Togo Said to Have Enemy Fleeing in All Directions on High Seas
Reports from Chefoo and London detail Japanese pursuit after Port Arthur sortie. Refugees claim nine Russian warships including Czarowitch were destroyed as the fleet fled. Tokyo cautions that three cruisers may be chased, while rumors of a sinking Kaieisag circulate and Chefoo watches for the Russian destroyer.
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Togo
Itary
Port Arthur
Czarowitch
Chefoo
Paris
Kaeisag
Chefoo Harbor
Chepoo
Rechileteini
Vladivostok
Argentina
Escaping Port Arthur Report Echoes War Turmoil
Beripps News Area reports Russian warships seen off Chefoo amid a daylong clash with Japanese forces. Battleships Retvizan and Pobiedo observed near Port Arthur while rumors of Japanese losses surface and Admiral Togo’s dispatch awaited. Hospital ship Mongolia takes Russians to Shanghai.
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Tokio, Aung .i
Port Arthur
Retvizan
Pobiedo
Japanese Advance Reported Against Russian Left Flank
Central News dispatch from St Petersburg says Japan has advanced near Liao Yang on the Russian left flank and has retired from a southern position to press toward Zhao Yang as part of the ongoing conflict.
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London
the Central
St. Petersburg
Sian
Liao Yang
Zhao Yang
Parker weighs comments on acceptance speech in Esopus
Judge Parker spent the morning reading newspaper comments on his notification speech and offered no remarks. He rode home with guests, planning to revise his acceptance message and delay its release until Roosevelt's document appears. Friends urge campaign talks after the successful speech.
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Rosemont
Bineter
Roosevelt
Judge Parker
Building Inspector Warns Butler Hotel Over Fire Escapes
Building Inspector Place notified Manager King and Secretary W. K. Mughes of the Butler Hotel company that noncompliance with the permit to construct a small brick store between the Butler hotel and Batley building would lead to arrest after five days. The permit required direct egress from the fire escapes to Second Avenue, which has not been done, and Inspector Place remains persistent.
Horsell Escapes Detectives Amid Seattle Murder Plot
Hor Sell a would be murderer and ex convict escaped Seattle detectives Hymee and Tennant on the Great Northern line in North Dakota while returning to Seattle. He had previously maimed his wife Jesse Hor Sell in a January assault and faced attempted murder charges. The escape follows a prior Cleveland arrest and a high speed pursuit, leaving his recapture doubtful.
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Hymes and Tennant
Minot
Great Northern Railway
North Dakota
Seattle
Delaney
Horeell
Jesse Horsell
Western Avenue
Horsell
Beattle
Hymee
Cleveland
Ohio
Hersell
State
Man Claims Theft by Bartender Over Lost Money
James McGovern reports $25 stolen from his pockets while sleeping in the back room of the Homestead saloon. He says $10 was returned by the bartender who he insists robbed him, though he refuses to name the bartender, calling him a best friend.
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James McGovern
Homestead
Unnamed Man Vanishes After Requesting Case Drop
A man nicknamed without pinching the guy reportedly walked away from a station steps after being told the law must run its course. He murmured and disappeared down the stairs, leaving officers uncertain of his next move.
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McGovern
Populist Leaders Plan Alliance With Labor Groups
Lincoln Aug 11. Populist leaders, led by Tom Watson, scheme a political alliance with national labor organizations. Watson accepted an invitation to address striking packinghouse workers in Kansas on Labor Day, as volunteers head to Chicago and nomination notification is set for New York Madison Square Garden on Aug 18.
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Chicago
New York
Madison Square Gar
No End in Sight in Chicago Strike Talks
Chicago August 11. The strike situation eases as C W Foster seeks a joint session of packers and labor men with a peace committee. Armour and other packing house heads express willingness to meet. A general principals meeting is likely this afternoon as Donnelly calls Gompers to Chicago. A strikebreaker opened fire on marchers. police pursued him. Packets shift to hard bargaining as mediators face limited settlement prospects.
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Connors
Armour Company
Donnelly
Samuel Gompers
Chicago
Butchers
Teamseters
Teamseters. the Grocers and Meat Drivers’ Union
Snapshot News In brief from Idaho and Washington
Across Idaho and Washington multiple small items report a $20000 fire in Wardner burning seven blocks of the business district and starting in a hotel kitchen. Alki reports forty acres of G W Moore property burned. Nine Mile notes the death of Peter Leduke age 80 near Nine Mile creek. Medical Lake records Julian Machell son of an English aristocrat died at the asylum. Wall a Walla notes Obediah Osborn pioneer farmer and politician died after a long career as a Methodist minister. Pat Collins alias Pat Connors stands trial for petty larceny in Seattle area after prior burglary arrest. Patrolman McClurg connected to the first arrest.
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Pat Collins
Pat Connors
Justice Gordon
First Avenue South
McClurg
Collins
Potter
U S Pressures Turkey With Ultimatum At Smyrna Arrival
Rear Admiral Jewell and his squadron near Smyrna are expected to arrive within hours. On arrival, instructions will be sent to Minister Leischmann outlining an ultimatum demanding Turkey withdraw from any further defiance to U S demands.
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Washington
Jewell
Smyrna
Leischmann
Turkey
Porte
United States
Stork Hovers Over the Czar's Palace
Ais. 111-Dr Rott, the imperial accouchuer, was hurriedly summoned to the villa of Alexandria at Peterhoff this afternoon. An announcement thence is expected hourly.
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ST. Prethasnuna
Ais
Dr Rott
Alexandria
Peterhoff
Tattooed Leg Poison Brings Near Fatality Abroad
Lang try’s athletic husband Hugo Gerald de Bathe nearly lost a leg after a Samoan tattoo ink contained poison. The Briton, famed for travel, required urgent care in Samoa and later San Francisco where experts saved the limb. He walks with difficulty and will rest before continuing travel.
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de Bathe
San Francisco
Brother of Mary Ettinger Seeks Custody Decision
John Ettinger, brother of Mary Ettinger, the young girl who appeared before Superior Judge Albertson begging to be sent back to Steilacoom asylum, urges a resolution to her welfare amid her claim of feeling unwelcome at home.
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John Ettinger
Mary Ettinger
Albertson
Steilacoom
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