Sinking Russian Vessels One by One at Port Arthur
Tokyo dispatches report Japanese forces concentrating on hill 205 near Port Arthur, with scenes of heavy bombardment and smashed trenches. In Port Arthur Bay the Bayan and Savasto pol are burned or sunk as Japanese shells destroy blockade runners and supply junks. Japan accepts Roosevelt’s invitation to Hague talks.
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Port Arthur
Associated Press
Master Hill
Sen
Port
Tokio
Meter Hill
Chee Foo
Grippenberg Arrives in Mukden for Second Manchurian Army
General Grippenberg, newly appointed commander of the second Manchurian army, has arrived in Mukden from St Petersburg for the second peace conference of the Hague era.
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Hauge
Grippenberg
Mukden Dee
General Grippenberg
St Poversburg
Social reception honors Mr and Mrs Ardrey at church home
A Wednesday evening reception hosted by the Ladies Aid and Missionary Societies of the Presbyterian Church at Mr and Mrs Turner Oliver's home honored Mr and Mrs Ardrey. Attendees enjoyed music and recitation by Mesdames Carr Richardson and Mrs Chuncey, and dainty refreshments. The Ardreys will be missed in church and community with best wishes for health and prosperity as they move to Portia.
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Mia Ardrey
Ladies Aid and Missionry_Societies
Presbyterian Chorch
Frais
Four Found Murdered in Augusta Home Tragedy
Four members of the Hughes family, Benjamin Hughes his wife and two daughters residing in Trenton were found murdered in their Augusta home. The house had been set on fire to conceal the crime Hughes was shot through the heart and skull while the woman was killed with an ax the attack described as brutal and deliberate.
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Augusta
Benjamin Hughes
Trenton
Hughes
President congratulated on election management praised by Senators
Senators Fulton and Mitchell congratulated the President for his handling of the Jane election and the November election, praising his management.
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Fulton
Mitchell
Roosevelt on the Child Labor
President Roosevelt urges comprehensive national data on child labor across states to push uniform protections. He argues interstate commerce gives the federal government greater power to curb abuses by large corporations and cautions against relying on states alone.
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Roosevelt
Chadwick Held on Bail in Bank Embezzlement Aide Case
New York reports Der 69 Mre Vaasie Chadwick was arrested on charges of aiding and abetting a bank officer in embezzlement. She was held in 15000 bail with a hearing postponed to December 17. If bail cannot be secured she faces transfer to the Tombs prison.
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New York
Mre Vaasie Chadwick Wea
Yodarday
Oue Diasehall
Bondamen
Marechal Hekei
Mra Chadwick
Tombs
Delicate Operation On Mr John Michaelson
Mr John Michaelson of this city, long afflicted with a severe rupture, underwent a delicate operation at an office in the city performed by Dru Bacon and Hall. The patient stood the procedure well and is in good condition, though physicians offer no final prognosis as the crisis has not yet occurred.
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John Michaelson
Dru, Bacon and Hall
Land Frauds Convictions Prompt Interior Crackdown
The secretary of the Interior announced after five land fraud convictions in Portland Oregon that more trials are planned next week for others indicted. He pledged full pursuit of all offenders, regardless of status, and continued cooperation with the Department of Justice to expose frauds in public lands.
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Portland
Oregon
Secretary of the Interior
Department
Department of Justice
Land Fraud Case Involving Mra Watson Sentence Cash Deposit
Mrs Watson deposited two thousand dollars in cash when summoned to be present for Judge Bellinger to pass sentence. A. D. Pater awaits a telegram reply sent to friends in Hambolt County California.
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Mra Watson
Bellinger
Pater
Hambolt Co Californias
Trial Date Set Amid Unclear Testimony
A defendant remains not guilty as testimony and preliminary evidence fail to fix value or lead to a verdict. The trial is scheduled for December 12, with subsequent dates not determined.
Hitchcock lands Colonel Greene
Portland Oregon telegram from E A Hitchcook Secretary of the Interior congratulates Colonel A B R Greene for gathering evidences in the land trends case. The interior department expresses satisfaction at the government victory and credits Greene's untiring efforts as key to the success.
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Portland
Ore
Interior Department
A BR Greene
Yortisad
A Hitchcook
Secretary of the Interior
City Treasurer Announces Funds To Pay Warrants
La Grande City treasurer notes funds on hand to cover warrants from No 2840 to No 4026 on General Fund, ending with No 4026 endorsed April 21, 1904. Interest on warrants ceases from this date. Ed Wheeler City Treasurer.
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la Grande City
Ed Waleh
Weary of the Same Old Tunes in Portland Divorce Suit
Marie Frits accuses husband R O Frits in Portland court of cruelty by buying a phonograph and replaying the same pieces nightly, preventing sleep. The couple wed in Portland on April 12, 1903.
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Portland Ore
Marie Frits
R O Frits
Portland
President mulls extra session amid tariff review delay
In Washington a conference with Representative Watson of the wage and means committees informed the president that a tariff review could not be prepared by spring. The idea of calling an extra session of Congress before October was discussed. The Senate conducted routine business while the House committees of the Whole focused on judicial approvals.
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Washington
Watson
Wage and Means Committees
Congress
Deo
Senate
House
Pope Calls King Edward Not Only King of England
The Pope told the Duke of Connaught that King Edward is not only king of England but of the whole world. He added he holds Edward in great esteem and veneration during the audience in Rome.
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Rome
Pen
Duke of Connaught
Edward
England
Langdon Pleads Guilty to Forgery in Circuit Court
Carrie B Langdon pled guilty to forgery in the circuit court on December 9. She received six months in jail and was paroled on condition she return to California. Judge Foster expressed doubts about Langdon's sanity after finding she forged checks on the estate of the late Hattie Moall Travis with which she was associated at the world’s fair.
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Louis
Carrie B Langdon
California
Foster
Mre
Langdon
Opecks
Hattie Moall Travis
Ebhe
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