Push On to Mukden Russians Advancing Northward
Russian army reports from Mukden indicate a steady retreat under heavy Japanese pressure. Kuropatkin’s rear guard remains active while rail bridges are burned and supply trains move to safety. Telegrams from the front are scarce, but officials insist the retreat is slow but sure as Alexeïeff travels toward Mukden and Port Arthur bombardments continue.
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Kuropatkin
Mukden
Alexieff
Staf
Tokyo
Stla
Yental
Harbin
Port Arthur
Chefoo
St Petersburg
Kuropachin
GrniKuropatkin
Tegwsriph Ofica
War Office
Fetethof
Warsaw
Shan
Iis
Associated Press
Europatkin
Vertai
Teegraph
Russan General Staff
Hves
Red Cross
Yenial
Kuropstkin
Commissariat
Liao River
Oyama
Con Lending
Yentai
Yingshutssu
Osama
Manchuria
Shutssu
Kurok
Oku
Nodzu
Taitsa
Muckang
Taltse
French Public Horror Over Far East Slaughter Sparks Mixed War Sentiment
A London Times cablegram reports French public outrage at the massacres in the Far East, tempered by admiration for Japanese courage and Russian endurance. The dispatch notes rumors in St Petersburg, ongoing retreat and heavy fighting near Mukden, and the strategic importance of Yental coal mines amid Japanese advances and Russian withdrawals.
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Secial
London Times
Washington
Marshurla
M. Cornely
Far East
Russia
Vermont Election Returns Show Bell Leads With 38,860 Votes
Vermont voters elected Governor Charles J. Bell and the Republican ticket, with Bell leading 38,860 to 12,892 for Democrat Porter from 200 of 246 precincts. Republicans maintained control of the legislature, while the statewide vote showed a slight decline for both parties versus 1900. Several cities required two or three ballots due to majority rules.
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Bell
Porter
White River Junction
William W. Stickney
Stickney
Senter
Vermont
Congress
Charles J. Bll
Welder
Charles H. Stearns
Johnson
John L. Bacon
Hartford
Frederick G. Fleetwood
Morriaville
Horace F. Graham
Craftebury
David J. Wester
Burlington
Godgress
Kittredge Haskins
Srattleboro
Loverener
Redfield Proctor
Wiliam Wattckney
Barre
Rutland
Gov Davis Majority Fading in Arkansas Election Returns
Early returns from the Arkansas state election show Democratic nominees leading but Gov. Davis faces a shrinking majority. Davis trails in Franklin, Lafayette, Independence, Little River, and Lawrence counties while gaining in Eastern Arkansas. The Senate tally would be 4 Democrats to 1 Republican and the House 95 Democrats to 5 Republicans, with a potential recount anticipated in Penton County where Davis and Myers contest could swing results.
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Little Rock
Ark
Davis
Penton County
United States
J H. Berry
Myers
Arkansas
Senate
House
Democratic Editors to Meet Parker at Esopus
Democratic editors gathered at national headquarters with plans to travel to Esopus New York on Thursday 9 o clock via New York Central Railway. They will return by steamer with lunch served en route. Josephus Daniels chairs the conference with headquarter move to the Waldorf Astoria. Toastmaster at banquet will be S E Johnson former Washington gridiron club president.
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Parker
Esopus
New York
Democratic National
Josephus Daniels
New York Central
Daniels
Turbulent Pennewell Convention Nominates Delaware Ticket
Dover September meeting of the Democratic State convention nominated electors a full state ticket and a congressman amid a volatile session. Pennewell won the gubernatorial nomination after a long contest. supporters praised unity while Republicans denounced methods and endorsed the St Louis platform and Parker Davis ticket.
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St. Louis
Parker
Davis
Dover
Del
Congress
Fclows
Harry Whiteman
New Castle
Nicholas R Johnson
Kent
Landreth L. Layton
Sussex
Caleb S Ponnewell
Y. R. Clements
L. L Handy
F D. Baldwin
W. R. McCabe
Supsez
HD Ward
Joseph B. Holland
Milford
Pennewell
Holland
St Louis
Republican Party
Plans for Campaign Discussed at National Committee
New York September 6 The national executive committee met with eastern headquarters attendees to outline future campaign actions. Discussions covered speakers topics and tariff policy while debating campaign length and avoiding large parades. Visitors included Senator Platt Governor Hill and Attorney General Moody. Niagara Falls excursion departs September 9 from Washington by special train.
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New York
Cortelyou
Oyster Bay
Chicago
National Executive Committee
Cortetyou
Platt
Gov
Hill
Maine
Moody
National
Niagara Falls
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Railroads Enjoined Over Citrus Shipment Routing
Judge Wellborn of the United States Circuit Court in Los Angeles issued a decree granting an injunction in the Interstate Commerce Commission case against the Southern Pacific and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroads and their lines. He held that arbitrary routing of citrus shipments violated the Interstate Commerce Act by destroying competition and harming shippers. The decision cites testimony from Paul Morton and other railroad officials about efforts to curb the rebate system and protect tariff rates, labeling the position as untenable.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Wellborn
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Weilorn
Paul Morton
Farta Fe Company
Five Before Day Clubs Said to Be Florida Organized
Tallahassee reports reveal five before day clubs in Leon County tied to a Washington man. Since Saturday night’s trouble, affidavits indicate Negroes formed clubs over the past three years with a Richmond origin inciting incendiary talk. Locally active sites include Tallahassee Lake Hall Lake Jackson Dawkins Pond and Meridian area with many prominent Black residents declining membership. Citizens fear the issue but plan to confront it, with Epps cited as a possible victim.
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Florida
Washington
Tallahassee
Fla
Zalneers
Leon County
Richmond
Washington, D. C
Lake Hall
Lake Jackson
Dawkins Pond
Meridian
Epps
Denounced by the Church in Lynch Mob Response
Statesboro Georgia September 6 The Methodist Episcopal Church unanimously passed resolutions denouncing the lynching of Reed and Cato last month. It calls for every participant to resign from church unless a public confession of wrongdoing is made with penitence and contrition. The church condemns mob violence as a shameless violation of law and supports Rev Whitley Langston for naming mob participants and upholds his conduct.
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Statesboro
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Reed
Cato
Whitley Langston
Court of Inquiry
Ziegler Relief Party Reach Frithjof Near Franz Josef Land
Reports from Hammerfest Norway on September 6 state the Norwegian steamer Vircola met the Frithjof August 1% in high northern latitudes. The Frithjof, carrying the Ziegler relief expedition, had earlier failed to reach Franz Josef Land and sailed from Vardo August 4 for another attempt with coal for the America. The America had departed Trondhjem for Franz Josef Land on June 33, 1993. Also note official London denial of Boxer uprising rumors in China as of September 6.
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Franz Joseph Land
Hammerfest
Norway
Vircola
Ziegler
Frithjof
Frans Joseph Land
Vardo
America
Varde
Franz Josef Land
Trondhjem
London
Foreign Office
China
Sympathetic Strike Hits Inland Steel Plant
Chicago halted after skilled workers from the Inland Steel Company's Indiana Harbor plant join a sympathy strike with steel workers who fired last Thursday. The bar mill, in operation since July 1, will shut down, affecting about 300 workers. Baltimore and Ohio announces daily trains to the World’s Fair with coach excursions at 10:05 am Wednesday for $17.
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Chicago
Inland Steel Company
Indiana Harbor Indl
Baltimore and Ohio
Ee Fhseen
Bervige
Baltimore & Ohio Hoket
Seven Wreck Victims Plunged Down Embankment Near Pendleton
Wabash southbound passenger train wreck near Pendleton Missouri on September 6 killed seven and injured more than thirty. About 400 people aboard included many from La Plata Macon Huntingdon and Weyco. A broken wheel is believed to have derailed the day coach as the dining car collapsed onto the coach.
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Pendleton
Moberly
Des Moines
St Louis
Here
J. BE. Nichols
Macon
Henry Folcht
Huntingdon
C. H Graves
la Plata
Edna Patterson
Mra
Henderson la Plata
Anna Brenner
Wacoa
Mite Hebler
A F Hebtor
Slashed, Shot, and Hanged in Levyville Justice
Wash Bradley, a negro who murdered Mrs. N. B. Barrow last Friday, was captured by Shed and Walter Howard at Jim Tondon’s home two miles north of Levyville. He confessed, saying he went to the Barrow residence to assault her daughter. He was tied, overpowered, and delivered to neighbors as a mob gathered. Bradley’s body was found shot and hanged, with both ears cut and his back slashed. The infant at Mrs. Barrow’s breast survived.
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Brunson
Fla
Buck
Wash Bradley
N. B. Barrow
Shed
Walter Howard
Jim Tondon
Levyville
Barrow
Bradley
Zeigler Presses Claim To Harriet McVicker Estate
Dr L C Zeigler announced plans to seek a portion of the Harriet McVicker estate in probate court in Chicago. He may demand fees for four years of professional services while questions about assets and securities valued around 693000 surface in assets possibly in the physician’s custody. Judge Cutting issued a citation for Zeigler to appear and answer under oath about the estate.
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Chicago
L.C . E. Zeigler
H. McVicker
Caifornia
Cutting
Zeigler
Harriet McVicker
Whch
Retreat in Europe Tops Vermont Gains Mythic Battle Theme
In a compact recap the issue reports Europatkin retreat and Republican gains in Vermont, framing a mythic Bull Run battle as a symbolic clash in ongoing national political discourse.
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Europatkin
Vermont
Bull Run
Waggaman
Moody
Oyster Bay
Olney
Judge Parker
Templars
Frisco
Charlottesville
Virginia
Maryland
Boston
U—Financial and Commercial
Asylum
L Road Strike Averted In New York Transit Deal
An elevated railroad strike was averted after a five hour conference between Interborough Rapid Transit Company representatives and engineers, firemen, and other employees. The three year agreement raises subways motormen pay to 1.60 dollars for ten hours, with the company conceding 50 cents and the men the remaining demands. Seniority, transfer rights, and other concessions made last Saturday are included.
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New York
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Abway
Police quell riot at Jacobson Jacobs factory strike
In Lynn on September 6 three police squads were called to suppress a strike riot outside Jacobson and Jacobs leather remnant shop. New workers from Greece and Italy filled in for striking employees, a crowd hurled stones and knives were shown, but no serious injuries occurred and three arrests were made. Hebrews from Brooklyn, New York, who came to take the strikers’ jobs were urged to return home.
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Lynn
Masgy
Gept
Jacobson & Jacobs
Brooklyn
N. Y
Vote on Ending the Strike in Packings Trades
Chicago reports a referendum on returning to work amid a strike by packing-house workers. President Donnelly cites secret ballots with mixed union verdicts, while voters in Omaha Sioux City Kansas City weigh terms offered by the allied trades conference board. Local results show uncertain momentum toward resubmission or withdrawal of the proposition.
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Chicago
Donnelly
Butchers
Dhe
Allied Trades Conference Board
Alled Trades Conference Board
Cass Schmidt
George F. Golden
Teamsters
Omaha
Nebr
South Omaha
Sioux City
Iowa
Kansas City
Kansas Citys
Packers
Third Bull Run fight ongoing as Grant battles Bell
Special to The Washington Post from Gainesville Virginia describes the first day of the third Bull Run clash. Gen Bell’s Brown army holds Thoroughfare Gap against Gen Grant’s Blue army. Midnight truce ends as fighting resumes. Wint is reported killed and heavy action centers near Haymarket along the Carolina Road. Fresh troops from Fairfax anticipated for Grant as both sides seek advantage.
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Washington Post
Gainesville
Franklin Bell
Fred. D Grant
Bull Run
Bell
Brown
Thoroughfare Gap
Blue
Miknassas
Carolina Road
Haymarket
Grant
Theodore J. Wint
Blue Army
Beli’ Sarce
Fairfax
Manassas
Thoroughfare
First
Georgia Cavalry
Warrenton
Manassas Junction
Averill
Fifteenth Cavalry
Seventh Cavalry
Blues
Fort Myer
Lap Stephen M Foote
Warrenton Pike
Ninth Infantry
Gens, Wint, Bliss
Texas
North Carolina Infantry
West Virginia
South Carolina Infantry
Vermont Infantry
Connecticut
F. A. Smith
North Carolina
Wint
York
Pees
New York
James Kean
Posiion
Caroling Road
Barry
M.rae
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