Allies May Invade Shen-Si to Resume Large Scale War Plans
Peking reports Count von Waldersee ordered two week troop mobilization for an eighty day expedition aimed at pressuring China. Chaffee and Voyron consulted on cooperation. possible command shifts to Gaselee or Voyron. Destination cited as Sian-Fu with aim to compel Chinese terms. envoys expect immediate court compliance as soldiers eagerly anticipate action.
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Peking
Count von Waldersee
Chaffee
Voyron
Washington
Alfred Gaselee
Gaselee
Count. von Waldersee
Sian-Fu
Shen-Si
British command plans spring expedition to Taiz Yuen Fu
The Times reports a general order for Count von Waldersee to prepare a field expedition in the spring toward Taiz Yuen-Fu in Shan-Li Province. The correspondent notes the position is difficult and cautions against an impetuous push inland that could push the Court westward.
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London
Peking
the Times
Count von Waldersee
Taiz
Yuen-Fu
Shan- Li
Railway deal links Lake Baikal line to Port Arthur
Nagasaki reports China and the Russo-Chinese Bank reached a railway concession for a Siberia to Port Arthur line. The bank will build and operate the line for thirty years, with renewal and ownership finally passing to China. A second line from Kiakta to Peking is also noted as protected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Petersburg
Nagasaki
China
Russo-Chinese Bank
Lake Baikal
Siberia
Port Arthur
Kiakta
Peking
Woman Helpless All Her Life in Babylon I
Miss Ellen Leek aged sixty five dies in Babylon I today doctors cite old age as cause She never heard spoke walked or felt pain or sensation and showed little brain activity beyond life support She could not feed herself and remained bedridden most years only creeping as a child once in a while.
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Babylon
I. I
Ellen Leek
Tobacco Tax Reduction Sparks Committee Scrutiny
The Ways and Means Committee focuses on a Senate move to cut tobacco tax to 9 cents a pound while keeping small package sizes. They say manufacturers and dealers gain about 3 cents per pound, with the Tobacco Trust set to reap the largest benefits, complicating the fight against the Senate bill.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Tobacco Trust
Financial summary and market prices listed
Wheat No 2 red 83 4¢ corn No 2 mixed 48c oats No 2 mixed 30 1LG cotton mid dling price not shown iron Northern No 1 foundry $16 butter Western creamery 22 3c Commercial World page 9 Amusements page T arrivals at hotels and out of town buyers page 3 court calendars page 9 losses by fire page 3 intelligence and foreign mails real estate page 11 case report page 38 yesterday's fires page 3
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Esterday’s
Fire consumes five story apartment house on West 100th
Firefighters rescued residents from 116 and 118 West 100th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues as flames tore through the second to fourth floors. Five thousand dollars in damages reported. janitor William Faust trailed smoke to the second floor and a well dressed man with a red mustache fled as the blaze began.
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West One Hundred and Third Street
Columbus
Amsterdam Avenues
William Faust
Morris D. Ruin
Faust
Timothy F. Lee
Fifth Army Corps
Joseph Parsons
Patrick A. Robertson
Daniel R Moore
Soone
Tragedy as Boys Fire Revolver at Target Practice
George De Armond and William Edrington youths were shooting at a target in Baker Missouri when De Armond fired assuming chambers were empty. Saree fell wounded and is in serious condition with fears for recovery.
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New York Times
Kansas City
George de Armond
de Armond
Missouri
William
PD. L. Edrington
Baker
Saree
Inauguration Arrangements For McKinley Parade
The Executive Committee of Arrangements reports about 19000 military personnel will march for McKinley’s inauguration. 5404 civic volunteers with 37 brass bands plus 24 colleges will participate. Ticketing plans include 12000 ball tickets at 5 dollars each and 6000 supper tickets at 1 dollar. Concert tickets total 25000 for the post inauguration ballroom event.
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Washington
Executive Committee
McKinley
War Department
Navy Department
Lacey
Iowa
Steele
Accident on the Kearsarge Gun Explodes at Pensacola
A mail report from the Navy Bureau of Ordnance details a bursting shell in a thirteen inch gun on the warship Kearsarge during target practice off Pensacola Florida. Damage is minor, mainly gouging of the tube, not preventing future use, with officials noting such explosions are rare but not serious.
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Washington
United States
Kearsarge
Bureau of Ordnance
Navy Department
Pensacola
Fla
Naval
Severe Winter Grips Europe With Snow Across Nations
Across France Spain and Britain severe winter continues with heavy snow and cold. Paris records intermittent snow while Algiers reports fatalities. Madrid hits eight degrees below zero with snow in Murcia and Majorca. Cadiz reports eight wrecks. Odessan blizzard continues as Swiss villages are cut off and deaths rise.
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Madrid
Spain
Murcia
Palma
Majorca
Cadiz
Tlondon
Europe
England
Germany
Italy
Austria
Russia
Odessa
Switzerland
Rev Dr Chapman May Resign From Fourth Presbyterian Church
Congregation members say Rev Dr J Wilbur Chapman intends to undertake missionary work and retire from the Fourth Presbyterian Church on West End Avenue and Ninety first Street. He declined to discuss specifics beyond acknowledging several offers to do evangelistic work.
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Chapman
J.ilbur Chapman
Fourth Presbyterian Church
West— End Avenue
Ninety-first Street
The New Pennsylvania Limited Advances American Transport
The advertisement touts The New Pennsylvania Limited as a leading model train service. It notes daily departures from New York to Chicago and St. Louis, highlighting the advanced state of American transportation.
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Pennsylvania Limited
America
New York Daily
Chicago
St. Louis
Mrs Nation Smashes Joints in Topeka Day of Action
Carrie Nation led a convoy of about 500 adherents through Topeka hitting joint premises with axes. She broke windows and smashed decor at Ed Murphy’s place, then was jailed and released on bond. Later she entered a cold storage plant and livery barn before a mass meeting, facing multiple arrests and a tense crowd outside the jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Carrie Nation
Nation
Mrs. Nation
Washburn College
State House
Kansas Avenue
East Seventh Street
Ed Murphy
Murphy
Moser
Railroad Company Advised to Treat Invading Crusaders as Burglars
Attorney B P Waggener, Missouri Pacific general counsel, urged treating women temperance crusaders who broke into the Goffs and Effingham stations as common burglars to protect railroad property. He declared a penitentiary offense was committed at Goffs and warned prosecutions for all future forcible entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison, Kan
B. P. Waggener
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific
Goffs
Kan
King Christian spared cyclist after mud smeared collision
Copenhagen dispatch says king Christian and Prince Waldemar were struck by a bicyclist during a promenade. The rider, unaware of the royal identity, was seized by Prince Waldemar and turned over to police. The king ordered the man released.
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London
Copenhagen
The
Daily Mail
Christian
Prince Waldemar
Waldemar
August Belmont Elected Church Warden at St George's
August Belmont has been elected one of the wardens of St George's Episcopal Church, filling a vacancy after the death of August Denton. Belmont is in Palm Beach, Florida, to regain his health and will likely be up for a full term at the next regular election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Belmont
Hempstead
L. I
Belmont
St. George’s Episcopal Church
August Denton
Palm Beach
Fla
Canadian Club Whisky Aroma Persists Despite Washout
A brief note highlights the distinctive flavor of Canadian Club whisky remaining even after a washout. The statement emphasizes quality and taste as a defining trait of the product.
Rioting in Spain Attacks Jesuit Convent and Coaches
Valencia papers report anti clerical protests at Sueca and Jativa with a mob tearing down Jesuit convent name plates and 1500 demonstrators marching in Jativa under black flags and tricolors. Madrid coachmen strike follows arrests, all detainees freed. Sefer Silvera comments on unrest and Cuban debt.
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Madrid
Valencia
Sueca
Jativa
Coachmen’s Society
Madrid Cabinet Resignation Drafted for Queen Regent
Madrid reports that the Ministry's resignation was prepared at the Cabinet Council last Friday and handed to the Queen Regent on Saturday. No final decision has been made though papers hint at possible Silvela Cabinet personnel.
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Madrid
Silvela
Attitude of Don Carlos Drives a Wedge in Madrid Ties
In Paris on February 18, Count Latour Landry, Don Carlos's representative, says all political relations with the Count of Caserta ended when the latter sent his children to the Alfonsist army in Madrid. Don Carlos regrets that a Bourbon abandons legitimacy and sets a bad example for Naples followers.
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Paris
Don Carlos
Caserta
Count Latour Landry
Madrid
Danish West Indies sale talks end as shipping firm steps in
Copenhagen reports the Danish government halted U S sales talks after a favorable offer from the Danish East Asian Steamship Company to assist and administer the islands. The Times notes plans for a new transatlantic line and other ventures linked to Danish West Indies ports expected to benefit from the Nicaragua Canal. Negotiations aim to resolve by October with U S talks dropped. Director Mr Andersen seeks to keep the islands within Danish hands.
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Danish East Asian Steamship Company
London
Copenhagen
Daily Mail
United States
Danish West Indies
the Times
Transatlantic Steamship Company
Nicaragua
Andersen
East Asian Steamship Company
Kennedy Witness Coming to Testify in New York
Capt J K Price and Detective Arthur Carey escorted Daniel Melville from Sanford to New York to testify in the Kennedy case. Melville agreed to return and testify after persuasive talks and fare payment arrangements, amid insinuations the police were involved. The party sails into New York Tuesday morning via the Pennsylvania Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
New York
J. K. Price
Arthur Carey
Sanford
Daniel Melville
Kennedy
Melville
Capt. Price
Police Department
Messrs. Cantwell
Moore
Pennsylvania Road
Porto Rican cases may delay Supreme Court decision
Washington observers expect the Porto Rican customs case to require lengthy deliberation at the Supreme Court. Arguments began in January with a supplementary brief, and justices will study principles individually, confer for unanimity, and reconcile minor points. A decision is likely toward late spring, possibly just before the May adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Attorney General
Men Rescued After Ice Cake Drifts on Narrows
Fred Ramsay and Jam Fulton floated for hours on a shrinking cake of ice off Seventy-ninth Street in Bay Ridge. A passing policeman and a bystander forced a rowboat through the ice to reach and pull them to safety as the ice melted and drifted back toward shore.
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Fred Ramsay
Seventy-eighth Street
Fourth Avenue
Bay Ridge
Jam Fulton
Shore Road
Seventy-ninth Street
Bay Ridge Avenue
Ramsay
Fulton
Johnson
Eightysixth Street
Boys Rescued From Harlem River Ice Cake Hazard
Three High Bridge boys Gerald Scott 10 Arthur Merrill 11 and George Anderson 11 were rescued after a section of ice broke away from Murray's float in the Harlem River and drifted downstream. Policeman Francis and bridge engineers directed the rescue with a skiff provided by Seymour Masterson and John Mulcahy. The boys were wet cold and frightened but saved after about twenty minutes on the ice.
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Harlem
High Bridge
Gerald Scott
Arthur Merrill
George Anderson
Murray
Central Bridge
Francis
Seymour Masterson
One Hundred and Forty-fifth Street
St. Nicholas Avenue
John Mulcahy
West One Hundred and Forty-second Street
Atalanta
Girl Narrowly Escapes Drowning After Ice Breaks
Marie Morrisey eleven daughter of real estate dealer William G. Morrisey of Bath and Twenty first Avenues Bensonhurst fell through Gravesend Bay ice while playing with other children. Her aunt Genevieve Moloughney seventeen steadied her by one arm as boys rescued and pulled her from the hole.
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Marie Morrisey
William G. Morrisey
Bath
Twenty-first Avenues
Bensonhart
Gravesend Bay
Genevieve Moloughney
Cleveland Pastors Resign From Old Stone Church
In Cleveland on February 17 Rev. Hiram C. Haydn and Rev. W. H. Hurlburt resigned from the Old Stone Presbyterian Church. Haydn retires from active ministry and Hurlburt leaves to enable a site appointment for Haydn. Rev. E. Baker resigns Woodland Avenue to join First Presbyterian in Oakland California, affecting seven large city churches without pastors.
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Cleveland
Hiram C. Haydn
W. H. Hurlburt
Old Stone Presbyterian Church
Haydn
Hurlburt
E. Baker
Woodland Avenue Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Oakland
Cal
Train Wreck Kills Fireman and Three Passengers
The east bound Southern Pacific limited from San Francisco to the east wrecked at Mill City Nevada after hitting a washout caused by a cloudburst. Fireman Adolph Bissinger and two San Francisco passengers were killed along with Aleph Bissinger.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Road
Mill City
Nevada
Aleph Bissinger
Clinton R. Coulter
B. L. Whittaker
Adolph Bissinger
Winter in the Alleghenies Seen From Pennsylvania Rail Lines
A vivid glimpse of winter scenery along the Pennsylvania Railroad. The piece contrasts snowy vistas with other views, highlighting the trainborne perspective and the region’s distinctive beauty during the season.
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Alleghenies
Pennsylvania Railroad
River Disputed Suit Against Brooklyn Water Syndicate
A suit for ejectment involving Carman's River seeks title through the original 1693 patent to Tangier Smith heirs. William Tangier Smith descendants claim the stream. Henry W. Carman and John J. Bartlett defend, citing deeds back to 1795 and an 1688 Indian deed. The court session adjourned to next Saturday for further testimony.
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Brooklyn Water Syndicate
Patchogue
L. L
W. E. T. Smith
St. George
Brookhaven
John J. Bartlett
Greenport
Carman’s River
Wilmot M. Smith
Supreme Court
Tangier Smith
William Mnry Smith
Eugenia
Gloriana
Henry W. Carman
Water Syndicate
Carman
Roosevelt visits Colorado Springs amid hunting trip tales
Col Roosevelt tours Colorado Springs hosted by P B Stewart once part of the Rio Blanco hunting party. A public reception is planned, no banquet. He denies bear or wolf hunts, says only mountain lions were pursued and claims twelve were killed. He thanks Colorado, praises hunter John Goff and says he cannot address the legislature before leaving for the East.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Col. Roosevelt
P. B. Stewart
Rio Blanco County
Roosevelt
Iit
John Goff
Colorado
Woman's Mysterious Death Prompt Detention of Five Men
Five men are detained at Fifth Street Police Station as detectives investigate the death of Mary Takoc who arrived from Helvetia Pennsylvania seeking work. She was found unconscious at 58 Avenue B and died at Bellevue Hospital after Dr Sweeney failed to revive her. Coroner Bausch ordered the men held as suspicious after confirming an assault.
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Fifth Street
Mary Takoc
Helvetia
Penn
Avenue B
Ebert
Bellevue Hospital
Sweeney
Victor Szyney
Bausch
Boy Falls Three Stories at Stapleton German Church
August Braun fifteen fell three stories from a rail at the top of the stairs in the German Lutheran Church Stapleton S I. He was carried unconscious to his home and revived after three hours by Dr Beyer. The swelling around the head prevented skull fracture assessment. He is son of Charles Braun of Richmond Road.
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August Braun
Stapleton
S. I
Charles Braun
Richmond Road
Braun
Beyer
Senators dine with President at White House
The President hosted Senators Hanna and Allison at dinner with guests staying late. Later Senators Spooner Aldrich and Platt of Connecticut visited, allowing a discussion with Senate leaders on Congress business and the possibility of an extra session. Advertisement notes Canadian Club Whisky as a palatable choice.
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Washington
Hanna and
Allison
Spooner
Aldrich
Platt
Connecticut
Senate
Congress
Mayor veto on single head police bill sparks legal clash
Mayor Van Wyck sent the veto message to Albany arguing the bill to abolish the four police commissioners and appoint a single chief violates the Constitution. He predicts Gov Odell will sign tomorrow and notes potential court challenges as he warns of Governor removal power undermining mayoral appointment authority.
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van Wyck
Albany
Odell
Police Department
City of
New York
Devery
Downes
Tammany
Senate
State of New York
City of New York
Police Board
General Bureau of Elections
Aloha
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Financial Review
France
Algiers
Denmark
le Gaulois
Sefer Silvela
Silvera
Florida
Detective Carey
Ballantine
Narrows
Harlem River
Adv
Court of Appeals
Bolton
Albertson
N. Y
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