Japanese Fleet Drives Back Russian Squadron at Port Arthur
Tokyo reports August 10 to 11 battle near Port Arthur as Japanese fleet chased Russians toward Kiachou Bay. Severe fighting lasted from 1 pm to sundown, ships scattered, Czarevitch probably sunk, several vessels damaged, and Japanese losses minimal with 170 allied ships.
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Askola
Novik
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Pallada
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Yentio Island
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Chefoo
Diana
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Askold
Woo- Sung To-Lay
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Foreign Office
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Baltic Fleet Ready to Sail August Fourteen
Admiral Biriloff orders Vice Admiral Rojestvensky and staff onto the battleship Souvariff to be aboard and ready to sail on August 14. Brussels Telegraph correspondent says the Russian Black Sea fleet has already passed the Dardanelles with no Turkish opposition.
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Status of Volunteer Fleet in Russian National Law
St Petersburg Aug 12 a commission of high officials has been appointed to examine the position of the volunteer fleet under international law. The panel includes a university professor of international law who will sit in the admiralty council to hear appeals on neutral merchant captures. The foreign office shows little likelihood of revising contraband lists or Russian declarations, while Novosti urges accepting American and British views to avoid neutral discontent.
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Novosti
Will Build Czar's Ships In Black Sea Yards
Lewis Nixon of New York has secured a large contract with the department of mercantile marine to construct ships for the Black Sea in Se bastopol yards. Construction starts next winter with Nixon supervising personally. Separately, Maj. Gen. Corbin reports troops from Fort Niagara have left for Madison Barracks New York, Companies A and D Ninth Infantry under Lieut. Col. Edgar B. Robertson.
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Ninth Infantry
Edgar B. Robertson
Refuge in German Port Continues Across Ocean
A State Department cable from Tokyo dated August 12 reports the Japanese fleet attacking the Russian fleet near Port Arthur and surrounding areas. The Russian force, including cruisers and battleships, suffered defeat with ships retreating to various bays as Japanese torpedo boats seized a Russian vessel at Chefoo.
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Novik
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Chefoo
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Japanese Casualties From Chingjiu to Yangtzling
The Japanese Legation lists total estimated casualties at 12,055 through the Yangtzling engagement, with Kinchou and Nanshan causing the heaviest losses of 33 officers and 716 men killed and 3,455 wounded, Tellasu June 15 adding 1,173 casualties. The report gives known losses: 54 officers and 1,609 men killed?96 officers and 6,330 men wounded, plus 4,066 estimated casualties across engagements.
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Tellasu
Eight Hour Day Debate Divides Typographical Union
At the International Typographical Union convention in St. Louis the eight hour day proposal was debated and then adopted for a referendum on subordinate unions. The session also backed universal union labels and endorsed labor actions and strikes in New York and Fall River, with pledges of support to other unions. The Woman's Auxiliary elected officers including President Mrs. Frank A. Kennedy.
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International Typographical Union
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Lynch
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Indor
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Fall River
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Newspaper Writers’ Union
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Internatonal Typographical Union
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Nebr
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W. Fear
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Youlsville
Edward D. Donnell
Cincinanati
Charles McKee
Indianapolis
Fred Fleringer
Lincoln
Value Giving Reaches Its Limit
Daily sales reflect strong demand for floor coverings and laces as customers anticipate future use, highlighting how buying ahead saves a large portion of costs over time.
Presidential election outlook from Harpers Weekly
An analysis argues Roosevelt must secure 299 electoral votes to win. It reexamines which states are truly safe or doubtful, listing Alabama through West Virginia as likely for Parker or Roosevelt with several states deemed uncertain. The piece critiques the Evening Sun projection and stresses caution in assuming results.
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Supreme Court
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1894
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Doctor Shoves Bad Money Prominent Roxbury Doctor Arrested
Boston aug 12 five thousand one hundred counterfeit two dollar bills were found today by secret service at the home of Dr frank g sanft a Roxbury physician after his arrest for passing a bogus bill. a complete outfit for making spurious bank notes was discovered. two more men were seized in Chicago in a federal raid on a basement counterfeiting operation.
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Secret
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Roxbury
Sanft
South Shore
Secret Service
Chicago
Rochester Cyclist Hurt Looping Gap at Ontario Beach
Wilfred H. Barber, a known bicyclist, was injured at Ontario Beach during a stunt dubbed looping the gap. His wheel collapsed as he jumped, sending him thirty feet to the bottom of the circle. he was momentarily unconscious in the dressing room, with head and chest injuries deemed non fatal by physicians.
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N. Y
Wilfred H. Barber
Ontario Beach
El Paso Protest Leads to High Profile Sentencing
Police Commandant Torres of Aguas Calientes and two Sinaloa policemen who killed Americans Clarence Way and Edward Latimer were sentenced to be shot. The execution was delayed by influential relatives, but a pardon is unlikely due to strong sentiment against Torres who ordered the arrests after he intoxicatedly demanded politeness. Way and Latimer resisted arrest and were killed.
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Aguas Calientes
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Clarence Way
Edward Latimer
Way
Latimer
Jewelry Thief Caught Near Harvey Illinois
Chicago August 12 Arrested four days ago as a suspect in the Diamond Special hold up on the Illinois Central Railway near Harvey James Wilson was identified as a man wanted at Beaver Falls Pennsylvania for the theft of $5 000 worth of jewelry from the home of James Piper a Beaver Falls merchant The jewelry mostly diamond rings belonged to Mrs Piper The theft occurred last March Wilson was taken to Pennsylvania tonight.
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Illinois Central Railway
Harvey
James Wilson
Beaver Falls
James Piper
Reward for boy Mannino raised to ten thousand dollars
New York August 12 reward for Antonio Mannino son of a Brooklyn contractor missing since Tuesday night was increased from six hundred to ten thousand dollars by the boy’s father. Police push to uncover alleged kidnapping gang with warrants issued after information from Angelo Cucuzze. a general roundup of suspects is said to be near. Knight Commander case Russia answer to British notes handed to Ambassador Hardinge August 12. It maintains the position on prize regulations to destroy neutral vessels carrying contraband in emergencies.
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New York
Brooklyn
Angelo Cucuzze
St. Petersburg
Hardinge
Bank clerk Taylor sentenced for uttering forged notes
Taylor formerly an interest clerk at Citizens' National Bank in New York City pleaded guilty to uttering and passing forged bank notes. In the United States District Court he was sentenced to pay a fine of 1 and to five years' imprisonment.
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Pt. Louisy
Prominent Cleveland Lawyer Under Arrest In Self Defense
Melancthon Millard a sixty year old Cleveland lawyer shot Barnard Hassey thirty two in the lawyer’s office this afternoon. Millard surrendered claiming self defense after a dispute over a small debt with Hassey and two companions. Surgeons say Hassey’s prospects are poor.
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Ohio
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Barnard Hassey
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