Russian Torpedo Boats Attack Japanese Transports
July 5 dispatches report Russian torpedo boats engaging Japanese transports off coast as Kouropatkin holds Ta Tche Kiao. Japanese forces advance on Liao Yang amid rains threatening supplies. Port Arthur siege and looming battles noted. Dalny landings prep for final Port Arthur assault reported from London source.
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Kouropatkin
St. Petersburg
Ta Tche Kiao
Feng Wang Cheng
Liao Yang
Count Keller
Stackelburg
New Chwang
Port Arthur
Togo
Manchuria
Mukden
Yalu
Kirin
Novgorod
Pskoff
Baltic
Kuroki
Dalny
London
Standard
Populist National Convention Opens Amid Sparse Attendance
The Populist national convention opened with about 200 delegates present and 600 absent. Springfield citizens filled seats and a wire telegraph was set for attendance. Key figures named were W. W. Allen Samuel Williams and Thomas H. Watson with Allen seeking unanimous support. The Omaha platform of 1892 is favored for the party platform including postal savings and initiative and referendum.
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Dalten
Bpritfield, Ly
Springfield
Deveraux
State Arsenal
J. H. Edmiston
Nebraska
J. O. Parker
Kentucky
L. H. Weller
Iowa
Charles Q. DeFrance
Hadeen
William V. Allen
A. E. Nelson
St. Louis
W. W. Allen
Samuel Williams
Indiana
Thomas H. Watson
Georgia
Allen
Watson
Williams
Paris Denies Russo-Port Arthur Surrender Rumor
Paris officials reject Tokio rumor that Russia offered surrender through France for Port Arthur if the siege ended. They say Russian military and naval position at Port Arthur is improved and ships pass freely from the harbor. large quantities of supplies have been sent.
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Paris
Foreign’ Office
Tokio
Russia
France
Port Arthur
Prohibition party nominates Swallow Carroll for tickets
At Indianapolis on July 1 the Prohibition party nominated Silas C. Swallow of Pennsylvania for president and George W. Carroll of Texas for vice president. The platform favors international arbitration suffrage by merit uniform laws popular election of senators civil service reform and initiative and referendums. General Miles withdrew from nomination and the convention raised over 16 000 from pledges plus 11 000 treasury for the campaign fund. National officers were re elected and Edward Clark of Indianapolis chosen as campaign president.
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Miles
John G. Woolley
Swallow
Stewart
Tate
Edward Clark
Indianapolis
Nations
Opening Day Rush as Rosebud Reservation Opens
Bonesteel South Dakota hosts opening registrations for the Rosebud Indian reservation with land seekers arriving by the train. Land Commissioner Richards arrives from Denver to supervise the process as notaries overflow the town. Separate facilities for women and old soldiers are arranged and special officers help maintain order amid gamblers and fakirs in a wide open town. A second item reports engineer Robert G. Beamon of Sedalia Missouri killed in a wreck near Bedalia with three others injured.
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Bonesteel
S. D
Rosebud Indian Reservation
Richards
Denver
United States
Bedalia
Robert G. Bea
Sedalia
Missouri
Swedish Press Protest Over Suppressed Mail in Finland
Stockholm newspapers report a protest as Swedish papers mailed to Finland are claimed suppressed by the postal department. The action notes tensions between Nordic postal authorities and press freedom. Protesters accuse officials of censoring transmission of news to Finland.
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Finland
Swedish Press Clash with Russia Over Finland Censorship
Swedish newspapers protest postal suppression of papers in Finland after Russian censorship. Obituary notes Prof C C T Odhner of Lund and Stockholm died June 11. Other items report Julius Ungewitter Jr embezzlement, John Forsell’s rise, dynamite found near Lysekil, Count A Stenbock drowned, and naval and regional incidents.
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Finland
Swedish Postolice
Knout
C.C.T. Odhner
Stockholm
Alingsus
Clas Odhner
Anna Carolina Ericsson
Nilg and
Johm Ericsson
Gota Canal
Riksdag
Swedish Academy
Julius Ungewitter, Jr
Suomi
Ungewiiter
John Forsell
Lund University
United States
Bayack
Royal Conservatory
Gunther
Forsell
Leutenant
Royal Opera
Lysekil
Count A. Stenbock
Koon
Stenbock
Norway News: Iron Island Finds Vast Ore Deposit
A mountainous Norwegian island near Alten fjord is found to be a solid ore mass with 60 to 65 percent metallic iron. The ore extends to water and below sea level, with deep ice free harbors suitable for mining and shipping at low cost. Also notes Stang’s 70th birthday tributes, a Swedish Norwegian chorus, a new Standard Construction Co in Christiania, Bergen relief funding, a silver vein at Konesberg, and June emigration of 1,000 Norwegians to the United States.
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Alten Fjord
North Cape
Emil Stang
Sandviken
Christiania
Bostrom
Norway
Trondhjem
Standard Construction Company
Linited
Bergen
Aalesund
Konesberg
United States
Finland Denounces Assassination While Copenhagen Plans Transit Merger
The Finnish senate denounces the assassination of Governor General Bobrikoff and Russia’s alleged burden on Finland. Russia denies intent to punish Finland. Copenhagen plans a two-system tram merger with 10 ore fare and selective 5 ore lines. Fakse town center burned amid high winds. Icelandic spring water discovery spurs Danish-British exploitation.
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Copenhagen
London
Helsingsfors
Finhind
Bobrikoff
M. Plehve
Russia
Eayns
Grand Duchy of
Finland
Senate
M. Heide
Fakse
Sjelland
Apollinaris
Iceland
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