Russians Gain Ground in Hun River Campaign
Petersburg reports indicate unclear end to fighting on the Hun river with Russians bombard Sandepas and push between Sandepas and Bhakesepu to foil Japanese turning efforts across the Mun river. A lull may suspend operations until February end. Russian cavalry proves effective. casualties rise on both sides.
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Petersburg
Hun River
Sande Pas
Sandepas
Bhakesepu
Mun River
Huan Mountain
Nihilist Dives to Death at Theater Gallery
In St. Petersburg a student accused of nihilist activity leaped from the top gallery of the Nicholas theater as police closed in. He fell sixty feet, breaking his back, and died minutes later amid a scene of screaming.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas Theater
Garry
Hoch Indicted for Bigamy. Three Wives Meet Grand Jury
Chicago February 1 grand jury indicted Johann Hoch on two counts of bigamy. Three of his alleged wives testified before the jury and met in the corridor exchanging congratulations on escaping his scheme.
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Hoch
Chicago
Johann Hoch
Grand Jury
Criminal Court
Kogsuth Leads Hungary in New Parliament Elections
Complete returns from Hungary show Kospnthiate leading with 15 seats in the new parliament. Liberals hold 11 seats while others total 8. Premier resigns and the emperor appoints Count Julius Andrasay as opposition leader.
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Kogsuth
Hungary
Vienna
Kospnthiate
How
Haw Wenl
Julius Andrasay
Mirsky Forced From Ministry in Tsarist Shakeup
Emperor Nicholas addresses thirty two St. Petersburg workers after the January twenty two tragedies while 25000 rubles are donated for victims families. Strikes spread in Poland and Siberia as Prince Sviatopolk Mirsky departs Interior ministry amid liberal tensions and Routigan possible successor.
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Associated Press
Nicholas
Tsarkoe-Selo
St. Petersburg
Croker Sells Autos After Son’s Death in Florida
Wantage England February 1 Richard Croker plans to attend his son Frank’s funeral after a Florida auto accident killed him He gave away his splendid motors to Parkinson his trainer and ordered the sale of a new Hotchkiss car He says he will never ride in a motor again Another report says he may auction the Latcombe Hegis estate at Suction in June.
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Croker
Wantage
Eng
Richard Croker
America
Frank
Florida
Splendid
Parkinson
Latcombe Hegis
Bride Burns Self to Death in Covington Outhouse
Seattle dispatch reports Mrs Zella Smith wife of George W Smith of Covington died by self immolation in a small outhouse. She tied batting and her clothing with coal and set fire after leaving Iowa for Covington to wed. A neighbor found her minutes later. She left a letter to her mother blaming her husband for her decision.
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Bride Burns
Seattle
Zella Smith
George W. Smith
Covington
Iowa
Smith
Soy
World War Feared by German Experts
Berlin reports that German papers warn a world conflict may erupt soon. Chinese neutrality may fail as unrest grows, despite attempts to keep the public ignorant of war developments.
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Berlin
Fel
Far East
New Massachusetts Bank Opens With 500000 Capital
A new bank named the Merchants National Bank begins business in the city today with a capital of 500000 and a 250000 surplus. The surge of interest comes from local leading businessmen and capitalists in Beato.
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NEW Massachusetts Bank
Orcenter
Mans
Feb
Merphante” National Bank
Beato
Abe Now Bank
The Med Moredys Update on Metal Prices and Fob Rates
New York markets report fob levels at 4694.65 for lead and copper futures at 16 1 3. Trade notes show copper and lead prices moving, with mentions of a4 sized sheets and tied metrics. The brief lists commodity figures and related franking terms in a compact price snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MED Moredys
New York
Wendy
Investigating Committee Named in Illinois Legislature
Springfield reports the Illinois General Assembly appointed a seven member committee to probe charges by Rep. Frank D. Comerford that the Milnois Legislature functions as a public auction where corporate bidders buy privilege. The charges claim graft across party lines. Also in New York subpoenas issued to members of the Association of Theatrical Managers in the John Doe proceedings. The case stems from Dramatic Critic Metcalfe of Life being barred from eleven houses and questioned by the district attorney. The statute cited covers preventing others from lawful trade by force or threats with penalties of imprisonment or fines.
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Springfield
Ilinois
Missouri
Frank D. Comerford
Chicago
Milnois College of Law
General Assembly
Comerford
Milnois
New York
Uils City
John Doe
Metcalfe
Saratoga Saved 8y Bucket Brigade
Saratoga Wyoming faced a major fire at the E P Andrews saloon on a Monday evening. Citizens formed a bucket brigade to pull water from the river and stopped the blaze from spreading to adjacent blocks, preserving the town’s main business area.
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Saratoga
Wyo
E. P Andrews
Revival prayers for New York now
A city wide call designates Saturday as a day of fasting and prayer for American Christians. The effort spread through nearly all Protestant churches in New York with union services of prayer and song planned across Greater New York as blessings from revival efforts in England and Wales spark hopes of a worldwide movement.
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New York
America
England
Wales
Russian Officers Paroled and Returning to Russia
Five hundred and twenty four paroled Russian prisoners of war left today on the French mail steamer for Russia. Earlier Russian officers who recently left from here returned from the steamer Siberia and are proceeding to France.
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Will Beek
Nagaski
Feb
Rusia
Eley
Siberia
bin Franciaco
Immigration committee backs limit on 80,000 per country
Washington February 1 The Hows committee on immigration and naturalisation has authorized a favorable report in the Adam a bill to prohibit the entry into the country of more than 80 000 persons from any one country in any single fiscal year.
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Washington
Hows Committee On Immigration and Naturalisation
Adama
Train Crash Slays Women Beside Sleigh in 6010 Church
A train collision at 6010 Church injures and kills multiple women in a sleigh near the track. Eyewitnesses report a chaotic scene as emergency crews respond.
Ten Meet Death Without Warning
A passenger train on the Pittsburg Shawmut and Northern railroad crashed into a sleigh carrying thirteen women near Arcport, Hornellsville, N Y killing ten and seriously injuring the remaining three. The sleigh party belonged to the Universalist Church of this city. The engine struck the sleigh with force, reducing it to splinters and tossing occupants aside. The dead and injured were brought to Hornellsville.
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Hornellsville
N. Y
Pittsburg
Shaw
Mut and Northern Railroad
Aricport
Universalist Church
Hornells Fille
Widespread Cold Wave Hits Extensive Midwest and West
Reports from the Lake region, Middle West, and Northwest show a broad cold wave spanning Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Michigan, Oklahoma, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Wyoming, and Montana. Temperatures range from two below zero in Chicago to one below in Havre, Montana.
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Chicago
Lake Region
Middle West
Northwest
Inois
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Michigan
Oklahoma
Inlan
Territory
Missouri
Wisconsin
Nnisota
Dakotas
Wyoming
Montana
North Territory
Havre
Mont
Poems of Louise of Saxony Coming
Berlin reports a volume of poems by Jess Mant formerly Louise of Saxony. The collection includes occasional pieces from when she was crown princess and later works, all facsimile with autograph signatures.
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Louise OF Saxony
Berlin
Niedringhaus Refuses Break Deadlock in Senate Ballot
Jefferson City Missouri February 1 on the thirteenth ballot for United States Senator Cockrell received 78 Niedringhaus TZ Kerens 12 Pettijohn 2 Solon T Gilmore of Kansas City 1 Niedringhaus has announced he will not withdraw from the contest even if offered an embassy by President Roosevelt and no senator may be elected.
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Niedringhaus
Jefferson City
United States
Cockrell
Niedringhaus TZ
Kerens
Pettijohn
Solon T- Gilmore
Kansas City
Netringhaus
Roosevelt
Billiard Experts Stopped By Deaths
Chicago February 1 J Ferdinand Poggenburz of New York national amateur billiard champion withdraws from the national amateur tournament due to his mother’s illness in New York. Yesterday H A Wright of San Francisco was summoned home by telegram as his father was stricken with apoplexy.
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Chicago
J. Ferdinand Poggenburz
New York
Heath
H. A. Wright
San Francisco
Changes at the Presidio in San Francisco naval infantry transfer
San Francisco February 1 reports troop realignments at the Presidio. The Twenty first Infantry departs for the Philippines to be relieved by the Bioth Infantry from Nenworth Kansas and the raha Infantry from the Philippines replaces the Sixth Infantry at Leavenworth.
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Presidio
San Francisco
Philippi
Bioth
Nenworth
Kansay
Raha
Philippines
Itnfantry
Leavenworth
Warden Meade Resigns After Reviewing Win oMoe Plan
Albany February 1 Warden Meade of Auburn prison reviewed Win oMoe and left the plan. He presided at the execution of the assassin of President McKinney and resigns because of illness.
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Meade
Albany
N. Y
Auburn Prison
Win oMoe
Assassiy O
McKinney
Vermont Debate Sparks Senate Charges Over Interest Rate Clarity
Senator Teller raises sharp questions in the Senate about charges in interest debates. The exchange centers on transparency and fiscal implications for Vermont policy.
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Teller
Senate
Statehood bill fight on again in Washington
Congress delves into the joint Statehood bill with Dillingham defending the measure and Teller and Montana Senator Mesare opposing for amendments. Vermont’s farm declines are cited as proof of consolidation effects as the House tackles the Post Office appropriation and trunk line mail facilities. Debate on railroad rate regulation and subsidies continues with Moon and Tennessee peers leading objections.
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Washington
Mesare
Montana
Dillingham
Teller
Vermont
Moon
Tennessay
Republican Party
House
Pennsylvania
Moons
Tennessee
Identification of Their Votes
The opening day for Governor Adams contest testimony before the joint Legislative committee in the Supreme Court chamber drew a crowded room. Witnesses from Precinct 11 Ward 7 identified ballots deemed fraudulent by Expert Hamma, with opening of sealed ballots to be overseen by paired openers from each side under committee supervision.
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Denver
Adams
Jas. H. Peabody
Joint ‘Legislative Committee
Supreme Court
Precinct 11
Ward 7
Hamma
South's cattle quarantined under federal farm rule
Washington February 1 the department of agriculture imposed a broad federal quarantine on much of the South and Southwest to prevent the spread of splenetic or southern fever among cattle. The measures follow the prior year rules and run until November 1 unless changed.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Blood Red Dust Blows Across Southern Italy Snow
A severe cold gave way to a Sahara wind that carried red desert dust across much of southern Italy, mixing with falling snow and transforming the landscape with a bloodlike cover as observed in Bouthers Italy.
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Italy
Rome
Sahara
Bouthers
Senator Mitchell of Oregon Charged in Land Case Frauds
An indictment accuses Oregon Senator Mitchell of land deal frauds. Court papers detail alleged schemes involving real estate transactions, misrepresentation, and potential financial loss to parties. Prosecutors pursue charges and await trial proceedings.
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Senator Mitchell
Oregon
Repeated Bribes Charge Hit Against Senator Mitchell
Portland dispatch reports the Federal grand jury indicted United States Senator John H. Mitchell on seven bribery charges totaling 4200 for allegedly bribing former General Land Office official Binger Hermann to speed land applications. State Senator George C. Brownell faces subornation of perjury charges for prompting witnesses to falsify field notes on public land surveys in Eastern Oregon.
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Portland
Ore
United States
John H. Mitchell
George C. Brownell
Mitchell
Congress
Frederick R. Kribs
Binger Hermann
General Land Office
Washington
Senator Brownell
Brownell
Fred Sievers
John Howland
Oregon
Kiibs
Roseburg
Fifteen Below In Windy City
Chicago records 10 degrees below zero at 1 am with a rapid fall since 7 pm last night. Forecasters expect the temperature to drop to 15 degrees below zero before daylight. The unusual cold snaps highlight a severe winter episode in the city.
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Windy City
Chicago
New Baltimore Newsman Lands New Post
James H Maddy resigned from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and becomes the new special representative for the Bee road with headquarters in New York. He is succeeded by Hundel Bengur, a well known newspaper man.
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Baltimore
James H Maddy
Baltimore & Olio Railroad
Maddy
Bee Road
New York
Hunde! Bengur
Pittsburg Phil Dies After Long Illness In Camden
Camden February 1 Geerer and Smith report the death of known figure Pittsburg Phil aged about 40. He had been in poor health for a year or more and began racing about twenty years ago. He reportedly accumulated a fortune and was a notable local character.
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Camden
Geerer & Smith
de Girforan
Pithburg
Admiral Togo to Return to Flagship February 6
Tokyo Feb 1 Admiral Togo will return to his flagship February 6. The immediate naval plans are not disclosed.
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Togo
Tokio
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Nimilist
Theater Gallery
Czar
Mirsky
Sergius
M. Routigan
Grand Duke
Emperor
Illinois Assembly
Theatrical Trust
South’s Cattle
Binger Herman
Ormond Ormond
Fla
Palm Beach
Phil
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