No Peril in China Chinese Minister Declares No Uprising
Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng, Chinese minister, assures there is no danger of an anti foreign uprising in China. He says internal trouble is not aimed at foreigners and outlines measures to keep disorder in hand. He discusses reform aims, Boxer agitation, and the army’s modernization while warning against foreign interference.
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Pekin
Dickinson
Chentung Liang-Cheng
Yeaterday
Chertung
Washington
New York
United States
Ancor
China
Mitien
Cnentung
Tewaneper
Sir Chentung
Benny
Berek
Yuan Shi Ki
Wall
Yuan
Cermain Othiers
Biste
von Moltke
Baltimore
Skull Flattened Bullets Defy Shots At Saloon
New York February 164 Surgeons at Harlem Hospital study William Murphy a 27 year old horse shoer who fired two bullets at point blank range and walked away claiming no harm The first bullet lodged in forehead flesh not bone the second bullet deflected causing a scalp wound Both bullets reportedly caused little to no bone damage demonstrating surprising skull resistance and prompting further medical observation
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New York
Harlem Hospital
William Murphy
Horseshger
Murphy
Alexander Very Ill Former Equitable Leader Undergoes Operation
James W. Alexander former president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society was returned to New York and underwent a severe surgical operation. He is at his home on 4 EB Sixty fourth Street. The operation was reportedly successful and hopes for recovery are strong though his age keeps his condition serious. The exact nature of the operation was not disclosed.
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Equitable
Washington Post
New York
James W. Alexander
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Sixty-fourth Street
Divorce bid drives Count Boni de Castellane toward early decree
Paris February 16 a writ was served making Count Boni de Castellane a defendant in Countess Anna Gould’s separation case The action seeks separation of body and property with the wife retaining title unless a divorce is granted after three years The case proceeds with secrecy and lists no names but outlines alleged incidents involving the count The count faces no contest to a decree while the title may be forfeited if a divorce is declared after three years Boniface eldest son inherits the title regardless of the suit
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Countess de Castellane
Paris
Boni de Castellane
Anna Gould
Count Boni
Maura Trichet
Edmond Kelly
Coudert Brothers
New York
MM. Cachard and Peartree
Gould
Maire Couppi
Hanged in Dawson for Murder of Eliza Banks
Essie Johnson, a Black man, was hanged in the Dawson jail for killing Eliza Banks, an elderly woman. He mounted the scaffold without fear, asked the sheriff to tighten the rope for a quicker death, and confessed minutes before the execution after denying guilt earlier.
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Georgia
Dawson
Essie Johnson
Eliza Banks
Johnson
Indian Beat White Wife and Sentenced to Prison for Fourteen Years
Wealthy half breed Edward Bruce, married to a prominent Easton girl, was jailed for fourteen years for brutal treatment of his wife. Bruce, from Coupeville Washington, inherits a vast estate from his grandfather. Also notes train service to Florida and a Sunday Post souvenir feature on Mrs Nicholas Longworth (Roosevelt).
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Fasten
Edward Bruce
Easton
Bruce
Coupeville
Wash
Sunday Post
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
Nicholas Langworth
Sare
Million in Mule Suit Accuses Miami and Erie Promoters
Cincinnati banker Rudolph Kleybolte files suit in U S Circuit Court to force repayment for $2 990 000 in paid up stock and $2 000 000 in bonds issued to Miami and Erie Transportation Company known as the electric mule alleged to have enriched promoters at investors' expense. Defendants include Lamprecht Mandelbaum Moore Everett Pomeroy Herman Pack Nutt Chandler Hayden Wilson and others. The action seeks a receiver and application of proceeds to creditors.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
Rudolph Kleybolte
Miami and Erie Transportation Company
Electric Mule
Cleveland
Banda
W. H. Lamprecht
Moses J. Mandelbaum
Leopold Wood
Armers
M. J. Mandelbaum & Co
Edward J. Tillotson
R. E E. Rousefield
George M. Chandler
Henry W. Wing
Myron H. Wilson
Edward W. Moore
Henry A. Everett
Fred T. Pomeroy
Ralph A. Herman
John F. Harper
Warren 8. Hayden
Charles Pack
William Christy
J. R. Nutt
Kiegholte
Miami and Erie Company
Cleveland Courts
Venera
Caus
Lamprecht and Associates
Kleybolta
T. M. Fordyce
Lamprecht
Miamang Erie Transportation Company
Miami and
Erie
Fordyce
Mismi and
Eris Company
Lamprecht, Mandelbaum & Co
Moore, Everett, Pomeroy, Harman, Pack, Nutt
Chandler, King, and Wilson
Lamp Crecht
J. BR. Nutt
Citizens’ Savings and Trust Company
White House Wedding Preparations For Longworth Roosevelt
Preparations for the White House wedding of Miss Roosevelt and Nicholas Longworth intensify with guests arriving, guards deployed, and detailed access rules. Rehearsals proceed as a costly gift from Paris arrives, while guests include prominent officials and relatives.
Gift of Irish point lace to Miss Roosevelt
New York reports a wedding gift of real Irish point lace to Miss Roosevelt. Made by Miss Marion Daly, the lace is identical to pieces given to Princess Beatrice and will reach the President’s daughter on her wedding day. Daly sends the gift as a token of esteem from the Irish people.
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New York
Miss Roosevelt
Marion Daly
Miss Daly
Princess Beatrice
Misa Roosevelt
Wedding Interests England Likely King Edward Gift
Curiosity runs high in Tendon about the Longworth Roosevelt wedding. Newspapers publish descriptive cables with photos and lists of presents. Reports say King Edward may have sent a gift and that his majesty’s present is en route to Washington.
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Edward
Tendon
Daily Telegraph
Washington
Frigid vigil in ice box ends with arrest of Black Hand leader
Four New York Italian squad detectives hid thirteen hours in a twelve by fifteen foot ice box at 20 degrees to trap Giacchino Napoli, alleged head of the Black Hand. Napoli, once a Palermo fugitive with a criminal past, was arraigned on extortion and blackmail charges after receiving an undercover payment of $700 and being captured outside 173 Bleecker Street.
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Washington
New York
Black Hand
Giacchino Napoli
Mayo
Jefferson Market Court
Ure
Pietro Miano
Bleecker Street
Miang
Miano
Napoli
Palermo
Entire family murdered in deliberate Sydney fire
In Cape Breton near Dominion Station ten miles from Sydney the charred remains of Antone Stetka, his wife, and two children were found after a blaze authorities say was set to hide a murder. The children had ax-crushed skulls. the man’s skull lay apart as if severed.
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Sydney
Cape Breton
Antone Stetka
Dominion
Crowe Acquitted Then Re-Arrested For Robbery
In Omaha on February 16 Pat Crowe was acquitted after a 29 ballot, 17 hour jury verdict in the Pat Crowe kidnapping case. Crowe was then re-arrested by an officer for alleged streetcar robberies in Council Bluffs. Indignant businessmen warned of a carnival of crime amid alleged prejudice against the beef trust and Cudahy. Crowe issued a statement contrasting justice with Chicago attacks on his money.
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Crowe
Cudahy
Beef ‘Trust
Washington Post
Omaha
Nebr
Pat Crowe
Council Bluffs
Alfred Kennedy
Mr. Cudahy
Trust
Chicago
Engineer killed in cab fireman unaware during Erie train
Joseph Leslie, locomotive engineer on the Susquehanna division of the Erie Railroad, was found dead at Wellsburg after his head struck a protection while reaching for orders. The fast freight train slowed only after the conductor reached the crew and set the air brakes. Fireman did not know of the death until Wellsburg. The incident occurred while the engine, a Mother Hubbard type, passed Elmira with the body outside the cab.
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Binghamton
Joseph Leslie
Susquehanna
Erie Railroad
Wellsburg
Leslie
Elmira
Mother Hubbard
Buggy Struck by Train Near Columbus Kills Two Girls
Two Columbus girls traveling to school were fatally harmed when their buggy was struck by a train on the Union Central line fourteen miles from Columbus. Miss Mauds Kile was instantly killed and Miss Georgia Robinson died later from injuries. Robinson was carried half a mile on the engine pilot. The report notes the accident occurred while crossing the tracks.
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Columbus
Mauds Kile
Georgia
Robinson
Union Central Road
Chinese Minister Allays Fears and Royal Events Mark Issue
Index to ten days issue lists page items including a Chinese minister reassuring fears and upcoming royal funeral for King Christian, along with politics and social notes such as Beavers to prison, library inquiry, and racing results.
Ward Letters in Evidence In Mann Perjury Case
Moses Ells Wooster testified at the Mann perjury hearing identifying letters admitted as evidence regarding advertising transactions between Count Reginald Ward Wooster and Col. Mann. Handwriting expert John Tyrrell linked the "O K W D M" initials to Mann’s writing, with testimony paused until Monday morning.
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New York
Moses Ells Wooster
William D. Mann
O. K
Col. Mann
Count Ward
Stolen trunk holds Austro Hungarian bonds linked to 1905 Budapest theft
The Austro Hungarian consul reports that securities found in a trunk brought from Antwerp on January 29 are tied to a 1905 burglary at a royal Hungarian tax office near Budapest. The value is about 66000 dollars. Isaac Heitzler claimed the trunk for a friend Moses Greenberg, who is missing.
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Washington
New York
Antwerp
Royal Hungarian Tax Office
Budapest
Bonus US
Banksy
Site T Ralways
Isaac Heitzler
Moses Greenberg
Greenberg
Girl’s Penance Fire Fatal at Ohio Orphanage
Rose H. Elmer a seventeen year old inmate of Bethany Home Glendale Cincinnati died from extensive burns after her clothing caught fire during a self imposed penance. A three year old inmate suffered a minor burn from a scalding incident while Rose attempted to readjust bandages for the child.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Rose H. Elmer
Bethany Home
Glendale
Lillian Fears
Rose
Ohio lawmakers split over death penalty in murder case
Frank Castor of Canton Ohio voices opposition to abolishing capital punishment after sentencing a killer to die in the electric chair. He argues abolition would create a terrible state, while facing his own death sentence. Also reported are a deadly train accident near Plainwell Michigan and a local sales notice for furniture and vehicles at Sloan's on G Street.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wen
Frank Castor
Canton
Davis
Oho
Witte May Resign Amid Cabinet Crisis in Russia
In St Petersburg a fierce clash between reactionary and progressive forces grips Count Witte and Premier Witte as ministers face possible resignations. Durnovo seeks harsher repression while Kutler resigns over land expropriation plans. A Vladivostok freight car exploded injuring several as officials deny Witte’s immediate resignation.
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Durnovo
St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Durnove
Witte
Count Witte
Uitrus
Vladivostok
Wicholas
Fireclaims three children near Summit City farm
In Traverse City Michigan last night a farmhouse blaze killed two children and left a third badly burned. Joseph Rodis worked in the walls as the fire started while his wife was in the barn. The mother saved her two year old from the kitchen blaze but could not save the other two children, aged four years and ten months. The fire is believed to have been started by children playing with matches.
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Sverybody
Miss Roosevelt
Bishop Satterles
Senor Quesada
White House
Legation
Paris
Ima
Ohio
Traverse City
Mich
Joseph Rodis
Summit City
Rodis
Childrer
Airea Oy
Narrow Escape From Fire In Pittsburg Va Plant
Fire destroyed the Nell Selburg Co. office fixture plant in Allerheny, causing panic as workers fled. Two men burned lightly, about forty narrowly escaped death, the engineer suffered a bad ankle sprain, and an unnamed helper was injured but stabilized. Loss estimated at 320000.
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Pittsburg
Nell, Selburg & Co
Allerheny
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