Kuropatkin appeals to Czar for Sixth Army Corps
In St Petersburg General Kuropatkin telegraphed the Czar asking for immediate dispatch of the 100,000 man Sixth Army Corps to the far east. Officials fear the corps may be decimated by disease and Japanese action, hindering attempts to reclaim lost prestige. Home guards may be kept to counter unrest in Poland Finland and other regions.
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ST. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Far East
Sixth Army
Sixth Corps
Orient
Poland
Finland
Empire
Oyama Reports Heavy Loss in Capture of Liaoyang
Tokio dispatch: Field Marshal Oyama telegraphs that Liaoyang has fallen to Japanese forces after fighting last night and this morning. He says casualties are believed to be very heavy and there is no report on conditions on the right bank of the Taitse River.
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Villiers
London Illustrated News
Togo
Port Arthur
Elliot Group
Dacosan
Khas
Tsukushi
Tokio
Oyama
Liaoyang
Taitse
Liaoyang Battle Ends With Massive Russian Defeat
Tokyo reports Field Marshal Oyama's victory at Liaoyang and the start of General Kuroki's turning movement against the Russian left. Troops endured days of starvation and thirst, with uncertain Russian escape numbers but clear signs of a historic, decisive engagement. Joyous crowds celebrate Oyama Oku and Nodzu as Liaoyang is proclaimed a major victory.
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Tokio
Oyama
Liaoyang
Kuroki
Corean Suzuki?ainty Assumed By Japan
The Sept day government published the Seoul August 22 agreement between Japan and Corean representatives. Japan gains control over Corean finances and holds a consultative voice on foreign and diplomatic matters. Japan guarantees Corean integrity. Durham White Stevens will advise the Corean government diplomatically and M Megata will be Corea's financial adviser.
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Tokio
Seoul
Japan
Corea
Corean
Japs Advance Upon Yentai
St Petersburg Sept 5 The Japanese have advanced toward the Yentai mines defended by 12 battalions of Russians. Owing to Japanese superiority the Russian force retreated to its rear position as fresh troops arrived to hold. Chinese bandits sometimes attack when emboldened by Japanese progress. Russians remain in high spirits. wounded praise Japanese bravery and endurance.
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ST. Petersburg
Yentai
25000 Fresh Japs To Replace Port Arthur Dead
Rio dispatch reports 25000 casualties as fourteen regiments depart to bolster forces around Port Arthur. The wartime tally reflects heavy losses with outside Port Arthur alone estimated at 25000.
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Port Arthur
Rio
Church Leader Says Church Should Sympathize With Laboring People
The Rev. Charles L. Page told Dudley Street Baptist Church that a true church must show cordial regard for laboring men and women. He argued most congregations include workers and that all industrious people, excluding profiteers, are part of the working class.
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Church of Christ
Charles L. Page
Dudley Street Baptist Church
Czar Edicts Hebrew Rights With Restrictions
St Petersburg authorities publish an imperial ukase extending residence rights to educated Hebrews and those who have served in the army across the empire. The changes exclude districts with special regulations and urban circumscription limits remain in effect.
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ST. Petersburg
Twenty Seven Chinamen Held On Gambling Charge
A total of 27 Chinese men were captured last night and held on gambling charges. Sixteen came from 9 Oxford Street and eleven from a house on Harrison Avenue. Chinese guards protected both locations with bell alarm signals. Police in plain clothes captured the guards and then arrested the principals.
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Oxford Street
Harrison Avenue
Skull Fractured in Coal Truck Accident at Plant
James Curtin, 36, of Everett and worker for the NBE Gas and Coke Company, suffered a fractured skull when a coal truck fell from an elevator and struck him in the head at the plant. He is in a dangerous condition at the Relief Station.
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James Curtin
Everett
N.be. Gas and Coke Company
Curtin
Four Shot in Harlem Little Italy Quarrel
Four people were shot after a quarrel over 5 cents debt in Harlem's Little Italy. One victim was seriously wounded and may die. Police arrested Antonio Caro and charged him with the shooting after a several block chase.
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New York
Harlem
Little Italy
Antonio Caro
Newton Police Sought for Two Lost Geese
Newton, Sept. 4. Goose hunting may be the latest diversion of the Newton police. A caller, Mr. Lawrence of Beacon Street, asked police to locate two geese that had flown away. He gave no details on how they flew or whether someone planned to hunt them.
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Newton
Lawrence
Beacon Street
Stakelberg Army Extricated After Liaoyang Retreat
General Stakelberg's Siberian Army Corps escaped capture near Liaoyang as General Kuropatkin reports most of his forces south of Yentai with others crossing the Taitse River. Japanese ambushes in Chinese corn inflicted heavy losses, including 1500 men from Orloff's detachment, while Stakelberg rejoined the main army to avert total disaster. The war office says guns and stores were preserved and a court martial may be pursued for Stakelberg's disobedience.
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ST. Petersburg
Stakelberg
Kuropatkin
Liaoyang
Yentai
Orloff
Yental
War Office
Taitse
Kuroki
Count Stakelberg
Russia
Sailor Burned on Harbor Sloop Clara Off Thompson’s Island
Frank A. Howard 22 a sailor on the U S receiving ship Wabash was badly burned about the chest and left side when an oil stove overturned on the sloop Clara off Thompson’s Island shortly after midnight today. Companions fought the flames as the burning oil spread and he was taken to Carney Hospital in serious condition.
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Frank A. Howard
U. S
Clara
Thompson’s Island
Howard
Carney Hospital
Oldest West Point graduate Colonel William Austine dies
Brattleboro Vermont reports the death of Colonel William Austine in his 90th year. Born William Brown in Stonington Connecticut, he graduated West Point in 1888 and served as a lieutenant in the Seminole War, earned captaincy and brevet major for signal ability, and acted as superintendent of mustering and volunteer service in Burlington and Brattleboro during the Civil War.
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Brattleboro
William Austine
West Point
Stonington
Conn
William Brown
Florida
Burlington
Labor Day Parade Notes and Union Activities
Delegates in the Central Labor Union section report to Thomas J. Minihan at 8:30 this morning at the union headquarters. Coastwise Longshoremen's Assembly 1062 distributed 175 parade uniforms at yesterday's meeting. Boston Bartenders' Union 77 celebrates with an ocean excursion on the steamer New Brunswick. President Kirkpatrick and committee entertain New York union representatives.
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Central Labor Union Section
Thomas J. Minihan
Central Labor Union
Coastwise Longshoremen’s Assembly
K. of L
Boston
Samsonoff Escapes After Plehve Murder
A St. Petersburg cable reports Samsonoff, the assassin of M. von Plehve, minister of the interior, escaped from prison in a daring coup carried out by his friends. The event was announced from London on September 5.
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London
St. Petersburg
Samsonoff
M. von Plehve
Woman Muzzles Mad Dog With Lace In New York
Mrs. Daniel Mullin carried her dog to the New York Veterinary Hospital and pleaded for mercy as Dr. Armstrong told her poison was the only remedy. Two grains of strychnine were administered and the dog died instantly after frothing at the mouth and snapping during several days of restlessness. Mrs. Mullin, of West Twenty sixth Street, had bound his mouth daily with a fresh handkerchief.
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New York
Daniel Mullin
New York Veterinary Hospital
Dr. Armstrong
Kuropatkin Reported Moving Toward Mukden
General Kuropatkin is said to have arrived at Tiehling twelve miles north of Yentai on the railroad and eighteen miles south of Mukden. Yentai lies ten miles northeast of Liaoyang.
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ST. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Tiehling
Yentai
Mukden
Russian Losses at Liaoyang Reach 3200 on Sept 2
St Petersburg dispatch reports Kuropatkin text noting Japanese sniping from cornfields near Liaoyang and Russian retreat by Orloff’s detachment amid millet fields. It states 3200 Russian losses before Liaoyang on Sept 2 and places troop movements south of the Yentai railway. Orloff’s force suffered heavy casualties, one regiment losing 1500 men.
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ST. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
First
Siberian Army
Yentai
Liaoyang
Orloff
Japanese Triumph Report From Liaoyang
The Tokyo cable says Field Marshal Oyama reports ongoing attacks by central and left forces around Liaoyang with destruction near the railway and godowns. A field report claims Liaoyang fell into Japanese hands after Saturday night and Sunday morning battles.
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Washington
Tokio
Oyama
Liaoyang
Czar promotes four to lieutenant general and Linevitch to general
St Petersburg report notes Major- Generals Alexeief Rennenkampf Gern gross and Fock elevated to lieutenant generals for distinguished service against the enemy. Linevitch named general of infantry for meritorious service. Emperor also awards Major General Mistchenko a gold mounted sword set with brilliants inscribed for bravery in repelling Japanese attacks July 28 26 and 27.
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ST. Petersburg
Alexieff
Rennenkampff
Gerngross
Fock
Linevitch
Mistchenko
Russian Cruiser Diana Ordered to Disarm in Saigon
In Saigon on September 4, the commander of the Russian cruiser Diana received orders from the Russian admiralty to disarm the vessel.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Diana
Woman Wrecked Apartments After Capture Siege
A dramatic police siege details a woman barricading in a burning apartment. The rear kitchen door was splintered and bullet riddled, with barrels and coal heds piled to form a barricade. A bedroom door was barred with a folding bed and heavy objects. Officer Sturdivant was fatally shot amid a bloody doorway. Shells and debris littered the scene.
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Sturdivant
Neighbors recall tense siege at McKenzie residence
A terrified group watched as a crazy woman fired a revolver, prompting police to dislodge her. Captain Evans quelled the danger after a siege conducted by Sergeant Hines and Officers Regan O Donnell Boutilier Rollins Healy Hooper Nickerson, with occupants Edward Donahue and Peter McGonigle noted on adjacent floors.
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Mckenzies
McKenzie House
Sergeant Hines
Dennis Regan
Hugh O'Donnell
N. P. Boutilier
Charles W. Rollins
William J. Healy
Charles Hooper
Andrew Nickerson
Bradford Eight to Banquet Instead of Harbor Outing
The Bradford Eight will hold their reunion later this season at a leading hotel to ensure full attendance. Members listed are J. W. Bergin E. J. McCallion John Cummings Henry Corcoran Eugene Buckley D A Mee Phee J E Mahoney and John D. Ryan.
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Bradford Eight
J. W. Bergin
E. J. McCallion
John Cummings
Henry Corcoran
Eugene Buckley
D. A. Mee-Phee
J. E. Mahoney
John D. Ryan
Threats Linked to Falcon Street Household Case
By Joseph Gormeley, tenant of a flat at 121 Falcon Street, recounts a year ago Mrs McKenzie threatened to kill his 14 year old son Jimmy. He states she was dangerous and liable to do something desperate, and expresses sorrow for Mr McKenzie.
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Joseph Gormeley
Falcon Street
Seldom Saw Mrs McKenzie Says Neighbor Donahue
Edward Donahue recalls Mrs McKenzie as a quiet neighbor on the first floor of the house where tragedy occurred. He says she was never violent or troublesome and that their doors were often left unlocked. Neighbors express sorrow for Mr McKenzie and pity for his wife.
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Edward Donahue
Mrs. McKenzie Placed in Straitjacket and Padded Cell
Arrived at East Boston police station Mrs. McKenzie was placed in a straitjacket handcuffed and escorted by two officers to the House of Detention on Somerset street there put in a padded cell. The matron said she was quiet and peaceable and seemed unaware of the day’s dramatic events. She added that she would be closely watched to prevent self harm.
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East Boston
McKenzie
Petition for New Militia in Waltham Seeks Alderman Approval
A petition to form a new militia company will be presented to the Waltham Board of Aldermen on Tuesday evening. It bears 100 potential members and many supporters. If approved locally, the petition goes to state authorities. Company F of the Fifth Regiment supports the move, and many young men wish to join while F’s ranks remain full.
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Waltham
Board of Aldermen
Fifth Regiment
Musical festival heats up at Revere Beach this week
Revere Beach hosts a holiday festival at the State band stand starting today with Bandmaster Ernest S. Williams leading the First Corps Cadets Band of thirty in both afternoon and evening concerts along with noted soloists. The event runs through the week into next Sunday attracting vacation travelers school children and regular beach patrons seeking the season’s end at the popular resort.
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Revere Beach
Ernest S. Williams
Crack First Corps Cadets
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Nodzu
Page
Italy
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