Royal Wedding of Queen Wilhelmina in The Hague
The Hague staged a festive royal wedding as Queen Wilhelmina and Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin wed in Groote Kerk. Crowds filled streets, a golden state carriage carried the couple, chaplain Van Der Vier spoke on marriage duties, and a gala breakfast followed at the palace amid very cold weather.
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Hague
Wilhelmina
Henry of
van der Vier
Celating
David
Gord
Groote Kirke
Negotiations End Between Cramp Shipyard and Vicker Maxim
A Philadelphia based Times report says talks toward a practical amalgamation of Cramp Shipbuilding Co and the Vicker Bros Maxim firm of England have been broken off. Details due to be settled at Cramp’s expected meeting today will not be discussed now that the deal is off.
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New York
the Times
Philadelphia
Vicker Bros.-Maxim
England
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Cramp Company
Vickey Bros.Maxim
Smallpox Outbreak Reported in 13th Hussars at Norwich
Smallpox has broken out among the 13th Hussars at Norwich. Local military authorities report a limited spread with affected soldiers isolated and under treatment. The incident underscores wartime camp health concerns and rapid quarantine measures.
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London
Hussars
Norwich
Ultimatum to Kansas Joints and the Riot Threat
Prohibitionists in Winfield Kansas urge Mayor Hess and council to close open saloons and vice shops amid violations of prohibition laws. A three‑man ministry committee delivered a written request to end saloon activity, warning of action if not heeded, as tensions rise in Arkansas City.
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Cheage
Arkansas City
Kansas
Winfield
Arkansas Ia
Kas
Hess
Not in Chicago Says Northwestern Christian Advocate
The Northwestern Christian Advocate criticizes Carrie Nation while noting her Wichita Kansas roots. It concedes liquor selling is illegal by higher law but legal by lower law and warns Nation could be arrested in Chicago if provocation occurs. The piece questions her wisdom and awaits outcomes in Chicago streets.
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Chicago
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Methodist Episcopal Church
New York
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Nation
Nation case ends with singing in court in Topeka
In Topeka Kansas this February the Carrie Nation case over the Senate joint smashing was called in police court. About 100 Nation supporters attended. At the assistant city attorney request the charge was dismissed and Nation with the women in the courtroom sang Nearer My God to Thee. Police Judge Magraw attempted to halt the singing but Chief Stahl declined to intervene.
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Topeka
Kans
Carrie Nation
Senate
A Sure Cure for All Bald Heads
Five hundred Christian Scientists urged the public health committee to oppose the Bell bill. Dr Van Fleat questioned biblical miracles as parables while Mrs Laura Lathrop claimed miracles occur daily and recounted a bald man restored by faith and prayer.
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New York
Committee On Public Health
van Fleat
Christ
Laura Lathrop
Captain Dunham Dead After Sudden Passing in Chicago Harbor
Captain Dunham of Chicago, long a recognized authority on lake marine affairs, died suddenly today. He spent nearly his life in the towing and wrecking business, nearly up to two years ago.
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Chicago
Capian Uv
Duneham
Dunham
Yellow Fever Mosquitoes Question at Pan American Congress
Dr Reed presented evidence that yellow fever spreads via the mosquito as intermediary. He stated the mosquito becomes infected by biting a patient early in illness and cannot spread the disease after two days. Conclusions support quarantine and congress moves to study yellow fever with delegates from American governments.
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Havana
Pan-American Congress
Reed
Quemedos
Wilde
Sixteen Days on a Burning Ship Reported by Pyrenees Crew
Caplin Robert Bryce and 29 crew of the four masted steel ship Pyrenees endured sixteen days aboard a burning vessel in mid-ocean after fire broke out in November near the equator. The ship’s crew were saved after reaches Pitcairn and Manga Reva. landings followed in Tahiti aboard a trading schooner and the Australia brought them to port.
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San Francisco
Caplin Robert Bryce
Pyrenees
Tahiti
Australia
Coma
Leith
Pitcairn Island
McCoy
Pitcairn
Manga Reva
Canadian Railroads Eye Boundary Creek Route Through Grand Forks
Canadian rail interests file four Dominion government charter applications to pass through or end at Grand Forks, with three more for routes via Grand Forks. Proposals include eastward lines from the coast up the Fraser, through Hope pass, and along the international boundary. Two projects aim at North Fork of the Kettle River and two target Grand Forks.
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Tacoma
Wash
Boundary Creek
Bintish Columbia
Dominion
Grand Forks
Fraser River
Hope Pass
Canadian Pacific
Republic
North Fork
Kettle River
Rumors of Combine Tie Up Railroads
In New York a persistent unconfirmed rumor says the Pennsylvania Railroad will secure transcontinental connections through an alliance with Union Pacific, which has taken control of Southern Pacific. The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe may join, though the specifics are not stated.
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New York
the Times
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Road
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Disaster in many places shocks St Petersburg scene
Telegrams report a devastating fire in St Petersburg with 800 killed in Baku conflagration and rail and city structures damaged. Police stations tenements and storage tanks were destroyed. huge volumes of naptha and other reservoirs burned. Thimotse Lake reportedly burning. an explosion wounded spectators.
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St. Petersburg
Ressiya
Baku
Journal of Commerce and Inedusty
Bumping Over the Ties Near Lehigh Bridge
At dawn near iaston Pennsylvania a Lehigh lime train wreck occurred six miles east of town as the locomotive broke a strap on a bridge. The engine and ten cars tumbled off rails but none of the crew or passengers were injured. The locomotive and several cars crossed the bridge before halting 200 yards beyond, with damage to equipment but no fatalities.
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Iaston
Lehigh Lime Fet
Here
Train collision at Allegheny crossing injures rider in New York
In Vinsburg Pennsylvania on February 7, the Pennsylvania Limited rear collided with the Cleveland Express at Allegheny Avenue crossing. The Limited engine and rear sleeper were wrecked. passengers jolted but unharmed except one Cleveland rider, Harry Lublang of New York, seriously injured. Cause cited as failure to flag. Also a Newham powder mill explosion destroyed part of the plant, two workers killed.
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Vinsburg
Pennsylvania
Allegheny Avenue
Hrary Lublang
New York
Corbin May Be Lieutenant General In Army Rise
Washington notes say Adjutant General Corbin is among officers who may command with lieutenant general rank. Following General Brooke’s retirement Corbin would be the senior major general, with Miles’ retirement expected in August. If Otis retires in March 1902 Corbin would be ranked by Brooke, who retires in July 1902, shaping a possible ascent.
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Washington
Corbin
Brooke
Miles
War Department
Genral Otls
Corvin
Gower Corbin
Young
Eneryy Haffee
Warrant Issued for Henry Green in Michigan Murder Case
Green sought for arrest after confession to murder of Owen Defg in Michigan. Telegram from district attorney Georgy Cumin of Jullican to Chief Sullivan indicates Green entered a Bac wnento police station on Christmas night and confessed. He was held in custody after the admission.
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Camento
Calif
Sullivan
Georgy Cumin
Jullican
Mich
Henry Green
Bac
Wnento
Owen Fefg
Michigan
Green
Local Wrestling Match Ends Abruptly in Madison Garden
In York on February 7, Ernest Rueben the Am omulvilion Wrestler and Paul Pons the Fre chi Gen battled for a prize in a roped ring at Madison Garden last night. An inspector stepped in around mid round as the bout continued under tense conditions.
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York
Ernest Rueben
Paul Pons
Madison Garde
Supreme Court cases mix with wreck fatalities report
The Montana Ore Purchasing Company bond matter advances with officials listing sureties totaling 842500 led by John Noyon and Simon Haysworth as the state court handles the Fy 4 Heinze default. A Deer Lodge County appeal by William YeLverton trainer Caleb Sawyer was dismissed on an oval motion, while other cases including Lloyd vs Young and Conklin vs Callen move through briefs and rule checks. Terrible railroad wreck near Greenville, Pennsylvania kills and injures passengers on a fast train. several soldiers among the dead and the injured rushed to hospital as a derailed engine plummets down a steep embankment after a curved track.
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Helena
Montana
Pennsylvania
Rickerts
Supreme Court
Heinze
John MaccGinnis
Stanley Gifford
John Noyon
T. R. Winds
Simon Haysworth
James J. Mamillen
Robinson
HC. Bellinge Henry Mueller
TF. Hicke
Nicholtw J. Bielenberg
Geo. C. Fincher
Wiliam BE
Yelverton
Caleb M. Sawyer Ela
Deer Lodge County
Spreme
L. Conklin
W. EB. Callen
Eas
Wittham L. Hodge Et A
William Young
Jno
Liegd
Lloyd
Fire Clay A& Reichel
Santa Fe Dividends and New Bond Authorization
The Herald reports the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe directors authorized a further $5,000,000 four percent general mortgage bonds after a dividend on common stock, with routine business discussed at the meeting. A responsible source said the purpose for the bonds was unclear and no direct statement was available.
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York
Seb
the Herald
Atchison Topeka & Sant Ad
Conpany
Kinley Mack Leads New York Horses for Big Turf Events
Kinley Mack winner of last year's handicaps arrives at Sheepshead Bay with trainer Peter Wimmer to defend turf honors. Also shipping Imp High Gyder Sharp Shower Max Bene Flying Torpedo Juli Hin and several yearlings. A separate report notes followers of Dowie rioting in West Side drugstores with no arrests.
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New York
Sheepshead
Kinley Mack
Peter Wimmer
Imp
Wimmer
Brooklyn
Brighton
Lexington
High Gyder
Ayi
Sharp Shower
Max Bene
Flying Torpedo
Juli Hinover
Sleverdrive
Golden Charters
Royal Blue
Goldfiich
Halim
Chicago
Terrying
Dowie
Faith Care Lealer
Mra Carre Nation
West Side
A Dangerous Lover Ends In Fatal Shooting in Oakland
In Oakland California a man in a frenzy shot his fiancé after learning of a broken engagement. Bert Heaerson an employee in San Francisco’s telephone company reportedly fired at her, then attempted to flee, shutting himself in a hotel room before dying at the scene.
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Oakland Cal
Bert Heaerson
San Franscisco
Lasae
Turin
Nine Tenth Infantry Soldiers Die in Erie Wreck
Adjutant General Corbin received word that nine soldiers of the Tenth Infantry were in an Erie wreck at Greenville Bay this morning. Three were killed including the sergeant, one badly injured, and five were unharmed. Company surgeon Dr. ALT Clark provided few details. The department will care for survivors and return the dead to families as these new recruits headed to San Francisco for duty in the Philippines.
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Washington, Fen
Corbin
Tenth Infantry
Erie
Greenville
Bay
Alt. Clark
San Francisco
Phillie Pines
Quiet Iron Trade Amid Weak Market Pace
Iron Age notes a quiet market with limited transactions aside from a 69,000 ton southern foundry iron sale to a pipe interests firm in Chicago. Wessemer pig iron plant in western Pennsylvania bought 10,000 tons while eastern Pennsylvania saw basic pig iron sales. Overall activity remains subdued with spot steel commanding a small premium and producers delayed in deliveries.
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New York
The
Iron Age
Southern Foundry
Chicago
Hite
Wessemer
Penneylvania
Penneyania
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Cuba
Joe
Combine
Lehigh Express
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Otteman
Newham
Otis
Shaffee and
Krle
Rushvile
Adams Pros Diuer Company
Rushville
Buds
Harry A.hai
Port Crook
Ned
Peter F. Curry
Clare Lee
Somerville
Carmi Goligiure
Carheptale
Cami Grecen
Carini
Ivan Lester Sith
Canesten
Noo ¥Alow
Kennedy
Springfieht
Miami
Infeutes
Wim
D. Moore
Broatlyn
Woop
McGindley
Portland
Leek, Somerville, Nyck
Seri
Mealy Ite
Dhe
Shenandoah
Tipenwinser
Hiremian
Macy
Chas
Santa FE
Kentucky
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