Russian Fleet Prepares Final Departure From Kwangchu Bay
May 19 dispatches report Vice Admiral Rojestvensky’s northward approach with Kwangchu Bay as the last French port for final departure to meet Japan. Coaling delays and fleet repairs hinder readiness, with mentions of Port Arthur repair costs and a Pallada recovery. A separate Changtu area skirmish notes Russian infantry cavalry and guns engaging then retreating north.
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London
Rojestvensky
Kwangchu Bay
Chinese Sea
Tokio
Daily Telegraph
Amoy
Foochow
Oku
Changtu
Fenghau
Foreign Agents Ordered Out of Vladivostok Fortress
Washington reports Richard Greener, American commercial agent at Vladivostok, says all foreign agents there have been asked to leave the fortress and may reside only in the maritime provincial cities. Greener was leaving Vladivostok for Haborowski as the move echoes earlier Port Arthur measures.
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Washington
Richard
Greener
Vladivostok
State Department
Maritime Provinces
Haborowski
Port Arthur
Viladivostok
Rain disrupts campaigns as fronts show no change in Manchuria
Gunshu Pass in Manchuria reports heavy rain causing road damage and possible military inaction. Verdant growth may aid future cavalry and sickness risks rise in camps. Chinese sources note Japanese reinforcements to Korea and left wing strengthening, with no front position changes observed.
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Gunshu Pass
Manchuria
Korea
Variag Cruiser to be Raised and Ready by June
Advices from Japan say the former Russian cruiser Variag, raised at Chemulpo, will be ready for service about June 1. A small warship sunk near Port Arthur will be raised and commissioned. Refloating Port Arthur vessels began May 15 with good prospects of saving six ships.
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Victoria
B. C
Japan
Variag
Chemulpo
Port Arthur
Pallada Already Raised and Warships May Be Saved
London May 19 The Daily Telegraph reports Pallada already raised and suggests warships could be saved by Japanese intervention amid tensions from Port Arthur siege and naval aid rumors.
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Port Arthur
London
Fatal Illinois Central collision kills eight trainmen
Echols Kentucky May 19 eight trainmen died and four were injured when a north bound fast freight and the Louisville and Central City local freight collided. Authorities say misreading orders by the south bound crew caused the crash.
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Echols
Illinois Central
Louisville
Central City
Wood Trial Proceeds as Williams Case Hangs on Verdict
In Somerville New Jersey on May 19 George H Wood faced a lengthy trial for the murder of George Williams his defense remained unmoved by witness testimony and his wife’s collapse in court The state pressed for a first degree verdict while contending the killing was deliberate and wilful The day also covered Chicago deadlock in the teamsters strike with rioting and arrests as union and nonunion factions clash and U S labor leader Samuel Gompers pursues a peace effort.
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Somerville
N. J
George H. Wood
George Williams
Roger
George Wood
Twenty-second Street
Indiana Avenue
South Side
Twenty-third Street
Wentworth Avenue
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
Dayton, CO
Gompers
Shea
Teamsters’ Union
Sherman
Wisconsin Senate Approves Rail Rate Measure
Madison May 19 The senate passed the administration railroad rate bill unanimously after rejecting amendments. The measure mirrors its original form and won a large majority in the assembly. It calls for a three member appointive railway commission with a 5000 dollar annual salary to set fair rates and regulate freight and passenger charges and prevent injustices in railroad pricing.
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Madison
Wis
Senate
Administration
Assembly
First annual meeting on tuberculosis study launched
Washington May 19. An attack on tuberculosis from every quarter comprises a program begun here with more than 200 leading physicians from across the country taking part under the banner of the first annual meeting of the national association for the study and prevention of tuberculosis.
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Washington
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Baptists Vote Portland as Meeting Site for 1906
In St Louis on May 19 delegates of the Baptist denomination decided almost unanimously to hold the Baptist anniversaries in Portland Oregon in 1906. This departs from the usual practice where a committee selects the meeting place.
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Oregon
St. Louis
Portland, Ore
Intragovernmental ruling on differential freight rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission, in a lengthy opinion by Commissioner Prouty, rules on export traffic differentials among New York Boston Philadelphia and Baltimore. It reduces certain rates to two and one cent per 100 pounds at Baltimore and Philadelphia, with Buffalo Erie and Fairport exports cut to three quarters of a cent per bushel. Domestic traffic is excluded from consideration and Commissioner Clements dissented.
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Washington
Integatate Commerce Commission
Commisaioner Prouty
Seaboard
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Commission
Buffalo
Erie
Fairport
Clements
Norfolk
Newport News
Siasconsett and Nantucket Yacht Race Reports
Wireless from Grosser Kurfurst notes Apache sighting at 10 p m near 39 59 N 70 50 W after starting at 12 34 p m Wednesday. Apache averages 8.05 miles per hour and would take about twenty five days to reach from Sandy Hook to Lizard Head. Valhalla sighted near Nantucket with signals not out after starting at 1 04 p m Wednesday. distance about 1938 miles at roughly 0.21 knots per hour.
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Siasconsett
Mass
New York
Edmund Randolph
Gandy Hook
Sandy Frook
Lizard Head
Nantucket
Sandy Hook
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