Russian Trade Boycott Grows After Vicksburg Incident
Irritation in Petrograd over the Vicksburg affair at Chemulpo leads Russian merchants to halt American purchases. Countermanded orders hit shoe supplies and wool, with consular appeals to Washington for an official explanation. Officials fear broader anti American sentiment and possible incidents abroad.
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Petersburg
United States
Russia
Vicksburg
Chemulbo
Chemulpo
Koreitz
Varing
Watts
America
State Department
Washington
Peking
Muk
Aniung
United States Consular Move Complicated by War
The text explains Russia bars Consul Morgan from Dalny due to ongoing war and halted commerce. It notes the military situation may force foreign nationals to depart. It expresses hope the U S will avoid pressuring Russia on consular representation while tensions persist.
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Russia
United States
Morgan
Dalny
Whch
Former Korean War Minister Yi Yon Ik Seized by Japanese
Yi Yon Ik once Korea's war minister and Russia ally was taken by Japanese when they entered Chemulpo. That night he boarded a warship in court dress and was transported to Japan.
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Seoul
Yi Yon Ik
Korea
Russia
Chemulpo
Japan
Philadelphia Red Cross to Send Ten Nurses to Japan
Philadelphia branch of the Red Cross society independent of the national body will dispatch ten nurses to Japan under the direction of Dr. Anita H. McGee of Washington.
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Philadelphia
The
Red Cross Society
National Society
Japan
Anita H. McGee
Washington
Devastating Brainerd Fire Eats Center Business Block
A blaze in Brainerd Minnesota last night damaged two large buildings in the business district. Losses estimated around 100000 with about two thirds insured. The Koop dry goods store suffered about 75000 in damage while the Cale block burned for 24000 before flames were brought under control.
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Brainerd
Minn
L. M. Koop
Dry Goods
Notion
Cale
Democratic leaders meet in New York room
William Jennings Bryan David B Hill Norman E Mack and James M Head and J M Guffey gathered in the Hoffman House room last night and Bryan said there is no politics in the meeting.
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New York
William Jennings Bryan
David B. Hill
Norman E. Mack
Buffalo
James M. Head
Tennessee
J. M. Guffey
Pennsylvania
National Democratic Committee
Hoffman House
Bryan
Two Policemen Shot in Muncie Ambush
In an encounter with three men last night in Muncie Indiana Policemen Oscar Furr and Frank Krause were shot Furr is believed fatally wounded and the assailants escaped
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Muncie
Ind
Oscar Furr
Frank Krause
Furr
Naval programme in House battles new navy bill
The House debated the navy building programme under the pending appropriation bill. Mourning opposition from minority naval committee members led by Meyer of Louisiana to cut ship totals, with the Buron battleship strikeout amendment defeated. Cruisers upheld, and a Bell California bid rule for one government yard collier passed.
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Washington
Naval Committee
Meyer
Louisiana
Burton
Ohio
Bell
California
Pacific Coast
McDermott
New Jersey
Shipbuilding Trust
State of
Senate Passes Two Measures in Major Feb 26
The Senate favored both the agricultural and the executive legislative and judicial appropriation bills. An Idaho senator Heyburn proposed an amendment to supervise interstate commerce to prevent unmarked pants or shrubs transfer between states, sparking a debate on paternalism and ruled out on a point of order. An agreement between Foraker and Blackburn set Monday for General Leonard Wood’s confirmation questions to be taken up and continued.
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Washington
Senate
Heyburn
Idaho
Foraker
Blackburn
Leonard Wood
Marines Sail from Colon in Dixie Deployment
The United States auxiliary cruiser Dixie embarked 450 Marines under Major Cole's division at Colon on Thursday and set sail for Chiriqui lagoon with Philadelphia as its ultimate destination. The canal treaty ratification celebration continues in Washington.
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Colon
Dixie
Major Cole
Chiriqui Lagoon
Philadelphia
United States Senate
Mother Burns While Saving Children in Pittsburgh Fire
In Pittsburg on February 26 a fire that destroyed Carmack McAleer’s home killed five year old Leo McAleer and his two year old brother. Their mother, who rescued the children, suffered burns that may prove fatal.
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Pittsburg
Leo McAleer
Carmack McAleer
Japs Press Advance Toward Vladivostock and Kirin
Reports from Yinkow dated February 26 say Japanese landings at Possiet Bay near Vladivostock and operations toward Hun chum and Kirin in Manchuria. Refugee accounts note bank moves to Kwangchengtsi and anxiety among Europeans along the march.
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Yinkow
Possiet Bay
Vladivestock
Hunchum
Kirin
Manchuria
Newchwang
Kwangchengtsi
Viadivostock
Khavarovsk
Manchuuria
Hunchun
Tumen
Khavarovek
Vladivostock
Japanese Officials Preserve War News Secrecy Says London
War correspondents in London report a broad Japanese policy of secrecy on war movements. Observers note the Port Arthur silence, possible Vladivostok landing hints, railroad cuts, and a channel blockade, with limited reliable updates and cautious interpretations from Tokio and Paris press.
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London
Japan
Port Arthur
Togo
Yinkow
Vladivostock
Port Arthur Attacks Reported By Alexieff
A dispatch confirms Major General Pflug's report that Japanese forces renewed the Port Arthur assault on Thursday morning and were repulsed. Viceroy Alexieff forwards the same account to the czar, suggesting Tokyo aims to weaken the Russian fleet to free land maneuvers or feint a broader move.
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St. Petersburg
Pflug
Port Arthur
Alexieff
Stark Expects Third Attack On Port Arthur
A Paris Echo de Paris dispatch from St. Petersburg reports the second Japanese assault on Port Arthur repulsed brilliantly. Japanese forces were forced from the roadstead, with the entire squadron believed to have participated. Admiral Stark telegraphs he expects a third attack.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Echo de Paris
Port Arthur
Stark
Russia Presses China Over Mandjur Stay at Shanghai
The stay of the Mandjur gunboat at Shanghai remains unsettled as Russian minister Paul Lessar pressures China. Peking court wavers while Russia seeks neutrality guarantees for occupied Sino territory. German Emperor William’s wartime remarks, seen as disinterested, improve views of Germany in Japan.
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Tokic
Shanghai
Paul Lessar
China
Japan
Peking
Russia
William of
Germany
Belittling Japanese Victories Circulated in China
Circulars printed in Chinese at Chefoo mock Japanese gains and inflate Russian losses. Chinese sources claim Chinese would join Japan after early success to expel foreigners. A Russian report allegedly claims four Japanese battleships sunk at Port Arthur, but is unconfirmed.
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Chefoo
China
Port Arthur
Weihaiwei
Russian Army in Korea Planned Force Size
St. Petersburg reports an advance vanguard for Korea comprising two regiments of Siberian sharpshooters and sixteen infantry regiments with ninety six quick firing guns, plus three mounted gun batteries and cavalry. The main body would include forty regiments with Cossack cavalry and three hundred guns, with operations delayed until ice melts.
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St. Petersburg
Korea
Russian forces reported near Manchurian towns
The director general of Chinese railroads says 100 Russian infantrymen an officer a gun and ammo are at Yaoyangho and 200 Russian cavalrymen and two guns have arrived at Jullichang. Cossack detachments guard the Manchurian railroad with watch towers every mile.
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Peking
Yaoyangho
Jullichang
Liao River
No Japanese Homecoming Expected from Mainland War Stalemate
Paris dispatch reports Echo de Paris correspondent in St. Petersburg notes General Kuropatkin faces a stalemate. The message implies no Japanese forces on the mainland will reach home, signaling heavy tolls and protracted conflict ahead.
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Paris
Echo de Paris
St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
War notes and honors quoted from Eastern front dispatches
A report quotes a general promising no Japanese will return home after landing and records the czar awarding General Kuropatkin the diamond insignia of the Order of St Alexander Nevsky. The speaker notes a farewell to his mother before heading to the Far East.
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Far East
Kuropatkin
Order of St. Alexander Nevski
Sacred Russian icon sent to St. Petersburg for eastern campaigns
The most sacred image in Russia, a Virgin and Saint Sergius icon one foot square adorned with precious stones, has been moved from Troitzko monastery to St. Petersburg. It accompaniedTsarist leaders like Alexis, Peter the Great, and Alexander I on campaigns and will join the army’s far eastern march.
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Moscow
Russia
St. Petersburg
Far East
Sergius
Troitzko
Alexis
Peter the Great
Alexander I
Terrible Revenge Alleged Over Sungari Bridge Attempt
A Shanghai cable states Japanese cruisers Idsoumo Suma and Akitshima arrived. A native Sungari report claims Russians burned a large village near the Sungari river and massacred inhabitants including women in revenge for an attempted wreck of the Sungari bridge.
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Sungari Bridge
London
Shanghai
Daily Mail
Idsoumo
Suma
Akitshima
Ytientsin
The
Standard
Sungari River
Refugees Murdered in Manchuria Reported
Private advices from Newchwang confirm rough treatment of Japanese refugees traveling through Manchuria by Russian soldiers. Some refugees are said to have been murdered, and the soldiers at Newchwang are described as undisciplined, making the town unsafe for European women.
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Peking
Newchwang
Manchuria
Russian Baltic Squadron to Sail for the Far East
It is reported in St Petersburg that the Baltic squadron with eight battleships two armored cruisers three protected cruisers two large transports and thirty torpedo boats will depart for the Far East at the end of June. An important meeting was held.
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St Petersburg
Far East
Livestock Bureau Meets Railway Managers in Chicago
A harmonious session between the National Live stock association committee and Chicago freight traffic managers addressed unsatisfactory livestock service over the past year. They pledged immediate action on freight rate readjustment and pass privileges while opposing the tonnage system. West and South lines were represented.
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Chicago
National Livestock Association
Choate in Jail on Robbery and Forgery Charges
Samuel A. Choate nephew of ex governor D M Clough of Minnesota, recently in the Colorado national guard quartermaster department, is jailed on robbery and attempted forgery charges. His acquaintances say drinking led to the acts, not intent to defraud. Mrs Annie Tebbetts accuses him of stealing her watch and money. William Thompson alleges attempted check forgery at Clifton bar.
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Denver
Samuel A. Choate
D. M. Clough
Minnesota
Quartermaster Department
Colorado National Guard
Choate
Annie Tebbetts
William Thompson
Clifton Bar
Wheat price soars on Russo-Japanese war fears in Chicago
Chicago February 26 heavy wheat purchases tied to fears of a long Russo Japanese war push May wheat to 1.09 a bushel, a 2 percent gain and new high for the delivery. May corn and oats drifted while provisions surged. England's grain markets boosted early price strength with May opening at 1.07 1/4.
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Chicago
Robbers In Hooded Entry Steal From Hopkins Grocery
Two masked men armed with revolvers entered F. C. Campbell's grocery in Hopkins Minnesota at 7 pm and one held the proprietor while the other emptied the cash drawer taking about 35 dollars. They fled without leaving a clue.
Fire in Wapello Out of Control Prompt Aid From Burlington
A Burlington dispatch reports a serious fire in Wapello Iowa this morning described as beyond control and requests immediate assistance from nearby units, with details limited to the emergency status.
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Burlington
Wapello
Boston executive charged with large company larceny
Wallace H. Ham, manager of the Boston branch of the American Security company, was arrested on larceny charges for allegedly taking $104,009 from the firm. He faced a $50,000 bond for a March 3 hearing as details emerged of possible larger losses, plus a separate loss at St. Luke's Home and potential church accounts.
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Boston
Wallace H. Ham
American Security Company of
New York
St. Luke’s Home
Roxbury
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
American Security Company
Ely
George N. Berry
Surety Company
Ham
Berry
St. Luke’s
American Surety Company
Pittsburg Credit Men Banquet Honors Former Governor Merriam
About 100 members of the Pittsburg Association of Credit Men attended the annual banquet. Former Governor W. R. Merriam of Minnesota was the principal after dinner speaker. The association appropriated a fund of $50,000 to punish fraud.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Association of Credit Men
W. R. Merriam
Minnesota
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