Rumors of Aguinaldo Visit and World Affairs
Brief items report Aguinaldo allegedly visiting his Cavite mother and note several international and domestic events. An Swedish officer claims an air torpedo nearly four miles. Major A J Newby dies in Chicago. Verdi falls ill in Milan. naval and military shifts cited including Sumner at Philadelphia yard and Casey reassigned to the Pacific.
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Aguinaldo
Cavite
Andrew Jackson Mackey
New York City
Signor Verdi
Milan
Denver
Cleveland
John G. Carlisle
Congress
New York
George W. Sumner
Silas Casey
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Casey
Pacific Station
Eagle Horseshoe
South Milwaukee
A. J. Newby
Fourth Iowa Cavalry
Minnie I. Ricketts
Chicago
North American Company
Newark
N. J
Indiana
Thomas A. Hanna
United States Commissioner of Pensions
H. Clay Evans
Gage
House
J. A. Johnston
Fargo
N D
Copenhagen
L.S. Swenson
United States
America
Johnston
Sweden
Norway
Finland
White House
Russell Harrison
Cortelyou
Carbon Steel Company
Pittsburg
Handsome Elk
Elk
Warren Leland
Grenoble
Washington
London Daily Mail
England
Senate
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Rabbi Wise
Max B. May
Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati
Plumb Street
Limestone
Tenn
Minnesota
R. R. Nelson
Charles A.towne
New King of Britain Public mood shifts to expectancy
London residents show lively interest as King Edward VII is proclaimed, with crowds at Marlborough House and his first public appearances noting his somber yet dignified ascent. The Duke of York gains ceremonial stature and income while the monarch faces new duties and restrictions. Proclamations to follow at St James Palace and four other sites.
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London
New York
Hagland
Marlborough House
West End
Duke of York
Hamburg
Monte Carlo
Mufti
Jockey Club
Newmarket
Marlborough
Turf Club
Proclamation Council
Edward VII
St. James Palace
Queen’s Private Income Reveals Huge Royal Wealth
The queen’s private wealth totals about £200,000 a year plus £385,000 from Parliament. Her income comes from the duchy of Lancaster £50,000 from estates £25,000 London realty £10,000 and securities consuls. She inherited £600,000 from the prince consort and £500,000 from John Camden Neild. Estates abroad and a Baden villa add to holdings. Overall value exceeds £1,000,000 with jewels and plate included.
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London
Duchy of Lancaster
John Camden Neild
Lord Cross
Lord Sidney
Arnold White
Baden
Hohenlohe
Wildman Heads to Washington on Official Mission
Consul General Wildman departed for Washington via Vancouver. The stay length is unknown but the trip carries official significance, though Wildman has sought a home visit for months.
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Wildman
Hiong Kong
Washington
Vancouver
Proclamation of Prince Albert Edward as King
The Privy Council prepares a formal proclamation declaring Albert Edward reigns as king after Queen Victoria's death. Parliament will meet without summons. the king to swear in the late sovereign’s privy council and declare against transubstantiation per the Bill of Rights.
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Ng Albert Edward
Britain
London
Privy Council
Queen Victoria
Great Britain
Ireland
Albert Howard
Prince Albert Edward
Edward
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Palace of St. Stephen's
Treland in Mournig reports shock from Osborne House news
Dublin residents reacted to alarming reports from Osborne house with deep concern. Newspapers published multiple editions as offices were besieged by inquirers amid heightened anxiety. Queen Victoria's April Ireland visit had previously shown her vitality, heightening the impact of the present news.
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Dublin
Osborne House
Queen Victoria
Ireland
Bold Robbery Targets Cheyenne Union Depot
A daring theft at Cheyenne Wyoming union depot during a transfer of transcontinental mail. A pouch with over 4,000 letters was taken, later found opened and scattered in the west railroad yards. Money orders and checks were untouched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Union
Three Lives Lost at Fire in Kewanes
Fire swept the Commercial house early this morning killing three men. The dead are C. C. Cotton 22 Terre Haute Indiana advance advertising man of Uncle Tm's Cabin company suffocated in bed Elmer Peterson brick mason of Galesburg Illinois and James Vischer Walnut Illinois auctioneer
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Kewanes
C. C. Cotton
Terre Haute
Ind
Advance
Jeffries Arrives in Cincinnati for Ruhlin Bout Training
James J. Jeffries reached Cincinnati from New York today for the February 15 title fight with Gus Ruhlin at Convention hall. He went to Price Hill with trainer Billy Delaney, brother Jack Jeffries, sparring partner Bob Armstrong, and secretary J P Egan for training.
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Cincinnati
James J. Jeffries
Gus Ruhlin
Convention Hall
New York
Price Hill
Billy Delaney
Jack Jeffries
Bob Armstrong
J. P. Egan
Cuba Faces Severe Cold Across Santiago
SANTIAGO Cuba Jan 22 This section of the island endures the severest cold in years. Natives suffer without protection as a sixty degree temperature proves unprecedented. Many children lack proper clothing and are badly off.
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Santiago
Cuba
Oscar Resumes the Reins After Illness
In Stockholm on January 22 the state council reports King Oscar of Sweden and Norway has resumed government duties following illness. Crown Prince Gustave retires from regency which he had held during the king's incapacity to administer affairs.
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Stockholm
State Council of State
Oscar
Sweden
Norway
Gustave
Wreaths Prepared for Queen's Coffin Arrival
Emperor William will stay in London until his grandmother's body is moved then travel to Windsor to entomb her at Frogmore. He ordered two superb wreaths from London to lay on the coffin one with his and the empress of Germany initials and the other with his mother Empress Frederich initials.
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London
New York
William
Windeer
Frogmore
Germany
Frederich
Robert C. Bell Dies in Fort Wayne After Illness
Prominent Indiana attorney Robert C. Bell died at his Fort Wayne home after a lengthy illness. Bell was a leading Democratic figure and served twice in the Indiana Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Bell
Fort Wayne
Ind
Indiana
Mr. Bell
Sympathy from America for Queen Victoria Grows
London dispatch notes rising global sympathy for the ailing Queen Victoria with American readers referring to her simply as the queen. The Globe quotes broad goodwill from other lands and emphasizes the deep affection expressed in America for the ill monarch.
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America
London
Thore
United States
Globe
Queen Victoria
Supreme court rules stock feeders not merchants in tax case
In a Buchanan county case the Iowa Supreme Court held stock feeders are not merchants for property tax purposes. Jewell bought and fed stock for sale but did not act as a merchant under town law, so his assessment must reflect average stock over prior year rather than current holdings.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Buchanan County
James BD. Jewell
Boards of Equalization
Jewell
New Point in Titus Amendment Sparks County Ruling Debate
Sioux City attorneys argue that even if the Washington county case yields a ruling it lacks general effect. They contend no judge with an interest can preside without all parties agreeing, and officials from other counties may not waive objections to potentially biased judges.
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Sioux City
Washington County
Drowning Tragedy Near Town River Skating
Town City Boy James Kanak, 11, drowned near Iowa City as he skated onto thin ice one mile north of town. Companion Willard Selbrasky saved himself after reaching for the boy with a stick but the ice broke, sending both into the water. Selbrasky was rescued.
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Town City
Iowa City
James Kanak
Town
Wilard Selbrasky
Small Pox Fever Grips Lehigh Iowa Village
Fort Dodge Iowa January 23 Lehigh residents react to a farmer selling butter tainted with smallpox The illness has been present in Carl Douglas's home and was hidden to avoid quarantine Several family members are found ill with smallpox in town investigation follows.
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Lehigh
Fort Dodge
Carl Douglas
Iowa woman named Indiana YWCA secretary
Miss Stella Bartlett of Grinnell Iowa has assumed the duties of secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association of Indiana. A graduate of the Moody School of Chicago and Congregational College of Grinnell she will direct the Indiana field and oversee all work.
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Laporte
Ind
Stella Bartlett
Grinnell
Young Women’s Christian Association of Indiana
Bartlett
Moody School of Chicago
Congregational College of
Bequest Honors Long-Lost Nephew in Will
Frank Fetereon a Postal Telegraph lineman receives news of a bequest from his aunt Mrs. Elizabeth Bycele who died in Philadelphia at 92 leaving an estate valued at 40000 dollars. He is named as one of six heirs despite not seeing her since age eight.
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Sioux City
Frank Fetereon
Postal Telegraph Company
Elizabeth Bycele
Philadelphia
Peterson
Funny but With Limitations at Lotus Club Dinner
A Lotus Club dinner joke centers on Senator Depew recounting a rural friend who attended a Mark Twain lecture in Boston. The friend replied that Twain was funny but not d-d funny, and later the senator learned his companion had mistaken Joseph Cook for Twain at Music Hall.
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Mark Twain
Senator Depew
Boston
Mark
Ater
Music Hall
Joseph Cook
Cats for War Gear Stir Germany Demand Rises
The German market sees high demand for furs with ten thousand fur lined coats and equivalent fur gloves and gaiters ordered for troops in China. Each coat uses fourteen cat skins. two skins go to each gaiter pair and one to each glove pair.
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Cata
Germany
China
Electric coal cutting transforms British and American mines
Electricity enables mechanized coal mining with electric cutters displacing handwork in British and American collieries. The mined coal is cleaner and waste, plus ventilation and temperature impacts are reduced versus other methods.
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Great Britain
United States
Valuable Almanac Frees for 1901 Weather Predictions
The Royal Baking Powder Co publishes an almanac for 1901 with daily weather forecasts by Prof. DeVoe who correctly predicted the Galveston cyclone. The paper offers free copies to any woman reader who sends a request to 100 William St. New York.
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Royal Baking Powder Co
DeVoe
Galveston
William St
New York
Entitled to a Good Deal Story of General Corbin
Adjutant General Corbin passing Pennsylvania avenue gave money to an old woman selling pencils. His companion noted she might have more money than him. Corbin quoted General Sherman saying those outdoors earning a living are entitled to more money, and he agreed.
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Corbin
Pennsylvania Avenue
War Department
Sherman
The Uncomfortable Doctors Ban Celery as Typhoid Carrier
The article notes that oysters were once discouraged as disease transmitters and now celery is likewise forbidden by doctors. Celery is said to be as well suited to spreading the poisonous soil element and typhoid germs.
Special Heroism Remembered in South African War
Twenty five Victoria crosses have been awarded so far in the South African War. They have gone to captains three lieutenants including the proxy for Lady Roberts’ dead son, four sergeants, four corporals, two majors and one each to a gunner driver trooper and private infantryman.
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Lady Roberts
Police Officer Rescued and Honored in Council Bluffs
Jan 19 1901 Council Bluffs Iowa special report details Officer Swanson a long serving Danish community member and vice president of the Dannebrog society. He suffered kidney and liver trouble yet fully recovered after using Dodd's Kidney Pills sharing his two month cure and crediting the remedy for his return to health. The article notes widespread belief in the pills across Iowa and strong local sales.
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Ing Story
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Swanson
Dannebrog” Brotherhood
America
Dodd
Saints who carve for themselves risk their own fingers
A reflective line warns against self serving actions and cautions that honest work for good cannot be done with harmful means. It emphasizes self interest and moral limits in service.
Wild Runaway Engine Crashes Into Wabash Train
Rock Island switch engine No. 83 unattended on the cinder track at the roundhouse yard near South Ninth street began moving backward and struck the rear coach of Wabash train No. 2 just after it pulled out. Porter Jesse Bell was crushed to death beneath the overturned coach. Mrs. L. B. Hostetter and two Omaha children were bruised but survived the wreck.
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Coungil Bluffs
Rock Island
South Ninth Street
Union Pacific
Wabash
Jesse Bell
L. B. Hostetter
Silver City
Iowa
Omaha & St. Louis
Rock Island Crossing
Bell
Iowa Railroads See Growth and Safety Advances Over Twenty Years
Des Moines reports state railroad commission tables tracking twenty years of operations. Data show rising car totals and increasing use of automatic couplers and power brakes, with fatalities and injuries in coupling and from passenger and worker incidents detailed for 1886 to 1900.
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Des Moines
State Railroad Commission
Iowa
Railroad Commission
New Electric Road Project to Williamsburg Iowa
Iowa City business leaders plan an electric line to Williamsburg Iowa County. The road aims to involve Williamsburg residents and local farmers along the route with funds to be raised locally, with assurances already obtained that it will be built.
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Iowa City
Williamsburg
Iowa County
Price of Iowa Dog Bite Set By Jury in Hardin County
A Hardin County district court jury awards Jack Steenblock 125 dollars after he sued Martha Johns for 2000 dollars over a dog bite during a visit to Albert Leverton’s home last April. The bite caused a very slight wound. The dog was killed and initial claims against Jesse John were dropped when it was shown the dog belonged to his mother. The jury’s verdict settles Steenblock’s claim at 125 dollars.
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Des Moines
Hardin County
Jack Steenblock
Abbott
Martha Johns
Steenblock
Albert Leverton
Jesse John
Steinblock
Sudden Death of H A Gunn in Oskaloosa
In Oskaloosa Iowa on January 21 friends report the sudden death of H A Gunn at age 58 from apoplexy after returning from an insurance trip. He leaves a wife three daughters and a son. The incident occurred as he felt unwell during a journey. In Creston on January 21 baker Chas Still was fatally struck by a Burlington train while returning home with his son. Still, born in London, leaves a wife and six children. the son witnessed the tragedy and narrowly avoided harm.
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Oskaloosa
H. A. Gunn
Ths City
Gunn
Creston
Chas. Still
Burlington
Mr. Still
London
England
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