Tien-Tsin Incident Declared A Tempest In Teapot
Lord Lansdowne in the House of Lords announced that the Tien-Tsin dispute was locally confined and not a war threat. Britain and Russia agreed to withdraw troops from the railway siding and refer issues to the home governments for diplomatic settlement, the affair deemed largely exaggerated by the press.
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London
England
Russia
Lord Lansdowne
House of Lords
Great Britain
St. Petersburg
Tien-Tsin
Shanghai
Korea
Japan
Hermit Kingdom
Hatsh Itashu
Kobe
China
Linley Sambourne
John Bull
Germany
Tien- Tsin
Manchuria
Peking
Daily Mail
Morrison
Times
Li Hung Chang
Chi-Li
Legation
Landsowne Announces Russo British Troop Withdrawal
In the Lords Lord Landsowne said Russia and Britain agreed to pull troops from the disputed Tien Tsin area and reserve the question of title. The statement marked a significant step in resolving the conflict and shaping future relations.
Libel Case Focuses on War Office Ties to Kynochs
London dispatch reports the Lord Chief Justice presiding over libel actions against the Star and the Morning Leader by Arthur Chamberlain and Neville Chamberlain over war office contracts. Arthur Chambers alleges articles aimed to vilify Joseph Chamberlain, cites letters, and acknowledges past price-fixing and local pressure on Irish MPs.
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London
King's Bench Division
High Court of Justice
Star
The
Morning Leader
Arthur Chamberlain
Joseph Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain
Lord Alvertson
Joseph
Kynochs
Nobels
Chilworths
Committee On War Office
Arklow
Arklow Works
Nation challenges saloon with nude photo removal burst
Mrs Nation demanded removal of a nude picture from a saloon wall and threatened vandalism. After a police escort and a promise not to smash, she was released. She has signed a six lecture contract in Cincinnati at $100 each plus expenses.
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Mrs. Nation
Cincinnati
Alleged Kidnapper Confesses in Dallas Record
Sheriff Johnson reports H. Henderson confessed to being part of the Cudahy kidnapping ring. He says he squandered much of his share fleeing Omaha, and will face a thirteen year theft sentence in Dallas as authorities press his full cooperation. He admits withholding identity to avoid trouble, but sees no way out now.
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Chicago
Dallas
Tex
Johnson
H. ©. Henderson
Summers
Cudahy
Omaha
Henderson
Horrible killings by a mother at Coldbrook and a father at Clinton
Coldbrook Massachusetts reports Lizzie Naramore killed six children with an ax and a club in a farmhouse and then tried to take her own life. The children ages ranged from ten years to ten months, two beds used, Lena the baby. Neighbors found the bodies. the mother survived with severe blood loss and provided details to friends.
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Coldbrook
Mass
Lizzie Naramore
Frank Naramore
George Thrasher
Naramore
Ethel
Walter
Charles
Chester
Bessie
Lena
Carnegie reportedly to give Philadelphia library fund
Reports from New York claim Andrew Carnegie plans a 5 million dollar gift to Philadelphia to establish a library system similar to his New York gift. Pittsburg sources say private representative R A Franks is in New York and will return in days, with others noting Carnegie rarely confirms such acts in advance.
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Pittsburg
Pitlsburg
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Philadelphia
Carnegie
R. A. Franks
C. M. Schwab
Carnegie Company
Carnegie replies to mayor with thanks for service
New York March 21 Mayor Van Wyck received a cablegram from Andrew Carnegie in reply to yesterday’s message. Carnegie said he was delighted and grateful for the opportunity to serve New York.
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London
Andrew Carnegie
Southampton
Carnegie
New York
van Wyck
Pittsburg
America
England
China
Robert Hart
Hart
United States Steel Corporation
Great Britain
Mr. Carnegie
Detroit to Issue $1 Million for Public Library Bonds
Lansing dispatch reports the Michigan House approved a measure allowing Detroit to issue bonds totaling one million dollars to buy land and construct a new public library building. The action follows city planning and aims to expand municipal library service.
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Lansing
Mich
House
Detroit
Transvaal Executive Names Revealed by Milner
London dispatch reports from Pretoria dated March 2 noting Philip Botha killed on the Dornberg with two sons wounded as De Wet roams Hellbrow. Boer Orange River forces disbanded while Milner appoints a Transvaal executive council including George W. Fieds and Sir Godfrey Lagden with other officials.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Philip Botha
Dornberg
Orange River Colony
de Wet
Hellbrow
Transvaal
Alfred Milner
George W. Fieds
Mr. Duncan
the Treasury
Richard Solomon
Godfrey V. Lagden
Mr. Wyberg
Mad deed of a farmer in Clinton Me killed three children
Jacob Dear Marr a farmer eight miles from Clinton Me killed his three children Alice M 13 Elwin 9 and Helen 7 with an ax after dinner today Mrs Marr fled to her father in law Samuel Marr and the husband later surrendered saying I dont know. He is taken to Waterville.
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Clinton
Jacob Dearborn Marr
Alice M
Elwin
Helen
Carrie Nation urges crusade against indecent saloon pictures
Kansas City March 21 Mrs Carrie Nation addressed an open W C T U meeting urging members to launch a campaign against indecent pictures in saloons. She called on women to be active moral workers not mere seat warmers as another member noted they had already removed some pictures.
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Kansas City
Carrie Nation
Story of a Deserter From Dixie at Tunis Harbor
On board the German ship Camelia arriving from Marseilles, Anton F. Janny was identified as a deserter from the United States training ship Dixie. Janny claimed he and two others Walter Miller of Jersey City and Herman Green of New York left the Dixie on November 1 for a night ashore and sought to return but were refused by Captain Belknap.
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New York
Marseilles
Anton F. Janny
Dixie
Bizerta
Tunis
Janny
Walter Miller
Jersey City
Herman Green
Belknap
Chicago Sailor Janny Rescued From Marseilles Voyage Home
The French vice admiral at Bizerta cabled the American consul in Paris about Janny and friends but was rebuffed. The English consul in Bizerta organized a fundraiser to ship them to Marseilles for possible homeward passage. On Feb from Marseilles Janny joined the Camelia as a sailor. He is twenty, from Chicago, and was later taken to the Brooklyn navy yard by officers.
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London
Antwerp
French
Times
Bloemfontein
de Wet
Botha
Senekal
Transvaal
Daily Chronicle
Lord Kitchener
Cape Colony
Jamaica
the Times
Amsterdam
The
Daily Mail
Kobi Bay
Tongaland
Swaziland
Louis Botha
Bizerta
Paris
Janny
Marseilles
United States
Chicago
Camelia
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Mitchell to Operators Seeks Conference on Coal Strike
President of United Mine Workers and leaders in Hazleton authorise national and district officers to negotiate with operators for a joint conference. The letter expresses a strong desire to avoid a strike and urges conciliatory action to spare workers families and dependents. Railroad officials in Philadelphia were reticent about discussing the letter.
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Philadelphia
Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Hazleton
National Board
Scranton
New York
M Crea May Succeed Cowan Headline
Pittsburg March 1 The Commercial Gazette tomorrow will print that James McCrea first vice president of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg is slated for the Baltimore and Ohio presidency. John K Cowan would chair the B and O board, with William Saloman likely resigning.
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Pittsburg
Commercial Gazette
James McCrea
Pennsylvania Lines
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
John K. Cowan
Baltimore & Ohio Board of Directors
William Saloman
Irish M P S Closure After Obstruction in Commons
In London March 22 Irish members protested the South Africa war during army vote debates and attempted obstruction. Mr. Brodrick urged votes be taken, then Mr. Balfour used closure as the Irish shouted scandalous and gag. Army pay passed 157 to 48. Lords discussed Tien Tsin. naval estimates featured William Allen urging boiler replacements to protect the king at sea.
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London
House of Commons
South Africa
Brodrick
Balfour
Mr. Balfour
Lord Cranborne
Marquis of Lansdowne
House of Lords
William Redmond
George Hamilton
Tien-Tsin
The
India Office
Lord Landowne
Lloyd-George
Dillon
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Mr. Lloyd George
Lord Lansdowne
Patrick O'Brien
William Allen
Admiralty
Parliament
Mr. Allen
Lords Adopt Motion to Revise King's Oath
Lords approve a motion by Lord Salisbury to set up a joint committee to revise the anti Roman Catholic accession oath. In the Commons Mr. Balfour stated that no ambassador has been sent to the West and that further steps await.
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London
House of Lords
Lord Salisbury
House of Commons
Balfour
Victoria
Post Office officials shuffle amid resignations and transfers
George M. Allen of Terre Haute resigns as chief clerk to the first assistant postmaster general, effective April 1. J. M. Matson of Brooklyn named successor. Allen’s health is cited as the reason. Matson previously served as a clerk in the second assistant postmaster general’s offices. Also noted are discharge of Recruit Charles Edgett from army service at Indianapolis, and Warner Wilhite’s transfer from Eastern to Western Pension Office chief.
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George M. Allen
Terre Haute
J. M. Matson
Brooklyn
New York
Matson
Aifles
Allen
Post Office Department
RRE
Assistant Secretary of War
Charles Edgett
Servence
Indianapolis
Warner Wilhite
Crawfordsville
Pension Office
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Tien‘Tsin
Croker
Texas
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Terre
Indiana
Kramer
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Washington
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United States Senate
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North Carolina
Massachusetts
Crumpacker
West Virginia
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