Kentucky Legislature Admits No Entry at Capitol Gate
In Frankfort Kentucky on February 2 1900 soldiers barred entry as Speaker South Trimble led a rally of lawmakers to the state house doors demanding admission. The session was adjourned by Trimble after being denied access with 1328 members counted only in attendance. A short Senate caucus later nominated Senator Carter to be president pro tem.
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Frankfort
State House
Capitol Building
Legislative Chambers
Capitol Hotel
Speaker Trimble
South Trimble
Capitol
Capitol Steps
Horace Cochran
Trimble
Legislative
Leigh
House
Desha
Senate
Capt. Cochran
State of
Kentucky
London
Gov. Taylor
Court of Appeals
Bradley
Carter
Anderson County
Goebel
Kentucky House Assembly Without Quorum Stalls Business
At Frankfort on February 2 the Kentucky House met at 8 o'clock but no quorum was present and no business was transacted while Speaker Trimble posted a notice in the Capitol hotel office calling for further proceedings.
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Frankfort
Trimble
Capitol Hotel
Some of His Physicians Think He Will Recover
Frankfort Kentucky February 2 Gov Goe bel remains alive and resting with a half dozen doctors watching his condition. Reports vary with the last physician who leaves his room. One doctor believes recovery possible another predicts death within hours. He is kept alive mainly by injections with several sinking spells during which he was revived. His kidneys have nearly failed and mild pneumonia signs appeared though not yet alarming. Overall doctors hold no hope of recovery.
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Frankfort
Goebel
Governor Taylor Appeals to President Over Kentucky Crisis
Gov Taylor sends a memorial to President McKinley requesting federal intervention in Kentucky. The missive argues the Kentucky situation at length and hints at a plea for immediate federal troop presence. Kentucky democrats plan to press the president for a resolution while ex-Gov McCreary and Warden Lillard discuss the matter with Mr Blackburn who asserts no federal interference will occur.
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Washington
McCreary
Lillard
Blackburn
Kentucky
Kentucky Governor Defied by Bank Chief and Warden
In Frankfort on February 2, Governor Taylor faced two refusals to execute his orders. President Rodman of the Farmers’ bank declined payment on vouchers signed by Taylor until the true governor’s authority is confirmed. Warden Lillard blocked a gubernatorial pardon for Douglas Hayes, insisting on legal status before releasing the convict.
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Frankfort
Lillard
Gov. Taylor
Penitentiary Commissioners
Kentucky Legislature Moves to Enforce Governor’s Departure
Frankfort reports indicate the legislature aims to prevent Gov. Taylor from interfering with sessions. Judges of the fiscal court may issue writs to compel him to vacate the office, with attorneys prepared to file the case as a writ of mandamus.
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Frankfort
Gov. Taylor
Cantrill
Fiscal Court
Losses Growing at Spion Kop and Buller’s Renewed Assault
London dispatches report rising British casualties at Spion Kop with 1683 officers and men killed or wounded since crossing the Tugela. Gen Buller’s forces are believed to be again attacking Boer lines near Potgieter’s Drift as officers change hands in the British force. Prime mention of British manpower includes 180,000 regulars, 7,000 Canadians and Australians, and 26,000 South African volunteers promised in a Commons statement.
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London
Buller
Ladysmith
War Office
Turela
Spion Kop
Wynham
House of Commons
Great Britain
South Africa
Lieut Schenck Dead in Luzon Encounter
The bulletin lists casualties from the Philippines including First Lieut Wm T Schenck of Baltimore born December 21 1872 and service history from 1891. It notes 25th Infantry Killed January 29 near Subig Luzon and multiple wounded soldiers across several units. The second item reports Samoa treaty actions delaying Tutuila governance.
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Washington
Jen. Otis
War Department
25Th Infantry
Subig
Luzon
Wm. T. Schenck
Tevis Bronston
Hillard Boone
Wm. Shannon
38Th Infantry
Taal
Catangas
Edward H. Chapin
Elmer E. Leasor
Benjamin N. Chinn
Thomas Brown
Edward Weaver
Harry Buchanan
36Th
Balineaguing
Tra Allen
Lewis Wyles
Preston A. Lloyd
19Th Infantry
Cebu
Alfred Berry
Willard E. Bell
Charles William Sisler
Henry W. Sumner
Baltimore
1St Cavalry
10Th Infantry
Notable incidents spark a wide range of headlines across the nation
A string of incidents includes engineer Grant killed in a Paragould Arkansas freight collision, a fatal hotel fire in Lawrenceville Georgia, a farmer shot near Mansfield Texas, a child in Columbia South Carolina killed by a rifle, and several other injuries deaths and fires. Other items note Senate Sergeant-at-Arms sworn in, Abdul Hamid's rumored visit, and Gompers vacationing in Cuba.
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Daniel M. Ransdell
United States Senate
Lawrenceville
James Jarman
Mansfield
Tex
Columbia
S. C
Britain deploys largest force in history for war
The article notes about 80 000 men in theater with 18 000 afloat, compares to 80 000 at end of Crimea, 25 000 at Waterloo, and cites Wyndham’s defense of current efforts. It mentions 70 000 not yet in action plus 10 000 lost and 10 000 at Ladysmith, due to transport limits and calls for larger Cape Colony garrisons. Dispatch from Spearman's Camp dated January 30 reports Wynne in command, Miles as Buller staff chief, and Boer fortifications opposite Potgieter's drift with cavalry reconnaissance near Hangers Spruit.
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Great Britain
Wellington
Waterloo
Wyndham
Ladysmith
London
Cape Colony
Cape
The
Daily Telegraph
Spearman
Wynne
Woodgate
Miles
Buller
Potgieter
Hanger
Fire in St Lawrence Oтасools School Deaths
Two people died in a St Louis school fire at St Lawrence OToole on Fourteenth Street. Sister Stanislaus and 10 year old pupil Mary Foley suffocated in dense smoke before firefighters could reach them. Four hundred pupils escaped unharmed as the building burned with an estimated loss under six thousand dollars.
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Mary Hoard
Bristol
Tenn
Joe Maddox
Atlanta
Clarendon
St. Petersburg
Fla
Abdul Hamid
Turkey
William
Root
Congress
South Pass
Mississippi River
Hampton
Augusta
Marion Page
Homer Page
Thomas A. Edison
Chicago
Milan
St. Louis
St. Lawrence O'toole’s
Fourteenth Street
Stanislaus
Mary Foley
Nellie Mahoney
Scranton
Kansas City
Lttle Rock
Uneasiness Flares in Indiana Mine Strike Talks
Indiana operators and miners remain divided over run of mine basis amid ongoing unease and talk of strike. The United Mine Workers Journal warns a strike would be a moral crime and predicts non union workers in West Virginia and Pennsylvania would join, threatening swift disruption to progress.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
United Mine Workers’ Journal
W. C. Scott
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
United Mine
Boers Reopen Berghers Corp Line For Supplies
A runner brings word from Aliwal North that the Boers have reopened the line to Berghers Corp due to supply shortages at Stormberg. The camp is said to have moved behind Stormberg Heights, which remain in burgher hands.
Lord Dundonald Probes Honger's Spruit Road Clear
Spearman's Camp reports Lord Dundonald's reconnaissance toward Honger's Spruit found the road clear and the enemy unseen.
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Spearman
Lord Dundonald
Honger
Consular Appointment Confirmed in Pernambuco Brazil
Washington February 2 The senate confirms Edwin N Gunsau lus of Ohio as consul of the United States at Pernambuco Brazil Also the Isthmian Canal commission arrives at Managua Nicaragua all members reported in good health.
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United States
Washington
Senate
Edwin N. Gunsaulus
Ohio
Pernambuco
Brazil
Managua
Nicaragua
Isthmian Canal Commission
Troops Defeat Yaqui in Matcola Engagement and Cold Weather Toll
Reports note Mexican troops defeated by Yaqui Indians at Matcola amid frigid Chicago conditions with eight degrees below zero. Remains of Maj. Logan to be escorted to Youngstown burial. funeral train leaves San Francisco with escort from cavalry and the Odd Fellows.
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Matcola
Chicago
Maj. Logan
Youngstown
Lawton
John A. Logan
John L. Armstrong
San Francisco
The
Odd Fellows
Gen. Lawton
Market Report from Cincinnati Flour and Grain Prices
Market data from Cincinnati dated February 1 shows flour types with ranges from 1.75 to 3.95 dollars per barrel or sack, grain futures for wheat corn and oats with track prices around 34 to 34.5 cents, and live stock values for hogs cattle sheep lambs and veal calves with various grade brackets and price bands.
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Cincinnati
IOC
Differences Between Two American Millionaire Cities
The piece contrasts New York and Chicago elites, noting New York’s aristocratic culture built by wealthy fathers and lavish society, versus Chicago’s self-made business milieu. It follows Honore Palmer, Potter Palmer’s son, who works as a bank messenger for $25 a month, demonstrating disciplined labor despite elite lineage.
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New
Chicago
Honore Palmer
Potter’ Palmer
Harvard
Newport
Mr. Potter Palmer
New York
Chicago Wealth and Family Fortunes in a Changing Era
A Chicago article contrasts self made fortunes with New York wealth, noting how figures like Marshall Field and Philip Armour rose from modest beginnings. It highlights the Pullman estate dispute where sons received only $3,000 annually, daughters inherited most, and engagements were broken due to disinheritance. The piece comments on Chicago heirs’ steadier paths and warned outcomes for the Pullman offspring.
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Chicago
England
Marshall Field
Philip D. Armour
New England
George M. Pullman
New York State
New York
Charles Hutchinson
Philip D. Armour, Jr
Sons of Wealth
Lesson in Business From a Chicago Millionaire Father
A Chicago millionaire guides his son through college and beyond to balance social duties with independent work. The figure emphasizes practical business understanding as essential after graduation and warns against mere conformity to society.
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Chicago
Lincoln kin draws large legal fee in Pullman estate
The Pullman estate settlement revealed Robert T. Lincoln and partner Norman B. Ream earned about 450000 in legal fees plus other compensation for settling the estate within two years. The sum far exceeded the president's annual income and topped historic attorney fees, with only a Beecher case fee and a later Johnson defense fee of 200000 noted as comparables.
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Pullman
Robert T. Lincoln
United States
Lincoln
Republican Party
Norman’b. Ream
Pullman Car Company
Tee
William M.’ Everts
Beecher
Lange
Arts
Andrew Johnson
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Bundesrath
Berlin
Grant
Paragould
Ark
Carrollton, Ga
Looney Grimes
T’orter
Gen
Benjamin Harrison
New Decatur
Hay
Christiana
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Cuba
United States Navy
Adelbert S. Hay
Pretoria
Lourenzo Marques
Transvaal
Albert Goebel
Gen. Buller
Tugela
Dayton
Foundry Street
First Street
Canal
Market Report
York
Adirrondacks
Lenox
Europe
Thistle
Sone
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Pullman Boys
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