Japanese swordsmen lead fresh assault on Port Arthur
From Sasebo reports in Tokyo the general attack on Port Arthur advances with Nakamura and Saito commanding elite swordsmen. The hand to hand clash with Russian forts remains fierce and unresolved as ships continue to guard the area. The Russian Baltic fleet division moves toward Port Arthur escorted by Egyptian coast guard ships amid renewed strategic chatter in London and Tokyo.
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Arthur
Suez
Voelkersam
London
Morning Post
Japan
Port Arthur
Togo
Sasebo
Rojestvensky
Kasuga
Elliot Islands
Nakamura
Saito
Sungshu
Fierce Japanese Attack Near Esinkhetchen Reported
General Kuropatkin telegraphs details of a November 24 Japanese assault on a Russian detachment on the left flank near Esinkhetchen. He notes fierce fighting nearly bayonet in nature, Japanese forces repulsed with heavy losses, and renewed morning assault hindered by blizzard and fog. Russian casualties listed as nine killed and 57 wounded. A November 2 Japanese effort to envelope the left flank and center is also documented, with no later reports received, plus a patrol arrest of 20 Japanese on reconnaissance night.
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ST. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Esinkhetchen
Yensienten
Manchester Woman Burned to Death
Mrs. Anna Bik a Polish immigrant was burned to death at her home 341 Chestnut Street Manchester N H while attempting to light a lamp. The body was found after she had scarcely survived moments and the cause remains unknown. She leaves a husband and five children.
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Manchester
N. H
Anna Bik
Chestnut Street
Roosevelt’s St. Louis Drive Draws 200+ Vehicles
In St. Louis on November 27 President Roosevelt led an extended drive as crowds followed in more than 200 vehicles. Secret service kept traffic in check while a church visit and later dinner at Francis hosted the president and party before departing for Washington.
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ST. Louis
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Miss Roosevelt
Loeb
Dr. Rixey
Thompson
Francis
Exposition Grounds
Washington
Eighth United States Cavalry
Big Midnight Brookline Fire Destroys Brookline Plant
A three story cabinet and wood shop owned by Brookline fire commissioner B W Neal at 148 Boylston Street burst into flames from spontaneous combustion around 11 45 p m and was gutted by 1 a m. Loss exceeds 35000 with partial insurance. Susie Marshall alerted others and fire alarms were sent. Chief Johnson led crews to prevent explosion. John McDonald injured by glass. plant to be rebuilt. fifty workers left without work.
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B. W. Neal
Brookline
Boylston Street
Susie Marshall
Ing
Johnson
John McDonald
Pole Man Is Killed In Barrington Auto Crash
James Donahue 37 of Providence died instantly when the car he rode in swerved on Nayatt road and struck a telegraph pole. Driver Benjamin F. Blackington escaped unharmed. Donahue, native of Putnam Connecticut, was killed about Nov. 27 in Barrington RI.
Man Shoots Himself After Farewell Words
Edward A. Leonard, 30, of Chelsea, ended a dispute with a self inflicted gunshot at the residence of Willard H. Marsh, 59 Ash Street, Leonard's father-in-law. He was taken to Frost Hospital with a bullet in his head and is unconscious, with likely fatal injuries.
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Edward A. Leonard
Chelsea
Willard H. Marsh
Ash Street
Leonard
Frost Hospital
Worcester
Spencer
Library
Pleasant Street
Pine Street
John Sinclair
Sweet
Tarbell
Brookfield
Clare Benevolent group initiates 25 new members at Armory Hall
The County Clare Men's Social and Benevolent Association admitted 25 new members at Armory Hall yesterday afternoon and marked the Manchester martyrs anniversary with remarks by President P. J. Walsh on their sacrifices and lives.
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County Clare
South End Woman Shot by Her Lover
Mortimer Moody of 626 Shawmut Avenue shot Mrs Nellie G White, 40, in a Middlesex Street apartment, injuring her left shoulder. She is hospitalized in a dangerous condition. Moody, a Boston bargeworker, is jailed at Station 5. Both are colored. Moody admitted intent to harm the other man and used a pistol after a quarrel over her attentions to another man. The incident followed her move from Moody’s home to 81 Middlesex Street.
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Nellie G. White
Mortimer Moody
Shawmut Avenue
City Hospital
Moody
Station 5
Tangney
Emerald
Compton Streets
Boston
Bangor
Robert B. Mott
Peleg F. Murray
James A. Quinn
Leicester
Denial of Break With K of L by New Haven Freight Handlers
Secretary Patrick D. Dooley rejected claims that the New York New Haven Hartford railroad Freight Handlers Assembly 628 had forsaken the Knights of Labor and joined the American Federation of Labor. The meeting in Boyle O Reilly Hall drew about 150 members, while officials noted only about 20 percent had left to form an AF of L unit. John Harrington John R Dalton and John Regan spoke to the assembly.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford
Assembly 628
Knights of Labor
K. of L. Standard
American Federation of Labor
Patrick D. Dooley
Assembly
Boyle O'Reilly
Albany Street
A. F. of L. Union
John Harrington
John R Dalton
Coastwise Longshoremen’s Assembly
Distri
John Regan
Campaign for Curley Opens Strong Bid for Alderman
The Tammany Club in Hampden Street hosts a mass meeting to launch Alderman James M. Curley’s re election bid for the Board of Aldermen. Curley sits in Charles street jail on a civil service impersonation sentence as local and outside speakers praise his past work and rally support for a brisk campaign ahead of the December 13 city election.
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Curley
Tammany Club
Hampden Street
James M. Curley
Board of Aldermen
Charles Street
Civil Service
Charles
Boston
John B. Baldwin
South
Frank di O'Toole
Daniel A. Whelton
James Curley
Red Stained Axe Links to Brookfield Murder Hunt
Authorities intensify search for a tramp linked to a murder near Grove Street. An axe with red stains and a white hair on the blade is found near the scene as trackers, a 16 special officers group, and 200 town volunteers comb five miles. Witnesses describe a tall red faced man seen near Meadow Pond and Pleasant Street.
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Board of
Selectmen
Channing Smith
Smith
Bell
Whittemore
George Neal
Boston
Murray
Molt
The
Post
Chamleton Line
Agitated tramp rode on Spencer car in Leicester
Leicestershire dispatch notes Motorman Edward W. Sweet reporting a disturbance aboard a Spencer streetcar on November 27. The incident involved an agitated tramp, with Sweet providing the account of the events leading to the disruption and the car’s handling during the ride.
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Spencer
E. W. Sweet
Leicester
Edward W. Sweet
Boy witnesses red-faced man flee skating pond incident
Leicester on November 27 Harry Daw aged four years and Francis Musgrove were skating at Meadow Pond when a red-faced man in a light coat and black hat appeared from the brush. The man ran across the ice as it cracked, turned back, and jumped a stone wall, vanishing from sight.
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Leicester
Harry Daw
Grove Street
Meadow Pond
Francis Musgrove
Near Neighbor Suspects Wheeler in Brigham Farm Death
Leicester report says Clarence Johnson, neighbor and Rawson Light and Power superintendent, aided police and named a man who gave the Wheeler alias and stayed at the Brigham farm recently. Johnson described a “big, red-faced tramp” seen reading the paper in the sitting room and noting potatoes given by Mrs. Brigham for dinner.
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Leicester
Clarence Johnson
Brigham Farm
Rawson Light and Power Company
Wheeler
Boston lodging houses searched for Brigham slayer
State police detectives Keating and Dunham with inspectors Smith and Patterson checked cheap lodging houses across Boston hunting the suspected Veggman killer of Mrs Emma Brigham of Leicester. No arrests were made but clues were found as officers questioned lodgers and some fled the city.
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Emma Brigham
Leicester
Boston
Keating
Dunham
State Police
Smith
Patterson
Watts
Man Missing After Night at Local House
A resident recalls a man who stayed two days at a house and vanished thereafter. The witness says she would recognize him again and believes he knew the house well, identifying him as the likely missing person.
Nephew asserts woman had no enemies in farm death
Percy R. E Bowers the dead woman’s nephew and farm buyer says no relative harmed her, suspects a tramp. He claims to have sent $30 for taxes, only $10 found at the house, vows to capture the suspect without police help if possible.
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Leicester
Percy R. E Bowers
Allen Larkin and OBrien Celebration in South Boston
Over 250 members of the South Boston United Irish League gathered at National Hall to mark the 87th anniversary of the hanging of the Manchester martyrs Allen Larkin and OBrien. Rev John T OBrien and Dr Patrick J Timmins spoke as Irish music under Charles F Forrester filled the room.
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South Boston
United Irish League
Manchester
Allen
Larkin
O’brien
National Hall
National Street
John T. O’brien
Gate of Heaven Church
Patrick J. Timmins
Charles F. Forrester
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Patrick Door
Emma Forgu
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Lewis C. Libby
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Westboro
Magner
Clark Street
Malcolm Clark
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