Naval Officer to Inspect Warships for U S Navy Purchase
Secretary Long orders Commander Brownson to England and France to inspect ships offered to the United States and other foreign warships under construction. If suitable, negotiations will open for sale. He will also assess ordnance materials on hand for potential foreign purchases.
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Long
Commader Brownson
Board of Inspection and Survey
England
France
United States Navy
Brownson
United States
Department
Crisis in the Far East sparks Chinese and Japanese tension
Russia demands settlement of Port Arthur and Talien Wan by March 26, with China granting full power to Yang Yun in St Petersburg. Indemnity payments due in May. The Chinese capital regent fears Russian pressure while Japan considers vigorous action if Russia’s demands are not rebuffed. England remains quiet amid regional turmoil.
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China
Russia
Port Arthur
Talien Wan
Tsung Li Yamen
Yang Yun
St. Petersburg
Japan
England
Major Gift Accepts Library Site for Columbia University
A property valued at 1,000,000 with 183 feet frontage on a highway has been formally accepted by the Board of Traditions of Columbia University as a memorial library site. Donor is Joseph Levlat. President Low spearheaded funding to construct the library building in memory of Low’s father, preserving an independent campus landmark.
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Anard of Tragiges
Columbia University
Joseph
Levlat
Thschair- Wate
Gosh
Khstéin
Hlatibat Dollafian
Low
Preal- Low
Sions
WS. Cannon
MLE
Elimehe
Petersen
Hie Poplin
Parnell ally elected Dublin city marshal amid scandal
John Howard Parnell a nationalist member of the Irish parliament for South Meath was elected Dublin city marshal despite a surrounding scandal. A steam tug Bartleness was seized by a deputy marshal after government action. Providence fire damaged Brownell Field Company warehouse causing estimated losses. Couple Isabella Marsh and C Huggell were sentenced for murder. Canadian diplomats plan to mobilize forces for an expedition, motive undisclosed.
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Parnells
Trade Grimly Quiet Despite War Talk Says Dun & Co Weekly
K G Dun & Co weekly review notes trade remains undisturbed by war talk with confidence that public defense is being supported. Rain, cotton, meat products and petroleum markets stay strong as manufactured goods demand grows. February failures shrink, wheat exports threaten supply, weekly U S failures total 951 versus 26 last year and Canada 82 versus 59.
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K.G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Pension Swindler Caught in Holton Kansas
George Crail, a notorious pension swindler, was arrested by a government inspector in Holton Kansas. He used aliases including E S Wright J B Allen and G W Brown claiming to be a pension examiner. He targeted ignorant pensioners promising to delay cuts for money. Inspectors have tracked him for over six months.
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George Crall
Holton
Kan
Grail
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
E. 5. Wright
J. B. Allen
G. W. Brown
Crail
Free Irish Prisoners May Be Released in June
An Idehk nationalist reports that six Irish political prisoners in English jails, convicted of dynamite offenses, will be released in June after a periodic review. The move follows government certificates on each case, with one man’s condition cited as warranting release. A separate local note mentions church debt funding in New York and a Bulgarian political incident with a fatal shooting.
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Tandon
Idehk
Lam
Calinet
Sing
Dome Seer Clarcy Tidiey
Murder and trials echo through Athens and abroad
In Athens a man named Gilchrist and accomplices allegedly attacked a venue. John Windland and George Rickstraw were shot, Rickstraw fatally, with Gilchrist held for murder by a coroner's jury. Farther afield, reports say unrest near Liberia with vague frontierside events. no clear outcome.
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Marler
Athens
Fil
Eli Gilehrist
Dsavid Easton
John Whitehuret
Thomas Beantlin
Pred Jmpkey
John Windland
George Rickstraw
Gilchrist
Cilchrist
Kastan
Wohitelurt
Scantlin
Spain Withdraws Recall Request for Consul General Lee
Spain withdrew its recall request for Consul General Lee after clarifying the issue was only a suggestion rather than a demand. Minister Woodford informed the government of the development on Monday and Spain indicated satisfaction with relief shipment arrangements to Cuba. Lee may remain on duty without Spain demanding his exequatur’s withdrawal.
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Spain
Lee
Woodford
Lea
Cuba
du Hose
Daifaires
Northwest Progress in Rural Districts From Polle Gazetteer
Advance sheets from RK L Polle Co North western Gazetteer volume 3898 cover Minnesota North and South Dakota and Montana. It lists 5 285 cities towns and post offices up from 3 990 in 1899 with 307 new towns in two years. Deregulated growth shows settlements expanding and many villages prospering. the introduction notes new settlements with post offices and rising populations across the four states.
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RK. L. Polle & Co
Northwestern Gazetteer
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North
South Dakota
Montana
Pulplighers Bay
Viegos
Etev
Progres
United States
Bonuses Offered to Speed Fortifications Work
Port Townsend Washington reports bonuses offered to contractors speeding up government fortification work at Marian Stone Point and Admiralty Tread. An additional gun pit not in current year estimates at Admiralty Tread will be started soon to accelerate the project near the Strait opposite Port Townsend.
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Wash
Marianstone Point
Admiralty Tread
Pord Townsend
Rebellion in Philippines and gunfire in Texarkana reported
A Long Kong dispatch says a fresh rebellion erupts in the Philippines and fifty three Spanish soldiers have been killed. In U.S. Capitol action a defense appropriation bill introduces a broad funding provision. In Texarkana at Swarpoodie a street battle leaves Vinson Graviano dead and several others wounded, all involved are barbers.
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Prpippines
Long Kong
Philippines
Texarkana
Ark
Vinson Graviano
Ane
Peic Dative
Corean cabinet resigns over Deer Island concession to Russia
Nagasaki dispatch reports Corean cabinet except foreign minister Min Chong Mouk resign after Min granted the Deer Island concession to Russia without cabinet consent. In Biddeford Maine, Pepperell and Mackonia mills strike ends with workers to return and old wage rate to be restored. About 5,500 bands affected. In Cuba insurgents partially destroy the Pando Bridge near That gun.
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Japan
London Mail
Min Chong Mouk
Min
Russia
Pepperell & Jvaconia
Biddeford
Luetgert Sentenced to Life in Joliet Penitentiary
Adolph Luetgert was escorted to Joliet Prison on Saturday to begin a life term. He left Chicago smiling, amid jailer Whitman’s escort, but broke down in Joliet as the gates closed. Prisoners cheered the procession before the departure.
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Luetgert
Semgang
Illinois
Adolph L. Truetgert
Joliet
Chicago
Whitman
Juliet
Watden
FATAL PITTSBURG FIRE CLAIMS ONE LIFE
A severe Pittsburg fire trapped three families in a ramshackle three story brick tenement. One woman suffocated and five others were badly burned with three possibly dying. The blaze began in Dady Levin dining room and spread rapidly, firefighters barely saving the building.
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Pittsburs Pa
Dady Levin
Daclo Swarts Viequarts Duel Disciplined Officials In Philadelphia
chaotic report notes discipline for Col Viequart over a faveralla incident and a tangle with Swarts, with mentions of Col Henry wounded and Singerty estate in Philadelphia. administration letters list the Singerly estate valued at 25 006 dollars amid executors. separate items reference ChinaJapan politics and naval orders, plus general treaty concerns and military moves.
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Awkwards
Usl
Jleury
Anna
Phauard Ana Liar
Col
Henry
Singerty
Luite
Gia Eafate
Wap M. Singerly
Philadelphia
Atr
Singarly Ie Tylostate
Aerie
Petlion
Enn Aeanuiraly
Chicago market notes on livestock and grain prices and futures
The record lists barons of cattle hogs sheep and corn oats and wheat with various bids and prices. Entries reference shipping costs by rail and yard, markets in Milwaukee New York and Detroit and totals in dollars per head or per bushel.
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Fife
Bashel
Indianapolis
New York
Ewo Train Wreckers Convicted Near Murray
Fred Fivecoats and Frank Jackman were sentenced for plotting to wreck a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy passenger train at Murray last December. They admitted planning the act and described laying spikes and a crowbar to derail the engine, but frost and ice kept the rail in place as the train passed at speed.
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Ewo
Fred Fivecoats
Frank Jackman
Blurray
Tragedy at Cedar Rapids ends in double death
Alfred Healy shot Libbie Branschand in Cedar Rapids on a Sunday, killing her then fatally wounding himself. Healy, a stenographer, and Branschand had been living at her family home since September and were known to be on friendly terms. The couple were identified after responders arrived, with authorities later confirming Branschand’s death and Healy's self-inflicted wound.
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Alfred &. Healy
Libbie Branschand
Cedar Rapids
Healy
Brangthand
Libbia
Cedar
D Healy
Gir
Liae
Dmiuy
Healey
Lieth
Jury Deadlock Shapes Milwaukie Rail Suit Outcome
The jury in the Dogie Wells & Cava vs Chicago Milwaukee and SE Pant Railroad case at Conacii Wofs failed to reach a verdict. The trial closed with a hung jury, while witnesses described alleged defects in engines and railcar equipment and the case could set a legal precedent for Iowa law. Also noted were obituaries and sports mentions, including local teams from Sioux Falls and Leighton, with reports of a fatal illness in Cherokee and a baseball accident.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and SE Pant Railroad Company
Conacii
Amanih
Nash
Alate
Iowa Jaw
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Tif
Peteien Allegss
Dire
Fipn
Liem Milwanhes Incarnativa
Reqires
Cie
Tragic Train Collision Claims Two in Iowa Town
In Mount Vernon an apparent attempt to hijack a freight train ended when the Northwestern Limited struck the man and a second victim near Fort Dodge. The younger man, 20, died after being pulled from a well as rock was cleared following dynamite work.
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Marry Tamiffin
Mount Vernon Manoday
Northwestern Limited
Oscar Isageson
Fort Dodge Monikly
Nik
Mason City Merchant Assigns Assets in Failure
A Mason City clothing merchant Jameirich has assigned liabilities of 1000 and assets of 12000. An old resident John Cottingham of Table Mound is dead, one of the area’s earliest settlers.
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Mason City
Jameirich
Maso City
John Cottingham
Table Mound
Pibuque
Ollitty
Chad
Local Lieutenant Killed in Train Accident at Des Moines
Lieut Calke of WesteyaniVersity Mount Pleasant died when he fell from a freight train in Des Moines. He left a wife and two children. James Me Allister, a prominent farmer, was found dead in his chair with a pipe, returning from a friend’s funeral.
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Calke
Tieutenant Calke
WesteyaniVersity
Mount Pleasant
James Me Allister
AJ. Tull
Selma
Omumwa
MacVicar Nominated by Acclamation at Des Moines Rally
Des Moines Republicans confirm the primaries verdict at a Friday city convention. Mayor MacVicar receives the nomination by acclamation amid a large ovation. The ticket's other choices were settled at the primaries with Frank Slagburn winning the market master post after one ballot. Indications suggest Sherman supporters may bolt to oppose the Democratic ticket.
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Des Moines
MacVicar
Frank Slagburn
Miners Elect Officers at Oskaloosa Meeting
The Towa miners met in Oskaloosa to form a state organization with officers named including F. Boree Desalpines as president and J. Brennan Nevada as vice president. A six-member executive board was chosen and resolutions backed the Chicago miners meeting actions. An eight hour day and wage raise were favored, with a district price demand on U System miners for the year and potential state action if unmet.
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Oskaloosa
F. Boree
Desalpines
John Brennan
Nevada
John Wilson
Benean
John Evans
Chase
Ilitemans
Chicago
U. System
Patchwork Iowa Notes From Across The State
Disjointed items report a Bliedorn post office in Clinton County with William B Bliedorn as postmaster. Auction yields average 14 dollars per Jersey cow sale at Harburg. Missouri River ice rots at Sioux City with mild weather poised to end it. Fayette County druggists form a pharmaceutical association. Mahaska County representative Matthew Pletzen dies near Kirkville. Oskaloosa residents consider eliminating superintendent of schools and changing high school studies. A young man Kissell presumed lost at sea near Juneau. Harry J. Symond signs to manage the Ottumwa team in the Western Association. Fort Madison prison treasury shows a 34000 surplus. J B Boot of Chicago marked dead after illness. Local activity includes press reports of health, business, and infrastructure in multiple towns. Oskaloosa to Pella rail extension planned with stations funded by several towns. Selma resident Tull dies in fall at a sawmill accident. A rockford team offer refused for a low price. Clara N Diray identified in a murder inquiry with poison and insanity suspected.
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Clinton Country
William B. Bliedorn
Harburg
Missouri
Sioux City
Fayette County
Juneau
Pie
Kiendilee
Piontu Amd
Harry JJ. Gsymond
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Aire Hong
Hnga
Griia
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