Japanese and Russian forces clash as Port Arthur siege escalates
News from London and St. Petersburg report renewed land and sea attack on Port Arthur with Japanese- Russian clashes around Mukden. Intelligence cites advancing Japanese divisions, fort captures north of Port Arthur, and Russian sorties hampered by heavy losses.
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London
Port Arthur
Far East
Togo
Mukden
Kuroki
Kuropatkin
St. Petersburg
Argentina
Shanghai
Suelszeying
Bentsiaputze
Liaoyang
Taitee
Oyama
Habin
Yale Catalogue Reports 23034 Yale Graduates Since Founding
Yale universitys triennial catalogue lists 12 744 living graduates and 9 291 deceased, totaling 23 034 graduates since the institution began. New Haven Conn dated Sept 19. The report highlights the enduring legacy of Yale alums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Crop Conditions Report Shows Mixed Harvest Prospects
The weather bureau summary for the week ending September 19 notes favorable conditions for gathering crops in most districts but highlights delays from low night temperatures in northern areas and drought in the Ohio and lower Missouri valleys. Frost reached Oklahoma and Tennessee with little damage except to tender vegetation and unmatured crops in several states. Spring wheat harvest almost finished. tobacco curing progressing. apples largely light except in Michigan Ohio and northern Middle Atlantic states with plentiful fruit in New England. Plowing for fall seeding slowed by dry soil in several regions. Michigan needs rain for germination.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Missouri
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Michigan
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Mississippi
Nebraska
Indian Territory
Georgia
Cashier Robbed of 2700 Dollars in Peoria Hold Up
B F Cassell cashier of the Great Western distillery was held up on a main Peoria street at 1 30 PM by three unknown men. They struck him with a club and stole a satchel containing 2700 dollars meant to pay the company’s employer. The assailants likely escaped across the river into timbered country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Til
Ill
B. F. Cassell
Great Western Distillery
Cassell
Two men fined in Lake Michigan water deal bribery
In Grand Rapids on Saturday Judge Newnham sentenced James McCool and Clark E. Slocum who pleaded guilty to bribery in the Lake Michigan water deal. They were fined $500 each, the amount of the bribe they were charged with taking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
Superior Court
Newnham
James McCool
Clark E. Slocum
Lake Michigan
Weadock Named Justice of Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing September meeting of the Democratic state committee chosen T A B Weadock of Detroit for justice of the Michigan Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by the withdrawal of Thomas M Bogie of Ann Arbor.
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Lansing
Mich
T. A. B. Weadock
Detroit
Democratic State Committee For ‘Justice of the Supreme Court
Thomas M. Bogie
Annn Arbor
Slain Robbers’ Raid Sparks Mystery and Motive Thefts
Chicago reports a brutal shanty raid in Riverdale leaving three men dead and a fourth badly wounded. Authorities suspect robbery and motive tied to savings before a planned return to Italy, with possible Mafia links explored by detectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bruno Vincenza
Riverdale
Vincenza
Giacinto Vincenza
Antonio Virruso
Italy
Itinerary for Senator Fairbanks Campaign Tour
Chicago reports the full Pacific coast tour plan for Senator Fairbanks. The 18 to 19 day itinerary includes speeches in Minnesota North Dakota Montana Idaho Washington Oregon California Nevada Wyoming Nebraska and Iowa. A Confederate Veteran Dies in St Louis at 97 during a World's Fair visit.
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Chicago
Fairbanks
Pacific Coast
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
California
Nevada
Wyoming
Nebraska
Iowa
St. Louis
George Washington Bradley
Bradley
Houston
Tex
President Wayland Bennett Shot in Thompson Illinois
Savanna Illinois September 19 President Wayland F Bennett head of the Thompson village board ten miles south of Savanna was shot and killed by a stranger named William Myers of Chicago who was captured after a running fight. Myers and accomplice John Johnson were arrested amid burglary suspicions at Sedgwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Ill
Wayland F. Bennett
Thompson
Bennett
Myers
Mount Carroll
York tragedy ends in double gas death
Michael Schall head of Keystone Foundry Machine and Nettie Garmatt of York were found dead in her apartment after three gas jets were turned on. They had spent Sunday at Penmar and returned about nine. Each left notes complaining of the cruel world. Both were well connected socially and had suffered nervous affections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Michael Schall
Keystone Foundry Machine Company
Nettie Garmatt
Penmar
Schall
Slain by Her Son in Fort Blackman Home
Mrs. Minerva Greear, 50, widow, was shot to death by one of her two sons Robert or Roger at her Scott county Virginia home near Fort Blackman. Each son claims the other fired the fatal shot during a drinking episode in a shared room. An investigation is being conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Minerva Greear
Fort Blackman
Scott County
Robert
Roger
Floyd Hilton Sentenced to Hang for Jellico Murders
Williamsburg Ky Sept 19 Floyd Hilton was Saturday sentenced to be hung for the murder of the two Bray boys at Jellico last August. The jury was out only 40 minutes.
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Wiliamsburg
Floyd Hilton
Bray
Jellico
Bride is Killed in Meade Shooting After Rejection
Spokane detail reports a bride of one day Mrs Henry Hoft was shot near Mead by her rejected lover Ane Hoffmar who then shot himself. The tragedy follows a failed romance with authorities investigating the double tragedy.
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Marshall
Mich
Henry Devonshire
Duck Lake
Here
J. C. Mitchell
Springport
Mitchell
Devonshire
Spokane
Wash
Henry Hoft
Mead
Ane Hoffmar
Bismarck’s Son Otto Inherits Vast Fortune After Death
Prince Herbert Bismarck dies at Friedrichsruhe ending a public career that spanned foreign affairs and Reichstag service. His seven year old son Otto inherits the title Prince Bismarck and a fortune estimated around four million dollars plus significant securities and forests.
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Otto
Friedrichsruhe
Prince Herbert Bismarck
Reichstag
Prince Bismarck
Erich
Bismarck
Herbert
Prince Otto Bismarck
German Empire
Berlin
Bonn
Ree
Mars-la-Tour
Department of Foreign Affairs
Berne
Vienna
London
St. Petersburg
the Hague
Margaret Hayes
Trade Review Notes Slow Industrial Progress Amid Cautious Optimism
R G Dun Weekly Review reports slow but definite industrial and commercial progress. Cooler weather and crop damage influence prices and securities, with machinery mills and furnaces resuming on new orders or wage adjustments. Failures total 224 in the US and 21 in Canada. Bradstreets notes mixed domestic foreign movements but overall improvement along conservative lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Filipinos to Return Home From St Louis World’s Fair
It was announced at the Philippine reservation that 60 Filipino scouts with scout battalion officers will depart Sunday for Manila. Their three year term ends September 30 and they will be honorably discharged. Those returning have families in the Philippines.
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St. Louis
Philippine Reservation
Manila
Islands
Russia Rules On Contraband In War Time
St. Petersburg reports Russia will not interfere with the United States lawful trade with Japan yet reserves the right to act against shipments that could aid the enemy in the war.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
United States
Japan
Odd Fellows elect officers for sovereign grand lodge
In San Francisco on September 21 the sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows elected officers led by Grand Sire Robert B. Wright of Allentown Pa and Deputy Grand Sire B S Conway of Chicago with Grand Secretary J Frank Grant of Baltimore and Grand Treasurer M Richard Muckie of Philadelphia named to their posts.
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San Francisco
Sovereign
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Robert B. Wright
Allentown
Conway
Chicago
J. Frank Grant
Baltimore
M. Richard Muckie
Philadelphia
News in Brief for Week Ending September 21
Ptomaine poisoning kills Walter Osborn of Seneca. St Paul club wins American baseball pennant as season ends. Odd Fellows convene in San Francisco. Pacific Starch plant at Jackson Mich. burns, loss about 75000. Russian defense of Port Arthur warned. Chicago banks show 343,447,016 resources. Irish emigration rising amid low steamship rates. NH GOP nominating convention selects John McLane for governor. Billy Matthews drowns in Saginaw Bay. Emil Thomas German actor dead at 65. Lake Shore wreck at Root Street injures 12. Judge Moffett dies at 64. William W. Cooks nominated for NY district congress. Fire destroys five Michigan City prison buildings, loss 100000. Geographical congress to meet in Geneva 1907-1909. Flying Cloud show horse dead. Gas flood in St Louis sewer kills one, injures several. Captain Specht dies at Dubuque. NJ Republicans nominate Edward C. Stokes for governor. Freight wreck in Superior Junction kills fireman Sundberg, injures engineer Willman. Robbed Jersey shore relight shows cash drawer missing. Thirty-five skin grafts aid Amy Warder life. North wall of New Bedford church collapses. Gilbert Tremblay killed. Charlottesville grand jury indicts ex-mayor McCue for murder. Former Justice Learned dies at 83. Army of the Cumberland elects Boynton as permanent meeting place. Fall River mill dispute nears no settlement after eight weeks.
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Walter Osborn
Senegla
St. Paul
American Baseball Association
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Order of Odd Fellows
San Francisco
Pacific Starch Company
Jackson
Mich
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Chicago
Washington
Ireland
John McLane
Milford
New Hampshire
W. Hudson Matthews
Michigan
Billy” Matthews
Saginaw Bay
Emil Thomas
Lake Shore
Root Street
John H. Moffett
Paxton
Ill
Battle Creek
William W. Cooks
New York
John Willman
Altoona
C. H. Miller
Shana
Allan
Amy Warder
Austin
New St. Anthony's Church
New Bedford
Mass
Gilbert Tremblay
Charlottesville
J. Samuel McCue
Fannie M. McCue
Supreme
William L. Learned
Albany
N. Y
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Gen
H. W. Boynton
Washap
Chattanooga
Tenn
Fall River
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Liao River
Fushan
Rennenkampf
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Yentai
Pentsiaputze
Grand Forks
N. D
Sassnovitch
Germany
Kishineff
Vancouver
B. C
Charles J. Glidden
Boston
Minneapolis
Soo Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Iao
Riverdale, Ill
Robert 8. Scott
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
Lakeside
Mr. Scott
Ilinois
Carson & Pirie
Amboy
Mendota
Sedalia
Charles E.bliss
Barlow
Peru
Ind
Bliss
Little Town
Thompson, Ill
Virginia
Pittsburg
Napoleon Shipley
Washington, D. C
Marshalsea
Ware
Bank of Delaware
Hiccoughs
Trade Review
Penn
Bibaighis
Assens Stessensessees
Ben Des Chicago
Ilwauker
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