Desire for Liberty Sparks Russian Strikes Across Cities
A wave of protests grips Russia and Poland as workers strike at major mills and ironworks. Reports vary on casualties at Sosnovice and Lodz while 30,000 join in St. Petersburg. Physicians in Moscow adopt antibureaucracy resolutions backing liberal aims amid calls for an end to war.
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St. Petersburg
Nevsky
Lode
Putiloff
Putiloff Works
Moscow
Moscow Zemstvo
Muskovitz
Zemstve
Far East
Extreme cold grips Midwest as Montana faces fierce blizzard
Extreme cold returns to the middle west and northwest with subzero readings in Illinois Missouri and Kansas. Montana endures the worst blizzard in years threatening livestock losses as a heavy northwest gale drifts deep snow. Duluth hits 20 below while St Paul Calgary and Omaha register deep freezes. Chicago records 2 below as temps plunge 31 degrees in 12 hours.
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Chicago
Middle West
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Montana
Mercury
Duluth
St. Paul
Calgary
Omaha
Nebraska
Trouble Looms Over Tariff Bill and Monte Cristi Crisis
Washington dispatches report friction over a Dominican customhouse at Monte Cristi. Lieut commander Seiper, in charge of customs, faced threats as Dominican authorities refuse control. US cruiser forces kept watch, cables withheld, and protests arise amid broader tariff and statehood debates in Congress.
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Monte Christi
Washington
San Domingo
Lieper
Detroit
Monte Cristo
Clinix
Puerto Plata
Sigsbee
Seiper
United States
Monte Cristi
Steiper
Newark
Mexican road crash near Carneros injures and kills feared
A passenger train from Laredo to Mexico collided with a freight train at Carneros, Mexico. Reports vary, with rumors stating 12 killed and 17 injured as crews work to determine the toll.
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Laredo
Tex
National Railway of Mexico
Carneros
Mexico
Standard Oil Curtails Kansas Output Amid Labor Strife
Independence Kansas February 19 The Standard Oil Company halted work in the Kansas field, laying off 900 men indefinitely as lawmakers recently passed antagonistic measures. Reports from Poland describe clashes near Katharine iron works and an electric power station with many wounded or killed, including alleged casualties at the Niska mine and Milovice area amid ongoing strike unrest.
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Standard Oi! Company
Sunflower State
Independence
Kans
Standard Oi Company
Kansas
Eed
Katherinen Iron Works
Niska
Modrzeff
Milovice
Russian
Poland
Two Fatalities In Wreck At Siding Collision
An eastbound passenger train on the Wabash railroad collided with a freight train on a siding at Delphi North Carolina. Conductor Bailey Beedle was killed while passenger engineer John Ferguson died later. Brakeman John Blackkeeter was badly injured though no passengers were hurt. The caboose burned in the wreck.
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Delphi
N. C
Bailey Beedle
John Ferguson
John Blackkeeter
McCue Confesses Before Death In Charlottesville Murder
J Samuel McCue former mayor of Charlottesville Virginia was hanged for the September murder of his wife He confessed claiming an evil power compelled him witnesses say he faced death calmly and his advisers asked to clear suspicions on himself The tragedy drew rare state attention and he was 46 years old Shaffer was also hanged today in Washington for the 1903 murder of his divorced wife by throat cutting
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Charlottesville
J. Samuel McCue
McCue
MecCue
Washington
Augustus L. Shaffer
Hundred Hurt in New York Elevated Rail Crash
More than one hundred people were injured in a rush hour air collision on New York City’s Third Avenue and One Hundred Forty ninth street elevated line. Seven in serious condition, one may die. Storm and fog obscured signals, a Second Avenue train was struck, cars telescoped, and platforms damaged. Passengers, including women and children, suffered as chaos followed the collision.
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New York
Third Avenue
Second Avenue
Ree
European Diplomatic Posts Reorganized on March 4
Washington reports a series of postings in European diplomacy effective around March 4. McCormick moves from St Petersburg to Paris, Meyer replaces McCormick in St Petersburg, and Henry White shifts from London to Rome. Henry L Wilson becomes Belgium minister, while Lawrence Townsend retires. The president also nominates Joseph H Kirby for Arizona governor and Eugene A Bucker for associate justice of the Arizona Supreme Court.
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McCormick
St. Petersburg
Porter
Paris
Meyer
Rome
Henry White
London
Henry L. Wilson
Chile
Belgium
Lawrence Townsend
Senate
Arizona
Joseph H. Kirby
Supreme Court of
Eugene A. Bucker
Nebraska
Peace prospects dominate as Russia seeks terms
St. Petersburg reports grand ducal decision in favor of peace at the best terms obtainable. No spring campaign discussed. Witte asserts peace must be secured at any cost. Berlin notes delicate imperial stance and German non-offer. Tokio reports continued Russian bombardment with no change in front.
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St. Petersburg
Grand Ducal Party
Unc
Japan
Manchuria
Far East
Russia
Berlin
Germany
Associated Press
Tokio
Oyamia
Thirty foot wave hits Tennessee valley in February report
A courier message from Beattyville reports a 20 foot swell out of the Kentucky river sweeping the valley. The note says a thirty foot wave drove everything before it with a wide flood plain impact. Madison Indiana confirms the unusual weather event.
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Madison
Ind
Beattyville
Kentucky
Shorthorn Breeders Seek Faster ICC Rate Powers
Sioux City reports the Central Shorthorn Breeders' association of nine states closed its meeting urging broader Interstate Commerce Commission powers to enforce new rates immediately pending court appeals. The group denounced the private car system and pressed for quicker rate relief.
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Commerce Commission
Sioux City
Iowa
Central Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ship canal bill seeks Illinois River waterway cost study
Springfield Feb 10 The Senate considers a Bare bill to appoint a three member expert commission to study costs and feasibility of a deep waterway from Lake Michigan through the Illinois and Mississippi rivers to the gulf. The panel would be unpaid but receive 7000 for expenses and report next session on reclamation, levees, and benefits of the plan. Local option bill declared unconstitutional by Anti-Saloon League in Chicago stating legal opinion supports the claim and defending the league against Senate charges.
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Springfield
Lake Michigan
Illinois
Mississippi
Senate
Bare
Hardin
Boards of Assessors
Anti- Saloon League
League
Chicago
Woman sentenced says negro is not guilty
Reading, Feb 10 Mrs Kate Edwards under sentence to be hanged with Samuel Greason for murder of her husband has told counsel she exonerates Greason from complicity. The statement will not be released until its presented to the board of pardons. The inference is that she admits she alone committed the crime.
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Reading
Kate Edwards
Samuel Greason
Greason
Board of Pardons
Buffalo Banker Arrested Indicted in German Bank Failure
A. E. Appleyard was arrested in Boston on an alleged fugitive warrant connected to Buffalo fraud charges tied to the German bank failure. The indictment accuses him of involvement in the collapse scheme.
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A. E. Appleyard
Boston
Arthur E. Appleyard
Appleyard
Buffalo
Hoch on trial for bigamy in Chicago inquest
Johann Hoch faced witnesses in Chicago as the inquest details how Mrs Walker Hoch died. He confessed to marrying 13 women, with two in Milwaukee and two in Cincinnati, while denying murder. Multiple wives and identities emerged as evidence mounts against him.
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Chicago
Johann Hoch
Walker Hoch
Hoch
Head Bookkeeper Vanishes After $35,000 Shortage Found
Grand Forks North Dakota February 10 J E Lewis head bookkeeper of Grand Forks Mercantile company has been missing for a week. Experts auditing his ledgers report shortages totaling 35000 dollars. He held large real estate in his wife name. Negotiations underway for immediate transfer of property to the Mercantile firm as partial indemnity. Lewis about 45, married with wife and no children, reputed to have a good name.
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Grand Forks
N. D
J. E. Lewis
Grand Forks Mercantile Company
Lewis
Mercantile Company
Oskaloosa Fire Devastates Principal Business District
A blaze starting in a furnace ripped through Oskaloosa Iowa early today causing about 150 000 in losses with partial insurance. Major losers include Flick Brothers dry goods Stull and McGregor Baluf and Rosenback and Fifer and Belmont.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Loas
Flick Brothers
Stull & McGregor
Baluf & Rosenback
Fifer & Belmont
Bank Clearings Hit Record First Week of February
Trade reports from R. G. Dunn branches show overall strength though unsettled weather in several cities affected activity. Bank exchanges exceed the first week of February of any prior year. Lady Curzon sails for India with three children from jwondon on February 19.
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R. G. Dunn & Co
Lady Curzon
Jwondon
Lady Curzon of
Kedleston
India
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