Missouri Wabash wreck kills seven on packed train
A southbound Wabash passenger train from Des Moines to St. Louis derailed near Pendleton Missouri killing seven and injuring more than thirty. About 590 people were aboard as the day coach plunged down a embankment dragging the dining car. relief trains were dispatched to Pendleton and Macon.
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Moberly
Des Moines
St. Louis
Pendleton
J. E. Nichols
Macon
Edna Patterson
la Plata
Henderson
Anna Grenner
Hebler
A. F. Mebler
Henry Folcht
Huntingdon
C. H. Graves
David Bruner
Kirksville
S. Billings
Billings
J. S. Curtain
Fred Crawford
J. A. Daley
EF. Prizzelo
Manitou
Colo
G. H. Graves
Wabash
Knights Parade Through Frisco Gathers Ten Thousand Sir Knights
Ten thousand Knights Templar march through San Francisco streets led by Sir Chas L Field and reviewed by Most Eminent Sir Henry Bates Stoddard and Governor Geo Pardee. Spectators fill Market Street and Van Ness avenues as dignitaries ride in carriages and grand officers observe the parade.
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Golden Gate City
San Francisco
Market Street
van Ness Avenue
Stoddard
Geo. C. Pardee
Eugene E. Schmitz
Henry Bates Stoddard
Knights Templar
United States
Barl
Euston
Great Priory
England and Wales
R. E
George Mayhew Moulton
Charles F. Matier
Kane admits murder of Reynolds and Green near Blackbridge
Louis Kane a former Yellow Dog saloon barkeeper tells Chief Purdy he killed Reynolds a white man and Green a black man as strike breakers. He describes a 3 PM shooting at Reynolds and later an ambush of Green under the Blackbridge while brandishing a revolver. Kane is in custody.
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St. Louis
Til
Purdy
Louis Kane
Yellow Dog
Blackbridge
Reynolds
Green
Kane
Draaw
Black Bridge
Alexieff to the Rescue
Viceroy Alexieff departs Harbin bound for Mukden as part of relief efforts during the ongoing Mukden crisis.
Vermont chooses Bell in Governor race and Republicans gain
Vermont voters elect Governor Charles J. Bell and remain solidly Republican with lawmakers and congressmen, showing only modest vote declines from 1900. Bell leads with about 23 860 to 2 for Porter in early returns, while Proctor signals strong GOP turnout to President Roosevelt.
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White River Junction
Vermont
Congress
Charles J. Bell, Welden
Charles H. Stearns
John L. Bacon
Frederick G Fleetwood
Horace A. Graham
David J. Foster
Burlington
Kittredge Haskins
Brattleboro
Redfield Proctor
William W. Stickney
Stickney
Bell
Porter
Saine
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Sagamore Hill
Loeb
Senator Proctor
Benbow's Dirigible Airship Demonstrated at World’s Fair
Montana aviator T C Benbow sailed his airship over the World’s Fair aeronautic concourse proving it is dirigible. The craft reached 1500 to 2000 feet and glided from the center toward the east gate before a controlled descent. The cigar shaped balloon carries a 10 horsepower hydrogen powered engine and features sixteen propeller blades.
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T. C. Benbow
St. Louis
Sept
Montana
Benbow
Markets Report From Sioux City and Chicago Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Sioux City stockyards show hogs mixed and butchered at 5.10 to 5.35 with top 5.50 in Chicago trade hog receipts around 10,000. Cattle ranges 1.50 to 5.50 with fat cows and heifers 2.20 to 3.25, stockers and feeders 2.75 to 3.00, calves 2.25. Sheep receipts 20,000. market slow in Chicago with lambs 3.85 to 6.19 and sheep 2.75 to 4.25.
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Sioux City
Chicago
Livestock Prices Report from South Omaha Market
South Omaha cattle prices show ranges for cattle including steers cows and heifers stockers and feeders and calves. Hogs list steady values with heavy and light hogs, and sheep market also steady with Western yearlings yearlings and lambs priced across multiple bands.
Kansas City Livestock Market Report September 7
Kansas City bids steady cattle values with native and southern steers trading between 2.50 and 6.00, westerns 3.00 to 4.50, cows and heifers 1.50 to 4.75, stockers 2.25 to 4.15. Hogs range 5.20 to 6.45 with heavies 5.30 to 5.40. Sheep show demand with muttons 3.25 to 4.10 and lambs 4.60 to 5.80.
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South Omaha
Texas
Kansas City
Grain Market Quotation Highlights Chicago Sept 7
Cash quotes show dull wheat at 1.02 to 1.15 for No 2 spring and 1.04 to 1.06 for No 2 red. Corn at 53 3/4 to 61 1/4 cents. oats 31 1/4 to 33 1/4. rye 69 1/2. barley 37 to 50 cents. flax seed 1.19 1/26. Clover contract grade 12.00 to 12.15. Provisions include mess pork 10.80 to 10.90. lard 7.00 to 7.12 1/2. rib sides 7.20 to 7.30. short clear sides 8.12 1/4 to 8.26. Whisky at 1.28. butter steady. eggs 14 3/4 to 16 1/4. cheese 8 to 9.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Mess Park
Minneapolis Grain Prices On Market Close
Minneapolis prices for grains on the close show Wheat at No. 1 hard 1.14, No. 1 northern new 1.12 arriving 1.08 to 1.09, No. 3 1.00 34. Corn No. 2 yellow 53 1/2 cents, No. 4 53 1/2 cents, Oats No. 3 white 30 to 36 cents, No. 2 94 to 96 cents, Rye 69 1/2 cents, Barley 3? to 3? cents, Flax 1.25 34.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Converging Japanese Flank Presses Mukden Front
Across the Hun River three miles from Mukden converging Japanese flanks aim to cut off Kuropatkin’s army. Reports note Russian forces at Yingshuissu south of Yentai and Kuropatkin burning bridges, with Oyama predicting heavy Japanese losses to sever retreat.
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Europatkin
Hun River
Mukden
Tokio
Sept. S
Yingshuissu
Yentai
Telegram gaps as Kuropatkin retreat unconfirmed
From St. Petersburg Sept 8 no news from General Kuropatkin since Monday amid telegraph disruptions as Mukden hosts the line. War office stresses a slow retreat with risk of isolation while the emperor resists absence and may mobilize more army corps. A Kremlin press AP report notes rear guard duties at Yentai and Japanese pursuit.
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St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Mukden
War Office
Petrhof
Warsaw
Libau
Associated Press
Europatkin
Yentai
Port Arthur
New Flanking Move Feared From War Front
The Associated Press denies reports of Kuropatkin's rear guard annihilation. No Russian forces are cut off and danger of Japanese interception below Mukden is deemed low. Oyama presses Kuropatkin's rear after failing to trap him at Liao Yang, while a column advances near Bensihu.
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St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Kuropatkin
Europatkin
Mukden
Oyama
Liao Yang
Taitse River
Bensihu
Yentai Station
Last Dispatch From Liao Yang Reporter Shot While Filming
Message from M Kiriloff describes August fighting near Ling Yang and Liao Yang during a Japanese assault on General Stakelberg's corps. He details battery losses, Japanese shelling, and his own wounding before filing the report. It notes Kiriloff's death from wounds and Stakelberg's continued perilous exposure under fire.
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Mukden
Liao Yang
Bokottloff
Kiuliencheng
Pokouloff
Dostroff
Kiriloff
Stakelberg
Mukden Evacuation Report Sparks Manchuria Crisis
Reports from Mukden and St Petersburg indicate preparations to abandon Mukden amid Japanese advance within thirty miles. If true, southern Manchuria could be abandoned and Kuropatkin's position weakened, while Oyamaccommodates winter quarters and controls key railway links.
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Mukden
St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Harbin
Oyama
Kinchou-Sinmintin
Kuropatkin
Not Stopping at Mukden Russian Train Through Town
Mukden September 8 The retreat of Kuropatkin s army continues in good order despite rain soaked roads. Heavy transport trains and lumbering guns move along long lines of commissariat wagons amid muddy conditions from yesterday and today.
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Mukden
Kuropatkin
Russian retreat nears Mukden as Kuropatkin presses north
Russian forces under Kuropatkin push toward Mukden with reports placing the main body near Yentai and rear guards under heavy attack. Japanese forces mass near Harbin and Hun river crossings while gunboats move up the Hun. Analysts warn a possible battle south of Mukden as Kuropatkin tries to withdraw in heavy rain and winter conditions.
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Kuropatkin
Mukden
Harbin
Yentai
Liao Yang
Shuropotkin
Okui
Nodzu
Kuroki
Hun River
Taitse
Tokio
Ling Yang
Harhit
Vladivostok
Port Arthur
Newchwang
Russia
Lino
Commissariat
Moscow
Napoleon
Associated Press
Turopatkin
Secret Circulars Warn Russian Troops Against Revolutionary Writings
Russian officials report three secret circulars ordering strict surveillance of soldiers letters to prevent revolutionary literature from spreading. Measures include forbidding Hebrew and other non Russian language letters, confiscating suspected writings, and frequent searches of privates boxes and barracks to uncover hidden material. Night inspections and group transport to synagogues are mandated for Jewish soldiers.
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New York
Orger
Japanese Ride North as Russians Retreat Toward Mukden
Steaming mules, horses, and bullocks pull artillery and supplies along a soaked main road from Yentai as Kuropatkin’s army retreats. Japanese forces press from the flanks, rear guards slow the Russians toward Mukden, with Marshal Oyama racing ahead with artillery superiority and cannon booming fourteen miles from Mukden.
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Yentai
Kuropatkin
Commmnissariat
Mukden
Liao River
Oyama
Associated Press
Japan able to fund war with taxes bonds and loans
An official in Tokio states Japan can fund war expenditures indefinitely. He cites 600 million yen annual war costs split between higher taxes economies and loans, with $100 to $150 million bond issues possible. A bumper rice harvest supports revenue while gold exports are avoided and London gold is kept for loan security.
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Tokio
Japan
Wakamatsu
London
Jie
Russia
Iwate
Japan Readies Territorial Army for Next Year
Toki reports the government is organizing a territorial army for active service. The move would enable Japan to field more men next year than Russia, with drills under the general staff ready to mobilize another half million for Manchuria if needed. Public opinion remains split on whether peace will come after Port Arthur falls or a further campaign is required.
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Europatkin
Paris
Liao Yang
M. Bernet
The
Temps
Kuropatkin
Russia
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Mukden
Japan
Toki
Territorial Army
Levy
United States
Fourteen Regiments to Relieve Forces at Port Arthur
London dispatch reports the Chefoo correspondent says fourteen regiments will depart Tokyo this week to replace troops lost at Port Arthur. The cited losses there are estimated at 25 000.
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Port Arthur
London
London Daily Chronicle
Tokio
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