Russian Fleet Battered in Korean Straits War News
Reports from May indicate the Russian Baltic squadron under Admiral Rozhdestvensky suffered heavy losses in a running naval engagement with Admiral Togo’s Japanese fleet in the Straits of Korea near Okishima. Twelve Russian ships sunk or damaged, with Orel or Borodino listed among losses. Japanese torpedo boats played a pivotal role. Details vary across dispatches from Chefoo to Nagasaki and Washington.
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Beim
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Taingia
Strait of Korea
Chefoo
Korea
Korean Straits
Tago
Korean Strait
Tsu Islands
Papanese
Masampho Bay
Shanghai
Bolestyensky
Rojestyensky
Europe
Washington
Orel
State Department
Boroding
Nagasaki
Rosentvensky
Tokio
Teshima
Mayer sues for 1.5 million over shipyard collapse
Charles W. Mayer begins suit claiming he helped promote a U S shipbuilding yard and is owed 1,500,000. Defendants include Mercantile Trust Company and James W. Alexander among many others. case tied to securities shifted to trusts after the yard’s collapse. Meanwhile reports from Che Foo and London note port holds and diplomatic dinners.
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New York
United States
Chas. W. Mayer
Mayer
Mercantile Trust Company
Dotin McCook
Chas
Beattie Alexander
James W. Alexander
James H. Hyde
Gagee Tarbell
George Jay Soul
D. Leroy Dresser
Score
Mr. Mayer
Securitie
Aerlule
Tokio bulletin says Russian fleet largely annihilated
An official Tokyo notice reports Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet nearly wiped out with twelve ships sunk or captured. Japanese losses listed as two battleships two coast defense armors and more. over two thousand prisoners. Minister Takahira awaits formal confirmation as the Japanese legation monitors the battle outcome overnight.
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Rojestvensky
Washington
Toga
Togo
Takabir
Japan
Straits of Korea
Associated Press
Tokyo
Takahira
Legation
Cloudburst at Joplin causes major damage
A May 30 cloudburst in Joplin Missouri produced a fierce tornado like wind. Streets filled with flying debris as water rose above sidewalks flooding Main Street stores and basements. Damaged locations include Christman's dry goods Simon & Co Newman's clothing Elk saloon Wheeler & Sellin's drug store Palace barber shop Saddle Rock restaurant. Cyclonic conditions followed a hot humid day, and communications were disrupted with lines down except for a Western Union wire to Kansas City.
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Joplin
Christman's Dry
Simon & Co
Furnianings
Newman's Clothing
Elk
Diamonds valued at $90 000 vanish from Tiffanys New York shop
Three cut from the Excelsior and totaling $90 000 disappeared from Tiffany & Co at Union Square New York. Theft occurred Thursday May 4 in the workshop. diamonds were left on a shelf in a wire cage and not placed in the safe. Police chase a possible ruse offering $10 000 to recover them.
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Tiffany & Co
Union Square
New York
Excelsior
C.T. Cook
Lamar's Kindness of Heart and Taft Friendship
Secretary Taft recalls a defining moment with Justice Lamar of Mississippi. Taft, then assistant attorney general, felt out of place before the Supreme Court. Lamar reassured him with warmth saying the justices bite not and that his own teeth were sharp. Taft says he has never ceased thanking Lamar for restoring his faith in himself.
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Taft
Justice Lamar
Mississippi
United States Supreme Bench
Ohio
Beauty Without Streetside Charm Stirs U S Cities
The Washington Post notes American cities lag in beauty despite aging infrastructure and strong essentials. Citizens increasingly draft beautification plans, believing aesthetic upgrades are profitable like French examples, and will speed urban transformation once convinced.
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Washington Post
Ingersoll's Scathing Indictment Told by Hill
Frederick Trevor Hill recounted anecdotes from sixteen years at the New York bar. He shared a story of Col Robert Ingersoll delivering a severe arraignment in court asking the jury to study the defendant’s face and declaring him the meanest man he knew, a man so vile that the dirt on him should fill another grave.
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Frederick Trevor Hill
New York
Col
Robert Ingersoll
Wsnally
Public Spirited Chinese Woman Orator of Reform
Kan Tang Pit, 18, daughter of Kang Ya Wei, loyal supporter of Chinese reform governments, studied in Hartford, and spoke in St. Louis last summer. She led the local Chinese Empire Reform association chapter, addressed large audiences for her people, and is regarded as an early Chinese woman public speaker on political topics.
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Kang Ya Wei
St. Louis
Kan Tang Pit
Hartford
Hofman Genine Early Shown Pianist Prodigy
Josef Hofman the great pianist showed extraordinary talent as a child, able to perform Beethoven and Mozart sonatas at age six. By age three he could echo melodies heard in Vienna, and later Rothstein entrusted him with a treasured piano as a lasting legacy.
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Josef Hofman
Beethoven
Mosart
Wien
Rothstein
Hoffman
Young Men to the Front in Public Affairs
Dr Woodrow Wilson head of Princeton University urged young men to engage in public affairs stressing duty and responsibility of educated citizens. The Baltimore Herald notes independents in politics are rising with more young lawyers and business people taking active political roles nationwide.
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Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Baltimore Herald
King's Horses Slaughtered at Buckingham Palace Stables
The king’s policy bars selling retired royal horses, preferring humane death on site. At Buckingham Palace stables on Monday one horse was killed with chloroform in a custom mask to ensure a merciful end, as Reynolds’ Newspaper reports.
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Buckingham Palace
Reynolds
Nansen Visits England A Scientist Athlete in Town
Fridtjof Nansen, renowned arctic explorer and scientist athlete, travels in England appearing tall and striking. He is described with Viking hair, friendships in England, and a wife who is a celebrated Swedish singer, often hosting English travelers at their Christianfjord home.
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Nansen
Fridtjot Nansen
England
She
Christinnis Fjord
Police Dogs to Protect the Czar from Brunswick
Reports say the Russian government bought dogs trained in Brunswick Germany for czar protection. The police dogs are said to be educated in a method superior to other facilities. In Jersey City banker Cornelius Zabriskie bought twenty lots for a city playground and paid 30000. He once offered 150000 for a new city hospital if citizens matched.
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Germany
Cornelius Zabriskie
Jersey City
Zabriskie
City Hospital
Archduke Renounces Royalty and Marriage Sparks Change
Former Archduke Leopold joins Swiss army as private, exiles from royalty after elopement with an actress, renaming as Herr Weeling. McKinley Memorial Church dedicated in Poland Ohio, honoring the boyhood home and the site where he joined the church in his youth.
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Archduke Leopold
Herr Weeling
Rojestvensky Moves North of Luzon In Pacific Route
Paris reports naval expert analysis on Vice Admiral Rojestvensky skirting the Philippines, aiming a long detour to Vladivostok to dodge Japanese torpedoes and Formosa mines. Officials debate neutrality challenges as Russia closes toward Kelung and northern Straits of Korea.
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Rojestvensky
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Formosa
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Japan
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Formoss
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Jessend
Berlin
Sheftel
United States
Great Britain
Far
Separate Presbyterians Approve Segregated Churches Plan
May 24 Winonk Lake report says the general assembly of the Presbyterian church intends to reject a committee for a May next year 200th anniversary celebration of Philadelphia's first Presbytery The body adopted a proposal allowing Presbyteries within other boundaries but with only one dissenting vote noting it creates separate Presbyteries for Negroes and Whites.
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Winonk Lake
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
First
Philadelphia
Want Books of Bank From Port Arthur After Surrender
The Russo Chinese bank at Port Arthur failed to obtain release of its books and over 100 bags of banking and private correspondence from the Japanese after the fortress capitulated. Mail was stored in the bank vaults following the Port Arthur post office destruction. Undue retention prevented closing shipments to Port Arthur from America, Germany, England, and France, including tremittancer and canceled documents for merchandise.
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Che Foo
Port Arthur
America
Germany
England
France
Hearings on Interstate Commerce Regulation Concluded
Senate on interstate commerce closed hearings on railroad rate regulation and will spend the week drafting a plan to aid congressional action. Samuel Spencer of Southern Railway argued that rate questions should be decided by courts to protect railroad property, while A Union of Armour Car Lines urged against extending private car controlled regulation and sought exclusive contracts for shippers.
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Senate On Interstate Commerce
Washington
Senaton
Interstate Commerce
Congress
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway
A. Union
Armour Car Lines
Fruiterowera
Santa Fe Trains Wrecked by Flood Near El Paso
May 29 report from El Paso, Texas describes the Rio Grande flooding the Mesilla valley north of the city. A Santa Fe freight train derailed as tracks were undermined near Dona Ana, thirteen cars plunging into the river. Dikes are reinforced as residents evacuate the Mexican district to higher ground.
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Tex
Rio Grande
Mesilla
Santa Fe
Dona Anna
Aggressive move in Chicago seeks to reclaim street franchis
In Chicago the state’s attorney filed quo warranto petitions in superior court to determine authority behind Chicago City Railway and Traction Company use of streets. The action alleges franchise overreach by substituting electricity for horse power, risking forfeiture. defendants ordered to answer by June 6. Separately, Hague tribunal upholds Britain France Germany appeal against Japan on perpetual house taxes. U S interest noted. Adrian Missouri reports veterinary surgeon BJ Hickland found dead after wood alcohol spree. In Chicago, probate court disallows Dr Zeigler’s $500,000 medical claim against Harriet McVicker estate, instructing a more moderate refile.
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Companion
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Arbitration Tribunal
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France
Germany
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Adrian, Mo
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Ths Place
L. C. H. &. Zergier
Harriet McVicker
Cutting
Zeigler
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