Year in Review 1902 Highlights Major Events
A panoramic review highlights the coal strike as the defining event of 1902, with 147000 miners involved and coal prices surging in New York. It notes Cuba’s independence progress, peace in the Philippines, and the push for a Panama canal. Also covered are the Venezuela dispute, ocean wireless advances, Mont Pelee disaster, and a drop in lynchings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eace
Philippines
South Africa
Cuba
Congress of
United States
Germany
England
Pennsylvania
New York
John Mitchell
Mine Workers’ Union
Indianapolis
Roosevelt
Commission of Arbitration
Kitchener
Milner
Venezuela
Terrible Disaster and 1902 Trusts Highlight Martinique Calamity Report
A historical report surveys calamities of 1902 including Martinique disasters, drownings, cyclones and explosions alongside a surge in new trusts totaling nearly four billion dollars. It notes major capital concentrated in New Jersey New York Delaware and Maine and mentions King Edward VII coronation preparations ahead of Westminster Abbey on June 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cone
New Jersey
New York
Delaware
Maine
Anit
Heron
Dollar Steel Trust
Oy Northern Securities Company
King Edward
Edward VIII of England
Westminster Abbey
Edward
London
Frederick Treves
Rev. Atkinson
Plymouth
Tracy
Oregon
Col. Slocker
Brattleboro
Barcelona
Venezuela
Edward VII
McMillan
Michigan
Luther R. Marsh
England
Prof. Schenk
Austria
Torishima
Japan
Wilmington
Northeast Coast
Cronje
St. Taelena
Gen. Sigel
Roosevelt
New England
Dan Patch
Mt. Pelea
Coronation amid crisis and a year of union talk
A retrospect notes King Edward VII’s coronation delayed by illness and then held amid national mood, the push toward church union, and a surge of philanthropy. It records 1900 01 events including elections, governors, and international visits, with Prince Henry of Prussia’s U.S. tour and China’s late 1900s turmoil closing the year.
Fragmented World Events Chronicle
A dense 1900s era list covers fires losses floods and disasters in cities like Boston and New York with sums up to millions. It records deaths of figures such as Jean de Block and Admiral Kimberly, diplomatic notes including Danish treaty ratification, and multiple volcanic eruptions and mine explosions across the globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Italy
Stanley Spencer
London
West Indian Islands
Mont
United States
Cuba
Walla Walla
Jean de Block
Pekin
New York Tunnel
House
Nixon
Tammany Hall
Condor
Chilpancinjo
Mexico
Aubrey Date
Admiral Kimberly
Newton
Fleet St
Boston
Norfolk
Prof
Willams
Ohio Wesleyan University
Waterbury
Conn
Paterson
N. J
Springfield
Ohio
R—Marquis of Dufferin
South Mills
N. C
William West
Senate
Newman Hall
Kellogg Sanitarium
Battle Creek
Barcelona
New York City
Bishop Latane
Baltimore
Park Ave
New York
Billy"’ Emerson
Miss Stone
Prince Henry
White House
Kaiser
Jules Jean Baptiste
Victor Hugo
Paris
Wash
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Panoramic Review
United ‘States
Palma
Alfonso
Spain
Ieb
Leonard
Wood
Philippine Islands
Congress
USA
Panama
Castro
the Hague
Hague Tribunal For Settlement
Carnegie
Carnegie Institution
Cecil Rhodes
Nova Scotia
Cornwall
Lord Minto
Canada
South
North
South Carolina
Martinique
Broglio
United Brethren
Methodist
California
Connecticut
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
New Hampshire
North Dakota
South Dakota
Utah
Washington
Wisconsin
Colorado
Florida
Missouri
Nevada
North Carolina
Alabama
William D. Jelks
George C. Pardee
James H. Peabody
Abiram Chamberlain
John T. Morrison
Willis J. Bailey
Massachusetts
John L. Bates
Aaron T. Bliss
L. F. C. Garevin
Duncan C. Heyward
Charles N. Herreid
Tennessee
James B. Frazier
Texas
Samuel W. T. Lanham
Robert M. Seetoilette
Wyoming
de Forest Richards
Stone
Prussia
Kaiseer
William
Union
Alice Roosevelt
Shooter's Island
Bena,eé
Hay
McKinley
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Chicago
Chattanooga
America
China
Tien-Tsin
Peking
Russia
France
Forbidden City
Francis W. Parker
Miss
Polk
Penn
J. J. Estey
Vermont
Methuen
Prince Hleary
John P. Altgeld
A. P. Martin
Fall River
Savera
Hoboken
Noah Davis
Taft
Otis
Dunn English
Atlantic City
W—Boer
Wade Hampton
T. DeWitt Talmage
Guatemala
Morgan Steamship Trust
Frank R. Stockton
Ater
Pittsburg
Dallas
Archbishop Williams
J. Sterling Morton
Glens Falls
N. Y
Sol Smith Russell
W. H. Moody
Navy
Amos J. Cummings
Potter Palmer
Archbishop Corrigan
Bret Harte
Admiral Sampson
New Milford
Paul Tord
Camarta
Bay of Bengal
Alfonso XIII
Houston
Bishop Taylor
Fraterville
Tenn
Natal Day
Republic of Cuba
Edwin Lawrence Godkin
Bradbury Piano Works
Brooklyn
Annie Clarke
Fernie
B. C
Rochambeau
Lord Pauncefote
Benjamin Constant
John H. Barrows
Ard Patrick
M. Combes
G. H. Hepworth
Patton
Princeton
West Point
Irtre Alexander City
Ala
King Albert of Baxony
Henry Hopkins
Williams
Elbe River
Cardinal Ledochowski
Rome
Archbishop Croke
Ireland
Korea
Jeffrices
Fitzsimmons
Rabbi Joseph
Paul Vandervoort
Algoa Bay
Africa
Ives
Edward Eggleston
Pittsfeld
Virchow
Berlin
Hayti
Governor's Island
U. S. Treasury
Alex. R
Boss
Shepherd
Stratton
Horace Gray
Nahant
Nicholas Fish
Henderson
Iowa
Bluefield
W. Va
Peary
Pole
Mont Pelee
Sicily
Arioux
Stockton
Cal
Zola
Admiral Jouett
Maryland
Sybil
Quirang
Grout
Black Diamond
Lipton
Coal Commission
Admiral Selfridge
Waverley
India
Albany
Denmark
Heheseaanite Russel
W. Wilson
Pres
Frank Norris
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
St. Pierre
Madison Square
Nathan Webb
N—h. M. Field
Molineux
W—Boller
Swift's Packing House
Bear
Mississippi
King Leopold
P. O. Vickery
Armour Packing Plant
Sioux City
Building Cup Defender
Bristol
Perce
Colombia
Danube
Wisconsin Central Ore Docks
Ashland
Wis
Joss
Herr Krupp
Havana
Thos
P. Ochiltree
Sylvanus J. Macy
Lake Erle
Pannockburn
Lake Sueperior
Joseph Parker
Holmes
United States Supreme Court Bench
Buen
American Sheet Steel
Canal Dover
Grant
Humbert
Madrid
Atantic
Dr. Temple
Canterbury
Byron
Hartwell Catherwood
Zgi
Copenhagen
tiisRalverd
Wanstead
Ont
Advential
Mich
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