China Forges Ahead With Wide Rail Network Push
A two decade railway expansion across China aims to match European networks. Lines opened or under construction include Shang-Hai Wusung, Teletsin Shanghaiwang toward Mukden and Vladivostok, Pekin to Tientsin, and links to Hankow and Nanjing with international connections.
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China
Europe
Mukden
Kirin
Vladivostok
trans-Siberian Railway
Stretensk
Trans-Baikal
Manchuria
Pekin
Tientsin
Hankow
Tal-yuen
Show-Sin
Shanghai- Nankin
Mandalay
Burma
Talifu
Yunnan
Hannoi
Laokai
Mongtse
Takol
Canton
Nankin
Pride in One's Craft and the Modern Worker
The piece laments the shift from artisans to interchangeable numbers in large enterprises. It argues workers now toil many hours with little joy, often unable to share or witness their own handiwork with family. Architectural Review notes this as a decline in the soul of building.
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Architectural Review
Anarchist Plot Aimed at Destroying U S Fleet In Rio
Brazilian police report an anarchist conspiracy centered in Rio de Janeiro and Petropolis with reach to Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais. Chief conspirator Jean Fedder, aided by foreign anarchists, is sought. authorities state US fleet safety guaranteed and port security tightened.
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France
Germany
Piot
Jean Fedder
Petropolis
Sao Paulo
Minas Greanes
Jean Fedher
Fedher
Fedder
Rão Paulo
Minas Geraes
United States
Evans
Rio de Janeiro
Thaw case raises questions before Interstate Commerce panel
Judge Fough orders Otto H. Kahn to answer ICC questions while Evelyn Thaw faces a barrage of letters. Reports from New York and other cities note a fatal pistol duel, mine explosions, ship arrivals, and a rash of deaths from alcohol poisoning. The era's legal, financial, and labor tensions unfold as rail rates, stock deals, and public figures move through a busy news cycle.
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Felines Tatas Ceaven
United States Circuit Court of New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Fough
Otto H. Kahn
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Evelyn Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Ohio
Thawk
Jimtown
Connellaville
William Fenkerhauser
Chicago
Michael Kern
Fenkerhauser
Hughes
New York
Samuel J. Randall
Maryland
Augusta
Winona
Hancock
Mich
Henry Luckonen
John Koski
St. Louis
Vallejo
Cal
Jerome
James K. Vardaman
Mississippi
Imperial Underwear
Scranton
Daniel C. Stover
Freeport
Franklin
Cincinnati
Cunard Company
International Mercantile Marine Company
White Star
American Lines
Louis McClure
William R. Montgomery
Hamilton Bank
Grand Jury
Pipe Smokers Amnesty? Harris Claims Tobacco Share
New York dispatch reports Vice President Harris of American Tobacco Company testified in the Government suit that pipe smokers use over half of US tobacco. He added the company has not sought a foothold in Canada's plug tobacco trade, citing entrenched market interests.
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New York
United States
Harris
American Tobacco Company
Canada
Hotel explosion in Joplin kills clerk and injures many
A natural gas blast in the Olivia Apartment Hotel basement in Joplin Missouri killed 20 year old night clerk Marvin Reynolds and seriously injured John E Stevens and his wife who occupied five rooms in a wrecked section. Mrs Stevens is reported as dying. Damages reach about eight thousand dollars.
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Joplin
Olivia
Marvin Reynolds
Dam&gesg
John E. Stevens
Aged Couple Die Together in Providence Farm Home
Jonathan King aged 84 and his wife Abbie aged 88 died together in Providence after a long quiet life in their old farmhouse. Both deaths were due to old age with the wife passing at 8 40 and the husband dying a few minutes later.
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Providence
R. I
Jonathan King
Abbie
Mr. King
explorers find massive vertebrae sections Prof Din O Sanur notes
A fragmentary report describes explorers discovering vertebrae larger than any observed before. Prof Din O'Sanur declares one explanation to the assembled group, signaling a dramatic scientific mystery.
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Prof
Din O'Sanur
Emigrants Surge From New York To Europe in January
New York reports a sharp rise in European return migration with 30,056 steerage passengers leaving in 17 days versus 9,476 last year. In the same period only 7,138 steerage travelers arrived, marking a 210 percent increase in outbound castbound steerage travel for January.
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New York
Europe
German Poland sales bill tied to continued policy
Foreign Chancellor von Buelow warned in the Prussian Diet that enforcement of land sales to the Settlement Commission in Prussian Poland would proceed only if the bill is adopted. Officers probe a widow's murder near Bremen, with Henry Haas of Cleveland suspected. French Deputies push income tax first on parliamentary agenda.
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von Buelow
Court of Common Council
London
American Meat Trust
Gustav
Stockholm
John Redmond
Scharnhorst
Buelk
Judge Dayton renews injunction in Hitchman case
West Virginia Parkersburg special report states Judge A G Dayton of the United States Circuit Court renewed the injunction blocking John Mitchell and others from unionizing Hitchman Coal and Coke miners. The order expires then is renewed for 18 March to allow service on missing defendants. The judge also urged the grand jury to investigate foreign secret societies like Blackhand suspected of intimidation and murder. two East Liverpool Blackhand members are jailed awaiting grand jury action.
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Parkersburg
A. G. Dayton
United States Circuit Court
Hitchman Coal and Coke Company
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Mitchell
Wheeling
T. R. Gilchrist
Cc. E. Hogg
Mr. Mitchell
W. B. Wilson
George Savage
Thomas Hughes
Federal Grand Jury
Dayton
Blackhand
Grand Jury
East Liverpool
Murder Will Out at an African Methodist Revival
In Wheeling a revival at an African Methodist Church stirs a murder case from 1893. John Jones, also known as John Justus, confesses to killing Gus Markham in Statesville D C claiming self defense after an altercation over his wife. He says Markham rushed with a knife and he fired.
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Wheeling
Jef
John Justus
John Jones
Gus Markham
Statesville
D. C
Jones
Markham
Lewis elected president of United Mine Workers
A confidential telegram from Indianapolis claims T. L. Lewis of Bridgeport Ohio has won the UMWA presidency over W. S. Wilson by about 40 000 in a 300 000 vote. Lewis reportedly carried all but five of Pennsylvania’s nine districts, with official confirmation due in two weeks.
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Wheeling
Indianapolis
T. L. Lewis
Bridgeport
Ohio
United Mine Workers of America
W. 8. Wilson
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Boy 11 fatally stabs 8 year old on way home
In Parkersburg West County Willie Leedsome 11 stabbed schoolmate Andrew Chuck 8 in the hand on Two Mile Run. Chuck bled to death. The quarrel occurred while returning from school. Cousin Roy Leedsome had been sentenced a year earlier to 18 years for killing James Kirkendall.
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Parkersburg
Willie Leedsome
Andrew Chuck
West County
Chuck
Roy Leedsome
James Kirkendall
Shaffer Marks 34 Years Leading Martinsburg Water Works
Martinsburg special report notes Jacob M. Shaffer has served as the city water superintendent since January 14, 1874. Despite various administrations, he has remained in charge, celebrating thirty four years in the role.
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Martinsburg
Jacob M. Shaffer
Shaffer
Change In Bank's Officers Elkins Special
Richard Chaffey, a leading lumberman and longtime vice president, was elected president of the People's National Bank. J. F. Nydegger became first vice president and R. M. McMillen second vice president. D. V. Moyle was chosen assistant cashier.
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Elkins
Richard Chaffey
The
People’s National Bank
T. J. Arnold
J. F. Nydegger
R. M. McMillen
D. V. Moyle
Stolen Counterfeits Passed In Federal Court Case
Edward Miller of Sisternville was found guilty in Federal Court of passing counterfeit coins stolen from the police chief’s office in Parkersburg. Judge A G Dayton sentenced him to one year in the penitentiary.
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Parkersburg
Edward Miller
Sisternville
A. G. Dayton
Miller
New Mayor For Romney Defeats Kuykendall In Rivalry
Dr. A. N. Mc Keever won Romney mayoral race by a decisive margin over J. Sloan Kuykendall. Kuykendall had support from John J. Cornwell, former gubernatorial candidate.
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Romney
Elkins
A. N. McKeever
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Kuykendall
John J. Cornwell
White Oak Company Burned Out at Scarboro
The White Oak Manufacturing Company plant at Scarboro was completely destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at about $15,000, mostly insured. Fire blamed on defective electric wires with no salvage from the mill which housed valuable machinery.
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White Oak Company
Elkins
White Oak Manufacturing Company
Scarboro
Miner killed entering shaft at Stuart Colliery
Elkins special report says Henry Woodrun died instantly at the Stuart Colliery Company when he stepped into a bucket at the top of an airshaft and fell to the workings. He was just starting his shift when the accident occurred.
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Elkins
Stuart
Henry Woodrun
Quieting Thought At Night Aids Sleep says Success Magazine
A prominent business man cites overthinking as a major sleep killer. The article urges readers to shut off thinking at night, relax every muscle, and avoid carrying work home. It compares restless minds to burdensome camels and stresses calming the mind to harmonize with family life and inner peace.
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Success Magazine
Skunk Incident Recalls Civil War Night Refuge
General Shafter often told of Civil War officers and privates sheltering in a Virginia valley schoolhouse as rain forced a midnight vigil. A skunk roamed beneath the floor, but the officers and a German private steadied silence until one young private could no longer restrain himself.
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Shafter
Virginia
Uinaalt
Pearls and Slugs Draw Attention to US Produce Value
A 1908 market note reports Mississippi pearls and related slugs selling at $1 to $2,000 per item and coal valued at $1.50 to $60 per ounce. A United Commission estimate cites US production worth about $500,000. Correspondence from Boston.
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Mississippi
United Commission
United States
Boston
Life In a Fiat Anarchy Sparks Wealth Talk
Fragmentary text references unrest linked to fiat money and wealth disparity. It hints at anarchist sentiment and economic critique but lacks complete context or clear events.
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