefect of police in Moscow, was shot five times during a petition reception and died. The gunman, dressed as a peasant and initially unidentified, was arrested after an escape from custody. The assailant had been held as a political suspect prior to the attack.
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Moscow
Count Shouvaloff
Ministry of the Interior
Count Shuvaloff
Window Glass Prices Raised 10 Percent in Chicago
In Chicago at a meeting of western window glass jobbers the retail price of window glass was advanced 10 percent. The raise takes effect at once.
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Chicago
Peary Set to Sail for the North Pole
Robert E Peary announces departure for the pole aboard the Roosevelt after securing 365000 in subscriptions. The expedition began October 15, 1904 and has cost 150000 to date with funds donated by American business men to the Peary Arctic Club, limiting involvement to Americans.
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New York
North Pole
Robert E. Perry
Peary
Roosevelt
Peary Arctic Club
Navy Yard Mechanics Seek Saturday Half Holiday
Four hundred government navy yard workers met and elected two to confer with the president at Oyster Bay. They seek a summer Saturday half holiday similar to executive departments. A telegram to the president asks for a meeting. President Grover Cleveland and Vice President Duncan will accompany the delegation.
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Washington
Government Navy Yard
Hene
Oyster Bay
Navy Yard
Gompera
Duncan
Delega
Open to settlement nearly one million acres on Utah reservation
The Uiitah Indian Reservation in Utah will be opened to public settlement soon under a presidential proclamation likely between August and September. About 1,000,000 acres, mostly mountainous and poor with some granite-rich sections, will be entered under homestead and townsite laws with 160 acre entries and a five year resale clause. Registration requires qualified applicants and cannot be done by mail, except for certain veterans. Drawings will occur at land offices in numerical order across districts under a three member committee’s supervision.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Uiitah
Utah
Rosebud
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Witte Briefly Sees Emperor On Peace Talks
M. Witte had a long audience with the emperor at Peterhof, discussing peace negotiations in detail. The emperor indicated support for Witte's approach over formal instructions. Witte will travel from St Petersburg to Paris next week, then sail July 26 from Cherbourg on the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse. Mme. Witte accompanies him to Paris and may join him in the United States later.
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Paris
M. Witte
United States
Railroad Company Denies Blame in Harrisburg Wreck Suit
The Pennsylvania Railroad replies to Clarence F. Opper suit seeking 50000 damages for injuries from the May 11 Harrisburg wreck. The company denies dynamite cause and alleges no employee negligence. Opper says he walked miles in bare feet and his hearing was damaged.
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New York
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Clarence F. Opper
Granite Boys Wild Entertain
New Hampshire prepares to host Russian and Japanese peace envoys in Portsmouth for next month meetings. Secretary of State Edward N. Pearson will arrive from Concord to discuss accommodations with Assistant Secretary Pierce and offer state assistance as arrangements form. Pierce is expected to arrive in Portsmouth Saturday or Sunday.
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Granite Boys
Portsmouth
N. H
New Hampshire
Edward N. Pearson
Concord
Pierce
Jerome Seeks Equitable Report Again in NY
District Attorney Jerome failed again to obtain an official copy of the superintendent of insurance report on Equitable Life from New York. His assistant Garvan met Deputy Insurance Commissioner Hunter in Albany and left empty handed after a half hour meeting.
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New York
Jerome
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Albany
Garvan
Hunter
Insurance Department
Equitable
Union Pacific Extends Plans For Short West Lines
Julius Krutschnitt, Union Pacific maintenance head, says the Harriman system will build several short lines where feasible and profitable. The firm is surveying many extensions in the west but has only a few definite ones. Possible use of the Burlington line from Hastings to Kearney, Neb., is unsettled and may instead connect Hastings to Grand Island via St. Joseph & Grand Island tracks.
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Chicago
Julius Krutschnitt
Harriman
Union Pacific
Southern Pacifi
Burlington
Hastings
Kearney
Neb
Kansas City
St. Joseph & Grand Island
Grand Island
France Agrees to Morocco Conference Tangier Feasibility
Premier Rouyter and German ambassador von Radolin reached a pact on exchanging communications with respect to Morocco. France consents to participate in a conference, with assurances that its interests will be safeguarded. Official notes to deputies expected Monday. Tangier likely site for the conference.
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Paris
Rouyter
Prince von Radolin
France
Germany
Morocco
Chamber of Deputies
Tangier
Witte Named Head of Russian Peace Commission
Emperor Nicholas appoints M Witte president of the committee of ministers as chief plenipotentiary for Russia in upcoming peace negotiations in the United States. Notification was sent to Washington and Witte sails on the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse leaving Cherbourg July 26.
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ST. Petersburg
Nicholas
M. Witte
Committee of Ministers
United States
Washington
Cherbourg
Rebates to Grain Dealers Investigation Starts in St Louis
The inter state commerce commission plans to probe alleged railroad allowances to grain elevator owners and to shippers of grain. The inquiry will open in St Louis on July 22.
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Washington
Inter-State Commerce Commission
St. Louis
Roosevelt's Succession Favored in Commons Debate
In London the House of Commons inquiries query President Roosevelts proposed international conference topics. Mr Robertson asks if a conference is planned and if private property may be exempt from capture as wartime contraband. Mr Balfour says Britain welcomes the proposal but reserves the right to decide conference agenda.
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London
House of Commons
Robertson
Balfour
Roosevelt
Great Britain
General Stoessel Arrest Reported Over Port Arthur Fight
Lt Gen Stoessel is said to be under arrest at Tsarskoe Selo following a defense and capitulation inquiry into Port Arthur. A French admirers’ gift honoring him will not be presented.
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Port Arthur
Petersburg
Nash Shism
Stoessel
Tsarskoe Selo
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Muraviffe
Witte
Associated Press
M. Witt
Peace Commission
Lamsdorf
M. Wnelidoff
Rome
M. Pokouloff
China
M. Shipoff
Imperial Treasury
Zemstvos
Tom Lawson
Republican Valley
Prefect
Unitah Indian Reservation
Perce
Gen. Stoessel
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