Russia’s Fleet Buildup Near Korea Sparks Crisis
Telegraph reports from London say ninety Russian warships have reached Ma-San-Pho in southern Korea and anchor near Japanese forces. Brigades march to the Korean boundary. diplomats from Russia and Japan seek an amicable agreement as tensions rise amid maritime brinkmanship and a looming crisis.
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Rusia
Russia
Korea
London
Ma-San-Pho
Port Arthur
Korean
Iaan
Plans for a Negro Empire by French Millionaire
A Parisian financier named Jacques Lebsady is alleged to plot a Pacific, commercial empire on Africa’s northwest coast. The proposed United States of Liberia would be peopled by African Americans from the United States with land grants and a self governing state. He seeks European consent and capital to back a venture that would yield mineral wealth and coffee.
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French
Millonaire
London
Maisaya
Jacques Lebsady
Wilionaire
Africa
United States
Mal
Lebanos
Ithodesia
Liberia
Ameri
Lebandy
India
Vic
ASK BIG FUND FOR NEGROES PROPOSITION TO RAISE 200 MILLION
A New York convention proposes a national fund of 200 million dollars for African Americans. The plan envisions taxing 10 million Black citizens to yield 30 million in one year or 200 million in four years. Interest at five percent would fund factories banks and other ventures for Black advancement.
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Commercial American Negro Naturnal Convention
New York
United States
Fatally Hurt by Air Ship in Indiana Invention Try
Charles Serogham of Brown County Indiana wired Nashville readers about a new lantern carrying device. At dusk he climbed Weed Daten Hill attached the machine to his body lit the lantern and leapt from the hill overlooking a ravine. He crashed on the rocks below suffering fatal internal injuries and the loss of an arm and leg.
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Indiana
Charles Serogham
Brown County
Ind
Nashville
Weed Daten Hill
Cloudburst at Pratt Kansas Destroys Property
Storm causes extensive damage in Pratt Kansas with a nine mile wide flood surge soaking Santa Fe railroad tracks and city water pumps. Three inches of rain in an hour floods facilities. no lives reported. Eight weeks of drought ends. Also reports multiple court actions and accidents in other areas.
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Pratt
Kan
Santa Fe
Egeleston
Great Sympathy Strike Impends Over Bridge Workers
An international sympathy strike affecting about 60 000 bridge and structural iron workers in the United States and Canada is planned for a few weeks. Pittsburg expects 3 000 workers to join, risking widespread layoff of related trades. The move supports New York members against the Cornell Construction Company, though some union leaders oppose due to Sam Parks’ ties to the New York action.
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United States
Canada
Pittsburg
New York
Cornell Construction Company
Bec Enue
Sam Parks
County jobs worth fifty four thousand four hundred thirty four dollars
A lengthy and disjointed compilation reports on Ohio public finance and auditor fees, noting Cuyahoga County and state officials tallying large fee sums and proposed additions to public service valuations. Included are references to a lynching in Georgia, confessions of crimes in Denver, storm deaths, and other distant news items, all presented as a single blurred digest.
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Cuyahoga
Guilbert
Ohio
Wricht
Cuyahoga County Auditore
Itx
Cleveland Public Service
Plot to free 1100 convicts shocks Pennsylvania
Authorities uncover a desperate plan led by James Gentry to free 1100 inmates at Eastern Pennsylvania Penitentiary. Investigators report a counterfeit plant a whisky still and a large cigar shortage amid broad frauds and irregularities across departments. The scheme aimed to oust longtime Warden Daniel W. Binscher.
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Nnsylvania
James Gentry
Madge Yorke
Daniel W. Bisincer
Penisylvania Penitentiary
Ciliac
Bride and Ghoom Robbers in Portland Confession
Arthur T. Johnson and his 17 year old wife confess to two highway robberies in Portland Oregon in September. The bride, married five months, admits involvement but officials delay prosecution, suspecting she was drawn in by her husband. Johnson is a pioneer of Portland and long-time head of a large meat packing concern. Mrs Johnson, aged 17 at marriage, was previously a widow.
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Katherine
Dayton
Ohio
W. H. Lane
Marion
Ger
Waa
Chase
Polier
Nellie Tarrant
Brinceton
Arthur S
Vincennes
Payid Goulwin
Richmond
Joseph Myers
Arthur Swope
Kokomo
Smuud Cunningham
Lammond
Chicago
Makut Marion
Greorge Ward
Purday University
John Stevenson
Wits
St. Thanberh's Hospital
Hutsonville
Voorhees Crow
David Lewis
Wiliam Galley
Secret Service
Lewis
Tailey
Bailey
Colorado
Society of Friends At
Motion
Sugar Grove
Hendricks County
Friends
Plainfield
Coast Guard Tales Of Lake Superior Rescue and Storm News
In a southwest gale on Lake Superior the schooner Pretoria broke from the steamer Sultana off Cooper Harbor and drifted before being sighted by Meiners Boyce Gratwick who towed her to an anchorage under Manitou Island. The Sultana later reached Sault St. Marie with sails blown, anchor gear damaged, and windlass broken.
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Pretoria
Manitou Island
Lake Superior
Sultana
Cooper Warbor
Meiners Boyce
Gratwick
Am Anchorage
Sault St Mich
Suspension After Color Rush at Buchtel College
A color rush at Buchtel College in Akron Ohio led to the suspension by the faculty of every man except three who arrived after the event. The upperclassmen initiated freshmen in a brutal display, then tore off their colors at chapel. President Church condemned the rush but allowed the freshmen to keep their colors.
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Buchtel College
Akron
Ohio
Church
Trade Review Signals Mixed Gains in Footwear and Exports
R G Don & Gos New York reviews trade with modest gains in manufacturing and footwear amid higher wholesale activity and stronger foreign commerce. Exports rise while imports fall from last year as stock stimulation affects markets. Rail and coke output adjustments shape supply, with grain and livestock prices showing varied changes and substantial weekly cattle receipts.
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R. G. Don & Gos
New York
Weexts
Connellsville
Trade Review Mixed as Crops Show Modest Improvement
Brodatreet's Trade Review notes mixed trade and crop conditions with some improvement in tone. Crop estimates for corn show expansion while cereal prices trend lower and point to larger future business. Reports vary by region, with Southwest Northwest and Pacific coast strongest, improved collections in the West signaling movement of delayed crops to market.
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Brodatreet
Andstreet
Southwest
Northwest
Pacific
Market Prices for Cattle Hogs Wheat by City
Chicago cattle and hogs mixed grades with quotable ranges from 0 to 6.00 plus freight notes. Cincinnati and Buffalo report hogs around 4.00 and cattle up to 4.65. wheat prices vary by grade No. 2 red 70c to 90c, corn No. 2 6 to 62c, butter creamery 18 to 20c. other locales list oats rye and hay values.
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Chicago
Detroit
Ste
Milwaukee
New
York
Geto dc
Indictments Return in Postal Dept Case Target Tyner Barrett
A federal grand jury returns fifteen new indictments closing much of the Post Office Department probe. General James N Tyner and Harrison Barrett are charged with conspiracy to defraud the government. D Dorlemus, George W Beavers, state senator George A Greene, Harry Hallenback, John J Metcalf and Norman Metcalf also face counts. Tyner, near 80 and crippled, is a former Postmaster General. Barrett is his nephew and former assistant attorney. Bond set at 35000 for Tyner and 10000 for Barrett. Next steps include Machen trial in Washington and Yobns and Miller in Cincinnati.
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Jalatiy Weld
Barrett
Festal Frau
Federal Grand Jury
Office Department
Thal
James N.tyner
Postoffical Department
Harrison
Tyner
D. Doremus
George W. Beavers
George A. Greene
New York
Harry (. Hallenback
John J. Metcalf
Norman HR. Metcalf
August W. Machen
Washington
North Carolina
Scranton, Pay, Laurery Company
Payne
Bristow
Machen
Yobns
Daniel Miller
Cincinnati
Tyne
President Roosevelt narrowly escapes assassin at White House
An anarchist named Peter Elliott of Minneapolis tried to force entry and shoot President Roosevelt after a church visit. Elliott was overpowered in a struggle with officers, suffering cuts, and was jailed. the President escaped unharmed though security and hospital care followed.
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Peter Elliott
White House
Minneapolis
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Afonday
Jnstine
Map
Head
Elliott
Elliott E
Elousa
Eliott
Liberty
Omcer
James Cissell
Chauffecy
Trott
Oiher Cissell
Cissell
Two Young Men Take Their Own Lives In Indianapolis
George B. Williamson of Chicago and Marvin Welch of Janesville Wis, both clerks in the Central Union Telephone Company auditor’s department in Indianapolis, shot themselves in the head. Williamson died at 351 North Jefferson Avenue. Welch at his boarding house on 5615 North Delaware Street. Investigations suggest the pair, close friends brought from Chicago four months ago, planned the double tragedy.
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George B. Williamson
Chicago
Marvin Welch
Janesville
Wis
Central Union ‘Telephone Company
Indianapolis
Williamson
North
Jefferson Avenue
Welch
Delaware Street
Chet
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William C. Magelssen
Cotton
Cansus
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Congress
Bulgaria
Slocedonia
Dowd
John Dowd
William Crowley
United Tes Arsenal
Pitsburg
Adua S. Challee
Ve Bund
Pritchard
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
George E. Green
Binghampton
N.C
Wm. Doreums
Green
Masonic Temple Theatre
Fort Wayne
Hoy
Raymond Nagle
George Nagle
Wapakonet
Himgelf
Pekin
Manchuria
Cloudsuabst
Pratt, Kas
Denes
Leonard Lavergne
Baptiste Borean
Albert Hobinson
Frank Jadlond
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Fred Winer
Moise Dupont
Andrew Denes
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Turener Kirkhead
Beverly
John Stuckey
Daniel Figsnn
Boston
Stig Four Railroad
St. Loui
Fred Wagener
Nough, Neb
Minnie Brown-Phillips
Harrix Cummings
Dennis Cummings
Douglas
Herbert Bowen
Richmond Hill
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Herbert, Jr
Mast New York
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Niagara Walls
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John Phil
Lesterhire
Prospoct Park
Phillips
General Tyner
Tormado
Regida
Liske
Atipams
Piace
Couty
St. Francisville
Tane Wis
Himmond
Alvid Bell
St. Anthony's Hospital
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Kell
Hall
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North Sea
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Schleswig
Frank
Thomas Elms
William Conn
Philadelphia
Rockefeller
Morgan Dal
D. Rockefeller
J. Tepeut
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United Statec Corporation
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Ching
Kansas
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Omaha
Union Pacific Shrine
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Johnson
Misaamtin
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Soo
Algoma Central
Consolidated Lake Superior Company
Sault Ste. Marie
Consolidated Company
Rock Island
Kansas City
Khan
Hays
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Wloteth
Bulfour
Duke of Devonshire
Mie
Alfred Lyttleton
Graham Murray
Scotland
Lord Stanley
Austen Chamberlain
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Nd Aenoll-Forster
Me Nin
Conn
Myrtle Curtis
Minnesota
St. Charles
Minn
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House of Commons
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Wilson
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Bisaot
Lake
Yet Boriten
Alice Ward
Horton
Narrows
Long Lake
Neae Brainerd
Henry L. Maxey
Alfred Tl. Pont & Co
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Chicaago
Post & Co
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Shreen Bay
Lipton
Thomas Lipton
Atlantic
William [ Baker
William ‘T. Baker
Highland Park
Caltec
Eneral Tyner
Muskogee
Missouri
Jacob Shreidler
Henry Steers
Soventh Ward Bank
Westport Harbor
Musa
Frank Hammond
Topeka
Ken
Iron Bridge Works
Ele Falls
Kian
Tyler Campbell
Bristol
Tenn
Knox
Sallabury
Jasper Coleman Way
Rufus Cox
Dalton
Harmon D. Wilson
P. Dexter
Norwalk
Santa Clara, N
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Pivatond
Gata Dreonk
Muncie
Kikiatt
Kenry Barney
Elkhart
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Ogilvie
Barney
Joseph Lind Gay
Thieven
Stinzo & Son
Anna Bune
Terre Haute
Clinton
Montgomery
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