Port Arthur falls as Russia surrender ends siege
General Stoessel capitulates Port Arthur after long bombardment and heavy casualties. Russians, marines, and officials become prisoners of war. fortresses and batteries transfer to Japan. Nogi reports terms include parole for officers and freedom to return home after pledges not to fight.
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Jon
Tokyo
Steessel
Fort Arthhr
Fort No
Erward
Iis
Russia
Topaz
Roosevelt
St. Petersburg
United States
Japan
Nogi
Stoessel
Vison
Port Arthur
Etse
Sungshu
Antse
Poon
Army
Navy
Rhs Carrvison
Javamese Third Army
Sonferonen
Betyreen
Goria Bioners
Mukden
Kuropatkin
Marshal Oyama
Chefu
Far East
Cuban War Veteran Dent Looker Dies in Washington
Henry B. Looker, longtime DC surveyor and former commander of Company H, First DC Volunteer Infantry, who helped in Cuba during the Spanish American War and captured the first Spanish flag in Porto Rico, died from brain congestion in Washington. He was the son of former Paymaster General Thomas H. Looker, U. S. N., who survives him.
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Dent
Washington
Henry B. Looker
District of Columbia
Cuba
Porto Rico
Thomas H. Looker
Storm Hits New England Winds Sweep Coast
A violent northeast gale with snow sleet hail and rain swept from Eastport Maine to New York breaking the Christmas calm in New England. By last night a cold wave was beginning to bite over the lakes as frigid air moved in.
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New England
Boston
Janu
Eastport
New York
Maine
Charlotte
N. C
St. Louls
Storm Sweeps Ten States Disrupting Transport
A northeast gale driven sleet turned to hail and snow, sweeping Maine to North Carolina and Missouri. The blizzard halted rail and trolley traffic nationwide and disrupted travel from coast to coast.
Fire destroys Greenville tobacco district warehouses
A January 4 blaze in the Greenville tobacco district leveled two warehouses five prizers and several small structures. It consumed about one million pounds of tobacco with estimated losses of 60000 dollars and insurance of 40800 dollars. Authorities believe the fire was incendiary.
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Tobacco
Raleigh
N. C
Greenville
Six Buildings Destroyed in Indianola Fire
The January 4 fire in Indianola Mississippi destroyed six buildings with about 80,900 dollars in losses and 30,000 dollars insured. The blaze started in a negro lodge hall. Hardware store owner William Kimbrough was probably fatally injured.
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Indianola
Miss
William Kimbrough
Berlin Hosts First Public Concert by George Tamlin
George Tamlin, billed as the hiengo tener, gave his first public concert in Berlin last night. A large audience heard a program of Strumiss songs and praised his kind and pleasant demeanor.
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Bperson
George Tamlin
Hiengo Tener
Berlin
Strumiss
Mere Uwaralin Intendia
Palmer Named Democratic Speaker Candidate In New York Assembly
Albany reports George M. Palmer of Schoharie is the Democratic nominee for speaker for the fifth time, implying the party’s leadership in the New York Assembly. Senate Republicans renominated last session staff. Senate Democrats delay caucus due to storm, while Governor Higging delivers the first 1905 message. A canal bill by Senator Ambler targets the Thousand Ton Canal Act of 1903, risking contract awards if passed before construction begins.
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Albany
John Raines
Ontario
Fred Nixon
Chautauqua
Senate
Assembly
Higging
M. Linn Bruce
Nixon
George M. Palmer
Schoharie
Everett Brown
Yates
William W. Adams
Steuben
Brown
William J. Tully
Forty-first
Goodsell
Hill
Elsberg
Davis
Buffalo
Canandaigua
Malloy
Raines
Ambler
Columbia
Talbot Justified Says Counsel Upon Irvine Controversy
Colonel Clement, counsel for Bishop Talbot, reports from Wilkesbarre that Talbot regrets church peace being unsettled by the Irvine dispute. He says he will be completely justified in his course from start to finish and declines further comment.
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Sunbury
Clement
Talbot
Wilkesbarre
Irvine
Bank Failure Shakes Faribault as First National Closes
The First National Bank of Faribault closed after directors found reserves below legal limits and assets not easily convertible. Depositors are expected to be paid in time.
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Waribault Bank
Faribault
Minn
First National Bank of Tfaribault
Accused at Blueshbter's Murder
Lexington, Kentucky dispatch reports Ollie Cannon, a father, arrested on a warrant from his wife charging him with the murder of his six month old daughter six years ago. She says he held the child down with his foot until the infant burned to death before the grate. He was committed to jail without bail.
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Blueshbter
Lexington
Ollie Cannon
Pater
Cannon
Colored Citizens Invite Roosevelt to Mobile Visit
At Mobile emancipation celebration 2,500 Black residents gathered. A. M. Johnson was chosen to travel to Washington to invite President Roosevelt to visit Mobile. Johnson departed for Washington last night.
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Roosevelt
Mobile
A. M. Johnson
Washington
Johnnson
Relapse in Pneumonia Leaves Theodore Thomas Critical
Chicago January report states Theodore Thomas, ill with pneumonia, relapsed during the evening and is now in critical condition as physicians issue an update at midnight.
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Pheadore Thomas
Chicago
Theodore Thomas
Fear Lynchers Stir Port Chester Transfer of Accused
Chief Donovan arranged Hutchings transfer from White Plains to Port Chester jail ahead of arraignment before Police Justice Wilcox. Officials withheld route to avoid crowd violence as lynching fears rise during the 12 mile trolley or carriage move. Julia Schoffield, seven, remains gravely ill with peritonitis and a hoped operation cannot proceed.
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White Plains
N.Y
Donovan
Port Chester
John Hutchings
Julia Schofield
Wilcox
Hutchings
Ladies’ Hospital
President Baldwin Dead Long Island Railroad Chief
Locust Valley N Y January 4 William B Baldwin Jr president of the Long Island railroad died at his home after weeks of illness from intestinal troubles He was 42 and had risen from a clerk to head the railroad succeeding Austin Corbin Born in Boston he studied at Harvard His family was at his bedside during the death and he had undergone a hospital operation in 1904 in New York City
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Locust Valley
N. Y
William B. Baldwin, Jr
Long Island Road
Baldwin
Frederick Kammerer
German Hospital
New York
Mr. Baldwin
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Austin Corbin
Boston
Harvard
NY Markets Quiet and Mixed as Wheat and Butter Move
New York market reports show firm wheat on higher liver pool and shipments, with prices for winter straights and patents noted. Butter remains strong with creamery and state dairy varieties quoted, while hay, potatoes, beans, wool, hops, eggs, and dressed poultry display varied steady to dull activity across regions.
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New York
Minnesota
Liverpool
Long Island
State
Jersey
Pa- Galle
Canal
Pennsylvania
Live Stock Market Briefs Show Mixed Cattle and Lamb Quotes
Market activity shows light receipts and steady to firm tones. Cattle notes include prime heavy at about 4.95 and 4.85 for light Yorkers. 5.2 for supply ght is unclear. Pigs and lambs appear with varied quotes around 4.40 to 4.50, reflecting typical seasonal volatility.
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Jeep
Spring Lambs
Decision Reversed on Pro Rata Asset Distribution Plan
The U.S. circuit court of appeals reversed a district court injunction blocking Northern Securities from distributing assets. The plan, agreed by directors and provisionally ratified by stockholders, would distribute assets pro rata. The case involves Harriman and Pierce and stock held in Northern Pacific Railway.
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Philadelphia
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District Court
BE. H.harriman
Northern Securities Company
Hill
Northern Securities
New Jersey
Northern Pacific Railway Company
B.A. Harriman
Winslow
Pierce
Northern Pacific Company
Northern Securities ‘Company
Garriman and Pierce
United States ‘Supreme Court
Explorer Francis H. Nichols Dies in Tibet
Francis H. Nichols, American explorer and correspondent, died December 29 in Gyantse Tibet from pneumonia and was buried there. A native of E vanton, Iowa, he served as a newspaper correspondent in the Spanish American War and later traveled to China before heading to Tibet in March 1903 to study customs and reach Lassa, the Forbidden City. He left the United States on March 27, 1903.
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New York
United States
Conger
Peking
Francis H. Nichols
Tibet
Gyantse
Nichols
Evans‘ton, I
China
Lassa
Forbidden City
Likely 8th Judicial Vacancy to Be Filled by Robert W. Taylor
Washington reports no official word yet on the federal bench vacancy created by Judge Francis J. Wing's resignation in Ohio's northern district. Robert W. Taylor, principal attorney for Protestants in the Smoot inquiry, is widely anticipated as the appointee. He formerly served Ohio's old McKinley district in the House and is regarded as a skilled lawyer.
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Berth
W. Taylor
Washington
Francis J. Wing
Ohio
Robert W. Taylor
Taylor
Smoot
Utah
Senate
Old
McKinley
House of Representatives
Fire destroys Morris Run miner's home killing family
In Elmira on January 4 a fire gutted Krank Noweski’s Morris Run Pennsylvania residence. The Noweski family of ten, including an eighteen year old son and a baby, perished or were smothered, with Noweski his wife and seven children found among the ruins. Noweski worked for Morris Run Coal Mining Company and had been on strike since April.
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Elmira
N.Y
Krank Noweski
Morris Run
Noweski
Morris Run@oal Mining company
Prisoners Escape Fort Hamilton Stampede Leads to Fatality
Four prisoners fled the Fort Hamilton guardhouse during a hurried horse stampede. One man, Paul Berg, was recaptured in Manhattan by fort detail. the other three are believed to have perished in the icy harbor waters.
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New York
Fort Hamilton
Paul Berg
Manhattan
Bank of Hag lami to invite bids for new loan issue
The Bank of Hag lami announces it is prepared to receive tenders for a new issue of the Trish Jana loan totaling £29,000,000. The document outlines financing terms and invitation to investors.
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London
The
Bank of Haglami
Indicted in Portland Case Involving Senator Mitchell
A Portland report notes a conspiracy indictment tied to federal grand jury evidence. The figures claim Senator Mitchell gave $2,000 to influence Binger Hermann to expedite certain claims. The statement asserts the witness told the truth and that Mitchell is aware of it.
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Portland
Ore
Puter
Tarpley
Mitchell
Binger Hermann
Ene
Charity Day crowds and swiftwins at New Orleans racing
Swiftwing won the day's feature as Monaco Maid led the opening race in New Orleans charity meet. Other results include lineups with Catalina and St Tammany taking several heats, while boxing news reports Young Corbett and Battling Nelson finally matched for a twenty round bout next month.
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New Orleans
Monaco Maid
Jake Sanders
Pawtucket
Flight
Stanmary
Swiftwing
Cataline
Sis Lee
Sponge Cake
Terns Red
de Reszke
Ram’s Horn
Katie Powers
Tammany
Norwood Ohio
Kilts
Rison
Montebank
Knowledge
Young Corbett
Mana Nelson
San Francisco
Battling Nelson
Jimmy Britt
Pride of
California
Mechanics’ Pavilion
Garbett
Nelson
Oakland Race Results and Rail Trolley Sale
In Oakland Frank Pearce placed third as Rowena faded to Barrack in the second race. Northwest edged Follow by a head while Me. Trolley Lines to Be Bought is reported in New Haven with the Consolidated Railway company negotiating to acquire the Stamford to Greenwich and New Rochelle trolley holdings for about 1.5 million dollars.
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Sandford
Bangor
Frank W. Sandford
The
Holy Ghost
Shiloh
Leander Bartlett
Farmington
San Francisco
Oakland
Frank Pearce
Rowena
Barrack
Hainault
New Haven
Conn
New York, New Haven and ‘Hartford Railroad Company
Stamford
Consolidated Railway Company. Is
Greenwich
New Rochelle
Colorado Legislature Opens Amid Gubernatorial Contest
The Colorado legislature opened in Denver with organization steps planned. The session is expected to avoid direct action on the governor's race between Governor Peabody and Alva Adams, while the Senate may move to unseat Senators Robert M. Born and Daniel Healey.
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Colorado
Tim Woodruff Dines in Albany Ahead of Session Opening
Former Lieutenant Governor Timothy L Woodruff entertained legislators and officials at a dinner in Albany as the new session opened. Governor Higgins and Senator Depew attended. former Governor Odell was expected but did not attend.
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Timothy Woodruff
Albany
Timothy L. Woodruff
Higgins
Depew
Ofell
Dead at Age of 14: Middle Fpow s Nek Fan Ar Hasbrouck
A damaged OCR note reports a 14 year old death with fragmentary references to Nek Fan Ar Hasbrouck and three sons who served in the Civil War.
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Ar Hasbrouck
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