Roosevelt Sways Japanese on Armistice Progress
President Roosevelt likely influenced Japanese diplomats to push for an armistice while peace talks continue. Baron Komura and Minister Takahara arrived to pay respects, with lunch discussions touching on Manchuria and Portsmouth negotiations. Other White House aides accompanied envoys, and a private luncheon was arranged by Long Island Rail.
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Washington Post
Oyster Bay
Baron Komura
Takahira
Roosevelt
Haren Komura
New York
Portsmouth
Julius
Ton Laghtfoot
John Kelly
Lightfoot
Pakahira
Salis
Goglet Galllatin
Toadvontes
Longister Rabrow Company
Gisaunti
Long Island City
Parar
Mr. Gallatin
Sears
Mr.Gallatin
Sagamore Hil
Far East
LICENSED TO MARRY AND DEATHS LISTED IN ADS
Notices range from marriages in Manchester Virginia and Led ton to obituaries in Washington and Anacostia. Dates July 1905 1906 appear with addresses such as 4 Forida avenue 823 FLESh sts and 1510 forty fetrin wereet northwest. The items include wedding announcements funeral notices and a brief report on the peace conference coverage with Baron Komura Takahira and President Roosevelt.
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Laursdas
Forida Avenue
Polly Radford
Wutherty A
WG Moore
Foheest
Deaths in Health Office Record July 1908 Boston Area
Health office record lists multiple deaths from July 1908 including patients at Croton, Garden, and Asylum hospitals. Names include Marietta Wilco, Caterina About, and others with ages ranging from under one to over 100. Locations include Anacostia and Washington area. Further details vague due to OCR.
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Uva E
Nontha Joya
Croton Beradmans Hosp
Seara
Rovere
Byoun Lene
Tainhig City
Joan He
oSaui
Caterina
Marietta Wilco
Anacostia
Enea Waveard
Notice of Marriage and Death Notices Across Multiple Papers
Notice that marriage and death notices will appear upon application with no extra charge for either transmission or telegraphing in various morning newspapers. The list includes New York Times, Buffalo Courier, Cincinnati Enquirer, Philadelphia Public Ledger, Pittsburgh Dispatch, Syracuse Post Standard, Minneapolis Tribune, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and more within the Washington Post distribution.
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Washington
New York Times
Paernn
Buffalo Courier Concinnati Enquirer
Record Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Fittsul
RG Dispatch
Wester Rerald
Loli Republic
Syracuse Post Standard
SI Pall Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Undertakers and Funeral Directors in Washington
Directory style notice lists multiple local undertakers and embalmers with addresses and phone numbers. R Speare at 940 F Street NW Honey Main 840 and 281. William Lee at Livery in Sopnsation with crematorium. Harvey's Sons at 1616 Fourteenth Street NW. John Z. Wright Co at 1537 Tenth Street NW. George P. Larhorst at 301 East Capital Street and related parlor details.
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R. Speare
F Street
N.W
Honey
A. William Lee
R. F. Harvey
John Z. Wright
Fasaral
Embalmera
Opan
George P. Larhorst
Envoys to Peace Talks Sail From New York to Oyster Bay
Arrangements set for Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries to travel by cruiser and meet President at Oyster Bay before proceeding to Portsmouth New Hampshire for peace negotiations. Key officials Potras Darling Sigsbee Winslow and Admiral Sigsbee tied to mission amid shift in views on Vladivostok neutralization and Port Arthur concessions. Baron Komura reportedly agreed to lead Japan’s delegation under strict stipulations.
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Russia
Japan
New York
Oyster Bay
Portsmouth
N. H
Potras
Darling
Converse
Bureau of Navigation
Sigehes
North Atlantic
Tacoma
R. E. Nicholson
Stow
Portamouth
Gibbons
Galveston
W. G. Cutler
Oysteray
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Pelrcy
Gulch
France
Brooklyn
John Paul Jones
Sigsbee
Chattanooga
Winslow
Vladivostok
Washington
Pacific
Port Arthur
Strais
Korea
Vishivostok
Russi Ierot
Baron Komura
Parton Komura
War council consensus outlines three wartime actions
A conference lists three tasks for Japan to pursue if war continues: prepare a new loan S2 order, ready occupation of Sakhalin's fathat, and launch an advance against Vladivostok with Oyama pressing the Russian forces in uchuria. The report notes the first three suppositions fulfilled and signals imminent engagement despite imperfect wording.
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Japan
Sakhalin
Vladivostok
Oyama
Uchuria
Plans to Pay Indemnity Dominate European Finance
Berlin reports indicate imminent peace terms with Russia and Japan may demand a heavy indemnity. Mendelssohns and Rothschilds coordinate with continental and English banks to ensure the indemnity payments do not disrupt world finances. They plan to deploy a Russian loan, much of which may be raised in the United States. Pierpont Morgan travels to New York after consultations with English financiers.
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Berlin
Russia
Japan
Europa
Mendelszohns
Rotschilda
Tnancelal
England
New York
United States
Pierpont Morgan
Sato Position in Jap Peace Talks Largely Ignored
St Petersburg reports show New York interview with Sato drew little comment. Pieces note Japan’s wartime conduct framed by critics and discuss Taft Roosevelt visit and lines from Gen. Linovitch. Diplomatic views vary on whether Witte will push hard against indemnity in peace talks.
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Sato
St. Petersburg
New York
Japan
Novoe Vremya
Jaban
Taft
Roosevelt
Land of the Rising Sun
Linovitch
Plen‘potentiaries
Mayflower crew embargo shifts to Chinese cooks sailors
Special to The Washington Post reports Rear Admiral Coghlan ordered replacing Japanese stewards aboard the Mayflower with Chinese personnel to avoid offending Russian officials during next week’s peace treaty talks with President Roosevelt. The crew, excluding ten Chinese, totals about MB and is described as Irish-American. ten Marines are aboard to maintain discipline.
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Washington Post
New York
Navy Yard
Brookon
Joseph H Coghlan
Roosevelt
Japan
Russia
Lyceum
Coghlan
Wancock
W. W. Phelps
Marine Corps
STIX LABORERS KILLED IN TRAIN ACCIDENT NEAR AMSTERDAM
Six Italian laborers were killed and three others gravely injured when struck by a train near Amsterdam New York. The workers had moved off track No 2 to let a westbound freight pass, and strong winds and drifting sand caused several to miss an approaching track No 1 train. Ongoing movements included arrivals and departures of several ocean steamers and liners at New York ports.
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Amsterdam
N. Y
New York Central
Mutual Reserve Now Result of State Inquiry
Albany July 27 Chief Examiner Vanderpool charges Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Co with concealing judgments totaling 182 757 and exaggerating surplus by over 300 000 in a report to State Superintendent Hendricks. The examination traces back to 1890 and cites misstatements in liabilities and unpaid death claims, with delays in paying claims and abandoned sinking fund as major issues. Frederick A. Burnham is named president.
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New York Insurance Examiner
Mutual Reserve Company
Albany
N. Y
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Isaac Vanterpool
Hendricks
New York City
Examiner Vanderpool
Bayshe
Insurance Department
Mutual Reserve
Northwestern Life Assurance Company
Chicago
Frederick A. Burnham
Named as College President Rev F X McKenney to Lead St Charles
Rev F X McKenney, formerly of Washington, is appointed president of St Charles College Ellicott City by Very Rev H Garrignet S Sulpice. Rev C H Schrantz retires due to ill health and recuperates in Europe. McKenney born in Washington DC 1881 studied at St Charles and St Mary's Seminary, has taught Latin English and rhetoric for years. Rev Michael Dinneen named superior of philosophy at St Mary's Seminary with Rev P A Uribe succeeding as seminary president this year.
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F. XE. McKenny
Washington
St. Charles
Washington Post
Baltimore
F. X. McKenney
St. Charles College
Ellicott City
H. Garrignet
Society of St. Sulpice
C. H. Schrantz
Europe
Father McKenny
Washington City
St Mary's Seminary
St. Sulpice, Parle
Michael ¥. Dinneen
St. Mary's Seminary
P. A. Urique
Father Dinneen
France
Negro Republicans Defeated by Cross Party City Ticket
In Wilmington on July 27 the last Democratic members of the city council backed by Thames Portles a Black Republican bolted and helped elect five city officers. Two of the winners are Black and include the council bailiff and the treasurer’s clerk. Six white Republicans lost as parties joined with Democrats. Two offices remained filled by incumbents, and it marks the first city vote where Democrats supported Black candidates. One clerk is Portles son.
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Washington Post
Wilmington
Del
Ave City
Thames
Portles
Democrata
Harriman resigns from Denver Rio Grande board
Information reached here that E. H. Harriman has stepped down from the directory of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. The notice came on July 21 in New York amid daily railroad schedules and tariff details as Baltimore and hotara trains continue service every weekend except the Congressional Limited.
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Baltimore
Hotara
Pennsylvania Railroad
Suit for Receiver Over Insolvent Equitable Life Society
A legal brief describes the Equitable Life Assurance Society in crisis with mismanagement by stockholder representatives. It calls for competent receivers to wind up affairs, cites pension cuts, and notes large reported incomes and policy counts as of mid-1905. The document outlines governance failures and ongoing legal considerations regarding pensions to widows of former leaders.
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
Committee On Pensions
Henry B. Hyde
James W. Alexander
Alexander
Santo Domingo Revenues Reported to Roosevelt
President Roosevelt received a report via Colton on Santo Domingo revenues for April and May totaling 931,699. Of this, 57,812 is held in City National Bank of New York for creditor trust, awaiting Senate action. After expenses and debt repayment, net receipts to creditors totaled 65,468, with favorable compare to ten year monthly averages.
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Roosevelt
Cpl. Cottom
Republic of Santo Domingo
City National Bank of New York
Republic
United States Senate
Col
Colton
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Itta
Cal. Cohen
Clark Case Docketed Involving Montana Senator and Timber
The United States filed a suit against Senator W A Clark of Montana over alleged defrauding of the government in timber on public land. The record spans about 7,000 printed pages. Also docketed were Carter v Caldwell over governor appointment irregularities and cases Guy v Donald and National Council v Virginia Council of the Junior Order. The Guy-Donald case centers on the Virginia Pilots Association's liability for a member's negligence.
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Montana
United States
W A. Clark
Supreme Court of the United States
Carter
Caldwell
Govrnor
West Virginia
Commonwealth
Guy Vs. Donald
National Council of the Junior Order of the United American Mechanics
Virginia Council
Guy
Memorial for Revolutionary Heroine Ann Story Unveiled in Vermont
On the site of Ann Story’s residence in Salisbury Vermont the Vermont Society of Colonial Dames unveiled a Brandon marble monument. Judge W P Brafford of Washington spoke on the Green Mountain Boys era. The memorial was presented by Fletcher D Proctor, land donated by Columbus Smith, near the old Story home by the railroad in Attle town. The ceremony drew prominent locals and a Virginia postmaster appointment was noted for Laurel Hall Lucy J Hudson.
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Burlington
Ann Story
Vermont Society of Colonial Dames
W. P. Brafford
Washington
Green Mountain Boys
Fletcher D. Proctor
Redfred Proctor
Brandon
Columbus Smith
Society of Colonial Dames
Attle Town
Salisbury
Bank Boycott Rumor Shakes Shanghai to New York
Dispatch from Shanghai reports a proposed boycott of the International Banking Corporation, provoking surprise among local officials and tying to U.S. policy on Chinese exclusion. The firm, chartered 1901 to handle Boxer indemnity payments, lists Hubbard as chairman and Fearon as VP, with main offices on Wall Street.
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Shanghai
International Banking Corporation
New York
London
Fearon
Sporting House of Fearon, Daniel & Co
Daniel & Co Tarday
Thomas H. Hubbard
United States
The
Connecticut
Washington
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Dayton
Cleveland
Columbes
Detroit
Milwaukee
Chicago
St. Louis
Jamead
J. B. Lee
No. 1
Wall Street
James Selwin Tait
International Panking Corporation
Legation
Peking
China Reluctant to Sign Exclusion Treaty with United States
Reports from Washington indicate China now resists any treaty that would exclude Chinese laborers or sanction such restrictions. Officials suggest Beijing views signing an exclusion pact as beneath its dignity, amid ill feeling over the broader subject and lapse of the migration agreement.
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China
United States
State Department
Peking
Frisco Merchants Anxious Over China Boycott Rumor
Frisco merchants fear a Chinese boycott order could disrupt trade as rumors spread that major flour and milling companies received stop orders from agents in the Orient. The piece notes Ching purchases about 220 million dollars of foreign goods annually, with roughly 200 million from the U S and about four million from San Francisco. A large share of that San Francisco trade is in Bour, totaling around 500000 barrels exported.
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Oviert
San Francisco
China
Ami
Orient
Ching
United States
Security for deposits accepts Philippine bonds in 1906
Secretary Shaw announces that from August 1, 1906, certain Philippine bonds and Manila sewer and water works bonds will be accepted as security for public deposits in national banks. Bonds released will be used to boost banknote circulation. Hawaiian Territorial bonds gain safe privilege.
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Mationel
Shaw
City of Manila
United States
al Ig
Census Director North to Seek Authority on Homicide Figures
Census Director North said the Census Office has never gathered homicide or execution data and will seek authority from Congress at the next session. He denied reports claiming such information exists and rejected the claim that census data show 2 percent of the 13.1 million capriles earn more than $600 annually.
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North
Census
United States
Congress
Train wreck charging youths held in North Carolina
Special to The Washington Post from Salisbury North Carolina reports Jacob Morgan and John Brady both seventeen of Rockwell Rowan County have been jailed on charges of wrecking a passenger train on June 2. A spike on the rail derailed the train and Detective Rainy who pursued the case says strong evidence ties the pair who fled the country but have since been captured.
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Washington Poat
Balisbury
N.C
Jacob Morgan
John Brady
Rockwell
Rowan County
Yadkin
Southern Railway
Rainy
Hotel Kentucky proprietor found dead in bed
Special to the Washington telegraph Bristol Tenn July 27 Stephen Jett proprietor of Hotel Kentucky at Elizabethton Tenn after leaving an early call for a pleasure excursion was found dead in bed early this morning Heart failure is believed to be the cause He came to Tennessee from Breathitt County Ky He was an uncle of Curtia Jett who received a life sentence in Breathitt County feuds
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Washington Tvet
Bristol, Tenn
Stephen Jett
Hotel
Kentucky
Elizabethton
Tenn
Jett
Tennessee
Breathitt County
Curtia Jett
John E Poole Withdraws From Sheriff Nomination
Special to The Washington Post reports John E Poole withdraws from the Democratic sheriff race in Rockville Maryland. The move narrows the field to seven candidates. Poole has long served as deputy sheriff.
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Washington Post
Rockville
John E Peoly
Poole
Woman’s Gratitude for Herpicide Brings Hair Growth
A letter from Mrs. S. Foster of News Utah Ave Butte Montana reports years of dandruff and thinning hair. After a month using Newbro’s Herpicide the dandruff vanished and hair grew thicker and new hair appeared. She thanks the company and notes samples and agents in Detroit Gate County and Whaleyville.
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Newbro
Newbrog
MBS
Foster
Utah Ave
Butte
Mont
Gena
Herpleids Co
Detroit
Mich
Edward Stevens
Poave
Philip G. Affeck
Prave
Changes for Brigadiers General Carter in Philippines
The War Department relieved Brig Gen William H Carter from command of the Department of the Visayas in the Philippines and assigned him to command the Department of the Lakes. Brig Gen James A Buchanan, also in the Philippines, is ordered to command the Department of the Visayas. Brig Gen Winfield Edgerly, slated for Lugon command, reports to the Philippine climate command for duty. A Nashotab, Wis. man miraculously escaped bleeding to death after healing his wound with Bucklen's Arnica Gel.
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Carter
Philippines
Department of Lakes
War Department
William H Carter
Department of the Visayas
Philippine Islands
Department of the Lakes
James A Buchanan
Winfeld Edgerly
Department of Lugon
Tasker H. Bliss
Philippine Climaton
Nashotab
Wis
Bucklen
Arnies Galve
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