Russian Command Crises Amid Yalu Disobedience
St Petersburg telegrams report Zassalitch relieved for disobeying orders near the Yalu as Kuropatkin prepares for retreat toward Mukden. Kuroki’s forces push from Port Arthur while Japanese advances threaten Liaoyang and Liaotung peninsula positions.
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Yalu
Kuroki
Peninsula
Port Arthur
London
St Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Siangyuecheng
Cape
Huangtsiatung
Kaiping
Liaoyzng
Mukden
Kurepatkin
Linevitel
Korea
Kinchau
Port Saulay
Dalny
Linotung Peninsula
Baicheng
Nenchwang
Waiping
Aichou
Newelhwang
Liaoyang
Gun Officers In the Far East.
Major Montgomery M. Macomb leaves San Francisco on a special train for Mukden to join a conference with the Russian army. Lt Col Schuyler will report on cavalry. Capt Leichmann on infantry. Capt Judson on engineers and railroads. Major Macomb on artillery and transport value.
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Far East
Petersburg
Montgomery M. Macomb
United States Artillery Corps
Maukden
Schuyler
United States
Mukden
Carl Leichmann
Seventeenth Infantry
William V. Judson
Engineer Corps
Macomb
Sailor Frank Mathison Found Dead in Boston Harbor
Medical Examiner Harris says Frank Mathison, a colored sailor missing since May 1, likely murdered. Body found floating in Boston Harbor May 18 with $500 in cash and a gold watch missing. Autopsy shows a skull wound from a blunt instrument.
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Boster
Boston
Harris
Frank Mathison
Mathison
Holyoke Police Impose Fines Over Disruptive Message
Mayor A P Chapin announced ten dollar fines on three policemen and reprimands for thirty-one more for insubordination. The dispute arose after a communication to the Holyoke Baseball association claimed police protection would be denied unless all department members received dead end privileges at games.
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Holyoke
Mass
A. P. Chapin
Holyoke Baseball Association
Settlers Promised on Rogebud Reservation Allotment
The Rogebud Indian reservation in southern South Dakota has been turned over to the government for public allotment under the United States homestead laws.
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Rogebud
South Dakota
Great Corn Belt
Mississippi Valley
United States
Iowa Republicans at State Convention Centre Stand Pat
Iowa Republicans convened at the State Convention Centre and kept to a conservative stance. Party leaders indicated no shifts in platform and stressed unity ahead of upcoming elections.
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the State Convention Centre
Iowa Delegates and Platform Debate Ahead of State Convention
The Repali state convention discussion centers on party platform, with a protective tariff plank likely and reciprocity stance debated. Iowa leaders including Governor Cummins influence the process as stand patters gain control, with Allison, Dolliver, Cummins, and Blythe expected as delegates at large to the national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Repali
Chicago
Iowa
Cummins
Burial of Sir Henry M Stanfer in Surrey village churchyard
In London on May 13 the burial of Sir Henry M Stanfer took place at Pirbright churchyard after a quiet funeral in Westminster Abbey where ambassadors Choate and Hvans led tributes. The coffin bore the inscription Bula Batari The Rock Breaker and was carried by an open hearse through cheering crowds with pallbearers including Arthur Mountenay Jephson and the Duke of Abercorn.
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Kenry
Stanley
London
Henry M. Stanfer
Ouiet
Surrey
Pirbright
United States
Choate
Hvans
Westminster Abbey
Bula Batari
Livingstone
Arthur Mountenay Jephson
Duke of Abercorn
Fire engine driver saves girls as horse team crashes
In New York on May 18 a fire engine driven by Joh B Heenan swerved into an L pillar in Ninth Avenue to avoid two girls in its path. The incident killed Jerry the night horse of the NYFD’s famed three horse team, beloved by firemen, during a blaze response.
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New York
Joh B. Heenan
Denver Mayor Race Shows Speer Victory Claims Narrowed
Incomplete returns indicate Robert W. Speer may win Denver mayor by at least 5,000. Republicans contend final results will show John W. Springer elected.
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Speer
Denver
Robert W. Speer
Denn
John W. Springer
Rep
Commodity Prices And Market Report For Minnesota
Grain and livestock notes show flour steady with slight dullness, winter grades mixed. wheat firm on good cables and July weather. Butter and eggs steady with fair demand. pork quiet to steady. hops and wool firm. fruits varied with apples listed. live and dressed poultry steady with mixed demand.
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Minnesota
New York
Pacine
New Southern
State and Western
Jersey Sweets
Family
Gee
Baldwin
Ben Davis
Roxbury
Ste
New York Markets Livestock Prices Slightly Mixed
Cattle supplies are light with a steady market. Prices show prime cattle at 5.35 to 5.45, choice 5.20 to 5.45, and fair 4.80 to 5.15. Hogs show light supply with prime heavy at 35.10 to 5.15 and heavy Yorkers at 8.15 to 25.20. Sheep and lambs report steady supply with prime wethers 4.10 to 4.20 and lambs around 4.6 to 4.0.
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New York
C R I P P L E S Gambling Fraternity Exposed
New York May 18 Western Union cuts poolroom race track telegraph service leaving about 200 poolrooms to operate on handbook bets. District Attorney pressure and Captain Norton Goddard's exposure linked to the shut down. Officials anticipate further investigations and the loss of a gambling network across the city.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Dowling
St. Jerome
Norton Goddard
Antipolicy Society
Jerome
Clowry
Justice Wyatt
McAdoo
New York City
Generous Gift by E R Thomas Ends Hospital Shortfall
Edward R Thomas son of the late General Sam Thomas donated 40000 dollars to the Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital. The gift preserves 125000 dollars in conditional donations and enables construction of a new hospital building hailed as the finest special hospital in the world by its directors.
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E. R
Thomas
New York
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
Edward R. Thomas
Sam Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Supreme Court Orders Payment in Worcester Ice Crop Loss Case
The American Steel and Wire company must pay the Walker Ive Company of Worcester the verdict recovered in superior court for destroying its ice crop. The suit stemmed from hot water discharged into Salisbury pond. Justices Loring Hammond and Braley dissented, saying the lease allowed dumping hot water.
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Boston
Supreme Court
American Steel and Wire Company
Walker Ive Company
Worcester
Ice Company
Wire Company
Salisbury Pond
Loring, Hammond and
Braley
Springfield Deadlock at Illinois Republican Convention
Springfield May 18 The Illinois Republican convention opened with a deadlock as delegates arrived with hats bearing You Are the Eternal Slayers spelling YATES on the ballots. Sherman delegates backed Deneen on the 37th ballot with Yates 492 Lowden 390 Deneen 450 Wilnia 111 Warner 37 Pierce 22.
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Springfield
Ill
Yates
Sherman
Deneen
Lowden
Winilia
Warner
Pierce
Roosevelt Backed by New Hampshire Republicans
Condensed dispatches note New Hampshire Republicans endorse Roosevelt. Bishop Burgess at Long Island Episcopal convention urged an educated clergy. Three Chicago thieves failed to seize a registered mail wagon and escaped. US Rubber of New York unveils a profit sharing plan for workers. New York aldermen introduce resolutions demanding two motormen on all DL trains and two engineers on ferry boats.
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New Hampshire
Roosevelt
Burgess
Long Island Episcopal Convention
Chicago
United States Rubber Company of
New York
New York Board of Aldermen
A Temperance Zone Prohibiting Liquor On Canal Strip
Temperance groups press to declare the Panama canal zone prohibition territory. President Roosevelt receives letters and forwards them to the canal commission. Admiral Walker notes prohibiting liquor on ships would be absurd to enforce and that drunkenness is not a serious issue with light wines and beer common.
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Washington
Panama Canal Zone
Roosevelt
Canal Commission
Admiral Walker
Democrats of California Instruct Delegates for Hearst
In Santa Cruz on May 18 the California Democrats voted 365 to 646 to instruct their delegates to St. Louis to back William Randolph Hearst for president. The decision followed a fierce clash with the Southern Pacific Railroad and other interests.
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California
St. Louis
Santa Cruy
Cal
W. BR. Hearst
Hearst
Southern Pacfic Railroad
Thirty Thousand or Death. Blackmail charge in Jefferson Market court
General Samuel Pearson Boer officer and lecturer Webster Davis former interior aide and Cornelius W Van Der Hoodt foreign correspondent faced a Jefferson Market court. Davis alleged threats and demand letters from Pearson and an unsigned note threatening death over a $30,000 debt. Magistrate Cornell bound them on suspicion of blackmail.
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New York
Samuel Pearson
Webster Davis
Interior
Cornelius W. van der Hoodt
Baltimore
Washington
Jefferson, Market Court
Davis
Pearson
Cornell
Prisoner Thrashed by Mob After Attempted Assault
Thomas Davis, a white man, broke into W. E. Pearson’s home near Ridgeway and tried to assault Mrs. Pearson while her husband was away. Covington, a nearby farmer, shot and captured him, then jailed him in Martinsville. A mob later freed him, beat him, and re confined him without a lynching.
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Danville
Thomas Davis
W. E. Pearson
Ridgeway
Millionaire Thrashed the Artist in Salem Case
Edward Brown a Salem photographer filed for a warrant for Thomas W. Pierce a Topsfield millionaire after Brown says he was beaten for selling photographs of Mrs. Pierce riding hunting horses shown in Boston New York Newport and other cities Pierce was notified to appear in court Sunday morning as Brown lay confined to his bed from the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mass
Thomas W. Pierce
Topsfield
Edward Brown
Mr. Pierce
Pierce
Brown
Subpoenas Issued in Gambling Case Names Dockery Seibert
In St Louis on May 18 the April grand jury issued subpoenas for Governor Dockery and Excise Commissioner Seibert. Circuit Attorney Hancock chose not to serve the subpoenas on Dockery after a long telephone talk. The governor was allegedly asked to curb gambling in St Louis County and promised to act.
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Svt. Louis
Dockery
Seibert
Circuit
Hancock
St. Louis County
Two Men Deny Guilt in Watertown Arsenal Murder
In Boston on May 18, two men charged with killing Sergeant James Wilson at a South End saloon were held without bail for the grand jury in municipal court. One man claimed to be Tarry R. Holbrook but said he is Harold Ralph Willard of Whitby Ontario, and the other is William Mooray, 28, with no home. Both deny knowledge of the crime.
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Boston
James Wilson
Watertown Arsenal
South End
Ore
Tarry R. Holbrook
Ralph Willard
Whitby
William Mooray
Miners in Eighth Ohio District Seek Wage Settlement
Cleveland May 18 Representatives of miners and operators in the Eighth Ohio district with 8,000 on strike meet again to settle the wage scale. Some progress toward an adjustment is reported as negotiations continue.
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Cleveland,g
Ohio District
Murrey Chosen Bishop of Kentucky Diocese
Rev. J G Murray rector of St Michael's Church Baltimore chosen to succeed the late Bishop Thomas Underwood Dudley as bishop of the Kentucky diocese Episcopal church Hopkinsville Ky May 18 Reuters style dispatch states the appointment.
Silver Dake Bank Fails In Silver Lake Indiana
Silver Lake Indiana May 18 The Commercial bank owned by Adam Stout and Sons closed its doors. Bank capitalized at 7500 dollars and deposits exceed 25000 dollars. Owners say all depositors will be paid in full.
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Silver Dake Bank
Silver Lake
Ind
Commercial Bank
Adam Stout & Sons
Earthquake Touches Venador as Bogota Returns
A slight earthquake shock was felt in Venador Guayaquil Ecuador on May 18 as the Colombian gunboat Bogota returned to the area.
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Venador
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Bogota
Missionary Slaying by Kurdish Fanatics in Persia Report
U S minister to Persia in Teheran cables that Rev Benjamin Labaree and his servant were murdered near Ishoi under Mount Ararat. An energetic general leads a hunt for the gang, with four main killers and ten accomplices, motive religious and race hatred.
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Washington
Labaree
Brooklyn
Mount Ararat
State Department
Richmond Pearson
United States
Persia
Teheran
Benjamin W. Labaree
Ishoi
Seyid
Mohammed
Ephey
Uramia
Tabriz
Sayid Katfar
Saidi
Jangir Beg
Ambi
Tamar Beg
Kiriki
Ampi
Pioneer discovers gold in Black Hills founder dies
CUSTER South Dakota May 18 H N Ross oldest pioneer of the Black Hills is dead here He had the distinction of discovering gold in the Black Hills He first came to the hills in his youth as a scout for General Custer He was born near Youngs Creek and led a roving life on the frontier
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Black Mills
Custer
S. D
H. N. Ross
Black Hills
Ee Hills
Genral Custer
Youngsean 4
Robbery Targets Memphis Citizen's Home
MEMPHIS Tenn May 18 During a brief absence from his home yesterday B S Levy a well known citizen his wife was attacked by two white men who entered the house bound and gagged her and ransacked her room They took jewelry valued at 5000 No arrests have been made
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Memphis
Tenn
B. S. Lévy
Fire destroys nine shops. two men arrested
Henry Schotty and Harley Waynick were arrested and charged with arson in the Wednesday fire that destroyed nine business houses causing an estimated loss of 840,000. Schotty has confessed.
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Schotty
Charitfon, Fa
Henry Schotty
Harley Waynick
Factory Fire at Kay-Pim in St Louis Big Loss Reported
A Kay-Pim Manufacturing factory in St Louis suffered a $55,000 fire loss. Patrolman Ely and Fireman Krenning were seriously injured by a falling wall. Fire crews battled the blaze as investigators began work.
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St. Louis
Kay-Pim Manufacturing Company
Ely
Krenning
Foresters Hold Ki Lynn Convention In May
Delegates to the Grand Court for America convene at Ki Lynn Massachusetts in sessions that begin May 18. In-session talks and activities will continue through the thirteenth annual convention.
Plague Declares Satisfactory Sanitary Status in Lima
May 18 Lima reports health officials declare the sanitary condition satisfactory and only one new bubonic plague case detected, marking a decline in the outbreak. The advisory notes continue monitoring and preventive measures remain in place.
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Lima
Peru
Baychester Stakes Triumph by Careless at Morris Park
At Morris Park on May 18 the Baychester Stakes for three year olds was won easily by Careless, with Robin Hood second and Briarthorpe third. Betting closed at 13 to 20. Careless led early and increased the gap to the finish.
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Gireless
York
Morris Park
Areless
Robin Hood
Briarthorpe
Chamain
Careless
Ex Queen Lilinokalani Attended by Ben Hur Tribe
Fragmentary report notes Queen Lilinokalani of paniéd by Prince and Riamide with three companions at Louis exposition. May 26 events mark a grand biennial gathering of the Ben Hur tribe with gates opened and officials present.
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Bil
San Francisco
Lilinokalani
Paniéd
Prince
Riamide 3
Severa Companions
ag. _ Louis’ exposition
Ben. Hur
Sawfordsvilia
Ben-Hur
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Atchison Eee
Nort. & West
Penh. R
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Ches
Sugar II
Central Pnease
Texas Pacific
Louis, & Nash
Union Pacific
Manhattan
U S
Peseas Metropolitan
U.S. Steel
Missouri Pac
West Union
New York Markets
Goddard
Canal Strip
Cabaree
Shah
Thia
Bergen
Tunagren
Bemis
Ace Ovo
Teres Howat
O'Conner
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Schreck
Sea York
Dondyan
Buelow
Ches- D
McGuire
Delmar Park
Filo Bob
Galion
Flo “‘Bob
Bur
Sigh
Commodore
Worth
Flo Bob
Burleigh
Ed Odore & Néck
Louistille? Ky
Longmore
Downs
Leo’Planter
Dr.favorite
la Londe
Kansas City
M Londe
Airship
Squadron A
Princet Cortlandt
H. Leroy Jones
Roy Fones
Knickerbocker
Cutting
L. Cutting
Cuttings
Rhode Island
Quincy
Fors Gine Company
Dr. Groton
Con
Columbus
Scioto River
BAC Pitts
Wees
Pittsburg
idGinity
Warners Phils
Chieas
Okion
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