Foreign ministers urged to guard legations in Pekin parade
January 6 report from Pekin says Chinese officials asked powers to keep legation guards in their quarters to avoid clashes with Chinese troops during the royal procession. Foreign ministers are split on relations with the court while families occupy observer buildings. Some soldiers and officers ignored restrictions, risking resentment. Rail traffic to Pao Ting Fu is congested as the court arrives, with official business dominating lines and posts.
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Pekin
Legation
Legations
Pao Ting Fu
Why Great Britain is Hated Speech in Birmingham
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain argues abroad hostility to Britain is historical, not due to British government. He defends isolation, praises colonial ties, and sees no imminent danger to trade despite unions. Also notes strong five year trade and positive prospects ahead. Cedartown item reports Georgia Attorney General Terrett will resign to run for governor.
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Chamberlain
London
Birmingham
Joseph Chamberlain
Great Britain
Hanna
Schwab
Steel Corporation
Cedartown Standard
J. M. Terrett
Georgia
Neely and Reeves Face Court in Cuban Stamp Case
The audience court heard witnesses on imposts and forged warrants tied to Neely and Reeves. Cuban stamp clerks Mayd and Mascara testified about surcharged stamps and payments to Neely totaling about $1800, with Reeves on the stand for hours amid conflicting statements. Reeves denied forging indorsements. Neely warned Reeves of trouble if he persisted.
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Audiencia Court
Sehores Lanuza
Desvernine
Este
G. Rathbone
Rathbone
Senores Lanuza
Mayd and Mascara
Charles F. W. Neely
Neely
Moya
W. H. Reeves
Reeves
Post Office Department
Cuba
Court of First Instance
Duel Between Students and Officer Shocks Jena
Berlin reports narrate a duel last Thursday in Jena within the duchy of Saxe-Weimar Esland where Lt Thieme of the 94th regiment killed a university student Heldt by a heart shot during a five-shot exchange. The court of honor barred sabers and Heldt faced slim odds, dying on the third shot amid student protests after insults in the street.
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Berlin
Jena
Duchy of
Saxe-Weimar-Elsand
Court of Honor
Heldt
Stelad
Thieme
Venezuelan Gunboat Taken Reports Rebel Steamer Action
Rumors from Willemstad Curacao state the revolutionary steamer Libertador signaled ashore and landed insurgents near Vela de Toro. General Riera and other insurgents reportedly sailed out and captured the Venezuelan gunboat Zumbador near the coast.
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Wilemstad
Curacao
Haytien
Libertador
S Island
Liber“oy
Vela de Coro
Riera
Vela de Toro
Venezuela
Rochelle Names Elected Officials in City Vote
Special report shows mayor and aldermen elected in Rochelle. Mayor John T. en, P. Carter, W. E. lL. Byrd, T. C. Wells, C., BD, J. Fann chosen after a field of two candidates. Voters chose the new editor of the New Hera in a developing result.
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Helie
Rochelle
John T. En
P. Carter
Bank cashier Townsend tied to cotton futures loss
Bristol County National Bank cashier Townsend is said to be $35 000 short in his accounts, with the deficit found by Bank Examiner Ewer. Townsend admits the shortage and says irregularities may have persisted for two years. Bank directors insist surplus will cover all interests as investigations continue.
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Taunton
Mass
Townsend
Bristol County National Bank
Ewer
United States
Baldrrees
New York
Boston
Airship prize to lure Maxim Dumont and Langley to St Louis
Sir Hiram Maxim says no official invitation yet and will not spend until formal notice. He has spent about $100,000 on aerial experiments and would invest $100,000 more to win if the St Louis managers offer $200,000. Santos Dumont and Samuel Langley are named as likely rivals for the prize.
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Maxim
Dumont
Langley
London
St. Louis Exposition
Hiram Maxim
Associated Press
St. Louis
O Santos
St. Louis Prize
German naval expert reports on U S shipbuilding strengths
Berlin, January 6. Herr Schwartz, a German naval constructor sent to the United States by the marine general staff, submits reports on U S shipyards. He notes access for investigation, abundant photos and drawings of pneumatic shipbuilding tools, cheaper steel materials than elsewhere, and wage advantages offset by productive efficiency. He cites large lakes freighters and British trampers as comparably priced, and highlights the consolidation of U S shipbuilders into the world’s largest firm focusing on economic methods, material standardization, and centralized management.
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Berlin
Tlard Schwartz
United States
Marine General Staff
Herr Schwartz
Great ‘Britain
Great Lakes
Great Britain
Herr. Schwartz
Lives Lost in Collision Off Aveiro Portugal
Nineteen men are dead after the British steamer Alfonso from Newport and the Spanish steamer Vilelva collided at night near Aveiro Portugal on January 4. Both ships sank with eighteen Alfonso crewmen and one Vileiva crew member drowned. Twenty four Vileiva crew and the Alfonso captain were rescued and landed at Matta Linhos.
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Stehmere
Lisbon
Alfonso
Newport
Gibraltar
Vilelva
Aveiro
Portugal
Viteiva
Matta Linhos
Chile satisfies Argentina on Ultima Esperanza clauses
Chilean declaration on the Yanez Portella protocol paragraphs regarding policing Ultima Esperanza is satisfactory to Argentina. With Argentina's grievances addressed, both governments will approve the paragraphs, ending disputes from the Ultima Esperanza incident. Public opinion supports the Argentine government's energetic stance.
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Buenos Ayres
Galveston
Tex
Chile
Argentina
Bold attempt to rob train thwarted by air brakes
A group of five men assaulted Baltimore and Ohio express train No. 7 near Swanton, Maryland, knocked the operator unconscious with a padded club, and tried to derail the locomotive. The airbrakes engaged in time, saving the train from wreck. shots were exchanged as the robbers fled into the mountains, pursued by armed express officers.
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Express
Cumberland
Chicago
Swanton
Alleghenies
M. A. Sarsfield
Slain by Drunken Employee at Springfield Foundry
John G. Sadler, 40, superintendent and general manager of Springfield Foundry Company, was shot and killed today by John W. Kenney, a recently discharged employee who had been drinking. Five bullets struck Sadler, one through the heart, another grazing near it, a stomach wound, and two minor injuries. No eyewitnesses. secretary heard the shots. Sadler exclaimed Kenney did it before dying. Kenney is in police custody.
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Kenney
Sadler
Springfield
John G. Sadler
Springfeld Foundry Company
Indianapolis
McKinley
Pullman-Wagner Merger Faces Legal Challenge
Chicago January 6 Judge Tuley refused to issue an injunction sought by Truman A. Taylor to block Pullman Palace Car Company from purchasing Wagner Sleeping Car Company and issuing 200000 shares in the merged concern. The case centers on the December 4 meeting when the firms agreed to consolidate, rename, and raise capital to 74010909 dollars. Tuley rejected anti trust arguments, deeming the merger a normal business transaction.
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Wagner Company
Pullman Palace Car Company
Eatire
Pullman Company
Tuley
Taylor
Plan To Open Saloons On Sunday In New York
District Attorney Jerome and others met to draft a bill addressing Sunday opening. A five member subcommittee was appointed to remove the tea room hotel clause and allow saloons to open from 1 PM to 11 PM, with the community to have a voice in action.
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New York
Jerome Ane
Willis’ L.ogden
Probe into Railroads and Packing Houses by Commerce Commission
Chicago January 6 Members of the interstate commerce commission gathered to open an investigation into the packing house products and dress beef handling and the railroad combinations. Subpenas have only been served on two of the six questioned packing house representatives who reportedly fled others are said to have fled to avoid the summons. The commission plans two to three days on packing house handling before examining railroad combinations.
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Commerce Commission
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Aimes Hay
Roosevelt family names traced to maternal line
The Boston Herald notes Roosevelt names originate on the mother's side, tracing the Que reau line from the Carow/Huguenot ancestors through Mrs. Roosevelt’s grandfather Isaac Carow. It explains spelling shifts and the Quentin surname links among the children, highlighting European roots and name evolutions.
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Roosevelt
Boston Herald
Mottarew
Quereau
Carow
Isaac
Quentin
Pelongs
Caréw
Illinois Battleship Tested in New Orleans Dry Dock
New Orleans January 6 The battleship Illinois rests in the floating dry dock tonight and will be worked on Friday. The dock capacity is 13 000 tons, with the Illinois 12 000 ton displacement. The draining took one hour and fifty seven minutes, longer than the three hour minimum. The test was watched by the naval board, Congressman Meyer, Mayor Capdevielle, and others. Captain Converse praised the docking as satisfactory. Admiral Endicott is expected to visit to view the Mindis in dock and a banquet is planned for the officers.
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New Orléans
Illinois
New Orleans
Stettin
Germany
Tlilnois
Ilncia
Naval Board of Examiners
Meyer
Capdevielle
Converse
Naval Board
Tuinois
Navil Board
Merrell
Endicott
Mindis
New Trust Company Formed In New York City
January 6 a new trust company with capital of 1,000,000 and surplus 500,000 is to operate in New York. The Trust Company of the Republic will include directors from Illinois Central and Missouri Kansas Texas among others. It will offer special accommodations on cotton and cotton mill products, rice, sugar and iron.
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New Trust Company
New York
The
Trust Company of the Republic
Illinois Central
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Congressional talk on new posts and immigration bills
Spares from the wires report that a fifth assistant postmaster generalship is being considered by Representative Watson of Indiana to oversee free city and rural delivery. Dalzell of Pennsylvania introduces ACW immigration restrictions expanding alien exile penalties. Bills aim to bar anarchists, nihilists, and secret society members. Grosvenor proposes death for assaults on government officers. Kern moves to reestablish army renteen. Bhattacharya and committees weigh exclusion of aliens and anarchists. Root learns Judge Ide sought protection from a suspected attack.
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Watson
Indiana
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
United States
Grosvenor
Ohio
Army
Renteen
Kern
Witnets
Bhattuc
House
Immigration Committee
Lawrence
Rm Ant Bebbig
Root
Ide
Judge Taft and officials journey home from Philippines
The report notes Judge Taft civil governor of the Philippines is returning to the United States. It mentions the second member of a commission succumbing to hard work in harsh climates. Minnesota figures W R Douglas and M D Munn have arrived in Washington seeking Supreme Court permission to file mandamus petitions against the Northern Pacific merger, with Douglas's request to be presented tomorrow.
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Japan
Taft
Philippines
W. R. Douglas
Minnesota
M.D. Munn
St. Paul
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Mandanes
Douglas
Not Killed by Treachery Denied by British War Office
London reports the War Office denies a Pretoria telegram claim that two Intelligence officers parleying with Boers near Warm Baths were treacherously shot by concealed Boers. Beresford's constabulary clashed January 4 in the Orange River Colony, killing Cornet Pretorius and ten men, and capturing thirty five burghers including Wield Vornets Lerour and Erasmus.
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British War Office
London
The
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Intelligence Department
Orange River Colony
Field
Cornet Pretorius
Wield Vornets
Lerour
Erasmus
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Gare
Atlanta. Ga
Massachusetts
Concern
Sinder
America
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Baltimore
Pullman-Wagner
Muse Clothing
Muse
Atlanta
Knox
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