Czar’s War Delay Policy Seen As Likely
Reports from St. Petersburg say the Czar prefers delaying tactics to avert war with Japan while signaling readiness to fight if needed. Analysts note Russia aims to protect Far East gains and Corea while funding options look to banks and merchants. Britain’s Yangtse move is viewed as a strategic stake, potentially shaping a Manchuria-like reality without direct war.
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St. Petersburg
Japan
Russia
Corea
Far East
England
Great Britain
Thibet
Yangtse
Manchuria
China getting ready 70 fight new four tork
The Russian government watches with keen interest the energy of China in warlike preparations guided by many Japanese instructors. The buildup grows serious enough to influence Russia’s calculations and involve Franco-Russian and Anglo Japanese treaties.
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Herald
St. Petersburg
Thi
Russia
Japan Holds Cabinet Meeting Over Grave Situation
Tokio reports an important joint cabinet and privy council meeting today to plan extraordinary expenditures including Seoul-Fusan railroad completion. Japan may safeguard Corea if Russia does not modify its reply, but this need not trigger war.
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Cabinet
Privy Council
Seoul-Fusan
Russia
Japan
Corea
Preparations Underway to Close Colombian Legation
Washington December expects the Colombian legation to close as Secretary Hay has not yet replied to General Reyes note. Dossiers are packed and storage prepared. Reyes and Herron have avoided callers while awaiting Hay's formal reply on the Panama situation before severing relations with the United States.
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Washington
Hay
Trayes
Legation
Colombia
Representas ‘Tives
Reyes
Ieved
General Reyes
Dr. Herron
Mr. Hay
United States
From Slums to Earthly Country Life Plan Described
New York reports a scheme to operate a chain of cotton mills in North Carolina using tenement workers. The plan aims to relocate hundreds of women and children to a country life with cottages and schools near Marshall by the Biltmore estate. A mill with 15,000 spindles to begin soon, plus a model village of five room cottages and a company store with essentials at cost plus five percent, will be built.
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New York
Ila
Northarolina
Tranca
McI
Marshall
Biltmore
Ffteen Thousand Speedies
Seri Indians on warpath in Gulf of California raids reported
A New York Tribune dispatch from Hermosillo says the Seri Indians of Tiburon Island have gone on the warpath raiding mainland ranches. The tribes are described as cannibals and among the fleetest runners in the world.
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Chicago
New York Tribune
Hermosillo
Mexico
Tiburon Island
Gulf of California
Pneumonia Deaths Hit Chicago Record as Hospitals Strain
Chicago faces a pneumonia surge with 129 deaths in seven days, 27 percent of total mortality. Crowded county hospital wards push patients to sleep on floors while icy injuries also rise, prompting new emergency facilities and health bulletins.
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Chicago
Warships Reinforced On Both Sides Of Isthmus
Washington dispatch reports renewed naval buildup for Panama operations. Atlantic squadron gunboats Topeka Castine and Caesar join forces with torpedo boat destroyers Trixtun Stewart and barges. 600 men from Panama Marine Brigade head to Colon under Brig. Gen. Ellott. Pacific movements also surge with Petrel, New York, Bennington, Preble, Paul Jones, and Saturn en route or ready for Panama area.
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Washington
Panama
Topeka
Atlantic Training Squadron
Key West
Colon
Kingston
Trixtun
Stewart
Caribbean
Castine
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Caesar
Culebra
Dixie
League Island
Panana Marine Brigade
General Ellott
Isthmus
Pacific
Petrel
Acapulco
New York
Bennington
Preble
Paul Jones
Saturn
San Francisco
Sheepmen Murdered in Tonto Basin Feud Spark Arrests
Globe Arizona December 27 Two shepherds Berry a young man and a Mexican were killed near the Gisela settlement Brush Hollow in the Tonto basin scene of the Graham Te wksbury feud Deputies arrested Zack Booth and John Booth near Gisela with Zack confessing to the shooting and implicating his brother The feud between cattlemen and sheepmen has long bloodied the basin with a killing last year of Eugene Packard a cattleman by a Mexican sheepherder
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Globe, Ariz
Gisela Settlement
Globe
Berry
Brush Hollow
Tonto Basin
Terry
Zack Booth
Zack
John Booth
Gisela
Payson
John
Young Berry
Basin District
Eugene Packard
Tonto’ Basin
Baseball magnates meet in Chicago for annual association
The American Baseball Association opened its annual meeting in Chicago as club owners stayed mum on president choices. J Ed Grillo of Cincinnati is favored to succeed President Hickey who will resign. The league will keep last season's clubs Milwaukee Indianapolis Columbus Louisville Kansas City Minneapolis St Paul Toledo with Minneapolis changing ownership to manager Watkins of Indianapolis.
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Chicago
American Baseball Association
Regan
J. Ed. Grillo
Cincinnati
Moan
Hickey
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Columbus
Louisville
Kansas City
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Toledo
Watkins
Indiana City
Union protests deportation of John Turner anarchist
Central Federation of Labor adopted a resolution to convene a mass meeting to protest John Turner an anarchist held at Ellis Island. The union will appeal to all Central labor unions nationwide to support efforts to repeal the law under which Turner is detained. Delegates argued the existing law has the opposite intended effect.
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UNION
John Turner
New York
Central Federated Union
Pis Island
Coun
Try
Turner
Boy and Old Man Die in Cabin Fire at Anthracite
Crested Butte Colorado December 28 A 55 year old man Chas Ostraut eccentric resident and a 10 year old boy Joseph Beitler burned to death in a cabin near Anthracite The cabin was Ostrauts home where he cut timber for a coal mine The 14 year old George Beitler escaped with no explanation given as he was too upset The two bodies were nearly consumed by the flames
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Crested Butte
Colo
Chas. Ostraut
Joseph Beitler
Ostraut
George
Fearful man dies after graveyard body theft ties
Frank McNamee once led a syndicate that stole more than sixty bodies from Lebanon cemetery. He was found unconscious with a fractured skull at Fifth and Walnut and died hours later. Police probe the motive as rivals seek his killer. he had served two years for grave robberies and lived in fear after prison.
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Philadelphia
Frank McNamee
Lebanon
Fifth
Walnut Streets
McNamee
McNames
Death claims noted author
Mrs. Alexander Sullivan a noted author and editorial writer died at 68 after a week of illness from paralysis. Born Margaret K. Buchanan in Ireland she moved to Detroit as a child and became a fluent linguist. She contributed to the New York Sun and edited for the Chicago Times and Chicago Chronicle. She had a prior stroke in 1896.
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Chicago
Alexander Sullivan
Atlantic
Sullivan
Margaret K. Buchanan
Ireland
Detroit
Charles A. Dana
New York Sun
Chicago Times
Wilbur F. Storey
Wreck Toll Revised: 19 Die in Pere Marquette Crash
Grand Rapids, Dec 28 A careful revision reduces the Pere Marquette wreck toll to 19 dead from 22 as initially reported. Several names were incorrect or insubstantial. some listed dead were found alive, and William G. Smith of Portland is confirmed as the victim, while F. M. Gillett is corrected. Injured are reported to be improving and the railroad manager defers blame, citing long serving, responsible staff.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Allen H. Wells
Big Rapids
Peter Welrlnger
Peterson
Thompson
Sioux City
Iowa
F. M. Gillett
Portland
William G. Smith
Carpenter
Bgent
BfeCord
Exodus of Jews from Russia sparks emigration fears
New York reports an anonymous circular ahead of January 7 Greek Christmas calls for anti Semitic demonstrations. Kishinev to America dispatch notes rising attacks on Jews with broken windows and threats of violence as Jews flee and prepare to emigrate.
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New York
Kishineft
Selecting Jurors for Dynamite Case in Colorado
In Estes Park area the process of examining potential jurors for the dynamite case near Idaho Springs resumed today. JH Chandler of the Idaho Springs Miners' Union, arrested in Los Angeles on charges of complicity to the dynamiting, has not yet secured bondsmen.
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Aearestown
Colo
Taleamen
Idas To Springs
JH. Chandler
Miners’ Union
Los Angeles
Egy
London gold comes to New York from London trade
New York December 28. The National City Bank has engaged 250000 dollars of gold in London for import to New York.
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London
New York City
The
National City Bank
New
Benton hearing postponed to January 6 in land fraud case
Washington December 23 08 Commissioner Taylor by agreement of counsel postponed the hearing of John A Benton of San Francisco recently arrested here in the land fraud investigation from next Wednesday to January 6.
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Washington
Taylor
John A. Benton
San Francisco
Miners Attorney Ordered to Leave Telluride
Telluride Colorado December 28 reports say former Attorney General Eugene Engley Cripple Creek attorney for striking union winners has been warned to leave the district at once or face arrest.
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Telluride
Colo
Eugene Engley
Cripple Creek
Wjners
Russia's Big Order for Meat for Army
Kansas City December 23 The Russian government ordered a million and a half pounds of mess meat for immediate shipment to San Francisco. Delivery to arrive by January 22 for use by the Russian army with Port Arthur as a likely destination. One third of the meat has already been sent west through the San Francisco packing house.
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Kansas City
San Francisco
Port Arthur
Tocal Packing House
San Francisco Commission
Secretary Moody orders general court martial for naval explosion
Secretary Moody, following a naval officers board report, orders a general court martial at the New York Navy Yard to convene January 6. Otto Fries, gunner in charge, faces charges of negligence for failing to observe regulations. Sergeant Brooks, head of the marine guard, is charged with abandoning his post and taking his men to safety.
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Washington
Moody
New York Havy Yard
Otto Fries
Sergeant Brooks
Marine Guard
Fries
Brooks
Admiral Glass movements deemed insignificant
Washington reports from the Navy department say the Marines removal from Yaviza to Basobispo on the Panama Railroad is a routine action by Admiral Glass as part of a general policy, not a Washington directed change. No significant policy shift. two dispatches say no news. A party of twenty Marines remains at Yariza for observation.
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Washington
Navy Department
Prairie
Yaviza
Basobispo
Panama
Calon
Glass
Yariza
Miner Leaders Face Arrest as Gaid Refuses to Leave
Gaid declared he will not go and would not seek bail if arrested. J O Williams, vice president of the miners' union, was warned by Deputy Sheriff William Runnells that he must leave town or be jailed. Williams stayed, but his exact whereabouts are unknown amid rumors of broad arrests of strikers with no official statement.
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Gaid
J. O Willams
Miners’ Union
William Runnells
Hay's Condition Is Unchanged Amid Hospital News
Washington Pec 28 The condition of Secretary Hay remains unchanged and his branchial trouble has not yielded to treatment. If no betterment occurs, Mr Konis will officiate at the New Year's Day breakfast to the diplomatic corps and Mr Loomis will attend the President's reception at the secretary's residence. Galling climate may aid a cure and a January trip to Georgia for Col Oliver P Paype Tha xorld is noted.
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Washington
Pec
Hay
Geargld
Oliver Paype
Loomis
Big Day at Cottox in New Orleans
New Orleans reports a vast day of business as a major event at Cottox drew immense volume and activity.
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Cottox
New Orleans
Cotton Market Today Prices Rise Toward 15 Cent Mark
Cotton market today shows prices from 8 to higher than Thursday close with strong demand from all quarters. Gains were broad and prices could have pushed to 15 cents with some support from the buyers side.
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Wit
Brazil to Reduce Tariff Rates
New York reports a Rio de Janeiro dispatch detailing Brazil's plan to cut tariffs by forty percent on imports from any country that grants Brazil coffee free entry. Papers say the move benefits the United States by easing access for its products, though critics warn it harms other domestic industries.
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New York
Brant
Rio Janeiro
Beneft
United States
Itta
Argentina Sells Two Warships Moreno and Rivadavia
New York dispatch reports that Argentina sold two warships, the Moreno and Rivadavia, built in Italy at Ansaldos yard, for 7.5 million dollars. The buyer remains unnamed as the Buenos Aires government did not identify the purchaser.
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New York
Herald Dispatch
Buenos Aites
Moreno
Rivadavia
Ansaldos Yarde
Italy
Anthony Gibba and Company
Tha G Avsernment
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