Funston Warns of Mass Violence in China Crisis
General Funston says eastern unrest could prompt Philippines reinforcement and a China expedition. He sees Major General Leonard Wood as a likely commander if troops are landed, but notes few forces remain in the Philippines for law and order. He predicts American troops would sail for China rather than be dispatched from the mainland.
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San Francisco
East
Funston
War Department
Philippines
China
Leonard Wood
Military Department of the
United States
A H Belo Expires After Brief Illness in Dallas
Alfred H Belo president of A H Belo & Co publishers of the Galveston and Dallas News died at his Dallas home after a meningitis illness. Born in Galveston August 4 1873 he was Yale graduate of 1896 and survived by widow Helen Ponder Belo and two daughters Helen and Jane. He led the family firm after his father’s 1901 death and battled grippe leading to cerebromeningitis despite specialists. He was a longtime Episcopal church member at St Matthew's.
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Dallas
Alfred H. Belo
A. H. Belo & Co
Galveston
Dallas News
Mr. Belo
A. H. Belo
Jeanette Belo
Pottstown
Yale College
Belo
Grippe
Lowe
New York
St. Louis
Episcopal Church
St. Matthew's Cathedral
Peabody
Boston
Severe Punishment Ordered For NanChang Massacre Participants
The Chinese government instructed Nan Chang governor to severely punish all participants in the Feb 25 massacre that killed six French Jesuit missionaries and four British subjects. It vows to provide any reasonable reparations and notes foreign gunboats are moving toward Nandang while navigation near Poyang lake remains unsafe.
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Pekin
Nanchang
Kianksi
Nandang
Poyang Lake
Memorial for General Wheeler Draws National Interest
Atlanta plans for a memorial to General Joseph Wheeler on March 27 draw national attention as the Blue and Gray meeting nears. Invitations go to General Stephen D. Lee and Corporal James Tanner with hopes for addresses by leaders of veterans groups and a Washington commission to invite President Roosevelt. Each veteran camp will send at least five active members to attend.
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Atlanta
Joseph Wheeler
Organization of the Blue and the Gray
Stephen D. Lee
United Confeerate Veterans
James Tanner
Grand Army of the Republic
Sons of Veterans
Washington
Roosevelt
North
South
Quarrel Sparks Fatal Brooklyn Funeral Tragedy
In Flatbush Brooklyn Thomas Dettman shot his brother in law Thomas F Fennen during a quarrel over the death of Fennens young wife whose body lay in an adjoining room awaiting burial. Dettman then killed himself with a pistol shot dying instantly. Also a Guthrie note reports a carload of cotton sent to Japan.
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New York
Thomas Dettman
Thomas F. Fennen
Fennen
Dettman
Flatbush
Brooklyn
Mrs. Fennen
Thirty Thousand Club Organized in Sulphur Y T
Sulphur Oklahoma Feb 28 a 30 000 club has been organized here with local residents forming the new group to promote community efforts and support local projects.
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Sulphur
Y. T
Grandest Carnival in Mobile History Celebrates Fever Escape
Mobile marked the 1906 carnival with the Felix parade and Knights of Revelry float pageant themed Themeland. Night parades by the Order of Myths and Infant Mystics featured Universal Wonders and Cleopatra with Marmachis visions in chariots.
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Mobile
Knights of Revelry
Order of Myths
Cleopatra
Marmachis
Anthony
Isis
Mardi Gras Parade Ends in Coronation Ball in Pensacola
Ten thousand revelers in Pensacola watched the Mardi Gras procession of fifteen elaborately decorated floats. The grand coronation ball followed, revealing King Priscus VII as J. E. Stillman, the federal collector of the port.
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Pensacola
Fla
Priscus VII
J. E. Stillman
Port
Sub-prefect’s suicide attempt linked to Boxer unrest
Telegraph dispatch reports from Pekin that the Nanchang sub prefect, noted for aggression toward foreigners during the Boxer troubles, invited missionaries to a banquet then attempted suicide. The act is described as vengeance and tied to the massacre of missionaries in China.
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London
Pekin
the Tribune
Nanchang
China
Explosion Kills Six in Piper Alabama Mine No 2
Six men die and twelve are injured in a blast at Little Cabaha mine No 2 in Piper Alabama. Rescue teams rush to the scene as officials assess the cause and total casualties.
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Birmingham
Ala
Piper, Ala
Missionaries Safe After Escape From Nanchong Reach Kiu Kiang
American Consul General Rogers reports fourteen missionaries who fled Nanchong have reached Kiu Kiang safely. The gunboat El Cano is moving from Nanking toward the troubled area to assist.
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Pekin
Rogers
Shanghai
Nanchong
Kiu Kiang
Nanking
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