Priest Bekavac Saved by 50 Police at Allegheny Church
In Pittsburgh and Allegheny a mob opposed Father Bekavac of St. Nicholas Church forced his way to hold mass after doors were locked. Police with maces protected him. eight leaders, including three women, were detained. Bishop Phelan had ordered services despite protests.
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Pittsburg
Bekovac
St. Nicholas
Allegheny
Bekavar
Father Bekavac
Bekavac
Central Station
St. Nicholas’ Church
Phelan
POSSE SHOOTS WIFE SLAYER IN PERSISTENT CAPE HENRY MANHUNT
Norfolk Va Sept 5 Frank Sattlethight who killed his wife at their Princess Anne county home six weeks earlier was mortally wounded while fleeing a sheriff posse near Lyne Haven bay. He had fled after the crime claiming his wife went to a Cape Henry sham battle Against his wishes. The posse surrounded the father's home and when Sattlethight dashed toward the woods a load of buckshot struck him 14 times. Also: 1 500 000 feet of lumber burned at Griffin Lumber yard Sandy Hill Sept 1 causing 50 000 loss insurance 23 000 and unknown fire origin. Mr Grosvenor Hanson of Howard county seeks the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Fish district.
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Norfolk
Frank Sattle Tight
Princess Anne County
Lyne Haven Bay
Lynn Haven Bay
Akiss
Sattlethight
Sattletight
Sandy Hill
Griffin Lumber Company
Crazy Woman Held Off Police In East Boston Shootout
Mrs Minnie McKenzie armed with a heavy revolver barricaded in a front room of her East Boston home as four patrolmen tried to force entry. Shots wounded Patrolman Sturdevant and Patrolman Burke. After five hours a cloud of germicide subdued her and she died unconscious in custody.
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Boston
Minnie McKenzie
East Boston
McKenzie
Sturdevant
Patolman
John Burke
Murdered by a Robber in Charlottesville Home
Mrs. J Samuel McCue wife of a former Charlottesville mayor was shot and killed by an unknown intruder in her home after returning from church. The assailant used a baseball bat and pistol, with robbery suspected as motive. lynching risk looms if captured. Other dispatches note a fatal trolley car collision in St Louis and various regional incidents.
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Charlottesville
J. Samuel McCue
Mr. McCue
McCue
Charlattesville
Liao Yang Falls to Japanese Forces in Sino-Japanese Battle
Field Marshal Oyama reports Japanese occupation of Liao Yang at 9 o'clock with Kuropatkin noting Stakelberg’s Siberian corps joined the main Russian force after a risky withdrawal. Reports describe heavy casualties, siege conditions, and muting of major fighting as both sides exhausted near the Taitse river.
Kuropatkin Report Details Russian Retreat From Liao Yang
General Kuropatkin reports that most of the Russian army, including Stakelberg’s force, is south of the Yentai mines near Liao Yang after a retreat. Japanese sniping in Chinese corn fields caused heavy losses, and one regiment reportedly lost about 1500 men amid a panic during the withdrawal.
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Liao Yang
St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Stakelberg
Yentai
Taitse
Europathia
Burghi
Orloff
Yentai Station
New Commander in Chief of the G A R Blackmar
Wilmon Whildin Blackmar is named commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. A Boston lawyer born in Bristol Pennsylvania sixty three years ago his family moved to Boston soon after his birth. He enlisted at the war’s outbreak as a private and rose to captain.
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Wilmon Whildin Blackmar
Grand Army of the Republic
Boston
Bristol
Russian retreat and battle near Liao Yang noted in war dispatch
Liso Yang crosses to the right bank of the Taitse river amid corn fields hindering troop movement. Major General Orloff reports heavy losses with one regiment claimed at 1500. Emperor Nicholas seeks Sixth Army Corps to Far East as public confidence wavers. fighting near Liao Yang continues with Japanese exhaustion and looming Mukden defense. Japanese losses at Port Arthur cited as 25,000. Korean government cautioned on treaties with foreign powers.
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Liso Yang
Orloff
Nicholas
Kuropatkin
Sixth Army
Liao Yang
Mukden
Yentai Station
Yentai
Europatkin
Oyama
Japan Korea Treaty Advisers to Shape Finances and Foreign Affairs
Tokyo announces a Seoul signed agreement of August 22 naming a Japanese financial adviser to Korea and a Japanese recommended diplomat for foreign affairs. The Korean government will consult these advisers on all major financial and foreign policy matters.
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Mikado
Tokyo
Seoul
Japan
Korea
Department of Foreign Affairs
German Crown Prince Engaged to Duchess Cecilia Mecklen Burg Schwerin
Betrothal announced in Altona Prussia during the summer, with Emperor William present. The engagement links the German Crown Prince to Duchess Cecilia of Mecklenburg Schwerin amid courtly confirmation.
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Cecilia
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Altona
Prussia
William
Germany
Augusta Victoria
Kaiserhof
Schleswig-Holstein
Frederick William
Five Drowned in Lake Erie Naphtha Launch Capsizes
Five men perished when a 22 foot naphtha launch capsized while heading from Cleveland to Vermilion for yacht races. Names listed include John G. Bedley Albert G. Treiber Paul Hartner Max Hurtig and Jules Hurtig. The boat was found near Edgewater Park stripped of flotation gear and night darkness prevented rescue.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Vermillion
John G. Bedley
Albert G. Treiber
Paul Hartner
Max Hurtig
Jules Hurtig
Edgewater Park
Candie Dynamite Found in Scrap Pile Sparks Explosion
In Burlington New Jersey on September 3 Harry Haines son of Robert Haines discovered a dirty candle in scrap iron and struck a match to it The candle turned out to be dynamite The blast hurt Harry cutting his head and risking his sight The incident shows a dangerous misidentified explosive in a junk pile.
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Burlington
N. J
Harry
Robert Haines
Hames
Fiery New York Tenement Fire Claims Fourteen Lives
A five story Attorney Street double tenement fire on September 6 killed fourteen people including four women, one man, and nine children. Firemen rescued over twenty on floors four and five as the building’s altered exits and removed fire escapes trapped occupants. The blaze, likely sparked by a lamp left burning, halted rapid evacuations and caused balcony collapses injuring several firemen.
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New York
Attorney Street
Mfe
Wreck Kills Fireman and Wrecks Stock Train Near New Florence
Fireman Carl J. Leader aged 27 was killed and Engineer H W Himstead aged 40 and Apprentice Fred Grimshaw aged 25 were injured in a stock train wreck of 21 cars near New Florence Pennsylvania caused by switching. First 13 cars carried hundreds of cattle and hogs reduced to kindling wood with heavy losses. Leader tried to jump to safety as the engine went over the embankment. Himstead scalded but expected to recover.
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New Florence
Altoona
Carl J. Leader
H. W. Himstead
Fred Grimshaw
New Florense
Pennsylvania
Leader
Himstead
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