Veterans refuse to march in inaugural parade dispute over position
Washington February 27 troops from Grand Army of the Republic Union Veterans' Union and American Spanish War Veterans decline to participate in the March 4 inaugural parade. They object to being placed ahead of civic groups but behind the National Guards. Gen Sickles resigns as marshal of the veteran division.
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Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
Union Veterans’ Union
Greene
National Guards
Sickles
Bell Company Loses Famous Suit
Boston February 27 Judge Brown of the United States circuit court ruled against the American Bell Telephone Company in the famous Berliner patent case.
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Boston
Brown
United States Circuit Court
American Bell Telephone Company
Sheet Steel Price Hike At American Sheet Steel Co
Pittsburg February 27 announcement shows American Sheet Steel company raising all gauges of sheet steel by four dollars per ton with the move affecting producers and buyers nationwide.
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Pittsburg
American Sheet Steel Company
No Reciprocity At Present Senate Session
Washington February 27 The senate committee on foreign relations decided to make no further effort to secure action on reciprocity treaties before the senate during the present session.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Iowa Mine Owners Decline Demands
Ottumwa February 27. Mine operators refuse the demands of the miners for the law of the mine scale and refer the matter back to the miners for further instructions.
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Iowa
Ottumwa, Lonq
Further Captures Reported by French Forces
London Feb 27 telegraphs from Middlebury report after 2:50 showing three hundred Boers surrender and a 190 pounder Krupp howitzer with a Maxim gun, 20 000 rounds of ammunition, 193 remaining in the captured stock as part of French captures.
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London
Kitchener
Middlebury
Boers suffer casualties amid raid captures noted
Report notes captures of rifles and a large number of horses oxen cattle sheep wagons and cars. Boers tally four killed and five wounded as part of the engagement. The account emphasizes material losses and enemy casualties without graphic detail.
AGGIE'S UNCLE GETS A POSITION
Griguinto Bulacan province February 27 Jose Serapin uncle of Aguinaldo and formerly insurgent colonel appointed governor of Bulacan province Serapin surrendered during Lawton progress northward and Aguinaldo had issued an order degrading his uncle for loyalty to the United States.
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Aggie
Griguinto
Bulacan
Jose Serapin
Aguinaldo
Serapin
Lawton
United States
Muellers to Establish Lumber Yard on Rock Island
Transfer records show Chris Mueller & Sons of Davenport acquiring the old saw mill site at the Twenty fourth street viaduct. John Brahn acted as agent, the land sold for 171,200 with Brubn repaying the purchase. William Mueller says the Rock Island yard will be used for lumber and coal with an office building planned once weather permits. The Davenport saw mill will supply Rock Island and Moline yards.
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Muellers
Chris Mueller & Sons
Davenport
Twenty-fourth Street
John Brahn
Mueller
Brubn
William Mueller
Eee An Agus
Rock Island
Mit
Muellera
Death Shortens Coal Output at Gilchrist
Capt George Lamont traveled to Gilchrist to investigate a shortage of black diamonds for the Empire Coal Company. The mining town of Tate has seen many deaths and miners missing work to attend funerals, causing coal supplies to run low.
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Gilchrist
George Lamont
Empire Coal Company
Tate
National Magazine writers plan complimentary rock Island feature
C S Nichols and E R Ozias of the National Magazine visit three cities preparing a free write up for the April issue. They propose charging for city notices and seek cooperation from Rock Island leaders to supply material for the Rock Island article.
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C. S. Nichols
E. R. Ozias
National
Nichols
Ancus
Ezine
Medill
Connelly
Rocksland Cub
Rock Island
Many Moving Westward Amid Farm Shifts This March
Yesterday a moving day as Rock Island and Peoria routed twenty seven carloads of stock goods and two passenger coaches toward western points. Twelve cars to Spencer via C M and St P. one thousand one hundred twelve to Des Moines. three to Pawnee Nebvia Hook Island. twelve cars loaded at Galva. C B and Q picked nine cars of household goods to the west at East Moline. Farmers move now to rent or buy and take possession March 1.
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Rock Island
Peoria
Western Points
Spencer
C. M
St. P
Des Moines
Pawnee
Neb
Hook Island Road
Galva
East Moline
Carrie Nation's Peoria Editorial Sparks Salesroom Showdown
Mrs Nation, editor of the Peoria Journal, mocked for journalism skills as three columns on temperance mix with saloon ads from vendors like H Sandmeyer Co and Clarke Bros. amid a daylong experiment. After press, Nation toured Peoria saloons and found them shocking but acted suitably.
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Carrie Nation
Peoria Journal
Hey. Sheldon
Journal
H. Sandmeyer & Co
Pabst Niagara
Peoria
W. F. Meidroth
Clarke Bros. & Co
Corbett & Jeff
Arthur Lehman É& O
Jersey Pure Rye
American Brewing Company
Pekin
Nation
Statesmen in a fury over Louis XVI death remark in French chamber
Paris session ends in uproar as Baron Reille quotes Savary calling Louis XVI death assassination. Radicals and Socialists clash, a shouting match and desk banging follow. Deschanel cautions against historical digressions as the chamber adjourns amid pandemonium.
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Chamber of Deputies
Baron Xavier Reille
Castres
Baron Reille
Savary
National Convention
Louis XVI
Julien Antoine Sim- Fan
Macon
Marshal Soult
Ina Kage
M. Bernard Cadenat
Marseiles
M. Jean Plichon
M. Cadenel
M. Plichon
M. Deschanel
Reille
Cain
Baron Neille
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
M. Louis Victor Renou
Seine
Convention Tonale
M. Paul Gousey
Gaillac
Chamber
Tribune
M. Augustin Ferdinand de Ramel
Alais
M. Gonsey
France
CHINESE BOXERS MEET DEATH IN Peking EXECUTIONS
February 27 reports two high officials Chih Siu former secretary and Hsu Cheng Yu son of Hsu Tung were publicly beheaded in Peking. The street was guarded by French German and American troops with Japanese infantry escort. Both wore official costumes without rank insignia. Chinese accounts say Ying Lien and Chao Shu Chao died by their own hands.
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Peking
Chih Siu
Hsu Cheng Yu
Hsu-Tung
Hea Cheng Yu
Ying Lien
Chao Shu Chao
Hsu Chang Yu
Denver
Arrstrong
al Cowman
Cowan
Thirty six corpses die in Diamondville mine fire
A list from Kemmerer Wyoming details thirty six deaths in the Diamondville No 1 mine following a Monday night blaze. Most victims were non English speakers. recovery to begin as soon as conditions allow. An Alabama family perished together including a mother and child.
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Salt Lake City
Tribune
Kemmerer
Wyo
Diamondville No. 1
Damiena Defrancazze
Giuseppe Endrizzi
Siorodono Gabardi
Athleto Rucel
Giuseppe Transol
Torcuse Frenzci
Fante Fermelec
Pifbinle
Tanano Avangil
Thomas Simpson
Frank Dwyer
Thomas Sneddon
Sneddon
Simpson
Diamondville
Alabama
James Hudson
Dwyer
Hudson
They Looked Dangerous Charges New Orleans Policeman Lodged
New Orleans Feb 27 J S Berger a two terms Illinois senator from Chicago Eleventh district and Daniel Baltimore were arrested charged with being dangerous suspicious characters They were found guilty fined 25 each No crime shown Policeman Lesner who made the arrest testified they looked dangerous Berger says friend Leslie whisky drummer from the north had 400 In his pocket He feared robbery and wanted him out Saloon keeper named the house prompted the arrest Baltimore says he was city photographer under Harrison and state photographer under Altgeld Chronicle makes a guess London Feb 27 Daily Chronicle harbors rumor that Lord Kitchener met General Louis Botha to arrange Boer surrender an armistice of 24 hours granted for consultation
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New Orleans
Chicago
J. S. Berger
Daniel Baltimore
Lesner
Berger
Leslie
Baltimore
Harrison
Altgeld
Chronicle
London
Daily Chronicle
Mroning
Lord Kitchener
Louis Botha
Cabinet Council
Feud leads to deadly family dispute in Bonker Hill
A yearslong feud near Bonker Hill ends in violence as M. T. Phillips dies at his son's home and A. C. Woods is seriously injured after a confrontation with William Phillips and others. The assailants used abusive language before Phillips attacked.
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Enuire
Art
Bonker Hill
Ils
M. T. Phillips
Willam Phillips
A. C. Woods
William Phillips
Woods
Phillips
Big
Cudahy Receives Letter From Kidnappers
Chicago dated February 27 reports Edward Cudahy has received a letter from the men who kidnapped his son offering to return the $20,000 ransom if rewards are withdrawn and no prosecution is pursued, with the note mailed from Council Bluffs.
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Chicago
Omaha Specie
Edward Cudahy
Bluffs
Council Bluffs
FIGHTING PLAGUE IN CAPE TOWN
Seven new bubonic plague cases reported in Cape Town with two Europeans among victims. Officials note spread linked to rats and local concealment by color ed residents. Government assumes control from the city corporation and plans extensive cleansing, house demolitions, and rat destruction efforts.
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Cape Town
Monmouth students refuse to pay fine
In Monmouth Illinois February 27 twenty four Monmouth college boys accused of rioting appeared in court to settle the fine. They requested more time and were granted until 5 pm. They later told officials they would not pay the fine and were prepared for incarceration in the county jail. The three who did not comply face suspension of judgment.
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Monmouth
Ill
Monmouth College
Theo 3
President nominates Milton Ke. Aisles as assistant secretary
Washington February 27. The president nominated Milton KE Aisles of Ohio to be assistant secretary of the treasury, to succeed Vanderlip who resigned.
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Ohio
Washington
Milton KE. Aisles
the Treasury
Vanderlip
Palmer in custody after bank closures in three states
Edmund Palmer, whose Des Plaines and Ashley Illinois banks and Elliottsville Indiana bank closed with liabilities around 80000 dollars, was arrested at his Des Plaines home. He is sought by Ashley authorities.
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Palmer
Chicago
Edmund Palmer
Des Plaines
Ashley
Ill
Elliottsville
Ind
Des Plainés
Friend of Lincoln Dies in Jacksonville Pioneer Republican
Jacksonville dispatch reports J. L. Morrison aged 75 died today in Jacksonville. He was a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln and an early pioneer in the ranks of the Republican party.
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Lincoln
Jacksonville
Chicago
J. L. Morrison
Republican Party
Free for all fight on Reichstag floor in Vienna
On February 27 Pan-Germans and Czechs clashed on the floor of the Reichstag in Vienna in a free fight that interrupted proceedings and drew attention to rising tensions within the assembly.
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Vienna
Two Thirds Of Steel Stock Water Says Gates
New York reports Pierpont Morgan’s steel trust marking the largest capital combo yet while water in stock boosts value. The merged firms would be capitalized around 1.1 billion dollars, with watered stock seen rising by about 316 million, leaving nearly 733 million of water against 967 million of real property. John W. Gates of American Steel and Wire noted earlier concerns over water in stock.
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New York
Pierpont Morgan
New Steel Trust
John W. Gates
American Steel and Wire Company
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