Rumors of Jap Losses and Port Arthur Attack Reach Europe
May reports claim 15,000 Japanese killed or wounded in a land assault on Port Arthur. Russian losses said to be around 3,000. Rumors also circulate that Vladivostok may have captured three Japanese cruisers, while British and French papers discuss Japanese reinforcements, Kuroki’s lines, and mine-laying near Wei Hai Wei amid war uncertainty.
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St. Petersburg
Lamsdorff
Che Foo
Port Arthur
Paris
Matin
Vladivostok
Japan
Chile
London
the Times
Haimun
Kuroki
Miao Tao Straits
Gulf of Pechili
Ping
Wei Hai Wei
Japanese Third Army Mobilizing and Russian Movements
A May dispatch reports a Japanese third army mobilizing in Hiroshima with second army assigned to Port Arthur, while the first army entrenches at Feng Wang Cheng. Russian withdrawals planned with stores moved to Harbin and locomotives prepped at Liao Yang. Fortified tension grows as Mukden fears threats to burn Liao Yang and Mukden before retreat to Harbin.
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London
Daily Mail
Yinkow
Hiroshima
Port Arthur
Feng Wang Cheng
Morning Post
Shanghai
Harbin
Liao Yang
Mukden
Admiral Skrydloff Arrives in Vladivostok Amid Ceremony
Vice Admiral Skrydloff arrived at Vladivostok after greeting by Major General Voronetz and local authorities. He boarded the cruiser Russia for a short service as chaplain blessed the flag. Sailors fired a salute as the flag rose at the masthead and crowds cheered. Japanese cruisers were not seen between Gensan and Vladivostok. Trade opening has not revived local business, which remains at a standstill.
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Skrydloff
Vladivostok
Okeanski Station
Voronetz
Russia
Admiral Skrydloff
Gensan
Russians Reoccupy New Chwang with Artillery and Cavalry
At New Chwang on May 23 Russians reentered the town with strong artillery and mounted infantry. News of the Japanese fleet disaster remains unconfirmed locally, with only Reuters dispatch read to troops. Russians are digging entrenchments south of the town and Che Foo steamers report wreckage near Port Arthur entrance, suggesting obstructions blown up.
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New Chwang
Reuter Telegram Company
Che Foo
Port Arthur
Japanese Losses Shift Naval Situation Near Port Arthur
Mukden May 23 news confirms the sinking of the battleship Hatsuse and the armored cruiser Yoshi no near Port Arthur last week. The losses are seen as solving a long Japanese halt mystery and altering the strategic balance in favor of Russia.
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Mukden
Hatsuse
Yoshino
Port Arthur
Japan approves new popular loan with 50 million dollars
In Tokio on May 23 bankers, ministers, and elder statesmen reached terms for a new popular loan of 50 million dollars. The issue will be sold at 92 with 6 percent interest and run for seven years.
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Japan
Tokio
Turret Bay Sinks After Collision Off Cape North
Thirteen lives lost when the British steamer Turret Bay coal laden with Sydney to Mon real compartments struck nineteen miles off Cape North in fog and sank within twenty minutes. Nine saved. several officers and crew perished. Survivors say they did not know of danger until impact, mistaking the horn for another ship's whistle.
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Rocka
Cape North
North Sidney
N. S
Turret Bay
Sydney
Monreal
J. W. Hayden
Waterford
Ireland
M. A. Mc Cara
G. F. Gray
W. H. Adams
H. S. Matthews
George Johnson
Tramps Loot De Peyster House and Tomb Jewels
Police linked a Tivoli gang to a string of burglaries including the De Peyster residence and a family tomb theft on the Livingston estate. Thomas King William Johnson and Charles Murphy are named suspects as Chief Moloy identifies most of the recovered gems as De Peyster heirlooms.
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de Peyster
Tivoli
Hoboes
Albany
N.Y
Lansing
Growler
Livingston
Hudson
Thomas King
Moloy
Frederic de Peyster
King
William Johnson
de Peyster House
Charles Murphy
Trade Review For The Week Prospects Improve
R G Dun weekly review finds scattered reports of increased trade from a few points while overall distribution and manufacturing remain unchanged. Prospects for the year brighten due to agricultural progress, railways show earnings down 6.6 percent in May, and Lake traffic is disrupted by strikes with minimal other labor concerns.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Lake Traihe
Flood hits Cheyenne as Crow river overflows
Heavy rains push the Crow river to bank full in Cheyenne Wyoming. Union Pacific main line washed out for eight to twelve miles and Colorado and Southern roadbed damaged. Telegraph wires down. Seven known drowned including two Clayton children and a private from the Thirteenth artillery. many others missing. Two Union Pacific bridges have collapsed.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Crow River
Union Pacific Railroad
Colorado and Southern Road
Clayton
Hughes
Thirteenth Artillery
Union Pacific
Juror in Marcell Forgery Trial Discharged After 48 Hours
In Troy Kansas on May 21 the jury in J E Marcell's forgery case split eleven to one for conviction after forty eight hours. Juror John Alfrey who held out for acquittal was arrested after discharge on perjury charges for allegedly promising to vote for acquittal before selection.
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Marcell
Troy
Kan
J. E. Marcell
Highland Bank
John Alfrey
Alfrey
Explosion on Battleship Orel Kills Ten Stokers
London May 24 Central News reports a explosion on the battleship Orel at Cronstedt. Ten stokers were killed and the vessel sustained damage requiring weeks to repair. The blast, per a dispatch, was caused by an accumulation of 48 in the bunkers.
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Orel
London
St. Petersburg
Central News
Cronstedt
Tragic Findlay Blast Kills Seven at Lake Shore Plant
Seven workers dead and fifteen injured after an explosion in two drying rooms at the Lake Shore Novelty plant in Findlay Ohio. Nearly 200 employees were at work. two bodies remain missing. Bricks and timbers strewn for blocks, property loss about 60000 dollars. plant unlikely to be rebuilt.
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Minnie Doll
Mrs Doll
Minnie Quinlan
Lake Shore Novelty Work
Findlay
Novelty Works
Sherwood Brothers
Edith Dillon
McDonald Case Nearing End in Bedford Murder Trial
Bedford Ind May 23 The prosecution in the James McDonald murder trial of Miss Sarah Shafer said it would finish its case today The defense has not confirmed plans to call the prisoner but it is believed McDonald may testify on his own behalf The public sentiment in Bedford is nearly evenly split over his guilt or innocence
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McDonald
Bedford
Ind
James McDonald
Sarah Shafer
Polo Player Killed in First Intercollegiate Polo Game
Harry D. Babcock Jr. of Yale polo team died at his home in New York from an accidental blow to the head by a polo mallet struck by fellow player W. C. Devereux. The incident happened at Van Courtlandt Park during the last half of the first intercollegiate polo match in the nation.
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New York
Harry D. Babcock, Jr
Yale
W. C. Devereux
van Courtland Park
Fatal Runaway Injures Montrose Couple
A. J. Waller and his wife are fatally injured in a runaway on a road into Montrose Colorado. Their horse reared and overturned the buggy crushing Waller's skull and fracturing Mrs. Waller's skull. The couple had moved from eastern Missouri ten years ago.
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Montrose
Colo
A. J. Waller
Here
Waller
Two Boys Drowned in Swollen Pawnee Creek
In Sterling Colorado on May 23 Edward Cant nine and James Cant three died when Pawnee creek swollen by recent rains swept them away during a ford attempt. Father Frank Cant rescued his wife and one child before the peril.
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Sterling
Colo
Edward
James Cant
Pawnee Creek
Frank Cant
Fruit Merger to Dissolve
Los Angeles reports that the California Fruit agency, a major merger controlling much of Southern California's orange packing and shipping, is to dissolve. The combine will go out of business next September.
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Los Angeles
California Fruit Agency
California
Russian cruiser Bogatyr run on rocks in Pacific
Reports from Vladivostok confirm that the Russian cruiser Bogatyr ran aground on rocks in the Pacific. The Private advices note the vessel’s distress and ongoing search or rescue operations.
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Loes
Bogatyr
St. Petersburg
Vladivostok
Republican gubernatorial nomination deadlock in Illinois convention
The Republican state convention adjourned to May 31 after failing to end the deadlock for governor. Gov Yates led with 483 votes, Frank O. Lowden had 392, Charles Deneen 385, H J Henslin 113, with 1,502 delegates and 752 needed for victory. The eleven day recess follows a brief session amid fatigue.
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Rilnolg
Springfold
Republcvan
Yates
Frank O. Lowden
Charles §. Deneen
H. J. Henslin
Vespasian Warner
Lawrence Y. Sherman
John H. Pierce
Poison Diet Demonstrates Dangers Of Food Preservatives
Professor Wiley's poison squad of twelve volunteers ate foods with salicylic, sulphuric, or benzoic acids and then foods without additives. All show harmful effects with some near breakdown. findings indicate certain preservatives can inflame digestive organs and help explain canned goods dangers.
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Wiley
Washington
Agricultural Department
Poisson Squad
Paris stirred as Socialists press end of concordat
Paris May 23. The recall of M. Nisard the French ambassador to the Vatican remains the main topic. Nisard is expected to arrive and confer with Foreign Minister Delcasse to review the rupture between France and the Vatican ahead of ministers council where action will be set. Papal nuncio Lorenzelli will not leave. Socialist papers push for stronger measures to end the concordat. Deputy Geralt Richard argues the matter must proceed to end the concordat.
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Paris
M. Nisard
Vatican
Delcasse
France
Council of Ministers
Mgr Lorenzelli
Geralt Richard
Mormon Temple Planned for Harlem New York
The Mormon Church plans to erect a temple in Harlem New York where many Mormons reside and Utah missionaries are active among Harlemites to gain new followers.
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Harlem
New York
Utah
Chicago grain and provisions closing prices May 23
Near term weakness in wheat from northwest crop advisories and large Russian shipments pulled Chicago grain values lower. July wheat down 4c, corn steady, oats slightly lower. provisions up 2.5c. Cash bids show No 2 spring wheat 85c to 98c and No 2 cash corn around 49 to 50c per bushel.
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Chicago
Northwest
Russia
Chicago Live Stock Market Report May 23
Cattle receipts total 22 10 15 cents higher with good to prime steers at 5.25 to 5.75. Hogs receipts 25,000 with prices from 4.25 to 4.60 for mixed and butcher grades. Sheep receipts 15,000 with fair to choice mixed and native lambs in the 5.00 to 6.25 range and western wooled lambs up to 7.50.
Kansas City Live Stock Market Report May 23
Cattle receipts 6500 with gains to 10 cents. export and dressed beef steers 4.85 to 5.25. western fed steers 4.00 to 4.75. stockers and feeders 3.25 to 4.70. native cows 2.00 to 4.25. calves 2.50 to 5.00. Hogs receipts 9000 with top 4.55. heavy 4.45 to 4.55. packers 4.00 to 4.53. Sheep receipts 3000 up 15 cents. lambs 5.25 to 6.85. fed ewes 4.15 to 4.55. stockers 2.60 to 4.66.
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Kansas City
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Markets From South Omaha Missorted Prices
South Omaha live stock report May 23 notes cattle receipts 400 with higher native steers around 4.00 to 5.20, cows and heifers 3.25 to 4.50, stockers 2.75 to 4.40, calves 2.50 to 5.25, bulls 4.00 to 4.25. Hog receipts 6,000 with heavy 4.40 to 4.43, mixed 4.32 to 4.874, light 4.20 to 4.35, pigs 4.00 to 4.20, bulk 4.52 to 4.40. Sheep receipts 4,000 active steady western ewes 4.25 to 5.28, bucks 5.00 to 5.28, lambs 5.75 to 8.75.
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South Omaha
Bishop Day Resigns as Last Bishop-Elect in LA Conference
The Methodists report Rev James R Day resigns as bishop elect and the conference postpones indefinitely the election of a successor. Four missionary bishops are elected adding to Africa and Asia. Japan Korea district created with May 26 consecration for seven general superintendents and four missionaries. Presbyterian assembly wipes out section opposing ministers marrying only if not forbidden by their church.
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Los Angeles
MethoDist General Conference
Methodist Church
James RR. Day
Syracuse University
Episcopal Board
Day
J. B. Scott
Africa
W. F. Oldham
John FE. Robinson
Asia
C. M. Harris
Japan
Korea
William McKinly
J. M. Buckley
Wallot
J. R. Way
J. R. Day
Syracuse
J. F. Berry
Chicago
H. Fef. Spellmeyer
Newark
W. I. McDowell
New York
Burt
Delaware
J. W. Bashford
William Burt
Rome
L. B. Wilson
Baltimore
J. B. Neely
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Assembly
Buffalo
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Special Committee On
Interchurch Conference On
Assembly
Presbytery
General Assembly
Nation's Farm Surplus valued at 4.5 billion in 1903 exports
Washington reports a department of agriculture study by George K. Holmes showing a conservative 4.5 billion dollar Nation's Farm Surplus for 1903. Exported farm products totaled 878,479,451 dollars, with cotton 36 percent and grain 25 percent dominating over 85 percent of exports.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
George K. Holmes
Division of Foreign Markets
National Editorial Association Elects Officers
The National Editorial association elected officers in St. Louis on May 20. President Major W. W. Screws of Alabama. first vice president W. W. Folsom of Arkansas. second vice president W. J. Kline of New York. third vice president H. B. Warner of North Carolina. corresponding secretary W. M. Ashbrook of Ohio. recording secretary J. W. Cochrum of Indiana. treasurer J. Irving Steel of Pennsylvania. The convention adjourned to meet next year at Guthrie Oklahoma.
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St. Louis
National Editorial Association
W. W. Screws
Alabama
W. W. Folsom
Arkansas
W. J. Kline
New York
H. B. Warner
North Carolina
W. M. Ashbrook
Ohio
J. W.cochrum
Indiana
J. Irving Steel
Pennsylvania
Guturie
Okla
Bryan Predicts Democrats Stand Pat at St Louis Convention
William Jennings Bryan spoke in Chicago on May 23 predicting the Democratic party would not be reorganized at the St Louis convention. He argued the main campaign issue will be government by the people versus government by corporations and that Kansas City platform would be reaffirmed.
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Bryan
Chicago
William’ Jennings Bryan
St. Louis
Kansas
Aboard at San Francisco off at Chicago
Aboard at San Francisco off at Chicago describes a voyage schedule with origin San Francisco and destination Chicago. The terse note hints at transportation or shipping timing without detailed context or personnel.
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San Francisco
Chicago
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Methodist
Acker
Acker’s
W. H. Hooker & Co., Proprs
N. Y
R. L. Riley
Central Pharmacy
Els Creaa
Draggista
Oqity Drug Store
Gars
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
G. S. Williams
Milwaukee & St
Second South St
Salt Lake City
Ely
Red Cross
Vin de Cinchona Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Hrauda Marka
Philip Lovelus
Dillon
Mont
DeWitt & J
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