Cannibal Attack Silence After New Guinea Mission
M Rouyer recounts the January massacre of twenty five explorers from the French scientific mission aboard the Salvatti off Sileraka New Guinea. Natives treacherously attacked after cordial contact killing Count De Saint Remy Maron Vollars and Hagenbeck and Vreys and wounding thirty three including Rouyer. A rescue party retrieved the wounded the following day.
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Paris Patrie
M. Rouyer
Sileraka
New Guinea
Salvatti
New Guina
Maron Vollars
Count de Saint Remy
Mm. Hagenbeck
Vreys
Mr. Rouyer
Reimer
Transatlantic steamship combine forms major network
A Boston based announcement states a coalition of trans Atlantic lines including Dominion Leyland White Star American and Atlantic Transport controls 120 steamers with large capital behind it. London will host a single headquarters directing movements under Henry Windity of Leyland Atlantic Transport and American lines. Fatal accident at Horseshoe Curve Altoona Pa results in four dead and seven injured with two more likely to die. Two freights collided after one train ran out of control on a heavy grade. two engines and five cars were destroyed.
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Boston
trans-Atlantic Steamship Companies
Dominion and Leyland Lines
White Star
American
Atlantic Transport Lines
New York
London
Henry Windity
Leyland
Atlantic Transport
American Lines
Horse Shoe
Pennsylvania Railway
Altoona
A. S. Graves
W. B Westner
W. Coony
Marconi to Cut Rates for Cape Breton Telegraph Station
Ottawa reports the Marconi company will offer a zero per cent rate reduction for establishing a trans Atlantic wireless telegraph link at Cape Breton in return for a federal contribution toward the station. Government messages to be handled at even lower rates.
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Ottawa
Ont
Marconi
Cape Breton
Marconi Company
Earthquake in Shamaka Leaves Hundreds Dead
Reports from Shamaka describe a devastating quake with about 300 corpses recovered from the ruins. The wreckage is extensive, hindering search efforts while mosques and city structures lie in ruin and survivors encamp outside the ruins.
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St. Petersburg
Shamaka
Mussulmans
Prince Henry invitation defeated by St Louis group
At a North St. Louis business men meeting a resolution inviting Prince Henry to be a guest during his stay in St Louis was defeated by an overwhelming vote.
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North St. Louis
Prince Henry
St. Louis
Plague Ravages Punjab Under Non-Intervention Regime
A Lahore dispatch reports under non-intervention the plague is ravaging the Punjab with about a thousand deaths daily.
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London Exchange Telegraph Company
Lahore
Punjab
Four Lives Lost in Iowa Central Collision and Other Jottings
News notes report four fatalities in a head on crash on the Iowa Central one mile north of Gilford Iowa when a light engine struck a passenger train. Also listed are obituaries and notices including the death of Billy West in Chicago and a fatal boulder wreck near Little Rock Oklahoma. Also noted is the Manila death of Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Pope, a veteran surgeon.
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Iowa Central
Gilford
Iowa
Oklahoma and Gulf
Little Rock
Ark
War Department
Manila
Benjamin ¥. Pope
Philippines
Pope
Newark
Alliance to Bycherve Chinese Empire London special
A parliamentary paper publishes terms of a practical Britain Japan alliance to preserve China and Korea. It includes Landsdowne’s January dispatch to Sir Claude McDonald and a signed copy of the agreement. The note cites shared aims to maintain the Chinese empire’s integrity and the regional territorial status quo.
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London
Great Britain
Japan
China
Corea
Lord Landsdowne
Tokio
Claude McDonald
Great
Britain
Indictments Return In Park Avenue Explosion Case
Grand jury in New York returns indictments against contractors and workmen believed responsible for the fatal Park avenue blast on January 27 and against city officials for explosives storage. Ka A. Shaler, rapid transit subway subcontractor, faces first degree manslaughter and illegal storage of dynamite charges.
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New York
Park Avenue
Ka A. Shaler
Rapid Transit
Shaler
Pittsburg Engineer Admits Sleep Caused Fatal Train Crash
Engineer William Jackson of engine No 695 testified he dozed off after leaving Osborne and awoke to a collision with the stock train between Hayesville and Agnew on the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago line. A driver on the stock train was killed and another man injured. He said he had worked thirteen hours and remembered nothing after leaving Osborne.
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Pittsburg
Hayesville
William Jackson
Agnew
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Osborne
Erie Train No 10 Wreck Near Cleveland
Train No 10 on the Erie road from Cleveland to New York derailed between Mahoning and Phalanx Ohio about forty miles from Cleveland. The entire train left the tracks and slid twenty car lengths before toppling into a ditch. Twenty one people were injured with no known fatalities. Most injured are believed to be Cleveland residents. The consist included buffet car two sleepers chair car baggage and express. The wrecked train was among the road's finest and is vestibuled.
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Erie Road
Cleveland
New York
Mahoning
Phalanx
Ohio
Collision on the Pennsylvania Line near Newark
A Jersey City to Rahway passenger train collided with a freight engine in the Pennsylvania yard at Waverly near Newark. Engineer George Hatzel was killed. Fireman E S Wilson, conductor I C Jones, and baggagemaster Samuel Boltom were injured. About a dozen passengers suffered injuries, some serious.
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Jersey City
Rahway
N.J
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Waverly
Newark
George Hatzel
E. 5
Wilson
I. C. Jones
Samuel Boltom
Five cracksmen loot Avilla store safe in $800 cash
Five expert cracksmen wrecked the general store safe of S. Ek Randall in Avilla Indiana and secured about $800 in cash plus notes and papers. They escaped before capture and are being hunted by police across a hundred mile radius.
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S. Ek. Randall
Avilla
Ind
Wayne Agricultural Works Fire Strikes Richmond Plant
One of Richmond Indiana’s worst fires damaged the Wayne agricultural works plant. The blaze left 250 workers jobless during a slow season, with losses estimated at 75000 dollars covered by insurance. The company plans to rebuild.
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Richmond
Ind
Wayne Agricultural Works
Northwestern English professor Charles W Pearson resigns
Professor Charles W Pearson, whose remarks questioning infallibility of parts of the Bible stirred Methodist circles, has resigned as professor of English literature at Northwestern University. The resignation is said to be voluntary.
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Chicago
Charles W. Pearson
Northwestern University
Vessel Abandons Ship as Ice Flings Sink Off Delaware Coast
The schooner Frank Herbert carrying pine lumber from Opecoke North Carolina to New York was abandoned in a sinking condition off Cage May New Jersey as it became the second vessel within a week to fall to the sea ice flowing from the Delaware bay.
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Cage May
N. J
Frank Herbert
Opecoke
N. C
New York
Delaware Bay
Booth Tucker Becomes U.S. Citizen in New York City
Commander Booth Tucker of the Salvation Army took the oath of allegiance as a U.S. citizen in New York City. He declared he was half American through Virginian ancestors and had long considered the country his home.
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Booth- Tucker
Salvation Army
United States
New York City
Burglars Blow Safe At Stonefort Bank
Burglars entered the private bank of Dr. Lewis in Stonefort Illinois. The safe was blown open with dynamite and the entire contents were taken. A large sum of money was reported missing though the exact amount is not yet known.
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Dr. Lewis
Stonefort
Ill
Lipton to Attend Olympian Games in Chicago 1904
Sir Thomas Lipton plans to accept the committee invitation to be present at the 1904 Olympian games in Chicago and, if feasible, bring the new America's Cup challenger to sail on the lakes during the event.
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London
Thomas Lipton
Chicago
Seven Miners Fatally Injured in Mahony City Colliery Accident
At Mahony City Pennsylvania seven miners were likely killed when a cage carrying men plummeted from the tipple to the shaft bottom. The incident occurred at the Boston colliery and left workers with severe injuries.
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Boston
Mahony City
Ohio Woman Almost Decapitates Self in Despondent Moment
Mrs. James Ewing, wife of Arch Ewing a farmer six miles from Urbana Ohio, nearly severed her head with a razor while her husband was away. The act followed despondent feelings and local authorities intervened.
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James Ewing
Arch Ewing
Urbana
Ohio
Recluse Mary Ryerson Found Frozen at Back Door
Mrs. Mary Ryerson aged 90 was found frozen to death at her back door in Byford Minnesota. She left an estate valued at 25000 dollars.
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Mary Ryerson
Byford
Minn
Diplomats in Washington Spark German British Clash
Amid flare of 1900s diplomacy, Germany and Britain dispute Pauncefote notes on American Cuba intervention. Kaiser denies coordination while Germany publishes exchanges showing Pauncefote's proposal and Edges of Anglo German tension rise as Prince Henry visit looms.
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Sackville-West
Washington
United States
Spain
Lord Pauncefote
Herr von Holleben
Chancellor von Buelow
Kaiser
Wagland
Germany
America
England
Great Britain
Cuba
Phig
von Holleben
Pauncefote
Lord Cranborne
Commons
Lord Claiborne
Jdmperor
Nine Die In Kentucky Sheriff Hunt Clash At Quarter House
A gun battle three miles from Middlesboro Kentucky left nine dead and many injured after deputies tried to arrest Lee Turner at his fortified saloon the Quarter House. Turner and his men fired on the posse triggering a wider firefight involving about sixty combatants.
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Kentucky
Lee Turners
Middlesboro
Turner
Virginia
Will Thompson
Cecil
Lee Turner
Rev T Dewitt Talmage Narrowly Escapes Plant System Smashup
Renowned preacher Rev T Dewitt Talmage was among passengers who survived a train collision on the Plant system near Dupont Georgia. Authorities and railroad officials urge cautious travel and note the incident prompted safety reviews.
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Talmage
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage
Dupont
Ohio Adopts New State Flag for Public Buildings
Ohio has adopted a new state flag designed like an admiral’s pennant with original star motifs. The flag will futurely be seen waving atop public buildings.
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Ohio
Lincoln Birthday Observed Across Illinois with Honors
Illinois observed Lincoln's birthday with closures, services, and tributes. In Chicago public offices, the Board of Trade, stock exchange and schools held events while religious services and banquets marked the martyred president. Notables spoke at Memoris Hall and at the Marquette Club and Lincoln Club gatherings. Thomas Morris was hanged at Corsicana, Texas, for the murder of W. G. Broome on June 7, 1900, after robbing him.
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Lincoln
Winois
Chicago
Board of Trade
L. Y. Sherman
Illinois House of Representatives
Memoris
Marquette Club
Charles Emory Smith
Philadelphia
John J. McLaurin
Lincoln Club
Gov. Yates
Thurston
Tess
Thomas Morris
Corsicana
Texas
W. G. Broome
Morris
Broome
Congress Busy With Minor Business and Burgeoning Tariff Debates
The House spent an hour on routine business and the rest in eulogies for the late Texas Representative Burke. Major actions included defeat of the oleomargarine bill, a Senate passage expanding presidential term start, and a push for direct senator election. The day also saw bills paying Civil War and Spanish-American War claims, and debates on Philippine tariffs and press access.
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Representative Burke
Texas
Senate
Stewart
Nevada
House
Roosevelt
Platt
Connecticut
Hoar
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Wadsworth
New York
Committee On Agriculture
United States
Congress
Court of Claims
Lodge
Patterson
Philippine Committee
Teller
Colorado
Mitchell
Oregon
Lee
Johnson
Spanish Claims Commission
Corliss
San Francisco
Manila
Newlands proposes Cuba statehood bill in Congress
Washington notes report that Congressman Newlands has introduced a bill to grant statehood to Cuba. It notes tariffs fights between House and Senate over reciprocity treaties and a Chicago caisson explosion damages bill approved by the House. Admiral Schley receives a piano valued at $1 008 from an unknown donor. Secretary Root outlines a new plan for insular affairs to end acting as colonial secretary.
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Washington
Newlands
Cuba
Admiral Schley
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Chicago
Root
Iron and steel demand drives strong U S trade brisk in February
The New York business volume faced uneven weather but remained robust as home demand for iron and steel surged. Producers shift to export if needed, with Germany offered foundry iron and premiums for prompt shipments while Chicago builds accelerate under eased fireproofing rules.
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New York
United States
Germany
Structural and Bridge Company
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Chicago
New England
Bank of England
Europe
Markets Report Across Cities With Varied Prices
A long list shows Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York market quotes for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and more. Prices vary by city with ranges for commodities and dairy and grain items noted alongside an entry about Emperor William gifting two yachts to the German navy for officer use.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Ste
Milwaukee
York
New York
Ives
Emperor William
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N. M. AO
Tersely
Maony Caenabiea
Big Steamship Combine
Ranson
Constantinople
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Belgrade
Servia
Alexander
Hank
Masonic Temple
Fort Wayne, Ind
Billy West
Billy” West
Palmer House
Col. Pope
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Pearson
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Armouriang
Lipton
Powers
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von Diedrichs
Grerman
Brazil
Venezuela
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Santiago
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Danish West Indies
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Austria
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Russia
Foreign Office
Berlin University
Sir Julian Prunces Fote
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Wheeler
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