Lynching in Georgia and a flood of world notices
A roundup mentions Herbert Simmons lynched in Neal Georgia for hiring a white man J A Park. Other items: Japan-US arbitration talks. Chicago Subway plans 16 million in local improvements. Rear Admiral Terry retirement and Craig promotion. White House announces Atlantic Gulf and Pacific coast batteries. Possible Lighthouse Board president Admiral Lambert. Missing Santiago Simonez in Puerto Rico. East Boston tunnel opening. Drowning and freezing at Piney Fork Creek. Esquimalt navy reconsideration. Premier Koerber resignation claim. Jamaca Robinson jailed for kissing a young woman. Cipher dispatch about North Sea. Moody sues in St Paul against twenty five concerns. Frelinghuysen named aide to Stokes. Judge Walker on Troquoia theatre fire damages. London steamship agreement on Scandinavian traffic. Connecticut tobacco tariff protest. Secretary Wilson seed tests circular. Mandelssohn Co bankers in St Petersburg loan talks. Seven indictments in Oregon land fraud. China asks for Port Arthur ammunition return. W R R Jones dies in Chicago from fall injuries. Dedham bank receivership. British war office orders twelve pounder guns. New York street railway transfers legal. Northwestern Railroad charter Oklahoma. Mongolia cargo voyage to Asia with 18000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Simmons
Neal
J. A. Park
United States
Chicago Subway Company
Silar Terry
Joseph B. Craig
White House
Atlantic
Gulf
Padger
Lambert
Lghthouse Board
Santiago Simonez
Utuado
Porto Rico
Internal Revenue
Arecibo
Boston
Boston Harbor
Finst Toston
Piney Fork Creek
Dilon
Echo de Paris
Admireal Kaznakoff
Grand Duke
Alexis
North Sea
Moody
Tn St. Paul
Connecticut
Congress
Wilson
Banking House of Mandelssohn & Co
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Fengtal
Here
W. R R. Jones
Chicago
Washburn-Crosby Company
Minneapolis
J. A. Caton
War Office
Vickers Sons & Maxim Company
Armstrong Whiteworth & Co
Justien Olmpted
New York
Paper Trusts Seek Court Order Against Market Control
United States Attorney General Moody and officials filed a petition in federal court to enjoin General Paper company and a list of allied paper firms from limiting competition. The suit alleges a price fixing and market division scheme that raised newsprint prices about 60 percent and barred west of the Mississippi dealers from buying except through the General Paper company. The court is asked to declare the combination unlawful and grant a perpetual injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Minn
Moody
United States
Haupt
Frank B. Kellogg
James M Beck
United States District Court
General Paper Company
Itasca Paper Company
Grand Rapids
Minn
Hennepin + Vapor company
Ittle Falls
Wolf River Paper and Fiber ‘Company
New Richmond
Wiss
Atlas ‘Paper Company
Appleton
Wis
Kimberly & Claark Company
Neenah, Wis
Riverside Fiber and Paper Company
Wausau Paper Mills Company
Yrokaw
Centralia Patp and Water Power Company
Centrala
Combined Locks Paper Company
Combined Locks
Della Pulp Company
Eau Claire
Grand Rapids Paper and Pulp Company
Menashia Paper Company
Menasha
Nekvosa Paper Company
Nekoosa
the Falls Manufacturing Company
Oconto Falls
Flambeau Paper Company
Park Falls
John Edwards Manufacturing Company
Port Edwards
Win
Tomahawk Pulp and Paper Company
Northwestern Paper Company
Cloouet, Minn
Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company
Paper Company
Petoskey Fiber Paper Company
Petosney, Mich
Whinelander Paper Company
Riinelander
Ian Puit
General Panel Company
Act of Congress
Netation
Mississippi
St. Loui
Chicago
Sama
Corbin Reports Uprising in Samar
Official communication from General Gorbin of the Philippines reports a Palasan uprising in Samar with heavy losses among Philippine scouts. Detachment at Oras attacked. hospital corpsman killed. scouts missing and killed. Dolores, Samar, later scene of a deadly engagement. await aid from Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasilington
War Department
Gorbin
Department of the Phillippines
Samar
Leutenant
Philippines
Oras
Kite
Stephen I. Malt
Whinppino
Palajanes
Dolores
George F. Abbott
Phinpping
Japan Agrees to Arbitration Treaty Talks With U S
Tokyo reports the Japanese government will negotiate an arbitration treaty with the United States following representations by American Minister Griscom. Baron Komura, the foreign minister, says Japan accepts the invitation and baron Takahira is empowered to work with Secretary of State to finalize and sign the treaty in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokio
United States
Griscom
Baron Komura
America
Takahira
Order to abolish McCook land office sparks Nebraska protest
Indignation spreads in Southwestern Nebraska as the McCook land office is to close after January 31. Officials say criteria under law justify the move though locals argue homestead entries lag. The unfinished business will transfer to Lincoln, with Sidney office also slated for abolition.
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Washington
Nebraska
McCook
F. M. Rathbone
Register
C. W. Barnes
White House
Secretary of the Interior
oMec
SicCook
Ofice
Lincoln
Norris
Sidney
Neb
Novel Electrical Illumination at Lewis and Clark Expo
Portland plans show submarine lake lighting on Guld’s Lake the largest enclosed body of water at over 200 acres. Fifty candle power lamps in air tight and water tight casings will reveal fish and reflect dancing fire effects. Cascade range views extend from the 200 foot towers over Columbia court. Mazamas will illuminate Mount Hood with signal fires in June and July. A geyser and a Columbia river fish wheel will also operate in the lake center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Guld's Lake
Columbia Court
Grand Court
Government Building
Cascade Range
Mazamas
Mount Hood
Oregon
Citrus fruit case opens in Supreme Court
The Interstate Commerce Commission versus Southern Pacific, Atchison Topeka Santa Fe, Santa Fe Pacific, and Southern California Railways reaches the U S Supreme Court. The citrus fruit case centers on shipper right to route fruit shipments and the railroads duty to publish rates. The Ninth Circuit previously ruled against the railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific Company
Atchison, Topeka , Santa Fe Railway Company
Santa Fe-Pacific Railway Company
Southern California Railway Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Wellborn
Ninth Circuit
Supreme Court
California
Algo
Circuit Court
Restraints Plumbers' Trust In City Supplies
In Indianapolis Judge Carter granted a restraining order against the operation of a plumbers' trust formed by city supply houses. Joseph Miller charged the houses would sell only to members, denying him purchasing privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Carter
Plumbers’ Trust
Joseph Miller
Nebraska Seeds Distribution Planned By Delegation
Washington reports private secretaries for Nebraska’s congressional delegation are preparing a state wide seed distribution. Each senator and representative will issue 14600 packages of garden, flower and field seed to constituents, totaling 110000 packages. Applicants are urged to apply promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
Washington
Nebraska
Congress
Opposition to Statehood Bill Splits Democrats and Republicans
A federal statehood bill faces probable filibuster and divided Democrat support. The piece argues some Democrats favor letting Republicans legislate, while others oppose admitting states based on current boundaries. Senator Du Bois recalls Idaho’s anti Mormon test oath and Idaho’s preference to stay territorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Repubblicans
du Bois
Idaho
Dubois
Mr. du Bois
Arizona
New Hextco
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Beveridge
Committee On Territories
Quay
Nno
Pennsylvania
Adams seeks full inspection of Denver ballot boxes
Denver Governor Alva Adams asks the Supreme Court or a court-appointed commission to open all 204 Denver ballot boxes from the election and conduct a thorough contents review. Adams says he won fairly and wants any frauds uncovered and punished, not tainted the seat. He notes about thirty men jailed for contempt, amid broader election crime allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Charles 8. Thomas
Samuel W. Jefford
Supreme Court
Alva Adams
Cesert
Adams
Uberty
Ambassadors Chonta Plans Uncertain Future After Inauguration
The report notes chatter about Ambassador Chonta retiring, but no resignation filed or inquiries received from President Roosevelt or Secretary Hay. It states Chonta intends to tender his resignation soon after inauguration, though no formal action has occurred yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chonta
Roosevelt
State Department
Hay
Choala
Nia
Majority Split Over Peabody Seat Plan in Colorado
Colorado Republicans clash over a plan to seat Governor Peabody. Evans and leaders push the move while Walcott allies threaten to oppose any count-out of Adams. A party caucus may decide, but conscience limits and regularity questions loom as lawmakers arrive. The state canvass of offers is legislative and not court-reviewable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
William C. Evans
James Peabody
United States
Edward O Wolcott
Adams
Peabody
Legislation for Canal Regulation Faces Reform Debate
Washington lawmakers study options to govern the Isthmian Zone as a bill once rejected returns. A plan granting presidential control until end of current session may be renewed or replaced with new law, with Representative Mann expected to introduce canal work legislation upon reconvening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional
Senate
House
Congress
Representative Mann
REPORT FROM OKU'S ARMY IN FRONT LINE TRENCHES
Reports from Oku's Army describe no front change as Second Army lines hold. Russian bombardment continues daily with few casualties while Japanese troops repurpose shrapnel into heat for bomb proof shelters. Patrols exchange feints and Russians retreat. Lt General Sir William Nicholson, head of British Military Intelligence, departs for inland assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oku
Fusan
Wiliam Nicholason
Iftry
Steal Court House Also
A decipherable report from Aberdeen describes a group who entered the county records building in the courthouse, carried away wood, and promised to return for the courthouse. The wood was torn down and loaded on wagons, with rebuilt work planned at a different site. The incident stirred local tensions among Belby men amid bitter exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Paul
Warships under orders in Shanghai area amid tensions
A garbled report describes Chinese warships deployed to harbors near Woorung and Sbhinghut to block escape by Kve Klin vessels. It mentions cruisers Asuald and Graz oval and torpedo destroyer Graz voxel as en route to Shanghal with other units, while lines about American responses and local figures appear distorted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bhangial
Woorung
Sbhinghut
Shanghal
Arthur
Otter N
Crow
Shanghai
Landon
Connelford Lessaage
Joly Les
Japs Mount More Cannon During Port Arthur Action
Port Arthur reports confirm Gen Kondrachenko killed and Gen Stoessel wounded as Japanese forces siege the fortress. Sevastopol battleship stern sunk, bow damaged, steering gear harmed. Garrison hopeful relief by March 1, provisions limited, prices high, and supply landings dwindling amid ongoing dynamiting and parallel operations.
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Tokio
Rihliung
Port Arthur
Kondrachenko
Stoessel
Smiliof
Sevastopol
Pigeonway
Zurbonzon
Willehad
Russia
Japan
Togo
Kure
Wright reports Palajanes uprising from Manila
Governor Wright of the Philippines details to Secretary Taft the uprising by the Palajanes in Samar and Dolores on the east coast. He notes delays in sending detachments and coast guard boats, resulting in losses and ongoing efforts to deploy troops and reinforce defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Palajanes
Washington
Taft
Wriht
Manila
Delores
Samar
Wright
Washington, D. C
Corbin
Oras
Dolare
Jef
Sataar
Tome Tina
Sirepythen
Aunt Bard
Defene
Oraw
Dolores
Alten
Constabulary
Esas
BU Raly
Geperp Corbin
Retreat Vows Echo in Defiant Frontline Dispatch
Observers report leaders urge steadfast defense as lines clash near Ma ose and Hhinitopu. Fire from Japanese positions wounds two Allied soldiers while British and American forces press for strategic pivot amid plans for winter quarters and railroad upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurauthin
Agalin
Geanarnt
Karopatkin
Ad Arceauk
Jd Trogye
Japhiede Bittery
Hhinitopu
Daniel
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Northwastern Railroad Company
Ie City
the Paper
Paper Trust
Pala- Janes
Colorado
Congressional Committee
China
Gil
Fedteg
Che
Mary Vryer
Chintatinias
Henry Mealy
Shay Pdrdagad
Fldedigs
Xeryley
Hap Linha
Kondrianenko
Cvhcago
Tommy
Uytlan
Cifenga
Apent Fm
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