Japanese Forces Advance Toward Wiju Amid War Reports
Seoul dispatches outline a three-route Japanese advance on Wiju by 45 000 troops including Imperial Guards with a first army. Skirmishes near Ping Ju left casualties on both sides while supply lines move from Hai Jub and Anampho. Reports mention Russian underestimation of Japanese strength and rumors of landings near New Chwang.
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Seoul
Vila
Shanghai
Imperial Guards
Anju
Wiju
Ping Ju
Chong Ju
Rato
Kurowaka
Ping Yeng
Hai Jub
Inampho
Ching Chein
Anja
Fusan
Korea
Konje Island
Masampho
Anfu
Liao Tung
New Chwang
Deserted Wiju Town Reported After Japanese Scouts
Dispatches from Pingwang say Japanese scouts found Wiju deserted when they entered Sunday last. Korean residents report Russian forces near the Yalu are in small detached parties. Captain Stephanoff’s Odessa statement on the Chemulpo incident is expected to end the Russia Russia dispute. St Petersburg prepares to entertain Variag and Korietz crews with a council vote of 7500 for festivities. Scholarships will be
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Tokio
Pingwang
Wiju
Yalu
St. Petersburg
Stephanoff
Variag
Odessa
U. & S. Vicksburg
Chemuipo
Russia
the Zeitung
Chemulpo
Korietz
Hamburg-American Steamer Fuerst Bismarck Sold to Russia
Hamburg notices confirm the sale of the Hamburg American steamer Fuerst Bismarck to a foreign power. Earlier reports from March 4 claimed the 3226 ton twin vessel had been sold to Russia, a claim Boersenhalle had denied at the time.
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Hamburg
Boersenhalla
Forest Bismarck
Russia
Boersenhalle
Bryan returns to Lincoln and plans farm work at home
W J Bryan came back to Lincoln from the east and will stay at home for several weeks to assist with spring work on his farm. He declined to comment on national politics and said future statements would be published only in his newspaper.
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Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Aged man dies saving another in New Jersey fire
In Washington New Jersey 90 year old Samuel Mowery burned to death while saving 80 year old William Drake from a grass fire on a shared farm. Drake survived after Mowery rolled him to extinguish flames but collapsed from smoke and heat. Both men perished in the blaze and were found hours later.
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New York
Samuel Mowery
Washington, N. J
William Prake
Drake
Mywery
Mowery
Fatal Riot At Chicago Diesel Plant Ends In Death
A riot at a Chicago Diesel branch plant over Greek strikebreakers left one man dead when bricks flew and shots were fired. Police dispersed the striking workers as nonunion men entered with escorts, while several girls aided by union factions attacked substitute press feeders. Bertha Van Gelder, among the press feeders, was beaten en route home and remained in critical condition.
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American Can Company
Chicago
Bertha van Gelder
Union Me
Miss van Gelder
Eai
Missouri Electric Light and Power merger suit filed
A suit filed in St Louis on April 6 seeks to annul the $2 million consolidation of the Missouri Electric Light and Power Company with Sulu Foxtight Agalnet Missouri Cor poration Combine. The action targets the merger and associated financial terms.
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Sulu Foxtight Agalnet
Missouri Corporation Combine
Bt. Lfiuls
Missouri Electric Light and Power Cg
Rock Island Executes Mortgage Deed to Central Trust Co
A mortgage deed for 163 dollars and 90,000 pounds is executed to Central Trust Co at Ouaha April 5. A Dominican cruiteer is due to arrive soon with President Moralea aboard for an unknown port visit.
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Office of the Register of Deeds
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
Central Trust Company of
New York
Rock Island
Central Trust Co
Cape Hayden
Moralea
Battleship Virginia Launched at Newport News Yard
In Newport News Virginia was launched today before 20 000 cheering spectators with bands playing The Star Spangled Banner and Dixie Miss Millday Gay Montague daughter of Governor Montague served as sponsor at the Newport News Shipbuilding Company yard
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Newport News
Dixie
Godspeed
Virginia
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Millday Gay Montague
Montague
Status of Canal Bonds
Washington April 5 The senate committee on finance authorized Senator Aldrich to report an amendment to the Panama canal zone bill granting canal construction bonds all rights and privileges of the 2 percent government bonds. The change allows national banks to use the bonds as a basis for circulation.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Finance
Aldrich
Panama Canal Zone
Five Tickets Compete In Kansas City And Wisconsin Elections
Milwaukee votes heavily in a dramatic municipal battle while Wisconsin holds statewide elections including the supreme court. Five tickets are listed in Kansas City today as voters go to the polls across the state.
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Kansas City
Milwaukee
Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Voters Decide In Split Municipal Election Here
Five tickets were on the ballot in Kansas City municipal election. Due to a Democratic split two mayoral candidates competed. Republicans Labor party and Socialists each presented full slates as weather loomed and registration reached a record.
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Kansas City
Labor Party
Nebraska municipal elections heat South Omaha race
Omaha and other Nebraska cities held elections on April 5 with Omaha operating under its own charter. Campaigns in South Omaha drew special attention as parties aimed for a strong showing in the second congressional district ahead of fall elections.
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Omaha
Nebraska
South
Chicago’s Chicago Elections on Municipal Street Railways
Chicago voters faced a bustling municipal election with 35 alderman seats and a pivotal vote on municipal ownership of street railways under the Mueller law.they also decided on electing the city board of education, taxing South Side property for the Field Columbian Museum, and locating the John Crerar Library building on the lakefront.
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Chicago
Illinois
Mueller
City Board of Education
South Side
Field Columbian Museum
John Crerar
Inke
Prohibition in Bessarabia City Streets and Private Homes
The governor of Bessarabia issues a strict ban on street and private gatherings and on carrying weapons after threats of anti Semitic disturbances. The order aims to curb potential outbreaks of violence and maintain public safety.
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St. Petersburg
Bessarabia
Smoot subpoenas renewed in Salt Lake City inquiry
United States Marshal Haywood has received another batch of subpoenas for witnesses in the Smoot investigation. Papers are returnable April 20. Officials withhold names and numbers. Report says proof of marriage contracted since the manifesto is sought.
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Balt Lake
Utah
United States
Haywood
Smoot
Church Receives $5000 Bequest For Expansion
Right Rev. Abie Leonard bishop of Salt Lake City will get $5000 from the Charlotte Mount will. She died at her home in New York leaving property valued at about $750000. The money is to be used to purchase land for church purposes.
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New York
Abie Leonard
Salt Lake City
Charlotte A Mount
Leonard {S
Ameri can Beet Sugar stockholders meet in Jersey City
The annual meeting of American Beet Sugar Co. stockholders was held in Jersey City. The old board of directors was re-elected with H. Rieman Duvall replacing J. Archibald Murray. President Henry T. Oxnard reported 81 053 tons of refined sugar produced in 1903 04. The company owns factories in California Colorado and Nebraska and is capitalized at 20 000 000.
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New York
American Beet Sugar Company
Jersey City
H. Rieman Duvall
J. Archibald Murray
Henry T. Oxnard
California
Colorado
Nebraska
Four Convicts Foiled Escape at Missouri Penitentiary
In Jefferson City on April 5 four inmates attempted an escape by brandishing revolvers at a guard. They were overpowered after trying to flee and were found with seven sticks of dynamite. Convicts James Thornton P T Ells James McDonald and J C Millard claim express delivery of gear. authorities suspect smuggling by friends.
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Jefferson City
John Williams
Willams
James Thornton
P. T. Ells
James McDonald
J. C. Millard
Express
Dastardly Bomb Found Aboard Steamer Albany
A bomb containing two pounds of powder and detonating caps was found on the guard rail of the steamer Albany in Portland Oregon. The fuse burned nearly to the caps before going out. Investigators suspect a Chinese plot based on wrapped materials. The Western Transportation Company had refused to employ Chinese workers.
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Portland
Ore
Albany
Western ‘Transportation Company
Freedman Named Estate Trustee for Ida A. Flagler
Andrew Freedman was chosen by Judge Gildersleeve to succeed Eugene M. Ashley as committee of Ida A. Flagler’s estate. The former Lily Flagler has been declared incompetent and cared for in New Rochelle with a $25,000 yearly allowance. Freedman must post a $2,500,000 bond.
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New York
Andrew Freedman
Gildersleeve
Supreme Court
Eugene M. Ashley
Lockport
N. Y
Ida A. Flagler
Henry M. Flagler
Booker Washington Urges Industrial Path for Negro Progress
In Chicago at Quinn chapel Booker T. Washington preached Race Building stressing industrial education over lofty college aims. He urged Negroes to focus on practical skills and cooperation with whites, especially in the South, while endorsing equal franchise and condemning lynching in a two hour address before a mixed audience.
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Chicago
Booker T. Washington
Quinn Chapel
Washington
Neok
South
Roosevelt's Election Predicted In House Speech
In Washington April 5 the House resumed the military academy appropriation debate. Rep Prince of Illinois predicted President Roosevelt's November election and warned that clashes between the general staff and the secretary of war could intensify. He urged departments heads to propose plans at the Capitol and warned against overruling Congress with subordinate opinions.
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Washington
House
Prince
III
Hoosevelt
General Staff
Secretary of War
Congress
Wade
Iowa
Gaines
Tenn
DeArmond
Protection for Panama Railroad in Labor Dispute
Washington reports labor troubles on the Isthmus of Panama have prompted cabinet discussion. The U S will protect Panama Railroad property if needed but will not force workers back. Secretary Moody to instruct Admirals Glass and Sigsbee to carry out the decision with forces available on the Isthmus.
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United States
Panama
Moody
Glass
Sigsbea
Senate considers purchase of Panama canal rights
In Washington on April 5 Senator Morgan pressed a resolution directing the attorney general to inform the senate whether the U S has made or is making any purchase of rights granted by Colombia to N B Wise for a Panama canal project or Panama railroad interest. He argued the Panama Canal company is a vessel of those rights and warned that paying Panama 310 million would leave the government to treat the canal company as a tenant.
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Washington
Senate
Morgan
Mads
United States
Colombia
N. B. Wise
Panama
Panama Canal
Panama Canal Company
Canal Company
Dramatic Acting Proposed for School Education
Mrs Emmons Blaine endorses a novel method using dramatic acting in the school room to teach history literature and ethics. The April article in The Elementary School Teachers argues the dramatic instinct can be trained to form stronger, wiser students through classroom plays directed by children themselves.
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Emmons Blaine
University Press
School of Education
Blaine
Impressive recital on Congo cruelties by Dr Orison in Louisville
Dr William Orrison, a Congo Free State missionary, described atrocities by a 20 000 strong cannibal army led by white Belgians and forced labor and raids that depopulate villages. He cited severed hands and killings as evidence, urged action by British and American officials, and criticized Belgian authorities.
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William Orrison
Congo Free State
Congo State
Ortrison
Leopold
Belgium
Luebo
Acrc
Congo
Lord Lansdowne
Roger Clement
Essr
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