Anniversary Observance Marks Queen Victoria Death
London and Berlin observe the first anniversary of Queen Victoria’s death with services across the United Kingdom and colonies. In Windsor, King Edward and Queen Alexandra join nobles and diplomats at Frogmore Mausoleum, where 2,000 ticket holders view the recumbent statue. Berlin hosts a memorial at the English church with Emperor and Empress present alongside British and American officials.
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London
Victoria
United Kingdom
Windsor
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Lord Salisbury
Lord Rosebery
Great Britain
Prince von Wolff-Metternich
Frogmore
William Oo
Prince Consort
Berlin
Queen Victoria
I T
Prince
Princess Ienry
Prussia
Sir Wrank
Tascelles
United States
Andrew D. White
Jackson
Emba
Count von Buelow
Peril at Colon as Insurgent Attack Looms
Washington reports a cable from Consul Malmros at Colon indicating an imminent insurgent attack. In Panama, Gen. Alban, former military governor, was killed aboard the Lautaro during a clash with liberal gunboats Padilla and Lautaro, while the steamship Lautaro sank and pirates attempted to seize the Colombian government vessels in Panama Bay.
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Jat
State Department
United States
Malmros
Colon
Navy Department
Gulf
Marietta
San Juan
Near-St
Mead
Philadelphia
Panama
Colombia
Tanama
Carlos Alban
Lantaro
Padille
Alban
Qantaro
Padilla
Loa
South American Steamship Company
Panam
Gen. Alban
Halfimast
Ilberels
Pausus
Pinzon
Colou
Santiago de Chili
Jen
Compania Sud Americana de Vapores
Valparaiso
Aubk
Pazama
Lighting breakthrough by Peter Cooper Hewitt inventor
A New York demonstration shows a blue white glow from a glass tube with mercury pass as a conductor. Peter Cooper Hewitt, son of Abram Hewitt, presents a lamp claimed to cut costs to one eighth of incandescent and one third of gas lamps. The setup under the American Society of Mechanical Engineers features a column of light four inches wide and four feet high illuminating the block, with several hundred attendees including the audience of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
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the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Thirty-First Street
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Abram &. Hewitt
Hewitt
Mewitts
Alaska Game Preserve Proposal At New York Zoological Society
At the sixth annual New York Zoological Society meeting Director William T. Hornaday described an Alaska expedition to collect white mountain sheep and introduced a resolution to create a national game preserve in southern Alaska. The proposal covers the Alaska peninsula Kenai Peninsula mainland to Mount St Elias and Yakutat Bay head including Kodiak Island. Congress would regulate hunting in this district, currently restricted.
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New York Zoological Society
William T. Thornaday
Hornaday
Alaska
Alaskan
Kena Peinsula
Mount St. Elas
Yakutat Bay
Kodiak Island
Congress
Death sentence mixup over Scheepers fate clarified
A cable error misreported Commandant Scheepers of the Orange Free State as executed. in fact he was shot January 13. Other items include a Senate resolution urging Britain to spare him under the Geneva convention, a Kentucky bank robbery scene, and various regional notices.
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New York
Dpirtoss Dispatel
Schleepers
Kitchener
Washington
Dan
Senate
Teller
Commandant Scheepers
Orange Free State Army
South Africa
Scheepers
House of Representatives
Great Britain
Pellesggards
Evienes
United States
Debate Over 500000 Shelter and Protection for Manila Troops
In Washington the House debated an urgent deficiency bill note on a 500000 appropriation for a Manila military post. Cannon proposed a substitute funding shelter and protection for army officers and soldiers in the Philippines. Richardson Williams and DeArmond clashed with the appropriations chair, with partisan cheers on both sides.
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Washington
House
Manila
Cannon
Philippines
Richardson
Williams
DeArmond
Appropriations Committee
Shortage in books at J. F. Schroth Packing Co.
Cincinnati reports sensational claims of a 20 year shortage from 160000 to 400000 at Theodore Braemer who resigned as secretary treasurer. Braemer denies defalcation but says he turned 72000 in personal property to his attorney and the firm’s lawyer. Braemer served 27 years, earning up to 50 per week recently. firm annual business near a million dollars.
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Cincinnati
Theodore Braemer
J. & F. Sebroth Packing Company
Braemer
Bullets in a Crowd at Terme Depot Causes Mass Casualty
At the Belleville Texas Terme Depot a Renault collision or attack left three dead and four wounded. Initial reports describe chaos as bystanders fled the scene and responders rushed to assist the injured. Police investigate possible motives and suspect a deliberate act or accident.
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Terme
Debates and jolting events mark January in Washington
A sweeping January summary records Senate debates on a Philippine tariff bill and a commerce department, a clash as New York Democrat Cummings voted with Republicans, and a tense scene over an implied attack. It notes the canal cost rise to about 2 million, land office consolidations in Oklahoma, and a murder trial with multiple fatalities in Wallis, plus election ratifications in Des Moines and Armenian band clashes near Sulduj.
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Cummings
New York
Watson
President McKinney
Washington
Senate
Department of Commerce
M. A. Otero
New Mexico
Morgan
Jen
United Mine Workers Reelection Hopes Amid Charges
National officers of the United Mine Workers of America delay elections as an investigating committee probes charges against President John Mitchell and Secretary-Treasurer Wilson. The convention contends the inquiry will exonerate the leaders, who are expected to be reelected.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
John Mitchell
Wilson
Meredith
Mitchell
Uheera
Tomlinson Hall
Miss Meredith
W. BD. van Horne
Lawrence Love
Iowa
Pat Dolan
Heenan
W Lyan
Minnis
Reavy
Mine Workers
Ohio
Iaskins
Ohio Miners
Haskins
Ohio State Miners’ Convention
Watkins
Lewis
Pearce
Bradshaw's
Largest lumber deal in Menominee area seals 60 million feet
Marinette Wisconsin January 23 1902 a record lumber deal closed between H Witbeck N Ludington and Edward Hines Lumber Chicago for 60 000 000 feet of white pine plus lumber lath and shingles to be cut in 1902 during large mill operations valued over 1 500 000 The Witbeck and Ludington interests share the sale with 35 000 000 and 35 660 000 feet respectively and over 800 000 paid for the Ludington portion Also noted is a separate suit in Widdletown New York where Luthee R B Marsh seeks 20000 from the estate of Mrs Clariosu J Huyler for professional services while in Louisville Kentucky a court convicts Clem Butcher of murdering his daughter and sentences him to life in prison
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Milam Odom
Wallis
Odom
Walter Pennington
Dipperts
Henry
Antone
Haykyath
White
Witbeck
N. Ludington Company
Leylauw
Mesey
Widdletown
N. Y
Luthee
Marsh
Clariosu
Huyler
Mureh Bas
Les
Louisville
Jen
Clem Butcher
God
Mexican Earthquake Aid and Aftermath Report
Subscriptions are being raised by American and British residents for Chilpancingo quake victims. Three women died in the Church of San Jose at Chilapa during the tremor, one crushed beneath the tower while fleeing. Many went insane from the catastrophe and relatives’ losses. Some contemplate rebuilding on a new site.
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Mexico City
Chilpancingo
Chilepanciago
W& Stable
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