Crown Prince Rudolph Dies by His Own Hand
Vienna reports Crown Prince Rudolph shot himself with a revolver in his head ending his life instantly. Autopsy notes a large head wound, with one chamber discharged, found near his hand. Officials cite possible temporary derangement amid recent nervousness and headaches from a prior head injury.
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Rudolph
Vienna
Crown Prince
Wiener Zeitung
Wiederhofer
Nho One
Herr von Tisza
Francis Joseph
Loespox
the Pail Mail Gazette
Archduke Rudolph
Ienna
de Paincess Aternain
Charles Louis
Sr. Peterspure
Austria
Notorious County Clerk Sullivan Vanishes Amid Fraud Probe
Indianapolis reports county clerk John E Sullivan disappeared Thursday night amid a $75,000 liability and $37,500 assets assignment to his bondsman W K Sproule. Fraudulent warehouse receipts tied to his poultry and produce business drained funds. bookkeeper Neil is missing too as creditors seek recovery and a possible Canada escape.
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Sullivan
Indianapolis
InpraxaPolia
Ind
John E Sulllivan
Canada
Apuly
W. K. Sproule
Om J. Neil
Moore in Canada and Navy in Poor Condition
Montreal reports Joseph A defaulting agent of the Ming with a woman connected to his alleged victims arriving to confront him. They held private talks and suggest possible arrest. In a separate update, a committee notes Navy ships lack modern suitability and weaponry amid recent severes, describing the fleet as wholly deficient.
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Egiend
Phenpox
Ice castle tower rises to 120 feet in Montreal
Dispatch notes 120 foot main tower of Montreal ice castle finished. A team found seven miles northeast of Fergus Falls Minnesota with the driver frozen stiff in his seat. Also reports drownings, fires, and legal notices from різных locales.
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Montreal
Fergus Falls
Mino
James Brady
Bloomington
J. W. Gale & Co
Toronto
Highland
Agnes Joehle
Rock Terrace
Sound
Gilbert Group of Islands
Judiciary Committee
Pennsylvania House
Portland
Mich
George Rosell
Oliver Hall
Rosell
St. Louis
Congress
Albert F. Eberman
Lancaster
Moravian Theological Seminary
Bethlehem
Moravian Church
Williams College
Brunswick
New York
Charles A. Stoddard
Fire destroys Union Academy. Chief Thompson killed
A blaze at Union Academy in Aupany New York, housing about 1000 pupils, caused panic as students and a teacher were removed. Fire, fanned by wind, destroyed the building and threatened the jail nearby. Chief George Thompson of Johnstown Fire Department was killed. Teddy Smith injured by collapsing walls. total loss estimated at 45000 in fire insurance.
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Thompson
Johnstown
N. Y
Colon Academy
Schoals
Aupany
Evening Union
Union Academy
George Thompson
Teddy Smith
Nebraska poised to join prohibition states by vote
Liacoux Neb Feb 2 The Nebraska House passed the Senate bill to submit a prohibitory constitutional amendment to voters with a companion provision for licensing questions at the same election The Senate is expected to concur and, if approved, Nebraska is seen as likely to become a prohibition state.
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Hirong
Nebraska
Liacoux
Neb
House of Representatives
Senate
Oklahoma House Passes Agriculture Cabinet Bill
The Oklahoma House approved the conference report on making the head of the Department of Agriculture a Cabinet officer. The body then took up the Oklahoma bill and passed it by a vote of 148 to 102 creating the Territory of Okin oma.
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Washiarton
House
Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Okinoma
Kansas Woman Receives Death Penalty for Murder
Mrs Lucy Fergusson aged 75 in Ouatus Kansas was convicted of murder in the first degree. A motion for a new trial was overruled and the death penalty pronounced. The case sparked widespread sensation.
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Kansas
Ouatus
Kan
Lucy Ferrguson
Samoa crisis and German policy outlined in Washington
A U S report from February 1 1899 details Count Arco Vallys German envoy notes on Samoa conflict stating Germans withdraw foreign martial law and consider temporarily handing administration to Mataafa while preserving Samoa neutrality. Delegates in San Francisco Washington and Paris discuss allied responses and potential changes in premier roles.
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Germany
Wasaixatox
Arco-Valley
United States
Bayard
Mataafa
Samoa
Bismarckia
Knappe
San Francisco
Samoa Times
Auckland
Apia
Cusack
the Times
Olga
Itill
Union Iron Works
Whitney
Charleston
Washington
Blacklock
Msteafa
Department of State
Saii
State Department
Sherman
Samos
Sud Islands
Knights to Withdraw and Form Independent Machinery Constructors
Reports from Prrtssuran and Washington detail the Knights of Labor National District Assembly 198 withdrawing to establish the Independent Order of Machinery Constructors. The split follows charter resistance to admitting machine constructors branches. membership had fallen from about 20,000 to 10,000. In South Dakota matters, Senate amendments on statehood were non-concurred with, prompting a conference. In Brazil Indiana a farmer's wife, Mrs Ephraim Welty, was killed in a barn yard incident likely caused by a kicking horse.
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Prrtssuran
National District Assembly
Knights of Labor
Knights
Wasninoroy
Senate
House
South Dakota
Committee On Territories
Platt, Cullom
Butler
Farner
Brazil
Ind
Ephraim ‘Welty
Chicago Drainage Bill Seeks Large Channel Across Counties
Synopsis of proposed legislation from the Chicago Drainage Commission urges creation of sanitary districts when cities drain into a common channel. It outlines channel dimensions to divert flow to Lake Michigan via Des Plaines and Illinois rivers, with U S government assumes certain improvements or districts to enlarge capacity, and damages rules for private property and court venues.
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Chicago
Strixcrisup. Iil
Chicage Drainage Commission
Lake Michigan
Desplaines
Clinois
Aliuyvisl
Clay Tratn
United States
Des Plaines
Illinois
Arkansas Governor vows swift capture of Clayton slayer
Governor Hagie tells Arkansas Legislature there must be a unified effort to arrest and punish the author of the John M. Clayton assassination. He honors the dead man’s character and warns that failure to punish would shame the state and jeopardize justice.
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Eagle
Arkansas
John MM. Clayton
Little Rock
Ark
Clayton
Niclent
Hagie
Congress
Torrexa
Kan
John M. Clayton
Kansas
Report on Working Women in City Factories and Wages
The 19th century Labor Department report analyzes 17 427 working women in 22 leading cities. It covers ages 14 to 25 mostly, marital status, employment, and earnings from 100 to 4500 yearly with an average weekly wage around four dollars and sixty cents.
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Commissioner of Labor
Wasuixeton
Attaxia
Allison declines Treasury post as Cabinet reshuffle looms
Reports from Indianapolis and New York indicate Senator Allison will decline the Treasury portfolio. Telegrams from Washington and New York suggest a cabinet remodelling with Morton possibly offering the post to ex Senator Platt. McKinley named as alternative. Streetcar strike trials in New York and Brooklyn draw police clashes and several wounded as workers resist and block lines.
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Allison
Waseiscox
Bemsier Alison
Harrison
Treasury Department
England
Indianapolis
Senate
Edmunda
Hoar
Shemman
Wilson
Iowa
Clarkson
Kasson
Bigine
Praanapolis
Ind
Washington
New York
Treasury
Morton
Ton Platt
William McKinley
Ohio
Platt
Tts
Mr. Wanamaker
Piny
Third
Fourth Avenue
Twenty-third
Forty-second Street
Broadway
Beit Line
Brooklyn
New Youk
Tenth Avenue
Belt Road
Seventh Avenue
Patrick Lynch
Forty-ninth Street
Eighth Avenue
James Nesdale
Lynch
Thompson
Phel
Brooking
Fifth Avenue
Tenth Street
Prlice
Editor G G Mandt Wounded at Home by Unknown Foe
Mount Horeb Wisconsin February 2 Article says G G Mandt editor of the Mount Horeb Sun was shot in his kitchen after being awakened by a rap at his door The ball entered his right lung and eye in his back The shooter is unknown Sheriff Vernon left for the scene Mandt was active in the prohibition movement and published a prohibition paper
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Mr. Mandt
Mount Horeb
Wis
Guo
Mount Hores
Vic
G. G. Mandt
Mount Horeb Sun
Mandt
Vernon
Extradition Treaty Scrutiny Narrowed in Senate Debate
In Washington on February 2 the Senate debated the extradition treaty with Great Britain in executive session. Amendments struck out dynamiters and Fenians. The scope for American criminals expanded to include burglars, rapists, and embezzlers under $200. Final vote pending. likely rejection remains, with England reception uncertain. Additionally, Haitian troops occupy several insurgent towns, while a Spanish steamer is sold to Haiti for 180000 in gold.
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Senate
England
Washington
Great Britain
Legitime Gaming Ground
New York
Legation
Legitime
Valnevé
Hinche
Marmalade
Grande Saline
Havana
Ramon Fe, Herrera
Indians uneasy over proposed settlement in Cherokee Territory
Reports from the Indian Territory say Cherokees fear open settlement after meetings near the border. The Fort Smith convention prompts worry that civil jurisdiction and railroads could erode tribal lands, while some Indians trust U S courts to protect treaties and land rights.
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St .Louis
Indian Territory
Fort Smith
Indian ‘Territory
United States
Democratic Senate objects to door-keepers' appointments
In Indinapolis Indiana the Indiana Senate rejected a Johnson resolution questioning the door-keeper's appointment of twenty six ex Union soldiers as assistants after a bitter debate. The House saw sixty three new bills including election reform and divorce fraud prevention. Legislative activity adjourned to February 12.
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State Senate
IndraNna Polis
Ind
Senate
Johnson
Hughes
Committee On Education
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Gates
Rabin
Minnesota
Hoo
W. D. Washburn
Wasnixctos
Oklahoma Territory
Contempus, O
Floorin
Adolph
Bambotine
Amos
Bismarck
WR. Bayard
John and
Nicholas Kuyton
Terre Haute
Drsaix
the Freeman’s Journal
Lord Ffalinbury
Lord Hartington
Lord Salisbury
Floquet
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
MQ Boulanger
McKiney
Indiana
Michigan
Htois
Aes
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