China Ultimatum and Allies Move Against China
Pekin receives eight day ultimatum from foreign envoys demanding edicts. Paris reports Chinese court agrees to punishments. Waldersee’s multinational force may act as guard of honor for the emperor and operate in Yangtze valley. Washington declines joining allied military expedition and informs powers of intended stance. Conger wires ministerial protest to oppose hostile action, but no influence from other foreign ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Paris
Legation
Shanghai
Waldersee
Yang Tse Kiang Valley
Congress
Washington
Conger
China
Count von Waldersee
Ministers’ Council
Troublesome China Nervy in British Debate
In Parliament Lord Cranborne said commercial fate in China would take time to settle and noted instructions to Sir Et Satow to gather claims for indemnity. He praised Russia's handling of the PeKing Shanhaikuan situation as temporary and not into territorial aims, while denying any planned Chinese interior expedition by Waldersee. In Washington, a crisis looms as Waldersee plans a larger campaign in China, prompting US hesitancy and calls to deter German action. Separate items note an assassination attempt in Logansport and exploration of Angora goats in Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldersee
London
Lord Cranborne
Great Britain
China
Lord Crantorne
Peking
Sir Et Satow
Russia
Peking-Shan Hai Kuan
Cranborne
Lord €Ranborne
Manchuria
William Vernon Harcourt
Count von Waldersee
Uncle Sam
Washington
United States
Chaffees
War Department
State Department
Chaffee
Donger
Need of Officers Hastens West Point Graduation
West Point N Y Feb 19 under the stars and stripes a company of visitors watched the first class of 1901 73 men receive diplomas from Col Albert L Mills superintendent The class would normally graduate in June but officer shortages shortened the stay The Spanish American War and Civil War era shortages forced West Point to supply officers twice before and again now with the 1901 cadets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
N. Y
Stors
United States Military Academy
Albert L. Mills
San Juan
Santiago
Tropics
Nation Woman in Jail After Hatchet Wrecking Trial
Mrs Nation, acting as her own attorney, was jailed in Topeka after Judge Hazen set a 2000 dollar bond to keep the peace following her peace warrant trial over the Moeser Cold Storage break in. Judge Hazen ordered her to appear next term, she refused bond and remains in county jail hospital. bonds were set for Cal McDonald Rose Crist and Madeline Southard with harsh remarks from the judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Nation
Hazen
Moeser Cold Storage Company
Three Nation
F. W. Emerson
Will Meezer
Shre Marshal
Army of mothers vows crusade to shut murder shops
A speech calls for closing murder shops by force and legal action. It frames the effort as a holy crusade against crime, likening it to spiritual warfare and urging organized, non injurious self defense to protect children from trafficking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Busy Ice Harvest Shows Winter’s Last Push
Frigid weather boosts ice operations across the region as Twin City Ice and others race to fill houses on Sylvan Island Watertown and Rock River before thaw. 6200 tons stored at Consolidated Ice and 1400 tons by Rock Island Brewing mark busy, snow hindered effort yet ongoing.
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Twin-City Ice Company
Sylvan Island
Colny
Watertown
Martin Weinberger & Son
Crescent Bridge
John Siegrist
Eighteenth Street
Consolidated
Consolidated Ice Company
Rock River
Rock Island Brewing Company
Tunnel for a fort they will starve him out
In Wolf Summit Kansas a quarrel at a McDonalds railroad camp led William Francis to shoot Share Riggs. He fled into a tunnel armed with a Winchester and 500 rounds. Officers will starve him out as all work stops and supplies are cut off.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
McDonald's
Wolf Summit
William Francis
Share Riggs
Married Seventy One Years Elisha Brown Anniversary Reunion
Hagerstown Indiana February 19 Mr and Mrs Elisha Brown plan their seventy first wedding anniversary with a family reunion inviting descendants and friends. Brown born in Kentucky at age 93 keeps active in business and drives daily. wife oversees the household and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Ind
Elisha Brown
Brown
Kentucky
Ames Carries Out Citywide Ban On Boxing And Athletics
Minneapolis mayor ordered police to halt glove contests and all life risking athletic exhibitions. He cited danger to participants and promised strict enforcement, naming football and baseball as included. In London a Daily Mail correspondent reports De Wet’s retreat and burghers threatening to surrender rather than endure flogging.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Ames
Thugs Organized in Express Robbery at Manila
A secretive gang is suspected in the United States Express Company robbery. In Manilla a saw crowbar and whisky were found in a jail cell, and preliminary hearing records were stolen from the justice's office, suggesting a crook organization behind the $5,000 theft. Other items include battles on ice in Wisconsin, Roosevelt's travel plans, and various local incidents.
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Manilla
Jackson
Stovall
United States Express Company
Justice's Office
Express Company
Crowe's Pal Now Caught Fully Identified in Kidnapping Case
Omaha Feb 19 One of three men tied to the Edward Cudahy Jr kidnapping has been arrested and jailed. Identified by the boy as the man who enticed him into a wagon, James Callahan, an ex convict, lived near Rover's Park with sister Mrs Kelly and is linked to Pat Crowe. The arrest was made Saturday night but kept quiet until today.
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Logansport
Ind
Carl F. Becker
Becker
Wisconsin
Washburn
Wis
W. K. Coburn
Drummond
Bayfield County
Bayfield
Rockford
Edward Grauhering
Townsend
Carroll County
Leavenworth, Kas
John Hudson
Milwood
Joliet
Ill
Joliet Theater
George D. Herron
Chicago
Grinnell College
Iowa
Lord Armstrong
Omaha Railroad Company
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Thomas Jackson
St. Peter
Baraboo
James Stewart
Minneapolis
Staten Island
Steel Trust
James Callahan
Omaha
Cudahy
Edward Cudahy, Jr
Eace
Young Cudahy
Kelley
Rover’s Park
Pat Crowe
Chicago Capital to Fight Sugar Trust
Chicago capitalists form a million dollar Central Sugar company to challenge the American trust in home supply. Contracts already set to build a beet sugar factory at Shelby Indiana, to begin full operation this year for the crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
the Post
Central Sugar Company
Shelby
Ind
State to Investigate Zion City Bank
Springfield Alabama February 19 A house resolution introduced by Donoghue of Chicago was adopted providing for a committee of five to investigate the Zion City bank of Chicago run by John Alexander Dowie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Donoghue
Chicago
Zion City Bank
John Alexander Dowie
Firemen crushed by falling walls at Judson Packing
Four New Haven firemen died when walls collapsed at the Judson Packing house. Two more were severely hurt as rescue teams recovered bodies and accounted for missing. Property loss estimated at fifty dollars.
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New Haven
Conn
Judson
Earl
Edward to journey into Germany on royal yacht trip
London February 19 King Edward will sail on the royal yacht Victoria and Albert for a brief visit to his sister the Dowager Empress Frederick in Germany on Saturday.
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Edward
Germany
London
Victoria and Albert
Frederick
Genesee National Savings and Loan Goes to Receiver
Rochester, N C Feb 19 Genesee National Savings and Loan association with offices here placed in receivership Liabilities total about 200000, more than ten times its assets Also note Comp troller of the Currency calls for condition of national banks as of February 15 in Washington Feb 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. C
Genesee National Savings and Loan Association
Washington
Resolution to Snub Schley by Thanking Sampson
Washington days of Feb 19 report a joint senate resolution and a sister measure from Hale revive the Schley Sampson feud. The navy backed resolution would extend thanks to Rear Admiral William T Sampson and his command for actions during the Cuban coast blockade and destruction of the Spanish fleet at Santiago de Cuba.
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Schley
Sampson
Washington
Hale
Senate
Sampson-Schley
Navy Department
William T. Sampson
United States Navy
United States
North Atlantic
Spain
Cuban
Santiago de Cuba
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Wisconsin Lakes Tee Company
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Revelt
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