Powers Urge Japan to Pacific Action in Early 1900s Report
A Vladivostok dispatch says all powers urged Japan to maintain the status quo in the Pacific, stressing peace in the Far East. Russia’s battler ship Oslayba sails toward Suez while troops guard foreign residences in Seoul amid rising tensions with Korea.
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Japan
Pacific
St. Petersburg
Vladivostock
Seoul
Korea
United States
Electric Power Company
Chemulos
Postal Frauds Trial Continues In Washington Court
The trial of Machen and others in post office fraud cases resumes as former Assistant Postmaster General Johnson testifies. He explains Machen's push to expand free delivery, the need for new customs and methods, and his responsibility for clerks and signatures on letters. Former First Assistant Postmaster General Jones recalls orders tied to Groff fast energ and Machen's division.
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Washington
Jan
Machen
Thetross
Johnson
Douglass
Smith
Fie
Gof
Jones
Outbreaks and Martial Law in German Southwest Africa
Martial law declared in Swakopmund and Karibib amid Herreros uprisings in German Southwest Africa. Berlin reports 30,000 to 40,000 potential rebels. Windhoek notes garrison pressure at Okahandja, planned relief attempts failed, and reinforcements reach Karabib as fighting escalates.
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Swankopmund
German Southwest Africa
Karibib
Berlin
Indhoek
Damaraland
Colonial Bureau
Foreiegn
Windhoeck
Southeast Africa
Okahandya
Karabib
Katabib
Dan
Zulow
Waldad
President Eliot’s Views On Democracy and Liberty
Harvard President Eliot warned at a Brooklyn club reception that democracy in which the majority rules and unions shape the state threatens liberty. He praised students in Europe who fought absolutism and noted modern students striving for freedom of speech and thought.
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New York
Brooklyn
Eliot
Harvard University
Universite
Raria
S shooting ends fatally in Baker City altercation
In Baker City Oregon on January 16 W F Butcher former Democratic candidate and noted eastern Oregon lawyer shot J C White a contractor twice once in the neck and again in the arm White walked for miles seeking aid but doctors cannot confirm recovery White and Butcher, tied to a Weiser Idaho light and water plant contract, argued over the deal White claims he warned Butcher he would thrash him. Butcher says he acted in self defense. Butcher surrendered and was released on bonds.
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Baker City
Ore
W. F Butcher
Oregon
J. C White
White
Butcher
Weiser
Ida
Russian Court Ailments Reported In Telegrams
New York telegrams from Werlin report the finance minister M Pieske near death as peritonitis sets in. The Czarin a is confined to her room after a car trouble recurrence. Dispatches from Cannes note Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch fit, while the Czar's uncle's condition is serious.
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New York
Werlin
Bt. Petersburg
The
Herald
M. Pieske, Minatoter
Finance
Peritonitts
Cannes
Michael Alexandrovitch
Bechtel Trial Hears Hotel Testimony In Quarrel
Jennie Conrad testified that Isabel and Webenberg visited her at the Grand hotel in October and that the murdered girl said she would wed Kickstein. Police Eastman described stains on the bed sheet and carpet in the room, noting a daub spot that appeared washed, with the carpet later relieved of the arnet.
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Bechtel
Allentown
Jennie Conrad
Isabel
Webenberg
Kickstein
Eastman
Tata Reghtet
Arnet
Smoot Senate contest hearings open in Washington
Senate elections committee heard arguments from Taylor for protestants and Worthington for Reed Smoot as the Smoot contest moves toward a full inquiry. The session included debate on church authority polygamy and the impact of the 1890 manifesto with a written reply due Monday.
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Smoot
Utah
United States
Worthington
Harrison
Washington
Taylor
Burrows
Head-On Collision Near Woolsey Nevada Injures Crew
A freight train collided head on with the eastbound Atlantic express near Woolsey Nevada at 2 30 a m injuring the fireman and a brakeman. Both engines were damaged while no passengers were hurt. The crash is blamed on telegraph operator error delivering wrong lateness orders.
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San Francisco
Jar
Jury in Sun and Dynamite Case Returns Not Guilty Verdict
Georgetown Colo Jan 16 The Sun and Aoon dynamite case jury deliberated since 4 20 Thursday and requested instructions on partial guilt. Judge Defrance told the jurors they could acquit or convict all or any defendant and the jury retired. At 2 o clock the jury returned a verdict declaring all defendants not guilty.
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Georgetown
Colo
Sun and Aoon
Gince
A. H. Defrance
Plead Guilty to Conspiracy In Candy Trade Case
Thirteen members of the New York Confectioners and Jobbers association pleaded guilty in the court of special sessions to conspiring to suppress competition and keep prices high. Their sentences were suspended on promises to obey the law. the case is cited as the first under the state anti trust statute. The group included the association president and executive committee members. A wholesale candy dealer who sold to blacklisters had sued, claiming losses after being driven from business, and three other dealers reported similar losses.
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New York
Thirtteen
New York Confectioners’ and Jobbers’ Association
Battle report in Buenos Aires area claims victory near Nico Perez
Report from Buenos Aires notes Uruguayan forces defeating insurgent general Saravas near Nico Perez in a clash that signals a significant engagement for the region. The dispatch highlights military gains and stability implications for the border area.
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Buenos, Ayres
Saravas
Nico Perez
Logan Editor in Hiding Sparks Polygamy Scandal
Sheriff pursues E. T. Hyde former Logan Nation editor amid a polygamy controversy tied to purported dispensation documents. Hyde fled after confrontation, later offered to return for trial seeking leniency. case draws anti Mormon sentiment and scrutiny of plural marriage practices.
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Logan
Hyde
Botanist Joshu Hooper Dies at 72 in Westchester
Westchester report Jan 16 records the death of Joshu Hooper a renowned botanist at age 72. Obituary notes his notable research and contributions to plant science and his standing in the scientific community.
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Westchester
Joshu Hooper
Former Congressman Lyman Barnes Dies in Appleton
Appleton Wis Jan 16 Former Congressman Lyman E Barnes died today due to appendicitis.
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Appleton, Wis
Lyman E. Barnes
Novel suit seeks costs for defending conviction
Thomas Watts Sr. files in Sangamon Circuit Court a writ of mandamus to force Sangamon County to pay $215 for his defense in a case where he was convicted of stealing hogs and sentenced to the Chester penitentiary. The Illinois Supreme Court later freed him, ordering his release, after his son testified against him.
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Springfield
Sangamon
Thomas Watts Sr
Chester
Supreme ‘Court
Watts
Prussian Diet Opens With Royal Pageant in Berlin
Emperor William in royal procession opened the Prussian diet reading a full speech in the castle hall. He entered with heralds and princes, spoke on domestic affairs, economic surplus for 1903, and 1904 budget plans including the Beprn Stettin waterway and Oder canal improvements. Cheers followed after a delayed prompt.
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Berlin
Diet
William
Prussia
Hohenzollern
Frederick
Henry
Prince Albrecht
von Buelow
Bepn-Stettin
Oder
Vistdla
Herr Schaffner
Herr Schafner
Bryan Returns Home After European Trip
William J. Bryan came back to Lincoln today and visited his home in high spirits. He confirmed plans to publish The Commoner in St. Louis as a daily paper during the Democratic convention and said he would wait to announce details after next Monday while attending a banquet in his honor here.
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Lincoln
William J. Bryan
Europe
St. Louis
Bryan
Ballyon
Brilliant Manila Welcome For Archbishop Harty
Archbishop Harty received a brilliant reception in Manila on January 16. A water pageant lit the bay with boats decked in colored bunting, while shore parades drew about 10,600 participants and thousands of school children from Catholic societies across the archipelago.
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Manila
Harty
Miners Strike at McLean County Coal Mines
Bloomington Illinois January 16 All 700 miners at the McLean county coal mines struck today after the company refused to pay them on the 15th as their contracts required.
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Bloomington
Jil
McLean County
Normandy Spinners Stall 85 Percent of Spindles
The president of the Normandy Spinners syndicate cabled the Lancashire federation that 85 percent of spindles in Normandy are stopping a day per week, and this will continue until the end of March.
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London
Normandy Spinners’ Syndicate
Lancashire Federation
Normandy
Improvements in Chili Port of Valparaiso Plan
New York dated January 16 reports the Chilean president asked Congress for authorization to open tenders for Valparaiso port construction. Surveys and plans by Jacob Kraus of the Netherlands Polytechnic are guiding a project costing about 11 million dollars. The port is seen as a major benefit to central Chile and neighboring Argentine provinces after new railway links open.
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New York
the Republic
Congress
Herald
Valparaiso
Chil
Jacob Kraus
Polytechnic School of
Netherlands
Argentina
Pdnaria
Aland
Large Fire Ravages Buffalo Wholesale District
A major fire hit the wholesale establishments and warehouses in Buffalo at Pearl and Erie streets, causing about 250000 dollars in losses. The heaviest damages hit George Irish Paper Co and Julius W. Georger hats, with five firemen hurt as the five to ten story structures burned, though the Dun building at the triangle apex was saved.
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Buffalo
Pearl
Erie
George Irish Paper Company
Julius W. Georger
H. W. Eames
William Hengerer Company
Dun
Mutinous Turkish Troops Menace Beirut
In Beirut a 1,300 strong mutiny by Turkish troops landed January 11 from Yemen and Arabia has besieged the governor’s palace demanding about 30 000 dollars. They were pacified by small loans from an Ottoman bank branch after a holiday closure, with threats to sack the bank if unmet.
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Constantinople
Beirut
Syria
Yemen
Arabia
Singular Coincidence Strikes Two Men Near Waldron
In St Paul Indiana on January 16 Jasper Carlisle and Argus Cantwell, neighbors near Waldron, sit in a store discussing recent tragedies when a messenger arrives to report Carlisle's mother died in a house fire. A telephone then informs that Cantwell’s elderly mother was badly burned by an open fire and later dies from her injuries.
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Ind
Jasper Carlsle
Argus Cantwell
Waldron
Carlisle
Cantwell
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