Both Sides At Rest Near Mukden In Stalled Fighting
From Mukden through Sept 10 reports say both sides are resting after days of rain and heavy roads. Russian rear guard has moved most transports and guns through Mukden while Japanese forces under Gen Kuroki push toward hills east of the city. The war office in St Petersburg reluctantly admits turning points are unlikely this year, with Kuropatkin to retire and a new campaign planned next year. The Emperor has received dispatches noting lack of fighting and continued heavy rains delaying repairs to roads.
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Kuropatkin
Mukden
St. Petersburg
Associated Press
St Petersburg
Kurepatkin
Sakharoff
Qukden
Kurokids
War Office
Liaoyang
Jiaoang
Peking
Gen Kuroki
Tokyo
Tie Pass
Orioff
Ligovang
Patlenty
Jena
Sei
Europatkin
Russia
Taitsu
Woods Commercial College
Assault on Port Arthur Delayed to September 13
A Dalny report says the grand assault on Port Arthur, planned for today, has been postponed to Tuesday September 13 with further postponement possible. Gen Nogi will direct attacks mainly on Rihlungshan and Kikwan shan forts, the strongest northeast positions. Japanese preparations include fortified trenches, heavy shields, and rapid reliefs for troops. The 80,000-strong Japanese force around Port Arthur presses forward while Russians use Port Arthur powder and outdated shells. The Itzshan assault is not planned due to ground difficulty.
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Chefoo
Dalny
Port Arthur
Gen Nogi
Rihlungshan
Ehikwanshan
Palichuang
Kikwan Shan
Ruihlungshan
Rihiungshan
Kikwanshan
Oshima
Toshiya
Itzshan
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Newport
Parker Satisfied With Democratic Committees Work
Esopus New York September 10 Judge Parker voices satisfaction with both national and state committees and declines to commit to a New York campaign or a speaking tour. Private secretary Arthur McCausland dismisses rumors of disharmony and notes Parker may visit New York briefly after his acceptance letter jubileation. Ridder leads German American vote organization in several doubtful states while Parker aides urge ten speeches to sway voters.
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Esopus
N. Y
Judge Parker
Rosemount
New York
Arthur McCausland
Natonal Committees
William F Sheehan
National Executive Committee
Cal
Daniel 8. Lamont
Herman Ridder
C A Pugsley
Peekskill
Mr Sheehan
Mr. Ridder
Mr. Sheehan
Col Lamont
York
Pugsley
Alaska
Northwest
Cord Meyer
New York State Democratic Committee
William Rhodie
Bureau of Organization For
New York State
Warner
North Carolina
Parker Independent Club
William F. Sheehan
Democratic National Committee
Atwood
Japanese Push Expected After Rain Stoppage At Mukden
Gen Kuropatkin withdraws baggage and wounded to railhead as rains ease and roads dry. Japanese likely to advance beyond Tie Pass while authorities guard communications. Epidemic fears grow among Red Cross as harsh weather and hunger raise sickness risk. Tokyo dispatch notes gains north of Hun River and heavy Russian casualties.
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Tokyo
Oyama
Yental Collery
Yamentze Hill
Hun River
Davis in Philadelphia and Davis campaign visit pauses
Davis arrives in New York bound from Baltimore and spends three hours in Philadelphia at the Davis Colliery Company office. He declines to comment on the visit or his plans. Separately Senator Moses A Householder withdraws as lieutenant governor nominee in Kansas. state committee to name a replacement. Army maneuvers offer discounted round trips via Southern Railway with several dates and special rates.
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New York
Henry G Gassaway Davis
United States
Philadelphia
Henry G Davis
Baltimore
Davis Colliery Company
Davis
Kansas
Wichita
Kans
Moses A Householder
Cherokee County
Fairbanks Attacks on President Highlight Republican Train
Charles W. Fairbanks addressed a large crowd in Jersey City praising the Republican record and protective tariff. He argued against Democratic criticism, urged retention of gold standards, and extolled Theodore Roosevelt while outlining travel to Hoboken with Gov Murphy after the talk.
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New York
Charles W. Fairbanks
Tersey City
Repub-ican
Fairbanks
John W. Dryden
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Gov Murphy
Pennsylvania
Hiberon
Gav Murphy
Maine election forecast sparks party claims on Cobb win
Portland Maine September 10 Republican state chairman M F Simpson predicted a Cobb victory in Maine by 10000 to 14000 votes and pluralities in all congressional districts with a solid legislative ticket and 27 of 31 state senators. Democratic chairman Dr Edgar L Jones countered that the GOP overstates gains and cited last year’s margin as the standard.
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Portland
M.F. Simpson
Republican State Committee
Maine
Cobb
Edgar L. Jones
Democratic State Committee
William E. Cobb
Rockland
Cyrus W Davis
Waterville
Nathan FP. Woodsbury
Auburn
Prohibition
Wilbur G. Hapgood
Skowhegan
Congress
W. H Pattengill
Powers
Kearns Drops Re election Bid in Utah Movement
Salt Lake City Sept 1 United States Senator Thomas Kearns will not seek re election before the legislature session He aims to advance a Utah movement to end church state ties and free politics from apostolic domination He had been a candidate prior to this decision. Niagara Falls Excursion quick trip from Washington on a B and O K E special train on September 16 via Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley Tickets available ten days before departure with stopovers on return.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
United States
Thomas Kearns
Kearns
SLO
Niagara Falls
Washington
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley
Clans Gather at Saratoga for Republican Convention
Saratoga New York September 10 Republicans prepare for four day state convention with two day schedule. Governors, senators and candidates remain tight lipped as crowd gathers for Wednesday centennial events. Frederick M Seward will preside at the convention hall for the semi centennial celebration with speeches by Charles W Fairbanks Chauncey M Depew Murat Halstead and Major P Fremont expected to attend.
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Saratoga
N. Y
New York
Dell
Platt
Woodruff
Frederick M Seward
William H Seward
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Chauncey M Depew
Murat Halstead
Fairbanks
Majo. P. Fremont
John Cc. Fremont
Foss Has Competitors for Republican Nomination
Boston September 10 three candidates compete for the Republican nomination in the Eleventh Massachusetts district Eugene N Foss last year’s nominee Stephen O Meara and former State Senator Isaac P Hutchinson are listed on nomination papers opened at the Republican State headquarters John A Sullivan the present Democratic Congressman seeks re election
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Boston
Congress
Massachusetts
Eugene N. Foss
Stephen O'Meara
Isaac P. Hutchinson
John A. Sullivan
Niagara Falls
N. J
James L Wadsworth
Geneseo
Geneva
Serena E. Payne
Auburn
Rochester
James Breck Perkins
Publishers See President Roosevelts Personal Visit
In Oyster Bay on September 10 President Roosevelt hosted two callers at Sagamore Hill. Austin B. Pietcher and Orizon Sweet Maiden, both publishers, visited for personal matters and declined to discuss details. Roosevelt also confirmed the dismissal sentences for First Lieutenant Harry J. Collings, Twenty-eighth Infantry, Second Lieutenant Charles F. Smith, Thirteenth Infantry, and William White, Thirteenth Infantry, from U S service.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Austin B. Pietcher
Orizon Sweet Maiden
United States
Harry J. Collings
Twenty-eighth Infantry
River Queen Beached After Potomac Collision Rescue Underway
Excursion steamer River Queen carrying two hundred African American passengers collided with a lumber barge near the Potomac near Washington. The River Queen was beached in shallow water and all aboard reportedly calm with no drownings or injuries. Captain Pink Hart at the helm guided the vessel into a safe channel, and rescue boats converged as Commodore Sutton’s Vigilant reached the scene after midnight. The barge’s tow caused the disaster, with the river calm and crews dispatching to remove passengers through the night. The River Queen, an older Potomac craft, had been operating excursions to Wootley Hall and remains afloat in three and a half feet of water.
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Washington
Daniel J. Jackson
Navy Yard
Shepherd’s Landing
Alexandria
Magazine Wharf
Pink Hart
Potomac
River Queen
Seventh Street
Jackson
Hart
Thomas A Owen
Quantico
Virginia
Commodore Sutton
Index of Today’s Issue Part One
The front pages outline Mukden lulls and Judge Parker campaign plans, Fairbanks talks to Jerseymen, and steps toward intervention in the East. Other items include university suits, Peary geographers, priest exposes Indian frauds, and Liaoyang battle stories.
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Mukden
Parker
Fairbanks
East
University
Peary
Liaoyang
News of
Virginia
Maryland
Grand Review
U—Financial and Commercial
Isle of Wight
Chickamauga
Henry S. Foote
Mr. Dooley
Richmond
Metropolis
Senators
New York
Lyon
Georgetown
Coliseum
Boston
Straits of Dover
Fitz
Washington Real
van Town
Washington Center of Education
Ruben
Baltimore Youth Ends Life in Savannah Hotel Parlor
Percy J. Whitehurst, son of Mia Addie Whitehurst of Baltimore Maryland, shot himself in a Savannah hotel parlor in a despondent mood after attempting to reach a young woman by telephone. He had been visiting relatives in the city for several weeks.
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Savannah
Percy J. Whitehurst
Mia
Addie Whitehurst
Mount Royal Avenue
Baltimore
Whitehurst
Plot to murder whites in Clarke County
Special reports from Athens describe alleged evidence of a Before-day club in Clarke County. Sheriff Weir plans to serve warrants on six farm hand members across plantations of prominent farmers. The group is accused of plotting to kill, rob, and burn after cotton sales, with warrants likely to be issued.
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Macon
Athens
Clarke County
Sheriff Weir
Divorce by Agreement Ends Pittsburgh Millionaire Case
Divorce action of Lawrence C Phipps, Pittsburgh millionaire, against his wife will be settled out of court after Denver Knox and Young, representing Mrs Phipps, reached overtures with the other side. It is understood Mrs Phipps will keep the children and Mr Phipps will cover the costs of the transcontinental litigation.
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L. C. Phipps
Pittsburg
Auit
Lawrence C Phipps
Octogenarian General Weds Young Bride at Toxaway Inn
Special to The Washington Journal reports Gen John T Wilder, near eighty, secretly married to Dora EB Lee, eighteen, daughter of John W Lee of Alexander NC, at Toxaway Inn NC on September 3. The bride is younger than Wilder’s eldest child from a previous marriage. the couple kept details private. Wilder, famed for his Chickamauga brigade, refuses to reveal the minister or other particulars. The note also mentions ongoing rail promotions for travel to St. Louis with through sleepers and scenic routes.
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Washington
Knoxville
Tenn
John T . Wilder
United States
Toxraway Inn
N. C
Dora EB. Lee
John W Lee
Alexander
Wilder
Interparliamentary Union to push Hague intervention in war
At the St Louis conference the Interparliamentary Union adopted a plan to urge international intervention in the Russo Japanese war. Roosevelt may be asked to convene a second Hague session with compulsory arbitration urged and bans on submarine mines. Bruges London and Copenhagen named for future conferences.
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St. Louis
Interparliamentary Union
Roosevelt
Lse
Brugseisa
London
Copenhagen
Executive Council
M. Cochery
Marquis di San Caeliano
Gobat
Switzerland
Union
Richard Bartholdt
St Louis
Hagua
Ramly
United States
International Peace Union
Alfred H Love
Philadelphia
Lara Barten
Washington, D. c
Willam F. Aldrich
Alabama
William M.cremer
Baron d'Estournelles
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Ireland
St Paul
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltmore
Joseph Levy
Pittsburg
Archbishop Ryan
Henry Somerset
England
B. von Suttner
Vienna
Austria
William Nassman
Beitcheler
Alfred Davies
M. P
John W Hutchinson
Lynn
Mass
The
Ellyson Names Executive Committee and District Chairs
State Chairman J Taylor Ellyson announces his executive committee including notable leaders such as Thomas F Ryan of Nelson County. District chairmen are listed for ten districts with names and locations. also notes travel rate to California and enrollment at Wood's Commercial College with 130 students.
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Washington
Richmond
J. Taylor Ellyson
Thomas F Ryan
Nelson County
J Taylor Ellyson
Edward Echols
Staunton
E J Harvey
Stuart
John D Horsley
Lynchburg
W .A Jones
Warsaw
F P. Thom
Norfolk
Henry I Wickham
Hanover
A A Campbell
Wythevill
James Hay
Madison
Thomas F. Ryan
Nelson
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