Multifaceted 1902 News Snapshots From Around The World
A scattered bulletin lists events across nations and states including disasters in Japan and Natal, political shifts in Belgrade and Portland, arrests in Independence Kansas, a U.S. cabinet shift with Dr. Francis Leupp, and military movements in Europe. Also noted are New York real estate records, bond discoveries in Indiana, and trains and passports topics with Roosevelt tied to inquiries and conferences.
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Japan
Natal
New York Central
Kid McCoy
Puginat
Benjamin F. Marsh
Theo
Pickens B. Woodson
Texas
The
Rough Riders
Publica
Belgrade
Servia
M. Pasic
M. Niccolles
Justine
Mra
W. A. Edwards
Jasper Dunn
Independence
Kan
Mra. Edwards
Marshall Robert
British Life Guards
Roosevelt
Charles J. Bailey
Berkeley
Cal
el Capital
Harry Lane
Portland
George H. William
Washington
H. N. Brailasford
A. H. M. McCuiloch
Morocco
France
Copenhagen
Telegraph
Norway
Horace Porter
Paris
Switzerland
United States
Jhe Allen Berghots
Consil
Dawson
Yukon Territory
Canada
Beirut
Turkey
Gabriel Ble Rayndal
Colorado
San Juan
Payetta
Idaho
Enquit
Manila
China
Italy
Yemen
Arabia
Vienna
Andrew Jackson
Nashville
Tenn
Jackson
Mount Vernon Association
General Washington
Dr. Craik
Craik
General Jackson
New York City
Wall Street
Broadway
Trinity Church
Bedford
Ind
Wilmington
Imperial Japanese Railway
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Kogoro Takahira
White House
Peace talk details may meet in Washington
The Commission to Arrange Peace expects formal replies from Russia and Japan to the president’s notes soon but exact timing is uncertain. The process aims to set a temporary armistice and schedule a formal peace conference likely in Washington with plenipotentiaries to draft and sign a treaty.
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Washington
Tokyo Awaits Peace Progress Amid Roosevelt Efforts
Tokyo awaits final results of Roosevelt’s peace proposal while Russia's acceptance remains uncertain. Observers note diplomacy will span weeks with delicate negotiations and recalling past global political challenges, yet praise Roosevelt’s initial steps and express gratitude.
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Tokio
Russia
Roosevelt
Grain Supply Changes Across Regions Reported
Bradstreet's telegrams show US and Canada wheat inventories east of the Rockies down 1.722 million bushels and afloat to Europe down 1.7 million, totaling a 3.422 million decrease. Corn in the US and Canada east of the Rockies rose by 968,000 bushels, with Manitoba down 320,000, Chicago elevators down 85,000, Louisville 75,000, Coteau 66,000, and Portland Me 65,000 bushels.
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New York
Bradstreet
United States
Canada
Rockies
Europe
Manitoba
Chicago
Loulaville
Coteau
Portland
France Sees German Morocco Note Threatening to Nerve Crisis
Paris reports Germany sent a note to the powers proposing an international conference on Morocco. The document is viewed as a sign Germany seeks the conference and could heighten tension. France regards Berlin as the real proponent of the conference.
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Paris
Germany
Morocco
France
Berlin
Russian battleship Orel at Maizuru battered by shellfire
TOKIO-A AP correspondent reports the battleship Orel heavily damaged at Maizuru. The hull shows forty major shell holes and many smaller impacts. Upper works and decks are ripped by shell fragments and splinters. Forward 12 inch guns are smashed ten feet from the muzzle.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Orel
Maizuru
Russian Warships Interned After Harbor Standby in Manila
Secretary Taft received a Manila telegram from Governor Wright stating Russian warships did not leave within 24 hours and are now in custody of Admiral Train. They are behind the breakwater under gunfire from the Ohio and Monadnock, with machinery to be disabled and breech locks removed. Full details were reported to the navy department.
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Washington
Taft
Wright
Manila
Train
Ohio
Monadnock
Mana
Hss
Navy Department
Rocker narrowly saved from Iowa hanging by appeal
Charles Rocker of Rock Rapids faced execution for murder in Iowa. Anamosa was to carry out the hanging, but an appeal filed with the Iowa Supreme Court arrived just before the scheduled time, prompting a last minute halt. A long distance call led to postponement, marking a rare reprieve.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Supreme Court
Charles Rocker
Rock Rapida
Rocker
Anamosa
Regulation of railroad rates challenged by professor
Prof Hugo R Meyer of the University of Chicago told the National Federation of Millers in Kansas City that government rate control often hinders rate declines and prompts distance tariffs beyond eliminating rebates. The talk focused on public regulation and the per se reasonableness of rates.
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Kansas City
Hugo R. Meyer
University of Chicago
National Federation of Millers
Sigsbee Readied to Sail for France to Retrieve Jones Remains
Rear Admiral Sigsbee conferred with navy officials and Acting Secretary Loomis about a trip to France to bring back John Paul Jones remains. Captain Winslow was assigned to assist but plans paused awaiting France information. Sigsbee reported the squadron ready to sail by June 5 with possible minor delays beyond the original date.
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Washington
Sigsbee
Navy Department
Loomis
France
John Paul Jones
Winslow
Krauses Found Guilty in Land Enclosure Case in Nebraska
John Krause and her man Krause were found guilty of maintaining and enclosing public lands in Sheridan County Nebraska, the pair accused of appropriating 4500 acres and restricting public access. John Krause was also convicted of intimidating settlers including Theodore Osborn and Edward Whetsone to block entry and transit across the lands.
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Omaha
John Krause
Herman Krause
Sheridan County
Neb
John Krauss
Theodore Osborn
Edward Whetstone
Morton to Take Charge at Equitable Board
New York Paul Morton elected chairman of the board of directors of the Equitable Life Assurance society as part of a major reorganization. President James W. Alexander and several vice presidents tendered their resignations in the same move.
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New York
Paul Morton
Navy
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society
James W. Alexander
James H. Hyde
Gage E. Tarbell
George T. Wilson
William H. McIntyre
Norway Declares End to Union with Sweden at Akershus
The Norwegian flag replaced the union flag as the storting dissolved the union with Sweden. A large crowd gathered at Akershus fort for a ceremonial reading by the fort’s commandant. The event marked Norway’s unilateral move to establish independence.
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Christiania
Akershus
Storting
Storthing
Sweden
Gully Resigns as Speaker of the House of Commons
In the afternoon session William Court Gully announced his resignation due to ill health after ten years as speaker. Premier Balfour and Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman spoke briefly, and the premier said a resolution would be introduced to seek the king’s peerage elevation for the retiring speaker.
Peace seen near as Roosevelt bids for eastern accord
President Roosevelt travels to Virginia amid reports that ten days of talks among Washington, Russia, Japan and allied powers have yielded unexpected progress. Ambassadors Meyer in St Petersburg and Moscow report friendly replies from Emperor Nicholas. Tokyo is expected to respond favorably within forty eight hours, signaling potential amicable contact between the warring nations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Virginia
Far East
White House
Russia
Japan
France
Meyer
St. Peterabure
Nicholas
Tokio
St. Petersburg
Toklo
Mikado
Infatuated Swede Arrested Over Miss Roosevelt Letters
Secret service agents in Bloomington arrested John Johnson a Swedish man who wrote letters to Alice Roosevelt claiming a mission to marry her. He said he was sent from Sweden to wed Miss Roosevelt and was committed to an asylum in Jacksonville after the arrest. he was a former inmate.
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Bloomington
Inl
Secret Service
Washington
John Johnson
Alice Roosevelt
Johnson
Sweden
Miss Roosevelt
Jacksonville
President urges direct peace talks between Russia and Japan
The president states the time has come to end the war between Russia and Japan. He urges direct negotiations between the two powers without intermediaries to reach terms of peace. He offers to aid only in arranging preliminaries for a meeting if both sides agree.
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Washington
Russia
Japan
United States
Governor to Call Extra Legislative Session
Governor Higgins of New York says he will call an immediate special session of the legislature on return to the state to investigate charges against members of the state judiciary. He offers no further comment on the matter.
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Duluth
Minn
Higgins
New York
Russians Blindsided in Sudden Japanese Sea Attack
Report from Manila describes a surprise Japanese assault in the Korean straits. Russian ships were unready as torpedo boats encircled the fleet and Japanese shells opened fire, exposing a critical misstep in battle readiness aboard the Russian vessels.
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Manila
Korean Straits
Katte
Failure of Vladivostok squadron to co operate with Rojestvensky
Reports from Vladivostok say Rear Admiral Jessen could not coordinate with Admiral Rojestvensky due to missing plans and uncertainty about whether to circle Japan or push through the Korea Straits. The Almaz and destroyer flotilla faced constant Japanese surveillance near far eastern waters and near-constant sighting of suspicious vessels when at anchor.
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Vladivostok
Rojestvensky
Jessen
Japan
Straits of Korea
Almaz
Oregon's new law enforces first lash sentence in Portland
Charles McGinty, described as a wife beater, was punished under the state law with twenty lashes on the bare back. The lashing used a four lash braided rawhide whip carried out by the county jailer under sheriff and doctor oversight. He was manacled to a door in the jail corridor and blood was drawn at the fourth strike.
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Portland
Ore
Charles McGinty
McGinty
Bryan sends prize money for essays on free government
Governor Beckham received a $400 check from Hon. William J. Bryan to be invested for the Kentucky agricultural and mechanical college. Annual proceeds will buy a prize for the best essay on free government. The fund totals $10,000 left by Philo Sherman Bennett to be distributed among twenty-five colleges.
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Frankford
Beckham
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Kentucky Agricultural and Mechanical College
Bryan
Philo Sherman Bennett
Connecticut
Governor Hoch backs wine-free christening of Kansas
Topeka Kansas Governor Hoch stated he would object to christening the battleship Kansas with wine and recommended a christening without an intoxicant during its December launch.
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Topeka
Kan
Hoch
Kansas
Battle at Korea Straits Shifts to One-Sided Japanese Fire
London dispatch from the Times describes Admiral Togo entering the engagement with four battleships and cruisers Nisshin Kasuga and Kamimura leading a force of armored cruisers. Kamimura’s squadron steamed faster as Russian fire began at 12,000 meters but was largely ineffective. When the Japanese opened at 7,500 meters they scored hits and the battle became general with Japanese superiority in aim.
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London
Toblo
The
Times
Straits of Korea
Togo
Nisshin
Kasuga
Kamimura
Change of Assessment Plan Considered by Knights in Los Angeles
The national council of the Knights of Columbus adopted a resolution directing the board of directors to study adopting a level rate assessment alongside the current plan for increasing premiums for advanced aged.
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Los Angeles
Cal
National Council of the Knights of Columbus
Board of Directors
Von Buelow Becomes a Prince in Berlin
Chancellor von Buelow is raised to the rank of prince by the German Emperor in a ceremonial action in Berlin amplifying his stature within the empire.
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von Buelow
Berlin
Gems of Wit and Prose From New Orleans Pioneer
A collection of aphorisms and maxims reflecting on grief silence innocence and wisdom. The pieces touch on nerves mood luck and contentment with a nod to New Orleans period style and authorship hints. The tone is reflective and moralistic offering brief observations rather than narratives.
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New Orleans
Trinkets and Tokens From Antiquity and Craft
A list of small ornate objects described in vivid, period voice. Items include a heart, lotus, anchor, coin, ivory elephant, sacred bull of Egypt, Japanese monkey, gold carved bean, chrysoprase beetle, fairy-sized thimble, enamel four leaf clover, ivory love bird, white coral dove, crystal pendant, Jap bronze inlaid with silver, Quasimodo in gold, and a miniature sphinx carved from gray stone.
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Egypt
Dodd's Kidney Pills Touted After Local Cure
Frank M. Rus sell of Cox Wisconsin credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing his kidney disease after doctors failed. He reports regained strength and the ability to work all day, claiming the remedy is producing miraculous cures in Chippewa County Wisconsin.
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Cox, Wis
Frank M. Russell
Dodd
Bright
Mr. Russell
Chippewa County
Wisconsin
French chemist Berthe Lot reports decay rates
The famous French chemist Berthe Lot announces experiments showing lodoform in air loses one billionth of a gram per hour, while musk loses one thousandth of that amount.
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Berthelot
Storekeepers Favor Defiance Sarch Over Immossible Brand
Storekeepers report that the extra quantity and superior quality of Defiance Sarch make it nearly impossible to sell any other brand.
Seed weights per bushel defined by law
The law specifies weights per bushel for common seeds: Hungarian grass seed fifty pounds, timothy seed fifty five pounds, and blue grass seed forty four pounds.
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United
New York Central Lines Set 18 Hour Chicago Run June 18
At a June 6 conference in New York managers voted to quicken the Twentieth Century Limited to eighteen hours between New York and Chicago beginning June 18, extending the Empire State Express speed. The Lake Shore Limited and Southwestern Limited also receive schedule improvements, cutting travel times. The article closes with a proverb about a girl who tells her mother everything.
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New York Central Lines
New York
Chicago
New York Central
Buffalo
New At
Grand Central Station
Lake Shore
York
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Starch Buyers Favor Defiance Over All Others
Dealers report Defiance Starch wins customers quickly once tried and no other cold water starch can match it. It works both cold and boiled.
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Admiral Train
Krauses
Morton
Equitable Life Society
Oregon
Wife Beater
Ste Ban
Ver
Quasimodo
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