Progress of Peace Talks and Zemstvo Arrests Highlight Far East War News
The week’s war summary notes progress in Russia Japan peace negotiations and domestic items. A failed assassination attempt on Pobiedonostself is reported from St. Petersburg, along with police raids on Moscow’s Zemstvo congress defying Trepoff. Okrjeia’s execution in Warsaw follows a March bombing.
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Russia
Japan
Pobiedonostself
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Zemstvoist
Moscow
Zemstvo
Trepoff
Stephen
Okrjeia
Praga
Russian Poland
Warsaw
Japan and China seek lasting terms as war unsettles Manchuria
China officially notifies powers it will not recognize deals on Manchuria without prior consultation. Japan aims for permanent results in peace talks. Baron Komura and entourage travel east from Seattle. A Japanese army blocks Vladivostok, Port Arthur ships damaged, efforts to refloat ships by August. Admiral Rojestvensky cites shoddy construction and mutiny in Sea of Japan battle report.
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China
Manchuria
Japan
Baron Komura
Seattle
Vladivostok
Tokio
Port Arthur
Rojestvensky
Sea of Japan
Bennington gunboat disaster and parallel notices across cities
The Benning ton gunboat in San Diego suffered boiler explosions with 39 dead 21 missing believed dead and 76 wounded though the ship was saved from sinking. Other items note a Chicago drivers strike ended and workers seeking reemployment many union actions and a Kansas City bank failure tied to a Topeka bank closure.
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Bennington
San Diego
Cal
Chicago Teamster
Chicago
City National Bank of
Kansas City
Co. J. Devlin
Topeka
First National Bank of
Baltinas
Gradeshuntza
Hoch
Kansas
Asurer
J. J. Kel
Kelly
Notable figures die and others injured in varied incidents
A montage of 1900s news notes reports M T Hancock’s death in a Los Angeles accident injuring his wife and family, a cloudburst near New Albany, Indiana, and other deaths and calamities across the United States. It covers fires, hangings, battles, political moves, and social upheaval with brief, non-graphic details.
Death of Daniel S. Lamont Former War Secretary
Col Daniel Scott Lamont former secretary of war under Cleveland died suddenly at his Millbrook home in Duchess County on Sunday night. Heart failure caused death after an afternoon drive with his wife and two daughters Frances and Bessie at his bedside. Lamont born February 9 1851 in Cortlandville began as a journalist, served as private secretary to Cleveland, and later became vice president of the Northern Pacific railway. He leaves a widow and two daughters with extensive railroad and financial ties and club memberships.
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M. T. Hancock
Los’ Angeles
Cal
Isaahiar
Georgetown
Ind
New Albany
Southern Railway
H. Clay Evans
Sjr
Walden’ S Ridge
Chattanooga
Tenn
Capt. Evans
Philippines
Norman ‘Williams
Alma Nesbitt
Wasco County
Dalles
Ore
Jimmy Britt
Kid” Sullivan
San Francisco
Turkey
Constantinople
Root
Oyster Bay
China
Department of Agriculture
Panama Canal
Charlie Johnson
Marcusville
Iowa Central
John Gales
Joliet
Mayer
New York
Equitable Society
Consul Dodge
Caracas
Venezuela
Gov
Higgins
Manhattan
Noah W. Cheever
National Prohibition Party
Ann Arbor
Mich
B. R. Gibson
Chesapeake & Ohio
Carrie Dooley
Harold Weekes
Columbia College
New York Stock Exchange
Germany
Benjamin Cook
Minnesota State Public School Board
Owatonna
Minn
Cook
State
Democratic Central Committee
New York City
Chicago
Col
N. R. Nelson
Jeremiah Rusk
Wisconsin
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company
la Crosse
Wis
Neilson Brown
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Roosevelt
Congress
Desplaines
Justice Brewer
Milwaukee
Deutrich
Finland
Senate
Helsingfors
E. H. Funston
Gen Funston
Kansas
Daniel Maloney
Hoffman
Wabasha
Francis E. F8ate
New York Volunteers
Brooklyn
George A. Hulse
Southampton
L. F
Hulse
Poughkeepsie
Ne. Y
Daniel Scott Lamont
Cleveland
Millbrook
Duchess County
Lamont
Stewart
Frances
Bessie
Cortlandville
N. Y
Rock Ledge Blown Up in Massive 45 Ton Charge
A 45 ton dynamite blast under Henderson's Point in the Piscataqua River blasted three acres of rock from the bed of the stream. About 30 000 spectators watched the event in Portsmouth New Hampshire. The project cost 749 000 dollars and was supervised by United States Navy Chief Engineer Gregory. Miss Ethel Foster operated the discharge switch. The blast clears the way to the government dry dock on Seavey’s Island and marks the culmination of a three year engineering effort with international attention.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Henderson’s Point
Piscataqua River
Gregory
United States Navy Department
Ethel Foster
United States Navy Yard
Seavey’s Island
Disastrous cyclone strikes Racine county farms
A July cyclone roared through Racine county destroying barns and crops worth about 100000 dollars. Two men died, including a Thompsonville worker and Union Grove farmer Adam Hunter. Trees uprooted, fences down, cattle killed, and a Haumerson brick yard shed struck.
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Racine
Wis
Racine County
Adolph Meisner
Thompsonville
Union Grove
Adam Hunter
Haumerson
Attempt on Sultan’s Life in Constantinople Leaves Dozens Dead
Washington reports from Constantinople that Minister Leishmann cabled the state department about a bombing at the selamlik ceremony as the sultan exited the mosque. Between 30 and 40 people were killed or wounded and carriages wrecked. perpetrators remain at large.
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Washington
Leishmann
Constantinople
State Department
Selamlik
Squadron Set for U S Visit Later This Year
Paris July 24. Minister of Marine Thomson has decided to send a squadron to visit the United States at the end of October.
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Paris
Thomson
United States
Pink Pills Help Dyspepsia Sufferer Reclaim Joyful Eating
A French native, now in San Francisco, credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing his dyspepsia after severe stomach pain, irregular sleep, and a pale complexion. He recovered after eight boxes and urges others to try the remedy along with a proper diet and the company diet book What to Eat and How to Eat.
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Joseph Baysson
Aix-les-Bains
France
Larkin Street
San Francisco
Cal
Williams
Anyoe
Dr. Williams Medical Co
Schenectady
N.Y
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Shanghai
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C. D. Cleveland
Chili
John Hay
Prin Potemkine
Seion Ofa
Lberty
Hammond
Alexander “and Jordan
Equitable
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Alfred Eldredge
Farmers’ Bank of
Spring Valley, C
George W. Smith
Fort Washakie
Wryo
T. D. Jordan
William A. Day
Oliver O. Ashton
Boston
Wash
George Brown
New Martinsville
W. Va
William Williams
John Paul Jones
Great Memorial
Annapolis
Francis Thomas de Grey Cowper
Earl Cowper
Ireland
Elihu Root
St. Paul
Esther Hacken
United Mine Workers
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
Grantsville
Louis Hendrick
Robert McCroskey
Henry Blackshire
Williamsburg
Daniel S. Lamont
New Hampshire
Sultan of
Baylson
Mae
Az Ota
Blackheads
Utura R
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Fitzgerald & CO
Box
Washington, D.C
Mull's Grape Tonic
Mull
E. B. McCurdy
Troy
Ohio
Mull’s
Mull’s Grape Tonic CO
Third Ave
Rock Island
Chicago White Lead and Oil Company
J.m.auld
Dept. B
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