Japan Gains Free Hand in Core as Russia Loses Ports
Portsmouth dispatch reports the treaty grants Japan control over Korea and Manchuria evacuation. Russia cedes Port Arthur and Dalny rights to Japan while protecting Russian subjects and enterprises. Railway branches and fishing rights structured for joint operation and mutual benefits. Ratification within fifty days with French and English texts as reference.
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Japan
Corea
Dalny
Port Arthur
Failways
Portsmouth
N. H
Rusaia
Isis
Kissia
Korea
Russia
Manchuria
Crhe
Flussia
Ruagia
Danny
China
Kouang Tcheng Tee
Sakhalinn Island
la Perouse
Tartare
Sakhalin Ialand
Fuasla
Sea of Japan
Sea of
Chkotsk
Behringten
Rench
Mussia
Sakhalin Island
Deser tion and park travel highlighted in 1905 report
Washington Brigadier General Carr reports on Dakota department affairs noting desertion linked to low respect for enlisted men and proposes making Yellowstone a four troop post. He cites rising park travel with an estimated 30 000 visitors in 1905 and warns of injuries from officer shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carr
Department of Dakota
Yellowstone
Metchnikoff Labels Cholera in Germany Asiatic
Professor Elie Metchnikoff at the Pasteur Institute says that recent German cholera reports under his direction confirm the outbreak as Asiatic cholera. He described bacteriological findings from the German cases as decisive proof and noted new detailed reports received by the Pasteur Institute.
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Paris
Elie Metchnikoff
Pasteur Institute
Associated Press
Germany
Public Printer Palmer Ousted by Roosevelt Action
President Roosevelt demanded the resignation of Public Printer F W Palmer to take effect in two weeks after Palmer tried to force foremen Oscar J Ricketts and J L C Hay from the Government Printing Office. The Keep commission investigation exposed management rifts and clique influence harming efficiency.
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Palmer
Washington
F. W Palmer
Roosevelt
Mr. Palmer
Oscar J. Ricketts
JL. C. Hay
Government Printing Office
Ricketts and
Hay
Oyster Bay
John A. Sleicher
New York
Keep Commission
Janston
Government
Rickett and Hay
Keep
Ricketts
Carnegie foundation offers five prizes for peace palace design
The Carnegie Foundation invites architects worldwide to submit plans for a peace palace to house the permanent court of arbitration at The Hague. Five prize winners will share about 15 000 dollars, with the top prize around 5 000 dollars. The foundation also extends targeted invitations to eminent architects from major nations.
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New York
Permanent Court of Arbitration
the Hague
All Nations
Carnegia Foundation
Carnegie Foundation
Suppression of Saloons in Indian Country Initiated
Cass Lake reports Indian Agent Scott at Walker follows Interior depart ment directives to enforce liquor ban in the Indian country. District Attorney C O Houpte warns Minnesota north of Fort Snelling could see saloons and liquor stores shut down nationwide under strict enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Cass Lake
Minn
Scott
Walker
Interior Department
Mquor
United States
C. O. Houpte
Minnesota
Fort Snelling
Minneapolis
Duluth
Doctor Files Large Claim Against McKee Estate
Dr. W. E. Fischel filed in probate court a $5,520 claim against the estate of Ellen J. McKee for medical services from January 2 to May 3, 1905. The bill includes $5,000 for ten days of service during Miss McKee's illness as the physician accompanied her from St Louis to Asheville where she died. Miss McKee left an estate worth several million dollars. a September 14 hearing is set.
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ST. Louis
Ellen J. McKee
W. E. Fischel
Miss McKee
Fischel
St. Louls
Asheville
N. C
Russians Defeated After Five Hours At Sakhalin
An official report states the remnant Russian forces were completely defeated after five hours of hard fighting at Naibutu on Sakhalin Island's west coast.
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Tokho
Naibutu
Island
Sakhalin
Japan Censors Telegrams Suppress Messages
Tokyo reports indicate grave situation as Japanese authorities censor telegram communications. Pekin dispatches say censoring extends to telegraph messages, limiting information flow and heightening tension in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
PEKIN
Tokyo
Cuba Opposes British Cuba Cuba Torques Trade Pact Concerns
Cuban commercial associations oppose ratification of the Britain Cuba treaty arguing it binds Cuban interests to the United States and would grant British warships privileges in Cuban ports greater than those for the United States. The pact, signed in May, omits a favored nation clause and faces U S objections over expanded naval access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Foreign Relations Committee
The
Senate
Great Britain
Cuba
United States
Cuban
Squiers
Washington
Associated Press
O’farrill
Nebraska Man Presented With Badge at Encampment
At the Albany hotel the Nebraska department presented Past Department Commander Harmon Bross of Lincoln with a gold past department commander's badge studded with seven diamonds. The emblem bears a cross and a sword, denoting his three years as department chaplain and his service as a commissioned officer in the Union Army.
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Denver
Colo
Nebraska
Albany
Harmon Bross
Lincoln
C. E. Adams
Superior
Bross
Favor for America In Russia on Most Favored Nation
President Roosevelt received a communication from Mr Witte acting for the Emperor of Russia. It states that due to a previous misunderstanding in the most favored nation clause Russia will stop levying higher duties on American products. Hence American manufacturers will pay the same duties as imports from other countries.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Witte
Russia
United States
Money Ordered Returned to Subscribed Stockholders
In St Louis Frederick Essen receiver of the People s United States bank told Judge McElhinney there was 233 536 credited to a special account of President E G Lewis from subscriptions for capital stock that exceeded available stock and had been received after allotment. The judge ordered the funds returned to the subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Frederick Essen
The
People’s United States Bank
McElhinney
Clayton
E. G. Lewis
Rioting in Tokio Over Peace Settlement Result
Turmoil erupted in Tokio last Tuesday night over the peace settlement outcome. Clashes with police left two dead and about 600 wounded before rioting ceased at midnight. police stations were the only properties destroyed.
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Tokio
Panama canal concession awarded to J. E. Markel
Panama canal commission chairman Shonts announced a $59,000,000 concession to feed and house most canal employees. J. E. Markel of Omaha devised a plan including ten hotels along the canal and railroad to house 150 to 250 laborers with diners, charging about $36 monthly for board and lodging.
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New York
Shonts
Panama Canal Commission
J. E. Markel
Omaha
Panama
New Form of Fraud Unearthed by Committee
Armstrong legislative committee reveals fraud in life insurance on bad risks. Alleged collusion between company officers and agents cited. Subpoenas name medical examiners from major firms and require recent medical records as exhibits. All examiners to appear likely on the same day.
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New York
Armstrong Legislative Committee
Peace Treaty Report From Manchuria Meeting
A Japanese messenger delivered a letter from Field Marshal Oyama to General Linovitch near the railway post. Oyama congratulates on peace and asks to appoint Russian plenipotentiaries for an armistice, naming General Takushima as Japanese plenipotentiary and Chakhedza as the proposed meeting site.
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Godzyadini
Manchuria
Oyama
Linovitch
Takushima
Chakhedza
Woman's Relief Corps Elects New Officers in Denver
The Woman's Relief Corps of the Grand Army of the Republic in Denver elects officers led by Senior vice president Mrs. Julia G. Line of Chicago and junior vice president Eunice Munger of Oklahoma City. Charlotte E. Wright is treasurer, Catherine Co. Kennedy serves as chaplain, with an executive board including Dr. Orpha Bruce and others. The encampment adjourned sine die.
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Denver
Woman's Relief Corps of the
Grand Army of the Republic
Julia G. Line
Chicago
Vic
Eunice Munger
Oklahoma City
Charlotte E. Wright
Hartford
Maria E. Dean
Chattanooga
Tenn
Alice W. Fuller
Cleveland, C
Doesn't Fear an Outbreak in Japan Discontent
Washington reports the Japanese delegation remains without advice on recent disturbances over the peace treaty terms. First secretary M. Hioki says few Japanese are satisfied with the terms, yet the discipline of the people is so strong there is no fear of a serious outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
M. Hioki
Americans Harvester Trust Faces New Zealand Pressure
London The Times correspondent in Wellington reports that the American Harvester Trust threatens New Zealand implement makers. Manufacturers say a 20 percent tariff would fail. A deputation urged government action and the premier signaled support for a monopolies prevention bill.
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London
Times
Wellington
New Zealand
American Harvester Trust
Kansas Farmers Expect Record Corn Harvest
Wichita expert F W Fraslus, editor of the Southwestern Grain and Flour Journal, says the Kansas corn crop will reach 230 million bushels, the largest ever when accounting for acreage. Only in 1889 was a bigger yield at 270 million bushels.
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Wichita
Kas
F. W. Fraslus
Southwestern Grain and Flour Journal
Kansas
Open revolt erupts among Chicago Teamsters unions
In Chicago three strong local unions the wagon drivers van teamsters and brick sand and terra cotta teamsters repudiated the Philadelphia international officers election. They adopted the referendum withhold support from President Shea and the executive board. The defiant unions total about 4000 members.
Elected on the first ballot at Grand Army encampment
The 39th annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment elected officers with James Tanner of New York as Commander-in-Chief and George W. Cook of Denver as Senior Vice Commander. Si las H. Towler of Minneapolis became Junior Vice Commander, Hugo Philler of Waukesha as Surgeon General, and Rev. Father J. G Leary as Chaplain-in-Chief. Minneapolis named as 1906 meeting site.
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Denver
Grand Army of the Republic
James Tanner
New York
George W. Cook
Silas H. Towler
Minneapolis
Hugo Philler
Waukesha
Wis
Father J. G Leary
Chapman
Kan
Corporal Tanner
R. B. Brown
Zanesville
O. Charles Burrows
Rutherford
N. J
Charles G. Burton
Nevada
Burrows
Tanner
George Stone
San Francisco
Department of
Brown
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Burton
Missouri
Tanners
Mess
Roosevelt
William Warner
John C. Black
Chicago
Grenville M. Dodge
Flowery Kingdom abolishes old examination system
Peking reports an imperial edict nullifying the traditional degree examinations used to recruit government officers. The move responds to memorials by Yuan Shi Ki and others, arguing the Confucian tests are impractical and waste time. It favors modern subjects over classic study.
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Peking
Yuan Shi Ki
China
Confucius
Resignation of Dr. Salmon Promptly Accepted
Dr. David E. B. Salmon chief of the bureau of animal industry in the Agriculture Department resigned to take effect when successor is appointed and accepted to take effect October 1. Secretary Wilson announced the move but would not confirm if the severance relates to recent charges, which the doctor was exonerated on.
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Washington
David EB. Salmon
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Salmon
Envoys Leave Charitable Gifts in New Hampshire
Letters from the Russian and Japanese peace plenipotentiaries arrived in Concord with checks of 10000 dollars each for New Hampshire charities. Governor John McLane made public the letters noting gratitude for hospitality and courtesy and left fund disposition to his discretion.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
John McLane
Pension rolls reach record as Civil War survivors rise
Washington reports the pension roll peaked at 1,004,196 on January 21, fell below a million by May, and ended the year at 998,441. During fiscal year 1905 185,242 certificates were issued, 453,833 pensioners were dropped, and total disbursements reached $141,682,541 with major shares to Civil War survivors and navy and Spanish War pensioners.
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Washington
Warner
Bureau
Guardians appointed for George Wells wealthy Grundy Center pioneer
Guardians were appointed today for George Wells a pioneer citizen and millionaire land owner over 84 years old with vast holdings in Grundy Emmett and Kossuth counties totaling about 14 900 acres valued at 50 to 100 dollars per acre plus 200 000 in Chicago banks 150 000 in Iowa banks and other personal property valued at 500 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy Center
George Wells
Mary Wells Nelson
Wells
Iowa
Grundy
Emmett
Kossuth
Chicago
Peace envoys dine at Metropolitan Club with Roosevelt toast
George C. Harvey hosted over eighty guests including Russian peace envoys Witte and Baron de Rosen and their suites. Witte opened with a toast to Theodora Roosevelt, then spoke in French praising the Americans and President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George C. Harvey
Roosevelt
Graft charge at St. Joe and St. Joseph hospital
Abraham Davis, local democratic politician, filed an injunction suit in the circuit court alleging that Dr. C. R. Woodson and the Board of Managers of the State Hospital for the Insane No. 2 divert county funds for indigent care into a building fund. Taxpayers face a $5,000 annual loss. suit also claims profits from patient clothing. Dr. Woodson denies the charges and invites full investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph—Abraham Davis
Circuit Court Today
C. R. Woodson
Board of Managers
State Hospital For the Insane No. 2
Woodson
Ambassador Meyer Coming Home
Ambassador Meyer departs St. Petersburg on September 11 for Berlin and Paris then proceeds to America at the end of September on leave of absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer
ST. Petersburg
Berlin
Paris
America
Find of Spanish Gold on Fox Island Reported in Lake Michigan
Detroit dispatch says a Traverse City report notes a haul of 150000 dollars in Spanish gold unearthed on North Fox Island near Grand Traverse Bay in Lake Michigan.
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Detroit
Mich
The
Tribune
Traverse City
North Fox Island
Grand Traverse Bay
Lake Michigan
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Jalks
Ellen McKee
Czar
Jd. F Braska
Markel
New
Gen. Linevitch
Woman's Relief Corps
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