Christening of the Czarevitch Overshadowed by War News
Rumors from the seat of war cloud the czarevitch christening as St. Petersburg braces for Port Arthur. Reports from Stoessel and Liao Yang mix optimism and anxiety while Peterhof preparations glow amid a tense national mood and rumors of Japanese offensives shift plans in the broader campaign.
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Czarevitch
St. Petersburg
Russia
Port Arthur
Peterhof
Stoessel
Liao Yang
Spuerborn Telestange
Japs Bertin
Lokal An- Zeiger
Rauroki
Tuitee
Akashima
Liv River
Neel
Marqouis Vuirmnamato
Tokio
Japanese Repulsed in Major August Action at Port Arthur
Ling Yang reports Japanese repulsed at Port Arthur with heavy losses during August, while August 19 attack across the region yielded no large threat. A skirmish near Anshai post left six Japanese dead after defenders repelled the force.
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Stoesse
Port Arthur
Che Foo
Yao
Liae Yang
Kuropachin
Lawend
Ling Yang
Anshiain
Line Yang
Sevastopol Battleship Emerges After Mine Attack
Admiral Kontanka reports the Russian battleship Sevastopol emerged from combat damage after a mine hit near Tokio. The vessel was towed back into harbor with visible evidence of a starboard injury and has since been secured for repairs.
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Tokio
Kontanka
Sevastopol
Unclear naval dispatch ponders Russian fleet actions
In Petersimirg August 25 the war commission weighs whether a Russian force overhauled the steamer Comedian off the south African coast. No official report has arrived. the commission considers it highly probable the vessel was the Snyo lensk or possibly the cruier Pron, both war vessels.
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Bi. Petersimirg
Japanese Capture Forts Near Port Arthur and Advancing
Japanese forces report occupation of wellington fort near Avtszehin and destruction of forts at Chinchanke. Russians seen from parade ground two miles north. Port Arthur defenses suffer heavy losses with several forts and town damaged.
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Che Moo
Chanchanke
Nein
Port Arthur
Port Artur
Japatiens
Japanese cruiser Trushimnia routs the Novik in naval clash
Tokyo reports the protected cruiser Trushimnia defeated the Russian Novik after a night engagement near Kapreckovek. Novik retired to a safe harbor, while Shimusha and Tetrshima sustained damage. repairs began as forces shelled the wrecked ship for about fifty minutes.
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Tokio
Trushimnia
Novik
Batindhey Awan
Couleer Ohitowe
Thuvebin Eilpe Suriday
Jeetalla
Navy Department
Tadis
Phe Tetshima
Kapreckovek
Rhe
Hurter
Hhe Wee
Wee
French Pontion Opp S Ot Vet Advi Parte Auge 23
The article notes the arrival of a relief vessel near the capital French Tyre Ching and reports the departure from Maigesn of the Reembery erofesy Diaew. It suggests the ship may head to Europe, awaiting port near Mort Arthur Aoguet, with several Japanese warships observed south of Rhanghal.
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Maigesn
Mort Arthur Aoguet
Rhanghal
Fragmentary Local Notice From Ragged Page
Fragments show an unactioned notice with names and place hints. The readable bits hint at a public matter or community item continued on another page.
Czar's Manifesto Heralded as Good News for Russia
In St. Petersburg on August 22 Emperor Nicholas II outlined a manifesto granting amnesty to Finlanders resisting conscription, reducing penalties, funding for landless Finns, and reforms to punishments and political offices. He urged unionists to avoid violence and urged strike leaders to discourage strikebreakers while Donnelly plans to audit the Strikers commissary in East St. Louis before returning to Chicago.
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Tserely
Nane
Toe
Red
East St. Louie
Donnelly
Bast Louis
Chicago
Imperial manifesto issues reforms on birth of heir
The August 11 1904 Peterhof manifesto issued by Emperor Nicholas II promises broad liberal reforms for the Russian empire. It calls for reduced corporal punishment general amnesty and land purchase reforms while extending benefits to families of soldiers and officials.
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Petersburg
Nicholas
Erry Miod
Bergen
Varmvik
Rusaing
Mei of
Palend
Minland
Alexis Niche Harvitch
Leslen
Peterhof
Nichola
Strikers Demand Stronger Support From Union Leader
Michael Dons nelly, head of the union, addressed East gt Rule City Hall urging that strikers in the city receive the backing shown by the union elsewhere. He called the fight purely labor related.
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Michael Donsnelly
Bitchers and Meat Cuttern’ Union
East
Gt Rule
Steikers
Medee
Anu
Teamsters Discuss Sympathetic Strike Support in Chicago
The Teamsters joint council met to consider broadening support for a sympathetic strike by stockyards and butcher workers. After hours of debate the group decided against action to aid the strike and the plan to recall striking workers failed. In Chicago August events, measures to pressure employers continued with pickets and espionage around the plants.
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Chicago
Teamsters’ Union
Stockyards
Keavin
Reservoir gates dynamited near Marys reservoir
A blast at the head of the St Marys reservoir damaged gates and surrounding structures. Officials feared a flood if the bulkhead failed, while residents near the reservoir worried about safety as authorities and farmers reported crop conditions and weather data from August.
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Et. Marys
Bt. Marys
Denamite
Mitlee
Mion
Erie
Tonopah Nevada Rail Lines Damaged by Floods
A cloudburst washed out miles of track on the Tonopah and the Carson and Colorado railroads near Sodaville Nevada. The eastbound Tonopah train wrecked five miles out, with several passengers injured. The Tonopah road is demoralized and may not reopen for a week while provisions run short for Tonopah and Goldfield. District Judge Malone in Denver appointed a co-receiver for Fidelity Savings Association after its roughly one million dollar collapse.
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Tonopah
Nev
Carson and
Colorado
Sodaville
Carson and Colorado
Carson and Colorado Railroad
Goldfield
Denver
Colo
Booth M. Malone
Richard H. Malone
J.C. Met
Fidelity Savings Association
Mrs Maybrick Arrives Hidden Among Passengers on Vaderland
Mrs Mierence Maybrick, recently freed from an English prison, arrived in New York on the Ted Star steamer Vaderland from Antwerp under the alias Mrs Rose Iraham. Few aboard know her identity. She declined interviews citing ill health and business concerns.
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New York
Vaderland
Antwerp
Mierence Maybrick
Rose Iagraham
Maybrick
Elinu Root Will Get Nomination for Governor
New York August 23 Thep resentative John Dwleht of New York says Aichu Root will be the nominee for governor and will accept. He reports Root is the popular choice among Republicans across the state and will carry New York despite any Democratic nominee.
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New York
Aichu Root
White House
John Dwleht
Dwight
Pacific Coast
Washington
Root
Dan Lamont
Hout
California Democratic State Convention Nominates Ten Electors
Hania Crag California August 29 The Democratic state convention nominated ten presidential electors and Judge M L Dooling for the state supreme court with no contests. The platform endorsed the national platform from St Louis and adjourned after confirming the regular organization program.
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Hania Crag
Calif
State Supreme Court
St. Louis
M. L. Dooling
San Penilo County
Supreme Court
Bank Files Bankruptcy Petition Against Waggaman
Washington banks sue real estate and insurance figure Thomas F. Waggaman for bankruptcy and seek to set aside a $876 000 deed of trust to the Catholic university. Banks hold more than $40 000 in overdue notes, including $30 000 to the National Metropolitan Bank. Waggaman, long active in Washington real estate since 1873, faced questions over funds he controlled for the university and others as his art collection drew notice.
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Washington, D. C
Thomas F. Waggaman
Catholic University
Warsamean
Second National Bank
National Metropolitan Bank
National Bank of Washington
Waggaman
Metropolitan Bank
Metropolitan Bank. Mr. Waggaman
Wagearman
Washington
Greatest washout in Santa Fe history blocks Arizona rail line
Ash Fork August 23. The Santa Fe railroad suffers the greatest washout in history between Yucca and Haviland. Six hundred feet of track destroyed, many bridges washed away, flood blankets the region from Kingman to Needles. Trains halted with no immediate transfer route to California. sections submerged and further rain feared.
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Ash Fork
Santa Pe
Arizona
Yucca
Haviland
Kingman
The
Needles
California Limited
Ontario
Grand Canyon
Phoenix
California
Southern Pacific
Powell
Banta Ke
Eavt
Denver
Washouts in Arizona interrupt Santa Fe line repairs
The Santa Fe reports lines blocked by washouts in Arizona after flooding. Temporary repairs are expected by evening and business to resume. Damages are minor and confined to areas already affected by prior flood. St. Louis reports a separate accident where nineteen injured in a rear end collision of two Crewe Cover street cars. motorman severely hurt.
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Santa Fe
Arizona
St. Louie
Crewe
H. Littrew
Mining Congress to Choose Headquarters This Year
Portland reports that the American Miners Congress will select its permanent headquarters, with Denver or Salt Lake City as options. Delegates heard six major addresses, toured Portland sites, and the women's club arranged a Willamette Valley excursion.
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Portland
Ore
Mining Congress
Denver
Salt Lake City
Buckley
Missouri
el Paso
Salt Lake
Armory
Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
Andrews
United States
John H H. Mitchell
Maurice D. Leehy
Seattle
Wash
P. H. Newell
Gifford Pinchot
Public Lands Commission
Frank YV. Drokhe
Oregon
John Daggett
California
Orson W. Brown
South Dakota
Black Hills
Lewis and Clark Fair
Woman's Club
Willamette Palle
Thoreday
Astoria
Pacific Coast
Territorial Sheep Dipping Plan Considered in Santa Fe
The territorial sheep sanitary board met in the governor's office in Santa Fe to discuss dipping all sheep within territory limits. Attendees included Bolo man Luna of Los Lunas and other prominent sheep men along with Dr. Lewis Metsger and Governor Otero.
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Territorial Sheep Sanitary Board
Bante Fe
Boloman Luna
Los Lunas
Harry W. Kelly
Las Vegas
W. S.S. Prager
Rodswell
Charles Schiefer
Clayton
Thomas D. Burns
Tierra Amarilla
Harry F. Lee
Albuquerque
Lewis Metsger
Board of Animal Industry
Otere
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Tertin
Aug
Nevada
Mrs. Maybrick
Elinu Root
Pormer Seoreeary
Harmony Reigns
Red Lide
Eevelt
Lodge
Oyveler Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Margsachusetts
Far East
America
Komme
Worcester
Mass
Henator Hoar
BIG. University
Wagga Man
Pn Rn
Coontery
Hewes Kingman Ane Nee Des Pitot
Big
Coast City
Oo Forest Heserves
Richards
Idaho
American Minute Congress
General Land Office
United States Department of Agriculture
Secretary of the Interior
Santtary Board
Santa FY
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