Mutinous Troops Fire, Loot Pekin Amid Wide Chaos
Reports from Pekin China dated March 2 describe executions of looters by loyal soldiers and extensive arson with a $15,000,000 loss. Looting continues, clashes occur, and refugees seek protection at the American legation as American and British missions brace for further danger. News also notes a massacre of eight Christian mission workers in Shensi reported in San Francisco.
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Pekin
China
Calhoun
Russell
Young Men's Christian Association
American Board
Tientsin
Fengtai
Pekin-Tientsin
San Francisco
Cal
Shensi
George Aistrand
Richard Beckman
Zelma Beckman
Ruth Beckman
Hulda Bergstrom
Oscar Bergstrom
Hilda Nelson
George Vantne
Sianfu
Philip Nelson
Scandinavian Alliance
Pinchow
R. Nelson
Richard Heckman
Daugh
Taft and Sherman Slate Talked Again
Washington dispatch reports Taft campaign managers may again draft James Sherman as running mate. A cabinet member cited emergency factors behind reconsideration and William Barnes Jr. of New York reportedly urged the ticket to back Sherman to win New York votes for Taft.
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Washington
Taft
James
Sherman
Mr. Sherman
William Barnes, Jr
New York
Barnes
Cabinet vote bars saccharine in prepared foods
In Washington on March 1 the cabinet committee enforcing the pure food law ruled saccharine in prepared foods adulterated by a 2 to 1 vote. Secretary Wilson and Nagel backed the decision while Secretary MacVeagh dissented. Manufacturers have one month to remove saccharine from products.
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Washington, D. C
Cabinet
Wilson
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Goat suit to be decided in Newark court
The case of John A. Hetzel of Bloomfield against the Modern Woodmen of America for 10000 dollars damages over an August 1910 initiation dispute is set for decision in the Newark circuit court within the next four or five days. Hetzel claims the initiation amounted to severe abuse and he fled to escape the torment.
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Newark
N. J
John A. Hetzel
Bloomfield
Woodmen of America
Revenue officers capture moonshiners in Knox county Kentucky
Revenue raiders combed Carr's Fork area between Troublesome creek and Kingdom Come valley in Knox county found a large still. They surprised the lookout and captured three moonshiners before they could resist. The still was destroyed and officers moved toward Whitesburg with the prisoners.
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Whitesburg
Carr’s Fork
Knox County
Troublesome Creek
Valley of
Kingdom Come
Sneed Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Fort Worth Murder Case
The jury trying John Beal Sneed for the murder of Capt A G Boyce was discharged after 112 hours with seven voting for acquittal and five for conviction. Sneed, Amarillo banker, claimed Boyce aided by his son abducted Mrs Sneed and shot Boyce in a Fort Worth hotel.
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Fort Worth
Tex
John Beal Sneed
A. G. Boyce
Sneed
Amarillo
Captain Boyce
al Boyce
City budget shows cuts and rise in net spending
Schenectady New York March first city budget under the Socialiste administration shows a $22 000 reduction in administrative expenses and a $38 000 increase in the net city budget.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Soctatiat
Miners Near National Strike as Coal Output Stalls
London reports up to three quarters of a million coal miners quitting work as a national strike looms. Premier Asquith and cabinet officials seek a solution while both sides blame each other for the breakdown in negotiations. The government drafts a potential minimum wage bill and prepares to push it through Parliament if needed. Railroad workers pledge to avoid handling troop trains and coal from nonunion mines.
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London
England
Board of Trade
Great Britain
George Askwith
Board of Trade and Labor
House of Commons
Foreign Office
Asquith
Coal Miners’ Federation
Coal Owners’ Association
Missouri Supreme Court Denies Ouster Writ in Rail Case
The Missouri supreme court denied a writ of ouster sought by Missouri Pacific Mountain and Wabash railroads Pacific Express and American Refrigerating Transit. The state sought to revoke the franchises in a suit filed by Governor Hadley as attorney general. The court ruled one railroad may own stock in another if it does not control it and that Wabash does not parallel Missouri Pacific as it runs in a different territory.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
Sta
Missouri Pacific
Iountain and
Wabash
Pacific Express Company
American Refrigerating Transit Company
Hadley
Soldiers Save Old Home at Fort Wright Fire
United States soldiers from coast artillery at Fort Wright on Fisher's Island fought a major blaze threatening the historic mansion once home to Winthrop. An alarm from a night watchman brought 200 regulars under Major Ellis to the scene as they contained the fire within an hour, preserving the hotel and nearby summer cottages.
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New London
Conn
United States
Coast Artillery
Fort Wright
Fisher's Island
Winthrop
Hines
Ellis
Hetch-Hetchy Case Extended to June in Debate
Washington March 2 Secretary of the Interior Fisher extended the deadline to June 10 for San Francisco to submit aid in the Hetch-Hetchy Valley water project dispute at the city's request. Former Secretary Kab linger’s order had required the dis to close yesterday.
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Washington
Fisher
San Francisco
Hetch-Hetchy Valley
Kablinger
Steel Trust Report Shows Wide Reach and High Profits
Washington February 29 The house steel trust committee released findings from its audit of United States Steel Corporation led by Farquhar J McRae noting restraint of trade through price manipulation Gary dinners raw material control and interlocking directors It cites Morgan profits of 69 3 million and a nine year net increase of about 1 03 billion equating to roughly 13 per ton on finished goods The report argues the Steel Trust controlled about 80 percent of US steel holdings not 60 percent as claimed and details profit allocations across manufacturing coal mining and transport sectors.
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Washington
House Steel Trust
United States Steel Corporation
Farquhar J. McRae
Morgan
J. P. Morgan & Co
Steel Corporation
Gary
H. C. Frick
Roosevelt
McRae
Steel Trust
Bethlehem, Cambria
Tennessee
Jones & Laughlin
United States
United States ‘ Steel Corporation
Snowbound Santa Fe Train Becomes Moving Party in Garden City
Chicago reports four days of snowbound travel as six Santa Fe trainloads reach Garden City Kansas and are entertained by locals. Passengers describe theater improv and receptions while a blizzard stalled the westbound trains. Governor Marshall of Indiana is said to be aboard the first arrival.
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Chicago
Santa Fe
Garden City
Kan
Kansas
George Wheeler
Concord
Mags
Marshall
Indiana
Wage Increase In Arlington Mills Aims To Ease Textile Strike
Notices posted at Arlington cotton and worsted mills in Lawrence Massachusetts announce at least a five percent wage rise to take effect next Monday. The move is seen as a step toward ending the textile strike involving nearly 20 000 workers. A Congressional delegation of thirteen minors, four girls, visited Washington after leaving Lawrence. One teen Carmelia Peeki fifteen suffered scalp injury a year ago when hair was caught in machinery.
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Lawrence
Mass
Arlington
Washington
Carmelia Peeki
Illinois Mayor Killed in Runaway Near Knoxville
Galesburg mayor George Sanderson was killed when a runaway team hurled him from the wagon while transporting a smallpox patient to the county alms house at Knoxville. The driver fled. the patient survived. Sanderson served a second term and was son of Galesburg’s first mayor, Henry R. Sanderson.
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Galesburg
George Sanderson
Knoxville
Sanderson
Henry R. Sanderson
U S Men Corner Burgundy Wines in 1911 Output
A New York syndicate has cornered the 1911 Burgundy production, paying about 3 million dollars. The crop is smaller than usual but of high quality, and major hotels in New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago and Washington are partners or buyers. English and continental bidders will have to meet American prices.
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New York
France
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Washington
Four Slain Found After House Fire in Richmond
In San Francisco on March 1 the bodies of four people were discovered inside a Richmond district house. The victims had been murdered and the residence had been set ablaze, investigators said.
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San Francisco
Richmond
Richmond District
Miss Roosevelt Engagement Rumor Swirls Home Rumors
Ethel Roosevelt, daughter of Colonel Roosevelt, is rumored to be engaged to Pallen Snow of New York. She is currently in Central America with her mother, and Snow is said to be part of the party. Washington society expects official word of the engagement on the mother and daughter's return.
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Washington
Pallen Snow
Ethel Roosevelt
Colonel Roosevelt
New York
Central America
Mr. Snow
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Two Women
Covington Missouri resident Mrs Jennie Green credits Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending monthly hemorrhages and restoring strength allowing her to work again. Brownsville Indiana resident Mrs O M Cuing says doctors urged surgery but the remedy rebuilt her health and eased serious female troubles after hemorrhages.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Green
Covington
Jennie Green
Covington, Mo
Brownsville
Ind
0. M. Cuing
S. Main St
Great Northern Ry Makes Low Fares West
The Great Northern Railway announces a special one way Colonist fare of 33 from Chicago to Great Northwest points from March 1 to April 15. Three daily trains run west from Minneapolis Chicago and Kansas City. fares to St Paul Minneapolis Kansas City Duluth and Superior set at 25 with tickets to Montana Idaho Washington Oregon and British Columbia destinations available.
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Great Northern Railway
Chicago
Great Northwest
Golden Great Northern States
St.ate
Minneapolis
Kansas City
St. Paul
Duluth
Superior
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
British Columbia
Helena
Butte
Great Falls
Havre
Kalispell
Spokane
Seattle
Tacoma
Everett
Sham
Vancouver
Victoria
Portland
East
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Yuan-Shih‘kat
William J. Calhoun
Edward T. Williams
U. S
Legation Street
Legation
Jack London
Baltimore
Mrs. London
Sherman Slate
Board of Cabinet Officers
New Jersey
Meet Still
Premier
Cabinet Center
Old Home
Ballinger
Gardner
Obadiah Gardner
Maine
Bares
Combine
Santa Fe Beach
Kansas Town
American Woolen Company
Illinois
Miss Roosevelt
Great Northern Ry
W. E Hunt
Traction
Cincinnati
Ohio
Carter
Indianapolie
Mapa
Brown
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