News Notes From Home and Foreign Lands T: Russian Japanese naval clash hints at decisive outcome
A dispatch dated May 25 reports a cavalry raid by Gen. Mistehonke and combat near Kakowan. Russian forces annihilate two Japanese companies and capture a new company. All AP dispatches hint at a Japanese victory in the Straits of Korea, though full fleet involvement remains uncertain.
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Mistehonke
Sneviteh
Whlch
Beighim
Kakowan
Associated Press
Rojestvensky
Assorted News Flashes From Across America and Abroad
A sprawling roundup reports diverse incidents including legal happenings, assassinations, accidents, and floods. Notable items include a Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice wed at home, a bomb assassination in Baku, a boy found starving in a freigth car in Chicago, railway collapses with injuries, a family killed in a crossing accident, and strikes demanding wage increases.
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John Dean
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Hollidaysburo
Baku
Prince Nakachive
Peter Armstrong
Chicago
Pitsburg
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Cranbrook
George Brockle
Adam
Hamewtond
Davenport
Taetruck
Trenton
United States
Benjamin RK. Tillman
George Yorne
New Halas
Gallen River
Benton Harbor
Mich
Cmal
Williamh. Berry
Delaware County
John B. Head
Westmoreland County
Harrisburg
Roosevelts Statue Unveiling Address in Brooklyn
President Roosevelt attended the unveiling of Gen. Henry W. Slocum’s statue in Brooklyn. He praised northern and southern veterans, warned against unarmed excess, and urged a strong navy as a guarantee of peace.
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Gen
Henry W. Slocum
New York
Stinieg
Henry W. Sloeum
Brooklyn
Roosevelt
Wults
Jersey City
Gunnison
Union League Club
W. E. Pulsifer
Sehleren
Fulton Street
Auto League
Gen. Slocum
McMoniles
Tayo Hreat
Siatue
McCiellax
McDonnell
Naval Young Men‘ Christian Association
Mins
Helen M. Gould
Pro Patria Ashore In Fog Off Bear Cove
The French steamer Pro Patria bound from Pierre Miquelon to Halifax ran off course in dense fog 25 miles from its port. The vessel struck bottom near Bear Cove and is in a dangerous position with holds flooded. Passengers and crew were landed safely.
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Pro Patria
T, Pierre
Miquelon
Halifax
Bear Cove
Eight Hour Law Debate In Canal Work
Secretary Taft explained Attorney General Moody's ruling that the eight hour law applies to equal construction labor on the canal project after June 1 but not to the Panama Railroad. The ruling covers laborers and mechanics while clerical workers are excluded. Arbitration with coolie labor employers to adjust wages will delay contracts and likely raise building costs.
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Washington
Lethanian Canal Commission
Taft
Moody
Panama
Ti Ie
Wailace
Trix
Supreme Court Upholds NY Franchise Tax Ruling
The US Supreme Court held the New York special franchise tax law valid, ruling against corporations that challenged the tax as an unconstitutional impairment of contracts. The decision impacts unpaid taxes in Greater New York totaling over 24 million dollars across firms including Consolidated Gas, Metropolitan Traction, Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Brooklyn Union Gas, and New York & Harlem Railroad.
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Te Calimmet
Heele Mining Co
Hive
Pred Lee
Frank Gray
Mies
Rhodes
Migs
Sarah Gates
Springdeld
Dames Rye
Dr. O'Day
Standard
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Vandalia
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Carl
London
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Baron Alphonse de Rothachild
Kanitis House
Rothechild
Bank of France
X Duns
Francis C. Randolph
Alabama
John Ridolph
Mont-gomery
Ala
Chicago
Mount
Vesuivus
Volcapo
Lanb
Engi
Deer Wilson
Pacife
Bearmonth
Mont
Norton Goddard
New York
Litchfield
Conn
AntiVice Society
Hussky Slovo
Moscow
Wadlveerk
Siberia
Sakhalin
Kamchatka Peninsule
David Rothechild
Delanet Federal Bank
Grand Jury
New York City
RG Din & Co
Tradeways
Amons
United States
Canada
BEC
Ohio Republicans
Columine
Myron ‘T
Herriete
Andrew J. Harris
Supreme Court
Wiliam C. Doyle
Wade H. Bilis
W. 5. McKinnen
Bear of Public Works
William Kirtley
Morrow
San Francisco
California Federation of Labor
Danbury
Welton Stanford
Schenectady
IN. C
Jane Lathrop Stanford
Lafe
Idland Stanford
M. E. Walley
Beaver
Col
Rockwen's
Excavatores’ Union
Ili
Woion
Standard of Co
Nat Crump
Clay Grubb
Salisbury
Wael
Old Fort
Mary Hilon Lease
Hkanvas
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Trewer
Roosevelt
Ellin Root
W. D. Guthrie
Mayer
Louis Marshall
Messie, Root
Guthrie
Consolidated Gas Co
Metropolitan Traction System
Brooklyn Rapid Trinket Co
Brooklyn Union Gas Co
New York & Antlem Railroad Co
Atlantic Wins Kaiser's Cup Race Across the Atlantic
The American three masted schooner Atlantic, owned by Wilson Marshall of the New York Yacht Club and captained by Barr, finished first off the Lizard, beating the German rival Hamburg in a tight crossing to Cowes. Anxious crowds at Lloyds signaled the finish as the Atlantic claimed the Kaiser's cup claim with average speeds around ten knots.
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London
Atlantic
Wilson Marshall
New York Yacht Club
Lizard
West Beck
Barr
Sandy Hook
Marshall
Beaty
Hamburg
AL Lande
A Great Victory for the Japs in Korean Straits Report
Washington May 21 Japans official report on the naval battle in the Korean Straits describes Admiral Rojestvenskys fleet losing 22 ships and sinking several Russian vessels. The dispatch notes captures of officers and heavy Japanese losses were avoided, with Osaka, Vladivostok, and related ships referenced.
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Foreign Office
Tokyo
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Rojestvensky
Urleing Island
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Misi
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Hae
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Grozny
Short Rang
Vindivostok
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Vladivostok
Kobe
Japan
Ruseland
Yamaguchi
Straits of Korea
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Rojedtvensky
Sayn Ttie
Skrydiof
Tokio
Orel
Marziura
Nikolai I
Benjavin
Apraxine
Sateho
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