Japan Faces Deep Poverty Amid Industrial Plans
The Associated Press reports a Japanese business depression with widespread cash-based operations and almost no credit. Lack of capital stalls development begun after the China-Japan war, suggesting indemnity funds should have fueled industry rather than armament. Dividends on foreign stocks remain steady while Japanese investments post larger profits. Native papers largely support U.S. policy on the China issue.
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Associated Press
Yokohama
Japan
United States
Will Meet All Comers
Teddy Mc Govern featherweight champion Bugi Net says he will meet all challengers after his April 30 bout with Oscar Gardner at San Francisco. He favors Frank Erne of Buffalo or Tom Haggerty for future matches and is willing to concede weight to take on contenders in the West.
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New York
Teddy McGovern
Bugi- Net
Oscar Gardner
Twentieth Century Athletic Club
San Francisco
Frank Erne
Buffalo
Tom Haggerty
Gardner
We Cst
Redwoods Grove to Become State Park in California
The Big Basin grove in Santa Cruz county will be preserved as a state park after Governor Gage approves a bill of 250000 pounds for its purchase. The tract will be converted into a state park.
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San Francisco
Big Basin
Santa Cruz County
Gage
Russia Threatens Reprisals Over German Duties
St. Petersburg March 17 The official organ of the Russian ministry of finance warns that Russia will impose strict reprisals if Germany raises duties on Russian products.
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St. Petersburg
Ministry of Finance
Russia
Germany
United States Leads in Latin American Republics Congress
Washington reports that almost all South and Central American republics have accepted invitations to the October congress of American republics in Mexico City. U S officials see arbitration and trade cooperation as central themes with participation by Hill, Rockhill, and John Barrett Moore discussed as potential delegates.
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Washington
Lazo Arriaga
Chili
United States
State Department
Congress
Blaine
Scretary
State Hill
Rockhill
Bureau of American Republics
John Barrett Moore
Judge Day
Moore
Hague
Europe
Madrid
Chill
Peru
Bolivia
Arso
Austria Faces Prohibition on American Imports
U S Consul Hossfeld at Trieste reports a strong Austrian movement to curb American goods as Austria-Hungary's tariff treaties expire in 1902. Prohibitionists are well organized and public opinion favors restricting imports despite economists predicting little American retaliation.
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Washington
March W
Austria
State Department
United States
Hossfeld
Trieste
Austria-Hungary
Salutes Fired For Ex-President Harrison Memory
Soldiers at Fort Harrison and nearby posts observed the department order in memory of ex President Harrison firing a series of salutes. Fifteen guns at sunrise and forty five at sunset rang across the mountains and were heard in Helena and beyond.
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Helena
Fort Harrison
Harrison
Condition of Governor's Secretary Improves No Hope
In Helena on March 17 Randolph Thompson governor's private secretary remained seriously ill with heart trouble. The dispatch says there was another episode this afternoon but doctors still hold out hope for recovery as the condition fluctuates from day to day.
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Standard
Helena
Randolph Thompson
To Attend the Funeral Helena March 17
Many legislators from this section and Helena lawyers traveled to Butte tonight to attend the funeral of the late Speaker Corbett.
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Standard
Helena
Butte
Corbett
Carnegie Offers Funds for Windsor Public Library
Windsor Ontario on March 17 reports Andrew Carnegie offers twenty thousand dollars for a public library. The city would provide a site and appropriate twenty five hundred dollars yearly for maintenance.
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Windsor
Ont
Andrew Carnegie
Columbus Bank Cashier Arrested in Decoy Letter Trap
Charles Johnson cashier of the First National Bank of Niles Michigan was arrested in Columbus on wrecking charges. He was treated at the emergency hospital as he is badly weakened and nervous. A decoy letter trap led to his arrest after he came to Columbus following investigations into the Niles bank. Officers found deposits and brokerage records on his person and he awaits U S district court guidance in Cincinnati.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles Johnson
First National Bank of
Johnson
Niles
J. B. Elliott
Thomas A. Porter
Secret Service
Porter
Foster
West Goodale Street
Hayden-Clinton National Bank
Thompson
United States District Court
Cincinnati
Married in Pittsburg joins Chicago merchant and ex wife
John T Shayne a wealthy Chicago merchant and Mrs. Martha K Hammond wed in Pittsburg at ex-State Senator H E Robertson's home. The ceremony recalls Hammond's attempted murder case after Shayne was shot in the Auditorium Annex cafe two years earlier. Hammond was later tried for murder, acquitted in a sensational trial.
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Chicago
John T Shayne
Martha K. Hammond
Harry H. Hammond
Prsburg
H. E. Robertson
Shayne
Hammond
Auditorium Annex
Signs in Germany warn of US steel power and coal costs
Berlin reports allege large West German firms plan labor cuts due to higher coal prices. Stumm works add 3 to 4 million marks of iron to stock to avoid layoffs. US steel is blamed for stirring continental alarm. Rail earnings show December decline. coal and cement markets discuss new selling arrangements.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
West Germany
Stumm
Stahl UN Eisen
United States Steel Corporation
North German
Lloyd Line
China
Japan
Straits Settlements
Cologne Volks Zeitung
Missionary Work Opens Hawaiian Agricultural Station
Jared Smith of the Agriculture Department will soon depart for Honolulu to establish an agricultural experiment station. He will teach islanders to grow garden truck, dairy farming basics, and efficient forage, chickens, and pigs raising. A 200 acre coastal to mountain tract will host coffee, forestry, and other studies. Secretary Wilson notes Philippines funds await quieting of unrest. greenhouse plants and rubber seeds prepared for shipment once conditions allow.
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Washington
Jared Smith
Department of Agriculture
Honolulu
Islands
San Francisco
Philippines
Wilson
Congress
Phillippines
Department
Outrage on a Consul Balz Arrested in Venezuela
News from Port of Spain reports United States consular agent Ignacio H. Balz in Barcelona Venezuela has been arrested and jailed without cause. He threatens resignation if protection from Washington is not offered. This follows earlier abuse of Loomis at Cadiz and a ignored apology demand.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
Hluytien
United States
Barcelona
Venezuela
Ignacio H. Balz
Washington
Balz
Sleepers Burned on Plant Train Near Palatka
The Tabita and Elmer Pullman sleeping cars on a Plant system Tampa to Jacksonville train burned at Buffalo Bluff seven miles from Palatka during the night. Seventeen tourists were aboard. valuables losses reported between 10 000 and 15 000 dollars, total loss about 60 000 dollars.
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Palatka
Fla
Tabita
Elmer
Tampa
Jacksonville
Buffalo Bluff
Buffalo
Mass Meeting Targets Vice in New York Hall
A March 1 Carnegie Hall gathering led by Mrs. Ella A. Boole and Mrs. Charles R. Lowell featured speakers Mrs. Isabella C. Davis Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt Rev. R Heber Newton John S Crosby and Jacob A Riis. Delegates adopted resolutions opposing licensing by official blackmail and fines for vice and urged authorities to act for youth protection.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
Ella A. Boole
Charles R. Lowell
Isabella C. Davis
Carrie Chapman Catt
R. Heber Newton
John 8. Crosby
Jacob A. Riis
Troops Ordered to Manila From San Francisco Ports
Troops F and G of the sixth cavalry at the Presidio and Company H of the seventh infantry at Alcatraz have been ordered to sail for Manila on the Hancock, expected to depart March 25. A split force is already in the Philippines and China, with home squadrons forming the pivot. Additional units from the fifth and eleventh cavalry and the 10th infantry are slated to sail aboard the Meade and Pennsylvania ships respectively tomorrow.
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San Francisco
Sixth Cavalry
Presidio
Seventh Infantry
Alcatraz
Manila
Hancock
Philippines
China
Fifth Cavalry
11Th Cavalry
Meade
Pennsylvania
10Th Infantry
New Telephone Line Planned From Great Falls to Benton
A Rocky Mountain Bell announcement states a new 60 mile telephone line from Great Falls to Benton will start near June 1. It will pass Belt and the Highwood mountains at a cost about 12000 dollars, linking Benton and the Highwood country directly with Great Falls and the world by phone.
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Standard
Great Falls
Benton
Anager Somers
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Belt
Highwood Mountains
Highwood Country
Tax Bills Passed as Hostility Persists in Japan
Yokohama March 17 The Japanese house of peers has approved the governments taxation measures but strong hostility toward the Ito cabinet remains evident.
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Yokohama
Japanese House of Peers
Ito
Ammonia Explosion Hits Steamship New York at Sea
The steamship New York reached dock after an ammonia tank explosion aboard. Fifteen crew and passengers, including steward John Kent and steerage passenger Carl Engkvist, suffered ammonia fumes with two deaths at sea. The shaft broke next day, the propeller was secured, and repairs may not require dry docking.
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New York
John Kent
Carl Engkvist
Engkvist
Ir. Kirsten
James A. Wright
American Line
Wright
Kent
Colston
Enekvist
Wricht
Portuguese Aroused in Anti Jesuit Protests in Portugal
Lisbon reports describe anti-Jesuit demonstrations across Portugal with zealots urging suppression. A wealthy young woman Braga was pressed to take the veil and a delegation from Oporto called for a national church under papal rule with Portuguese priests.
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Madrid
Lisbon
Braga
Charles
Oporto
Portugal
Meeting in Mexico City and Pacific coast talks end in doubt
McKinley and Dinas discuss plans in Mexico City while a May meeting is hinted. A Cuernavaca interview with the president follows, with uncertainty over how to proceed as discussions shift toward the Pacific coast.
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Mexico City
el Pas
Cuernavaca
Pacific Coast
State of siege declared amid Moscow disturbances
Report from St. Petersburg says government proclaimed a state of siege at Odessa Kiev and Kharkoff after student riots. One student died at Kharkoff, 800 St. Petersburg University students refuse lectures, 16 arrested, 400 tech students hold closed meeting, mining academy closed, Count Tolstoi involved in disturbances. Strike by factory workers compounds unrest.
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St. Petersburg
Odessa
Kieff
Kharkoff
University of St
Count Tolstoi
Moscow
Bodies Found After Noyes Norman Factory Fire
In St Joseph Missouri March 17 search of the Noyes Norman factory ruins yielded two identified victims Miss Nora Bates and Louise Blon deau. A partial body thought to be a woman was found with uncertain ID. Fire escape limits and delayed alarm hindered rescue as 25 girls were on the seventh floor and five or six may have perished. The owner reportedly delayed alarm hoping to extinguish flames.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Nora Bates
Louise Blondeau
Predicted Strike Prompted by Unrecognized Union in Scranton
President John Mitchell refused interviews amid a tense stand by national organizer Fred Del Cher who warned that a strike will occur if the union is not recognized by April 1. Officials in Scranton cite no official word, with a meeting set in Wilkes-Barre to decide next steps as operators stay quiet.
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Scranton
John Mitchell
Fred Delcher
Wikesbarre
Forestry association to hold meeting in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs will host the National Forestry association meeting in July 191. The gathering coincides with the National Irrigation congress in session in the city, as announced by Washington.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
National Forestry Association
Pittsburgh Exposition Fire Claims Driver's Life
A blaze at the corner of Duquesne Way and Fort Street destroys the exposition main building with a $250000 loss. Fireman William Miller dies, three others injured, as sparks from live wires cause fatal contact. Machinery Hall saved after hard work. strict rebuilding plans announced.
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Pittsburg
Duquesne Way
Fort Street
William Miller
George* J. Snyder
Harry Griffith
C. H. E. Sheckler
Hiram W. French Company
Exposition Main
Galloper & Banker
Henry Henk
Miller
Snyder
Sheckler
Griffith
Torrance
German meat law blamed for high prices and poor health
Washington reports Consul Diederich at Bremen says Germany’s meat inspection law banning American corned beef and sausages has drawn severe criticism. Critics argue higher prices curb consumption and harm public health, especially among workers, despite the law’s stated aims.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Diederich
Bremen
Germany
Irish Guards lay Celtic cross on Queen Victoria tomb
A Royal Munster Fusiliers deputation with General Laurie and Colonel Johnston visited Frogmore under King Edward's permission. They laid a Celtic cross of shamrocks and lilies on Queen Victoria's tomb to honor St. Patrick's Day and Victoria's past order for Irish soldiers to wear shamrock.
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Windsor
England
Edward
Royal Munster Fusiliers
Laurie
Johnston
Frogmore
Queen Victoria
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