Grand Duke Sergius Dead in Kremlin Bombing
Moscow reports Grand Duke Sergius, uncle of Emperor Nicholas, killed when a bomb exploded beneath his carriage inside the Kremlin. A single assailant, a Socialist Revolutionary, was arrested and the blast shattered the palace facade as guards and police debated whether the attacker hid in a tunnel or sleigh.
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Moscow
Kremlin Palace
Ivan the Terrible
Red Square
Sergius
Nicholas
von Plehve
Palace of Justice
Duke
Ne Iy
Nicholas Tower
Kremlin
Grand Duke
Choudoff
Socialist Revolutionary Party
Elizabeth
Manchuria
Nikolsky Gate
Tverskala Street
Bell Tower
Nicholas Gate
Socialistic Revolutionary Party
SS. Peter and Paul
Czar Considers Peace At Tsarskoe-Selo Conference
The conference at Tsarskoe-Selo on Thursday involved Emperor Nicholas and his ministers as they formally discussed peace terms. Each participant pledged not to reveal details, while high quarters hint at possible terms and a Japan-origin signal outside regular channels amid renewed peace talk after the Grand Duke Sergius assassination.
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St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Nicholas
Tsarskoe-Selo
Japan
Grand Duke
Sergius
Boulder Newspaper Man Dead
Valentine Butsch longtime Daily Camera proprietor died at 3 30 am aged 97 Born in Bavaria he came to the United States at fourteen He was postmaster of Boulder appointed by President Cleveland and served five years He owned smelting and milling interests in Lake and Boulder counties His widow and five children survive including Mrs Dickinson Indianapolis and Mrs Blake Denver He bought the Camera in 1892 and steered its success and also served as justice of the peace and police magistrate of Boulder.
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Denver
Boulder Dispatch
Valentine Butsch
Daily Camera
Butsch
Bavaria
F. W. Kirk
L. C. Paddock
The
Camera
Charles Butsch
Boulder
Indianapolis
Indiana
Lake
Cleveland
Thomas A. Hendricks
Frances Willard Statue Placed in Statuary Hall in Congress
Washington February 18 statue of Frances E. Willard honored in the Capitol by Illinois. It is the first statue of a woman to occupy Statuary Hall as members of Congress hear eulogies praising her purity, intellect, and temperance work. The ceremony drew many women supporters.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Frances BE. Willard
National Capitol
Illinois
Miss Willard
Colorado legislature debates bills and graft probe with a flood of law actions
The Dodge civil service bill passes the House on third reading by 45 to 14. Senate passes Senator Cornforths No 67 increasing the attorney general salary. House approves a 14000 maintenance appropriation for the state capitol. Election fraud bills advance. An eight hour bill passes with little opposition. A commission changes insanity laws with jury appeal. House investigations reveal forged orders to acquire bills. A gubernatorial contest subcommittee is formed with Republicans Dick Thomas and Davis.
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Dodge Civil Service
House
Cornforth
Senate
Owen
B. B. Lindsey
Booth
Thomas
Wood
Drake
Robertson
Hubert Work
Saniarium of
Pueblo
Mackenzie
Custer
Pomeroy
Lake
Cameron
Melton
House Committee On
Platte County
McKinley
Boulder
Weld
Las Animas
Lake Counties
Bill Room
Harper
House Committee On Agriculture
Committee On
Gunnison
Committee On Indian and Military Affairs
General Assembly
Representative Thomas
Strikes in Russia Reach High Education and Public Dissent
In St. Petersburg, a student strike suspended studies to September 1, demanding a constituent assembly and broader freedoms. The protest spread to other institutions, with police and Cossacks stationed outside. Revolutionaries waved red flags and sang, while a portrait of the Emperor was torn in the university hall. Meanwhile in Cheyenne, depositions in Buffalo Bill Cody’s divorce case ended with Mrs. Cody resting. dates were set for further testimony and rebuttal across North Platte and Paris timelines.
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St. Petersburg
University of
Russia
Zemsky Sobor
Cheyenne
Wyo
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Louisa Cody
Roosevelt pledges full support for Standard Oil investigation
President Roosevelt assured Mr Campbell of Kansas that all federal power would be used if needed to probe Standard Oil to ensure fair treatment for small producers dealers and consumers while protecting the company from injustice. Campbell said he had heard from the Texas Legislature speaker urging the inquiry extend to Beaumont Texas and noted hundreds of telegrams and letters about the probe. The Standard Oil Company was preparing its defense and would resist the inquiry.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Campbell
Kansas
Standard Oil Company
House
Texas
Department of Commerce and Labor
Standard
Beaumont
Wuld
Mine Explosion Traps Up To 135 Miners Near Birmingham
An explosion at the Virginia mine, about eighteen miles southwest of Birmingham, entombs between 110 and 135 union miners. Rescue teams work frantically as officials fear a high death toll. Dust is suspected as the cause, though the mine was known to be dust free. If all were killed, exact reasons may never be known.
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Birmingham
Ala
Virginia
House Adopts Resolution on 640 Acre Homestead Bills
Washington February 21 By a 170 to 57 vote the House adopted a resolution making the Colorado and South Dakota 640 acre homestead bills a continuing order of business. The measure now appears headed for passage in the next few days after hours of debate. Chairman Lacey and several members opposed the bills. The vote signals a large majority in favor of the homestead reform.
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Washington
House
Colorado
South Dakota
Lacey
Public Lands Committee
Committee Overrules Subcommittee Amid Civic Clash in Denver
In Denver on February 21 the Republican reports an executive session where a sub committee of three to draft a governor contest report was rescinded by a 14 to 11 vote. W H Griffith, long ill, led opposition while denying partisan aims and urging Colorado’s good name over party power.
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Farmers’ Institute
Sterling
Denver
Farmington Railroad
Durango
Rio Grande Railroad
Pueblo
Isaac Rosskam
Philadelphia
National Jewish Hospital
Colorado Kennel Club
William F. Jones
Moffat Road
San Cristobal
Hinsdale County
United States Board On Geographical Names
Chris Laib
Longmont
Nederland
Caribou
A. M. Stevenson
Colorado
J. C. Boosinger
Portland
Fremont County
Salida Hospital
Willam H. Griffith
Griffith
Joint Assembly
W.H. Griffith
Waldron
Peabody
Thomas
Adams
Hill
Harris
Jefferson
Lehrritter
MacKenzie
Davis
Drach
Heistand
Hutt
Dements
McIntyre
Vance
Thompson
Alexander
Barela
Lewis
Robertson
de la Vergne
Church
Dungan
Feltzer
Stephen
Stewart
iMith
Stratton Estate Wins in Federal Appeals Court
Denver news reports that Judge Adams of the Federal Court of Appeals in St. Louis ruled in favor of W. S. Stratton estate executors against the Venture Company of London over the Stratton's Independence mine in Cripple Creek. The decision fixes the mine’s value, supports purchase price, and clears obstacles to building the Myron Stratton home. It affirms earlier rulings, may unlock $400,000 inheritance tax, and boosts Cripple Creek mining. A second item notes Commercial Cable Company plans a new Atlantic cable, with bids filed and operation expected by summer.
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Sullivan
Colorado & Southern
Loveland
Loveland Hospital
Colorado
Oscar C. Reitze
Reitze Wall Paper and Paint Company
Denver
Elizabeth Sopris
Richard Sopris
Pike’s Peak Country
Kansas
Greeley
Omaha
St. Joseph
Chicago
Morton Jones
J. M. Herbert
A. C. Foster
M. Y. Osborn
J. J. Meade
E. E. Fauver
1St National Bank of
Margaret Prendergast
Colorado Agricultural College
Wyoming Agricultural College
Charles Wynn
Wellington Llewellyn
Thomas Clifford
William Griffiths
Wynn
Llewellyn
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Holmberg
Moses Hallett
United States District Court
Pueblo
France
United States
America
New York City
Meeker
Colo
Adams
Federal Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Stratton
Independence
Cripple Creek
Venture Company of London
London Corporation
W. S.stratton
Mr. Stratton
Myron Stratton
Riner
Mother of Twenty Children at Wraz Bohemia
The wife of a Bohemian shoemaker near Wraz has given birth to four children at one birth after already bearing sixteen. Three of the four are living. A new idea suggests painting luminous house numbers on front doors to be visible at night. Tolstoi’s works popular in translations across Germany England China and Hebrew.
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Wraz
Bohemia
Tolstoi
Germany
England
Quick Cure of Rheumatism by Dodd's Kidney Pills
Goodland Kansas February 20 special a local blacksmith N E Albertson cured of rheumatism by Dodd's Kidney Pills. Pain in shoulders and arms vanished and has not returned since. Neighbors also using the pills after seeing his recovery.
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Dodd
Kansas
Goodland
Kan
N. E. Albertson
Cure for Salt Rheum by Cuticura Charms Patient Letter
Mrs. Caroline Cable of Waupaca Wisconsin reports her husband suffered salt rheum on his hands, worsened to constant bandaging, until Cuticura soaps ointment and pills fully cured him. The patient’s hands remain smooth and she hopes the letter helps others. Also mentions Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children with 30,000 testimonials and free samples from LeRoy New York druggists.
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Caroline Cable
Waupaca
Wis
Mother Gray
New York
A.s.olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
Defiance Starch Promises Savings and No Stick Iron
An old advertisement page touts Defiance Cold Water Starch for laundry use, claiming 1 oz per package in a full pound, same price as %-pound rivals, and no iron sticking thanks to chemical-free composition. It warns against inferior 12 oz packages and includes filler testimonial lines and various product pitches.
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Defiance
Defiantarch
Do You Snore In Your Sleep Dialogue Exchange
A brief back and forth ponders sleep noises with a quirky exchange. One speaker jokes about snoring if any occurs, prompting a light, witty moment in a rural-leaning column tone.
Fragments Reflect Satire and Advertisements in Teas and Starch
The piece mocks tea quality with a wry quote about poor brews and men’s morals. It also touts Defiance Starch claiming superior stiffness and durability, promising more product for the money. An Irish philosopher quips on silencing talkative men, wrapped among miscellaneous historical advertisement snippets.
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John W. Boyer
Colonel Cody
C. P. Davis
Kuropatkin
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Grippenberg
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Frances E. Willard
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Standard Oil Investigation
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Stratton Estate
Court of Appeals
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Commercial Cable Company
Cuticura
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
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Schilling
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Yen
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