Harodate bombardment delayed by storm in Far East
Nagasaki reports the Russian squadron intends to bombard Hakodate but storms hinder entry. Survivors from Nakanoura Maru disembark as the fleet maneuvers near Tsarare. Japanese ministers assess Manchuria risks while rumors of heavy casualties circulate amid war tensions. Washington notes support for localizing hostilities and preserving China’s neutrality to sustain peaceful global trade.
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Nagasaki
Ailberg
Vladivestock
Irom
Hakodate
Tsarare
Fem
Hokodate
St. Petersburg
Karopatkin
Far East
London
Bute
Shimonveeks
Yulu
Tatsuru
Wiju
Aly Sin “Sasses
Tokie
Deklog Sar
Mukden
Viewray
Alexieu
Quanling
Peking
Alter Jeff
Russia
Nese
Noelse
Washington
Rnesia
Hay
China
Forced to Leave Disabled Ship in Atlantic Rescue
New York reports the German Sloman liner Albano arrived from Hamburg with Captain Parker and 21 shipwrecked crewmen from the British freighter Kentigern. After a gale, Kentigern’s crew abandoned ship on Feb 16. Parker and nine others were rescued by the Albano, while the remaining 12 were saved by the ship’s lifeboat and boarded the Albano. Kentigern’s steering failed first on Feb 9 then again in the follow‑up gale.
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New York
Sloman Line
Albano
Kudenhold
Hamburg
Parker
Kentigern
Albavo
Glasgow
Raymond Parker
Alimno
Deadly Blast at Lackawanna Gas Plant
Two workers were fatally injured and two others seriously burned in a blast at the Lackawanna coal gas plant. Reynolds and Michel S. Smith, both masons, died. Frank Prenat, a power house employee, and Al Weiss survived with severe burns. A valve left open allowed gas to fill a tank, and a torch ignited the fumes causing the explosion as workers attempted rescues.
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Lackawanna Eel Company
Reynolds
Michel S. Smith
Frank Prenat
Weiss
Smith
United States to Collect the Bill from The Hague ruling
The Hague tribunal affirmed that Great Britain Germany and Italy may have priority of 30 percent customs duties at Caracas and Puerto Cabello. The United States must carry out the decision within three months, Count Cassini stating this to an Associated Press representative. In Maysville Ky Garret Breckenridge killed his wife and then himself after having previously slain three men over jealousy.
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Hague
Venezuela
Britain
Germany
Italy
Gangare
Puerto Cabello
United States
Count Cassini
Associated Press
the Cumbassy
Maysville
Garret Breckenridge
Iroquois Theater Indictments Reported by Grand Jury
Five men face charges linked to the Iroquois Theater fire of December. Indicted are Will J. Davis and Thomas Noonan for manslaughter, E Cummings as stage carpenter, and George Williams with Edward Laughlin for culpable omission of official duty as city building officials. The jury’s report will be released tomorrow.
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Chicago
Iroquois
Will J. Davis
Iroquois Theater
Thomas Noonan
E. Cummings
George Williams
Edward Laughlin
Salvation Army honors memory of Senator Hanna
New York February memorial service for Senator Marcus Hanna was led by Commander Booth-Tucker at Memorial Hall. Colonel Higgins read Hanna letters praising the Army and the late senator’s wife’s sympathy, noting Hanna’s friendship and support that helped launch Salvation Army work.
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New York
Booth-Tucker
Sualv
Marcus A. Manna
Memorial Hall
Army
Higgins
Manus
Hanna
Sring
Salvation Army
Iowa Court Recognizes Rights for Tramps on Trains
Iowa Supreme Court affirmed a Potawatttamie County ruling granting Joseph Johnson damages after a moving train forcibly ejects him. The lower court had ruled tramp rights did not exist and the trainman erred in removing him. A new trial yielded a favorable decision in Des Moines.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Wpottawattamie County
Joseph Johnson
Des Moines
Enjoin Wife to Fulfill Household Duties in Divorce Case
In Coshocton Ohio on February 22 a court granted a novel injunction to L. Kosky. Kosky’s wife, who fled a petition for divorce, is temporarily restrained from refusing to perform household duties and is ordered to cook meals and make the bed for her husband.
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Coshocton
L. Holsky
Kosky
Postmaster General Payne Loses Jewels in Hotel Apt
About $1,600 worth of jewelry and $150 in cash were stolen from the hotel apartments of Postmaster General Payne. Detectives seek a nurse formerly employed in the Payne household as a person of interest in the theft. Riley Gets a Degree. James Whitcomb Riley travelled to Philadelphia to receive the Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Pennsylvania today. Smallpox in a Motel. Join Wilcox, a motorman on the electric interurban line, is ill with smallpox at the Van Atta House in Albion. The hotel is quarantined. Wilcox is reported to have left bed and taken a car to Jackson and back by rail.
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Washington
Ben
Payne
Riley
Indianapoli
James Whitcomb
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Albion
Mich
Wilcox
van Atta House
Jackson
Praise for Lincoln Sparks Remonstrance in South New Orleans
Indignation rises in Confederate circles across New Orleans and Louisiana after Andrew Wilson, head of the New Orleans school board, praised Abraham Lincoln to public school children. Critics accuse him of demeaning Southern heroes and call for accountability from Mrs. W. J. Behan and local editors who denounce teaching Lincoln’s example to Southern youth.
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New Orleans
Andrew Wilson
New Oriears School Board
Abraham Lincoln
Chitizen
W. J. Behan
Ladies’ Confederate Memorial Association
Pres
Wilsware
Linesn
Jefferie Davis
Wilson
River dam gives way in China destruction toll rises
A telegram from Tsinan-Fu reports hundreds of lives lost when a dam on the Hwang-Ho burst. Several villages were destroyed. News from New York records the wreck of the Benjamin Crowell off Bellport with five sailors drowned.
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Tien Tsin
Tsinan-Fu
Sha
Hwang-Ho
Sailers Crown
New York
Benjamin
Crowell
Bellport
Long Istawri
Mitchell Favors No Wage Changes
Chicago February 22 President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers advised miners not to accept any wage reduction. He argued the coal market justifies renewing the old scale and said he would not consent to any bears that disadvantage workers. He urged miners to shed the notion that operators act against wage earners and hinted he may resign his presidency.
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Chicago
John Mitchell
UT. M. W
Finols
Mitchell
Crusade Against Obscene Advertisements Expands
Washington officials launch a postoffice crusade against obscene and vulgar advertisements and printed matter in newspapers and periodicals. The effort, under statute, carries fines up to 5000 dollars or five years imprisonment or both, and seeks to amend the law to include vulgar ads and other printed material. Several papers with questionable content have already been removed from mail service.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
President Slow to Respond in White House Inquiry
Washington February 2. A man was arrested at the White House today under pending inquiry after being found with a quantity of cartridges in his pockets. The suspect called to see the president to ascertain why the hat was written to Bons antswered.
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Washington
H Witress
Chicago
White House
Observance of Washington's Birthday in Capital City
Washington's Birthday was observed in the capital with government offices closed. The farewell address was read in the senate and house, and the Dems moved to adjourn but were defeated, while the house continued consideration of journal appropriation bills.
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Washington
Capital City
Senate
House
Dem
Bulgarian Agent Seeks Peace and Rights of Statehood
M Zoltovitz Bulgaria's Paris envoy says Bulgaria aims to uphold peace and supports reforms in Macedonia. He notes sympathy for Russia, omits provocation amid Far East events, and warns against Turkish hostility and troop mobilization near borders. He cites fears of insurrection in Constantinople if war with Bulgaria erupts.
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Paris
M. Zoltovitz
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Far East
Turkey
Russia
Hostili
Constantinople
Bulsria
Setia
Riots At Madison Pool Room Lead To City Actions
East St. Louis Feb. 22 In defiance of a citizens posse police clash at Madison pool room ends with reopening for business. 200 visitors greeted by Joseph Graham as money pours into the first race. Warrants issued for Patrick McCambridge police chief Madison William Street officer and 12 others. Business leaders vow continued fight. Injured will recover.
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East St. Louis
Citizens
Madison
Lillets
St. Louis
Joseph Graham
Brown
Patrick McCambridge
Wiliam Street
John Meehan
Business Men's Improvement League of
Grand Jury
Mit
Rural Mail Carriers Restricted After July First
In Kington February report notes the House approved the post office appropriation bill totaling 21 million dollars for free delivery. The bill includes a provision prohibiting carriers from soliciting business during hours of employment and from carrying merchandise for hire for any person firm or corporation after July 1 1904.
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Kington
Post Reai
Postoffice
Meteor fall near Wisconsin institute yields near fatal fumes
Janesville Wisconsin resident Smith and his wife with three children discovered a meteor fall near the institute for the blind. The fumes from the meteor nearly overcame Smith. he returned to town and later led several citizens back to the site, but they could not locate the fallen object.
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Janesville
Wis
Smith
Institute For the Blind
Paris recall of officers in training at Fontainebleau
Japanese government recalls officers in training at the School of Application at Fontainebleau. The officers Pari, Febapiain Ogala and Shimaoulei are named as recalled. The short notice notes their attendance in a course of instruction and the government action.
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Paris
Pari
Febapiain Ogala
Shimaoulei
Fonatinebleau
Battleship Kentucky to be dry-docked in Hong Kong
Washington February 22 The battleship Kentucky flagship of the American Asiatic fleet has been ordered to Hong Kong for minor dock repairs. It is believed Evans will command the rest of the battleship squadron to Kong Kong. Murder in the Second Degree Conviction in Council Bluffs Iowa as jurors find W C Rogers guilty of murder in the second degree for Bert Forney's death last April.
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Washington
Kentucky
Hong Kong
Evans
Quadron
Kong Kong
Council Bluffs, Ta
W.C. Rogers
Bert Forney
Burning street car runs away in Pittsburg melee
A Larimer Avenue electric car, with brakes off and twenty passengers aboard, sped from Grant to Market Street. After a stop the car blazed fiercely for fifteen minutes wounding four passengers including Dorothy Kemp and John Jones. The motor exploded twice and at Market Street people fled as the car burned. G J Thompson dragged a trapped woman from a window and was severely hurt.
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Pittsburg
Larimer Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Grant
Market Street
John Jones
Dorothy Kemp
Stanley &On
J. Thompson
Dorothy Greenup
Market Treet
G. J. Thompson
Chicago theatre scorched in deadly blaze destroys Alhambra complex
Fire swept the Alhambra theatre, hotel, and apartments in Chicago. Five people died and women and a man were injured. Loss totaled about 75000 dollars. Fire spread rapidly, police and rescuers responded promptly as investigators began work.
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Chicago
Alhambra
Corpse of minister stood upright at church funeral
Evansville Ind Feb 22 The funeral of Rev James Hart long time Warwick county minister drew a huge crowd. In a surreal scene the body stood upright in the pulpit throughout the service with glassy eyes fixed forward as mourners watched. Hart 76 lifelong resident of Warwick county.
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Evansville
James Hart
Hutats
Ehares
Folsomville
Warwick County
de. Gillip
Tennyson
Porto Rico Demands Statehood or Independence
Porto Rico weary of US rule demands immediate statehood or, if not granted, independence. The federal assembly adopted a declaration of defiance by 60 to 15, citing Cuba as an example of gains from breaking with Washington. The move signals a bold push in San Juan for a radical change in colonial status.
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San Juan
Cuba
Washington
United States
United States Administration
United States Carries Honors of Paris Show
New York reports the French government’s official record of the Paris exposition of 1900 shows the United States led in awards with 2,379 recognitions. Germany followed with 1,983, Great Britain 1,855, Russia 1,754, Hungary 1,351, Japan 1,307, Austria 835.
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New York
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Russia
Hungary
Japan
Austria
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