Baker's dramatic bid to expel Baker over Russian note disruption
Rep. Baker of New York led a dramatic House scene over President Roosevelt's Russian condolence message after the Sergius assassination. He challenged colleagues to expel him as he waved a resolution, sparking pandemonium, laughter, and chants from both sides. Grosvenor mocked the stunt, while Baker pressed a vote to expel amid a theater of feathers and hoots. The clash underscored tensions over foreign policy and national sentiment.
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Roosevelt
Sergius
Baker
Bouke
Tirn
Gemind
Wisentine
Gen. Grosvenor
Prineimally
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Jade
Baker Roseen
Brooklyn
St. Petersburox
Thayer
Massachusetts
Motiee
Mr. Baker
Taiman
Mir
Maddo
Democratic Party
St. Petersburg
Grosvenor
Denial by Mrs. Davis for Kindness to Husband
Mrs Varina Davis widow of Jefferson Davis rejects claims of a note of thanks to Gen Nelson Miles for care at Fort Monroe. She says she has no memory of writing such a letter and demands photographic evidence if it exists. She accuses Miles of cruelty and manipulation and calls for publication of any letter with date place and signature.
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Confederate States
Washington Post
Savannah
Varina Jefferson Davis
Nelson A. Miles
Jefferson Davis
Fort Monroe
New York City
Gen. Miles
Mr. Davis
Miles
Jed
Davis
Craven
Saring
Fen
Tam
West Virginia Gov White inquiry ends without findings
Charleston February 20 The senate investigating committee adjourned without substantiating charges against Gov White or any state official. Senators McGinniss Carrigan and Marshall examined Caldwell's corruption allegations and affidavits from physicians tied to medical legislation. Gov White and Gov elect Dawson denied involvement and Caldwell withdrew charges and apologized.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate Investigating Committee
Gov. White
W. H. McGinniss
C. . Carrigan
Oliver 9. Marshall
Caldwell
Senate
White
Dawson
Light on Murder Mystery Aboard Larchmont
John Clifton, a passenger on the Joy Line steamer Larchmont, said he heard a revolver shot from above his bunk around 2 am Sunday while the ship was en route from New York. No further definite details have emerged about the murder of a man found in a stateroom.
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New York
Feo
Lightghig
Cohn
Titian Asng-Aeer
Joy Line
Larchment
John Clifton
Larchmont
Clifton
St Petersburg Students Jumpstart Reform Movement
St Petersburg University and other Russian schools stage strikes as over 3,000 students suspend studies to press for constitutional reform and freedom of speech. They demand a constituent assembly, oppose the Zemsky Sobor as inadequate, and show broad sympathy with strikers while denouncing government actions.
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Great University of
Russia
Zemsky Sobor
Wariman
Basil Island
Neva Hall
Taen
Lberty
Pardneis
Pussia
Kaiser Scenes Shifted Court Romance Turmoil Report
The Associated Press says Crown Prince Frederick William proposed a southern visit to Duchess Cecilia of Mecklenburg Schwerin but Empress William required Cecilia be accompanied by her mother. Grand Duchess Anastasia resisted Cannes meeting, Florence chosen, Cecilia sent alone, engagement not broken off, Mecklenburg Schwerin family agitated, Grand Duchess Alexandrine met Emperor William briefly before returning home.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Frederick William
Cecilia
Mecklenburge-Schwerin
William
Anastasia
Cannes
Florence
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Alexandrine
Cedllix
Russians Raid Around Japanese Left In Daring Reconnaissance
Russian Rennenkampff division conducted a bold reconnaissance raid around Japan's left flank from Ta Mountain toward Yinkow, reaching the rear and occupying villages. Casualties were light with one Cossack killed and twelve wounded. pursuit by Cossacks and shelling by trans-Baikal batteries followed, but no major engagement occurred.
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Fushyn
Yenting
Fushun
Shakhe
Kuroki
Ta Mountain
Hangehiatgitazu
Wanchiayuantzu
Rennenkampff
Mukden
Yinkow
Santaise
Byacabeke
Liaoyang
trans-Baikal
Piankfan
President to Hunt Bear in Biz Woods gathering
Dallas February 2 A message from Sloan Simpson Roosevelt Rough Riders reports the President cannot reach the city March 23 but will arrive March 30 He will join Cecil A Lyon Republican State chairman Sloan Simpson Secretary Joeb and others for a bear hunt after a Rough Riders reunion Also notices rail and steamship options and safe deposit box ad details included.
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Dallas
Sloan Simpson
Roosevelt Rough Riders
Cecil A. Lyon
Joeb
Dear Hunt
Rough Riders
Japan Faces Frost Bite Toll From Heikautai Battle
Medical reports put Japanese casualties at Heikautai at 852 killed including 22 officers and 8,014 wounded including 271 officers. Frost bite affected about half the wounded, with freezing blood around wounds from prolonged exposure. Russians suffered high losses, while a Chinese witness account alleged Japanese wounded were paraded through Mudken streets.
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Cablegram Co
Washington Post
Tokio
Heikautai
Japan
Mudken
Russians at Nossi Be and Danish escort near Langeland
The Russian second Pacific squadron with seventy ships remained at Nossi Be on February 16 buying stores and asking for flour and potatoes at high prices. In Copenhagen the third Russian Pacific squadron, four ironclads and four transports, passed Langeland Archipelago escorted by a Danish torpedo boat and a German ironclad before turning north.
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Mauritius
Nossi Be
Copenhagen
Langeland Island
Langeland
Langeland Belt
Another Contraband Captured Br Steamer Bound for Vladivostok
Tokyo reports the British steamer Powderham carrying Cardiff coal bound for Vladivostok was captured by Japanese forces. Powderham, a 3019 ton steel screw ship built in 1892, is owned by Powderham Steamship Co of Plymouth. In San Francisco the Glenturret, loading barley, abandoned plans to reach Vladivostok and redirected its cargo to Yokohama.
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Tokyo
Navy Department
Powderham
Cardiff
Middlesboro
Powderham Steamship Company
Plymouth
England
San Francisco
Glenturret
Yokohama
Train Thrown From Track Near Fairlawn New Jersey
One woman was killed instantly and about sixty injured when the Middletown Flyer derailed near Fairlawn on the Erie Railroad. The four cars left the track on Bergen County short cut. Grace Matthews of Suffern was killed. Injured include A. Whittier Suffern Grace Newell Middletown Grace Van Houten Suffern and others. Special trains with physicians rushed to the scene. most taken home, serious cases to Paterson and Jersey City hospitals.
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Suffern
A. ©. Whittier
Grace Newell
Middletown
Misa van Houten
Mrs. Noonan
Chester
N. Y
Paterson
Jersey City
Two Die In Wreck Near Wiota Iowa Express Train
Two passengers were killed and one seriously injured when Chicago Rock Island No 6 the Chicago and Denver express derailed near Wiota Iowa after a broken rail. Dead include Henry Mehler and Rev J R Johnson. Serious injury to L E B Kent of Morris Illinois. The engine stayed upright as cars overturned and the two victims were in the smoking car.
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Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Wiota
Iowa
Henry Mehler
J. R. Johnson
Haran
L. EB. Kent
Morris
Denver
Plunged Through Trestle In Alabama Train Disaster
Albany Ga Feb 20 A Central of Georgia passenger engine leaving Albany at 2 50 plunged through the Chattoochee River bridge at Columbia Ala into muddy waters. Engineer Elah Pate and Fireman C A Dean were killed. The baggage and mail car hung over the chasm, held only by the coupling to the second class coach.
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Albany
Central of Georgia Railway
Chattehoochee River
Columbia
Ala
Elah Pate
C. A. Dean
Kansas Moves to Probe Standard Oil in Oil War
Kansas lawmakers pursue anti-discrimination and gas pumping limits while coordinating with Missouri and Oklahoma neighbors. President Roosevelt promises a thorough federal inquiry into Standard Oil's affairs, with Rep Campbell pressing for fair treatment and independent investigation across states.
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H. V. Foster
Indian Territory Oil Company
Standard
Campbell
Standard Oil Company
Topeka
Kans
Kansas House
Holdren
Senate
Kansas
Foster
Indian Territory
Roosevelt
New York
Indian Territory Illuminating Ol Company
Osage
Indian ‘Territory
Illuminating Oil Company
Missouri
Kansas City
Leslie J. Lyons
Jefferson City
Kansas Field
Suthrie
Okla
Territorial
Oklahoma
Ferguson
Bureau of Corporations
House of the
Texas
Department of Commerce and Labor
Beaumont
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Johnson asserts bribery by council Democrats in Cleveland
Mayor Tom L Johnson charges Councilmen Dewar and Wilke with accepting bribes from Cleveland Electric Illumining Co. He also accuses all Republican council members of being influenced by campaign contributions from the same company. The council votes to investigate with City Solicitor Newton D Baker as prosecutor and subpoenas possible. William J Crawford, chairman of the Republican County Committee, may be called as a witness.
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Ohio
Tom L. Johnson
Dewar
Wilke
Cleveland Electric Hluminating
Johnson
South
Brooklyn
Newton D. Baker
William J. Crawford
Republican County Committee
Denny Bolts Addicks in Delaware Senate Fight
In Dover on February 20 the Addicks faction suffered a setback as Speaker William Denny backed Henry C. Conrad, isolating Addicks in the Republican camp for the first time since 1895. Fifteen loyalists signed a round robin pledging pursuit of Addicks, who vows to stay, with two ballots showing no clear breakthrough, DuPont gaining votes on the second tally.
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Del
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William Denny
House of Representatives
Henry C. Conrad
Denny
Addicks
United States Senate
Willard Saulsberg
J. Edward Addicks
Union
Col
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Coleman Dupont
Harry A. Richardson
Henry S. Conrad
Representative Benson
Richardson
T. Coleman Dupont
Marshal Loses Prisoner in Post Office Robbery Case
Elmira New York February Gus Deford escaped from a United States marshal near Charleston South Carolina by leaping from a moving train. He, twenty three, is linked to a gang suspected of robbing post offices across several states. Three gang members captured in Baltimore arrived at the city today. A Chinese art auction at Sloan's 1407 Gst opens tomorrow with pieces sold across Thursday and Friday at 2 pm.
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Charleston
D. C
Gus Deford
United States
Cades
Baltimore
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Gus de Ford
S. C
Rowesville
Sloan's
Explosion in Virginia Mines Leaves 100 Entombed Near Birmingham
An explosion at the Virginia Mines about eight miles southwest of Birmingham Alabama at 4 PM entombed over 100 union miners. Rescue trains with surgeons and laborers rushed to the scene but efforts were hampered by debris. Officials fear the entire workforce may have perished as details remain slow and uncertain.
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Virginia
Birmingham
Ala
Billcingham
Birmingham Mineral Railroad
United Mine Workers of America
Pratt Clo
Bessemer
Alabama Street and Wire Company
Reid & 4
Boiler Explodes At Ohio Coal Mine Killing Four
A boiler explosion at Providence Coal Company No 1 mine in St Clairsville Ohio on February 20 killed four men and injured fourteen, six seriously. The dead include William Adams president of the local United Mine Workers chapter Eli Minty engineer Michael Meili and an unknown Hungarian miner. Several others were injured with varying severity as the temporary boiler-house building was blown apart.
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St. Clairsville
Ohio
Providence Coal Company
William Adams
United Mine Workers
Amerton
Eli Minty
St Clairsville
Michael
Meili
Glenroe
James Loftus
Wiliam Davis
Travid Thomas
James Sautell
Gleneoe
Melos Vorht
St. Claireville
Mil Vorht
Lawson's Critic Arrestee in Fraud Libel Case
Dennis O Donohue financial editor of the New York Commercial was arrested on a warrant from Herbert Gray of Haverhill Mass alleging criminal libel in replies to Thomas W Lawson articles. He was paroled after arraignment in Police Court. Florida's Famous Trains via Atlantic Coast Line schedules cited.
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Dennis O'Donohue
New York Commercial
Thomas W. Lawson
Herbert Gray
Haverhill
Mass
O'Donnohue
Lawson
O'Donohue
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