Japan to Open Manchuria to Foreigners From May First
A Japanese legation statement says that foreign citizens and vessels may enter An Tung Hsien, Ta Tung Kao from May 1, with consuls to follow. from June 1, access expands to Mukden and interior travel will be allowed where military conditions permit. Dalren will open to world commerce soon. travel interior remains at own risk with no government protection from bandits.
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Manchuria
An Tung Hsien
Ta Tung
Makes Serious Charge About Smuggled Goods
The Evening Post reports a strong belief that dutiable goods valued around 750000 were smugged ashore in launches from the battleship Oregon before departure for Bremerton navy yard. An order allegedly directs Bremerton inspectors to delay the battleship while the matter is investigated and customs authorities nationwide are alerted to locate and inspect the packages.
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San Francisco
The
Evening Post
Oregon
Bremerton Navy Yard
Bremerton
How Chinamen Get to United States
Commissioner General Sargent of the immigration service told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Monday that enforcing the Chinese exclusion act faces major difficulties. He cited Section 6 Certificates, effectively passports for landing, being forged by U S consular officers in China and traded for money as the greatest source of complaint.
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Washington
Sargent
Immigration Service
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
United States
China
New Trial Sought in Patrick Death Penalty Case
Hearing on Albert T. Patrick’s bid for a new trial resumed Monday. Alexander B. Branberry, U S Army sergeant, testified. he had worked for Rice as a clerk until 1897 after arriving from the Philippines.
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New York
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Alexander B. Branberry
United States Army
Philippines
Rice
Rainfall Delays Salt Lake Route Repairs in Nevada
Rainfall in Nevada delays track repairs near Caliente on the Salt Lake Route. Local officials have no information from the washout scene. General Manager R E B Wells is quoted by Los Angeles papers stating the ruins have slowed progress and undone prior repairs.
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Salt Lake City
Nevada
Salt Lake
Caliente
R. EB. Wells
Los Angeles
California Youth Charged With Cold Blooded Murder
Elmer and Willie Halm aged 21 and 19 were held to trial in Fresno by Justice Smith on allegations they murdered William G. Hayes and his wife in October. Hayes, a well known local rancher, had resided in the county for twenty five years.
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Fresno
Cal
Elmer
Willie Halm
Superior Court
Smith
William G. Hayes
Hayes
Immunity Plea Rebuffed Against Railroad Officials
Kansas City federal court judge sustained United States Attorney A. B. Van Valkenbergh in denying immunity pleas by Chicago Alton railway officials and several executives and brokers charged with illegal rebates. Trial set for May 22. Judge McPherson followed Judge Landis in Chicago, who rejected immunity in a parallel case.
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Kansas City
Smith McPherson
United States
van Valkenbergh
Nils Demurrer
Chicago & Alton Railway
J. N. Faithorn
F. A. Wann
George 8. Crouby
Chiexo, Burlington & Quincey Railway
George 1. Thomas
L. B. Ta
Flowers for Heroes Memorial Day Address
Washington Commander in Chief Tanner of the Grand Army of the Republic issues the annual post address for May Day Memorial Day exercises. He notes since 1868 Logan instituted the day and urges continued tribute by decorating brave soldiers with flowers, as thousands cross the river monthly toward their final sleep.
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Washington
Tanner
Grand Army of the Republic
Bnys
Logan
Broad River
Telluride Miner Leader Bonded in Murder Case
Vincent St John president of Burke Colorado Miners Union, affiliated with Western Federation of Miners, was released on $10,000 bond after being brought from Boise to stand trial for alleged involvement in miner Ben Burnam's killing during a strike riot. He had earlier been arrested in Idaho over the Steunenberg assassination.
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Telluride
Colo
Vincent St. John
Miners’ Union
Burke
Ida
Boise
Ben Burnam
H. Rutan
St. John
Western Federation of Miners
Idaho
Steunenberg
Colorado
Senator Opposes Hepburn-Dolliver Rate Bill
Mr. Morgan told the senate on Monday he opposed the Hepburn-Dolliver bill now before them. He argued it would create a national commission to control railroads, repeal the sacred July trial right, and strip states of rate reasonableness power while vesting that authority in a national panel.
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Washington
Morgan
Senate
Confidence in Their Leader Upholds Mitchell in Coal Strike
Philadelphia reports the first week of idle stoppage in the anthracite coal region after President Mitchell ordered a suspension of mining. Miners express strong confidence in Mitchell, with locals passing resolutions endorsing his judgment and pledging support for any actions he deems necessary during negotiations with operators and miners' representatives in New York.
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Philadelphia
Mitchell
New York
Landslide Delays Work Along Tehachapi Tracks
A landslide at Tehachapi Monday delayed clearing the Southern Pacific tracks and added hundreds of tons of obstruction. Earth rose as traffic neared resumption. Sixteen laborers toil at tunnel 17 under constant danger.
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Los Angeles
Tehachapi
Southern Pacific
Towns Covered by Molten Sea
Naples trembles as Vesuvius erupts with stronger activity. Torre Annunziata and Boscotrecase emptied by lava advance. Evacuations rail and sea transport organized. police guard abandoned homes while San Sebastiano reports lava nearing. Hundreds of thousands seek refuge, trains and ships ferry evacuees amid halted rail service.
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Naples
Vesuvius
Boscotrecaz
Torre Annunziata
Gulf of Naples
Torre del Crece
San Sebastiano
Record crowds fill Salt Lake LDS conference sessions
Salt Lake City reports show larger crowds than ever for the Latter-day Saints conference with favorable weather. Overflow meetings were held Sunday in the Assembly hall and outdoors in front of the information bureau. About 11,000 packed the tabernacle Sunday afternoon while the Assembly hall reached capacity and the outdoor crowd could not hear the speakers clearly.
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Salt Lake City
Latter-day Saints’ Conference
Assembly Hall
Bureau of Information
Tabernacle
Californian Runs Amuck in Grass Valley Fatal Family Stabbing
California report states Jack Alden fatally stabbed his father in law Alfred Jenkin sr and stabbed his wife ten times in Grass Valley Sunday evening. Mrs Allen is dangerously wounded. surgeons hope for recovery. The Jenkin home was the scene. Allen, recently drinking heavily, attacked during supper.
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Grass Valley
Cal
Jack Alden
Alfred Jenkin
Allen
Jenkin
Begged to be Locked Up in Salt Lake City Jail
John P. Watson said to be from Kansas City and mentally deranged is confined in the Salt Lake City police jail for sanity examination. He walked in Sunday begging to be locked up claiming men were after him and that he would be killed unless protected. He says his wife lives in Kansas City and would not answer further questions.
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Salt Lake City
John P. Watson
Kansas City
Watson
Cuba Ahead in U S Trade Ties with Americas
Washington reports from the department of commerce and labor show Cuba ranking second in importance to U S trade relations with American nations. The 1905 calendar year totals list Canada at 203 million dollars, Cuba 125 million, Brazil 111 million, Mexico 92 million, and Argentina 39 million.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Cuba
United States
America
Canada
Brazil
Mexico
Argentina
Towed Into Port Nagasaki After Ocean Peril
The Italian sailing ship Brasmo, Captain Amelio, sailing from Philadelphia September 9 for Nagasaki with oil, was towed into Nagasaki last Friday by the German steamer Selgoviyar after being found off Kagoshima in a miserable condition. The crew of twenty four endured seven months of bad weather and Alness attacks, resulting in one death.
Two Apostles Resign As New Ones Named In Mormon Change
Salt Lake City Sunday session of the LDS conference announced by Apostle Francis M. Lyman that Apostles John W. Taylor and Matthies F. Cowley had resigned and were accepted last October for disharmony with their quorum and with church presidency. Also noted were the deaths of Apostles Mariner W. Merrill and C. D. Pyelsted. New apostles named in seniority order are George F. Richards Orson F. Whitney and David O. McKay, with the line of presidential succession listed through Francis M. Lyman and John Henry Smith to David O. McKay. Judge Charles H. Hart was named to the council of seventies.
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Salt Lake City
Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Tatterday Saints
Francis M. Lyman
Tabernacle
John W. Taylor
Matthies F. Cowley
Apostle Lyman
Mariner W. Merrill
Richmont
C. D. Pyelsted
Mr. Lyman
Smith
Quorum of Apostles
Bosen
George F. Richards
Orson F. Whitney
David O. McKay
John Henry Smith
George Teasdale
Heber J. Grant
Anthon H. Lund
Rudker Clawson
Reed Smoot
Hyrum M. Smith
George A. Smith
Charles W Penrose
Charles II, Hart of Logan
Council of Seventies
Tooele
Franklin D. Richards
Davis County
Tooele County
Tooele Stake
New Apostles
Utah
Newell K. Whitney
Weber Stoke Academy
Scotland
Two Apostles Resign From Mormon Church
Salt Lake City reveals John W. Taylor son of John Taylor and Brigham Young successor resigns as apostle after 1884 elevation. Cowley, fellow apostle and Salt Lake native, retired after 1897 appointment by Wilford Woodruff. Coincidentally the two have been close friends since boyhood.
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Salt Lake City
John W. Taylor
John Taylor
Mormon Church
Brigham Young
Provo
Cowley
Salt Lake
Wilford Woodruff
Conference of Sunday School Union Held in Salt Lake City
The semi annual meeting of the Sunday school union of the Mormon church gathered in the tabernacle Sunday evening under Elder George D. Pyper. Music from the L D S university and tabernacle choirs accompanied reports on Sunday school progress. Fifty four stakes were represented and 122000 members officers and teachers are enrolled in the Sunday schools.
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Salt Lake City
Sunday School Union of the
Mormon Church
Tabernacle
George D. Pyper
University and Tabernacle
Hotel Zum Hirsch Disaster Kills Dozens in Nagold
The Hotel Zum Hirsch collapsed during a festive dinner in Nagold, Germany, killing at least fifty and injuring around one hundred. The five story building had been raised and repairs were underway. A large crowd had gathered to celebrate when the crash occurred, with many leaping from windows to escape. The town mourns as nearly every family loses at least one member.
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Nagold
Little Black Forest
Germany
Russian press muzzled after St. Petersburg vote
The Russian government tightened press controls after the St. Petersburg elections. Censorship was restored with mandatory pre distribution copies and prohibition on renaming suspended papers. A law imposes up to one year imprisonment for publishing false reports harming national credit.
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St. Petersburg
Vorwaerts
Germany
Council of the Empire
Made War on Mayor in Boise Dismissals
In Boise seven appointive officers were unanimously dismissed by the city council on Thursday night. The docket includes city clerk J A Beal, city attorney Charles M Kahn, police magistrate W F Lockee, associate police magistrate M B Parker, city engineer Zenos M Vaughn, consulting engineer Charles H Irwin, and pound master George Halstead. No reason was given, but long standing discord between the mayor and the council is cited as a background factor.
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Boise
J. A. Beal
Charles M. Kahn
W. F. Lockee
Parker
Zenos M. Vaughn
Charles H. Irwin
George Halstead
Offers Fortune to Servia for Cathedral Burial Site
A report from an authoritative source states former Queen Natalie of Servia mother of the murdered King Alexander plans to present her country properties valued at 15 million dollars for the erection of a cathedral. She desires the bodies of King Milan and King Alexander to be interred there.
Spring Revolution Begins In Santo Domingo
Washington reports more unrest from San Domingo as Commander Southerland cables the Navy Department that a revolution has broken out at Latouria. He notes the Paduewh is present and American interests remain uninvolved while the Dubuque is at Monte Christi.
Zion City Leaders Denounce Dowie Follower Chooses Voliva
In Zion City Illinois the Shilon tabernacle crowd denounced former leader John Alexander Dowie and signaled support for successor General Overseer Voliva. The new leader spoke of Dowie alleged misdeeds and set the path forward for the sect.
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Zion City
John Alexander Dowle
Shilon
American Mining Congress to Meet in Denver
The board of directors announced the ninth annual convention will be held in Denver from November 14 to 17. Simon Guggenheim and David H. Moffat each subscribed $50,000 to build an International mining temple in Denver on the condition that the congress raise $150,000 to $200,000 more.
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Denver
The
American Mining Congress
Congress
Simon Guggenheim
David H. Moffat
Storm Fright Hits Tahiti Area Killing 121
Honolulu reports the hurricane sweeping Tahiti and nearby islands claimed 121 lives. Among the dead were ninety one natives and four whites on the Poumotus and twenty four natives and one white on other islands. Water rose to twenty feet above normal, wrecking buildings and threatening consulates. A white resident on Motuta Island saw signals for help as his wife’s body was later recovered from a palm. Fears persist for the schooner Eimee with seven aboard. The Dunreggan notes a hurricane south of Loyalty Island on February 7 and Thursday Island later on February 22.
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Honolulu
Tahiti
Poumotus
Papeete
Lebiloc
Motuta Island
Eimee
Dunreggan
Loyalty Island
Thursday Island
Mae Wood suit against Platt dismissed for lack of appearance
A sensational $150,000 damages suit by Mae Wood against Senator Thomas C. Platt secretary William Loeb and ex Postmaster Wynne was dismissed by Judge Kennedy when the plaintiffs failed to appear. Wood claimed she wrote a book titled The Love Letters of a Rose containing letters from Platt that were taken and not returned.
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Omaha
French sculptor dies after balloon landing near Amityville
Paul Nocquet, a noted French sculptor and amateur aeronaut, perished after a balloon ascent north of Jones Beach. He reportedly landed safely, then wandered into meadows near Vass Creek in darkness, traveling several miles between Jones Head and Amityville, crossing 13 or 14 islands and wading through riverlets before death.
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New York
Vass Creek
Long Island
Jones’ Head
Amityville
Paul Nocquet
Nocquet
Jones’ Beach
Constitutional Democrats Win St Petersburg Municipal Vote
The victory of the Constitutional Democrats in St Petersburg municipal elections sparked intense jubilation in the radical press. The Molva hailed it as a blow against the bureaucracy and its government lackeys, signaling popular disgust with blood and lawlessness policies likely to pressure the government to resign across Russia.
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St. Petersburg
Constitutional Democrats
Molva
Russia
Russo-Chinese Talks Stall Over Manchuria Demands
Negotiations between Russia and China on northern Manchuria stall as M Pokouiloff and Chinese commissioner Tong meet only sporadically. Russia holds leverage by insisting China formally grants privileges it already claims.
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Pekin
M. Pokouiloff
China
Tong
Russia
Manchuria
Officers face inquiry over hazing of poor lieutenant
Aldershot England four lieutenants Hamilton Dalgrymple Hamilton Joliffe and Harford stood trial before a court of inquiry investigating the hazing of Second Lieutenant Clark Kennedy who was severely maltreated last month allegedly because he could not meet regimental subscriptions. The court consists of four generals and two colonels.
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Aldershot
England
Leutenante
Hamilton
Dalgrymple-Hamilton
Joliffe
Harford
Clark Kennedy
Scandal Ties Boer War to George L. Jordan Case
George L. Jordan was arraigned in New York on forgery charges linked to a 1899 indictment for forging a $20,000 promissory note. The man, who vanished years ago while buying horses for Britain’s army, was believed to have left the United States.
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New York
England
George L. Jordan
Jordan
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