Western expedition planned under Von Waldersee in China
Reports from Peking say Count Von Waldersee ordered all troops ready for a large scale operation in two weeks for a 30 day campaign toward the west. Gen Chaffee and Gen Voyron discuss cooperation as Sir Alfred Gaselee may be offered command, with Sian Fu as the expedition destination.
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Peking
Count von Waldersee
Chaffee
Voyron
Washington
Alfred Gaselee
Hiness
Gaselee
Veyron
Cont von Waldersee
Sian Fu
Envers
Insurgents Surrender After Surprise I Infantry Action
A detachment of the South Infantry and Scouts surprised insurgent leaders Villamor and Alejandris near Paperia Manila. Villamor wounded. Arrests linked to Carman and Carranza reveal supplies to rebels. Several insurgent officers surrender amid new incriminating charges.
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Manila
Fein
Ath
United States Infantry
Villamor
Alejandris
Paperia
M. M. Carman
Theodorio Carranza
Temperance Rally Draws 2000 to Lawrence Mass Meeting
A 2000 strong mass meeting in Lawrence Kansas focused on temperance with city and county officials among speakers. Officials defended saloon policy and credited temperance advocates with shaping local conditions. During the day several jointists were arrested, including three women.
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Lawrence
Kan
Wall street tale of Morgan Rockefeller oil purchases debunked
In Wheeling West Virginia on February 14 officials with the involved companies deny a report that J P Morgan and John D Rockefeller bought all mines in the Fairmont district for 14 million dollars. They note the district’s output is about 22 000 000 dollars making the price absurd.
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Wheeling
W.va
noWierpont Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Fairmont
WW. Va
Roosevelt returns from Colorado hunting trip in good spirits
Colorado Springs reports Gov Roosevelt spent Sunday with P J Stewart among hunting party members in Rio Panco county. He plans to focus on correspondence before inauguration and will host a public informal reception, denying sensational bear and wolf stories as fabrications. He said no bears or wolves were seen and two mountain lions were the only big game.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Ior. Roosevelt
P. J Stewart
Rio Panco County
Gov. Roose
aVock
Det
Roosevelt
Sunchu
De Wet's Commandos Exhausted and Harassed in Rain
London reports De Wet's commando is extremely exhausted and harassed on all sides. Heavy rains slow British movements from the north while the Grange river rise hinders Boer rear collaboration. Insiders say sympathies grow but recruitment remains weak, mainly youths armed with Let Met fords. Dispatches also say the Carolina commando broke through Gen. French's line at Wertivarth.
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London
Times
de Aar
DeWet
Grange
Proce-Hamilton
Pretoris
Carolina
Brohem
Danish West Indies Pivot Away From Parliament Session
London reports the Danish West Indies will not field in the current parliamentary session. A syndicate plans a trans Atlantic steamship company and other commercial ventures tied to the islands as a strategic port likely to gain value with the future Nicaragua canal. Negotiations aim to complete before October and shift focus from the United States.
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London
Copenhager
The
Times
Danish West Indies
trans-Atlantic Steamship Company
Etuber
United States
Andersen
East Asiatic Steamship ‘Co
Islands
Kearsarge Guns Sailor Shell Burst Reported
A mail report from the Bureau of Ordnance describes a burst in a 3 inch gun on the United States battleship Kearsarge during target practice off Pensacola Florida. The damage is minor gouging of the tube and the gun will be usable again. Naval officials say such explosions occur occasionally and this may be the first in a 13 inch gun.
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Washington
United States
Kearsarge
Bureau
Navy Department
Pensacola
Fla
Topeka Sees Nation Arrests After Joint Smashes
Carrie Nation leads a Sunday of upheaval in Topeka smashing a saloon joint and cold storage bars, then addresses a mass meeting. She is arrested four times, released, and re jailed by county authorities amid public parade and church visits.
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Topeka
Kan
Carrie Nation
Nation
Church of the Assumption
State House
Mooser
To Renew Our Youth Wey to Cougquer the Effect of Ad vancing Years
Dr Talmage argues that spiritual renewal is possible and urges Christians to renew youth by faith, healthier habits, and calm trust in divine governance. He cites Parr, Hippocrates, and others, warns against fretfulness, and encourages surrounding oneself with youth and constructive activity.
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Talmage
David
Jchoshaphat
Mount Olivet
Thomas Perr
Shropshire
England
London
Warvey
Thomas Parr
Hippocrates
Darwin
Gall Boerhaave
Jenner
Ruysch
Humboldt
William Cullen Bryant
Houce
Isocrates
Liontinus
Gorgias
Poisoned Coffee Murder Charge Shocks Topeka Family
Sheriff arrestеd Maggie Cummins and her 34 year old daughter Edens in Jefferson County for the murder of John Cumming a quarryman and ex husband of Maggie Cummins. Edens is charged with poisoning his coffee and Maggie with instigating the crime. Body exhumed and stomach analyzed.
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Topeka
Kaff
Wreck of East Bound Limited Near Mills City
The east bound Limited express wrecked at Mills City New. A fireman and several passengers were killed. The conductor engineer brakeman postal clerks and one passenger were injured. All trains east and west were abandoned for 43 hours as a washout from a cloudburst caused the crash.
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San Francisco
Mills City
New
Aree
Evo
Aged Christians Look Forward to Heaven’s Peace and Joy
The speaker addresses aged Christians praising their resilience and urging hopeful faith. He imagines Heaven as a place where suffering ends, mysteries are solved, and souls enjoy everlasting health and fulfillment among beloved figures and enduring friendships.
Indiana Senate and House legislative actions summary
Indiana legislature reports a series of bills and actions from Feb 13 to 16. Measures include railroads consolidation and taxes, voting machines, state boards, normal school at Muncie, anti trust, and a controversial joint smashing bill legalizing liquor nuisance abatement by crowds with limited liability for smashers.
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Indianapolis
Senate
Lincoln
Fortune
House
Charles L. Drummond
Allen County
Gerber
Bonham
Ft. Wayne
Vincennes University
State Board of Architecture
Judiciary Committee
Indiana Federation of Labor
Owen
State Tax Board
Muncie
Geo. McCulloch
Flack
Chester
Larlow Friday
Indiana
Temperance Committee
Would-Be Assassin Shatters Texanport Quiet
In Texanport Indiana on a February night Carl F. Gecker a prominent local youth escaped a shooting as a would be assassin fired a .38 caliber revolver at him narrowly missing his rear sight. Patrolman Montigan followed the flash but the assailant eluded capture. The motive and identity remain unknown.
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Texansport
Ind
Carl F. Gecker
Decker
Becker
Montigan
Terre Haute Trotting Association Opens Futurity Stakes
The Terre Haute Trotting Association plans a new 310,000 futurity for fouls of 1901 and sets six stake purses for October. Two 2:24 trotters and 2216 pacers races carry 2,000 each, while four events offer 1,500 each for 2:25 and 2:15 trotters and 2:25 and 2:14 pacers.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Breath of Jacob Turner
Jacob Turner aged 45 died of Brights disease in the government army hospital at Hot Springs Arkansas Friday. His remains will be brought to Muncie for burial Sunday. Turner was doorkeeper in the White House at Washington during the Harrison and McKinley administrations.
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Muncie
Jad
Jacob Turner
Bright
Government Army Hospital
Hot Springs
Ark
Turner
White House
Washington
Harrison
McKinley
Driven Out of the Market in Hartford City
Hartford City ind owners report February 18 188 for the flint glass prescription wares trade a major factory closed and another reduced production as prices collapse in the demoralized market
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Hartford City
Inds
Carrie Nation to Visit Indiana Likely in March
Kokomo relatives report letters from Kansas reformer Carrie Nation saying she will travel to Indiana possibly in March. She has two brothers in law and many relatives in the area. The local W C T U plans to entertain her and support a crusade against illegal saloons. Mrs Sharp urges strong action against Sunday saloons and late open hours.
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Kokomo
Ind
Carrie
Kansas Reformer
Indiana
Nation
M.M. Sharp
Fatal Scalding Accident In Frankfort Farm Family
In Frankfort Indiana on February 15 Mrs C I Miller wife of a prominent local farmer was badly scalded when an airtight potato boiler exploded after she fastened the lid causing extreme steam pressure to rupture the vessel. The injuries may prove fatal.
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Frankfort
Ind
Miller
First beet sugar factory planned in Indiana
North Judson Ind Feb 16 The Shelby Sugar Co will build Indiana’s first beet sugar factory at Shelby in the Kankakee valley near this town. Dyer Co of Cleveland has the construction contract and the Central Co is incorporated with 32,000,000 capital. Stockholders include W R Shelby Grand Rapids Mich G W Cass Chicago and T P Shantz with several New York investors.
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North Judson
Ind
Indiana
Shelby
Kankakee Valley
Shelby Sugar Co
Dyer Co
Cleveland
Central Co
W. Rt. Shelby
Grand Rapids
Mich
G. W. Cass
Chicago
T. P. Shantz
New York
Missing 15 year old girl in Marion county kidnapping case
Marion Tenn Feb 15 Minute Hultz 15 daughter of James Hultz a wealthy county resident was kidnaped at a country church nine miles west of the city Saturday night. A search has been ongoing with no trace by Sunday night. Hultz worth about 100000 says he believes she was abducted for ransom and not an elopement.
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Marion
Tnud
Hultz
James Hultz
Oon
Ile
Floral tribute honors Maurice Thompson in Vincennes
Mayor George E. Greene and Councilman A. J. Taylor carried a grand floral tribute from Vincennes citizens to the author Maurice Thompson. The five foot long triangular spring offering from F. Sac ville bears an American flag and honors his novel Alice of Old Vincennes. Over 1,000 people viewed the arrangement at W. A. Wiman’s florist home.
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Maurice Thompson
Vincennes
Ind
George E. Greene
A. J. Taylor
Craw
Tordsville
Vincenne
Mexsnory
Sacville
Alice
Old
W. A. Wi
Man
Warsaw Wife of Wealthy Farmer Found Near Napanee
Mrs Oscar Noel wife of a wealthy farmer who left home to die was located at Napanee wandering aimlessly about half frozen and almost exhausted according to a narrative report.
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Warsaw
Ind
Oscxar Noel
Narete
Napanee
Noted gambler Gus Roller dies after self injury attempt
Laffayette Indiana reports Gus Roller who tried to end his life last Sunday by severing his windpipe with a knife died Friday afternoon. Once a wealthy sporting man he was well known in Ohio and Indiana.
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Laffayette
Ind
Gus Roller
Ohio
Indiana
Die terich gas syndicate offers to buy Ft Wayne street railways
Ft Wayne Indiana February 16 The Die terich gas syndicate offers to consolidate the Ft Wayne street railways with the interurban lines. The system is valued at 2 000 000 dollars.
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Ft. Wayne, Ind
Dieterich Gas Syndicate
Ft. Wayne
Fire Traps Woman and Child in Indianapolis Home
In Indianapolis Indiana Mary Evans and her eight year old car and daughter Mrs Blackmai were trapped by flames in their burning home on North Meridian Street. Neighbors rescued them from the second floor using a ladder.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Mary Evans
North Meridian Street
Blackmai
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