Democratic Convention Nominates Herrick for Governor
In Saratoga Sept 21, Democratic leaders united behind Justice D. Cady Herrick of Albany for governor with Francis Burton Harrison as lieutenant governor. The platform assails Gov Odell and the Republican machine, endorses the national ticket, and outlines state reform aims. The ticket strengthens with changes in electors and statements from Hill and Sheehan praising the decision amid factional tensions and the push for unified action.
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Saratoga
Democratic Party
D Cady Herrick
Albany
State Supreme Court
Francis Burton Harrison
New York
Congress
John Pallace
Mon Oe
Ansembly
A.ariey Gen-Ral—Joh’n Clners
Brie
George Hall
St Lawrence
Cty
Ogdenfleurs
William Muench
Onondaga
Thomas H. Stryaer
Rome
Oneida County
Court of
Herrick
David B Hill
Supreme Court
Daniel Cady Herrick
Hill
Kings County
Patrick H McCarren
Tammany Hall
Charles F Wurphy Duncan Campbell Lee
Ithaca
Odell
Govdell
Hil
Tent
Wiliam F Sheehan
George Foster Peabody
Treas
National Committee
Cord Meyer
State Committee
William S. Bodie
Ministree
McCarren
Chirris F Murphy
Victor J Dowling
Nor
Moan Kh Vack
August
Staite
Harrison
Bureau of Organization of the
Democratic State Committee
Grand Union Hotel
Senator Hill
Baratoga
Democratic Club
William F. Sheehan
Empire State
Tammany
H. McCarren
Brooklyn
Hornblower
Duncan Campbell Lee
Tompkins County
George Raines
Rochester
Republican Organization
New York State
Benjamin B Odell, Jr
Ampire Byate
Pennsylvania
Ba Hs Srp
St Louis
United States
Our Republic
Senate
Maine
Alton B Parker
Henry G. Davis
Justice Herrick
W. Rourke Cochran
Luke D. Stapleton
D. Cady Herrick
Judge Parker
Mayor McClellan
Danial S. Lamont
George M. Palmer
David B. Hill
Mukden Front Holds as Japanese Press Da Pass Attack
Gen Europatkin reports the front unchanged after a Da Pass outpost clash near Bentsiaputze and Gintinsin. Japanese forces failed to turn the Russian left as Russians and cavalry repelled the assault, while rumors on Kuroki crossing the Hun River are denied. Port Arthur remains quiet with decisive news pending.
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Europatkin
Mukden
Liaoyang
Hun River
Port Arthur
T. Petersburg
da Pass
Bentsiaputze
Gintinsin
Daianthan
Saimadai
Kuroki
Hun
Fushun
Tio Pass
Tokyo
Dzianthan
Kureki
Han River
Sir William Nicholson
Oku
Fusan
Yentai
Niuchwang
Paris
Dao
Sinmintin
Port Arthur Fortress Stand Hopeful W omen Run Blockade
Mrs. Anna Kravtchenko, English wife of a Russian officer, escaped Port Arthur with Lieut Radivil and Lieut Schridtocorett as Japanese vigilance rose. She praises hospital staffs and women’s work, notes no contagious diseases but deadly bites from a blood hungry fly. port town is wrecked yet garrison remains cheerful and confident the fortress will hold.
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Chefoo
Anna Kravtchenko
Prince Rad
Port Arthur
Lieu Schridtocorett
Lieut. Stoes
Old Town
Lfe
Russians Plan Breakout From Port Arthur
A Shanghai despatch reports the Russian fleet aims to break out this week from Port Arthur amid Japanese bombardment and reach Tsingtau. Tokyo and London dispatches note renewed actions near Port Arthur and Dalny as winter quarters are prepared. The narrative mentions Gen. Nogi devising a targeted assault and references a banking advert at the end.
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Shanghai
Port Arthur
Tsingtau
Shantung Peninsula
London
Mukden
Tientsin
Daily Telegraph
Yinkow
Chefoo
Dalny
Expert Blames Alexieff for Orloff Failure at Yentai Mines
Berlin dispatch cites St Petersburg reporting that Gen. Orloff failed to hold the Yentai coal mines due to Alexieff delaying him and misinforming him. Orloff, seeing cannon fire toward Sykwantun, moved away, leaving Samsonoff to defend, while Kuropatkin ordered help to Samsonoff. Gaedke estimates eventual Manchuria battalion arrivals and Russian force totals.
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Berlin
St. Petersburg
Tageblatt
Russian War Department
Orloff
Yentai
Alexieff
Samsonoff
Europatkin'sr
Sykwantun
Kuroki
Kuropatkin
Gaedke
Tagabian
Far East
Lisoyang
Manchula
Col. Gaedke
Manchuria
Argentine Warships Not Sold to Russian Navy
Buenos Ayres reports Senor Bett vader minister of marine denies rumors that four Argentine warships were bought by Russia and added to the Baltic squadron at Libau. He says no foundation to the report and no negotiations or offers have been entertained while Argentine ships remain berthed in Argentine waters.
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Buenos Ayres
Senor Bettvader
Argentina
Liban
Minster
Argentine
Peter
Servia
Turkey
Great Britain
Russia
Grand Duke Sergius Named Inspector General of Artillery
In St Petersburg on September 21 the Emperor created the post of inspector general of artillery and appointed Grand Duke Sergius Michailovitch to it. At 35 he becomes responsible for the entire Russian army’s artillery, while his father remains grand master of ordnance. Sergius, a major general, is noted for rapid promotion, tireless work, and a famed quick firing gun collection. his leadership is expected to remedy artillery shortages in the campaign.
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Tokyo
Manchuria
Ping Taitsze
Mukden
Fuhsu
Kuropatkin
Tie Pass
Muken
Ligo-yang
Liaoyang
Oyama
Will
Sergius
St Petersburg
Sergius Michailovitch
Moscow
Grand Duke
Michael
Marines Guard Lena Detachment Ordered to San Francisco
The Navy Department will post 150 marines to guard the Russian ship Lena at Mare Island upon the commandant request to protect the vessel from partisan damage. The guard comes from the Ohio detachment now in San Francisco, with guard strength rising from sixty to seventy two.
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Navy Department
Navy Yard
Mare Island
San Francisco
Sena
Peace Congress to Urge Intervention to End War
Boston on September 21 announces a resolution to urge world powers signing The Hague conventions to intervene pacifically to terminate the Russo Japanese War. Rev Benjamin F Trueblood of the American Peace Society says the measure will be presented at the International Peace Congress opening October 3.
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Boston
Hague
Benjamin F. Trueblood
American Peace Society
Baptist Missionaries Sail to Foreign Fields on Leyland Liner
Boston September 2 Twenty four of thirty nine passengers sailing today for Liverpool on the Leyland Liner Winifredian are missionaries and their families bound for South India Assim and other fields under the American Baptist Missionary Union auspices. The item notes the World’s Fair service details with Baltimore and Ohio lines offering through trains and schedules.
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Boston
Liverpool
Winifredian
American Baptist Missionary Union
South India
Assim
Peter Kara Georgevitch Crowned King of Servia Amid Festive Parade
Belgrade Sep 7 1 Peter Kara Georgevitch was crowned King of Servia in a solemn Greek Church ceremony and a grand state procession. The ritual featured artillery salutes, royal regalia, and a reception in the festal hall with diplomatic corps. Russian Minister attended alongside Italian, Roumanian and Greek ministers, while American Minister Jackson declined a decoration.
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Royal Palace
Belgrade
Servia
Peter Karageorgevitch
Alexander
Peter
George
Skupshtina
Mr. Jackson
Jackson
Karageorge
Kime Peter
Dynamite Wrecks Car and Kills Nine
Short item notes a vehicle exploded causing nine deaths. No further details on location or suspects are provided in the accessible text.
WAR ON WILDCAT INSURANCE FACES MAIL USE BAN
Indianapolis Sept 2 Use of the mails will be denied wildcat insurance companies if the insurance commissioners of the United States win the fight. The session centered on R E Falks report advocating national legislation. Falk reviewed congressional action and the bill to deny illegal insurers the mails for interstate business. The report passed unanimously despite debate on creating a five member committee to press national legislation.
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Inderse Gaines Bull
Indianapolis
United States
R. E. Falk
Tennessee
Congress
Falk
Gray
Rhode Island
Floyd Wilkinson
Maryland
Massachusetts
Black Dismissed as “Before day Club” Members Attacked
After court acquitted Black people in Talbotton Ga for belonging to a Before-day Club a hack with white men followed them. A Black boy named Jack Troy was wounded and Ed Martin was struck eye out and near fatal. Sheriff Richards and posse went to Prattsburg to protect Black residents. no mob at Prattsburg and no further harm reported.
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Talbotton
Hack Barty
Jack Troy
Ed Martin
H. C. Truesai
Richards
Prattsburg
Huntsville Lynch Trial Postponed For Murder Charge
The first trial of alleged participants in the Horace Maples lynching in Huntsville Alabama was postponed as the State was not ready. Defendant Thomas H. Riggins proprietor of the Stegall Hotel faces a murder charge. The courtroom was crowded with Sheriff Rogers and deputies present. The militia guards the jail though not in the courtroom. A military court of inquiry has returned to Birmingham to prepare its report to Governor Cunningham.
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Huntsville
Ala
Horace Maples
Ctrcuit
Thomas H. Riggins
Stegall Hotel
Rogera
Military Court of Inquiry
Birmingham
Goy
Cunningham
Double Murder Suspected Near Bucyrus Ohio
Citizens of New Winchester report the deaths of Mary and Limzie Baker found on the Ohio Central Railroad track yesterday. Initial thought blamed suicide, but Mary had no wounds and Limzie’s legs were severed. Breakfast was ready at their farmhouse and a necktie was found near the tracks, prompting belief they were murdered and placed on the line.
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Bucyrus
Ohio
cCitizens
New Winchester
Mary
Limzie Baker
Ohio Central Railroad
Mary Baker
Hill to Wed May Irwin Engagement Reported
Special dispatch notes that C B Mercer says David B Hill is engaged to Miss May Irwin and they plan to marry next January from New York City. Also reports miners crushed to death at Old Andover Mine in Hibernia New Jersey with others injured after rock fall. and a Niagara Falls excursion by Pennsylvania Railroad offering $10 tickets from Washington September 23 for ten days.
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Washington Post
Boston
Mass
Buffalo
Boston Post
C .B. Mercer
John B Stanchfield
New York
David B Hill
May Irwin
York City
Old Andover
Hibernia
N. J
Niagara Falls
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Dynamite Kills 9 in Melrose Mass Train Wreck
A 50 pound dynamite box fell from an express wagon near Melrose Center and exploded under an outward bound car carrying 32 workers. Nine died aboard or soon after, nineteen were seriously injured and many more hurt by flying debris. Roy Renton, driver of the wagon, fled after stopping his horse but was later arrested.
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Melrose
Mass
Roy Renton
Renton
Reston 18
Akron Banker Held Over Embezzlement Case
Charles A Semler, assistant cashier at Second National Bank Akron Ohio, charged with embezzling 10000 dollars from his bank about two and a half years earlier. He was arrested in Akron on September 21. He previously secured 5000 dollars from the same bank on January 23 1902 by presenting a 500 dollar draft on First National Bank Sharon Pennsylvania. He obtained a 50 dollar draft from the Second National Bank, cashed it in Cleveland at the Cleveland Window Glass Company, and vanished with the funds.
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San Francisco
Charles A. Semler
Second National Bank
Akron
Ohio
Charles A. Bemier
First National Bank
Sharon
Semler
Cleveland
Cleveland Window Glass Company
Caught in Tenement Fire in Jersey City
Mrs Annie Fox died after a Jersey City tenement fire while several women and children survived by leaping into street life nets. The blaze began on the second floor, trapping tenants on upper levels until firemen arrived.
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New York
Annie Fox
Jersey City
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