Portsmuth Treaty Drafts Advance Amid Delayed Armistice
Key diplomats Donnigan and M de Martens worked into Wednesday night drafting the Portsmouth treaty preamble and three articles. Emperors of Japan and Russia had yet to respond to armistice appeals as details on Chinese Eastern railway and leases of Liaotung peninsula and Port Arthur are debated.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Mr. Donnigan
M. de Martens
Dennison
Port Arthur
Talleman
Danny
PokotiHof
Peking
Japan
Russia
M. Witte
St. Petersburg
Mr. Meyer
Sakhalin
Japanese Officials Make Liberal Gift To York Hospital Beds
Sharon Ko mura and Mr Takahira attended a York Maine garden party and donated 1000 dollars to York hospital funds. The hospital plans to endow two beds and place donor tablets in perpetuity, as requested for public disclosure by the hospital management.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Sharon Ko‘mura
Takahira
York
Maine
York Hospital
Associated Press
Czar’s Peace Cable Announces Japan Accord
Moscow dispatch reports M. Witte informing Emperor Nicholas II that Japan accepted peace terms, Russia to stay a great power in the Far East. Witte says all intelligence and efforts were used, asking the emperor’s forgiveness for any shortfall.
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ST. Petersburg
M. Witte
Nicholas
Japan
Russia
Far East
Sincere Joy at Odessa Peace End War Hardships Curb
Odessa greets news of peace with relief after days of mobilization ukase hints at possible war continuation. Citizens welcome the peace terms as a great victory for M witie and view the end of hostilities as crucial for commerce and industry battered by the war.
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Odessa
Mwitie
Steamer Peconic Sinks Off Florida Coast
The American steamship Peconic with twenty officers and crew drowned after a fierce gale struck near Fernandina Florida. Two survivors, an Italian and a Spaniard, reached Amelia Beach around noon after abandoning a lifeboat as the vessel sank in less than ten minutes. The ship carried coal from Philadelphia to New Orleans. the exact cause was a rapid cargo shift during the turn amid heavy seas. The two men described the desperate night rescue and the ship's rapid disappearance beneath the waves.
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Florida
Fernandina
Fla
Peconic
James
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Amelia Beach
Amelia Island
Runaway Husband Brought to Nebraska on Warrant
Governor Deneen issued a warrant for the return to North Platte Nebraska of Henry D Norris of Anchor on a charge of abandoning his wife and child. Norris claimed a marriage contract and postbirth stipulation ended his duty. through attorney Sterling he opposed the warrant.
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Springfield
Deneen
Mickey
Nebraska
North Platte
Neb
Henry D. Norris
Anchor
Morris
Sterling
Blessing of Peace in Portsmouth Conference Praised
Charles von Schwanebach, minister of agriculture, tells the Associated Press the Portsmouth settlement is a happy and honorable peace. He urges calm handling of Russia's internal reforms and says the outcome strengthens American prestige as arbiter of world questions.
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Petersburg
Portsmouth
Charles von Schwanebach
Associated Press
Russia
United States
Japan
American
All Matters Settled in Bennett Case in New Haven
In New Haven Connecticut the estate of Philo S Bennett formerly of New York City is believed settled as heirs Mrs Grace Imogene Bennett and others withdraw their appeal to the allowance of executor William J Bryan accounts. The appeal had been entered for hearing and was expected to be withdrawn.
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New Haven, Conn
Philo S. Bennett
New York City
William J. Bryan
Grace Imogene Bennett
Russians Settle in Panama Move to Chirique Region
Panama reports fifty Russian families have left for Chirique as arrangements ensure the same number will be settled monthly in various parts of the republic. Each family receives $500 and thirty acres of land from the government.
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Panama
Chirique
Republic
Bubonic Plague Death Report From Panama Isthmus
Consul General Lee cables that one death from plague occurred at Panama on Saturday, signaling a confirmed case on the Isthmus and prompting possible federal health alerts and monitoring. The dispatch notes the location as Panama and cites a single fatal incident.
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Washington
Lee
Panama
State Department
Cholera Spreads Across German Areas Reaching Hamburg
Berlin reports thirty four cholera cases in twelve localities over five days as the disease reaches Hamburg and spreads from the Baltic to the Warthe river. A cabinet committee leads prevention while inspectors accompany workers in infected zones.
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Hamburg
Berlin
Weichsel
Baltic
Warthe River
Germany
Russia
Studt
Herr von Sudde
Herr Moller
Commerce and Industry
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Roosevelt pressed by letters on Niagara Falls fate
President Roosevelt receives numerous petitions from across the country urging action to protect Niagara Falls from damage linked to power development on both river banks. The letters are filed with the state department and may prompt creation of an international commission to address the issue.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Niagara
Niagara River
State Department
Burglars Take Safe From Stamford Residence
A steel safe containing about 150 dollars in cash and jewelry valued at more than 20 thousand dollars vanished from Paul Bonner’s Nirvana on the Sound summer home in Stamford Conn. Police believe burglars entered through a lower floor window and carried the safe to the shore then onto a vessel. A note found by a Bonner servant read If we are deprived of our freedom this place will be in ruins.
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Stamford. Conn
Paul Bonner
Nirvana
Sound
New Star Discovered in Aquilla by Harvard Observer
In Cambridge Massachusetts Mrs W P Fleming of the Harvard Observatory reports a new star in the Aquila constellation. First seen August 10 it brightened from magnitude 6.3 on August 10 to 7.6 on August 18 and to tenth magnitude by August 26 as it rapidly dimmed.
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Cambridge, Massa
W. Pleming
Warvard Observatory
Aquilla
Boycott Dying Out in China Peace Talks
Reports from Peking indicate the American boycott is waning since its peak in August. Only Shanghai shows any notable impact on American business as negotiations continue.
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Peking
China
Shanghai
Tolstoi Pleased By Peace Report From Portsmouth
Count Tolstoi reportedly expressed happiness over peace prospects at Portsmouth, noting the war may end but wars will recur while social systems and opposition remain unresolved. He gave no comment on peace terms, deeming them less important than conference outcomes.
Chinese Boycott Aims at Equal Treatment in U S
F F Tong touring Portland on way to Washington as Chinese envoy from the emperor. He says the boycott of American goods will not end until Chinese are admitted to the United States or similar discrimination is made against other nations. Tong asserts the boycott affects all—men women and children alike.
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Portland, Ore
China
United States
F. F. Tong
Portland
Washington, D. C
Hankow railroad sale ratified in China deal
New York dispatch reports that after a conference at Oyster Bay between the president and J. P. Morgan the Chinese Development Company held a meeting and ratified the sale of the Hankow railroad back to China.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
Oyster Bay
Chinese Development Company
Hankow
China
American Citizen Accused in Murder Abroad in Constantinople
In Constantinople police investigate the assassination of Apik Andjian, a prominent Armenian, shot in the Galata district. The killer, Chirkis Vartanian, claims U S naturalization and says he was ordered to kill Andjian but refuses to name the issuer. Andjian had been arrested in 1896 as a revolutionist but left the movement.
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Constantinople
Apik Andjian
Galata
Chirkis Vartanian
United States
Vartanian
Kharput
Undjian
Revolutionary Party
Call for Western Kansas Tuberculosis Hospital
Secretary S J Crumbine of the state board of health urges physicians to influence the next legislature to establish a hospital for tuberculosis treatment. He says a facility is badly needed and should be located in western Kansas where the air is clean.
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Topeka
S. J. Crumbine
State Board of Health
Kansas
Quarantine Imposed on Memphis Arrivals in Texas
State Health Officer Tabor quarantined Memphis as a public health measure. Restrictions apply to people from Memphis while passengers passing through the Memphis gateway remain admitted to Texas.
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Houston
Tex
Tabor
Memphis
Texas
Refrigerators on Isthmus Plan Behind Canal Storage
Washington chairman Shonts of the Isthmian canal commission returns from Oyster Bay and New York where he studied cold storage for the Isthmus. The plan calls for shipboard refrigerators, a large Colon warehouse, and ten refrigerator railway cars built in Chicago to ship food to Panama with stops at labor camps, enabling five day US to Panama delivery and rapid spoilage-free transport.
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Washington
Shonts
Isthmian Canal Commission
Oyster Bay
New York
Colon
Chicago
Panama
United States
Settlement of Merchants Trust failure proceeds pledged
In New York the Merchants Trust company assets are being settled after its failure. The Hudson Valley Railway securities once held by the bank were sold yesterday by receivers to the Citron Syndicate. Receivers say the sale proceeds will pay depositors.
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New York
Merchants Trust Company
Hudson Valley Railway Company
Merchants’ Trust Company
Colsin Syndicate
Luscoangel
Trouble in the Twin Kingdoms Dissolution Talks
In Karlstad Sweden the Swedish and Norwegian delegations opened talks on dissolving the union. Each side will elect its own chairman with alternate day presidencies. The conference was declared secret and a next meeting set for September 1.
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Karlstad
Sweden
Norway
Chris Alan Lundeberg
Michelsen
Armistice Sought as Japan Yields in Negotiations
In Portsmouth Russia gives no indemnity and accepts half of Sakhalin while Japan gains concessions on interned ships and rail access. The two powers reach a basis for a lasting peace with De Martens and Dennison handling treaty framing. President Roosevelt’s mediation credited for avoiding a rupture.
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Japan
Russia
Sakhalin
Portsmouth
N. H
M. Witte
Baron Komura
de Martens
Dennison
Roosevelt
Nicholas
Meyer
Associated Press
Far East
Quanchontzi
Oyama
President approves sentence in court martial case
Washington reports the president approved the sentence for First Lieutenant G. S. Hichards of the Twenty third Infantry who was convicted of duplicating pay accounts. He received dismissal from the service and one year at hard labor.
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Washington
G. S. Hichards
Twenty-third Infantry
President Roosevelt praises Japanese people in letter
In a letter to Baron Komura the peace envoy of Japan Roosevelt congratulates the emperor and Japanese people on wisdom and magnanimity. He expresses belief that all civilized mankind shares this feeling and signs sincerely Theodore Roosevelt.
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Oyster Bay
L. I
Baron Komura
Japan
Washington
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Greatest Man in His Time
Cardinal Gibbons praises President Roosevelt as the greatest man of the century for helping end the war between Japan and Russia. He says Roosevelt is first in peace and in the hearts of Americans and that nations will bless him for his work.
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Waltimore
Roosevelt
Japan
Russia
Cardinal Gibbons
Japan Wins Terms in Asia Dominance and Portsmouth Peace
The article outlines Russia yielding Korea influence to Japan and agrees to mutual non infringement in Manchuria and China with open door principles. It details Japanese rights and Russian concessions including Port Arthur and the Chinese Eastern railroad, plus Japan's demands for war costs and naval limits. Paris reports President Roosevelt’s Portsmouth conference delivering peace and France lauds his initiative as pivotal.
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Japan
Russia
Korea
Manchuria
China
Liao Tung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Dalny
Blond and
Elliott Islands
Chinese Eastern Railroad
Chutefu
New Chwang
Russian Littoral
Vladivoste
Bering Sea
Far Eastern
Pacific
Ishkalin
Paris
France
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
Associated Press
Precipitious Hills and Alkali Flats Post Uintah Lands Draw
Utah man William Gray of Lehi returns from government land survey in Uintah reservation after seeking a farm. He found only precipitious hills and alkali flats left for settlement and says many with low numbers are returning by the hundreds.
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Salt Lake City
Uintah Reservation
William 8. Gray
Lehigh
Utah
Gray
Mr. Gray
Grain supplies shift as Wheat rises and Corn and Oats grow
Bradstreet reports show wheat US and Canada east of the Rockies down 303000 bushels while afloat for Europe up 1600000 and total supply up 1497000. Corn east of the Rockies up 453000. oats up 2246000. Manitoba leads week gains with 375000, Chicago elevators 241000, Orsha 56000, St Joseph 55000. Depot Harbor stocks fall 128000. A Brooklyn pastor uses a Newfoundland dog in a sermon on kindness to animals drawing a crowded church.
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New York
Bradstreet
United States
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Europe
Rocky Mountain
Manitoba
Chicago
Orfsha
St. Joseph
Depot Harbor
Brooklyn
Chicago Record- Herald
Harvard Rotary Taft Shelter Tale Amid Desert Sights
An odd, humorous note recalls Taft seeking shelter during travels, describing a scene with an umbrella and a vast damp desert as he surveyed the surroundings. The vignette captures a whimsical moment of a notable figure amid stark landscape.
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Harvard Rotary Taft
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Einlace
West Prussia
Lemberg
Austria
Vistula
Tolstoi
Moscow
Count Tolstoi
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