Moros battle on Jolo. outlaws' fortress captured
On January 8 on Jolo island American forces clashed with Moros. Lieutenant James Jewell and a private were killed. Lieutenant Roy Ashbrook Captain Halstead Corey Lieutenant R. C. Richardson and three privates were wounded. The Moro leader was slain and the fort destroyed with aid from the gunboat Quiros. Jewell, born September 1871 in Illinois, had served in the Spanish War.
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Manila
Jolo
James Jewell
Fourteenth United States Cavalry
Roy W. Ashbrook
Seventeenth United States Infantry
Halstead Corey
Fourth United States Infantry
R. C. Richardson
Scott
Quiros
Walker
Jewell
Illinois
First
Illinois Cavalry
Attempt to destroy Frederick the Great statue at War College
Civilians attempted to blow up the Frederick the Great statue at the War College grounds in Washington. An employee removed a charged fuse before detonation. no damage occurred. Police detained possible suspects and traced the suspect's carriage, with ongoing efforts to locate the culprit.
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Washington
Frederick the Great
War College
Pennsylvania Railroad
Russian Army Morale in Manchuria Deteriorates, Kuropatkin Questioned
Dispatches from Tokio report Russian generals losing confidence in Kuropatkin as retreats after Liaoyang and Telissa shake morale. Described are bickering at Manchurian HQ, discontent among troops, and fear Japan will shell deep into Russian lines with siege guns from Port Arthur.
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Tokio
Manchuria
Kuropatkin
Mukden
Shakhe
Telissa
Varangon
Liaoyang
Shakhe River
Port Arthur
Possible Balkan War Looms As Spring Tensions Rise
A London letter from a Balkans minister reports Turkey and Bulgaria intensifying prep for conflict this year. Arms shipments continue and Asia Minor recruits head to Salonica while Bulgarian and Greek bands clash in Macedonia, signaling a three way guerrilla risk.
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London
Turkey
Bulgaria
Balkan
Asia Minor
Salonica
Macedonia
Committee Completes Swayne Impeachment Draft
The House select committee completes twelve articles of impeachment against Federal Judge Swayne. Charges include taking money by false pretenses using bankrupt bank property under his control, failing to live in his district, and alleged contempt of courts. A minority report dissents on all but the expense-account falsification.
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Washington
Select Committee of the
House
Swayne
E. T. Davis
Simeon Belden
Circuit Court of the United States
W. C. O’neal
District Court of the United States
Littlefield
Maine
Parker
New Jersey
Anti polygamy clause proposed on statehood bill
Washington reports Senator Dubois has introduced an amendment to the statehood bill reserving to Congress the power to legislate on polygamy and cohabitation. If states fail to enact anti polygamy laws Congress would step in, with national legislation likely to follow.
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Washington
Dubois
Congress
Unfortunates of Chicago Report Details City Suffering
The forty seventh annual Chicago Relief and Aid society report estimates 50 000 widows and 50 000 children as half orphans in Chicago plus 25 000 homeless men. It notes 8 000 deserted women who are mothers of 15 000 children and 8 000 tuberculosis sufferers in the city.
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Chicago
Chicago Relief and Aid Society
Carter Leads in Montana Senate and House Ballots
Helena Montana January 11 both chambers voted separately for a United States senator to replace Paul Gibson Carter received 10 votes in the senate and 20 in the house but fell twenty short of the joint ballot requirement for election.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
United States
Paul Gibson
Thomas
Carter
Whole
Senate
House
Roosevelt seeks curb on trusts at national cigar gathering
Chicago hosts the national convention of the Cigar Dealers' Association of America where resolutions condemn President Roosevelt's trust curb proposals and oppose Taft tariff plans on Philippine products. Market quotes for wheat oats and pork run through the report with January figures and futures.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Taft
Philippines
The
Cigar Dealers’ Association of America
Submarine Mine Field extended around Port Arthur
The navy reports a forty mile radius around Port Arthur cleared of mines with 395 mines destroyed. Ten more survivors from the Japanese third expedition to blockade the entrance to Port Arthur have been located in Russian hospitals and sent to Japan.
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Tokio
Navy Department
Port Arthur
Prominent Politician Shot in Office in Marion
Wilson Addington, a noted politician and horseman, was shot while seated in his Marion office. A man appeared at the window and fired through the glass, leaving Addington believed to be dying from a gaping abdominal wound.
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Marion
Ind
Wilson Addington
Addington
Additional Paroled Russian Officers Listed
Tokio reports more prisoners of war paroled including Major Generals Nikitin Balle and Ris Nadien Kostinkow and Rear Admirals Wiren Ouk tomsky Gregorovitch Rossulisk and Engineer-in-Chief Rindeback along with General Stoessel.
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Tokio
Nogi
Nikitin
Balle
Wiren
Stoessel
Ris
Nadien
Kostinkow
Prince Ouktomsky
Gregorovitch
Rossulisk
Rindeback
Readable fragments from early 20th century crime and disaster notes
The clipping mentions John Sandveck in Sheboygan Wisconsin described as an old fire chief with a seafaring reputation, a fatal fire tragedy in Monmouth Minnesota killing Peter Dan Felgon and his wife aged around seventy, and the transport Tosa bringing Russian officers to Nagasaki amid a tense war context.
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Shebovera
Wis
John Sandveck
Cld‘est
Coznle
Monueuth
Peter Danfelgon
Emperors Award Stoessel and Nogi Pour le Morite
Berlin reports Emperor William honors General Stoessel and General Nogi with the Pour le Merite for bravery at Port Arthur. He asks the Russian and Japanese emperors to authorize acceptance of the decorations by the two generals and their troops.
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Berlin
William
Stoessel
Nogi
Port Arthur
Russian Warships Enter Port Said Under Rear Admiral Botrovsky
A division of Russian warships arrived at Port Said Egypt on January 11 led by Rear Admiral Botrovsky. The ships halted for movement orders and to complete port protocols as part of a broader naval deployment in the region.
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American Detective Association
Indianapolis
St. Petersburg
Russ
Libau
Senjavin
Apraxine
Oushakoff
Nicholas L
Vladimir Monomah
Novoe Vremya
Vladivostok
Sakhalin
Kamchatka
Port Arthur
Port Said
Egypt
Botrovsky
Murder predicted by Koch in Gebhardt case
Testimony in the trial of Dr. George R. Koch includes Ole Ulen’s claim that Koch urged him to kill Dr. L. A. Gebhardt, saying Gebhardt would not be with them long and that no one could identify the killer. Ulen stated he refused and warned Koch of punishment.
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New Ulm
Minn
George R. Koch
L. A. Gebhardt
Ole Ulen
Hanska
Hoidale
United States
Alva Adams Inaugurated Governor of Colorado
Ex Governor Peabody vows to contest Adams election in a sharp political clash. The ceremony in Denver featured Adams taking the oath before Chief Justice Gabbert as cannon salutes rang out, Peabody standing nearby ready to pursue a rigorous challenge for the governorship.
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Denver
Jen
Alva Adams
Colorado
Gabbert
James Peabody
Adams
Trial set as Cobham and others face perjury indictments
In Helena on January 11 Judge Hunt overruled demurrers in United States v Cobham Cattlin and others charging subornation of perjury tied to timber land entries in Western Montana. Twelve indictments allege subornation of perjury and ninety allege perjury with numerous settlers from Powell and Missoula counties named. The lands were later acquired by Senator W A Clark.
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Helena
Mont
William S. Hunt
United States
R. M. Cobham
J. B. Cattlin
Montana
Powell and
Missoula Counties
W. A. Clark
Senate approves study on railroad rate discrimination
The Minnesota senate unanimously adopts a resolution to appoint a nine member committee to investigate alleged discrimination in railroad charges between individuals and localities, with expected concurrence from the house.
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St. Paul
Senate
House of Representatives
New Discovery Averts Tragedy Of Consumption
A reader from Caxlandon Indiana credits Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Cols with saving his wife after three doctors gave up He reports she recovered and is now well The drug is guaranteed 50 cents or 1 dollar with a trial bottle free offered by Holland Wheeler druggist
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F. G. Huntley
Caxlandon
Ind
Dr. King
Holland Wheeler
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