Multitude of 1902 events and deaths reported in brief
The item compiles diverse trivia from early 1900s world events. It notes forest fire quenching near Menominee Wisconsin, business failures in the United States and Canada, deaths of Signor Giuseppe del Puente and Prof. L Tobin, Mrs. Gladstone’s illness, political moves in Britain and Austria, Lafayette statue plans, and other international notes. It mentions Turkish officers arrested over sensitive plans, Lord Roberts and Transvaal battles, the Louisiana Purchase centennial debate, and immigration deportations of Irish figures, finishing with birthday greetings to Julia Ward Howe and a push for an American National Institute in Paris.
Senate and House Debates Touch Cuba and Alaska Bills
Senate sessions discuss Cuban affairs and Philippine questions with Spooner and Morena debating ownership power. House advances Alaska civil government bill amid pension bills and quorums. Proceedings touch on fiscal policy, canal politics, and District of Columbia depot plans.
Miscellaneous 1890s dispatches mix deaths and disasters
Georgetown dispatch reports a steamer convoy lost 49 souls after a cataract in the Potaro river British Guiana. Hank of Dover vault blown. $4506 stolen. Queen murder case confession under torture. widespread arrests and possible executions. London bazaar netted £50000 for war sufferers. Uitlanders ally with Lord Roberts in Johannesburg area. Mafeking troops enjoy cricket as relief forces rest. John H. Drake dies in Chicago. lung hemorrhage. Four new Methodist bishops consecrated in Chicago. Flambeau Paper Co mill burned at Parke Falls Wisconsin. $200000 loss. Emily Price found dead in Vigo county pond. foul play suspected. Gen Funston vindicated in Zamales natives executions. Orange Free State burghers linger near Roberts line. Philadelphia RNC hall decor underway. Union Straw Co Foxboro factory burned. $150000 loss.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Potara
Dover
Corena
National Bazaar
Kensington
London
Prince of Wales
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
Mafeking
John H. Drake
Albia
Drake
Great Northern
Chicago
Methodist Episcopal Church
David Hastings Moore
Shanghai
John William Hamilton
San Francisco
Edwin Wallace Parker
Frank Wesley Warne
India
Malaysia
Flambeau Paper Co
Parke Falls
Wis
Emily Price
Vigo County
Ind
Youngstown
Gen
Funston
Zambales
Orange Free State
Roberts
Philadelphia
Union Straw Co
Foxboro
Mass
Senate debate over secret US Britain understanding fuels clash
In the senate Mr Wellington cites a possible secret state department archive proof, while Mr Lodge denies any such agreement as the reading of the sundry civil appropriation bill moves forward. House acts on Alaskan government bill as a bank run hits Columbus Savings and Loan in San Francisco.
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Senate
Platt
Hacon
Cuba
Jur
Spooner
Wis
House
Committee On Ways and Means
United States
Ft “Island
Bacon
Thefternoon
Spoorer
Secretary of War
Cave Nome
Morena
Islands
District of Columbia
Washington
Baltimore & Potomac
Baltimore & Ohio
Long
Alaska
Wellington
Great Britain
Lodge
State Department
Longe
Secretary of State
Mass
Industrial Commission
The
Columbus Savings and Loan Society of
San Francisco
Delagoa Bay
House of Parliament
Carlton Club
Marquis of Salisbury
Santa Fe Railroad Co
L. Tobin
Vintua
Waterloo
Town Falls
Fort Dealee
George Grove
Hoyal College of Music
London
Dial
Suh
St. Louis
Gallinger
N. H L
Committee On Foreign Relations
Secretary of the Navy
Oklahoma
Bird Ivanhoe
Samuel Pryor
LM. Roeper
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Imperial
China
United States Coast Survey
Blake
Culebra
Pange Island
Porto Rico
St. Thomas
D. W
Lone highwayman robs sleeping car on Missouri Pacific
Kansas City reports a lone young man masked with a white cover during a Missouri Pacific No. 1 sleeper robbery between Falls City and Stella. He forced the porter to aid him, took watches and pocketbooks from S. G. Sprague and J. W. Orr, fired at A. J. Frederick, who was grazed by a bullet, and escaped before dawn. Special Agent John DeLong leads the investigation.
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Kansas City
Falls City
Neb
Missouri Pacific
Stella
Sturlington & Missouri Crossing
Verdon
J. W. Orr
A. J. Frederick
Frederick
John DeLong
Sinking of the Belle Isle off Portsmouth
In the British house of commons Geo J Goschen says during a naval experiment the Majestic sank the coast defense ironclad Belle Isle in nine minutes. The ship did not catch fire though some smoke and slight smouldering in one cabin were reported, woodwork shattered but not consumed. The test aimed to see if Belle Isle woodwork would burn as Spanish ships’ did in earlier battles.
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London
House of Commons
Majestic
Portsmouth
Admiralty
Geo. J. Goschen
Goschen
Belle Isle
Melle Isle
Sunday Night Tragedy Near Anoka Minnesota
Anoka Minnesota May 29 a farmer Wm Wise and his family were shot at home while playing cards A shotgun and a Winchester rifle fired through a window Injured Wim Wise Jr 7 years old Wm Wise Jr 35 years old paralyzed and likely to die Mrs Wise wounded in the back and also likely to die Daughters Eliza and Martha escaped by hiding in a closet Suspect not yet identified
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Anoka
Minn
Wm. Wise
Here
Wim. Wise, Jr
Wm. Wise, Jr
Quarantine Order Bars Entry of Chinese and Japanese
Denver May 29 The state board of health ordered quarantine against entry of Chinese and Japanese into Colorado. No Chinaman or Japanese may enter without a certificate from city health officers proving no bubonic plague exposure in the six weeks prior to application.
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Denver
Col
State Board of Health
Colorado
Col Wilcock Relief Force Attacked in West Africa
London May 29 A dispatch from Accra British Gold Coast reports Col Wilcock s relief force en route to Koomassie has met opposition. One officer wounded and earlier reports mention three Europeans killed and a captain with 100 hausers wounded in a prior clash.
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London
Ofice
Accra
Gold Coast
Wilcock
Koomassie
Missouri and Kansas City News Briefs Across State
Missouri reports fatal and violent incidents, political moves, and legal outcomes. Notable items include Mrs. Mary H. Shepherd honored for long service in the Woman's Relief Corps, Mr. Ferris beaten amid a transit strike scene, a $2,000 damages award against Missouri Pacific Railway in a runaway accident case, and a double tragedy in Daviess County. Other notes cover church and press consolidations, George Gould reportedly rebuffing Rockefeller stock talks, a St. Louis divorce case, the Fraternity of Operative Millers meeting, Clark Bank burglary, a university medal awarded to E F Comron Jr., and the marriage of James Kirby to Corrie Cook following a murder acquittal.
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Pettis County
Olive A. Brown
Missouri Pacific Railway Co
Birown
Birthday tribute for Polly Baskett draws region in
Randolph Howard and Marion counties sent many mourners to Cellac Macon county for Polly Baskett hundredth birthday observed there. The issue also reports three fatal incidents including a child burned to death after clothing caught fire in St Louis area and two railroad death reports near Carrollton and Heccola with victims named Jesse Cory and Cora Hern.
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Randolph
Howard
Marion
Polly Baskett
Cellac
Macon
Cora “Iorn
Willam J. Hern
Heccola
Gates of Johannesburg Loom as Roberts Advances
London reports Lord Roberts bivouacking near Johannesburg with 40,000 troops and a noon plan to enter, while French attempts to pressure the eastern hills fail. Boer strength and desertions swirl as peace negotiations surface from Pretoria, with Kruger demanding exile guarantees and Pretoria fortifications described as needing 20,000 troops to defend.
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London
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
Zuurfontein
Pretoria
Klipriversberg
van Wyck
Rust
French
Nuorthwest
Transvaalvernment
Transvaal
Himseclf
Lourenco Marques
Kruger
St. Helena
Kennet Burleigh
Vereehiging
Zoutpansberg
Krauz
The Fiat Goes Forth The Extermination of the South Africans
Lord Salisbury's banquet remarks mark the government stance on the conquered South African Republics. Newspapers frame the policy as irrevocable with phrases declaring no independence remains. The Standard notes annexation half accomplished, while The Daily News and The Times reflect decisive, unsparing attitudes toward the Transvaal and Orange Free State.
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London
Lord Salisbury
the Times
Transvaal
Orange Free State
New Rotary Stamp Machine Wetting Envelopes At Point of Stamp
A new machine rapidly affixes stamps by feeding envelopes into a tube where stamps are stacked gummed side up. A water wick moistens the stamps from a chamber as the envelope is pressed into the tube by a knob, ensuring proper adhesion at the moment of insertion.
Greyhound Quotation Reflects Sportsman Ethos
The sportsman witness notes the adage linking refinement to horse, hawk, and greyhound, underscoring the noble image of a gentleman. The saying emphasizes composed demeanor and prowess across traditional hunting and sport pursuits.
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Chef
Democrat
B.el Awams, Publisher
Cape Girardeau
Missouri
Menominee
R. G. Dun & Co
Canada
Signor Guiseppe del Puente
Imperial Guard
Yildiz
Vinton
Iowa Falls
Fort Dodge
Goluchowski
Buda-Pesth
2Sth
Buckingham Palace
Princess of Wales
Delagoa Bay Railway
France
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Lafayette
Paris
Roberta
Vaal
War Department
War Office
London Daily Express
Henderson
Li Hung Chang
James Fitzharris
Skin the Goat
Joseph Mullet
Ireland
Phoenix Park
Lucania
New York
Julia Ward Howe
Boston
Chauncey M. ‘Je Pew
Wehich
McKinley
Santa Fe Lazilead Co
United States Supreme Court
Herbert Gladstone
John IL. Stevens
Minneapolis
Spracce
Goor
William Wise
Col. Wilcock
Wilcor
Missouri State News
St. Clair Johnson
Waldo FP. Johnson
FE Puso
Tex
Osteolia
Mary H. Shepherd
Brookfield
Woman's Relief Corps
Sarah J. Martin
W. BR. C
Elroy 8. Platt
Cora Leigh Sutherland
Mr. Ferris
H. F. Ferris
Clinton
Prohibition
Broadway
Sidney
Ferris
Neemie Minnie Devery
George Hall
Alta Vista
Daviess County
Hall
Methodist Neck
Central
Christian
Advocate
Omaha Christian Advocate
Rocky Mountain
Christian Advocate
Gould
George J. Gould
Missouri Pacific Railroad Co
Rockefellers
Shaw
Court of Criminal Correction
Warren County
Fraternity of Operative Millers of America
Hank
Merchants’ and Farmers’ Bank
Clark
Randolph County
Bryan
E. F. Comron, Jr
Nevada
Vernon County
University of Missouri
William J. Brean
James Kirby
Saline County Criminal Court
Corrie A. Cook
C. C. Carpenter
St. Vincent Avenue
St. Lenix
Jesse Cory
Robert Cory
Carrollton
Santa Fe
Sohannesburg's Gates
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