Alpine News Roundup of Crises and Developments
Chicago teachers receive a $50 yearly raise while gas plant work starts in Cleburne. Kirby Lumber receivership bonds set at $50,000. Boston printers strike for more pay. A Chicago cashier resists a hold-up saving $200. A man near Chevotah is murdered for $2000 and body burned. Mexican garrison plans at Nuevo Laredo. Texarkana ice cream factory brick to be built. Nellie Hayzie dies from a nail wound infection. Cumberland Church contract let at Mineral Wells. Rural free delivery routes planned from Cleburne March 1. Fire kills five children in Council Bluffs. Mrs Christiansen gravely burned. Marechal Neill dead from pneumonia. Two freight trains collide near Minden injuring engineers. Canada forms railway commission. American Cuba occupation ends as troops depart. Deputy Melton kills a suspect in Wilton, KY. Two Norman and Ingalls children burn to death. Romeo Christian shot near Campbell. Cotton reports due February 9. Dunellen man paid $45,000 in railway accident settlement.
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Chicago
Cleburne
W. N. Mercod
8. F. Bonner
Kirby Lumber Company
Boston
Houston Fire Devastates Block in $100000 Blaze
A major Houston fire destroyed half a city block from San Jacinto to Caroline streets and Prairie avenue, damaging a dozen houses and destroying the Central fire station. Five hundred homes evacuated as wind fanned the blaze, with losses estimated at $100000 and insurance only a fraction of that.
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Houston
Texas
San Jacinto and
Caroline Streets
Prairie Avenue
St. Joseph Infirmary
Franklin and
Congress
San Jacinto
Johnson and Westall & Willams
W. D. Alverson
Johnson
Westall & Wil
Prairie
Texas Avenue
Sam Jacinto
Caroline
City Fire Department
Central Fire Station
Diplomatic Break Between Japan and Russia Reported
A Russian circular announces Japan will break off all negotiations and withdraw its minister and legation from Tokyo. Russia responds by ordering its minister and staff to leave St. Petersburg. The move signals possible war as Tokyos actions are described as decisive and abrupt.
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Japan
Russia
St. Petersburg
Count Lamsdorff
Baron de Rosen
Tokyo
Tokio
Japan Ends Talks on Korea Move and Imminent Seizure
Japan has ended negotiations after unsatisfactory replies on conservation of Oriental interests. Officials expect no formal war declaration. a new Statement will define Japan’s position. Today Japan will likely seize Korea, with Russia’s stance awaited as developments unfold.
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Japan
Foreign Office
Korea
Russia
Brakeman Oscar Black Dies by Carbolic Acid At El Paso
Oscar Black, a young brakeman for the Mexican Central railway, died in El Paso Texas from the effects of a dose of Carbolic acid. The coroner's verdict states death by own action. Black had been in the city only a few weeks.
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el Paso
Texas
Oscar Black
Mexican Central Railway
Black
Russian Embassy Unsure If Japan War Move Signals Conflict
Berlin reports the Russian foreign minister Count Lamsdorff told the embassy that Moscow does not know if Japan's suspension of diplomatic talks means war or is only a prelude. Anxiety runs through the embassy as details remain unclear.
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Berlin
Count Lamsdorff
Japan
Japanese Residents Told to Leave on Afridi
A Vladivostok dispatch reports Japanese commercial agents under Tokio orders issued a circular inviting those who wish to depart to travel to Japan aboard the British steamer Afridi.
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St. Petersburg
Vladivostok
Tokio
Japan
Afridi
Local man dies in well near Dixon Prairie cemetery
Paige Gassey and Mr. Schultz report a young man about 22 years old was overcome by a fall while working southwest of Y morning. His remains were laid to rest in Dixon Prairie cemetery.
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Paige
Texas
Alv
Porsono
Schultz
Dixon Prairie
Japan Presses War as Russia Moves Troops to Korea
A series of dispatches from Nagasaki and London report Russia secretly sending a full division from Port Arthur into northern Korea and Japanese seizures of ships. News notes troop landings from Masampho to Chemulpo, occupation plans for Seoul, and fleet movements toward Port Arthur amid the rising tension in the Far East.
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London
Nagasaki
Daily Telegraph
Russia
Port Arthur
Yalu River
Korea
Japan
Shelika
Manchuria
Sasebo
Telegraph
Masampho
Che Foo
Daily Mail
Corea
Fusan
Kusan
Mokpho
Chemulpo
Seould
Avetican Peace Group Seeks Roosevelt Intervention
In Vienna on February 9 the Avetican peace association urged President Roosevelt to intervene in Far Eastern troubles through The Hague based international peace tribunal and mediation channels.
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Vienna
The
Avetican Peace Association
Roosevelt
International Peace Tribunal
Hague
France Agrees to Land Troops in China if Hostilities Begin
The Daily Mail reports France has agreed with other powers to land troops in China should hostilities start to ensure neutrality of the middle kingdom. The plan, if enacted, would involve joint action by several nations to protect Chinese neutrality.
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London
Fratis
The
Daily Mail
France
China
Middle Kingdom
Baltimore Fire Leaves City in Ashes and Ruin
Baltimore suffers a devastating fire in the commercial district. From 10:45 a.m. Sunday until late Monday, flames tore through brick and cement structures. By Monday afternoon officials declared control, but losses are vast, with homes spared and many business owners poorly insured.
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Baltimore
Fire left a sea of ember in ruined waste
The scene after the blaze shows blackened debris smoldering in the wake of the flames. The destruction resembles a vast, pyrotechnic display, with charred remains and ash casting a grim, spectacular glow over the area.
Panic in New Orleans Market Overshadows Secret Selloff
New Orleans traders claim a secret panic drove a market decline as a single dominant bull dumped 68 000 bales. The move, intended to save himself, triggered a $1 million loss and followed by previous cornering episodes, unsettles brokers and investors downtown.
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Brown
Insurance crisis looms after Lexington hotel fire
Insurance firms set up temporary offices in the Lexington hotel and refuse to estimate losses. One representative says the figure is too large to pin down and suggests a round figure above 100 million dollars.
Body found on Central tracks in Dallas
Dallas police discovered an unidentified Black man on the Central railroad tracks Sunday night. The body was torn to pieces by a southbound train with two gunshot holes in the head suggesting the victim was shot before being placed on the rail.
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Dallas
Texas
Central Railroad
Forty Three Cowboys Enter Roping Contest at Laredo
The Red Men's celebration on Washington's birthday in Laredo Texas features a grand roping contest with forty three entrants and prizes totaling six hundred dollars.
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Laredo
Texas
Washington
Killing at a Kerrville Dance Leaves Two Wounded One Dead
In Kerrville Texas a negro dance ended in tragedy when Jim Ashkey was shot and killed and his daughter Mrs Butler was wounded. Ned Coleman was arrested and jailed by Sheriff Moore around 2 AM Sunday.
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Kerrville
Texas
Jim Ashkey
Butler
Ashkey
Ned Coleman
Moore
Clearing Land for Laredo Federal Building Site
Work began Monday to clear and remove houses on the block recently purchased by the government for a federal building in Laredo Texas.
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Laredo
Texas
Chappell Denied Bail in McCahan Slaying Case
J. M. Chappell, accused of fatally shooting W. C. McCahan at McCahan’s Dallas office several weeks ago, was refused bail and remanded to jail.
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Chappell
Dallas
Texas
J. M. Chappell
Ww. c. McCahan
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