Failure of Japanese in Wednesday's Attack
Port Arthur reports describe a Japanese attempt to blockade the harbor exit with four freighters, thwarted by Retvizan and nearby batteries. The Japanese fleet reportedly withdrew after limited damage, while Russian ships Novik, Askold, and Bayan remained unharmed. London dispatch confirms sinking of the four vessels with their crews safe.
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St. Petersburg
Rus
Port Arthur
Port Arthur Bay
Retvizan
Novik
Askold
Bayan
Togo
Port Arthur Second Night Attack Details Awaited
St. Petersburg reports the government still awaits the details of the February 25 attack on Port Arthur. A long telegram from Viceroy Alexeïff to the Czar arrived, but it covered only Russian force dispositions in Manchuria and will not be published for strategic reasons.
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St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Alexieff
Manchuria
Japanese envoy says war a gigantic struggle for Japan
Baron Sugematsu of Japan arrives in Seattle en route to London on an important government mission. He says the war is a gigantic struggle Japan tried to avoid, but Japan will send her last man and spend her last dollar.
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Seattle
Wash
Baron Sugematsu
Japan
London
1904 Styles Men’s Neglige Shirts Offer
Would you like to see the 1904 styles Men’s Neglige Shirts of 1903 values. Cotton is higher and we don’t say we have not pinched our profit to make the fifty cent price on values and patterns that will appeal to you. Nearly a hundred styles to select from in woven madras London town cards cheviots per cales and Bedford cords. Every shirt cut long and full with three pearl buttons in front laundered neck band and a pair of detatched cuffs. All for.
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Madras
London
Shirt Value Sale In Our Front Window
Advertises shirts priced at 50 cents with a prompt not to miss the deal and to view the offers in the store front window.
Russia US relations in Novoe Vremya view
A St Petersburg report discusses US Russia ties and says in America the people differ from government. It blames agitation on Jews and mocks open port treaty telegraph imagery. It criticizes Hay policy and cites the Vicksburg gunboat incident as harmful to friendship.
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St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
United States
Russia
Washington
State Department
America
Manchuria
Hay
China
Vicksburg
Russian squadron anchored near Suez gulf. torpedo boat rejoined
Suez Egypt Feb 26 reports a Russian squadron from Jibatil anchored in the gulf of Suez about 25 miles south of the city. A torpedo boat destroyer that had entered the canal bound north sailed south again to rejoin the squadron.
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Suez
Egypt
Jibatil
Gulf of Suez
Portugal Prepares for Contingencies in Asia
M Leitao of Lisbon, Portugal, an agent of the government, travels from Chicago to Macao to assess the colony's condition for defense. He says Portugal is acting like England at Hong Kong and France in Tonquin, placing orders to meet potential widespread trouble in China.
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Chicago
M. Leitao
Lisbon
Portugal
Macao
China
Far East
England
Hong Kong
France
Tonquin
Autograph Letter Accompanies Kuropatkin Diamond Insignia
In St. Petersburg on February 26 the diamond insignia of the order of St Alexander Nevsky was presented to Gen. Kuropatkin by the Czar. The award included an autograph letter from His Majesty praising Kuropatkin for willingly taking the difficult post as military commander in chief in Manchuria.
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St. Petersburg
Order of St. Alexander Nevsk
Gen. Kuropatkin
Russian navy coal supplier claims 12 Japanese ships in dock
A telegram received via the Bir shenja Viedomosti cites Baron Guisdure, a coal supplier to the Russian navy, as reporting that twelve armored Japanese ships are currently in dock undergoing repairs for damage from battles with Russian forces.
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St. Petersburg
Birshenja Viedomosti
Baron Guisdure
France Denies Japan Korea Treaty Change Alleges No Shift
Paris officials deny a London report that Korea allied with Japan forces France to ally with Russia. They say the treaty does not alter France's position or compel any new alliance and that the situation does not warrant such conclusions.
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Paris
London
Korea
Japan
France
Russia
Strike Threat in Chicago Painters Union Demand
Chicago workers threaten a strike next Monday involving about 2500 painters and decorators unless a wage agreement is reached. The current contract expires March 1 and the demand calls for 45 cents per hour for the next year and 59 cents an hour for the following year.
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Chicago
Denver bowler sets new world record with 712
Homer Elliott of Denver broke the world single game bowling record at the state tournament with a 712 series. The prior mark, 676, was set in Indianapolis about a year earlier.
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Denver
Col
Homer Elliott
Indianapolis
Ratification Exchanged On Panama Canal Treaty
Washington date. Secretary Hay and Minister Bunzu Varilla exchanged ratifications of the Panama canal treaty at the state department this forenoon at 10 30.
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Washington
Hay
Bunzu Varilla
State Department
Automatic police court debate over milk bottle larceny
A police court morning session featured a proposed spanking device for misbehaving youths amid a case in which five youngsters aged 9 to 12 pleaded guilty to stealing 11 milk bottles from C. I. Hood’s wagon on Washington's birthday. The youths faced fines or probation with statements of remorse as the court heard additional youth thefts and liquor charges.
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Daniel J. Donahue
Carleton
Hadley
C. I. Hood
Washington
Robert H. Jane
James O'Hara
Thomas Niland
Joseph Joseph
William Gumleich
O'Hara
Niland
Jones
Gumleich
David C. Donaldson
Joseph McHugh
Arthur McHugh
Beeston & Maine
Six Arch Bridge
Joseph Caderelle
Lakeview Avenue
J. J. Hogan
Catherine McVeigh
Ice Harvest Ends in Maine After Small Season
Gardiner Maine February 26 1904 The ice cutting season across Maine ends with a notably small harvest. statewide output totals about 485000 tons, of which 325000 tons came from the Kennebec River by the American Ice Company. Last winter Maine yielded about 700000 tons, 550000 of it on the Kennebec. Ice quality is high but harvesting was costly due to heavy snow and extreme cold. The Kennebec shortfall follows larger cuts on the Hudson and other rivers where conditions were easier.
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Gardiner
Kennebec River
Maine
American Ice Company
Kennebec
Hudson
Designer of Famous Wooden Vessels Fred Rideout Dies
Fred W. Rideout, renowned architect of wooden ships and designer of six masted schooners Eleanor A. Percy and Addie M. Lawrence and the steamer Ransom B. Fuller, died at 58 from paralytic shocks in Bath Maine. A Mason and former alderman, he shaped Atlantic coast craft.
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Bath
Fred W. Rideout
Atlantic
Eleanor A. Percy
Addie M. Lawrence
Ransom B. Fuller
Eastern Steamship Company
Cable Interruption Reported Handover Across Hong Kong Amoy Line
New York February 26 The Commercial Cable Company reports the Hong Kong Amoy cable is interrupted disrupting transoceanic communications and signaling a service outage affecting callers and messages across the Atlantic route and allied networks.
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New York
Ham Remains in Jail Over Bond in $104,000 Embezzlement Case
Wallace H. Ham, held until March 3 on charges of diverting $104,000 from American Surety, spent the night in Charles Street jail after bail set at $50,000 could not be posted. Friends sought new bonds while auditing committees at St. Luke's Home for Convalescents and St. Paul's Episcopal Church continued examining the embezzled funds.
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Boston
Wallace H. Ham
American Surety Company of
New York
Charles Street
Ham
St. Luke’s Home
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Child Startled Fire By Matches At Lawrence Street
A child playing with matches sparked a small blaze in the lower tenement at 32 Lawrence Street. The fire, in clothing hanging above a sewing machine, was discovered by Mrs. McIlroy when she returned from the upper rooms. Firefighters responded quickly, saving the home and causing only the sewing machine to be badly damaged. Fred C. Church held the insurance.
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Lawrence Street
H. F. McIlroy
McAleer
Small Fires From Heated Chimneys Reported
A series of small chimney fires occurred during a cold snap. At 6 33 PM on Emery Street a chimney fire was extinguished with no serious damage. At 8 15 PM on School Street, an overheated chimney ignited a partition in a residence owned by A Barney but was quickly controlled. At 8 PM on Quebec Street an overheated chimney started a fire that the Central fire station chemical team put out before substantial damage.
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Emery Street
School Street
A. Barney
Quebec Street
Central Fire Station
Executors dispute over large estate commissions
James Henry Smith of New York seeks Supreme Court appointment of a commission to appraise and settle commissions for the estate of George Smith valued at about 59 million dollars. The property, acquired in Chicago and Milwaukee, was largely left to him by his uncle five years ago. Two executors reside in London and dispute over about 600,000 dollars in commissions.
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New York
James Henry Smith
Supreme Court
George Smith
Chicago
Milwaukee
Smith
London
Capt Harts Fight Delays Condemnation of Seized Goods
Judge De Haven voids condemnation order on Captain William Harts U S Army engineer corps baggage seized last July from the transport Thomas from Manila. He counters the sale order and claims the goods as his. He seeks return of the items and the 1971 dollar penalty for smuggling.
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San Francisco
de Haven
Wm. H. Harts
Engineer Corps
Thomas
Manila
U.S
Harts
Charge to Jury on Reasonable Doubt in Postal Case
Justice Pritchard charges the jury on reasonable doubt and circumstantial evidence in the postal conspiracy case. He explains the presumption of innocence, burden on the government, and that a reasonable doubt must be reasoned, not mere speculation, urging careful evaluation of witnesses and common design in conspiracy.
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Washington
Justice Pritchard
United States
For Sale in Chelmsford Centre Large House with Two Acres
Large fine house with two acres of land and many fruit trees in Chelmsford Centre. Gas in house, large rooms, well located, with a fine on premises stable. Contact Geo. B. Coburn at 65 Merrimack St. for details.
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Chelmsford
Geo. B. Coburn
Merrimack St
Wilhelm's Congratulatory Message to Shan Bane Railway
Berlin telegram quotes Emperor Wilhelm congratulating Dr. Fischer president of Shan Bane railway on the first railway train arrival at T n Fu. He praises German enterprise in the Far East and wishes continued success in China.
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Wilhelm
Berlin
William
Fischer
Shan Bane Railway
T N Fu
Far East
China
Firewide Rochester Blaze Devastates Main Street Block
A early morning fire in Rochester New York destroyed the Rochester Dry Goods store at 156 166 Main Street and spread to Beadle Sherburne Sibley Lindsay Carr and other granite block properties. The blaze caused extensive damage with five million to six million estimated losses and prompted rapid mobilization of Buffalo and Syracuse engines amid frozen water mains. Assistant Chief Jaynes injured. no confirmed deaths.
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Rochester
N. Y
Rochester Dry Goods Company
Main Street
Thomas Connors
Jaynes
Beadle & Sherburne Company
Little
Buffalo
Syracuse
Sibley, Lindsay & Carr
Frank A. Jaynes
Hahnemann Hospital
Sibley, Lindsay & Carr Company
Walkover Shoe Company
Vacuum Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Bradstreet Mercantile Agency
Buffalo Fire Department
Kirby
Beadle
Baltimore
Public Safety
Gilman
St. Paul
North
Cutler
Standard Oil Revymo
Sibley Company
Main
St. Paul Streets
St. Paul Street
Burke, Fitzsimmons, Hone & Co
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Jaynes
Oldest Methodist Exponent James Warden Dead in Alms House
James Warden aged 102, born in England and licensed to preach in 1824, died in Baltimore county almshouse after traveling on foot through Baltimore county and into Pennsylvania. He recently lost his nursery business to alleged treachery and sought refuge in the county institution.
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Baltimore
James Warden
Baltimore County
England
Pennsylvania
President Bloom Dies in Keokuk, Iowa
Wm Bloom president of the National Packers Association and a wealthy and prominent citizen dies at his Keokuk home after illness. Funeral details not yet announced.
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Keokuk, Ia
Wm. Bloom
The
National Packers’ Association
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F. R. Jennings
Detroit
Mich
Art Needlework Co
Worth Street
Syracuse Department
President Bloom
O'Sullivan Bros. Company
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