Telegram summaries of notable deaths and political moves
Obituaries note J. M. Hagaman founder of Concordia Kansas and Adjutant General John Saunders among the dead. Herman Rodell dies in Pekin. Senator Quay and Penrose push statehood and Sunday restrictions. Erie and Northern Pacific declare quarterly dividends. Various political and military notes across the U.S. and abroad include Carnegie library gift, Groat command shift, and naval officer staffing projections.
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John 8. Saunders
Maryland National Guard
Annapolis
Herman F. A. Rodell
Far East Outlook Warns of Waning Hope
A distant outlook from the Far East suggests reduced optimism and growing concerns about regional stability and future prospects. Analysts note cautious sentiment amid economic and political tensions affecting markets and policy approaches.
Japanese Landing Army Rumors Stir Far East Tensions
Reports from St. Petersburg describe alleged Japanese troop landings in Corea and Russian crossings at the Yalu. Officials dismiss the claims as unconfirmed or exaggerated, stressing Russia seeks no war while China denies plans to fight.
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Petersburg
Far East
Ma- Sam-Pho
Corea
Yalupe River
Great Wall
Manchuria
Ma-Sam-Pho
M. Kurino
Rueela
M. Hartwig
Jess
Russia
Japan
M. Kurmo
Novoe Vremya
Associated Preas
Foreign Office
Manchurian
China
Sviet
St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Vlndivestock
Soo Wei-Teh
Fire Chief Musham Points at Management and Builders
Fire Chief Musham criticizes management and builders for the Iroquois theater fire in a report to Mayor Harrison. Prepared by Fulkerson after interviewing nearly 100 witnesses, the report cites seven building-ordinance violations but clears the building department. It states the theater was not completed when opened and notes doors were often locked.
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Iroquoia Fire
Chicago
Harrison
Musham
Fulkerson
Pope Blesses Mexico Liberty for Catholic Church
In Rome Monignor Serafino, the new apostolic delegate in Mexico, received farewell audience from the Pope who authorized him to convey to President Diaz and the Mexican government the Holy See’s satisfaction with liberal measures toward Catholicism. The Pope said these freedoms have aided the church’s prosperity in Mexico.
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Pope
Rome
Monsignor
Serafino
Mexico
Dias
Diax
Crushed by an Elephant at London Circus Unloading
George Lockhart a famed elephant trainer and circus proprietor was crushed to death Sunday by an elephant during unloading at Hoo Street railway station in Walthamstow. The accident occurred as workers moved animals from the train.
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London
George Lockhart
Hoo Street
Walthamstown
Hurricanes strike Fiji Islands cause heavy loss
Melbourne reports a disastrous hurricane swept over Fiji causing extensive loss of life and property in the FUtalanda area.
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Fiji Islands
Melbourne
Futalanda
Rosebud Reservation Lands Bill Approved for Settlement
Washington The House committee on Indian affairs ordered a favorable report on a bill to open for settlement 400000 acres of the Rosebud Indian reservation in South Dakota.
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Rosebud Reservation
Washington
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Rosebud Indian
South Dakota
War department raises Philippines staff duty to three years
Washington reports the war department has ordered all staff officers detailed for Philippines duty to serve three years instead of two, effective immediately. The change extends to all current and future assignments.
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Washington
War Department
Philippines
Senate to continue Panama Treaty debate this week
Washington plans extend discussion beyond the week as Democrats push for open sessions on the Panama Treaty while Republicans favor a closed session after open debate. The conference resolutions and committee amendments are expected to be withdrawn before the final vote.
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Senate
Washington
Committee On Foreign Relations
Elephant Goes Wild At St Paul Theater Killing Attempted Keeper
A frozen elephant at a St Paul theater panicked by cold killed or fatally injured keeper Conrad Castens after trampling him. The enraged animal then toppled freight and damaged the Milwaukee freight house before attendants subdued it.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Conrad Castens
Milwaukee
Castern
Cotton prices surge as Dr Brown bids bulk May delivery
Dr Brown shocked the New Orleans cotton ring by instructing brokers to take all May delivery cotton at market price up to half a million bales. He had already bought 25 000 bales at May Ws price. Trading remained strong and prices reached wartime highs with robust buying activity.
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Dr. Brown
New Orleans
New
AL_LEANS
Cotton Exchange
County Sues Over Water Rates in Irrigation Case
The Stanislaus County suit against San Joaquin and Kings River Canal and Irrigation Co. reached the Supreme Court. The dispute centers on California law allowing county authorities to set water rates. The company contends prior flaws create a contract-like right to its own rate.
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Washington, D. C
Circuit Court of the United States
Circuit Court
Blair's debts covered by life policies after death
The late James L. Blair's debts total about 463000, with life insurers poised to pay the full amount. Blair carried life insurance totaling 1000000. Proceeds will cover debts and leave about 549000 for Mrs. Blair and two sons after a contested policy of 200000 is settled.
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ST. Louis
James L. Blair
Evatis
Plu
Blair
Pitched Battle Breaks Out Over Kansas City Bridge
About a hundred Structural Iron Workers clashed with nonunion workers on the Union Pacific bridge across the Kansas River in Kansas City Missouri. Thirty revolver shots were fired hundreds of bricks were hurled and several men were injured two seriously before calmer conditions returned.
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Kansas City
Union
Paci
Kansas River
Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Union Pacific
Kanaas Ciy
Kan
Tornado Rips Moundville Area Killing Dozens
A devastating tornado swept northern Hale county and Moundville Alabama destroying the town of 200, killing about thirty seven and injuring more than one hundred. Freight cars and buildings were leveled, cotton bales torn apart, and a clerk survived by sheltering in a well.
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Tuscaloossa
Ala
Moundville
Tuscaloosa
Greensboro
W. P. Phifer
Hall
Bates Lumber Company
Planing
Birmingham
Alabama
Nordern
Hale County
Blizzard floods New Cumberland and Empire area towns
The report says New Cumberland West Virginia is half submerged under twelve feet of water as a blizzard rages. The Chelsea China plant is damaged while Empire two miles above on the Ohio River sits under fifteen feet of water. Most residents live in box cars and a landslide farther up covers the Cleveland and Pittsburgh railroad tracks.
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New Cumberland
W. Va
Chelsea China Company
Empire
Ohio River
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Trade Is Increasing in Philippine Islands Commerce
The Philippine trade statistics for eight months ending August 1903 show imports totaling 22,206,581 dollars and exports 20,867,313 dollars. Excluding coin and government supplies, the combined trade rose by about 6,100,000 dollars, with most gains from shipments from the archipelago especially in hemp and copra production.
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Washington
BD. C
War Department
Philippine Trade Statistics Report from Washington
The insular bureau of the War Department records Philippine imports totaling 20,807,518 dollars for the period. Exports and imports together show a gain of about 6,000 dollars, with most growth from archipelago shipments including hemp and copa output.
Socialists Call National Convention for Chicago May First
The executive committee of the Socialist Party calls a national convention to meet in Chicago on May 1. Representation will be one delegate per hundred members in good standing and one delegate at large from each state. The venue will be announced later by the local committee.
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Triguay
Penrose
Northern Pacific
Seymour R. Church
San Francisco
Interior Department
George Harvey
Pawnee Indian School
Andrew Carnegie
Talladega College
Talladega
Ala
Boleadier
Frederick D Groat
Department of the Lakes
Congress
French Chamber of Deputies
St. Louis
Payne
Postminsters
MacArthur
Pacific
Army
Wilkin
Illnois Supreme Court
B. Michaels
Oklahoma City
Okla
Thomas Queenan
Ferguson
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
House
Gardner
Shin Aubardy
Senate
Fleming
Joint High Commission
Canada
Illinois Steel Company
South Chicago
Hinshaw Han
Charles Lugenteel
Williams
Thayer County
Neb
Vnee W. A. Keflwits
Montevideo
Ilescas
Omaha
the Nations Socialist Party
Seasion
Chicago
Robbery on Sunset Limited Stirs Transit Officials
San Luis Obispo to San Ardo lineali Weeks Fargo treasure chest stolen from an express car. Payment estimates vary with some reports placing the loss as high as eighty thousand dollars though officials say only a few hundred dollars in treasure plus papers were taken. Messenger Timothy Sullivan reported the entry through an end door forced open and a local safe removed while the train crawled upgrade. One man held for suspicion as investigators weigh tentative evidence amid hoboes suspected of aiding the theft.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Company
Sunset Limited
San Luis Obispo
San Ardo
Timothy Sullivan
Sullivan
Express
New Orleans
San
R. W. Christianson
Pacific Department of Wolfe-Margo & Co
Fox
Santa Barbara
Percival
Sioux City Ashland Line in Doubt for This Season
The Sioux City Ashland line facing funding tightness may not be built this season. A Burlington man in western Nebraska doubts plans while Sioux City pushes to spur Jim Hun to start the project immediately despite cautious outlook from east money markets.
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Lincoln
Neb
Burlington
Nebraska
Sioux City
Hne
Ashland
Great Northern
Iowa
Jim Hun
Mischief Makers in Korea Panic Urges Intervention Fears
The Foreign Office reports from Seoul to Washington describe a panicky Seoul and looming danger of a riotous outbreak at any moment. Minister Allen notes foreign emissaries are fueling disturbances, potentially providing a pretext for intervention and withdrawal of large forces in Korea.
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Korea
State Department
Allen
Seoul
Keorta
Hepburn Pure Food Bill Passes House in Rising Vote
The House approved the Hepburn pure food bill by 201 to 63 on a rising vote after defeating the amendment to require proof of wilful intent. The act sets standards for foods and drugs, creates a Foods Bureau, and authorizes enforcement measures, with penalties for adulteration and misbranding.
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Washington
Bureau of Chemistry
Bureau of Foods
Iterstate
Secretary of Commerce
Euch Ehenista
Sec‘retary of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry and Foods
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
House
Hepburn
Stephens
Dem
Texs
Hull
Iowa
Committee On Military Affairs
Lincoln ministers urge against Smoot keeping senate seat
The Lincoln Ministerial Association adopted unanimous resolutions demanding Nebraska senators urge Burrows to act. They protest that Senator Smoot's oath of loyalty to the Mormon church may subordinate his allegiance to the United States and harm loyal support of government institutions.
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Lincoln
Utah
Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln Ministerial Association
Nebraska
Burrows
Committee of Privileges and Elections
Ministerial Association of
Smoot
United States
Senate
Explorer Hubbard Dies Amid Labrador Expedition
Report from Chateau Bay Labrador confirms Leonitas Hubbard Jr of the New York Outing expedition died of starvation in Labrador wilderness on October 18. The body is traveling to Quebec by dog train with the expedition’s other members.
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Hubbard
Quebec
Chateau Bay
Labrador
Thompson Expected Back in Lincoln After Brazil Mission
United States minister to Brazil E Thompson, on leave, is due to arrive in Lincoln from Rio Janeiro aboard the steamer Tenuyasu, arriving January 4. His son Will is to report to the State Department in Washington, then plans to visit Michigan before joining his father in Lincoln.
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J. M. Hagaman
Concordia
Kas
The
Keeper
Insular Bureau
Grirls
Janan
Ruasta
St. Paul Globe
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