Widespread 1902 News From Across the Nation
A sprawling digest notes a Salt Lake City fire causing 300000 in damage, early Yale captaincies, large Tampa blazes, San Francisco carrier suspensions, a range of political, legal, and social happenings. Miners entombment in Minnesota, Miles’ return from abroad, court and prison matters, church calls, comet sighting, and local incidents fill the snapshot of national affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Chares D. Rafferty
Yale Toothall
Tampa
San Francisco
Willisty Gy. Brywn
Minnesota
Tescue
Miles
Basi
New Jersey
Sorlery
Sam Stoltaman
Kansas City
A. K. Craig
Chicago
James L. Blair
Senate Committee On Commerce
Crum
Charleston
Plainfield
N. J
James N. Davis
Claude O'Brien
Lexington
First Congregational Church
Binghamton
N.Y
Edward T. Trefz
Omata
Trefz
St. Louis
Setrictio Quick Turf
Protocola Reports Urgent Venezuelan Blockade Realignment
Protocola announces immediate reevaluation of Venezuela policy as tensions rise over a regional blockade. The statement highlights new measures aimed at stabilizing maritime routes and restricting sanctioned ports, signaling a shift in diplomatic posture amid escalating international pressure.
Roosevelt to Name Umpire in Hague Preference Dispute
The report states a preference dispute to the Hague copre was signed and that President Roosevelt will name an umpire if the mixed tribunal is to settle the other demands. It notes that captured warships must be returned.
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Hague
Roosevelt
Cuban treaty signed at Havana yields sites to U S
Indictment reports against George L. O. Perry, a young Black man, for murders and assaults in Boston and vicinity during fall. Perry is dangerously ill in prison with typhoid fever.
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Havana
Guantanamo Bay
United States
Agnes McPhee
Somery
Maga
Lu Quenoher
George L. O. Perry
Boston
Perry
Balkan crisis looms as Europe faces upheaval
Overseas dispatches report may drag Central America into conflict over the Balkans. Crown Prince Frederick of Saxony is divorced from Princess Louise at Dresden. Serbia weighs mobilization amid Macedonian troubles. Russia, Bulgaria, and Britain react, with tensions high and diplomacy strained.
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Castemala
Guerrero
Central America
Frederick
Saxony
Dresden
Louise
Servia
Humbert
Husepomr
AL Bremen
Lloyd Company
Sofia
Bulgaria
Balfour
Macedonia
England
Prominent Officials and Notables Die in Chicago Philadelphia and More
An obituary roundup lists deaths of notable figures across cities. Former Fire Chief Denis J. Swenk died in Chicago. Rear Admiral Lewis W. Robinson died in Philadelphia. Archduchess Elizabeth and Ty George W. Shaw are noted among other prominent residents. Many were aged 60s to 90s, with brief biographical details and origins in Indiana, New York, Massachusetts, and beyond.
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Denis J. Swenk
Chicago
Lewis W. Robinson
LL. N. Celived
Philadelphia
Archiduchess Elizabeth
Maria Chrisling
Spain
Vienna
George W. Shaw
Indianapolis
Jenny Berg
Omaha
Ciseaga
Alare M. Burns
South Bend
Alwhe
Dilwht
Davids P. Eagle
PF Hoge
Little Rock
Ark
Fisy Adalfie Chienszo Colim- Hoge
Roanoke
Cleveland
Sling Conqulate
Tanto S$. Mugridge
Chicago Board of Trade
Mugridge
Portsmouth
N. H
Katherine Lyons
Bloomington
Equity
Lexington
Towen
Edwin Perkins Clark
New York Eyenine Post
Brooklyn
Huntington
Mann
Georges W. Sloan
Harrisburg
American Pharmaceutical Association
United States Pharmaceutical Convention
Sir John Simmons
London
United States
Aloysius Bosch
Holy Rosary
Pine Ridge Indian Agency
Father Beech
Germany
Northwest
Society of Jesus
Standard Oil Declares Dividend of 29 Per Share
The Standard Oil Company declares a dividend of 29 dollars per share, 10 dollars higher than the previous payout. The move signals continued profitability and returns to shareholders.
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Standard Oil Company
Eight Killed in Trolley Wreck in Newark
A Newark trolley crash yesterday morning killed eight students and left at least fifteen injured amid heavy winter conditions. The north Jersey Street Railway trolley collided with a train on the Lackawanna and Western line as it carried pupils to school. The wreck left crowds of children strewn along the track and prompted a rapid emergency response. motorman and engineer survived, while a list of the dead and injured grew as responders worked.
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Newark
N.J
Li Ware
Lackawaunga
Signachool
North Jersey Street Railway Company
Eforte
Viola
Sears
Maude Baker
Ihbel E. Karsehner
Alma Loehab
Toad
Senate Debates Statehood Vote While Panama Canal Quarrel Rises
Washington February 18 Senate debated a Quay resolution urging a vote on the statehood bill before adjournment. McComas offered Platt's cloture, a rules-committee referral was proposed, and session included Morgan speech on the Panama canal treaty. Morgan’s inquiry on Tuomas Herran failed 13 to 39. House rejected army appropriations conference report by 5 to 1 due to retirement provisions and officer deposits at 3 percent.
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Washington
Senate
Quay
Congress
McComas
Platt
Committee On Rules
Morgan
Tuomas Herran
Wisconsin Legislature Notes on Vetoes and Bills
Wisconsin reports veto of an assembly bill adding 22 legislative aides, with total staff at 34. Senate tax bill refunds illegitimate inheritance tax. Education acts update teacher credentials and foreign-law grad admissions. Other measures include sugar beet research funding, school ventilation standards, and seed variety experiments. House actions cover railroad earnings and library bill distributions.
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Byc
Senate Committee On
Tax Commission
Elalus
Madison
Senate
Assembly
Cowlion
Assembly Committee On State Affairs
Irvine
Judiciary Committee
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station
Fritnke
Milwaukee
Ainsworth Bill Exempts Beet Sugar Plants From Taxation
The Ainsworth bill to exempt beet sugar plants from taxation was ordered to third reading by 42 to 23. The Irvine anti-loyalty bill, imposing a penalty for personal influence in securing legislative votes, was indefinitely postponed without debate and without vote.
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Ainsworth
Irvine Ant&loyby Bil
Czar Praises America in Court Comment
In St. Petersburg on February 20 the czar’s remarks about Ambassador and Mrs. Cormick sparked court commentary, seen as a display of friendship toward the United States. The czar voiced strong interest in America, saying his friendships are as strong as those of his grandfather and he speaks for his people. He also showed attention to the Venezuelan question and its resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
M&j Cormick
United States
America
United States denies Roosevelt press claim on Turkey schools
Constantinople reports a U S news agency claim that the sultan urged the Turkish minister to bypass President Roosevelt on American schools in Turkey. The denial states the claim is unfounded while Minister Leishman continues efforts for official recognition of American educational charitable and religious establishments and churches, with a settlement hoped soon.
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Constantinople
Jcene
United States
Roosevelt
Turkey
France
Leishman
Bad Wreck at Dubuque Trains Collision Reported
A Chicago and Minneapolis passenger train on the Hingis Central collided head on with a freight at Galena Illinois. Three persons are known to be dead and reports say severe wreckage with cars and locomotives left the rails. The passenger train left Chicago at 6 10 p.m. Fireman Cyram Fireman Stockman Engineer Lake Brakeman Cox are among those reported dead.
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Aubuque
Iowa
Chicago
Minneapolis
Hingis Central
Galena
Ill
Cyram
Stockman
Lake
Cox
Bowling Congress Chooses Cleveland For Next Meeting
Indianapolis Feb 24 The American Bowling Congress backed the executive committee. Maximum bowling ball weight set at 1934 pounds and pins limited to 3 pounds 2 ounces. Cleveland Ohio chosen for the next national meeting with scores of Cleveland 91 Milwaukee 89 Louisville 49 noted.
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Indianapolis
American Bowling Congress
Cleveland I
Tefote
Cleveland
Alilwaukee
Louisville
Carnegie trust fund aids students with 201000 dollars
Lordon Feb 24 The Carnegie educational fund trust report was released showing that in 1902 the fund paid out 40253 pounds about 201000 dollars to deserving students.
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Lordon
Carnegie Educational Fund Trusters
Carnegie Trust
Wisconsin lumbermen reach for Sahamas
Ashland Wis Feb 20 one of the latest timber deals ever made by local men has just been closed By it W H Gilbert of this city and several Duluth lumbermen have purchased between three and four billion feet of standing pine on the Bahama n islands The financial consideration is not given.
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Ashland
Wis
W. H. Gilbert
Duluth
Bahaman Islands
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the Marshfield Times
Williams & Bailey, Publishers
News OF the World
Tinal
Alou
Glabagonl
Syracuse Universsity
North America
Julia Hovey McGracken
Aestinlhster College
Fulton
Pessonel
University of New York City
William Davidson
Shoals
Ind
Thomas Davidson
Great Britain
Charles J. Farr
San Francisca
A Sh, Forestry and Game Committee of
Colorado
Smith
Artest
Foss, OX
Waco
Tex
Stator Whitlock
New York State
W. 5
Mason
Waukegan
Massachusetts
Edward Knapman
J. R. Knapman
Detroit
Edith Martin
Northfield
Mich
Vaan & Co, Janclers
Albuquerque
N. M
Kankakeel
Sheldon Martin
Dana, Ill
Bes
Minoak
W. H. Wright
Fidia
Martin
Henry BE
Mueller
Mesulin Range
Kosmerl
Edward Addicks
California
Trastington
William Thompson
Hartford, Conn
Theo Logical Seminary
Walter B. Pitkin
Cornell University
George A. Wessman
Passaic
Ithaca
Bingham
Utah
Harry Gorman
Elas
Niagara Falla
Bulao
Miler
Rock Island
Wabash
Great Western Railways
Des Moines
Miller
Sycamore
Stephen Bansal
Aml
Naylaal
Tego
Caracas
Venezuela
Tiangall
Farle
Edward A. Band
Aluony
N. Y
Charles Bul N. G
Cobnel
W. Dickinson
Springfield
Mass
Crandall
New York City
Eugene 8
Spalding
Atlanta
New York
Young
Coke
Pennsylvania
Frick Coke Company
Frick Company
Blanche Boise
Topeka
Kan
Eva Harding
Miss Boise
Liberal University
Robert G. Tagersall
Pepper
University
Silverlan
Ore
Thaddeus B. Wakeman
R G. Ingersoll
Teguiar
Protocola
Insular
Rd Milinder
Ujion
Repert
Pettus
Fowler
Messrs. Thayer
Lovering
Lewis
Gay
Princiss
Representative Games
Tennessee
House
Selent
White House
Gaines
Goldfogle
Federal Law Makers
Wisconsin Legislature
Feo
Joint Assembly
Lie Supreme Court
Wisconsin
G. Dun & Co
Bartlett
Baron J Hongelmuller
Ambaggador
Austria
Czar
Sultan
Dubuque
Bowling Congress
Carnegie Trust Fund
Sahamas
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