Troops Rush West After Record Transcontinental Move
San Francisco reports a record breaking troop movement from Jersey City to the West. The Eighth Regiment completed the journey in six and a half days, with minor delays. Far east dispatches warn of unrest in China, with rumors of palace tension in Pekin and anti foreign sentiment rising.
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San Francisco
Atlantic Seaboard
Eighth
United States Army
Jersey City
Lordsburg
Los Angeles
Shanghai
China
Pekin
Yuan Shi Kai
Chili Province
Manila
Ohio
Hongkong
War College
Imperial War College
Trade and Commercial Schools
Canton
Reform Party
Chang Chow
Amoy
Yangtse Valley
Nanshang
Kiukiang
Descartes
Quiros
Clio
Teal
London
the Tribune
Kaiser’s Second Son Weds Prince Eitel in Berlin
The marriage unites Sophie Charlotte of Oldenburg with Prince Eitel Frederick, second son of the emperor and empress, in a ceremony at the palace chapel attended by hundreds of royals, ministers, and military leaders amid candlelight and rain. Ambassador Tower and Mrs. Tower observed the spectacle. Congress man Bannon renominated in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, without opposition. Fragments from South Dakota and Falls M. C. reference Ella Corey, wife of the president, with unclear context in the final line.
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Prince Eitel
Frederick
Sophie Charlotte of Oldenburg
Berlin
Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Elizabeth
Prussia
Eitel Frederick
Dryander
Germany
Ambassador Tower
Tower
Witte Gains Victory Over Court Faction In Russia
St Petersburg date Feb 28 The ukase calling a national assembly for May 10 shows the emperor rejects a broad court influenced plan to extend court martial for political offenses and forbidding blank volley firings. He defies cabinet opinion and presses toward constitutional reform amid press reactions.
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St. Petersburg
Ukase
National Assembly
Council of the Empire
M. Timiriazeff
Novoe Vremya
National Assembly Ukasé
Russia
Czar Intervenes to Prevent France Germany War
Russia uses influence at Berlin to avert rupture with France as Paris fears Germany will push toward war. Russia hopes to sway Emperor William, while Cassini doubts any fruit from talks. Witte backs Anglo-Russian understanding, with London negotiations possible to form a new power grouping. Persi a sphere dispute remains main obstacle.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Berlin
France
Germany
Paris
Rouvier
William
Harnest
Algeciras
Count Cassini
Witte
London
Great Britain
Persia
Persian Gulf
Bonds Stolen From Train Belonging to Ex Congressman Kerr
A suitcase containing two Central Railroad of Pennsylvania bonds each worth 50 000 dollars was stolen on the Tyrone and Clearfield division. Detectives found the case at Retort near Tyrone and arrested Italian suspect Charles Gatto. an accomplice is suspected. Also: Major Joseph M Kennedy dies at 72 near Middletown Ohio, Civil War veteran famed for bravery at Springfield Missouri. In Bridgeport a factory fire endangers 500 workers but all escaped under five minutes.
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Altoona
Central Railroad of Pennsylvania
James Kerr
Clearfield
Tyrone & Clearfield
Pennsylvania Railroad
Charles Gatto
Retort
Tyrone
Gatto
Ohio
Cincinnati
Joseph M. Kennedy
Middletown
Fremont
Springfield
Kennedy
Rioters Attack Springfield Negro Settlement Amid Mass Looting
A Springfield riot followed a fatal shooting in the railroad yards as 1,900 people attacked the colored settlement known as the jungles. The mob looted Kempler’s saloon, set fires, and battled police and guardsmen, with six houses burning and civilians endangered. National guardsmen were deployed, but control remained fragile through the night. Local and nearby units were ordered to assemble for possible further action.
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Springfield
M. M. Davis
Preston Ladd
Bellefontaine
Edward Dean
Ladd
Davis
Dean
Dayton
Todd
Third Regiment
Ohio National Guard
Kempler
East
Columbia Street
Creager
Xenia
Xenia Company
Agents Ask to Be Heard on Agent Compensation
New York February 28 The Life Underwriters Association of New York will send representatives to Albany to present the agents views on the special legislative insurance committee recommendations. The group warns the proposals would “legislate thousands of honest and able men out of a livelihood and their profession of existence.” The agents allege they did not receive a hearing before the insurance investigating committee during its inquiry.
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New York
Life Underwriters’ Association of
Albany
Special Legislative Insurance Committee
Insurance Investigating
Uring
Burked in boiling oil at Germania Hall satire
Cleveland viewers witnessed a Dante Inferno satire by the Germania Turnverein with John D Rockefeller impersonator and Standard Oil magnates cast into a theatrical fire. Six hundred attendees watched as demons led the figures to a burning oil vat while the orchestra played Nearer My God to Thee.
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Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Germania Hall
Germania Turnverein Society
Bald
E. Doerschner
Rockefeller
Satan
C. F. Wetzel
Darktown Fire Brigade
Turnverein
Three Insurance Bills and Mining Commission Proposed
Columbus reports three insurance bills by Senator Hubbard. One sets penalties at 20 percent of six years of premiums for foreign insurers violating state law. Another creates a state department warden to investigate, and a third allows service on any member of a mutual from another state when waivers are not filed. Senator Pollock seeks a governor-appointed commission of coal operators, miners, and mine inspector staff to study health and safety laws. House defeats uniform primary election bill. Senate passes pensions for Civil War citizen teamsters.
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Pollock
Pattison
House
Bronson
Senate
Savings and Loan
Congress
Six Miners Die in Little Cahaba Mine Blast
Birmingham witnessed a deadly explosion at Little Cahaba mine No 2 in Piper Alabama at 4 o clock. Six miners were killed and twelve injured many gravely with possible further deaths. The dead include Peter Costello Steve Memeth Matt Bltz John Stone Louis Yakko and Rich Smith a Negro. The mine belongs to Little Cahaba Coal Company of which J R Smith is president. Piper is in Bibb county about sixty miles south of Birmingham and access is difficult via a spur on the Birmingham Mineral railway.
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Birmingham
Ala
Little Cahaba Mine No
Piper
Peter Costello
Steve Memeth
Matt Bltz
John Stone
Louis Yakko
Rich Smith
Little Cahaba Coal Company
J. R. Smith
Bibb County
Blocton Field
Who is this Corbin lieutenant general debate
Washington, Feb 28. Military affairs dominated the House as the army appropriation bill was debated. A question about General Corbin arose when Mr. Gardner questioned his rank, noting Corbin’s Civil War service as a lieutenant colonel and his lack of battlefield command. Supporters cited his Spanish War leadership and organizational role. The bill’s fate hung on party votes and amendments. The Lake Erie Ship Canal bill also moved, authorizing $60,000,000 capital. Senate vote on statehood bill slated before Friday, March 9, with broad discussion on territorial readiness.
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Washington
House
Corbin
MacArthur
Appropriations Committee
Military Committee
Dalzell
Lake Ewo & Ohio Ship Canal Company
Grosvenor
Cordsin
Gardner
Keifer
Ohio
Volunteer Army
Senate
Butler
Beveridge
Hopkins
Hale
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Bannon
Portsmouth
Mee
Corey
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Dre
Ella Corey
United States
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Diem Bath
Czar
Kerr
Bridgeport
Conn
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Furmee
Tate
Fa Gates
Water Street
Foster Street
Almoney
Columbus
Urbana
Burked
W. J. O'Connell
Charles Day
O'Connell
Order of Hagles
Red Men
Canada
Who IS
Michigan
Ohio River and Lake Erie Ship Canal
Benry
Bert Hawkins
Plum
North Mill Streets
Duncan
Oakland
le - Hershey
Ue S
New York State
Wood
Boston
L. C
Seth
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