Czar Reply 3 at Portsmouth and Roosevelt Plan
A long Russian reply from St. Petersburg arrives as de Witte’s team deciphers it. A proposed Roosevelt solution would allow Japan to recover costs while Russia keeps all territory, involving repurchase of Sakhalin and potential arbitration to settle the sum. All hinges on Russia.
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Sakhalin
Japan
Russia
Portsmouth
N. H
St. Petersburg
de Witte
Nabukoff
Plancon
aJpan
Associated Press
Sensation at Oyster Bay as President’s message to Russian plenipotentiaries leaks
Early today the conference meeting was postponed to 9 30 and a secret message from the president to J L McGrew reached de Witte and Baron Rosen at the navy yard. They met with Peirce from 10 30 to 1 10 and offered no public comment on the confidential exchange.
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de Witte
J. L. McGrew
Oyster Bay
Baron Rosen
York Beach
Navy Yard
Peirce
New York
Karen Rosen
Extra! No Peace Yet Czar in Talks on Possible Peace
The American ambassador reports ongoing interviews with the Czar as officials seek feasible arrangements for ending hostilities. No definitive peace terms announced. Washington notes cautious optimism amid persistent tensions.
Nothing Doing Meeting of the Commissioners Morning
Ambassador Meyer met Czar at Peterhof to discuss possible peace terms following Roosevelt’s message. In Portsmouth the morning conference was not a plenipotentiary session as secretaries and mission representatives argued over the protocol text. Recess scheduled as talks continued.
Professor Frederick von Martens Advises M Witte in Peace Talks
Professor Frederick von Martens, a leading international law authority born in Livland in 1843, serves as Russia's adviser to M Witte in current peace negotiations. Since 1871 he has taught at the University of St Petersburg and played a key role in The Hague peace conference.
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Frederick von Martens
Russia
M. Witte
Livland
Baltic
University of St. Petersburg
Yellow fever in New Orleans the month of August and the unscreened cisterns incident
Yellow fever reports show 57 new cases and 214 total deaths with 219 under treatment. Optimism tempers continued vigilance as authorities stress screening remains essential. Hart Newman, ex-president of the New Orleans baseball club, was briefly jailed over unscreened cisterns but released after inquiry.
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New Orleans
Hart Newman
Isidor Newman
Newman
Athletic Park
Carnegie Library Offer Defeated in Tie Vote
The special election in Grand Haven Michigan resulted in a tie that defeated the Carnegie public library proposition. The measure asked whether the Webster Batchellor bequest of seven thousand dollars should be combined with a five thousand dollar gift from Andrew Carnegie and his maintenance provisions.
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Carnegie
Grand Haven
Mich
Carnegie Public Library
Webster Batchellor
Andrew Carnegie
County selects Ewen as watching engineer for courthouse
Chicago August 25 county officials name John M. Ewen consulting engineer to oversee the new county courthouse project. His duties focus on watchdog oversight during construction to protect county interests.
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Chicago
John M. Ewen
Cat Mothers a Rat in Columbus Story
In Columbus Indiana Elsworth O Connor reports a cat that adopted a rat and treats it as its own offspring. The unlikely pair now coexists contentedly with the cat as mother to the rat as if they were a family.
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Columbus
Ind
Elsworth O'Connor
Tragic Board-Train Attempt Ends in Death at Battle Creek
In Battle Creek Michigan on August 23 Arthur Walby of Bellevue was killed while trying to board a moving Grand Trunk train. He fell under the wheels, his head severed and body mangled in a gruesome incident.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Arthur Walby
Bellevue
Grand Trunk
Citizens back mosquito theory as fever fight gains steam
Whelmed with letters from both cranks and well meaning readers, many offering germicides, the mayor replies that yellow fever spreads only via mosquitoes. Despite local skeptics, law and others have been pressured to support this mosquito transmission principle for the ongoing campaign.
Complications Rise Over New Illinois Marriage Law
In Springfield Illinois the county offices report complications from the new marriage law. Minors must appear in person to affidavit age and consent. When both parties are minors in different counties, Attorney General Stead says each must appear before their county clerk and affidavits must be exchanged via transcript to obtain a license.
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Springfield
Illinois
General Assembly
Stead
Earthquakes Shake Midwest and West Regions
An earthquake rattled portions of Illinois Indiana Missouri Tennessee and Kentucky shortly after 1 pm Monday. Russia renames several captured warships and a New York meeting of the Russian Revolutionary league denounces the czar's ukase. Eleven wreckers injured as roof collapses in the educational building at the St Louis fairgrounds. James Marcellus Ross, famed river pilot of the upper Mississippi, dies in Crosse Wisconsin at age 68. Two unnamed men injured in an engine collision near Norborne Missouri.
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Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Tennessee
Kentucky
Japan
Russian Revolutionary League
New York
Sst. Louis
James Marcellus Ross
Upper
Mississippi
James Lynch
Norborne
Conger Resigns as U S Ambassador to Mexico
Edwin H. Conger of Iowa resigns his post as United States ambassador to Mexico effective October 18. President Roosevelt has accepted the resignation. Possible assignment to China as special commissioner discussed. successor likely David F. Thompson of Nebraska, currently ambassador to Brazil.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Edwin H. Conger
Iowa
United States
Mexico
Rooosevelt
Conger
Peking
China
David F. Thompson
Nebraska
Brazil
Death of Alfred Waterhouse Architect and Royal Academy member
London reports the death of Alfred Waterhouse a renowned architect and Royal Academy figure born in Liverpool in 1830. He designed several famous English buildings and recent notes mention Miss Evelyn W Walsh injured in an auto accident at Newport with her brother killed and she is out of danger.
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Alfred Waterhouse
London
Royal Academy
Liverpool
Waterhouse
England
Evelyn W. Walsh
Newport
Italian Consul Praised for Police Protection Amid Press Attacks
Washington reports the Italian ambassador says the Italian consul at Philadelphia Count Naselli faced persistent attacks from a Philadelphia Italian language newspaper. An official inquiry by the district attorney was requested. Naselli was vindicated by the ambassador’s findings, and Philadelphia police were assigned protection by city authorities.
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Washington
State Department
Pennslyvania
Philadelphia
Count Naselli
Tub Lan
Lynch and Stover wed in New Albany with big blended family
John J Lynch of Duncan Indiana and Amanda E Stover of New Albany Indiana married by Justice Mix. They immediately began housekeeping with a blended brood of fourteen children. The groom is 40 and has six children. The bride brings eight children from a prior marriage.
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New Albany
Ind
John 8. Lynch
Duncan
Amanda E. Stover
Justice Mix
Death toll rises from trolley train crash in Cincinnati district
William Gillivan of Chillicothe, chief engineer for the Baltimore and Southwestern railway Cincinnati district, dies in the trolley car and fast passenger train collision at a crossing in Winton Place. This marks the fifth death from the same weeklong crash sequence.
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Cincinnati
William Gillivan
Chillicothe, CO
Cincinati
Laltimore and Southwestern
Winton Clice
Internal loan subscriptions reported unsatisfactory
From Moscow it is announced that subscriptions to the new internal loan are unsatisfactory with total so far at $100,000. An imperial ukase of Aug. 17 authorized the loan issue of $100,000,000 at 15 percent.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Markets Report from Chicago Commodities August 23 1905
Estimated receipts and shipments for hogs cattle and sheep show mixed activity with higher bids on hogs and steady to weak cattle and sheep markets. Western and native cattle and lambs move at varied quotes across light, mixed packers, and shipping grades as totals approach late summer levels.
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Good Steady
Ok Sheep & Lambs
Protests Over Chinese Boycott Prompt Immigration Rule Review
Washington reports ongoing protests against a China goods boycott with few losses cited while some shipments to China fall. A government panel led by Lawrence O. Murray seeks input on current immigration and exclusion rules, plans public hearings, and aims to harmonize laws with public demand. In July 253 Chinese entered the U S and nine were deported, including 98 U S citizens and 61 returning merchants.
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Washington
America
State Department
United States
China
Department
Shanghai
Amoy
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Haw
Immigration Bureau
Lawrence O. Murray
Edward W. Sims
Richard K. Campbell
Bureau of Immigration
Kermit Roosevelt Visits Black Hills for Ten Day Outing
Young Kermit Roosevelt arrives in Deadwood to stay with Forest Reserve Supervisor Seth Bullock for ten days. He will explore the Homestake mine, visit Northwestern Railway President Marvin Hughitt's cattle ranch at Belle Fourche, ride bucking horses, hunt coyotes and wildcats, and climb Harney's Peak and Glacier Lake before visiting Hot Springs. Barney Oldfield shifts to exhibition driving for most of the stay.
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Deadwood
Kermit Roosevelt
Washington
Forest Reserve
Seth Bullock
Don
Teddy
Gordon Setter
Kermit
Homestake
Belle Fourche
Marvin Hughitt
Northwestern Railway
Harney
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