Port Arthur siege rumors and dispatches from Asia
Reports from Chefoo, St. Petersburg, and Tokyo describe Japanese advances around Port Arthur including fort captures and Russian setbacks. British and Russian naval actions, consular inquiries, and Allied warnings frame a tense, war-cloud day of Aug 25 with multiple ports and ships involved.
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London
Evening News Chefoo Dispatch
Chair Fort
Port Arthur
Evening News’ Dispatch
Itchan
Etseshan
Russians Seize Ships Stir London War Commentary
London papers question Balfour assurances after reports that the Russian volunteer fleet steamer Smolenski again halts British vessels. Durban dispatches note the Smolenski shadowing the Ormley, which left New York for Fusan with railway material and escaped when the Comedian was stopped. Repairs to Vladivostok cruisers Russia and Gromoboi proceed rapidly with local gun stocks and Siberian reserves ready.
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London
Balfour
St. Petersburg
Smolenski
Durban
Natal
Ormley
New York
Fusan
Comedian
Vladivostok
Viadivostok
Russia
Gromoboi
Siberian
Animisal Kamimura
Navy denies orders to Shanghai ships amid China Japan tension
Aug 25 St Petersburg reports the navy department in Washington denied U S warships at Shanghai were ordered to aid Chinese neutrality or oppose Japanese ships. The Askold and Grozovoi likely to be disarmed as China and Japan seek an agreement. Shanghai viceroy rejects sending a Chinese fleet. American Consul Goodnow says no interference beyond protecting property. A consular meeting is set for 3 pm to discuss the situation.
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Washington
State Department
Conger
Peking
Goodnow
Shanghai
Fowler
Chefoo
Stirling
St. Petersburg
Navy Department
United States
China
Associated Press
Askold
Grozovoi
Japan
Admiralty
Nanking
Taotai Yuanma
Askold- Grozovol
Motai
Grozobol
Sterling
Chauncey
Woosung
Grozobot
Uncle Sam
Tju
Cosmopolitan Dock
Cincinnati
Frolic
Ryeshitemi
London
Shanghali
Legation
Port Arthur Defense Buoys War News From St Petersburg
St. Petersburg reports growing doubt about Port Arthur's fate as General Stoessel repels Japanese assaults and suffers casualties. Observers warn the Port Arthur squadron should not sail, while Chinese neutrality and Kuropatkin’s possible diversions toward Kuroki loom in the capital’s dispatches.
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Ghefoo
Port Arthur
Golden Hill
Taipangtza
General Stoessel
St. Petersburg
Stoessel
War Office
Liao Yang
Kuropatkin
Kuroki
Novoe Vremya
China
Golden imperial carriages moved for Russian heir christening
In St Petersburg on August 25 the golden carriages kept at the Winter Palace annex were moved to Peterhof for use in transporting the heir from Villa Alexandria to the big palace. The christening takes place in a palace church crowded with diplomats and officials. The empress and Emperor Nicholas will not attend due to Orthodox church rules.
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St. Petersburg
Winter Palace
Peterhof
Alexandria
Great Palace
Little Palace
Nicholas
No Coal For Belligerents
London reports The Times states instructions have been sent to governors of British colonies to deny coaling privileges to belligerent fleets en route to war zones or intercepting neutral ships suspected of carrying contraband. Consols fell 3 16 to percent as British steamer Comedian was stopped off the Cape Colony by the Russian cruiser Smolensk.
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London
the Times
Comedian
Cape Colony
Smolensk
Adams confesses old murder in Gates case in Missouri
Alexander Jester, once accused of killing John W. Gates' brother Gilbert Gates in January 1871 near Adrian County, Missouri, allegedly confessed on his deathbed to the grave crime. Jester had been acquitted in 1900 after a four week trial due to lack of corpus delicti.
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Carbondale
Ill
John W. Gates
Gilbert Gates
Alexander Jester
Gates
Hulanis Lane
Adrian County
Jester
Kansas
Azel A. Gates
Mexico
Cornelia Street
Bulls County
Bee Creek
Banks file bankruptcy petition against Waggaman and Rideout
Three national banks in Washington filed a bankruptcy petition against Thomas E. Waggaman a real estate dealer and Catholic university treasurer and John Rideout alleging a deed of trust for about 878000 to the university was intended to make the institution a preferred creditor. It is said some university investments were not sound and the deed of trust served as security.
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Washington
Thomas E. Waggaman
Catholic University
John Rideout
Chicago Strike War Becomes Bitter Battle Over Packers Plans
Chicago dispatch reports a bitter strike at stock yards with union pickets extending around the fenceline. Packers plan to move non union workers to Hammond Indiana if injunction fails, raising interstate commerce concerns and possible federal action.
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Chicago
Hammond
Ind
Jack Thompson
University of Chicago
Morris & Co
Packers Delineate Bad Faith Charge in Unions
Chicago August 25 packers issue a statement accusing the union of bad faith in negotiations and announcing they will not make any agreement with the butcher workmen. The note asserts arbitration was offered but rejected by union leaders and details dates, orders, and subsequent actions surrounding the July 12 strike and resumed talks.
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Teamsters' Joint Council
Cornelius Shea
International Organization
Teamsters
John S. Field
Knickerbocker Ice Company
Chicago Board of Arbitration
Field
Joint Council
Chicago
Donnelly
Noted financiers to testify on 1902 stock panic scheme
J P Morgan J J Hill E H Harriman Jacob Schitt and others are ordered to appear Sep 1 before Referee Philip I Reville to face questions on alleged conspiracy to corner Northern Pacific stock. O Leary claims brokers of Morgan & Co Kuhn Loeb Co and Sternberger Fuld Sinn manipulated trades causing his loss of 55000 amid the panic.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
J. J. Hill
E. H. Harriman
Jacob Schitt
Northern Pacific
Justice Scott
Philip I. Reville
Charles Steele
Temple Bedoin
Morgan & Co
R. H. Thomas
The
Stock Exchange
George H. Earl
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Mortimer Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
M. B. Mendham
Charles M. Scott, Jr
M. Sternberger
O'Leary
O’leary
Morgan
Shorts
Northern Pacific Railroad
Burlington
Harriman
Union Pacific
Rockefeller
Europe
Robert Bacon
Bacon
Ixuhn, Loeb & Co
James R. Keene
Northern Securities Company
United States Supreme Court
Harriman and Morgan
United States
Daniel Bacon
Yates, Duffey & Reville
Chicago
Public Land Returns Show Fiscal Year Sales and Acreage
Acting commissioner reports fiscal year ending June 30 1904 total public land sales 8795893 dollars. Acreage disposed 16258892 across 172857 entries. Last year 22655928 acres taken for 10567618 dollars with 21 entries. Iowa scant land sales. South Dakota 9010 entries 823198 acres 285189 dollars. Nebraska 6585 entries 1318530 acres 151947 dollars.
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Washington, D. C
The
Land Office
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
United States Urges Respect for Chinese Neutrality in Shanghai
Report from Paris to Washington notes Shanghai taotai cannot enforce neutrality amid Russian conduct. Russian ships Askold and Grozovoi face disarmament. American fleet in Shanghai prepared to act as needed. Consuls agree on facts. Britain may aid in urging compliance.
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Paris
Taotai
Shanghai
Russia
United States Torpedo Boats Pledge to Protect Shanghai Neutrality
Shanghai reports a Japanese torpedo boat near Woosung as the Chauncey follows closely. US ships Monadnock Cincinnati and Frolic stand ready to defend Shanghai neutrality amid Russo Japanese tensions in a tense port scene.
Four speakers open republican campaign in Utah
Manchester Utah August 24 four nationally prominent speakers opened the republican presidential campaign with Robert T Lincoln presiding He urged a heavy vote Secretary of Agriculture Wilson led the discourse reviewing party history and current aims He discussed the Philippine question tariff and American manufacturers pricing abroad and closed with agricultural department work Brief remarks were also offered by Senators Redfield Proctor and William P Dillingham
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Manchester
Robert T. Lincoln
England
Vermont
Wilson
United States
Department of Asrculture
Redfield, Proctor
William P. Dillingham
Parker willNot Deliver Speeches in West for St Louis Trip
Ssopus New York Aug 34 Judge Parker will not stage a speaking tour or stump in any region or city. He will speak only if he has a definite message and believes a given time and place best suits it. The decision reflects a belief that speechmaking for its own sake is improper.
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Ssopus
N. Y
Rosemount
Parker
Murphy-McCarren contest to be settled outside committee
New York August 24 The Democratic National Executive Committee meets with most members present except Chairman Sheehan at Bar Harbor and John R McLean of Ohio The session aims to settle differences between city and state New York Democrats over the Murphy McCarren contest Chairman Taggart insists negotiations occur outside the national body The outcome centers on how to resolve intra party disputes between Tammany and state leadership
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Taggart
New York
Democratic National Executive Committee
Sheehan
Bar Harbor
John R. McLean
Ohio
Tammany
National Executive Committee
Murphy-McCarren
New York State
Roosevelt Resting at Oyster Bay Amid East Asia Tensions
President Roosevelt enjoys a quiet rest at Oyster Bay on August 24. Few visitors will be admitted and advance appointments are required. He remains deeply concerned about the far east situation and the neutrality of the Chinese territory near the Russo Japanese war zone. He stays in close touch with events through the State Department.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Far East
China
Orient
State Department
Public lynching and burning of accused assailant in Cedartown
In Cedartown Georgia a mob of about 500 shot and burned Jim Glover a Black man accused of assaulting 13-year-old Levia Reeves. The victim testified identification of the assailant and the crowd executed immediate summary justice on the public square. The crime description details a brutal assault and the mob’s extrajudicial punishment.
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Cedartown
Jim Glover
Levia Reeves
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