Second Russian reply cannot be accepted by Japan
Berlin reports claim officials fear worsened russo Japanese tensions. Czar desires peace but will not concede further. London dispatch notes Tokyo receiving China’s neutrality appeal and warning that unless Russia recedes Japan will resort to arms. Chinese newsrooms fear inevitable war and note exchange of ratifications.
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Czar
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Lokal Uzeiger
Rusela
London
Times’ Peking
Tokio
Prince Ching
Russia
China
Shan Tung
Yunan
Russia Will Respect Manchurian Treaties With China
The Russian government informed powers it will fully observe treaty rights in Manchuria under the China treaty. Moscow states Manchuria belongs to no single nation and will honor all treaty entitlements, a stance meant to counter Japan’s insistence on defining Russia’s Manchuria policy.
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China
Berlin
Manchuria
Russia
Japan
Australia
Philippines
Great Britain
Calmer view of the Russian situation emerges
London reports from St Petersburg Tokyo and Seoul show a calmer assessment of the crisis. European capitals note Russia maintaining demands but adopting a conciliatory tone under czarist influence. The dowager empress of China delays fleeing Hsianfu following foreign ministers advice and Russian marines arrive in Seoul.
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London
St. Petersburg
Tokio
Berlin
Russia
Shanghai
China
Hsianfu
Seoul
Pneumonia Claims Many Victims in New York
New York reports 364 pneumonia deaths in the past week triggering health department action. Commissioner Darlington blames public spitting for spread and notes an alarming rise of 100 deaths from the prior year, prompting targeted prevention measures.
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New York
Department of Health
Darlington
State board finds St Louis strike inadvisable
The state board of arbitration, after examining the St Louis Transfer company cab and baggage drivers strike initiated Dec 12, ruled the action inadvisable and urged the men to resume work at old wages. organizer George Inness of Indianapolis said the workers would not back to duty.
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St. Louis
State Board of Arbitration
Boris Sarafoff Seeks Garibaldi Led Macedonia Expedition
Boris Sarafoff the Macedonian revolutionary leader arrived in Rome to persuade General Ricciotti Garibaldi to command an expedition aimed at liberating Macedonia from Turkish rule, echoing Garibaldi's earlier role in Greece.
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Rome
Boris Sarafoff
Sarafoff
Italy
Riccioti Garibaldi
Macedonia
Anarchists Accused in Riot at St Casimir Church
Three men sparked a riot at St Casimir's Lithuanian Church in Fittsburg on January 11 by declaring Sisters of Charity unworthy. Rev Father John Sutukies denounced them as anarchists linked to a plot against President McKinley. He noted they held meetings in the city and blamed a Russia bound college chum for his life threat. The disturbance arose during a parochial schools meeting and ended with the trio allowed to depart.
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Fittsburg
St. Casimir's
Sisters of Charity
John Sutukies
McKinley
Russia
Michigan
Sutukies
Marines and citizens clash at Norfolk ferry dock
In Norfolk Virginia on January 11 two citizens Lawson Cuddy and Joseph Flynn were fatally cut during a fight with marines. Marines including Robert Cadden Benjamin Marks Frank Benedict and Joe Donahue were held by police pending injury outcomes. Police charged the ferry house and stopped a squad of incoming marines as a razor was drawn.
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Norfo's
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Lawson Cuddy
Joseph Flynn
Robert Cadden
Benjamin Marks
Frank
Benedict
Joe Donahue
SAWS HIS WAY TO LIBERTY Bedridden hotel swindler escapes jail from Springfield
William J. Reid alias L. O. Hoffman, already serving ten years for swindling hotel operators across the nation, breaks jail in Springfield by unlocking nine doors sawing three chains and scaling an eighteen foot wall while feigning weakness. He had eaten beef broth for months and moved through six rooms past guards before vanishing. In Salt Lake City John M. Shockley confesses to double murder in a separate case, claiming self defense after fatally shooting Motorman Gleason and Conductor Brigtton during a robbery attempt. Shockley announces he may sign over property to aid the victims’ families and cites his Missouri parents.
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Mass
William J. Reid
L. O. Hoffman
Atlantic
Pacific
Shockley
Salt Lake
John M. Shockley
Gleason
Brigtton
Maries County
Missouri
Fires Twice at Newspaper Woman in Denver
Mrs. R. L. Anthony known as Polly Pry was shot at by an unknown man at her door at 9 30 pm. The bullets missed. Anthony suspects the attack stems from material in her weekly paper over the past three months.
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Denver
R. L. Anthony
Polly Pry
Porto Rican Legislature Opens in San Juan
The second biennial Porto Rico legislature opened its new session in San Juan. Governor Hunt's message will be read tomorrow and is expected to outline President Roosevelt's policy for the island. The house backs a $5,000,000 farmer loan while the council opposes it as uneconomical, risking a clash over American measures.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Hunt
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Council
House
Military Arrest Labor Agitator in Victor Colorado
Arthur Parker of Butte Montana, a Western Federation of Miners member, has been arrested by military authorities in Victor Colorado after three weeks in the city. Officials say he was sent to foment trouble and assist in prolonging the strike.
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Victor, Colo
Arthur Parker
Butte, Mont
Western Federation of Miners
Disaster at sea as Clallam wreck claims many lives
In the Straits of Juan de Fuca the sound steamer Clallam sank during a fierce storm. Fifty people perished, eight bodies recovered, and one survivor, W H Grimes, later found alive after clinging to the pilot house then rescued by the tug Holyoke. Names identified include Miss Harris, Miss Diprose, Miss Gallately, and Mrs Sullins.
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Wash
Clallam
Albion
Victoria
Vancouver
Luweetee Reid
W. J. Harris
Spokane
Thomas Sullins
Miss Harris
Miss the Diprose
Tacoma
Miss Gallately
A. J. C. Gallately
Bank of Montreal
Clover Point
Cay
W. H. Grimes
Straits of
Juan de Fuca
Grimes
Holyoke
Port Townsend
FIRE SHELLS INTO SAN DOMINGO
Rebels shell San Domingo as fighting rages through the city. A shell hit the city hall and another near the US legation causing damage but no injury. Insurgents claim victory over General Castillo, seizing cannons and arms. An American, Pierce, was arrested after delivering a Navarro message to Minister Powell.
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United States Legation
Castillo
Pierce
Navarro
Jiminez
United States
Powell
Ship Burns at Sea Aboard Clarence Bement
Advices to Lloyds from Port Stanley Falkland Islands report the American ship Clarence Bement which left Philadelphia August 16 bound for San Francisco arrived with her captain and crew stating the vessel was burned at sea but with no fatalities.
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London
Lloyd’s
Port Stanley
Falkland Islands
Clarence
Bement
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Engine Collides with Caboose in Yard Collision
In St Louis Vandalia freight engine collided with a caboose during yard switching. John Hunninger, a switchman, was killed. Peter Leinert was probably fatally injured. Engineer W B Deickneth and Fireman Joseph Traband were found unconscious but expected to recover.
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St. Louis
John Hunninger
Peter Leinert
W. B. Deickneth
Joseph Traband
Fever Situation Improves In Butler Area
One death and one new case signal improvement in the fever situation in Butler Pennsylvania dated January 11. Approximately 700 fever patients remain bedridden and twenty families still receive aid from the relief committee.
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Butler, Pa
Six Killed in Crow's Nest Pass Mine Explosion
Six men are dead and three injured after a gas explosion in tunnel No 3 at the Crow’s Nest Pass company mine in Michel BC. One of the injured is not expected to recover.
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Man
Crow’s Nest
Pass Company
Michel
B.C
Bulgarians and Turks clash at Kumanova force sent
Salonica reports a Bulgarian force invading Turkish territory at Kochana. A battle followed with Bulgarian losses totaling 100 killed.
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Salonica
Kumanova
Kochana
Death by Own Hand: Captain Richard S. Fairchild
One of the west’s oldest steamboat men, Captain Richard S. Fairchild, killed himself at his son’s home in St. Louis using a butcher knife. The event occurred on January 11.
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Jan
West
Richard S. Fairchild
General John G Gordon Dead and Lying in State
General John B Gordon dies at his winter home near Miami Florida. The body will lie in state in the Georgia state house for several days before funeral services in the house of representatives with southern leaders and Confederate veterans. An honorary escort will meet the cortege at Macon and state militia officers will greet the family at the state line. Governor Terrill calls citizens to observe mourning and flags lowered to half mast.
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John B. Gordon
Miami
Fla
State House
Gordon
Terrill
House of Representatives
South
Macon
General Gordon
Inquest Over Iroquois Fire Trials Firehouse Neglect
Coroner's inquest into the Iroquois Theater fire hears Murray an engineer testify that the theater lacked fire protection with scant hose and no instructions for staff. Two more victims Nellie Dawson Estelle Muir die in hospitals raising fatalities to 568.
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Chicago
Engineer Murray
Nellie Dawson
Estelle Muir
Harriman Elected President of Union Pacific
E. H. Harriman was elected president of the Union Pacific Railway company after the resignation of Horace Burt. M. Harriman was elected immediately, with directors adjourned. His acceptance is believed to be temporary while Harriman syndicate roads held routine meetings.
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New York
E. H. Harriman
Union Pacific Railway Company
Horace G. Burt
M.*. Harriman
Ely's Cream Balm for Nasal Catarrh Advertisement
Nasal catarrh relieves quickly with Ely s Cream Balm a pleasant aromatic application through the nostrils that cleanses and heals the nasal surface. Available in 50 cent size. 10 cent trial by mail. Liquid form announced for atomizer use priced with spraying tube at ten cents, sold at City Drug Store.
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Ely
Ely’s
City Drug Store
Wool Growers Meet Opens in Portland
The National Wool Growers' association convened in Portland Oregon on January 12. The organization is seeking to restructure from a purely legislative body into a business association to better protect member interests. An amended constitution admits smaller associations to membership and Senator Warren is effectively re-elected president.
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Portland
Ore
National
Wool Growers’ Association
Warren
Chicago grain and provisions market reports
Argentina weather reports buoyed Chicago trade with May wheat rising while May corn and oats held gains and placeholders in futures. Cash prices show varied wheat and corn quotients, cattle receipts with lower live cattle values, hogs steady to higher, and lambs firm in range markets.
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Chicago
Argentina
Lord
Kansas City Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Kansas City live stock market summary for Jan 17 shows cattle receipts around 10 000 with prices ranging from 1.50 to 6.75 for various cattle categories and hog receipts about 7 300 with top bids near 4.80 and most sales 4.55 to 4.75. sheep receipts 2 500 with native lambs five to six dollars and western lambs five to five seventy-five.
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Kansas City
Western Fed
St. Joseph Live Stock Cattle and Hog Markets
St. Joseph Jan 11 cattle receipts 3309 lower with natives 3.90 to 4.70 cows and heifers 2.50 to 3.35 stockers and feeders 3.00 to 3.65 hogs receipts 3948 lower top 4.70 bulk 4.50 to 4.60 sheep receipts 2867 steady to lower damps 5.85 yearlings 5.15 ewes 4.00.
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Ko Sane
St. Joseph
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