Mackfoot sugar factory work begins in Idaho
Idaho state news notes active construction on the Mackfoot sugar factory and irrigation and bridge concerns across Wand and other rivers. Other items include a Caldwell sugar factory planned for crop 1904, a postmaster salary rise in Boise, and university athletics reports from Moscow.
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Wand River
Caldwell
Boise
Celpta
University of Touro
Whittan College
Moscow
Engagement Near Feng Wang Cheng Splits Russian Forces
A Japanese detachment defeated about 2000 Cossacks near Ai Yang Vien Men east of Feng Wang Cheng. The clash began at 10 30 am and ended 11 30 am with Japanese losses of four killed and 28 wounded while Russian casualties remain unknown. General Oku reports Russians have fallen back from several positions. General Nakamura’s detachment captured four Russian guns at Liu Sha Lun. Also announced, Col Matthew Stanley Quay, longtime Pennsylvania senator, died at Beaver Pa after a chronic illness. He was born September 30 1833 and held numerous state and national offices including state treasurer and U S senator. His death ends a long public career with no Masonic funeral per family request.
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Feng Wang Cheng
Oku
Port Arthur
Cheng Ko Chen Pau
Hoang Shan
Lin Shi Tun
Chen Ko Chen Pau
Nakamura
Liu Sha Lun
Matthew Stanley Quay
Pennsylvania
Beaver
Dillabury
Jefferson College
One Hundred and
Quay
Commonwealth
Philadelphia
Republican State Committee
United States
Republican National Committee
Stone
Street Car Accidents Claim Three Lives In Salt Lake City
Memorial day in Salt Lake City saw three street car accidents. Five year old Alonso Worthen, son of Mr and Mrs C H Worthen, died while Andrew Godfrey, 18, broke a leg. Arthur Brown, a druggist, fell from a moving car and was unconscious. Hyrum Gilles lost his right foot after falling in front of his own car while dizzy.
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Salt Lake City
Alonso Worthen
Iar
C.H. Worthen
Andrew Godfrey
Arthur Brown
Hyrum
Gilles
Methodists adjourn after landmark general conference
The Methodist Episcopal church closed its Los Angeles session after midnight with sweeping actions. Key moves included retiring five bishops and electing eleven, while debates covered amusements, pastoral service limits, school heresy charges, publishing boards, support for superannuated bishops, a commission into church unity, and a referendum on a colored bishop among other topics.
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General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Los Angeles
Methodist Church
Wanamaker Poised to Succeed Quay as Pennsylvania Leader
A Washington special notes President Roosevelt seeks a strong spokesman after Senator Quay. It highlights John Wanamaker eyeing U.S. Senate and mobilizing Keystone State forces to build a dominant party. The piece links Wanamaker to the “great Tam” bid and leadership amid Quay’s influence. A separate Oklahoma cyclone near Guthrie damages crops and destroys five houses.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Matthew 8. Quay
Pennsylvania
Pontmastereneral
John Wanamaker
Keystone
United States
Wanamaker
Quay Fac Hon
Japanese Bravery At Nan Shan Hill In Fierce Hand to Hand Attack
Reports from Kio Chou detail nine successive Japanese charges against Russian fortifications on Nan Shan hill. Despite heavy fire and enfilade risks, Japanese forces captured the forts after brutal close combat. Meantime, a Peking note questions China’s hold on conquered lands as Port Arthur threats rise. A Riverside park bridge disaster in Arkansas claims four lives as a river rescue fails, and a Cleveland pursuit ends with two suspected robbers dead or drowned after a gunfight with Special Detective Wilson.
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Nan Shan Hill
Tallenwen Bay
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China
Japan
Uchida
Port Arthur
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Arkansas River
Riverside Park
Cleveland
Wilson
Churches Unite Plan Approved by General Assembly
The Presbyterian general assembly in Buffalo New York voted nearly unanimously to union with the Cumberland Presbyterian church. The resolution urged steps to secure the union and clarify the church’s position.
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Presbyterian General Assembly of the
Japan Wins At Kin Chou Nan Shan And Talienwan
Reported losses total around three thousand men killed and wounded in the assaults on Kin Chou Nan Shan and Talienwan. Japan secured a sweeping victory over Russian forces capturing fifty guns and advancing toward Port Arthur. Estimated Russian losses approach two thousand men.
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Japan
Kin Chou
Nan Shan
Talienwan
Port Arthur
Russians in Korea Estimated Strength and Moves
Reports from Seoul place Russian forces in Hamhung province at about 1,000 men with twelve guns, with expected reinforcements soon. Cossacks claim 600 cavalry and 4,000 infantry are following in their rear amid conflicting, rumor-filled dispatches from Korean sources.
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Seoul
Ham Heung
Fierce Kin Chou Battle Reported in May Assault
A London dispatch says Japanese losses at Kin Chou reached about 12 000 killed with official verification. Fighting continued near Kin Chou as heavy artillery duel began at dawn on May 26 and lasted five hours. Three Japanese warships supported from Kin Chou bay while a Russian gunboat fired on the left flank in Takien Wan bay.
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London Central News
Kin Chou
Kin Chou Bay
Takien Wan Bay
Battle near Mao ends in revolutionists victory in Santo Domingo
On the 26th a clash occurred between Dominican government troops and revolutionists at Esperanza on the Monte Christi to Santiago road near Mao. The revolutionists won. many dead and wounded reported on both sides. General Raoul Cabrera was killed. Rebels approach Navarette where a new fight is anticipated as government troops await reinforcements. US cruiser Detroit and gunboat Newport observed off Monte Christi.
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Monte Christi
Santiago
Mao
Raoul Cabrera
Navarrette
Navarette
United States
Detroit
Newport
Russians Trap in Mountain Pass and River Bridge Disaster
A London Daily Chronicle report describes 15,000 Russians marching toward Feng Wang Cheng on May 23, surprised by 30,000 Japanese in Tatung pass with 4,000 Russian deaths and 1,000+ surrender. Separately, 15 construction workers in Salvia Nevada fell into a sagging Truckee bridge, one Swede drowned, body unrecovered.
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Shun Kai Kwan
London Daily Chronicle
New Chuang
Feng Wang Chen
Haicheng
Liao Yang
Feng Wang Cheng
Tatung Pass
San Francisco Construction Company
Salvia
Nevada
Truckee River
Laughtons Springs
Dropped Dead at His Desk During Los Angeles Brotherhood Meet
T. S. Ingraham, 69, first assistant grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, collapsed at noon Friday in Los Angeles during the convention. He had served as assistant first grand engineer since 1873 and maintained a Cleveland home with a son there and two married daughters in Cincinnati. His death was sudden and unexpected.
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T. S. Ingraham
Internatonal Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Los Angeles
Mr. Ingraham
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Poison in the Water in Las Vegas tragedy
Jose Tafaya and two family members across three generations lie buried in one grave in Las Vegas New Mexico after poisoning. Seven others in the neighborhood are stricken. Arsenic found in a barrel used to store household water. Some victims had not drunk that water. A young man’s case was traced to meat.
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Jose Tafaya
Las Vegas
N. M
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