Russians Press At Mukden Front In Veiled Conflict
A three mile Russian advance near Yemtai and a fresh Russian crossing of rivers mark ongoing fighting north of Mukden. Japanese reinforcements stiffen defense while artillery clashes rage along the front. Analysts see no general engagement yet, but expect a decisive struggle around Yen tai Liao-yang as plans unfold. reports from Mukden describe exhausted yet hopeful troops and continued heavy bombardment.
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St. Petersburg
Mukden
Venta
Schill
Liaoyang
Yemtai
Thai Jrpaneae
Behill
Xentul Tae
Bohin
Associated Presa
Fxtersburg
Yental
Europat Kins Alvence Guard
War Office
Baltic Fleet Fears and Rumors Darken Baltic Fleet Prospects
London reports Russian experts doubt the Baltic fleet’s battle ships after heavy losses on both sides. Paris notes proposed ship list and routes via Suez or around Cape Horn. Copenhagen cites Libau departure and Danish water checks as high Russian officers inspect the passage.
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London Times
Washington Post
London
Times
Russia
Baltic
Pacific
Associated Press
Paris
Re Echo de Paris
St Petersburg
Far East
Oslahia
Steno Veliky
Navarin Borodino
Alexander Tei
Ore
Col Mera
Reval
Libau
Copenhagen
Japanese Gunboat Hel Yen Sunk by Mine Near Port Arthur
Japanese gunboat Hel Yen struck a floating mine in Pigeon Bay on September 18 and sank with the loss of nearly 300 crew. Two officers and two sailors survived on Chiaopal Island after boats were swamped in heavy seas. The vessel, captured by Japan from China at Wei-hai-wei, had been on guard duty and was missed by the fleet during the disaster.
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Tokyo
Hel Yen
Pigeon Bay
Port Arthur
Chiaopal Island
Helen
Beers
Chigopal
Helion
Wei-hai-wei
China
Japan
Torpedo boats wrecked near Towner during transport
Minot North Dakota officials report two torpedo boats en route over the Great Northern to Seattle were wrecked near Towner when a truck broke the forward section of one boat. Rumors of tampering at Rugby surface as Russians on local crews have vanished. The incident damaged woodwork but left steel intact, requiring reconstruction.
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Minot
Vax
Great Northern
Seattle
Towner
Rugby
Orient
Japanese Repulsed Near Fort Itzshan in Hills
Japanese detachments attacked a small position near Fort Itzshan on October 8 after leaving Dalny on October 10. Russians offered initial resistance but the Japanese forced a retreat under heavy artillery fire. Port Arthur ships suffer from Japanese batteries. Prince Charles Anton von Hohenzollern sails for the front to represent Emperor William with the Japanese army. he was bid farewell by Japanese and foreigners.
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Chefoo
Dalny
Fort Itzshan
Sampan
London Times
Washington Post
Tokyo
Port Arthur
Prince Charlea
Prince Charlea Anton von Hohenzollern
Prince Leopold of
Fire West Virginia Democratic Orators In West Virginia Tour
Pleamont, W. Va Oct 11 Ex Senator Davis leads a Democratic special train through the state speaking to crowds in Rockville and Brunswick. The tour mirrors Fairbanks earlier journey, with Hull, Hill, and Virginia Senator Daniel among notable speakers. Weather mild, audiences varied, train stations decorated as the party pushes for Democratic victories in Washington.
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Washington Post
Pleamont
W. Va
Thig
Davis
Baltimore
Ohiu Fruca
Washington
Iatent
West Virginia
Fairbanks
Parkersburg
Huntington
Cannon
Maryland
Rockville
Hays
Whyte
David B Hill
New York
Daniel
Virginia
James L Norris
Brunswick
Col. Norris
Braves
Col Naring
Andrew Jackson
Vandiver
Victor Baughman
Walter Jonnson
Congress
Hill
H W Talbott
Hui
Davia
Hull
Gen Baughman
Mr. Davis
Judge Parker Busy With Callers In New York Visit
Former U S attorney general Harmon sent a London message to Judge Parker indicating a possible October visit if his wife's health allows. Parker hosted luncheon at the Manhattan Club and received several visitors including Daniel Campau and William Hearst.
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New York
Parker
Judson Harmon
Ohio
United States
Harmon
London
D L. Baumgarten
Cincinnati
Davis
St Louis
Baumgarten
Judge Parker
James K Jones
Washington, DC
Manhattan Club
William 8. Rodte
John H. Clark
Cleveland
Hanna
Daniel J Campau
Michigan
Perry Belmont
E D Steele
High Point
E 8
McGraw
Wilhamsport
John Cadwalader
Joseph R Wainwright
Philadelphia
George W Caldwell
Columbus
Ind
William R. Hearst
Hotel
Reville
Fairbanks Iowa tour capped by Fort Dodge greeting
Senator Fairbanks concluded a ten speech swing through Iowa with Gov. Cummins and other Republicans. He praised Shaw and Wilson and addressed farmers at Iowa Falls and Waterloo, noting Republican support for the Agriculture Department and rural free delivery. He also spoke in Marshalltown and Denison, saluting Secretary Shaw and criticising the Democratic administration's farming costs.
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Shaw
Wilson
Iowa
Senator Delivery
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Fairbanks
Otaha
Waterloo
Publile Park
Edgemore
Dolliver
Iowa Falls
Republican Party
Agricultural Department
Federal Service
James Wilson
United States
Henderson
Alison
Guv Cummins
Green
Opera House
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Union
Judge Smith
Congress
Denison
Alexander Hamilton
Rockwell
Webster City
Senators at Boston at Republican Club Dinner
United States Senators Joseph B Foraker Henry Cabot Lodge and John M Thurston plus Gov John L Bates spoke at the Massachusetts Republican Club dinner in Symphony Hall Boston October 1. Foraker contrasted Parkers gold standard views with Roosevelt's broad public record while praising McKinley and Roosevelt on Philippine policy. Lodge Thurston and Bates addressed national and state issues respectively.
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Boston
United States
Joseph B Foraker
Ohio
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
John M Thurston
Nebraska
John L. Bates
Republican Club of
Symphony Hall
Foraker
Judge Parkers
Roosevelt
Senator Foraker
Islanda
McKinley
Lodge
Thurston
Bates
Two Rallies in New York by Republican Party Leaders
The Republican National Committee schedules two large New York meetings on October 19 with Senator Fairbanks as a primary speaker. One event will be in Brooklyn with Secretary Sian and John L. Griffith. the other at Madison Square Garden features Ellhu Hoot and George A. Knight, plus Fairbanks. Senator Knox may speak in Terney City and New York.
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Republican Naional Committee
Fairbanks
Brooklyn
Sian
John L. Griffith
Indiana
Madison Square Garden
Ellhu Hoot
George A. Knight
California
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Republican National
Knox
Terney City
Court martial hearing on Georgia mob lynching and militia actions
Savannah oct 1 the first witness in the court martial of Capt H M Hitch and the militia officer testified during the lynching and burning of two negro prisoners. Sergi R M Thompson described delivering prisoners, estimated the mob at 1500 to 2000, saw about fifteen pistols and identified Landram George as a mob leader with a noose placed around Cato’s neck.
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Savannah
H M Hitch
Sergi R M Thompson
Landram George
Cato
Court Martial Hearings Register Captain Hitch Actions
In New York and Atlanta reports summarize testimonies on Captain Hitch and deputies from Statesboro Bulloch County and Savannah. Witnesses describe mob actions, prison transfers, and orders about loading firearms. Defense argues actions were under duty and betrayed by authorities amid a statewide election context.
Roosevelt Book Cut Out Amid Library Budget Debate
Spectal to The Washington Post from Council Bluffs Iowa on October 11 reports the library board declining to purchase Jacob Rus Life of Roosevelt for the new Carnegie library. Librarian Dr Cleaver endorses titles. Riis work prompts Democratic trustees to question. One of six members supports retaining the book.
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Washington Post
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Library Board
Jacob Rus
Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie
Cleaver
Jacob Riis
Union Men Sent To Prison In Connecticut Labor Case
Nine men convicted in the Connecticut Superior Court for conspiring to bring about a teamsters strike were sentenced to three months in county jail. Orrin J Stockford was marked as defaulted. The case, one of the era’s notable labor disputes, followed an appeal to the Supreme Court after a guilty verdict. The State’s attorney allowed the men to continue working through the summer to support their families.
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New Haven
Conn
Hight
Amenoion Teamsters
Orrin J Stockford
Connecticut
Supreme Court
Winnipeg Fire Devastates Four Blocks In City Center
Fire roared through Winnipeg Manitoba destroying the Ashdown Building and Bullman Brothers printers and lithographers on Main near Hannatyne. The blaze spread toward Williams Avenue threatening more blocks and the Great Northwest Telegraph Company office. Losses run high with no reliable estimate yet.
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Manitoba
Ashdown
Bullman Brothers
Main Street
Hannatyne
Willams Avenue
Great Northwest ‘Telegraph Company
Loas
Lady Curzon Relapses at Walmer Castle
Oct 1 bulletin reports Lady Curzon less well after a fair night. Morning notes say condition unchanged since dawn but a serious relapse caused anxiety about her health.
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Walmer Castle
Lady Curzon
Accidental Killings Under McMechen Marshal Pursuit
Town Marshal David Lutes of McMechen accidentally killed Frederick Baltz during an arrest for disorderly conduct. Baltz, intoxicated, dropped a bottle and refused to pick it up. Lutes drew his pistol to frighten him, slipped, and the weapon discharged, killing Baltz instantly. The two were lodge members, neighbors, and friends.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
Wva
David Lutes
McMechen
Frederick Baltz
Baltz
Battz
Lutes
Judge condemns lynching as mob law in Alabama court
United States Judge Jones opens the Alabama court session rebuking the recent lynching of Horace Maples and the jail fire by a mob. He urges the grand jury to indict mob members, explains conspiracy law, and warns that prosecutions under U S laws must be pursued to uphold federal protection. Meanwhile a sale of furniture proceeds at Sloan’s on the basement level today.
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United States
Alabama
Jones
Battle Near Mukden Headlines Davis West Virginia Tour
Public notices and political notes fill the issue with reports from Mukden battles, Davis tour of West Virginia, and local legal matters. Deputy Sheriff Lea Lynchera noted, plus sixteen deaths from a bad winter spell and libel suit losses for Amaud.
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Mukden
Davis
West Virginia
Lea Lynchera
de Amaud
Waggaman
Washington
Wisconsin
Virginia
Maryland
U—Financial and Commercial
Plot to blow up Coshocton county jail shocks town
A note in Coshocton Ohio jail warned of dynamite fuses in the bathroom and a planned blast at a specified time. Sheriff Browning found seven dynamite fuses hidden behind a bathtub wall as inmates Alva Rivers Vernon Rivers Jacob Decker Hijley Shafer Joan Willis Stanton Handles and John Martin were moved from their cells for questioning.
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Coshocton
Ohio
Browning
Alva
Vernon Rivers
Warsaw
Jacob Decker
Hijley Shafer
Joan Willis
Stanton Handles
John Martin
Nineteen Lost at Sea From Prince Edward Island Packet
A small trading packet named The Call foundered off New London Prince Edward Island during a Saturday gale. Nineteen aboard all men perished including the owner’s son from St John. The vessel, about 300 tons, stopped at fishing ports en route from Tracadie to northern New Brunswick. The wreck occurred near a difficult harbor in a storm with meager casualty details reported at Halifax and other telegraph stations.
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Halifax
N.S
Prince Edward Island
Oula
John Pagar
New Brunavwick
Gulf of St Lawrence
Gulf
Fagar
Chatham
New Brunswick
Wade Hartley dies in chain gang beating at county jail
The body of Wade Hartley, held on a county chain gang, was exhumed after two weeks amid foul play suspicions. An inquest ordered by Solicitor Thurman found Hartley beaten three times by guards Foremen Corely Prince and Lawyer. The jury ruled death came from a blow to the head and eye while in charge of the chain gang.
School Girl Attacked on Busy Salt Lake Street
Mary Burton a sixteen year old daughter of a prominent broker was assaulted by an unknown man on Salt Lake City main street. He grabbed her from behind and slashed a four inch gash in her throat. Police believe the assailant may be insane. In Newark, New Jersey, Lee Chancellor Pitney dismissed the tobacco merger injunction on a technicality, with the hearing to resume before the Court of Errors and Appeals.
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Salt Lake Street
Lake City
Utah
Mary Burton
Newark
Pitney
Court of Errors and Appeals
Policy King Al Adams Freed After Prison Term
Albert J. Adams once known as the New York policy king was released from Bing Sing prison after serving nearly eighteen months of a one year and nine months sentence. The case links to Gaza Head Pack and Campaten Number, with Davis noted as young.
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al Adams
Policy King
New York
Albert J. Adams
Bing Sing
Davis
Sixteen Die in Poisioned Whisky Scandal in New York Saloon
Police close Rudolph Fritsche saloon on Tenth Avenue as a wave of deaths from wood alcohol in whisky shocks Harlem area. Coroner Scholer reports multiple stomach contents show wood alcohol, with insurance firms and Revenue officers joining the investigation. A mob attacked the saloon. federal authorities and several saloon visits follow to collect samples for analysis.
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New York City
Wood Alcohol
New York
Herman Sachs
Roosevelt Hospital
Scholer
Rudolph Fritsche
Sadie
Fritsches Saloon
Fritsche
Fritsches
Tenth Avenue
Seong
Wood Aichal
Seholer
Hav Ung
Forty-sixth Street
Strikers Farma i
Ted
Theif
Lord Milner Resigns Capetown Post Likely Successor Named
London reports Lord Milner resigns as high commissioner of South Africa due to ill health. Col Sir Edward Ward, permanent under secretary of state for the war office, is considered likely to be appointed successor after Christmas. The Morning Post notes few papers hint at the resignation and cites potential successors including Lord Balfour of Burleigh and Sir Arthur Lacey.
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Sir Edward Ward
London
Lord Milner
South Africa
Millner
Chrstmas
War Office
Sir Edward
Morning Post
Post
Lord Balfour of
Burleigh
Arthur Lachey
White Child Murder Linked to Old-Man Sorcery in Caribbean
In Kingstown St Vincent on October 11 and the related St Lucia case, a white child's heart and hands were found with an elderly black sorcerer. Police reveal the child was murdered and mutilated to supply body parts for superstitious natives seeking to perform spells and charms.
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St Vincent
West Indian Islands
St Lucia
Woman burned alive amid Bulgarian killings in Macedonia
Reports from Macedonia detail Greek victims in Brot near Monastir as Bulgarians claim terror through assassinations. An Orthodox priest was killed during mass, his wife burned in their home, and a Greek notable shot in a church. The issue, per the statement, is to portray Bulgarians as a rising committee faction. There is also note of a Swiss ministerial appointment and an auction notice for high-class Rus.
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Brot
Monastir
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