Big Battle at Sea in Far East Engagement Reported
Reports from Tokyo and Chefoo describe a day-long battle between Russian and Japanese fleets near Port Arthur with night attacks by Japanese torpedo-boat destroyers. Russian and Japanese outcomes are unclear, amid ongoing pursuit and nervous fronts as Wolf Hill fortifies Port Arthur defenses.
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Chefoo
Tokyo
Port Arthur
Retvizan
Pobleda
Chefoo Harbor
Fort Arthur
Sah
Miaotao
Raids By Cossacks Reported On Salmatsze Road
Sintsintlo dispatch says Cossacks continually raid the southern sector, harassing the Japanese right flank on the Salmatsze road. Night attacks cause little loss to the Cossacks while Japanese forces move hundreds of portable storehouses forward to establish depots for provisions and ammunition. A Cossack prisoner killed a Japanese officer during attempted interrogation but the man was not executed and is being sent south under guard.
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Sintsintlo
Salmatsze
Porte and Russia Agree on Volunteer Fleet Passage
Aug 10 report from Constantinople says the Porte has accepted Russia's assurances about the volunteer fleet plans to pass through the Dardanelles. The note states vessels will not carry arms, will fly the commercial flag, and will traverse the straits at intervals. the first ship is expected tomorrow.
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Constantinople
Porte
Russia
Japan May Force Peace Speculation in Wake of Port Arthur Losses
St. Petersburg dispatch notes diplomats debating potential paths to peace after Port Arthur and Kuropatkin defeats. Some expect Japan to seek an end to the war aided by financial strain, while Russia may press on. A few see a possible European intervention or strategic shifts if Kuropatkin is routed.
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Wolfs Hill
Port Arthur
Stoedsel
War Office
Admiralty
Lisbon
Portugal
Ural
Mediterranean
Manora
Kuropatkin
Japan
Russia
Manchuria
Siberia
Koen
Europatkin
Nicholas
Hay
Fraudulent Naturalization Papers Hit New York
New York officials report an estimated 6000000 in fraudulent naturalization schemes over the past year with more than 100000 such papers sold nationwide. About 30000 frauds have appeared in New York City as Italian offenders lead, Greeks and Armenians also cited, prompting stricter naturalization enforcement and a noted drop in New York City naturalizations.
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New York
George W. Morgan
New York State
Elecons
New York City
William Wiliams
Elis Island
Department of Elections
Ferdinand admission of Ida Hagen deputy postmaster sparks uproar
Special from Jasper Indiana reports Ferdinand village residents, laut German, enraged by Ida Hagen a Huntingburg colored girl named deputy postmaster. Ferdinand township known for Democratic support, Bryan landslide, and arbitration over disputes. Threats of indignation meeting and burning the postmaster in effigy cited. Formerly a Democrat, he left in 1896 on the money issue.
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Washington Post
Jasper
Ind
Ferdinand Village
Ida Hagen
Huntingburg
Ferdinand Township
Indiana
W. J. Bryan
Favorable Reply Promised Over American Policy at Smyrna
European powers show active interest in U S Turkey policy as the American squadron bound for Smyrna passes through the Straits. Admiral Jewell may reach Smyrna by Wednesday night with orders to train the harbor while Minister Leishman seeks to persuade the Porte to acquiesce in Washington’s demands. Diplomats from German Austrian and French embassies have engaged with the State Department and White House, while signs point to rapid accord after the fleet’s arrival.
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Navy Departments
Smyrna
State Department
Admiral Jewell
Leishman
Constantinople
Washington
Turkey
Europe
White House
Jowell
Sultan
Porte
Lelsluman
Tailors join cutters strike in Chicago halt on garment plants
Chicago Aug 10 executive board of Garment Workers Union endorses cutters strike and will call out all members men and women 6000 to 7000 tailors idle. Cutters won a wage and hours dispute prompting broader action that could shut all city shops and cripple the garment trade. Also 100 finishers join the strike as two unions press open shop policy.
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Chicago
Garment Workers’ Union
Clothing Workers
Mediation Efforts Move to Settle Chicago Stock Yards Strike
Chicago leaders and business men push mediation with unions to curb the strike’s spread. Samuel Gompers is summoned from New York to assist. a committee will meet packers to seek a joint accord. Mayor Harrison orders sanitary probes of housing for strike breakers, with two plants found lacking ventilation and crowded sleeping quarters.
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Chicago
Ill
Butchers and Grocers’ Association
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
New York
Gompers
Labor Replaced by Train Load Of Unskilled Laborers
A group of about 150 unskilled laborers arrived by train to replace a number of workers. The transfer indicates a large scale shift in manpower for the operation, with the Hast supplying the new workforce.
Strike Breakers Beaten As New York Packers Strike
In New York on August 10 two hundred strikebreakers bound for Schwarzschild Sulzberger plants were attacked by beef workers who had begun a general strike. Beaten and frightened, the non union men fled into the East River or fled, while police dispersed the assailants. A driver of a meat truck was challenged by strikers but continued, and no arrests were made. The Amalgamated Beef Cutters and Butchers’ Workmen of America threatened a general strike, with packers claiming only about half the men left. Officials sparred over wage claims and postponed further action until tomorrow.
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Teamsters’ Joint Council
Tme
Carter H. Harrison
Harrison
Representationa
Harris Franklin
Deadwood
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Dakota
Franklin
Cazons
Packers Avenue
West Forty-third Street
Daniel Smith
Morris & Co
Peter Ford
Smith
Ford
New York
Schwarzschild, & Sulzberger
Amalgamated Beef Cutters and Butchers’ Workmen of America
Beef Trust
Wier
Schwarzschild & Bulzberger Company
Call
Beef Workers' Union
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Gall
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H. L. Ejchelberger
John Kennedy
Allied Trades
Day of funerals in Pueblo after Missouri Pacific wreck
Pueblo authorities and undertakers faced heavy strain as dozens of funerals proceeded for Missouri Pacific wreck victims. Crowded streets slowed commerce while search efforts continued without new recoveries. Seventy three bodies identified. twenty eight missing. identified between Mrs Ade Campbell and Carl Prince. coroner's inquest resumed amid reports of body theft and ransom attempts.
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Colo
Aug
Missouri Pacific
Ade Campbell
Puchio
Carl Prince
Aurora
James McFelley
Annoyed Inspector Snow Arrests Washington Woman in Malden
Miss Julia Peck, a Washington woman with ties to the Snow family, was arrested at Post-office Inspector W. B. Snow's Malden home on a disorderly conduct charge after a disputed loan request. In Malden court she was fined five dollars for disturbance of the peace, then left for Boston by streetcar.
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Malden
Washington Post
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Missy Julia Peck
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W. B. Snow
Miss Peck
Snow
Belfast
D. C
Mr. Snow
Mrs. Snow
Boston
West Fourth Street
Malden Court
St Paul Boston rate war begins in Minnesota
General A B Cutts of the Minneapolis and St Louis Railroad has cut the fare to Boston to 22 dollars round trip, the lowest from St Paul. The move breaks a local agreement and signals a fierce price fight among Northwestern lines, shocking offices across Milwaukee and Chicago routes.
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A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
Boston
Northwestern Linea
Chicago
Northwestern
Gen Davis in New York as wife dies before arrival
Gen George W Davis governor of the Panama Canal Zone was summoned home due to his wife’s illness and learned on arrival that Mrs Davis had died. She had spent the summer in the Adirondacks and became seriously ill days earlier prompting his departure on the steamer Alliance.
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Ilinesa
New York
George W. Davis
Panama Canal Zone
White House Conference Minutes Reflect West Conditions
Congressman Tawney reports on western conditions to President Roosevelt. Cabinet members Hay Morton Moody Loeb joined a dinner and late political conference. Tawney plans New York talks with Republican leaders before returning. Egan, former U S Minister to Chile, supports Roosevelt in the campaign.
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Moody
Loeb
James A. Tawney
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Republican National Committee
Tawney
New York City
Babcock
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Taft and
Shaw
Payne
Patrick Egan
New York
Egan
United States
Chile
America
Snubbed by La Follette in Lincoln Nebr visit
Special to The Washington Fest from Lincoln Nebraska Aug 10 Gov La Follette of Wisconsin snubbed Gov Mickey Nebraska and his reception committee at the Lincoln Hotel after arriving for a Chautauqua appearance. The committee waited. La Follette did not invite them to meet him.
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Lincoln
Nebr
la Follette
Wisconsin
Mickey
Nebraska
Gov. la Follette
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Gov. Mickey
Francis Burton Harrison as Democratic NY governor nominee
Francis Burton Harrison of Esopus New York was floated today as a possible Democratic governor candidate for New York. The move arose in informal talks during a trip to Esopus with New York politicians. Some Tammany figures expect Harrison to edge out Mayor George J McClellan and ex Secretary of War Daniel S Lamont.
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Esopus
N. Y
Francis Burton Harrison
New York
Tammany
George J B. McClellan
Daniel 5. Lamont
Harrison
Senator Davis at Home in West Virginia
Senator Davis returned from Mountain Lake Park Maryland after Hobson Day events and hosted Philadelphia and Baltimore businessmen touring the Wabash interests. He had not yet read Judge Parkers speech and planned to finish his acceptance address in the next two or three days while staying quietly at Graceland this week.
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Washington Post
Elkins
W. Va
Davis
Mountain Lake Park
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Fairfax & Sandstreet, Fh
Fairbanks to Speak at Old Home Week Parade Today
In Marysville Ohio Aug 10 the Old Home Week parade is highlighted by the day’s feature. Senator Fairbanks Republican vice presidential candidate will address tomorrow and has roots in Unionville Center and Delaware County. He was admitted to the barriers in 1874 and moved to Indianapolis the same year. The Indianapolis dispatch notes the visit is not political.
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Ohio
Fairbanks
Unionville Center
Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan University
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Fairbanks
Maryaville
Edwards Wins Republican Nomination in Eleventh District
Dispatches from Louisville report D C Edwards nominated over Dr Godfrey Hunter in the Eleventh district Republican primary. Edwards holds a 234 majority with two counties not yet counted and said to favor him. the district is heavily Republican, so the nomination equals election. Atlanta calls a Populist convention for September 1 to back Thomas Watson for President and to select a state electoral ticket. Watson will address attendees.
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Gay
D. C. Edwards
Congress
Godfrey Hunter
Edwards
Atlanta
J. J. Holloway
Georgia Populist Party
Thomas &. Watson
Watson
John son elected governor in Chickasaw Nation returns
Complete returns from the Chickasaw Nation in Indian Territory show D H Johnson elected governor over McLish by a major margin. This marks the first tribal election in the Chickasaw Nation. A special train to Boston via the Pennsylvania Railroad leaves Washington at 7:30 a m Sunday August M arriving Boston at 6 00 p m same day. Parlor cars and day coaches available. Round trip rate is 13 25. Route is official for Posts 2 3 57 10 and 15 Woman's Relief Corps and Ladies of the G A Ry.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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Cape May
Sea Isle City
Ocean City
Washington
Oklahoma City
Okla
Indian Territory
D. H. Johnson
McLish
Majori Iy
Ribal
A. BR
Woman's Relief Corps and Ladies of the
G. A. Ry
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Niaggra Falls
6Th
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M. Newbold
P. A
M. D
16Th
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Fusion at Lincoln as Watson addresses Populists in bid for alliance
Thomas E. Watson and Thomas H. Tibblen opened the Populist campaign at the Lincoln State convention. Watson urged firm Populist principles amid fusion talks with Democrats, while Parker and Davis electors were debated. The fusion vote passed 410 to 24, with Lincoln, Nebraska, the arena for a high-stakes party realignment.
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Nebr
Thomas E. Watson
Thomas H. Tibblen
Oliver
Watson
Paily
W. V. Allen
Tibbles
Thomas ‘E. Watson
Parker
Davis
G. L. Loomis
Dodge County
Democratic Party
Newscondensed index highlights naval, strikes and politics
The issue lists sections across pages covering naval action at Port Arthur, meat strike efforts, a Nebraska fusion ticket, Wsopus notification, and multiple items including camp warfare, firemen and brewery disputes, typographical convention notes, Odell in charge, Judge Parker address, Waldeck Rousseau obituary, German coal stocks, Europatkin battle decline, and various editorials and social notices. It also notes army and navy items, baseball and racing, regional news, and police court reform.
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Nebraska
Wsopus
Odell
Judge Parker
Waldeck-Rousseau
Germany
Europatkin
Landford Reessle
Army
Virginia
Maryland
Sun Out For Roosevelt Campaign Picks
The Sun argues the independent voter will decide the election. It endorses Roosevelt and Fairbanks over Parker and Davis, praising Roosevelt's promise while condemning the St. Louis platform and its alleged misdeeds. It warns of a radical party with a risky vice president choice.
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Washington Post
the Sun
Ane
Party of Conservatism
Hun
Chicago
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Esopus
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Parker
Davis
Campaign Opened In Vermont With Open Air Rally
Burlington Vermont August 10 Republicans opened their campaign with an open air City Hall Park rally led by Speaker Joseph G Cannon. Present were Congressman D J Foster Maine Congressman Charles E Littlefield and Senators Nedfield Proctor and W P Dillingham. Cannon ridiculed Parker telegrams and contrasted Roosevelt and Parker while praising Republican policy and labor friendship. Proctor and Dillingham spoke briefly.
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Vermont
City Hall Park
Joseph G Cannon
National House of Representatives
D. J. Foster
Cannon
Charles E. Littlefield
Maine
United States
Nedfield Proctor
W. P. Dillingham
Judge Parker
New York
Bryan
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Parker
John Mitchell
White House
Littlefield
John Sharp Williams
Proctor and
Dillingham
Name Clark for Governor in Texas Populist Reform Bid
Fort Worth August 10 The State Populist convention named a partial ticket and empowered the executive committee to finish it. Delegates from 35 counties attended. James H. Eager of Eastland County was elected permanent chair and later led the state executive body. Dr Pat Clark of Red River County was nominated for governor. The platform calls for essential reforms, opposes railroad free passes, supports labor rights, and favors popular election of U S Senators with initiative and referendum. In 38 percent the Populists polled 237 000 votes.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
James H. Eager
Eastland County
Democratic Party
United States
Pat Lark
Red River County
Parker Accepts Democratic Nomination in Rain Speech
Esopus N Y Aug 10 Judge Alton B Parker received formal notification of his Democratic nomination for the presidency. Champ Clark delivered the notice on a rain soaked lawn at Rosemount where Parker spoke for about thirty minutes to 600 attendees including a Tammany Hall delegation. The crowd, soaked but attentive, heard Parker reaffirm his pledge to not seek a second term while defending world power and imperialism. The ceremony on the Parker lawn concluded with a salute from the Sapphire and bombs from the river deck as the crowd waved small flags.
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Clark
Parker
Esopus
Alton B. Parker
United States
Champ Clark
Missouri
Union
New York City
Tammany Hall
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Sagamore
Judge Parker
Parker Lawn
Judes Parker
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