All Quiet Now at Pekin as Forces Withdraw
Imperial decree threatens anti foreign societies. British and Russian troops withdraw from the Tien Tsin dispute by 5 AM under negotiated safeguards. Berlin reports calm diplomacy between London and St Petersburg to settle the Tien Tsin affair, with German observers noting no serious quarrel between Britain and Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Hassia
Berlin
St. Petersburg
London
Russia
Tien Tsin
Vosslechte Zeitung
National Zeitung
Lokal Anzeiger
Two Men Shot in New York Hotel Rathskeller
At the Pabst hotel Rathskeller in New York City early today John B. Leffingwell, 40, Broadway theatre, and Alexander Dingwell, general manager of Jacob Litt's theatrical enterprises, were wounded, not fatally. Robert F. Moulteon, 25, Springfield Tenn, Columbia University student, is held on $5,000 bail for the shooting amid claims it stemmed from insulting remarks about a woman.
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New York
John 8 B. Leffingwell
Broadway
Alexander E. Dingwell
Jacob Litt
Rathskeller of Pabst
Robert F. Moulteon
Springfield
Tenn
Columbia University
Moulteon
Massachusetts Floats After Grounding in Florida
The U S Navy reports the battleship Massachusetts, which ran aground yesterday near Florida, floated today and rejoined the squadron, according to a telegram from Washington.
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Washington
Navy Department
Werrington
Fla
Massachusetts
Cruiser New York Reaches Gibraltar
The armored cruiser New York arrived at Gibraltar on March 22 and will proceed to Tangier to seek a settlement of the United States claims against Morocco.
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New York
Gibraltar
Tangier
United States
Morrocco
Queen Alexandria Sets Course for Copenhagen
London dispatch reports Queen Alexandria departed for Copenhagen this morning in a swift royal journey. The trip follows a schedule of official duties and state engagements across Europe.
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Queen Alexandria
Denmark
London
Copenhagen
Electric chair proposed for Illinois executions
Springfield March 22 The electric chair may replace the hangman as Illinois death method The house judiciary committee favored D E Sullivan's electrocution bill The appropriations committee proposed 5000 for an electric chair and appliances to execute by electricity The Sullivan bill mirrors New York and Illinois law requires executions within Joliet penitentiary and private The bill's supporters expect passage The John Crerar Library bill passed the senate and looks to pass the house next week Carnegie library gifts stirred opposition as city councils may buy sites The house also passed Rinaker's bill restricting stock loans of mutual building associations The Pendarvis bill to abolish township government in Chicago was amended to cover cities over 50000 Peoria included The bill would make clerks ex officio town clerks and assessors while the treasurer would be ex officio town collector and supervisor-operative only after a popular vote.
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Springfield
Illinois
House Judiciary Committee
D. E. Sullivan
House Committee On Appropriations
Senate
House
Andrew Carnegie
Gray
Chicago
Peoria
Cinb
Bedford
Ind
Ewitel
York
Graham Club
Frightful act of insane mother shocks Cold Brook
In Cold Brook Massachusetts Mia Lizzie Naramore reportedly killed six children aged 10 to 10 months at her farmhouse then tried to cut her own throat with a razor. She was found by a grocer’s employee with the bodies in two beds and survived a deep neck wound as doctors rushed to her aid. The husband Frank Naramore was away at work when the crime occurred. A mass meeting for farmers to consider a sugar beet planting plant is planned for April.
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Cold Brook
Mass
Mia
Lizzie Naramore
Frank Naramore
Adius
George Thrasher
Naramore
Tim Physichans
Philippine trade growth. imports rise from United States
Washington March 22 The insular affairs division reports Philippine imports from the United States rose 72 percent in the first eight months of 1900 versus 1899. Total imports valued at 780,739 in 1899 and 1,340,? for eight months of 1900. exports valued at 17,808,222, yielding a trade surplus for the islands. Exports to the U.S. decreased to 1,954,531 in 1960 from 2,0? in 1899.
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United States
Washington
Philippine Islands
United State
Archipelago
Division of Insular Affairs
War Department
Flood at Portland Michigan Whispers of Disaster
A massive ice gorge on the Grand River near Portland backed up water and forced quick evacuations on Water Street. Residents moved families to higher ground as fears grew the dam and power works would fail, with $50,000 in potential losses cited.
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Portland
Water Street
Mary Marey
aWtson
Len
Say
Thich Land
Whiteley
Sam Scott
Il Lelt Distilling
Lincoln County
Scott
Ilicit Distillers
Scott Party
Arraw Ea
Britains Versus the Boers Compensate for Property Losses
London dispatch outlines Kitchener Botha negotiations offering £1,000,000 to compensate Boers for property destroyed and goods commandeered, with loans for rebuilding. Burghers forbidden to possess arms except by special license. Blacks’ rights debated. Jewish and Christian equal rights noted. Doornberg battle update reports Philip Botha killed, Doornberg events. DeWet near Heilbron.
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London
Daily Chronicle
Lord Kitchener
Botha
Lord
Ueral Botha
The
Daily Mail
Kobi Bay
Tongaland
Swaziland
Louis Botha
Pretoria
Philip Botha
Doornberg
Orange River Colony
DeWet
Heilbron
Railway is tied up in Kickapoo Valley water rise
Wisconsin Western railway service abandoned for days as Kickapoo river floods tracks near Steuben. Blanchardville reports Pataconia river peak flooding large land areas while Illinois Central tracks submerged between here and Milwaukee crossing. Smallpox case reported in Manitowoc. Weekly Bank of England statement notes reserve and circulation changes.
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Wisconsin Western Road
Kickapoo Valley
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Wisconsin Western Railway
Kickapoo River
Steuben
Blanchardville
Pataconia
Ilinois Central
Milwaukee Crossing
Dill
Carnegie Interview Highlights Gifts to Libraries Prompted No Fame
Carnegie arrived by the St Louis at Southampton and said his New York library gifts caused little sensation. He praised the Pittsburg workers’ gift as more meaningful, noting many sites offered for libraries and Abraham Hewitt among contributors. Manila dispatch reports insurgents attacking Agius village in South Hecos. Twenty Infantry detachment pursued marauders, with captures reported in Cavite province.
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Southampton
Carnegie
New York
St. Louis
van Wyck
Pittsburg
Associated Press
Pittsberg
Abraham S. Hewitt
Manila
Agius
Hecos
Selittyler
Yernate
Cavite
Arthur
Wheaton
Birtes
The Boers Mystify the House of Commons
In the House of Commons Chamberlain said he could not inform the house of the Boer reasons for rejecting the peace terms. He said Britain would respect China's integrity and denied Russia had infringed it. Parliamentary papers on negotiations between Botha and Kitchener were released, showing terms of peace similar to AP dispatches previously reported.
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House OF Commons
London
Chamberlain
Germany
Russia
China
Botha
Kitchener
Associated Press
Mines Ordered Closed in Ninth UMW District
Shamokin March 22 All Mineral and Reading colleries in the Ninth United Mine Workers district are closed until next Monday by company order due to car shortages. Many miners fear operators aim to prevent a strike or to fire the first shot before April 1.
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Shamokin
Mineral and Reading
United Mine Workers’ District
Panay Peaceful After Insurrection Ends
Washington dispatches report MacArthur cables that Fallon and Panay province surrender. Hughes confirms the end of the Panay insurrection, signaling a peaceful outcome in the antique province.
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Panay
Washington
MacArthur
Hughes
Fallon
Antique
Sheriff Receives Kidnapping Confession Leads to Omaha Link
Dallas telegram reports H C Henderson now jailed confesses to kidnapping E A Cudahy's son. He claims the boy will identify him and asserts the right man is in custody. Henderson also names Pat Crowe as uninvolved and points to a high profile Omaha suspect who escaped prison years ago.
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Dallas
Texas
Johnson
E. A. Cudahy
Omaha
H.C. Henderson
Henderson
Cudahy
Sherif
Pat Crowe
Old Time Steamers Sink At Muscatine
At Muscatine Iowa on March 22 two old time river boats the Kate Keen and the Nola K sank to the river bottom after ice and water-filled hulls. They were nearly ready to leave winter quarters for a new season. An attempt will be made to raise them when the river lowers. Both boats are owned by Captain Hysell and have operated in service for years.
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Muscatine
Kate Keen
Nola K
Mississippi
Hysell
Fite
Nebraska Senatorial Struggle Extends On Ballot Counts
Lincoln march 22 on the senatorial ballot Lorenzo Crounse voted for D E Thompson fusionists brought in two sick men altering pairs with another sick republican member raising votes needed to elect to 65. Vote totals include Allen 59 Hitchcock 49 W H Thompson 19 D E Thompson 59 Crounse 6 Currie 8 Mickeljohn 23 Hinshaw 10 Rosewater 31 and 2 scattering. Fort Wayne fire damages Kerr Murray machine works moulding dept losses exceed 50 000. Lake Forest Alabama university closes two departments due to mumps epidemic among students.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Lorenzo Crounse
D. E. Thompson
Allen
Hitchcock
W. H. Thompson
Crounse
Currie
Mickeljohn
Hinshaw
Rosewater
Scattering
Fort Wayne
Ind
Kerr-Murray Machine Works
Lake Forest
Traction gas and electricity plays part in interesting suit
Springfield March 22 In the application of the Teachers federation against the board of education for mandates to compel it to take the property of certain companies in Cook county in the San gamon circuit court yesterday a number of officials of corporations testified. A number of objections were made by the attorneys for the board and the corporations to questions put to witnesses but Judge Thompson in nearly every instance overruled the objections.
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Springfield
His
Board of Equalization
Cook County
Sangamon
Thompson
J. G. Hamilton
Chicago City Railway Company
J. A. Wiley
The
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company
New York
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Pekin
Peking
Count von Waifersee
Barrow
Wogack
Wogneck
Then-Tsin
Barrow Anl
Lin
Seymour
Port Arthur
Tien Tsie
Baillend
Kreuz Zeitung
Bnglish
Count von Waldersee
Tien ‘Sin
Freisigne Zeitung
War Office
Pretes
Pao Ting Fu
von Muelmann
Pan Ting Fu
Tao-Ma-Kuan
Japan
Yokohama
House of Peers
Seoul
Korea
Gmina
Lendon
Tully
Tien Teln
Joliet Penitentiary
Rinaker
Charley Linville
Va Prostpany’s
Mai
Charles Lineville
Union Trust and Banking Company
Dearborn Street
Linville
Union Trust
Sompart
Wern Avenue
Paterson
N. J
Frank & Dugan's
Trath
Scunlthorpe
Jennie Bosschieter
Kenosha
March
Wisconsin
Congress Streets
Inger Arentven
Helen Harbert
Biroungesu
Sun
Sareaso
Scholls Sheffield Company
Bert Kelly
Dan Preston
Richard Batele
Cornelus Davia
Sheboygan
John Kremers
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Sugar Beet Company
Mecanvassing Sheborgan County
Plymouth
Meech
Mich
Cartock
Ill
Mare —Lyman J. Carlock
Carlock
Court of First Instance
Philippines
Taft
Philippine Commission
Newmarket
England
Marcel
Philadelphia
Edmond Got
Paris
King Edward
Senor Garcia Meron
Mexico
Cape Town
Thomas Brackett Reed Mudd
California
Honduras
Nouthern
Jose Meee
General Botha Given
Cedar Rapids
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Northern
Robert Willams
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Manitowoc
Wix
Peter Relf
L. C. Relf
Relf’s Mills
Moore Business College
Hammernick’s
Eighth
Chicago Streets
Reif
Hammmernick Famiis
Bank of England
Lalicent
H. C. Henderson
C. G. Gaither
South Chicago City Railway Company
William G. Beall
Edison Company
J. F P. Marlow
Chicago Tradom Company
F. EB. Smith
Chicago Tractions Company
M. B. Orde
General Electric Company
Tr. A. Wiley
People's Gas Light and Coke Company
Miai
Wiley
Wiles
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