News of Japanese advances near Port Arthur and Russian retreat
A Tokyo telegram reports Japanese forces capturing heights near Tung Chaitau after a brutal bayonet assault and bombardment that disabled a harbor ship. Simultaneously Russian losses near Liao Yang exceed 3,200 with Orloff’s detachment suffering heavy casualties as Kuropatkin conducts a cautious retreat toward Mukden.
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London
Rome
Tokio
Port Arthur
Antsehan
Keekitvan
Tung Chaitau
ST. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Liao Yang
Geveral Times
Stakelberg
Yental
Tiehling
Yentai
Mukden
Kuropetkin
Orloff
Priday
Russian Fall Back From Liao Yang Widens War News
Dispatches from St. Petersburg and Tokyo report Kuropatkin withdrawing the main Russian army from Liao Yang, with rear guard actions and claims that Kuropatkin may evacuate the city. Tokyo confirms Japan’s continued assault and a protectorate over Korea. Bertha brings ore from Alaska after the battle.
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ST. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Mukden
Europatkin
War Office
Novochremyna
Liao Yang
Strike Settlement Seems Probable
Chicago reports a secret conference between packers and the striking butchers' committee aimed at ending the strike. Union Stock Yards manager Stainer and leaders met, with Donnelly of Armour & Co. and other packers set to confer. Plans allegedly call for strikers to return to work on old terms once the strike is called off. Police actions last night led to 38 men being locked up at the yards.
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Chicago
Stainer
Donnelly
T. J Conrods
Armour & Co
Pioneer Mor rica Hill Shot by Friend at Melmont
Tacoma reports Morria Hill, pioneer of Pierce county, shot and killed by Carl Wayman a friend near Melmont four miles from Fairfax where Northwestern Improvement company mines operate. Wayman says it was accidental and town officials call for county investigation. Hill, famed hunter and prospector, was 60 years old.
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Tacoma
Morria Hill
Pierce County
Carl Wayman
Melmont
Pairfax
Northwestern Improvemen Company
Wayman
Wan
Hii
Crazy Woman’s Bloody Deed Shocks East Koston
Minnie McKenzie became violently insane and fired on her husband’s home on Falcon street. She barricaded herself inside with two revolvers, resisted ten officers for five hours, fatally shooting Patrolman Sturdivant before police overpowered her with formalin fumes injected through the door keyhole.
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Poston
Mra
Minnie McKenzie
Falcon Street
East Koston
Sturdivant
Whitewashed Tigers at Recreation Park by Seattle
Seatie shut the Tigers out in the morning game at Recreation Park. Murphy hit a grand slam over the fence in the seventh as bases loaded. Shields and St. Vrain were both hit hard, allowing 10 and 13 hits respectively. Final score Tacoma 0 Seattle 7. Potteries St. Vrain and Graham. Shields and Blankenship.
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Seatie
Tigers
Recreation Park
Murphy
Shields
St. Vrain
Tacoma
Seattle
Potteries
Graham
Blankenship
Pressmen Banquet for Visiting Union Members Tonight
Seattle Printing Pressmen's union No. 29 hosts a banquet at the Hoyal cafe this evening for visiting pressmen from Tacoma and other nearby towns. Seventy covers are set.
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Seattle Printing Pressmen's Union No. 29
Hoyal
Tacoma
County auditor reports county property value totals
The county auditor listed the property value at 85 860 862 with 68 713 208 in real estate and 17 127 554 in personal property. The Earl of Minto and Lady Minto arrived in Vancouver and head to Victoria for a two day stay. Tacoma revived principal assistant engineer office with Charles M Levy and B L Crosby named chief. Crosby starts October 1.
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Board of Equalization
Earl OF Minto
Canada
Lady Minto
Vancouver
B. C
Victoria
Tacoma
Charles M. Levy
Northern Pacifhc
B. L. Crosby
Crosby
Jefferson Injured On voyage to Skagway
The Alaska Steamship steamer Jefferson sailed for Skagway with thirty passengers and full cargo. It struck a log on departure breaking its propeller and was sent to Eagle Harbor. The Dirigo was dispatched to Tacoma to fetch the original propeller and the Jefferson was placed on the ways at Fage Harbor with the propeller installed within twenty four hours.
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Alaska Steamship Company
Jefferson
Skagway
Eagle Harbor
Dirigo
Tacoma
Fagie Harbor
Knights Templar Conclave to Convene in San Francisco
Commander Henry Bates Stoddard of Bryan will preside at the United States Knights Templar triennial conclave in San Francisco beginning September 4. The event gathers dignitaries and members from across the order for ceremonies and leadership transitions.
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Bryan
Tex
Knights Templar
United States
San Francissco
Henry Bates Stoddard
More Delay Expected in City Pole Line Case
The condemnation trial for the municipal lighting plant pole line opens in Judge Griffin’s court on September 15. Officials expect a four to five day trial with possible appeal to the supreme court by Kent Lumber Co. The city aims to clear and pole the 4.5 miles of land and deliver electricity by late October. Work from Renton north and Cedar Falls south is advancing. City stops long shifts of ten hours a day after labor protest and charter violation concerns.
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Cedar Falls
Renton
Ross
Thomson
Seven Die in Sahara Street Crossing Horror
The revised toll lists seven killed and many injured after Saturday’s Sahara street crossing disaster. Victims include Joan W. Wilson 70 Kirkwood Louis County George W. Majors 60 Lawie County Mary Culb reb Louis Andrew McKinley 12 St Louis and others. All victims are St. Louis residents.
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ST. Louis
Sahara Street
Joan W. Wilson
Kirkwood
Louis County
George W. Majors
Lawie County
BCLP
Louis
Andrew McKinley
Pristol
Webster Grove
St. Lauis
Collision injures 38 year old creamery worker John Murray
John Murray of 2422 Second Avenue North, an employee of the 1XL creamery, was fatally injured in a collision with a Madison Street cable car near the power station. He suffered skull fracture and severe injuries, was taken to Providence Hospital, underwent brain surgery, and remained unconscious through the night with life not yet saved. Eyewitnesses give conflicting accounts of whether Murray deliberately rode into the track or the horse shied.
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John Murray
Madison Street
Murray
Mites
Providence Hospital
Second Avenue North
Alexander Murray
Hiles
Larceny Charge Looms In Diamond Heist
Flora Ross and Queenie Stanford are detained by City Detective Wappenstein over the theft of 92 000 in diamonds from Verna Russell. All three women reside in restricted district brothels and the case hinges on circumstantial evidence with a police effort to obtain confessions.
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Flora Ross
Queenie Stanford
Wappenstein
Verna Russell
Russell
Tenderloin
Lecture Tonight at A M E Church on Bloodline Claim
Fider J. M. Webb lectures at the A M E Church at Fourteenth Avenue and Madison Street about a controversial claim that biblical figures such as Jesus Solomon and the Queen of Sheba had some blood of Ham flowing in their youth and Abraham. The talk discusses alleged racial implications and historical interpretations within a religious setting.
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Fider J. M. Webb
A. M. BE
Fourteenth Avenue
Madison Street
Span
Jesus
Solomon
Sheba
Abraham
Thousands of Union Laborers Parade in City Labor Day Pageant
A vast Labor Day march drew about 15 000 unionists through the city with visiting contingents from Tacoma Vancouver Bremerton Everett and Spokane. Women from the Waitresses and Clarmont Workers unions led the procession as barber shop unions staged a show of strength and local floats showcased industry and strike solidarity.
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Firet Avenue
Pike Street
Yealer Way
Tacoma
Vancouver
Bremerton
Bell
Ingham
Everett
Spokane
Waitresses’ Union
Clarmont Workers’ Union
F A
Rust
BR. B
Orchard
N. A. Hoffman
Western Central Labor Union
Building Trades Assembly
Tacoma Trades Council
Wagners Band
Antona
Barbers’ Union
Cooke and Walter Union
Sheet Metal Workers Union
Granite Cutters’ Union
Prentice
Barbers Union
Barnes
Cigarmakers Union
Bellingham
Washington
Aberdeen
Weestern Central
Butchers Union
The
Butchers’ Union
New York
Sons of Labor
New Yark
James B. McCabe
Central Federated Union
Fifty Ninth Street
Fiftieth
Washington Square
Tme
Strikers Parade in Chicago Labor Day Pageant
About 25 000 marchers took part in the Chicago Labor Day parade this morning starting at 10 o clock in line. The event was held despite the Chicago Federation of Labor declaring in favor of a previous plan or action, with this year’s turnout lower than last year’s 75 000.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Death by Self Described Trap Ends Rev. Os car A. Smith
The decomposed body of Rev. Oscar A. Smith, former post office clerk, found north of Ravenna park by hunters A Hedwell and A R Castleton. A carbolic acid bottle, a stopped gold watch, coins and a wife’s letter were found on him. Smith denied inspectors’ confession in a final letter claiming he was trapped.
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Oscar A. Smith
Post Office
A. Hedwell
A. R. Castleton
Ravenna Park
Smith
Wayland
Flavin
North Fifty-third Street
Hadwell
Hoye
Cunningham
Bonney-Watson
Post Office Department
San Francisco Labor Day Parade Draws 20000 Participants
Crowds of about 20,000 marchers parade through Frisco in perfect weather on Labor Day. Visiting knights and ladies were among the spectators and participants observed by onlookers.
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San Francisco
Man Vanishes After Banknote Swindle in Fremont
A man who pocketed marked money and paid a restaurant bill with a marked half dollar confessed to the crime. He fled from federal authorities under the pretense of notifying his wife, leaving behind an aged father and mother, a widow, and several children in Fremont. His body was later found in an apparent self-inflicted death. funeral services were held, with interment at Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
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Smith
Fremont
Bonney- Watson Company
Mt. Pleasant
Explosion near Upper Sandusky Kills Five
A premature nitro glycerine blast near Upper Sandusky yesterday killed five people and left five others seriously injured. The cause of the accident is unknown at this time.
British Ship Drum Barton Wrecks Off Point San Pedro
In dense fog on Saturday the British ship Drum Barton ran aground near Point San Pedro and is a total wreck. Captain W. G. Thomas commanded the vessel valued at 46 000 dollars and 98 000 pounds. She belonged to Western Commercial Co of this city and was chartered to Renton Holmes & Co.
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San Francisco
Drumbarton
W. G. Thomas
Point San Pedro
Western Commercial Company
Renton, Holmes & Co
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Hee
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Taitse
Novoe Vremya
Sechleraffe
Moscow
Bertha
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Resurrection Bay
Cooks Inlet
A. K. Nealson
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Henry
Stoddard
Killel
LABOR
Thornton Park
Deneen
Stinger
Ilinois
Toledo
Jones Company
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Newcastle
Sharon
Elwood City
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Oscar. Smith
Mail
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