Third Fight Thought to Have Taken Place
Sasabo Japan Feb 18 reports Japanese naval officers believe a third fight occurred off Port Arthur as some Russian vessels left that area. Russians Hold Wiju three thousand Russian troops reach Chin Tien Chong opposite Wiju on the Yalu river. Wiju occupied by same force. An expected collision nearby signals rising hostilities in the region.
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Sasabo
Japan
Port Arthur
Wiju
Seoul
Chin Tien Chong
Yalu
Yates Forces Win Important Fights At Peoria Convention
In Peoria Illinois on February 18 Gov Yates solidified power by routing foes at the county convention and securing a delegate to the state convention while predicting London 108 losses. The Yates Deneen coalition claimed a majority across Whitide Prophetstown Genesee with Prophets towns and Genesee carried.
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Peoria
Yates
London
Lawrence Y Sherman
Lowden-Sherman
Sterlin Itt
Yates and Deneen Alliance
Frank
Lowden
Whit Ide
London 108
Alliance
Russian fleet battles and dispatches reported in Feb notes
A Russian volunteer steamer Kherson was hit by a 12 inch shell off Feb 14 with a small fire quelled and no Our Rine Jackets May Be Landed. Admiral Evans reports turmoil at Niuchwang and potential reinforcement of blue jackets and marines for Consul Miller. Russian warships seen near Gothland Feb 15 hint at Kronstadt squadron headed toward the theater of war.
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Kherson
Washington
Evans
Asiatic
Tran
Navy Department
Staunton
Hela
Niuchwang
China
United States
Miller
Japanese Neutrality Stance and Troop Moves Reported
Tokyo reports 11 and high authority say Japan accepts China’s neutrality with Manchuria excluded while reserving counter measures against Russia. Emperor and council to depart for Kyoto on Feb 20 to establish imperial headquarters, then to Hiroshima to oversee troop embarkation.
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Tokio
United States
Griscom
Hays Note
China
Manchuria
Russia
Japan
Supreme Council of War
Privy Council
Kyoto
Ant Councillors
Hiroshima
Union Firemen's Plans Foiled by Chicago Firm
Union firemen sought to shut down elevator service heat and the Montgomery Ward & Co. building but failed. Non-union workers had been hired as freight handlers when strikers were ordered out by the labor group. Non-union engineers then took the unionists’ places, sparking the union strike against them.
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UNION
Chicago
Chicagoo
Montgomery Ward & Co
Garline
United Stokers
Streets in Burned Area Cleared of Debris
City engineers completed debris removal in the burned district. Street cleaners will continue next week to clear ire wells and buildings as permits are issued to rebuild by Saturday, according to City Engineer Feneli.
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Bernie Alin
Throwire Wells
Fenéali Sid
Iowa City Man Said to Be Oldest Odd Fellow Dead
John Norwood Clark of Iowa City died aged at least 86 decades after joining the Odd Fellows in 1837 in Baltimore. He was the longest continuous member of the order, with a life spanning many decades and eras in Iowa.
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Iowa
Iowa City
John Norwood Clark
The
Odd Fellows
Baltimore
Big Fraud in Land Conspiracy Indicts Benson
Washington reports a DC grand jury joint indictment for conspiracy against John A. Benson and associates in a scheme to buy school lands using fictitious names. Frederick A. Hyde Henry C. Dimond and Joost H. Schneider connected. $20,000 bond set for Schneider. warrants issued.
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Washington
Grand Jury
District of Columbia
John A. Benson
San Francisco
Frederick A. Hyde
Benson
Land Aftal
Henry C. Dimond
California
Benson and Hyde
Joost H. Schneider
Tucson
A. T
Schneider
Barnard
Lyde
U S Vessel Fires On Insurgents Near Santo Domingo
A Feb 17 dispatch from Santo Domingo City reports a United States warship bombarded insurgents at Pajarito near Santo Domingo and then landed mines. The men re-embarked afterward. Washington predicts annexation of San Domingo by the United States amid Panama treaty delays. Anarchy, revolution, and business paralysis worsen the situation, risking international complications.
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Juan
Santo Domingo
United States
Pajarito
Washington
San Domingo
Iey
United States Senate
Desire Action Against Trusts in New York Meeting
At a meeting of the American Federation in New York a resolution was unanimously adopted. The group asks President Roosevelt and the attorney general to file suit against any of three paper concerns to test their legality and whether they stifle competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ame Fed
Famining Association
Roosevelt
Thettorney General
Thompson not running for U S senator again
United States minister to Brazil D T Thompson announces he will not seek another term as U S senator. He cites serving as minister to Brazil as a better path and recalls his candidacy during the Dietrich compromise period.
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D. TE. Thompson
United States
Brazil
Nebraska
Charles H. Dietrich
Respect Follows Senate's Passing Through Cleveland
Thousands of Cleveland residents braved a blizzard as the funeral train bearing the body of Senator Hanna arrived at 11. The body was escorted in by troops and taken to the chamber of commerce to lie in state until Friday noon. Citizens stood with bare heads, tears in their eyes, as the cortege passed in snowbound streets.
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Cleveland
Senator Hanna
Hanna
Grinville
Salem
Cleveland Committee
Ravenna
Chamber of Commerc
Mine Workers Debate Resolutions at Finimer State Convention
Chicago February 15 delegates at the finimer state convention debated resolutions on blackaces forming a system to enlist United Mine Workers who played a prominent role in local affairs. More than a hundred resolutions were presented and referred to committees.
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Chicago
United Mine Workers
Held Guilty of Killing but Mercy Recommended
Coroner's jury probes the killing of Fred Watson by David Parker, finding Parker responsible for Watson's death. Parker, a Black hostler in a barn owned by Watson's father, allegedly attacked Watson with a gas pipe, killing him. mercy recommended in the verdict.
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St. Paul
Fred Watson
David Parker
Park
Grand
Parker
Watson
Abner McKinley Stricken With Illness in Somerset
Johnstown Pennsylvania February 18 Abner McKinley brother of the late president is reported very ill at his Somerset home confined to his rent due to nervous prostration and worsening condition as details arrive from the family.
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Abner M’kinley
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Abner McKinley
Somerset
Minister Buchanan Resigns as American Minister to Panama
Washington on February 15 reports the state department has received the resignation of W. E. Buchanan American minister to Panama with no successor appointed yet. details of the resignation are not provided.
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Washington
State Department
W. E. Buchanan
Panama
Interstate Commerce Commission Defers Tariff Publication Decision
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission has decided to delay ruling on whether railroads must publish tariffs for export and import traffic like domestic traffic, choosing to leave the matter unsettled for the time being.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Interstate Commerce
Ube
Gifts From Officers In Islands Subject To Tariff
Washington February 15 The president issued an executive order revoking McKinley era rules allowing gifts from army navy and civic officials in Porto Rico Cuba the Philippines to be admitted to the United States free of duty.
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Washinton
McKinley
Army and Navy
Civic Establishment
Porto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
United Ares
State Press Association Joins Historical Society
The State Press Association voted to unite with the Historical Society at a routine meeting. General Smith D Atkins of Freeport requested the merger. TH N Wheeler of the Quines Journal delivered the annual address urging nonpartisanship and restraint in political rhetoric.
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State Press Association
Joins Historical Society
Lesby
Smith D. Atkins
Freeport
TH. N. Wheeler
Quines Journal
Cleveland’s call for Democratic victory next fall
Former President Cleveland urges Democrats to unite for November success. In a Saturday Evening Post piece he warns against evasive language and insists on clear, faithful advocacy for tariff reform, economy, and an inter-oceanic canal, stressing leadership and national unity.
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Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
Cleveland
Democratic Party
Tase
Denti
Witeh
Aml
Clevelland
America
Disorder and Bloodshed at Italian Carnival Festivities
In Rome on February 18 disturbances during carnival events in southern Italy and Sicily led to injuries and arrests. In Trani socialist marchers clashed with opponents injuring officers. police filled the jail. In Piazza Alimerina Sicily fighting between local political factions prompted troops to fire on rioters, fourteen wounded, then order restored.
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Rome
Italy
Sicily
Trani
Offic
Piazza Alimerina
Wholesale fraud in naturalization in York
Giovanni Morrelli an Italian miner from Butte Montana was stopped by immigration authorities on return from a visit and ordered deported after being found with a heart valve disease. He produced U S citizenship papers issued by the court at Butte but said he came to the United States only three years ago and alleged that hundreds of Italian miners in Butte secured full citizenship without meeting the required residence period.
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En York
Giovanni Morrelli
Bute
Mont
Morrelli
United States
Butte, Mont
Butte
Had Awn Affair In Greece Bares Greek Revenge Plot
Nichol as Katis a Greek bootblack living in Muskegon is in mortal fear of assassination after a Greek official in Galcia stole city funds and attempted to frame him for a robbry. Katis fought the attacker, who was wounded and jailed, then released. now his mother says the suspected conspirator plans to come here to seek revenge.
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Muskegon
Mich
Feo
Nicholas Katis
Greece
Katis
Galcia
Labor problems discussed at publishers convention
New York February 18 newspaper publishers attending the eighteenth annual convention at the Waldorf Astoria devoted a day to labor issues. Representatives from many cities spoke of rising union demands and steps to avoid conflict. The group noted that apprentice rules restrict printer supply and push capable men to other trades.
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New York
Waldorf-Astoria
German Vessels Will Ascend the Mississippi
Berlin reports several vessels from the German West Indian squadron will sail up the Mississippi to attend the St Louis exposition opening. Bubonic plague in Peru shows no new cases for seven days as the outbreak appears stamped out at Pacesmayo. Salvation Army to hold memorial services for Senator Hanna at national headquarters next Sunday conducted by Commander Booth Tucker. Hanna long aided the Army’s work.
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Berlin
Hanover
Mississippi
St. Louis Exposition
Jim
Peru
Pacesmayo
Salvation Army
New York
Hanna
Booth-Tucker
Ivation Army
Washington Warns of Turkish Invasion Threat to Bulgaria
Washington notes suggest Turkey plans to invade Bulgaria and warns of possible wide European involvement. The note, considered by diplomats in Washington, signals stern measures may follow and highlights international concern over escalating tensions.
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Niment
Supreme Court to Rule on Chicago Board of Trade Branch
Case in the hands of the Supreme Court questions whether a Boas at Teele or the cf of Chicago can operate a branch establishment in another county. The Burcu county ruling against the Chicago commission firm involved a Princeton branch and telegraphed orders to Chicago for purchases.
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Springfield
Neese Jon Company
The
People
Supreme Court
Boas
Teele
Cf of Chicago Eeu
Ely
Burcu County
Chicago Commission
Chicago Board of Trade
Weare
Princeton
Chicago
Search Instituted For A Sterling Young Lady
Sterling UM February 18 Miss Peesler a young lady of this city has disappeared mysteriously. Chicago Washington and Philadelphia departments are working on the case but so far have found no trace of her. She left here about a year ago going to Chicago and later to New York City. The last letter received spoke of being imersed in gton to Fb wre. The mail license department of the District of Columbia has it on records.
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Sterling, UM
Radio activity in springs and wells alarms scientists
Washington reports that Professor from the University of Freiburg concludes natural springs and petroleum wells contain heavy gas with radiations likely identical to radium. Fireman dies in freight train wreck near Fiehugut, involving Mranets Kagan and engineer Worter Kens. Burt family plans $800,000 cement plant in Saginaw to produce about 300,000 barrels yearly. Funeral set for Dr Carl A Rwensensen founder of Bethany College with services led by Dr Novellus of Minnesota.
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Washington
Richard Guenconsul
Frankfort
Ger
Statesm Department
University of Freiburg
Fiehugut
W. van. Vel
Cam
Mranets Kagan
Worter Kens
Troken
Saginaw. Mich
Wellington St. Burt
Saginaw
George Burt
Michigan Alkaili Compan Qualiries
Belleyne
Eaton County
Portland
Michigan
Rwenesen
Salina
Kan
Carl A. Rwenssen
Bethany College
Lindberg
Novellus
Minnesota
Swedish Lutheran Synod of
Calted States
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Alexieff
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Shanghai
Hsiping
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Mandjor
Korietz
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Cr Hs Nz
Ofer
Legation
Foreign Office
Asagiri
Emy
Hayatori
Best London
Whiteside
Copenhagen
Gothlane
Gothland
Taltie Sea
Kronstadt
Grand Jury of
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Little Black Republic
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Closet
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