Japanese Field Marshal Oyama Pressing Russians in Manchuria
May 8 report from St Petersburg says Oyama forces push Linevitch posts east and west of the railway as Russians fall back to a first line of defense. Russian cavalry guard wings beyond the Liao river in Mongolia while Oyama aims to cut Harbin from Vladivostok, possibly investing the port.
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St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Oyama
Linevitch
Singimantsu
Liao River
Changtu
Mandarin Road
Kirin
Kamal Pass
Tie Pass
Mongolia
Turin
Harbin
Vladivostok
Linovitch
Kuanchangtsu
Huakathamen
Tumen River
Mukkden
Sinmintin
Manchurian
War Office
Rojestvensky
Togo
Gunshu Pass
Roosevelt Hosts Rocky Mountain Hunting Party Dinner
President Roosevelt entertained at dinner in Colorado Springs with P B Stewart Dr Alexander Lambert and guides Jake Borah John Goff Brick Wells Jack Fryena G M Sprague Courter Elmer Chapman and Secretary Loeb after three weeks hunting in the Rockies. The party relaxed recalling the trip and the host appeared rested.
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Afernoon Springs
Colo
Roosevelt
Rocky Mountains
P. B. Stewart
Colorado Springs
Alexander Lambert
Jake Borah
John Goff
Brick Wells
Jack Fryena
G. M. Sprague
Elmer Chapman
Loeb
Chapman
Fel
Mr. Stewart
Colorado
Stewart
Lala
Little Presbyterian Church
Passes Saigon Naval Movements Reported
A Cochin China dispatch notes Rear Admiral Nebogatoff's division passed Saigon. A Russian cruiser was seen off Honkoe Bay May 5 near Kamranh Bay while the British steamer Charterhouse arrived. The Kostroma hospital ship reached Saigon indicating the fourth division's approach. sixteen freighters lie off Cape St James.
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Hongkong
Cochin-China
Nebogatoff
Saigon
Honkoke Bay
Kamranh Bay
Charterhouse
Angola
Muroran
Japan
Straits of Korea
Second Pacific Squadron
Cape St. James
German mission escorts to Fez meet at Alcazar Kebe
Tangier reports Count von Tattenbach Ashold leading a German mission arriving at Alcazar Kebe where cavalry detachments await to escort the party to Fez. The convoy also includes troops to accompany British Minister Gerard A. Lowther to Fez. J. F. Arkison of Sherman receives $2 for a hammer stolen twelve years ago.
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Tangier
Count von Tattenbach- Ashold
Alcazar-Kebe
Fez
Gerard A. Lowther
J. F. Arkison
Sherman
Cotton Belt
Crushed by Wall At Cemetery After Heavy Rain
In Shreveport on May 8 a man named Tom Smith was killed when a concrete retaining wall at Strague cemetery collapsed amid a heavy rainfall. He had just crossed the street and stepped onto the sidewalk when the wall and embankment gave way and buried him.
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Shreveport
Strague Cemetery
Tom Smith
White
Aransas Sunk In Fog Collision Near Pollock Rip Lightship
The Joy line steamer Aransas, captained by Food, sank after a collision with the barge Glendower off Pollock Rip Shoals at 1:30 AM. One passenger Mamie Kelley died. 36 others survived as a tug rescued them. The fog caused the wreck. no wind, and Aransas went down fifteen minutes after being struck.
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Vineyard Haven
Mass
Joy Line
Aransas
Food
Glendower
Pollock Rip Shoals
Iife
Mamie Kelley
New York
Boston
Miss Kelley
Mate Crocker
Mutual Plan At Equitable Surplus For Policy Holders
James W. Alexander, president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, releases a letter to Edward A. Woods of Pittsburg asserting the surplus is held exclusively for policy holders and denying rumors of his resignation. The letter responds to inquiries about the mutual plan and exclusive ownership of surplus by policy holders.
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New York
James W. Alexander
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Edward A. Woods
Pittsburg
Alexander
Woods
Mob's Terrible Revenge Shocks Ekaterinburg
In Ekaterinburg Russia on May 9 a mob seeking revenge for a worker’s death tore apart two police officers. The worker drowned while trying to escape a patrol. Authorities investigated the riot as crowds clashed with law enforcement.
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Ekaterinburg
Russia
Mutiny Reports Rejected as Sailors Cause Disorder
Sevastopol reports deny mutiny claims. Last week drunken sailors caused disorders. order was restored by sailors and military. Eighty arrested, sixty seven released.
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Sevastopol
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