Revolt in Lemberg and Warsaw Police Allegations
Lemberg reports thousands of workers marching with banners calling for Polish revolution. Police dispersed the crowd, with many arrests. A Daily Mail correspondent in Warsaw alleges wholesale blackmail by police, with citizens stopped and fined or jailed for money. Reports from St. Petersburg note limited firing in January 22 crackdown. Breslau cites fear of German troop intervention. police uncover a plot to blow a bridge at Katowice. Gorky released from custody. Batumi strike grows, with military patrols on streets and quays.
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Warsaw
Daily Mail
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Sehlescha Zeitung
Russian Poland
Sosnowiec
Kattowitz
Maxim Gorky
Batoum
Caucassia
Mississippi Dam Promise Moves Toward Construction
Washington February 3 The Keokuk and Hamilton Water Power Co seeks to build a 30 to 35 foot Mississippi dam from Keokuk to Hamilton. After passing the house the project advances, cost estimated over 6 million dollars. Power expected for Keokuk Hamilton and nearby cities within 75 to 100 miles, possibly reaching St. Louis. Dam plans to be submitted to the war department.
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Senate
Keokuk
Niagara
Hamilton
St. Louis
Iowa
Representative Hedge
Keokuk and Hamilton Water Power Company
Mississippi
War Department
May Owe Up the Struggle in War Summary
A chaotic military dispatch from London and St. Petersburg reports heavy combat in Manchuria and the Pacific squadron preparations for departure around February 14. It notes significant Russian losses at Helkontai and uncertainty over Kuropatkin’s command with Grippenberg’s withdrawal affecting the front. Missouri roosevelt support and a Fort Worth wreck injure twenty after a foggy collision involving a freight train and a streetcar near stockyards.
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Daily
St. Petersburg
Nasogatoff
Nicolai E
Apraxine
Qushakoff
Seniavin
Vladimir Monomach
Russ
Zenia
Libau
Kuropatkin
Linovitch
First Army
Grippenberg
Associated Press
War Office
Associated Preas
Kuropeelin
Gr Mnenbere
Kurovtakin
Senderas
Can
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Tex
St. Louis
San Francisco
Stock Yards
Fiisco
Renewed Russian Revolt Expands Across Poland and Russia
Strikes surge with about 15,000 marching from Dombovo to Sosnovice attempting to reach Warsaw railway, halted by Cossacks. Martial law declared in Kalisz Radom Siedice and Suvalki as protests spread across Warsaw Petrikau Batlisz Radom Lublin. Workers dispute deputation chosen by employers while coal mines and sugar factories join the unrest amid police actions and sporadic clashes.
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Dombovo
Sosnovice
Warsaw
St. Petersburg
Poland
Petrikau
Batlisz
Radom
Lublin
Suvalki
Kalisz
Siedice
St. Petersby
Nicholas
Lessner
Tillis
Caucasus
Russia
Factories Reopen Crisis Tests Lodz Labor Strike
Lodz on February 6 reports a critical moment as employers plan to reopen factories today and re engage workers while others face discharge. Many workers want to return but fear coercion from strikers. Governor general Arcimovitch calls today a decisive test, saying the strike could be broken if resumed, and labeling the move partly political driven by foreign agitators.
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Lodz
Arcimovitch
Reing
Rate Bill Moves Through House Amid Conferece Action
Washington feb 4 republicans in house conference adopt as party measure the Esch Townsend bill extending rate making powers to the interstate commerce commission. Rules committee ordered to open rule for consideration from 11 am to 4 pm tuesday with first vote on the Davey democratic substitute. No amendments allowed.
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House
Washington
House of Representatives
Interstate Commerce Commission
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
House Committee On
Davey
BIG Works
Insurrection in Argentina Threatens Buenos Aires Action
An insurrection erupts in Imenos Ayres province with police posts attacked by about thirty men each. Two posts retaken. arsenals repelled. Reports say two regiments march on Buenos Aires as government mobilizes the national guard and proclaims a 30 day state of siege. Violence in Rosario follows, with casualties and arrests. order restored in Buenos Aires.
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Imenos Ayres
Argentina
Raumoret
Taos
Manuel Quintana
Buenos Ayres
San Torenzo
Rosario
Benavides
The Fleet Remains Loyal Amid Argentine Unrest
Buenos Ayres reports President Quintana says the insurrectionary movement is led by irresponsible individuals with no influence. The fleet stands loyal, police and sailors praised for staying at posts. Governor Freyre returned to Rosario aboard a torpedo boat. citizens volunteer to aid authorities. The radical party and some military sections are blamed. A decree forbids press comment on the situation.
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Argentina
Buenos Ayres
Quintana
Freyre
Santa Fe
Emenos Ayris
Rosario
Nolice
Oposal
Radical Party
Railroad found guilty in ICC ruling on unlawful rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled against the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe for willful and continuous violations over five years in coal and mine supplies transport. The decision alleges Colorado Fuel and Iron benefited from preferential freight rates, blocking competitors. Paroled Russian prisoners of war head to Russia, with some officers returning from Shanghai. A theater audience watches Mamie Mayburn, who is severely burned backstage and dies in hospital after audience panic is avoided by prompt action.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Railrroad
Washington
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Colorado Tue) End Iron Company
Colorado Fued and Tren Company
Russia
Nagasaki
Shanghai
Siberia
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Mamie Mayburn
Remedy Promises Cure For Female Ailments
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for headaches nervousness indigestion and fatigue in women. It cites Mrs Ella Stone of Lakewood Rhode Island who recovered after using eight or ten boxes, regaining weight energy and a renewed appetite. The piece notes the pills’ popularity and mentions a free booklet.
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Ella B. Stone
Mrs. Stone
Thada
English Genders Confuse A French Guest In Hilarious Mixup
A French visitor laments English genders after he asks for a cockroach and is corrected with wince inducing gender play. The hostess gently corrects him as he admits defeat, remarking on English gender rules.
A Woman's Martyrdom and Odd Facts From News
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Caldwell
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