Washington Ponders Russia Reply on Manchuria Demands
Washington April 28. Interest runs high over a St. Petersburg dispatch claiming the Russian foreign office answered inquiries about eight Manchuria demands made on China. The report, if confirmed, would please the United States which protested the first two demands that threatened American trade. No official word yet from Ambassador McCormick on Russia's stance.
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Russian Foreign Minister Denies and Minimizes Eight Demands on China
The Russian foreign minister responded to the April 23 Peking dispatch outlining eight Russian demands on China over Manchuria. He calls most points false or unimportant, notes one point about English plague in 1902 as significant, and says gains from opening towns to trade will benefit all, while the evacuation plan excluded certain detailed questions treated as incidental.
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Death by Self-Destruction Rumor Surrounds Queen Mothers Husband
In Seville Count Escosura, morganatic husband of the queen mother, was found wounded with reports of an accidental shooting. The incident risks widening the rift between the queen mother and King Alfonso as his travel to Madrid is ordered when able.
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Gold In Renton Coal Disclosed By Assay
Renton Coal company receives assay showing iron sulfide containing seven dollars worth of gold per ton in a sample from coal shipped from Renton mines near Seattle. Officials will pursue further tests as coal from bunkers is described as general run product.
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Renton Coal Company
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C. H. Votl
Voll
Spanish in the Army Teaching Plan Ordered
General Chaffee issues directive requiring all officers and enlisted men to be taught and encouraged to speak Spanish due to its necessary use in insular possessions.
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Chaffee
War Minister Kuropatkin Heads for Manchuria
General Kuropatkin has departed St. Petersburg for Manchuria where native resistance is anticipated. He may proceed from there to Japan, and his movements are sparking wide speculation.
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Kuropatkin
Manchuria
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Immigrant Life and Urban Conditions in New York
A wide-ranging look at immigration into the United States through New York and Ellis Island. The piece notes numbers of arrivals, national origins and average finances, with employment aid from German and Irish groups, attitudes toward northern versus southern European migrants, and the social dynamics of city life including apartment living and forgetful maid service.
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Obstacle to the Burglar: Modern Flats and Crime Prevention
Sociologists note skyscraper apartments deter crime as porch climbing fades. A New York example shows how visible spaces and a social setting influence theft risk. The tale of Mr Jenkinson uses a ladder test at table level to illustrate scrutiny and absence of salt as a gag. The piece ends with reflections on tragedy and the power of advertising.
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Maria
Mr. Jenkinson
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