Russia Replies to Japan on Manchuria War Risk
Yokohama dispatch reports Japanese papers say Russia rejects third power talks and calls the Manchurian agreement temporary and not affecting China's sovereignty. A Daily Mail correspondent notes London's view that Russia's reply is unsatisfactory and warns of further protests. Prince Ihonoye Atsumaro predicts Japan could rely on Britain and Germany neutrality and that France would hesitate, letting Japan's army drive Russia from Manchuria.
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Japan
Manchuria
Russia
China
London
The
Daily Mail
Ihonoye Atsumaro
House of Peers
Great Britain
Germany
United States
France
Formosa
Manchurian Convention Reported Signed
Dispatches from Pao ting-Foo and The Standard indicate officials claim the Manchurian Convention has been signed with ratification expected shortly. Rebellious threats from Southern authorities emerge while Northern Chinese show indifference. Russian occupation in Feng-Tien is portrayed as temporary. Paris reports say Yangtse Viceroys oppose the treaty despite Britain and Japan pressing for rejection.
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Standard
Feng-Tien
Manchuria
Paris
Great Britain
Japan
Demands on Chinese Forts Move Toward Peking Palace Meeting
The allied generals are to confer at the Winter Palace on instructions to ministers about destroying forts obstructing river access from Peking to the sea. They favor rendering useless the Taku Shan hai-kuan and Tien-Tsin forts and destroying the river entrance fort to restore navigability to the waterway toward Tianjin. Count von Walder- April 1.
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Winter Palace
Peking
Taku
Shan hai-Kuan
Tien- Tsin
China
Tien-Tsin
Count von Walder
Li Hung Chang Leaves Peking Amid Illness
Li Hung Chang travels with bodyguard toward Shanghai as steamers are held for him. London reports Dr Morrison's Times letter noting Li’s belief Russia is China’s chief threat and that secret Russo-Chinese deals exist. He says Manchurian convention may be disclosed but Russia keeps terms secret.
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London
Morrison
The
Times
Peking
Li-Hung-Chang
Russia
China
Index to Departments and listings in the paper
A catalog of department references and page numbers for the issue including markets Wheat 80% corn 49, oats 31, cotton 85 16, iron 16.25, butter 22 with notes on Amusements arrivals at hotels legal notes and various pages such as Real Estate Railroads Weather and Society sections.
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Society
United Service
Weather Report
Nesterday’s
Policy of buying off Russia leans China toward concessions
The article notes Li Hung Chang's push to appease Russia as a strategic move. It reports that ministers from all powers except Russia were told to present a prepared punishment list to Chinese plenipotentiaries, a list deemed moderate and likely to gain Chinese compliance within the current geopolitical moment.
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Russia
Li-Hung-Chang
British troops attacked in Tien-Tsin clash in April
Captain Barrett of Burma troops was savagely attacked by seven Frenchmen with sabres last night but not dangerously wounded. An Indian sentry was shot in the thigh on Saturday night and fired back twice. He believes the aggressors were foreign soldiers.
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Tien-Tsin
Barrett
Burma
Russia's Possible Course in Manchuria Talks
St Petersburg April 2. The Chinese Legation Chargé d'Affaires continues Manchuria talks as Chinese Minister Yang Yu's illness is linked to apoplexy. Observers doubt China will sign, while Russia would press to withdraw on its terms or drop talks if China refuses.
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China
ST. Petersburg
Manchuria
Yang-Yu
Russia
Associated Press
Russian Circular on China Policy Promotes Joint Power Rule
The St Petersburg Official Messenger of Sept 1 1900 circulated a note to Russian representatives abroad claiming Russia’s China policy aims to aid legations and subjects while preserving order. It pledges a united groups approach, a legal central government in Peking, and avoidance of Manchuria plans, with troops to be recalled if other powers allow.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
China
Bry
Peking
Manchuria
Japanese and British Ministers Meet Emperor in Seoul
Report from Seoul says Japanese and British ministers met the Emperor in Seoul. The ministers urged restraint after the dismissal of MclLeavy Brown, supervisor of Korean customs, and the order was withdrawn the same evening.
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Yokohama
Seoul
MclLeavy Brown
Russian Minister Sipiaguine Shot At In Slay Bid
A Vossische Zeitung dispatch from Lemberg reports the Russian Interior Minister Privy Councillor Sipiaguine was recently shot at but the assassination attempt failed. In War saw, University students planned a sympathy demonstration. In Byelostok riots followed a Socialist funeral with large crowds and police intervention.
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Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Lemberg
Galicia
Warsaw
Sipiaguine
University of Warsaw
Byelostok
Poland
Russian unrest widens beyond students in Byelostok
London dispatch notes first signs of broad revolutionary currents as bloodshed reported in Byelostok where there is no university. The Times correspondent warns rioting may spread beyond students but does not expect it to derail Russia's foreign policy.
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London
Vienna
the Times
Byelostok
Russia
Homes for London Workmen Plan in Tottenham
The London County Council votes to buy 225 acres to build 5 779 cottages for 42 500 people in Tottenham. Cost set at £1 560 000 with rents from 6s weekly to a half guinea for larger homes and railway tickets at one quarter of normal fares. Plan aims to ease slum pressure indirectly and is expected to be self supporting with a small dividend.
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London
London County Council
Tottenham
Ferry service updated for West 42d Street station repairs
Due to repairs at the West 42d Street ferry station of the West Shore and Ontario & Western Railroads ferryboats will operate to and from the foot of West 23d Street at P. Ray R. station until 6 00 AM Saturday morning April 6 when the West 42d Street station will reopen Adv
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West Shore
Ontario & Western R. B
West 23d St
P. Ray R
Millionaire Rice Murder Trial Shocks Court Room
Charles F. Jones testifies against Albert T. Patrick in Rice murder case detailing Patrick's orders to administer poison and chloroform to the elderly magnate. Jones claims Patrick plotted to kill Rice for control of wealth eight million dollars in cash and property at stake.
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Charles F. Jones
William Marsh Rice
Albert T. Patrick
Rice
Patrick
Osborne
Jones
Moore & Cantwell
Frederick B. House
Meyers
Short
Era in Passenger Traffic Opens New Lake Shore Limited
April 3 1901 marks a red letter day in the history of travel between New York and Chicago as the Lake Shore Limited begins service this afternoon from New York Central.
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New York
Chicago
New Lake Shore Limited
New York Central
Atlantic City Special Express Schedule Ad
Atlantic City Special Express runs via Central Railroad of New Jersey leaving Liberty Street at 3 40 P M and South Ferry at 3 35 P M arrives Atlantic City 6 48 P M tickets allow a stopover at Lakewood official adv indicates service with Lakewood as a stopover point
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Central R. R
New Jersey
Liberty St
South Ferry
Lakewood
Missing Boy Reported in Bay Ridge Kidnapping Case
Ten year old William McCormick Jr. disappeared from Ogden Avenue on March 27. Police traced a Bay Ridge trolley car sighting to Thirty-ninth Street and Fifth Avenue with the boy claiming his father is a gardener near Eighth Avenue and One Hundred and Thirty-third Street. A ransom note demanded $200 in gold, with a staged drop at Third Avenue and One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Street, later deemed an April fool. A reward of $1000 was offered for clues. detectives monitored the drop site but found nothing.
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Patrick
Fifty-sixth Street
Sixth Avenue
Fifty-fifth Street
Madison Avenue
Mr. Rice
Dr. Curry
Dr. Curry Spagne
Rice
J. Osborne
Swenson & Sons
Fifth Avenue Trust Company
Gannon
High Bridge
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Ogden Avenue
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McCormick
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Brooklyn
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English Bankers Swindled in London Gold Ore Scam
Two men faced London police court on fraud charges for forging documents claiming 45 000 in gold ore shipments never existed. The Daily Chronicle notes seven bankers were defrauded as well, with total losses near 250 000. The swindle involved allegedly bags of ore filled with sand and attempts to hush up the matter failed.
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London
Barclay & Co., Limited
Daily Chronicle
Naval Academy Cadets Triumph In Fencing Match
Annapolis Md April 2 The Naval Academy fencing team defeated the midshipmen from the frigate Duguay Trouin in the gymnasium. French midshipmen Fouque Chevenard Fortoul Rou vier Demarquay scored 44 points while the Naval Cadets McBride Andrews Henry Oakley and Lanon totaled 65. Bouts were fenced to five touches with time constraints limiting bouts to fifteen instead of twenty five.
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A. Andrews
Texas
S. M. Henry
New York
O. H. Oakley
Nebraska
J. P. Lanon
Wyoming
Naval Cadets
Girard National Bank to Acquire Independence Bank
Stockholders approve increasing capital from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 to acquire Independence National Bank. Par value rises from 40 to 100, board expands to seventeen, and Girard Bank’s building will be refitted with a new vault. Combined capital and surplus will exceed 3,000,000. Drexel & Co. is expected to buy the Independence Bank Building.
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Philadelphia
Girard National Bank
Independence National Bank
Independence Bank
Girard Bank
Francis B. Reeves
Drexel & Co
Odell Agrees To Drop Mortgage Tax Bill
Albany April 2 Gov Odell will drop the mortgage tax bill and keep the law as it stands. The decision comes from a reliable source.
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Albany
Odell
Receiver named for Lasher Stocking Co. in Bennington
Upon petition by Col Olin Scott one of the largest stockholders Judge Munson named William H Bradford large knit goods manufacturer receiver of the Lasher Stocking Company The factory ran over time nearly all winter employing 200 hands Liabilities and assets schedule not yet filed
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Lasher Stocking Co
Bennington
Olin Scott
Munson
William H. Bradford
Lasher Stocking Company
Seventy seven hotels reachable from Grand Central Station
Advertisement claims 77 New York hotels are within one to fifteen minutes of New York Central's Grand Central Station, presenting it as the best landing or starting point in New York for travelers.
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New York
New York Central
Grand Central Station
Nebraska towns vote license in scattered returns
Nebraska vote shows most small towns favor license with light turnout. In Omaha and South Omaha, chartered areas omitted May elections. Hastings and several towns report close party splits, while Humboldt Nelson Hebron vote for license boards. Lincoln reelects Mayor Winnett as Republicans gain council seats and school board support.
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Omaha
Neb
South Omaha
Wahoo
Plattesmouth
Hastings
Humboldt
Nelson
Hebron
Beaver City
St. Edward
Kansas Women Triumph In Law and Order Victory
In Topeka and other towns, law and order tickets won across Kansas despite a snowstorm. Four thousand Topeka women voted, guiding Col Hughes to mayoral victory by over 1000. Independence and Wichita backed Republicans. Kansas City Kansas leaned Democratic as results came in.
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Topeka
Kan
Law and Order
Emporia
Lawrence
Holton
Hiawatha
Hutchinson
Ccaadia
Abilene
Col. Hughes
Republicans Sweep Colorado City Elections in Early Returns
Partial returns from Denver show a sweeping Republican victory with a 4 000 to 5 000 plurality for the ticket while the Mayoralty remains in doubt. J H Robinson Republican is elected Mayor in Colorado Springs by 500 to 700 over Democrat W S Jones. Leadville reports Mc Donald Republican 2 039 Jeannette Democrat 1 901. Pueblo re elects Democrat Mayor George West over Republican John Downen.
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Col
Colorado Springs
J. H. Robinson
W. S. Jones
Robinson
Colorado
Leadville
McDonald
Jeannette
Pueblo
George West
John Downen
Republicans and Law and Order League
Wisconsin Election Results See Lively Statewide Races
Wisconsin voters production shows nonpartisan tickets prevailing with Joshua Eric Dodge elected to the Supreme Court and Milwaukee four nonpartisan judges chosen. Madison favored Republican W G Zimmerman for County Judge and Democrat Storm Bull for Mayor. Several cities shifted party control with Oshkosh and Fond du Lac going Democratic and others remaining Republican or listing mixed outcomes.
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Wis
Joshua Eric Dodge
Supreme Bench
Milwaukee County
Oshkosh
Madison
W. G. Zimmerman
Storm Bull
Racine
Fond du Lac
Janesville
Waukesha
L. W. Halsey
P.D. Carpenter
A. C. Brazee
N. B. Neelen
F. E. Wooler
Amherst
Eau _ Claire
Waupeea
Sparta
Fairchild
Baraboo
Hayward
Darlington
Black River Falls
Pewaukee
Delevan River Falls
Unity
Viroqua
Park Falls
Monroe
Marshall
Bloomer
Evansville
Hudson
Hartford
Ashland
Kenosha
Fox Lake
Climan
Jefferson
West Bend
Marinette
Mascoda
Two Rivers
Boyd
Juneau
Elyria
Pardeville
Lacrosse
Grand Rapids
Shawnee
Wenauwega
Royalton
Bloomfield
Fremont
Wolf River
Osceola
Phillips
Elkhart Lake
Augusta
Iona
Wyocena
Tomahawk
Brillion
Shell Lake
Kilbourne
New Lisbon
Algoma
Arcadia
Colby
Thorpe
Horicon
St. Croix Falls
Rhinelander
Oconto
Grantsburg
Deerfield
Lodi
Spring Green
Municipal elections sweep third class cities in Minnesota
In Minnesota third class cities nearly all races were single tickets with no party lines. License issues prevailed in many towns while bond measures for local projects appeared in several ballots. New Ulm approved 30000 for an electric plant, Le Sueur defeated a library levy, and Mankato Democrats won the mayoralty with Nic Peterson.
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ST Paul
New Ulm
le Suer
Mankato
Nic Peterson
Montana Municipal Returns Show Republican Gains
April 2 report from Helena indicates Republicans won key Montana cities including Anaconda, Helena, Livingston, Miles City, Great Falls, Missoula, and Deerlodge. Billings voted Democratic for the first time, while Butte and Bozeman split results.
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Mon
Montana
Anaconda
Marcus Daly
Livingston
Miles City
Great Falls
Missoula
Deerlodge
Butte
Bozeman
Billings
Democratic landslide in Little Rock mayoral race
In Little Rock more than half the cities voters backed Democratic candidates. Mayor W. R. Daley, a Democrat, was re elected by a large majority as party lines favored the Democrats in municipal contests.
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Little Rock
Ark
W. R. Daley
Bny
Boers derail train near Mount Prospect in Natal clash
Severe fighting reported as Boers derail and wreck a train near Mount Prospect in Natal. General Campbell's column attacked the commandos and heavy fighting followed with Campbell at a disadvantage. Mist on the hills leaves final outcome unknown.
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Natal
Mount Prospect
Campbell
Myles Standish Ginger Ale Delights Palate
A well chilled bottle of Myles Standish Ginger Ale promises a refreshing experience for the palate with crisp carbonation and a balanced ginger note enhancing the drink’s smooth finish.
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Myles Standish
Harrison Reaffirms Chicago Mayoral Victory and Council Outlook
Carter H. Harrison wins a third Chicago mayoral term with about 28 000 votes over Republican Hanecy as city wards tilt Republican. Council odds favor Republicans with 39 Republicans 27 Democrats and 4 independents. redistricting may alter seats. Palmer, son of Potter Palmer, wins Twenty‑first Ward for Democrats. Township results vary statewide.
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Carter H. Harrison
Elbridge Hanecy
Harrison
Hanecy
Carter
McKinley
Bryan
Samuel Alschuler
Yates
Alschuler
Harison
Council
Hancey
Henecy
William Lorimer
Altseidt
Honore Palmer
Potter Palmer
S. H. Helm
Repubiieiet
Palmer
Freeport
Kankakee
Rock Island
Decatur
Joliet
Galesburg
Democrats Win in St. Louis Mayor Race
Rolla Wells, Democrat, appears to have won the St. Louis mayoral race by about 10,000 plurality as precinct returns come in late. Parker Republican concedes defeat while violence and polling irregularities are reported. Wells’ victory seen as a Sound Money triumph amid six slates. Wells, a wealthy real estate operator, is a former Gold Democrat organizer with no prior public office.
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Rolla Weeks
ST. Louis
Rolla Wells
The
Post Dispatch
George W. Parker
Wells
Parcker
Meriwether
United States
Rizier
Twenty-fifth Ward
Mr. Rizier
Fred W. Priesmeyer
House of Delegates
William Dwyer
Priesmeyer
Erastus Wells
Rolla
Louisiana Purchase
Palmer and
Buckner
National Gold Democratic Party
Republicans Sweep Jamestown Municipal Elections
In Jamestown New York on April 2 Republicans won all three Supervisor seats and three Aldermen while Democrats secured three Alderman posts.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Democrats Sweep Niagara Falls Municipal Ballot
In Niagara Falls New York on April 2 the Democratic party won the entire ticket except for two aldermen. A C Douglas was elected President of the Common Council. The council with holdovers will stand seven Democrats and three Republicans with a Democratic presiding officer and a Democratic Mayor.
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Niagara Falls N. Y
A. C. Douglas
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