Russia wary of major battle near Port Arthur
Reports from Shanghai on October 3 mention Kuropatkin preparing forces to meet contingencies while denying an imminent general engagement. The Russian commander may withdraw to Tin Pass, as St Petersburg remains cautious. A Russian warship, possibly Bayan, anchored off Gutzlaff Island in Hangchau bay with tugs en route to Shanghai.
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St. Petersburg
Russian War Office
Kuropatkin
Kuroki
Tin Pass
Shanghai
Bayan
Port Arthur
Hangchau Bay
Dawk
Russia
Fort Arthur
Gutzlaff Island
Admiralty Fuels Doubt Over Bayan Arrival at Hangchou
Petersburg Oct 3 The Admiralty expresses incredulity at a report a Russian armored cruiser Bayan has reached Hangchou Bay near Shanghai Officials doubt the Bayan could slip through Admiral Togo’s Port Arthur squadron and reach the distant harbor unseen by sieging fleets.
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Petersburg
Hangchou Bay
Bhanghai
Togo
Naval clash reported off Port Arthur amid Far East war news
London reports another naval engagement near Port Arthur while Russian leadership debates the next commander in chief. Emperor Nicholas returns to St. Petersburg as Kuropatkin's fate looms and Auspicious signals of movement hint at large scale action unseen yet.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Bhanghal
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Associated Press
Kuropatkin
Nicholas Wichalaeivitch
Feng Hapu
Mukden
War Office
Oyama
Kuroki
Oku
Sianshan
Darange
Peace Congress Opens in Boston With Global Delegates
An international peace congress opens in Boston with delegates from abroad and local leaders. Prominent figures like Gustave Hubbard and Oscar Strauss will speak at evening mass meetings while deliberations address promoting world peace and pressuring powers to end the Russo Japanese war. Edwin D. Mead introduces Secretary Hay who hails the gathering as a parliament of peace in a city famed for liberty and progress. Governor Bates misses the welcome due to Senator Hoar's funeral in Worcester.
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Boston
Globe
Tremont Temple
Symphony Hall
Gustave Hubbard
French Chamber of Deputies
Oscar
Strauss
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
American Peace Society
Robert T. Paine, Sr
Hay
Edwin D. Mead
Committee of
Organization of the Peace Congress
United States of America
Vane
Winthrop
Adams
Channing
Emerson
Bates
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Senator Hoar
Worcester
Six Die in Mine Blaze Near Avlanta Georgia
A Atlanta dispatch reports six men burned to death in a mine near Avlanta. The dead include R. P. Morgan, owner of the mine and a prominent businessman, and five miners. In Huntington a divorce was granted to Elizabeth Jones from Morris O Jones on grounds of cruelty and failure to provide.
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Avlanta
Arteraville
R. P. Morgan
Fivn
Wfe
Elizabeth Jones
Morris O. Jones
Huntington
Henry G Davis Letter Attacks Extravagance and Imperialism
Former Senator Henry G Davis issues a vice presidential nomination letter outlining opposition to fiscal waste and imperialism. He argues for reduced tariffs, restraint on government spending, and constitutional limits, citing per capita costs and deficits under recent administrations and warning against centralized power.
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
National Administration of Public Affairs
Buchanan
Four Are Slain by Delirious Man at O Briens Landing
Memphis Tennessee reports that Charles Geitrell a feverish commissary clerk shot four people in a store at O Briens Landing Missouri. He fled in a night shirt into the woods after seizing two more pistols. A posse pursues him with aid sought from Cairo police.
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Memphis
Tenn
Charles Geitrell
Persistent Suitor Shot by Woman in New York Tenement
Mrs Rosa Barbadi 22 shoots Michael Raga in an east side tenement after alleging persistent unwanted advances. First shot inside her apartment, second in the doorway before hundreds. Raga is killed. Barbadi, holding her two year old baby, surrenders to police.
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New York
Rosa Barbadi
Michael Raga
Barbadi
Narrow Escape From Death Jaw Broken
Ernest G Kampe bookkeeper at Eckart Packing company was struck by a broken pulley fragment at the packing house while supervising lifting. He sustained a fractured jaw and a long gash on the right side of his face. He was taken to his home at 801 West Jefferson Street where Dr. G L Greenawatt treated him.
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Ernest G. Kampe
Eckart Packing Company
West
Jefferson Street
G. L. Greenawatt
Last Rites for Great Statesman Hoar in Worcester
Worcester today paid final honor to Senator George Frisbie Hoar with a simple service at the Church of the Unity. Dr Edward Hale delivered a reverent eulogy praising Hoar as unmoved by display, steadfast in faith, and devoted to truth and public service. Hoar’s remains will be taken to Concord for burial.
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Worcester
Mass
George Frisbie" Horr
Massachusetts
Church of the Unity
Edward Everett Hale
United States Senate
Hoar
Aled
Gor
Concord
Good Fighting Ground for Indiana in Parker Interview
Indianapolis News reports an interview with John R. Wilson a leading Indianapolis lawyer and gold democrat who just returned from a New York conference with Judge Parker. Wilson says New York will vote democratic in November and Parker sees Indiana as strong fighting ground. He notes efforts will be made to win Indiana for the Democrats.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis News Today
John R. Wilson
Judge Parker
New York
Parker makes fourth New York political visit
Judge Parker arrived in New York for conferences with his political managers. Norman E. Mack, national committee member from New York, met him and left a large bundle of campaign reports in Parker's apartments. E F Scheimann will depart this week for the exposition.
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New York
Uct
Judge Parker
Norman E. Mack
National Committee
Mack
Kelly Tells. Tale of boodling in St Louis
Charles E Kelly former Speaker of the House of Delegates testifies to a boodle conspiracy in St Louis politics. He claims Edward Butler promised favors for continuances or pardons and paid $15,000 to keep Kelly away from a grand jury. He cites a $47,500 boodle fund split among nineteen members and alleges 25 years of bribery in the municipal assembly.
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St. Louis
Charles -E. Kelly
Gates
Boodle Combina
Edward Butler
Cronk
Crrcuit
Butler
Kally
Publc
Kelly
Ed Butler
Kreep
John K. Murrell
Mexico
Combina
Julius Lehmann
Lehmann
Couran
Folk
Chmcult
Folkis
Heray
Hbela Sera
House of Delegates
Promix
Combine
T. Say
Oma
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Cleveland
Roosevelt
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Panama
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O'Brien's Landing
Ernest Kampe
Eckart Packing Plant
George F. Hoar
Parker
E. F. Scheimann
Boodler
Rascal
H. BR. Freeman
First National Bank
Jennie and
Margaret Cochrane
West Berry
Union Streets
Bowie
Freeman
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