Russians Lose Twenty Two Ships In Korea Straits Battle
London reports say Admiral Rojestvensky’s Baltic fleet was nearly annihilated by Admiral Togo in the Korea straits. Twenty two ships sunk or captured. many officers and men killed or captured. Rojestvensky reportedly wounded or a prisoner. Reports vary on fate of key ships and commanders.
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London
Straits of Korea
Rojestvensky
Togo
Kniaz Souvaroff
Vladivostok
Biedovy
Nebagatoff
The
Standard
Mme. Rojestvensky
Almaz
Daily Mail
Tokio
Rosestvensky
Fumi
Nebogatoff
Voelkersam
Grozny
Imperator
Apraxine
Sentaxin
St. Petersburg
Reuter
Sazanami
Souvaroff
Washington
Korean Straits
Foreign Office
Urleung Island
Korean
Dmitri Donskoi
Osalabya
Navarin
Sissoi Veliky
Oushakoff
Misu
Daily Telegraph
Korea
Borodino
Kamtchaka
Golden Horn
Korea Strait
Baltic
Askold
Rimskykorsakoff
Oshabia
Ural
Alexander III
Daily Express
Gromoboi
Roshinoff
Admiral Nakhimoff
Moji
Tsu Island
Atlantic Wins Kaiser's Cup In Record Ocean Race
The Atlantic schooner yacht owned by Wilson Marshall of the New York Yacht Club won the Kaiser's Cup after a fast voyage from Randy Hook. Captain Barr reported an average speed of ten and a half knots and one strong gale with no mishaps. The record daily sail of 341 knots occurred May 24.
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Lizard
England
Atlantic
Wilson Marshall
New York Yacht Club
Barr
Randy Hook
The
Marshall
Vesuvius Enters New Phase of Activity
Mount Vesuvius around Naples has become more restive with explosions heard ten miles away. Burning rocks erupt up to 1,000 feet above the crater creating spectacular nighttime displays.
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Vesuvius
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
President Roosevelts Brooklyn Address on Slocum Statue
In Brooklyn on May 31 President Roosevelt praised Northern Civil War veterans and urged national responsibility. He warned against opulence unarmed power and argued a strong navy ensures peace, noting that weakness invites danger and foreign events underscore the lesson.
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New York
Henry N. Slocum
Brooklyn
Roosevalt
Cave-In Buries Men in Gunnison Tunnel Shaft
A May 31 cave in in the Gunnison tunnel in Montrose Colorado traps 20 to 26 workers. Air pumps keep air running as a shaft is sunk above the site to remove dirt and rock. The shaft must reach 65 feet to reach the tunnel. officials aim to reach by noon today.
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Montrose
Col
Gunnison
United States
Monument Dedicated for Harwich Mine Disaster Remembrance
In Pittsburgh on May 31, about 2,000 miners and many friends gathered at Springdale cemetery for the dedication of a monument honoring the Harwich mine disaster where 189 men lost their lives. Vice President L. Lewis of the miners union delivered the day’s oration.
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Oyama
St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Linovitch
Fourth
Tenth
Mukden
Army
Russia
Washington
Tokio
Pittsburg
Harwich
Springdale
Western
Pennsylvania
7. L. Lewis
Miners’ Union
Horses Burned as Stables Burn in Cincinnati Fire
Thirty six horses valued at ten thousand dollars perished when a fire destroyed the stables of Goldblatt and Goodman near the Union stockyards on Spring Grove avenue Tuesday night. The cause of the blaze is not known.
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Cincinnati
Goldblatt & Goodman
Joseph Schott
Union Stockyards
Spring Grove Avenue
Sunstroke Victim Dies in Chattanooga
First death of the season from stroke occurs in Chattanooga Tennessee after Henry Mann Jr. worked several hours in the sun then drank a glass of water. The event happened Tuesday noon during hot conditions.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Henry Mann, Jr
Detroit Police Captain Bachman Dies After Parade
Capt Av Bachman, head of the Gratiot Street station and Civil War veteran, collapsed and died of heart disease Tuesday following Memorial Day parade participation in Detroit Michigan.
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Detroit
Mich
Av Bachman
Dee
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Admiral Rojestvensky
Ernoon Rojestvensky
Nachimoff
Navari
Oleg
Aurora
Count Cassini
Ampassador
Legation
Orel
Maizuru
Nic
Skrydloft
Sasebo
Tsarkoe Selo
Nippon
Takahira
Ezar
Japan
Meyer
President Roosevelt
Nakhimoff
Admiral Togo
Kniaz Souvasoff
Gen. Slocum
Barrying
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