Brief News Highlights from Early 20th Century
Senator M A Hanna valued estate at 2914500 dollars. British mission to begin September 15 in phases. Southern Pacific stock offering expired. C B Boothe calls for twelfth irrigation congress in El Paso November 16 18. Juarez fire destroys half the city including Banco de Minera and Piccard Brothers store. loss 180000. Navy equipment bureau nears 300000 dollar wireless appropriation. Baltic steamer carries 3124 people to New York. Leroy Templeton undecided on Indiana governor bid. Frank Hannaford dies in Spokane. burial in New Hampshire. New Jersey judge permits Northern Securities appeal. Portland streetcar consolidation plans completed. Carl Miller a 16 year old killed on a St Louis street car. Mrs Julius Lehmann insane from troubles. Canadian secretary of state R W Scott silent on overtures.
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M. A. Hanna
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
C. B. Boothe
Chicago
National Irrigation Congress
el Paso
Tex
Juarez Mex
Banco de Minera
Piccard Brothers
Navy
Bureau of Equipment
Baltic
New York
Leroy Templeton
Indiana
Frank P. Hannaford
Jules M. Hannaford
Northrn Pacific
Spokane
Wash
New Hampshire
Lanning
United States Circuit Court of New Jersey
Bradford
Northern Securities
Portland
Ore
Karl Miller
A. Miller
Anthony, Kan
St. Louis
Julius Lehmann
Russians Withdraw to Left Bank of Taitse River
Reported Russian forces withdrew to the right bank after Kuroki crossed the Haise on a pontoon. Japanese casualties since August 29 estimated at 10 000. Liao Yang fell as Russians abandoned the left bank to concentrate on the opposite shore.
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Kuroki
Tokio
Ttazho
Helsingtal
Petersburg
Liao Yang
Taitse
St. Petersburg
Associated Press
War Office
Haise
Kouropatkin
Multiple 1900s News Items Span Finance Crime and Labor
The report lists diverse items including a $4.6 million government loan with $2.408 million remaining, a Louisiana Exposition payment, and a $10 per share Calumet and Hecla dividend totaling $86.35 million since mining began. It notes a Central Park shooting, a window glass price spike, a Mississippi River hearings in St. Louis, Furuseth’s $205000 suit in San Francisco, a Los Angeles stomach autopsy, a Philadelphia wage strike, Garnett’s murder conviction, and Cragie’s death from heart disease after serving as assistant postmaster general under Cleveland.
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American Window Glass Company
House Committee On
Furuseth
Siberia
Manchuria
United States
City Chemist Day
Los Angeles
Cal
J. H. McVicker
H. C. Wyatt
Horace McVicar
Chicago
Russian forces face possible northern retreat
Al Kouropatkin orders a last minute withdrawal to the north as he contemplates a final stand. The strategic position appears to favor him now that Japanese forces are split by the river, potentially reversing the dynamic of the conflict.
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S Ie al. Kouropatkin
Pullman Shops to Close on September 1
Chicago reports the Pullman company will shut its great shops on September 1, leaving thousands unemployed. The plant normally employs 7,000, but months of reduced orders have cut the force to about 2,000 with closures likely lasting over a month.
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Chicago
Pullman Company
Car Building Corporation
Pullman
Russian Crews Ordered Out of Shanghai Repair Yard
The British minister halted repair work on the Russian cruiser Askold and torpedo boat destroyer Grozovoi at a dock owned by British citizens. China orders paroled crews to return to Russia. Japanese consul warns neutral ships leaving port with these crews will be captured by Japanese warships offshore.
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Shanghai
China
Russia
Neutral Nations
Japanese artillery fire continues at Liao Yang front
A dispatch from Liao Yang reports Japanese artillery fire lasting until 8 pm with unclear casualties. The Russian Third Corps repelled multiple Japanese bayonet charges by the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth regiments amid heavy ammunition expenditure. One Japanese company after another attempted to outflank but was forced to retreat. Russian artillery held, and German-style casualties centered on bayonet charges.
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London
Liao Yang
Twenty-fourth
Russian correspondent recalls brutal action at Tsegow
Harbin reports describe a night assault on the Japanese front at Tsegow where Herschelmann's corps faced a prolonged push on both flanks. The battle included bayonet handtohand fighting, renewed attacks after dawn, and heavy Japanese losses before the line retired at dusk.
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Tsegov
Harbin
Associated Press
Herschelmann
Tsegow
Tamboff
Weightman will leaves vast fortune to daughter in probate
William Weightman of Powers and Weightman died at 91 and left over 60 million dollars to his only child Anna M. Walker widow of Congressman Robert J. C. Walker. She becomes sole owner of the chemical works and takes charge of estate holdings across Pennsylvania New York Ohio Nebraska Delaware West Virginia Missouri and Wisconsin.
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William Weightman
Philadelphia
Powers & Weightman
Anna M. Walker
Robert J. C. Walker
Williamsport
Big Fire Threatens Juarez Across from El Paso
Juarez across the river from El Paso faces near total destruction as a major fire sweeps a block of principal business houses. Fire department efforts have failed to stop the blaze with heavy losses reported.
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Juarez
Mexicoo
EL Paso
Tex
Mex
Search Sheds Light on Gershon Marx Farm Murder
Colchester Connecticut workers scoured Gershon Marx farm properties for bodies but failed to locate any human remains as night fell. Authorities led by a large group of farm hands maintained the search despite no trace being found.
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Colchester
Conn
Gershon Marx
Veteran Editor N M Whitney Dies in Honolulu
N M Whitney founder of the Pacific Commercial Advertiser died in Honolulu from heart disease at age 80. He arrived in Hawaii in 1849 and in 1856 started the Advertiser, editing it for over thirty years. He led the Planters Monthly and Kuokoa, and in 1850 headed island post office affairs instituting the current system.
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Honolulu
N. M. Whitney
Pacific Commercial Advertiser
Hawaii
The
Advertiser
Planters’ Monthly
Kuokoa
Island Post Office
Czar's Army Faces Possible Mukden Evacuation
Reports from Mukden indicate preparations to abandon the city ending the campaign in southern Manchuria. Observation notes suggest evacuation would yield winter quarters for Oyama and control of two railway lines, while Kuropatkin’s forces suffer heavy losses at Liao Yang estimated around 16,000. Preparations continue as Japanese advances close in within thirty miles.
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Harbin
Mukden
Oyama
Kinchou-Simmintin
Kuropatkin
London
Daily Mall
Sinmintin
Gaping Hill
Muken
Liao Yang
Strike may be called off at stockyards negotiations
Negotiations begun Monday via a middleman to secure an understanding with packing firms as a basis for ending the strike. Secretary Tracey of the allied trades council acknowledged a message opening talks had been delivered by W E B Skinner, middleman for the union stock yard and transit company.
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Aretha
Tracey
Allied Trades Council of
W. E B. Skinner
Union Stock Yard and Transit Company
TWO ARMIES RACE TO MUKDEN
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports General Kuropatkin and General Kuroki racing toward Mukden with the result uncertain. Kuropatkin notes the Russian retreat is orderly and the Japanese attacks on Sunday were repulsed at the rear.
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Kuropatkin
Kuroki
ST. Petersburg
Mukden
United States protest over seized cargo on Calchas
The United States protested Russia over the seizure of cargo from the British steamer Calchas captured by the Vladivostok squadron while voyaging from Puget Sound to Japan. The protest mirrors the Arabia case, arguing goods and foodstuffs in ordinary trade are not contraband or for belligerents' use.
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ST. Petersburg
United States
Russia
Calchas
Puget Sound
Japan
Vladivostok
Arabia
Imperial ukase expands rights for educated Jewish residents
In St. Petersburg the royal ukase extending residence rights and permission to engage in commercial and industrial pursuits to educated Jews is well received. Both pro Jewish and anti Jewish press report favorable reaction to the decree.
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ST. Petersburg
French Count May Be Lost At Port Arthur
Paris officials fear for Lieuten ant De Cuverville French naval attaché who left Port Arthur in a junk with German attache Lieutenant Gilheim around mid August. He cabled August 15 that he was about to leave while American attaché Lieutenant Newton A. McCully had escaped, but De Cuverville has not been heard since. His family is greatly alarmed.
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Paris
de Cuverville
Port Arthur
Gilheim
Newton A. McCully
Murad V of Turkey Dies After Long Sufferings
Murad V born 1840 and placed on the throne in 1876 was dethroned amid claims of insanity. Confined at Malta Kiosk in Yildiz palace grounds he remained hidden from the world and died Wednesday from diabetes after enduring years of isolation and rumors of tuberculosis.
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Murad V
House of Osman
Turkey
Young ‘Turke
Abdul Aziz
Murad
Abdul Hamid II
Council of Ministers
Abdul Hamid
Cheragan
Malta
Yildiz Palace
Abdu Hamid
Murderer of Von Plehve to Face Court Decision
In St Petersburg the fate of Sasoneff the assassin of Minister of the Interior Von Plehve remains unsettled. The choice between court martial or civil trial is undecided and will depend on the new interior minister. The emperor is expected to appoint a new minister after his return from the Don.
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Balmasheff
M. Siplaquine
M. von Plehve
The
Don
Finnish Diet Convened and Set for Regular Meetings
The imperial decree in St Petersburg convokes the Finnish diet this year and orders sessions for the next three years, signaling planned regular meetings every five years, and possibly signaling a shift away from Russification policies once pursued by Plehve.
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ST. Petersburg
Grand Duchy
Finland
Plehve
Nine Die in Grand Trunk Collision Near Richmond Que
Nine persons were killed and twenty three injured in a head on collision on the Grand Trunk railway near Richmond Quebec. The crash involved a special excursion train from Montreal to Sherbrooke and passenger train No 6 from Island Bend Vermont to Montreal. Officials say the excursion train left Richmond before the other train arrived due to neglected orders by its crew.
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Montreal
Grand Trunk Railway
Richmond
Que
Sherbrooke
Island Bend
Meat Boycott Declared by Butchers Union Leader
President Donnelly of the national butchers organization announced a boycott against all meat after a meeting of the Allied Trades board. He warned a meat famine would be forced "at all costs" to oppose the trust packers and said union men would quit in all packing houses Thursday afternoon, irrespective of stock sources.
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Chicago
Donnelly
The
Butchers’ National Organization
Allied Trades Board
Scheme for Killing Falls at Harlem Races
A plotted killing scheme at Harlem races misfired in Texas pools rooms. Rag Tag and Docile were wired as winners of the fourth and sixth races, but neither won, though confirmed. Pool room operators grew suspicious and halted bets, avoiding thousands in losses.
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San Antonio
Tex
Harlem
Texas
Russians Stubbornly Resist Liao Yang Retreat
Reports from the Liao Yang area describe heavy fighting as Russian forces fall back under pressure from Japanese assault. General Kuropatkin strengthens the eastern flank while General Kuroki threatens the retreat route and railroad access. Japanese center and left push to link lines, with casualties officially unlikely to exceed 10,000.
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Torio
Liso Yang
Ventas
Kuropatkin
Liao Yang
Kuroki
Heiyingtai
Nodzu
Shinchigen
Oku
Taitse
Oyama
Heyingtal
Russians Seize and Lose Fort in Itinerant Front
A Chinese witness near Rihlungeshan reports Russians occupying a fort once driven from, with others saying the position changes hands often. Fighting began on the 27th and intensified. two contraband junks were sunk ten miles off Liaoti promontory and fort No. 5 reportedly changed hands four times and is now unoccupied.
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Fort No. 5
Subway Muddle Ve Versus I R T Faces Unsettled Rift
In New York, committees of the Interborough Rapid Transit and its workers met at August Belmont’s home to seek a settlement. No agreement was reached, with Belmont optimistic about an adjustment and Assistant Grand Chief Stone predicting potential trouble.
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Subway
New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
August Belmont
Belmont
Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Thurston Headlines New Jersey Republican Club Convention
Former Senator John M. Thurston of Nebraska spoke as principal speaker at the New Jersey State League of Republican clubs convention in Asbury Park on Thursday night.
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John M. Thurston
Asbury Park
N. J
Nebraska
New Jersey State League of Republican Clubs
Russian Steamer Hit Mine and Sinks at Port Arthur
A Russian steamer clearing the channel at Port Arthur struck a mine and was destroyed. The incident highlights continued naval dangers in the area as ships maneuver near the harbor.
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Tokio
Port Arthur
Government to Make Medals at Lewis and Clark Exposition
Secretary Shaw of the treasury approves a full government mint at the Lewis and Clark exposition. The mint will operate as an active exhibit showing money making processes and will be complete in every detail for public viewing.
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Portland
W. Goode
Shaw
Treasury Department
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Alexander Garnett
J. M. McClung
Palace Hotel
San Francisco
John Kerr Craige
North Carolina
Columbian University Hospital
Washington
Cleveland
Liaoyang
Wiao
Kuroms
Attacr Av
Hue
von Plehve
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