Revolution in Arabia as Abdul Aziz Ben Feysal Seizes Friad
Abdul Aziz Ben Feysal, leading 2000 Wahabi followers, captured the city of Friad in Central Arabia after a night entry. He killed the governor and thirty retainers, triggering a garrison surrender. The move signals an attempt to restore Wahabi supremacy against Abu Rashid of Nejd as tribes flock to support Feysul.
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Arabia
Bombay
Abdul Aziz Ben Feysal
Wahabi Amers
F’riad
E’riad
Abdul Aziz Ben Feysul
Abu Rashid
Ameer
Nejd
Major Jenkins declines sword offered at Charleston visit
Major Micah J. Jenkins of Bethel Military Academy War Renton Virginia refuses the presented sword after being depicted in the press as urged by subscribers to withdraw acceptance. He telegraphed Lieutenant Governor Tillman of South Carolina stating he must decline under the circumstances.
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Micah J. Jenkins
Charleston
S. C
Jenkins
Bethel Military Academy
Warrenton
Tillman
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Three Score Willed in a Snowslide at Liberty Bell Mine
Telluride Colorado reports a massive snowslide buried the Liberty Bell mine shafthouse with sixty to seventy workers inside the bunk house. Communication is cut, names of victims unavailable, and two men Fred Clemmon and Charles Dial confirmed dead. Storms threaten Ophir and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telluride
Liberty Bell
Fred Clemmon
Charles Dial
Ophir
Government Refuses Publication of Ambassadors’ Note
In the British House of Commons the chancellor Sir Michael Hicks Beach refused to lay on the table a copy of the note sent by ambassadors at Washington after the April 10 1898 meeting. He cited confidentiality and said the papers cannot be published. The government believed no involved government acted on that note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Michael Hicks- Beach
Washington
Tie
General Botha Slain in Major Boer Action
An official dispatch to the British War Office reports a fierce clash between Colonel Rymington and Colonel Byng's columns and Boer forces at Nance. General Botha was killed, with 35 Boers slain, 100 horses killed, and 100 cattle captured. Prisoners include General De Wet's son and secretary, along with Commandants Meyer and Trouther.
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War Office
Rymington
Byng
Nance
Botha
Makers of Boiler Responsible Detroit Coroner's Jury Verdict
Coroner's jury at Detroit finds Penberthy Injector Co boiler defective after the November 26 explosion killing thirty. Jury censures makers for the disaster and assigns responsibility. Continental Tobacco directors declare quarterly dividend on preferred stock at 1 percent and on common stock at 2.15 percent payable April 2. Previous January dividend on common was 2 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Penberthy Injector Company
New York
Continental Tobacco Company
Marconi Announces Record Atlantic Wireless Reach
Mr. Marconi arrived in New York aboard the Philadelphia and said his transatlantic voyage enabled him to speak with his station at Poldby Cornwall without difficulty for about 2,099 miles, effectively bridging the ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marconi
New York
Philadelphia
Atlantic
Poldby
Cornwall
Collapse at Fidelity Trust Building Kills Two in Philadelphia
A partial collapse during a new addition at the Fidelity Trust Company building on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia resulted in the death of two workers and serious injuries to two others. Rescue crews and inspectors cordon the site as investigators determine cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelity Lrust Company
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Missionary Ellen Stone Reaches Constantinople
Ellen Stone the American missionary has arrived in Constantinople from Salonica and proceeded to the United States legation after recent captivity by brigands. The Charleston exposition board discussed Col. J H Tillman’s message urging President Roosevelt to visit Washington.
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Ellen M. Stone
Constantinople
Salonica
United States
Legation
Charleston
Col. J. H.tillman
Roosevelt
Washington
Train crashes through trestle near Zetella killing four
A southbound passenger train on the Columbus branch of the Southern Railway plunged from a trestle into a creek near Zetella Georgia. Four trainmen were killed and several passengers were injured though none fatally.
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Columbus
Southern Railway
Zetella
Boers Attack Outposts Near Bothasburg in Night Raid
Lord Kitchener reports about six hundred Boers driving cattle and rushing the outpost line near Bothasburg Transvaal Colony during the night of February 23. Some crossed the line leaving fifteen dead and six wounded. A separate dispatch notes a convoy of empty wagons attacked and captured southwest of Klerksdorp on February 24, with imperial yeomanry and Northumberland fusiliers supporting a two gun escort.
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Lord Kitchener
Bothasburg
Transvaal
Klerksdorp
Imperal
Northumberland Fusiliers
Army to take formal possession of Danish West Indies
It appears the United States will perform the ceremonies with an army detachment and raise the flag to take possession of the Danish West Indies after ratifications. The island may be placed under Governor Hunt and linked to Porto Rico for administrative control.
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Washington
Danish West Indies
United States
Porto Rico
Hunt
Teacher Killings and Suicides Shocks Camargo Community
Fletcher Barnett, a school teacher, entered a one mile from Camargo schoolhouse and fatally shot Eva Wiseman. He shot at Bert Hopewell, failed to injure him, then shot himself twice and dived into a well, drowning. Barnett had been seeking Eva Wiseman's hand in marriage.
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Fletcher Barnett
Camargo
Eva Wiseman
Bert Hopewell
Barnett
Tragedy Ends Braddock Affair with Double Suicide
In Pittsburg a married man William A Rinard a steel blower at Edgar Thompson works shot and killed Margaret Lambert Wilbert formerly of London England after months of an affair at 805 Watson street Pittsburg. A second later Rinard shot himself.
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Watson Street
Pittsburg
William A. Rinard
Edgar Thompson Works
Braddock
Margaret Lambert
Wilbert
London
England
Rinard
Madrid Foreign Minister Opposes Land Ownership Clause
The foreign minister Duke of Almodovar told senators the government opposes adding a clause to the Spanish American treaty that would bar Americans from owning land in Spain while Spaniards own property and stock in the United States. He declined to promise a treaty draft submission before signing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Duke of Almodovar
Spain
United States
Treasury plans to move gold to Orient via San Francisco
The treasury department approved New York's request to deposit 2 million dollars in gold at the sub-treasury with withdrawal rights in San Francisco, likely for shipment to the Orient. Officials estimate about 14 million dollars may be needed before March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
New York
Sub-Treasury
San Francisco
Orient
Bank robbery in Plato ends with $1490 recovered
War Matthews, a railway fireman, robbed the bank of Plato using a mask and overpowered the cashier. He fled by freight to Glencoe where he was arrested. all but $10 of $1500 was recovered. Gov Durbin and party attended Indiana day at the Charleston exposition and were entertained. Carnegie offers medal for speediest operator at Atlanta contest.
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Glencoe
Minn
War Matthews
Bank of Plato
Durbin
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Fort Sumpter
Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
American Telegraphers
Atlanta
Ferdandi
Pia
Mrs Huntington Pays Record Duty on Personal Baggage
Mrs Collis P Huntington arrived in New York from Liverpool with personal effects valued at $75,000 chiefly dress goods and precious stones. She declared the items and paid $31,800 in duties, the highest such amount ever paid by an individual on personal baggage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collis P. Huntington
New York
Liverpool
Chaffee Reports Stribler Captures Lueban in Philippines
General Chaffee informs the War Department that Lieutenant Stribler of the Philippine scouts captured General Lueban on the 22nd. The prisoner is confined at a Guan. Officials call the capture the most important military event since Aguinaldo's fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaffee
War Department
Stribler
Philippine Scouts
Lueban
Aguinaldo
Double Tragedy in Indian Territory Stuns Territory
Jesse Glenn, a famed farmer in Indian Territory, shot and killed Edward Montgomery and wounded his son during a dispute over a trivial matter. A U S marshal planned to arrest Glenn but he committed suicide on his farm before arrival. Pope Leo received Costa Rican minister Senor Perella and spoke on Prince Henry of Germany’s visit, calling it a hopeful sign for peace.
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Indian Territory
Vinitia
I. T
Jesse Glenn
Edward Montgomery
Montgomery
United
Glenn
Pope Leo
Senor Perella
Costa Rica
America
Prince Henry
Germany
Explosion in Koeko mo Indiana Kills Mrs Achey and Burns Kin
A natural gas blast under a Koeko mo residence killed Mrs. Mary Achey and badly burned her mother Elizabeth Phillips and sister Mrs. Mary Barrington. An accumulation of gas caused the explosion. Also reports Miss Stone will return to the United States next summer from Vienna. Standard Oil raises wages by ten percent for 500 workers in Ohio and Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Achey
Koekomo
Ind
Achey
Elizabeth Phillips
Mary Barrington
Mer
London Daily Express
Vienna
Miss Stone
United States
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Ohio
Indiana
Memorial tribute for President McKinley in Washington
Congress and dignitaries gathered in the Hall of Representatives for the memorial service honoring William McKinley. John Hay delivered the eulogy while Secretary Lay offered remarks on the presidents fallen to assassination and the nation’s duty to curb anarchist violence. The report notes the ceremony’s somber tone and references to Lincoln and Garfield anniversaries. A separate item reports the opera house block fire in Carl Junction, Missouri, causing $40,000 in losses and a miner injured.
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Washington
William M Kinley
John Hay
McKinley
Roosevelt
Prince Henry
Prussia
Supreme Court
Congress
Garfield
Blaine
Charfield
Messinley
Pennsylvanian Avenue
Buffalo
Capitol
Goffin
Lincoln
Secretary Lay
Mr Lay
William Meliiley
Hay
Friend
Carl Junction
Mark Enos
William McKinley
Iay
Congress Sidelined by Contempt Row and Tariff Shifts
Senate censure of Tillman and McLaurin after a Saturday altercation dominates a day of mixed action. The Philippine tariff bill passes 46 to 26 after final debate at 11 and voting at 4, amid broader moves on districts, Cuba lands, and diplomacy. House actions include five annual supply measures, Texas judicial districts, and a large private pension tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Tillman-McLaurin
McComas
Wellington
Maryland
House
Texas
Towney
Secretary of War
Cuba
District of Columbia
Tillman
McLaurin
Clark
Wyo
Naval Academy Graduation Adds Sixty Officers
In the National Capital the Naval Academy class will graduate on May 1, adding sixty new officers to the navy. The Senate confirmed Col. F. L. Guenther for brigadier general. Taft told a Senate committee Philippine salaries should rise. Roosevelt hopes to end the Selsey controversy by his decision appeal. Gage may head United States Trust Company of New York. War Secretary provided testimony refuting cruelty charges against Philipine troops. Republicans on Ways and Means favor 20 percent tariff concessions to Cuba if migration laws pass. Sehley case to be dropped. Admirals face possible delays in appealing to Congress. States rights debated in Tilman-McLaurin suspension. Democrats say a state cannot lose representation by contempt. Isthmian canal legislation pursued. Morgan may oppose Nicaragua route. House judiciary backs a national bureau of criminal identification in Washington. Corbin names army personnel to be rewarded for Cuba, Philippines, China campaigns. Wheeler speech questioned by Democrats. Republicans plan broad broadcast use as campaign material.
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Gov
Taft
Senate
Philippine Commission
Roosevelt
Gage
United States Trust Company of
New York
Secretary of War
Ways and Means
Cuba
Sehley
Congress
Morgan
House Judiciary Committee
National Bureau of Criminal Identification
Washington
Court declares Mrs Grace Snell Coffin bankrupt in Milwaukee
Mrs Grace Snell Coffin of Chicago heir to $300000 estate of Amos J Snell is ruled bankrupt. Liabilities total $53588 against one exempt asset a $12000 Salem Wisconsin home. Bankruptcy bars access to principal. only income preserved. Coffin's marital history includes three marriages with divorces and a son who died. manuscripts cited in divorce.
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COURT
Grace Snell Coffin
Chienago
Amos J. Snell
United States
Milwaukee
Salem
Kenosha County
Wis
Terrifying Colorado snowslide claims Liberty Bell miners
A massive avalanche at the Liberty Bell mine on Smuggler Mountain near Telluride buries and kills or traps dozens of workers. Two slides, then a third, follow in hours, destroying buildings and halting rescue efforts as crews search twenty five feet of snow for missing men.
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Colorado
Liberty Bell
Liberty Bell Company
Telluride
Orlock
Smuggler Union
Tom Boy
Kansas City
Railroad and rail line updates across the Midwest and West
Northern and Caledonian roads establish systems. Chilean government bonds being built at Pullman works. Southern Pacific funds exhibit at St Louis fair. Illinois Central completes double tracking Chicago to Effingham. Rock Island may build 90 mile cut off from Lebanon to Herrington. Craigie named traveling passenger agent for Grand Trunk. St Paul to cut sleeping car upper berths by 25 percent. Warren Lynch plans resort development along Cincinnati Northern. Minnesota allocates 25000 for contest costs against Northern Securities. Plattsburg to Kansas City segment sold by Burlington to Rock Island.
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Pullman Works
Southern Pacific
St. Louis
Te Ilinois Central Road
Chicago
Effingham
Ill
Rock Island Railroad
Iifepury
Neb
Herrington
Kan. C
St. Paul
Warren J. Lynch
Cincinnati Northern
Minnesota House of Representatives
State of
Minnesota
Northern Securities Company
Plattsburg
Kansas City
Burlington
Rock Island
Widespread flood and storm damage across the nation
Rain and melting snow cause extensive destruction from Texas to New York and Pennsylvania. Wires down, rail lines washed out, bridges wrecked, and ice gorges threaten villages. Winds up to eighty miles per hour, with ships wrecked off Cape Henry and a passenger train crash near Griffin Georgia. Major floods raise Tennessee and Alabama rivers, Ohio storm damage, and state capitol walls toppled in Tallahassee. Pennsylvania Wisconsin and Michigan face billions in losses.
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America
Texas
New York
Chattanooga
Pennsylvania
Upper
Ohio
Cleveland
Cumberland Valley
Allegheny River
Atlantic
Gulf
Middle West
Mattie
Lena
Block Island
Yeoman
Galveston
Liverpool
Cape Henry
Griffin
Seaboard Line
Oconee River
Athens
Oak Mountain
Columbus
Alabama
Tennessee
Norfolk and Southwestern
Virginia
Elizabethtown
Tallahassee
Fla
State Capitol
Dawson
Jackson
Wisconsin
West Superior
Lie Ber
Upper Michigan
Jealous Husband Kills Wife and Boarder Then Dies
In Woodstock Illinois a jealous husband killed his wife and a boarder with a revolver then shot himself after a hand to hand struggle. The 20 year old son is in custody on complicity charges. The victims were Benjamin F Ellsworth and Mrs Ellsworth, noted local figures. the boarder Amos Amerson had lived with the family for about a year.
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Woodstock
Ilinois
Anderson
Benjamin Fr. Elsworth
Ellsworth
Tle
Match for M Govern Young Corbett and Terry McGovern Signed
William E. and Terry McGovern have signed articles for a 25 round match to be held on or before October 15 1902. Weigh in at 127 pounds at o clock the day of the contest under Marquis of Queensberry rules with five ounce gloves. Receipts split 75 to the winner 25 to the loser. Forfeits and terms to be delivered in Cincinnati by April 15. Referee to be mutually agreed upon. Five poisoned by sausage at Wausa Nebraska. Lizzie Wenke 18 dead.
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Cincinnati
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M .L
Gen. Lueban
Pope
M'Kinley
George Bancroft
Fay
Rosseau O. Crump
Michigan
Tillman and
Richardson
Ala
Corliss
Tawney
Gov. Toole
Montana
National Capital
Naval Academy
Navy
Col
F. L. Guenther
Corbin
Philippines
China
Representative Wheeler
Kentucky
Mrs
D. Wenke
Wausa
Lizzie
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