Firepower and retreat clashes near Mukden in war update
A late 1899 dispatch notes Rennenkampf and Cossacks pursuing Japanese forces after Japanese retreat from Mukden. St Petersburg distrusts Port Arthur fall yet vows never surrender. Reports cite 203-Meter Hill recapture attempts, Stoessel's resolve, and ships in harbor deemed unable to break the siege.
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St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Mukden
Rennenkampf
Rennenkampit
Russia
War Office
Cieneral Stoessel
Cukio
Stoessel
Golden Hill
Tiaoti
Caroline yacht become Russian torpedo boat tale
London reports Yarrow and Co explain high speed yacht Tarantula inspired two similar vessels that could serve as torpedo boats or yachts. They declined sales, and the Caroline was sold to a New York resident then seized by government rumors say it was secretly fitted and towed to New York before sailing to Libau for Russia.
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London
Yarrow & Co
Limes
W.ick. Vanderbilt, Jr
Thay
Davis Tim
Caroline
Ma. Simete
Bona Fitle
New York
Carolina
Kirke Roche
United States
Liban
Russia
Roche
North Sea
Death Rings Curtain Cilengo Veteran Actress Dies
Cilengo Dec 3 Mrs G T Gilbert veteran actress dies of apoplexy at noon in her Sherman House apartments. Farewell tour star of Grimy a play written for her by Glyde Fitch born Oct 21 1821 in Rochdale England danced since age 12 came to the United States in 1846 with husband George H Gilbert on stage sixty three years beloved by theatergoers.
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Cilengo
G. T. Gilbert
Sherman House
Griomny
Glyde Fitch
Bath
Mrs. Gilbert
Rochdale
Lancashire
England
George H. Gilbert
Mars
Gilbert
United States
Suicide of Mrs Murphy in New York Apartment
Mrs Lucinda Murphy 40 years old hanged herself in her New York apartment bedroom after arriving with her four children from the west to search for her husband who she says lived with another woman. She left a letter detailing the trip and her husband’s alleged infidelity. Carnegie hosts third annual dinner at Fifth Avenue home for steel industry partners before U S Steel formation.
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Philadelphia
T.lNinn
M. N. Stevens
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Helen Morton Barker
Evanston
Harriet Wright Brand
Didianatpetis
Anna Gordon
D. Fry
New York
Der
Lucinda Murphy
Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Mifth Avenue
United States Steel Corporation
Union machinists tarred from public library stance
A jumble of names and events notes Chicago unionists tarred from a Des Moines public library, the Servian cabinet’s resignation over rail policy, ex governor Chauncey Black’s death, and varied political and criminal items including a Youngstown strike stance and Iroquois theater memorials.
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Chicago
Chatee J
Ed. Walser
Gass Printive Press Company
Wuckteherry Finn
Lom Slawyer
Puberebrary
Des Moines
Wiy Tuilding
Chauncey W. Black
Pennsylvania
Democratic Party
York, Pine
Youngstown
Iroqueis Memorial Association
Brownlow
Tennessee
Lits
Roosevelt
Johnston City
Tenn
Adda Ke Chatfer
Harry Forbes
Kalamazoo
Mich
Paddy Nee
Pittsburg
Hol Alley
Eldorado
Ark
Lawrence Johnson
Robert White
South Dakota
Cooley
Two Railway Resignations Shake Chicago Rail Lines
Chicago and Alton vice president J N Fatthorn and general freight agent Frederick A Winn resign to take top roles at Pere Marquette and Cincinnati Hamilton and Dury ton. Fatthorn will join Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad affairs full time while Winn becomes first vice president at Pere Marquette and second at CH&D. Meanwhile a launch of the cruiser Tennessee occurs in Philadelphia with Governor Brazeier at Cramp’s yard.
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Chicago
J. N. Fatthorn
Chicago and Alten
Traffie
Frederick A. Winn
Wann
Pere Marquette
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Duryton Roads
Saithorn
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Company
Philadelphia
James Bi. Wrazier
Tennessee
Cramp
Sip Yard
Todas
Annie Nraster
Weather forecast for regions with snow and cold winds
The forecast notes snow in Tinis and Indiana with possible cold wave and strong north winds. Lower Michigan expected mostly fair but colder with snow in the south, brisk north winds. Wisconsin sees fair and colder conditions with a cold wave in the southeast and brisk northerly winds. Iowa remains fall like with northerly winds.
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Tinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Chicago Markets Mixed: Grains Livestock Seeales and Prices
Chicago Board of Trade quotes show wheat oats and corn with varied closes. Live stock in Chicago and East Buffalo reports list receipts and price ranges for hogs cattle sheep and calves across multiple grades and markets.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
East Buffalo
Eaast
Buffalo
N. Y
Dee. & Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Eeast
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Jules Murry
Walnwiton
Viola
Shakespeare
Miss Wainwright
GCP
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the Hart
Hart Schaffner
Marx
WM. Walton
Koenig
WM. Koenig
Stephenson St
Murden
Rennenkampff
Cossacks
Mra G.tt. Gilbert
Herald
Boston
J. W. Smith
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Department
Washington
Weather Bureau
Ierald
St. Louis
Dec
James N. Rice
J. N. Rice, Jr
United States District Court
Penitentiary
Reform School
Tri
MNS
G, H, Gildert
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
Chadwick
Cleveland
Jacques Krakauer
C. L. Chadwick
Indy
Chicago Grain
Alaska
F. A. Schulz
A. W. Ford & Son
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