Port Arthur Battle Nears Final Stage Gains Pigeon Bay Forts
Japanese forces report major gains around Port Arthur on August 14 to 17, capturing Pigeon Bay positions and several Shao-tieshan forts while suffering heavy casualties. Stoessel rejects Japanese surrender terms as naval and ground actions continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pigeon Bay
Liacteshan
Louisa Bay
Peninsula
Stoessel
Chefoo
Port Arthur
Chennoo
Shao-tieshan
Palun-chang
Liao-teshan
Pigeon Way
Kuropatkin
Jeihe
Parbor
II Lering
Retvizan
Sevastopol
Pobieda
Peresvist
Poltava
Bayan
Pallada
Enforced Armistice Slows Liao-yang Operations
Heavy rains halt military actions around Liao-yang as forces reposition northward. Report from Liaoyang August 17 notes Japanese units not moving traffic on the rail yet, with six locomotives altered for Japanese gauge brought to Yinkow. A Chinese engine driver, held two weeks by bandits for ransom, describes Japanese recruiting locals as marksmen for $25 monthly.
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Liao-yang
Yinkow
London
Liaoyang
St. Petersburg
Dalm Pass
Feng i
Liao Yang report and Russian naval moves in Dardanelles
Liao yang correspondent notes Mukden advance abandoned while Berlin reports retreat. Russia plans fresh challenge to Black Sea treaty by sending the cruiser Sarafoff from the Black Sea, following the Petersburg and Smolensk. Odessa reports via London Times cable.
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Wang-Cheng
Liao-yang
Kuroki
Berlin
Lokal 'Anzeiger
Mukden
Russia
Dardanelle
London Times
Washington Post
Odessa
England
Petersburg
Smolensk
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Sarafoff
Baltic Fleet's Staff Named for Far East Cruise
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky announced flag and staff appointments. Capt Clapier Decolong named chief of staff as Baltic fleet sails east. Grand Duke Carl to accompany Rojestvensky to the far East. naval college closed and officers recalled for active duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Duke
Cyril
Balic
St Petersburg
Rojestvensky
Baltic
Clapier Decolong
Naval College
Grand Duke Carl
Cobourg
Baltic Floet
Far East
Russian Squadron Fights Japanese Near Fusan
Rear Admiral Jessen reports the Russia and Gromobol engaged Japanese armored cruisers near Fusan on August 14. The Rurik, hampered by a damaged rudder, fought to cover it. Russia and Gromobol suffered heavy damage and casualties while retreating toward Vladivostok.
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St Petersburg
Nicholays
Alexieff
Vladivostok
Russia
Grom
Oswnente Méadez Mard
Jessen
Senet
Korean Gulf
Rurik
Kamimura
Hessia
Gromobol
Riot at Chicago stockyards sparks clashes and food chase
Hungry crowds in Chicago’s packing district mob the yards chasing eight steers escaped from Nelson Morris plant. Police battle 4000 rioters with clubs and gunfire, wounding, arrests limited. Officials warn no union permits to yard workers and race fears rise as gains seen by League of Business Men.
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Chicago
George Prim
Englewood Union Hospital
Nelson Morris
Donnelly
League of Business Men
Stour Yurtie
Packer
George R Bailey
Bilis Island
Bailey
Harvard
William Pastor
Slaine Evans
Twenty-eighth Street
Ashland Avenue
SEEKS TO PREVENT LYNCHING IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Meggetts Aug 18. Allen Porters Heathington eighteen son of M J Heathington was shot by Sam Brown a negro in Toogoodoo Colleton County while remonstrating over work. The killing sparked intense excitement as posses hunt Brown bloodhounds from Charleston aid. Gov Heyward telegraphed sheriff offering troops and urging restraint.
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Meggetts
S. C
Charleston
Heyward
Colleton County
Bombardment of Asuncion Amid Armistice Talks
Three insurgent vessels bombarded Asuncion, capital of Paraguay, for forty minutes. Government artillery returned fire wounding several soldiers, and communication with the city was cut off. Diplomats from Argentina Brazil and Meance negotiated a twenty four hour armistice to allow women and children to leave as scouts were mistakenly fired upon and twenty were wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Asuncion
Paraguay
Argentina
Brazil
Obolensky In Office As Finland Governor General
Prince John Obolensky assumed duties as Finland governor general arriving at Uspensk cathedral for divine service and a grand palace reception. He begins a tour of inspection. Gen Bobrikov was assassinated June 16 by Eugene Schaumann. Obolensk wife faced threats of retaliation.
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Belsingfors
Finland
Prince Obolensky
Uspen’ Sky Cathedral
Imperial Palace
Grand Duchy
John Obolensky
Kherson
Kharkoff
Bobrikeoff
Eugene Schaumann
Schaumann
Bobrikoff
Associated Press
Princesa Obolensk
Frnend
General strike opposed by congress warns workers against mass stoppage
The International Socialist and Trades Union Congress says a true general strike is not yet practicable as it would erase the proletariat. It calls for building class organization and warns workers not to be swayed by propaganda while supporting targeted strikes to defend gains. Also notes Irish and Italian peace delegates sailing for New York for upcoming conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
International Socialist and Trades Union Congress
Sheropagan
Kidnapped Brooklyn Boy Returns Home
Ten year old Antonio Mannino missing after alleged Italian Black Hand abduction was found at Columbia Street near his home. He described a large house with a lady and a child named Judy and a whiskered man, while authorities note inconsistent details and suspect the suspects moved him via the 116th Street elevated station and ferry to Brooklyn.
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New York
Antonio Mannino
Brooklyn
Black Hand Society
Columbia Street
Salvatore Mannino
Judy
116Th Street
Manhattan
Ao Prooklyn
Missing Hauser Children Prompt Police Sweep in Chicago
Three children of Charles Hauser a contractor from Oak Park vanished from their Chicago home after the second floor incident with their step mother. A suspicious woman loitered near the house as neighbors recalled a chased pair, and Hauser suspects a prearranged plan to take the children to Storm Lake Iowa by relatives of his first wife.
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Chicago
Charles Hauser
Oak Park
Emma
Emil
Ernest
Mra. Hauser
Kamil
Hauser
Storm Lake
Iowa
American Tars Entertain With British Officers Aboard Grafton
Officers and crew from the American cruisers New York and Marblehead joined British flagship Grafton in Esquimalt Harbor for a lively social aboard. The event marked strong cordial ties as the American ships prepare to depart for San Francisco and the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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Victoria
B. G
Goodrich
Pacific
New York
Marblehead
Esquimault Harbor
Grafton
San Francisco
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Populist Watson Seeks Support as Parker Clash Looms
Thomas H Watson of Georgia and Thomas H Tibbles of Nebraska were notified as the People's Party ticket at Cooper Union New York. Judge Samuel W Williams described the goals of the party urging wage fairness and brotherhood while Watson denounced Parker and Roosevelt arguing against Wall Street dominance and corporate rule in the era of tariff reform debates.
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Parker
S. W.williams
Indiana
New York
Thomas H. Watson
Georgia
People’s Party
Thomas H. Tibbles
Nebraska
Cooper Union
At & O
Alfred G. Boulton
Brooklyn
Boulton
Samuel W. Williams
Watson
Willams
Williams
Omaha
Gog
Jefferson
Lincoln
Peter Cooper
Henry George
Polk
Donnely
Mr. Watson
Thomas E. Watson
Wall Street
Theodore Roosevelt
Republic
Big Battle at Port Arthur and Vladivostok Fate
Port Arthur sees heavy fighting as fleets and shore batteries clash, while the fate of Vladivostok ships looms large. Other items note Birike riots in Chicago, Paraguayan capital shelled, Watson attacks old parties, Parker to speak in the West, and a child killed by a runaway.
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Port Arthur
Vladivostok
Chicago
Watson
Parker
West
Wavy Yard
Statesboro
New York
Nova Scotia
Virginia
Maryland
Army
Clarke County
Marlboro
U—Financial and Commercial
Senator Hoar May Survive
Worcester reports the night bulletin on Senator George F. Hoar, in frail but improving condition, with doctors at his bedside and prayers from President Roosevelt and other officials. The family holds light hope as he remains weak but lucid and comfortable.
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Worcester
Mass
George F. Hoar
Hoar
Charles F Folsom
City Hospital
Boston
Warren G Kilman
Rockwood Hoar
Knapp Electrocuted After Confessing Five Murders in Ohio
Alfred A Knapp, convict in Hannah Goddard Knapp murder, was electrocuted at Ohio State Penitentiary after confessing to five killings. Born Greensburg Indiana 1862, his crimes spanned Chicago Cincinnati Indianapolis and Hamilton with multiple assaults and disappearances linked to his wives. The execution followed his fear of the death chair but proceeded without incident. Secretary Morton arrives Boston as Navy dispatch boat sails for Portsmouth.
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Columbus
Ohio
Alfred A Knapp
Hris
Hannah Goddard Knapp
Knapp
Iisa
Greensburg
Ind
Chicago
Joliet
Emma Stubbs
Terre Haute
Jennia Connors
Lawrenceburg
Jeffersonville
Michigan City
Emma Littleman
Cincinnati
May Eckert
Indianapolis
Alice Hil
Hamilton
Edward King
Cumminaville
Anna Gamble
Miami
Morton
Boston
Mase
Secretary of the Navy
Paul Morton
United States
Dolphin
Portsmouth
Parker Campaign Plans For West Tour And Labor Talks
Esopus Aug 18 Judge Parker hosts senators Overman and Davis officials Fitzgerald and O'Brien discuss campaign plans and labor discussions. Widespread talk of a stumping tour pending national committee approval with stops in Indianapolis Chicago and New York City debated as Taggart and Parker confer on campaign strategy.
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Overpont
Jaiweamond
Patrick O'Brien
Donelan
New York
White Star Line
Teutonic
Redmond
United States
The
Irish League
Bailey
Martin
Fitzgerald
Parker
Taggart
Esopus
Henry G. Davis
American Bar Association
St Louis
Judge Parker
National Committee
Nelson
Cenfer
Indiana
Major Menzies
John W Spencer
Congress
Hemenway
Auto Plunged Into River In Chicago River Incident
Four occupants of an automobile were swept into the Chicago River last night. Mrs John T Wil Jens of Memphis Tenn has a fighting chance to recover, while occupants R C Burroughs A P Ganong and John T Wille ns were reported in improved condition. Louis Mohr the rescuer appeared at the hotel to check on the survivors. Nearby notes: Carmi Carmi James R Williams renominated for Congress in the Twenty fourth Illinois district. Powell of Cullman County Populist nominated for Congress in the Seventh district by the joint Republican and Populist convention. Additional lines advertise a floor covering sale and Baltimore and Return rail fare.
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Chicago
John T Wil Jens
Memphis
Tenn
R C Burroughs
A. P Ganong
Clarksdale
Miss
John T Willens
Witlena
Wilena
Louis Mohr
Congress
Carml
Til
James R. Williams
Carmi
Illinois
Norris City
Montgomery
Ala
T. W. Powell
Cullman County
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Washton
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rojestvensky Names Staff
Korean
Grouobat
Suree
Norfolk & Waal
Norfolk
Stock Yards
South Carolina
St. Louis
Society of American Florists
J. C. Vaughan
J. R. Freeman
Washington, D. C
Wiliam J. Stewart
H. B. Beatty
Pittsburg
David Wolfe Brown
National
Baltimore and
Heturn
Sunder
Courky Pervics
Deta
Prince
Socialist Congress
Weill
America
Naples
Printo Odescatchi
Marquis San Giulians
Marquis Campans
Liguria
Czar
Geneva
Harpers
Martinsburg
Cumberland
Tor Country
Sarath Memes
Pennayivanin
Sreiké & Wasn
Alfred A. Knapp
Columbus, Ohio
Perth
Hannnah Goddart Knapp
Atlantic City
Cape Bea Isie City
Ocean City
Washingston
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