British Steamer Petersburg Under Fire Over Red Sea Conduct
London reports inflammatory indigation over the Russian volunteer steamer Petersburg stopping British steamers in the Red Sea. The ship allegedly passed the Dardanelles as a mercantile vessel, mounted guns, and acted as a privateer, raising fears of dangerous precedent and demanding government protest.
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London
Washington Post
Times
Petersburg
Red Sea
Black Sea
Dazda
Notice of Marriages and Deaths Across Major Papers
Notice details marriages and deaths inserted in The Washington Foat for simultaneous appearance the next morning in many newspapers including New York Times Baltimore Herald Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Cincinnati Enquirer Chicago Record-Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger Pittsburg Dispatch Providence Journal Rochester Herald Syracuse Post Standard St Paul Pioneer Press Minneapolis Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Washington
NEW York Times
Baltimore Herald
Boston Globe
Courier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Record-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg
Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
Solis Republic
Syracuse Post-Standard
Licensed to Marry and Died Persons Listed in Notice
Multiple marriages and deaths listed for Amherst County Virginia and Mountain Lake Massachusetts. Notices include Nelle C Naughton Rosa Richards Sherman and families with funeral times and addresses, plus a memorial for Fannie Blanchard Wrisley and others in Brooklyn and Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Fourteenth Street
Nelle
C Naughton
C H
Ella
Stree
Brightwood
Sohn Sherman
Hanorah
Health Office Records Deaths List
Health office records show numerous deaths with ages from 13 days to 81 years. Names include Charles Addis Goy Ruth Alexander Howard Badgalupi Gino Wobalducci Robert Blackwell Mary Brown William Dian Charles King Frances Yenroe Harry Saunders Hubert Schutter Evelyn Schwartz John Shaw Infant of Lillard Warren. Locations span Freedmen’s Hospital Government Hospital Emergency Hospital and various street addresses in Anacostia and NW DC.
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Charles M Addis Goy
Local Undertakers and Embalmers Listing
A historic Washington DC newspaper snippet lists multiple funeral directors and embalmers. Entries include W R Speare at 940 F Street NW, Joseph Gawler at 1730–32 Fa Ave, F Harvey's Sons at 13th Street NW, John R Wright at 1337 Tenth Street NW, William Lee with chapel and crematorium, George P Zarhorst at East Capitol Street and Walophone East 372, with contact phones and notes on modest prices and on‑premises chapels.
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Joseph Gawler
Main
A. F. Harvey's Sons
Fourteenth Street NW
William Lee
Pennsylvania
Vessel gaps open after steamer clears Turkish waters
The At Petersburg passed through waters without guns mounted. It is believed guns were removed from the hold and set up after leaving Turkish waters. The Japanese Legation says Japan has not presented the cage of the Greatburg before British and Turkish authorities. The incident is delicate but not alarming. the isolated ship in the Pacific is unlikely to threaten Japanese shipping and would add little to the Vladivostok squadron.
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At. Petersburg
Atraite
Watera
Japan
Pacific
St. Petersburg
Skrudloff
Distrust Germany in East after Russian regiment telegram
Special London Times cablegram reports Emperor William congratulating the Wi bere Regiment as honorary colonel fuels distrust in the Far East. Japanese observers note Germany’s sympathy for Russia while German bulletins claim Port Arthur battles with heavy losses. News agencies warn of potential neutrality breaches and shifting alliances in Asia.
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London Times
Washington
Pekin
Japan
Russia
Port Arthur
Germany
Far East
Kinchchau Bay
Fierce Hand to Hand Fight With Kurokis Forces
July 4 report from Seoul highlights a brutal clash at Motlen Pass between Japanese and Russian East Siberian regiments. Hand to hand fighting in trenches left Russians with heavy casualties, Japanese losses estimated lower. Russian assault repelled after hours of fierce combat, prisoners taken, rifles captured, and a roadside temple used to treat the wounded. Chinese stretcher-bearers conveyed casualties amid ongoing skirmishing as Russians retreated down the valley.
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Kurokis
Seoul
Korea
Mo-tien Pass
Jossea
Bat-Tetfeld
Associated Press
Motlen Pass
Philtye
Famine Fears in Russia Prompt Relief Measures
London dispatch reports fears of famine due to crop failure in Besarabia Taurida Poltava and Khar koff with early frosts insufficient moisture and scarce rain. Governments appoint relief committees and harvests in several provinces are severely damaged with laborers seeking work outside areas as prices rise and stock losses mount.
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Bpades
London Times
Washington
London
Bessarabie
Bachuri
Ismansk
St Petersburg
Kherson
Bessarabia
Taurida
Poltava
Kharkoff
Trraspol
Japanese Advance In Open Form At Kai-chou
An AP Russian field correspondent reports Japanese forces advanced openly under fire near Kai-chou, suffering heavy casualties as burial and Red Cross teams worked through the night. He notes Chinese bandit activity in Yin-kow valley, Japanese rail line control, and widespread illness including cholera and dysentery among troops.
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Ta-tche-klao
Associated Press
Kai-chou
Banzal
Kondratsvitch
Red Cross
Coolie
Liao River
Yin-kow
Sin-min-ting
China
May Seek Another Loan From International Money Markets
London July 13 Lord Rothschild told the Associated Press he believes Russia may seek to float another foreign loan though home bankers would require foreign banks to take it. Russian officials in London deny any such effort by the government citing ample resources to fund the war. Interior Minister von Plehwe is considering measures to grant Jews equal rights, but officials say this is unrelated to any loan and follows the Emperor's January ukase for broader liberty.
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Russia
London
Lord Rothschild
Associated Press Today
von Plehwe
Admiral Withoft Active Near Port Arthur
The admiralty says Rear Admiral Withoft's squadron aids defense by shelling Japanese works near Port Arthur and delaying siege gun progression. The fleet may not sail from Fort Arthur unless its fall becomes inevitable. Togo is cautious about risking ships, focusing on secondary operations while awaiting army co operation. Movements of ocean steamers and regional official notices accompany this dispatch.
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St Petersburg
Admiralty
Withoft
Port Arthur
Fort Arthur
Togo
Cautous
Niuchwane
Parker Campaign Opens In Esopus As Mailing Surges
Rosemount near Esopus launches campaign preparations for Judge Alton B Parker with a new office, telegraph lines, stenographers, and a flood of mail. Hearst newspapers promise support while Parker awaits Bryan comment and contemplates potential joint ticket actions amid Kingst on and Kingston events.
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Esopus
Rosemount
Alton B. Parker
Judge Parker
Ainco
Arthur E. McCausland
Optimism at Headquarters Predicts Parker Victory
Secretary Charles A. Edwards of the Democratic Congressional committee returns to Washington from St Louis and says the Parker Davis ticket will win. He forecasts a large stay at home vote and notes former McKinney supporters and anti Imperial Republicans will rally for the Democrats this year. Active committee work will start soon as information from state delegations supports a victory.
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Parker
Democratic House
Charles A. Edwards
Democratic Congressional Committee
Washington
St Louis
Riggs House
Davis
McKinney
St. Louia
Republicans Target 49 Doubtful Districts in 1904 Campaign
Chicago July 1903 Republican Congressional Committee chair J W Babcock plans early campaign buildup. Forty nine districts are deemed doubtful across several states with two in Massachusetts and Ohio involvement. Unclear health of Speaker Cannon may alter travel plans as he joins the campaign after Roosevelt’s nomination notification.
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Hoosevelt
Babcock
Massachusetts
Maryland
West Virginia
Michigan
Hainois
Ohio
Indiana
Joe” Cannon
Chicago
Cannon
Henry Clay and Parker Letter of the Telegraph of 1844
John F. Coyle recalls the 1844 Texas annexation dispute and the publication of Henry Clay and James K. Polk era letters. The episode centers on Clay's opposition, Gales and Seaton press measures, and the Baltimore Whig convention where Clay was nominated. The piece links letters to the Texas issue, party splits, and the eventual Mexican War outcomes.
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Judge Parker
St Louis
Texas
South
Clay
Raleigh
M. D
National Intelligencer
Parker
Washington
Gales
Whig Convention
Baltimore
Seaton
Mr. Seaton
Mr. Clay
Mr. Gates
Messrs. Blair
Rever
Globe
Moore
Watkins Leigh
van Buren
Ashland
James K Polk
Alabama
James G Berney
New York
Folk
Mexico
Liformia
Pacific States
John F. Coyle
Montague denies interview attribution from St. Louis convention
Gov. Montague today denied an interview credited to him during the St. Louis convention. The denial comes as a spokesperson rejected the published remarks and affirmed no such statements were made by the governor.
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Montague
St. Louis
Washington Post
Richmond
Governor Defends Bryan After Convention Remarks
The governor denies giving an interview and says his only statement on Mr. Bryan attributed to him was that Bryan’s attitude promoted discord, not harmony. He adds he left the convention with the strongest respect for Bryan, not diminished.
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W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Cave
Gold standard unsettled claim rebutted by editor in 1904
Washington writer W. W. D BYNUM argues that claims the gold standard is firmly established are misinformation. He cites historical panics, silver dollar circulation, and legal statutes to show the standard hinges on Treasury policy, not law, and warns against public complacency.
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United States
Secretary of the Treasury
BYNUM
Washington
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