Russia Demands Lease of Miao Tao Islands for Port Arthur
Advices from Peking and the Orient report Russia demanding a lease of the Miao Tao islands to establish a torpedo station near the Gulf of Poo h and Port Arthur. French Navy threats against Szechuan and piracy incidents near Hong Kong are also noted amid tensions in East Asia.
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Russia
Miao Tao Islands
Japan
Vancouver
Orient
Chin
France
Peking
Nias
Gulf
Pooh
Port Arthur
China
Tonkin
Szechual
Patho Fleury
Hong Kong
Ping Hoi
Mirs Bay
Hanoi
Sontai
General Parsons
Hankow
Canton
Une
Pritchard Morgan
M. P
Zechwan
Richard Toulmin
United States
Cotesulate Court of
Ching Lei San
Docing
Toulmin
Pleming
China Inland Mission
Kuci Yang
Kue Fchou
Yu Man Tae
Peter Reinhart
Thibet
Tavhienlu
Germany
Frank
Moyama Uiunoske
Govenmouth
Brindisi
Bakau
Moji
Singapore
Earl of Hopetoun
Chinese question dominates interviews with Barrett on eastern policy
Vancouver reports from the Empress of Japan contain interviews with Hon. John Barrett, former United States minister to Siam, arguing for a joint active far eastern policy by England, Japan, and the United States. The piece suggests German, Russian, and French aims to carve Chinese spheres of influence and press for equal trade rights under existing treaties.
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Vancouver
Japan
John Barrett
United States
Siam
Marerett
England
Germany
Russia
France
China
A Filipino View on American Rule in the Philippines
Berlin's Standard correspondent reports Professor Blumentrit, Aguinaldo's envoy, stating Americans drink and fight poorly in the tropics, predicting a guerrilla war lasting six to eight years. He argues such a conflict may benefit Filipinos by delaying decisive European action and promising liberty. Spanish loyalists are imprisoned and farmers shift to pro-American stance seeking relief.
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Lunden
Berlin
The
Standard
Professor Blumentrit
Aguinaldo
Philippine Insurrection Described Through Native Viewpoints
The report notes harsh mistreatment of prisoners while nuns face little molestation, mostly natives endure the abuse. It states Americans hope to buy the insurgent army for 3 million dollars, while Filipinos expect a future American party guided by Washington’s ideal to grant independence.
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Washington
Choate Satisfactory Chosen as London Ambassador
London papers greet Joseph Choate as Colonel Hay's successor noting he will foster friendship, with Daily Telegraph lauding the appointment and the Times calling it not only unobjected to but a high compliment.
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Choate
London
Joseph Choate
Hay
Daily Telegraph
The
Times
Claims Were Jumped In Clifton Arizona Mines
A Gloucester dispatch reports a copper boom burst in Clifton Gra ham county Arizona causing $250000 stockholder loss in New York. Fifteen years ago a company formed to work nine claims. internal dissension led to two factions and mining law required $1000 per year per claim to hold. Last year only three shares funded, remaining claims jumped by Arizona miners. This year three more claims lapped and were jumped. Subscribed funds vanished amid reported dissension and claimed profits if worked.
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New York
The
Times
Gloucester
Mass
Clifton
Graham County
Ariz
Arizona
Wives Sold in Klondike Trade Shock Vancouver
Reports detail the sale of Indian women for blankets and goods in the Klondike. An editor turned traveler describes Fort Graham negotiations, with Fork Fox orchestrating a marriage arrangement, heavy with gifts and threats, ending in the woman choosing the white trader and rejecting her native father.
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Klondike
Vancouver
Robert Stead Dun
Harvard
Harvard Monthly
Edmonton Overland Trail
Philadelphia Times
Fort Graham
Dun
North West
Oald
Factor Fox
Ufe
Fox
The Modern Mother Endorses Syrup of Figs for Children
The Modern Mother finds her little ones improved by the pleasant Syrup of Figs for gentle laxative relief. Children enjoy it and benefit from it. The true remedy, Syrup of Figs, is manufactured by the California Pig Syrup Co.
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California Pig Syrup Co
Excursion to Denver for National Live Stock meet
The Rio Grand Western Railway offers a round trip from Butte at one fare for the Denver meeting from January Mth to 27th. Tickets on sale January 82. Sleeping car reservations and route literature available from W. C. McBrіn, Gen Agt, 47 East Broadway, Butte, Mont.
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National Live Stock Association
Denver
Rio Grand Western
America
Butte
W. C. McBriln
East Broadway
Mont
Magill Interview Recommends Philippines Protectorate
Ex President McKinley privately endorsed Magill speech outlines on the Philippines. The Swarthmore professor urged preserving peace, avoiding conquest, and treating Filipinos as friends while a U.S. protectorate guides self governance to prevent foreign interference and political backlash.
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Philadelphia
E. H. Magill
Swarthmore College
Philippines
Friends Association
Prof. Magill
McKinley
Admiral Dewey
Gen. Otis
Manila
Magill
Richards
Cuba
Salting a mine and the tenderfoot trick tale
A Colorado man recounts a frontier con where he salted a mine to fleece a New Hampshire tenderfoot. The victim swapped a land deed, bought 500 tickets, and later the property collapsed into a valley, yielding a new 300 acre farm as the scheme ended.
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Colorado
Aoman
New Hampshire
Fragrant smoke sparks odd dialogue about elgors
In a humorous, illustrated panel an amused couple discuss why elgors smell bad. The man asks what is wrong with the creatures while the woman suggests covering the odor with eau de cologne, reflecting comic domestic banter.
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Tie
Ste
Excursion to Denver via U P R R offered for stock association
The Union Pacific announces an open one fare rate from Butte to Denver of 30,000 dollars for a round trip to the National Live Stock Association convention in Denver January 21 to 22. Tickets on sale January 22, valid until January 21. Call C Clifford, Gen Agt. U P R R Cor Main and Broadway for details. Also notes electric searchlight at Fort Monroe with a nine foot beam able to illuminate objects 109 miles away.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Butte
Denver
National Live Stock Association
Colorado
Clifford
Gen
U.P. R
Main
Broadway
Fort Monroe
Chesapaake
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