Czar War Council Hears Peace Talks Amid War End Plans
The Russian government debates internal and external crises with Emper or Nicholas and ministers as the war is pursued to the bitter end. Peace chatter arises from foreign papers, linked to Foreign Minister Lamsdorff’s peace-leaning stance, but no official shift from the war program is confirmed. The note notes Port Arthur prisoners have been moved and Japan plans a naval station there.
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St, Petersburg
Nicholas
Council of the Empire
M. Witte
Lamsdorff
Manchuria
Russia
Count Lamsdorff
Transfer of Prisoners at Port Arthur Completed
TOKIO Jan 8 The transfer of prisoners at Port Arthur was completed at 4 30 p m yesterday The total number of officers transferred was 578 men 28491
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Tokio
Port Arthur
Russian Pacific squadron sails from Suda Bay to Port Said
Vice Admiral Botrovsky's division with cruisers Oleg Izumrud Dnieper and Rion and torpedo boat destroyers Groyznoy Gromski and Rezity departed Suda Bay this afternoon bound for Port Said after a delay.
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Suda Bay
Botrovsky
Oleg
Izumrud
Dnieper
Rion
Groyznoy, Gromski
Rezity
Port Said
Fifty Percent Of Russian Officers To Share Fate Of Soldiers
Reports from Port Arthur via Fu San on January 8 indicate Lieutenant Generals Fock and Smirnoff plan to go to Japan as prisoners of war. Fock led the port defenses, Smirnoff commanded the forts. half of Russia’s officers are said to accompany soldiers in captivity.
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Port Arthur
Fusan
Fock
Smirnoff
Japan
St. Petersburg
Feck
Mukden
Prince Ouktomsky
Petersborg
Che Foo
Japan legation dispatch on General Nogi reports
Washington dispatch summarizes a cable from Tokyo dated today from the foreign office. It notes that General Nogi on Sunday reports de- and continues with the telegraphic summary of the Japanese military situation as received in Washington.
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Washington
Foreign Office
Tokio
Nogi
Fragmentary Page 6 Column 4 Note
Continued item fragment mentions PRE ETS but provides no clear event person or organization. No actionable details or context available to form a complete summary beyond indicating a cross-page reference.
Colorado Governor Faces Battle Over Supreme Court Nominations
Governor Peabody nominates Bailey and Goddard to the state supreme court as Democrats vow a fierce fight in the senate. Republicans claim pledges to secure confirmation. Peabody plans to contest Adams inauguration, with notice possible after the fifth day of the session.
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Denver
Vol
Senate
Supreme Court
Peabody
Bailey
Goddard
Campbell
Delong
Adams
Fire Ends Church Blaze in Lafayette Basement
Fire tore through the basement of the German Evangelical Church in Lafayette Indiana shortly after Sunday school, engulfing the entire structure. The loss is estimated at 5000 dollars and fully insured.
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Lafayette
Ind
German Evangelical Church Today
Storm 15 Sweeping British Coasts
Storm 15 worsens on British coasts with shipping losses. The Glasgow steamer Stella Maris collided with Spanish vessel Oris seven miles off Holyhead. both sank, crews saved. Belfast schooner Dispatch collided with Sunderland steamer Dinnington off Ramsgate. Dinnington believed sunk with ten crew. Vessels driven ashore. crews rescued. Geneva reports twenty four lives lost in mountains during the recent blizzard on St Bernard pass.
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London
Glasgow
Stella Maris
Holyhead
Oris
Belfast
Dispatch
Dinnington
Ramsgate
Geneva
St. Bernard Pass
Daniel Tuigg Escapes From Longcliffe Hospital
Daniel Tuigg, moved from War Saw to Longcliffe hospital for the insane two weeks ago, escaped Thursday night. Authorities fear he boarded a freight train and remains at large. Tuigg is the man who shot three men on a Pennsylvania passenger train near Warsaw months ago and is deemed dangerous. He believes enemies pursue him to kill him.
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Journal-Gazette
Logansport
Ind
Daniel Tuigg
Warsaw
Longcliffe Hospital
Tuigg
Pennsylvania
National Livestock and Wool Growers Convention Opens
Denver hosts the joint national livestock convention and National Wool Growers association as delegates pour in. Railroads and packers send reps, with attendance around 1,099. The event runs through Thursday, with Friday and Saturday for sightseeing.
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National Livestock and Wool Growers’ Convention
Bwnver
Col
National Livestock Convention
National
Wool Crowes’ Association
Denver
Tornado hits Mormon colony timber lands in Chihuahua
A tornado swept through a timber area of the Mormon colony Chuichupa in Chihuahua Mexico injuring no people and causing damage to property. The event, described as unheard of in this region, disrupted a strip of timber land near Fel Paso Texas on January 8.
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Mormon Colony
Mexico
Fel Paso
Tex
Chuichupa
Chihuahua
Col J W Baker Lands the Plum at Columbia City
Col John W Baker, veteran editor of the Daily Commercial, will be recommended as postmaster of Columbia City on January 1 1906. Col W W Williamson will retire after eight years, with Williamson to run the Mail. The rival editors reached a deal to suspend the Commercial and transfer subscriptions, ending a dozen year political and journalistic feud. Williamson remains editor of the Mail, and Baker agrees not to establish another paper for ten years. The postmaster salary is 2200 annually, deputy 1160, with potential for other appointments.
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Columbia City Postoffice
Gilbert
John W. Baker
Commercial
W. W. Williamson
Colonel Baker
Williamson
Solic
Mail
Columbia City
Journal-Gazette
Baker
Col. Baker
Daily Comercial
A. E. Baker
Indiana
Bitter fight to appoint him to post ends in surrender
The text recalls two bitter battles over his appointment, with Colonel Baker opposing each time. After the November election, a candidate for a third term led to renewed pressure, but Baker's persistence finally forced a surrender that secured the post the subject had long sought.
Elizabeth Hackett 83 Dies At Fort Wayne
Miss Elizabeth Hackett aged eighty three died Sunday of senile debility at 1336 Washington boulevard Fort Wayne. She came from New Bloomfield Pennsylvania thirteen years ago with John M Jackson manager of the Evening Sentinel. She was a devout Presbyterian and active in First Church until infirmities kept her home. She leaves three siblings Rachel Hackett C J Hackett and George Hackett. Remains to be shipped to New Bloomfield for funeral at Center Church and Hackett burial ground.
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Elizabeth Hackett
EB. A. K. Hackett
Evening Sentinel
John M. Jackson
Jackson
Washington Boulevard
Miss Hackett
Elliottsburg
Penn
New Bloomfield
Presbyterian Church
Fort Wayne
First Church
Rachel Hackett
C. J. Hackett
Altoona
George
Hackett
Harrisburg
Center Church
Hackett Burial Ground
Real estate dealer shoots burglars in Chicago office
Thomas J. Campbell, a Chicago real estate dealer, fatally wounds Joseph Spicer and wounds a second burglar during a guard-led confrontation at his office. Spicer dies from body wounds. the other intruder, wounded in the leg, escapes as Campbell pursues him outside. Police expect to identify the fugitive from his injuries.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Campbell
Campbell
Joseph Spicer
Spicer
Cross the Ocean in Race with Death
Mrs. Robert Medill Patterson and her son Joseph Medill Patterson along with his wife arrived in New York to hasten to Vienna where the Countess Gyzieki Eleanor Patterson lies critically ill with acute peritonitis. The Countess is the Patterson daughter who married Count Gyzieki of Russia at Washington last April. The couple resided near Kiev in Poland when illness struck.
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New York
Robert Medill Patterson
Joseph Medill Patterson
Caicago
Europe
Vienna
Gyzieki
Russia
Washington
Kieff
Russian
Poland
Ohio Contractor Killed At Indiana Harbor
Hammond Indiana January incident reports a Pleasant Bend, Ohio contractor James Moran aged forty fell two feet from a stairstep at his boarding house in Indiana Harbor to night and was instantly killed. his neck was broken.
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Hammond, Ind
James Moran
Pleasant Bend
Indiana Harbor
Indiana General Assembly Likely To Pass Little
Indianapolis January session opens with Sixy four General Assembly prepared after Hanly and Miller to face few bills. Expect debate on divorce annulment regulation and a railroad commission fight. Nicholson law likely to be amended or repealed to improve efficiency while private banking law dies not advance.
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Indianapolis
Sixty-fourth General Assembly
Hanly
Miller
Senator Wood to push state bank supervision bill
Indianapolis reports Senator Will R. Wood of Tippecanoe county will introduce a bill to regulate private banks. The plan requires a cash or approved security minimum of 10 000 and state supervision without formal incorporation, citing recent bank failures and a push from the State Bar association and Indiana Bankers' association. Governor Durbin favors a 25 000 minimum for existing banks, but Wood argues a lower amount suits smaller communities.
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Indianapolis
Jan. S
Will R. Wood
Tippecanoe County
State Bar Association
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Addison
Harris
Durbin
North Liberty
Ind
Wood
Auditor of State
Whiskey Price War Cuts Costs on Peoria Trade
Spurred by a New York headquarters order, distilleries under the trust slash prices to a $1.22 basic finish, the lowest in years. Independents vow to compete as rivalry intensifies. government tax at $1.10 puts prices near cost and two months of quotational quarrels linger on the Peoria board.
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Peoria
New York
Seemled Trust
Trusts
Peoria Board of Trade
Bettina Girard Dies in New York Hospital
Bettina Girard actress daughter of General Ordway died at Roosevelt hospital New York from acute pneumonia. Her body was claimed under the name Ordway and sent to Washington for burial. She had seven marriages and a career in light opera melodrama and vaudeville spanning about twenty years.
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New York
Bettina Girard
General Ordway
Washington
Roosevelt Hospital
West Forty-First Street
Elizabeth Witter
Ordway
Broadway
Miss Girard
Decatur
Georgetown
Mrs. Burr
Arthur Padelford
Baltimore
Austria
Arthur J. Padelford
John J. Raffael
Harrison J. Wolfe
William (. Beach
Philip Schuyle
Frank Turner
Francis J. Witter
Mr. Witter
Weston
Miss Giraul
Albert Ordway
National Quad
District of Columbia
Old Kentucky
Fler
Girard
Willers
Mr Charles Miller Leaves for New York
Mr Charles Miller departed last evening for New York. The move is noted in local society records as a routine travel during the autumn season.
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Charles Miller
New York
Opposition 10 Statehood Bill Debate in Senate
Washington January report notes opposition plans a week of debate on the statehood measure with Senator Morgan delivering the opening speech. Indicated strategy aims to delay and possibly steer toward separating territories, while other items like the omnibus claims bill and fishermen’s compensation move slowly. Governor Higgins dines with President Roosevelt in Washington as Indiana cities push for federal court.
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Washington
Senate
Warren
Fulton
Morgan
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
House plans early action on district bills and court site row
Washington January reports the House will start active consideration of appropriation bills this week with District of Columbia day on Monday. A bill to authorize use of monument grounds for an American railroad appliance exposition is eyed, while debates on pensions taxes and several district measures proceed. Rivalry between Anderson and Muncie over a U S district court site spurs tension as Cromer seeks to keep peace between the cities amid funding pitches.
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Washington, Jan
House
District of Columbia
Roosevelt
American Railroad Appliance Exposition Authority
Monument
Baker
Judiciary Committee
Morton
Army
Hill
Federal Court
Anderson
Muncie
Congress
United States District Court Jn c
Cromer
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