Kentuckian Wheeler Sparks House Speech on Britain
In Washington on February 15, Representative Wheeler of Kentucky denounced U S policy as European influenced, attacking the state department and administration for flunkeyism toward Britain and backing a harsher stance on Pauncefote and Prince Henry amid the South Africa debate and Lafayette era references. Grosvenor and Boutell defended diplomacy as Wheeler pushed for a tougher line and removal of the state department head. The exchange intensified before pension bill consideration resumed.
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Washington
Wheeler
Administration
State Department
Great Britain
United States
Boutell
Prince Henry Sails from Bremerhaven for New York
Reports from Bremerhaven describe Prince Henry departing aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm at 3:43 PM as crowds cheered. The voyage is expected to reach New York by February 22, with arrival off Fire Island projected around 4–5 AM and docking near Sandy Hook about ten o'clock.
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Bremerhaven
Prince Henry
New York
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Atlantic
Kiel
von Arnim and
von Koester
Kronprinz
Deutschland
Lloyd’s
Prince
Fire Island
Sandy Hook
Cherbourg
Cherbourg Mole
President to Announce Schley Case Decision Next Week
Washington February 15 cabinet discussion centered on the presidents forthcoming reply to Admiral Schley’s appeal. The president plans to announce conclusions mid next week after refining a long draft that clearly presents the Santiago battle facts as provided by the captains who conferred with him at the White House. The decision is described in a vigorous, decisive tone.
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Washington
Admiral Schley
Schley
Santiago
White House
Price of Broom Corn Rises in Arcola Lettered by Manufacturers
Price of broom corn rose by 20 dollars a ton in Arcola Illinois as manufacturers planned to gather the remaining brush. The advance will require a matching increase in broom prices when producers meet in Chicago next week.
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Arcola
Ill
Chicago
Parry Urged to Seek 1904 Vice Presidential Nomination
D M Parry president of Parry Manufacturing and vice president of the National Manufacturing Company is urged by Indiana friends and politicians to stand for the 1904 vice presidential nomination.
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Indianapolis
Ind
D. M. Parry
Parry Manufacturing Company
National Manufacturing Company
Indiana
Plague Ravages Punjab Under Non Intervention Regime
Lahore dispatch reports the plague in Punjab under the new non intervention regime with about 1000 deaths daily. The message cites the Punjab as severely hit and escalating.
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India
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Lahore
Punjab
Roosevelt Boys Advance as Groton Infirmary Sees Restful Recovery
The Groton school reports Theodore Roosevelt Jr and two Gammell Potter boys improving after illness. They have eaten solid food including meat and rest comfortably as doctors adjust care and aim to have them sit up by Monday. All vitals are normal and sleep is prioritized for recovery.
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Groton
Mass
Groton School
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Gammell
Potter
Poys
Dr. Warren
Jewett
Boston
Warren
Roosevelt
Posses Mobilized to Track Jack Muskrove Bandits
El Paso reports sheriffs in Guadalupe Union Lincoln and Chaves counties act on Gov Otero's orders to form posses of picked men to hunt the Muskrove bandits. A war of extermination is anticipated as the region braces for intensified pursuit and tense times ahead.
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el Paso
Tex
Otero
New Mexico
Guadalupe
Union
Lincoln
Chaves
Jack Muskrove
Earthquake levelled Shamaka in Transcaucasia
A St Petersburg dispatch reports Shamaka, a large town in Transcaucasia, destroyed by a powerful earthquake. No details on casualties or damage are available yet, but only a few houses remain standing.
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London
St. Petersburg
Shamaka
Transcaucasia
Milman Dies. Long Service Clerk of the House of Commons
Sir Archibald Milman longtime clerk of the house of commons died Friday morning in London. He served the house from 1857 until recently, a career spanning many years of public service.
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London
Sir Archibald Milman
House of Commons
Hindoo Twin Cordica Dies After Separation
Cordica the Hindoo twin who was separated from Radica on February 9 died Sunday morning at seven o'clock from convulsions caused by advanced tuberculosis. The twins had shown improvement last week and played together before Cordica's death, which was kept from Radica as she continued to recover.
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Paris
Cordica
Radica
Youthful Murderer in St. Louis Feud Fatal Shooting
Willie Ledger aged 16 was shot and killed Friday night by 10-year-old Fretwell Shock in St. Louis. The killing ends a feud between two factions of boys, both sons of well-to-do and respectable families.
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St. Louis
Willie Ledger
Fretwell Shock
Miner reports three dead in Smith Gulch snowslide
A miner arriving from Warrens brings news of the deaths of three men who were caught in a snowslide near the head of Smith Gulch on the route to Thunder Mountain.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Warrens
Smith Gulch
Thunder Mountain
MISS ANTHONY HONORED ON 82ND BIRTHDAY
Susan B Anthony marked her eighty second birthday at the National American Woman Suffrage association meeting. Delegates sent greetings from abroad and from the platform she spoke of fifty years of work for woman suffrage. Resolutions urged anti vice regulation in new possessions and a sixteenth amendment.
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Washington
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Susan B. Anthony
Laura de Merritte
Miss Anthony
Roosevelt
Chicago
Illinois
France
National Association
England
Trains Collide in Iowa Head-On Crash Near Gifford
Four men die in a head-on collision on the Iowa Central line north of Gifford. Engineers Wallace Frew and John White, firemen Frank Patton and Elmer Ogle are killed. traveling salesman Lawrence Jegan injured. causation cited as Frew missing a passenger train.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Central Road
Gifford
Wallace Frew
Keithsburg
Ill
John White
Oskaloosa
Eldora
Frank Patton
Elmer Ogle
Lawrence A. Jegan
Chicago
Frew
Ransom paid for Miss Stone. release of companion bulb
Washington reports confirmation that Miss Stone’s captors received the ransom. Mme Tsilka, her Bulgarian companion, is believed released with ransom not paid for her. Officials say Stone’s case may lead to Turkey or Bulgaria accountability and refund of the ransom.
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Washington
State Department
Miss Stone
Secretary of State
Constantinople
Mme. Tsilka
Turkey
Bulgaria
Explorer Returns Home After Record South Pole Crossing
Explorer C. FE. 3orehgrevinck arrived in New York City after a dangerous voyage that brought him 500 miles closer to the south pole than any prior expedition. He gathered significant scientific data during the journey.
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New York
C. FE
South Pole
Lexington Dooley Shot and Robbed by Highwayman
Lexington Dooley, son of Rev John Dooley a Monterey Congregational minister, was shot in the thigh and robbed by a highwayman while walking from Monterey to Great Barrington on Friday night.
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Great Barrington
Mass
Lexington Dooley
John Dooley
Monterey
Massacre of French Scientific Mission report from New Guinea
Survivor recounts brutal ambush by cannibals at Siberaka New Guinea on January 1. Yacht Salvatti party slain. 32 bodies recovered with graphic mutilations. rescuers freed survivor at dawn as cannibals fled.
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Paris
la Patrie
M. Rouyer
Siberaka
New Guinea
M. Rouger
Salvatti
Baron Villars
Count de Saint Remy
MM. Hagenbeck
Vries
M. Hagenbeck
Dr. Forsterang
M. Veyes
Earthquake Devastates Shamaka Area Killing Thousands
Reports from Shamaka and surrounding towns detail a devastating earthquake on February 17 with hundreds of corpses recovered and vast destruction. Many victims were Mussulmans. relief efforts face slow excavation amid ongoing shocks as tens of thousands face hunger and shelter shortages.
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St. Petersburg
Shamaka
Tiflis
Trans-Caucasia
Berlin
Baku
Transcaucasia
Russian Transcaucasia
Furious Snowstorm Paralyzes New York and Atlantic Coast
A brutal blizzard from Sunday into Monday burying New York City under 9.3 inches of snow with 34 mph winds at Atlantic City and 11 inches at Philadelphia. Ferry routes, cargo, and mail service faced delays while ships and railroads across the region labored to cope. Four thousand workers cleared Manhattan streets as department stores closed early. Ten miles below Delaware Breakwater the Anna Murray schooner ran aground, with life-saving stations reporting no distress despite limited vessel movement.
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New York
New York City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Sandy Hook
New York Central
Long Island
Jersey City
Broadway
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Weather Bureau
Cape May
Pennsylvania
Anna Murray
Boston
Baltimore
Indian River Inlet
Delaware
Chincoteague
Barnegat
N. J
Boer trap near Joannesburg traps British infantry
Ninety mounted infantrymen and 150 men chased a Boer into a farmhouse near the Klip river on February 12. Fire from three sides trapped the British on a ridge. two officers and ten men were killed and many wounded before retreat to cover. Wolmarans and Wessels sail to New York to tour the United States for Boers.
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Pretoria
Klip River
Johannesburg
the Hague
Messrs. Wolmarans and
Wessels
New York
Rotterdam
Boulogne
United States
Kruger
Messrs
Wolmarans
Mortgage Filed to Secure $20 Million Bond Issue
A first mortgage deed of trust covering all property of the St. Louis Kansas City Colorado Railway Company has been filed in Clayton to secure a bond issue of 20 million dollars. The Union Trust Company of St. Louis is named trustee.
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St. Louis
St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado Railway Company
Clayton
Union Trust Company
Not a Candidate Noted in Indianapolis VP Mention
Not a candidate for vice president is stated by D. M. Parry a well known Indianapolis manufacturer and prominent Republican He says he does not expect his name to be considered for the post and dispatches the rumor as unfounded in Indianapolis February 17.
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Indianapolis
Ind
D. M. Parry
Republicans Hold Third Caucus on Southern Elections
Washington February 18 Republican members of the House held a third caucus to discuss southern elections. Speaker Henderson did not attend and 86 of 199 Republicans were present, short of a quorum. A Dick of Ohio resolution was adopted asking the Rules Committee to report a resolution for an 11 member special investigating committee to probe voter disfranchisement. The group said the 86 votes would portend approval if a quorum existed and suggested investigations could be conducted in Washington without southern travel.
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Gen
Washington
House of Representatives
Henderson
Ohio
House Committee On Rules
Committee On Rules
South
Whisky Tax Law Upheld by Missouri Judge
Butler Missouri February 18 Judge Graves in the circuit court held the whisky tax law passed by the last general assembly constitutional The act imposes a ten cent a gallon tax on whisky sold in the state creates a special license commissioner at a 3000 salary and provides for deputies State Inspector Thomas J Martin has been attempting to collect the tax from saloonkeepers and wholesale liquor dealers who have resisted.
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Butler
Graves
General Assembly
Thomas J. Martin
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