Port Arthur surrender demand and Manchuria report stance
Tokyo dispatch says Japan demands the surrender of Port Arthur with offer to release noncombatants. Russian casualty figures from the Askold at Shanghai are 11 killed and 47 wounded. Kuropatkin notes no change in situation as rains fall and Japanese build a railway in Manchuria.
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Tokio
Port Arthur
Petersburg
Askold
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Kobe
Star
Yankka
Port Arthur conflict reports from August sorties
News dispatches from Chefoo and Tokyo note Russian warships leaving Port Arthur after a Japanese land position gain. Casualties rise with 225 killed reported from a Wednesday fight and a Russian Baltic fleet unit heads toward the Far East as surrender talks unfold.
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Chefoo
Port Arthur
Tokio
Togo
Iast
Mob Attacks House of Stockyard Workers in Chicago
A mob of striking workers attacked the residence of imported stockyard employees in Chicago. The occupants, including two women, fled for safety as doors and windows were destroyed. They sought refuge at the stockyards police station after being chased from their home.
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Chicago
Wheat Still Climbing in Chicago Market
The North West surged to buy wheat as if famine loomed with May wheat at 1.12 18, old September near 1.98, new 1.064 to 1.08 and May 1.9 to 1.8. Corn reached 55 1-8 cents and oats 145-8 to 144 cents amid broad market bids.
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Chicago
North- West
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Armour
Burned at the Stake in Georgia Lynching Spree
Reports from Statesboro describe Handy Bill and two necro preachers A R Talbot and A J Gaines lynched and burned after capture at Gaines house. Paul Reed and Will Cato were also executed by fire as the mob overpowered guards. Reed admitted Hodges murders, naming Handy Bill as killer of the children.
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Bavannah
Statesboro
A. R. Talbot
A. J. Gaines
Handy Hill
Gaines
Paul Reed
Will Cato
Cato
Reed
Fagore
Trainman Injured Near Keystone Washington
George Doane a Northern Pacific conductor fell under a train near Keystone Washington yesterday and suffered a bad head cut and a broken foot. He may recover.
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Keystone, Waash
George Doane
Northern Pacific
Here
U S Raises Protest Over Food Stuffs as Contraband
In St Petersburg on Aug 17 Ambassador McCormick formally protested against the confiscation of flour on the steamer Arabia. The move mirrors the Spanish war era declaration, with the United States proceeding independently of Britain though on similar lines.
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Arabia
United States
Great Britain
Woman Leaps to Death at Niagara Falls
An unknown woman committed suicide by going over the American Falls this morning. Hundreds of bystanders saw her plunge into the rapids from about a hundred feet above the precipice.
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Firet Hill
Delaney
J. M. Metlugh
Neil McDonald
Frank Russell
John McCloud
James Street
Sixth Avenue
First Avenue
Virginia Street
McHugh
Eighth Avenue
Pike Street
Ostrom
McDonald
Ninth Avenue
Howell and
Seward
England
Russell
Third Avenue
University
Union Streets
McCloud
Jefferson Street
Buffalo
N. Y
City Officials Pleased With Eight Hour Decision
City officials applauded Judge Bell's ruling that the state eight hour law is unconstitutional. The decision allows extended hours on the lighting plant project at Seventh and Yesler and the substation, enabling faster public improvements and cheaper costs. Some contractors disagreed, while Frank McClellan pledged to honor the eight hour day for his workers.
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Board of Works
Hell
Seventh
Yesler
Thomenon
Frank McClellan
McClellan
Judge Bell
Bandits Rob 17 Coal Car Passengers Near Garfield
Unmasked bandits halted a coal car crowd of 17 near Garfield Washington on Monday night. They took 60 in cash three watches and fled. One victim hid three twenty dollar bills in his shoe and another watch in a coat pocket. No sheriff complaint filed.
Riplinger Divorce Granted in City Superior Court
Mrs Ada L Riplinger was granted a divorce from John Riplinger city comptroller in the superior court this morning on grounds of incompatibility of temper The decree awarded the family home on Capitol Hill and custody of their 16 year old daughter to Mrs Riplinger.
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Ada L. Riplinger
John Riplinger
Mra. Riplinger
Capitol Hill
Fire Blazes Across Oregon Forests Threatens Mills
Reports from Portland and surrounding regions describe growing wildfires in the McKenzie Valley and coast range near Albany. About forty square miles are burned as fires push toward timberlands and a major Kuefner mill at Silverton faces destruction this afternoon.
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McKeneie
Coast Range
Albany
Middle Fork
Willamette
King Hylands
Train Crash Kills Eight At Hawthorne Race Track
A Chicago Great Western engine collided with a loaded electric car and two trailers bound for Hawthorne race track at 1 20 pm. Eight people died and sixteen were injured as the cars were demolished.
Unsuccessful Attempted Robbery Hits Palouse NP Office
In Palouse Washington on August 17 two robbers drilled six holes in the Northern Pacific express office safe but were frightened away. The safe contained $1,000.
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Palouse
Wash
Northern Pacific Express
Rainier Arrives in Seattle With Full Cargo and Passengers
Pollard Steamship company reports the Rainier carrying general merchandise for Seattle and Puget Sound ports and twelve passengers. The steamer, operated by L. H. Gray & Co. agents, docked in Seattle at 6 30 last night.
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