Poign Treaty Today Russians to Give Thanks
Russian and Japanese envoys prepare to sign the peace pledge in Portsmouth with a tame ceremony at the Naval Stores Building. Attending are Baron Komura Takahira and aides, with social events at the Wentworth Hotel and planned travel to Boston New York Ottawa and Seattle for respective parties.
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Washington Post
Portsmouth
N. H
Russia
Japan
Amd
Wentworth Hotel
Baron Komura
Takahira
Seattle
Washington
M. Witte
New York
Chicago
Baron Hesen
Magnolia
Mass
Trassian
Christ Episcovet Unarch
Crist Church
Kes
Leo Brine
Chhev Alexander Horovitsky
St Micholas’ Church
Father Brine
Newark
President Roosevelt vetoes ovation for envoys return
Dispatches from Oyster Bay report Roosevelt disapproving any public welcome in Washington after the September 30 return. He says a district ovation would show bad taste and detract from his peace efforts in the Orient. He also rejects third-term renomination talk as distasteful.
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Oyster Bay
Thts
White House
Japan
Russia
Trig
Roosevelt
Orient
Japanese Plan for Battle Near Manchuria Fails to Deter Peace Talks
Dispatches from Lidziapudze and St Petersburg report ongoing Japanese preparations for battle amid news of a pending peace treaty at Portsmouth. General Linovitch notes continued clashes in Korea as Russians repulse multiple Japanese assaults, underscoring tense peacetime conditions.
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Manchuria
Portsmouth
St Petersburg
Linovitch
Korea
Nicholas
Anglo Japanese treaty urged to deter Russian revenge
St. Petersburg dispatch notes that the Anglo-Japanese alliance stabilizes peace and warns Russians against seeking revenge. The treaty secures British India and requires costly Russian force to threaten Tibet or Afghanistan, reducing temptations for costly eastern ventures.
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St. Petersburg
Washington Post
T. Petersburg
Russ
Great Britain
Journal
de St. Petersburg
Japan
Britain
India
Tibet
Afghanistan
Russia
Ceremany
Canton Boycott Eased After Taft Lunch Talks
Secretary of War Taft and party visited Canton where the viceroy's boycott of American goods was discussed. Taft stated the US does not seek China's soil and praised the end of the boycott, predicting it would conclude within two weeks. The viceroy ordered the boycott off and leaders to be punished, while locals suspect agitation against foreigners. Consul Rogers in Shanghai reports Northern trade opening and boycott subsiding.
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Taft
Canton
America
United States
China
Old City
Rogers
Shanghai
State Department
Duke's Suit for Divorce Filed in New Jersey Court
James B. Duke files a divorce bill in the New Jersey Court of Chancery alleging his wife Lillian N. McCready Duke’s affair with Frank T. Huntoon of New York. Papers were sealed for secrecy, citation served in New York, and no children are listed in the petition. The couple married November 29, 1904 in Camden, New Jersey.
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Washington
Trenton
N. J
James B. Duke
Lillian N. McCready
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Bergen
Iowa Forger Captured After Yearlong European Search
D R Willson, once a Shenandoah Iowa politician, was arrested in Chicago on September 4 for forgeries totaling $40 000. The First National Bank of Shenandoah Iowa suffered the principal loss in the scheme as the international search ended with his capture.
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Chicago
Europe
Mexico
United States
D. R. Willson
Shenandoah
Iowa
Willson
First National Bank of
Two Fishermen Drowned At Strack's Dam Near Myerstown
Lebanon Pa Sept 4 William Yordy age seventeen and George Snyder age twenty one were drowned when their boat capsized at Strack's Dam near Myerstown while fishing Edward Reich who was with them escaped.
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Strack’s Dam
Lebanon
William Yordy
George Snyder
Strack's Dam
Myerstown
Edward Reich
Firing In Baku Amid Jewish Procession Violence
In Baku on September 1 4 mobs attacked a Jewish funeral procession with troops and police, many injured and dozens arrested. Dispatches from St Petersburg report Tartars attacking troops in Baku and widespread casualties feared, with continued unrest across the Caucasus.
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Kishenef
Petersburg
Baku
Nisheradzeg
Caucasia
Hight Mussulmans
Firnge
Ministry of the Interior
Caucasus
Simsha
Stillings Named Junior Vice Commander in G A R Encampment
In Denver on September 4 the thirty-ninth national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic elected E. B. Stillings of Boston as junior vice commander in chief to fill the vacancy from Wilmon W. Blackmar's death. The national council approved the executive committee's interim work and audited accounts.
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Denver
Colo
Grand Army of the Republic
National Council of Administration
E. B. Stillings
Boston
Wilmon W. Blackmar
Cuban Political Riots in Havana Thwart Moderates
Havana on September 4 reports Liberala street demonstration in Guanabacoa where Gov Gomez Fusionist candidate for Presidency and other leaders clashed twice with Moderates. Stone throwing and gunfire wounded one carriage occupant. no other serious injuries noted. Separately Union Trust Co deposits offer 2 percent annual interest on all accounts.
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Gov. Gomez
Havana
Liberala
Guanabacoa
Gomez
Vowl
Man Sent Advice Telegram To President Roosevelt
Government detectives hunt a traveling salesman residing in Wilkes Barre who wired a detailed telegram to President Roosevelt during Russo Japanese peace talks. The sender, with Washington ties, previously drew official scrutiny and is now under secret watch as authorities probe his motives and connections.
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Washington Post
Wilkesbarre
Psa
Roosevelt
Tt Wag
Washington
Royal Arcanum Laws Amended at Put-in-Bay Convention
Royal Arcanum amendments were adopted by a vote at the Put-in-Bay convention. Changes include applying options B C and D to current members, limiting new members to a choice between regular rates and option A, reinstatement for suspended members before November 1 without new medical examination, and a plan for a fraternal fund via 2 cent annual dues. An age 65+ provision allows half assessments with remaining charges against certificates.
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Put-in-Bay
Ohio
Robson
Massachusetts
Brooklyn Woman in Agony Over Allentown Train Death
Brooklyn woman Virg William Gerrlity travels from police headquarters to Allentown Pa to recover her oldest son William 15 killed when a circus train incident hurled him between platforms. She dreamed of the tragedy and suffered a tortured morning after the death, with lasting distress as the body lay in a morgue.
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Brooklyn
Allentown
Washington Post
William
Cart
Haskin
Wiliam
Gerrity
Welcome for the Prince arrives in St Johns for Battenberg visit
Prince Louis of Battenberg is due to arrive in St Johns Newfoundland for a week long stay. His squadron cruisers Drake Hedford pass Cape Ray and will reach harbor tomorrow morning. The harbor will host British and French ships including Scylla Latona Saphoe Calypso Ringdove Chasseloup and Trottle for the reception.
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Lowia of Battenberg
St. Johns
Prince Louis of Battenberg
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Hedford
Cape Ray
Scylla
Latona
Saphoe
Calypso
Ringdove
Chasseloup
Trottle
Roosevelt names Robert Bacon as Assistant Secretary of State
Special to The Washington Post Oyster Bay Sept 4 President Roosevelt appoints Robert Bacon of New York to succeed Francis Loomis as Assistant Secretary of State. Bacon, Harvard graduate and former J P Morgan & Co partner, helped arbitrate the coal strike and has extensive banking and railroad ties. He will assume duties mid next month amid some Cabinet rearrangements.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Washington Post
Oyster Bay
L. I
Presid- Roosevelt
Robert Bacon
New York
Francis B Loomis
Elihu Root
Bacon
J. Piemont Morgan & Co
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National City Bank
Morgan
Rockefeller
Washington
New England
New England Railroad Company
Northern Pacific
Loomis to resign as Assistant Secretary of State
Francis B. Loomis confirms informal resignation to the President and plans to travel abroad after settling affairs in Washington. He praises the appointment of Robert Bacon as his successor and credits President Roosevelt for striving to place good men in public service. Fossell's Ice Cream advert appears in the piece.
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Robert Bacon
Francis B. Loomis
Washington
Mr. Bacon
Roosevelt
No clear single news item available for headline
A fragmented index page lists varied items across issues including peace talks, violence, new officials, labor topics, health precautions, theatre openings, crimes, regional notes, royal science ties, a shipwreck, political plots, and sports with August and Labor Day references, showing broad coverage without cohesive focus.
Cloudburst Ravages Two New York Villages
Terrible rainstorm floods New Berlin and Edmeston in Otsego County. Homes, barns, and telegraph lines washed away. roads and bridges destroyed. a woman feared drowned after being carried from a house. Railroads and highways severely damaged, with communications cut. Several nearby towns suffer thousands in losses as trains halted across multiple lines.
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N. Y
New Berlin
Edmeston
J. M. Deming
Hays
Furt Plain
Fort Plain
Otsquago Creek
Little Falls
Mohawk Valley
Adirondack
Mohawk and
Malone Railroad
Herkimer
Remsen
West Shore
Binghamton
KN. Y
Orwich
Lackawanna
Norwich
Ontario and Western Railroad
Conference at Hemenway home stirs Fairbanks circle
An all day meeting at Senator Hemenway's Boonville home brought together Speaker Cannon Senator Hemenway and Representative-elect Foster among other politicians. Fairbanks allies report no clear read on the talk but note possible interest in 1908 presidential plans and Indiana's role in future nominations.
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Washington Post
Indianapolis
Ind
United States
Hemenway
Boonville
Cannon
Foster
Fairbanks
Wairebank i
Indiana
Water power plan from Mexican rivers near Toluca
Philadelphia based Mexican Power Company, with 10 million capital, organized under New Jersey charter, aims to harness three rivers in the State of Mexico near Toluca to supply about 90 000 horsepower to Mexico City. Also notes Niagara Falls excursion fares and schedules offered by Pennsylvania Railroad with vestibuled coaches and Pullman cars for a round trip of ten days.
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Philadelphia
Mexico
Mexico City
Mexican Power Company
New Jersey
State of Mexico
Toluca
Niagara Falls
Panaasylvania Railroad
Washington
B. M. Newbold
P. A
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Baby Girl Slain by Plumber in New York Tenement
Gustave Dinser, a plumber, killed his partner’s baby girl early today in a top floor flat at 431 West Forty-fifth Street after quarrels over the child. The body was found in the dark hall of 464 Eleventh Avenue by janitor James Corrigan. Dinser and his common-law wife Agnes Renaud were arrested for murder, with three daughters of the couple witnessing the tragedy and neighbors recalling threats to throw the child out of a window.
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Washington Post
New York
Gustave Dinser
Agnes Renaud
Eleventh Avenue
West Worty Fifth Street
Ittle
Dinser
Gerry Society
Renaud
Gertrude
Thomas Hyland
West Forty-fifth Street
Firat
James Corrigan
Corrigan
John Lawless
Policeman May
Thirty-seventh Street
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