Noted Inventor Baron von Mannlicher Dies in Found Death
Obituary notices the deaths of Baron von Mannlicher inventor of the AMfannlicher rifle. Osma Mobato and son burned in San Bernardino Cal. Simon S Goldman dead in New York. Albert von Maybach former Prussian minister dies at 83.
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Baron von Mannlicher
Osma Mobato
Juan
San Bernardino
Cal
Dangon
John Alexander Dowie
San Francisco
Australia
New York
Albert von Maybach
South Division
Lake View High Schools
Chicago
Jefferson Barracks
Oscar
Stockholm
Nebraska
New Orleans
Nebraska Grain Dealers’ Association
Pyong Yang
Seoul
New York Herald
United States
Finch
Monteviedo
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Hitchcock
Moody
St. Louis
Odeon
Clifford
Hillburger
Plantz
Lawrence
Wis.) University
Dodge City
Kansans
Bunyan Farm
Tha Place
Cyrus W. McCartney
la Porte
Ind
Dawson
Alaska
McCartney
George Hall
Buchanan County
Missouri
Monterey
Mex
Senator Gamble
Committee On Indian Affairs
Lower Brule
South Dakota
Queen Victoria
London
Frogmoore
Augustus Anderson
Stratford
Central
Sypreme Court of California
Japanese Landing Army Rumors Stir Far East Tensions
Reports reach St. Petersburg of Japan landing troops at Ma-Sam-Pho Corea and 3000 Russians crossing the Yalue river though officials doubt the claims. Chinese troop movements are unconfirmed and Chinese minister Soo Wei-Teh calls talk of war absurd while saying troops are to reassure anxious citizens.
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ST. Petersburg
Far East
Ma- Sam-Pho
Corea
Yalue River
Great Wall
Manchuria
Ma-Sam-Pho
M. Kurino
Russia
M. Hartwiz
Japan
Noyce Vremya
Associated Press
Foreign Office
China
Sviet
Port Arthur
Vladivestock
Soo Wei-Teh
Fire Chief Musham Blames Management for Iroquois Fire
Fire Chief Musham reports to Mayor Harrison that management and builders bore responsibility for the Iroquois theater blaze. Prepared by Fulkerson after interviewing about 100 witnesses, the report faulted not the building department but cited seven ordinance violations. It also notes the theater was not completed when opened, staff tried to fight the fire, and that doors remained mostly locked.
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Chicago
Harrison
Musham
Fulkerson
Papal Blessing to Mexico Over Church Liberty
Monsignor Serafino, new apostolic delegate in Mexico, received by the pope in a farewell audience. The pontiff entrusted him to express satisfaction with President Diaz and the Mexican government's grant of liberty to Catholicism, noting it has led to church prosperity in Mexico.
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Pope
Rome
Monsignor
Serafino
Mexico
Diaz
Drax
Tragic Elephant Accident Claims Circus Boss
London reports George Lockhart, famed elephant trainer and circus proprietor, crushed to death at Hoe Street station in Walthamstow during the unloading of circus animals on Sunday.
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London
George Lockhart
Hoe Street
Walthamstown
Hurricane Devastates Fiji Islands
A disastrous hurricane swept the Fiji Islands causing extensive loss of life and property damage. Rescue teams rush to affected areas as authorities assess tolls and coordinate relief efforts.
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Fiji Islands
Melbourne
Fii Islands
Alabama
Rosebud Reservation Opened for Settlement Bill Advances
Washington The House committee on Indian affairs ordered a favorable report on a bill to open 400000 acres of the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota for settlement.
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Rosebud Reservation
Landa
Washington
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Rosebud Indian Reservation
South Dakota
Term of Service Increased for Philippines Staff Officers
Washington dispatch notes the war department orders all Philippines duty staff officers to serve three years instead of two. The change extends current terms and affects detailing practices for military personnel assigned to the Philippines.
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Washington
War Department
Philippines
Senate plans weeklong debate on the Panama Treaty
Washington reports no solid weekly agenda beyond continuing talks on the Panama question. A new inquiry resolution will be filed Monday after Friday’s Democratic senators conference. Open debate is preferred by Democrats with Republicans allowing it pending the open session limit, then executive sessions may follow. Amendments from the foreign relations committee are expected to be withdrawn before final action.
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Senate
Washington
Panama
Committee On Foreign Relations
Cold maddened elephant endangers keeper in Minnesota incident
An elephant in an itinerant show in St Paul crept from a frozen theater and wounded keeper Conrad Castens by stomping him and crushing his ribs. The animal wrecked the Milwaukee freight house, tossing freight as attendants struggled for nine hours to subdue it with others narrowly escaping serious harm.
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ST Paul
Minn
Conrad Castens
Milwaukee
Castens
Cotton Feaches War Prices In New Orleans Market
Dr Brown surprised the Cotton exchange by offering to buy all May delivery bales at market price up to half a million. He bid 15.18e for 25 000 bales as purchases ran heavy. Prices reach wartime highs with strong margins and active brokers.
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Dr. Brown Snrings
New Orleans
Dr. Brown
Cotton Exchange
Ince
Irrigation Rate Case Before Supreme Court
The Stanislaus county suit against San Joaquin and Kings River Canal and Irrigation Co. reached the Supreme Court after the circuit court held California laws fixing water rates valid. The company argued pre 1885 laws created a contract to set its own charges, while the state claimed the 1885 act could not impair that contract.
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Washington, D. C
Circuit Court of the United States
Cirrcuit Court
Blair's Debt Settled Mainly by Life Insurance Proceeds
The late James L Blair former general counsel for the world's fair died in Eustis Florida last Saturday. Insurance policies now coming in will cover nearly all his debts totaling about 663000 including money borrowed from friends and relatives. After settlement 549000 remains for Mrs Blair and her two sons, with a $200000 policy contested by one company.
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ST. Louis
James L. ‘Blairy
Eustis
Fla
Blair
Engaged in a Pitched Battle at Union Pacific Bridge
About a hundred Structural Iron Workers and non union bridge workers clashed at the Union Pacific Bridge over the Kansas river in Kansas City Kansas. Thirty revolver shots were fired bricks were thrown and several men were injured two seriously. Police quieted the scene after the clash.
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Kansas City
Ifty Nonunion
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Kansas River
Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Union Pacific
Kan
Destructive Hale County Tornado Kills Dozens in Alabama
Am northern Alabama tornado centered near Moundville, Hale County, killed at least thirty and injured many as it wrecked farms, homes, depots, and a planing department. Surgeons rushed in from nearby towns as residents searched for missing family members.
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Tuscaloossa
Ala
Moundville
Als
Tuscaloosa
Greensboro
Pascaloosa
W. P. Phifer
Flo
Hull
Bates Lumber Company
Birmingham
Alabama
Hale County
Blizzard floods drive New Cumberland residents from homes
In New Cumberland West Virginia half the town sits under twelve feet of water while a blizzard rages. Dozens of factories submerged the Chelsea China company plant. Empire two miles above on the Ohio river endures fifteen feet of water with residents camping in box cars. A landslide six miles above Empire blocks the Cleveland & Wittsburg railroad tracks.
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New Cumberland
W. Va
Chelsea China Company
Empire
Ohio River
Cleveland & Wittsburg
Island Trade Expands for Philippine Islands in 1903
The insular bureau of the War department reports eight months ending August 1903 imports totaling 22,266,581 and exports 20,867,318. Excluding coin and government supplies, trade rose nearly 6,000,000 from prior levels with shipments from the archipelago boosting hemp and copra outputs.
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Washington, D. C
Insular Bureau of the
War Department
Philippine Trade Statistics
Washington
Insular Bureau
The
Philippine Trade Stats Show Large Inbound Hemp and Copra
The insular bureau of the War Department reports Philippine imports totaling 20,867,013 dollars for the period, excluding coin and government supplies. Exports plus imports rise by about 6 million, driven largely by shipments from the archipelago with substantial hemp and copra output.
Robbery Aboard Sunset Limited Overpowers Trainmen
Wells Fargo treasure box stolen from the Sunset Limited between San Luis Obispo and San Al do. The local safe was taken. a few hundred dollars claimed by officials, but some estimate up to eighty thousand. One suspect held. messenger Timothy Sullivan reported the incident to Yardmaster Percival.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Company
Sunset Limited
San Luis Obispo
San Aldo
Wells Fargo
Timothy Cullivar
Sullivan Altowen
Tunnel No. 2
New Orleans
R. W. Christianson
Pacific Department of Wells-Fargo & Co
Santa Barbara
Timothy Sullivan
Sullivan
Percival
Flo
Hepburn Pure Food Bill Passes House by Rising Vote
Washington reports the Hepburn pure food bill passed the House on a rising vote 201 to 68 after defeating amendments including a measure to require proof of wilful intent by vendors. The act sets standards for foods and drugs, creates a Bureau of Chemistry and Foods, and outlines enforcement and penalties.
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Washington
Bureau of Chemistry
Bureau of Foods
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry and Foods
United States
House
Hepburn
Stephens
Dem
Tex
Hull
Iowa
Committee On Military Affairs
Sioux City Ashland Line May Not Be Built This Year
Lincoln Nebraska Journal notes a Burlington insider says the Sioux City Ashland line may be delayed by tight eastern money. Despite hopeful business committee reports, funding and western expansion pressures threaten construction this season while Sioux City presses Jim Hill to proceed.
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Lincoln
Neb
Burlington
Nebraska
Sioux City
Ashland
Great Northern
Iowa
Jim Hill
Mischief Makers in Forea
The state department lists only advice from Minister Allen in Seoul who says Seoul is panicky and fears a riot at any moment. Dispatch notes foreign emissaries are suspected to be driving the disturbances, possibly to justify intervention and deployment of large forces in Korea.
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State Department
Allen
Seoul
Korea
Lincoln Ministers Resolve Against Smoot Seat
The Lincoln Ministerial association passed resolutions protesting Senator Smoot’s continued seat in the U.S. Senate. They will send instructions to Nebraska senators, including Senator Burrows, urging loyalty to the government and opposing Smoot if his Mormon oath subordinates allegiance. The measure was adopted unanimously.
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Lincoln
Utah
Neb
Lincoln Ministerial Association
Nebraska
Burrows
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Ministerial Association of
Smoot
United States
Senate
Mormon Church
Explorer Hubbard is Dead in Labrador Wilderness
Quebec reports Leonidas Hubbard Jr of the Outing expedition died of starvation in Labrador on October 18. His remains travel toward Quebec by dog train with the expedition team, following a Friday arrival at Chateau Bay, Labrador from Northwest River.
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Explorer Hubbard
Quebec
Chateau Bay
Labrador
Spurler
Northwest River
Leonidas Hubbard, Jr
Outing of
New York
Thompson Plans Return From Brazil Mission
LINCOLN Neb January reports say D E Thompson United States minister to Brazil is on leave and will arrive in Lincoln about February 8. He sails from Rio de Janeiro January 2 on the Tennyson which reaches Brooklyn January 20. After landing he will report to the state department in Washington and then visit relatives in Michigan before returning to Lincoln.
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Thompson
Lincoln
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