FIGHTING RAGES NEAR YENTAI AND MUKDEN
Sharp three day fighting north of Yentai between Liaoyang and Mukden tests Russian gains as Kuropatkin’s offensive recovers. Russians hold positions on the Shili river and a later report notes Japanese line breaches at Bentsiaputze with Russian success on the right flank. A battle of magnitude is anticipated near Liaoyang as Kuropatkin presses forward.
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St Petersburg
Yentai
Liaoyang
Mukden
Shili
Lisoyang
Yantai
Sukwantun
Kuropatkin
St. Petersburg
Bentsiaputze
Yental
Hun River
Shakhe
Marshal Oyama
Oyama
Nogi
Port Arthur
Two Girls Die In Strychnine Pact In Kankakee
In Kankakee Illinois Lulu Cook aged 15 and Minnie Island 19 killed themselves with strychnine after alleged jilting by two young men Ifland and Henry Ferden who deny any plan or intent to hurt the girls. The deaths occurred at the Cook home with careful premeditation noted by investigators.
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Kankakee
Lulu Cook
Minnie Island
James Cook
Ifland
Henry Ferden
Miss Ifand
Three Drowned After Yacht Sinks in Chicago Lake
Harry Gray, 18, was found clinging to a yacht mast a half mile off Randolph street after it sank in shallow lake water. He told Capt. Hubbard that his two male companions, who sailed with him Sunday evening, were drowned when the yacht sprang a leak.
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Chicago
Harry Gray
Randolph Street
Capt. Hubbard
Wife shoots drunken husband in Madisonville
Tom Carney was shot and killed at his home in Madisonville Kentucky as he was drunkenly attempting to whip his wife. The wife fired the fatal shot. English author John Hollingshead dies at age 84 born 1827 in Londes.
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Madisonville
Tom Carney
Londes
John Hollingshead
Watsons Letter Accepting Populist Nomination
Thomas E Watson officially accepts the populist presidential nomination in a lengthy letter to Samuel W Williams. He attacks the gold standard, cites combined capital against labor, and urges a third party with a national board arbitration initiative and federal utilities ownership. He denounces Parker and Roosevelt and criticizes the Democratic campaign managers.
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Birmingham
Ala
Thomas E. Watson
Samuel W. Williams
Committee On Notification
United States
Judge Parker
Mr. Watson
Roosevelt
Watson
American Wins Vanderbilt Cup Race in 30.24 Mile Course
George Heath won the Vanderbilt Cup auto race on a 30.24 mile track in 6:58:13 elapsed time. George Arents Jr was badly injured and his chauffeur Carl Meusel died. Arents later showed cerebral injuries. Only two of 18 starters finished as tires slipped causing a wreck on the moist course near Queens.
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New York
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
George Arents, Jr
Les
Long Island
Carl Meusel
George Heath
Arents
Queens
Chicago day at the world’s fair in St Louis
Huge crowds from Chicago and St Louis fill the fair as three days of train arrivals end with a ceremony in the Illinois building. State Senator J P Mahoney presided, Governor Yates’ representative C J Doyle spoke, and Mayor Harrison and Alderman J B Bennett addressed the guests before the pike parade led by a 100-man Chinese dragon. The Illinois building hosted an informal reception afterward.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Greenville
Doyle
Yates
Francis
Harrison
J. B. Bennett
Linois
Fatal Bronx plunge claims three lives in fiery crash
Nine passengers including five women were in a car that plunged from a 20 to 30 foot embankment at One Hundred Sixty first street and Jerome Avenue. The vehicle struck the Croton local train, killing Albert Noyes and an unidentified woman. Anna Smith, 17, died at Cordham hospital hours after the crash. Six others were severely injured.
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New York
Bronx
Croton
Albert Noyes
Cordham Hospital
Anna Smith
Convicted of manslaughter in Oklahoma case
Vinita Oklahoma October convict Ed and Dan Price two farmers found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Tom Qualls a noted desperado whom they had pursued with officers years earlier Qualls had been released from prison recently and the Prices allegedly quarrelled with him leading to the fatal shooting Four Die in hotel fire in St Joseph Missouri one man a livestock speculator and a Stockyards Co employee plus a Gentry County guest perished in the blaze and a Berne minister noted Leo Vogel a Swiss diplomat secretary to the embassy in Berlin was named military aide to the United States
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Vinita
I. T
Dan Price
Tom Qualls
Qualls
St. Joseph
Trace
South St. Joseph
Lafayette Frew
Ivestock
C. F. Norton
Emloys
Stockyards Company
Anna Weston
Gentry County
Mon Sches
Berne
Leo Vogel
Berlin
United States
Wynne Succeeds Payne as Postmaster General
President Roosevelt announced the appointment of Robert J. Wynne acting postmaster general as postmaster general. The tenure is described as temporary and Wynne may be followed by Cortelyou around January 1, replacing Payne.
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Wynne
Payne
Washington
Roosevelt
Robert J. Wynne
Mr. Wynne
Cortelyou
Bank Vault Robbery Shocks Freelend Indiana
Robbers blew open the vault of the Young Hamill and Company bank in Freelend Indiana early today, causing a dramatic alarm and prompting police search for suspects. No injuries reported as officers investigate the break in.
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Warglare Reb P Beak
Chicago
Bank of Young, Ham
Trains Collide Near Warrensburg Kill 29 at Night
Warrensburg Missouri reports a collision three miles east of town at 4 AM that killed 29 and injured 60. The freight crew allegedly disobeyed orders and slept at their post, with the crash occurring as two trains met on a downgrading curve.
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Warrensburg
Missouri Pacific
Wichita
Kan
Flood damages Santa Fe bridge south of Albuquerque
A tele phone report from Belen says the Santa Fe bridge over the Rio Puerco 33 miles south of Albuquerque has been damaged by flood and may go out soon. The stream has left its channel and the tracks are washed out in places, requiring about three weeks to repair. The Rio Puerco and Rio Grande converge at La Joya near where residents are returning home as rains cease.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Belen
Santa Fe
Rio Puerco
la Joya
New Mexico
Mimbres
Terrible gas disaster claims six lives in tunnel
In the St Clair tunnel under the St Clair River Port Huron workers seize a coal gas hazard and a coal train halves. six railway employees perished including superintendent A B Begg and engineer John Coleman. Rescuers also died after entering the deadly atmosphere.
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Port Huron
Mich
Grand Trunk Railway
St. Clair
St. Clair River
Sarnia
Ontario
Begg
John Coleman
D. T. Tinsley
Ont
Thomas McGrath
Gas-Lacen
Coleman
Fred Forester
John Haley
Wreck of Steamer Call of New London Likely 19 Lost
News from Halifax reports the steamer Call of New London wrecked during last Saturday's gale near Prince Edward Island. It is believed all on board, about nineteen souls, perished.
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Halifax
New London
Prince Edward Island
Conductor Killed in Missouri Collision
Chillicothe Missouri October 12 two Wa ing Missouri conductor of one of them was killed.
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Chillicothe
Waing
Gamblers Guilty in Belleville Murder Case Sentences Set
In Belleville circuit court a jury finds Mellie Gardner and Mabel Wright guilty of complicity in John Dunlap’s murder. Each is sentenced to 14 years in the penitentiary, both aged 18, drawing surprise at the severity given the verdict of constructive complicity.
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Belleville, Ill
Belleville
Mellie Gardner
Mabel Wright
John Dunlap
News In Brief for the Week Ending October 12
The new battleship Nebraska launched at Seattle. Harry Marks, ex New York newspaper man, elected to British parliament. Government warns shipyards about plots to wreck ships under construction. Three Kingston Mines Illinois boys drown attempting river crossing. Alvin Schreiter commits suicide to avoid finger amputation in St Louis. Berean College Kentucky to receive 15000 from Miss Mary A Terry will of Hartford Ohio. Henry G Davis campaigns in Maryland and West Virginia. Five men drown in Pensacola Bay aboard a boat returning to navy yard. La Follette faction gains formal Republican recognition in Wisconsin. Maine launches Georgia the largest vessel built in state. Matthew Whitaker Ransom dies in Northampton North Carolina. Hay and Cheng lay groundwork for new Chinese exclusion treaty. Ill of late Postmaster General Payne filed in Milwaukee estate valued 700000. John Moore balloonist injured in Kentucky. Fire damages north eastern street Columbus Dry Goods building. William Powell pleads guilty to wife murder in Kansas City. Eight union teamsters sentenced for prior strike in New Haven. Emperor William gifts bronze Frederick the Great statue. unveiling planned in Germany.
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Nebraska
Seattle
Wash
Harry Marks
New York
Kingston Mines
Ill
Alvin Schreiter
St. Louis
Navy Yard
Republican National Committee
la Follette
Wisconsin
Maine
Georgia
Bath
Matthew Whitaker Ransom
United States
North Carolina
Mexico
Northampton
N. C
Hay
Chentung Liang Cheng
Henry C. Payne
Milwaukee
Wis
John Moore
Charleston
W. Va
Frankfort
Norther Street
Columbus
Columbus Dry Goods Company
William Powell
Chaffes
Kansas City
New Haven
William
Frederick the Great
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