Grave Crisis in the Orient Sparks U.S.-Britain Talks
The British government views a far eastern crisis as graver than prior events. Secret negotiations with the United States pursue thwarting Russia’s push to establish a long term presence in Manchuria, a rich area of China. Benjamin Harrison’s condition is described as serious, with medical notes citing inflamed lung tissue and potential complications.
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Orient
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Manchuria
Harrison
Indianapolis
Benjamin Morrison
Amber
Pr. Jameson
Tharrison
Jett
DeWet Escapes Northward After Forced March
The Times in a dispatch from Agsvogel Key reports General DeWet has escaped northward by forced march with Lane nen, aiming for the vicinity of Kroonstadt. Once he is pressed, his command is expected to dissolve and reassemble in a few days.
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London Times
Agsvogel Key
DeWet
Lane
Kroonstadt
DewWet
Bandit Gang Fails Bank Heist Near Polodo
Six masked men attacked Citizens Bank at Pergysbure six miles south of Polodo using dynamite to force entry from a nearby store. They reached the bank but were spotted by awakened residents, fired on pursuers, and fled after the attempt failed.
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Pergysbure. O
Polodo
Bank cashier Johnson of Niles bank vanish in wake of closure
The whereabouts of Cashier Johnson of the First National Bank of Niles Michigan, which recently closed, is unknown. Officials say others do not know his location. Some claim he has been speculating on the Chicago Board of Trade. Local depositors are highly excited.
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Johnson
National Bank of Niles
Mich
Chicago Board of Trade
Italian quarter in Chicago yields fifty stills and three wine warehouses
Detectives uncovered fifty moonshine stills in Chicago's Italian quarter and three unlicensed wine warehouses holding thousands of gallons. Some moonshiners have become wealthy and will hire counsel to defend themselves as investigators traced the case to the murder of an Italian that prompted the probe.
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Chicago
Denver Dispatch Details Assault on Railway Officer's Daughter
A Denver dispatch reports the H year old daughter of Edward D. Hegg, a special officer for the Colorado and Southern Railway, was assaulted by an unknown black man near her home. Bloodhounds are on the case and a lynching is feared if the suspect is captured.
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Denver
Edward D. Hegg
Colorado & Southern Railway
British steamer Aviona wrecked at Bilbao breakwater
A Bilbao dispatch reports the British steamer Aviona wrecked at the Bilbao breakwater with all aboard lost. The last movements show she left Santander on February 7 and arrived at Troon on February 17.
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Bilbao
Spain
Aviona
Lenox
Santander
Troon
Tornado Strikes Princeton Indiana Damages City
A tornado ripped through Princeton Indiana last week destroying one dwelling and displacing several more from foundations while demolishing hundreds of outbuildings. The courthouse and high school suffered substantial damage though no fires were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ind
Cuban Tobacco Duty Abolished
The President issued an executive order abolishing the Cuban export duty on tobacco from April 1 next. The action follows the Cuban economic commission visit to Washington and is endorsed by General Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuban Economic Commission
Washington
Wood
Mrs Wilson Burned by Flames Rekindling Stove Fire
Mrs John Wilson 76 of a Glenn area residence twelve miles west of Brazil Indiana was fatally burned when flames caught her clothing as she rekindled the cook stove fire.
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John Wilson
Glenn
Brazil
Ind
Harris Gibson Elected U S Senator by Montana Legislature
Hon Harris Gibson a Democrat from Great Falls was chosen by the Montana Legislature to serve as United States Senator for the term ending March 4 1905.
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Harris Gibson
Great Falls
United States
Montana
Denmark United States deal for West Indies broken
Copenhagen dispatches report that talks between Denmark and the United States to purchase the Danish West Indies have been definitively broken. The Morning Post and Daily Express relay the collapse of negotiations.
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London
The
Morning Post
Daily Express
Copenhagen
Denmark
United States
Danish West Indies
Executions By Hangs In Richmond Arkansas
Kirby Graves William Johnson and Henry Brook were hanged at Richmond Arkansas for the murder of Edward Evans a white man and Frank Gordon a colored man in Little Rock County.
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Kirby Graves
William Johnson
Henry Brook
Richmond
Little Rock County
Ark
Edward Evans
Frank Gordon
Crew Sends Cruelty Claims Against Captain Baker
More than thirty Sumner crew members reaching San Francisco allege Captain Baker on the transport Summer abused prisoners in the brig at Nagasaki. They say two sailors faced extreme thirst and confinement for days after a commissary theft led to arrests, while Baker offered no apology.
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Sumner
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
Baker
Summer
Nagasaki
Ile
Tropics
Wealthy Tipton Man Charged in Attack on Girl
Robert Edmonds, a 65 year old Tipton resident with ties to the Grand Army and Odd Fellows, is jailed under strong military and police guard for a vicious assault on G. A. Ross’s 11 year old daughter. The incident occurred while the girl used the telephone. her mother tried to shoot Edmonds upon return, but he fled. Governor Durbin alerted Capt. Barlow, who ordered militia to guard the jail to avert trouble. There is widespread public anger though no anticipated violence.
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Tipton
Ind
Robert Edmonds
G. A. Ross
Edmonds
Ross
Durbin
Barlow
Company I
Third Regiment
Grand Army
Odd Fellows Cireleos
Tramps Whipped at Schoolhouse Near Greensburg
In a West Greensburg district, twenty masked farmers punished tramps who broke into the schoolhouse and slept on the floor. The intruders were tied to trees with ropes and whipped, then a warning sign was hung on the schoolhouse door the next day. The sheriff has conducted raids to curb the nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Lhey
Desperate chase ends in Yaqui clash near Las Prides
A pursuit by Col Fernando Gonzales and a detachment of African soldiers overtook a large band of Yaqui Indians near Las Prides after days of pursuit. A fierce engagement followed in which over thirty Indians were killed and several wounded. Three soldiers died in the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yaquis
Fernando Gonzales
Las Prides
Nebraska Supreme Court Affirms Dinsmore Death Sentence
Frank Dinsmore's conviction for the murder of his wife and Ifred Lane of Odessa, Neb., is upheld by the Nebraska Supreme Court. Lane confessed that Dinsmore planned to kill both women and then frame Lane for Mrs. Dinsmore's death, later dying by suicide.
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Frank Dinsmore
Frank TL
Dinsmore
Nebraska Supreme Court
Ifred Lane
Odessa
Neb
Detroit and Cleveland Line Leaves Lake Carriers Association
The Detroit and Cleveland line breaks from the Lake Carriers' Association after conceding the Marine Engineers' Association demands, marking the first breach in the union of ves selmen formerly affiliated with the Lake Carriers' group.
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Lake Engineers
Lake Carriers’ Association
Detroit and
Cleveland
Marine Engineers’ Association
Escaped Traitor Recaptured at Alcatraz Island
Patrick Hart, a convicted traitor who deserted in Manila and joined insurgents, was transported from Nagasaki to San Francisco aboard the Pennsylvania. He received a long sentence in Alcatraz. Hart escaped at one point but was recaptured.
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Pennsylvania
Nagasaki
San Francisco
Patrick Hart
Manila
Alcatraz
Ele
Babe Saved From House Fire By Quick Acting Teacher
Miss May OryH, a district school teacher at Itaska Lake Mizn, braved below zero and a blazing home to rescue the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S Whitney. The child was pulled from the fiery furnace despite the danger. Arnie Stevens of Indianapolis, drill master for Richards Pringer's minstrels, was fatally shot in Spokane by Henry Graves of Vicksburg. Both men are described as colored.
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Babe
Oogéy
Miss May Oryh
Itaska Lake
Mizn
S. Whitney
Arnie Stevens
Indianapolis
Richards & Pringer's
Minstrels
Spokane
Wash
Henry Graves
Vicksburg
Nightmare injury in sleeping car near Johnstown
EB Stenttinius of Chicago suffered a severe leg wound when his foot crashed through a window in a sleeping car near Johnstown Pennsylvania. He bled heavily before medical aid could be summoned and rushed to care.
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Johnstown
EB Stenttinius
Chicago
Duel Ends in Fatal Shootout in Parkville
In Parkville HL, John Snyder and Isaac McCullom, both farmers, exchanged shots on main street. Snyder with a shotgun and McCullom with a revolver were fatally wounded. A second brief note reports sixteen American laborers under Winters Parsons Boomer in Rossland BC ordered deported for Red Mountain Railroad work. Another item confirms a house fire in Matthews Indiana killing two of Mrs. Hattie Peal’s children left in care.
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Parkville
John Snyder
Isaac McCullom
Messrs. Winters
Parsons & Boomer
Rossland
B. C
Red Mountain Railroad
Matthews, Ind
Hattie Peal
Strange trial ends in acquittal for Ernest Wecht murder case
In Onondaga County New York Ernest Wecht was acquitted of murdering Mrs Louisa Foster found dead in her Welch Ga home? The accused claimed morphine intoxication and amnesia while witnesses testified to prior irrational behavior and a family history of insanity with several relatives declared insane.
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Onondaga County
N. Y
Ernest Wecht
Hecht
O’brien
Louisa Foster
Three Die in Lightning at Welch Georgia
In Welch Georgia three members of Postmaster Morgan’s family died when a lightning strike set their home ablaze. Morgan awoke to the fire and found his wife and two children dead, while a 2-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl also perished. An infant survived.
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Welch
Morgan
Tle
Wid Seo
Moser
Samuel Moser
Morton
Pekin
Negroes to Test State Laws Against Disfranchisement
The National Afro-American council announces plans to challenge disfranchisement laws. It urges Congress to publish all state texts and calls on Black citizens to support efforts to test Louisiana disfranchisement statutes and seeks repeal of pro slavery contract labor laws.
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National Council
National
Afro-American Council
Black Man Rescued After Mob Incident in Excelsior Springs
Moss Million, a Black man, cut Tay Sniffors, a white man, in Excelsior Springs and was arrested. Fearing a lynching, officers moved Million to Tdberty, Mea for safety. Sidlers suffered neck and facial wounds and faces likely fatal injuries.
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Moss Million
Excelsior Springs
Tdberty
Mea
Million
Sii
Sidlers
Population figures for Alaska in 1800 and key cities
The returns of the twelfth census give Alaska's total population as 652, contrasted with 32,052 for TS00, an increase of 31,540 over ten years. Nome City has 2,486 residents while Skaguay City totals 3,117.
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Alaska
Nome City
Skaguay City
Americans Slain in Cavite Ambush
An American wagon train, a signal corps detachment, and six Macabebe scouts were attacked by insurgents between Silang and Dasmariñas in Cavite Luzon. Three Americans were killed, two Macabebe scouts wounded, and one man missing.
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Signal Corps
Siland
Dasmarinas
Cavite
Luzon
German Emperor Slightly Wounded in Bremen Incident
While Emperor Wilhelm II was traveling from a Rathskeller to the Bremen railway station a workman named Dietrich Weiland threw a piece of iron into the royal carriage. The Emperor is said to have been slightly injured.
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Wiliam
Rathskeller
Bremen
Dietrich Weiland
Bachelors Barred From Railroad Jobs
The Camden Interstate Railway Company in Kentucky announces a new policy restricting employment of unmarried men as conductors or motormen, effectively banning bachelors from these positions.
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Camden Interstate Railway Company
Kentucky
Song Writer Walter Ford Dies in New York
Walter Ford a noted song writer and member of Ford and Bartton died in New York from consumption. He collaborated with Bartton on The Sunshine of Paradise Alley and other popular songs.
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Walter Ford
Ford & Bartton
New York
Ford
Bartton
Priest Shoots Self in Minneapolis Hotel
The Rev. Francis Budzynski, a Roman Catholic priest from the Duluth diocese, died after shooting himself in the heart in a Minneapolis hotel. He had recently been discharged from the diocese.
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Duluth
Francis Budzynski
Minneapolis
Indians in Spirit Dance at Umatilla Still Vaunting Frantic Dangers
Umatilla Indians in Washington resume the spirit dance with ritual cutting and self slashing amid the frenzy that accompanies the rite. Separately, W C Clark former Colorado Secretary of State died in Denver after tripping on stairs in the Ward block and breaking his neck.
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Umatilla
W. C. Clark
Colorado
Denver
Arsenic Ends Life of Erie County Woman
Miss Sadie Salisbury of Albion Pa died at her home after consuming arsenic in a suspected act tied to a troubled love affair. Police调查 ongoing. coroner awaiting autopsy results.
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Sadie Salisbury
Erie County
Albion, Pa
Eastern passenger train crash injures many in Pennsylvania
An eastbound Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train collided with a freight train near Hopetower three miles west of Coatesville Pennsylvania injuring over a dozen passengers.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Hopetower
Coatesville, Pa
Fire lays waste to tar factory and lumber yard
Fire at the Union Coal Tar and Chemical Works in Chicago destroys the pitch boil ing factory causing a loss of 15000 dollars. In Greenville Ohio an incendiary wrecked Kantz Wrights lumber yard and damaged nearby property with losses around 60000 dollars.
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Union Coal Tar and Chemical Works
Chicago
Greenville
Ohio
Kantz & Wright
Winger Convicted of First Degree Murder in Blancke Killing
Ohio veteran David Winger, former Sandusky Soldier’s Home inmate, convicted for the second time of first degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Fred Blancke in September 1899. Jury verdict after four hours deliberation calls for the electric chair with no mercy recommendation. In a separate item five men died at Engleside mine Center Valley Missouri when a drift explosion and a misfire caused a fatal powder blast.
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Ohio
Blancke
David Winger
Sandusky
Fred Blancke
Winger
Engleside
Center Valley
Tries Murder and Death by Own Action
John A. Carven, a Chicago bookkeeper, shot his employer at his loft and then killed himself, dying instantly from the wound. The case is described as temporary insanity during the act.
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John A. Carven
C. A. Morrill
Lo Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Six Drown in Wreck Off Algerian Coast
A vessel named Chili or possibly Seillin was wrecked off the Algerian coast. Six crew members drowned. Irish Members Forced Out of Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Market summaries from Chicago to New York
Trading figures across multiple cities show cattle values mainly between 3.00 and 5.75 dollars, hogs from 3.00 to 5.95, and sheep roughly 2.50 to 4.50, with grains including wheat No 2 around 75 to 79 cents, corn 39 to 47 cents, oats 24 to 33 cents, and rye 49 to 56 cents. butter and eggs also listed with modest variation.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Abe
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Omnibus public building bill passes amid Senate session
The omnibus public building bill clears both houses amid a busy closing of the Fifty-sixth Congress. Senate approves the deficiency bill and other measures while House leaders push conference reports, with vice presidents and cabinet nominations shaping the final day. Admiral Dewey receives a $9,750 judgment.
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Senate
Navy
Marine Corps
House
St. Louis
Carter
Montana
Hoar
Massachusetts
Cockrell
Missour
Congress
Charleston
Roosevelt
Money
Melaurin
Morgan
Ala
United States
Great Britain
Frye
Maine
Admiral Dewey
Manila
Court of Claims
Mitchell
Oregon
Odds and Ends From Industry and Law in Brief
Railways use over 2,000,000 tons of steel annually, nearly half the world total. U S book publishing reached 6,356 titles, 633 more than any prior year. Efforts by Wayland Brown and Dr August M Unger to quash indictments over insurance policies on Marie Defenbach failed.
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United States
Wayland Brown
August M. Unger
Chicago
Marie Defenbach
Armistice Offered to Botha After Talks With Kitchener
Pretoria reports Gen. Kitchener and General Botha met on Friday at Gun Bill to discuss surrender terms. A seven days armistice was granted to confer with other generals with belief the war may end soon.
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Kitchener
Pretoria
Gen. Botha
Gen. Kitchener
Surrender of Gen Botha Would End War Say Sun
The London Sun states that Botha’s surrender would have been a done deal if Gen IX thehener could conclude terms. It adds that a surrender would involve De Wet and would terminate the war.
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London Sun
Botha
Ix<thehener
Sun
de Wet
Girl Sparks Wild Mob Attack in San Juan
American school superintendent Armstrong faced a 1500 strong mob after a 10 year old Porto Rican girl was reprimanded in class. Corporal Wiscock and five artillerymen fired to rescue him. the corporal was arrested. Gov Allen vows to address the unrest as officials seek protection.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Armstrong
Wiscock
Phista
Cov. Allen
Martin G. Besumberg
Education
Alien
Miss Ida Finklestein Murder Sparks Lynching
Terre Haute teacher Miss Ida Finklestein was shot and her throat cut by George Ward who was hanged by a mob and his body burned amid violent racial lash. The item notes racial violence and mob action with terse local newspaper tone.
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Ida Finklestein
Terre Haute
George Ward
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March
Heabhbercs
Ken
Ash Hill
Charles Ray
Ray
Ernest Hecht
Syracuse
Lewisa Foster
Welch, Ga
Maud Sweitzer
Krumroy
Miss Sweitzer
Work OF Congress
Winget
John E. Searles
Julia E. Searles
American Sugar Refining Company
American Cotton Company
Evans
Taylor
Carter H. Harrison
Elbridge Hancey
Vassar College
John D. Rockefeller
General Botita
Chicago Anti-Cigarette League
Dr. Thomas O'Reilly
St. Tusuis
Yellowstone Park
Halifax
N. S
Livingston
Mont
A H. Anderson
Utah
Mortimer Hogan
Oscar Paine
Negro
Zoleo
Fla
Vestal
Barcelona
Mary Benson
W. BR. Rinnie
Strauss & Co
Gloversville
New Bedford
Mass
Tobacco Trust
Edward IX. Fraley
Portsmouth
Laura Gell
Niagara Falls
Mary Welch
Paterson
N. J
Arthur Kearn
Williamston
Emmons Blaine
Chicago Institute of Pedagogy
Chicago University
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