Pact of Peking Surrendered Demands By Foreign Powers
The note from the powers to China outlines demands after the Boxer disturbances. It calls for a commemorative monument to von Ketteler, severe punishments, five year suspension of certain exams, reparations to Japan, protected foreign cemeteries, interdiction of arms, indemnities, permanent foreign guards, fort destruction, military occupation of key points, imperial decrees, treaty amendments, and reform of the foreign affairs department.
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Washington
China
Department of State
Dee
Pekin
Darkin
Taren von Ketteler
Sung Li Yamen
Pekin Rn
Pekin Cspachilly
Ching
Berlin
Haron von Jetteler
Uptv Gs
VAIL
Suiyama
Xul
Nege
Walley
Ander
Empire
Department of Foreign Affairs
Chile
Senate panel weighs higher salaries in appropriations
A senate appropriations subcommittee opened consideration of the legislative executive and judiciary bill aiming to report after Congress reconvenes post holidays. Officials from the treasury department pressed for larger staffs and increased pay beyond House provisions.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Senate
Congress
Treasury Department
House
Duck Men in Riot at Antwerp Dock
A fresh attack by striking dock laborers and others on non-unionists occurred at the Ockerill wharf in Antwerp. Fifty policemen charged the crowd firing revolvers. thirty men were wounded, ten severely. Strikers withdrew with some wounded as police reinforcements arrive amid rising clashes.
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Antwerp
Ockerill Wharf
Powers Case Remains Undecided by Court of Appeals
Frankfort December 22 The court of appeals adjourned without a ruling in the Caleb Powers case the ex Secretary of State charged with complicity in the Goebel assassination and sentenced to life. The new court will be composed of four Republicans and three Democrats.
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Frankfort
Court of Appeals
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Merriam on the Slate
Washington dispatch says ex Governor Merriam of Minnesota, census director, is not expected to join the cabinet after March 4 despite persistent rumor.
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New York
Washington
Merriam
Minnesota
Bailey torpedo boat sails after trials at Newport
Secretary Long received a telegram from Captain Evans, head of the trial board, reporting the Bailey’s performance off Newport. The vessel made 29 knots after coal standardization, engines and appurtenances worked well, and the board planned to depart for Washington tonight with the Bailey returning to Morristown.
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Washington
Longhug
Evans
Bailey
Newport
Morrig
Influenza Epidemic Strains St. Petersburg Officials
Influenza in St Petersburg reaches a ten year high with record last week fatalities. A physicians meeting was called but only about six attended due to illness or overwork amid changing weather with snow and slush. In Berlin Count von Blumenthal, aged field marshal, dies at Quedendorf estate in Ant halt Duchy.
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St, Petersburg
Berlin
Count von Blumenthal
Quedendorf
Duchy of Anthalt
Boer War Echoes Stir British Cynicism And Pride
London dispatch notes Britons weary of the long struggle in South Africa while admiring Boer commander De Wet for a bold dash. British press debates America's commercial rise and the cost of imperial rivalry amid policy inaction and educational shifts at home.
Ruthven to be electrocuted for murder of Patrolman Shipp
In Cleveland on December 22 Judge Neff sentenced Edward Ruthven, a colored man, to death by electrocution on April 12, 1901 for killing Patrolman Shipp during a burglary attempt. Ruthven, captured in Indianapolis after a pursuit, had been tried while confined in an iron cage in court.
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Cleveland, O
Neff
Edward Ruthven
Shipp
Ruthven
Indianapolis
New Torpedo Boat Mac Donough For Weymouth Fleet
Weymouth mass dec 22 the Mac Donough now under construction at fall river works excites naval interest as a new type in a planned fleet of fifty ships. It measures 242 feet long 22 feet beam 14 feet deep with 470 tons displacement and six feet eight inches draft. Armored only forward conning towers at 4 inch nickel steel the hull uses half inch steel with twelve watertight compartments and crew of eighty. Engines rated to 30 knots speed three 14 pounder guns three 6 pounders and two 18 inch torpedo tubes cost 281000.
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Weymouth
Mass
MacDonough
Fall River Engine Company
Telegraph Line Suit Leaves Ownership With Western Union
A multiyear, multimillion dollar case in St. Paul ended with Judge Lochren ruling in favor of Western Union Telegraph Company. The dispute over telegraph lines along the Great Northern Railway route concerned ownership versus joint use as contracts governed operations from 1879 to 1892. The decision states that rights remained the same at contract expiration as during operation, affecting major rail and telegraph interests.
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St. Paul
Great Northern Railway
Pacific Coast
Lochren
United States District Court
Western Union Telegraph Company
Northwestern Telegraph Company
Western Union
Railway Company
Telegraph Company
Great Northern Company
Kimberly in danger amid Boer threat reports
London reports a Boer threat to Kimberly. The Evening Standard says a report has reached London while no African firms have confirmed the information. Mrs. L. Faust of Cedar Rapids plans to spend holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bott.
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Queen's Beach
London School Board
London
House of Lords
The
Evening Standard
Kimberly
A L. Faust
Cedar Rapids, Ig
Mrs. Bott
Crimes in High Places and Sternberg Sentence
Berlin dispatch notes Sternberg the millionaire banker receives two and a half years in prison and five years civil rights loss for crimes against morality. The case links to broader reforms, banker frauds, and numerous prosecutions, with debate over police reform and the Agrarian question. A separate report covers mortgage bankers, Reichstag absenteeism, and medical overproduction amid tariff and coal price tensions.
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Berlin
Sternberg
von Merschied Hullessem
Criminal Department
Sterenberg
von Merschied
Germany
von Tauschh
Sanden
Potsdam
Military actions near Tianjin reported with casualties
Sien lies 90 kilometres northwest of Pao Ting Fu as our forces suffer one officer and two non commissiond officers wounded. Chinese losses are described as considerable. A column from Tianjin on the 19th, led by Col Gruber, moved toward Yu Tien Hsien, 100 kilometres northeast of Tianjin.
Elkes Defeats Michael In Madison Square Garden Race
In front of 5000 spectators at Madison Square Garden Harry Elkes defeated Jimmy Michael in a fifteen mile race following motor pace. Elkes lapped Michael by the seventh mile and won by 1 1/2 laps with a time of 26 minutes 3 25 seconds. Oscar Aaronson died later today from injuries sustained in the same six day race.
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New York
Harry Elkes
Floyd McFarland
Madison Square Garden
Jimmy Michael
Elkes
Michael
Oscar Aaronson
Roosevelt Fires New York County District Attorney Gardner
Albany reports Governor Roosevelt removed Col. Asa Bird Gardner, district attorney for New York County, and appointed Eugene J. Philpine. The memorandum cites Gardner's public interviews defending Chief Devery, his conflicts with the grand jury, and possible influence on law enforcement during a controversial police order.
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Albany
Roosevelt
Asa Bird Gardner
New York County
J. H. Hammond
Eugene J. Philpine
Col. Gardner
Devery
Grand Jury
Gen Lee in St Louis Addresses Cuba Flag Claim
Gen Fitzhugh Lee said the American flag over Cuba would stay until a stable government protects life and property and attracts capital. He added the US pledged Cuba self government and will enforce it. Lee and staff toured Jefferson Barracks with New England society members.
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St. Louis
Fitzhugh Lee
Department of the Missouri
New England Society
Chicago
United States
W. B. Homer
New England Society of St. Louis
Gen. Lee
Jefferson Barracks
Father and son die in boiler disaster at Philadelphia shop
In Philadelphia a 68-year-old man Edward Clark and his 38-year-old son William Clark died in a machine shop fire or steam accident. The son climbed atop a boiler seeking relief from chills. a steam leak followed. the father fell onto a cog wheel while trying to rescue him and was ground to pieces. The boiler relief failed when the safety valve dropped, causing fatal scalds.
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Philadelphia
Edward Clark
William
Young Clark
Homecoming of Soldiers and Victories Across the Front
Manila dispatch reports continuous Allied successes as detachments engage rebels at multiple points. Troops sail in ordered transports, Taft Commission praised for pacification efforts, and new provincial leaders Whitmarsh and Scherer appointed.
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Taft Commission
Canal Treaty Moves Toward British ratification
The Hay Pauncefote canal treaty with Senate amendments was received at the state department after noon. The amendments will be sent to Britain, likely reaching London by next Tuesday’s steamer, marking quicker action than usual in treaty processing. C A Lorenz & Co. Fashionable Wailers, 255 Sixth Street.
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Dewet
South Africa
Great Britain
London
Chi Chen Lo Feng Luh
China
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Senate
State Department
White House
Bennett
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