Breakup of European concert shocks diplomatic season
London readers report a collapse of the European concert on the Macedonian question. Germany agrees to French Moroccan management and status quo talks expand to the Mediterranean while Turkey faces renewed pressure on railroad concessions that could delay reforms sought by ambassadors.
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London
Continent
England
Germany
France
Mediterranean
North Aare
Turkey
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Macedonia
Tzig
Russo-British Pact Sought for Macedonia Crisis
The Russo British agreement seeks joint action on Macedonia with France and possibly Italy. The motive is Constantinople revisions led by Germany backing the sultan’s counter proposals, risking Moroccan scale entanglements. A four power league is seen as essential to press reforms in Macedonia. London dispatches echo this view.
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Macedonia
France
Italy
Constantinople
Germany
London
Harriman Case Ordered Answers on Stock Deals
Judge Hough in the U S circuit court issues a supplemental order to the commission's questions for Harriman and Otto Kahn related to dealings in Illinois Central Union Pacific and Southern Pacific stocks. The order specifies the questions but sets no appearance time, and one of the questions concerns stock purchases between July 19 and August 17 possibly aimed at ahead of a dividend.
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New York
Hough
United States Circuit Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
B. H. Harriman
Otto ‘Kahn
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Marriage Bureau Operator Guilty of Mail Fraud
Marion Goodsnough formerly Marion Grey ran a matrimonial bureau in Elgin Illinois and was found guilty of using the mails to defraud William Grable of Dearborn Missouri by promising a wealthy attractive widow as a wife in advertising materials. The verdict came from Judge Landis after about twenty four hours of jury deliberation in the U S district court.
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Chicago
Marion Goodsnough
Marion Grey
Elgin
William Grable
Dearborn
Landis
United States ‘District’ Court
Kentucky Legislator Virgil Mc Knight Dies in 24 Hours
Frankfort Kentucky February 18 Virgil Mc Knight a Democratic representative from Mason county is dead at age fifty two after a brief illness. He served three terms in the state legislature and had previously lived in a nearby district before moving to Kentucky.
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Frankfort
Virgil McKnight
Mason County
Kentucky
Crippled Fire Chief Led Rescue Amid Inferno at Canal Street
Amid a blaze that tore through a Baxter Street tenement and sent gas fumes through a cellar, Kruger aged fifty seven and longtime department member led a perilous effort to save his chief and others. Over twenty kept risking their lives as flames spread from basement to roof.
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Kruger
Department
Croker
Sean
Canal Street
Baxter Street
Government stance on NESE exclusion and immigrant policy
Fragments indicate a discussion of federal action on NESE exclusion and immigrant matters. Text mentions ten days and terms suggesting government timing, though readability is limited and details are unclear.
Report on interior health risks in Alaska including native contagion
A United States Judge in Juneau reports concerns over interior health conditions in Alaska. He warns that tuberculosis and other contagious diseases threaten natives and whites, urging passage of territorial sanitary regulations to control the spread and protect the population.
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Washington
United States
Ison
Juneau
Wisconsin Democrats Endorse Bryan for President at Denver
The Wisconsin Democratic convention reaffirms Jeffersonian principles and pledges total support for William Jennings Bryan as the party’s presidential candidate. Delegates are instructed to vote for Bryan at the national convention in Denver, amid fierce debate over rival candidates.
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Facbe Abiperse
Sabuancan Sr Diget Onlnog
William Jennings
Evans
Committee On
Democratic Party
Wisconsin
Repub
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Denver
Seagee
Daniel H. Grady
Portage
Aylward
Netaskan
Grady
Bryan
Amendment on liquor sale defeated in Senate vote
The journal amendment to permit sale of liquor for scientific and real purpose failed in the Senate by 19 to 11, short of the two thirds required to pass the measure.
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Senate
West Point Graduation Class of February Exercises
Fragmentary draft mentions West Point and graduation exercises with vague counts. The dated note references Detroit and military academy events, but many words are garbled leaving unclear names or outcomes.
Tillman resolution favored by Senate subcommittee
A Senate judiciary subcommittee voted to favorably act on the Tillman resolution directing the attorney general to initiate suits against railroads in the Northwest to force settlement land openings. The justice department will draft a new measure to cover all aspects of alleged violations of the granted lands. Milton D. Purdy and B. D. attended the hearing.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Tillman
Northwest
Department of Justice
Milton D. Purdy
Attor
General Bonaparte
United
Suffragist Leader Goes to Jail
London February 15 Mrs Parkhurst a noted leader of the women suffragists and other delegates were jailed for six weeks rather than post bond to secure good behavior after a Thursday attempt to demonstrate in the house of commons.
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London
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