Britain denies proposing anti US Cuba declaration
London reports state that Lord Cranborne dismissed a German press claim that Britain planned a note with other powers to declare Europe did not support US intervention in Cuba. Pauncefote refused press comment as Washington officials caution on the controversy amid contrasting European accounts.
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London
Foreign Office
Lord Cranborne
House of Commons
Henry Norman
Berlin
Great Britain
Washington
Lord Pauncefote
Europe
United States
Cuba
Germany
Norman
Lord Painchfote
London Foreign Office
Forts
Hengelmuller
Jesut
Checks Certified by Bank Cashier Raise Legal Questions
In Detroit on Feb 12 depositors of the wrecked City Savings Bank face a pivotal issue over checks certified by Cashier H R Andrews for F C Andrews when funds were absent. Bank president F C Pingree says the checks may be ruled illegal and depositors could recover about 75 cents on the dollar. Andrews has not returned securities taken from other banks, and a receiver will be appointed for the bank today as the cashier remains ill with nervous prostration.
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Detroit
Mich
H. R. Andrews
F. C. Andrews
F. C. Pingree
B. R. Andrews
Donovan
City Savings Bank
Double Disaster on Bridge and Rail Closures Prompt Action
A Hudson Wisconsin dispatch reports freight train 157 struck a hand car on the St Croix bridge near eight AM injuring crew. Andrew Swansen and August Johnson killed instantly. Fred Carlsen and Charles Johnson injured. In another item Lackawanna Iron and Steel banked coke furnaces at West Lebanon and Cornwall due to coal supply shortages threatening closures of Cornwall West Lebanon and North Cornwall furnaces.
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St. Paul
Minn
Hudson
Wis
Chicago
Minneapolis
Omaha
St. Croix Bridge
Andrew Swansen
August Johnson
Fred Carlsen
Charles Johnson
Lebanon
Lackawenna Iron & Steel Company
West Lebanon
Cornwall
North
One Man Killed In Streeterville Feud
Chicago reports bloodshed in Streeterville as Henry M. Cooper and a police officer refuse to leave the dead line. Streeter and two aides confront them with a gunfight ending in the shooting death of John S Kirk, a resident watchman. Police and patrols rush to the scene.
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Chicago
Streeter
Cooper
John S Kirk
Kirk
Roosevelt's Son Improves But Crisis Remains
Reports from the Groton school infirmary say Ivy Roosevelt, the president’s eldest son, showed a better condition after pneumonia. Secretary Cortelyou and Secretary Long offered cautious optimism as king Edward sent sympathy and the weather stayed unusually sunny. The Mary Graham fire and crew from Norfolk to New York were saved after the vessel burned near Cape May.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Ivy
Groton School
Groton
James Lawrence
Sherard Billings
King Edward
Ambassador Parancefote
Washington
New York
Cape May
Mary Graham
Norfolk
J C Clifford
F H Medley
Graham Shewon
Fight at McManners shanty ends with four captured
Officers confront four men at Captain Streeter’s shanty after a planned confrontation. Three armed intruders surrender. two loaded Winchesters recovered and one fired recently. Prisoners arraigned on multiple charges at the station. Prince Henry of Prussia to sail for the United States as scheduled amid fluctuating reports on President Roosevelt’s ill son.
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McManners
Streeter
Polt
Berlin
Prince Henry of
Prussia
United States
Roosevelt
Sir Thomas Lipton to Attend Olympia Games in Chicago
London reports Sir Thomas Lipton will accept the committee invitation to attend the Olympia games in Chicago in 1904 and, if possible, bring the new America's Cup challenger to sail on the lakes.
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London
Thomas Iipton
Chicago
Great Western Oil files incorporation for new venture
Indianapolis Feb 12 The Great Western Oil company of Montpelier has filed articles of incorporation with capital stock of 750090. It plans to buy oil lands and drill wells in Blackford Wells Jay Randolph Delaware Madison Grant and Huntington counties.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Great Western Oil Company
Montpelier
Blackford
Wells
Jay
Randolph
Delaware
Madison
Grant
Huntington
Damaged by Fire at Richmond Factory Extent of Loss Set
A fire Tuesday night damaged the Waynes agricultural works plant in Richmond Indiana to an extent of 78000 dollars. The loss is fully covered by insurance.
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Richmond
Indy
Waynes Agricultural Works
Philippine tariff debate roils senate as Platt and Hoar clash
In Washington the senate sparred over the Philippine question with Senators Platt and Hoar trading barbs while Teller wrapped up his remarks. Platt praised U.S. progress in the islands. Hoar criticized the administration’s approach, and the session closed with a sharp exchange over policy and governance.
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Washington
Senate
Platt
Conn
Hoar
Mass
Teller
Col
Massachusetts
Senator Hoar
United States
Philippine Commission
Philippine
Noted lecturer arrives in New York
New York reports that Hugues Le Roux, among France's esteemed writers, has been chosen as the fifth lecturer in a series featuring the great French authors. He joins the roster of distinguished literary figures presenting talks.
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Paris
la Gascogne
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LeRoux
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Pacific Coast
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Cincinnati
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Denver
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Iowa City
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Packer Institute
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Princeton
Quebec
St. Louis
St. Paul
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Toronto
United States Military, Academy
Washington
Yale
King
Menelik
Huguesa le Roux
Hugues le Roux
Engineer testifies to long shift before stock train wreck
Pittsburg reports that Engineer William Jackson admitted dozing after a 13 hour shift and waking only after his engine No. 695 struck the caboose of a stock train between Haysville and Agnew on the Pittsburg Fort Wayne Chicago line. A drover was killed and another man injured in the crash.
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Pittsburg
Haysville
William Jackson
Agnew
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago
Osborne
Wisconsin Lumber & Bark buys 25000 acres near Eagle River
The Wisconsin Lumber and Bark Company of Grand Rapids Michigan purchased 25000 acres of hardwood timber land near Eagle River Vilas County Wisconsin for 200 dollars per acre. The Home Investment Company with A W Sanborn and Q F Sanborn of Ashland arranged the sale in Milwaukee on Tuesday. A large furniture factory is planned for the tract.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Lumber & Bark Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Eagle River
Vilas County
Wis
Home Investment Company
Q F Sanborn
Ashland
Burglars Blow Safe At Saline County Bank
In Harrisburg Illinois on Tuesday thieves entered the Saline County bank at Stone Fort fourteen miles south, blew the safe, and carried away four hundred dollars in currency. Blond hounds from Harrisburg were taken to the scene but trailed the robbers for about four miles before losing the scent.
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Harrisburg
Ill
Saline County
Stone Fort
Gen. Egbert Brown Dies in West Plains at 85
Gen. Egbert Brown who led Union forces at Brazos Texas in the final Civil War battle after peace was signed died in West Plains Missouri on Tuesday at age 85.
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West Plains
Egbert Brown
Brazos
Tex
Standard Guano and Chemical factory fire report
New Orleans fire on Tuesday destroyed the Standard Guano and Chemical company’s factory causing an estimated loss of 77200 dollars. Firefighters battled the blaze through the night and authorities investigated the cause.
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New Orleans
Standard Guano and Chemical Company
Unscrambled Lines Reveal Quirky Town Gossip
Fragments from a late edition hint at playful chatter about local figures like Pat and Jack and a humorous rebuke to a marriage proposal. The text suggests humorous misheard names and a chaotic mix of phrases from a page titled Town Topics.
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Pat
Jack
Count Biffenstein
Dolly
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