Weeklong Summary of Russo Japanese War and Polish Unrest
Reports detail renewed Lodz clashes with six killed and 48 wounded. Warsaw lists over 300 killed in disturbances, with many unidentified in cemeteries. Poland’s strikes spread to several governments, martial law declared in Kalisz Radom and Siedlec. Moscow notes growing antiwar sentiment amid reforms talks. The czar offers reforms and a senate power shift while denying a constitution. Grand Duke Vladimir says Russia faces a crisis but will rise, reforms promised. Official toll for January 22 clashes: 96 killed 383 wounded, 22 of whom died.
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Kalisz
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Suwalki
Siedlec
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Nicholas Senn
Chicago
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la Follette
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Charles W. Darling
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Colon
Annie Stein
John Davis
Vaughn
W. Va
Cramp
Philadelphia
William McCarter
Parkersburg
Congress Moves To Abolish Panama Canal Commission
The House committee favors the Mann bill to place the canal zone under presidential control while transferring canal work to the presidency. Senate resumes impeachment proceedings against Judge Swayne with trial date set for February 10. House passes the post office appropriations bill totaling $180,787,413 and the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill at $2,107,047, up by $78,710. Senate adds census statistics on cotton marriage and divorce. Senator Bailey presents Culberson’s credentials for March term.
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House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Canal
Senate
Swayne
House
Post Office
Bailey
Culberson
Disease toll and combat actions in Russo Japanese War update
Official figures show 24,642 sick and 40 deaths in Gen Oku's army since May 6 with 26,207 total killed and wounded. Russians renew attacks on the Hun river and against Kuroki but are repulsed. Gen Grippenberg reportedly argued with Kuropatkin and seeks the czar's permission to resign.
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Oku
Hun River
Kuroki
Grippenberg
Kuropatkin
BankER Beckwith dies as Chadwick case weakens
News briefs report the Oberlin financier T Beckwith dead and the Chadwick case weakened. Also first steps taken by the Interstate Commerce Commission to sue the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe for rebate law violations.
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T. Beckwith
Oberlin, O
Chadwick
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Eirot
Harvard
Illinois House
Comerford
Chicago
Victor Roland O
Shea
James Henry Darlington
Christchurch
Brooklyn
Harrisburg
Northwest
Mercury
Redfield
S. C
Russia
Trepoff
Warship squadron sails from Lugon to protect neutrality
A 15 ship American squadron leaves Lugon for southern Philippine waters to enforce neutrality in American waters amid tensions with Russian and Japanese fleets.
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Lugon
Philippine Archipelago
Gap
Matsumura
Great damage from sleet across south in severe winter freeze
Louisville reports unprecedented cold stress from Texas to the Atlantic. Fruit belt losses in north Georgia Alabama and Tennessee reach about 100000 dollars as peach trees suffer. Telegraph and electric services are disrupted in many southern cities with Atlanta and Macon cut off briefly. Fort Worth reports the worst blizzard in ten years with cattle losses in the hundreds of thousands and long recovery ahead.
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South
Texas
Atlantic Coast
Ohio River
Gulf of Mexico
North Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Macon
Vicksburg
Natchez
Miss
Fort Worth
Tex
Russian Advance, Fortifications Reported in Far East
Telegrams from St. Petersburg on February 5 and 7 describe Russian detachments reaching Santaitse and repelling Japanese forces at Santaitse and Saodameng. Russian losses are said to be insignificant as Japanese batteries are opposed by Russian artillery. Gripenberg leaves for St. Petersburg, while Moscow fortifies east flank and center in anticipation of possible Russian offensive on Hun river. Officials deny Kuropatkin resignation and say Gripenberg’s move does not alter the situation.
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St. Petersburg
Kuropathin
Santaitse
Sibon Bay
Saodameng
Chuanchuantse
Huan Mountain
Gripenberg
Hun
Sandepas
Kuropatkin
Grippenberg
Mukden
Coasting Disaster Claims Duluth Woman
Miss Anna Dunleavy aged 22 was killed in a coasting accident in Duluth Minnesota on Monday evening. While a bob-sled carried six youths she fell and a rope slipped under a runner causing the sled to veer into a telephone pole. Dunleavy suffered a crushed skull in the crash.
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Duluth
Minn
Anna Dunleavy
Miss Dunleavy
Danville youths indicted for murder in freight train derailment
John Kyle aged 138 and Porter Laird aged 15 of Hoopeston Ill have been indicted by the grand jury on murder charges. They with two others broke a switch lock and derailed a Chicago and Eastern Illinois freight train last August, killing Brakeman Frame and injuring other crew members.
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Danville
Ill
John Kyle
Porter Laird
Hoopeston
Laird
Kyle
Chicago & Eastern
Suspect Browning Held for Grand Jury in Indiana Murder
Bedford Indiana February 7 Justice Mc Lachlan ruled at the preliminary hearing for Frank Evans and Elmer Browning in the murder of Miss Sarah Schaefer. Evans released Browning held for the grand jury which will convene February 20.
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Bedford
Ind
Justice McLachlan
Frank Evans
Elmer Browning
Sarah Schaefer
Evans
Browning
Poison in Coffee Fatal in Eldora Case
Poisoned coffee is believed to have caused the death of Benjamin Walton at Eldora Hardin County on Monday. His wife and a son who drank the same coffee are in a precarious condition in Des Moines Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Benjamin Walton
Eldora
Hardin County
Cherokee Nation Members Die After Lemon Extract Drink
Vinita Oklahoma February 7. Thomas Dougherty and S S Clover well known members of the Cherokee nation died here Monday after drinking lemon extract believed to contain wood alcohol.
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Vinita
I. T
Thomas Daugherty
S. S. Clover
Cherokee Nation
Train wreck injures 23 at Popocatapetl park outing
In Mexico City on February 7 a derailed train carrying about 300 people from a railway conductors picnic at Popocatapetl park left six feet of embankment. Twenty three were injured, several severely.
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Mexico City
Mex
Popocatapetl Park
Five Men Drowned Off Hodgers Straits Near Cambridge
Word from Cambridge Maryland reports five men drowned last Friday while attempting to reach shore from icebound oyster vessels in Hodgers Straits. Local authorities have not released further details.
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Cambridge
Hodgers Straits
Bananas in a Oven Mix Up Ends With Frugal Banquet
A Baltimore News item recounts a man who buys five dozen green bananas and misplaces them in a hat box and an oven. The bananas ripen via eccentric storage choices, ending with the family enjoying banana dishes for a week, while Bridget the housemaid escapes blame.
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Jamaica
Baltimore News
Bridget
Order That Shocks Aboard A Train
A narrator recalls a Kansas City Star description of a strict elderly woman sitting across in a train car. She orders two boiled eggs dry toast hot tea and a Scotch high ball while the car sways and the waiter spills milk on her observer notes.
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Kansas City Star
Missionary Society
Punishment for Papa and the study of husbands
Comic exchange recounts two women reflecting on disciplining drunk husbands. Mrs Bichman recalls scolding after seeing alcohol. Mrs Wyse notes a different tactic by handing the baby to the husband as a test of patience. The dialogue wryly observes domestic dynamics and caregiving roles.
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Papa
Italy Population Growth Amid Emigration and Labor
Italy shows a rising population despite large outflow. The nation counts 172000 skilled silk workers and records 800900 emigrants in 1902, with over 3 million leaving in the last decade yet population gradually increases overall.
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Italy
Man Arrested in Prais for Note-Tearing Fraud
A man in Prais was arrested for tearing apart a banknote to create a complete fake bill. He used a method of removing pieces from each numbered section, then reassembling them to pass the note.
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Prais
Finnish Procurator General Assassinated in Helsinki
Seisa lon Soininen, Finland’s procurator general, was killed by a youth at his residence. The 17-year-old son wounded the attacker in a pistol duel after the shooting. The motive appears political and the assassin’s identity remains unknown. The event followed by reports from St Petersburg and London on reform measures and labor unrest.
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Finland
Seisalon Soininen
Junnsson
Soininen
Alexandre Gadd
Wassastjerna
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Kalisz
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Lublin
Suwalki
Dominican Customs Receipts Taken Under Protocol Terms
United States officials assumed control of Santo Domingo City customs house receipts on Wednesday under the protocol signed January 20. There is no reported outbreak by Morales opponents at this time.
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Five-Deadly Dunloop Fight Leaves Man Killed
In Charleston West Virginia on February 3 a gunfight at Dunloop left William Hamlet dead and three others wounded. Three men were arrested and charged with murder in the incident.
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W. Va
Dunloop
William Hamlet
Brakeman Crushed to Death in Freight Collision
Grand Forks North Dakota February 3 An extra freight eastbound on the Great Northern crashed into a local freight near Milton Head Brakeman Baker riding in the engine was crushed to death Brakeman Wilson was probably fatally hurt Engineer Baldwin and Fireman Fry injured but expected to recover
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N. D
Great Northern
Milton
Baker
Wilson
Baldwin
Fry
Earthquake Shakes Andijan Province in Central Asia
Two severe earthquake shocks were felt at 40:15 Thursday morning in Andijan, Merghana province, Central Asia. The tremors were reported from St. Petersburg where observers noted the event at dawn local time.
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St. Petersburg
Andijan
Merghana
Central Asia
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
An appeal to women advocates health through Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Hot Springs Arkansas club official lauds its help for nine years of womb inflammation and pain, claiming renewed vitality and renewed love from her husband after three months of use.
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Chas. F. Brown
Mothers’ Club
Cedar Terrace
Hot Springs
Ark
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ticklesome Tales From An Old Newspaper Page
A collection of humorous old anecdotes features Dean Hole rebuking a groom after a pugilistic set to, with a quip about separation. Col Henry Watterson recalls a Southern tale of whisky and snakes. A Westminster Abbey visitor learns Edward II exists only as odd numbers. TheLondon Truth notes a craze for antique furniture prompts odd domestic removals.
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Col
Henry Watterson
Kentucky
South
London Globe
Westminster Abbey
Edward II
A Temperance Tale of Postum Replacing Coffee
A reform-minded woman shifts from harsh judgment of drinkers after health troubles from coffee. She credits Postum with curing asthma, aiding sleep, and gaining weight. Her doctor later praises coffee alternatives. he now uses Postum at home. Battle Creek firm promotes the product with The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellvilla
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