Negotiations Not Ended as Russo Japan Crisis Looms
The dispatch from Pekin to Prince Ching warns that the second Russian reply is unfavorable and Japan will resort to arms if Russia does not back off. China urged strict neutrality and order in Shan Tung and Yunnan to prevent foreign intervention. London reports Germany will stay neutral if Russia and Japan go to war, signaling broader powers’ cautious stance.
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Tokio
Prince Ching
Japan
Russia
China
Shan Tung
Yunnan
Clips
Good Sense in Russia Warns Against War Folly
Moscow Jan 12 The Russkista Vedomosti argues war is unlikely and urges Russia to focus on internal development and conserve resources for greater aims. It mocks rumors of Japanese weakness and notes Japan has far more troops near the scene and strong backers.
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Moscow
Russkista Vedomosti
Russia
Japan
Russia and Japan consider Korea boundary in wartime scenario
In St Petersburg on January 15 a view circulates that if Japan occupies Korea Russia would not risk a naval engagement but would seize northern Korea. Japan might entrench on the southern slope of Gonsan near Seoul. This speculation appears in diplomatic circles as a possible basis for delimiting boundaries if current negotiations fail, avoiding direct clash.
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St. Petersburg
Japan
Korea
Russia
Gonsan
Seoul
China Expresses Neutral Policy Amid Tensions with Japan
Jan. 11 reports Russia warned it would occupy Pekin if China sides with Japan. The grand council urged the throne to pursue neutrality to avoid entangling alliances.
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China
Tien Tsin
Russia
Pekin
Japan
Grand Council
Seta
Negotiations Stalled in Japan Russia Crisis
Tokio January 11 reports show continued negotiations with poor prospects for a satisfactory outcome as public opinion in Japan and Russia dims on resolving the difficulties between the two nations.
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Tokio
Jan
Japan
Russia
Sensational Ironclad Hill Gold Strike Confirmed
In the Cripple Creek district Colorado, Ironclad Hill yielded ore valued at $25,000 from a space no larger than a man's body. Assays reach up to $23,000 per ton, triggering major activity in the district's north.
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Col
Cripple Creek
Ironclad Hill
Steamship Clallam Sinks in Fierce Storm Near Port Townsend
The steamship Clallam en route from Victoria to Seattle sank in a heavy gale near Port Townsend in the Strait of Fuea. Initial totals of missing ranged from fifty to seventy, with sixty-five now reported dead and twenty-five previously listed as lost. The vessel, disabled by the storm, was being towed by the tug Holyoke when it went down. the tug rescued as many as possible in the rough seas.
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Wash
Clallam
Victoria
Port Townsend
Strait of Fuea
Holyoke
Searching for the Dead in Clallam Disaster
Seattle reporters note searchers remain at the Clallam disaster scene on January 12. Twelve bodies have been recovered from fifty four missing. Rescue efforts continue as authorities aid families and coordinate salvage operations.
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Seattle
Wash
Clallam
St Louis Selected for Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Committee chose St Louis to host the national convention in 1904. The event is set for Wednesday July 6 at 11 o clock. The decision surprised many, as Chicago had been favored before politics shifted in favor of St Louis.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
St. Louis
Chicago
Explosion at Mexican mine kills twenty workers
At the Los Laureles mines near La Yesea west of Guadalajara a powder house dynamite blast killed twenty men and injured forty others. An American mine owner several leagues away was struck by falling rock and killed.
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Mexico City
Los Laureles
la Yesea
Guadalajara
Troops Moving Colombia Showing Evidence of Military Activity
Colon reports a Royal Mail steamer Atro notes great military activity in Santa Marta and Cartagena with large troop concentrations. Reliable sources say Cartagena hosts at least 2 050 Colombian troops, many arriving from the interior in the past two weeks.
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Royal Mail
Atro
Savanila
Cartagena
Theas
Lottery Bill Vetoed in Havana
Havana January 7 President Palms signed the veto of the lottery bill. He cites that a lottery is a lowering and corrupting device and that the government would be culpable in taking people’s money regardless of the lottery’s stated aim.
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Havana
Palms
January Grand Jury Probes House of Delegates Combine
The January grand jury in St. Louis investigates reports of a new combine within the house of delegates. It aims to dictate legislation and set terms under which all bills are considered, especially those involving wealthy corporations.
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Beadlers
St. Louis
House of Delegates
Five-year-old Sister Slimmed by Accidental Gunfire
In Jackson Tennessee on January 13 Sadie Currey eight years old was shot and killed while asleep in a room where four horses were playing with a gun. The shooter Henry Scott loaded a blank shell and fired at the sleeper striking her in the head.
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Tenn
Sadie Currey
Hso Scott
Jury Hard to Get in Car Barn Bandits Trial
Chicago reports one more juror secured in the Neid ermier Marx and VanDine case, bringing total jurors accepted after five days of proceedings. Other briefs note deaths from burns in Terre Haute, a Tibetan troop raise near Lhassa, two children burned in Minnesota, a deadly Michigan boiler explosion, and the death of Jean Leon Gerome, the painter and sculptor born 1829.
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Chicago
Neidermier
Marx
VanDine
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