Peace is in balance as Japan assumes military control
Reports from St. Petersburg and London describe official steps toward military control by Japan and Russia amid rising tension. Imperial ordinances empower government seizure of private railways for war, with reserves mobilizing and warnings issued to publics in Kharkoff Kiev Odessa districts as a potential escalation looms.
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Commission of the Far
Wiju
Yalu
United States
London
Tokio
Daily Telegraph
Daily Mail
Warsaw
Kharkoff
Kieff
Odessa
Cassini Seeks Peaceing Outlook With Russia in Far East
Washington reports Count Cassini the Russian ambassador held a long talk with acting Secretary Loomis on the Far Eastern situation. He offered cautious hope for peace while addressing uncontradicted newspaper statements about the U S neutrality assurances. Russia foresees no hitch in receiving U S consuls in Manchuria and approves a commercial treaty.
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Washington
Count Cassini
Loomis
Manchuria
Russia
Chinese Seek Mediation to Avert Russo Japanese War
Chinese authorities press power ministers for mediation between Russia and Japan as war fears rise. A detachment of Russian cavalry moves toward Ischou, while Port Arthur reports say a battalion travels from the port toward the Korean frontier.
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Russia
Japan
China
Ischou
Port Arthur
Alleged Russian Spy Taken for Trial in Yokosuka Zone
Tokio Jan 26 Takashima the Japanese interpreter for the Russian attack was arrested on suspicion of spying in the Yokosuka fortified zone. He has been moved to Yokohama for trial with strong evidence against other suspects fueling public outrage over treachery deemed a capital offense in Japan.
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Takashima
Yokosuka
Yokohama
Japan
Flake Treacherously Shot as Moro Town Captured
Manila reports Lieutenant Campbell W. Flake of the Twenty second Infantry was killed when entering Moro Cotta in Mindanao to inspect the area. He was with Private Fog, Moros fired as Major Bullard negotiated. Moro Cotta fell to the expeditionary force with about twenty Moro fatalities. Daniel Burton heads to St. Louis amid bribery indictment. Fire at Sour Lake Texas destroys several blocks of frame business houses and affects oil fields.
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Mindanao
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Flake
Bullard
Burton
St. Louis
Washington
Kansas
Rialto Grain Company
United States
Texas
Old Fields
Houston
Sour Lake
Cannon Tract
Beaumont
Fire Wipes Out Norway Town Aalesund Destroyed
Aalesund, Norway, January 25. A fast advancing fire destroyed every building except the hospital. About 11,000 residents fled to open spaces with few houses left habitable. Loss is estimated at 4 million dollars and over two dozen fishing craft burned or sunk.
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Norway
Borgund
Molde
Bergen
Sweden
Colonel Lynch Freed on License After Treason Conviction
Colonel Arthur Lynch, who led the Irish brigade in the South African War and was later jailed for treason, has been liberated on license by King Edward. Davitt, Roosevelt, Lipton, and Mrs. Lynch helped secure the action. Lynch may travel but cannot sit in Parliament or hold public office without a royal pardon.
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London
Arthur Lynch
South Africa
Lynch
Colonel Lynch
Michael Davitt
United States
Roosevelt
Albany
England
Davitt
Thomas Lipton
Tornado destroys town in Moundville Alabama
A disastrous tornado swept Moundville Alabama population about 300 killing thirty seven and injuring more than one hundred. All but a small drug store were destroyed as the tornado moved a quarter mile wide from the southwest through the town. White victims include E P Seymour A H Warren J H Redmond Robert S Powers Nettie Farley. Negro dead include W N Miles his wife and six children Albert Holson his wife and three children Ike Holston his wife and three children and fourteen others unidentified.
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Ala
Moundville
E. P. Seymour
A. H. Warren
J. H. Redmond
Robert S&. Powers
Nettie Farley
W.N. Miles
Albert Holson
Ike Holston
Machen Trial Enters Third Week Over Letter Box Fasteners
In Washington the Machen case moves into its third week as the government prepares to close its case. Testimony focuses on identifying Machen's signature and initials on letters and papers tied to Groff fastener transactions and related conspiracy to defraud the government charges against August W. Machen the Groff brothers and Dr and Mrs George E Lorenz.
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Washington
August W. Machen
Groff Brothers
George E. Lorenz
Parker Again in Bull Pen
In Cripple Creek Colorado on January 26 Sherman Parker faced justice court on charges of assaulting Thomas Stewart and aiding Charles Campbell to elude officers. After delays the court announced there was no evidence and Parker was discharged, then promptly rearrested by the military and sent to the jail.
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Bull Pen
Cripple Creek
Colo
Sherman Parker
Justice Court
Thomas Stewart
Charles Campbell
Brill Pen
Elephant Trainer Killed by Elephant at Station
London January 25 George Lockhart renowned elephant trainer and circus proprietor was accidentally crushed to death by an elephant while unloading at a railway station in Walthamstown.
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London
George Lockhart
Walthamstown
Terrible mine disaster at Cheswick claims many lives
A blast at the Harwick mine of the Allegheny Coal Co in Cheswick Pittsburgh leaves 180 to 190 dead or missing. Engineer Selwyn M Taylor and several rescuers perish as efforts to reach imprisoned miners fail. Rescue attempts halted by water, afterdamps and freezing conditions.
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Harwick
Allegheny Coal Company
Cheswick
Cage
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Rude
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Thomas Woods
Taylor
Selwyn Taylor
Three Die as Train Crash at Gardene Creek Bridge
The Denver express on the Burlington main line struck by a local passenger train at Gardene Creek, forty miles north of St Louis, caused three deaths and seven serious to minor injuries. The wreck burned the two trains and eight cars, with fire spreading across the bridge as crews rushed from St Charles and St Louis.
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Denver
Burlington Road
Gardeene Creek
Here
Gardeecne ‘Creek
St. Charles
Town Under Twelve Feet of Water in New Cumberland
New Cumberland West Virginia January 25 A blizzard rages as fully half the town lies under twelve feet of water. Dozens of factories submerged the Chelsea China plant severely damaged. At Empire two miles above the town water reaches fifteen feet forcing residents to camp in box cars.
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New Cumberland
W. Va
Chelsea China Company
Empire
Box Cara
House Passes Army Bill With $75 Million Appropriation
The House approved the army appropriation totaling about $75,000,000 after amendments. A motion by Grosvenor struck the merger of the adjutant general and record and pension offices into a single military secretary's office, and the $400,000 hospital construction in Washington was removed. A submarine cable project from Sitka to Fort Luscom was also dropped. A separate resolution sought state department carriage figures.
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Adjutant General's Department
Record and Pension Office
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Grosvenor
Army General Hospital
Sitka
Fort Luscom
Secretary of State
State Department
Senate proceedings hinge on recess appointments and isthmian canal talk
The Senate continued debate on appointments made during recesses and heard Morgan discuss the isthmian canal. It passed several semi public bills including one to authorize a monument to John Paul Jones. A resolution sought information on the nomination of W. D. Orm as Charleston customs collector and another on Brigadier General Wood and other army officers.
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Washington
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W. D. Orm
Charleston
S. G
Wood
John Paul Jones
British Cabinet Changes Rumor Suppresses Further Resignations
The Daily News in London reports a rumor of imminent cabinet resignations. Names cited include Lord Lansdowne as foreign secretary, Lord Londonderry as education secretary, and Gerald Balfour as trade secretary.
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Board of Trade
Record Cold Breaks Milwaukees Historic Weather Milestone
Milwaukee reports the coldest weather on record with temperatures 46 to 48 degrees below zero in nearby New Richmond Wisconsin. The New Rich mond Roller Mills water power cokings frozen for the first time in the mill's history.
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New Richmond
Wis
New Richmond Roller Mills Company
Navy recognizes Morales government in San Domingo
The Navy Department has advised recognition of the Morales government in San Domingo. Order is restored and the Hartford has sailed to Guantnamo to rejoin the flagship.
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Washington
Navy Department
Morales
Hartford
Guantanamo
May wheat breakout shocks Chicago grain market
Chicago grain prices plunged with a sensational 35ge drop in May wheat as large sales by bullish interests pushed the market from strength to weakness. May wheat closed about 2c lower, with other grains and provisions showing mixed to higher moves and cattle and hogs showing varied receipts and prices.
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Market Report Kansas City Livestock Prices January
Kansas City market receipts show cattle and hogs firming. Beef steers ranged 3.75 to 4.40 with Western fed steers 3.60 to 4.40 and stockers 3.19 to 4.15. Hogs sold mostly 5.00 to 5.10, top 5.15, and sheep receipts at 9,000 with fat lambs 4.05 to 5.85 and fed yearlings 4.00 to 5.25.
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices at South Omaha Trade
South Omaha cattle receipts 2800 with prices native steers 3.00 to 5.15 cows and heifers 2.90 to 4.00 canners 1.75 to 2.70 calves 9.00 to 5.25 bulls and stags 2.50 to 8.90. Hogs receipts 5000 strong with heavy 4.89 to 5.00 mined 4.85 to 4.90 light 4.70 to 4.90 and bulk 4.85 to 4.95. Sheep receipts 6500 active with western yearlings 4.46 to 4.99 wethers 3.00 to 4.40 ewes 3.00 to 4.00 stockers 2.00 to 3.70 and lambs 4.75 to 5.75.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Western Fed
South Omaha
Cattle and hog prices rise on St. Joseph market day
St. Joseph live stock reports show cattle receipts at 2,594 with natives around 3.50 and cows and heifers near 2.00 to 4.35. Hogs receipts 4,107 with light at 4.90 to 5.02 and medium to heavy 5.00 to 5.12. Sheep receipts 4,127 up about 10 to 15 with lambs around 6.00 and yearlings near 3.5 to 5.0.
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St. Joseph
Ely's Cream Balm for Nasal Catarrh Promoted
Nasal catarrh quickly yields to Ely's Cream Balm an aromatic remedy applied through the nostrils that cleanses and heals the surface. Druggists offer the 50 cent bottle with mail order at ten cents. An atomizer friendly liquid form named Ely's Liquid Cream Balm is also available priced at five cents for the spray tube. AT CITY DRUG STORE.
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Ely's
City Drug Store
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