Chinese Revolution Grows Serious in Central China
Victoria B C dispatch reports the central China uprising led by Sun Yat Sen with rebel strength estimated at 10,000. Foreigners are not the target as government troops move to the scene. Gunboats from the United States Britain Germany and Japan proceed toward Changsha.
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Victoria
B. C
China
Empresas
Japan
Sun Yat Sen
London
Pinhiang
Shanghai
United States
Helena
H. M
Cadmus
Teal
Voerwarte
Fushim
Sumida
Changsha
California Legislature Adopts Safety Probe for Capitol
Sacramento reports the legislature in Redmen's Call convened with the Capitol under repair. Senate president pro tem BH Wolfe and secretary Lewis Hilborn were elected and R Beardsley became speaker. Senators denounced Redman's Hall as unsafe and threatened to move the session to test building safety with an architect from San Francisco.
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Sacramento
California
Redmen
Senate
I. Wolfe
San Francisco
Lewis A. Hilborn
R. [. Beardsley
Stockton
House
Redman
Supreme Court Validates Panama Canal Purchase Payment
The U S Supreme Court ruled the secretary of the treasury acted lawfully in paying 50 million dollars for Panama Canal property to the Panama Canal Company of France. Justice Brewer declared the government governs the canal zone and may appropriate funds to build the canal, rejecting Mr Wilson’s injunction.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Panama Canal Company of
France
Supreme Court of the United States
Wilson
Chicago
Brewer
Canal
Forty Rescuers Buried as Earth Caves In
In Bingen Hesse forty workmen were buried during railway line construction between Lamacheld and Leiningen. Fifteen injured and thirteen dead recovered so far. An embankment collapse trapped two, prompting immediate rescue teams. A wide pit held about fifty workers when the hillside fell, burying forty.
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Bingen
Hesse
Lamacheld
Leiningen
Cortelyou Retires as RNC Chairman in 1903
Washington reports George B. Cortelyou announced his retirement as chairman of the Republican National Committee. Harry S. New, vice chairman, will become acting chairman, following Cortelyou’s prior indication he planned to retire before taking Treasury duties.
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Washington
George B. Cortelyou
Republican National Committee
Harry 8. New
Cortelyou
Japan Aims for 22000-ton Battleship and Expedition Crew
Victoria B C report states Japanese naval authorities plan a 22000 ton battleship larger than any afloat and to send a squadron of warships along with a battalion of infantry and officers who fought in the war to James Town next May, though Admiral Togo will not join the squadron.
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Victoria
B. C
Empress of Japan
Japan
Imee Guarda
Jamestown
Togo
Policemen Accused as Graft Rings Target Express Robbery
Two police officers testified they were invited by Captain McGrath to join a conspiracy to rob a Northern Pacific Express delivery wagon between the depot and the express office in Butte. The plan aimed for the night of November 11 when cash was to be moved, prompting Express guards from St. Paul to descend with orders to shoot if needed, thwarting the alleged plot.
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McGrath
Express Company
St. Paul
Butte
Will Rule Utah Lawmakers
Salt Lake City caucuses elect 8 H Love as senate president and Harry B Joseph as house speaker. Other top officers named include R S Campbell secretary and Miah Day sergeant at arms in the senate. In the house Alexander Buchanan chief clerk Elijah Hawkins mate clerk Elwood Orth enrolling and engrossing clerk and A L Toone docket clerk.
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Salt Lake City
H. Love
Senate
Harryb. Joseph
House
R. 8. Campbell
Salt Lake
Miah Day
Millard County
Antoine Neilson
Emery County
Dennis C. Eichner
Salt Lake County
Benjamin Backman
Utah County
Jose A. Smith
Cache County
Samuel Miles, Jr
Washington, T
Wadeworth
Morgan
Alexander Buchanan
Elijah Hawkins
Elwood Orth
Weber County
A. L. Toone
William R. Thompson
Thomas C. Rowberry
Toople County
David Hess
Davis County
William L. White
Box Elder
Thomas Calder
Rich County
Jordan Denounces Exclusion Act Speech to San Francisco Socialists
Stanford president Da vid Starr Jordan told a Socialists meeting at Equity hall that no congress or president would pass or sign a Japanese exclusion act. He argued Americans and Japanese resemble each other and California should be an Anglo-Saxon state overall.
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San Francisco
Congress
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Equity Hall
Anti clerical riot flows through Spanish cities
Madrid saw a massive anticlerical demonstration with the government keeping garrison forces on standby to avert disturbances. Similar protests occurred in San Sebastian where about 80,000 people marched without clashes with police.
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Madrid
Bilbao
San Sebastian
Explosion at Old Hickory mine injures Milford workers
An explosion at the Old Hickory mine five miles from Milford Utah at 10 a m Sunday severely injures Joseph Joseph and leaves another miner mortally wounded. Thomas Singleton reportedly died after the blast as miners were working on a tunnel level drift into a missed hole, with the cage man en route to talk to them within 100 feet.
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Milford
Utah
Old Hickory
Thomas Singleton
Joseph Joseplh
Joseph
Twenty-Four Drowned as British Ship Grounded Near Cuxhaven
The British vessel Pongwarn of Captain Williama, sailing from Taltal to Falmouth with galtpetre, grounded on Nicharporn ten miles NW of Cuxhaven. Twenty-four crew died and the cargo was a total loss. A tug, Vulkan, aided but the crew reportedly did not heed jump appeals.
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Cuxhaven
Germany
Williama
Taltal
Chile
Falmouth
Nicharporn
Vulkan
Race Question Figures in a Senate Debate
Washington. The senate debated the race question with Senator Tillman opposing Senator Patterson of Colorado. Tillman blamed Roosevelt and the administration for worsening race tensions in the south by urging black equality and punitive actions against troops. Patterson defended presidential discretion but questioned policy, warning that Tillman’s radical stance could threaten the Democratic Party in the north.
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Washington
Senate
Tillman
Patterson
Colorado
South
Roosevelt
Brownville
Democratc Party
Proposals to Build Canal for Panama Canal Bid Gap
Washington reports the canal commission opened proposals for full Panama Canal construction. The Oliver Bangs bid at 6.75 percent on estimated cost is the lowest, with bids ranging 6.76 to 28 percent. If the $140,000,000 estimate is accurate, the award could total about $9.45 million for the two-man Knoxville New York team.
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Washington
Canal Commission
Panama Canal
William J. Oliver
Knoxville
Tenn
Anson M. Bangs
New York City
Congress
Oliver Bangs
Freight steamer Onondaga runs aground at Orleans beach
The Clyde line freight steamer Onondaga commanded by Captain Bunnell ran aground on Orleans beach while en route from Boston to Charleston and Tacasonville. Rescue chances are about even as the vessel lies nearly head-on on the shore amid a clear night. The ship had drifted about two miles off course during darkness.
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Chatham
Mass
Bunnell
Boston
Charleston
Tacasonville
Orleans
Wellman Exhorts Hopeful Balloon to Reach Pole
Walter Wellman's enlarged balloon, inflated for impermeability tests, was shown in Paris to notable aeronauts including Santos-Dumont, Dutsch, and Count de la Vaux, who expressed keen interest in his polar expedition plans. Wellman demonstrated the balloon's perfect condition.
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Paris
Walter Wellman
M. Santos Dumont
M. Dutsch
Count de la Vauix
Aeronautica
Wellman
Desperate clash in Okhta quarter ends with deaths
In St Petersburg police and workers clashed during a domiciliary search in the Okhta district. Five workers opened fire as police arrived. police responded. Two district inspectors and two policemen were killed, three police wounded. a large cache of firearms found in the house.
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St. Petersburg
Okhta
Chinks Fight Over a Girl in Oakland Chinatown
A deadly Chinatown feud in Oakland, California left one Chinese man dead and four wounded after an assassination at the supper table of Lee Book Dong, a capitalist, at 651 Harrison Street. Gunmen fired, Dong died almost instantly, and firing spread through the Chinese quarter over a disputed Chinese girl.
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Oakland
Cal
Chinatown
Lee Book Dong
Dong
Harrison Street
Bryan Opens Door to 1908 Presidential Bid in Montana
William Jennings Bryan received a public reception in Missoula, Montana, where thousands paid respects to the Nebraska statesman. He said a Topeka quote about a 1908 candidacy was misquoted and he would consider running if the Democratic platform faced a strong backing.
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Missoula
Mont
William Jennings Bryan
Topeka
Tennessee and Pennsylvania lawmaker clash on absent record
Late Thursday afternoon Representative Gaines of Tennessee accused Representative Mahon of being absent from the house 95 percent of the time during debates on docking members pay for absence. Mahon retorted that he had earned $7 000 in prior congresses and received pay from Speaker Crisp, then challenged the charge. Friends separated them as tempers flared, but both apologized and shook hands amid applause.
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Washington
Gaines
Tennessee
Mahon
Pennsylvania
Mr. Mahon
Mr. Gaines
Crisp
Tons of Molten Metal Showered on Workmen
Pittsburg reports an explosion at the Eliza furnaces of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Works. Three workers—John Cramer, Andrew Featherka, and Gustave Keasler—died, seven were injured, and twenty four are missing after tons of molten metal sprayed outward in a fiery flood within a forty foot radius.医院
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Pittsaburg
Eliza
Jones and Laughlin Steel Works
John Cramer
Andrew Featherka
Gustave Keasler
Pavloff Killed By Gunman In St Petersburg Garden
In St Petersburg Lt General Vladimir Pavloff known as Hangman Pavloff was shot to death at 10 am while strolling in the garden of the chief military court near the Molka canal. The assassin, disguised as a workman, was captured after a long chase through crowded streets. he fired about forty shots from two revolvers, killing a policeman and wounding a small boy.
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St. Petersburg
Vladimir Pavloff
Pavloff
Molka Canal
Trust Company Pays Wages as $27,000 Liquidated
Goldfield Nevada miners received their wages totaling 27000 dollars on Thursday as the I M Sullivan Trust company moves to speedily adjust affairs. Creditor payments are expected in full soon with a new board to be announced in two or three days. Mobilities stand near 600000 dollars, largely due to brokers tied to stock purchases in various mining ventures. Assets include over 6.7 million shares valued at roughly 3,008,995 dollars based on exchange figures and promotion prices.
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Goldfield, Nev
I. M. Sullivan Trust Company
Japanese Citizenship Question Settled Adversely
Washington naturalization authorities say the circuit court has ruled Japanese subjects cannot become U S citizens as they are not white or of African nativity. The issue has not yet been presented to the U S Supreme Court.
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Washington
United States
Circuit Court
Supreme Court of the
Crowd seizes Chicago council chamber over Halstead street plan
An excited crowd of citizens forced entry to Chicago city hall and compelled a council committee to flee. Protestors opposed widening Halstead street and the committee voted to postpone the matter until June, drawing strong reactions from attendees.
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Chicago
Halstead Street
Twin Falls Faces Coal Shortage Strain on Schools
Twin Falls Idaho endures coal famine with schools fearing closure after holidays. Trustees failed to secure fuel until Chairman Hamilton arranged a carload for the school which reopened Monday. Sagebrush fuels other Twin Falls schools while farmers burn abundant brush nearby.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Hamilton
Goldfield Strike Ends as Miners Back Work
Goldfield Nevada reports a union vote in favor of the joint committee plan. The strike will be declared off immediately with all miners and top men returning to work by order. Early returns show roughly eight to one in favor, sparking widespread rejoicing in the camp.
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Goldfield
Nevada
Investigation of Senator Bailey Led by Texas House
A Texas House resolution calls for a sweeping inquiry into United States Senator J. W. Bailey’s conduct. After a July primary where he won broad support, evidence alleged to show Bailey received large loans and fees from Waters-Pierce Oil, Kirby Lumber, Security Oil, and from H. C. Pierce personally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
United States
J. W. Bailey
House of Representatives
Bailey
Waters-Pierce Old Company
Kirby Lumber Company
Security Ol) Company
H. C. Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Embezzler’s Sentence Reduced in Kansas City
William C. Anderson, an assistant paying teller at the First National Bank, had his criminal court sentence cut from four years to two years and nine months by Judge Wofford. He confessed to embezzling $9,000, disappeared on December 1, was arrested in Texas three weeks later, most of the stolen funds were recovered, and he will be sent to the penitentiary immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
William C. Anderson
Natonal Bank
Wofford
Criminal Court
Anderson
Texas
Treasury extends return dates for deposits held by banks
The secretary of the treasury will notify depository banks that temporarily deposited about 12 million dollars to be returned on January 20 and February 1. The dates are extended so that one half is repaid February 1 and the other half February 15. Treasury cites no immediate need for the funds.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Floods Hit Clifton Arizona and El Paso Texas Again
A third surge of floods swept Chase creek at Clifton Arizona and washed out the Coronado railroad again but caused no damage to Clifton city. The San Francisco river near Char creek is rising rapidly as heavy rains abate. Until the Coronado line is repaired, Clifton smelter will lack ore and the road must be rebuilt on higher ground.
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el Paso
Tex
Clifton
Aria
Coronado Railroad
San
Miners Trapped in Nevada Snow Reach Rescue After Eight Days
Carson City Nevada miners Chris Jepperson and Jack Reynolds endured eight days on a Lone Pine claim after being snowbound seven nights. With a single day of provisions and a dog for hope, they were rescued from the Winter’s mine in a freezing, starving condition. Jepperson survived while Reynolds faced near death from exposure and frostbite.
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Carson City
Nev
Chris Jepperson
Jack Reynolds
Lone Pine
Gardnerville
Jepperson
Reynolds
Garderville
Famine refugees in China described at Tsing Kiang lu camp
Shanghai reports Captain Kirton describing the famine camp at Tsing Kiang lu as sheds in rectangular groups forming a two mile by one mile area. Nearby camps hold nearly half a million refugees with 30 percent in distress and 10 percent severely, as rice peddlers crowd roads and starving women tear up grain roots and cook leaves and twigs.
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Shanghai
Kirton
Tsing Kiang-lu
Tsing-Kiang-Fu
Fire at Gelspolsheim bindery kills twenty
A vat of boiling celluloid exploded in Hubert & Co. book bindery at Gelspolsheim near Strassburg. The blaze trapped workers and cut exits, destroying the plant and leaving twenty dead with some escapees badly scalded.
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Strassburg
Hubert & Co
Gelspolsheim
Senator Crowley moves inquiry into Guggenheim purchase
Denver, Jan 11. Senator Crowley introduced a resolution to appoint a committee to investigate Simon Guggenheim's alleged purchase of the United States Senate seat, citing reports of money used to secure pledges for his election. The measure was tabled.
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Denver
J. H Crowley
Simon Guggenheim
United States
Republian
Meombers
Oigeonheim
Bill to curb wildcat mining stock fraud proposed in Idaho
Boise legislators consider a measure from the American mining congress to halt operators issuing exaggerated statements about corporations or property values. The bill imposes a minimum ten year prison term and a fine up to twenty thousand dollars for publishing false financial or property value claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
American Ining Congress
Ikof
Persians Reject Burial Cost for Dead Shah
Teheran reports Emperor Nicholas expressed regret at the death of the shah’s father and wished the new monarch a long reign. The Persian public opposes burial at Kerbela due to cost, deeming extravagant funeral practices inappropriate for the living and dead alike.
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Teheran
Nicholas
Shah
Kerbela
Mecca
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Sullivan
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