Navy used to bully, Panama topic dominates Senate
Senate discussed naval appropriation with Senator Gorman criticizing larger cruiser and collier budgets. Hale called a big navy a tool to bully small powers, drawing parallels with England and stressing Marine Corps as essential, while lamenting incompetence of a Syrian consul and praising administration action at Panama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Gorman
Hale
Smaill
England
Marine Corps
Maryland
German
Navy
Hnlf
Panama
Secretary of the Navy
Guardian role of navy tripwire warns against overreach
A speaker argues that current policy makes Britain resemble guardians for other nations. If continued, the navy in its current state and cost would be a mere bagatelle compared to what it will become, the critic notes, echoing concerns from Senator from Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Ae Carp
Navy
Columbia
Tie Corps
Ison
Marine Corps
Maine
Committee On Naval Affairs
Meschether
Mr. Hale
Great Britain
Naval
Navy Department
Navy Lepartment
Veteran Confederate Captain Winder shoots self in Baltimore home
Capt. William S. Winder, 71, a retired Confederate veteran and bachelor, killed himself in his Baltimore residence. A paper copy of Dr. William Osler's address on aging was found among his belongings. Winder, born in Smithville, N C, had long suffered poor sight and insomnia, and was descended from Gen. John H. Winder of the US Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osler
Baltimore
William S. Winder
William Osler
Johns Hopkinns University
Capt. Winder
Oil Prosperity Clash Spurs Kansas Prosecution Drive
Crim inal cases against Prairie Oil and Gas officers will be brought in every Kansas county under the Farrelly anti trust law. Gov Hoch orders immediate operation of the state refinery plan, with bonds offered for sale and Paola preparing a new refinery. Chicago hosts new National Crude Oil Producers Association to defend against rate discrimination and boost Kansas industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute
Kans
Med
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
W. B. Connelly
Kansas Oil Producers’ Association
Kansas
Topeka
Hoch
Jewett
Erale
Paola
Paola Refinery Company
J. C. Robinson
Titusville
Chicago
Ohio
Tlingis
Indiana
Standard 671 Company
National Crude Oil Producers’ Association
R. H Henn
Ohio Standard Oil Company
United States
Illinois
L. K. Davis
George
T. Kellogg
J. R. Grocker
Dr. RB
FE. Joseph
Oklahoma
J. R. Wooley
al. M. Chesnown
W.P. Bullard
J. Merriam
Hidiana
R. F. Heap
J. A. Barker
T. H. Beckwith
Indian Territory
Graft in Ohio Unearthed in Tax Inquisitor Probe
Columbus reports an investigation into Richland County officials and attorneys over the past four to five years found 23 672 dollars paid from the county treasury without warrant and 24 dollars taken from the State. Much of the graft arose under tax inquisitor provisions tied to the late Senator John Sherman estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Tax Inquisitor
Columbus
Ohio
Richland County
Gilbert
John A Buss
E. N. Valbedel
John Sherman
Arbitration ruling on N and Sea incident exposes split views
The International Commission of Inquiry published its decision on the North Sea incident involving Admiral Rojestvensky. It finds his torpedo fire not unjustified by Russians but notes enhanced caution, while acknowledging Russia’s stance that he acted to defend his squadron. The ruling highlights tensions between Britain and Russia and honors the valor of the involved crews, with a largely ceremonial close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
International Commission of Inquiry
North Sea
Kamschatka
Rojestvensky
Riv
Reval
Voelkersam
von Spaun
Fournier
Doubassoff
Beaumont
Davis
Foreign Office
Legation
Admiral Fournier
Great Britain
Rosestvensky
Russia
Eae
Bloodshed Across Caucasus Sparks Terror in Baku and Batoum
Reports from Batoum and Tiflis describe assassinations of police officials and widespread killings of Armenians and Muslims amid Georgian strikes. The Russian embassy pledges protection as revolutionary manifestos circulate. In St Petersburg and Poland, strikes disrupt rail traffic, grain and coal shipments, and urban work, with peasant unrest over land reforms fueling tensions. Street fighting and ethnic clashes flare in Baku and Tiflis, forcing reinforcements and official calls for reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Batoum
Porte
Caucasus
St. Petersburg
Poland
Caspian
Black Seas
Baku Batoum
Tiflis
Black Sea
Potl, &c
Gen Stoessel Returns to St Petersburg Disgraced
On the eve of Gen Stoessel arrival here press sections attack him bitterly. Papers claim Port Arthur siege claims and mistreatment of inhabitants. Despite criticism, many condemn the pre investigation as unjust, recalling Metz and Marshal Bazaine. Grand Duke Sergius death cancels planned ovation, Stoessel returns to the capital as a beleaguered figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Slovo
Marshal Bazaine
Metz
Grand Duke
Sergius
Gen
Minister Under Arrest in Perjury Case
Rev Benjam in W Ashley of the Christian Church lies jailed in Newport Tennessee on perjury charges and possible bigamy. A Civil War Union veteran and pension recipient, he allegedly married a North Carolina woman in 1863 and later wed Miss Miner in 1888 without divorce. He sought a pension under the 1890 act, prompting his first wife to claim half the pension and leading to the perjury investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Fen
Benjamin W. Ashley
Newport
Ashley
Christian Church
North Carolina
Tennessee
Miner
Two Fatally Injured In Calumet Strike Violence
Calumet Michigan February strike by non union workers halts Houghton County Street Railway. At Laurium an interurban car mobbed by strike sympathizers left two men fatally injured as James Cummings fired into the crowd and Blackwood and James Rowe were wounded. Cars damaged. alleged strike breaker John Farley arrives with aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet
Mich
Houghton County Street Railway Company
Laurium
James Cummings
Chicago
Blackwood
James Rowe
Cummings
Rowe
John Farley
Siege Guns in Battle at Beresneff Hill
Feb 25 dispatches describe a heavy siege gun action at Beresneff Hill in Manchuria. Japanese forces attacked with bayonets and mines, pressed through barbed wire, and temporarily silenced Russian machine guns before finally yielding under superior numbers. Associated reports note renewed Japanese efforts near Tsinkhachen and Trent Pass, with heavy casualties on both sides.
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Mukden
St. Petersburg
Sakharoff
Europatkin
Berasneff Hill
Trent Pass
Beresneff Hill
Thautogao
Wanfu Pase
Tsinkhatchen
Manchuria
Associated Press
Tsinkhachen
Beresneft Hill
Tzenti Pasa
Tokyo
Litajentun
Chenchiehpao
Chiensunmupaotzu
Waitao Mountain
Mob Rescues Priest in Lagos Jalisco
A Lagos Mexico mob freed parish priest Father Gregorio Retolaza after his arrest by Magistrate Gonzales Rubio for conducting a religious procession. The jail was stormed, the building partly wrecked, and state troops were dispatched to Lagos to maintain order while Retolaza remains hidden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Lagos
Jalisco
Mexico
Gregorio Retolaza
Retolaza
Gonzales Rubio
Father Retolaza
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Schedule Advisory
The Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co. reports no ice hindrance to daily arrivals and departures among Washington Fort Monroe and Norfolk. For schedule details see advertisement on page 5. Also notes money lending at 4.5 percent and 6 percent on real estate by F. T. Rawlings, 1506 Paye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co
Washington
Fort Monroe
Norfolk
F. T. Rawlings
Senator Hate on the Navy and Other Fronts
A multi page issue index lists items across pages including Senator hate on the Navy North Sea verdict sustaining England and hot Springs swept by flames. Other items cover law suits in Virginia, Japanese minister denial, capitol inaugural program and Kaiser's American guests with various political notes and upcoming votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Sea
England
Caucasus
Capitol
Kaiser
Swayne
Quarles
News
Virginia
Maryland
Georgetown
Princeton
Gage
Omaha
Yale Theological Students
Allison
Senate
Joe Rankin
Northwesterns
Lord
Savoyard
Russia
Japan
Washington
Richmond
Oklahoma
Waterloo
Tabor
Iowa
Belmont Park
Duchess of Marlborough
Thurston
Edison
Tersey
Kansas
Chamberlain
Lincoln
Quintus Oakes
Revolver Duel Ends in Fatal Shootout in Chicago
Chicago, Feb 25. Thomas Ryan of San Francisco was fatally shot in a revolver duel with a Chicago policeman. Officers Tripp and Nape, returning from duty, arrested two fleeing robbers near a patrol box. One robber fired on Tripp but missed. Ryan collapsed in the gutter as Tripp and Nape responded. Fitzpatrick, who claimed to be robbed by Ryan and the other fugitive, raised the alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Vienna
Vistula
Warsaw Conservatory
Lodz
Chicago
Thomas Ryan
San Francisco
Tripp
Nape
Ryan
Nope
Patrick Fitzpatrick
Burks Convicted in Murder Case with Beheading Detail
Chicago court convict Philip Burk and wife Eliza of murder in the killing of Andrew Larsen. Each given eighteen years in penitentiary after evidence showing Mrs Burk ordered the murder and with Larsen dragged to the yard from a tenement flight. The couple claimed self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Philip Burk
Eliza
Hunt for missing coachman in Montclair case
Police in Montclair New Jersey seek Robert Harris also known as Earl Watson and Robert Wallace who is believed to help identify the coachman missing since Mrs Hannah Ross perished in a fire at her home. Harris, from Attleboro Massachusetts, was reportedly seen in New Haven Connecticut last night and police in New Haven Boston and Philadelphia have been asked to search for him.
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Montclair
N. J
Robert Harris
Attleboro
Mass
Hannah Ross
Harris
Earl Watson
Robert Wallace
New Haven
Conn
Death by fall ends life of cotton firm partner
Samuel Siegbert a senior member of Siegbert & Bro., cotton goods dealers in New York and Chicago, died instantly after leaping from a sixth story window in Central Park West. He was forty, in poor health, and had complained of excessive heat earlier. Sir Henry Irving’s condition reported markedly improved in Wolverhampton. Poston agency advertises California sleepers and Seaboard Florida Limited schedules from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Samuel Siegbert
Siegbert & Bro
Chicago
Central Park West
Sieghert
Fire sweeps Hot Springs with three dead and hundreds homeless
A major late night fire in Hot Springs Arkansas devastated the southern city, killing three known victims and leaving hundreds homeless. Officials estimate losses between five million and two million dollars as many hotels and blocks were destroyed and water pressure failed. City leaders appealed for relief and promised immediate rebuilding while fear and panic spread through streets choked with evacuees.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Grand Central Hotel
Chapel Street
Market Street
Central Avenue
Grange Street
Grand Avenue
Oak Street
Lee House
Moody Hotel
Plateau Hotel
Columbia Hotel
First Methodist Church
Grand Nuval Hotel
Central Avenue South
Central Avec
Park Hotel
Arlington
Eastman
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Panama’s
Maine Statesman
Senator Gorman
Moses
Baltimore and Return
Royal Limited
Neonepaper Riphye
Oil Trust
Hitchcock
Foster
Willion
Campbell
Foster Oil
Ornge
Representative Campbell
J. C. Pollock
United States District Court of Kansas
Pollock
Garfield
Southern Pabo Limited
Florida
Aiken
Augusta
Pullman
St. Augustine
Southern
International Board
Mars Gras
Southern Railway
New Orleans
Mobile
Pensacola
Uncle Sam
Baku
Volga
Donetsky
Putilos
Caucasia
Cabin John Bridge
Potomac
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cincinnati
Gen. Stoessel
Wm. Penn Clarke
William Freye White
Smith Thompson, Jr
Sloan's
G Street
Mr. Clarke
Southern Rny
Trair
Bluemont
Leesburg
Beresneff
Niuchwang
Tilentsin
Liuchiawopu
Hsinmingtun
Sufangtai
Hunghutzu
Minhwang
Hun River
Priest
Part
Wife
Husband
Man
Hunt
Henry Irving
Wolverhampton
Chean
California
Southern Ry
So. Pacific
Berth
Poston
Seaboard Florida Limited
Pinehurst
Southern Pines
Camden
Southern Resorts
Pa. Ave
Belding
H. Williams
Williams Hardware Store
Tennessee Stables
Valley Stables
Market Strees
Blumensteil
Gus Berlan
Spear Dry Goods Company
Frane Hardware Store
Laugheran
John O'Brien
Fred Sammons
Thomas Golden
F. Parker
Laughton
Connelly
J. C. Bear
Judge Teague
M. Sigler
J. Marks
W. Swearingen
West
Grand View
Alhambra
Alhambra Bath House
Palmyra
Looney
SA Sammons
Central Street
A. F. Saunders
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