No Telegrams From Kuropatkin Amid Far East Front
New York reports indicate no dispatches reached the emperor from General Kuropatkin dated Sept. 6 as Russian forces retreat toward Mukden while heavy roads and floods hinder progress. Tokio confirms most troops at Yental with battles ongoing and Japanese losses expected to be heavy. Viceroy Alekseff moves from Harbin toward Mukden and Port Arthur combat continues. Chinese at Chefoo say a general land and sea attack was expected.
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Kuropatkin
Mukden
Tokio
Yental
Taltse
Alexileff
Harbin
Port Arthur
Chefoo
Russian Volunteer Steamers Intercepted Near Zanzibar
Found by Foote the British cruiser Forte located the Russian volunteer steamers St. Petersburg and Smolensk within the three mile limit off Zanzibar on Sept 7. After delivering the Russian orders to desist from interfering with neutral shipping the vessels left to coaling and then joined a German collier bound for Dar Es Salaam on the African coast.
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Forte
St. Petersburg
Smolensk
Europe
Kron Prinz
Dar-Ea-Salaam
Zanibar
Sail launches engage near Korsakovsk with sunken cruiser
From Sakhalin Lieutenant General Lipounoff reports two of the enemy's warships approached Korsakovsk and sent launches toward the sunken cruiser Novik. Our troops opened fire and the launches withdrew to their ships. The emperor has received the dispatch dated Sept. 6.
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St. Petersburg
Liapounoff
Sakhalin
Korsakovsk
Populist Campaign Opens in Missouri for President
St Louis Sept 1 Thomas E. Watson Populist nominee for president opened his campaign stop in Missouri. He spoke to supporters outlining his platform and calling for reform in national politics.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Thomas E. Watson
Missouri Campaign Address at Pur chase Monument
The speaker called on President Francia who escorted him to the Louisiana Purchase monument on the Plaza of St. Louis where Mr. Watson delivered an address opening the Missouri campaign for the Populist party.
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Francia
Louisiana Purchase Monument
Plaza of St. Louis
Watson
Missouri
Blue and Brown Armies Clash Near Bull Run Zone
From Gaineville Virginia on September seven the Blue army under General F D Grant faces General J Franklin Bell's Brown forces in a 15 by 5 mile Virginia farm zone near Manassas Thoroughfare Gap and Bull Run. Grant pushes two fifths toward Thoroughfare while Bell forms a semicircular line with strong center. Outposts of Seventh New York and Fifth Infantry suffer casualties as Second Texas repels the assault.
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F. D. Grant
Manassas
J. Franklin Bell
Bull Run Mountains
Virginia
Bull Run
Grant
Bell
Buckland
Woolsey
Lee
General Bell
Terrell Praises Soldier Grit in Georgia Policy
A Georgia governor praised a soldier who refused to salute a black officer, calling it true Georgia grit and stating the man is made of the proper stuff. The remark was reported from Atlanta to the Augusta Herald on September 7.
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Georgia
Augusta
Gna
the Herald
Atlanta
Terrell
Vermont election shows Republican gain over 1900
Return received at midnight shows Republicans leading in Vermont with a statewide ticket plurality similar to 1900. Governor candidate Bell carries 23 128 votes to Porter 10 322 in 175 of 262 cities, while in 1900 Stickney won by 31 282 with Senter 10 683. A 1 percent GOP gain contrasts a 6 percent Democratic decline since 1900. In Shelby County jail, seven prisoners escaped by sawing bars.
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White River Junction
Republicana
William Stickney
Stickney
Senter
Bell
Porter
Memphis
Shelby County
Chain Conferred on Emperor Nicholas and Franz Joseph
London dispatch reports King Edward conferred the Chain of the Royal Victorian Order on Emperor Nicholas and Emperor Francis Joseph in a ceremony. The worded account notes the honor was bestowed in a formal royal act with high imperial significance.
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London
King Edward
Emperor Nicholas and
Menperer Francisa Joseph
Negro assaults girl near Otto Texas. suspect detained
In Marlin district near Otto ten miles northeast Miss Mary Ellen Goode, 20, describes a brown skinned tall man with a mask who attacked her while family worked in a cotton field. A young black man about twenty was arrested nearby on the Becker farm and held on suspicion as the search for the culprit continues.
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Marlin
Tex
Otto
Mary Ellen Goode
Sheriff's Office
Megto
Miss Goode
August Becker
Goode
Wireless messages link Dallas and Fort Worth in test
Dallas and Fort Worth completed a wireless signaling test on Tuesday afternoon with a 6 30 PM start. The Dallas operator H E Athearn, recently back from Wei Hai Wei, handled the key as the two cities exchanged signals and the test was declared satisfactory.
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Dallas
Fort Worth
H. E. Athearn
Wei-Hai- Wei
China
Honored Man Graves Passes in Gatesville Texas
Rev. A. C. Graves a longtime Gatesville resident and Baptist minister died Tuesday. A Texas native since 1855 he served in the Twentieth Legislature and helped shape the current state institution. Ill health in recent years ended his active ministry.
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Gatesville
Tex
A. C. Graves
Two Men Attack Elderly Woman in Belton Home
In Belton Texas on September 7 two men forced entry into an elderly black woman's home in South Helton. They struck her on the head with an ax, crushing her skull and striking a black boy during the assault. Disturbance caused the assailants to flee. In San Antonio on the same date Deputy Sheriff German Martinez of Elmdorf faced charges in Justice Adams' court for the murder of John Moraise and bystander Jesus Cantu during an arrest Sunday in Elm dorf.
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Belton
Tex
South Helton
San Antonio
Sher
He German Martinez
Elmdorf
Davis Plurality Seen Underdone In Arkansas Vote
Returns indicate Governor Davis appears to have less than 40 000 plurality as Democratic nominees lead overall. Benton county shows a tight Davis Meyers race possibly needing official tallies. Davis loses in Franklin Fayette Independence Little River and Lawrence. gains in eastern Arkansas. Legislature expected Democrats 44 Senate 95 House 6 Republican. Also Baltic fleet may sail no sooner than November due to ship defects.
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Davis
Benton County
United States
Berry
Meyers
Franklin
Fayette
Independence
Little River
Lawrence
Arkansas
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