Rifts to Avert War Between Russia and Japan
Paris and London papers report efforts by France and Britain to prevent a Russia Japan rupture. Russia fortifies Port Arthur and begins a rampart, while Japan trims its fleet. Reports note objections to Japanese sapper landings and a naval concentration at Weihaiwei amid stock declines in Tokyo.
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London
Paris
France
Great Britain
St. Petersburg
Tokio
Russia
Japan
Daily Telegraph
Nagasaki
Port Arthur
Daily Mail
Seoul
M. Pavloff
Shanghai
Sarius
Wrei-Hai-Wei
The
Times
Hiroshima
Peking
China
Japan and Russia Near Possible Peace Settlement
St. Petersburg officials express cautious optimism over a peaceful settlement of the Far East dispute with Japan. Japan’s reply to Russia was handed to Baron de Rosen in Tokyo and is not an ultimatum, asking reconsideration of essential points while he resumes negotiations.
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St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Far East
Russia
Japan
Baron de Rosen
Komnra
Tokio
Terrific Mott Street Fire Destroys Herrmann Factory
A six story Herrmann Furniture and Cabinet Works building and a four story Herrmann Lumber varnish factory in Mott Street were destroyed with damages around a quarter million dollars. Battalion Chief Martin Coleman died in a wall collapse and Fireman Richard Joice is missing as Italian tenants were rushed to safety and firemen battled through multiple alarm calls.
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New York
Herrmann Furniture and Plumbing Cabinet Works
Mott Street
H. Herrmann Lumber Company
Martin Coleman
Richard Joice
Taylor convicted for assault with intent to murder congressman
Walter T. Taylor, after an acquittal on four assault indictments against Congressman Lamar, was found guilty of assault with intent to murder. He received a five year state prison sentence for demanding a written retraction at gunpoint after Lamar’s nomination.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Walter T. Taylor
Lama
Lamar
Congress
Taylor
Train wreck at Godfrey Kansas kills nine and injures many
Reports from Godfrey Kansas recount the Meteor wreck where nine died and thirty-two were injured as the southbound train failed to regain time. Brakeman J A Bartley blamed for not flagging the train remains missing and the incident prompts ongoing investigations into cause and deaths.
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Kansas City
Godfrey
Kan
St. Louis
San Francisco
James Kirkpatrick
George Hoyt
B. A. Dewees
James H. Wyman
Theodore Bishard
Asa Moreland
J. A. Bartley
Brakeman Fired For Failing To Flag Meteor
The brakeman, ordered to flag the Meteor, neglected to perform the instruction leading to disciplinary action and highlighting safety lapses in the railway operation.
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Eider
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Fleisher
Germantown
Pss Oe
Keen 2
Guare
Chidren
Erererewe
R. R. Murphy
Austin
Minnesota
By Charles Cressey
Austin, Linn
England
Thur
Santa Claus
Rangi
Coleman
W. T. Taylor
St. Louis Transit Company
W. Wilson
Louis Barber
Frank Steele
Wilson
Barber
Robert Fulton
Roosevelt
Panama
Chicago
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