Chinese plenipotentiaries accept note with caveats
From Pekin to Washington and London, dispatches detail that Chinese plenipotentiaries have notified foreign envoys of acceptance of the note in full while seeking limits on legation guards and army posts along the railway. Li Hung Chang’s health clouded his signing, the emperor’s stance is to gain best terms, and a conference request followed. German troops report no casualties after killing 40 Chinese near Nan Cheng, amid rising Chinese mistrust.
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Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Li Hnng Chang
Senor de Cologan
Nan Cheng
Pao Ting Fu
Washington
State Department
Conger
Diverse 19th Century Briefs Reach Across Nations
News in brief from Cleveland to Tex as incidents claim lives, officials face political cost, and institutions plan moves. A six story elevator fatality in Cleveland. riot deaths in Vivar Spain. deaths of Hiram Sitchcock and Univ of Chicago theologian D Dr George W Northrup. Train wreck near Henderson Kentucky injures five. Arizona push for statehood. prairie fire in Roger Mills County Oklahoma. Pullmann estate valued at 15 million. Morphine death in El Paso. Paria mayor’s salary cut to keep politics out. Stillwater electric plant case. cotton 140000 bales in Chickasaw Nation. Illinois Steel to spend 1 million. Prince Henry ordered to Berlin. Colorado teachers seek bureau elevation. lacrosse pioneer Dr Beers dies in Montreal. stray dog cat disease fears grow. rural mail routes from Burleson Texas. Charles R Smith acquitted in San Antonio. Southern Pacific to push Huntington plans in Galveston.
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Cleveland
Sydney Hamm
Vivar
Spain
Hiram Sitchcock
Fifth Avenue Hotel
New York
George W. Northrup
Divinity School
University of Chicago
Chicago
Henderson Road
Henderson
Arizona
Keokuk Falls
O. T
William Burgis
George M. Pullmann
Gottlieb Stacker
Roger Mills County
Oklahoma
W. M. Chearr
el Paso
Tex
Spring Hill
Tenn
Paria
Electric Light Company
Stillwater
Ilinois Steel Works
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Berlin
Colorado State Teachers’ Association
Congress
Bureau of Education
W. G. Beers
Montreal
Burleson
Charles R. Smith
Lacey
San Antonio
Southern Pacific
Mr. Huntington
Galveston
Great Britain battered by snow storms and floods
Severe snow storms, floods, and gales cripple Britain with blocked railways, washed-out roads, and inundated towns. Coventry suffers extraordinary devastation. Bath faces rising Avon water. factories flood and residents seek upper-floor refuge as inland seas transform countryside.
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London
United Kingdom
Coventry
Midland Railroad
Bath
Notable deaths and social notes from various towns
Chief Justice James W Faircloth of North Carolina died in Goldsboro. In El Paso carnival queen contest a $5200 expenditure accompanied Miss Claire Kelly’s selection. Mr and Mrs P A Harshaw of Van Alstyne Texas reportedly wed 64 years ago. Edwin G Bedford, breeder of Short Horn cattle, died in Paris Kentucky. Denmark US trade has tripled to over $20 million yearly. Sheriff Kennedy William Kyle and John Dansby killed in Abbeville South Carolina after a card game quarrel. No new news on the Cudahy kidnapping. Spanish cabinet crisis reported. Scranton street car strike ended by compromise.
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James W. Faircloth
North Carolina Supreme Court
Goldsboro
N. OC
el Paso
Tex
Claire Kelly
P. A. Harshaw
van Alstyne
Edwin G. Bedford
Paris
Denmark
United States
Kennedy
William Kyle
John Dansby
Abbeville
Cudahy
Omaha
Scranton
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Bryan, Texas
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Ion
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George. W. Higgs
China
Pall Mall Gazette
Count von Waldersee
War Office
Iriost
Si Kien
Grueberg
Shan Chen
Pao Tio Hsien
Tyler
Moody, Rowland and Clark
Tyler Bank
Swayne
City of
Mexico
National Museum
Wichita
Kas
Carrie Nation
Barber County
Great Britain
Sleepy Hollow
Tarrytown
Irving
Philipse Manor
Holland
Cranod Opera Honge
Rusco & Holland
Richards & Pringle
M. Nagle
Attorney AT Law
Bryan
Texas
Court House
Kert
Hudson & Minkert
Attorneys-At-Law
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James Drug Store
Res Dence
Harper
Soldiey J. L. Hearne
Lephone
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