American Mission Stations Destroyed In Kiangsi Province
Consul General Rodgers reports the Nanshang mission stations in Kiangsi province destroyed with 14 missionaries escaping. The Kingham family of English nationality is reported killed. The El Cano gunboat is ordered to reach Kinkiang. Dynamite found at the palace gates sparks panic as guards are doubled.
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Tokio
Japan
Two Thousand Die After Coast Wave in Colombia
A tidal wave following an earthquake killed about two thousand people along the southern coast near Buena Ventura Colombia on February 21. Homes fell and families were crushed or swept away as the quake lasted seven minutes. Authorities report widespread panic, guarded high officials, and halted clocks as they assess the disaster.
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Copper holding move looms in steel rival world
Thomas Cole of Duluth named a director of Red Metal Mining Company of New York formed to unify Montana copper interests. The plan follows the Heinze United Copper settlements and aims to absorb Amalgamated and other big copper stakes, potentially surpassing U S Steel in capitalization and control.
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Duluth
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Charles D. Fraser
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Assembly Called to Meet May 10
St. Petersburg reports an imperial ukase announcing the national assembly will meet May 10. In Triagolynyi lane Odessa police and Cossacks raided a house linked to three anarchists, bombs exploded, five people died including a police commissioner and 23 were injured amid forty arrests. In Praga Warsaw clashes between national democrats and socialists left one dead and 15 wounded as troops closed the hall and confiscated weapons.
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National Assembly
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Triagolynyi Lane
Warsaw
Russian Poland
National Democrats
Praga
Million Dollar Fire Destroys Intercolonial Plant
Moncton New Brunswick February 26 The Canadian government suffered a loss of one million dollars as a fire destroyed nearly the entire Intercolonial railroad plant. The railway is government owned and more than one thousand workers were left jobless. Over one hundred coaches and freight cars and much machinery were destroyed. An oil can explosion caused another fatal fire in Des Moines Iowa, killing Mrs George Fleck and injuring three others.
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N. B
Intercolonial Railroad
Intercolonial Railway
Des Moines
Iowa
George Fleck
Fleck
Germans Lift Gifts to Royal Family as Silver First
Berlin reports a nationwide surge of charitable gifts totaling between 10 and 12 million dollars in honor of Emperor William and Empress Augusta Victoria for their silver wedding anniversary. The Kaiser noted hopes for peace and praised the army and its duties.
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Eitel Fritz
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Diet
House of Lords
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Ambassador Tower
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Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Sophie Charlotte
Prince Eitel- Frederick
President Asked For Information In Packers Case
Chicago February 26 Commissioner Garfield resumed testimony in the packers case. He said the Justice Department made two information requests in 1904 which he refused to comply with. A third request followed when the president directed him to disclose information about persons aware of alleged legal violations.
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Packers
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Henderson Dies Former Speaker D B Henderson of Iowa
Ex Speaker David B Henderson of Iowa died at Morey hospital Dubuque after nine months of illness. He had been blind since a stroke last week and only recognized his wife. The Iowa delegation issued resolutions and pay tribute. funeral planned under Grand Army of the Republic. Henderson, born in Scotland, grew up on a Fayette county farm and rose to national politics as a long time congressman and ally of Senator Allison.
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Dubuque
Iowa
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Morey Hospital
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Congress
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George D. Perkins
Sioux City
Washington
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Towa
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Senate
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Mississippi
Fayette County
Scotland
Gov Gooding Says Orchard Confessed 26 Miner Murders
Boise Idaho February 26 Gov Gooding announces Harry Orchard confessed to the Stuenberg assassination and 26 related miner murders. He named conspirators including J L Simpkins and others tied to the Western Federation of Miners. Orchard described early life and remorse as part of the confession.
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Idaho
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Gooding
Stuenberg
Harry Orchard
Orchard
McParland
James McParland
J.L. Simpkins
Colorado
Western Federation of Miners
No General Strike On April First Believed Averted
In New York on February 26 President John Mitchell backed the likelihood there will be no general strike of coal miners on April 1. Francis L Robbins leader of the bituminous operators said no change in the situation is seen and no operator meeting has occurred. Vice President T L Lewis of the United Mine Workers predicted wage restoration and possibly more, with peace anticipated for years under the trade agreement system.
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John Mitchell
Indianapolis
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Francis L. Robbins
Robbins
Mitchell
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Ind
T. L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
F. L. Robbins
Pennsylvania
Taylor
Ilinois
Poison in Wine Targets Venezuelan Archbishop
Caracas dispatch says a priest-identified assailant tried to poison the Venezuelan archbishop by nitrate of silver added to communal wine on Feb 18. The archbishop had recently rebuked the clergy for immorality in an encyclical, and President Castro is greatly unnerved by the incident.
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Willemstad
Caracas
Castro
Venezuela
Indiana party organ suspended by Sentinel amid talks of revival
Indianapolis Feb 26 The Sentinel a longtime Democratic paper suspends publication after Delavan Smith owner of the Indianapolis News acquires a majority stock. Leading Democrats discuss forming a state organ with a paper from Fort Wayne Evansville or South Bend likely to be launched before the next campaign opens.
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the Sentinel
Indiana
Delavan Smith
Indianapolis News
Fort Wayne
Evansville
South Bend
Senate Debates Hepburn Rail Rate Bill
Washington February 26 crowds fill the senate as Tillman reports House bill 12987 with no amendment and orders 10 000 copies of testimony printed. The chamber also advances Gillespie Tillman resolution to the president for railroad and oil coal investigations. Senator La Follette introduces a sweeping campaign finance bill requiring party committees to account for all election expenditures and file receipts with the secretary of commerce.
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Committee On Interstate Commerce
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la Follette
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Com
Egypt Thebes shrine yields statue of a goddess cow
London reporting Thebes excavations reveal a life size cow statue in a pristine chapel of the Isth dynasty shrine. The statue, overlaid with gold, shows a goddess form with papyrus motifs and Amenophis I cartouche, guarded by soldiers. The find marks the first undisturbed goddess sanctuary discovery.
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London
Egypt Exploration Fund
Thebes
Hather
West
Amenophis I
Thothmes III
Egypt
Cafro
Lunar
Cairo
Kuhn Loeb & Co Members Retire From Railroad Boards
New York Feb 26 Members of Kuhn Loeb & Co have decided to retire from all railroad boards the firm represents due to increasing business demands Jacob H Schiff heads the firm and several boards resigned from Union Pacific Baltimore and Ohio Southern Pacific and others Wreck at Crescent City Peoria Ill Feb 26 Toledo Peoria and Western derailed near Crescent City injuring and killing several aboard due to a broken engine flange
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Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Jacob H. Schiff
Union Pacific
Baltimore & Ohio
Balltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Alton
Denver & Rio Grande
Northern Securities Company
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Rio Grande Western Railroad
Southern Pacific Company
Pacific Mail Steamship
Crescent City
Peoria
Toledo
Rex carnival opens as crowds swell in New Orleans
New Orleans Feb 26 Rex the carnival makes formal entry and crowds flock to the festivities. Attendance records are expected to be broken as the carnival rolls into full blast today amid festive excitement.
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