Russians prepare naval build up for Far East
Port Arthur dispatch reports 20 Chinese arrested for signaling Japanese ships with flashlights. Russia accelerates warship work at Kronstadt and Port Arthur while crews reinforce the Baltic fleet. Battleships Loraine, Oriel, Kamchatka near completion. Neva icebound. Borodine to Cronstadt for armor. six volunteers depart to Vladivostok yards.
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Japan
Manchuria
St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Chisa
Admiralty
Black Sea
Baltlene
Far East
Altvator
Varky
Loraine
Oriel
Borodine
Cronstadt
Erlak
Reva
Alexander HL
Jibutil
Somalland
Russia
Baltic
L'Art Arthur
Vladivostock
Telegram reports orderly troop transport through Siberia
General Sonkhotine, en route to the Far East, telegraphs War Minister Sakharoff from Tomsk about divisions seen on the journey. Troops travel in perfect order, with warm clothing supplied, and at Cheliabinsk the military chief ensures troops receive warm garments.
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St. Petersburg
Genera Sonkhotine
Far East
Sakharoff
Tomsk
Siberia
Cheliabinsk
John Dyal Held for Murder in Savannah
In Savannah on March 2 a commitment trial for John Dyal a former Atlantic Coast Line section foreman charged with the recent murder of Leonard Murray ended with Dyal held for murder. The evidence was circumstantial and the hearing lasted the entire day.
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Savannah
Hinesville
John Dyal
Atlantic Coast Line
Leonard Murray
Dya
Man Fatally Shoots Father After Family Dispute
Theodore Schraner aged nineteen shot his father after an argument sparked by anger over a pipe smoke incident at their Woodhaven Long Island home. The confrontation began when the father knocked the mother down as she protested the pipe smoke. Mrs Schraner coughed from the smoke and the son fired, likely fatally.
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New York
Woodhaven
L. I
Theodore Schraner
Central Employers Association to Form New Body
New York March 2 preliminary steps outline creation of a central body uniting employer associations across New York. Secretaries will represent invested capital totaling about one billion dollars to streamline dealings with trade unions and wage earners.
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Employers’ Association
New York
Hyomei Rapidly Breaks Records In Catarrh Cure Sales
Hyomei outsells rivals in Athens and across towns as Palmer & Sons promote its inhaled balm that targets catarrh. The ad claims high cure rates, a $1 complete outfit, and a money back guarantee if it does not cure. Also reports Messenger Boys Attack Man at Western Union plant. gunfire occurs but no injuries.
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Ile
College Avenue
Athens
H R Palmer & Sons
Hyowei
Hyomei
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Devoe Co Letter Promotes Paint Savings and Pricing
A letter to E S Brooks of Athens Georgia argues each gallon saved yields four to five dollars in value and outlines paint costs. It cites Ezra Rathmell of Williamsport Pa who used eleven gallons for his house and notes Devoe paid six gallons.
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Devoe
Ezra Rathmell
Williamsport
Devoe & CO
New York
Trial of Senator Reed Smoot Begins
Washington March 2 Senate privileges and elections committee formally began the investigation into Reed Smoot Utah's Senate seat and Mormon church influence Joseph F Smith president of the church will be first witness with the hearing expected to last several weeks.
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Smith
Washington
Reed Smoot
Utah
United States Senate
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Congress
Joseph F. Smith
Mormon Church
A. S. Worthington
Waldemar Vancott
Salt Lake City
Carlisle
the Treasury
R. W. Taylor
Brigham Roberts
Burrows
Mr. Taylor
Taylor
Borrows
Joseph Smith
Franklin 8. Richards
Mr. Smith
Building collapse in New York kills five workers
A nine story building under construction at Forty-sixth Street and Sixth Avenue collapsed due to a boiler explosion. Ambulances were summoned as five workers were found dead and 25 injured. The injured and dead were all laborers on the site.
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New York
Forty-sixth Street
Sixth Avenue
Hearse Driver Beaten in St Louis Sleep Office
Harry Clem mons, a hearse driver working in East St Louis, was beaten into insensibility in the office of the stable where he slept. The attack likely left him fatally injured. Detectives pursued leads as police investigated the assault and motive.
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St. Louis
Harry Clemmons
East St. Louis
Annihilation of Japanese planned but not begun says official
Reports from Che Foo and Chicago discuss Russian plans to lure Japan inland toward Manchuria to trap and overwhelm Japanese forces. Observers claim Tokyo is deploying troops, while Japanese officials in Chicago say Russia delays and public support in Japan, including schoolchildren, backs the government.
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Ping-Yang
Che Foo
Russia
Lury
Manchuria
Amur
Tokio
Chemulpo
Japan
Beoul
Chicago
Washington
Tosaburo Kadoya
Yokohama Specie Bank
Yokohama
Hioki
China
Shanghai
Mukden
Antung
Tatungkao
United States
Spies Identified and Executed in Japanese Ports
A Nagasaki dispatch reports many alleged spies identified and imprisoned in Japanese seaports over three weeks. One worker on the transport Gambit Mart leapt overboard as soldiers departed. the ship's guard shot him after he surfaced while swimming.
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New York
Nagasaki
Gambit Mart
Japanese Troop Concentration Near Ping-Yang Reported
Reports from official sources indicate heavy Japanese troop concentrations around Ping-Yang Korea. Large forces are disembarking from transports as authorities warn of an imminent land engagement in northern Korea.
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Paris
Ping-Yang
Korea
Senate OKs Florida court terms at Fernandina
The federal court in Fernandina Washington on March 2 reports approval by the senate of a bill authorizing terms for the district and circuit courts in the southern district of Florida at Fernandina Florida.
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Fernandina
Washington
Senate
Southern District of Florida
Wornandina
Fla
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