Russia presses China for Port Arthur surrender and rail link
The Pekin correspondent of The Times reports Russia demands China give up sovereignty over Port Arthur and Ta Tien Wan under the same terms as Germany. It seeks a railway along the Trans-Manchurian route with a one month deadline, threatening troops if refused. Russia also claims the right to move into Leao Tung under railway protection. Deceptive assurances claim open ports while Moscow could turn them into a Viadostock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Manchuria
China
Leao Tung
England
London
the Times
Pekin
Port Arthur
Shing-King
Liao Tung Peninsula
Loss of Lieut Kalk at Mount Pleasant Train Yard
Lieutenant Kalk commandant at Iowa Wesleyan University Mount Pleasant died after missing a foothold while attempting to board a freight train at 2:80 this morning. He left a wife and two children. Kalk had a long Army career from the Military Academy class of 1886 and served with the Third, Twenty fourth and Fifth Infantry regiments. He had been on duty at the university for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalk
Iowa Wesleyan University
Bouriineron
Rank Kalk
United States Army
Mount Pleasant
Adjutant General’s Office
Department of Missouri
Wisconsin
Third Infantry
Twentyfourth Infantry
Fifth Infantry
Brules Sign the Treaty With Sioux At Lower Brule
Reports from Lower Brule agency say negotiations led by Indian bureau Inspector James McLaughlin have ended with the Sioux agreeing to surrender about six or seven townships of land from the reservation's western portion. McLaughlin heads to Rosebud to secure further signatures and aim for consent of three-fourths of adult Lower Brules there for permanent relocation. Morgan Seeks Cuban Correspondence in Senate Move. Washington, March 6 Senator Morgan plans a resolution to obtain consular reports on Cuba’s condition, asserting the Senate and country deserve official details, but will delay if Maine court inquiry continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
S. D
Lower Brule
James McLaughlin
Indian Bureau
McLaughlin
Rosebud Reservation
Lower Brules
Morgan
Maine
Court of Inquiry
Supreme Court Denies Writs Over Home of the Friendless
Lincoln March 6 The supreme court denied the writs in two cases involving the Society for the Home of the Friendless. The court ruled the wrong action was filed, leaving the society in possession but not receiving state funds for support. Jumps to His Death In a Mine Shaft. Isupesane Mich March 5 Martin Armstrong a wealthy mining man killed himself in a Lake Superior Mining shaft, body sent to Marquette for burial, unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Supreme Court
Society For the Home of the Friendless
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Isupesane
Mich
Martin Armstrong
Lake Superior
Lake
Ourcaco
Frank Hill
Robert J. Hill
Congo officer killed and eaten in Belgian Congo incident
Telegraphic briefs report from Brussels that Canni bals killed and ate a Belgian officer named Nuehaus at Lieukel in the Congo last January. Also noted are bank embezzlement by Sherwood Dunning, Kid McCoy defeating Nick Burley in Hot Springs, a Washington Gas Light offer of 7 million, a pure food congress meeting in Omaha, Frances Willard's will probate, and the American Steel and Wire company forming in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Congo Free State
Nuehaus
Lieukel
Congo
Sherwood Dunning
First National Bank of Cincinnati
Kid” McCoy
Nick Burley
California
Hot Springs
Ark
Californian
Washington Evening Star
White
Chicago
L. Z. Leiter
Washington Gas Light Company
Pure Food Congress
Washington
Omaha
Executive
Senator Allen
Nebraska
Congress
Frances HE. Willard
Anna Gordon
Miss Willard
Evanston
Miss Gordon
Mary Bannister Willard
W. O.T.U
New York
American Steel and Wire Company
Combine
Corn Propaganda Network Plans Nationwide Growth
Meetings in Partapertpeuta with Colonel Clark E. Carr and notable figures chart a national effort to promote Indian corn use. Plans call for corn cooking schools, exhibitions at Transmississippi Omaha, Pan-American Buffalo, and Paris 1900, with state groups forming under Illinois law in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Clark E. Carr
B. W. Snow
Illinois
Andrew Langdon
Buffalo
Herbert Myrick
The
American Agriculturalist
New York
W. W. Gibbs
Pennsylvania
Corn Belt
Carr Saaid
West
Omaha
Chicago
Murderer Confesses At Revival Meeting In Dubuque
A man named Michael Noggles confessed during a revival in Dubuque Iowa to a six year old murder involving a peddler near Fennimore Wisconsin. He described accomplices, one jailed for another murder and another at large in Iowa, and claimed to know the victim’s name. Also reports US ships massing at Hong Kong ready for action against Manila in event of war with Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Dusvaquve
Michael Noggles
Noggles
Fennimore
Grant County
Wis
Iowa
Manila
London
Shanghai
United States
Hong Kong
Phillipine Islands
Spain
Olympia
Boston
Raleigh
Concord
Petrel
Veteran Judge to Retire in Ohio at Aug 88
Cincinnati dispatch reports Hon. George K. Sage United States judge for the southwestern district of Ohio will retire upon reaching 70 on August 88 marking 15 years of service. The notice notes his forthcoming term close and retirement eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
George K. Sage
United States Court
Southwestern District of
Ohio
Ready to Attack Havana by Land and Sea in Cuban Crisis
Emelio Nunez reports from New York that Cuban filibusters plan joint land and sea operations against Havana. Diaz and Diaz forces move toward Bayamo while Gomez presses from the east, with Garc ia, Pando, and Blanco positioning to support, as the U S may enter war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Havana
Maximo Gomez
Tampa
Mla
Emelio Nunez
Cuba
Jack O’brien
Nanez
Oriente
Calixto Garcia
Pinar del Rio
Diaz
Garcia
Bayamo
Pando
Dantes
Murcia
Gomez
Blanco
Rodriguez
United States
Boycott Goes Into Effect in Rail Freight Dispute
Freight boycott by Southwestern and Western traffic pools largely opened. Santa Fe Rock Island Texas and Pacific Missouri Kansas and Texas lines acted yesterday with others to follow March 7. Pittsburg and Gulf to face court challenge while boycott lines demand prepayment and local tariffs. Proposals include side tracking and rate slashing to push Pittsburg and Gulf to join the pools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern
Gulf Road
Kansas City
Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Gulf Railway
Western
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Texas and Pacific
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Pittsburg
Gulf
Pittsburg and
Gulf Division
Seeds From the Far East Arrive for Arid Regions
Secretary Wilson sent Professor Hansen to eastern Europe and Asia to obtain new seeds and plants. Three carloads of promising varieties will be distributed to state stations, focusing on drought and heat resistance for arid regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far East
Wassington
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Niel Hansen
Brookings
S. D
Europe
Asia
Hansen
Mother's account of a boy's miraculous recovery
A Illinois mother credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with saving her son from wasting illness after a lung fever. The narrative details rapid weight gain, restored appetite, and happiness as the child improves, supported by affidavits from a Notary Public and physicians. The ad claims the pills restore blood and nerves and are sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Williams
Damon
Ill
Josie
Mrs. Williams
M. A. Jones
Ase Robinson
Henk
Dr. Williams
Willi Pink Pitts
PENSION SWINDLER ON TRIAL IN TOPEKA CASE
George Cralle, a notorious pension swindler with aliases E S Wright J B Allen and G W Brown, has been brought to Topeka for trial after arrest in Holton. He claimed to be a pension examiner and swindled pensioners by promising reports for a fee. He is said to be wanted in Iowa Missouri Nebraska and other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cralie
Topeka
Tormxa
Kan
George Cralle
Holton
Cralle
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
E. 8. Wright
J. B. Allen
G. W. Brown
Washington
Iinoia
Illustrations Planned for ISCRIBNER'S Naval and Philosophical Works
A proposed issue of ISCRIBNER'S will feature Captain A. T. Mahan's The American Navy in the Revolution with illustrations by marine artist Carlton T. Chapman and Harry Fenn, plus Robert Grant's Search-Light Letters and reflections on married life and philosophy. The issue will also explore life at girls colleges and undergraduate life at Harvard Princeton and Yale with rich illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Mahan
Carlton T. Chapman
Harry Fenn
Robert Grant
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Conductor Says Brazilian Balm Cured 36-Year Catarrh
Josiah Bacon of the P W and B A R railway recalls suffering with catarrh for 36 years. After reading Geo Hearn’s Brazilian Balm testimonial and meeting Hearn, he started treatment. Initial months showed little change, but six months later he was entirely cured and expresses great satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Bacon
Geo. H. Hearn
Hearn
Brazilian Balm Saved My Boy From Croup
Mrs. Captain H Hubbard of Milford Delaware testifies that Brazilian Balm saved her boy from a violent croup attack. She says he slept after a few doses and was well by morning, contrasting with a previous loss from the same ailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain H. Hubbard
Milford
Del
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USSIA
Germany
Ruasta
Arabe
Jewish Quarterly
KII Jews
Jowenses
Rome
Signor Felice Carlo Cavalotti
Chamber of Deputies
Corte Olona
Signor Macola
Gazzetta di Venezia
Milan Socolo
Pexin
Yano Fumio
Yang Yu
St. Petersburg
Orient
M. Pavloff
Armatrongs
Brazil
Tanami
Tatza
Mallory Line
Nueces
Key West
Montgomery
H. R. Lewis
Oregon Relief Committee
Brules
Heidelbach
Rickelheimer & Co
Paris
Lazard Freres
von Hoffman & Co
Notre Pratre
Neville
May O’shea
Netta Harmer
Syracuse
Herald
San Jose
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
National Organization To
WHHS
Evansvittz
Ind
Joe Kramer
Joe Miller
Jamestown
Neb
Williams
Austin
Minn
Milton Williams
A. A. Williams
Williams Hotel
Daniel P. Flynn
Flynn
Galt
la Champagne
Portland
Portlanvd
Halifax
Singapore
Deutschland
Gefeion
Prince Henry of Prussia
Alaska
Seartte
Wash
Valencia
Queen
Copper River
Tacoma
Senate
L. G. Hardin
Ames
Clarence 8.Crain
Brooklyn
Irving M. Treynor
Council Bluffs
I. Stauffer
Gladbrook
J. D. Paddock
Malvern
Hayti
Port de Paix
Rep Oak
Smith
Rose
Hawkins’ Bridge
Nishunbatou
Jack Curry
Iscribner’s
Henry Cabot Lodge
Walter Ayckhoff
W. R. Leigh
Hoar
D. Gibson
Maxfield Parrish
Cuartes Scurrier’s Sons
G. A. R. Hall
Dr.Kay
Wehaveng
Arness
Largo
Surrey
Curtaina
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