Peace of Portsmouth Ends Russo Japanese War
News from Portsmouth New Hampshire reports the Russo Japanese War ending after mediation by President Roosevelt. De Witte and Baron Komura reach a basis for a treaty, Japan yields major points, Sakhalin divided with no indemnity, and both powers agree on open door and most favored nation clauses.
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Roosevelt
Japan
Russia
Nicholas
Meyer
Sakhalin
de Witte
Baron Komura
Associated Press
Far East
Chantsu
Oyama
la Perouse
Hokkaido
Pacific
Oyster Bay
New Hampshire
Liaoyangs
Mukdens
Psychological moment stuns De Witte and yields in talks
De Witte did not flinch as a decisive moment arrived and a rupture stunned him. Komura yielded on all disputed points after Japanese foreknowledge of the mental moves in negotiations. The mikado level approved the final concession and with that the bargaining shifted to a new, simpler phase.
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de Witte
Baron Komura
Mikade
Death of Armenian Leader in Istanbul Under Investigation
Police probe the Aug. 26 assassination of Apik Undjian a prominent Armenian in Galata Istanbul. shooter Vartanian a US naturalized citizen from Kharput says he received orders but names of the issuer remain unknown. Questions arise whether the trial will occur in an Ottoman or US consular court. Turkey does not recognize naturalized subjects.
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Constantinople
Apik Undjian
Galata
Vartanian
United States
Kharput
Undjian
Revolutionary Party
Turkey
Envoys Invited to a New York State Fair
Syracuse August 29. The New York state fair commission invited the Russian and Japanese peace envoys at Portsmouth to attend the state fair, opening September 11, as guests of the commission.
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Syracuse
N. Y
New York State Fair Commission
Portsmouth
Frederick Upham Adams Recalled as Prolific Writer
Frederick Upham Adams, novelist and economics writer, led the Democratic press bureau in Bryan's first campaign and edited the radical New Time in Chicago. He later drew notice in New York for a new railroad train design, studied English municipal ownership, and authored the John Henry Smith and Colonel Monroe books.
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Mr. Adams
Democratic Press Bureau
New Time
Chicago
New York
England
John Henry Smith
Colonel Monroe
Boycott in China Ebbing as Negotiations Continue
Pekin reports indicate the United States boycott has weakened since early August with little impact on Shanghai and total U.S. goods losses mainly borne by British and German traders. Chinese officials tighten controls in Shanghai and plan broad anti trade measures, including taels payments and stamping to cement a permanent boycott apparatus.
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United States
China
Shanghai
Tien-Tsin
Yuan Shikai
Pekin
Vekin
Rockhill
Japan
Canada
Australia
Java
Boycott a Weapon That Ah Sin Might Use in Other Cases
A fragment from native newspapers discusses boycotting a weapon that could be used by Ah Sin in future cases, hinting at broader plans or concerns. The text remains incomplete but signals a wartime or security-related boycott strategy aimed at limiting enemy tools or methods.
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Ah Sin
Electric Runaway Kerb Crash Kills One In Los Angeles
A runaway electric car on the Los Angeles Pacific line left the rails at a steep grade foot, flipped over, and struck the stone curbing. One passenger died and eleven were injured in the crash.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Pacific Railroad
Peace conference adjourns with no fixed time for next meeting
Portsmouth reporters note no session today as adjournment left time for the next meet undetermined. Russia's Mr Demartens and Japan's Mr Dennison met at 3 PM to begin treaty draft work and likely will not reconvene until that work is finished.
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Demartens
Russia
Dennison
Japan
Rogers Couple Is Located
Providence reports Mr. and Mrs. John W. Rogers, who disappeared from Albany, New York, have been located there. J. Maloney of Chicago is dead in a Buffalo private hospital. A bubonic plague death occurred at Pantina on Saturday. The National Laundrymen's Association opens a three day Philadelphia convention. Jobin Williams, 35, died after a 1200 foot parachute jump at Red House park near Cahokia, every bone broken.
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T. Maloney
Chicago
Buffalo
N. Y
Pantina
National Laundrymen’s Association
Philadelphia
Jobin Williams
Red House Park
Cahokia
Cholera Outbreak in Manila Expands With New Cases
In Manila on August 30 the cholera epidemic worsened with eleven new native cases from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Bringing the total treated to forty and deaths to twenty five since the outbreak began.
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Manila
Hogs and cattle markets in Chicago at slow, weak trade
Market notes from Chicago show hog receipts near 20900 with slow demand and mixed packers at 85 70 to 86 40 while heavy shipments hold 85 50 to 65 75. Cattle receipts hit 22000 with westerns 8000 and prices mostly steady to 10 lower for beeves cows heifers stockers and Westerns, lambs and sheep uneven with mixed signals.
Shaw Declines to Be Bound by Editorial Comment Forgives Gov Cummins
Secretary Shaw rejects editorial restraint on debate and forgives Governor Cummins for a disputed statement. He reiterates three facts from his Des Moines talk about the French treaty, noting tariff concessions and unequal treatment of American goods, while denying any opinion on the treaty itself.
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Washington
Shaw
Cummins
Laws
Senate
France
United States
Des Moines
United State
China cancels Canton Hankow railroad rights
President Roosevelt announces China has cancelled the Canton Hankow railroad franchise. As indemnity, the Chinese government will pay the American China Development Company six million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars. The decision came after a conference Monday between Roosevelt and J Pierpont Morgan.
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Morgan Company
Canton Hankow Road
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Empire of China
Canton-Hankow
Canton
Hankow
China
American China Development Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
Fort Barry Takes Shape At Point Bonita In San Francisco
Fort Barry on Point Bonita near San Francisco grows quickly as a coast artillery post. Five large heavy gun batteries will command the northern entrance to the Golden Gate, with work nearly finished and capable of 24 hour readiness. The government has set aside 225000 dollars for the project and the completed post will cost about 300000 dollars.
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San Francisco
Fort Barry
Point Bonita
Coast Artillery
Golden Gate
Pioneer Business Man Dead in New York City
Theodore Wallace Todd died at age eighty, head of a firm established before 1790 and once the oldest business house in New York. He belonged to a long prominent New York family with ties to social, business, and religious life. among his relatives is President Theodore Roosevelt.
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New York
Theodore Wallace Todd
New York City
Todd
Roosevelt
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