Russia explains Manchuria stance in St. Petersburg statement
In St. Petersburg on April 5 the Official Messenger publishes Russia’s review of allied negotiations with Chinese plenipotentiaries at Tianjin and Beijing. It outlines provisional conditions for a modus vivendi, evacuation plans for Manchuria, and Russia’s aim to keep order while awaiting further events, blaming hostile reports and stressing patience amid tensions with Japan.
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St. Petersburg
Tien-Tsin
Peking
Manchuria
Russia
Japanese Ultimatum Looms After Russian Reply on Manchuria
London reports via The Daily Mail Yokohama correspondent that Japan after talks with army navy and finance and foreign affairs heads will send a second more peremptory remonstrance to Russia with a demand for a reply within a set period. The démarche is described as nearly an ultimatum.
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Ing
Army
Navy
Finance and Foreign Affairs
St. Petersburg
Japan Aims to Aid Japan Against Russia Says Peking Note
London April 6 The Daily Express Peking correspondent reports Japan plans hostilities with Russia. She has arranged with Liu Kun Yi Viceroy of Nan-King and other viceroys to aid Japan by offering telegraphic communications and transport facilities.
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London
Japan
Russia
Peking
Daily Express
Liu Kun Yi
Nan-King
New Russian pledges ease Manchuria tensions
Washington April 5 Russia disarms opposition to the Manchurian agreement by removing secrecy and pledging the occupation to be temporary. The note to the United States, delivered to Secretary Hay, promises rapid withdrawal of troops as circumstances permit and asserts no permanent or long duration occupation to avert war and reassure China and other powers.
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Tribune
Washington
Russia
China
Manchuria
United States
Hay
West Shore Ferries Resume Service at West 424 Street
West Shore Ontario and Western Rail ferries resume service from foot of West 424 Street at 6 AM today after repairs. Service from West 23rd Street will be discontinued at the same hour.
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West Shore Ferries
West Shore Ontario & Western R. F.'s
Stolen Gainsborough Portrait Reappears Aboard Etruria
The Gainsborough Duchess of Devonshire portrait, stolen from Agnew Gallery in 1876, has resurfaced aboard the Cunard steamer Etruria. Mr. and Mrs. C. Morland Agnew, passengers, possess the painting and traveled from Chicago after learning it was thought to be the same work. The tale traces the long, storied recovery from a 15 year search by Pinkertons and thieves, ending with its current Italian-British intrigue.
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Liverpool
Gainsborough
Duchess of Devonshire
Messrs. Agnew
London
Etruria
Messrs
Agnew
Bond St
Pinkertons
Peekskill
N. Y
Joe” Elliott
Pinkerton
Painting Recovered From Secret Safe After Theft
In safe deposit vaults and warehouses in New York, Brooklyn, Boston and Philadelphia a painting lay sealed in a cotton wrapped box inside a trunk. A sporting man learned of its whereabouts and coordinated with Pinkerton to arrange its return for a reward. Agnew, heir to the owner, traveled to claim the painting after its genuineness was confirmed. The reward remained private. S. P. Avery, Jr., noted Agnew’s arrival and plans to travel to Chicago without detailing his errand.
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New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
Pinkerton
Mr. Agnew
Chicago
Car Kills Boy Sister Hurt In Newark Trolley Crash
A Newark trolley accident on Summer-avenue killed five year old Thomas Chadwick and seriously injured his eight year old sister Ella. Motorman Tom Kramer and conductor Thomas Pearce were detained as police investigated. Mrs. Chadwick had just sent them out at night for the first time, fearing the cars. The car on Forest Hill line struck them between tracks, the boy crushed beneath the wheels and the girl thrown clear.
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Summer-ave
Newark
Harry Chadwick
Thomas
Ella
Forest Hill
Tom Kramer
Thomas Pearce
Second Precinct
Ophir Reaches Aden With Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York
Aden April 5 The steamer Ophir bringing the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York arrives and is greeted with salutes and formal calls. They report good health and enjoyment of the voyage. On April 1 Ophir passed India in the Gulf of Suez bearing Lady Curzon. The two ships exchanged salutations. 18 Broadway Seaboard Air Line Railways secures first floor Bau douine Building for up town passenger office. Office to be remodeled by May 1 with tickets, sleeping car reservations, conveyances and ferry/taxi info. Public invited. Adyt.
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Ophir
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
York
India
Gulf of Suez
Lady Curzon
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Broadway
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Baudouine
28Th St
Adyt
Carter Frauds Traced by Government Detectives
Washington reports major developments in the Oberlin M. Carter case. Carter, a former Savannah harbor contractor and Army captain, is serving five years at Leavenworth for swindling the government. Justice Department teams have located most of about 2.5 million dollars stolen, with 722000 of profits identified, and plan to attach and recover assets in New York and Savannah.
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Tribune
Washington
Oberlin M. Carter
Carter
Corps of Engineers
Savannah
Leavenworth
Kaw
E. 8
Otis
Philippines
War Department
Department of Justice
Treasury
United States
New York City
New York
R. F. Westcott
Brooklyn
Mr. Westcott
B. D. Greene
John F. Gaynor
United States District Court
Southern District of Georgia
Greene
Gaynor
Engineer Corps
Army
Atlantic Contracting Campa
Democratic State Committee
Miles
Corbin
Oberlin
M. Carter
West Point
Military Academy
Gillette
London
Walker Nicaragua Canal Commission
Department
the Tribune
P C Knox Accepts Attorney Generalship
President McKinley announces that P C Knox of Pittsburg has accepted the Attorney Generalship. Knox, born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania in 1853, studied at Mount Union College and built a long legal career in Pittsburgh. He led the Pennsylvania Bar Association in 1907 and held multiple club memberships while practicing law. Ad notices promote fast rail service and Jayne's Expectorant.
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McKinley
P. C. Knox
Pittsburg
Knox
Philander
Brownsville
Penn
Davids. Knox
Mount Union College
Alliance
Ohio
Stark County
H. B. Swope
United States District Attorney
David Reed
Allegheny County
United States
Western District of
Pennsylvania
J. H. Reed
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Duquesne Club
Americas Club
Union League
Lawyers’ Club
New York
Philadelphia
Mayor Deems Charter Revision Riotous Legislation
Mayor Van Wyck denounces the amended charter as riotous and unread, accusing the legislature of dumping a thousand pages on New Yorkers. He says no one has read the bill, including its authors, and notes the need to compare it with the current charter before deciding. The mayor, Senator Grady, and John F Carroll discussed the matter with Senate clerk De Cant before reporters.
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van Wyck
de Cant
Senate
Democratic Club
Grady
John F. Carroll
Charter Revision Commission
New York
Messrs
Carroll
Tammany
Odell backs New York Charter revisions and mayoral powers
Governor Odell praised the Charter Revision Commission and legislature for revising New York's charter. He highlighted changes strengthening elected accountability, shortening the mayoral term to two years, empowering the mayor to remove subordinates, consolidating the Dock Department, and placing city expenditures under a directly elected Board of Estimate and Apportionment. The article notes emphasis on responsible leadership and fiscal control.
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Albany
Odell
Charter Revision Commission
New York
Dock Department
Coler
Board of Three Dock Commissioners
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Venezuela’s Castro Rules Venezuela as Absolute Monarchy
A New York writer reports on Cipriano Castro seizing power in Venezuela, extending his term, restructuring government, and enforcing obedience. Andrade flees Caracas, while Acosta is executed for rebellion. officials face swift punishment for dissent, with a climate of fear and coercion across state institutions. The piece notes U.S. ministers and Caracas merchants pressed into support, and hints at regional tension and potential uprisings. Meanwhile a separate notice confirms the Seaboard Air Line plans a Florida through-train schedule to St. Augustine with continued daily service from New York.
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Frank L. Loomis
United States
Venezuela
Washington
Castro
New York
Caracas
Cipriano Castro
Andrade
Yellow House
Barbadoes
Curacoa
Napoleon
Elba
Acosta
Revolutionary
Supreme Court
Rotunda
Florida
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Florida and Metropolitan Limited
Jacksonville
Pla
St. Augustine
Broadway
Adyt
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