Ulgin Prohibits Balloons and Carrier Pigeons in Military Use
The sultan of Turkey ordered a ban on balloons and carrier pigeons for army purposes amid fear for his life. In Randolph County West Virginia the Scott family weighs in a remarkable census of eight sons whose combined weight tops a ton. Germany reports a new furnace burning low grade fuels by recirculating evaporated liquid air to release nitrogen and boost combustion with high oxygen content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
John
Rachel Scott
Randolph
County
West
Virginia
Germany
Philanthropist Greek dies funds marriage lottery for poor girls
A Greek philanthropist who died at Corin left a legacy for a yearly marriage lottery. Poor, well behaved girls will receive tickets for a chance at a marriage portion. The Corfu Archbishop heads the administering committee and winners are announced publicly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corin
E Committee
Corfu
Webster county child Maud Scott at Deaf and Dumb institution
Maud Scott, six, from Catalotta in Webster county, arrived at the Deaf and Dumb institution about ten days ago. She has been deaf and dumb since birth and blind since infancy. Under one teacher’s care she shows notable improvement and increasing capacity to receive knowledge, with reduced dependence since admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Helen ‘Kellar
Webster County
Maud Scott
Catalotta
Downing Intelil Bence
City Club Pamphlets Outline City Charter Duties
Two small pamphlets from the City Club of New York summarize the city charter. One provides a brief index to the charter and the other a chronological summary of events required by the charter during the year. They aim to educate citizens about official duties and civic rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
City Club of
New York
Nitrogen compression method used on consumptives by Chicago doctors
Chicago physicians examined several patients treated for consumption by the nitrogen compression method first promoted by Dr. J.B. Murphy at a Denver congress. The technique injects nitrogen gas into the pleural cavity to rest the lung, aiding cure. Dr. Augustus Lemke presented cases noting symptom improvement, weight gain, and no evident disease, though he did not claim a cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J.B. Murphy
Congress of Physicians
Denver
Augustus Lemke
Auroras Observed On Delgica Antarctic Voyage
During the Delgica’s Antarctic trip more than sixty aurora observations were recorded. The display resembled Arctic lights but the maximum frequency did not occur during the long polar night months, being most intense around the equinoxes when daylight overlapped at both poles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antarctic
Arctic
Equator
South Pole
Rochester Orphan Asylum Fire Claims Many Children
A blaze swept the Rochester orphan asylum in Hubbell Dark early today destroying the hospital section and spreading rapidly. Nineteen children were killed and many more feared dead as flames and smoke filled every window. Ambulances transported victims to local hospitals while investigators probe the fire’s origin. property losses are estimated over $20,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
St. Mary's Homeopathic
Ukhemann Hospitals
Hospital
Washington Report on Transatlantic Events and Policy Shifts
The dispatches note Admiral Schicy at the Totired Nest and Stanford Newell's resignation in The Hague, with Washington focus on Danish West Indies status and U S actions. U S postal exhibit wins top Paris awards while the national debt declines. Delegated treaties and currency reforms in the Philippines are debated as Long and War Secretary push alternative bills and urgent monetary measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Schicy
Stanford Newell
St.Paul
Hague
White House
Mra
McKinley
Danish West Indies
United States
Conant Wildman
Hongkong
Hig
Africa
Senate
Long
Admiral Dewey
Congress
Department
Philippines
Lord Kirchner to lead in South Africa and India
In South Africa operations near completion Lord Kirchner is expected to become commander in Snehler in India. The report notes a grant prix and gold medal awarded for excellence among exhibitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Kirchner
Snehler
India
United States
Henry Charles Somers August Somerset
Henry Somerset
Badminton
Duke of Beaufort
Germany
Marquis of Rudint
Cétint
Tornideli
Anna Held
Mme
Adelina Patti
Crag-y-Nos
Alisa Held
South Wales
Prince Renry
Prussia
Berlin
Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
William
London Daily News
Des Moines Burglary and a Saga of Crimes Across Cities
A series of crime items shows burglars stealing $1000 from Herman Kirach’s Des Moines jewelry store. Other reports include a New Orleans highwayman killing Dr. James Gibbons, a Boston man jailed for bigamy after Brooklyn nuptials, Kentucky feuds leaving six dead and twelve injured, a lynching near Quitman Georgia, and multiple forgery, homicide, and theft cases in Newark Denver Atlanta and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinn and
Minners
Herman Kirach
Des Moines
James Gibbons
Carfihal Gibbons
New Orleans
Brooklyn
Quitman
Charles C. Morscelmmer
Charles Bradley
Pine Binet
Ark
Charles Westurvelt
Dime Savings Institution of
Newark
N. J
Denver
S. W. Hubbick
Omaha
Edward G. Coffin
South Agricultural Company
Atlanta
New York
Milwaukee
Landauer
Sam Gunn
Jim Love
Dutch Jackson
Pallip Franklin
Tatum
Ind. T
Leve
Gunn
Jackson
Pranklin
Baltimore & Ohio
Big Four
Olsco
Ind
William Gilmore
Ottumwa
Iowa
Joseph Murray
Allay Wilson
Tlurleum Opera House
Richard Manafield
Virginia Harned
Fortlen Notes: World News Roundup in 1900
Assassination in Pekin leads to beheading of the target of Baron Von Kettler. Czar at St Petersburg recovered health. Boer invasion of Cape Colony persists amid Dutch uprisings feared. Queen Victoria sent New Year meat and coal gifts to 800 Windsor poor. Duke of York promoted to rear admiral. 1900 railroad mileage in QGarTmauny totals 1181 km with 481 private. Pope health reported by Dr Lappont. Germany exports to U.S. rise over 1894. Ashanti rebellion ends with rebel chiefs surrender. Hiram Maxim of Maine named on New Year honors list in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron von Kettler
Io Pekin
St Petersburg
Cape Colony
Lappont
Germany
United States
Col. Wilcocks
London
Hiram F. Maxim
Maine
Notable Deaths and Disasters Across Regions
Obituaries note editor Charles Cairson of London Stage and Henry M. Clafsen of Cleveland Paving, with deaths of Mrs. Bryan associate editor and nurse Anna Morris Holstein. The piece lists fires in Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania, plus train wrecks in Mississippi and Oregon, mine explosions, and a military transport Grant bringing 17 officers and 630 soldiers with four deaths aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Cairson
Lionel Corie Dalton
London Stage
Henry M. Clafsen
Cleveland Paving and Contracting Company
St. Vincent's Hospital
Cleveland
Bryan
The
Commoner
New Weekly
Anna Morris Holstein
Mas
William Hayman Wolstein
Red Hill
George W. Northrap
Divinity School
University of Chicago
Dr. Northrup
Chicago
Edward Hoppeck
LL. S. A
Frazer
Grant
San Francisco
Manilla Ando Hongkong
Secret Service Arrest of Fort Morgan Official Over $1000 Bribe
Mobile, Jun. secret service arrested Capt. C. W. King quartermaster at Fort Morgan after $1000 in marked bills were seized from him following a claim by contractor J. H. Hobson. Hobson testified of prior payments and pressure to secure favorable contract outcomes. King, bound over to await trial, has a wife and two children and Military service in Porto Rico noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
G. McAdams
C. W. King
Fort Morgan
King
Jnut
J. H. Hobson
McAdams
Hobson
United States
Risraby
Wobson
Capt
Secret Service
McAdama
Dubuque
Iowa
Porto Rico
Towa
Jury charges Mrs Richardson with possible murder knowledge
Savannah Missouri coroner's jury finds Richardson may have killed Frank L Richardson or knows who did. They out fifty five minutes, heard Mrs Richardson testify from her bed, and she denied improper relations with men named in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Lucy
Frank
L. Richardson
Richardson
French Cold Snap Brings Suffering and Deaths in Marin
Paris reports a severe cold wave with widespread frost and snow across France. Nine exposure deaths occurred last night amid efforts to provide public fires and extra lodging. many others perished in provinces and the south remains snowy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marin
Paris
France
The Booz Inquiry Begins Congressional Probe
Philadelphia January reports the Booz congressional committee appointed by Speaker Henderson began probing Oscar Booz death at West Point and hazing at the academy. Five members from Ohio New York Pennsylvania and Iowa chair the sessions in Bristol and Philadelphia hearing four Booz family members four attending physicians and other witnesses. Much evidence mirrors the military board findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ita
Philadelphia
Boos
Congressional Committee
Henderson
Oscar Booz
Weat Point
Academy
Charles Dick
Ohio
B. H. Driggs
New York
Irving
Derelict Consul Faces Money Accounting Inquiry
Washington reports treasury auditors have pressed United States Consul Tradcliffe H. Ford of Yarmouth NC for explanations of certain disbursements tied to relief for distressed American sailors. Despite investigations by the forest consul general, no satisfactory accounting has been produced. Ford, a Maine native, may face action if items are not reconciled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Treasury
Tme
United States
Tradcliffe H. Ford
Yarmouth
N. C
Forrest
State Department Anene
Consul Ford
Maine
Girl Is Reported Kidnapped In New York
William L. Radford, real estate dealer, told the bureau of information he believed his sixteen year old daughter Mary was kidnapped. She was to meet him at noon at the Sixth Avenue elevated rail line but did not appear. He waited three hours, then returned home to learn she had left earlier and nothing more is known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Ohio
Hackney
Morgan County
Misa Nellis Morrie
Misa Morria
Walter A. Weinstock
Benjamin Morris
Weinstock
McConnellaville
Reformatory
New York
William L. Radford
Bureau of Information
Mary
Sixth Avenue
Son of the Pretender Hospitalized in Nagasaki
Madrid January 6 report from the Spanish minister in Tokio states Don Jaime de Bourbon, son of the pretender Don Carlos, is in a Nagasaki hospital with typhoid fever. He is a lieutenant in the Russian hunsars and recently served as a guide to Ching, where he earned distinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Jaime
Nagasaki
Madrid
Tokio
Don Jaime de Bourbon
Don Carlos
Hunsars
Tgent To Ching
Bodies Sold to Colleges In Latest Charge
New charge accuses Bellevue hospital administration of delivering bodies to colleges for dissection without relatives consent. About 60 bodies allegedly disposed of in three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jac
Bellevue Hospital
Plague Reports Confirmed at Vladivostok and Smyrna Quarantine
London dispatch reports plague at Vladivostok confirmed with nineteen caves and fifteen fatalities. A renewed plague at Smyrna triggers quarantines by Turkey and Greece on arrivals from that port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smyrna
London
Vladivostok
Turkey
Greece
Shares With Employees At Anoka For Pro Rata Profits
Reed and Sherwoof Lumbermen of Atoka called all their employees together and presented each one with his pro rata share of profits for the part year. The total amount distributed was large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anoka
Sing
Jan
Reed & Sherwoof
Atoka
Saloonkeeper slain in Snyder holdup by robbers
Herman Zor tin, a Snyder saloonkeeper, was shot through the heart and killed during an attempted robbery at his establishment. The robbers fled, but are being hunted by local authorities as a manhunt intensifies. The incident shocked Snyder residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nobbers
Snyder
Neb
Jon
Herman Zortin
Marayed
Death of Philip D Armour Ends Era in Chicago Wealth
Chicago, Jan. 3. Philip D Armour died at 6 45 PM after 16 years of illness. The Armour fortune and empire traced from Stackbridge New York to Milwaukee and Chicago is valued in the hundreds of millions with his personal stake estimated at 25 to 50 million. His death follows the shock of losing his son and namesake nearly a year ago and he leaves a lasting charitable legacy including the Armour Institute funded by him and his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axymour Pansey
Nealy
Chiccago
Home Insurance
Frank Billings
J. Ogden Armour
Mr. Armour
Armour & Co
Pasadena
Philip D. Armour
Stack+bridge
Oneida County
N. Y
California
New York
Young
Armour
Pacific Coast
Imade
Ufa
Armour Institute
Joseph
Rebels capture Maya rebels in Yucatan action
A Oaxaca dispatch reports about 100 Maya rebels captured by government troops in Yucatan. Prisoners, including Antonio Muyl, are held under inter military guard in Merida and will be sent to Mexico City. Muyl is described as highly intelligent with military knowledge and seen as a leader of the rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexien
Bane
Indiana
Austin
Tex
Oaxaca
Mex
Indiang
Yucatan
Inter Military Guard
Merida
Antonio Muyl
Mexico
Russia and China sign temporary occupation pact at Fengtien
A St Petersburg dispatch reports a Russo Chinese agreement allowing Russia temporary occupation of Fengtien to monitor China and powers in the Far East. The Vienna convention was signed, aiming to observe political positions and respond to shifts in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fengilen
Vienna
Grand Duke Karl Alexander of Saxe Weimar Dies
Grand Duke Karl Alexander of Saxe Weimar, born 1818 as son of Karl Friedrich and Maria Pauline of Russia, died in Berlin after influenzia illness. He ascended the throne in 1803 and married Sophie in 1842, daughter of King William I of the Netherlands. she died in 1407.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Saxe-Weimer
Infinensia
Berlin
Karl Alexander
Saxe-Weimar
Hov
Karl Friedrich
Maria Paul=ewan
Paul I
Russia
July
Sophie
Wilelm 1
Netherlands
Also Mentioned on This Page
Che Elgin Geko
Ulgin
Atheny
Aristophanes
Bouris
Xenophon
Plato
Chauar
Wetehn Childron
Thi
Aire
Periahea
Carunthila
Burlington
Fond de Lac
Wis
Coul Plers
Cheboygan
Mich
Joss
Williamson
W. Va
Wiliam Smith
Appollonia
Grand Rauids
Wilkesbarra
Pittsburg
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
Haystation
Migs
Mr. L. Lavery
Yen
Olympia
Wash
United Railroad and Trading Company of London
Kenilworth
New Orleana
James A. Walker
W. Rea
Helen Gould
Interstate Burning and Loan Association
Atlante
Hetrays
Shniovs
Michardson
Dids IN Demengh
Mnion
Son OF
the Pretendere
Vladivortock
Phil Armour
Millionaire Packor
Siakcos
Grand Duke
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!