Captured at Chefoo Steamer Seized by Japanese Destroyers
Seven Japanese destroyers entered Chefoo harbor and captured an unknown steamer. Two Japanese cruisers remained outside the harbor as the incident drew reactions about Chinese neutrality and potential land operations. The State Department noted the cable from Chefoo dated yesterday and weighed implications for regional neutrality and broader war expansion.
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State Department
Chefoo
Chefoo Harbor
Shanghai
Japan presses Shanghai demand over Askold and Askold fate
In Shanghai and Tokyo reports Japan insists on disarming or leaving the Russian cruiser Askold and torpedo boat destroyer Grogovat. Tokyo warns of a potential demonstrative seizure, while officials debate neutrality and possible Japanese squadron action to compel disarmament by the 20th and 1st respectively.
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Shanghai
Modai
Grogovat
Sekold
Mide
Neuudal
Pacihe
Tokyo
Askold
Shainghat
Goodnow
State Department
Tagui
Ryeshitelm Incident Sparks Quiet War of Warnings
Reports from St Petersburg and Paris indicate no reply from Japan to Russia's protest over the torpedo boat destroyer Ryeshketni incident. France says Tokyo has yet to send the protest text, delaying transmission due to the Foreign Minister's absence. International tensions are not seen as serious, with Japan likely asserting right to confirm dismantling.
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Count Cassini
Rusa
New York
Japan
Itay
Russia
Li Ie
France
Germany
Lister
Ferlin
Foreign Office
Hoy
Chefco
St Petersburg
China
Paris
Tokyo
Chetov
Unclear excerpt on Russian and Japanese commanders clash
Fragmentary passage notes a clash between a Russian commander and a Japanese commander, implying a climax and possible dispute over facts. It hints the matter may linger until a peace settlement is reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiuss
Chinese Troops Drill In Central Kingdom With Japanese Officers
William Martin, U S consul at Nep kin, China, reports vast drillings of Chinese troops in central China under Japanese officers. Soldiers armed with Mauser rifles and new machine guns are being prepared for possible action. About 6,000 troops drill near Nankin, as Consul Cheshire withdraws from Mukden amid wartime tensions.
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San Francisco
Cal
William Martin
United States
Nepkin
China
Orient
Siberia
Nankin
Wounded in War Report Shows Low Death Rate
Maj Louis L. Seaman describes Japanese field first aid reducing deaths. Russian captives treated similarly. 2,000 woundees on a hospital ship with no deaths. New aneurysm risk from high velocity bullets. Chunchus host matters, Japanese pay and use Cossack cattle raid aftermath, and multiple U S army attaches listed with Russian forces.
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Japan
Chefeo
Louis L. Seaman
Mukden
Chefoo
Seaman
Charles T. Boyd
Tenth
United States Infantry
Chungegortin
Sinmintang
Boyd
West Point
Boyé
Russians in Despair as Vladivostok Squadron Destroyed
St Petersburg reports confirm the Vladivostok squadron is destroyed after fierce fighting with Kamimura’s fleet. Losses on the Russia and Gromoboi are blamed at 60 and 25 percent respectively, with decks described as slaughterhouses and dock access limited to one facility at Vladivostok.
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St. Petersburg
Skrydloff
Port Arthur
Gromokoi
Russia
Kamimura
Expectia
Far East
Admiralty
Vladivostok
Jessen
Gromoboi
Gromopol
Gromoko
Rosela
Vladilyostok
Diana
Pallada
Emperor William
Hoffman
Lieut
von Gilgenheim
Heavy rains flood Manchuria as front quiets
Reports from Gen Kuroki’s headquarters describe the heaviest seasonal rains in Manchuria flooding valleys and forming streams that quickly recede after sun. No major hostilities reported aside from outpost meetings as weather relents. Grand Duke Boris forwards Kuropatkin a congratulatory note on the throne heir.
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Kuroki
Fusan
Korea
Manchuria
Revision of Patent Laws Urged by British Association
President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Cambridge urged international patent reform. A. J. Balfour attended the engineering section and received a gold medal for Charles Algernon Parkes. Mr Parsons argued for extending patent life with state support and an international central committee to allocate privileges. He cited a shaft excavation example costing 25 million dollars over 85 years and stressed global collaboration to fund great undertakings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Association For Advancement of Science
Cambridge
Eng
British Association For the Advancement of Science
A. J. Balfour
Association
Associated German Engineers
Charles Algernon Parkens
Parsons
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Socialists clash over Dresden resolution at congress
Amsterdam Aug 19 The International Socialist and Trade Union Congress debated the Dresden resolution, proposed by French delegates, condemning any socialist participation in government or bourgeois society. French leader Maures attacked German socialism while Herr Bebel defended German governance and universal suffrage, as the resolution passed 23 to 5 with 12 abstentions.
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Amsterdam
International Socialist and Trade Union Congress
Dresden
Rheims
Maures
Bomaist
Germany
IM. Jaures
Herr Bebel
French
France
Napoleon
Bismarck
Milder Finnish Policy Reported Adopted by Czar
Berlin reports Prince Obolensky, new governor general of Finland, has persuaded Emperor Nicholas to ease repression. Helsingfors notes police restrictions have risen since Obolensky arrived, with basement senate entrances sealed and surrounding buildings searched for secret passages to protect him.
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Berlin
Osvobosidense
Stuttgart
St. Petersburg
Prince Obolensky
Finland
Nicholas
Helsingfora
Lfe
Victims of Treachery and Global Updates Across Regions
Reports from Algiers describe the massacre of eighty three horsemen sent by Bu Hamara to marry into Chief Amada of the Beni Buzzagora. Other dispatches note Bunau-Varilla’s Panama Canal letters to Hay, Italy’s envoy demands apologies over Dernah, Irish politics with O'Brien’s re election, Chihuahua’s governor taking leave, strong grain harvest in Saratov, and a plague case in Yinkow near Tientsin.
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Amada
Beni Buzzagora
Algiers
Bu Hamara
United States
Panama
Mr. Barrett
Tomas Arias
Mount Vernon Hotel Blaze Wrecks Building Forces Save Guests
Early morning fire at the Mount Vernon Hotel on 487 Pennsylvania avenue northwest Injured one man and caused about 1000 in damages Fire started in a fourth floor storeroom and prompted rapid escape efforts by guests including rope descents and ladders Clerks proprietor and patrons aided others amid smoke and flames as firefighters brought the blaze under control.
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Mount Vernon Hotel
Pennsysvania Avenue
John Farley
Farley
Daniel Nichols
Policeman Long
Erich @ohemmele
W. Lohbee
T. W. Jones
Maj
R. H Pardee
Treasury Department
Joseph Mudeski
St Joseph
Benjamin Carroll
New York
Thomas T. W. Evans
Philadelphia
Tucker Barbee
Mr. Barbee
Mrs. Jr. South
Nichols
Burglary A Double Header Alarmed Beall Stores
James M Beall a grocer reported two store break ins at 1012 First Street NE and Twentieth and S NW. Thirteen and twelve dollars? Actually twenty five cents and twelve dollars were stolen. Police arrest John Johnson a thirteen year old boy and recover part of the booty. Police seek another boy and search for Gibbs relatives as Gibbs lies near death at Emergency Hospital. Robert Scott and Mortimer Ford involved in a hammer incident at Center Market. Policeman Murphy makes arrest.
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James M. Beall
First Street
Twentieth
John Johnson
Beall
Johnson
Robert Scott
Mortimer Ford
Ford
Virginia
Murphy
Scott
Highwaymen Role Involving Young Newsboys
Two nine year old boys Presley Diggs and Anthony Hawkins were sent to the House of Detention after being charged with holding up eight year old Timothy Flaherty and stealing eleven cents on Twenty second street and Virginia avenue northwest yesterday afternoon. All suspects are newsboys. Barry Bulkley to begin lecture tour to Thousand Islands and across New York State on Yellowstone National Park topic.
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Presley Diggs
Anthony Hawkins
Barry Bulkley
Thousand Islands
New York State
Yellowstone National Park
No Appetite Linked to Loss of Vitality and Tone
A brief health note states no appetite leads to reduced vitality vigor and tone. It frames appetite as a key indicator of overall energy and wellness, warning that diminished hunger signals may reflect underlying conditions.
Vagrant at Age Five Detained by City Police
A five year old Negro boy Willem Brown described as a vagrant was arrested at the First precinct station after repeated late night truancies. Found without hat or coat near Highthar F stream, he had been jumping on and off street cars, risking his life before police arrested him.
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Horace Gibbs
Gibbs
Lakewood
Magele Gibbs
Washington
Willem Brown
Willam
Adams
John Payne
Twenty-fourth
Charles Butler
Payne
W E. Ogle
Butler
Phillips’ Court
George Willis
Worked New Scheme of Fraud Involving Found Money
Police charge Roy Jackson, a young negro, with swindling Samuel Greenleaf out of $6 by promising to divide a found imaginary $20 pill. Det Grant identified Jackson as the man who previously stole $104 from Joseph Smothers via a trick envelope scheme. Greenleaf conspired to take part, then both disappeared.
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Sun
Roy Jackson
Joseph Smothers
Grant
Jackson
Samuel Greenleaf
Greenleaf
she #8
Remarried Chinese American Couple Shocks Society
A Washington report details the remarriage of May Han Don, a Chinese man, to his white American wife after a first union with no record. The ceremony occurred in Alexandria, Virginia, amid Chinatown attention, with Moy Han Don’s home at 22 Pennsylvania Avenue NW noted for its lavish furnishings and a two year old child from the union.
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Chinatown
May Han Don
Moy
Kim la Yueng
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Alexandria
Moy Han Don
New York Avenue
Lilliam Carter
Baltimore
Kaspen
Washington
Naoma
Han Don
Lillian Carter
New York
Pennsylvania Avenue
J. H. S Ewell
Methodist Protestant Church
Weather Bureau Update on Disturbance Pressing Eastern Iowa
The center of a broad barometric disturbance lies over Eastern Iowa and tracks east toward the Lake region bringing heavy rain to the Ohio Valley, Southern Lake region, and Middle Atlantic New England. Rain and wind shift forecast with storm warnings on the lower Great Lakes and Huron and Lake Michigan. Temperatures remain moderate with readings below normal in several districts. outlook calls for fall weather by Sunday west of the Mississippi and showers along coastal areas.
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Dept. of Agriculture, Weather Bureau
Washington, DC
Iowa
Lake
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
New England
Bates
Grey Lakes
Missouri
Mississippi
Ohio
Lake Region
Migslanippi River
South Atlantic States
Hocky Mountain
Plateau
Middle Eastern
Ohie Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Missiszippi
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Gulf
Lower Lakes
Upper Lakes
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Steamera
Grand Banks
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Chinese Mongalla
Kuropatkin
Jus
Sibelian
Yuanshi Kai
Hays
Mongolia
Petersburg
Walter S Schuyler
Carl Reichmann
United States Army
Montgomery M. Macomb
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W V Judson
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Admiralty Court
Rosser
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Persian Gulf
Pacific Mail
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Matousevitch
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LOODS
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Candelaria
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Jewela
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Conference of Presidents
Managua
Karanga
Zelaya
Conrito
Honduras
Salvador
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Guatemala
Secha Kaiser
Prince Henry of
Prussia
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Sa Ben
Italy
Tripoli
Jerbu Sunis
Amerigo Vespucci
Messina
Sicily
Dernah
Frovines
Barca
Besos
O’brien
Cork
Ireland
William O'Brien
Cork City
United Irish League
Nationalist
WI Paso
Tex
Lovia Terrazas
Chihuahua
Enrique Creel
International Monetary Congress
Terrazas
Saratoff
Bamara
Yinkow
London
the Standard
Tientsin
Nowaboys
Vagrand
Democratic Club
Parker and Davis Democratic Club
Anacostia
Hines’ Hall
Thomas J. Moore
William Cranch McIntyre
John §S Mulier
Robert E. Mattingly
Asylum Band
Maryland
West Virginia
St. Louis
Shorthand Reporters’ Association
Charles Currier Beale
Boston
Jerome B Howard
Cincinnati
Russell Leonard
Chicago
Minnie I Kehoe
Pensacola
Pla
Kendrick Hill
Trenton
Henry Demming
Harrisburg
Joseph H Roberts
New Haven
Conn
Frederick Ireland
Sidney Cormaby
New York City
Francis
Hutfmai
Mobile
Thomas Forean
Birmingham
Ala
United Association of Journeymen Plumbers and Allied Trades
Canada
Toronto
Mass
Fiske
Charles A. Record
United States Mail Service
J. M. Barry
F.C. Webster
North American Trust
Adirondack Camp
Platteboro
N. Y
Fish Rock
Isaac Seligman
Saranac Lake
Adirondacks
Atlanta
Edwin Purington
Comn
Union Railroad
Lansburge & Bro
Madras
Lansburgh & Bro
7Th
Sanders & Stayman
F St
Horn
Tailor
A&p
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Thea
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Fall
Asheville
N.C
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Til
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Mich
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Tenn
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Lene
Jsbr
Wiel
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Peter Grogan
Redit
All
Paredif
Seventh Street
HUB Furniture CO
D Sts
N. W
Tharp
Berkeley
St. N.W
Tolman
Grand Lodge
District of Columbia
Masonic Temple
O'Ctoc
Bia Claudius DL Smith
A W Johnston
Ballantine
the Shoomaker CO Company
Ire
B. B. Earnshaw G Bro., Wholesale Grocers, Tith and Matese
Edison
Capital Phonograph Co
Eaperenet
McGill & Wallace
Baughman
Waughman
Main
Pope Bae
Alice M. Paterson
D. Oo
Wilber L. Smith
Do W
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