Preparing for HG Battle in Port Arthur Raid
London reports rumor of Japanese preparations for the Port Arthur reduction with heavy artillery landed on the Liao Tung peninsula disguised as Chinese. Updates say Japanese and Russian movements mix with joint actions, signaling a major future clash around Liao Yang and Feng Wang Cheng.
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London
Daily Mail
Shimonoseki
Japan
Port Arthur
Liao Tung Peninsula
Daily Telegraph
Feng Wang Cheng
Pitsewo
Liao Yang
Mukden
Russians Capture Anju After Sudden Korea Assault
Mukden May 24 Russians struck Anju Korea from Hai Tchien and seized the town. The Japanese garrison torched houses and stores before withdrawing in orderly retreat.
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Mukden
Anju
Korea
Hai Tchien
Port Arthur Comes Next In The Russo Japanese War
The headquarters expect Japan to focus on Port Arthur after retreating from Feng Wanye Cheng with Kuroki and Nadya advancing near Taku Shan to watch Kuropatkin. Russians fear a southward move that could threaten Oku and the Liao Tung second army. minor outposts and screens are noted as rains threaten operations. Reports warn of ammunition shortages, possible looting scandals, and reforms to curb corruption across war and naval departments, while Kuropatkin faces supply difficulties.
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Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Feng Wanye Cheng
Kuroki
Nadya
Taku Shan
Kuropatkin
Oku
Liao Tung
Tuayang River
Moi Tine Ling
Newehchang
Kai Chou
Tashi Chou
Hai Cheng
Hiung Yo Chen
Freight Handlers Tie Up New York Freight Lines
Strikes by freight handlers and firemen disrupt the New York New Haven and Hartford transfer system across the East River. Hundreds of cars idle, 400 workers laid off, perishable freight stalled, while union and company officials clash over recognition and settlement. The situation worsened as Curran warned more lines would walk out, and talks failed to yield a broader agreement.
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New York
Fall River Line
New England
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Mott Haven
New Jersey
Lawrence J. Curran
International Freight Handlers’ Union
Union
New York, New Haven
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
New York City
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
East River
New Jersey Shore
Atlantic Coast Marine Firm
Mott Haven Division
Curran
International Order of Freight Handlers and Warehousemen's Association
Miller
Shepard
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New Haven
Parisian-style candlelit murder shakes up Monticello trial
Ida May DeKay testified in her stepfather Lafe Taylor murder case that her mother Kate Taylor and uncle Peter Yerkins helped dismember the body at the Taylor home. She described a gunshot, attempts to fire, and the head being cut off with an axe and placed in the stove. The witness said Yerkins waited as the body was burned.
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Monticello
N. Y
Ida May DeKay
Kate Taylor
Lafe Taylor
Peter Yerkins
Taylor House
Taylor
Lafe
Cossacks Capture Japanese Transport Columns at Mukden
London dispatch reports that General Rennenkampff’s Cossacks seized two Japanese transport columns near Mukden on May 24, leaving the Japanese army without crucial support in difficult terrain.
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London
Morning Post
Mukden
Rennenkampff
Japanese Fleet Reported Near Chefoo at Dawn
Four Japanese cruisers and a fleet of torpedo boats and destroyers passed between Port Arthur and the Liao Tac islands at 4 this morning. No sounds of firing had been heard as yet.
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Chefoo
Midway
Port Arthur
Liao Tac Islands
Resignation of Colorado Adjutant General over militia use
Sherman Bell, adjutant general of Colorado, resigns citing militia used to suppress workers and shield corporations in Denver elections. He alleges troops were mobilized for political purposes, and that governors and officials blocked his plan to assemble troops for duty.
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Denver
Coio
Sherman Bell
Colorado
National Guard of
Bell
National Guard
Republican Party
Wright
Checkmates Russia Hankow Railroad in China
Washington May 26 It is stated that the Canton and Hankow railroad will be treated as an American corporation to protect it from Russian seizure if war expands. The move came after Chinese officials sought U S assurances fearing Russian control over lines from Canton to Peking and allied routes.
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Hankow Railroad
Washington
Canton and Hankow
China
Russia
Manchuria
Hay
John F. Ferguson
Imperial Railway Commission
Chentuang Liang Cheng
Quivin S. Brice
New Jersey
Canton
Hinskow
Peking
Niuchuanss
Whhatever
Pension ruling opens door for common law widows
Washington May 25 There is hope for many widows of soldiers who cannot prove lawful marriages for pensions. A pension office ruling states that states recognizing common law marriage will be accepted by the department. Claimants may revive cases and present common law proof to have leases adjudicated on that basis.
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Washington
Pension Office
Wisconsin GOP Rift Targets Babcock and Minor in Congress Race
Washington reports indicate the La Follette faction in Wisconsin plans to challenge incumbents Babcock in the Third and Minor in the Ninth, with Cooper in the First under scrutiny for siding with La Follette. The battle reflects broader factional divides within the party and could threaten Republican strength in the House.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Be Follette
Babcock
Congress
Republican Congressional Committee
Iower House
Spooner
la Follette
Cooper
Philippines
la Pollette
Minor
Methodists Open Conference With Debates On Divorce Grounds
The morning session of the Methodist general conference in Los Angeles debated grounds for divorce, adopting adultery as the sole legal reason while desertion and cruelty faced opposition. A Mormonism resolution urged a constitutional amendment to curb practices, and a schools issue condemned sectarian teaching. The church also approved a membership regulation allowing removal for missed services and unpaid dues.
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Los Angeles
Methodist General Conference
Congress
United States
Sheriff Hunts Stranger After Barn Attack
In Boone Iowa a posse with bloodhounds searches for the man who shot Curtis Galpin in his barn. Galpin, 24, lies near death from a bullet through the lungs. The assailant’s motive and identity are unknown.
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Boone
Curtis Galpin
Galpin
Jockey M der Recovers Bodily But Loses Memory
Louisville May 26. Jockey M der who was thrown and injured at Churchill Downs May 10 has recovered bodily but his memory is gone. His mental faculties resemble a child and he is kept quiet with playthings and bribed with six cent pieces to take medicine.
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Louisville
M.der
Churchill Downs
Miss Anthony Sees Only Gurrup Ten Before Berlin Meeting
Susan B. Anthony leads nearly 100 delegates aboard the Norddeutscher Lloyd liner Frederich der Grosse en route to Berlin for the June 6 international council of women's clubs. She cites growing enlightenment but argues men block suffrage while promising that women will win the right when they gain political voice.
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New York
Frederich der Grosse
International Council of Women’s Clubs
Berlin
Susan
Anthony
Congress
May Save Kidnappers
A cablegram to Acting Secretary Loomis from J. W. S. Langerman special commissioner of the sultan of Morocco says he may arrange a friendly meeting to secure Perdicaris's release if needed. Langerman, recently in Washington, is en route to Gibraltar after London.
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Washington
State Department
Loomis
J. W. S. Langerman
Morocco
London
Perdicaris
Rasaly
Gibraltar
Gummere
Dennison Refuses Logan Bond Extradition Fight
Des Moines reports Tom Dennison the Omaha policy king will resist extradition over an indictment for complicity in the Pollock diamond robbery. Logan County Attorney Fallon has begun extradition, Dennison failing to appear and furnish bonds in time. The case follows his alleged spending to influence caud in politics to back Shercliffe's parole.
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Des Moines
Tom Dennison
Omaha
Logan
Frank Shercliffe
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Fallon
Dennison
Shercliffe
Shaw
Factory Fire Destroys Stony Brook Plant Near Morristown
The Stony Brook plant of the United Box Board and Paper Co. at Whipany, four miles from Morristown N J, was practically destroyed by fire today. Building and machinery are reported to have cost 350000 dollars.
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Morristown
N. J
Stony Brook
United Boxboard and Paper Company
Whippany
Weekly Crop Report Shows Promising Outlook Nationwide
Washington May 26 The weather bureau weekly crop summary notes improved temperatures overall and beneficial rainfall across the south aiding farm work. Wet soils in parts of the central Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys slow planting. drought persists in the south Atlantic and east gulf states. Frosts on the 16th and 17th caused some damage. Corn planting progresses in Iowa Nebraska Kansas. Missouri trails. Winter wheat advances in several states. conditions mixed. Oats prospects look good. seeding mostly finished. harvest underway in the south.
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Washinton
Weather Bureau
Mississippi River
Ohio Valley
Mississippi
Missouri
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Plateau
Texas
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic
Ohio
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Central
Shkentucky
Tennessee
Middle Atlantic States
Ikansas
Ilinois
Michigan
Pacifie Coast
California
Oregon
Washington
North Dakota
Minnesota
Montana
North Pacific
East
Gulf States
IC Curies Inquiry Into Anthracite Trade Reopens
The Interstate Commerce Commission renewed its inquiry into the anthracite trade based on W R Hearst's complaint against Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and others. President Baer testified about Temple Iron contracts and railroad guarantors of Temple bonds.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. R. Hiearst
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Baer
Philadelphia and Reading
Temple Iron Company
Temple Company
Strike Commission
Reading Company
Mr. Baer
Shearn
Reading
Walker
Lehigh Valley
Thie Company
Plan of Church Union Across Denominations
The Methodist Protestant conference adopts a plan for union with Congregational United Brethren and Methodist Protestant denominations. It envisions a general council with representatives from each church and one member for every 5 000 adherents. Referred to the committee on church union.
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Washington
Methodist Protestant Conference
Congregational
United Brethren
Committee On
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Vinovostok
Jazness
Ghitr
Gglgradd U Uraear
Checkmates
Pension Law Marring
Wisconsin Republicans
Edward S. Minor
Miss Anthony
Rochester
Harrison County
Divinity
Anthracite Trust
Plan of Church Union
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