Russians Surprised by Kamranh Bay Stay and Rojestvensky Plans
Report from Jersburg says the Russian squadron entered Kamranh Bay off Cochin China as speculation grows that Admiral Rojestvensky will shelter there to coal and prepare for the final leg home. Officials caution on exact stay length and whether ships have sailed. Naval men doubt a split squadron and no confirmation on a reported engagement near Natuna Islands.
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Jersburg
Kamranh Bay
Cape Padran
Cochin-Chibears
Rojestvensky
Cochin-China
Natuna Islands
Telemachus
Hongkong
Russian Squadron Reported Near Kamranh Bay
Toky o April 17 Russian squadron was seen at Kamranh Bay on April 14 after arriving at noon April 12 and occupying the port for 48 hours. France may challenge the vessels over territorial waters prompting a potential naval reply. Japan awaits France's stance and possible representations.
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Tokio
Kamranh Bay
Navy Department
France
Madagascar
Japan
Ranh Bay
Change in Tone Papers Say Americans Are Hostile but Government Friendly
In St Petersburg on April 17 the press notes a shift in tone toward the United States. Newspapers once aligned with government views now remark that publics seem hostile while governments remain friendly. The Novoe Vremya contrasts popular and official stances, citing French masses seeking Russian victory but French financiers pushing for peace.
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St Petersburg
United States
Washington
Novoe Vremya
Contraband of War Sailor Vessel Heads for Japan
The steam ship Manchuria sailed from San Francisco for the Orient with about 10 000 tons of freight. The cargo includes foodstuffs and heavy railroad and bridge machinery for Manchuria deemed contraband of war by Russia. She may call at Midway Island for instructions amid naval tensions between Russia and Japan.
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Japan
San Francisco
Manchuria
Rojestvensky
Togo
Asiatic
Midway Island
Assembly Reassembles In Texas After Prompt Opening
Austin April 17 The House meets in an extraordinary session and Dean Cobb and Terrell of Travis County are chosen to notify the governor the House is ready for business. A resolution reappoints pages and eight of thirteen clerks. Senate clerks partly retained. Senate passes the deficiency bill led by Willacy. Adjournment set to Tuesday with gifts exchanged among members and officials.
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Austin
Seabury
Messrs
Dean
Cobb and Terrell
Travis County
Sharp, McKinney
Senate
Willacy
House
Finance Committee
Neal
Hanger
Bills Passed Enact 239 Measures In Texas Legislature
Austin April 17 Regular session of the Twenty-ninth legislature lasted ninety six days. There were 642 bills and twenty five joint resolutions introduced in the house and 321 bills with twelve joint resolutions in the senate a total of 1000 measures. Taxation legislation was the most important work. 238 measures enacted 1138 of general nature and 161 local. Major acts included state bank drainage depositories general land and mineral lands protection irrigation and militia reorganization bills. Railroads saw mergers for Southern Pacific Santa Fe Cane Belt Santa Jasper and Eastern Texas Texas and New Orleans segregation bill.
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Austin
House
Senate
Southern Pacific
Santa Jasper
Eastern Texas
Texas
New Orleans
Houston Selected For Texas Travelers Meeting
The Texas division of the Travelers Protective Association will hold its next meet in Houston. Adolph Boldt of Houston was elected president with C. Z. Horton of Austin as first vice president and D. R. Snodgrass of Nacogdoches as second vice president. Homer T. Wilson was reelected chaplain for the twelfth time. retiring President Diehl received a silver service. Fatally Hurt In Runaway. Brownwood man Will Ashcraft injured when horse and buggy overturned. hospitalization fatality expected. Johnnie Fitzgerald, Santa Fe gardener at Harvey House park, died at ninety. Leona Elliott, wife of Judge W. H. Elliott, district court clerk, died in Texarkana. she settled there in 1876.
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Dallas
Texas
Travelers’ Protective Association
Houston
Diehl
Homer T. Wilson
Adolph Boldt
C. Z. Horton
Austin
D. R. Snodgrass
Nacogdoches
Arthur Storme
San Antonio
Fritz Mitchell
Brownwood
Tex
Will Ashcraft
Texarkana
Leona Eliott
W. H. Elliott
United States District Court
This Place
Texas Side
President Kills Bear at Camp Roosevelt
A blizzard trapped President and hunting party at Camp Roosevelt twenty five miles south of Newcastle. The party stayed indoors while the president reportedly killed a large cinnamon bear with the first shot on Saturday afternoon after a lengthy chase. Secretary Loeb rode to Glenwood Springs and swam in Hot Springs pool amid icy rain and heavy snow.
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Denver
Newcastle
Camp Roosevelt
Huntsman Hills
Loeb
Glenwood Springs
Hot Springs Pool
Depot Destroyed at Rand Durand Michigan
A Grand Trunk union depot at Durand, Mich., housing the road's division west offices, was destroyed by fire. The new building valued at 125000 dollars.
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Detroit
Durand
Mich
Grand Trunk Union
Road
Port Huron
Judge Neal Critically Ill At Home In Lebanon
Lebanon Ind April 17 Judge Stephen Neal author of the fourteenth amendment to the U S Constitution is critically ill at his home in this city He is past eighty years of age
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Judge Neal
Lebanon
Ind
Stephen Neal
United States
Fiercely Denounced Reform Moves Spark Outcry in Russia
A St Petersburg article attacks the bureaucracy for trying to block war support and gag public opinion. It cites measures against barristers, Moscow meetings, and professional bodies, accusing officials of inciting class strife between Armenians and intellectuals and warning of inevitable backlash.
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St. Petersburg
Pathériand
Russia
Barristers Congress
Moscow
Et Impera
Togo Surprised and War News Across The World
The naval organ reports Togo was surprised by Rojestvensky near the China Sea entrance and concentrates his fleet near the Pescadores. Reports cite 400000 Japanese troops and high Mukden losses. Lt Komayashi estimates 100000 plus. Dr J Lee Adams of the U S Internal Revenue Bureau dies at 63 after 40 years in service. A steamer captain hears gunfire near the Natuna Islands. Annie Rintop found dead near Little Falls, Minnesota with injuries and sexual assault suspected. two negro suspects sought.
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St. Petersburg
Togo
Rojestvensky
China Sea
Pescadores
Long
Revenue Service
Washington
J. Lee Adams
Claims Division
United States Internal Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue Service
Little Falls
Minn
Annie Rintop
Marshal Slain and Other Reports From April 17
Albany lead: Marshal Ma nier of Pretoria was shot and killed while pursuing Pete Thomas who was to be arrested for disorderly conduct. The shot shattered an arm and a second pierced his jugular vein before the assailant fired into the prostrate officer. In Montgomery a church ordination saw two women named Mary Newman Carr and Mabel Kennedy ordained as deaconesses by Bishop Galloway. A St Louis suicide occurred when Captain James A Rider, 66, janitor at St James Memorial Episcopal Church, shot himself during services. London reports Captain McEvoy, Civil War ordnance inventor, died at Codicote Hertfordshire.
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Albany
Marshal Manier
Pretoria
Pete Thomas
Montgomery
Ala
Court Street Methodist Church
Galloway
Mary Newman Carr
Birmingham
Mabel Kennedy
St. Louis
James A. Rider
St. James Memorial Episcopal Church
London
McEvoy
Ordnace Inventor
Codcote
Hertfordshire
Minor Matters Across Regions Highlight Turbulent Period
Llano County voters support a local option by a large margin. A carriage accident near Conshatta Louisiana kills Co P. Sellers. Lindale Texas to ship seventy five railroad cars of strawberries this season. Dallas reports eight arrests after police raid. Tokio Arsenal marks fall of Mukden with thirty thousand workers celebrating. A cyclone and hailstorm strike Washita County Oklahoma. Former President Cleveland denies fishing trips as revelry. Jake Howard loses a leg near Longview Texas. A hogshead crushes Frank H. Mayers in Lexington Kentucky. Bunk Williams dies under locomotive in Wagoner Indian Territory. Robert Runnels acquitted in 1903 poisoning trial at Nacogdoches. Deputy Harry King killed in Deming New Mexico. B B Rogers arrested in El Paso. In Poplar Bluff Missouri a land dispute ends in three deaths. Powder explosion at Trenton Tennessee kills three.
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Llano County
Texas
Co. P. Sellers
Conshatta
Lindale
Tex
Tokio
Mukden
Dallas
Washita County
Oklahoma
Nacogdoches
Harry King
Deming
N. M
el Paso
B. B. Rogers
Poplar Bluff
H. S. Adams
W. Heck
R. Hinson
Trenton
Tenn
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EATRA
Sipingha
Komayashi
Telamachus
Wagner
Brandon
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