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Newspaper
The Aberdeen Democrat
Location
Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1905
Page
1
A fragmented OCR note references a clash of forces and a call to bind or flee. The garbled text hints at a conflict involving envoys, gravity of threat, and a plea for peace or escape. Names, dates, and places are unreadable.
The piece notes Aug 16 negotiations at a world conference, detailing British and Japanese positions over Manchuria and Korea, including terms on Liaotong, Sakhalin, and Russian Far East naval limits. It mentions Earl Kiser’s accident recovery, a New York attack, Denver Eagles events, and other scattered items from Aug 14–16. The article stresses a fragile progress toward peace with multiple disputed articles and territorial questions in the Far East.
The story discusses terms offered by the United States to Russia tied to the cost of war and potential territorial concessions in East Asia. It mentions Bake island and the Shing peninsula as areas of interest, with implications for future Chinese access and the open door principle, amid tensions involving Japan and Russia.
A wide sweep of obituary notes and calamities: Colonel Daniel Lamont’s estate valued at 3.3 million. multiple yellow fever cases aboard the Isthmus of Panama. a Lincoln Neb. registered woman died of poisoning in Omaha. Dr. Charles D. Andrews, rector, died in St. Paul. 18 million denominational delegates to meet in New York for federation talks. cholera fears in Russia subsided. 105-year-old Captain Jerome Osler dies in Chicago. U.S. crop and livestock conditions reported. 25 typhoid cases in Washington on a single day. retiree J T Rapelee seeks almshouse care in New Rochelle. Nelson and Britt to fight in San Francisco for 20 000. Rear Admiral Benham dies in New York. Dezck kills wife then dies. Drouin fortune lost in Peoria. Miss Dulap Hust drowns at Brest. Newark pipeworks burn. Hercules works burn. Chicago artist Gibert drowns. Vancouver murder-suicide among Chinese merchants. record exports reach 548.6 million. Edward H C Taylor dies in St Paul. Sir William Laird Clowes dies in London. a severe thunderstorm disrupts New York with wind and rain.
A dynamite explosion at the Dunlevy brothers construction camp six miles from Durbin West Virginia blew nine Italians to pieces and left hut and bodies scattered. The crime was premeditated but no suspects were found as dawn revealed gruesome remains hanging from trees.
Washington reports from August 12 that laborer Blanas Vicello tried to shoot President Manuel Quintana in Buenos Aires as his carriage passed Beltro Park. The aide-de-camp leaped from the carriage and overpowered the assailant, who was arrested and deemed insane.
A massive landslide west of Spencers Bridge near Ashcroft British Columbia sent a 10 to 15 foot wave up the Thompson River washing away the Indian village. About fifty are dead or injured with most residents killed or swept away as boats and the ferry were pulled into the flood.
Redwood City Cal Aug 16 Walter Sanger Pullman age 36 died Tuesday night at the Helmont home from a fractured skull suffered in a runaway accident last Sunday An investigation disclosed the fatal injury Harbin Aug 15 medics report 1200 self mutilations found on first fingers of the right hand among officials treated there
Rapid City will see stable total property valuations around 225 million with minor changes for railways while the Great Northern and other express firms rise modestly in assessed worth. Rumor and evidence tie Missouri River line to Milwaukee road control as developers seek gas oil coal and artesian water beneath Rapid City. Indian killings near Peever prompt criminal and law enforcement attention amid broader Black Hills push to curb gambling and enforce saloon laws.
The United States government building at Yankton, costing 87,000, is complete and awaits furniture and fixtures before occupation by the post office, US court commissioner, and other officials. Five prisoners who were committed for burglary escaped from Webster jail Saturday night and remain at large. The late Mary Ellen Pray of Connecticut endowed Redfield College with 6,000 for a permanent magical scholarship.
Aug. 15 report from Christiania notes 821,358 ballots with 161 against dissolution of the union with Sweden. The storthing plans Aug. 21 storming to discuss repealing the union act. Norway seeks to dissolve the union amicably while preserving Norway as a monarchy. The cabinet signals Sweden to be informed, and negotiations on dissolution details may begin.
The Interstate Commerce Commission, acting on its own initiative and amid complaints, begun an investigation into the relations between railroads and refrigerator cars. The probe targets Armour Car Line, American Refrigerator Transportation, Santa Fe Refrigerator Dispatch, and listed railroads including St. Louis and San Francisco, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, and others.
St Paul Aug 14 President James J Hill of the Great Northern has returned from the East and his return may affect talks on the telegraphers strike. H B Perham says Hill will study the details and be ready to treat with strikers, though operators offer no advances. Railroads refuse to discuss. strikers say ground is not being gained. Fargo reports only four freights passed Saturday versus about thirty normally.
A fast passenger train on the Nickel Plate crashed with a westbound freight at Kishman near Vermillion Ohio, killing twelve mainly foreign laborers in the smoking car and injuring at least twenty five, eight of whom may die. Officials cite orders miscommunication as the cause.
New Orleans reports up to 6 p m shows 1 080 cases to date with 172 deaths and 238 men under treatment. Tuesday indicates improvement as only 22 new cases found, Italian deaths reduced. J O Despit a lawyer and Pierre Aldal a musician died in destitute conditions. Outside New Orleans 129 cases and 24 deaths recorded in the state.
Dispatches from China indicate Shanghai is the only city where the boycott on American goods has become seriously active while Canton shows some progress and other areas lack momentum. The state department received the reports to track the boycott and a dispatch not released publicly went to the president. Banana shortages in Chicago threaten famine as visible supply dips below half due to New Orleans quarantine, with prices rising over the past two weeks.
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