Russian Japanese clash near Yentai portends decisive battle
Reports from Mukden and Tokio on October 13 describe heavy fighting six miles north of Yentai and across the Schili river. Russian vanguard conflicts with Japanese troops as Kuropatkin presses south toward Liao Yang. A large engagement and heavy losses are expected to shape the campaign’s outcome.
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Mukden
Yentai
Schill River
Liao Yang
Schili
Tokio
Hun
Kuroki
Kuropatkin
Oyama
Port Arthur
Bentziaputze
Fushima
Liao River
Sinmintin
Recall of Oyama Sends Japan War News into Turmoil
London reports European analysts see pressure from St Petersburg behind General Oyama's possible recall to Japan. Daily Telegraph notes Nodzu may take command as Oyama's district rests near Mukden. Dispatches describe skirmishes and Russian advance threatening Liao Yang and Yentai mines as battles loom.
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London
Europatkin
St. Petersburg
Bennett Burleigh
Shanghai
Daily Telegraph
Japan
Nodzu
Mr. Burleigh
Liao Wang
Ourama
Kuroki
Burleigh
Mukden
Anxious Spell as Russians Advance in War News
St. Petersburg reports a period of anxiety as Kuropatkin’s Russian army advances, promising limited information to the public while battles unfold. Analysts suggest a frontal attack near the Taitse river or a possible western turning move, with Japanese forces retreating as Russian artillery duels continue. No official front details yet.
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St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Europatkin
Russians Break Through at Bentziaputze Near Mukden
Russian forces under Kuropatkin used a flanking move to seize a key hill at Bentziaputze near Mukden. Japanese troops defending the bend withdrew under heavy fire as Russian losses were reported small despite fierce combat north of the Taitse river.
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Bentziaputze
Kuroki
Bentviaputze
Dust storm hampers Russian advance at Mukden
A Russian AP correspondent describes a fierce dust storm during a skirmish east of the railway where the Pekoff regiment drove Japanese forces from a village after stubborn resistance. Russians report 79 dead as Japanese withdraw with casualties. Also reported a wreck of two torpedo boats near Towner due to a broken car journal in North Dakota.
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Mukden
Associated Press
Pekoff Regiment
Minot
N. D
Great Northern
Seattle
Towner
Rugby
Japanese Warship Sunk by Mine Near Port Arthur
Tokio reports the gunboat Helyen struck a mine in Pigeon bay on September 18 and sank with nearly 300 lives lost. Four survivors reached Chiapas island after abandoning sinking hatches as heavy seas swamped lifeboats. Royal naval records do not confirm the vessel name.
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Tokio
Helyen
Pigeon Bay
Port Arthur
Chiapas Island
Russians optimistic as Kuropatkin advances toward victory
From St Petersburg reports on October 13 describe a shift from pessimism to elation as Kuropatkin’s forces push south across the Hun and Sakhe rivers. Mishtenko’s Cossacks seize Yental while Japanese positions near Port Arthur intensify with Togo awaiting a possible sortie.
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Europatkin
St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Hun River
Sakhe
Misthenko
Yental
Taitse
Kuroki
Liao Yang
Alexieff
Mukden
Port Arthur
Togo
Beggars in St. Louis Reflect Fair’s Allure and Hardship
The St. Louis exposition drew many home grown pilgrims and a growing charity burden as families abandoned modest incomes chasing imagined riches. McClain notes a Spaniard and his French wife spent $600 on a sea lion exhibit, then faced hunger with three children. Runaway youths seeking jobs arrive daily, including a man with only a $10 umbrella.
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St. Louis
Mecca
W. H. McClain
St.Louis
Port Arthur
Chicago
Buffalo
McClain
New Orleans
D A R Day Marked At Louisiana Purchase Exposition
St Louis October 13 In observance of the fourteenth anniversary of the Daughters of the American Revolution the exposition management designated today as D A R day More than 500 members from every state chapter attended Speakers included Mrs Charles N Fairbanks of Indianapolis Mrs Adlair E Stevenson of Bloomington and Mrs Tulius C Burrows of Kalamazoo Michigan
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St. Louis
United States
Charles N. Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Adlair E. Stevenson
Bloomington
Tulius C. Burrows
Kalamazoo
Mich
Bank rates rise across German banks in October
Berlin reports the Imperial bank rate of discount increased to 6 percent and the leading rate also to 6 percent. The move followed by Saxon and Bavarian note issuing banks due to an unfavorable money market and a shrinking Imperial gold reserve.
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Berlin
Clubman Kills Self in New York After Slander Suit
Frank DePeyster Hall, member of several clubs, shot and killed himself in New York on October 12. A civil action he had filed against Alfred H. Bond, president of the Calumet Club, and George A. Cormack, secretary of the New York Yacht Club, for slander and $100,000 damages was set for today. Hall denied the charges, claiming the two men repeated accusations of dis graceful conduct.
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New York
Frank DePeyster Hall
Alfred H. Bond
Calumet Club
George A. Cormack
New York Yacht Club
Hall
Want Canteen Back
Washington reports the judge advocate general’s annual review shows 4249 general court martial trials in the year, 1025 fewer than last year, suggesting fewer violations in military service. Appendices from department judges advocate reports favor restoring the army canteen.
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Washington
George B. Davis
Wynne Named Postmaster General by President
Washington reports the president has appointed Robert J. Wynne as postmaster general, succeeding Payne. The announcement was made on October 12.
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Washington
Robert J. Wynne
A Noted Blackmailer Mrs Angell Dies at 70
Mrs. John Angell who once sued Jay Gould’s heirs claiming widowhood died at Rouses Point New York at age 70. The vain suit, begun years earlier, ended in 1897 with her admission that she had never met Gould.
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New York
John Angell
Jay Gould
Rouse's Point
N. Y
Angell
Gould
Are Japs wavering over Port Arthur siege policy
Reports from Tokio indicate a divided Japanese high command over Port Arthur operations. A strong faction favors continuing rigorous attacks toward Vladivostok and avoiding protracted siege, while others urge halting the assault and reallocating forces to Kuropatkin.
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Port Arthur
Tokio
Stoessel
Kwantung Peninsula
Vladivostok
Japan
Kuropatkin
Plan of Russian Advance Presses Southward
St Petersburg article reports Europatkin directing a two column Russian advance along a 40 to 45 mile front on both sides of the railroad. Battles lines stretch from Kaou Tou pass and Bentziaputze east to Hun river and Liao river west with 150 Cossack squadrons protecting flanks. Entrenchments are built as precautions against counterattacks.
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St. Petersburg
Europatkin
Kaou Tou Pass
Bentziaputze
Hun River
Liao River
Ziegler Condition Improves After Carriage Accident
William Ziegler shows improvement in his condition after a carriage accident in Darien Connecticut. The update comes as he recovers from a shock and related injuries, state hospital officials report today.
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Ziegler
Darien
Conn
William Ziegler
Twenty Nine Killed in Warrensburg Missouri Train Wreck
Warrensburg Mo Oct 12 Twenty nine persons killed and sixty injured in a collision west of Warrensburg between Missouri Pacific passenger train No 30 section and an extra freight train. Dead laid in rows along the tracks and most wounded in Sedalia hospital.
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Warrensburg
Missouri Pacific
Wichita
Kan
St. Louis
Sedalia
Here
Knobwoster
Goth
Rebels Defeated Near Lochengshier in Three Day Fight
Telegram from Kweilin reports Chinese forces crushed a large rebel force at Lochengshier after three days of combat. Boxer movement is said to be spreading in northern provinces.
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China
Shanghai
Kweilin
Lochengshier
Boxer Movement
Tragic Bohemian Man Kills Two Children Then Self
Rohumil Scheipp, 41, shot and killed his children Emma 4 and John 3 in their Cleveland home cellar. He then went to the cemetery and shot himself in the head. doctors say he will recover.
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Cleveland
Rohumil Scheipp
Emma
John
Scheipp
Brit
Coroner's jury holds crew responsible for Missouri Pacific wreck
Warrensburg reports the coroner's jury finds the extra freight train crew disobeyed orders and were asleep at their posts, citing negligence in the collision that killed 29 aboard the Missouri Pacific world’s fair train. No prosecution recommendation made.
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Warrensburg
W. W. McVey
Montserrat
Seidel
John England
Dexter
Kan
Ziegler and
Haynes
Detectives Assaulted After LaSalle Street Shooting Arrest
In Chicago on October 18, James Keppler secretary of the International Sheet Metal Workers of America and two companions Joseph Algin and James Papineau were rearrested after assaulting officers who had just taken them into custody for a shooting that caused a corridor panic at the Merchants' building. A revolver was found on Keppler and one person was wounded by a rebounded bullet as a crowd of about a hundred watched.
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Chicago
Merchants
LaSalle Street
James Keppler
International Sheet Metal Workers of America
Joseph Algin
James Papineau
Keppler
Passenger train collides with freight in Bordentown yards
A Pennsylvania express train from New York to Camden, New Jersey, struck a freight train crossing the main line at Bordentown yards, about 27 miles north of Camden. About fifteen persons were injured, three seriously, in the wreck occurred on October 13.
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Philadelphia
New York
Camden
N. J
Bordentown
Canon on marriage and divorce discussed by Episcopal convention
Boston, Oct. 13 The general convention considered a proposed canon on remarriage after divorce. The committee on canons presented a long report. The majority favors barring remarriage while the former spouse is alive. the minority keeps the existing allowance with added civil court safeguards.
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Boston
Mass
Episcopal Church
Georgia Launches Battleship Georgia at Bath Iron Works
Bath Maine October launches the battleship Georgia before a large crowd at Bath Iron Works Miss Stella Tate sister of Georgia congressman christened the vessel The Georgia of the Nebraska Virginian Rhode Island and New Jersey class cost 3 590 000 Gunboat Paducah also New York October 11 launched Morris Heights at no hitch cost about 675 000
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Georgia
Bath Ironworks
Stella Tate
Congressman Tate
Nebraska
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Paducah
New York
Morris Heights
Judge Jones urges grand jury to indict lynchers in Maples case
Huntsville Alabama October 13 Judge Thomas G Jones opened the United States court urging the grand jury to indict those involved in the lynching of Horace Maples a colored man and the mob seizure of the jail where federal prisoners were confined if the mob would not have murdered Maples had he been white.
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Jones
Federal Court
Alabama
Huntsville
Ala
Thomas G. Jones
United States Court
Horace Maples
Maples
Davenport Mail Team Match Winner Sets New Record
Full returns from the second biennial mail team match show Davenport winning with 1,279 points, Davenport leads New Holstein by four, and Davenport is believed to set a new six man cam record.
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Davenport
Central Sharpshooters’ Union
New Holstein
Wis
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