Russia’s 1904 plan for Janal ship and European power shifts
The report notes Russia’s claim that the new ship Janal will be finished in 1904 amid broader European balance of power concerns. It discusses Russian progress on internal improvements, naval and army sizes, German and French strengths, British sea dominance, and Belgian leanings, with attention to Port Arthur, Kiao-Tong, and international law amid tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Janal
Baltic
Black ‘Seas
Shanghai
Germany
Port Arthur
Kiao-Tong Peninsula
Talien-Wan
England
Japan
Erope
France
Europe
Great Britain
Fragments Reflect Shifting Agriculture and Diversification
A distorted excerpt notes an event labeled as a freeze years ago that unexpectedly blessed agriculture. It suggests a push toward diversified farming, including fruit production, and mentions Florida and various states, but details are garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiona
Tate
Petus
Florida
Congressional Proceedings Dominate Senate and House Debates
The senate debated cabinet replies on civil service law and a census bureau bill, while the house continued extensive civil service discussions with crowded galleries. Notable items include the death of William Caxnson and relief pledges by the president and cabinet for Cuba, plus various international and domestic notices and minor political updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Fergus Falls
Minn
Newport News
Red Cross Society
William Caxnson
Eau Claire
Wis
PakRis
Dr. Ayer
Senor Amada Soares
Lee
Havana
Madrid
London Times
Supreme Council
Gen. Weyler
Roosevelt
Mare Island
Frederick Lafaver
Ccourt
Henry Somerset
British Woman’s Temperance Association
Joan Scott
Lawrence
Scott
Fires rage across towns injure and kill in Indiana and Michigan
Reports summarize a schoolhouse blaze in Yeddo Fountain county Indiana on the 6th with fears of two children inside and two pupils thrown from a second story window. Mammoth icehouse construction near Whitmore Lake Michigan collapses killing two and injuring many. San Francisco's Columbia theater gutted by fire causing extensive interior damage. Adams Express Co. officials open a smuggling box in Charlion Pi on the 7th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeddo
Fountain County
Ind
Ux Columbia
San Francisco
Adams Express Co
Charlion
Portland to host state conventions for free silver forces
Telegrams report action in Portland Oregon to unite free silver factions for the June state election. Democrats and free silver Republicans plan conventions March 23 in Portland, with populists and Union party likely to follow the same date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Free Silver
Democrats
Free Silver Republicans
Union Party
Norton Line
Miramer
New York
River Plata
Brazil
J. Saranelli
Instituto de Hygiene Experimentale
Montevideo
General Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
A. H. Doty
Victoria
BK. C
Behring Sea
California
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
Lamberto Point
Humphreys
St. Johns
N. F
Liverpool
Creek Council
Bliss
Wisdom
United States Courts
Associated Banks
New York City
A-Dispatch
Cairo
Egypt
Metemmehere
Illinois State News Highlights Deaths and Local Notices
Obituaries list Patrick Daley and Lavina Hitt among notable deaths in Illinois counties including McLean, Pulaski, Macon, and Shelby. Carthage and Decatur entries note prominent locals Elia Carlton, Frank Owens, and BB Trull. tributes to Samuels Sanner and other prominent families. State actions cover San Jose scale relief talks, an insurance advertising ruling, Peoria rolling mill sale, and new appointments to pharmacy boards. Roanoke bans cigarette smoking in public places with a $250 selling privilege fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weg
Delage
Patrick Daley
Chicago, Burlington
Quincy
Lavina M. Hitt
Altus
Central Illinois
White Oak Township
McLean County
Samuel Sanner
Sanner
Prairie Home
Shelby County
Samuel Heft
Austin Township
Macon County
Edwin Bartleson
New Grand Chain
Pulaski County
Carthage
Elia Carlton
Robert Carlton
Frank Owens
Decatur
I'rull
Hill
E. L. Hill
Percy
Leonard Davis
Springfield
Jackson Schultz
James Hirce
Assumption
Illinois Legislature in Extra Session Deliberates Tax Bills
In Springfield the Senate advanced the apportionment bill and inheritance tax appropriations, with votes split along party lines and Gov. Tanner present. House revenue debates conti ued, bills on taxation of gas and electric firms and franchise taxes under discussion, while actions on Peoria asylum funding and corn and wheat regulation moved through committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Peoria
Curley
Agpinwall
House
Allen
Ermilion
McEnoy
Rowe Revenue
Murray
Sangamon
State Board of Equalization
Sayler
Springfield
Putnam
Committee On Appropriations
Sparks
General Assembly
Congress
Mason
Berry and
Templeton
Fitzpatrick
Houss
Selby
Adderson
Berry
Stubblefield
McLean County
Tanner
President Northcutt
Lundin
Chicago
Bradford
Iam
Horn
George W. Wendell
New Holland
Logan County
Thirty-ninth
Alschuler
Schwab
House Neat
McEntry
Illinois
McEniry
Merriam
Dougherty
Shelby
Lamoi
Bherman
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Li Hong Gane
Post Office
New Orleans
Spain
Gomez
Blanco
Pancho
Uncle Sam
William
China
Baron von Buelow
Order of the Red Eagle
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Sun. Mon
Eens
John
Ane
B. D. Mills
Lincoln
Neb
National Bank
Harlan County
Mills
Ezra Whitney
William Henry Sheers Durrant
Quentin
Cal
Blanche Lamont
Department of State
Washington Star
Bank of England
Harvard Observatory
Russian
Corea
Wllinois State News
San Jose
Gov. Tanner
S. A. Forbes
Champaign
A. M. Augustine
Normal
J. W. Stanton
Richview
van Cleve
Peoria Rolling Ali
George ‘I’. Page
W. ST. Abbott
Benj. J. Greenhut
Joseph B. Greenhut
Juorlat
C. J. Scofield
Ninth Judicial District
Mount Vernon
Christian Church
Roanoke
Woodford County
State Board of Pharmacy
F. Lueder
A. Zimmermann
Ilinoss
L. L. Rice
Cumberland Presbyterian
Nashville, Venn
A E. Turner
Lincoln University
Nelson Morris Co
East St. Louis
W. Ly. Castle & Co
Gridley
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