Roosevelt Aims to Assure South American Partners in Rio
The article discusses Secretary of State Root traveling to Rio de Janeiro for Pan American conferences. It states the United States does not seek to dominate Latin America but to develop resources and foster fraternal ties. It notes Latin American press views, Monroe Doctrine interpretations, and U.S. intentions to aid regional development while avoiding European entanglements.
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Rio Janeiro
United States
Rin Janeiro
New World
Tn Mittle
Roose Tr
New York
Monroe doctrine in Latin America sparks new interpretation
The document argues that European diplomats manipulate Latin minds against the United States and calls for a reinterpreted Monroe doctrine. It envisions Rio conference action and a U S backed court or tribunal under the Bureau of American Republics to settle Latin European disputes, with Secretary Root promoting the plan on a forthcoming South American tour.
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Latin America
United States
Thase
Europe
Armerica
State Department
Joot
Reot
Rio Janeiro
Roosevelt
Maximillian
Mexico
Brazil
Argentine Republic
America
Sont Tribunal
Bureau of American Republics
Washington
Santo Domingo
Root
South America
Firemen in Grave Peril As Flames Engulf Broadway Store
Fire swept a six story Broadway store and factory at 26 38 Broadway today destroying over 250000 in property. Four upper floors collapsed trapping several firemen who were rescued by colleagues as flames burned nearby. The building housed Phillips Anderson & Co hats Helier Co pants J and F Goldtone cloaks Louis Auerbach neckwear Cohen Lang clothing and Sliplita Dinkelspiel cloak makers.
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New York
Broadway
Theames
Phillips, Anderson & Co
Helier & Co
J. & F. Goldtone
Louis Auerbach
Cohen & Lang
Sliplita & Dinkelspiel
Tariff to Have Field Day in Pittsburgh Banquet
Congressmen Littlefield and Foss arrive for a Merchants and Manufacturers' Association tariff banquet. Foss argues for reciprocity, Littlefield replies without prep. Toastmaster Burke and speakers Grosvenor and Gaines join the program. Elsewhere Moet & Chandon tops U S champagne imports with 99,287 cases in New York.
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Pittsburg
Charles E. Littlefield
Maine
Eugene N. Foss
Boston
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Foss
Ohio
Joseph H. Gaines
West Virginia
Miners See Key Vote Split Halted by Local Stand
Patrick Dolan of the Pittsburg District United Mine Workers explains why he backed the present wage scale at Indianapolis. He attacks John Mitchell, cites past strikes across states, and warns only a nationwide reversal could avert a large scale walkout. Dolan says a single small district can block agreement and highlights prior losses in soft coal actions.
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Indianapolis
John Mitchell
Patrick Dolan
United Mine Workers of America
Dolan
Illinois
Perry
Hinois
Lingis
TlHnois
W. D. Ryan
United States
Michigan
British Columbia
New York
Tle
Dail
Wny
American Federation of Labor
Mitchell
Haskins
Ohio
Hi Ins
Colorado
Virginia
Central
Cabin Creek
West Virginia
Meyersdale
Alabama
Ilx
Irwin
I Will Stand With My Platform Before Miners and Public
I have spent thirty five years in the trades union movement in Scotland and America. I have learned from great labor leaders including Alexander McDonald that a leader must tell people what they should know even when they are in the wrong. I am willing to rise and fall with this platform before the miners and the public.
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Mitchell
Trades Union Movement
Scotland
America
Alexander McDonald
Burglars Rob Country Villa of Edson Jr in Irvington
Special to The Washington Post White Plains North Carolina February three men forced entry to Franklin Edson Jr the Manhattan ex mayor’s son villa at Irvington on the Hudson stealing 2500 dollars in silverware. A posse pursued three miles but the trio escaped before police caught them on a trolley car with bundled silverware.
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Washington Post
White Plains
N. C
Franklin Edson, Jr
Edson
Manhattan
Irvington-on-the-Hudson
Eugene Fee
Shay
Fee
Wee
Police Staton
Tivington
Mr. Eolson
Thomas Nesiy
Rioters Besiege Chicago Parish Over Priest Clash
In Chicago three thousand Lithuanians besieged the Providence of God parish house over Father Edward Stefanowicz, with four attackers shot and six policemen injured by bricks. Police and Canalport officers defended the house for over an hour as women in front ranks blocked clubs and rioters hurled missiles, ending with fifteen arrests.
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Chicago
Washington Post
Catholic Church of the Providence of God
Fighteenth
Union Streets
Edward Stefanowicz
John Tammalis
Styme
Maurice Moore
Canalport Avenue
Stefanowice
Three Killed by Train Near Selizland York Pa
Three members of a freight train crew were killed when their engine wheel tire burst near Selizland, sixteen miles south of York, as passenger train No. 18 collided with them. The dead were conductor Silas Alder of Baltimore, engineer John Baughman of New Freedom Pa, and brakeman Frank McFadden of Baltimore. The escaping steam blinded them as the northbound passenger train struck.
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Washington Post
York
Northern Central
Selizland
Silas Alder
Baltimore
John ©. Baughman
New Freedom
Frank McFadden
Leitzland
Two Die From Gas In Fort Wadsworth Room
Coast Artillery private Frank M. Norton and Nellie Fagan of Concord were found asphyxiated from gas in Fort Wadsworth quarters. Authorities could not determine if death was suicide or accident. room broken open this afternoon after being found unconscious near midnight.
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Concord
N. Hi
Frank M. Norton
Coast Artillery
Fort Wadsworth
Nellie Fagan
Bayan Gave The Tip Speech Made At Hong Kong
A Bryan speech in Hong Kong allegedly sparked Chinese agitation against American labor and proposed exclusion laws. Chinese merchants reported to Shanghai and Canton papers that Bryan warned Americans of worker displacement, fueling renewed boycott plans. A Canton dispatch cites anti foreign sentiment tied to the viceroy and calls for action to expel him.
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Spokane
Wash
Samuel Glasgow
Seattle
William Burtt
William J. Bryan
Hong’ong
Bryan
Shanghai
Canton
Hong Kong
Congress
Mr. Bryan
Labor Party
Bréan
Hongkong
United States
PREDICTS GREAT MASSACRE IN CHINA WARNING
PREDICTS GREAT MASSACRE Cincinnati Ohio February 14 1900 Former secretary to the Six Companies in San Francisco Wone Fong visiting Cincinnati warns Americans to leave China by February 24 and seek protection in Germany Cable messages say the Chinese Reform Association plans to expel all foreign elements in our country indicating a looming crisis.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Il—Wone Fong
San Francisco
China
Seattle
Los Angeles
Germany
Ah Tiong Wai
Train to Havana Proposed by Flagler in Florida
Henry M Flagler plans a through train from Jersey City to Havana using ferryboat like carriages on the Florida East Coast Line. He aims to avoid changing cars by allowing passengers to remain on board from the mainland to the Cuban capital if the vessel scheme proves feasible.
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Washington Post
Mobile
Ala
Cuba
Florida East Coast
Henry M. Flagler
Florida
Florida Coast System
Havana
Flagier
Florida East Coast Line
Jersey City
Gen Sherman Bell to star in Denver melodrama at Broadway Theater
Denver reports Gen Sherman Bell famed for Rough Riders will perform in a specially written melodrama next week. He will lead a dozen of his Cripple Creek era troopers in a display of military tactics wearing his $1,000 World’s Fair uniform once worn as adjutant general.
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Denver
Washington Post
Colo
Sherman Bell
Cripple Creek
Gov. Peabody
Ewell
Planters Hotel
Fires Bullet Into His Head in South Orange
Charles C. Cameron a grain broker and South Orange social figure shot himself in the forehead on the rear lawn of his home at 118 Vose avenue. Once with Mc Reynolds & Co of Chicago he had worried over business after the firm failed. He was 42, born in Maryland, and leaves a widow and two young children.
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Washington Post
South Orange
N. J
Charles C. Cameron
Vose Avenue
South Rye
Cameron
McReynolds & Co
Chicago
Wealthy Ithaca Woman Falls from Hotel Window
Mrs. Mary N. Hulse, a wealthy Ithaca resident, fell from a fourth story hotel window to the pavement shortly before noon today and was killed. Authorities believe a sudden fainting spell caused her to open the window to get air, lose balance, and fall out.
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Hulse
Ithaca
Mary N. Hulse
Death of Third Agnostic Ends Noted Publicity Trio
Cincinnati reports the sudden death of Jar Knox Polk Bigger the last of three agnostic friends who drew attention in recent months for their public beliefs. The trio's deaths followed odd coincidences including those of William Drinker a former New Yorker who killed himself after composing a pipe ode and letters. Dr T Tanski died from injuries from a fall into a grate. The Bigger family opposed burying Miss Tanski's father despite court defeats. Rieger a Confederate veteran known for secret society ties also figures in the era’s unusual events.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Knox Polk Bigger
Sunda
William Drinker
Society of Agnostics
T. Tanski
Dr. Tanski
Bigger
Miss Tanski
Rieger
Fiflih Street
Barker Goes to Pelham in Theft Case
Chief of Police BR H Marks of Pelham N Y took Robert Barker the black butler to Pelham last night on a charge of robbing the home of Thomas H McInnerny of Pelham Manor. Barker is accused of stealing 2000 dollars worth of jewelry. most pieces were recovered, some were pawned in this city.
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Ansewer
BR. H. Marks
Pelham
Robert Barker
Thomas H. McInnerny
Pelham Manor
Barker
McInnerny
Threw Dynamite Into Stove in Slavic Revenge Plot
Brownsville Pennsylvania February 11 George Carter a Slav was arrested for attempting to blow up a boarding house in Whitsett Fayette County after quarreling with two compatriots He threw dynamite into a stove causing an explosion injuring two Slavs who were taken to a hospital in Connellsville
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Brownsville
George Carter
Whitsett
Fayette County
Carter
Connellsville
Peril of Troops in Tibet Denied
London reports both the foreign and India offices have no knowledge of a British garrison in Tibet being surrounded by hostile tribes. A banking notice invites savings accounts with 2 percent interest from Union Trust Co. at 141 F.
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Tibet
London
Foreign Office
India Office
Banking Dept. of Union Trust Co
Social and Person: & Sporting News and Cossip
Index to 10‑day issue previews Europe with South America notes, Dolan sues over strike aversion, Bryan in China, mail service funding, fire escape stories, Philippines supply, legislature flaws, a church fight, congressional actions, Wall Street week in review, Washington visits, and nearby Straw events plus a peace meeting with friends.
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South America
Dolan
Bryan
China
Wodmen
Vase
Philippines
Congress
Adams
Wall Street
Washington
Sporting News
Cossip
Straw
Fire destroys power house and rolling stock in Poughkeepsie trolley lines
A fierce morning fire in Poughkeepsie destroyed the power point and rolling stock of four trolley lines. The blaze started at 12 30 a m in the drying room near the engine room of the three story brick building housing the Poughkeepsie City and Wanpinger Electric Railway Company. Property loss is estimated at 100000. The structure measuring about 20 by 60 feet collapsed to ruins within an hour.
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Poughkeepsie
Wa Poughkeepsie
Iirolley
Poughkeepsie City and Wanpingers Alls Fledtric Railway Company
Fire Panic in Tenement Near Piano Factory Blaze
Fire at the Bramuller piano factory on Tenth avenue and Titty First Street in New York caused about 100000 dollars in damage. The blaze threatened several adjoining four story tenements as residents fled to the street before firefighters confined flames to the factory.
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New York
Bramuller Piano
Tenth
Velutinis Secret Deal With France Sparked Venezuelan Turmoil
Reports claim Gen Velutini, Venezuela's second president, holds a secret understanding with France over the cable concession and aspires to the presidency. Turmoil centers on Paris influence, Castro opposition, and fears of revolution as Franco pressure grows. The army is about 4000 strong with limited modern arms and no commissariat plan amid potential conflict.
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Velutini
Paris
Castro
Curacan
Venezuela
Une
Vincente Gomeu
Antonio Velutici
France
Pany
Commissariat
van Kestern
Railway Mail Service Funding Debate Sparks Corruption Claims
Federal hearings examine a proposed 43 million dollar increase for railway post office cars and related costs. Testimony accuses railroads of inflated expenses, favoritism, and improper salaries for postal staff, with estimates of maintenance around 1.20 dollars per car per day and zero firm data on mail weight per car.
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Ira E. Bennett
Post Office Department
Millwiy
Beta Tenis
Dunwre Fd
Imchi
Shallenberger
Overstreet
Lia House Committee
M Shallenberger
Afton
Sappipu
Duelling Fears Over Court Clash Between Editors
Special to The Washington Port Atlanta Ga friends fear a duel between Editor Joan Temple Graves of the Atlanta News and Col James W English Jr chief of Gov Terrell staff as they trade bitter public cards over a litigation tied to an injunction on Graves editorial pay. Both are noted fighters with storied records Cal Graves champions Southern chivalry while English is a veteran military man. friends worry the court appearance tomorrow may fail to avert a personal confrontation.
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Washington
Atlanta
Joan Temple Traves
Atlanta News
James W. English, Jr
Povvernor
News
Graves
English
Gov. Terrell
Cal ‘Harry
Silverman
New Orleans
Cal English
Georgia
Cal. Graves
Henry W. Grady
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