Roosevelt Drops Bid for Rail Rate Legislation
President Roosevelt has relinquished hopes for winter action on railroad rate legislation and will likely call an extraordinary session next autumn. All powers agree on inviolability of Chinese territory after the war, according to Hay’s communiques.
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Hay
Portugal
Canal Commission
Panama
House
Drake
Admiral Walker
Burr, Grunsky
Parsons
Harrod
Labor Protests Rate Cuts Aboard Chicago and Alton
Bloomington, Feb 26 At a mass meeting of Chicago and Alton engineers strong resolutions were adopted alleging that freight rate reductions will be followed by wage cuts. A roadwide labor meeting will urge all employees to sign a petition protesting any change.
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Bloomington
Chicago & Alton
Cotton men seek president aid to expand cotton markets
Roosevelt meets a committee headed by ex Senator McLaurin, formed by the Southern Interstate Cotton convention in New Orleans to press for a commission to build foreign markets for cotton products. The president pledges to help advance the effort amid ongoing royal engagement news from Berlin.
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Roosevelt
McLaurin
New Orleans
Senate panel recommends expulsion of four accused senators
Sacramento Feb 20 The special committee investigating bribery charges against Senators Emmons Bankers Wright and French today reported recommending their expulsion from the senate.
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Cal
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Wright
French
Senate
Russians Shell Lines as Japan Pushes Offense
Russian bombardment on Friday portions of Japanese lines proved largely ineffective, while Tokyo reports Japanese forces facing renewed Russian defense efforts near Mukden. Japanese and Chinese bandits damaged a railway abutment near Yao Myin but repairs completed within hours. traffic resumed by 7 am. Third Russian Pacific squadron moves north, and Mitsui & Co orders 77 locomotives for the Japanese government at an estimated $1,000,000.
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Oyama
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Hingkine
Russia
Copenhagen
Langeland Ieland
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Mitsu] & Co
New York
Sneal
Wreck Near Wiota Kills Two. Dozens Hurt In Des Moines Train Crash
Des Moines report says a westbound Rock Island flyer wrecked one and a half miles west of Wiota at noon. Reported dead include Henry Mehler and Rev J R Johnson of Harlan. Thirteen passengers injured, with L E Kent of Morris among the seriously hurt.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
Wiota
Ita
Henry Mehler
J. R. Johnson
Harlan
Jaws
L. E. Kent
Morris
Woman in Case Mrs Cody Forgives Rival Noted
Cheyenne reports Mrs Cody ready to forgive husband of Buffalo Bill Cody and dismiss Miss Bessie Isbelle as the source of the alleged romance. Depositions from 1900 to present stored in a sheriff’s court vault will inform the divorce hearing in Sheridan. Mrs Cody, at her dying father’s side, asks withdrawal of any poisoning accusation.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Bessie Isbelle
Washington, D. C
Cody
Buffalo Bill” Cody
First District Court
Scott
Sheridan
Col
North Platte
Spey
G. Ve
Electric chair ends murderers careers
Ossining New York February 21 Frank Rimieri who murdered Jacob Pinto a Brooklyn junk dealer and Adolph Koneiz who strangled Mrs Mary Kauffman were put to death in the electric chair in Sing Sing today. Both executions were carried out without incident.
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Ossining
N. Y
Frank Rimieri
Jacob Pinto
Brooklyn
Adolph Koneiz
Mary Kauffman
New York
Sing Sing
Hoth
Refused Cigarette Attack Ends in Death in Streator
Walter C. Gibson, 20, dies after a confrontation with John and Joseph Gurney and Dan Perry over a cigarette. Gibson is struck on the head, falls on brick pavement, and dies hours later. Perry and the Gurney brothers are jailed. In other news, Byron J. Price of Wisconsin is nominated as deputy auditor of the Navy department. The anti-discrimination bill in Topeka advances after a delay until Friday.
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Til
Walter C. Gibson
Gibson
John
Joseph Gurney
Dan Perry
Perry
Gurney Brothers
Wisconsin
Washington
Byron J. Price
Navy Department
Topeka
Kans
Indianapolis Wholesale Fire Wreaks Major Losses
A night blaze in Indianapolis's wholesale district destroyed eight buildings and threatened adjacent blocks. Farrnley & McCrea, A Kiefer Drug, Griffiths Brothers, Delmetsch, and the United States Express Company among the largest losers. no deaths reported.
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Ind
Farrnley & McCrea
A. Kiefer Drug Company
Fahnley & McCrea
Griffiths Brothers
Delmetsch & Co
United States Express Company
Savoy Hotel
Sherman House
St. Charles
Denver
Wreck on Erie Railroad Kills Girl and Hurts Dozens
New York commuters face tragedy as an eastbound Erie line derailed three miles east of Paterson New Jersey. One girl died Grace Matthews of Middletown Ohio and about 70 injured as five cars plunged down an embankment. The Middletown Ayer carried 15 percent passengers bound for New York.
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N. J
Erie Railroad
Grace Matthews
Middletown
Ohio
New York
Montgomery
Million Hidden by Mrs Cassie Chadwick Arrest Sparks Brussels Escape Plan
The Cleveland Leader reports a claimed $1,000,000 cash hoard and $150,000 in jewels believed hidden by Mrs Cassie L Chadwick. Arrest by U S Attorney Sullivan is described as a checkmate to her Brussels escape plan involving her son Emily Hoover Chadwick and husband Dr Leroy S Chadwick. Also notes another relapse of Cardinal Satelli and a Burlington incident where railway clerk D E Walton attempted suicide.
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Cassie L. Chadwick
Leach
Chadwick
Emily Hoover Chadwick
Leroy S. Chadwick
Brussels
United States
Sullivan
Secret Service
Prevents News Thefts Nebraska Bill Protects Publishers
Nebraska Legislature lowers house approves a bill to stop theft of news from daily papers and shield publishers. It grants news property rights to compilers and publishers and allows injunctions to prevent other publishers from use within four and a half hours. Also notes Tillman returns to Tren ton after grip poisoning treatment and Cicero J Hamlin dies at 66 in Buffalo.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Net
Redmond Opens Irish Reform Debate in Commons
John Redmond, Irish leader, opened the nationalist campaign in the house of commons today by moving an amendment to the address in reply to the throne speech. He declared the present system of government of Ireland is opposed to the will of the Irish people. His argument followed the usual lines.
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London
John Redmond
House of Commons
Ireland
Redmond
Hitchcock Indian Oil Lease Spars With Hoke Smith
Washington current dispute over the 1896 Osage oil lease. Former Interior Secretary Hoke Smith defends the lease mechanics and royalties while accusing Secretary Hitchcock of slander and improper charges. In Massachusetts, Herman Chenery reports securities theft, valued at 285000 with only 10000 negotiable.
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Interior
Washington
Hitchcock
Smith
Colin Hitchcock
Southbridge
Maky
Herman Stanley Chenery
Boston
Saturniay
Boiler explosion hits Providence mines near St Clairesville
Reported in Wheeling that a boiler blast at Providence mines near St Clairesville Ohio killed several and injured many. Twelve injured, two died, three fatally hurt. In New York Congressmen Norton P Otis of the Nineteenth district died today.
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W. Va
Providence
St Clairesville
Ohio
New York
Norton P. Otis
Meeting at St Petersburg Decides on University Closure
St Petersburg February 20. A massive meeting of professors, students, and directors at St Petersburg University voted to join the general Russian strike and close the university until fall. Enthusiastic rhetoric urged liberty of speech, conscience, and press, and a rush of revolutionary fervor spread through the auditorium and adjoining classrooms.
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St. Petersburg University
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Lberals
Trepot
Spearanzi
Trepoff
Sergius
Itoctionacios Mall
Moscow
Ries
Chudoff Monastery
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