Baltic Fleet Attacks Hull Trawlers Sinking Crane
British solicitor reports Russian Pacific squadron attacked Hull fishing fleet in the North Sea. Crane sunk. skippers Leggett and Smith beheaded. Moulmein and Minot damaged. eighteen wounded. Wren missing. Britain demands explanation and punishment for officers. diplomatic exchanges follow through Oct 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Eng
A. M. Jackson & Co
Foreign Office
Admiralty
North Sea
Molmein
Mino
Spurn Head
Smith and Leggett
Moulmein
Great Northern
London
Great Britain
Charles Hardfinge
Lamadorff
Czar
Russia
Edward
Nicholas
House of Commons
Dogger Bank
Baltic
St. Petersburg
Rojestvensky
Hardinge
Armies Near Shakhe River Lock In World War I Skirmish
Reports from London and St. Petersburg detail limited fighting near the Shakhe river with Russian and Japanese forces entrenching within a few miles of each other. Emperors and generals announce reinforcements, high casualties, and large-scale medical relief efforts for wounded soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Shakhe
St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Port Arthur
Japan
Nicholas
Harbin
Alexieff
Alezieff
Tokio
New York Postmaster Cornelius Van Cott Dies
Cornelius Van Cott, postmaster of New York City, died suddenly Tuesday afternoon of heart failure after an attack of nervous indigestion. He collapsed at his federal building office and was later pronounced dead at 3:25 in the afternoon at his West Eighty sixth Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cornelius van Cott
New York City
Federal Building
van Cott
West Eighty Sixth Street
Delmar Sets New Unpaced Trot World Record
Maj Delmar owned by E E Smathers of New York and driven by Alta McDonald established a new world mark for unpaced trotters at the Memphis Driving Park on Monday circling the track in 2 01 percent. The previous record of 2 01 percent was held jointly by Maj Delmar and Lou Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Maj. Delmar
E. E. Smathers
New York
Alta McDonald
Lou Dillon
Children Die in House Fire Near Coralea
Three young children of Jesse Evans perished in a house fire while parents were away. Evans, a farmer near Coralea, suffered the loss as the residence burned to ash in Oklahoma City reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
Jesse Evans
Coralea
Black shopkeeper slain in Berkeley street by masked men
George W. Blount, a black fish and oyster shop proprietor near Berkley, was seized from Norfolk police custody by four masked men and shot and clubbed to death in the street. The incident, amid martial law, prompted fears of a black uprising. Berkley officials requested state troops as Norfolk’s Seventy-first Regiment posted to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
George W. Blount
Burkley
Blount
T. D. Holloman
Berkeley
Norfolk Navy Yard
W. W. Robertson
Berkley
Allen
Montague
Seventy-first Regiment
Death in Place of Trust in Peoria
Mrs. Nellie Thomason wife of a former Peoria real estate dealer died from injuries suffered after an attack by John G Higgins son and daughter after a letter to Higgins was intercepted. Higgins faces murder charges and Mrs Thomason lingered in agony at her Lacon home before passing away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
Nellie Thomason
Lacon
Richard
Jennie Higgins
John G. Higgins
Board of Supervisors
Peoria County
Higgins
Thomason
Rock Island Road
St. Louis
Deliberate Attack on British Trawlers Alleged
Hull dispatch to the Times reports a correspondent believes the Russian second Pacific squadron’s attack on British trawlers was deliberate and done with knowledge of its nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hull
The
Times
Battle With Bandits Leaves Three Detectives Dead
Five officers clash with three train robbery suspects on Pine Street. Detectives John Shea Thomas Dwyer and James McCloskey die, while suspect C. C. Blair dies at hospital. Another suspect Al Rose killed instantly. Vaughn and Blair among the wounded. Blair fires six times at entering detectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
John J. Shea
Thomas Dwyer
James McCloskey
al Rose
Pine Street
Centralia
Ill
Vaughn
Rose
Blair
Shea
Dwyer
Boyle
James
McCluskey
Rote
C. C. Blair
Lewis and Clark Exposition Opens Sundays in Portland
The Lewis and Clark exposition grounds will stay open Sunday afternoons with buildings mostly closed except for fine arts. Gates open at noon and religious services will be held in the auditorium in the afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Mormon Bishop Cluff Buys 340000 Acres in Tabasco Mexico
Mormon Bishop Cluff of Salt Lake City closes a land deal in Tabasco Mexico for nearly 340000 acres. Space for 1000 families, with 500 ready for homesteads on the property. In Chicago a major fire at Durand Kasper wholesale grocers causes about 200000 dollars in damage under Marshal Campion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Mexico City
Cluff
Salt Lake City
Tabasco
Chicago
Marshal Campion
Durand & Kasper
Drought Ends as Heavy Rain Sweeps Texas
Beaumont reports heavy rainfall on Tuesday with dispatches confirming rain in various parts of the state, signaling the end of a prolonged drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Tex
Death of a Veteran General Ruggles Dies in Washington
Gen George D Ruggles retired for years manager of the soldiers home in Washington died here Wednesday night at a veteran hospital. The obituary notes his service and leadership in veterans affairs and his long association with the Soldiers Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George D. Ruggles
Airship Crosses Mississippi Lands Near Cahokia After Flight
Thomas Baldwin’s airship, with A Roy Knabenshue at the controls, ascended from the world’s fair grounds and crossed the Mississippi, landing near Cahokia Illinois after an hour long flight powered partly by wind. A motor break reduced propeller use but Knabenshue still steered to a controlled landing on the Illinois side. The cigar shaped gas balloon measures 54 feet by 17 feet with a seven horsepower engine and 8 000 cubic feet of gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Thomas 8. Baldwin
San Francisco
A. Roy Knabenshue
Toledo
Cahokia
Ill
Knabenshue
Mississippi River
Missouri
Illinois
Tragedy and crime reports from Iowa and beyond
A Sidney Iowa agent Frank Sells dies after a depot confrontation with three tramps. A suspect claims self defense and is jailed at Sidney. Also reported are a Winnipeg bank robbery of 2000 dollars, a Spanish steamer loss near Tampa, and 2900 Austro Hungarian immigrants arriving in New York aboard the Slavonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Register
Sidney
Nebraska City Junction
Burlington
Iowa
Frank Sells
Sells
McPaul
Tampa
Fla
Massachusetts
Cardiff
England
New Orleans
Leyland Line
New York
Slavonia
Sundya
Trieste
Fiume
Palermo
World News in Brief Oct 23 Summary
The week ends with a mix of political and local items including the Philippine Supreme Court resignation of James F. Cooper, Panama-US treaty talks after Taft’s visit, and Memphis racing news. An elderly man collapses after ice water, a mastodon skull is found in Kansas City, and French lawmakers back church-state separation. Other items report bank woes, fires, murders, embezzlement, and notable deaths. plus shipping from the Orient and a New England plant disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Cooper
Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands
Panama
United States
Taft
Memphis
Tenn
Monk
Equity
Isaiah E. Auitman
Bryan
Missouri River
Lydia Street
Kansas City
French Chamber of Deputies
Combes
Vatican
F. Shaw
Pleasanton
Leon
Eighth Cavalry
Fort Sill
Okla
Roosevelt
James Longstreet
Gainesville
Longstreet
Ohio Mothers’ Congress
Dayton
M. Streibinger
Cleveland
Henry Ehlert
John Tundeen
J. H. Hancer
McHenry
N. D
Hector Moreau
Chicago
Frank Loos
Elgin
Abbott & Son
Marshalltown
Orange (Mass
New Home Sewing Machine Company
Gov. Yates
Ilinois
Eleanor Woodstock
Waterloo
Monroe County
Kent
W. B. Fithian
Danville
Joliet
The
Episcopal Church
Boston
Trinity Church
Richmond
Occidental & Oriental
Doric
San Francisco
Orient
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Baltic Fleet
Count Benkendorff
Silesia
Victoria Station
Shakhe River
Manchuria
RaowwWioee
Berkley, VA
Woman
Lover
Tramp
Winnipeg
Man
Bank of Hamilton
Plum Coulee
Winster Village
Pennvid —Winver
Texas
Louis
Omaha
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