Sovereignty of Korea Realized in Imperial View
Baron Sugematsi, arriving in Seattle en route to London, says Japan will send its last man and spend its last dollar to win the war. He argues Korea must remain independent to safeguard Japanese empire, warning Manchuria’s fall to Russia would end Korea and threaten Japan.
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Seattle
Wash
Baron Sugematsi
London
Japan
Korean Peninsula
Korea
China
Russia
Manchuria
Discredit Lies on Battleship Losses in Far East
Reports from Chinese sources mock Japanese gains and inflate Russian success in the Far East. Chinese authorities say they will side with Japan to expel foreigners if China first gains victory. A Russian army report claims four Japanese battleships were sunk at Port Arthur, but the claim is unverified. Japan reportedly has six battleships in the waters, four near Wei Hai Wei and two elsewhere.
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Che Foo
China
Port Arthur
Wei Hai Wei
Japanese Invasion in Fuel Swing Reported
Yinkow February 25 native reports say Japanese landed at Possiet Bay and attacked Hunchun and moved toward Kirin, with later confirmation from English missionary refugees at New Chwang. They state the Russo-Chinese bank moved from Kirin to Kwan Cheng Tai as safety concerns grow. European residents along the line of march are alarmed. Russian bureau at Vladivostok reportedly withdrawn to Khavarovsk.
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Yinkow
Possiet Bay
Hunchun
Kirin
New Chwang
Kwan Cheng Tai
Vladivostock
Khavarofsk
Japs Determined to Gore Bottle
Port Arthur battered as Major General Plug reports renewed Japanese assault repulsed. Viceroy Alexeif sends same account to the czar. The uprising is seen as Japan aiming to bottle up or destroy the Russian fleet to gain land freedom and maneuverability.
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St. Petersburg
Generl Plug
Port Arthur
Alexieff
Japanese losses mount in Port Arthur assault report
Paris dispatch from St. Petersburg notes the Echo de Paris correspondent says Japanese losses in the second Port Arthur attack are higher than reported. The report adds General Kuropatkin has begun a march toward the area.
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Paris
St. Petersburg
Echo de Paris
Port Arthur
Kuropatkin
Russian Army Prepares for Korea Operations
Reports from St. Petersburg dated February 26 indicate Russia plans an advance guard of two Siberian sharpshooters regiments and a sixteen infantry regiments vanguard with ninety six quick firing guns for Korea. The main body would include forty regiments and Cossack cavalry with three hundred guns. No British move to India is planned, says the war office in London.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Korea
London
War Office
The
Associated
Manchester Dispatch
India
Congress Battles Over Naval Bill Amendment Fails
Congress fights over a naval bill with an amendment to curb increase in warship production. The proposal fails, leaving the bill intact and sparking reaction from lawmakers on defense funding and naval policy.
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Congress
The Pacific Coast Gets No Favors
Washington debates naval appropriation bill with the minority seeking fewer ships. A Burton proposed strike on the battleship failed, cruisers retained, and a Bell amendment requiring one collier to be built in a government yard passed. A Pacific coast bid preference was voted down amid humorous remarks by Mc Dermott.
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Washington
House
Naval Committee
Meyer
Louisiana
Burton
Ohio
Bell of
Calfornia
Pacific Coast
McDermott
New Jersey
Ship Building Trust
State of New Jersey
Japanese repulsed at Society Bay port engagement
Feb 25 report from Port Arthur says Japanese forces failed to land at Society Bay during a Tuesday night engagement. Forts sunk four transports, four ships lost, and the Japanese withdrew after about an hour. A Chinese steamer bound for Dalny returned, unable to gain entry, reporting a Japanese fleet offshore.
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Che Foo
Port Arthur
Society Bay
Dalny
Danny
Senate Passes Appropriation Bills Amid Debate
The Senate approved both the agricultural and the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bills. An Idaho Heyburn amendment proposing interstate commerce supervision to curb fraudulently marked plants or seeds sparked an animated patriotism debate and was ruled out on a point of order.
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Washington
Senate
Heyburn
Idaho
Sacred Russian Ikon Heads to Far East with Army
The most sacred icon of Russia, a one foot square image of the Virgin as seen by Saint Sergius, leaves Moscow for St. Petersburg and then the Far East. It has traveled with Alexis, Peter the Great, and Alexander I on campaigns, with a silver tablet listing battles to which it bore witness.
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Moscow
Russia
St. Petersburg
Far East
Sergius
Troitzho
Alexis
Peter the Great
Alexander I
Five Die In Minnie Healy Mine Cave-In At Butte
Five miners lose their lives in a cave-in at the Minnie Healy mine on the 1 000 foot level. Shift boss Haggerty and miner Trinetti were recovered early. two others are found, with Powers still unaccounted for. Foreman Kane had warned of soft ground and withdrew crews before the disaster.
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Haggerty
Trinatti
Tom Powers
Fire To Hide Murder Suspect In Colorado Springs
Police theorize a morning fire in Colorado Springs killed two people and may have been set to conceal a murder. Laborer Mike McGuire was found dead on a roof after a hallway crawl through smoke, while a drunken brawl preceding the blaze is noted. The child victim Lela Lowry appeared dazed, fleeing flames rather than part of the plot.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Mike McGuire
McGuire
Lela Lowry
Disabled ships guard the port at Port Arthur
The battle ships Retvizan and Czarevitch will be temporarily used as guard ships at Port Arthur to utilize their guns while repairs can only be completed at Vladivostock. They will stay until circumstances allow shipment to Vladivostock. Germany sticking with Russia in war talks about possible involvement by other powers. France’s investments in Russian funds and enterprises top two billion dollars, raising fears of French aid if Russian reverses occur. Suspicion also aimed at Britain’s motives. Also notice: Wanted three square pianos at once. Address X Y Z Leader office.
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St. Petersburg
Retvizan
Czarevitch
Port Arthur
Vladivostock
Germany
Russia
France
Great Britain
Davenport Attacks Grosvenor Bill Before Judiciary Panel
Daniel Davenport of Bridgeport Connecticut testifies for the American Anti-Boycott Association the Chicago Building Trades Council and the National Building Trades Association opposing the Grosvenor bill to limit conspiracy wording restraining orders and injunctions Representative Brooks of Colorado cites labor troubles as reason against legalizing labor combinations Attorney Bond for the Baltimore Ohio Railroad argues the bill would paralyze interstate commerce hearings to continue tomorrow.
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House Committee On Judiciary
Grosvenor
Brooks
Colorado
Bond
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
National Livestock Association Talks Rail Roads
The National Livestock Association engages railroads in discussions on mileage and transit costs for livestock shipments. Speakers urge fair pricing and improved service to support ranchers and markets nationwide.
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National Livestock Association
Objection to 10 tonnage rates at Chicago meeting
A Chicago meeting between the National Live Stock Association committee and Freight Traffic managers disclosed dissatisfaction with the tonnage system used for live stock transport over the past year. Livestock leaders pressed for restoration of return passes and rate readjustment as representatives from western lines attended. The committee included M. Macarey of Texas E. S. Gorney of Arizona and C. F. Martin of Colorado.
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Chicago
National Live Stock Association
Livestock Association
M. Macarey
Texas
E. 8. Gorney
Arizona
C. F. Martin
Colorado
Names men who will dig the canal
President Roosevelt has accepted five appointees for the Isthmian canal commission. Names include Rear Admiral John G. Walker retired General George W. Davis retired Colonel Frank Hecker William Barclay Parsons and William H. Burr. Likely two more are Benjamin M. Harrod and C Ewald Grunsky.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New Isthmian Canal Commission
John G. Walker
George W. Davis
Frank Hecker
Detroit
William Barclay Parsons
New York Subway
William H. Burr
Columbia University
New York
Walker Isthmian Canal Commission
Kelly
Benjamin M. Harrod
New Orleans
Mississippi River Commission
C. Ewald Grunsky
San Francisco
Grunsky
Selection Favored by the President
Washington reports a long conference between the president and Senator Scott of West Virginia on national politics. They discussed possible Republican National Committee chairmen after Hanna's death, with names including Murray Crane, Payne, Boles, Penrose, Scott, and General Charles Dick. The president favors Crane in a leading campaign role but Crane hesitates due to health.
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Washington
Scott
West Virginia
Republican National Committee
Hanna
Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Payne
Wisconsin
Boles, Penrose
Pennsylvania
Charles Dick
Ohio
Crane
Bryan and Bennett Will Executors Plan for Estate
William J. Bryan visited New Haven from Washington on matters relating to the will of the late P. S. Bennett, acting as executor. He conferred with Judge Cleaveland as a new demurrer by Mrs. Bennett’s counsel challenged the will construction suit. Bryan said all interested parties have agreed on a plan for disposing of the personal estate, separate from ongoing litigation.
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New Haven
Conn
Wm. J. Bryan
Washington
P. 5. Bennett
Cleaveland
Probate Court
Superior Court
Bennett
P. S. Bennett
Bryan
Downey Says Foreign Labor Faster Than American Ship Workers
Washington February 25 Wallace Downey ship builder and New York Metal Trades association representative told the house committee on education and labor that Scottish Irish and English yard workers in Glasgow shipyards could do sixty percent more work with the same tools in the same time than American workers would.
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Washington
House Committee of Education and Labor
Wallace Downey
New York
New York Metal Trades’ Association
Glasgow
Four Killed in Freight Wreck Near Dyersville Iowa
Des Moines reports a Chicago Great Western freight collision just out of Dyersville. Four men died including Fivyeman and W Griswold from the rear train and three stockmen from the front section were killed and cremated. Names not disclosed.
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Des Moines
Chicago Great Western
Dyersville
Fivyeman &, W. Griswold
Accused of Big Theft in Boston Larceny Case
Wallace H. Hamman, manager of the American Surety branch in Boston, was arrested on larceny charges. The alleged total stolen sum is 100000 dollars per Chief Inspector Watts. The brief mentions a May Bar Consumptives firm in Kansas City and a San ta Fe railroad plan to bar consumptives from Pullman cars. A Rawlins Wyoming dispatch notes the death of Union Pacific Night Hustler Lonie Palmer’s two year old son from heart trouble.
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Boston
Wallace H. Hamman
American Surety Company
Watts
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Pacific Coast
Rawlins
Wyo
Union Pacific
Lonie Palmer
Russians Refuse Orders Amid US Tensions
In St. Petersburg on February 25 the strain over U.S. conduct toward Russia grows. After the Vicksburg incident at Chemulpo and a Russian loss, American trade fears rise as orders for U.S. goods are canceled with buyers saying they will not buy under present circumstances.
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St. Petersburg
United States
Russia
Vicksburg
Chemulpo
Vunirag
Koreitz
Alleged Train Wreckers Free as Court Discharges Two
A court discharged two members of the Cripple Creek trio accused as train wreckers. The action leaves the others to face proceedings while the released pair go free.
Sherman Parker Still on Trial in Cripple Creek Case
In Florence and Cripple Creek conspiracy case, defense to begin introducing testimony as prosecution rests. Judge allows Davis to be discharged. Foster charges to be used. Parker and Foster motions to dismiss denied. Key witnesses include D C Scott and Conductor Rush outlining alleged train wrecks. defense argues nonunion involvement.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Sherman Parker
Thos. Foster
W. I. Davis
Florence and Cripple Creek
Davis
Foster
Parker
D. C. Scott
Sterling
Mine Owners’ Association
Rush
Scott
Western Federation of Miners
Attack and bombardment hit San Pedro de Macoris
San Domingo February 22 government forces attacked San Pedro de Macoris by boat landing. Insurgents fired on the force with many killed or wounded. The gunboat Presidente bombarded the town inflicting damage. The attack and bombardment were renewed on Sunday and the rebels damaged the Presidente near the water line.
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San Domingo
San Pedro de Macoris
Presidente
Fatal kerosene blast claims 9-year-old Mildred Jeffery
In Colorado Springs a 9-year-old girl, Mildred Jeffery, died from severe burns after kerosene exploded while she was refilling the furnace at 1132 North Wahsatch. A neighborhood boy Norman Fish and neighbor Mrs. Smither aided her, but the flames proved fatal within hours.
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Colorado Springs
Mildred Jeffery
North Wahsatch Street
Norman Fish
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