Port Arthur Battle Deemed Furiously Stalwart by Russians and Japanese
A detailed dispatch recalls the November 26 through 27 siege at Port Arthur with intense fighting on Rihlung Kekwan and Sungshu fortifications. Japanese assaults met fierce Russian resistance as troops pressed to overrun trenches, walls, and bombproofs amid heavy shelling and hand to hand combat.
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Japanese attack and siege at Sungshu and Rihlung forts near Port Arthur
Thousands of volunteers under a general push from southwest of Shishi village to seize Sungshu mountain fort. Hand to hand fighting lasts two hours on slopes with Russians defending steep ramparts. Japanese assault gains inner sections of east Rihlung fort amid brutal fighting from 10 p.m. to midnight. Continued on Page Seven.
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Bungehu
Ame Sauliers
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Shishi
Une
Sungshu
Port Arthur
Scandal in Russian High Society Exposed in Plot to Kill Minister
A secret document released to Associated Press details a plot by the Social Revolutionaries central committee abroad to overthrow the autocracy and murder officials including Minister of the Interior Von Plehve. It describes secret circles, propaganda among peasants, student mobilization, and attacks on autocracy supporters. The report notes failed life attempt at the Hotel Dumcord and a nexus of high society intrigue.
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Mie
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Weeeral Oof Feinland
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Holy Synod
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Saga
von Miehve
Murder at Warsaw hotel linked to bombing of Von Plehve
The report details the assassination of Russian Minister Vyacheslav von Plehve and his coachman Filliport in Warsaw. A bomb struck the carriage, killing both and wounding eleven others. The gunman Sasoneff was positioned before the Warsaw hotel and Sikoritsky elsewhere. The killer was not identified until he revived and shouted a revolutionary slogan.
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Filliport
Sasoneff
Warsaw
Sikoritsky
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Sasonery
Mrs Chadwick Remains in Tombs After Disagreement With Counsel
New York dispatch reports Mrs. Chadwick agreeing to stay another night at the Tombs rather than waive examination and go to Cleveland, hoping to depart tomorrow. San Francisco follows with sister Alice York denying rumors of a Chypnetiet link and recounting a rumored forgery conviction involving Madame Devere.
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Chadwick
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Alice M. York
Madame Devere
Murdered Man Had Fortunes In His Pocket
Dallas detective reports that Charles Goldstein, murdered in Dallas last Monday, had deeds to Alaska mining property valued at $150,000 on his person. The documents were in his pocket when his body was found. police lack evidence to pursue an arrest.
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Goldstein
Dallas
Fourteen recovered in Burnett coal mine disaster
Four more bodies were recovered today in Burnett Washington making sixteen total victims of Wednesday's coal mine explosion estimates say all missing are accounted for in the blast aftermath.
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Burnett
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Freo
Hoe
Patterson Trial Testimony on Patterson Murder Case
New York witnesses in the Nan Patterson murder trial for Caesar Young testified today, their accounts aligning with prior statements. The proceeding details and cross examination continued as the case moves toward a verdict.
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New York
Nan Patterson
Caesar Young
Judge Baker Removed by Order of the President
Friends and allies describe the action as sudden and severe. Captain Dane says the removal order reached all court officials and Judge Baker, who was surprised, plans to go to Washington to present his case. The Morning Journal reports a resignation motive forwarded a week ago and notes the president’s summary order.
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Resignation in Order for Judge Baker Face
Longstanding charges against Judge Baker have been presented to the Department of Justice. Albuquerque officials report a thorough review by the inspector, with additional accusations tied to favoritism and partisan actions. The situation has stirred removal rumors across Albuquerque and New Mexico while a petition circulates among local lawyers.
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Ueryur DoFnese
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Uker
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Moker
New Mexico
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Ile
Albusquernque Commercial Club
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Cole
Legal Profession
House approves budget bill and adjourns for holidays
The House passed the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill largely as reported and adjourned to January 4 1905 for Christmas. The civil service provisions were settled with retrenchment the ruling and salary hikes rejected. A state department official said most cabinet members and ambassadors may resign by March.
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Washington, D. C
House
Civil Service Commission
State Department
Roosevelt Criticized Over Civil Service Exemptions
Washington observers attend the National Civil Service Reform league session as President Roosevelt faces sharp attacks on exemptions in the civil service via executive orders in the last three years. Nelson B Spencer defends reforms amid applause and former Civil Service Commissioner Foultke lauds the president for justice and law.
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National Civil Service Tleform League
Roosevelt
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Spencer
Municipal Civil Service Reform Commission
Foultke
Arrests in Denver and court cases bite into election claims
Two more arrests were made in Denver on Supreme Court warrants charging Clarence Dixon and Charles McAteer election officials with contempt. Trials loom for Thomas Calp and M L Delvaney accused of interference and foul language as ballots show a discrepancy between entered voters and counted votes. Eleven fishermen drown near New Bilge after the Angelia wreck and survivors are rescued by lifeboat.
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Charles McAteer
Chole Dev
Supreme Court Today
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M. L. Delvaney
Atlorney Ward
Republican Watcher
London, Lee, &—R
Angelia
New Bilge
Northumberland
Prisoner Leaps From Santa Fe Train Near Topeka
Paroled prisoner Oliver Pickett escaped after leaping from a Santa Fe passenger train near Topeka as it traveled at speed. He was recaptured here and returned to Hutchinson reformatory, handcuffed at the moment of escape.
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Oliver Picket
Hutchinson Reformatory
Santa Fe
Pickett
Hutchinson
Three Haines Children Die In House Fire
A Madison Kitsap County house fire claimed the lives of Arthur Haines and his wife's three children aged five four and two while the parents were away digging clams a mile distant.
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Kitsap Couty
Arthur Haines
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