Fog Shrouds Mukden Front Amid Muted War Activity
Reports from Mukden on October 21 describe dense fog concealing troop positions and limiting large scale action. Japanese and Russian forces exchanged isolated artillery, with a Russian counterattack repelling a Japanese advance. casualties were three killed and eleven wounded. Separate dispatches discuss German mediation stance and potential understandings with Russia to protect the western frontier.
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Mukden
Cologne
Russia
Japan
Cologne Gazette
German Foreign Office
Germany
America
Gazette
Muden
Thirty-fifth Rifles
Kondratovitch
Colmel Musnitsky
Russian Japanese war reports from Mukden and Canton
News from Mukden and Port Arthur describes Russian advances hindered by flooded rivers and fords, with Japanese left flank reportedly driven back at heavy losses. Dispatches note actions on Lonetree hill, Cossack counterattacks, and intense fighting amid terrible casualties and harsh weather.
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Mukden
London
Shanghai
Morning Post
Port Arthur
Lonetree
Mistchenko
Gavriloff
Fidyatun
Shakhe
Lonetree Hill
Londres Hill
Czar Succeeds in Sleepless War Tension
Paris reports the Russian czar has not slept for three days as General Kuropatkin’s fate hangs in the balance. Berlin notes a letter from the empress fears for the czar’s health and reveals a flood of letters from grieving citizens begging to end the war.
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Paris
Russia
Kuropatkin
Berlin
Hesse-Darmstadt
Shuropatkin
Far East
Karkoff
Joy in St Petersburg as Kuropatkin resumes offensive
Jubilation grips St Petersburg after word that General Kuropatkin has resumed the offensive. Rain-slicked streets glow with illuminations for the czareviteh’s name day while newsboys rush extras proclaiming a great Russian victory. Crowds at hotels and restaurants discuss shifting fortunes, though the public remains restrained and cautious.
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St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Mediation talk angers Russians amid wartime victory
From St Petersburg comes the view that Washington's hint at mediation in the Far East falls at an ill time as Japan enjoys a run of victories. Officials fear a Roosevelt initiative would be rebuffed, reflecting government resentment over renewed peace efforts.
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St. Petersburg
Washington
Associated Press
Tokio
Roosevelt
Weather and War Movements Across Manchuria in Oct
Reports from St Petersburg and Tokyo describe heavy rains halting battles in Manchuria with impassable roads. Maps show Russian withdrawals and Japanese attempts to retake Lone Tree hill as Kuropatkin shifts forces, while officials hint at renewed fighting once conditions improve.
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London
St. Petersburg
Standard
Kuroki
Taitse
Tokio
Suez Canal
Cape of Good Hope
Jakovloff
Petropayvlovsk
Cape
Iie
Far East
Oku
Fusan
Manchuria
Kuropatkin
Lone Tree Hill
Marshal Oyama
Associated Press
Mukden
War Office
Hun River
Port Arthur Troops Anxious In China News
A junk from Liaoti promontory arrived at Chefoo with a hundred Port Arthur coolies fleeing shells from Japanese forces. They report fierce fighting on Rihlung mountain on October 13 with Japanese losses, and say Kuropatkin relief is awaited. The Baltic fleet reportedly sailed for the Pacific, lifting Russian spirits amid winter gear shortages. Separately, Ernest Lyon criticizes missionaries in Liberia as unduly thrifty and morally questioned.
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Chefoo
Liaoti Promontory
Port Arthur
Rihlung Mountain
Kuropatkin
Pacific
Washington
Ernest Lyon
Liberia
State Department
Little Republic
Lyon
Ag & Man
BOM
Comptroller cites criminal acts in bank failures
St Louis address by Comptroller William Barret Ridgely to the Illinois Bankers Association stresses that in most failures officers have engaged in criminal acts. He cites the need for swift punishment of wrongdoers and explains the bank act limit of 10 percent on loans. Officers elected include President E D Durham and Secretary I P Judson.
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St. Louis
William Barret Ridgely
Ilinois Bankers’ Association
Ridgely
Hartman Baker
United States
E. D. Durham
Onarga
Liberal Movement in Russia Spreads Across Europe
Vienna reports that czarist subject nationalities are expanding revolutionary activity in many directions. Poles abandon a pure national policy and support a broader liberal movement. They publish periodicals and circulate millions of pamphlets. Polish separatists operate in Russia and abroad with strong organizations in England and the United States, with main headquarters at Rapperswil, Switzerland.
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Vienna
Europe
Russia
England
United States
Rapperswyl
Switzerland
Miners Quit in Kanawha Field Over Hiring Rules
Miners at several Kanawha field mines quit work in protest of operators not posting notices banning discrimination between women and nonunion men. The Kanawha Coal Association sent a telegram to John Mitchell and wired again seeking a prompt reply to ease tension and avoid strained relations.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha
Kanawha Coal Association
John Mitchell
Man Confesses to Killing Farmer Aided by Wife Influence
Fayelle Missouri October 20 Edgar McKenzie a young man confessed to shooting John Smithers a farmer on Smithers place near Fayelle. He says he fired from behind while Smithers worked in the field and was influenced by Smithers wife to commit the crime.
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Fayelle, Mo
Edgar McKenzie
John Smithers
Here
Smithers
McKenzie
Morgan Peddlers Fined at Morgan Request
New York on October 20 four Greek fruit peanut and chestnut vendors were arrested and fined two dollars each after J Pierpont Morgan complained they were a nuisance and interfered with his business.
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Morgan
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Whisky Gift to Bishop Potter Moves Distillers
Washington on October 20 in appreciation of Bishop Henry Codman Potter s stand on the liquor question distillers in Baltimore have sent a case of their well aged whisky to the bishop.
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Bishop
Washington
Henry Codman Potter
Baltimore
Mine Fire Still Rages In Shamokin Enterprise Mine
Shamokin Pa Oct 20 despite 2 000 000 gallons of water poured on the burning Enterprise mines the fire continues to rage with increasing fury as crews combat the blaze and fight to control the spread.
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Shamokin
Enterprise
Admiral Vansittart Dies in London
London Oct 20 Admiral Vansittart is dead. He was born July 21 1818 and retired in 1878.
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Admiral Vansittart
London
Speed Trial Plans for Cruiser Colorado Off Boston
Plans are complete for the speed trial of the new cruiser Colorado on Saturday off Boston Mass. The event will test navigation, speed, and maneuverability with officials monitoring the run.
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Boston
Mass
Colorado
Vessel sinks in fierce Atlantic storm reported
London rumor says a Cunard steamship carrying 2200 emigrants from Fiume to new homes sank off the Spanish coast amid a violent storm. The Standard cites no confirmation, though it notes the vessel would be under British flag with British masters. Other Cunard ships on the Adriatic route are named, with sailing ports listed and captains noted. Vernon H. Brown denies any disaster notices.
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Vienna
London Standard
Cunard
Fiume
Standard
The
Adriatic Sea
Hungary
Venice
New York
Cunard Line
Altonia
Slavonia
Pannonia
Carpathia
Royal Naval Reserve
Trieste
Naples
Gibraltar
Ultonila
Europe
Itume
Barr
Potter
Blind girl taps an oil well in Indiana
Della Pitts ford, a blind girl from Munele Indiana, on her father’s farm east of town, shot the first oil well in eastern Indiana. Labeled the Indiana Helen Keller for her athletic and sewing talents she urged her father to let her shoot. After 300 quarts of nitroglycerin were used she released the steel re dev il causing a tremor of the earth and a gush of oil. The well is expected to yield about 600 barrels per day.
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Munele
Ind
Della Pittsford
Indiana
Helen Kellar
French Diamond Expert Ends Life in East River Jump
Paul Godard a 55 year old French diamond expert and representative of a Paris firm killed himself by leaping from the new East River bridge to Manhattan to Williamsburg after a failed mission and an alledged failure of remittance. He came to establish branch houses in the United States but was not successful and appeared despondent over the outcome and lack of funds.
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Hester Trudow
LeSueur
Minn
India
New York
East River
Paul Godard
Manhattan
Williamsburg
Godard
Paris
Nurse's Mistake Ends in Patient's Death in Savannah
Rochester report states Mrs. Carrie Crampton wife of William Crampton a Savannah farmer died after being given a full glass of carbolic acid mistaken for Poland water. The tragedy occurred October 19 with authorities investigating the nurse's error.
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Rochester
N. Y
Carrie Crampton
William Crampton
Savannah
Ghouls Plead Guilty in Warrensburg Robbery Case
In St. Louis on October 19, Haynes and BH Zeigler, arrested after a wreck at Warrensburg, pleaded guilty to robbing bodies. Haynes was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary.
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St. Louis
LL. Haynes
BH. Zeigler
Warrensburg
Haynes
Soldiers Aid Railroad Workmen at Little Falls
Soldiers guard workers of the Ritchfield Springs and Oneonta railroad as they connect the Valley line at Little Falls New York on October 19.
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Little Falls
N. Y
Ritchfield Springs
Oneonta Railroad
Judge Watts Parker Declares No Jurisdiction
Lexington Ky October 19 Judge Watts Parker ruled he had no jurisdiction in the case against William Britton indicted for the murder of James Cockrill.
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Lexington, Ky
Watts Parker
William Britton
James Cockrill
Pope Sends Condolences on Princess of Asturias Death
Rome October 19 The pope received word of the death of the princess of the Asturias once known as Gopo Jenne The papal message conveyed condolences and sorrow over the royal loss in Spain with formal acknowledgments of the tragedy.
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Rome
Princesa of the Asturias
Gopao- Jenne
Fener
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Poretary Wyndham
Anthony Macdonnell
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Takushan
Europatkin
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Canton
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Europatkia
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Spain
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