Naval war fears and fleet moves in the China Sea
The week in naval affairs centers on Vice Admiral Rosestvensky delaying action against Admiral Togo until Nebogatoff's division can reinforce. Rosestvensky left Kamranh Bay to avoid a France Japan neutrality clash, while Togo remains distant from trade routes. Formosa is under martial law as tensions simmer and Japan weighs risk of dragging England and France into war.
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Nebogatoff
Rojestvensky
Kamranh Bay
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Annam
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Tokio
England
Russia
Abolishing Grand Jury Debated in Minnesota Vote
Fragmented text notes a proposed constitutional amendment to abolish the grand jury in Minnesota, claiming a 1210 majority support and citing Minnesota as a pioneer in Anglo-Saxon justice reform, with surrounding garbled references to local places and events.
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Minnesota
Sota
Renee Institutio
Dozens Die in War Saw Massacre and Labor Strife
Dozens killed and many wounded in clashes between troops and workers in War saw Russian Poland at Zelazna and Jeroschinska streets. Cavalry charged, infantry fired. a second clash occurred at Zlote and Sosnowa. Easter turmoil linked to strikes in St. Petersburg and Moscow, with reports of agitation by agitators and anarchists and a royal decree granting religious freedom amid widespread unrest.
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Russian Poland
Zelazna
Jeroschinska
Zlote
Sosnowa
Russia
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Far East
Vast 1900s quotes mix in a noisy national musing
A collage of editorial jabs and political quips from multiple papers mocks leaders and events. It notes U S issues from Congress to Roosevelt, Japanese action in Manchuria, the Beef Trust, Port Arthur, bank thefts, and prices, with stray jab at Philadelphia and Denver.
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Paul Jones
Syracuse Herald
Dr. Arnold
New Haven
Kansas City Journal
Henry James
Roosevelt
James
Chicago News
John W. Gates
Philadelphia
United States
Venezuela
Syracuse Post-Standard
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St. Louis Republic
Doxie
Zion Illinois
Seattle Times
Baer
Rochester Herald
Walte
Beef Trust
Kansas City Times
Canal Commission
Montgomery Advertiser
Japan
Great Britain
Joseph Chamberlain
United States Senate
Philadelphia Inquirer
First National Bank of
Milwaukee
Frank G. Bigelow
New York Telegram
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Russia
Manchuria
Alemphis
Marconi and
de Forrest
Wisconsin
Maz Nates
Paterson
Port Arthur
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Buffalo
Colorado
Senate Passes Bills Amid Long Legislature Session
The Senate approved House bill 421 creating merit-based hiring for 2,000 state charitable institutions staff and advanced a highway commission funding bill of $25,000 yearly. Gas and rate regulation measures passed the House with heavy votes while the Board of Trade bill faced defeat. The day ended amid rapid floor changes as lawmakers tackled court, gas, and electricity bills and prepared for the closing session.
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Dixon
Board of Trade
Hilinos Ie Commission
Friends
Supreme Court
Ae Ave Etmek
Neex
Denne
Walter L. Fisher
Chicago Committee
Tippit
Gardner
Iilinois
Cook County Hospital
Philippines Elects First General Assembly In 1907
A 1902 law ordered a census and the election of a two chamber legislature in the Philippines. The census finished March 21, Governor Wright set March 27, 1907 for the first general Filipino election. The body will form with the Philippine Commission the new government and sit in Congress.
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Congress
I Islands
Wright
Philippine Commission
American Congress
Earthquake Toll in India Reaches 15000 Dead
The Indian earthquake disaster grows far worse than initial reports with fatalities around 15,000 and potential for more. The affected zone covers 700 square miles with millions of residents and dense settlements. Dharamsala nearly wiped out and about 500 Gorkha soldiers perished in the ruins.
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India
Dharmsala
Lahore
Delhi
Assam
Bengal
Lisbon
Portugal
Calabria
Italy
Religious Unity Ukase Reverses Russian Policy
About 40,000,000 people of alien faiths including Catholics Lutherans Protestants Mohammedans and Buddhists face a ukase reversing Russia policy. The move abandons the drive for national unity through forced religious conformity in conquered provinces.
Multiple 19th century disasters and notices reported
The record item lists a cotton factory fire near Mexico City with insured loss under 200000, a New York law banning profanity in phone calls, a Susquehanna mills fire in Williamsport with loss unspecified, and a Brooklyn watchman fatally shot during a burglary. It mentions various deaths, shipwrecks, earthquakes in India and notable historic events with scattered details and names.
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Susquehanna Planing Mills
Williamsport
George B.breen
Brooklyn
George Pren
Arthur‘Latchford
Mechanica’ Savings Bank
Rochester
Wight Racing
Violet O
Stc Touls
Lincoult
New
Brunswick
Iris
Nicholas
George
Washington
Abraham
Lincoln
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