Japanese Reply Denies Key Russian Demands Aids War Stalemate
Tokyo remains pessimistic over Russia Japan talks while Paris Berlin and St Petersburg urge peace. Official notes show no major change in Japanese or Russian proposals as Brig. Gen. H. T. Allen arrives at Peking to observer for Russia if war breaks out.
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U. S A
Peking
Washington
Takahira
Hay
Japan
Russia
Tokio
State Department
Paris
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Porter
Count Cassini
Philippine Constabulary
Manila
Foreigners Under Watch as Corean Tensions Rise
Washington reports a cable from U S Minister Allen in Seoul says Corean newspapers urge public anger toward foreigners. The U S plans to rely on the gunboat Vicksburg and marine guards in Seoul, with European powers ready to provide support to prevent disorder threatening foreign interests.
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State Department
United States
Allen
Seoul
Corea
Department
Interess
Vicksburg
United States Marine Guard
Jin
Corean
Rioting Threatens Foreigners In Seoul
Seoul news reported by the Daily Mail correspondent claims the native press urges slaughter of foreigners. U S Minister Allen orders American women and children to stay indoors and warns of imminent military rioting. French minister M Collin De Planches urges the emperor to seek refuge in the French legation.
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Seoul
The
Daily Mail
United States
Allen
M. Collin de Planches
Legation
Brilliant Pittsburgh Wedding Unites Fairbanks and Cassidy
Pittsburg January 15 One of the season's most brilliant weddings took place at St Peters Episcopal church as Warren C Fairbanks son of Senator and Mrs Charles W Fairbanks Indiana married Miss Helene Ethel Cassidy daughter of Mrs Edward T Cassidy Pittsburg in a ceremony led by Rev Edward H Ward D D rector of the church
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Pittsburg
St. Peters’ Episcopal Church
Warren C. Fairbanks
Chas. W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Helene Ethel Cassidy
Edward T. Cassidy
Edward H. Ward
Lynching of Suspect in Mississippi Mob Action
News from Vicksburg reports that Butch Riley, the Negro who killed C. C. McMillan near Tallulah, was arrested and jailed there but mob violence freed him and he was lynched.
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Mississippi
Vicksburg
Miss
Butch” Riley
C. C. McMillan
Tallulah
Representative introduces Oklahoma statehood bill
Representative Robinson introduced a bill on Thursday to admit Oklahoma and Indian Territory as the state of Oklahoma. The measure was referred to the appropriate committee for consideration.
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Washington
Robinson
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
State of
Central League Names Be ment President and Sets 140-Game Schedule
Terre Haute Indiana January 15 The Central league magnates reelected George W Bemont Jr of Evansville as president and decided to continue the circuit The season will open April 28 with a 140 game slate.
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Terre Haute
Ind
George W. Bement
Evansville
Wm D Scanlan Joins Pittsburg Club for Season
Pittsburg reports Syracuse NY native Wm D Scanlan will join the Pittsburg baseball club this season. His release will cost the club no extra beyond the September guard he already holds.
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Pittsburg
Wm. D. Scanlan
Syracuse
N. Y
Panama junta transfers powers as new constitutional session opens
Panama reports the junta and consular reps attend the first constitutional convention session led by temporary president Dr. Pablo Arosemena. He vows a virtuous republic, while the junta resigns legislative powers and ratifies the canal treaty, citing fiscal stress and growth of armed forces as motives.
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Pablo Arosemena
Arosemena
Burges
Junta
Republic
Postal Trials Highlight Evidence Connection Point
Washington January 16 defense in the postal trials contends no documentary proof of a conspiracy to defraud the government has been produced and that such evidence should precede linking transactions to defendants. Judge instructs jurors to avoid prejudice from statements by Wynne. Perry Heath and Johnson testify on post office administration and free delivery practices.
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W. Machen
Groff Brothers
Lorenz
Douglass
Justice Pritchard
Wynne
Post Office Department
Baltimore
Perry S. Heath
Salt Lake City
Johnson
Calaveras Groves Sought as National Park
The Cavaleras big tree committee of California asks Congress to establish a national park that includes the Calaveras groves. The president transmits the petition noting the grove is a national inheritance and pledges government effort to preserve it.
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Jan
Congress
Cavaleras Big Tree Committee of
California
Calaveras Groves
Queen Lilis Claim Favorable Senate Report
Washington January 16 The senate committee on Pacific islands and Porto Rico reports favorably on Senator Blackburns bill to pay Liliuokalani, former Hawaii queen, two hundred thousand dollars in full satisfaction of all claims to the former crown lands in Hawaii.
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Senate Committee On
Week's Business Failures Reported in New York
The week ending January 14 shows 309 business failures in New York, rising from 262 the prior week and higher than 1903 and 1901 figures. Canada records 39 failures, down slightly from last week.
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New York
Canada
Negro National Democratic League to meet in St Louis
Secretary James A Ross announced that the executive committee and the league’s vice presidents will hold a joint session in St Louis on February 18. The Buffalo N Y dispatch notes the plan as issued Friday.
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N. Y
James A Ross
St. Louis
Corbin assumes command of Atlantic division
New York January 16 Maj Gen Corbin took command as the War Department orders creating an Atlantic division with headquarters at Governor's Island were consummated at the ceremony Friday prior details note the official transfer of command and the new unit's organization
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War Department
Governor's Island
Corbin
United States Russia set Manchuria policy at talks
Washington and Moscow eased a potential U S Russia misunderstanding on Manchuria interests by agreeing American consuls in Mukden and Antung will focus on trade protection. Count Cassini informed, and U S commitments to commercial and treaty rights remain intact. Russian troops concentrate near Liao Yang Hai Cheng and along rail corridors warning of strategic moves. Public notices in Peking report troop concentrations and rail access implications.
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State Department
Hay
Count Cassini
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Antung
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New Chwang
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Hai-Cheng
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Great Wall
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Roosevelt
China
Ashland Railroad Robberies Uncovered in Wisconsin
Ashland Wisconsin police report a daring and extensive railroad robbery ring targeting the Northwestern line. Over years coal and merchandise weighed short by hundreds of pounds per car. evidence gathered, arrests not yet made, case turned to railroad detectives.
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Wis
Northwestern Road
Eight People Hurt In Detroit Streetcar Collision
An eastbound Michigan line car carrying many passengers was struck by a Grand Trunk train at Gratiot avenue and Dequindere street. Over 34 were injured, with the car dragged 200 feet. seven taken to hospitals and 27 home. No deaths reported, though some injured may die.
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Mich
Michigan Line
Grand Trunk
Gratiot Avenue
Dequindere Street
Counterfeit notes flood Manchuria report
Commercial Agent Richard T. Greener reports to the state department that Manchuria is filled with Russian counterfeit notes coming from Japan and Shanghai, crafted with skill. Orders direct destruction of such notes and imprisonment for distributors.
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Washington
Richard T. Greener
Vladivostock
Siberia
State Department
Manchuria
Japan
Shanghai
Marines Arrive to Protect Citizens in Seoul
Seoul reports an extra squad of 64 American marines arrived Friday to safeguard U S citizens who outnumber others except Japanese and Chinese and who lead in active commerce. Also from St Louis two pioneer brewers William Smith and George Tinker die after 35 years of partnership with Smith passing Friday and Tinker buried Thursday.
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St. Louis
William Smith
George Tinker
Mr. Smith
Mr. Tinker
National Live Stock association adjourns annual meeting
The Seventh annual convention of the National Live Stock association adjourned in Portland Oregon after a Friday session and will reconvene in Denver next year. H J Hagenbarth of Utah was elected president.
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Ore
National Live Stock Association
Denver
H. J. Hagenbarth
Utah
Tense exchange over letters on arrival of New York in San Domingo
United States Minister Powell intervened to prevent the arrest of a shipping agent as President Morales demanded surrender of letters aboard the Clyde line vessel New York. Powell asserted U S protection for the agent and letters, and the dispute was settled. A guard was later posted to protect the tug Anna and other American vessels from revolutionists near San Isidro. Navasso seized cattle at Lafo American property, with Powell refusals due to lack of force. The Newport gun boat is too small to safeguard estates, creating a call for a larger warship.
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United States
Powell
Clyde Line
New York
Morales
Maxwell
Anna
San Isidro
Newport
Mentz
Chicago Theaters May Reopen This Week
Chicago theater owners and business leaders push to lift enforced closures. A proposed ordinance vote moved up to Monday night boosts reopening hopes, but a clash over theaters above sidewalk level at La Salle and Sam T. Jack’s venues may delay action.
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la Salle
Sam T. Jacks
Mrs Hobson Dead In Boulder After Long Illness
The mother of Ricmond P. Hobson died at Shirley Davis home in Boulder after a long illness. She will be interred in Greensboro Alabama. Sarah Croon Pearson Hobson was born February 24 1848 at Richmond Hill North Carolina and moved to Boulder last summer for health.
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Col
Ricmond P. Hobson
Shirley Davis
Greensboro
Ala
Sarah Croon Pearson Hobson
Richmond Hill
N. C
Night Rescue in Mammoth Cave Echo River Freezes Auto Rescue
Eighteen National League of Commission Merchants delegates were plunged into Echo River inside Mammoth Cave. Guide John Nelson kept calm as Charles A. Muehlbronner of Pittsburgh maneuvered, securing a chain and guiding passengers to safety as the boat sank in eight to eighteen feet of water. The group waited hours before a rescue boat arrived at daylight.
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National League of Commission Merchants
Echo River
Mammoth Cave
John Nelson
Charles A. Muehlbronner
Pittsburg
W. J. Harris
Chicago
G. S. Weil
Cincinnati
L. S. Owens
Frank
St. Paul
Lucie Patch
Boston
Muehlbronner
Progress in Porto Rico School System Report
The commissioner of education Samuel McCune Lindsay reports substantial progress in Porto Rico schools. The island had 1,005 schools open and 70,126 students, about 19 percent of the school population. Insular funds available were $547,767 with $545,106 spent. total education expenditures reached $817,815 for the year.
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Washington
Porto Rico
Samuel McCune Lindsay
Department of Education
James Smithson's Remains Return to Washington
The Dolphin under Commander J. H. Gibbons arrived in New York to escort the North German Lloyd liner Prinzess Irene bearing the remains of James Smithson. The coffin will be transferred to the Dolphin for transport to Washington for reburial with ceremonies.
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United States
Dolphin
J. H. Gibbons
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Genoa
James Smithson
Smithsonian Institution
New York Lower Bay
Washington
Missionaries urged to move from Corea to Seoul or Japan
Bishop C B Galloway of the Methodist Episcopal Church South cabled all missionaries in Corea to move to Seoul at once or go to Japan. He said the missionaries face immediate danger of loss of life.
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C. B. Galloway
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Corea
Seoul
Japan
Blair Dies in Florida Ex-Counsel for World’s Fair
Jas. L. Blair of St. Louis, former counsel for the World’s fair, died in Eustis Florida after arriving for health. He had been here about five weeks with a hopeful improvement until last week when his condition worsened.
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Florida
Eustis
Fla
Jas. L. Blair
St. Louis
Mr. Blair
No Federal Officeholders as Delegates to GOP Convention
San Antonio Texas January 18. Private instructions have been given to Texas Republican leaders that no federal officeholders are to be permitted to go as delegates to the national convention.
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San Antonio
Tex
Republican Party
Texas
Journey of 25000 Miles Marks Pan American Mission
Charles M. Pepper, U.S. representative for the projected Pan American railway, leaves Mexico City after a 25,000 mile tour visiting 21 capitals. He has completed a long diplomatic swing to assess routes and support for the railway project.
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Mexico City
Charles M. Pepper
United States
Mormonism Denounced in Philadelphia Meeting
At Horticultural Hall a major gathering of Philadelphia women’s clubs adopted resolutions denouncing polygamy and Mormonism. The meeting reflected widespread opposition to the practice and its religious movement, signaling a strong public stance by civic groups.
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Philadelphia
Horticultural Hall
Boiler Makers Strike Affects 500 In Chattanooga Area
Grand President John McNeill of the Boiler Makers of America called a strike at Walsh & Weidner Boiler Co Lookout Boiler Manufacturing Co and Lockmount Iron Works in Battelle Alabama. Over 500 workers are affected as union leaders say non union men were employed.
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Tenn
John McNeill
The
Boilermakers of America
Walsh & Weidner Boiler Co
Lookout Boiler Manufacturing ’Co
Lockmount
Battelle
Ala
Bailey vows to oppose canal treaty ratification
Senator J W Bailey declares in a signed statement that he will retire from public life rather than vote for the Panama treaty ratification. He says the vote would dishonor his state and party, signaling continued opposition.
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Houston
Tex
J. W. Bailey
Death of Dr B G Dysart in Paris Missouri
Paris Missouri January 18 ex surgeon of Cockrells brigade of the confederate army Dr B G Dysart died of pneumonia at his home Sunday aged 70 He was a close friend of United States Senator Francis M Cockrell
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B. G. Dypart
Cockrell
This City
United States
Francis M. Cockrell
Italian Emigration to the United States Reaches 1903 Peak
Rome reports the United States remains the main destination for Italian emigrants with about 260000 leaving Italy in 1903. The surge underscores broad migration trends shaping early 20th century transatlantic movement.
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Rome
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