Final Negotiations Aim to Clear Minor Points in Pekin Talks
Washington reports the state department plans to settle minor issues first in the Pekin negotiations, leaving indemnities guarantees and commercial treaties for later. Chinese representatives are expected to resist several terms, including dismantling vs destroying forces, arms import restrictions, and legation guard sizes. Rockhill intends to return to the United States soon.
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Washington
State Department
Pekin
Taku
Rockhill
United States
Emperor’s demand to curb punitive actions and keep legations
Pekin dispatch quoted by the Morning Post argues the emperor seeks foreign occupation instead of destroying the Taku force. He asks for a fixed period banning crime imports and halting punitive expeditions, seeks legation lands and guards details, costs, and timing to restore public offices.
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London
United States
Conger
Pekin
Morning Post
Kwang Hau
Pekina
Peace Conference Opens in Pekin for Formal Start
An official of the German foreign office said the first sitting of the Pekin peace conference would be set immediately after foreign envoys verify their copies of the joint note are properly signed and sealed by Chinese plenipotentiaries.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Press Today
Pekin
Desperado Marion Kuhns Captured After Shootout
Logansport Indiana reports Marion Kuhns and his brother captured at Greenhill after a night time raid from Plymouth. In the ensuing struggle Marvin Kuhns and a brother fired on pursuing posse members. Marvin wounded H V Volt and Lewis Hawkins, but no one fatally.
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Logansport
Ind
Marion Kuhns
Indiana
Greenhill
Kuhns
Columbus
Marion
Plymouth
Marshall
Cheney
la Fayette
Otterbein
Marvin
Elmer Switzmer
H. V. Volt
Lewis Hawkins
Fire at Phoenix causes $30,000 loss in B C
Fire in Phoenix B C Jan 19 started at McBean & Co dry goods store and spread to the Imperial hotel and Phoenix News Company. Giant powder used to blow up buildings along the path. McBean & Co stock loss $12,000. building $2,000. Imperial hotel $10,000. Phoenix News Co $2,000. T A Hicks dry goods store $1,800. Partial insurance on some items.
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Phoenix
B. C
McBean & Co
Imperial Hotel
Phoenix News Company
T. A. Hicks
Danes Seek West Indies Development If Islands Not Sold
Copenhagen January 19. Leaders of the merchant syndicate petitioning the government to invest Danish capital in the Danish West Indies say they do not intend to oppose selling the islands to the United States. Their plan is to develop the islands if they are not sold.
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Copenhagen
Danish West Indies
United States
Master of the Geyser in Texas Oil Well Control
Beaumont Texas January 19 The Lucas oil geyser has been controlled after a valve was placed on the well mouth Captain Lucas declares mastery of the geyser The well had been shooting about 50 feet high since last Thursday and an estimated 150 000 barrels of oil have flowed from it Prospectors and spectators continue arriving at the site.
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Beaumont
Texas
Lucas
Scorpion to Remain at La Guayra as Venezuelan Standoff Grows
Washington reports no new orders for the North Atlantic squadron amid tensions in Venezuela. Minister Loomis protests censorship of official mail and flags possible tampering with cables. The Scorpion stays at La Guayra, while Hartford and Lancaster await further instructions and Amiral Farquhar keeps close naval contact.
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Lomis
Venezuela
Navy Department
Florida
Guanoco
la Guayra
State Department
Loomis
Scorpion
Caracas
Department of State
Castro
Cape Verde Islands
Amiral Farquhar
North Atlantic
Embezzler Suspect Said to Be Aboard Ocean Liner
London wires report Sigmund Hertz alias Emden of New York is the alleged forger and embezzler sought by U S authorities. He is believed aboard the Corinthian sailing from Halifax to Queenstown and Liverpool. Scotland Yard and city police watch Queenstown or Liverpool for his arrival, as he allegedly pilfered about $50 000 of a Walker Street wholesale house’s funds and may have embezzled nearly $200 000 overall.
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London
United States
Sigmund Hertz
Emden
New York City
Corinthian
Halifax
Queenstown
Liverpool
George F. Titus
Scotland Yard
Walker Street
Barre workers seek back pay for extra hours in federal projects
Barre Vermont January 21 granite cutters and tool sharpeners press claims for back pay from nearly 30 years ago. They say the work on the Boston and New York post offices Dix Hurricane and Fox Islands and navy yards required ten hours daily instead of eight and seek compensation for the extra two hours daily. Navy yard workers received pay two years ago.
Chinese plenipotentiaries sign Peace Protocol in Pekin
Washington reports Minister Conger at Pekin states the Chinese plenipotentiaries have signed and delivered the protocol. The move ends doubts about the government agreement as the Spanish minister requires all seals and signatures to validate it.
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Washington
Conger
Pekin
Diamond Smuggler Caught In New York
United States Marshal Alcott seized in Hoboken $17,600 worth of diamonds brought by Antonio Ansenias without paying duty. Customs officials found the gems on his person as he left a Hamburg American steamer. Ansenias was not arrested. the Treasury department will decide if he is guilty. Diamonds were concealed in a belt around his body. 126 items valued about $11,000 with 60 percent duty would total $17,600.
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New York
United States
Alcott
Antonio Ansenias
Ansenias
Hoboken
Treasury Department
Cuba
Ansenisas
Irrigation movement gains support in Congress
Secretary Hitchcock could not appear before the House committee on public lands and filed a statement backing irrigation. He argues vast lands could support 50 million people and cites Nile valley success. Support comes from Prof Newell, Prof Pinchott, and Rep Newlands, with focus on the Newlands bill and western states.
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Washington
Hitchcock
House Committee On Public Lands
The
Nile
Egypt
Newell
Geological Survey
Pinchott
Agricultural Department
Newlands
Nevada
Humboldt River
California
Oregon
Idaho
Utah
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Kanasa
Nebraska
South
North Dakota
Bold robbery at Maillard’s restaurant and confectionery
Two armed men roamed into Maillard's near the Fifth Avenue hotel at midnight and demanded cash. A shot was fired as they fled. one robber escaped on Twenty Fourth Street, the other, Edward Burgess, was captured near Madison Square by a police officer.
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New York
Maillard’s
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Twenty-fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Madison Square
Edward Burgess
Britain and United States hold second talks on Hay Pauncefote pact
London reports a second conference between United States Ambassador Choate and Foreign Secretary the Marquis of Lansdowne on the amended Hay Pauncefote treaty. No outline of Britain’s intended action was given and no definite decision is expected for several days.
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London
United States
Ambarcador Choate
Marquis of Lansdowne
Civil War Veteran General Andrew Jackson McKay Dies in New York
New York reports the death of General Andrew Jackson McKay a Civil War veteran in the city today He served as quartermaster general on the staff of General George W Thomas with the army of the Cumberland The obituary notes his long service and rank with the Union forces.
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New York
Andrew Jackson McKay
George W. Thomas
Burned by Molten Copper at Copper Queen Smelter
Juan Loe pes, a worker at the Copper Queen smelter in Tucson, Arizona, was killed when molten copper fell from a swinging pot and ignited his clothing, leaving his body horribly disfigured.
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Tuscon, Ariz
Juan Loepes
Copper Queen
New Ships Under Construction Worth 29 Million Along Delaware
Ships now under construction at Delaware river shipyards with an aggregate value of 29 725 000 dollars are progressing in the yard programs.
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Delaware River
Mail Boxes for Rural Routes Arrive in Salem
Twenty five dozen mail boxes for rural routes have arrived in Salem as the government requires. Boxes are galvanized iron, 16 inches long six inches wide six inches high and must be installed by each family or person on the route. Each box costs one dollar to participate in carrier delivery.
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Salem
Oregon and Washington News Roundup Highlights
The Dalles levies 6 mill tax and buys fire hose while Ashland stores ice for Southern Pacific. Oregon legislature faces a $50,000 deficit update as new laundry machinery arrives in Eugene. County levies vary from 8 to 2534 mills with coyotes near Coles Valley and Montgomery. Train handcar collision narrowly avoided near Woodburn. Uncle Ben mines sold to New York syndicate. Maxwell in Coos City drills 800 feet. Fire at J C Todd ship chandlery in Tacoma. Multiple incidents and local projects span Oregon and neighboring states.
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Oregon
Eugene
Grant County
Davenport Completes New School House At Cost
The new sixteen thousand dollar Davenport schoolhouse is finished. The Hamilton railroad agent Harry Beeardsley was robbed of two hundred dollars. A Day ton school house is planned with estimated cost between twenty thousand and eighty thousand dollars. El Sievers of Iowa considers buying a shingle mill at Everete.
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Davenport
Hamilton
Harry Beeardsley
Dayton
el Sievers
Iowa
Everete
Weiser News Highlights: Elections Bond Vote and Local Incidents
The report covers Weiser city election on a $60 000 bond, plus a free ferry proposal. It notes a series of incidents including cattle theft arrests near Moscow, a railroad rail delivery, a Bear Gulch snow slide with property loss, and a burglary at a Mountain Home drug store. It also mentions post office relocation near Leduc Blaine County and protests over Nez Perce county division and the soldiers home relocation.
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