Hanna Grows Weaker as Fever Afflicts Senator Hanna
Washington February 12 Senator Hanna Bas condition is very serious and his physicians express great concern. He is weaker with a pulse rising to 104 amid fever. No complications noted but officials can not confirm if the worst is past. He rests well at times and stimulants aid recovery while quieting precautions are taken at the hotel. The president’s executive correspondence to the senate was referred to foreign relations as debate on the treaty continues.
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Washington
Han- Bas
Hanna
Carter
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate Ends Fight on Panama Canal Treaty Ratification
Washington Feb 12 Senators reach agreement in executive session to set a vote window between Feb 15 and Feb 23 on the Panama canal treaty. The decision aims to complete ratification before Feb 23 with a Democratic-led plan.
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Washington
Senate
Pune
Ruth Ae
Cas
Loan for St Louis Fair Passes House Vote
The House approved the Senate amendment to the urgent deficiency bill authorizing a government loan of 4.6 million dollars to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis after modifying the payment terms. Debate spanned about three days with leaders opposing in part, but support across parties emerged. The chamber also concurred on coal tests, and passed bills including Indians agreements in Minnesota and Montana.
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Washington
House
Senate
Messrs. Payne
N. Y
Grosvenor
Ohio
Dalzel
Hemenway
Ind
St. Louis Fair
Minnesota
Montana
Takahira Defends Japan at Silk Association Dinner
The Silk Association of America held its 30th annual dinner at Delmonico's in New York. Japanese minister Takahira could not attend and sent a telegram read by Consul General Uchida. His speech defended Japan’s course in every regard and presented Japan’s case calmly from a Japanese perspective.
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New York
Silk Association of America
Delmonico
Kogero Takahira
Dia Nippon
Washington
Uchida
Japan
Warship Sent to Puerto Plata Amid Dominican Rebellion
Washington reports state department ordered a warship to Puerto Plata after Jiminez rebels began tearing up the American railroad between Puerto Plata and Santiago in Santo Domingo, signaling increased U.S. naval involvement in the Dominican crisis.
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Jiminez
Washington
State Department
Puerto Plata
Santiago
Santo Domingo
Dort
Defense rests as Mashen finishes postal trial testimony
August W. Mashen concluded his three day examination in the postal trial. The defense rested after cross examining him about rural free delivery boxes and his interview with Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow. He said Bristow was his personal enemy and spoke under strain avoiding personal questions. The $25,000 note from Lorenz was revisited with no new facts emerging.
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W. Mashen
Washington
W. Machen
Machen
Bristow
Lorenz
Passage of Dardanelles Not Raised by Russia
London reports that Russia has not asked permission to pass warships through the Dardanelles and would breach treaties by doing so. The Foreign Office rejects claims that the Japanese fleet used Wei Hai Wei as a base for Port Arthur attacks as untrue.
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London
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Foreign Office
Russia
Novoe Vremya
St. Petersburg
Russians Renewed Attack on Port Arthur in War News
London reports from Shanghai and Nagasaki detail renewed bombardment of Port Arthur. Three Russian cruisers sunk, seven ships captured, and Japanese forces pursuing others. Disturbances in Port Arthur injure and imprison Japanese civilians. Chinese mob destroys telegraph lines near Newchwang. Rumors also cite five Russian cruisers from Vladivostok bombarding Hakodate with casualties reported.
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London
Shanghai
Daily Telegraph
Port Arthur
Nagasaki
Newchwang
Status of Trust Cases Precedes Other Litigations
Washington February 12 The attorney general regards the Northern Securities Company case as the only trust action of such general public importance to merit precedence over others The report signed by Acting Attorney General Day answers a resolution about pending suits against trusts It notes the petition was filed March 10 1902 and that the case is now on appeal in the US Supreme Court in Washington
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Northern Securities Company
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Day
Supreme Court of the United States
Port Arthur battle details diverge in multiple reports
London reports cite Chefoo on Russian unpreparedness due to officers at a circus. Paris edition notes Japanese torpedo boats used Russian signals and sank three ships. Tokio account says Admiral Togo attacked at night, torpedo boats damaged two battleships and a cruiser, forcing the Russian squadron to withdraw into harbor. engagement ongoing at noon Tuesday.
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Port Arthur
Chefoo
Daily Mail
Paris
New York Herald
Standard
Tokio
Togo
Japs Occupy Seoul With 2500 Troops In City
Washington reports a cable from Seoul stating 2500 Japanese troops are in the Korean capital. The dispatch details a noon naval battle at Chemulpo harbor where the Russian Variag and Korietz attempted escape. the Korietz sank after Japanese attack. Paris notes 6000 Japanese troops near Seoul, with some having entered the town as cold weather set in.
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Allen
Seoul
Korea
Chemulpo
Chentulpo Harbor
Variag
Korietz
Paris
Foreign Office
Russians Repair Ships After Port Arthur Bombardment
Czar receives Alexieff telegram detailing damage to Russian warships at Port Arthur. The Czarevitch Pallada and Retvizan undergo repairs with Pallada and Novik to be docked in turn and ready in a fortnight. Wounded officers Zaiontchkovsky and Petrof are improving. four died.
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St. Petersburg
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Alexieff
Czarevitch
Pallada
Retvizan
Novik
Zaiontchkovsky
Petrof
Vladivostock
Nagasaki
Seoul
Masampho
Wonsan
Admiral Stardiloff
Black Sea
Far East
Kronstadt
Reval
Gulf of Finland
Neutrality Proclamation Signed By Roosevelt
Washington February 12 President Roosevelt has signed a proclamation declaring the United States neutral in the Russo Japanese war. It deplores the conflict and asserts impartial neutrality within US territory and jurisdiction during the contest. It outlines the law of nations and warns US citizens against overt acts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Baltic Squadron Reaches Far East Route Via Canal
Copenhagen report says fifteen Russian Baltic warships passed Danish waters en route to the Far East. Aimed around Cape Skagens but a North Sea storm forced the admiral to steer through the Kaiser Wilhelm canal. Japanese legation downplayed the move, noting even if true the fleet would be six weeks away, with Japan ready to engage.
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London
Copenhagen
Daily Mail
Far East
Cape Skagens
North Sea
Kaiser Wilhelm Canal
Japs Know the Game Warned Russia War Began
Yale law professor Theodore S. Woolsey contends Japan gave fair warning before war with Russia. He says a declaration of war is unnecessary and that hostilities began with the Port Arthur torpedo attack, with neutralities dating from official notices.
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New Haven, Conn
Theodore S. Woolsey
Yale Law School
Russia
Woolsey
Port Arthur
Indignation Mounts Over Britain in Russia Japan Talks
In St Petersburg on February 12, anger toward Great Britain grows amid Russia Japan negotiations. The alleged British evacuation of Wei Hai Wei to aid Japan sparks protest, aggravated by a British blue book on Thibet with Lord Lansdowne’s offensive language.
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St. Petersburg
Great Britain
Russia
Japan
Lord Lansdowne
War risk insurance spikes at Lloyds in six months
London February 12 At Lloyds Thursday thirty percent was paid to insure against the risk of war between France and Great Britain within six months. Wednesday the rate stood at twenty percent.
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London
Lloyds
France
Great Britain
Japan Declares State of War with Russia
Tokio February 12 The imperial proclamation formally announced the existence of a state of war with Russia during the day.
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Japan
Tokio
Russia
Baltimore Banks Resuming Business After Fire
Baltimore on February 12 reports banks resuming deposits and honoring checks, signaling recovery from the recent blaze. Streets in the burned district are being cleared, debris removed, and key thoroughfares opened, with city departments coordinating to reopen safes and vaults. The Chamber of Commerce reports shipping and trade ready to resume, and savings banks confirm no losses and plan Feb 15 reopenings.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Street
South Street
Hanover Street
Pratt Street
Hurst
Chamber of Commerce
Europe
No Press Accommodations for Democratic Convention
Chicago February 12 Charles A Walsh secretary of the national Democratic committee announces no press accommodations will be allotted until the next committee on arrangements meeting likely in St Louis in April A newspaper man will be chosen to oversee press seat apportionment Applications should be withheld until that time and filed with the press representative once named Notices will be sent to papers when the meeting occurs and the selection announced Papers with prior applications must reapply to the new press chief
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Chicago
Charles A. Walsh
National Democratic Committee
Committee On
St. Louis
Woman Teacher in Fort Dodge Kills Mother in Fit
Miss Hulda Nelson a 26 year old Fort Dodge schoolteacher commits murder by striking her mother with a hatchet while she sleeps then drowns herself by leaping into a cistern. After the act she ties three flat irons about her neck and sinks to the bottom of the cistern. The tragedy follows illness that forced her to quit Wahkosa school duties.
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Des Moines
Hulda Nelson
Fort Dodge
Brainerd Musician Found Dead in St Paul Hotel
Joseph Sykara a Brainerd musician was found dead in a room at the Grand Central hotel Seventh and Wabasha streets yesterday afternoon. Death was by intentional asphyxiation. The gas valve was open and the room doors and windows were shut, filled with gas.
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St. Paul
Joseph Sykara
Brainerd, Minn
Grand Central Hotel
Seventh
Wabasha Streets
Weather and trade outlook in Western markets from Bradstreet review
Bradstreet's weekly trade summary notes cold weather hampers spring expansion in the West while Southern distribution remains active and Eastern markets show life. Baltimore fire and Far East tensions affect speculation but mostly outside of impacted sections, with price strength mainly attributed to these events. Baltimore insurance limits lessen concern, aiding quick recovery. buyers seek new stocks in other markets.
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New York
Bradstreet
Weekly Review of Trade
Baltimore
Far East
Land sale to Mormon group for Big Horn acres
Cheyenne Wyoming February 1 A land board agreement sells 166000 acres in Big Horn country to Apostle Woodruff and a Mormon syndicate. The group plans irrigation projects and to settle at least 2000 Mormons on the land.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
State Land Board
Big Horn Country
Apostle Woodruff
New York Central to Open Midwest Headquarters in St Paul
Chicago railroad men report the New York Central lines will establish a headquarters in St Paul to oversee Middle West and Northwest business. The claim is stated as positive information from local railroad men.
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Chicago
Chicago Railroad
New York Central Lines
St. Paul
Middle West
Northwest
Minnesota state fair promises record premiums and purses
St Paul reports 60000 for premiums and purses making the fair the West’s finest with 23000 earmarked for trotters and pacers. In Portland Edmund Tobin, a Baker City mining man, shot his divorced wife then killed himself with a bullet to the brain.
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St. Paul
Minnesota
West
Portland
Ore
Tobin
Baker City
Panama Recognized by Venezuela Telegraphic Briefs
Venezuela recognizes the Republic of Panama. Governor Van Sant removes Sheriff Torkelson of Clearwater County Minnesota. Critic N K Michaelovosky dies of heart disease in St Petersburg. Governor A B Cummins of Iowa visits Minnesota. Kid Herman defeats Clarence Forbes in six rounds in Kansas City. Russian merchants oppose St Louis fair participation. Muscovites donate expo funds to Red Cross. Frank S Newton of Diamond Match Co Akron arrested for embezzling 12000 to 15000. White House levee reception for Army and Navy by President and Mrs Roosevelt called the most brilliant. Floods from ice gorge near New Holland Pa cause York Haven’s greatest flood. fires in York Haven paper mills extinguished.
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Venezuela
Republic of Panama
Jovernor van Sant
Torkelson
Clearwater County
Minn
N. K. Michaelovosky
St. Petersburg
Jovernor A. B. Cummins
Iowa
van Sant
Minnesota
St. Paul
Kansas City
Herman
Clarence Forbes
St. Louis
Moscow
Red Cross Society
Frank S. Newton
Diamond Match Company
Akron
White House
Army
Market quotations for wheat in Minneapolis trade
Wheat prices listed for February 11 show No. 1 hard at 96c, No. 1 Northern 95c, No. 2 Northern 92c. On track values mirror futures with No. 8 Northern at 88 89 1/4c and futures for May 94 and July 93 1/2c.
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Minneapolis
Livestock Prices Reported in St Paul Market
St Paul report shows cattle prices with good to choice steers $3.70 to $5.00, cows and heifers $2.70 to $3.25, yearlings $2.50 to $6.25. Hogs bring $4.70 to $5.15, sheep from $4.35 to $5.36 for good to choice lambs and yearling wethers.
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St. Paul
Wheat and flax price bulletin from Duluth market
Wheat in stores listed as No. 1 hard 95¼ cents No. 1 Northern 93¼ cents No. 2 Northern 91¼ cents. Futures show No. 1 hard 95% cents No. Northern 93¼ cents No. 2 Northern 91¼ cents May 93¼ cents July 93¼ 40 cents Sept 83¾ cents Flax in store on track and to arrive at $1.15 14 May $1.18 4 cents July $1.19.
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Duluth
Chicago Union Stock Yards Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
Chicago February 11. Cattle good to prime steers 4.75 to 5.60, poor to medium 3.50 to 4.60, stockers and feeders 2.00 to 4.10, cows 1.50 to 4.00, heifers 3.00 to 4.50, calves 3.00 to 4.25. Hogs mixed and butchers 4.96 to 5.25, good to heavy 5.25 to 5.40, rough heavy 5.00 to 5.26, light 4.75 to 5.20. Sheep good to choice wethers 4.00 to 4.50, Western 3.80 to 4.50, native lambs 4.25 to 5.75, Western lambs 4.50 to 6.10.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Chicago commodity futures and dairy prices brief
Chicago markets report futures for Wheat May 95% 95%c, July 87%c, Sept 83%c. Corn Feb 50%c, May 88% 54c, July 52%c, Sept 51%c. Oats Feb 40%c, May 48c, July 39%c, Sept 33% 38%c. Pork May 14.21, July 14.77. Flax cash Northwestern 1.18, Southwestern 1.11 4, Feb 1.14, May 1.13. Butter, creamery 15 25% 7 128% 20c. Eggs 28 44 31%. Poultry Turkeys 12c, chickens 12c, springs 11% e.
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Northwestern
Southwestern
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