Russians Admit Manchuria Loss Feared
Moscow reports the Ruslan government now foresees Manchuria slipping from Russian control as General Kuropatkin aims to retreat to Harbin. Harbin fortifications rise while heavy siege guns and coastal fort defenses are redirected to Harbin to stall a Japanese advance and guard lines of communication.
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Moscow
Manchuria
Kuropatkin
Harbin
Kronstadt
Manchurian
Yalu
Ruwan
Will and Kidnapping In Morocco Prompt US France Talks
The United States seeks France cooperation to secure the release of Perdicaria and Varley, signaling international recognition of France's influence in Morocco. Ambassador Porter met Foreign Minister Delcane as Tangier and Fez negotiations proceed, with hopes the sultan will yield to combined pressure from France Britain and the United States.
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Paria
Jane
United States
France
Perdicaria
Varley
Foreign Office
Morocco
Porter
Delcanse
Washington
M. Delcasne
Tangier
Fez
Great Britain
Japanese merchant arrives in Chicago with $1.2 million
Ito Himaten, a New York Japanese trader, brings $1.2 million in U S gold notes and bank bills to Chicago to aid the mikado against Russia. The money, deposited with a local trust company on the Japanese consul’s advice, will be sailed from San Francisco on June 11. He is a noted authority on Japanese art whose lectures have shaped late 19th century aesthetic thought.
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Chicago
Ito Himaten
New York
United States
Russia
Lio Himatm
San Francisco
America
Japan Open to Emigration Restrictions Talks
A Japanese immigration official from Tokyo arrives in Victoria to confer with Canadian and U S authorities on Japanese laborer emigration. He states the government is willing to accept further restrictions and may prohibit further emigration, reflecting cooperativeness in limiting departures.
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Victoria
B. C
Emprena
Japan
Wue T. Aoggi
United States
Hiemaya
Yukon Vallon Railway Company Incorporation
A $10,000,000 railroad company to be named Yukon Vallon Railway was incorporated in Richmond Virginia. It aims to build a 50 mile road in Alaska from Valdes to Eagle City. Ambler J. Stewart of New York serves as president and John B. Summerfield of Brooklyn as secretary and treasurer. Principal offices will be in Norfolk Virginia.
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Washington
Yukon-Vallon Railway Company
Richmond
Alaska
Valdes
Eagle City
Ambler J. Stewart
New York
John B. Summerfield
Brooklyn
Treauier
Norfolk
Heavy rain and hail hit southwestern Kansas crops and trains
Hutchinson Kansas section drenched by a heavy rain with hail. Between Bocklin and Rioad 6 on the Rock Island road hail damaged crops and broke windows on an eastbound train, injuring several passengers from flying glass.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas
Bocklin
Rioad 6
Rock Island Road
Hall
Rock Island
Port Arthur Situation Deteriorates Amid War Ruins
Reports from Chwang on June 2 describe famine prices, rising provisions costs, and widespread destruction from Japanese shellfire. Hospitals are crowded, ships under repair halted, and 16,000 Japanese troops occupy the area. Russian authorities fear great losses and anticipate possible southern deployment if Port Arthur falls. Heavy rains hinder transport and brigand activity increases.
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Chwang
Port Arthur
Kinchou
Wa Fang Ting
Russia
Niu Chwang
Stoestel
Yalu River
Tako Bhan
Supreme Court Upholds Oleomargarine Tax Law
The U S Supreme Court in an opinion by Justice White upheld the oleomargarine law as constitutional. Leo W. McKay sued in the Southern district of Ohio seeking $50 and a penalty over sale of a 60 pound package of colored oleomargarine with a three quarters of a cent per pound stamp tax, not 10 cents. The court held the tax targets the product, not its manufacture, affirming the lower court. Chief Justice and Justices Brown and Peckham dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
White
Leo W. McKay
Ohio
McKay
Brown and
Peckham
Machinists Strike Shuts 115 Shops in Chicago
Three thousand machinists in Metal Trades association shops walked out in protest against the 10 hour day. All 115 shops are closed today with operations paused until tomorrow. Employers say the 10 hour day was a temporary measure to counter a machinist union strike campaign.
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Chicago
Metal Trades Association
Russian Ports Fortified Under Baltic Fleet Command
St Petersburg June 2 an imperial ukase transfers control of Reval Byeaborg and Tiban ports and all Baltic naval forces to the Cronstadt port commandant titled commander in chief of the fleet and defenses of the Baltic. The consolidation aims to unify coastal defense during the ongoing war.
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St. Petersburg
Reval
Byeaborg
Tiban
Baltic
Cronatadt
Two Horses Teverse Thieves Battle Natrona Sheriff
Halt Lake June 2 A Herald special from Buffalo Wyo reports two horsethieves in the Big Horn mountains clashed with Sheriff Webb of Natrona County. One thief was shot at his home the other lifted him and they fled toward the Bad Lands as the sheriff and posse pursue.
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Halt Lake
Buffalo
Wyo
Driftwood
Jim" McCloud
Webb
Natrona County
Big Horn Mountains
Pose
Commission Finds Human and Bovine Tuberculosis Alike
London Feb 2. A royal commission appointed in August 1901 to study human and animal tuberculosis concludes that the two tuberculous forms are practically identical. An interim report justifies publishing preliminary findings.
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London
Jane
Royal Commission
Railroads Study Spurred Central Oregon Irrigation Growth
Governor Chamberlain and state officers toured Upper Deschutes country as members of the State Land Board. They examined Carey act irrigation projects, noting rapid development from sagebrush to thriving farmland. They urged Oregon to protect commercial interests in Central Oregon to prevent California competition, foreseeing Crook County as a future farming powerhouse with successful irrigation.
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Sherman County
Columbia
Crook County
Oregon
California
Portland
Crook
Bandit Raisulli Threatens Perdicaris Killings
Secretary Hay warns Moroccan bandit Raisulli through Consul Gommero that if American captive M. Perdicaris is harmed the United States will seek his death. Washington says no European power will block punishment and measures may include naval presence and possible cavalry action in Tangier with British aid anticipated.
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Washington
Raisulli
Hay
United States
Gommero
Lon Perdicaris
Gummero
Perdicaris
Hayden
Rainulli
Morocco
Tangier
Milian
Great Britain
Cromwell Varley
M. Perdicaris
Ottawa flood floods river areas with two feet of water
Ottawa Kan June 1 The Marie de Cygenes river is higher than ever and the overflow has caused a serious flood. Two hundred families are homeless in the lower portions of Ottawa and vicinity. North Ottawa stores are flooded and two feet of water covers the Santa Fe depot and Marsh hotel lower floor. Santa Fe yards are two feet under water.
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Ottawa
Kan
Vicinty
Santa Fe
Marsh
Fresh Dreyfus Case Arrest Promises Sensation
Paris reports a minister of war has ordered the arrest of a high ranking officer, allegedly tied to substantial funds used during the Dreyfus Rennes trial to influence a conviction. The officer is held in close confinement at Valerian fortress and details remain undisclosed.
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Paris
Dreyfus
Dreyfus Et Rennes
Accuswd
Valerian
Mines Reported Near Vladivostok Bay Amid Fog
Reports from here say Japanese forces mined Peter the Great Gulf near Vladivostok where the town lies. A Korean merchant vessel was blown ashore yesterday. The region remains quiet with no military operations evident amid the heavy fog.
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Vladivostok
Jone
Peter the Great Gulf
Corean
Coal Piers Burn Along Jersey City Waterfront
A massive fire in Jersey City destroyed seven freight and coal piers of the Delaware Lackawanna & Western railroad. Pier 12 stretched 800 feet and burned along its entire length, with flames spreading to piers 11 and beyond before being halted at pier 6. Dozens of canal boats and barges burned. trains and rolling stock suffered heavy losses. No serious injuries reported. Loss estimated at $5,000,000, covered in part by Lackawanna insurance.
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New York
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Jersey City
Allen Co. Churchill
Pier 12
Pier 11
Pier 6
Lackawanna Station
Hamburg
Bremen
Lackawanna Road
Loomis
Lackawanna
Lackawanna Company
Cavalry Plan Considered to Pursue Moroccan Bandits
Washington officials weigh sending U S cavalry trained for mountain warfare to pursue the Moroccan brigands. Marine landings at Tangier were urged but deemed unsuitable. The president and staff favor action if France refuses to intervene, with Hay urging France to act first.
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Washington
France
Tangier
M. Perdicaris
United States
Hay
Great Britain
Official Directory of United States Land Owners
The listing notes the Daltes onundor as receivers, Bisth Judicial District, with W B Be as prosecuting attorney and T G Halley in the role. The fragmentary entry identifies key public offices and legal names in the district’s official directory.
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United States Land Owners
Daltes
Onundor
Bisth
W. BE. Ilerosecuting Attorney
T. G. Halley
Japanese Minister Seeks Action Over Telegraph Breaks
Seoul dispatch says M Hayashi reports frequent telegraph interruptions with General San. Japanese authorities blame country people and urge Corean government to adopt death penalty for line destruction as issued by the emperor.
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Seoul
M. Hayashi
Corea
Foreign Office
San
M. Fiayashi
Corean
Japan Demands Swift Answer on Chinese Territory Rule
Tokyo dispatches report Uchida, Japanese minister at Pekin, demands immediate reply to the Wai-Wa-Pa inquiry on whether China will hold and govern the conquered territory. If refused, Japan will seek other powers to assume responsibility at China's expense. Uchida also informs Beijing that Port Arthur will soon fall.
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London
The
Standard
Tientain
Uchida
Pekin
China
Japan
Port Arthur
Captives Held by Brigand Rebels Reported at Ease
A news agency claim that M. Percradia and M. Var ley, held in a brigand fort, have been allowed to go boar hunting and are enjoying themselves is portrayed as a deliberate falsehood. The text notes they were previously confined in a low ceiling room where they could not stand upright.
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Tangier
Jane
United States
M. Percradia
M. Varley
Baltic fleet to depart in detachments reports Echo de Paris
Paria June 1 The Echo de Paris Petersburg correspondent says the Baltic fleet will sail in detachments with four battleships including the Orle. The vessel will be heated and its dynamos, the only major damaged machinery, will be replaced.
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Paria
Echo de Paris
Rt. Petersburg
Indue
Orle
Trav. Pass Agent Portland Rates Notice
Rates and pamphlets information available from J. W. Casey travel passport agent Portland Oregon with H. B. Rown as general agent for the service.
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J. W. Casey
Trav. Pas
Portland
Oregor
H. 8. Rown
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Koch
State Land Board
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Official Directory
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Attorney-At-Law
Hoppner, Oregon
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Cc BR Woodson
ODD Fellows’ Building
Henry Johnson
Heppner, Oregon
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Portland, Or
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Firet Ave
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J. W. Vogle
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