Discontent in Japan as Peace Terms Prompt Protests and Riots
Japanese crowds at Hibiya park and other cities denounce the peace terms with Russia. Police clash with protesters who later disperse. attacks on Kokumin Shinbun building injure several, with arrests made. Osaka and Nagoya also protest. public mood leans toward reaction but may accept the peace outcome. Separately the Russian cruiser Lena awaits departure from Mare Island, bound for Vladivostok around Sept 20.
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Russia
Hibiya Park
Shintani
Kokumin Shinbun
Osaka
Nagoya
Vallejo
Cal
Lena
Mare Island Navy Yard
San Francisco
Vladivostok
Miners Seek Higher Pay and Eight Hour Day Demand
The anthracite miners convention will draft new demands to coal companies after the April 1 strike commission award. Held in Shamokin December 5 to 10, the list includes union recognition by operators, an eight hour day replacing nine, higher minimum pay, and a uniform wage scale for non miners.
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Philadelphia
Shamokin
Shamokin convention could lift coal wage costs
About 30 000 contract miners out of 140 000 hard coal workers may trigger higher annual expenses for coal companies if the Shamokin convention gains concessions outlined in the fore going schedule of demands.
Hezekiah Butterworth Dies at Seventy Five
Hezekiah Butterworth author and historian died here during the day from diabetes. He was seventy five years old. R. J. Warren reports the death occurred on September 6.
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Hezekiah Butterworth
Warren
R. J
No Cholera in Russian Poland Reported
Warsaw dispatch reports no cholera cases in Russian Poland with opinion pointing to Germany as the source. Authorities order strict disinfection of passenger baggage and trains at frontier stations including Alexandroff and all frontier customs houses.
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Warsaw
Russian Poland
Germany
Alexandroft
Russians Lose Heavily in Sakhalin Engagement
A delayed Tokyo report says the Russian remnant was crushed after five hours of fighting at Nai Butu on Sakhalin Island. Russian losses numbered 130 with Japanese casualties described as slight.
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Tokio
Nai Butu
Sakhalin
Peace Envoys Leave Portsmouth
Life at Portsmouth New Hampshire returns to normal after four weeks of focus on peace envoy proceedings. Residents report a return to routine as officials finalize arrangements and communities resume daily activities.
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Portsmouth
N. H
New England
Baron Komura Voices Joy in Return to Student Haunts
Baron Komura spoke on Japan's affairs beyond the peace treaty and expressed pleasure at revisiting his student life scenes. The situation is improving.
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Baron Komura
Japan
Yellow Fever Reports Favorable in Northern Louisiana
New Orleans reports show yellow fever under control in city and countryside except Lake Province and Tatulah. Seven new cases in the last eighteen hours and five deaths indicate cooling weather reducing spread. Mosquito eradication and disinfection work cited as main factor in trimming the outbreak’s power.
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New Orleans
Lake Province
Tatullah
Louisiana
Post Office Burglary Reported in Cartersville Iowa
The Cartersville Iowa post office in J. M. Suter & Co. general store was burglarized at night. About 150 dollars in cash and stamps were stolen from an unlocked safe after tills were smashed. No suspects named.
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Cartersville
J. M. Suter & Co
Steamer Tosco Likely Lost in Superior Gale
The steamer Tosco of Cleveland with a crew of nineteen, towing the Olive Jeanette, was swept by a great Lake Superior gale Sunday. The loss would raise the storm death toll to thirty nine as the wrecks of Tosco and Jeanette are found near Duluth bound for Lake Erie. Captain Nelson Gongan commanded the Tosco.
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Pequaming
Iosco
Cleveland
Olive Jeanette
Lake Superior
Tosco
Nelson Gongan
Duluth
Lake Eric
Russians to Found Colony in Lower California
Rancho Guadaloupe a 13 000 acre property in Lower California sold to 104 Russian families through a Los Angeles agency. Emigrants plan to establish a colony there.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Guadaloupe
Lower
California
Kaiser Plans Transatlantic Cup Race for 1907
Berlin Sept 6 The Associated Press confirms from a member of Emperor William II's suite that reports he is arranging a trans Atlantic yacht race for 1907 are true. The Glasgow rumor has circulated about the event and its details.
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Kaiser
Berlin
Associated Press
Glasgow
Emperor William
Turmoil in Kishineff as mobs attack Jewish shops
Reports from Kishineff describe ongoing street fighting with mobs looting Jewish shops and killing or wounding residents. Rabble violence escalates while a Jewish self defense committee organizes resistance as authorities weigh military moves beyond the coast.
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St. Petersburg
Kishineff
Jewish Self-Defense Committee
Armenian Disorder Sparks Massive Fires in Baku Districts
Reports from Baku describe the Black Town and nearby works burning while looting and arson target Russians and Tartars. Losses reach millions of roubles as smoke shrouds the city through the night. The Persian consul cites impossibility of conciliation with Armenians blamed for the violence. A dispatch from Elizabethpol says Makend village inhabitants were massacred by Tartars with surrounding villages under siege and reinforcements requested.
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St. Petersburg
Baku
Caucasia
Balakhan
Bibiebat
Nomant
Sabunto
Tiflis
Elizabethpol
Makend
Zangesursk
Cholera Cases Rise Along the Oder River
A Berlin bulletin reports thirteen new cholera cases and two deaths in the last day, raising totals to ninety cases and twenty-six deaths. The outbreak area widens with the Oder river region now tainted, and three cases are traced to Frankfort on the Oder district.
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Berlin
Oder
Frankfort on-the-Oder
Cholera case reported in Hamburg business district
A third cholera case in Hamburg was discovered today in the heart of the business and hotel areas. The city authorities continued surveillance and urged precautions amid the outbreak.
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Hamburg
Paris weighs response to Moroccan sultan over Bouzian case
Paris reports the government awaits Fez's reply to the French demand over the Bouzian arrest in Algeria. Ministers vow to enforce redress without outside influence, despite signs Germany may oppose a military show of force on the eve of a Moroccan conference.
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Paris
Fez
Morocco
Germany
Algorian
Bouzian
Tourists flee Barcelona amid anarchist panic
Tourists are abandoning hotels in Barcelona as panic spreads. Police seize a socialist paper for praising a recent bomb explosion.
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Barcelona
Police raid on private house breaks up secret meeting
In St Petersburg the police raided a private house in the Vassilyostroff quarter, disrupted a secret gathering, arrested several participants and seized arms and revolutionary program material.
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St. Petersburg
Vassilyostroff
Prominent Citizen Kills Wife and Father-In-Law in Alabama
Sept. 7 report from Alabama states John Thompson, a prominent citizen, shot and instantly killed his wife and father-in-law J. D. Cooper. No motive given and Thompson reportedly made no statement. The tragedy occurred at Thompson's residence and authorities are investigating the incident.
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Ala
John Thompson
J. D. Cooper
Novel injunction dissolver in Crandon murder inquest
Judge Goodland dissolves an injunction arising from an affidavit by A Walsh district attorney and Crandon social figure Mrs Walsh’s fatal Aug 22 shooting. Walsh sought to restrain the coroner's jury from continuing the inquest and asked for adjournment to Sept 15 citing prejudice concerns against him.
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Appleton
Wis
Goodland
Circuit Court
Griffin
Crandon
A. Walsh
Walsh
Bolt Kills One Injures Many at Richfield Fair
At Richfield Utah on September 7 a bolt struck a crowd of about 1200 as they watched horse races. Atias Bean was killed and Dwight Bean possibly fatally injured. Over 200 people were knocked down and many stunned for seconds while horses tied nearby broke free and stampeded. Several others were lightly injured by runaway horses.
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Richfield
Utah
Atias Bean
Dwight Bean
Richfield Fair
Trades Union Congress backs free trade stance at Hanley
London September 7 The Trades Union Congress announces an overwhelming vote by 1,253,000 members to endorse free trade against 26,000. The body argues protection would burden the working classes and insists Chamberlain's fiscal policy harms labor, stressing no departure from free trade.
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London
Joseph Chamberlain
Trades Union Congress
Hanley, F
Congress
Steamer Simon Langell Arrives After 36 Hours Peril
The steamer Simon Langell towing schooners W. K. More Aranec and Interlaken owned by Captain A R Sinclair of Duluth has reached harbor after thirty six hours of continuous peril with no on board crew sleeping.
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Duluth
Simon Langell
W. K. More
Aranec
Interlaken
A. R. Sinclair
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