Russians Retiring as Japanese Claim Victory on Front
Allied dispatches detail heavy fighting across the Mukden front with Kuropatkin reporting no decisive success while Oyama claims Japanese gains. Reports describe stubborn center resistance, repeated Russian retirements, and heavy losses on both sides amid bitter cold and rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyama
Huaian
Kuropatkin
Bentsiaputaze
Wang
Feld Mashal Gyama
Murty
Europatkins
Nicholas
Assy
Mukden
Yental
Incii
Se. Sotalling
Phoe
Tha
Wmircon
Lasharoff
Osama
Wistcherko
Korea
Bengihu
Sakharoff
EXPECT THE BALTIC FLEET
Copenhagen authorities prepare to guard neutrality as the Russian Baltic fleet plans a short cruise through Danish waters. The Baltic Squadron will depart Libau tonight while Danish pilots head to Reval and Vibau for the passage. Spies and neutral ships reportedly watched by Russian fleet observers prompt Danish naval measures near the Skaw.
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Copenhagen
St. Petersburg
Libau
London Times
Washington Peat
Zeland
FunensNand
Reval
Vibau
Danish
Denmark
Heimdal
Skaw
Russian Praise of Enemy Signals Possible Peace Overture
London Times cable describes a shift in Russian media praising Japan and hints at a possible rapprochement after the war. It notes that admiration may influence peace talks, but Japan’s response remains uncertain and the benefits of any rapprochement are unclear.
Recapture of Signal Hill and Port Arthur Fight Report
General Stoessel reports Russians regained Signal Hill near Port Arthur as Japanese assaults intensify with new batteries and hand grenades. Garrison spirit remains high despite bitter attacks, with reinforced shells striking inner forts and heavy bombardment continuing from October 5 to 7 amid worsening weather and looming ammunition concerns.
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Stoensal
Signal Hill
St Petersburg
Stoensel
Port Arthur
Signal HI
Siaku H
Kondratenko
Stoessel
Mukden
Fort Arthur
Sleger F
Aklil
Forte
Gan Broessel
Chefoo
Giak
Taft Defends Roosevelt At New York Meeting
Taft denounces Parker ambivalence and Democratic duties in Philippines policy. He upholds Roosevelt on Philippines governance and rail trust action, cites government suit against Northern Securities and criticizes Parker’s pension and independence stance. Sloan's sale notices close the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Constitutional Primeiplea
Democratic Party
Ihe
Parker
Neiher
Northern Securities Company Force
Roosevelt Era Debate on Government Spending and Corruption
The piece quotes Judge Taft on Roosevelt directing probes into postal corruption, noting reports of criminals convicted or awaiting trial. It contrasts Democratic and Republican spending, cites expenditure trends per wealth unit, and references a defense of Roosevelt’s pension order. It ends with Republican leaders rallying support for Roosevelt and Higgins.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
United States
Joun F Dillon
Parker Constitution Club
Faibanks
Thair
New York
Beaml Ch
Irrank W Higgins
Higgins
Timothy L Woodruff
BRYAN ON ROOSEVELT AT INDIANA MEETING
A massive Fort Wayne crowd greeted William J Bryan at Princess Rink on Oct 11 as he closed day two of his Indiana tour. Local supporters Frank E Herring and Daniel Wilme spoke in support while Bryan argued against warlike policies and urged peace. A Peru barbecue drew a large crowd with twelve beers reportedly slaughtered as Bryan and John W Kern campaigned for governor.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
William J Bryan
Princess Rink
Indiana
White House
United States
Germany
England
Peru
Bryan
John W. Kern
NO FUSION WITH POPULISTS IN NEW YORK
New York electors scene unsettled as Charles F Murphy of Tammany Hall rejects cross party indorsements for minor offices while supporting Parker. Populists back some Democratic nominees in Greater New York and circulate petitions to nominate Hearst Towne Sulzer and Baker. Tammany ratifies full Democratic tickets while endorsing outdoor meetings with figures including Harrison and Sulzer.
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New York
Charles F Murphy
Tammany Hall
Congress
William Sulzer
Charles A Towne
William R. Hearst
Robert Baker
People's Party
Hoffman House
Messrs Hearst
Towne
Sulzer
Baker
Board of Elections
Tammany
Niant
Francis Burton Harrison
Makes tariff the issue in Douglas governor bid
W L Douglas nominated for governor by Democratic State convention in Brockton Massachusetts. Representative John F Thayer delivered the notification speech as Douglas defended the Dingley tariff, calling it too high and harmful to consumers, smaller manufacturers, and workers. He urged reciprocity with Canada and other nations to ease Massachusetts tariff burdens.
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W. L. Douglas
Brockton Mass
William L Douglas
John FR .Thayer
Douglas
Democratic Party
Europe
America
Massachusetts
Canada
Bank Directors on Ticket in Wisconsin Electors
Three Republican electors who are national bank directors will remain on the ticket despite a recommendation against bank directors holding electoral roles. Wisconsin party officials verified bank directors’ eligibility under the constitutional rule against government trustees serving as electors. Dems replace Franz Markus with EH. Achweppe as presidential elector.
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Wantington
Milwaukee
Wis
George Beyer
Oconto
Imd Kefith Forest
H A Bright
Jackson
National Bank
Guy la Follette
State Central Committee
Cortelyqu
Cochems
la Follette
Democrats
Franz Markus
Medford
EH. Achweppe
Markus
Seized on Collier Naval Officers Charged With Smuggling
Turkish and Persian goods valued at thousands of dollars seized at Norfolk from the naval collier Hannibal have triggered an Navy inquiry. Two high officers of the European battleship squadron are implicated. An anonymous letter preceded the seizure, and items tied to Turkish and Persian manufacturers were stored in the customs basement and navy yard vaults. The matter is now under the Secretary of the Navy with possible wider implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Washington
Europe
Hannibal
Secretary of the Navy
Gibraltar
Easton
Donnelly
Henry
Navy Yard
Admiral Harrington
Maine
North Carolina
Igch
Treasury and
Nays
Heinze Ticket Out in Montana Supreme Court Ruling
In Helena on October 14 the Montana Supreme Court blocked Walsworth Democrats of Silver Bow County from qualifying on the state ticket. The ruling bars the so-called Heinze factions, labeled anti trust Democrats and anti trust Republicans, from placement on the official ballot. Secretary of State Hale faced a mandamus challenge to prevent listing the Heinze tickets, with the writ returnable October 1. The anti trust groups have aligned with their respective parties, while the Republicans seek to insert Albert J Galen for attorney general.
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Helena
Mont
Ust
Supreme Court
Walsworth Democrate
Silver Bow County
Silver Bow
Haya
Heinze
Joseph M Dixon
Congress
State Republican Committee
Secretary of State
Albert J Galen
Blind Man Kills Three Near Plano in Domestic Tragedy
A blind man Wil Cochran induced by his nephew killed his wife and her mother with a dirk at a mother-in-law’s house near Plano. He stabbed both, then killed the mother-in-law James Skelton. The killer wandered the scene and died after the act. A chaotic account with schedules for travel appears in the surrounding text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plano
Tex
Wil Cochran
Sbe
James Skelton
ENDEX 10 TODAY S ISSUE PARTS A AND B
The page highlights multiple items including naval officers accused of smuggling, a pair of young lovers who die together, claims against Waggaman in a Spanish swindle, Fairbanks ending his tour, and AMI appealing to Lavor Parker and Gorman Cenfer regarding a divorce canon. Also notes British views on Eastern conflict, restoration of a canteen urged, gossip from European capitals, Washington visitors, labor suit witness, and a priest assailing a district official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waggaman
Fairbanks
Ami
Lavor Parker
Gorman Cenfer
Virginia
Maryland
Washington
U—Financial and Commercial
Woman Burned to Death in New York Fire
A fire on West Fifty fourth Street in New York killed Mrs Nellie Pergueson aged thirty eight formerly of Baltimore. A man described as a local prominent and wealthy New Yorker leaped from a window and was badly injured. Two young women escaped by breaking a window and crawling along the cornice. The fire started in the reception room and rear parlor where the victim slept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nellie Pergueson
Baltimore
John Smith
Ife
West Fifty-fourth Street
Fergues
Susing
Duke of Connaught Hurt In Car Collision Near Edinburgh
Duke of Connaught brother of King Edward suffered a severe shock and facial injuries after his car collided with a streetcar while en route from Edinburgh to Gosford House. He was initially unconscious, later walked into his hotel after doctors examined him. Maj Murray aided him at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
le Duke of Connaught
Edward
Gosford House
Earl of Wemyss
Murray
Haiburgh
Eg- Linburgi
Maj Murray
Hur
Wrecked schooner feared off Chatham outer bar
Swept by a Northeaster, a three mast schooner drove onto Chatham outer bar near midnight. Life-savers could not reach the vessel and, with no response to signals, feared the ship would go to pieces by morning. A second three masted vessel sighted near dark ten miles north of Nauset lights, heading south, likely a lumber loaded schooner from an Eastern port. The wreck may be the same vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Mass
Chatham Outer Bar
Court martial probes lynching in Statesboro case
Savannah Ga Oct 13 court martial investigates the Statesboro lynching case. Lieut RS Mell faces testimony as soldiers under his command wept at the idea of the military not rescuing the arrestees. No new testimony emerges in cases against lieutenants, with the Hitch case covering the ground. The court martial will resume tomorrow and report to the governor and adjutant general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Statesboro
Lieut RS Mell
Race to Som's Bedside in Laredo
A special National Railway of Mexico train arrived in Laredo carrying H. Cooper, a New York millionaire and owner of Mexico City’s electric light system, to the bedside of his dangerously ill son. The engine and coach covered Saltillo to Laredo at an average speed of seventy five miles per hour during the 24 hour run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
National Railway of Mexico
H. Cooper
New York
Saltillo
Cooper
Electric Light System
Mexico City
Anxiety for Lady Curzon at Walmer Castle
Renewed anxiety over Lady Curzon’s health after a restless night. Early afternoon inquiries show no improvement since the morning bulletin noted exhaustion. the latest bulletin repeats the concern and the lack of improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walmer Castle
Eng
Lady Curzon
Aince
Death In Love Tragedy At Ashland Ends In Double Suicide
Miss Bessie Stone and Robert Gill both seventeen were found dead with gunshot wounds near Ashland after elopement plans and parental opposition. A pistol lay beside Gill’s hand, a letter requested burial beside Gill, and Stone’s note spoke of fatigue with life. The pair were last seen leaving Richmond by train and were buried at their homes amid a heavy investigation.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Bessie Stone
Robert Gill
Ashland
Glo
Gul
Gill
Lim
Woman College
Migg Stone
Robert
Wailé
Cam
Dave
Haing
Rob
Lave
T Perkin Scott
R 5 Mullis
A F Stone
Bogus Marriage Bureau Arrest in Pittsburg Case
Homer Lether McKinney a Freeport Methodist minister and former Ene Conference evangelist was arrested by post office inspectors on charges of mail fraud. Using aliases Mary Robbins and Anna Hull he allegedly defrauded matrimonial seekers nationwide, with tips from William Tilles of Eureka California who sent funds to meet a supposed fiancé.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Homer Lether McKinney
Freeport
McKinney
Mary Robbins
Anna Hull
United States
William Tiltes
Eureka
Cal
Mar Robbins
Hom
Capes
Prince Fuslumi Secret Mission Arrives En Route to Washington
Prince Fuslumi, first cousin of the Japanese emperor, sails on the Manchuria leaving Japan October 2 and due in San Francisco about November 7. He will be entertained by the Javanese colony before a visit to Washington to seek an interview with President Roosevelt. The mission is kept secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Prince Fuslumi
Japan
Manchuria
Washington
Roonevelt
District Daxy Worlds Fair Train Schedule Notice
Olla vestibule limited train departs Washington via Chesapeake and Ohio Railway at 2 30 pm with day coaches Pullman sleepers and dining car running through to St Louis without change only one tight out The FFOV Limit Leaving 1n¢ pm has Pullman sleeper to St Louis Dining car service a la carte See other column for remarks shows reach Rikive.
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Olla
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Pullman
St Louis
St. Louis
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St Ferrburg
Kuropatchy
Princ Pal
Todas
Oidera
Tomek
Capehal Y
Jett
Point Comfort
Newport
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
Boston
Russia
Philippines
Union League Club
Higging
Corneliua N. Bliss
National Republican Committee
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Rayeines
Parker Haves
Philippne Islands
Judge Parker
Sloan's
G Street
Washington Capital, Union Trust and Storage Co
Ida F Street Northwest
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Murphy
la Follette Committee
Cortelyou
Halifax
New London
Prince Edward Island
Southern Railway
District of Columbia
Royal
Lars
Rick Oriental Stuffs
Hao
DELD
Chicago
Chesapeake and Ohio
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Duke OF Connaught
King Edward
Som
Millionaire Cooper
Mexico
Onion Trust and Storage Co
Isi FP
Congressional Limited
Frederick
Antietam
Keedysville
Peer
Netura
BRR
Bundey
Berswee
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Boy
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Hm Auer
Frince
Jousin
Emperor of Japan
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