China Weakened Yet Postures Compliance With Demands
Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching report a telegraph showing near total Chinese compliance with powers demands by Thursday While expressing curiosity about minor details Envoys abroad expect absolute compliance and warn against dismemberment of the empire US Secretary Conger to inform foreign ministers of Washingtons view that further expeditions should be avoided in hopes of hastening a political settlement
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Pating
Prince Ching
Li Hung Chang
Gen. Chaffee
Cailing
Li Hung Mhang
Washington
Conger
Peking
United States
State Department
Conpur'a
China
Teking
Rahlin and Martin Held to Grand Jury in Boxing Case
Chicago February 2 0 Gus Rahlin and sparring partner Denver Ed Martin were held to the grand jury in bonds of 750 each for a friendly boxing exhibition at a local theater. Frank Hall who complained was arrested for witnessing the boxing contest. Trail also held to grand jury in 750. Illinois law punishes a witness to a friendly sparring event.
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Chicago
Gus Rahlin
Denver
National Cottonwood Lumber Association Advances Prices
Memphis Tenn Feb 20 The National Cottonwood Lumber association met here Tuesday and decided to advance prices of cottonwood lumber from 2 to 3 dollars per thousand feet. The reason given is that the stock on hand is limited.
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Memphis, Fenn
National Cottonwood Tumber Association
Fire Threatens Cargo On British Steamer Evangeline
Reported at Victoria docks that a fire in the Evangeline after hold from St Johns and Halifax nearly destroyed her pulp and apple cargo while docked at the harbor.
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London
St. Johns
N. B
Halifax
Victoria Docks
President's message to vote of thanks referred to subcommittee
Washington February 20. The president's message thanking the commanders in the naval engagement at Santiago Bay Tuesday was referred to a sub-committee not to the house naval committee.
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Washington
Santiago Bay
House Naval Committee
Gasoline blast in Clarkfield injures mother and baby
Clarkfield Minnesota February 20 Mia C J Bree and her infant daughter were badly burned in a gasoline explosion on Tuesday. The child died shortly after and the mother remains critically ill with little hope of recovery.
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Clarkfield
Minn
Mia
C. J. Bree
MacArthur Reception in Manila Outshines Spanish Era Feasts
Gen. MacArthur's Malacan palace reception drew thousands from army navy official and social circles both American and foreign. Gen. Barry led the event with MacArthur and US commission ladies hosting guests. The gala ran to 11 pm with dancing and Filipino delight at a privilege new to them. The Women's Peace League met Judge Taft's home to vow unity for loyalty and peace efforts.
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Manila
MacArthur
Malacan
Barry
United States Commission
Gen. MacArthur
Women’s Peace League
Run on the German National Bank of Allegheny
False rumors sparked a bank run in Pittsburgh on Tuesday with $150,000 paid out to frightened depositors. Police contained the crowd after panic near the door. one woman, Mrs. Mary Fogal, was bruised and injured. Theories blamed endorsements for a pressed steel car firm and a loan denial at a German club, but officials deny any insolvency.
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Pittsburgh
German National Bank of Allegheny
Mary Fogal
Pressed Steel
Enlistment Orders Issued for 29th Infantry to Fort Sheridan
Maj Gen Otis issues orders to post commanders in the lakes department to recruit for the 29th United States regular infantry. The regiment will rendezvous at Fort Sheridan and serve in the Philippines. Recruiting offices will open in Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Indiana and Ohio. Enlistments are for three years under Lieut Col A W Corliss.
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Chicago
Otis
Department of the Lakes
United States Regular Infantry
Wall
Ft. Sheridan
Philippines
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
A. W. Corliss
2D Infantry
Mrs Sherman McCallum Mortgage on McCallum House
Washington February 29 Mrs Mary Sherman McCallum adopted daughter of the late John Sherman and her husband have mortgaged the K street home where Sherman died to secure 75000 dollars owed to FE Wagenhorst and S Franklin Schneider.
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Washington
Mary Sherman McCallum
John Sherman
K Street
FE. O. Wagenhorst
S. Franklin Sehneider
Gower Saloon Clash Ends With Closures
Citizens in Gower Missouri visited two local saloons on Tuesday to demand closures. One proprietor refused leading to street disruption and the other closed and agreed to leave business. In Pensacola Florida Mardi Gras carnival success crowned by J Ernest Baars as king and Mollie Mallory as queen niece of Senator Mallory.
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Gower, Mo
Pensacola
Fla
J. Ernest Baars
Mollie Mallory
S. R. Mallory
Mardi Gras Street Pageant Ends Memphis Festivities
Memphis observers report the Mardi Gras celebration closed with a Tuesday night street pageant seen by thousands of children and visitors. The theme was Love Poetry and Song and was illustrated by 12 tableaux.
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Memphis
Tenn
Speedy the Diver Jumps From River Bridge at Fair
New Decatur Alabama February 20 Speedy the Cincinnati high diver leaped 100 feet Tuesday from the Tennessee river bridge. He is part of a street fair company, with the fair opening Wednesday for four days.
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New Decatur
Ala
Speedy
Cincinnati
Tennessee River
Arrest Made in Cudahy Kidnapping Case in Omaha
James Callahan is under arrest on charges of complicity in the abduction of Edward Cudahy Jr. in Omaha Nebraska. He denies involvement but admits a friendship with Pat Crowe and claims an alibi placing him at his sister’s house during the kidnapping. The police anticipate another arrest connected to the case as a coachman’s son matches the description of a key suspect.
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Omaha, Neb
James Callahan
Edward Cudahy, Jr
Callahan
Young Cudahy
Cudahy
Melrose Hill
Daniel H. Burris
Marie Larsen
J. N. W. Patrick
Happy Holtow
Dunberry
Dwyer
Pat Crowe
Crowe
Kelly
Donahue
Now a Countess Miss Clara Longworth Weds Count De Chambrun
Cincinnati February wedding unites Miss Clara Longworth and Count De Chambrun of France at the Longworth mansion East Walnut Hills. Bishop Ireland oversees the ceremony with Nicholas Longworth as best man. A breakfast following the rite includes congratulatory telegrams from abroad. The Count is a decorated veteran of the Pashoda expedition.
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Clara Longworth
Count de Chambrun
France
Cincinnati
Longworth
East Walnut Hills
Edward W. Walker
John Ireland
Miss Longworth
Harrison and
Groesbeck
Nicholas Longworth
Tie
Pashoda
Legion of Honor
Senate Rejects Conference Report on Military Academy Funds
Senate rejected the conference report on the military academy appropriation by an 18 to 42 vote. The defeat followed a debate over provisions against hazing and the need for a modified penalty to be agreed by conferees. House action on the Sundry Civil bill continued with irrigation debates and finalizing pages.
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Washington
Senate
Conference Committee
Congress
Daniel
Cannon
Hitt
Committee On Foreign Relations
Naplen
Mass
Nursed Bride Elopes To Wed Doctor In St Louis
Miss Mabel Manley niece of Joseph H. Manley plans to marry Dr W A Borland after nursing him back to health four years ago. She left Me Nominee Wisconsin for St Louis and wed at the Planters hotel with Borland, the Nashville Ark designer of the elopement. He learned business would bring him to St Louis and requested a delayed wedding be sped up.
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St. Louis
Mabel Manley
Joseph H. Manley
Republican National Committee
Menominee
Wis
W. A. Borland
Nashville, Ark
Planters’ Hotel
Miss Manley
Four Farmers Arrested in Millwood Saloon Raid
Four farmers from Millwood area were arrested in Leavenworth for complicity in the saloon raid that killed Rosa Hudson, wife of the bartender. County attorney plans murder in the first degree charges against John Willburn, William Thornburg, Andy Wilson, and Turner. Webb was wounded but not seriously hurt. more arrests expected as feud history emerges.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Millwood
Rosa Hudson
John Willburn
William Thornburg
Andy Wilson
Turner
New York Forgery Suspect Extradited Pending U.S. Case
Sigmund Hertz of New York, held in London on forgery charges, was committed on a Tuesday for extradition to the United States to face the case.
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London
Sigmund Hertz
New York
United States
Sampson Ill at Home. Charlestown Yard Commandant Absent
Boston, February 20. Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, commandant of the Charlestown navy yard, is ill at his home at the yard. Captain Barchiy is acting commandant.
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Boston
William T. Sampson
Charlestown Navy Yard
Capt. Barchiy
Markets Report Flour and Grains and Live Stock Prices
Cincinnati and Chicago price quotes for flour and grain including patent and fancy grades, No 2 red wheat on track at 79 cents, corn and oats on track with multiple yellow and mixed lots, and live stock values across Cincinnati Indianapolis East Buffalo with hogs cattle sheep lambs and calves priced by grade and weight. Highs and lows for hogs, cattle, and lambs are listed by city and grade.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Indianapolis
East Buffalo
Hawaii Circuit Court Judge George Gear Named
Geo D Gear appointed to the Hawaii circuit court. He previously filed charges in the house against Delegate Wilcox and has resided in Hawaii for four to five years as a practicing attorney. Princess Victoria Louise Caribbean arrival brings 220 tourists to Santiago in good health after battlefield tours.
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Washington
Geo. D. Gear
Circuit Court of
Hawaii
Wilcox
Santiago, de Cuba
Rockefeller Gifts Brown University Alumni Dinner
John D Rockefeller on Feb 20 announced a quarter million dollar contribution to Brown University during the Brown University Alumni Society of New York annual dinner at the University Club. The gift underscores Rockefeller's ongoing support for Brown and higher education.
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New York
John J. Rockefeller
Brown University
Brown University Alumni Society of
University Club
Roosevelt Heads East After Plains Hunt
Gov Roosevelt leaves Colorado Springs after another day of plains hunting. Capt Nehemiah M Dyer retires in Washington due to age. he commanded the cruiser Baltimore at Manila Bay on May 1 1898.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
East
Plains
Washington
Nehemiah M. Dyer
Baltimore
Manila Bay
Cape Town Natives Stop at Pass. One Dies of Plague
Four sick Cape Town natives were stopped at Sir Lowrey Pass in the Cape Colony and one killed by bubonic plague. The circumstances suggest a health alert at the border region as authorities investigate the case.
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Cape Town
Sir Lowrey Pass
Cape Colony
Armed raid shuts down Kansas joints amid clashes
A group of about 30 men and women attacked a Newman tavern Tuesday, destroying a cherry bar a plate glass mirror and fixtures. A defender was injured when a crusader fought for a shotgun. In Great Bend seven local joints were closed by the city marshal after threats to enforce closures.
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Newman
Kan
Farrell
Great Bend
At Her Father's Grave Attack in Elmwood Cemetery
Dora Dezell a 19 year old girl kneeling at her father’s grave in Elmwood Cemetery Kansas City was attacked by a Negro. She fought for about thirty minutes though lame from a sprained ankle until a white man approached and frightened off the assailant. She lay in a serious condition Tuesday night. The Negro fled.
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Kansas City, Mo
Elmwood Cemetery
Dora Dezell
Miss Derell
Women storm saloon and disrupt poker game
Two women, one identified as Mrs. Boyd, forced entry through a rear window of Frank Frolle's saloon and interrupted a draw poker game. The crowd scattered as the women wrecked furniture, and Mrs. Boyd later had Frollo arrested on gambling charges.
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Foy, O. 'J
Iwo
Boyd
Frank Frolle
Daily Mail backs revenue tariff for war needs in South Africa
The Daily Mail argues for a revenue tariff rather than a protective one to fund the ongoing war in South Africa, stressing the difference between the two tariff types and the urgency of raising money.
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London
The
Daily Mail
South Africa
Secret Dutch Crown Fund Under Queen Wilhelmina Revealed
Rotterdam correspondent reports the national present for Queen Wilhelmina will be a new crown, previously secret, with £20,000 already subscribed.
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London
Rotterdam
The
Daily Express
Wilhelmina
Wonderful Midway at the Pan American Exposition
A feature rich Pan American Midway promises a $3,000,000 investment with novelty attractions led by Frederic Thompson’s aerio-cycle. The display will include 275 foot rotating wheels, Niagara Falls powered lights, 42 tribes, sham battles, Venice in America, Indian congress, war cyclorama, Cleopatra, Inuit and Eskimo exhibits, and numerous theaters and exhibits across 95,000 square feet.
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Frederic Thompson
Midway
Mexico
Diaz
Aerial Navigation Company
Niagara Falls
Indian Congress
Pan- American Midway
Venice
America
Esquimaux
Cineograph
Turpin
Pan-Opticon
Spectatorium
Jerusalem
Colorado
Nuremberg
Johnstown
Pan American exposition features Indian dramas and oriental displays
The program promises lifelike Indian battles and dances by the San Carlos Apaches, including medicine and corn dances, ghost dances, and dog feasts. It also highlights The Beautiful Orient, a Romantic display of eastern charms, and the Streets of Mexico exhibit. Olympian Games revived in France may precede a Pan American event next summer in a vast stadium setting.
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Frederic Remington
San Carlos
West
Orient
Mexico
Union Athletique Internationale
France
Athengard
Colosseum
Rome
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Misseethen
Mary Ann Williams
Miss Slethen
Williams
Sherman
Conference
Military Academy
Proceedings of the
Nome
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of State
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Gov. Roosevelt
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