Britain and Germany Seal China Pact Amid Asia Shifts
England and Germany reach a joint pledge worth 20,000,000 dollars to return Wei Hai Wei to China and open all Chinese waterways to world trade. China accepts limits on Yangtze rights, while Britain gains open access to commerce and strengthens Pacific influence. The accord eases long standing Greco Turkish tensions and rethinks power balance. A Nicaragua canal build is urged to maximize benefits for the United States in global trade.
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Joseph
Englund
Great
Betala
Germany
Wei-Hai-Wei
Outussia
Pekin
Becamig
England
Fing Ales
China
Chine Pledgea
Yang-Tae Valles
Husain
Great Britain
Asia
Pacific
Chile
Chicago News Provers The Freshmen First Class IQ
Fragmented prose with scattered political and cultural witticisms. Mentions Spain Maine incident and figures like Juste Brewer amid noisy editorial riffs and misframed names.
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Chicago News
Moody remarks and art and politics in a busy era
The piece notes Dwight L Moody and his peers facing stagnant church growth despite large crowds. Ex president and Mrs. 74 visit an art show in Washington with their baby, and Harrison buys a painting. A remark on Zola follows, describing him as a secular, commercially minded man. Gen Miles heads to San Francisco, no war yet. Havana events trend toward normal reporting victories over Insurgents. GLOBE SIGHTS from Atchison recounts fashion, jokes, and local anecdotes.
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Washington
Particua
Harrison
Notre Dame Adds Noted Soldier Priest to G A R Post
At Notre Dame Indiana on March 2 a distinguished priest-soldier joined the G A R post of Notre Dame University. Rev J Ireland had resigned from the Army of the Mississippi, leaving a Catholic presence. Father Cartier, formerly at St Laurent’s College Montreal, is of noble Franche-Comte and Milan Canelli descent and influenced Napoleon’s benefaction to the university including a telescope gift.
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Notre Dame
Ind
G. A. BR
Notre Dame University
Fev
J. ©. Cartier
St Laurent’'s College
Montreal
Canada
John Ireland
Mississippd
Father Cour- Mer
Canelli
Milan
Napoleon UT
Napoleon
Father Carrier
How Wolff Grows. Wells Sceneh Car builds 10 refrigerator cars
The Wells Sceneh Car company of Chicago will build ten refrigerator cars for the Welff Packing Co of Topeka. Cars follow Santa Fe specifications for 260 cars and will be of the latest improved patterns. The project showcases Topeka’s enterprise and Mr Wolff's growth. Completion is planned for spring with an investment of 8500 pounds.
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Wells Sceneh Car Company
Chicago
Welff Packing Co
Topeka
Santa Fe Company
Wolff
Cire
Oriental Newsdispatches from Yokohama and Nagasaki
The O and C ateatanhip Dome from Yokohama Hong Kong brings Oriental advices. February 3 colonel Buck US minister met Baron Nishi on fortian affairs at Nagatache residence. Yomiuri notes inter se meetings with Ernest tow Beticha minister and Italian minister about February 2 incidents. A volcanic eruption near Mount Ir sent smoke and fear through province. February 11 rebels killed an official at Shinchiku Formosa during a land tax office raid. mob looted tax money. Japanese government used quarantine due to Formosan vessel issue and plans to establish a consulate at Odessa.
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Ernest Tow
Pope vii
Ta Apate
Ain
Mount Ir
Ite
Shinchiku
Formosa
Odessa
Disgraceful Sale and Exhumation at Jermanem Cemetery
London reports allege the American Presbyterian board of foreign missions sold the cemetery at Jermanem and removed bodies after exhumation. English officer Tod’s remains were found broken and unidentifiable, the gate kept open to cover funds, secrecy claimed to breach Turkish law. Protesters appealed to Washington and Constantinople, demanding investigation and redress.
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London
Jermanem
American Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Conml
Lord Lutinbury
Hay
Mnelieh
Tod
Wb Forsarem
Topeka Gas Plant Proposed and Rates Debate
A Topeka gas plant may lower gas prices by building a larger plant and extending mains. Charles K Holliday and AN Bundy discuss a 12 month rate stance in exchange for city non interference. Brady notes improvements and a new site holding 409000 cu ft, with a possible price as low as 1.25 or 1.00. council judiciary committee investigates rate reductions.
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Topeka
Charles K. Holliday
Gas Company
New York City
Gas Trust
Holliday
New York
AN. Bundy
Me. Holliday
Brady
Threelty
Dollar Gas
Ute Council
Bradley
Santa Fe Route Adopts Electric Illumination System
The Santa Fe Route has adopted the electric grit system of illumination, becoming the first line to implement it. A well lighted car costs travelers nothing but increases comfort while journeying.
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Santa Fe
Waterworks Drought Triggers City Fire Outbreak
Arkansas City residents accuse the water company after six buildings burned when water was withheld. The blaze started behind a meat market and spread through a barber shop a meat shop two bakeries and two dwellings before dying out near a stone building. Citizens demand municipal seizure of the works to prevent future fires.
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Arkansas City
Bire
Gladetons
Hutchinson's Grocery
Facles Main
St John Speaks in Olathe on Prohibition Fight
In Olathe on March 2 a big temperance meeting supported liquor licenses for four local druggists despite probate court denial. Maj Picker ing ex Gov St John and others spoke, urging strict prohibition enforcement while noting factions and ongoing political maneuvering amid divided supports.
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Olathe
Maj. Pickering
St. John
Neck-alive surgery fascinates Emporia physicians
In Emporia a 25 year old man named Willam Kibbe survived a dislocated fifth cervical vertebra after a kick. Doctors Boyland and Page used manual realignment, repeated dislocations, and a neck extender with a seven pound weight to hold the position. If the vertebra pressed the spinal cord deeper, death would have been instant. recovery remains uncertain.
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Emporia
Willam Kibbe
Boyland
Page
Kibbe
Tering Ami
AT THE ORPHANS' HOME IN ATCHISON
In Atchison the Soldiers' Orphans' home provides for fewer than six well off children, costing about $2 per week or $118 yearly per child. The facility offers steam heat, open grates, electric lights, baths, heater, gas band, and extensive sanitary and educational amenities. State funding was $25,000 for maintenance based on 156 children.
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Atchison
Soldiers’ Orphans
Weak digestion blamed for most diseases in old ad copy
An advertisement argues most illnesses originate from a weak stomach and poor digestion. It cites nervous dyspepsia, heart and kidney troubles, and nerve breakdown as consequences, praising Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe, speedy remedy after personal testimonial from H. M. Lee of Rochester, NC.
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H.M. Lee
Rochester
UN Hiti
Stuart
Tam
Stuart Co
Marshall, Mich
Orphan Home Pensions and Staffing Details
The average number of children present during the current fiscal year will reach 145 while the institution remains funded at $22,000, returning $8,000 to the state treasury. Nearly all residents are soldiers orphans except for four. The first child admitted years ago, Miss Lillie Smith, now works as a supervisor for a family of 40. Twelve other orphans are also on the payroll.
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Lillie Smith
Joked Her to Death Near Good Intent
Atchison report of Mrs Anna Keeler 61 found dead by roadside eight miles NW near Good Intent after husband joked her into leaving home and she walked toward a stream then died from exposure on the road. Coroner Copp ruled no inquest.
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Atchison
Anna Keeler
Good Intent
Copp
Sedgwick County Mortgage Releases Hit $83 400 in February
Wichita March 2 Sedgwick County reports mortgage releases for February total $83,400 with daily totals peaking at $13,000 and a low just over $1,000. Projections suggest about a million dollars cleared in mortgages for the year and at least $600,000 for the year following August 1897.
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Sedgwick County
Wichita
Bedewick County
Negro Makes Trouble In Pomona After Warning To Leave
A mob gathered at Dr Minnie’s Pomona home on Monday night demanding a Black employee depart town. The group carried a rope, the man fired a revolver injuring one crowd member before police arrested him. Leavenworth Hospital Burned In Leavenworth the evergreen hospital burned last night outside city limits. Firemen could not reach it. all patients were saved. Loss about $8000 with little insurance.
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Romona Se
Ottens
Minnie
Pomona
Neery
Leavenworth Hospital
Leavenworth
Vergreen Hospital
Ltte
Ths
100 Pound Catfish Seen in Atchison Parade
The Atchison Champion reports Joe VanHorn, a veteran fisherman, hauled a catfish over 100 pounds Saturday evening along the river and wheeled it through the street on a wheelbarrow. Newton, March 2. A. G. Symms & Co will open a carriage factory in the old Newton plant, producing all classes of vehicles. Washington, March 2. Fourth-class postmasters changes include Anson in Sumner County with Wesley M. Purcell replacing R. H. Mun.
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Atchison
Joe VanHorn
VanHorn
Newton
A. G. Symms & Co
Moline
Kan
Kansas
Washington
Anson
Sumner County
Wesley M. Purcell
R. H. Mun
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Cuba Libre
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Hamilton Hall
the Elks
J. M. Knight
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