Peaceful czar opposes war and cotton hits records
A chaotic dispatch from St Petersburg outlines unofficial opinion that the czar aims to avoid war with Japan while using pressure to secure concessions. Britain’s leverage in the Far East and rail plans in China are noted as influencing tensions. In New York, cotton prices surged to fresh highs at the opening of the market, with March, May, and July contracts climbing amid Liverpool strength and heavy buying by New Orleans and continental accounts.
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ST. PETERSBURG
csur
Japan
lusgin
Russias
Yang Tse valley
Geeut
Russia
far east
Great Britain
Manchuria
Yang Tse
NEW YORK
Bee
cotton exchange
Murch
Liverpool
continental
New Orleans
sudan
Young Cashel Not Executed in Montana Jail Escape
Calgary police pursue Young Cashel, the warden-murderer who escaped from jail. He was spotted in Lethbridge then escaped again. The court vacated the death order. a new execution date will be fixed later. Colonel Henry J. L. Thomas, fluent translator of thirty-four years in the state department, died of pneumonia at age.
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THSLENA
Mont
Calgary
Cashel
Lethbridge
Imprisoned Tugs Released From Ice on Lake Erie
In Cleveland on December 28 two harbor tugs were freed after twelve men were trapped in thick ice miles from shore. The tug Frank W. rammed through the ice for hours, creating a channel and guiding the boats safely to port.
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CLEVELAND
Lake Erie
Frank W
Fragmentary political note awkwardly references socialists and officials
A garbled report mentions a foreign minister visit and a figure named Count Tolesiai. It states someone is not a socialist and mentions being glad to hear a counter claim. The text is incomplete and contains many errors making precise details unclear.
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BRGU
Gece
William J Bie
Gerlisi
inyen
Count ‘Tolesiai
pistor
King Christian Sickness Delays Silver Wedding Ceremony
GMU NN reports the king, eighty five, unable to attend due to a chill, delaying the silver wedding celebration of the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland at Gmuan den. No cause given for the delay.
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GMU NN
pont
Christian
an¢d
Cumberland
Gmuanden
atia
Chrishan
Den
Closing of Colombian legation signals severance
All legation files packed in Washington as Colombia prepares to depart. General Reyes refuses interviews while awaiting Mr Hay's official reply. The move suggests anticipation of a diplomatic break over the Panama issue. In Kentucky, William Shepard killed Riley Webb and fatally wounded Mary Shepard and her infant on Bis Cowan Creek.
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Reyes
Hay
ASHINGTONON
Ely
Creneral Reyes
Colombia
homc
legation
General Reyes
ihs
Kentucky
SARGENT, Ky
Wall Street closes higher as gains widen across sectors
Confidence returns to Wall Street with broad gains in leaders like New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad. Early trading showed volatility but stronger late session prices lifted stocks while cotton futures held uneven gains amid brisk trading and liquidity shifts.
Noted Woman Writer Dies in Chicago and Albuquerque
CHICAGO Dec 28 Mrs Alexander Sullivan a renowned author and editorial writer died after a week of illness following paralysis She was born in Ireland and raised in Detroit A frequent contributor to the New York Sun and editorials for the Chicago Times and Chronicle She used two names Moody Merrill once Charles F Grayson body later transported from Albuquerque to Boston for burial
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CHICAGO
Alexander Sullivan
Atlantic
Sullivan
Margaret F. Buchanan
Ireland
Detroit
Mich
Charles A. Dana
New York Sun
Chicago Times
Wilbur J. Storey
Chicago Chronicle
ALBUQUERQUE
N. M
Moody Merrill
Silver City
Charles F. Grayson
Boston
Murderer Tobin Found Insane In New York City
Thom as Tobin who killed Captain Craft in a tenderloin resort in New York City about a year ago has been declared insane by a Governor Odell appointed commission. The commission says Tobin was insane at the time of the murder and the governor may commute the death sentence. Craft was lured to the resort after hours and murdered. Tobin is described as manager of the venue. The body was mutilated and partially burned, with the burning smell revealing the crime.
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femand ic
Pennsylvania
New York
Radin Wahazh
United States
Westinghou
jumpett
General Elestrie
Air G. Tee
North American
Colorado Fuel
Toledo
Louis and
pointe
ALBANY
Thomas Tobin
Captain Craft
au tenderloin
New York City
Odell
Tobin
Craft
Delano Promoted to Captain for Panama Service
Commander Francis H. L. Delano of Nashville is promoted to captain for conspicuous service at Colon during the recent Panama revolution. His promotion was deferred due to prior physical disabilities, which have now been removed.
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WASHINGTON
Francis HL. Delano
Nashville
Colon
Panama
Delano
Russian order for Armour canned meat to support army
Dec 28. Kansas City reports Russia placed a million and a half pounds of canned meat with Armour & Co for immediate shipment to San Francisco for delivery to San Francisco and Port Arthur. One third of the cargo has begun westward, with unknown future orders and packing-house involvement unclear.
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KANSAS CITY
Armour & Company
San Francisco
San Brincisso
Port Arthur
Lae San ianso commission
BUI
wxack
stinn
ikepi
vlass
ra & lone pe
Beef Agents Discontinued in Colorado Fires Claim Victims
Burns Colorado December 28 An eccentric timber cutter Oster and his brother George aged fourteen died in a cabin fire near Animas Creek. Oster’s body and that of his companion were consumed. Oster was a timber cutter for a coal mine. Earlier reports note Mrs Hendricks child kidnapping claim in Brooklyn. Pope urges Gregorian chant. Panama debt offer discussed with Britain. Utah agents to be released after year start. Trumbull renowned artist dies at 68 in Connecticut. St Louis seeks Kratz extradition for bribery indictment.
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Burns
Colo
Charles Osrtuut
Joseph Leita oy
acilm
Ostraut
fulon
George
Oster
Trumbull
STRARTFORD
Conn
Dee
Gordon Trumbul
Boodler Kratz
ST. LOUIS
Desmond will
Mexico
Charles Kratz
Pure Water Promotion In Reno At 26 West Second Street
An advertisement urges Reno residents to install a Pasteur germ-proof pressure water filter at home to obtain ten gallons of absolutely pure water daily for a dollar a month. It claims to prevent typhoid and malaria germs and promotes Chr & Eliott's at 26 West Second Street as the place to acquire it.
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Reno
WiI
West Second street
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