President to formally present Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries
New York report details Acting Secretary Peirces formal presentation of Baron Komura and Minister Takahira to the president at Oyster Bay. The two missions will sail aboard Tacoma and Mayflower, lunch aboard, then proceed to Portsmouth under naval convoy. Precedence based on Sagamore Hill arrival is recognized only in a short time difference.
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New York
Peirce
Baron Rosen
Takahira
Washington
Pierce
Baron Komura
New York Yacht Club
East Twenty-third Street
Tacoma
Alexander Sharp
Oyster Bay
M. Witte
Chattanooga
Reginal F. Nicholson
Mr. Peirce
Sylph
Sagamore Hill
Dream of the Profession
European newspaper leaders converge on New York as they travel to Portsmouth for the peace conference. The assembled correspondents from major capitals aim to secure exclusive reporting, though no single paper is expected to obtain decisive access.
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New York
Europe
Portsmouth
America
London Times
Governor honors Colorado's request in Buster case
Lincoln Nebraska Aug 4 Gov Mickey approves Colorado demand for return of Victor or Frank Buster alias Frank Martin held at Grand Island Neb charged with the murder of Martin O Connor a miner on April 5 1905 telegram notice ends with sales pitch about telling what you have to sell
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Lincoln
Neb
Mickey
McDonald
Colorado
Victor
Frank Buster
Frank Martin
Martin O'Connor
Grand Island
Ned
Washington notes on cotton acreage and Porto Rico
Washington dispatches report the new Board of Statisticians endorsing a revised cotton acreage cut of 14.9 percent, plus ongoing probes into department irregularities and a secret Service inquiry. Porto Rico seeks self government, tariff shifts for tea and coffee, and potential local senate elections. Renewed peace conference arrangements and Carnegie’s Nobel bid draw notice as yellow fever burdens the marine hospital Service amid fiscal debates on revenue and taxes.
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Hays
O. K.d
Wilson
Holmes
Department of Agriculture
New York
Secret Service
Porto Rico
Congress
Cable
Executive Council
Senate
United States
Dependency
South Carolina
Pierce
Portsmouth
Navy Yard
Carnegie
Bartholdt
Cremer
House of Commons
Marine’ Hospital Service
Confession in Oakland Murder Case by Teen Suspects
Percy Pembroke, 16, one of three youths under 17 arrested for the murder of Thomas W. Cook, says they planned a hold up. They hid armed with bludgeons and a lead pipe. Blaker struck Cook, who fell. Pembroke fled, leaving Snyder and Blaker to finish the robbery. Pembroke clears Crowhurst.
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Oakland
Cal
Percy Pembroke
T. W. Cook
Thomas W. Cook
Cook
Pembroke
Blaker
John Snyder
George Blaker
Crowhurst
Doella chase ends with Ike Kinney killed by posse
A deputized posse cornered Ike Kinney, a dangerous Negro, after he killed two people and wounded two others near Lewisville. Kinney had slain a man at Stamps earlier and fled, with the pursuit ending in his death in a river bottom near Doella, six miles south of Lewisville. The report also notes wedding invitations and programs offered by The Cat office.
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Little Rock
Ark
the Gazette
Lewisville
Ike Kinney
Doella
Kinney
Stamps
Thirty Years Ago This Week in Troy from 1875
From the Weekly Bulletin dated August 6 1875 Judge Joseph Gillespie of Edwardsville visited Troy. News notes include no mail from the east since Saturday fair weather wheat threshing progress and several local deaths and accidents. A special train brought 300 people for Sherman Park lot sales with 53 plots selling 130 to 375 dollars each Lot 141 gifted to Mrs Gen Sherman for an educational institution.
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Joseph Gillespie
Edwardaville
Troy
John H
William
Isabella Rawson
David R. Benedict
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Silver Creek
Christian Ott
Marine Road
Ott
St. Louis
Sherman Park
Gen. Sherman
Climate And Crops In State Report From Agricultural Office
The State Department of Agriculture and Weather Bureau report shows showery districts with variable moisture and below normal temperatures. Harvest and threshing continue with mixed yields. corn and oats in central regions show good prospects while grain in shock and wheat suffer from rain. Pastures need rain. hay yields are mixed. fruits such as grapes, blackberries, raspberries, plums remain plentiful though apples are generally unfavorable.
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Oata
War on Chicago Gamblers Follows Lake Michigan Chase
A Chicago raid around Lake Michigan sought to curb floating pool rooms and race betting as gamblers fled through Michigan Illinois and Indiana waters. Fourteen gamblers were captured ashore at South Chicago while others escaped to Indiana Harbor. Police vow to arrest all who board the floating venue City of Travers.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
South
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Collins
City of Travers
Mway
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Wilk
Newsy
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Board of Statisticians
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Catr
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Springfield Sl
Delmar
Wm. Bedell
Flat Rock
Mich
Bucklen
S. Kingston
J. D. Runyan
Butlerville, O
Dr. King
S. Kingaton
Chris. Busse
Main ‘St
Barcains
W. L. Douglas
H. Klein
State Medical Co
Missouri
State Medical Institut No
Olive St. N. W
Opronite Potato
ST. Louis, MO
Wm. Kueker
Prop
Peterman Bldg
West Market Street
Union Meat Market
G. A. Voelker
Ata
E. D. Joseph
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Kingston's
Louis Butcher
C. E. McKittrick
Heasonabie
Priges
Riga
Ariver
William. Raugh
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