Congress advances army bill and impeachment notes in brief
The House passed the army appropriation bill and the Senate debated statehood and fur seal indemnity. Swayne impeachment actions dominated Senate activity with night sessions planned to finish by March 1. Other items include a $180,781,998 post office appropriation, Venezuela tensions, railroad rebate prosecutions, and various local and national incidents across the United States.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Swayne
House
Stone
Charles Swayne
District Court
Florida
Unien
Vespasian Warner
Illinois
Committee On Post Offices and Post Roads
Post Office
Castro
Venezuela
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Santa Fe Railroad
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Angell
University of Michigan
G. R. Koch
New Ulm
Minn
L. A. Gerhardt
Terre Haute
Ind
Traction & Power Company
Goddbeys
Barnetta
Woodson Dalton
Milton Roberts
Lakeview Plantation
Dover
Grand Jury
Pueblo
Col
Pueblo County
New York City
Willard Elder
George Leiper
George Thomas
Tyrone
Elder
Thomas
Leiper
John Randolph Bull
Bayonne
N. J
Italy
Colorado
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Joseph L. Bristow
Mignonette Seavey
State Insane Asylum
Concord
N. H
Osceola
Levi Taylor
Wilkie
United States Secret Service
Nathan Young
Cranberry
N. C
Kansas City
Wilson
Kan
Tillman
Sam Hutchinson
B. F. Rice
Arkansas
Tulsa
I. T
Hay
John Moorfield
Gracey
Washington County
Arizona
New Mexico
Powelton & Pocahontas
Charleston
W. Va
Massachusetts Senate
Department of Agriculture
South
Cotton Exchange
New York
Lincoln
Volum
Japanese war aims in the Russo Japanese conflict
A dispatch notes Japan plans to dam Port Arthur harbor to salvage sunken Russian ships. Japanese heavy artillery is being rushed from Port Arthur to move on Kuropatkin. Russia threatens to invade north China and Chinese Turkestan if China blocks Russo Japanese contraband. Kashgar in Turkestan is reported occupied by Russian troops.
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Japan
Port Arthur
Mikado
Kuropatkin
Yientsin
Russia
China
Chinese Turkestan
Kashgar
Turkestan
Czar and family escape as palace plot shocks St Petersburg
The czar and family narrowly escaped a grave accident after a deep-laid plot fired a grape charge into the Winter Palace. Officials call it accidental, but public doubt grows as St Petersburg faces strikes, darkness, and military mutinies.
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Russia
Winter Palace
St. Petersburg
Fall River
Mass
Bigg Lumber Company
Lumberton
Elvado
Colorado
Reed Smoot
United States
Utah
Senate Committee
John Kennett
Mackenzie
Robert Coy
Chicago
Sonora
Mexico
United Mineworkers’ Convention
Randall
Wyoming
Mitchell
Hay
Japan
China
Roosevelt
Various 1904-05 National News Snapshots From Across U S
A broad roundup covers tuberculosis efforts in Chicago with a proposed $250000 sanitarium, labor strife in Indianapolis and Oregon, a Colorado strike denial, a Chicago death due to smoking, and Britain’s Macedonia plan. Also noted are arsons in Carroll and Glidden Iowa, deaths of prominent men in Michigan and Wisconsin, indictments and arrests, and local disasters including a fire in Rockaway Beach and sewer gas explosion in Belleville Illinois.
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Chicago
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Colorado
Sadie Thompson
Oak Park
Episcopal Church
Frank Evans
William Elmer Browning
Bedford
Ind
Sarah C. Shafer
A. G. Stewart
Iowa
Porto Rico
Willis Sweet
Idaho
Charles Smith
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Morton Kimes
Buffalo
N. Y
Clifton
Ariz
St. Petersburg
Neva
Civil Commission
Hannah Elias
John R. Platt
New York
United States
China
Manchuria
Jacob J. Baker
Muskegon
John Merriman
Ramsey
Ill
Gov. Herrick
Ohio
Alexander Guy
Guy
Chillicothe
John Pettit
Clinton-Paris
Clinton
Philander C. Knox
Senator Quay
Pennsylvania
Eugene Hale
United State Senate
Maine
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
W. Murray Crane
Hoar
Ira Brown
Cadillac
Oregon
Senate
F. J. Grossheim
Belleville
Rockaway Beach
No Mercy Shown to Russian Mob
Describes a violent day in St. Petersburg with martial law, 50,000 troops, and deadly clashes between workers and forces. Reports say 26 killed and 2,100 wounded across locations including Palace Square, Nevsky Prospect, and Morskaia, with volleys, barricades, and frantic evacuations.
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St. Petersburg
Vasilchikoff
Reets
Nevsk
Sviatopolk- Mirsky
Winter Palace
Palace Square
Gopcon
Narva
Admiralty Garden
Admiralty Gardens
Nevsky
Grand Norskaia
Moika Canal
Horse Guards
Moika
Proobranjensky Guards
Nicholas
Morskaia
Grand Morskaia
Nevsky Prospect
Nevsky Gate
Vassili
Russians Reinforced At Mukden Strength Reaches 300000
Reports from Tokio state the Russian army at Mukden has been reinforced by four divisions, bringing total strength to nine army corps or about 300000 men. Kuropatkin's headquarters sit near Fong mountain with wings strengthened facing Oku Nodzu and Kuroki. Trenches knit the front as cannonading continues in biting cold with no immediate major battle foreseen.
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Tokio
Mukden
Kuropatkin
Fong Mountain
Fushun
Oku
Nodzu
Kuroki
Fushun Valley
Kwantalien Mountain
Trains Collide in Tennessee Wreck Kills Four
A head-on collision between two freight trains on the Louisville and Nashville line near Shawnee Tennessee left four railroad workers dead and six injured, with two of the injured possibly dying. Names include James Klutz Middlesboro Kentucky George Mooney Corbin Kentucky Will Harris Corbin Kentucky Laughley Norton Virginia.
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Middlesboro
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Shawnee
Tenn
James Klutz
George Mooney
Corbin
Will Harris
Laughley
Norton
Wheeler
New York Man Dies From Auto Crash Injuries in Ormond
Frank Croker of New York died in Ormond after suffering injuries from a Saturday automobile accident. He passed away shortly after midnight with his chauffeur reported dead at the scene.
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Ormond, Fla
Frank Croker
New York
The Real Thing in Tit-Bits Quip About Dobson
In the humor column, Penelope introduces Dobson as a great composer and the man bowed to, then quips that he manufactures soothing syrup, a playful jab from Tit-Bits reflecting mock reverence and satire.
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Ethel
Penelope
Dobson
Cremation as a Live Subject Cited By Advocate
In a Yonkers Statesman remark, a warm cremation advocate claims cremation remains a live topic. He quips you can be dead sure about its relevance and discussion enduring in public debate.
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Yonkers
Punishing French Duelists Provokes Vindictive Debate
The Washington Star remarks that punishing French duelists is needless and vindictive as they never harmed anyone. The comment frames a heated discussion on the propriety of punitive measures.
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Washington Star
Dodd's Kidney Pills Claim Cure for Bright's Disease
George J. Barber of Essherville Iowa reports a fifteen year kidney disease history that progressed to Bright's Disease and claims two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills cured him completely. He praises the remedy and cites doctor efforts in Chicago as insufficient before his recovery.
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Dodd
Bright
George J. Barber
Essherville
Iowa
Barber
Chicago
One Night Treatment with Cuticura Soap and Ointment
An advertisement urges using Cuticura Soap for a strong hot lather soak of hands and feet followed by Cuticura Oilment. It recommends wearing loose kid gloves overnight to treat red rough chapped hands with dry fissures itching feverish palms and painful nails, claiming fast relief and long term cure.
Quote on personal interest in easing discomfort by Puck
A reflective line states there is deep personal interest in addressing what causes discomfort. It emphasizes attentiveness to self and well being rather than external pursuits. The attribution to Puck suggests a playful or literary source.
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Puck
Tickets to Florida and New Orleans at reduced rates
Travel ads announce discounted return passes via Queen & Crescent Route and Southern Railway to Florida New Orleans and other southern points with May 1 1905 window. Also offers flexible routes to Florida and Cuba via Atlanta returning via Asheville. Contacts listed in Chicago Detroit Warren and Cincinnati offices. Quote on compassion ends notice.
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Queen & Crescent
Southern Railway
Florida
New Orleans
Cuba
Atlanta
Asheville
W. A. Beckler
Adams Street
Chicago
D. P. Brown
Fort Street
Detroit
Mich
W. W. Dunnayvant
Warren
Ohio
W. C. Rinearson
Cincinnati
Allen's Foot-Ease Cure Advertisement
Patent remedy ad claims relief for painful swollen feet and sweating. Promotes easy shoe wear with free samples. Circulated by A. 8. Olmsted in Le Roy New York. Ends with unrelated quotation from New York Times.
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Allen’s
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Kemp's
N.Y
Mother Gray
Atall Dragon
A. S. Olmsted
N: V
Guaranteed Cure for Piles Patent Remedy Ad
An advertisement promises a guaranteed cure for piles including itching bleeding and protruding piles. The druggist offers a refund if Pazo. Orient fails to cure in 6 to 14 days. An additional line mentions slope deferred hastening the last chapter in a promising lifebook.
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Pazo. Orient
Slope
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