Britain May Send 20000 Troops to South Africa in May
London reports Britain plans a 20000 strong army corps to land in Natal within three months. The force would draw from India cavalry and artillery with Sikhs, aiming to back Britain’s demands on the Transvaal. The Globe warns that soft words fail and a show of force may be necessary.
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South Africa
England
Great Britain
Londox
Jamieson
Transvaal
Kruger
London
United Press
War Office
William
Natal
Admiralty
India
The
Globe
Pretoria
Majuba Hill
Notable Crime and Political Turmoil Across U S and Europe
A sweep of late 19th or early 20th century items reports the British home secretary's refusal to extend amnesty for Irish prisoners, Kansas Governor Morrill seeking renomination, multiple hangings including John Weatherman in Virginia and W. S. Keener in Georgia, and various local incidents. Other notes include university inaugurations, bank robbery suspicions, suicides, comets, and political moves in Congress on coinage and reciprocity.
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Morrill
Kansas
John Weatherman
Carroll County
Vas
Richard H. Clark
Rgin Supreme Court
Atlanta
Jefferson Smith
Dallas
Tex
House
W. H. Crain
Texas
Cuero
Carlisle
Arcola
Ill
Salvation Army
Indianapolis
William Moore
Rock Island County
Lil
Riley Grannon
San Francisco
Science Observer of
Boston
Perrine
Nice
Southwestern Millers’ Association
Washington
World's Fair Board of Control
Davis
Congress
Matthew McNamara
Benton County
Ind
Croon
County Limerick
Ireland
America
Howard
Alabama
Christ
Weyler
Cuba
Frank Asbury
Terre Haute
St. Louis
Kelly
Minnie Edson
A. C. Rahe
Passaic
N. J
Rahe
Brooklin
Negotiations Collapse Over Abyssinian Treaty Demands
Reports from Abysinia state King Menelek rejected Italy’s terms for the treaty of Uccialli demanding removal of Italian positions and exclusion of a protectorate clause. General Baratieri halted talks after Maj. Salva relayed Menelek’s conditions. A British cruiser Pelorus launched at Sheerness. aims for 20 knots, armed with four-inch guns and torpedoes. Also obituary notes: Washee Block, famed east-west influence, died near Watonga, and William Lathrop Kingsley, respected New England literary figure, passed in New Haven.
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Rpr
Baratieri
Abyssinia
Menelek
Maj
Salva
Uccialli
Saloa
Loupow
Pelorus
Sherness
Canadian prisoner case raises release appeal
Ottawa reports millionaire lumber merchant David McLaren has traveled to England to seek help from Colonial Secretary Chamberlain to secure W. R. Lingham’s release from a Johannesburg prison. Lingham, Belleville-born, heads a firm with railway concession interests in the Transvaal and is viewed as a Boer conspiracy target.
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Ottawa
Ont
David McLaren
England
Chamberlain
W. R. Lingham
Belleville
Johannesburg
Transvaal
McLaren
Lingham
TIDAL WAVE OF RELIGION SPREADS IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE
A religious tidal wave sweeps eastern Kentucky and east Tennessee with widespread revivals. Sneedville reports 200 converts as holiness meetings trigger fervor and temperance crusades in Hancock County. Cardinal Gibbons and bishops attend Catholic winter school in New Orleans with Cardinal Satolli arriving. Fragments note a fatal accident in St Louis and eleven joint assembly ballots in Frasxront Kentucky with Blackburn 54 and Hunter 53.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Tennessee
Cone
Sneedville
Hancock County
Tenn
New Orleans
Cardinal Gibbons
Keane
Catholic University At
Washington
Gabriels
Ogdensburgh
N. Y
Cardinal Satolli
Frasxront
Joint Assembly
Blackburn
Hunter
Scattering
New York Sub Treasury Jammed as First Bond Installment Due
New York on February 15 marked the final day for the first installment on 100 million dollars of four per cent bonds for 1925. The sub treas ury crowded with bond buyers. doors shut at 1 pm. Morgan syndicate prepared to absorb any defaults at 110.6877. Graves group failed to pay their 20 percent.
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New York
Sub-Treasury
Jordan
Hanover National Bank
Zimmerman & Forshay
Boston
William Graves
City National Bank
Treasury
National Bank
Mr. Morgan
Washington
Carlisle
Morgan
Morgan Syndicate
Graves
J. B. Newcombe & Co
Rescued From a Mob by St Louis Officer
Constable John Fieldson of St Louis county again distinguished himself by saving a man from an angry mob. Fred Young, a 16 year old with a troubled record, attempted to assault a colored girl in Webster Groves Friday afternoon and was saved from lynching by intervention of Fieldson as the town’s colored residents held him until authorities arrived.
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St. Louis
John Fieldson
St. Louis County
Fred Young
Webster Groves
Fieldson
Use a shotgun
New Doverns Illinois February 15. Schoolhouse flags have been damaged with rope knots and cuts. A director threatened discipline for trespass while teachers reported the vandalism to authorities. The town schoolhouse flag was found cut from the rope and slashed in several places.
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New Doverns
Ill
Nansen North Pole Discovery Confirmed on Return
The St James Gazette correspondent in St. Peters burg reports confirmation that Dr Nansen has discovered the North Pole and is returning from his Arctic voyage. A British consul dispatch from Archangel also confirms the discovery and his swift return.
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London
St. James Gazette
St. Petersburg
Dr. Nansen
North Pole
Archangel
Foreign Office
Bank weekly statement shows changes and excess reserves
New York February 15 Associated banks report changes: Loans and Circulation decreased by 289 400 dollars. Grotteass shows a 20 00 25 figure. Banks now hold 36 818 875 dollars in excess of 25 percent reserve requirements.
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New York
Messrs. Groteass
Four Die After Mine Skip Overturns in Republic Mine
Four men were killed, one fatally injured and several others hurt when a skip overturned at the Republic mine near AerosBiic Michigan on February 15. The accident occurred as miners were at work and authorities investigated the cause.
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AerosBiic
Mich
Republic Mine
Bradstreet Weekly Review Reports Dull Trade Nationwide
Bradstreet's weekly review notes general business in the United States remains dull except in a few eastern western and southern cities. Prices improve only for hides leather and boots and shoes amid adverse weather and weaker iron and steel. The week sees 381 business failures, the highest since comparable periods, with declines in bank clearings and continued high loan rates despite government bond oversubscription.
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New York
Bradstreet
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Chicago
St. Louis
Omaha
Galveston
Chattanooga
Atlanta
United States
Central Western
Pacific Coast
Two Women Injured in Gasoline Explosion in Train Car
An explosion of gasoline in the Pullman Wyndham sleeping car in the Pennsylvania yards near Union Station injured Mrs. Laura Foss of Pittsburgh and Miss Sallie Conroy of Allegheny and the car porter James Richards of Cincinnati. They suffered cuts and bruises and were taken to West Penn hospital for treatment after cleaning carpet and plush trimmings with gasoline.
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Pullman
Wyndham
Pennsylvania Railroad
Eighteenth Street
Union Station
Laura Foss
Twenty First Street
Pittsburgh
Sallie Conroy
Allegheny
James Richards
Cincinnati
West Penn Hospital
False Half Eagles Convicted Near Fort Smith
Sterling P. Tallard was convicted in a federal court for possessing counterfeit money. A confederate known as Red operated in Shawnee, leading to discovery of spurious half eagle pieces in multiple railway camps. A raid on Tallard’s Creek Nation home yielded an electroplating setup and metal, though moulds were not recovered.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Sterling P. Tallard
United States
Creek Nation
Oklahoma Line
Tallard
Red
Triple Tragedy in Kentucky Farmhouse Fire
In Augusta Kentucky on February 15 a farmer Robert Laughlin his wife and 14 year old May Jones were murdered at a rural farmhouse before a fire destroyed the house. Laughlin's throat was cut as he escaped in night clothes. Two men are thought to be involved one described as five feet nine with black whiskers and mustache. Bloodhounds to track suspects.
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Aqugusta
Robert Laughlin
May Jones
THAT SOLDIER SCRAP IN OMAHA SPURS PRISON PROBE
Sarpy county officials arrived in Omaha with warrants to arrest all United States soldiers who fought in a prize bout last Sunday near Fort Omaha. Witnesses say over 100 privates attended the fight for a purse posted by officers present, though the post commander denies any officer presence. A secret sheriff’s list names all involved. no arrests yet but promised.
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Omaha
Neb
United States
Fort Omaha
Steamer Otranto Runs Aground Near Free Island
The British steamer Otranto, Captain Huby, from Shields to New York, ran ashore on Great South beach near Free Island, N Y., Feb 15. It lies 200 yards from shore a quarter mile west of the Fire Island life saving station. The sea is calm and the crew remains onboard and unharmed.
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Free Island
N. Y
Huby
Shields
New York
Great South Beach
Fire Island
Aaron W Fagin Dies in St Louis After Long Illness
Aaron W Fagin died at 1 15 a m in his St Louis home following a long illness. He was a widely known figure, long identified with the citys business growth and prosperity for more than half a century.
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St. Louis
Aaron W. Fagin
Mr. Fagin
John Russell Young's Condition Improves Slightly in Philadelphia
Ex-Minister to China John Russell Young, ill at his home in Philadelphia, shows slight improvement after a night of rest. He is reported to be suffering from quinsy and nervous prostration in a developing health update.
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John Russell Young
Philadelphia
China
Mr. Young
Becoming Ossified. Ossified Man in Houpsox Case
Edward Forrest of Houpsox Mass has a progressing ossification disease. He fell ill last July and by Christmas both legs were ossified to the knees, with the condition advancing toward the hips since then. His home city is stated as the source, and the report notes the rapid progression of his illness.
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Houpsox
Mass
Edward Forrest
Revival at Washington Beginnings for America’s Salvation
Rev T DeWitt Talmage urges a nationwide religious revival starting in Washington DC to evangelize America. He casts the capital as a unifying hinge between North and South and argues a holy awakening could curb vice, unite regions, and inspire national leadership toward God. He cites 1857 awakenings, calls for mass prayer, and envisions key figures turning to faith.
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Georgia
New Hampshire
Maine
Louisiana
California
New York
Golgotha
Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Kentucky
Virginia
Delaware
Illinois
Massachusetts
America
Commodore Foote
Navy
Gen. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Justice Chase
Supreme Court
Frelinghuysens
Theodore
Frederick
United States Senate
William Pennington
Kingdom of
God
Yonder Hill
Earth
Heaven
Union
First Presbyterian Church
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Waeshee
Wientta
Kas
Washee Block
Watonga
Okla
Oklahoma
William Lathrop Kingsley
New Havey, Conn
Kingsley
New England
East
Joseph Simpson
Gen. Diz
de Naensen
the State OF Trade
Augusta
Otranto
Talmage
T. DeWitt Talmage
Jerusalem
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Isaiah
Jeremiah
David
Paul
Potomac
Oregon
Neversink
Golden Horn
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Gulf of Mexico
Magnolia
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Diocletians
William the Conqueror
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Samuel
John
John Quincy
Capitoline Hill
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Caribbean Sea
Pennsylvania Avenue
Supreme Judiciary
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