Senate to Review Panama Treaty in Open and Executive Sessions
Washington February 18. The senate will continue to consider the Panama treaty next week in open and executive sessions. Senator Morton prepared speeches on the matter and Senator Calhoun will push for executive session if needed. A vote is expected on or before February 23 with adjournment possible for Hanna. If time allows, the agricultural appropriation bill may be passed and Senator McCumber aims to have the pension bill ready.
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Senate
Washington
Panama
Morton
Cal‘airman
Fee
Hanna
E. Fir
McCumber
Naval appropriation bill to occupy House debate
Washington Feb 18 The naval appropriation bill will take much House time with general debate on the naval program and foreign affairs. Discussion centers on a proposed naval training station at the Great Lakes and potential Canadian opposition, amid provisions for investigations by the merchant marine committee.
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Washington
O.ely
Foss
Great Lakes
Canada
Naval
Marines Sail From Colon to Santo Domingo Port
Four hundred fifty Marines prepared to depart from Colon aboard special train and boats for Santo Domingo mission. Major oversees embarkation of gear and camp fittings as troops sail to the Prairies, with orders issued for the sailing date and transport of equipment.
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Colon
Col I Bel
Bag Obispo
Tanania Paluoad
Tako
Camp
Thas
Marines Destined for Santo Domingo Get Climate Change
Washington reports naval officials say Prairie with 450 marines from Colon will touch at San Domingo but its real destination is Guantanamo naval Station. The move aims to give the men a change of climate and surroundings.
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Washington
Colon
San Domingo
Naval Station
Guantanamo
Miners' Officials Assaulted Near Trinidad
William Fairly and James Mooney of the United Mine Workers from Alabama and Missouri were attacked by eight men with stones and revolvers on the road between Majestic and Bowen. Mooney was seriously injured and hospitalized. Fairly escaped and reached his hotel, then Trinidad. No arrests announced.
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Trinidad
Colo
William Fairly
James Moony
National Board of the
United Mine Workers of America
Alabama
Missouri
Majestic
Bowen
Mooney
Fairly
United Mine Workers
Wreck on Street Car Line In Chagrin Falls Injures Sixteen
A heavily loaded passenger car of the Eastern Ohio Traction company jumped the track on a steep hill in Chagrin Falls last night. The motorman lost control of the brakes and sixteen riders were seriously hurt as the car overturned and slid about twenty five feet.
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Chagrin Falls
Eastern Ohio Traction Company
Viola Allen Seriously Ill After Surgery
New York February fifteenth Viola Allen the actress underwent an operation for mastoiditis at the Eye and Ear hospital. The surgeon said the illness was in an advanced form and warned that delay of twenty four hours could have proven fatal. The brain was exposed in two places and the outcome would take days to determine.
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New York
Viola Allen
Eye
Miss Alen
Tragic Slaying Sparks Conflicting Accounts in St Paul
In St Paul on a Saturday night, seventeen year old Red B Watson was struck on the head and killed by twenty year old David Parker a colored youth. Reports vary with some saying Parker attacked first and others claiming Watson attacked home intruders.
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St. Paul
Red B. Watson
David Parker
Baltimore Rebuilds After Devastating Fire of 80 Blocks
Ri over marvelous recovery described as extraordinary as Baltimore works to restore commerce seven days after a fire destroyed eighty blocks and 2,500 houses. Mayor McLane and city government coordinate relief while merchants relocate, banks resume activity, and trade flows return, with terminal facilities spared and streetcar traffic near normal.
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Baltimore’s
Snd
Dover Woman Charged With Murder in Allaban Case
Mrs Mary Ann Powell wife of Alfred L Powell was arrested by state detectives for the murder of Estella Allaban 21 adopted daughter. Her body was found last Tuesday in the attic of the Polwoil farmhouse near Magnolia. Powell is jailed in Dover and will have a hearing on Tuesday February 23.
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Dover
Del
Mary Ann Powell
Alfred L. Powell
Ratlidgen
Francis
Estella
Destruction of Meriden Town Hall After Eight-Hour Fire
Meriden Connecticut February 15 Firefighters battled eight hours to control a blaze that razed the Meriden town hall. The loss is about 120000 with about 125000 charged to the town. The fire is thought to have started from crossed electric wires and no firefighters were seriously injured.
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Meriten
Conn
Danbury Judge Brewster Found Dead At Home
Danbury Connecticut February 16 Judge Lyman Denison Brewster a jurist of national reputation was found dead at his home Sunday He had suffered a stroke of apoplexy last year Brewster was a charter member of the American Bar association and worked with Joseph W Cheate ambassador to England in breaking the will of Samuel J Tilden
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Danbury
Conn
Lyman Denison Brewster
Brewster
Japanese land near Talien Wan and Port Arthur battles update
London reports indicate a large Japanese landing near Talien Wan with heavy casualties, Turkish and Russian naval activity noted. Battles at West Port Arthur and Dove Bay, with claims of destroying Russian cruisers in the Tsugaru Strait and torpedo boats sunk near Port Arthur.
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London
Tokio
Nagasaki
Shanghai
Tsugaru Strait
Aomori
Japan
Rumors Round Shan Hai Kwan Landing Stir War News
St. Petersburg reports no official confirmation of Japanese troops landing at Shan Hai Kwan as rumors spread. Officials note potential aims to flank Russians and disrupt communications while front movements from Korea may be checked.
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Shan Hai Kwan
St. Petersburg
Post Arthur
Shan Hail Kwan
Korea
Yalu River
Yongampo
Mukiden
Roudner
Waring
Alexies
Port Arthur
Admiralty
Far East
Cronstadt
Japanese Drive Back In Dove Bay Skirmish
Reports say 12,000 Japanese troops landed at Dove Bay last week and fought Russians in hand to hand combat, driving the assailants back. Another force was reported to have landed forty miles west. Port Arthur garrison reportedly down to 400 men amid warnings to refugees. Russian fleet consolidates in inner harbor as fort defenses mount torpedo boats patrol. Viceroy Alexeiff issues warning to shipping and bans night navigation along the Kwantung coast.
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London
Amaki
Yokohama
Port Arthur
Chefoo
Dove Bay
Ttig
Kwan Tung
Alexieff
France Declares Neutrality in Russo Japanese War
Paris reports the French government has declared neutrality in the ongoing Russo Japanese War. The move signals France's stance amidst the global conflict.
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France
Paris
Russia
Japan
Japanese Troops Enter Seoul and Disorder
Seoul reports reveal about one thousand Japanese troops moved into the city at noon Tuesday. Mail service halted as Korean malcontents plunder widespread areas. Additionally two thousand Russians reached Kapsan near the Yalu riverhead.
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Seoul
Kapsad
Yalu River
Japan Warns of Reprisals After Russian Ship Attacks
Tokyo reports Japan deeply resentful over the sinking of Zen sho Maru by four Russian cruisers. Zensho Maru and Naganoura Maru were attacked while sailing from Sakata to Otaru. Russia may have ships sent to prize courts. Baron de Rosen left Tokyo with no disturbance. Port Arthur engagement noted with twelve vessels destroyed and eight captured.
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Tokio
Japan
Sakata
Qataru
Hokkaido
Foreign Office
France
Chemulpo
Varing
Korietz
Baron de Rosen
Nagasaki
Port Arthur
Awaiting Naval Action In Tokyo War Mobilization
Tokyo reports the Japanese army readies for a long war as mobilization proceeds with speed and order. Reserves occupy vacated garrisons while civilians fund the effort. U S Minister Griscom met Premier Komura in an extended, undisclosed discussion.
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Tokio
United States
Griscom
Komura
Chima
Peking
Pleiades Arrives After Detention at Port Arthur
The American steamer Pleiades arrives at Chefoo after several days detained by Russian authorities at Port Arthur and leaving during a storm. A Russian fleet sortie on Saturday night brought out some refugees as German flagship Sansa is active. Retvigan remains stranded.
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Chefoo
Pleiades
Port Arthur
Sansa
Retvigan
Six Norwegian Steamers Captured by Russian Contractor
In Nagasaki on February 15 six Norwegian steamers Lena Activ Sentis Seirstad Argo and Hermes chartered by a Russian naval contractor were seized. They carried coal cargoes and Hermes arrived at the port Sunday under convoy. Rumors place Japanese deaths around 2,800 from a sunken transport amid disturbances in Seoul.
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Nagasaki
Lena
Activ
Sentis
Seirstad
Argo
Hermes
Seoul
Japan Will Appeal To U S To Free 109 Port Arthur Japanese
Washington February 15 Japan will appeal to the United States to prevail on Russia to release 109 Japanese subjects held at Port Arthur. Ambassador McCormick will be instructed to inquire of Russia about the detainees while Takahira plans to present the appeal to Secretary Hay.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Port Arthur
Takahira
Hay
Tokio
Chefoo
Port Althur
McCormick
St. Petersburg
Russia
China
State Department
London
Paris
Great Britain
Japanese Troops Land at Chemulpo Amid War News
A Viceroy report confirms 19,000 Japanese troops landed at Chemulpo and notes attempts to cut telegraph lines and damage a Sungari bridge abutment. Port Arthur seen quiet, with no fleet news. mobilization ongoing and Russian command reshaping in Manchuria. Red Cross efforts begin among American and English women.
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St. Petersburg
Alexieff
Chemuilpo
Sungari
Pflug
Chemulpo
Port Arthur
Khabarovsk
Litevitch
Manchuria
Cyril
Boris
Red Cross Society
Russian Viceroy Alexieff Arrives in Harbin
A private telegram reports Viceroy Alexieff has traveled to Harbin Manchuria. The Russian steamer Mongolia, believed captured by Japan, has reached Dalny safely.
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Alexieff
Harbin
Shanghai
Manchuria
Mongolia
Dalny
Schooner Dorchester Sunk Off Montauk Point in Collision
George W. Wright, a common seaman, reports the Dorchester from Pigeon Cove bound for Philadelphia with Belgian black stone was rammed in a storm off Montauk Point by an unknown steamer. Wright survived clinging to a spar. Captain Evans, Mate Lewis, William Finney, George Moore and Frank Maticks perished.
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New London
Conn
George W. Wricht
Margie
Newport
Dorchester
Pigeon Cove
Mass
Philadelphia
Montauk Point
Wright
Evans
F. Lewis
William Finney
Cook
George Moore
Frank Maticks
Trolley Crash in Frostburg Kills Two, Injures Seventy-Five
Cumberland Md Feb 16 John Gough and J J Ross were killed and about seventy five others injured in a trolley car wreck on a steep Grant street grade. The runaway car failed to navigate a sharp curve and smashed into a telegraph pole. Nearly all of the eighty passengers were injured as the car was torn to splinters amid a fury of some sort.
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Cumberland
John Gough
J. J. Ross
Frostburg
Grant Street
Senator Hanna Dying Ohio Statesman Abandoned
Washington February 15 reports say all Hanna family members were summoned as the senator neared death. Physicians used injections and oxygen while news tracked rising then falling temps and fluctuating signs of life as friends gathered at his bedside.
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Hanna
Washington
Senator Hanna
Dr. Osler
Senator
Steamer Pro Patria Narrowly Survives Atlantic Passage
Halifax reports the French steamer Pro Patria from St Pierre Migg nearly foundered while battling drift. A large hole in the hull caused it to settle with bow down and propeller exposed before a seal was secured and the leak plugged.
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Halifax
N. S
St. Pierre
Migg
Cure for Hog Cholera Claimed by Missouri Scientist
Columbia Missouri February 15 news reports that Dr R E Taham a Missouri University bacteriologist after three years of experiments claims hog cholera can be cured by inoculation in the same manner as Texas fever.
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Columbia, Mo
R. E. Taham
Missouri University
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