Assassination of Grand Duke Sergius Shocks Moscow
Grand Duke Sergius, uncle and brother in law to the czar, was killed when a bomb exploded as his carriage passed the law courts. Two men in a sleigh, one dressed as a workman, attacked the carriage. The coachman also died. Police arrested the assailants, who reportedly declared they had done their job. Sergius was a highly influential court figure and was widely disliked as Moscow’s general.
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Moscow
Sergius
Lichotas
Senate
Law Courts
Nor
Poison in her stomach ends bigamist case ruling
Chicago physicians and chemists analyzing the stomach and liver of Mrs. Marie Welcker Hoch declared Friday that her death was due to arseni gaid poisoning. Dr. Lewke, coroner's physician, said four analyses left no doubt the death resulted from work that would do credit to a Borgia.
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Marie Hoch
Chicago
Marie Welcker Hoch
Johann Hoch
Lewke
Peace talk at St Petersburg ends war doubt
Czars talks peace at a conference in Pearskoe Selo with ministers. Details are withheld as the emperor requires solemn secrecy from all present. In Duluth Minnesota Claude Snively, 27, fell to his death from a fifth story window. Duchess of Marlborough narrowly escaped a dress fire at a Dublin ball. In Oklahoma, Joseph Bostick was shot during a family quarrel and his brothers were arrested.
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St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Pearskoe Selo
Tran
Duluth
Minv
Claude
Snively
Washburn, Bailey & ‘Mitchell
Lansdale
Businss
Dublin
Lora Grenville
Duchess of
Jeph Bostick
Burnett
Okla
Frank
George
Fourteen Engines Stalled on Northwestern Line
A rotary snow plow was moved from St Paul to Madison Wisconsin to clear tracks on the Galena division of the Northwestern road where fourteen engines are stalled and no trains have come in since Saturday.
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Madison
Wis
St. Paul
Galena
Nan Patterson Murder Case Trial Set For March Sixth
District Attorney Jerome Friday notified Nan Patterson’s counsel that a new trial in the murder case of Caesar Young in New York would begin on March 6. The filing indicates legal moves toward reinstating proceedings after previous motions.
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Nan Patterson
Jerome Friday
Boulanaker
Caesar Young
New York
Sioux City Stock Market Quotations Reported Friday
Fragments from Sioux City stock market show butcher steers at three to five dollars and hogs around four to five dollars a hundredweight. A separate brief notes a fatal incident and a criminal arrest in Texarkana.
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Sioux City
Dominican Protocol and Monroe Doctrine Spark Senate Debate
President Roosevelt’s message transmitting the Dominican protocol, including the agreement for collecting and disbursing San Domingo customs revenues, was made public in executive session. The document, tied to the San Domingo Improvement Company claims, raises questions about executive treaty powers without Senate consent and underscores a Monroe Doctrine stance defending Dominican sovereignty against external interference.
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Roosevelt
Menango
Senate
United States
San Domingo
Commission of Arbitration
West India
Dominican Republic
War of Millions in Equitable Power Struggle
The Equitable Life Assurance Society, with assets of 418 million dollars and 1.5 billion in policies, faces a pivotal vote on converting from stock to mutual. President James W. Alexander seeks to curb Vice President James H. Hyde’s control over director elections, a move that could alter governance for 500,000 policyholders amid a record financial clash.
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
United States
James W. Alexander
James H. Hyde
Highway Robbery at Dr Mueller Residence
Three masked highwaymen waited on the veranda of Dr Philip Mueller as he and coachman Emil Roggatz returned home. Roggatz was fatally shot, $50 stolen, the house ransacked, and the robbers fled in the Gorter's otter.
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Minneapolis
Philip Mueller
Emil Roggatz
Passengers Walk Miles In Cold After Shortened Westbound Train
Westbound Minors Central service left a dead engine train to freeze passengers, forcing a two mile trek into Farmington HL on Wednesday evening. The extreme cold prevented the engine from moving and passengers sought shelter after the delay.
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Minors Central
Farmington
Royal Betrothal At Coburg Of Duke And Princess Victoria
The betrothal is announced at Coburg between the duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Victoria, eldest daughter of Duke Frederick at Schleswig-Holstein Glucksburg, a niece of the German empress and a nephew of the king of England.
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Coburg
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Victoria
Frederick
Schleswig-Holstein- Sanderburg-Glucksburg
Elvet
England
Osteopaths Liable Under Missouri Law Opinion
Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City holds osteopaths are not physicians but can be liable for damages from injuries to patients they treat. The ruling clarifies liability under state law for osteopathic practitioners.
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Missouri Supreme Court
Jefferson City
Poking Fun at United States Editorial in Nove Vremya
A sarcastic St Petersburg editorial mocks the United States senate action on arbitration treaties. It ridicules U S attempts to lead global diplomacy and portrays the United States as overreaching in world affairs.
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United States
Nove Vremya
St. Petersburg
United States Senate
The Frisey Police Scandal Rocks San Francisco
Chief of Police Wuttuan is suspended on charges of incompetency and neglect of duty amid a gambling scandal in the Chinese quarter, part of a broader San Francisco police department probe.
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Frisey Police
San Francisco
Wuttuan
Drunken Ladian On Warpath Near Pono Pah Nev
A drunken Ladian went on the warpath thirty miles south of Pono pah Nevada killing three squaws and a fellow Indian. He is still at large as a posse of Indians hunts him.
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Moor
Ponopah
Nev
Rail reduction on grain to Chicago from Iowa points
A railroad line announced a reduction on grain shipments from Iowa points to Chicago. The move lowers costs for grain transport and affects farmers and shippers along the corridor. Details on rates and effective dates were not clearly stated in the fragment.
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Chicago, and
Northwestern
Road
Lowa
Chicago
Autocracy Nervous Over Russian Parliament Plan
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports Emperor Nicholas I weighs summoning a parliament as liberal ministers urge public involvement. The Tsar faces strong countervailing pressures from powerful advisers and wartime constraints. Precipitation is ruled out. officials cite need for careful formulation of electorate and functions amid ongoing war and political stress.
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Russia
Nicholas
Zemskyzabor
Lee Tolstoi
St. Petersburg
Ant
Associated Press
Taarskoi Selo
Toa
Tle
Gov Pennypacker halts hangings in two Harrisburg cases
On the board of pardons recommendation, Gov. Pennypacker withdrew the death warrants for Mrs. Kate Edwards and Samuel Greason, sentenced to hang for the murder of Edwards. The Greason case may go to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court again, with renewed board appearances next month if reopening is refused.
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A. Harrisburg
Tpa
Board of Pardons
Pennypicker
Kate Edwards
Samuel Greason
Greason
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Hanging Accidental Death at Bridgeton Trial
In Bridgeton New Jersey during an execution attempt on Wednesday for the murder of a young wife in October last the rope broke as the weight of the body caused the noose to snap. Rassenger fell breaking his neck and died ten minutes later. The back of his head struck the scaffold beam on rebound. Spectators recoiled in horror as the rope parted.
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Bridgeton
N. J
Ifrank Yassenger
Rassenger
Four Die in Cleveland Gas Fumes at Home
Cleveland coroner probes Wednesday deaths of Mr and Mrs George Nolan and Mr and Mrs Charles Keller in their Central Avenue residence. Neighbors note family discord. coroner will determine if escaping gas from a stove caused the fatalities. Mrs Nolan listed as a daughter of the Elliots.
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Cleveland
George Nolan
Charles E. Keller
Central Avenue
Keller
Nolan
Ele Lors
Strike Collapsing in Brussels Coal Regions
Brussels reports a coal strike showing signs of collapse as work resumes spread across districts. The minister of industries met a socialist deputation from colliery areas urging government intervention to secure higher wages or shorter hours.
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Brussels
Gen Lew Wallace Dies at Crawfordsville Home
Gen Lew Wallace famed author of Ben Hur dies at his Crawfordsville residence surrounded by family. veteran of Mexican and Civil Wars, age 85, obituary notes his influence in diplomacy and military service.
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Lew Wallace
Crawfordsville, Ltd
Turkey
Great Locomotive Order by Western City Railway
The Wansas City Mexico and Orient Railway has placed in the east an order for locomotives to cost $1,000,000, to be ready for delivery by annuary next. Before next fall the company expects to be hauling freight in its own cars.
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Wansas City
Mexico
Orient Stailway
Miss Anthony Celebrates 85th Birthday Tonight
Miss Anthony, 85, Rochester New York, receives greetings from political equality clubs worldwide. An automotive feat is noted with a car making a mile in 45 seconds and a Cuban road record of 80 horsepower car covering that distance in 45 seconds.
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Anthony
Rochester
N.Y
Susan
H. W. Wietcher
Yavang
Cuba
O. K. Shamus
Standard Oil declares $15 per share dividend for Q1 1905
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey announces a dividend of 15 dollars per share for the first quarter of 1905, higher than the $10 per share dividend declared in the same period last year.
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Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Severe Winter Strains Iowa Towns Fuel, Rail Traffic
Severe weather devastates Iowa with coal shortages and freezing conditions. Boone endures 82 below with rail lines nearly idle and freight blocked. Marshalltown and Sioux City report record cold, coal famine, and shutdowns while Armour, Cudahy and Mystic Milling scramble for fuel. Relief arrives Tuesday as coal cars reach the state.
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Idhklora
Hidora Electric Light Company
Iowa Industrial School
Boone
Northwestern Road
Marshalltown
Webster City
Sioux City
Armour Plant
Cudahy
Armor & Co
Mystic Milling Company
Sixth Ward Abolished by Marshalltown City Council
Bitter opposition from ward residents surrounds the decision as Marshalltown city council votes Monday to abolish the Sixth ward created a year ago. Chaplain Cole from the soldiers' home testifies in support, while ward residents fear political maneuvering to block anti-sultan or home protection influence in upcoming elections. Residents vow to target the Second and Third wards in retaliation.
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Marshalltown
Cole
Soldiers’ Home
Sinth
Insurance Agents Liable in Iowa Supreme Court Ruling
Iowa Supreme Court affirms district court ruling that insurance agents who write policies for companies not authorized to do business in Iowa Town are liable. Hartman and Daniels of Clinton sued Daniel Hollowell after property loss, seeking recovery from the agent and unauthorized companies.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Hartman & Daniels
Clinton
Daniel Yollowell
Hollowell
I Hollowell
District Court
Supreme Court
Notable Death Of Anthon Pharmacist In Fourth Delirium Treneus
Slyvester Raessler aged 25 of Anthon died at Mort Douge hospital from a fourth attack of delirium tremens. The body was shipped to Mt. Carmel Pennsylvania for the family home. The deceased was a registered pharmacist and part of a long line of relatives.
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Slyvester Raessler
Anthon
R. R. Raessler
Mort Douge
Mt. Carmel
Wreck North of Des Moines Disrupts Rail Service
A southbound Great Western passenger train with three engines derailed north of Des Moines at Norwoodville on Wednesday after a snow plow damaged the track. No injuries were reported as the first engine damaged the rails and the third engine and day coach were ditched.
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Des Moines
Great Western
Norwoodville
Death of Mrs Joseph H Groves in Cherokee County
Mrs. Joseph H. Groves an early Cherokee County settler died at her daughter Mrs Neil Bushtow home Monday afternoon from lung fever. She had suffered poor health for some time.
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J. H. Groves
Joseph H. Groves
Cherokee County
Neil Bushtow
Groves
Fire damages Algona home. origin unclear
A fire damaged the home of Rank Niconsin in Algona on Monday. Investigators suspect overheated furnace pipes caused the blaze. Estimated loss about $2,000, covered by basurface.
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Algona
Rank Niconsin
Two Deaths Ring Loone Village Aging Residents
Two of Loone's oldest residents, Levi Berl and Samuel Brant, have died within two days amid widespread illness in the city.
Fire destroys Cedar Malls foundry and pattern loss
A blaze razed the Cedar Malls foundry iron and brass plant. Owners Hf, C. Clay and UH, K. Oldbrick have run the site since ISOF. Patters worth over $20,000 from the flown Gate Company were saved. Insurance coverage is reported at about $4,000.
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Cedar Falla
Cedar Malls
C. Clay
K. Oldbrick
ISOF
Editor G. W. Tlunt in hospital listed as critically ill
G W Tlunt editor of the Salix Sittings at Samaritan hospital in Sioux City is described as unconscious most of the time and not expected to survive many days.
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G. W. Tlunt
Samaritan Hospital
Sioux City
Scofield Murder Trial Opens in Des Moines Court
Charles Thomas faces a jury in Des Moines after years of waiting for the Scofield murder case. Mabel Scofield, visiting from Macksburg, disappeared October 8 and was found dead in the river two days later. The state alleges Thomas plus a companion drugged her and disposed of the body after the family was away.
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Charles Thomas
Mabel Scofield
Des Moines
Macksburg
Des Moinen
Charles ‘Thomas
Mabel
Cront
Magid
Falen
Thomas
Chaves
Three Engines Rescue Lone Passenger From Snowbound Train
A single passenger rode a train that required three amatamoth locomotives and eighteen hours to travel from Council Blas to McClallind and back thirteen miles. Snow drifts blocked the route, forcing a Sunday morning return to Connail Das. On the return, two more engines were telegraphed as the trio struggled to pull the train free.
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Come Blaalls
McClallind
Council Blas
McClelhmad
Connail Das
Woman Awarded Compensation for Timber Loss Near Commell Bluffs
Mrs. Tane T. Knowles of Commell Bluffs received 2060 dollars from the Wirness Central Railroad after timber damage along a riverbank north of the city. Workers felled and weighed trees, some chained or rock-filled, while attempting to prevent the Missouri River from entering the banks at the Narrows. A later claim for 2500 dollars was resolved privately after a court dispute.
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Tane T. Knowles
Commell Bluffs
Knowles
Daring Davenport Burglary Thieves Steal Furs
Davenport police report a bold burglary at UT Rhelster and Sats store where about $1,500 in furs were taken on a Wednesday night. Detectives traced two suspected tails as the robbers fled east after forcing the front door during a fifteen minute window. Local authorities and towns nearby were alerted.
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UT Rhelster & Sats
Daveenport
Durghans
Night Watch
Itis
Shiois
Davenport
Frozen to death in blizzard claims Hampton man
Walter P. Jeffers of Hampton and Walter P. Jeffers of Thumpton perished in a Thursday night blizzard while driving from Chapin to Thampton. Jeffers wandered from the wagon, lost the road, and fell into a creek. A search party found his frozen body early Friday. his team was nearly frozen as temperatures dropped to 22 below with a cold wind all night.
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Walter P. Jeffers
Hampton
Thumpton
Ife
Chapin
Thampton
Beanie
Horace Boies Improves in Hot Springs Visit
Former Iowa governor Horace Boies of Waterloo has been in Hot Springs for two weeks with illness. Reports say his condition is improving and he may return home soon. Boies’s son Tix-Ciox Boies has been accessible to only a few friends as his father’s health diagnosis remains undisclosed.
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Sfot Springs
Ark
Horace Boies
Waterloo
Train collision near Wille and Bieux Malls causes damage
Occuants of Wille and Bieux Malls passenger cars received injuries as two trains collided head on near Perkins Wednesday while descending from Willa. The impact panicked passengers and damaged two engines, with both trains being double headed. Low speeds prevented a more serious wreck.
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Wille and Bieux Malls
Rai
Youdisevere
Perkins
Willa
Dango
Freight Agent Dann Dying At Mercy Hospital
Freight agent C. M. Duarte is reported dying at Mercy Hospital. A Creston resident for thirty years, he spent over three decades with the Chicago Burlington and Quincy lines. He is widely known and respected in the trade.
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Dann
C. M. Dutue
Mercy Tlospitid
Restaute
Creston
Chiengea
Urlington
Quincy
Maying Cases of Measles Reported in Sioux City
About 100 measles cases are reported in Sioux City with several families affected. Records indicate a noticeable outbreak in the Cheviethns area as health officials monitor the spread.
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Sioux City
Davenport Morning Journal Suspends Publication
Chicago Dailies win brief headline. Davenport Morning Journal suspended Wednesday due to weak local demand for morning papers. Publishers say the wide circulation of Chicago papers made a Davenport edition untenable, ending a local morning newspaper era.
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Chicago
Davenport
Double Dubuque Tragedy In Domestic Failure
At Dubuque on Monday Anton Westmark fatally injured his wife then killed himself in a jealous lover’s tragedy. Police report a domestic dispute ended in a double loss and a silent tragedy for the community.
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Dubuque
Anton Westmark Monday
Congress Debates Appropriations and Swayne Impaneling
In a busy Senate session on Thursday several bills advanced including the diplomatic and military academy appropriations. The House adjourned to the impeachment hearing, while the naval and agricultural appropriation measures dominated debate. Witnesses from Pensacola testified regarding Judge Swayne and residency. discussions also covered the District of Columbia and boundary lines for South Dakota and Nebraska.
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Lodge
Christian Endeavor Societies
International Congress
Mer
Diplomatic and Military Academy
Weather Bureau
Lansbrough
United States
District of Columbia
South Dakota
Nebraska
Swayne
Hearst-Sullivan
Sullivan
Mr. Hearst
Philippines
District of
Columbian
Thad
Seteite
Congress hears on wheat seed duties and monument honor
Secretary Shaw sends letters to both houses urging refund of duties on imported wheat used for seed. Senator Alger introduces a bill to appropriate six thousand dollars for a monument to Captain G Ridley, commander of Admiral Dewey s flagship Olympia at Manila Bay.
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Congress
Alger
G.ridley
Dewey
Olympia
Manila Bay
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