Far East Tensions Rise Over Korea and Japan Diet
Advices from Tokio report a Russian squadron of eight ships, including two battleships, at Chemulpo with a threat to land troops to back Korea demands. In Tokyo the Japanese Diet opened and later was dissolved amid disputes over ministers and peace negotiations with Russia.
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Tokio
Chemulpol
Yongampho
Seoul
Korea
Japan
Far East
Tuinga
St. Petersburg
New York
Russia
Czarnkoe Selo
Vladivostock
Port Arthur
Manchuria
Chemulpho Ia
M. Pavloff
Somali Campaign Rumour of Mutiny Across Aden Despatch
An Aden telegram reports a rumour that Somali natives mutinied and joined Muluk forces. Major Beresford's Gadaburi Horse reportedly mutinied without violence, while Commander Graban fired on the Durba fort after a flag dispute. Graban was killed. 69 crewmen and 403 Somalis allied with the Sultan. Gaunt wounded, one marine killed. Mohawk and Galileo vessels respond. funeral planned for Sunday.
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Aden
Omali
Daily Telegraph
Beresford
Charles Graban
Durba
Somaliland
Graban
Galileo
H.M.S. Mohawk
Durbo
Grabau
Gaunt
Sultan
European dress craze wanes in Japan says Tokyo Daily Mail
Tokio Daily Mail reports European fashions fading in Japan due to safety incidents at official functions from tight lacing and wardrobe mishaps. Japanese ladies return to native costumes as a practical choice for public events.
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Japan
Tokio
Daily Mail
St. Lawrence
Allan Line
Verses
Yerkes
Fifth Avenue
New York
Assault at Alexandretta Ends Consular Relations
The American consul Mr Davies and Armenian American citizen Johannes Attarian were assaulted by local police on a steamer at Alexandretta. Attarian was arrested while Davies left for Beyrouth after lowering the US flag, breaking relations. The Porte has been informed by Mr Leishman the American minister at Constantinople.
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Alexandretus
Davies
Johannes Attarian
Attarian
United States
Beyrout
Alexandretta
Kavasses
Leishman
Constantinople
Porte
Foreign Epitome and International Notices
A Despatch from Alexandria notes Fashoda renamed Cabsk Ligzur. Scuurot, a German officer in a Lieut Bilse portrait, is dismissed. Athens banks fail with liabilities of 1000001. Servian Parliament debates elections. Vesnitch attacks Katitch. Boston police urge armed defense for women after street robberies. Father Charles Faulheam dies from fire burns at 33. French Senate grants strike amnesty. rejects broader amnesty. Greek steamers Pyloros and Assos collide. 50 drowned. James Shindhelm killed at Montmorency Falls. Sergeant Kincuner sentenced for maltreatment. Dowie receivers discharged. Zion City assets exceed 18.5 million with over 4 million liabilities. Sale of late Servian royal belongings lists numerous garments and items. Creditors of Princess Louie pursue King of Belgians over Queen’s bequest. Paris and Baden-Baden prominent among creditors.
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Alexandria
Scuurot
Lieut
Bilse
Vienna Chamber of Commerce
Athens
Vesnitch
Sergman
Italy
M. Katitch
Police Commission
Boston
Charles Faulheam
Ottawa University
West Meath
Chamber
High Court
Pyloros
Assos
Ithaca
Mer
James Shindhelm
Ondon
Frank Woodward and Co
Nottingham
Montmorency Falls
Quebec
Kincuner
153Rd
Halle
Ju Igs
Chicago
Dowie
Zion City
Servia
Alexander
Louie
Coburg
Paris
Baden-Baden
Balkan Troubles Report From Sanoniga Duel Near Miroftcha
Reuter reports in Bilansa Chiftlik near Miroftcha Arghur and Apostol bands clash with Turkish detachments. Bulgarian casualties total at least eight with two wounded from Arghur and three wounded from Apostol while Turkish losses include seven killed and several wounded. Bulgarians use dynamite bombs. forces retreat to safety as reinforcements arrive.
The German Emperor is Seriously Ill
Paris reports from a reliable source that despite optimistic German press reports the Emperor is seriously ill. The Republique Francaise notes public anxiety and fears the succession of a youthful and thoughtless prince could affect Europe.
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Paris
Republique Francaise
Europe
Tragedy at a Royal Hunt on Spanish Royal Domain
A shepherd was killed during a royal hunt at Casa Campo in Madrid when a gamekeeper fired as the weapon discharged while a shepherd loaded a carbine. The King of Spain returned to Madrid grieving. A warrant was issued for the gamekeeper on murder charges and two royal gamekeepers, Diez and Garcia, were imprisoned. A third game keeper took his own life on the royal domain.
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Casa Campo
Spain
Madrid
Diez
Garcia
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to William Randall Cremer
The Christiania storming on Thursday awarded the Nobel Peace prize valued at 141,000 kroner to Mr. William Randall Cremer M.P. for his work in international arbitration.
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Christiania
William Randall Cremer
M.P
Flora Refloated After Six Attempts Off Denman Island
The cruiser Flora, stranded in fog on Denman Island British Columbia December 3, was finally floated on Thursday after six fruitless efforts. She was ordered to be towed into Esquimalt dock immediately.
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Flora
Denman Island
British Columbia
Esquimalt
General Viljoen Engaged to Miss Belfort in London
Boers leader General Ben Viljoen is engaged to Miss May Belfort the London music hall artist. The couple met years ago in Johannesburg and London and plan to marry in February. Belfort continues London engagements including six weeks at the Palace Theatre while Viljoen travels to America for a Boer exhibition in St Louis.
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Ben Viljoen
Benedicts
May Belfort
Miss Belfort
London
Lrst
General Viljoen
Johannesburg
South Africa
England
Palace Theatre
Camberwell Palace
Missy Daisy
Lady Lion Tamer Killed in Dessau Circus Attack
Berlin dispatch reports Frau Fischer, a renowned German lion tamer, killed during a Dessau circus act when a trained lion attacked after she struck it with a whip. The animal mauling followed a failed trick as the other lions mauled the body until attendees restrained them. Fischer, 30, had performed 1 080 times and left three children aged nine, seven, and six who witnessed the tragedy.
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Berlin
Dessau
Frau Fischer
Germany
Freu Fischer
Belfort
Mme. Fischer
Trouble in Servia: diplomats flee Belgrade amid regicide dispute
A dispatch from Belgrade says German Austrian and Turkish ministers plan a holiday departure from the city. Russian and Italian envoys reportedly left on similar pretexts. The true reason given is King Peter's refusal to punish the regicides, prompting the exodus of diplomats.
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Belgrade
Vienna
Peter
Beeres Soldiers Poisoned in Egypt
About 40 men of the 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment stationed at Cairo were poisoned by contaminated food per the Egyptian Gazette. No fatalities reported. The incident suggests the food was not part of ordinary rations.
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Beeres
Egypt
2Nd Batt
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Cairo
Hudson
Hudson's
Roosevelt Urges Readiness to Enforce Trust Laws
President Roosevelt’s annual message to Congress discusses capital and labour, praising cooperation between corporations and unions while calling for enforcement funds to combat fraud in postal services and land deals. It covers Alaska boundary disputes and the Panama Canal treaty amid a U S budget summary for 1903 with rising revenue and larger cash balances.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Alaska Boundary
Panama Canal
United States
Colombia
Senate
Panama
German Budget Deficit Presented in Reichstag
In Berlin the Reichstag heard Baron von Stengel present empire budget figures. He noted 1902 deficits around 30 million marks and 1903 deficits near 20 million, with projected extra tax revenues for states. No reorganisation of peace-time army measures were planned this year.
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Reichstag
Berlin
Baron von Stengel
Treasury
Madame Nordica seeks divorce from Herr Zoltan Dome
A New York telegram reports opera singer Madame Nordica filing for divorce from her husband, Herr Zoltan Dome, her second spouse. The grounds of the petition are not disclosed. Nordica had previously been married to Mr. Gower, an aeronaut who disappeared after a balloon ascent.
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Central News
New York
Madame Nordica
Herr Zoltan Dome
Herr Dome
Gower
GANG OF FORGERS IN AMERICA
New York advices report the arrest of three men in Revere near Boston and seven alleged conspirators in New York. The gang planned to circulate counterfeit notes worth up to a million dollars monthly. Leader John Davis alias Henry Lisbermann Schmidt Schwartz faced pursuit after previous escape. The group used a high quality plant in Revere with top equipment and onion skin paper. Trials in England linked Schmidt to the Bernsteins and Barmashes, with severe sentences and suicides in custody.
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New York
Revere
Boston
John Davis
Henry Lisbermann
London
Schmidt
Belgium
Schwartz
Revera
W. D. Flynn
Secret Service Police
Davis
England
Bank of England
King
Flynn
Barmashes
Johann Schmidt
Barmash
Old Bailey
Pernatein
Capetown
Privy Council Rules on Cape Convictions Under Martial Law
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council heard the Cape of Good Hope government appeal over two Dutchmen Van Reenen and Smit convicted under martial law during the war. The Lord Chancellor said the magistrate acted as deputy administrator of martial law, not as resident magistrate, and advised reversing the orders quashing the convictions. No costs were awarded.
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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Macnaghten
Davey
Lindley
Arthur Wilson
Cape of Good Hope
Supreme Court of
Ono
Cape
van Reenen
Smit
South Africa
van Keenen
Supreme Court of the Cape
Broera
Ihey
Alpine Visit Delayed Telegram To King Edward
An error caused a telegram from Paris to reach King Edward only after the banquet with British parliamentary delegates on November 26. The King sent thanks to the International Arbitration Group and expressed hope for strengthened Franco British ties and world peace. He lamented the delay in replying to the French deputies.
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Edward
Paris
Bia
International Arbitration Group
France
Great Britain
King Edward Gift to German Regiment in Stolp Monument
The Berlin Post reports King Edward donated 1 000 marks for a Bleacher monument at Stolp in Pomerania, supporting the local Hunsara regiment led by Prince Bleacher von Wahlstatt. In Kingston war memorial news, the Duchess of Albany and Princess Alice unveiled a Queen Victoria statue at County Hall as a memorial to local soldiers.
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Berlin
Edward
Stolp
Pomerania
Hunsara
Prince Bleacher von
Kingston
Duchess of Albany
Princess Alice
County Hall
Kingston-on-Thames
Queen Victoria
Rheumatism cure claim via foot draft method
An advertisement promotes Magic Foot Crafts claiming rheumatism can be cured through foot pores with a “draft of the foot” affecting the body. It offers a free pair on approval and a later charge, urging readers to send name and 4d in stamps to a London address for the booklet and samples.
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Raphael Tuck and Sons
Itaphael Tuck and Sons
Garda
London
John Thridgould & CO
Sidney ST
Commercial Road
Magic Foot Raft Company
Pugh’s Place
Golden-square
Cure for Drunkards Promises Silent Sobriety Across Homes
An advertisement touts a London remedy for drunkenness claiming to reach drunks without cooperation. It offers free samples by mail to prove use in tea coffee or food and cites Mrs. George Fuller praising its effects. The piece also advertises antiseptic ointment pills and various patent medicines with pricing and mail orders, including Alterative Pills.
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Tagalls
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Tunis
Mecca
American
the Presidents
United States Secretary To the Treasury
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Berwick
Royal Navy
Moesers
Beardmore
Glasgow
Portsmouth
Charles H. Dare
Tate
Assistance
Sutlej
Channel Fleet
County ” Glass
Gang OF Forgers
America
Alps
King Edward
Ward Chemical Company
Century House
Regent-street
George Fuller
DR. Roberts
Mmediea
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