Russian and Japanese maneuvers around Liaoyang and Mukden
Reports from Liaoyang Lingyang Sintsintin describe Japanese flanking plans and Russian diversions as Gen Kuropatkin prepares for a potential Mukden engagement. A Russian column from Niuchwang drives on Saimatsze while Formosan Chinese and other troops threaten Liaoyang from the west amid ongoing border tension.
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St. Petersburg
Geo. Sakharoff
Liaoyang
Niuchwang
Ineut
Lanesitech
Vladivostok
Kurokis
Kuropitkin
Lieutre Sakharoft
Liarang
Associated Press
Lingyang
Sintsintin
Sino-yang
Kuropatkin
Saimatsze
Mukden
Suntsintin
Yinkow
Formosa
Lian-yang
Japanese Hold Railways Near Mukden For Troop Movements
Mukden area report notes Japanese forces using Shanhaikwan Yingkow Railway to provision troops for an assault on Sinmintun, thirty miles west of Mukden. Reference to railway links from Ehoupangtze and Fort Olid Point Codbfort. Advertisement notes Norfolk steamboats, Randall Line travel to Colonial Beach and fares.
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Mukden
Aug
Shanhaikwang-Yin Kow
Sinmintun
Shanhaikwan
Ehoupangtze
Sinmintuh
Fort Olid Point
Codbfort
Norfolk
Newport News
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
7Th St
New York
Boston
Sea Ser
Phone
Colonial Beach
Randall Line
Aduita, Soc
Japanese Seize Rail Line and Port Arthur Holdouts
A Russian dispatch from St. Petersburg reports Japanese forces in control of key positions at Port Arthur and the Wolf Hills. Stoessel notes Japanese assault strength near 70,000 with heavy losses to the Russians but orderly retirements and strong morale among troops.
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St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Walf Hill
Feneral
Walt Hill
Stoesse
Yupilaza Mountain
Wolf Hills
Kwantung Peninsula
Alexieff
Yupilaza
Ambush on Haicheng Road Fails Japanese Advance
A Simoulin dispatch describes a Russian ambush near Simoucheng on the Haicheng road. Russians held hills and planted six hidden guns in the valley as a Japanese unit pressed in, then broke formation under fire and fled. Japanese reinforcements arrived at dawn, shelling the dummy battery before recognizing the deception.
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St. Petersburg
Simoulin
Lisoyang
Simoucheng
Haicheng
Battle Fought in Valley Drives Japanese Advance
Correspondent details the July 31 engagement as Gen. Kuroki's forces clash with Russians in a valley near Yangse Pass. Japanese gain ten miles toward Liaoyang, facing strong Russian positions and four divisions nearby. Artillery duel lasts from morning to 5 p.m., with hills and high corn providing cover on a ten mile long valley front.
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Kuroki
Yalu
Liaoyang
Mukden
Europe
Associated Press
Yangse Pass
Pasa
Specia
Eden wreck toll climbs as missing rise near forty
Pueblo Colo Aug 9 Early tonight the Eden wreck death toll stood at seventy three identified and three unidentified with the list of missing expanding toward forty. Volunteers patrolled Fountain River for miles while coroner aid officials examined witnesses as four railroad men testified about rainfall and wreck conditions.
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Fountain River
Pueblo
Colo
Eden
Low Hag
Tragic Colorado Train Wreck Claims Several Lives
Reports say Dr E C Summell of Pueblo escaped, while A M Schmitz of Denver was found dead along the Arkansas River. A leather trunk and missing passengers including Parker R Brown of Boston tie to mining interests near Gilver Cliff. Max Morris linked to labor groups denied. Vinnie Selby alive in Colorado Springs. Mrs Belle Stiffney’s transport from Denver added to missing list. Robert O Bannon of Brewton Alabama reported lost near Piron Colorado. body not recovered.
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E. C. 8Ummell
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
A. M. Schmitz
Denver
Arkansas River
Parker R. Brown
Boston
Brown
Colorado
Gilver Cliff
Max Morris
American Federation of Labor
Retail Clerks' Association
Morris
St. Louis
Vinnie Selby
Hogg
Belle Stiffney
Kansas City
Fountain River
Washington
Robert O'Bannon
National Literature and Art Society
Piron
Col
Mob Drives Strike-Breakers Off Train At Riverside Kans
In Riverside Kansas a mob of about 200 men and boys attacked a passenger train carrying strike-breakers and sympathizers. They dragged non-union men from the cars, set baggage into the Kaw River and torched a car before police containment. Seventy five strike-breakers fled. no arrests were made.
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Kansas City
Riverside
Kans
Kaw
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
Jury
Nolice
Kansas
Theft of Diamonds Charged Woman Arrested in Chicago
Evelynne Rogers, sought by New Bedford Massachusetts for stealing eight thousand dollars in diamonds, was extradited from Illinois after a habeas corpus bid failed. Chicago authorities turned her over to Massachusetts officials who took her east tonight. Rogers had been arrested earlier for passing worthless checks.
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Chicago
Massachusetts
Evelynne Rogers
New Bedford
Mass
Stabbing at Kansas City Brewery Ends in Arrest
Ferdinand Heim, secretary treasurer of Ferdinand Heim Brewing Co, was seriously stabbed and M G Heim slight ly wounded by Charles Terry and three companions caught stealing beer. Terry wounded both Heims before being disarmed and handed to police. J J Heim aided.
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Kansas City
Ferdinand Heim
Ferdinand
Terry
M. G. Heim
J. J. Heim
Would-be death by own action release from prison ward
Samuel L. Dana, a young bank clerk, held on a charge of attempting death by own action, will depart Bellevue Hospital's prison ward for recovery. Bail set at 500 dollars, with transfer to a private room at Fresbyterian Hospital after Iowa counsel's explanation to Magistrate Breen at Yorkville Police Court.
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New York
Samuel L. Dana
Bellevue Hospital
Fresbyterian Hospital
Iowa
Breen
Yorkville
Dana
Explosion Wrecked House In Butte
In Butte Montana three unknown men planted giant powder in a closet, triggered it, and fled. Mrs. Powers and several boarders suffered minor injuries as the residence was nearly demolished. No suspects or motive identified.
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Butte
Mont
Bella Powers
Don and Ural off Portugal ships under Russian flag
London Times cablegram reports former German steamers now named Don and Ural, flying the Russian flag, off the Portuguese coast. Don or Ural has reportedly entered Lisbon damaged, suspected to seek information on vessels leaving the country. War risk rates rise, Ben Line Japan service to be withdrawn, Strains insured at 3 percent, owners seek uninsured value to avoid contraband carriage.
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London Times
Washington Post
London
Times
Lisbon
Ben Line
Japan
New York
Aden
Strajns
China
May Resume Subway Work
In New York on August 9 the subway lockout remained. Elevator constructors on the Trinity Building faced a walkout threat from a building trades delegate, but Union President Brown ordered them to stay at work. Brown scheduled a later vote on returning to work as talks continued for subway resumption amid employer associations seeking arbitration compliance.
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New York
Trinity
New York Building Trades
Trinity Building
Building Trades Alliance
Brown
Building ‘Trades Employers’ Association
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Attempt to wreck plant at West Side Foundry
An early morning dynamite blast damaged a motor and dynamo at the West Side Foundry in Colonie near Watervliet. A watchman extinguished a small fire with no injuries. The plant, amid a strike since April 194, remains in operation under two court injunctions restraining former employees from picketing. No arrests reported.
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Albany
Weat Side Foundry Company
Colonie
Watervilet
West Side Foundry Company
Warrowly Escaped Hanging in Missouri Trial
William Coates, 22, of St Joseph, after five trials for his mother’s murder two years ago, is freed when prosecutors drop murder charges on a technical new-trial basis. He confessed at times. the case centered on a strangulation as a suspected robbery motive.
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St. Joseph
William Coates
Criminal Court
Coates
L. ©. Gabbert
Fire in Albion Iron Works devastates Victoria neighborhood
Fire at Albion Iron Works in Victoria British Columbia spreads to Government Street residences and the Works estate, threatening water pressure and leaving the pattern room wrecked. Warnings of high winds and limited firefighting aid accompany reports of continued blaze into the night.
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Victoria
B. C
Albion Iron Works
Pattern
Government Street
Works
Delaware Republicans Nominate Chandler for Governor
At Dover Aug 9 Dr Joseph Chandler declared acceptance of the governor nomination only if he would stay on the ticket to November. The Dupont faction cheered as they defeated Higgins rivals and empowered the central committee to adjust the ticket. The platform backed Roosevelt and called for enforcement of Delaware bribery laws while outlining the full State ticket including Knowles for Congress and Richards for Attorney General.
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Dover
Del
Joseph Chandler
Delaware
Dupont
Higgins
Chandler
Union of Addicks
United Democrats
Addicks
State Central Committee
Thomas H. Lavey
Castle
Manlove Hayes
Kent
William P. Orr
Sussex
J. Chandler
Samuel H Derby
Horace G. Knowles
Robert H. Richards
Charles T. Maull
Thomas H. Rawlins
George H. Dick
Roosevelt
Dr. Chandler
Knowles
Congress
Richard
Whitaker Supports Cornwell for West Virginia Governor
Whitaker of Wheeling a wealthy iron and steel magnate and prominent Republican plans to back Democrat John J. Cornwell for governor. A former state senator and ex senate president, Whitaker opposed Daw son and joined twenty eight citizens protesting the tax commission report. He is expected to rally West Virginia for Cornwell.
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Washington Post
Charleston
W. Va
N. EH
Whitaker
Wheeling
West Virginia
John J. Cornwell
State Senate
W. M. O. Dawson
State Tax Commission
Campaigning Banned for Heads of Departments in Politics
Officials are advised to avoid active participation in local or state campaigns to prevent compromising the administration. Roosevelt avoids partisan fray and federal officials are urged to refrain from appearances as delegates. Reports touch on Watson nomination and several congress candidacies with concurrent party conventions and campaign moves across multiple states.
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Roosevelt
HR. Smith Woolley
Bolne
Idaho
Robert Grimman
Japs Move on Mukden in Bold Advance
Page 1 reports military operations near Mukden with Japanese forces preparing a move as part of ongoing conflict in Manchuria.
Fusion for Nebraska Demands Watson Support at State Conventions
Nebraska Populists and Democrats gather in Lincoln for concurrent state conventions to decide fusion on state and possibly electoral tickets. National Populist leaders oppose united front with Democrats, while George W. Berge pushes fusion for the ticket. W. J. Bryan will attend as a delegate.
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Bryan
St. Louis
Lincoln
Nebr
Aug
Nebraska
Charles @. De France
National Committee
Watson
Tibbles
de France
Thomas H. Tibbies
Thomas EB. Watson
George W. Berge
Fusion
W. H. Thompson
Grand Island
Shellenbarger
Alma
Tt 1G
W. J. Bryan
Davis at Mountain Park on Hobson Day
Vice Presidential candidate Senator Davis of West Virginia received a warm welcome at Mountain Lake Park Chautauqua in Maryland. He spoke about higher education and praised Lieut Hobson for Santiago. Davis departed for Elkins, West Virginia after the event.
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Mountain Lake Park
Davis
West Virginia
Deer Park
Davia
Lieut. Hobson
Santiago
Senator Davis
Elkins
W. Va
Bogota Legation Stated Safe Amid Attack Reports
State Department received a cablegram from American charge Mr. Snyder denying any attack on the Bogota legation. The report of a stoning was declared absolutely unfounded and conditions in Colombia described as peaceful with Gen. Reyes’s administration in power. The dispatch urges reassurance amid ongoing conflict rumors.
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New York
Thomas Watson
Bogota
State Department
Snyder
Reyes
Panama
Associated Press
Colombia
Capsul
Rey
Detroit Boys Missing After Yatch Upends Under River Mouth
Detroit Aug 9 The Rambler a sail yacht owned by Herbert Bowen senior of Bowen Douglas and Whiting upturned near Bar Point at the mouth of the Detroit River. His nineteen year old sons Percy and Harrison Welton a Detroit banker’s son are feared drowned. They sailed yesterday for Lake Erie with a third boy unknown. A steamer reported the upturned boat. The youths were of about the same age. The incident follows a long dispatch of rail and travel notices in the same column.
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Detroit
Mich
Herbert Bowen
Bowen, Douglas & Whiting
Bar Point
Detroit River
Bowen
Percy
Harrison Welton
Lake Erie
Grosse Isle
Bowens
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Ing Kuroki
Yuan Shi Kai
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Manchuria
Salmatsze
Isiinschan
Tsianshan
Anshanshan
Hasheng
Sikseyan
Ling-yang
Siao-yang
Dao Valey
Gulf of Liao-tung
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Stamintun
Wolf Hill
Norfolk & Soach
Steamboat Co
DEATH
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Frank Bodman
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Bannon
Turner Brachman
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V. BR
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Ying
Carrie
Malcolm
Diggen
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T. J. Groves
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Effie Gray
Doward Hwoghes
Molster
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Mahoney
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Robert Steward
Thomas and Mifs
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Council Grove
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Meyers
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Calored
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Frank Wilson
Mra. Stearns
Leona Thomas
Puepio
Fountain
Arkansas
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15Th St
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Ala
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Stainfill
Cherry
Edward Bell
Lester
Joseph Leiter
Levi Z. Leiter
Cook County
An. A. RK
Pennsylvania Railroad
Woman's Relief Corps and’ Ladies of the
Don and Ural
Portugal
Albany Foundry
Warrowly
John F. Starr
Camden
N. J
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William M. Banks
Funston
Tamaqua
Neill
Tidewater
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Department of Potomac
Dupontin Control
Central Committee
Ohio Republicans
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Ohio
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Repubicans
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Fremont
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Kan
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Turkey
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