Finnish Procurator General Solainen Murdered in Revolver Duel
Helsingfors reports the assassination of Solainen, Finland’s procurator general, by a young man in a French-named card who fired four shots at 11 o'clock in the private study. The attacker and Solainen’s son were wounded. the assassin is unidentified, likely politically motivated amid Finland-Russia tensions and a precursor to terrorism, with possible links to Finnish resistance circles.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Solsalon Solainen
Johnsson
Seintinensson
Alexandre Gadd
Soinine
Bothinen
Weasastjerna
Ceretain
Fle
Solntnrn
Wis
Senate
Duchy of Finland
Solninen
Gosten Botnko
St Petersburg
Solson Snininen
Mandss
Russia
Tntu
Issassin
Ecourse
Tmo Miture
Count Pobndkott
Party of Active Resistance
Party of Passive Resistance
Revolutionary Parties
Finnish Active Resistance Party
Polish National League
Russian Emancipationists
Berlin
Boininen
Empire
Soininen
Solainen
Petition to Emperor Demands Finland Liberty Restoration
The text notes a petition urging the Emperor to restore Finland's liberties and constitution. It warns that terrorism could occur anywhere in the vast Russian empire, with thinking citizens across parties expecting such acts since a notable Sunday. The passage implies imminent, unpredictable terrorist actions as revenge.
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Finland
Russian Empire
Mystery of Unsolved Pittsburgh Murder Deepens
In Allegheny a badly mutilated woman's remains were found in a Jackson street yard. Police say assault may have been nonfatal at first and death from exposure. Suspects Norman P Geyser and Hugh Crawford are held. Crawford likely to be discharged. Teeth and hand wounds link Geyser to the attack. Authorities expect conclusive jury identification.
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Pittsburg
John H. Kirkpatrick
Jackson Street
Allegheny
John Glenn
Glenn
Norman P Geyser
Hugh Crawford
British Warships Coming With Prince Louis to Command
London reports no British cruiser squadron will leave England at end of February for a world cruise under the Prince of Wales. The second squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg, will be inspected by the King and then cruise for months in distant waters visiting American ports. Capt Stockton says itinerary for American waters is not yet decided. Prince Louis, then in Germany, will return in a fortnight to command the squadron.
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London
England
Prince of Wales
Admiralty
Princes of Wales
Edward
Mediterranean
Egypt
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Portsmouth
Cardron
American
Stockton
Navy Department
Washinson
Prince Lous of Battenberg
America
Great Britain
Prince Louis
Germany
Assaulted and robbed in Franklin House case identified
Glassboro New Jersey February six identification confirms Washington H Moody age sixty three of Harrisburg Pennsylvania as the man who died after a small Franklin House fire. His son Councilman William H Moody of Harrisburg identified him. Autopsy shows broken nose, bruises and cuts on head and face. Wallet with money missing. prosecutor Starr of Gloucester County ordered investigation.
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Glassboro
Henry Ross
Franklin House
Washington H Moody
Harrisburg
Counecilman
William H Moody
Moody
Sngust i T
Starr
Gloucester County
Burglars Plunder Valued Over Ten Thousand
New York police found in Harlem a warehouse two trunks containing jewelry silverware paintings and clothing tied to a wave of burglaries by an alleged organized gang. Many items were identified by victims and the gang is under custody awaiting trial for property stolen over three months totaling about fifty thousand dollars.
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New York
Harlem
Sentenced to Electric Chair for Aunt Killing in New York
Frank Furlong aged nineteen was convicted of murdering his aunt Mrs Margaret Keeler in New York City on November 27. He was sentenced today to be executed at Sing Sing prison. In the week beginning March 27 an estate sale is advertised. An exhibit of old Japan at Sloan's 1407 G St is to be sold at auction starting tomorrow at 10 a m.
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New York
Frank Furlong
Margaret Keeler
Sing Sing
Sloan's
Anethon
Serious clashes in Lodz and Sosnovice strike turmoil
In Polish and Russian Poland serious clashes erupt as 40 000 strikers march in Sosnovice and Lodz amid martial law and armed troops. Reports say deaths and injuries among strikers and workers, with Cossacks and soldiers enforcing orders and factories ordered to reopen. Details note dynamite, German and Polish workers, and regional economic damage.
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Warsaw
Russian Poland
Kalisz
Sosnovice
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Kattowitz
Jedczynski
Germany
Sosnovicce
Tageblatt
Vossiche Zeitung
War on Objectionable Pictures in Paris and America
Following Anthony Comstock's complaint about demoralizing French pictures arriving in America via French mails the State Department in Washington seeks French government cooperation to curb objectionable photographs. The Office of Executor or trustees under wills is accepted by Union Trust & Storage Co. Consultation invited with trust officers.
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Paris
Anthony Comstock
New York
America
State Department
Washington
Union Trust & Storage Co
Cuban cabinet resignations accepted by Palma
Havana February 6 The cabinet members insist on resigning and President Palma says he will accept their resignations to take effect with their successors installation. He had been urged to accept all resignations but informed them he saw no reason to do so. Secretary Montes conveyed the insistence to resign, with successors to be appointed. Ortiz and Diaz are expected to be reappointed.
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Lodz
Gelner
Batoum
Caucasia
Samtrech
St Petersburg
Lessner
Gov Trepoff
Rostoff-on-Don Tulis
Havana
Palma
Moderate
Treasury
Montes
Senors Ortiz and Diaz
Powder in Hochs Pen Ties Five More Wives to Hoch
New York officers report Johann Hoch may have five additional wives, with three in New York and two in New Albany Indiana. Extradition papers delayed as Hoch waits in police custody. a powder filled pen found in his room is believed poison. Police tie Minnie Westphal and Regina Miller to Hoch, with others unnamed. In New Albany, Matilda Schmidt is identified as a Hoch wife, with records alleging multiple marriages and large sums obtained from wives.
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New York
New Albany, Ind
Johann Hoch
Chicago
Foye
Albany
Higgins
Hoch
Loftus
Minnie Westphal
Jersey City
William Frederick Bessin
West- Phal
Curtiss
Regina Miller
Dayton
Ohio
Oneill
Clemens
Wheeling
W. Va
John Hoch
New Albany
Ird
Matilda Schmidt
Schmidt
Rival fishing claims stir Canadian border issue
Ottawa reports tensions over Hecate Straits jurisdiction as Kastrel patrols BC waters to deter American halibut vessels. House debate confirms efforts to protect Canadian fisheries amid unsettled diplomatic exchanges. Also notes Kaiser appointing an American dentist to Wilhelm II and Archbishop Angius arriving in Manila. Strike in Mons grows with 16,000 workers out. Promotional Florida Pullman service markets direct Washington to St. Augustine sleepers aboard Palm Limited Aiken and Augusta connections.
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Victoria
Ottawa
Hecate Straits
British Columbia
Ont
Pacific
Minister of Marine and Fisheries
Department
Land of Flowers
Southern Railway
Florida
Aiken
Augusta
Southern
Palm Limited
Washington
St. Augustine
Progres Necessity for Expansion in North Carolina Labor
A High Point banquet by the Manufacturers' Club drew public officials, manufacturers, and rail men including Secretary Metcalf and Cuban Minister de Quesada. Talks focused on North Carolina labor needs, foreign trade growth, and immigration policy to attract workers from Europe, with Senator Simmons urging immigrant labor and suggesting state agents abroad.
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Manufacturers’ Club
High Point
N. C
Europe
Washington
Southern Railway
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Don Gonzalo de Quesada
Simmons and Overman
R. N. Page
John H Small
North Carolina
J. M
United States
Eight Men Rescued At Sea From Sinking Schooner Amanda
The Atlantic Transport Line steamer Mesaba rescued eight distressed seamen from the three masted schooner Amanda of St Johns Newfoundland after it was weighed down by ice and waterlogged near Bahia. Captain William Fitzgerald and seven crew members were saved. the wreck was abandoned after the ship caught fire. The Amanda had sailed January 24, faced northwest gales and ice, and its crew worked at pumps to keep the vessel afloat amid rapidly rising water. A cook was seriously injured in the ordeal.
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New York
Atlantic Transport Line
Mesaba
London
Amanda
St Johns
N. F
McMath
William Fitzgerald
Bahia
Brazil
Cook
Bribe Money in Court Shocks San Francisco
San Francisco February 6 substantial evidence of police corruption emerged as grand jury foreman deposited 1850 dollars in gold with Judge Lawler and detailed a police sergeant’s bribe payments to protect Chinese gamblers. The report says the sergeant earned 250 to 400 dollars monthly to ignore gambling rings while his squad received 30 to 60 dollars each. The sergeant was instructed to collect money from Chinese quarters and not question payments.
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San Francisco
Lawler
Superior Court
Chan Chung
Grand Jury
St Louis
Smyth Pleads Guilty To West Side Robberies
New York February 6 Christopher Smyth youth pleaded guilty to two robbery charges in Police Court and was held for trial in general sessions. Bail set at eight thousand dollars five thousand for Shipman case and three thousand for Woerz case. Also reports two railway workers feared dead in last night’s storm, bodies found today. Bank to ship five hundred thousand in gold coins to Buenos Ayres aboard ships from New York area. Public notices and ads follow on page 18.
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New York
Christopher Smyth
Upper West Side
Smyth
Edward L. Shipman
West Seventy-sixth Street
Ernest G. Woerz
East Sixty-third Street
Shipman
Woerz
Pottsville
Philadelphia and
Reading Railway
Joseph Haak
Frank Eckert
Buenos Ayres
Merchants’ National Bank of New York
The
London and River Plate Bank. Limited
Index to Today's Issue Part One and Two
Summary of the issue sections across pages includes official assassination in Finland rioters in Poland progress of the South reviews harbors blocked by ice work on inaugural stands zealous policeman in trouble Machen goes to penitentiary Kuropatkin retains command nobles address the czar theater news vote on statehood today house takes up Townsend bill views on rate problem Argentine revolt crushed foreign capitals talks with hotel guests social events racing results and entries ball teams to go south news of Virginia and Maryland district government affairs move to prevent ticket snriping inflation of post office receipts president alderman answers critics wrong methods of charity financial and commercial notes.
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Finland
Poland
Machen
Kuropatkin
Townsend Bil
Gosaip
News of
Virginia
Maryland
Alderman
Beckwith Died Penniless in Oberlin Ohio
The funeral for C T Beckwith president of Citizens' National Bank Oberlin will be held Wednesday afternoon at Second Congregational Church with simple services. Friends paid condolences at his home as Beckwith, who faced charges in court, believed he would be cleared. Born in Portage County Ohio on September 19, 1839 he rose from clerk to bank president. After the Chadwick affair the bank closed and he lost his personal fortune.
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Oberlin
Ohio
C T Beckwith
Citizens’ National Bank
Hi M Tenney
Second Congregational Church
Beckwith
Portage County
Citizens’ Bank
Chadwick
Berkwith
Lost his way in storm near Brickwood New Jersey
Dr Eliah Catten a New York physician, visiting friends at Mount Ephraim, wandered in heavy snow last night and spent the stormy night exposed. He was found by Mr Ward this morning in serious condition with both hands and feet badly frozen, possibly needing amputation. He is a member of the Your Club and other New York organizations.
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Camden, N Jo
Eliah Catten
New York
Joseph Wond
Brickwood
Catten
Mount Ephraim
Ward
Dr. Cath
Your Club
War on Philadelphia vice echoes through city clergy
Archbishop Ryan and Bishop Mackay-Smith confer with Mayor Weaver as Clerical committee plans to hear evidence on alleged police protection of vice. Gibboney accuses officials of collusion while ministers prepare to pressure for investigation amid grand jury findings.
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Ryan
Mackay- Smith
Conference of Ministers
Philadelphia
Grand
Smyth
Clarence Gibboney
Law and Order Society
Weaver
Gibboney
Eft
Mackay-Smith
Episcopal Church
Icebound harbors and wrecks in sleet storm story
Severe sleet storm cripples central south telegraph and transportation networks from Georgia to the Ohio River. Icebound harbors along New England close. Nantucket Shoals lightship driven ashore. a Philadelphia schooner and other vessels wreck or grounded. Cities from Boston to Atlanta report outages, but some gains in warmth and traffic later in the day.
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New York
Philadelphia
Namtucket Shoals
West Chap
Ohio River
Boston
New England
Passamaquoddy
Narragansett Bays
Portsmouth
Nei
Portland
Providence
Nantucket Shoals
United States
Buzzard's Bay
Avalon Philadelphia
Gloucester
West Clop Lighthouse
Penobscot Bay
Woodbury
Rockport
Matinicus
Stonington
Henry C Rowe
New Haven Harbor
Howard
Charlies Johnson
Providence River
Louisville
South
Georgia
Teass
Sumter
Associated Press
Moblie
Ala
Mobile
Flomaton Ala
River Junction
Fla
Jacksonville Fla
Charleston
Columbia
Chattanooga
Hmo
Sun Shore
Shreveport
Texas
Pittsburg
Ite
Atlanta
Grand Central Station
Lower Bay
Staten Island
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Soisalon Soinmen
Enemies of Government United
Nicholas
Bobrikos
Rrghive
Allegheny Police
Prince Louis of
Battenberg
Henry Eaton
Porsophi
Mary
Czestechowa
Vossische Zeitung
Ebner
Howard M Ebner
James C Kennedy
Union Spring and Manufacturing Company
New Kensington
Kennedy
Greensburg
Angius
Manila
Ambrose 4Angius
Philippines
Mons
Belgium
QOUTH
Progres
Simmons
Japan
F. M Simmons
Congress
Commissioner of Immigration
Senate Committee On Immigration
Ellis Island
Washington’s
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Safe, &Co
Brown & Tolson
Roosevelt
Senor de Quesada
Senor Quesada
Samuel Spencer
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Newport News
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
7Th St
Sea Ed
Part
Niness
Storm
Bride
Rochester
Maurice Macrenier
St James’ Mercy Hospital
Hornellsville
France
Paterson
Rose Chambers
Benjamin Byers
Byers
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Martin McFarland
Fla & West Indian Ltd
Atlantic Coast Line
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