Russians Repulse Japanese Attacks Near Shakhe and Port Arthur
Reports from Mukden and Port Arthur describe a general Japanese assault on November 26 at Shangshu Mountain and eastward forts, repulsed with stubborn Russian defense. Weather worsens with freezing temps and storms aiding static positions, while Kuropatkin notes repeated frontal attacks and limited gains, and Russian outposts press near the Han River.
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Kuropatkin
Han River
Mukden
London Times
Washington Post
Tokyo
Port Arthur
Sangshi
Erhling
Hust Kekwaun
Shangshu
Shahke
Oya- Ma
Ahngth
Sintungtun
Pugsig
Sh Tien
Mikado Seen as Decrepit by Reporter in Orient Visit
Snerlai to The Washington Pass reports from San Francisco that Archibald, returning from the Orient, says the Japanese emperor is not the heroic figure praised by admirers but a decrepit debauchee needing help to stay in the saddle during the imperial pony ride. He attended a birthday review with thousands of troops present.
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Snerlai
Washington Pass
San Francis
Cal
Archibaki
Cort
Orient
Archibald
Txyo
Ilo
Mikado Inspecting Troops Appears Decrepit in Tokyo
The Mikado surveyed troops on a small pony and required help to mount. He was escorted by four servants, two guiding the animal, and he seemed frail and dissipated. Rumors in Tokyo say he lives on champagne.
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Tokyo
British collier warning on contraband by ships
London Nov 27 Foreign Minister writes to shipping chambers and similar bodies warning British colliers that chartering vessels to follow the Hun fleet with cargoes may expose owners to penalties under the foreign enlistment laws. He notes that Russia still treats coal and raw cotton as contraband and that communications with Russia continue, with condemnation limited to warlike use.
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Lord Lansdowne
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
Russia
Mable
Japan Prefers War to Preserve Empire Says Premier Katsuras
Tokyo dispatch reports Premier Katsuras stating the empire will sacrifice all for victory as Russia’s Manchurian actions threaten peace. He cites Port Arthur as pivotal, notes domestic Diet opposition shifting to war budgets, and predicts a large war bill while affirming national unity. CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE NEW CHESAPEAKE & OHIO SERVICE. Through Sleeper to Chicago.
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Tokyo
Japan
Associated Press
Premis Katsuras
Orient
Russia
Manchuria
Korean Peninsula
Russi
Ruslf
Ing
Port Arthur
Fort Arthur
Kuropatkin
Mukden
Shao-yang
Constitutionalsts
Progressists
Chesapeake & Ghio
Chicago
Chicago and
St. Louis
Washington
Western
Roosevelt Leaves St. Louis After Quiet Visit
President Roosevelt and party depart from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition by special train at 12:01 AM. Crowds milled but police and Secret Service kept order as Roosevelt attended services at Second Presbyterian Church and enjoyed a quiet drive through Forest Park with Mrs. Roosevelt and officials.
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S. J. M Niccolls
Second Presbyterian Church
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Washington
Louvisiana
William H. Thompson
Exposition Company
Alice Roosevelt
Secret Service
David FR. Francis
Exposition
Francis
Guv. van Sant
Minnesota
Douglas Robinson
Miss Roosevelt
Loeb
Rixey
Thompson
Exposition Grounds
Taggart Backs Bryan Opposes Gold Democratic Faction
Special to The Washington Fest Indianapolis Ind Nov 27 conferences of Western Democrats with Chairman Taggart at French Lick last week yield fruit He will oppose Bryan's bid to reorganize the party and will join him in that effort Taggart spoke with Indiana leaders and supports separating the party from the gold Democrats.
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Washington
Indianapolis
Ind
Democratic National Committee
Taggart
French Lick
Friends of the National
Bryan
Tageart
Messrs
Sullivan
Ryan
Rodwell
Richards for cabinet in rumor from Cheyenne
A Cheyenne dispatch says Secretary Hitchcock may resign and be replaced by William A. Richards, head of the General Land Office and former governor. Senator Warren’s name is also mentioned, but he does not desire the post.
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Denver
Colo
Republican
Cheyenne
Thirty Five Injured In Mobile and Ohio Wreck Near Columbus
Thirty five people were injured when passenger train No 4 derailed near Columbus Mississippi on the Mobile and Ohio Railway. The wreck occurred on a straight track on a twenty foot high embankment. No fatalities are expected. Conductor W B Hooper led the train that left Montgomery earlier in the day.
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Memphis
Ala
McShan
Columbes
J.D. Mardin
Columbus
Miss
T. P. Smith
Rebecca Gayne
R. Th. Gayne
McCrary
iufus @ Woors
Kosciusko
John Herring
Hessemer
A. W. Gladden
Indianapolis
Ind
W. C. Bell
W. ©. Hopper
Columb
Nannie McShan
Lucy McShan
Robert Gayne
Closing Day Program for World’s Fair in St Louis
A joint meeting of the fair executive and ceremonies committees outlined December 1 as the closing day with David R. Francis honored. Highlights include free admission for children 16 and under and main exercises in the Plaza of St Louis, the site of the opening.
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St. Louis
David R. Francis
Plaza of St. Louis
Gas House Explosion Kills Worker in New York Plant
In New York on November 27 a gas explosion in the Consolidated Gas Company's generating house on West Forty-fourth Street killed James Kane, 27, and left three men in hospital with burns and lacerations while several others suffered lesser injuries. Superintendent William J. Hawthorne was arrested on homicide charges but released by the coroner.
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New York
Consolidated Gas Company
West Forty-fourth Street
James Kane
William J. Hawthorne
Murder by Hold-Up Men in Danville
Danville Illinois November 27 Frank Holycross a bartender was fatally shot in a desperate encounter with three hold-up men. The bandits planned to stop a train entered the restaurant and fired as Holycross defended himself. A dozen shots rang out as the desperadoes fled north leaving Holycross dead.
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Danville
Ill
Frank Holycross
Holycross
Lost diamonds at StrathmoreHotel alleged by guest
Mrs Caroline Jeannette, Strathmore Hotel proprietor in New York, reported diamonds valued at 35000 missing from a guest Mrs V Benedict. Jeannette said Benedict left jewels with a clerk for safekeeping after returning from abroad, but they vanished by Saturday. Detectives are on the case. Benedict seeks recovery.
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Washington
New York
Caroline Jeannette
Strathmore Hotel
V. Benedict
Frederic R. Coudert
E. C. Benedict
Cleveland
Jeannette
Benedict
F. H. Benedict
Twentyfirst Street
Boys Charged With Fraud In Buffalo Case
Thomas Sullivan aged fifteen and Michael Felden seventeen are held in Baltimore on charges of obtaining 1500 dollars from Buffalo restaurateur James Kennedy under false pretenses. Felden allegedly shot himself twice in a Baltimore boarding house and is hospitalized. Police report Buffalo authorities seek the pair for the same fraud. Felden is not seriously injured and both await requisition papers from New York.
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Baltimore
Thomas Sullivan
Michael Felden
The
James Kennedy
Buffalo
Felden
Sullivan
Kennedy
New York
Quarreled in Saloon Ends in Bond for Williams
William Williams, a wealthy Houston youth, was released on 2000 bond after the death of T D Lee a Boston traveling salesman. The quarrel in a Houston saloon led to Lee drawing a knife and Williams reportedly striking him, fracturing Lee's skull on the concrete floor. Lee's body awaits instructions from his widow in Roxbury Massachusetts. Lee was five years old.
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Houston
Tex
Wiliam Williams
T. D. Lee
Boston
Willams
Lee
Williams
Roxbury
Mass
Murdered New Mexico Republican Col. R. Francisco Chaves
News from Albuquerque states Col. R Francisco Chaves a leading New Mexico Republican was assassinated at Pines Wells Torrence County while dining a shot fired through a window killed him. A posse and bloodhounds pursued the unknown slayer as officials from national territorial and county levels coordinated the search. Chaves a Civil War veteran born 1833 and former delegate to Congress held multiple offices including superintendent of instruction and state historian at the time of his death.
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Albuquerqué
Congress
Albuquerque
N. Mex
R. Francisco Chaves
New Mexico
Pines Wells
Torrence County
Col. Chaves
Chaves
Santa Fe Central
Territorial
Cal. Chaves
St. Louis University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York
Kit Carson
First
New Mexico Infantry
Pr Dent Lincoln
Col. Chayes
Valverde
Territorial Legislative Council
Jury Fixing Probe Hits New York Court
Leo Cohen a juror in the O'Donnell will case was arrested on charges of offering to fix the jury for 1000. Herbert Kamber, 23, alleged to have conducted talks, was also arrested. The O'Donnell estate, valued over 1 million, sparked a dispute as rivals claim Neal and Hugh O Donnell left charitable bequests while the brothers built a vast cooperage business.
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New York
Leo Cohen
O’donnell
Supreme Court
Belis
Herbert I. Kamber
Neal O’donnell
Neal O'Donnell
Hugh
H. and
N. O’donnell
Neal
Kamber
Cohen
Infant roasted to death in Paterson cellar fire
Ida Englehardt a German woman in Paterson N J confessed to roasting her infant before a furnace fire. Moses T La Forge employed her and found the dying child in an ash barrel. The baby was alive initially but burned badly and died in hospital. Englehardt said she carried the infant to the cellar and exposed it to heat to keep the house quiet. She is hospitalized under arrest.
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New York
Ida Englehardt
Paterson
N. J
Moses T. la Forge
la Forge
Defalcation Alleged: Norfolk Agent jailed in Williamson
Williamson W Va Nov 27 Charged with being a defaulter for 6 00 from the Norfolk and Western Railway Richard Anderson the Canter bury agent was arrested and jailed at Williamson He is said to have misappropriated checks sent to him to pay mine employees Old Point Comfort Norfolk Newport News steamers of Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co advertise daily 630 p m with links to New York and Boston See ad page Phone 2290
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Norfolk and Western
Williamson
W. Va
Beiriz
Norfolk and Western Railway
Richard Anderson
Canterbury
Anderson
Virginia
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Newport News
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
New York
Boston
Col. I. F. Chaves Assassinated
In today’s issue index, Col. I. F. Chaves is noted as assassinated. The item appears among a sequence of headlines including Port Arthur resisting a new assault and President Taft’s trip to the capital, with various other political and social notes.
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Port Arthur
Washington
Col
I. F. Chaves
Virginia
Taft
Panama
Senate Committee
Indiana
Spain
Maryland
Cuba
St. Teresa’s
Assault and Murder Shock Scranton Woman
The body of Mary Warner, 40, wife of laborer Jacob Warner and mother of one, was found in a bushes-clad vacant lot near her home. Her skull showed a brutal blow and signs of criminal assault. She rode a city car home last night and was dragged to the lot, with a blood pool marking the route.
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Scranton
Mary Warner
Jacob Warner
Sad End of Romance Brings Infant Son with Her
Mrs Reginald Oswald Dougatos a Louisiana Hobbs beauty from Norfolk narrates a year of deceit as she, once Lady Dougatos, returns with her infant son to Lamberts Point Norfolk after a sham marriage to a man posing as English noble Lord Reginald Dougatos. The tale follows an arranged San Francisco mining venture a desertion and a perilous cross country journey ending in Virginia with family support awaiting.
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Louisiana Hobbs
Lord Reginald Oswald Dougates
Rome
Washington Post
Norfolk
Reginald Oswald Dougatos
Lamberts Point
Lord Dougatos
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Dougatos
San Francisco
Lamberts'Point
Lord Reginald
Letos
Tongland
M. J. Hawkins
Miss Hobbs
Lady Dougitos
Arthur C. Thompson
Trinity Episcopal Church
Portsmouth
Lord Dougates
Pacific Coast
England
Virginia
Houston
Tex
Texas
Chicago Livestock Show Opens to Public at Union Stock Yards
Chicago hosts the livestock show with the public opening at Union Stock Yards. Attendance reaches 41 000 as judges arrive including John Ross and Robert Blofield. Canadian minister John Dryden attends. U S Secretary of Agriculture Wilson set to visit Wednesday.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yards
John Ross
Meikle Tarel
Scotland
Robert T. Blofield
Morley Manor
Wymondham
Woorolk
England
John Dryden
Dominion of Canada
Wilson
Providence man killed in auto wreck at Barrington
James Donahue of Providence was thrown from an automobile and killed instantly when the car crashed into a telegraph pole. His companion Benjamin F. Blackington escaped uninjured. Donahue, 37, a native of Putnam Connecticut, suffered a broken neck and skull fracture.
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James Donahue
Barrington, R. 1
Providence
Benjamin F. Blackington
Donahue
Putnam
Conn
Taft 3 in Panama visit signals goodwill and canal ties
Secretary of War Taft arrives at Colon aboard the Columbia and meets President Amador and Panama officials. Taft declares U S support for building the Panama Canal for Panama, the United States, and mankind. Amador thanks Taft and Roosevelt. a second conference is set for Government House tomorrow.
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Amador
Panama
United States
Taft
Colon
Columbia
Arosemana
Gen
Davis
Canal
Barrett
Wallace
Panama Canal
President Amador
Panama Cabinet
Mr. Taft
Unite States
Panamore
Roosevelt
Amador Wi
Government House
Suspected murderer linked to Brigham killing in woods
In Leicester a man calling himself John Riley matches the tramp sought in the murder of Emma Richards Brigham. An axe missing from the house and blood-stained shirts found with Polander suspects point to a possible weapon. Deputies traced the suspect near Burncoat camps as investigations continue. The victim’s funeral is set for tomorrow at Forest Hills with cremation planned.
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John Riley
Emma Richards Brigham
Carl
Westborn
William M. Magner
Wheeler
Woma
Burncoat
Forest Hills
German prince connected man commits suicide in Cincinnati police cell
A man identified as Max Rickhardt aged twenty seven believed linked to Germany killed himself in a Cincinnati central police cell He had registered under multiple names at hotels and claimed a waiting lover in Saxony Germany He faced hotel thief charges and possessed stolen passports and letters of recommendation His various aliases and alleged baggage led to widespread telegrams from Indianapolis Louisville and St Louis before his death.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Germany
Max Rickhardt
St. Louis
Liddia Lang
Reichenbach
Saxony
Grand Hotel
Clement Christian Luteren
Indianapolis
Louis- Ville
J. Beltman
C. W. Shois
L. McDonald
New York
Wian
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Union Boulevard Junction
Wabash
Union Station
St. Louis Terminal Railroad Association
Merchants’ Bridge
Mississippi
Toads Bridge
Illinois Transfer Company
Willows
Eighth United States Cavalry
Niccolls
Cooke
Sloan's
Sloan’s
Democratic Party
Hitchcock
Mobile
David R. Francis Day
Flushing
Daniel Hogan
Desperadoes
Herrich Gems
Big Will
Paterson, N. J
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Secretary Taft
Court of Inquiry
James R. Carnahan
Uniform Bank
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Gen. Carnahan
Charles E. Shively
Richmond
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