Japanese Claim Attainment of Port Arthur Blockade
Tokyo dispatch says four old vessels escorted by torpedo boats entered Port Arthur harbor to block its mouth and returned safely. Other reports describe Japanese and Russian forces clashing at Port Arthur, with the Japanese repulsed, plus alleged landings near Possiet Bay and strategic movements across Manchuria and Vind Vishostok area.
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Legation
Tokio
Port Arthur Harbor
Fossier Bay
Russian Manchuria
Vladivostok
Hunehun
Tumen River
Possiet Bay
Kirin
CASSS
Alexieffs
Tego
British Foreign Office
Japan
Port Arthur
Yin Kow
Vindivostok
Agreement May Avert All Trouble In Constantinople
Constantinople Feb 26 A mutual understanding from exchanges between the Porte and Bulgarian diplomats reduces the risk of trouble. The article notes demobilization talks proceeding on both sides as part of the ongoing settlement.
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Constantinople
Porte
Secretary Shaw vows clear title before canal payment
Secretary Shaw told The Evening Post in New York that no money will be paid until the title to the Panama canal is clear, though formalities may take time. He said a government representative to Paris may be needed, and that funds can be kept ready with banks prepared to finance withdrawals. Paris reports indicate Panama transfer could wait for French court rulings with arguments set for March 9.
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Shaw
The
Evening Post
Panama Canal
Paris
Panama
M. Bo
Panama Canal Company
Ambassador Porter
United States
Colombia
Fifteen Are Dashed to Death in Chicago Dome Collapse
A scaffold in the dome of the new postoffice building collapsed this afternoon, sending 15 workers to the first floor. Rescue efforts and debris clearing followed as the scene revealed a 250 foot plunge and a deadly interior collapse. Later reports revised fatalities to two men.
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Dome of Chicago Postoffice
Chicago
New
Elevator Tragedy At State House Claims Mother Daughter
A Valley Junction Iowa woman and her daughter died in a state house elevator accident. The operator started the cage while the mother was leaving, trapping the daughter between the cage and ceiling. The mother then plunged toward the daughter and was crushed.
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Iowa State House
Des He Hes Founta
A. Hogue
Valley Junction
Iowa
State House
Prisoner Calls Jury Dirty Bunch in Court
In Judge Siniti's court two criminals James Saimmons and Join Lynch faced death sentences for car-borne murders. Hugh Risley received a life term. Reilly shouted at the jury asking why he wasn't hanged. Spectators, including Lynel's sisters, reacted as verdicts were read and deputies restrained mournful relatives.
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Sammeons
Lyn
Lynel
Jury frees Mrs Lewis charged with murder
In Sigourney Iowa on February 26 Mrs Belle Lewis was released after a nine day trial for the poison murder of her husband. The report notes the jury cleared her and emphasizes the lengthy courtroom proceedings and local reaction.
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Mrs. Lewis
Sigourney, Ia
Belle Lewis
Panama Canal Treaty Enters Into Force
Washington, Feb 26. Secretary Hay and M. Bunau Varilla exchanged ratifications at 10:30, formalizing the canal treaty. At 11:50 a proclamation announced the treaty’s effect. Varilla also wired his resignation to the U.S. president.
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Banau Varilla
Washington
Seeary Hay
State Department
M. Bunau Varilla
Five Miners Crushed to Death in Mine Accident
A mine accident on the sixth floor of the 1000 foot level killed five miners William Dwyer Allen Trinetti and others. Foreman Josephine warned of soft ground and withdrew workers. Later shift boss Hagerty returned with Furlong Dwyer Abraham and Trinetti to bulkhead weak spots but cause of the fall remains unclear.
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Earth
Healy
William Dwyer
Allen Trinetti
Poreman
Merchants of State Meet Next at Moline
Pekin February 26 The 11th annual state convention of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association closed with officers elected. President C Mr Tebbetts Chicago First President George H Kingsbury Island Second Vice President Ioe Ransoelb Belle Secretary George Achmid Executive Board George A rer William Press Chicago Ford Pekin Moline selected as next meeting place.
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Pekin
Ith
Illinois Retail Merchants
Mr. Tebbetts
Chif
George H. Kingsbury
Island
Ioe Ransoelb
George Achmid
George A Rer
William Press
Chicago
Ford Pekin
Moline
Jury in Machen Case Deliberates After Charge
Washington February 26 Judge Pritchard read his charge to the jury in the postal trial today. The jurors then retired at 11. The tense courtroom scene builds as deliberations begin over the key postal case involving Machen.
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Washington
Pritchard
Wood's case to come up again next Monday
Washington February 36 An agreement between Senators Foraker and Blackburn to take up the confirmation of General Leonard Wood Monday next and continue it until disposed of. Also reports of a fire in Johnstown Pennsylvania where Elsie and Robert Shouafeit, aged four, perished with their widow mother absent, and news that Long Wah Sang chief of the Chinese Free Masons in Denver has died and will be shipped to Hong Kong after elaborate funeral rites.
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Foraker
Blackburn
Leonard Wood
Johnstown
Elsie
Robert Shouafeit
Denver
Long Wah Sang
Free Masons
Hong Kong
Sang
Trains in Collision Near Des Moines Kills Several
A rear end collision of stock and freight trains on the Great Western railroad near Des Moines Tuesday night killed at least five aboard the front and rear sections. Cremation burned bodies and a caboose blaze followed the wreck. Names listed include A C Thomas Blueton Iowa J W Rhyme Lorimer Iowa Thomas Cavanaugh Milwaukee F L Puehe Wellington Ill. The brakeman failed to flag the rear.
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Des Moines
Great Western Railroad
Sville
Reman E. W. Greismold
Nesville
A.C. Thomas
Stockman
Blueton
Towa
J. W. Rhyme
Lorimer
Thomas Cavanaugh
Milwaukee
WANTED THE LIMIT AND RECEIVED IT
Indianapolis February 26. John L. Milton asked for the longest sentence and was handed fourteen years in the Jeffersonville reformatory after being charged with numerous forgeries. He appeared with attorney John Spahr who prepared the affidavit. Milton admitted to many merchant victims but his father kept the losses. He said he preferred reform in prison to at home.
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Indianapolis
John L. Milton
Alford
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Milton
John Spahr
Spahr
Millwrights sue to save places in union
Chicago millwrights, members of the International Floor and Cereal Employers' union, filed suit in federal court to block expulsion or suspension. The dispute centers on mill work in Chicago claimed by the Carpenters' union but being performed by millwrights.
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Minneapolis
Chicago
International Floar and Cereal Employes
Carpenters’ Union
Willwrights
Russia Convicts Two More Over Jewish Massacres
In Kitchener Kula Feb 26 two brothers named Petreske were tried for involvement in Jewish massacres. Each was sentenced to four years' penal servitude.
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Kitchener
Kula
Petreske
Million-Dollar Rochester Fire Rages in Business District
Rochester New York February 26 A blaze on Main Street east between St Paul and North in the heart of the business district estimated at five million dollars. The fire began in the basement of the Rochester Dry Goods company around 3 and by 11 was believed controlled. Sibler Lindsay Carry Beagle and Sherman Rochester Dry Goods and Walker Shoe were among the heaviest losers. Fire officials report cold weather and frozen mains hampered operations. One firefighter injured as crews fought the blaze with aid from Buffalo and Syracuse engines and firemen.
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N. Y
St. Paul
Rochester Dry Goods Company
Buffalo
Syracuse
Sibler
Lindsay & Carr Company
Beagle & Sherburke Company
Walker Shoe Company
Juss
Bryan East Looking After Bennett Will Case
New Haven Conn Feb 26 William J Bryan came here from Washington as executor of the late P S Bennett. He conferred with Judge Cleaveland probate court. A new demurrer was filed by Mrs Bennett widow to the answer Bryan recently entered in suit for will construction. Bryan said all parties have agreed on a plan for disposal of the personal estate, unrelated to the litigation.
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New Haven
Conn
William J. Bryan
Washington
P. S. Bennett
Cleaveland
Bennett
PS. Bennett
Bryan
Bishop Opposes Mixed Marriages in Diocese
Grand Rapids Mich Feb 25 Rt Rev Henry Joseph Richter bishop of the Grand Rapids diocese of the Roman Catholic church, in a letter read at services, takes a strong stand against mixed marriages. He appeals to priests to stop the practice and urges young Catholics not to court Protestants.
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Grand Layed Mich
Henry Joseph Richter
Grand Lapids
Richter
Buffalo attorney Henry L Swartz is shot by H W Knowles
Prominent attorney Henry L Swartz likely killed in a double crime related to business troubles. Knowles, a dry goods merchant, died by his own hand after the incident. Swartz died after being moved to the hospital. motive linked to financial complications.
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Buffalo
Henry L. Swartz
H. W. Knowles
Knowles
Schwartz
Burbank Produces New Variety of Potato
San Feb 26 Luther Burbank the wizard of horticulture announces a new potato variety. The noted breeder highlights improved flavor and drought resistance and predicts broad cultivation potential for markets domestically and abroad.
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Burbank
San
Luther Burbank
Wizard of
Tie Up of Packing Houses Threatened by Strike
Louisville February 26. The strike of 200 butchers at Louisville Packing Co reached an acute stage. National Meat Cutters union head AMJ Donnelly warned he will call out all Cudahy meat workers nationwide if demands are not met. The men seek equal wages for boys doing butcher and meat cutting work and threaten a national tie up if firms refuse.
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Louisville
Louisville Packing Company
Dent AM. J. Donnelly
National Meat Cutters’ Union
Cudahy
United States
Chicago
Omaha
Bishop Hartzell Sees Progress In African Missions
Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell, missionary bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church for Attic, back from Africa after 30,000 miles of travel, says missionary work in Africa is progressing well. He also discusses the Transvaal labor issue, endorsing Chinese immigration under strict regulations with eventual repatriation to China.
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Lendor
Joseph c. Il
Methodist Episcopal Church
Attic
Associated Press
Africa
Transvaal
Wartzell
China
Youngest Son of Prince Henry of Prussia Dies
Kiel, February 26 Prince Henry aged four, youngest son of Prince Henry of Prussia, died this morning after a period of illness. The death ends a short life marked by royal lineage and public interest.
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Prince Henry
Prussia
Kiel
Prince Henry of
Bottle Trick on Senator Tillman During Debate
Washington Feb 26 The senate laughed as Warren stole a bottle from Senator Tillman and returned it after sniffing its contents, a throat gargle, not poison. Tillman joked about preferring stronger liquor if offered. Also noted Hannis Taylor received a Doctor of Laws from the University of Edinburgh after earlier honors from Trinity College Dublin.
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Senate
Tillman
Pailey
Warren
South Carolina
Tilman
Bailey
Tiina
Hannis Taylor
Senate of the University of Edinburgh
United States
Spain
University of Dublin
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