Japanese fleet shells Vladivostock in surprise attack
A five battleship and two cruiser Japanese fleet bombarded Vladivostock for 55 minutes from 1:25 pm, attacking shore batteries and the town. No Russian losses reported. 200,000 roubles in ammunition expended by the attackers. Russian batteries did not reply.
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Vladivostock
Skold Island
Ussuri Bay
Voronetz
Artamonoff
Askold Island
Cape Maidel
Korea
Fusan
Chemulpo
Vladivistock
Port Arthur
Song- Chin
Plaksin Bay
Western Female College President Resigns
Oxford Ohio March 4 Dr Leila Bickee resigns as president of the Western Female College effective next June She will be succeeded by Dr Lillian W Johnson of Memphis Tenn a woman of eminent qualifications Johnson has accepted Miss McKee became president 16 years ago and during that time enrollment and faculty have doubled
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Oxford
Leila
Bickee
Western Female College
Lillian W. Johnson
Memphis, Tenn
West
Miss McKee
Helen Peabody
Chicago Pioneer Paul Cornell Dies at 81
Paul Cornell an early Chicago settler and real estate figure died of pneumonia. Arrived in 1846 he helped develop Hyde Park and surrounding lands earning the title father of Hyde Park. He bought the Hyde Park ground from the government and built its first house. He was 81.
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Chicago
Paul Cornell
Mark S. Skinner
Hyde Park
Three Reported Killed in Choctaw Nation Fight
United States marshal George K. Pritchard left for Bokoshe in the eastern Choctaw nation after a telegram reported a clash between whites and blacks in progress. Three men were said to have been killed.
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South McAlester
George K. Pritchard
United States
Bokoshe
Miners Leaders Acquitted In Train Wreck Case
In Cripple Creek Colorado Sherman Parker and Thomas Foster, miners union leaders, were acquitted by the jury of charges that they attempted to wreck a passenger train. In London authorities ordered 2000 troops to reinforce the Malta garrison, likely to support future reinforcement of Chinese stations if needed.
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Cripple Creek
Col
Sherman Parker
Thomas Foster
Miners' Union
London
Malta
China
Former Society Leader Dies by Own Action in Little Rock
Mrs. Horace G. Allis once a prominent society figure in Little Rock Arkansas hanged herself with bed clothes at the county hospital Monday. Local authorities report the death as suicide.
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Little Rock
Ark
Horace G. Allis
County Hospital
Convention Opens With 60 Groups At National Consumers League
Representing 60 organizations and a 10 000 member base the National Consumers League holds its fifth annual convention in New York City with delegates from 11 states attending. In Kansas City two men about 30 years old W I Helm of Louisville Kentucky and W G Huber of Terre Haute Indiana were found dead in a rooming house on March 3. The circumstances of the deaths are unclear.
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Kansas City
W. I. Helm
Louisville
W. G. Huber
Terre Haute
Ind
New York
National Consumers’ League
Lawyer John Crockett Dies in Wytheville After Duel With Wise
Roanoke reports the death of John Crockett, a prominent Wytheville lawyer, who passed away in Wytheville on Thursday. The piece recalls Crockett’s earlier duel with ex Congressman John Wise during Virginia campaigns 25 years ago, where shots were exchanged but no injuries occurred.
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Roanoke
John
Campbell Renominated by Acclamation in Third District
Coffeyville Kan March 4 Congress man Phillip P Campbell of Pittsburg was renominated by acclamation by the republicans of the Third district on Thursday.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Phillip P. Campbell
Pittsburg
Exposition funding and Iowa legislative actions update
Des Moines reports Iowa legislature adds 20000 to St Louis exposition funds while continuing 125000 for the Town display. The session tackles child labor, primary law validity, good roads, Camp McClellan, and a major railroad liability bill amid votes on marriage reform and animal welfare measures.
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Iowa
St. Louis
Des Moines
California
English
Crossley
Good Roads Association
Good Roads Department
Representative Weeks
Guthrie County
Mason City Directory Reports 1902 Population Rise
R. J. Polk & Co. complete Mason City directory showing population 13,089, up 818 over 1901. Boone directory notes population 512 fewer than Mason City.
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R. J. Polk & Co
Mason City
Boone
Faith Hope and Charity Triplets Born to Mason City Mother
Mrs. Samuel Fry of Mason City welcomes three newborn daughters named Faith Hope and Charity. The birth makes the Frys a family of fifteen children with Mrs Fry approaching age fifty. Doctors say the babies have strong longevity prospects.
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Faith
Hope
Charity
Samuel Fry
Mason City
Fry
Iowa Senate Advances Voting Rights and Pension Bills
Des Moines reports from February 27 to March 3 detail Iowa Senate and House actions including bills on voting shares accounting, state document scrutiny, and pension restorations for soldiers with intoxication issues. Additional measures fund industrial schools, Benedict homes, rescue homes, and regulate railroads and bootlegging.
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Des Moines
Senate
Eldora
St. Louis Commission
Mitchellville
Counry
Benedict
House
Dubuque
Sioux City
State Board of Control
Knoxville
Supreme Court
Labor Bureau
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Secretary of State
Flooding and gas outages disrupt Harrisburg and Cleveland
The Susquehanna River surged to 20 feet, flooding Highspire rail lines and river islands while threatening homes and businesses in Harrisburg as ice jams formed. In Cleveland frigid temperatures followed gas main ruptures from floods and a landslide, halting natural gas supply and forcing plants to close.
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Harrisburg
Susquehanna
Pennsylvania Railroad
Highspire
Bodmer
Cleveland
East Ohio Gas Company
West Virginia
Sandyville
Akron
Maryland House Passes Jim Crow Rail and Boat Bill
In Annapolis on March 3 the house of delegates passed Delegate Kerbin's Jim Crow bill forcing Maryland railways to provide separate cars for colored people on nonexpress trains and requiring steamboats on Maryland waters to offer separate compartments. Democratic members voted for the measure while Republicans opposed it.
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Annapolis
House of Delegates
Kerbin
State of Maryland
Mary
Senate confirms Isthmian Canal commissioners
Washington on March 5 lists the senate action confirming the nominations of the Isthmian Canal Commission members.
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Washington
Senate
Women urged pure food bill and Donohue reelected in tough talks
The Cranford Village Improvement Society led a petition to Congress for pure food legislation. The Dowager Empress of China opposes the so called new woman. Wilkesbarre Alder man Donahue wins a new five year term after spreading a message of bold justice. He is famed for beating wife beaters and for decisions he calls spirited justice.
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Village Improvement Society
Cranford
N. J
Congress
China
Donahue
Wilkesbarre
Donohue
Two Women Die in Capitol Elevator Accident
IowaState news reports Mrs. A Hoch of Valley Junction and her daughter Mrs. C B Fountain killed when an elevator at the capitol surged upward. Conductor lost control as the party escorted by A B Funk left the governor's office for the legislative halls.
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A. Hoch
Valley Junction
C. B. Fountain
Senate
Capitol
A. B. Funk
Capitol Commission
Hoek
Robbery ends in shooting while J B Jones guards miners
J B Jones of Centerville, carrying five thousand dollars to pay Anchor coal mine miners, is held up by two highwaymen. Fatally shot, he escapes with the money. The mines lie south of Centerville. One robber held the horses, the other pointed a revolver. Jones later dies. both robbers are arrested and jailed in Centerville.
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Manchuria
Yalu River
Newchwang
Yinkow
Ping-Yang
Berlin
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Schlesische Zeitung
Bayan
Novik
Askold
J. B. Jones
Centerville
Jones
Republican State Convention Called for Des Moines
R H Spence state chairman of the Republican state central committee calls the convention to elect delegates to the national meeting in Des Moines May 18 at 11 o'clock. District conventions must be held 30 days earlier with 1302 delegates apportioned by Cummins gubernatorial vote last fall.
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R. H. Spence
Republican State Central Committee
Des Moines
Mr. Spence
A. B. Cummins
Switch Thrown Open Near Muscatine On Downgrade
Unknown intruders smashed a padlock and opened a Milwaukee railroad switch one mile below Muscatine. The discovery occurred just before the Southwest Limited between Chicago and Kansas City arrived. The scene lies at a downgrade where a high speed run makes a robbery attempt plausible. officials refuse motive discussion but confirm the train had a narrow escape.
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Muscatine
Chicago
Kansas City
Violinist Mauck Mortally Shoots Daughter Then Himself
Stephen Mauck itinerant violinist of Sioux City announced he would kill himself if his eyesight did not improve. On the chosen day he attempted suicide but was stopped by a policeman. Three months later he shot his 14 year old daughter Eva and then killed himself, dying within minutes.
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Stephen Mauck
Sioux City
Eva
Hotel Proprietor Kills Youth in Boone Altercation
Charles Kirk, owner of the Northwestern hotel in Boone, fatally shot Frank Meredith a 16 year old who had been discharged by Thomas Wilson. In the ensuing quarrel Kirk fired at Wilson, but killed Meredith instead. Wilson had employed Meredith and fired him prior to the incident.
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Thomas Wilson
Charles Kirk
Northwestern
Boone
Frank Meredith
Wilson
Meredith
Kirk
Drugless healers challenge state board ruling in Iowa
A court has held squarely against the state board of health on the proposition that drugless healers come within the provision of the law regarding the practice of medicine. The decision affects several thousand people in Iowa and will likely be appealed to obtain a supreme court ruling.
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Iowa State Board of Medical Examiners
J. Wilton
Edmunds
Wilton
State Board
Richards
Iowa
House of Representatives
Wright
Webster County
Sioux City
Burlington
Woodbury County
Woodbury
J. H. Richards
Webster City
State Board of Health
Supreme Court
Multiple Iowa towns report various incidents and notices
A stream of brief notices from Centerville to Liberty Township covers a confession of a 15 year old in a attempted $2000 robbery, damages from a factory fire, a farmer killed by a buzz saw, a new board of trade in Garner, bank plans in Storm Lake, amputations from freezing, a large birth in Providence, Wright county farmers forming an institute, a Readlyn post office, a fatal shooting in Kamrar, a drowning in Omaha, and a Diamond Anniversary celebration in Liberty Township.
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Roy Roland Sharrer
J. E. Jones
Centerville
Ini
Jones
Danbury
G. W. Canty
M. T. Blake
First National Bank of
Dunkerton
Waterloo Wagon and Omnibus Company
Joseph Jenkns
Adel
Board of Trade
Garner
Union Investment Company
Minneapolis
Storm Lake
William Wilson
Janesville
Michael McKenna
Providence Township
Providence
Wright County
Clarion
George W. Watkins
Jesup
Readlyn
Bremer County
Louisa Griswold
Will Heyer
Kamrar
Heyer
Crisp
Harrison County
Logan
Charles Bratton
Red Oak
Missouri River
Omaha
Neb
Archibald McMullen
I. J. Roberts
Liberty Towns Shin
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