Local weather and city council notes mix with national and world briefs
A compact daily summary covers forecast on the coast and inland wind shifts, temperatures, and precipitation. It reports plans for a million dollar freight terminal east of a depot, mayoral race hints, wills and court actions, saloon hours on election days, and various legal and political developments from Georgia to Washington, plus market and sports highlights.
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Ratiranda
Carehed
Frank P. Rica
B. F. Howell
Green B. Roberts
War Preparations No Longer a Secret in St Petersburg
Russia moves to counter Japan as mobilization of Manchurian reserves is announced and warships head to the Far East. Daily trains and cargoes redirected. czar to review a pacific draft reply in hopes of settlement. Prices on the bourse fall while 50,000 troops are added to garrison. Continued on Second Page.
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Russia
Far East
Japan
Mediterranean
Siberian
Pacific
Associated Press
Russle
Manchura
Korea
Sea of
Wiadivestock
Mrs Maybrick Release Rumors Stir Britain and France
London reports a possible release of Florence Maybrick aboard the Oceanic with no official confirmation. The Winchester prison governor denied any commutation. Rumors place her in Cornwall Holloway or at sea as varying papers debate the truth. Aunt Mrs Stannard remains doubtful, citing potential April release plans.
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Florence Maybrick
Tha
United States
Winchester
Maybuck
Cornwall
Holloway
Daily Chronicle
Lloyd's
Journal
The
Daily News
Woking
Holloway Prison
Neerse
Maybrick
Rouen
France
Baroness de Roques
Moule
Ala
Allie Stannard
Baroness de Raques
Cotton Market Explodes With Historic Price Rally
New York and Liverpool reports show May and July cotton options surging above 17 cents a pound for the first time since 1875 as heavy trading and panic lift prices. New Orleans brokers note aggressive buying, with March to July advancing and markets closing firm after volatile sessions amid global demand and speculative buying.
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Iscal
New Orleans
Liverpool
Cotton Exchange Boards
Odell Refuses Extradition of Zeigler Over Bribery Charge
Albany February 1 Governor Odell declines to issue a warrant for William Zeigler's extradition to Missouri over a 1901 legislative bribery claim tied to baking powder. Attorney General Canteen's opinion says evidence does not prove Zeigler was in St Louis in April 1901 when the crime occurred.
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Albany
S. C
Odell Hae
William Zeigler
New York
Canteen
Zeigler
Almost Unanimous Vote For The Panama Treaty
Senate debates a Democratic resolution on Panama Colombia tensions with Gorman Morgan leading a push to win Republican support. Key senators Carmack Blackburn Daniel oppose ratification. Bailey may vote against. If Republicans join, ratification could come swiftly with a broad Democratic backing and a restrained resolution urging the president to use good offices. Continued on Second Page.
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Senate
Gorman
Panama
Bacon Resoluton
Colombia
Almer
Germitin Wad
Carmack
Blackburn
Daniel
Bailey
Martin
Virginia
Culberson
Texas
Garman
Morgan
Republic
United States
Attorney General
Panama Canal Company
Panama Clash in House Over Panama Question
Washington February 1 The house discussion on the Panama question heated as Mr Thayer Democrat Massachusetts charged the administrations policy violated the treaty with New Granada. Mr Grosvenor Republican Ohio defended the administration while a personal privilege dispute involving Mr Baker of New York sparked laughter before debates returned to District of Columbia and Panama matters.
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Griggs
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Hearst
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Payne
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Texas
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Corombian Congress
Congress
Colon
Panama Republic
Indemnity Row Flouted in The Constitution Dispatch
Bogota reports censorship tightens as Colombians reject US indemnity for the loss of the isthmus. Clifford Smyth notes rising anti gold-voiter feeling, calls for United States Supreme Court arbitration, and predicts tense weeks ahead amid Juan Reyes factions and volunteer enlistments.
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Clifford Smyth
The
Constitution
Bogota
Galveston
United States
United States Supreme Court
Reyes
Tean
Nan Tinete
Electoral Congress
Velez
Colombia
Benator Gorman
Mail Contracts Awarded Across 3,968 Routes
The post office department awarded four year contracts covering 3,968 star and steamboat mail routes in North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Kentucky and Porto Rico. Contractors will receive 1 216 576 dollars annually for service including delivery and collection of mail into and from street boxes along the routes.
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Post Office Department
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Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennesse
Entucky Ana
Porto Rico
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