Russians Report Sevastopol Attack At Port Arthur
An unofficial Port Arthur report says Japanese torpedo boat destroyers attacked the Russian battleship Sevastopol at the harbor mouth on December 9 with unknown results. Other dispatches note heavy Japanese casualties in late October, ongoing fighting near Mukden, and Russians retreating to the south bank of the Han River after 72 hours of combat. General Kuropatkin reports a Mongolian winter beginning with freezing temps and snow covered hills.
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London
Port Arthur
Tokyo
Daily Mail
Sevastopol
Daily Telegraph
Mukden
Shanghai
Peking
Han River
Japs Open Heavy Fire Near Russian Position
Japanese forces opened heavy fire at 4 o clock this morning east of the railroad near Mukden. Russians deployed searchlights for the first time and directed deadly rifle and artillery fire, repelling the Japanese advance with heavy losses.
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Mukden
Robber Drills Under Floor in Tonopah Gambling House Heist
A gambling house in Tonopah Nevada was robbed of $1000 as a man crawled under the building and bored a hole through the floor with a large auger. He reached through to take money from a roulette wheel box while a crowd looked on. The 300 foot crawl and lack of a crew were noted.
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Commercial Tribune
Tonopah
Nev
Ship Belgravia Braved 120 MPH Hurricane Panic
The Belgravia of Hamburg American Line arrived from Cuxhaven with reports of a six hour hurricane ordeal that hurled 1200 of its 1870 steerage passengers into panic. Polish and Russian refugees were among those aboard as the storm struck with wind speeds near 120 miles per hour.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Marine Telegraph
Belgravia
Cuxhaven
London
Maniac Attacks Police in Grand Rapids Church
Italian man James Delatto 32, suffering typhoid fever, armed with an ax held seven officers at bay for over two hours in the Fifth Reformed Dutch Church before the chase. He climbed the organ as police came from above. three officers were cut, Delatto shot in the head but may recover, organ damage pegged at $1,500.
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Commercial Tribune
Grand Rapids
Mich
James Delatto
Fifth Reformed Dutch Church
Delatto
Daisy Leiter Engaged to Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire
Chicago society notes Miss Daisy Leiter announces engagement to Henry Molyneux Paget Howard nineteenth Earl of Suffolk and twelfth Earl of Berkshire. The couple plan a future wedding with Miss Leiter as youngest Leiter daughter linked to Lord Curzon family.
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Earl OF Suffolk
Daisy Leiter
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Daisy Weiler
Curzon
Suffolk
Berkshire
England
Leiter
Rush Street
Levi Z. Leiter
Lester
Earl
Mary
George Curzon
Kedleston
India
Nannie
Majo
R Colin Campbell
Lord Curzon
Henry Molyneux Paget
Howard
Earl of
Baron Curzon
Dynamiters Make Fifth Attempt Against Newport Foundry
Two men fled east on Twelfth street after a powerful blast at the Newport Iron Foundry and Machine Company in Newport Kentucky. No injuries were reported as police pursue suspects. officials blame strikers for the attack. The explosion tore a hole in the roof and shattered pattern room windows as witnesses heard the blast two miles away.
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Newport Iron Foundry and Machine Company
Twelfth
Brigton Streets
Newport
Twelfth Street
Dayton
Pattern Room
Aged Woman Stows Away on Trans Atlantic Ship
A 65 year old Breton woman Marie Jeanne Caroff stowed away on the La Lorraine and arrived in New York. She was not required to work due to infirmities and was cared for by officers. She aimed to reach her nephew near Scranton and left Bretagne without funds. She is held at Ellis Island.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
la Lorraine
Marie Jeanne, Caroff
Bretagne
Scranton
Eillis Island
Tragedy in Barnesville Wife Shoots Husband Then Commits Suicide
In Barnesville, Frank L. Gibbs shot and fatally wounded his wife at home, then killed himself. Neighbors report frequent quarrels between the couple.
Target Practice Perils Liner Off Plymouth
Captain Mills of the American Line steamer Philadelphia protests reckless target practice off Plymouth endangering nearly a thousand aboard. He says a gunboat persisted in firing as the liner neared harbor, forcing him to stop and reverse twice to avoid disaster.
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London
Mills
American Line
Philadelphia
Plymouth
Macedonian outrages prompted note to Ottoman Porte
Constantinople dispatch reports American and Austrian ambassadors presented a note to the Porte urging firm impartial action to restore order after recent Macedonian disturbances.
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London
Constantinople
Standard
Porte
Crowd Beats Back Police With Clubs at Flight
A large crowd clashed with police using clubs during a confrontation at the departure area. Officers attempted crowd control as the situation escalated, leaving several injured and investigators reviewing footage and witness statements.
Massive anti government demonstration in St Petersburg
A large prohibited demonstration in Nevsky Prospect drew hundreds of police and gendarmes. Students and workers clashed, many injured as mounted troops and sabers cleared the crowd. Women fought back, blood visible, while proclamations and chants filled the streets. Arrests followed as reform talks continued.
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ST. Petersburg
Nevsky Prospect
Europe
Kazan
Couriyaras
Hotel Europe
Catholic Church
Amerigan
Two New Saints Canonized by Pope Pius X in Rome
In St Peter's Basilica Pope Pius X canonized Blessed Alessandro Sauli and Blessed Gerardo Maiella before about 60,000 mournful attendees. The ceremony featured a grand throne display and papal procession as loyalty flowed from the crowd. American prelates and the American College faculty joined the beatification.
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Rome
St. Peter's
Pius X
Alessandro’ Sauli
Gerardo Maiella
Ambrozio, Sauli
Negrotto
Peter
American College At
Cincinnati Painter Surrenders Over Bigamy Case
Frank Nowlin, a Cincinnati painter, surrendered to Chicago police admitting bigamy. He had married Alice Mangus in Ohio almost 30 years ago, then Mary Moore in Cincinnati after another separation. He plans to return to Cincinnati to stand trial.
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Chicago
Frank Nowlin
Cincinnati
Ohio
Alice Mangus
Nowlin
Mary Moore
Tragic Stranding of the Schooner Montana Off Pea Island
The three masted schooner Montana, en route from New York to Charleston with salt, stranded at Pea Island during a northerly gale. Six of seven crew rescued after fifteen hours in rigging. Henry Edwards froze to death. Rescue hampered by ice and heavy seas. vessel total loss. Montana reportedly owned in Somers Point, New Jersey.
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Commercial Tribune
Norfolk
Montana
Booge
New York
Charleston
S.C
Pea Island
N. C
Cape Hatteras
Booye
Peasland
New Inlet
Bodies Island
Henry Edwards
Edwards
Sommers Point
N. J
Chadwick Estate Faces One-and-One-Half Mil Dollar Creditors Share
Cleveland dispatch reports Mrs. Chadwick’s estimated estate values at about 1,800 in security against 1,190,000 borrowed from Citizens Bank Oberlin Lorain County sources Herbert D Newton and Pittsburgh businessmen. Creditors would net roughly 1.5 mil per dollar, with Iri Reynolds holding the visible assets. The grand jury will probe forged Carnegie notes while Reynolds’s valuation is debated by Cleveland attorneys.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Chadwick
Iir Reynolds
Therm
Citizens’ National Bank of
Oberlin
Lorain County
Ohio
Herbert D. Newton
Pittsburg
Iri Reynolds
Carnegie Securities
Cuyahoga County
Carnegie
Sir Reynolds
Loraine County
Nathan Loeser
United States District Court
Chadwick Securities
Herbert W. Bell
Babcock
Common Please Court
Loeser
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S. N. Shanley
William Eng
Ugban
Nevski Prospect
Moscow
Neva
Social Democratic Labor Party
C. Muanad Nth
Sviatopolk- Miroky
Fulton
Russia
Social Labor Party
Politichique
Zemstvo
Police Humane
Zemstvoist
Geneva
Labor Party
Pius
PTUS
Sistine Chapel
Pope Pius
Pope
Grew
Charles A. Eaton
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
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