Japanese Rout Russians Near Chichaton Liaotung Peninsula
Reports from the second Japanese army say a fierce battle Monday near Chichaton on the Liaotung Peninsula ended with a Japanese rout of Russian forces. The Japanese held a hill line giving command of the area east of Niu chwang. Japanese casualties were 146 killed and wounded. Russian losses believed triple that amount. Some wounded could not be evacuated.
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Tokio
Chichaton
Liaotung
Niuchwang
Plot to Kill Czar Prompts Hanged Girl Rumor
Breslau dispatch reports a thwarted plot to bomb the emperor during St. Petersburg spring parade on May 10. Miss Merezhevsky, attendee at the Woman's University, was arrested with a concealed bomb in her clothing. Rumor says she has been hanged. her father is prostrated.
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Breslau
Prussia
St. Petersburg
Merezhevsky
Woman's University
Mathieson Drugged and Slain in West End Murder
Police believe sailor Peter F Mathieson was dragged from a West End resort to a waterfront location, robbed of money and jewelry, then killed and dumped in the water. He had 700 to 900 in his pockets and was to marry Bridget Curran. police seek West End crooks with help from Chief Watts’ men. His body lies in Mt Hope Cemetery Seamen’s Lot as funeral services were held.
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Hanover
Peter. F. ‘Mathieson
Long Wharf
West ‘ End
Atlantic Avenue
Mathieson
French Nickerson
Park and Tremont Streets
F. Nickerson
Nickerson
West End
Mathiezson
Blossom Street
Chelsea
Bridget Lynch
Boston
Suffolk
Post
Denmark
Bridget Curran
John Hanson
Peter
Watts
Mt. Hope
Briggs’ Undertaking Rooms
Dr. Small
Mariners’ Home
Lynn Theatre Burns Down With Losses Around 90000
Lynn May 18 the Lynn Theatre was completely burned to the ground. First alarm sounded at 4 11 o clock and within an hour the walls remained as a charred site. Reported losses approach ninety thousand dollars as the city records its only playhouse destroyed.
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Lynn
Foss
Firefighters Contain Blaze Amid Ramshackle Sheds
For two hours the department fought a stubborn blaze, working with might and main to stop it from spreading. Ramshackle wooden structures crowded the rear and side, with a freight house in the back and two large buildings nearby.
City Fire Threat Nearly Sweeps Town All But Extinguished
Firefighters and Chief Downing battled a massive blaze that spread through multiple hotels near the city center. The inferno raged as witnesses described live flames leaping across rooftops, with emergency crews containing the blaze before it could reach the heart of the downtown district. Page 4 continues.
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Chief Downing
Stand Patters Carry Iowa Delegates at State Convention
Iowa's stand patters won the State convention, with 20 of 26 delegates chosen. The platform endorses the Dingley tariff, opposes tariff revision and broad reciprocity, and urges Alaska boundary adjustments. It praises Secretary Shaw and Secretary Wilson, criticizes trusts, and lauds the American navy.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Shaw
China
Wilson
Roosevelt
Balfour Defeats Upset Attempt on Fiscal Reform
May 18 London reports Premier Balfour won a decisive vote to shelve fiscal reform for the next Parliament by a 5 vote margin. The debate featured heated exchanges as Joseph Chamberlain publicly backed the premier's stance.
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London
Balfour
Joseph Chamberlain
Forecast for Reston and vicinity and local ad notice
Thursday remains cloudy with occasional light rain in Reston and surrounding areas. Friday looks generally fair. Father John's Medicine promotes itself as a food medicine and nourishment. Lincoln's at 21 Essex Street offers fine whiskeys and a family trade spanning forty years.
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Reston
Lincoln’s
Essex Street
Early pardon for Cole expected in Boston and Washington
Reports say Charles H. Cole, former Globe National Bank president, may receive an early pardon within days. Cole, jailed in Greenfield serving eight years for embezzling from Globe Bank, awaits Attorney General and Roosevelt papers in Washington. Cole Jr. pleads with authorities. family remains at Hingham awaiting word.
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Charles H. Cole
Greenfield
Globe National Bank
Moulton
Washington
Roosevelt
Boston
Cole
Charles Cole, Jr
Hingham
Globe Bank
Berry Becomes Only New Methodist Bishop At Conference
Joseph F. Berry of Chicago, editor of the Epworth Herald, is elected bishop on the first ballot by the Methodist general conference in Los Angeles. Other top vote getters include Henry Deman and W. M. McDowell, with Berry’s 531 votes leading the tally. Berry, a Canadian native born in Aylmer, Quebec, and aged 49, has served as editor of the Epworth Herald since 1900 after earlier ministry and editorial work.
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Los Angeles
Methodist General Conference
Joseph F. Berry
Chicago
Epworth Herald
J. F. Berry
Henry Deman
W. M. McDowell
Lawrence University
Upper Iowa University
The
Michigan Christian Advocate
Two Japanese Warships Reported Sunk Near Port Arthur
Russian refugees arriving on a junk from Port Dalny say Japanese bombardment of Port Arthur last Monday sank a battleship and an armored cruiser reportedly off Port Arthur. The ships named are Shikishima and Asama, though this claim is doubted locally.
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Chefoo
Port Dalny
Port Arthur
Golden Hill
Shikishima
Asama
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