Notable deaths and world events span across nation
Dr Robert Graham aged 69 former Kentucky university president dies in Pittsburgh. Baldwin Auto Mfg assigns in Connellsville. Union Pacific funds 18 mile Cheyenne cut off near $2 million. Plague fears in Cape Colony per Brussels Petit Bleu. Vanderland brings US Commission to Paris exposition. Multiple legal and industrial notes across towns, including lightning death, births, plant closings, hazing reforms, and stock market moves.
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Robert Graham
The
Kentucky University
College of the Bible
Pittsburg
Baldwin Automobile Manufacturing Company
Connellsville
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Denver
Brussels
Cape Colony
Vanderland
New York
Antwerp
Southampton
United States Commission
Tuscaloosa
Ala
O. B. Wilson
Tom Arbuckle
Pijo
I. T
West Point
United States
Europe
National
Window Glass Jobbers’, Association
Arkansas House
John H. Russell
Charles H. Hoyt
Hoyt
State Hospital
Middletown
W. J. Bryan
Kruger
British Isles
Ireland
Commoner
Samuel Gao Moy
Sam Moy
Chinatown
West
United States District Court
Chicago
George West
Queen Victoria
New York City
Grand Street
Bowling Green
Broadway
George M. Galbraith
E. Cox
Colorado Springs
Philadelphia
J.P. Morgan & Co
Green County
Pennsylvania
John Sheridan
Money Order
Havana
Cuba
Sheridan
Boston
L. C
Button
St. Joseph
Bexon
Berlin
Steve Gage
Green
Queen Victoria Funeral Pageant Plans and Naval Display
London reports active preparations for Queen Victoria's funeral processions along a naval parade route. Ships from Britain and foreign powers will form a line of battle, with thousands of troops and volunteers ready along the route. Photos will not be allowed during Osborne to Cowes transit.
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London
Alberta
Victoria
Duke of Cornwall and
York
Edward
Lord Salisbury
Marlborough House
St. James Palace
Osborne
Portugal
Duke of Norfolk
Prince Albert
Mrs Snell will stands as verdict rejects Mary Snell Stone claim
Jan 30 Chicago. Mrs Henrietta Snell’s will is upheld. The jury finds Mrs Mary Snell Stone not the daughter of Henrietta Snell and denies her claim to any share in the estate. The verdict also declares Mrs Snell sane when making the will leaving 800000 to grandchildren. This follows the prior case surrounding Amos J Snell’s murder and earlier challenge to the will.
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Snell
West Side
Amos J. Snell
Mary Snell Stone
A. J. Stone
Henrietta Snell
Troger's Eyes All Right After Operation In Hague Report
Berlin dispatch says Kruger's ailment was a muscular eyelid contraction, the slight operation has entirely cured it. The report comes via Lokal Anzeiger from The Hague.
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Troger
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Hague
Kruger
Bryan to Attend Jefferson Jackson Lincoln Banquet
The Lincoln birthday banquet in Columbus Ohio lists toasts by William J. Bryan, John P. Altgeld, Charles Towne, Carmack, Pettigrew, De Armond and others, with topics ranging from Jefferson and Lincoln to government by ballot box rather than force. The program includes titles tied to each speaker and a toast sequence for the evening.
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Mr. Bryan
Columbus
Lincoln
William J. Bryan
Jefferson
John P. Altgeld
Jackson
Charles A. Towne
Carmack
Tennessee
Pettigrew
Hanna
de Armond
Mia- Bourl
Denounce Victoria reign Irish protest at meeting
At a regu lar monthly gathering of Irish American societies resolutions denounce Queen Victoria’s reign as bloodshed and cruelty. They claim Ireland’s population fell from 8.5 million to 4.5 million, with over 1.25 million starved and 4 million emigrated, urging the world to note English depravity and decline.
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New York
Ireland
Queen Victoria
Victoria
England
Burns Up Half a Million at Frankel Bras Department Store
A fire at the Frankel Bras department store at Sixth and Walnut in Des Moines destroyed over 500000 dollars of property. Discovered at 3:05 a.m., the blaze quickly engulfed the building, leaving little chance for saving the structure as every city fire unit was sent to the scene and focused on nearby buildings to prevent spread.
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Des Moines
Frankel Bras
Sixth
Walnut Streets
Arkansas City saloonkeepers brace for Carrie Nation visit
In Arkansas City Kansas saloonkeepers prepare defenses likening to barricades and sentries as word spread that Mrs Carrie Nation would visit midweek to destroy property. In Paterson New Jersey a court sentences Walter C McAlister William A Death Andrew J Campbell and George J Kerr for murder and assault with hard labor terms ranging from fifteen to thirty years.
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Arkansas City
Kansas City
The
Star
Kan
Carrie Nation
Paterson
N. J
Walter C. McAlister
Wiliam A. Death
Andrew J. Campbell
Jennie Bosschieter
George J. Kerr
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Dixon
McAlister
Honor to Verdi Draws Full Chamber in Rome
The Chamber of Deputies in Rome crowded as President Signor Villa and Education Minister Signor Gallo, with deputies from all parties, offered mourning for the late Giuseppe Verdi. A week of drapes was decided, a funeral delegation will be sent, and a solemn memorial a month after the simple funeral per Verdi's request.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Signor Villa
Signor Gallo
Giuseppe Verdi
Verdi
Appointee Demand in Board of Charities Clash
In Sioux Falls a formal demand was made by ex Governor Herried appointees for Governor Lee's appointees to surrender control of the State Board of Charities and Corrections. The demand was refused at the board meeting.
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Sioux Falls
Herried
Lee
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Guards Plan Massive Mobilization For Panamerican Exposition
Colonel Daniel Blodgett of the Illinois National Guard urged Panaman exposition officials to mobilize guards from many states during a designated week. Exposition authorities endorsed the idea and will seek to arrange a military week at the fair.
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Bupfalo
N. Y
Daniel Blodgett
Ilinois
Admiral Kautz Retired From Pacific Command
Rear Admiral Kautz, recently relieved from command of the Pacific station, is placed on the retired list for age. His career spans decades with eighteen years at sea. During the Samoan crisis two years ago he led American forces and helped avert serious international complications through firmness and conservatism.
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Washington, PD. C
Kautz
Pacific
Pen
Filipinos Have an Inning Senate Hears Message in Manila
Washington dispatch from January 29 details cablegram read in the Senate. The Manila report asserts growing support for a federal party in the Philippines and urges Congress to authorize President McKinley to establish a civil government when opportune. Directors of the Federal Party urge swift action to cement U S sovereignty and peace.
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Senate
Wesern
Manilia
Washington
Frye
Manila
House of Representatives
United States
Willng
Congress
Union
McKinley
Frank H. Bourns
Pardo DE Tavero
Florentino Torres
Jose Nar Tomas del Rosario
C. & Arellano
Federal Party
England May Declare War Over Pato Island
A Washington dispatch reports Venezuela challenges British sovereignty over Pato island after the gunboat Augusto seized British subjects. Britain may deem the incident an act of war if sovereignty is upheld, with potential immediate reparations demanded by London.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Pulido
Venezuela
Pato Island
Great Britain
Proclaiming the New King in Windsor Crowds Hear Proclamation
The ceremony proclaiming King Edward VII continues across the kingdom with crowds at Windsor. The Mayor read the proclamation from the queen's statue on Castle Hill and the recorder read it at Henry V's tomb, marking a historic proceed.
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London
Edward VII
United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland
India
Windsor
Castle Hill
Henry Vill
All but one ready to sell Danish West Indies
In Copenhagen on January 29 the fifteen member finance committee of the Folkething supports selling the Danish West Indies to the United States. One member opposes and plans a newspaper campaign to keep the islands. The Landesthing finance committee will soon report in favor of the sale amid resident agitation seen as largely artificial.
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Danish West Indies
Copenhagen
Folkething
Navy plans two training ships with wood and steel builds
The naval board of construction outlined estimates and work for two new training ships. Each vessel, about 3000 tons, will have a steam speed of nine to ten knots and full sailing gear. One ship will be wooden, the other steel, with estimated costs around $900,000 per ship.
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Washington, D. C
Naval Board of Construction
Indiana prison head accused of cruel treatment
An Indiana legislative commission report to Governor Durbin accuses Mrs. Sarah Keeley, superintendent of the Indiana woman's prison and girls industrial school, of stripping girls and flogging them with machine lashes on their naked backs. The document also notes other cruel treatment. In Washington, officials report Spain is willing to cooperate but needs a clue for action in a mail swindle case involving U S citizens.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Legislative Commission
Durbin
Sarah Keeley
Indiana ‘Woman's ‘Prison
Girls’ Industrial School
Washington
BD. C
Storer
United States
Spain
Post- Office Department
Posts
Madrid
Perssons
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Mies
Des Moines Cruathendagen Sans Mard
Keeley
II. Hendricks
W. Tf. Guymr
Bank OF Malvern
M. Strahan
Preat
D. Davis
James J. Wilson
First National Banker
Malvern
Owa
Capital and
Marnings
J. M. Strahan
D, Davis
Davis OG. T. Conger
M.L. Evans
A, Strahan
Dimmctore
Strahan
M. I. Evans
H.W. Summ
Modern Remedy Co
W. D. Wilson
Inter Ocean
Amerigan
Laffan News Bureau
Associated Press
Old Country
ML Ayres
Shenandoah
Iowa
U.S. A
A. i, Luuk
Tou
Omice
Milla Coavings Bank
Whitrald
Milvern
Linehner Mercantile Uo
Weber
Silver City
Omoe
Lamp
New Paddock Block
Milla County
J. B. Scorr
Batoea
WWE
Whitnall, M.D
Hasina
South Ferguson & Beckett's
F. M. McCluskey
D.D
Glenwood
McClusky Block
South Side
Squire
David Elson
Mulvern, Rows
Retelsdorf & Robrabn
Merchant Tailors
Malvern, Iowa
Parsons
Wilgon
Cottage Hotel
Campbell
Sows
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