Weekly News of the Week Condensed for Readers
Three Memphis banks failed this week while Hearst plans not to run for Congress again. A Texas yellow fever case was discovered. Kansas rail traffic disrupted by Boon. The US Army adopts a new revolver. France to send a Baltic warship. A labor seizure at Toetrost Michigan. Life Insurance to switch agents to salaries. Cincinnati grand jury indicts coal firms for price fixing. Panama Canal commission officials Stevenson and Stevens return to Washington. talk of a rock canal. Moscow fighting intensifies with rebels, government suppresses details. Nine Mexican leaders poisoned by rivals at Torreón. Commander Booth robbed in a New York subway crush. Russian finance minister allows $400,000,000 in bonds. Tangier import workers strike. A turkey shoot in Landes Kentucky ends with deaths and injuries. New York Stock Exchange records a high price seat sale. Viscount Singo Auki named Japanese ambassador to the United States. Peterburgs revolutionary committee captured with munitions. Mayor Dunne moves to curb theater ticket speculation. London pauper relief rises to historic levels. Charles McCrogg warning from the “Black Hawk.” Annapolis officers to be court-martialed. Moody targets a major trust case. Yuanshi Wat in China and Le Thang Kang. Ex Senator Bard injured in a Tenaway incident. Exports to China and Japan surge while Lonhez declines re‑nomination. Italians and Black workers in riot. many injured. Body of Rupert Parsons to be buried at home. Van Naye Broadway hotel fire causes $800,006 loss.
Claim for steamers and Civil War loot in federal suit
In a Washington court a suit seeks 250 000 for heirs of James E Montgomery alleging 25 steamers were taken during the Civil War by men posing as U S officers. Montgomery, a prominent steamboat owner in St Louis, opposed secession yet aided the Confederacy after the war. The trustees of the Montgomery estate seek recovery amid wartime loyalties and oath questions. The Paducah gunboat departed Norfolk for Monte Cristi to protect American interests in the Caribbean. Commander Chambers reports President Mangles was wounded, per government messages from Puerto Pieta.
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Oil Barons Targeted as Missouri Suit Grows
William G Rockefeller and Edward T Bedford face subpoenas in the Missouri suit against Standard Oil. Henry Wollman says attempts to evade service hinder progress as hearings set for January 5 in New York. Deputations may be taken in neighboring states to compel testimony.
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Boycott Spreads Across Chinese Provinces Against American Goods
New York reports U F Tong, Chinese government representative, says the boycott will continue until the excision law is reformed. Across China merchants and customers unite to shun American products, with cotton and woolen mills and a flour mill in operation in Tianjin. Women join men in the protest, asking Was it made in America as the deciding factor for purchases.
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Canal work year shortened to eight months due to rainy season
The Isthmus of Panama project report to President Roosevelt cites eight months as the working year because of rains. Excavation in Culebra Cut has removed about one million cubic yards as steam shovels prepare for more heavy machine use. The payroll is about 600000 monthly, with emphasis on sanitation and business administration.
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Extradition Gaps Raise Fear For US Criminals Abroad
Washington reports that a revision of extradition treaties with France and Germany may be pursued after recent cases reveal major defects. Hoboken police sought Sasola for grand larceny, but French authorities released him due to no formal extradition basis. A Russian crisis plan prompts a US naval squadron deployment to European waters if needed.
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May Quarrel With Germany Reported Strained Russia
London telegram from a Times correspondent says Russia and Germany relations are distinctly strained with potential international complications from unrest in the Baltic provinces.
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Rebel Plans All Foiled In Petersburg Uprising
Dec marked a government victory as revolutionary leaders in St. Petersburg saw their plans overturned. Key movements were disrupted and several leaders detained, signaling a decisive suppression of the revolt.
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Turbulent 1903 Events Show Struggles for Liberty
A survey of upheavals in 1903 highlights Russia facing peasant revolt amid taxes and war costs, Norway breaking from Sweden with a revolution of governance, graft investigations in finance, and major battles in the Russo Japanese War. The deaths of notable figures in arts and politics are listed alongside reforms and strikes shaping a quest for justice and modernization.
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