Russians Flee Across Yalu as Boats Sink in Desperate River Crossing
London reports from Newchwang say Russian troops leave the Yalu in crowded boats amid dangerous whirlpools and eddies, with many drowning. Other dispatches note mine explosions killing Lieut Pell and 20 men, Port Arthur losses, and Japanese forces massing near Wiju as Kuropatkin delays battle until more troops arrive.
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London
The
Times
Cabling
Newchwang
Yalu
St. Petersburg
Alexieff
Pell
St Petersburg
Port Arthur
Petropavlosk
Admiralty
Pomakua
Smeizin
Pushkin
Seoul
Wviju
Wiju
Tiger Island
Newcuwang
Japan
Korea
Paris
Echegie Paris
Col
Vannovsky
Ictal
Kuropatkin
Kastalinsky
Golutsy
Chingtaise
Potansa
Tatungkau
Mistchenko
Sou Chon
Gallows Executions End Chicago Robbery Band Case
Chicago reports three bandits hanged for gallows crimes led by Peter Niedermeier. Gustave Marx and Harvey Van Dine died with prayer and stoic courage as the gallows executions proceed smoothly. Emil Roeski spared life by life sentence, while jury members debated the fatal shooting question.
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Niedermeier
Maxx
van Dine
Chicago
Peter Niedermeier
Marx
Emil Roeski
Band
Isadore Plotke
Kersten
Roeski
Joliet
Oscar L. Sabin
Otto Bauder
Ernst M. Steir
Treaty Concluded After Extradition Pact Signed
Havana April 23 President Palma sent a message to the senate announcing the conclusion of an extradition treaty with the United States.
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Havana
Palma
Senate
United States
Congress Clears Two Sessions With Cuba and Panama Focus
The Fifty-eighth Congress, in two sessions, passed over 1,400 bills and enacted more than 1,400 laws focusing on Cuba and Panama. Major actions include the Cuba pledge, Panama Canal provisions, and a wide range of appropriation figures and pensions. The Portlands Exposition loans and beef trust probe are noted.
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Washington
Cuba
Panama
New Island Republic
United States
McKinley
Senate
Canal Zone
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
Roosevelt
House
Hemenway
House Committee On Appropriations
District of Columbia
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Board of
Lady Managers
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Department of Commerce and Labor
Masked Robber Killed After Delmonte Club Heist
In San Jose on April 25 a masked gunman robbed six men at the Delmonte Social club rooms, taking a $900 diamond ring and $350 to $400 in cash, then fled. A gunfight lasting over an hour left the robber dead. identified as Bert Thorndyke a prominent local figure. Thorndyke’s family ties include his mother-in-law Mrs. G M Bruce and a Stockton widow mother. The sensational incident shocks the city.
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San Jose
Cal
Delmonte
Bert Thorndyke
Thorndyke
G. M. Bruce
Stockton
Japan in Peace in a Week of Festivals and Gardens
A writer describes Yokohama’s boy festival with bamboo poles and colorful carp streamers signaling family size. He notes Japanese admiration for nature, flowers, and long country walks, then details garden design, temples, pilgrimages, and tea-house rituals reflecting annual tunes of life.
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Yokohama
Revue de Paris
Osaka
Holy Places
Texas Cactus Becomes Cattle Fodder Source
The cactus, once a nuisance in semitropical Texas regions, is now crushed and cooked to produce fodder for cattle. Texas researchers note the plant yields high quality feed, rivaling alfalfa, transforming waste into wealth for the cattle industry.
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Texas
United States
Brooklyn Eagle
It Is More Blessed to Give Than to Receive
An observation attributed to a benevolent man notes the virtue of giving. Mr Comrox replies that his mother and daughters will be glad, citing a campaign memory that giving parties is easier than receiving invitations. Washington May 27.
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Alexieff
Skrydloff
Far East
Pacific
Vladivostok
Varing
Korietz
Chemulpo
Comrox
Washington
Peculiar Customs From Around The World
A travel snapshot describes daily time 12 two hour parts in China, black cats and death color codes in Germany, coffin colors in Russia, and Himalayan mothers using water poured on a child's head to induce midday sleep, with no drowning fears noted.
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Germany
Russia
Himalaya
Quick Facts and Figures Roundup
The text lists various statistics including 38 letters in the Russian alphabet 220 glaciers in the Alps over five miles long average remarriage ages 42 for widowers 31 for widows rainfall about 208 eastern Ireland days per year water use ten gallons per mile in rail engines Western Australia population 1892 58 000 today 224 000 and sudden deaths among men eight times more frequent than among women.
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Alps
Ireland
Western Australia
Grape-Nuts Health Claim From California Principal
A California high school principal credits a strict diet of Grape-Nuts milk and fruit for curing long standing indigestion rheumatism and liver trouble. He reports rapid improvement after years of illness and urges continued use of the product from Postum Cereal Co. in Battle Creek Michigan. There is a promotional tag line urging physicians to inquire about Grave Nuts and promising a small booklet in each package.
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Calif
Postam Co
Postum Cza
Battle Creek
Mich
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Wirenius
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Viju
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Morning Post
Daily Chronicle
Skrydlof
Makaroff
Gustave Marx
Harvey Vin Dine
Harvey van Dine
Island Empire
Douglas
L. Douglas
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Piso
Clark and
Liberty Streets
Warren
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