Japanese Trap Closing on Port Arthur
British dispatches report heavy fighting near Hai Cheng as Russian rear guard withdraws from Ta-tche-kiao. Japanese forces, including Kuroki Nodzu and Oku, press Kuropatkin toward Liaoyang with indications of potential battle or retreat. Port Arthur's outer fortifications may have seen bombardment, with Rear Admiral Withoft awaiting sea support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Daily Mail
Niuchwang
Hai-cheng
Ta-tche-kiao
Port Arthur
Golden Hi
St. Petersburg
Sakharoff
Oku
Ta-tche-klao
Ous
von Pledge
Europatkin
Kuroki
Nodzu
Gen
Liaoyang
Haicheng
Associated Press
Mukden
Hel-cheng
Tilaupang
Kuropatkin
Credit
Withoft
Liao-yang
United States
Japan
London Times
Washington Post
Warships Move Through the Great Belt Toward North
Copenhagen July 31 two Russian cruisers and two torpedo boats have traversed the great belt heading northward. St Petersburg Aug 1 indications suggest the Baltic squadron is on the eve of an important movement. Official details are not yet available, but many officers say preparations are under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
St. Petersburg
Sakharoff Wounded At Ta-tche-kiao In Night Battle
Special cable report from London notes Russian defenses on the hills at Ta-tche-kiao gave them a strong, masked position that repelled daylight Japanese assaults. A night attack from 10 p m to 3 a m breached the Tapingling defenses, with Russian casualties at least 2,000 and Japanese losses at 1 071. Gen Sakharoff and Gen Kuropatkin wounded. Oku praised for planning a large night offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ta-tche-kiao
London
Washington Post
Tokyo
Oku
Olu
Kuropatkin
Feld
Sakharoff
Ta-thhe-King
Nanshan
Hunted trio in Cedar Swamp after Portage murder
Portage Pennsylvania July 31 three men who killed Charles Hays and possibly fatally wounded Patrick Campbell are chased by 800 volunteers. The search covers a twelve by seven mile laurel swamp with signals and spread-out posses. One fugitive wounded, trail lost near Ran- Gall, pursuit continues through night with pickets and added men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hays
Patrick Campbell
Portage
Patrick F. Campbell
Puritan Coal Company
Pressouth
Cedar Swamp
Bedford County
Laurel
Ran- Gall
Justice of the Peace
McCartney
Beaverdale
Justice McCartney
W. J. Stevens
Llydell
Hollidaysburg
Franktown
Puritan
Fire destroys four Wissahickon Terra Cotta works buildings
Philadelphia report notes four buildings of the Ornamental Terra Cotta Works at Wissahickon avenue and Bristol street burned, value estimated at 150000 with full insurance. The firm, Conkling Armstrong & Co, employed 200 men and held orders totaling 500000. Also mentions a separate San Francisco Mercantile Co fire loss of 125000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Conkling, Armstrong & Co
Wissahickon Avenue
Bristol Street
Germany's Threat Ultimatum Shocks Caracas
News from Willemstad reports German Minister Herr Pelldram demanded immediate payment of interest on the Venezuela Germany protocol award. If not met by August 4, he will leave Caracas. Reports say Castillo's government had been expected to honor payments from 30 percent of La Guaira and Porto Cabello customs receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro
la Guaira
Porto Cabello
Belgium
Willemstad
Caracao
Herr Pelldram
Caracas
Venezelan
Germany
Herbert W. Bowen
Venezuela
Mr. Bowen
Italy
Great Britain
Hague
Ralston Closes Italian Venezuelan Claims Umpire
Jackson H. Ralston of this city has signed his award as umpire of the Italian Venezuelan commission completing the labor of all recent mixed Venezuelan commissions. About 3650 claims totaling $6,000,000 were filed with the Italian commission with $600,000 in aggregate awards. The major cases included Cordova heirs over $4,000,000 and the Martini Company over port blockades. Venezuela was found liable for damages in several instances and the commission dealt with issues of double citizenship, expulsions, and revolutionary government liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson H. Ralston
Cordova
Sicily
Venezuela
Martini Company
Granta
Barcelona
Guanta, &v
Los Andes
Ralston
Venezuela to publish report on commissions decisions
The text notes lying prescription and claims for damages not presented to Venezuela for thirty years after alleged occurrences. Interest at 3 percent per year is allowed from presentation to the government or the commission to January 1, 194. The government will soon publish a complete report of the decisions of all Venezuelan commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Protest Over Venezuelan Seizure of Asphalt Lake
The British Minister protested to Venezuela over the seizure of the Guanaco asphalt lake belonging to the New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company. Bondholders’ interests are at risk, and the State Department awaits Minister Bowen’s report before acting further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asphalt Lake
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Caracd
Hondholders
Guanaco
New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company
Venezuela
New York
Bermudez
State Department
Bowen
Castro
Caracas
Bay State's Old Home Week Begins in Massachusetts
Special religious services open the third annual Old Home Week festival in Massachusetts with towns across the state observing the event. Amesbury will dedicate a monument to early settlers next Wednesday, Greenwich marks the 15th anniversary of its incorporation the following day, and Boston will host an old home week reception with Gov Yates Gov Garvin and former Gov Rollins among the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Amesbury
Greenwich
Yates
F.C. L. Garvin
Rhode Island
Frank M. Rollins
New Hampshire
Exiles anxious to return to Cripple Creek district
Denver July. Attorneys Haw and Murphy for the Western Federation of Miners plan to seek an injunction in federal court to stop interference by Citizens' Alliance and mine owners as deported Cripple Creek miners aim to return home. Federation officials will reopen stores looted in Cripple Creek and Victor on June 6 7, amid sheriff warnings of possible violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Hn. N. Hawareani
J. H. Murphy
Wemr’ ‘Federation of Miners
Crippie Creek
Cripple Creek
Western Federation
Victor
Edward Bell
Teller County
Drugged and robbed in New York after arrival
Gerard Caesar, 68, a Richmond tobacco manufacturer, was beaten and robbed after arriving in New York. Police report he was drugged and assaulted in the city afternoon, taken to New York Hospital with internal injuries. He had left his clothing in Jersey City after a stopover and cannot recall the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gerard Caesar
Richmond
Caesar
Jersey City
Imperial Hotel
Turnkey’s Injuries Fatal in Fifty-Three Escape
Bellefonte Pa July 31 Jerry Condo a prison turnkey who was brutally beaten by five escaping prisoners died last night The attackers will face murder charges if recaptured Despite large search efforts no trace of the escapees has been found Tonight a posse headed to March Creek sixteen miles north in hopes three strange men sighted there may be among the fugitives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefonte
Jerry Condo
Center County
March Creek
Here
New York
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company
United Dressed Beef Company
Donnelly
Chicago
Cattle Butchers’ Union
Joseph Masterson
Mob Driven Off Vendor Killer Suspect In Johnstown
Enraged mob of 250 men attempted lynching Andrew Bulck a foreigner accused of assaulting A Pack ern s five year old daughter at Boswell Somerset County. Two or three men cut the rope and dragged him to the jail. Late tonight crowds lingered near the jail with threats against Bulck s life and more danger feared. Memphis scene notes a retired cotton factor W N Brown killed by a streetcar on Poplar Boulevard aged 75. Pennsylvania Railroad to add cafe dining car service on August 1 for the Buffalo train and the day train from Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Andrew Bulck
A. Packern
Boswell
Somerset County
Bulck
Memphis
W. N. Brown
Poplar Boulevard
Buffalo
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pattison In Critical Condition With Pneumonia
Former Pennsylvania governor Robert E Pattison lies critically ill at his Overbrook home with pneumonia and a weak heart. Doctors report a sudden worsening this afternoon after a hot day, with slight delirium and little hope of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Robert FB. Pattison
Pennsylvania
Overbrook
Demand Honest Election in Tennessee County
Special to The Washington Post from Knoxville on July 31 reports church ministers urging male congregants to vote and work, and to monitor counting for an honest election. With no Republican candidates, the race centers on county offices and alleged fraud, including a $600,000 bond vote fiasco. Gov. Frazier is pressed to replace the election commissioners before Thursday’s poll amid fears of clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Knoxville
Tenn
Ity
Bate
Senator Bate
United States Senate
Frazier
East
Tennessee
Dana Says He Shot Himself to Die in Central Park
New York July 31 Samuel L Dana a young bank clerk who survived a gunshot wound near his heart in Central Park admitted to Coroner Jackson that the wound was self inflicted he said he wanted to die and refused to implicate widow Mrs B W Dignon who had been summoned Dana’s father from Fairfield Iowa is en route to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Samuel L. Dana
Central Park
Jackson
Dana
B. W. Dignon
Subway Strike Threat Fears General Lockout In New York
Lockout danger looms as union members blamed for the subway strike may prompt a general order by the Building Trades Employers Association. A conciliatory shift at a Central Federated Union meeting led to a committee to merge rival painters unions. If enacted, 25000 to 30000 workers in Greater New York could be affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Central Federated Union
Painters’ Unions
Brotherhood of Painters
Amalgamated Painters’ Society
Diaz May Visit Us In U S As Diaz Weighs Winter Tour
Mexico City July 21 Thomas N Ma cauley a New York financier in an interview with President Diaz expressed that a U S visit by President Diaz would boost American interest in Mexico. Diaz said he may visit the United States during the coming winter. The remark suggests Diaz may take a relief from executive duties soon after the installation of Gen Coral as Vice President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Thomas N. Macauley
New York
Diaz
United States
Mexico
Gen. Diaz
Genor Coral
Trolley Collision Near Cleveland Injures Twenty Three
Twenty three persons were hurt in a rear end collision on the Cleveland Eastern and Painesville Railroad shore line near Nottingham Ohio. Only Mrs John Heinrich is badly hurt. others suffered minor injuries. The incident occurred July 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland, Eastern and Painesville
Nottingham
John Heinrich
Harbor Street
Convicts Confirmed on Blackwell's Island Chapel
Auxiliary Bishop Cusack and priests confirmed a class of inmates at the Blackwell's Island penitentiary chapel in New York on July 31. Thirty five male convicts and twenty five female convicts received the Roman Catholic faith while in prison garb. three children and a non convict male were also present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackwells Island
Catholic Church
New York
Cusack
Police Riot and Murder Tie Up Chicago Packing Plants
Police clash with riotous picketers near the stock yards over a strike with non-union workers. A bartender attack led to a murder when Andrew Simms was stabbed by John Davis during a dispute at the Nelson Morris plant. Over 100 new workers were hired and plants operated Sunday to clear livestock, with by-products to resume later. Strike leaders prepared a public statement blaming packers while allied trades councils expanded food aid for families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nelson Morris
Andrew Simms
John Davis
New Albany
Ind
Ferrac
Simms
Davis
Re3
Bionte
Allied Trades Council
Cammissary
New York
Killed by Deputy Sheriff in Strike Clash
Ernst St Louis II reports Deputy Sheriff Louis Burke shot and killed William McLaughlin during an arrest last night amid striker tensions. A bystander suspected to be a strike sympathizer fired at Swift & Co workers Otto Swartz and Bud McCandless, wounding them. Deputies seek unidentified Black workers connected to Swift packing houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernst St. Louis
Whihle
Louis Burke
William McLaughlin
Burke
McLaughlin
Otto Swartz
Bud McCandless
Swift & Co
Russians Pressed and Venezuela Threatened Today
Daily index highlights ongoing Russian pressure on fronts, renewed Venezuelan tensions, Chicago strike troubles, a Texas train robbery, and political gossip. Also notes Roosevelt boys at the fair, cemetery at sea, and a review of baseball contests with leader of the big strike captions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Chicago
Texas
Kipling
Roosevelt
von Fplehve
Maryland
Marquise de Fontenoy
Sea
St. Ignatius
Quiet Sunday at Esopus Keeps Parker Silence
In Esopus New York July 31 Judge Parker enjoyed a silent day with no political chatter. He attended church in Kingston with his family aboard his launch returning to Parker Hall. Mrs Mary Parker plans to stay at Rosemount until after notification ceremonies.
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Hsppus
N. Y
Judge Parker
St. Louis
Kingston
Parker Hall
Mary Parker
Rosemount
Cortland
Taggart Favors Kern in Indiana Gubernatorial Race
Indianapolis July 31 Democratic state scene in Indiana shifts to the governor nomination with Tom Taggart backing John W Kern amid talk Kern may accept the race. If Kern declines Samuel Ralston of Lebanon looms as alternate. The platform will avoid money issues and echo St Louis while national figures prepare to rally for both parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Indianapolis
John W. Kern
Samuel Mr. Reiston
Indiana Democrats
Tom Taggart
Kern
Taggart
Indiana
Tie
New York
Samuel Ralston
Lebanon
Col. C. C. Matson
Greencastle
Matson
National House of Representatives
South Bend
E. J. Fogarty
Warder Stevens
Washington County
Williams
St. Louis
St. Lonia
Judge Parker
Rourke Cochran
David B. Hill
George Fred Williams
Bailey and Culberson
Texas
Carmack
Tennessee
W. J. Bryan
United States
Moses BE. Clapp
W. B. Allison
J. P. Dolliver
Knute Nelson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Rob Train Held Up at Logan Tex by Three Men
A Rock Island eastbound passenger train No. 4 was held up near Logan Tex by three masked robbers. They forced the engineer to move the train to the end of a switch and tried to enter the express car with dynamite. The safe was exploded but not opened, and the robbers escaped with no money taken from the local safe. A posse led by Sheriff J W Webb closed on the robbers and reportedly surrounded them near Paso Tex.
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Logan
Rock Island
Delhart
Tex
G. E. Walker
Vetnurt
Idea Py
J. W. Webb
al Paso
Santa Rosa
el Paso
Yucumearf
N. M
Tucuracari
el Faso
Northeastern Railroad
Tny City
New Party Proposed Calls Convention in Chicago
A July 31 call seeks delegates to a national labor party convention in Chicago with August 29 dates. Unions allied to the Chicago Federation of Labor back the movement and aim to form a party of working men, farmers, single-taxers, Turner societies, and economic reform groups. The call criticizes both major parties for betraying working people and warns of political and industrial despotism feared even in Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Political Labor Party
Chicago Federation of Labor
Turner
Russia
Reciprocity League to Bolt in Massachusetts Politics
The Reciprocity League plans an independent ticket for major offices in Massachusetts, including governor and lieutenant governor, with Eugene N Foss urged to run. It will also field a candidate to oppose Senator Lodge and probe legislators on pro or anti tariff positions. The group may govern its endorsements amid internal unease within the Lodge camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Lodge
Washington Post
Boston
Mass
Ttts
Reciprocity League
Siat
Eugene N. Foss
Senator
Democratic State Convention Opens in Texas Tomorrow
Houston July 31 delegates fill the Democratic State convention with one ticket contest. W C Wear of Hitlaboro is expected to nominate S V Davidson of Galveston for attorney general. Prohibition in the platform sparks much discussion among delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
W. C Wear
Hitlaboro
Ifne
S V. Davidson
Galveston
Prohibition
Cortelyou Seeks Executive Committee Names in Chicago Visit
In Chicago on July 31 George B. Cortelyou, chairman of the Republican National Committee, spent the day with Charles G. Dawes at Evanston. He would not disclose the executive committee list yet, but expected to publish names in two or three days. An excursion notice promotes a 520 Ningara Falls trip via B and O and Lehigh Valley with a special train from Washington at 7 a.m. August route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George B. Cortelyou
Republican National Committee
Charles G. Dawes
Evanston
Cortelyou
Ningara Falls
R.E
Washington
Augusta
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley
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Credit Port Arthur
Gen. Sakharoff
San Francisco
Shilbest Mercantile Company
Harpers Ferry
Charlestown
Winchester
R. R
Warfield Stimpson
England
Bay State
Turnkey
Robert E. Pattison
Park
Louis
Esopus
Taggert Favors
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Newport News
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
7Th St
Sev
Rob
Texeg
NEW Party
BOLT
C. G. Dawes
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