Russians, Chinese clash at Tai Lien Wan over taxes
A severe clash occurred at Tai Lien Wan between Russian and Chinese forces with hundreds reported dead. Admiral Beresford said the fight was expected and would impact the government and trade. Tai Lien Wan lies near Port Arthur with a sizable Russian garrison and a larger Chinese force nearby.
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Prxix
Tai Lien Wan
Detroit
Mich
Charles Beresford
China
Tai Lien
Port Arthur
Ruscoaling
Manferia
Train Collision Near Foret Kills Thirty Near Frucsels
A fogbound express train from Mons collided with a standing Tournay train at Foret, killing about thirty passengers. Reports say the express failed to see signals and mounted the platform train, with cars crushed and many fatalities.
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Privitel
Frucsels
Perssers
Calais
Foret
Tournay
Mons
Philippine diplomats abandon Montreal for New York to reach London
Senor Agoncillo and his compatriot Senor Marti abruptly left Montreal at 6 p m bound for New York en route to London. They plan to sail Wednesday as the Philippine delegation’s mission in the United States winds down after the treaty’s passage and signing.
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Moxtecal
Senor
Agoncillo
Senor Marti
Montreal
New York
London
United States
Chicago
Marti
Europe
Philippines
Railroad Subsidies Withdrawn Bill Introduced
Victoria B C February 20 A bill has been introduced in parliament to withdraw railroad subsidies not earned. It lists Crows Nest and Kootenai railroad 20 000 acres per mile Okanogan and Kootenai railway 20 000 acres per mile Canadian Pacific railway Farwell Revelstoke branch Western minus of Crows Nest 20 000 acres of land per mile Canadian Western Central British railroad 20 000 acres per mile.
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Victoria
B. C
Crows Nest
Celtic Sails With Supplies
The United States refrigerator steamer Celtic cleared for Manila via Honolulu carrying a large quantity of supplies for U S forces.
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Celtic
San Francisco
United States
Manila
Honolulu
Great Northern Flyer Wreck Near Wilson Creek
Spokane report states the Great Northern flyer derailed near Wilson Creek between city and Wenatchee at 5 a.m. Three men were injured including Utah Lepisl and Salt Lake City actor Charles Bribery. The second item notes a legislative debate over bribery charges and an investigation committee proposal with seven members.
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Great Northern Flyer
Spokane
Wash
Great Northern
Wilson Creek
City
Wenarhe
Utah
Salt Lake N
Charles
Joint Assembly
Ghip
McCuncan
Fisher
Dem
Senate
Th House
Riot at Star theater injures interior in Chicago melee
In Chicago at the Star theater near Sedgwick and Division streets, a crowd of about 2000 flooded the venue after a delay to curtain. Scenery tied up by legal action remained unseen and chairs chandeliers carpets were destroyed before police restored order.
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Chicago
Star Theater
Sedgewick
Division Streets
North Carolina adopts suffrage limit amendment
Raeian North Carolina February 10 an amendment to the state constitution limiting suffrage has been adopted by both chambers. House vote 81 to 27 Senate 41 to 6. It will go to a popular vote in August 1901 alongside state officers. The measure aims to curb the ignorant negro vote by adding property and poll tax tests while preserving rights for those eligible to vote on January 1 1867 or whose ancestors were so eligible.
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Raeian
N. C
North Carolina
General Assembly
House
Senate
MORE TROUBLE AT SAN JUAN D ER THEIR RESIGNATIONS
In San Juan Porto Rico on February 20 the mayor and most of the municipal council offered their resignations after General Guy V. Henry ordered action on a cattle-killing issue. Henry warned he would imprison officials who kept to trife and refused orders, sparking considerable public feeling.
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San Joax
Porto Rico
Municipal Council of
San Juan
Guy V. Henry
Henry
Cuban Press Opposes U S Colonial Commission
Havana reports sharp interest in the U S appointment of a colonial commission to regulate Cuba's political life and reconstruction. Conservative Spanish and Cuban papers condemn the move and question Washington's next steps for Cuba.
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Havana
United States
Cuba
Washington
Fire destroys Wisconsin chair factory in Port Washington
A Sentinel special reports a blaze in the dry kiln at the Wisconsin chair factory in Port Washington reduced the plant to ashes. Losses total about 350000 dollars, 90 percent insured, with another 50000 dollars in property damage. The factory spans three blocks and employs around 600 workers.
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Milwaukee
Port Washington
Wis
Wisconsin
Othe
Fatal gas tragedy at Philadelphia home
Mrs Charles Fahrenkamp aged 83 and her two children Florence 10 and William 8 were found dead in their home at 41 North Fourteenth Street. An unknown woman also died. gas had been on for several days and life appeared extinct.
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Philadelphia
Charles Fahrenkamp
Florence
William
Porter's Mission in Europe Reaches Berlin
Robert P. Porter, after days in London, has departed for Berlin to counteract continental efforts since the Spanish War to discriminate against American products. He aims to curb bias toward U.S. goods and promote reciprocity in trade relations.
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Mr. Porter
Europe
London
Robert P. Porter
Berlin
King Oscar Recovers and resumes rule in Sweden
London reports the health of King Oscar has been restored and he has resumed the government amid general rejoicing. The Stockholm correspondent of the Daily Chronicle cites restored health and renewed governance as the main outcome.
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Oscar
London
The
Daily Chronicle
Stockholm
Paris Is Rintols Efforts to Force President Resign
Enemies of the new president intensify pressure to compel his resignation as clashes erupt in the streets. Loubet faction faces defeats in ongoing street battles and political maneuvers.
Paris Quiet After Faure Funeral Mass Demonstrations
Police report wide scale measures to keep order as crowds view the body of M Faure with about 20 000 people attending. Demonstrations arise around the Loubet residence and various offices with injuries and arrests reported. The unrest signals ongoing political tensions including opposition to President Lonchet and Dreyfusard accusations.
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Paris
M. Loubet
Luxemburg
Sebastien Faure
Journal de Petit
Boulevard Marte
Loubet
Libre Parole
Belvide
Cafe Des Panorama
M. Zola
Rothschilds
Anti-Justs
Lonchet
Casimir-Perier
la Patrie Francaise
Dreyfusard
M. Faure
Loubet Elected President of the French Republic
Paris reports M. Loubet elected president of France with 83 votes to 270 for M. Meline. The assembly opened at Versailles as Loubet, president of the senate, presided and Balloting began with D for Dousette, while Dupuy declined to run.
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Paris
M. Loubet
M. Meline
National Assembly
Versailles
Senate
M. Dousette
M. Dupuy
Loubet Denies Being Dreyfusite in Paris Speech
Paris February 24 The Figaro reports President Loubet expressing surprise at hostility toward him and declaring he is not a Dreyfusite or anti Dreyfusite. He affirms he supports truth and justice with the nation’s majority.
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Paris
Figaro
Loubet
Miller Again Winner In Six Day Race
San Francisco report says the six day race ended at 10 15 p m with Miller finishing 39 minutes ahead of the field. Final totals list Miller at 2 19 miles and Aaronson second with 2 146 miles among others including Fredericks Hale Gimm Nawn Alberts Barnaby Pilkington Lawson Julius Ashinger and more.
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San Francisco
Miller
Miles
Aaronson
Fredericks
Hale
Gimm
Nawn
Alberts
Barnaby
Pilkington
Lawson
Julius
Ashinger
Cuban forces welcome Maximo Gomez at Cardenas
Gener al Maximo Gomez arrives in Cardenas near Matanzas as Cubans greet him. The Spanish element is absent from the demonstration with their leader saying they are foreigners and do not participate in Cuban affairs.
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Havana
Gener
Maximo Gomez
Cardenas
Matanzas
Pavonia Arrives at Azores In Tow After Disabled Voyage
The Cunard steam ship Pavonia, which left Queenstown for Boston on January 2, was sighted February 5 in lat 41.10 N long 44.13 W in a disabled state and has reached the Azores under tow.
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London
Cunard
Pavonia
Queenstown
Boston
Azores
Professor Stephens Convicted at Lafayette College Fire Trial
Easton Pennsylvania February 20 Professor Stephens on trial a week accused of setting fire to Pardee hall Lafayette college was found guilty at noon by a jury that deliberated for about an hour.
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Easton
Stephens
Pardee Hall
Lafayette College
Chairman Burton Warns Against Nicaragua Canal Rider
Chairman Burton of the river and harbor committee fears the Senate committee’s Nicaragua canal amendment may derail the river and harbor bill. He stresses the project’s size requires careful scrutiny, not hasty revision, and cites multiple opposing forces that could defeat both bills.
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Harbor Hill
Washinetox
Burton
River and Harbor Committee
Senate Committee
Congress
Cannon
Senate
Question of Strength Frays National Council Debate in Washington
The National Council of Women debated whether to oppose seating Utah Representative Roberts in Congress. The session centered on how strong a resolution the council should issue, reflecting a sharp division over the approach to Roberts’s seating.
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Washindton
National Council of Women
Congress
Representative Roberts
Utah
Roberts
Senate Busy Week as Bills Race to Passage
Washington Feb 20 The senate faces twelve days left in the session with many important measures on the calendar. The army reorganization bill and the census bill demand action while appropriations move forward. Hawaii Alaska codes and territorial bills are among other items pressed for final consideration.
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Wasuixotoni
Senate
Congress
Hawaii
House faces final two weeks with key appropriation bills
Washington reports the house enters two weeks of session with three appropriation bills the army fortification and general deficiency unacted and the naval bill only half done. The Nicaraguan canal rider attached to the river and harbor bill threatens a bitter house fight and may derail the river plan.
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Washington
House
Senate
Snow slide destroys Ophir plant in Telluride area
A snow slide 100 feet deep and a quarter mile wide swept down Yellow Mountain near Ophir, Telluride area, killing one man and partially destroying a concentrating plant.
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Telluride
Colo
Yellow Mountain
Ophir
Fire at Glenwood Manufacturing threatens stave mill
Fire broke out in the dry kiln at Glenwood Manufacturing in Glenwood Wisconsin at 11 30 p m and spread toward the adjacent stave mill along the waterpower plant raising concerns of serious consequences for the facility and operations.
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Glenwood
Wis
Glenwood Manufacturing Company
Dell Shelled Natives Near Manila by U S Warship Buffalo
U S warship Buffalo shelled natives near Manila with the inferred aim of driving them inland. The reported effect was limited to scattering the local community rather than inflicting extensive damage.
Outpost Abandoned and Insurgents Seize Guadaloupe Area
Californians retreat from Guadaloupe church to San Pedro Macati as insurgents retain control around Guadaloupe Fasig and Patero. gunboat bombardment fails to dislodge rebels. Gen Pio de Pilar seen with sling. Montejo chief directs actions near San Pedro Macati. Miles inquiry prep: witnesses named. Miles to testify on beef charges with limited scope.
Rebels Press Fire as American Position Holds in San Pedro Macat
Manila dispatch reports rebels firing from jungle sides along the river near San Pedro Macat. General King’s headquarters endured heavy shelling while American troops observed and responded to sporadic sharpshooting with limited damage.
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Manila
King
San Pedro Macat
Sheridan Sails for Manila with 1385 aboard
The U S army transport Sheridan left Brooklyn at 6:30 p.m. bound for Manila carrying 1,385 enlisted men and officers, plus 90 wives and children. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Jacob H. Smith, the ship is described as the best appointed of the three transports, with four companies from the Seventeenth Infantry and about twenty five men left behind from the Sherman expedition.
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New York
United States Army
Sheridan
Brooklyn
Manila
Jacob H. Smith
Twelfth
United States Infantry
Seventeenth
Heat Oppressive in Manila As American Troops Suffer
In Manila on February 20 the heat presses hard on American troops especially those laboring outdoors. The forecast calls for warmer weather through the approaching rainy season. Rebels concentrate south of the Pasig River in front of Brigadier General Ovenshine's lines, with thick jungle terrain for miles. Scouts say rebels advance from Laguna and Cavite provinces while American forces hold entrenched positions from the beach to the Pasig.
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Manila
Pasig River
Ovenshine
Ines
Laguna
Cavite
Pasig
Trade freight through Canada dwarfs U S goods by rail
Treasury figures show for 1868 Canadian routes moved 10 985 loaded cars totaling 209 000 tons from a U S point to another. For 1897 data list 460 969 cars carrying 5 687 175 tons through Canada, making American goods hauled by Canadian roads about 27 times greater than Canadian goods by American roads.
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Washington
Treasury Department
United States
Canada
Department
Hungarian Premier Banffy Announces Resignation
In Budapest the premier Baron Banffy said the ministry will resign after the session ends. Liberal members of the unterhaus gave the premier an ovation.
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3Udapest
Baron Banfty
Unterhaus
Minor items of interest and deaths across cities
John W. Eastman pioneer miller of Minneapolis dies at 7. Corporal W M Osborne of First South Dakota dies at Manila. Saturday steamers sail bearing 1 034000 ounces of silver. Luther Chapin founder of United American Mechanics dies in Philadelphia. Italian government suppresses Rome paper attacking Archbishop Ireland. Midnight fire destroys business district of Hunnewell Kansas. ten buildings and contents burned with heavy losses.
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John W. Eastman
Minneapolis
W. M. Osborne
First
South Dakota
Manila
Europe
Luther Chapin
Order
United American Mechanics
Philadelphia
Rome
Ireland
Hunnewell
Kaw
Must Elect a Commander by General G A R Decision
Captain El Torrance of Minneapolis, judge advocate general, rules no promotion in the G A R after Colonel Sexton’s death. The national council’s executive committee has power to elect the commander, and a meeting of the national council will not be called. The ruling rests on a lengthy memorandum.
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Minneapolis
el Torrance
Sexton
Chicago
Torrance
National Council
Differential Fix Made in Pittsburg Coal Mines
At the Pittsburg district miners convention a 7 cent differential was set between thick and thin vein mines down from 18 cents. Delegates warned a strike may be needed to enforce the rate as thick vein operators resist. A joint miners and operators convention is planned for next week to press the demand. In Chicago E R Derios and M Rivera from the Philippines said they will continue to advocate the insurgent cause during their world tour.
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Pittspura
Coal Miners
Pittsburg
Chicago
E. R. Derios
M. Rivera
Philippine Islands
Agoncillo
Washington
Montreal
Pressed Glass Combine Formed By Major Firms
Movements toward a large consolidated combine of leading pressed glass and tableware firms are near completion. Negotiations, conducted over weeks in Pittsburgh and nearby by agents of a New York banking house financing the plan, point to a final agreement at a forthcoming heavy date.
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Prrissung
Pittsburg
New York
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Warship
Buffalo
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Patero
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Paco
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Powell
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Ninth Infantry
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Jackson
Third Cavalry
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Pressed Glass Combine
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