Rioting in Tokyo over peace terms leaves two dead
Riots erupted in Tokyo as crowds protested the Portsmouth peace settlement with clashes against police. Two killed and hundreds wounded as demonstrations surged near government offices and the Kyokumori newspaper building before police dispersed the crowd. Public sentiment split, with conservative papers backing the government yet some calling for decisive action.
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Lukyo
Deave
Ihenly
Hiptya Park
Pett AM
Lutwever
Gluwa
Shintomi Autor
Footton
Kyokumori Shinbun
Elna
Taression
Japan
Vwt
Aion Shibusawa
Dente
Envoys in New York Arrive Amid Welcome for Russian Peace Delegation
Thousands welcomed the Russian plenipotentiaries on arrival in New York at 5 35 PM from Boston. They proceeded to the St. Regis Hotel for lodging as the first events in their honor unfold with a Metropolitan Club dinner planned by Col. George Harvey. M Witte saluted cheering crowds from the rear platform during the Boston to New York departure.
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New York
Grand Central Station
Boston
St. Regis Hotel
Metropolitan Club
Col
George Harvey
South Station
M. Witte
M. Rojestvensky
Baron Komura
Harvard University
Colonial Club
Cambridge
Russians Set For Sagamore Hill Dinner With President
Witte and Baron Rosen will dine at Sagamore Hill on Saturday evening after traveling from New York aboard the naval yacht Sylph. They will come by private car from Long Island City and attend a lunch with the President the same day. The visit coincides with dispatches announcing the signing of the Russia Japan peace treaty.
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Oyster Bay
I. L
Baron Komura
Takahira
Japanwe Peace Plenipotentiaries
Loeb
New York
Sylph
M. Witte
Baron de Rosen
Sagamore Hill
Long Island City
Baron Rogen
Russia
Japan
Portsmouth
Nel
Thasten
Komura
Sakhalin Force Crushed By Japanese at Wai bucwa
Tokyo reports the complete defeat of the remnant Russian forces after five hours of heavy fighting at Wai bucwa on Sakhalin Island. Russian casualties are listed as 1, while Japanese losses are described as slight. Telegraph from Petersburg notes General Linoviteh stating Japanese began advancing on September 4 along the Mandarin road and entrenched, then retired after Russian artillery fire.
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Tokyo
Waibucwa
Sakhalin
Petersburg
Nicholas
Linoviteh
Mandarin Road
Czar's Officers Degraded for Sea of Japan Surrender
Special Cable Dispatch reports Admiral Niebogatomi and three captains dismissed from service for surrendering to the Japanese at the Sea of Japan. All four stripped of rank and subject to naval penal code. Orel commander case postponed until exact details of his wound and surrender are clarified.
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Washington Post
Sc Petersburg
Niebogatomi
Imperatorscolai I
Beniavine
Apraxine
Sea of Japan
Orel
WITTE'S NEPHEW DIES BY OWN HAND IN MOSCOW
A sensational Moscow incident reports Nine Witte’s nephew Kishotinsky shooting a girl through the heart then killing himself. He died after hospital treatment. The 14th Dragoon Regiment volunteer had four brothers who died in similar tragic manners.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Nine Witte
Lihotinsky
Ealf
Khotinsky
Carnegie Honors Hanna Endowed Chair Fund at Western Reserve
President Thwing announces Andrew Carnegie’s gift of 25000 toward a 100000 endowment fund for a chair of political economy at Western Reserve University in Cleveland. The chair will bear the name of the late Senator M. A. Hanna. The report follows Thwing’s return from Europe and visit with Carnegie in Scotland.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Charles F Thwing
Western Reserve University
Europe
Andrew Carnegie
Scotland
Carnegie
United States
M. A. Hanna
Myth in Insurance New York Inquiry Began
The Armstrong committee opened hearings on mutual companies with officers from New York Life Mutual and Metropolitan testifying that policy holder participation is minimal. Witnesses showed that votes are controlled by company officers and proxies often handled by staff. President McCall announced New York Life would not be represented by counsel prompting mixed reactions from lawmakers and other lawyers for various firms.
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Washington Post
New York
Armstrong Insurance Committee
Dva
New York Ife
The
Mutual
Mutual Reserve
Mutual Benefit of New Jersey
Metropolitan
H. A. Grannis
Mutual Sidte
W. G. Oakman
Guaranty Trust Company
Mutuals
J. G. McCall
New York Life
Haley Wiske
K. H. Hohers
J. A McCall
McCall
Armstrong
MccCall
Black
Thomas F. Ryan
William c. Gulliver
J. M. Hyde
Frank H.platt
Frank R. Lawrence
Mutual Reserve Company
Lindaburg
N. Boyce
Metropolitan Life
Equitable
Thomas D. Jordan
William T. McIntyre
J. H. Hyde
Newport
Jordan
Mr. McIntyre
McIntyre
Englewood
N. J
Grandson of Stevens Kills Himself in Westbury Home
Francis B. Stevens Jr a member of the Stevens family of Castle Point Hoboken N J shot himself at his Jericho turnpike Westbury home He was 32 and had worked for Fidelity and Casualty Co in New York City The suicide likely followed recent business troubles His wife Adele Horowitz of Baltimore a prominent social figure is prostrated and under medical care A coroner's inquest is planned confirming no one else involved The couple married in 1898 with no children
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Washington Post
Westbury
S. 1
Francis B. Stevens, Jr
Stevens
Castle Point
Hoboken
N. J
Jericho Turnpike
Adele Horowitz
Benjamin Horowitz
Baltimore
Fidelity and Casualty Company
New York City
New York
Commodore
F B Stevens, Jr
Prank Stevens
Commodore Stevens
Francis B. Stevens
Frank
Stevens Institute
Frank Stevens
Col
E. Stevens
C. B. Alexander
Col .Stevens
Slugger They Say Special to The Washington Fest
Supreme Court Justice Amend grants Mrs Florence Crosby Hermann a separation from husband George Hermann a wealthy lumberman after a cruelty suit. She testified he knocked her down slapped her face and assaulted her. He said she knocked him down with a shotgun and chased him with scissors. Hermann, once Miss Crosby, was an actress connected to The Isle of Champagne company backed by $80,000.
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Supreme Court
Amend
Florence Crosby Hermann
George Hermann
Hermann
Florence Ij Crosby
Isle of Champagne’? Company
Tropic reaches Charleston after 28 days overdue
British steamer Tropic 2340 tons capt Bar ber arrived in Charleston today twenty eight days overdue from Valparaiso June 2. Second mate purser and fifteen seamen are missing. The ship grounded off Constitution near Putu June 28 and crew abandoned in boats. They later jettisoned cargo to refloat and headed to Talera huano for a naval inquiry exonerating captain and crew.
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S C
Constitucion
Talerhuano
Rockefeller Hosts Humorists At Forest Hall in Cheerful Mood
John D. Rockefeller welcomed American Press Humorists at Forest Hall in Cleveland and personally guided them around his estate. He joked with guests, assisted with fresh flowers, posed for photos, and briefly addressed critics, saying he was glad to meet them and hoping to share their pleasure.
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Forest Hill
Washington Post
Cleveland
Ohio
John D. Rockefeller
American Press
Forest Hall
Ofl
Tom Johnson
Rockefeller
Dr. Bigger
Billam
Father Shot by Son After Intervening in Abuse
In Scottdale Pa this morning G W Jones was shot and killed by his son John after the father, while intoxicated, abused one of his daughters. John attempted to remonstrate and the elder Jones tried to shoot him, the son firing in self defense. The bullet struck the left breast and caused near immediate death. Also noted is a $6.00 Seashore Excursions sale via Pennsylvania Railroad offering round trip to Atlantic City Cape May Ocean City or Sea Isle City with return by Tuesday.
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Henry County
Caswell
Roy
Scottdale
G. W. Jones
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Jones
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Cape Maydwood
Ocean City
Sea Isle City
Atlantic City
Delaware River
Mutual Insurance a Myth and a Tragic Washington Death
The issue highlights disorders in Japan and a Washington woman's tragic death linked to mutual insurance myths. Reports cover societal struggles, policy misbeliefs, and the broader implications on widowhood and financial security amid uncertain schemes.
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Japan
Mutual Insurance
Washington
Saengerbund
Sea Girl
S-Grand Army
Dr. Salmon
Baku
Immaculate Seminary
Royal Arcanum
Potomac
Allee Will Not Fight in Delaware Senate Bid
Special to The Washington Post reports continued political feuding after John Edward Address and his Union Republican party centrals. Senator Allee, former gas magnate and millionaire, plans to visit Dover to defend his position and critique party deserters. He states he will not exhaust public patience with personal attacks and aims to campaign anew toward a U S Senate seat.
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Washington Post
Dover
Del
John Edward
Union Republican Party
Allee
Flo
Delaware
United States
Senate
Senator Allee
Inqquirera
Mae Wood Sues Platt And Express Co In Omaha
Mae Catherine Wood files another sensational suit in Omaha seeking 25000 to cover attorney fees for aiding in defeating the post check bill of 19 6. She claims Senator Platt’s salary as president of United States Express Company and has attached the company’s Omaha property. Sheriff to serve garnishment Thursday morning.
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Washington Post
Omaha
Nebr
Mae Catherine Wood
Loeb
Wynne
Tom Platt
United States Express Company
Platt
Congress
Webbd
Earnisheed Platt
Express Company
Mail drivers strike disrupts New York post office
Three hundred United States mail wagon drivers quit at 10 pm in New York. More than nine score deserted their wagons at the Mail Street entrance after learning a strike demand was pressed. Leaders say wage agreement not honored and they seek higher pay.
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New York
United States
General Post-Office
Peary Report Signals Polar Push from Greenland
Message dated August 16 from Etah to Cape York shows the North Pole expedition under Commander Robert E. Peary preparing to sail the Roosevelt with 23 Eskimo men and about 260 dogs. The Erik and Roosevelt overhauled machinery and readied for ice fighting as ice extends toward Melville Bay and Cape Sabine. natives report thriving conditions and abundance of dogs and meat.
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North Pole
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Brooklyn
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Cape York
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North Star Bay
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Roosevelt
Pen
Brah
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Inglefeld Gulf
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Cape Sabina
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Sland
Ali
Grieved for Dead Lover in Chicago Tragedy
Moss Leona Krentzinger nineteen dies by suicide days after fiancé Matthew Kohl painter died in fall from scaffold. Inquest rules death by own action while temporarily insane. She had planned to marry Kohl October four at home on North Hermitage Avenue.
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Chicago
Moss Leona Krentzinger
North Hermitage Avenue
Yeaturday
Miss Krentzinger
Matthew Kohl
North
Ashland Avenue
Michigan Avenue
Krentzinger
Herther
Fall from fair observation wheel kills couple in Wisconsin
At the Minnesota State fair in St. Paul a couple from Fat Claire Wisconsin, Mr F HR Leventhal and his wife Mrs Sevgenthal, plunged about 100 feet from an upper car. Mrs Leventhal was killed instantly and Mr Leventhal died later from his injuries. A return rail fare from Baltimore to Martinsburg area is listed in the fragment.
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Minn
F. HR. Leventhal
Fat Claire
Wis
Death in a geyser at Yellowstone Park
Miss Fannie A Weeks a Treasury Department employee is fatally scorched after falling into Grand Geyser Pool Yellowstone Park near Livingston Mont on August 27 and dying September 4. Aged about 52 she sank to the elbows and was burned over much of her body before bystanders rescued her. She was taken to a Livingston hospital where she died after severe suffering. The accident, reportedly the first of its kind in the park, occurred as the lime crust around the pool gave way beneath her weight. Weeks had been visiting the region with Miss Eliza Hartman and had planned to tour Oregon California and mining interests. Her body was shipped to Washington for burial at Rock Creek Cemetery. She was active in New York Avenue Presbyterian Church and Bethlehem Chapter OES.
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Goura
Fannie A. Weeks
Twelfth Street
Treasury Department
Grand Geyser
Yellowstone National Park
Clyingston, Mont
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Silvester
Miss Weeks
Yellowstone Park
Great Western Gold Mining Company
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Mia
Hureey
Washington
Fannie A. Wes
Per & Hartman
Rock Creek Cemetery
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Fla
Matilda Wade
Stephen Weeks
Thomas Weeks
Fort Myer
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