British Trade Fears Rise Over Shifting Global Roles
United States Consul Boyle in Liverpool reports growing belief in Britain that without radical reform the UK may slide to third in world trade. The annual review notes Britain struggles to match US and German competition, presses for fair trade, and faces educational and labor productivity challenges amid aging factories and cautious modernization.
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Washington
Nyell
Great Britain
United Kingdom
United States
Boyle
Liverpool
State Department
Consul Boyle
Germany
England
Itme
Great
Board
America
Svork
Sarcho Breaks a Record Underwater
Chicago reports Capt Louis Sarcho lowering into ten and a half feet of water for nine hours in a diving suit. He used a special telephone apparatus to talk from beneath the water with friends citywide after linking through regular exchanges. A separate report notes a major fire in Connellsville Pa wiping out almost a square and causing about $75 000 in losses.
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Chicago
Louis Sarno
Coliseum
Sarcho
Sareho F
Maine
Havana
Connellsville
Dee
Down Town
Wilkey Estate
Avhiom
Rails strained by overwork as locomotives crippled
Chicago December 27 Iron and Steel reports rail traffic crippled by overworked locomotives due to record freight, delaying repairs. Industry plans to restore normal capacity by January 1 have faltered as six months of extreme use continue. Coke furnaces in the district remain mostly closed with eight still slated to close.
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Chicago
Europe
Mystery robbery of $3500 diamond chain reported
A diamond chain valued at 3500 dollars vanished en route from Washington to New York between Sunday afternoon and Thursday forenoon. The platinum 54 inch lorgnette chain contained 200 gems. Adams Express Company or Ghaw and Berry may be the victims. Detours and investigators in Washington and New York pursue the missing chain.
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Washington
Adams Express Cp
Ghaw & Berry
New York
Joseph Franken & Sons
Nassausstreet
Wages Raised for Pittsburg Yard Workers Across District
Railroad yards in the Pittsburg district awarded wage increases for brake men yardmen and yard firemen with two cent raises daytime and two and a half cent night shifts for conductors and brake men along with one to two cent bumps for yard firemen. Yard engineers remain paid on a higher scale.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg & Lake Erie Road
New Church Constitution Ratified by Methodist General Conference
Chicago reports that the new Methodist Episcopal church constitution adopted at the May 1900 General Conference has been approved. It grants women delegates to the general conference, allows laymen to vote on constitutional questions, and lowers the amendment vote to two-thirds from three-fourths.
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Chicago
Methodist Episcopal Church
Railroad Building Reaches Nearly 200 000 Miles in 1901
Figures from the Railway Age show U S railroad construction in 1901 at 5 057 miles, the greatest in 11 years. The year’s additions bring total U S track to about 199 370 miles.
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Chicago
Railway Age
United States
Navy adopts wireless telegraphy for warship signaling
Washington December 27 the navy department moves toward wireless signaling for warships. Admiral Brads of the equipment bureau urges that the armored cruisers of the Pennsylvania class be fitted so wireless gear can be added, requiring longer masts and insulated metal rigging. Test sets of instruments from various wireless systems will be procured for trials.
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Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Brads
Bureau of Equipment
Diplomatic Hope Renewed to Settle Alaska Boundary
Washington expects renewed talks between Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefote to settle US Britain border disputes. A joint commission may frame agreement while Alaska boundary deadlock delays wider treaty, but once Alaska is resolved, other lingering issues should be settled through direct negotiations.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Great Lakes
Hay
Lord Pauncefote
Canada
Alaska
Joint High Commission
Battleship Missouri to Launch at Newport News Navy Yard
Washington dec 28 members of the presidents cabinet with families and navy officials travel by special train to Newport News to witness the launching of the battleship Missouri sister to the Ohio and Maine, with a price of 2 885 000. The ship features four 12 inch rifles, sixteen 6 inch guns, submerged torpedo tubes, electric turrets, water tube boilers, and advanced armor.
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Missouri
Washington
Navy Department
Newport News Shipbuilding and Pry, Dock Co
Newport Nebys
Vai
House
Rell
Marion Cockrell
Ald
Alls
Ohio
Maine
Mercel
Georgia
Missing Nell Cropsey Death Ends Five Weeks of Mystery
Elizabeth City reports the coroner and three doctors concluded Nellie Cropsey died from a blow to the left temple and drowning in the Pasquotank river. James Wilcox is in custody awaiting further investigation amid strong public sentiment and the end of a weeks long search.
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Elizabeth City
Nellie Crop- Sey
Nell
Ella M. Cropsey
Alla
M. Cropsey
Pasquotank
James Wilcox
Inlizabeth City Township
Wilcox
N.C
Nellie Cropsey
Pasquotank River
Friction Denied Between Civil and Military in Philippines
General Chaffee and Acting Governor Wright deny friction between civil and military authorities in the Philippines. They cite habeas corpus cases and routine military surrender as the only tensions, while reporting progress toward pacification. A Cebu surrender of five insurgent officers and 175 men with arms suggests the island may be pacified.
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Chaffee
Wright
Manila
Philippine
Oakley Brooks
Philippine Archipelago
Gov. Wright
Cebu
Four Railroaders Killed In Ontario & Western Wreck
In Scranton Pennsylvania on December 28 a coal train aboard the Ontario and Western ran away on a steep grade east of Poyntell. The locomotive and 40 loaded cars derailed, plunging about 100 feet. Four railroad workers were killed in the wreck near Preston Park.
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Scranton
Ontario & Western Railroad
Poyntell
Preston Park
Senator Depew Marries in Consulate Ceremony
Nice December 28 Senator Chauncey M Depew and Miss May Palmer wed in a civil ceremony at the United States consulate on Friday.
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Nice
Chauncey M Depew
May Palmer
United States
Three Ships Ashore At Port Townsend In Storm
Reports from Port Townsend Washington indicate three vessels driven ashore in a recent storm. The schooner Minnie A Cline in tow of the tug Magic was caught in Christmas night gale force winds and required cutting away to save the vessel.
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Port Pownsend
Wash
Minnie A. Cline
Magic
Packard
Germany and Venezuela Face Naval Standby as Debts Pressure
Washington reports a German fleet gathering near Venezuela with many foreign warships present. Berlin may impose a blockade on Venezuelan ports to force debt payments, aiming to starve the country into submission. German officials have not disclosed precise plans.
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Washington
Venezuela
Germany
United States
la Guiara
Maracaibo
Colombian Rebel Gen Marin Attacks Honda Battle Ends in Victory
News from Colombia reports Gen Marin attacked Honda on the Magdalena river with 1200 rebels. The 420-strong garrison held from 6 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., receiving 200 reinforcements at 8 a.m. The fight used bayonets and machetes, ending with government forces victorious and about 400 rebels killed.
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Colombia
Colon
Marin
Honda
Magdalena River
Caracoll
Tionda
England's Coal Fields Seen Close to Exhaustion
A royal commission in London will study Britain's coal resources and exhaustion timelines. It will examine export effects on home supply, transport costs, and competitiveness with foreign coal, with 17 members including railroad and mining leaders and engineers.
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London
Great Britain
Royal Commission
Four Die in Chicago Northwestern Train Crash at Malta
A collision west of Chicago involving The Omaha Flyer and an eastbound freight at Malta, Illinois, killed four people and injured 29. Two passengers died en route or at hospitals. others were hospitalized as investigators blame a freight crew error for the misaligned switch.
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Atx Limited
Chicago
George W. Rudio
Western
Kirk Soap Co
Omaha
D. O. Nichols
Council Bluffs
E. B. Duncan
Rochette and
DeKalb
Duncan
Rudio
Nichols
St. Luke’s Hospital
Landslide wreck on Chesapeake & Ohio near Lynchburg kills four
A late December rock and earth slide on the James River branch of the Chesapeake & Ohio near Reusen's station, five miles south of Lynchburg, kills conductor EH A Whittaker, engineer George Fisher, baggageman Thompson, and express messenger Shannon. Several others are injured and two passengers are missing as crews attempt rescue. The accident followed heavy rains washing out the tracks, with renewed slides burying a baggage car and delaying recovery efforts.
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Lynchburg
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Reusen’s
James River
EH. A. Whittaker
George Fisher
Thompson
Fapress Messenger
Shannon
Reker
Clifton Forge
Vac
Fisher
Whittaker
Robbery at Madison Avenue Jewelry Vors by New Valet
New York December 30 Mr and Mrs Paul G Thebaud report a Sunday theft of jewels valued at about 50000 from their Madison Avenue home. Police say a newly hired valet and missing employee may be involved. the butler who recommended him is under surveillance.
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New Yorker
New York
Paul G. Thebaud
Madison Avenue
Thebaud
Last Link in the Chain Solves Utah Murder Case
Salt Lake City police say they have sufficient evidence to ID the killer of James R. Hay. A 35-caliber revolver found in mud near the crime scene is traced to a second hand store and bought by contractor Peter Mortenson, now held on the murder charge.
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Salt Lake
Utah
James R. Hay
Peter Mortenson
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