Wrecked Knight Companion Sails From Portland to Japan
The Knight Companion, a 7000 ton Portland and Asiatic line steamer, ran ashore in a storm on Point Inuboe Saki east of Yokohama while carrying flour cotton and sheeting worth over 300000. All passengers and crew were saved and initial reports offered few details.
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Portland
Knight Companion
Japan
Point Inubue Saki
Yokohama
Portland and Asiatic Steamship Line
Columbia River
Portland-Asiatic Line
Hong Kong
Idzumi
Kobe
Osaka
Porter
Indravelli
Idzu
Point Inuboe Saki
Nine Die As Chestnut Street Building Collapses
A five story stone and brick building at 314 Chestnut Street in St Louis burned and collapsed killing nine workers and injuring many more. Firefighters fought a hard blaze before the collapse and property loss reached $75000.
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St. Louis
Chestnut Street
Explosion on Pittsburg towboat J. W. Ailes maims crew
At 1 15 this morning the towboat J. W. Ailes exploded while towing six loaded boats near rock No 2. Fourteen crewmen were scattered. three are fatally hurt and five more accounted for. The wreck burned to the water edge. Captain Shaw escaped with minor injuries. The boat valued at 25000 dollars.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Harbor
J. W. Ailes
Miles
Shaw
Ele
Ailes
Spain and Portugal Endure Snow and Flooding Wrecks
Snow storms persist in Spain with heavy rains in Portugal causing floods and shipwrecks along the coasts. Reports say there is loss of life and widespread misery, particularly in Oporto as snow hits the region.
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Madrid
Spain
Portugal
Oporto
Protest Against Catholic Rites In England
A large united Protestant demonstration in London passes resolutions opposing Catholic rites within the Church of England. The measure condemns confessional practices and mass celebrations and cites patronage abuses by government and episcopate as a cause. It also urges enforcement of bans on monks and Jesuits from Great Britain.
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London
Church of England
Great Britain
Bad Storm In The East Rages In New York
A severe storm sweeps New York and suburbs with snow turning to slush and rain, gusty gale conditions, and dangerous debris. One fatality from a falling sign is reported as temperatures plunge and sea weather worsens, grounding several ships off Sandy Hook.
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New York
Signal Bureau
Sandy Hook
New York Lower Bay
Highlands
Gedney, Channel
Southwest Spit
L’aquitaine
Havre
Phoenicia
Hamburg
Boulogne
Plot to Kill Empress Shocked China Conspiracy Exposed
News from Victoria BC reports a vast plot to assassinate the Chinese empress dowager and her court and spark a nationwide rebellion. Incendiaries failed to destroy palaces at Katfeng, and confessions followed torture of arrestees. Authorities seized garrison details, society books, and China Reform Association letters.
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Victoria
B. C
China
Katfeng
Henan
China Reform Association
Yuan Shikai
Pekin
Labor leaders denounce Chinese minister insult at hearing
Immigration Commissioner Powderly and AFL President Gompers urged strict exclusion of Chinese under the Mitchell Kahn bill. Powderly dismissed exemptions as insignificant and warned of duplicity among laborers seeking admission. Gompers condemned Wu Ting Fang for calling American workers agitators and demanded courtesy to U.S. citizens.
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Washington
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Powderly
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Mitchell-Kahn
Pacific Coast
China
Wu Ting Fang
Yung Lu In Favor Edicts Promote High Chinese Officials
Pekin reports General Yung Lu strengthens his standing at court and tours foreign legations to seek ministerial favor. An edict names Yung Lu first grand secretary and Wang Wen Shao second grand secretary. The dowager empress issues edicts easing Manchu Chinese divisions and discouraging foot binding via official diplomacy.
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Pekin
Yung Lu
Lung Lu
Li Hung Chang
Wang Wen Shao
Yang Lu
Dust Blast Kills 85 Miners at Hondo Mines Mexico
Reports from San Antonio say a dust explosion at the Hondo mines in Coahuila Mexico entombed 160 workers. By tonight 85 bodies were recovered and authorities fear the death toll may exceed 100 as rescue details remain sparse.
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San Antonio
Tex
Hondo
Mexico
Coahuila
Mexican International Railroad
Eagle Pass
Engine Dashes Into Train Near Buena Vista
A Colorado Midland passenger train narrowly escaped destruction when it collided with a freight train on a 65 foot high trestle two miles west of Buena Vista. The rear brakeman on the freight was killed as the caboose and a car fell into the creek. The engineer and fireman, unable to jump, stayed aboard the engine which remained balanced on the trestle. Providence R I Feb 5: The American Woolen Company lockout affects four Olneyville mills with about 150 weavers striking. Over 6,500 operatives idle nationwide. funds and plans for a broader strike are being prepared.
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Denver
Colorado Midland
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Buena Vista
Providence
American Woolen Company
Olneyville
Harvard Medical School Expansion Fund Boost
Cambridge Massachusetts February 4 President Eliot disclosed that J D Rockefeller will give one million dollars for Harvard Medical School to aid its new plan for medical education and research if friends of the university raise about five hundred thousand for lands buildings and endowment to match the effort.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
J. Morgan
Warvard Medical School
Eliot
J.D. Rockefeller
Harvard Medical School
May Be Marconi System
Vancouver notes W F Thompson ex proprietor of Yukon Sun plans to seek Marconi system arrangements in Ottawa and New York for Yukon press transmission. Government line to Dawson often down. Thompson aims to prove Dawson to White Horse link 250 miles direct and attract capital for Yukon news transmission from Ashcroft.
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Vancouver
B.C
W. F. Thompson
Yukon Sun
Ottawa
New York
Marconi
Dawson
Thompson
Yukon
White Horse
Ashcroft
Fire at Madrid coal mine kills two Italians
A blaze at the Cook & White coal mine in Madrid owned by Colorado Fuel & Tron Company killed two Italians and damaged property. Fire nears a gas chamber, threatening a massive explosion. openings are sealed, fans stopped, and water pumped in to flood the mine in three to four days.
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Cerrillos
N. M
Cook & White
Madrid
Colorado Fuel & Tron Company
Kaiser's gift to Alice Roosevelt to be a jeweled case
Berlin reports to the Journal and American that a gold jewel case with diamonds and an enamel portrait of the Kaiser will be given to Alice Roosevelt during Admiral Prince Henry's U.S. visit. Separately in Las Vegas New Mexico seven bandits robbed the Pecos Mercantile Company at Fort Summer, killed a man, beat another, stole $600 in goods, and robbed the post office.
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New York
Kaiser
Alice Roosevelt
America
Prince Henry
Berlin
The
Journal and American
Las Vegas
N. M
Pecos Mercantile Company
Fort Summer
Emperor William Gifts Chinese Cannon to Waldersee
Emperor William presents Count Von Waldersee, former allied forces commander in China, with a bronze cannon captured in China and cast in 1750 under Jesuit supervision. He writes that the gift honors his services in China.
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Berlin
Emperor William
Count von Waldersee
China
Mine Disaster Claims 160 As Victims In Hondo Explosion
From Hondo Mexico comes a mine blast report stating all 160 workers inside the mine perished. Most victims are Mexicans and Chinese, with few Americans among the laborers.
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San Antonio
Hondo
Mexico
City Fire in Waterbury Destroys Large Business District
In a fierce gale the Waterbury blaze devastated a large portion of the city's business sector. Loss is estimated at 2 million dollars for buildings and contents, with origin unknown. Fire undiscovered until massive progress had been made as flames poured from windows.
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Waterbury
Conn
Northwest Branch Mint brings Tacoma $600000 funding
The house committee on coinage favorably reported a 600000 bill to establish a Tacoma Washington branch mint to process gold and silver from Alaska. Director Roberts argued one Northwest branch suffices for federal needs, while other proposed branches face tougher prospects.
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Washington
House Committee On Coinage
Tacoma
Wash
Alaska
Roberts
Northwest
China Pays First Installment on Indemnity
Pekin reports the first monthly installment of the Chinese indemnity, totaling 1 820 000 taels, was paid yesterday to the bankers committee of the powers at Shanghai.
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Pekin
Bankers’ Committee of the Powers
Shanghai
Fire Nearly Erases Clancy Town in Montana
Helena Montana February 4 The railroad town of Clancy twenty miles south of Helena was nearly wiped out by a blaze last night. The loss is about $14000 with $8000 insured.
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Helena
Mont
Clancy
Roof Window in the Barn for Loft Access and Lighting
An article describes installing a roof window in a barn to unload hay into the loft from the outside, creating a bright airy space and allowing loft flooring to store hay and straw on the second story while keeping the first floor clear for stock and a warmer barn. It also notes end windows to improve light.
Pushing Young Pigs: A Pig Feeding Practice
A farmer describes a feeding regime for piglets starting in milk and shorts, then cornmeal oats and shelled corn slops. He notes mixing method, salt for digestion, and using oil meal as a milk substitute. Emphasizes heavy pushing with ample exercise.
Building Up the Dairy Herd and Stock-Raising Tips
A Kansas Farmer piece advises dairymen to use healthy vigorous cows and a sound thoroughbred bull, or cross native stock with thoroughbreds to improve milkers. It also covers packaging butter for shipment, mixed stock benefits, and general livestock care including remedies for horse indigestion and cattle lice treatments.
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Kansas
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Dowager of
Federation of Labor
Stern Law
Rockefeller
Morgan
Marconi System
Miss Roosevelt
Waldersee
Northwest Branch Mint
Montana
Iowa Farmers’ Institute
New England
New England Homestead
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