Kuropatkin Blames Alexieff for Russian Reverses
St Petersburg dispatch says General Kuropatkin accuses Viceroy Alexieff of delaying a 75 000 troops arrival that could have reversed Russian fortunes. Friction between the two exists with Alexieff stripped of authority amid urgent recalls. Japanese forces and gunboats are advancing, threatening Mukden and trapping Kuropatkin’s retreat as rains cripple roads.
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ST. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Alexieff
Yental
I‘un
Mukden
Oyama
Niuchwang
Hun
Yentai
Russian retreat from Liaoyang to Mukden in late August
The article describes fighting at Liaoyang and a Russian retreat toward Mukden. Kuropatkin led at Liaoyang while Oyama directed Haicheng. By August 28 Russian lines stretched 24 miles around Jiaoyang as Kuroki and Nodzu pressed from flanks. by September 1 they were back at Liaoyang and Kuropatkin evacuated the city.
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Mukden
Kuropatkin
Oyama
Niuchwang
Liaoyang
Anping
Anshanshan
Haicheng
Kuroki
Nodzu
Oku
Jiaoyang
U. S. Port Arthur Attaché Sets Course for Vladivostok
Navy reports Lieutenant N A McCully departing Mukden immediately for Vladivostok. He has served at Port Arthur since the war began, and his move suggests a Japanese focus on Vladivostok if Port Arthur falls.
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Washington
Navy Department
N. A. McCully
Mukden
Vladivostok
McCully
Port Arthur
Port Arthur Squadron Commander Replaced for Disobedience
Port Arthur sees a leadership change as Captain Viren of the Bayan replaces Rear Admiral Ouktomsky as squadron commander. The admiral is reportedly to face court martial for returning to Port Arthur after the August 10 battle with Togo's fleet.
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Port Arthur
ST. Petersburg
Viren
Bayan
Prince Ouktomsky
Grand Duke
Alexis
Ouktomsky
Togo
Fish Receipts Biggest Yet at T Wharf
A large fleet of 38 fishing vessels delivered 1,301,500 pounds at T wharf, the year’s single largest landings, with haddock 685,000 pounds cod 497,000 hake 78,000 pollock 27,000 cask 13,000 and halibut 1,500. Swordfish totaled eight boats, and 328 swordfish were landed on various schooners. Prices ranged from 1 1/2 to 7 cents per pound across species.
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T Wharf
John M. Keen
Mooween
Juniata
Mattakeesett
Frank Foster
Mary E. Cooney
Mary J.ward
Emilie Enos
Thomas Brundage
Sheffeld
Lizzie M. Stanley
Joseph P. Johnson
Nellie G. Adams
Mary G. Powers
Isaac Collins
James R. Clark
Yakami
Yankee
Henrietta G. Martin
Gertrude
Annie Perry
Mary A. Whalen
Helen B. Thomas
Evelyn L. Smith
Harvester
Quonnapowitt
Julia Costa
Mary T. Fallon
Robert
Arthur
Governor Russell
Haddock
Newton Car Hits Lumber Wagon Shakes Passengers
Newton witnesses report a Newton Centre streetcar collision with a large Buttrick Lumber Company wagon on Walnut street this morning. The front of the car was badly smashed and passengers were frightened, but no injuries were reported.
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Newton
Newton Centre
Buttrick Lumber Company
Walnut Street
Russians mount heavy guns near Port Arthur
Chefoo Sept. 6 The Russians have mounted two 12 inch naval guns on Parapoloscine Mountain near Port Arthur and are shelling Japanese positions. The Eighth Japanese division led by General Tatema has arrived at Dalny to reinforce the besiegers.
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Chefoo
Parapoloscine Mountain
Port Arthur
Tatema
Dalny
Saxonia Arrives East Boston with 2299 Passengers from Liverpool
The Cunard steamer Saxonia is due this afternoon at East Boston from Liverpool and Queenstown with 196 saloon, 220 second cabin, and 1888 steerage passengers, totaling 2299 in one of the harbor’s largest lists in years. Other arrivals include the W. N. Zwicker schooner from Rosario and the White Star steamer Romanic from Genoa Naples and Gibraltar.
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Cunard
Saxonia
Boston
Liverpool
Queenstown
W. N. Zwicker
Rosario
Romanic
White Star Line
Genoa
Naples
Gibraltar
Ponta del Gada
Emil Saxon
North End
Indiana
A. K. Pettengill
Resolute
Actaeon
Sylvie
Ned Dixon
Goodwin
Boston & Maine
South Ferry
Calcutta
Colombo
William McLaughlin
Nishet
McLean
Osceola
Nicaragua
Chelsea
Hocken
Chelston
Wattley
Mancunia
Weymouth
Robert S. Bradley
Russians Shoot Down Own Men Reported by Jiji Wire
A Jiji correspondent reports Russian officers were seen firing on own soldiers trying to flee. The dispatch says the troops appear utterly dispirited as the scene unfolds in the field.
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Tokio
Jiji
Shipping News Miniature Almanac Update
Shipping list notes sun and moon times with high tides and lists vessels arrived and cleared on Sept 17 including Largo Bay Holmeside and City of Gloucester among many Br and US ships, with ports shown such as Jam Trinity Bay and Norfolk. It records sailings to Port Antonio, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore and details tugs and barges along with a sloop Mary A. White from Cape Ann.
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Kennedy
Mediterranean
Holmeside
Clark
Hamburg
Admiral Sampson
Higgins
Port Morant
Jam
Boston
McKenzie
Yarmouth
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Kershaw
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Atkinson
Penobscot
Blair
Bath
City of
Miller
Margaret G
Knowlton
Hillsboro
Rebecca R. Douglass
Crockett
Georgetown
S. C
Charles W. Church
Moore
Malcom Baxter
Vineyard Haven
Brait
Beaver
Brilliant
Buoyant
Portsmouth
Perkins
N.H
P. N. Co
Gettysburg
Cummings
Walter A. Luckenbach
Daly
West Point
Mary A. White
Cape Ann
Halifax
Port Hawkesbury
C. B
Charlottetown
Gloucester
Indian
Philadelphia
Herman Winter
New York
Old Dominion
Cto
Kennebec
Peter Jebsen
Louisburg
Walter A
Newport excursion by special train from Boston
A special train trip from Boston to Newport via the New Haven Hartford line departs Thursday September 8. Only one round trip ticket per person available. tickets are strictly limited.
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Boston
Newport
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Wild rumors alarm St Petersburg over Port Arthur talks
The city was flooded with alarming rumors that Kuropatkin's rear guard was annihilated or captured and that Port Arthur had fallen. The rumors spread on the obverse and threatened a panic at one point.
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ST. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Port Arthur
British ship halts Russian sea rovers near Zanzibar
The British cruiser Forte located the Russian volunteer fleet steamers St. Petersburg and Smolensk within the three mile limit at Zanzibar. After delivering the Russian government's orders to desist from interfering with neutral shipping, the vessels stated they would proceed to Europe. They later joined a German collier and sailed toward Dar es Salaam while the Forte remained in the area.
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Zanzibar
Forte
St. Petersburg
Smolensk
Europe
Kronprinz
Dar-es- Salaam
Funeral for East Boston Patrolman Alfred M. Sturdivant
The funeral for East Boston patrolman Alfred M. Sturdivant, shot by a revolver held by Minnie McKenzie, will be held today at 2 pm from 26 Monmouth street. Rev. Francis W. Sprague will officiate. interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. Station 7 personnel attend. station 7 under Lt. Curry during service. Attending officials include Superintendent Pierce and police commissioners. Pallbearers include Napoleon Boutiller, William O'Brien, Dennis Reagan, and Bernard Sloan. Temple Lodge Free Masons members Henry Peterson James M. Simp ate William Maxwell and Albert 4 y.
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Alfred M. Sturdivant
Curry
Pierce
Napoleon P. Boutiller
William O’brien
Dennis L. Reagan
Bernard
Galbraith Sent Away for the 20th Time
William A. Galbraith, 35, of Cambridge, arrested Saturday night for drunkenness, received four months in the Cambridge House of Correction. This marks his 20th drunkenness arrest.
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Galbraith
William A. Galbraith
Main Street
Cambridge
House of Correction
Reception to Canada IOOF Held in Berkeley Hall
The District of Montreal Lodge IOOF receivership and ball, hosted by the Massachusetts district, drew about 200 couples to Berkeley Hall. Officers present included G M William R. Ardell and visiting dignitaries. Tonight the Assawampsett Lodge will perform blue and gold degrees, followed by a Montreal reception by Loyal U.S. Grant Lodge tomorrow.
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District of Montreal Lodge
Massachusetts
Berkeley Hall
James A. Smith
C. J. Thomas
H. J. Colgan
Montreal
G. M. William R. Ardell
W. O. Smythe
Robert Crawford
Assawampsett Lodge
Middleboro
Tremont and
Berkeley Streets
U.S. Grant Lodge
Manchester Unity
Attleboro
Sanborn seeks probate administration of Nudd estate
A hearing in East Cambridge Probate Court before Judge McIntire addressed Leroy W. Sanborn petitioning to become administrator of Carlos Nudd who died suddenly at Hemenway gymnasium about two months ago. The hearing is continued to Sept 28 with fourteen relatives expected. Harriet D Blank Uey E Chesty and Sarah J Cairn appeared with attorney John A Keefe.
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East Cambridge
McIntire
Leroy W. Sanborn
Carlos Nudd
Hemenway Gymnasium
Nudd
Harriet D. Blank
Uey E. Chesty
Sarah J. Cairn
John A. Keefe
Silk Stocking Campaign Flags Menominee Pride
Menominee Michigan women form the Silk Stocking Club to wear black silk stockings with the white silk inscription Menominees a good town. Each student visiting seminary or college serves as an ambassador for the city in a homegrown advertising effort.
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Menominee, Mich
Menominee
Menominees
Man in Skirts Wins Mixed Foursomes Bet at Springfield Club
Miss B Witching of Boston teamed with P C Powers in the Springfield County Golf Club mixed foursomes. The participant masquerading as a woman was Chester W Bliss of Boston, son of William Bliss and a railroad official, who reportedly bet $100 he could win without being suspected.
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Springfield
B. Witching
Boston
Springfield County
Chester W. Bliss
Boston & Albany
New York Central Railroad
Willam Bliss
Boston & Albany Railroad
Mr. Bliss
R. K. Clark
Holyoke
The
American Thread Company
Dressed as Man Miss Martha Lottig Vanishes
Miss Martha Lottig twenty appears to have disappeared after disguising herself as a man. A barber cut her hair and she changed from a dress to male attire at Mr Anewalt’s house. Neighbors report seeing her in a white shirt and tie before she vanished.
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Easton
Penn
Martha Lottig
Boston applicants seek Pottsville high school post
Frackville public schools opened without a high school principal after the resignation of Professor I. G. Miller amid a hugging scandal. The $900 salary attracted 60 or more applicants, with some from as far as Boston.
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Boston
Pottsville
Penn
Frackville
I. G. Miller
Hig School
Davis Held for Trial in Brookline Case
Samuel Davis the chauffeur arrested after an auto ride in Brookline faced trial on charges of resisting an officer. He pleaded guilty and was held in $500 bail for today’s trial. The Roxbury woman involved did not appear.
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Samuel Davis
Brookline
Roxbury
Davis
Malden May Enlarge Her High School Building
Malden city officials form a commission to consider adding an addition to the high school building. The group includes A. H. Wellman and Charles D. McCarthy from the School Board, Aldermen J M Devir, E A Whittemore, J F Stout, and Councilmen A H Wilde, S H Spencer, J F Rood, H G Foulkes. A park land sale proposal is referred to the Mayor for seeking legislative permission.
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Malden
Board of Aldermen
Park Commissioners
Clifton Park
A. H. Wellman
Charles D. McCarthy
John M. Devi
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