Year 1901 Chronology Reflects Assassination and Queen Victoria Death
In the first year of the century the United States mourned President McKinley after his assassination, while Britain bid farewell to Queen Victoria. The year saw Roosevelt ascend, insular policy shifts in the Philippines, the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, and major economic and political events, all without upheaval.
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New York
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Mr. Roosevelt
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Lyman Tr. Gage
Henry C. Payne
Milwaukee
Leslie M. Shaw
Iowa
Roosevelt
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McKinley
Buffalo
Schley-Sampson
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Navy Department of Maclay
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Disasters of the Year Highlight Global Fires and Collapses
A distorted report lists the year many calamities including a massive May fire in Jacksonville, Massachusetts that destroyed much of the city with about 12 million dollars in losses. It also notes fires in Montreal and Philadelphia, and several maritime, mining, and weather disasters worldwide with hundreds of deaths and thousands harmed.
United States Leads Global Finance in 1901, Says Review
The Financial Review credits 1901 with cementing America as the world’s financial leader. Treasury figures show exports overshadows imports by $1,064,592,626, with all-time high in both exports and surplus. Government revenues rose, while federal spending increased, and New York banks reported gains in deposits and loans.
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United States
Wall Street
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Record-Breaking Donations Reach New Century Milestone
Large sums given to educational institutions libraries art museums churches charities and towns with the year _ROMAN_ 01 2899 record beating previous totals. Carnegie Rockefeller Stanford Morgen and others are named with multi million gifts including Mrs Stanford’s Stanford University property valued at 180000000.
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Andrew Carnegie
John DB. Rockefeller
J. P. Morgen
Jane L. Stanford
Stanford
Stanford University
Air. Caviegte
United States
Bcoth
West
Jx. Pearsona
Chicago
Carnegie
The Distinguished Dead United States Necrology List
A compiled necrology lists numerous prominent figures across politics, religion, science, and industry. Names include former presidents, senators, generals, judges, diplomats, authors, and businessmen with dates of death noted among long listings.
Notable Names and Dates From Historical Notices
A fragment lists individuals and dates including Rothschild Baron Wilhelm von Rothschild head of a banking house January 2 Franz Rummel pfaniat Germany William Brainery bishop of Oxford April Tanner Dr Charica K D Irlehstatck Tan September 7 Verdi Giuseppe composer January 27 Victoria Queen January 27 Yonge Charlotte M author March 24.
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Rummel
Franz
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Oxford
LYNCHINGS IN 1900 AND 1901 TALLY AND BY STATE
Summary of lynching data from 1895 to 1901 including totals by year, race breakdown, and reasons. Notes 121 total in the South and 14 in the North with 107 Black victims, 26 Whites, 2 Indians, and 1 Chinese. Causes include murder, assault, theft, jealousy, and race prejudice.
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Fire losses devastate US insurance field in record year
The year brought dramatic hardship to fire insurers with losses surpassing 1906 by about 20 million dollars and triggering unprecedented retirements and consolidations. Fourteen stock companies and eight mutuals exited the market, while many others pulled back from the West and South. Life insurance, by contrast, reached a record year with strong prosperity as endowment and ordinary policies surged and legal reserve companies projected 1.5 billion dollars in new business and seven and a half billion in force. One company alone wrote over 300 million.
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Chicago
Mutuals
Lloyds
Legal Reserve
Railways Build Record Year Across United States
Railroads expanded rapidly in 1901 with 3,057 miles of track laid on 882 lines across 43 states and territories. Construction surged west of the Mississippi, totaling 3,187 miles, while the eastern and southern regions added 1,? miles. Gross earnings reached 1,573,104,200 dollars, dividends to stockholders rose to 121,108,637 dollars, and the railroad industry reported substantial year over year gains.
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United States
Pennsylvania
New England
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Ohio
Interstate Fammerce Commission
Rise of Large Capital Trusts Dominates Early Year
The article notes a growing trend of forming large capital conglomerates or trusts. In the first eight months, new corporate capital reached about 2.49 billion dollars, up from 1.89 billion the prior year. The United States Steel Corporation emerged as a dominant merger, with J Pierpont Morgan steering the consolidation. Participating firms included Carnegie, Federal, American Steel and Wire, National Steel, American Bridge, Lake Superior Consolidated iron mines, and others, with additional mergers like Allis-Chalmers, Amalgamated Copper, and American Locomotive shaping the industrial landscape.
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Tis Diet
J. Pierpont Biergan
Carnegie
Federal
American Steel and Wire
National Uire
American Bridge
National
American Sheer Steel
American
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Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines
Bhelby Steel Puve
Allis-Chalmers
Agnetlean Can
American Locomotive
American Plow
Consolidated Tobacco
North
Americana Sporting Events Highlight 1903 Season
A survey of major sports achievements shows Americans dominant in yachting with Columbia defeating Shamrock II, trapshooting wins in Hendon, racing feats at Rat Portage, and plans for the 1904 Chicago Olympics. Pittsburgh topped the National League, Chicago led the American League, Harvard claimed eastern football, Wisconsin and Michigan shared western honors, and Crescents trotted a mile in 2 02 1 2 seconds at Columbus.
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George Towns
Australia
Rat Portage
Parke
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Harvard
Wisconsin
Michigan
Crescaus
Columbus
World War Year in Review Shows Global Strife and Losses
A survey highlights ongoing Boer War guerilla fighting and broad unrest across the globe. It cites yearly casualties by region, noting 27,681 total losses versus 133,878 in 1900, with conflicts in Africa, South Africa, the Philippines, Central America, and tensions in South America and Europe.
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Venezuela
Colombia
Argentina
Chile
Philippines
Abyssinia
South Africa
Arabia
China
Africa
Mexico
Corea
Sumatra
Javea
Albania
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Strikes Ripple Through U S Industry In 19th Century
A historical notice recalls widespread labor unrest as May 20 saw Machinists in major plants strike for a nine hour day without wage cuts, about 20 000 workers involved. July 16 saw iron, steel and tin workers ordered to strike. 75 000 affected. Riots and fatalities followed in Albany California Telluride and Kentucky as unions clashed with employers.
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Commel
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Albany
N. Y
Telluride
Colorado
Teamsters
Lan Pranciseo
Kentucky
Embezzlement and Fraud Totals for 1901 Compared to 1900
The 1901 record shows $4,056,569 in embezzlement forgery and bank wreckage, down from $4,680,134 in 1900. Monthly dishonesty totals are listed, with large losses from banks and public officials, and a breakdown by agents postmasters and loan associations.
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Losses from Epidemics and Famines Across Regions
The text contrasts epidemic mortality in 1904 with earlier years, noting plague deaths around 33,000 versus 20,000 in 1200 and cholera fatalities near 60 percent in 1901, against 60,000 in 1900. It cites 1900 Indian famine deaths about 679,600, estimates total cholera and plague fatalities near 43,000 last year, and notes no famine death returns for India and Russia.
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Legal Executions In 190 Percent Rate Decline
The record states 15 executions, with regional counts of eight hanged in the South and 46 in the North. It enumerates 71 negroes and four whites among the condemned, and lists crimes including murder at 197, criminal assault nine, attempted criminal assault one, and train robbery one.
Death by own action on the Increase in the United States
Death by own action continues to rise in the United States with 1901 total of 197,246, compared to 1900 and 1899. Of the total, 6,850 were males and 1,395 females, maintaining a roughly five to one male to female ratio. Physicians head the professional list, followed by attorneys, clergymen, bankers, journalists, and college professors.
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United States
Stock market turmoil in May over Northern Pavilley railroad control
In May a stock fank in New York spurred by opposing interests to gain control of the Northern Pavilley railroad. The stock was cornered and forced up to the unheard of price of 1 a share. Many suffered due to the broader market slump, but no serious failures occurred and effects beyond speculative circles were slight.
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Pan-American Exposition Opens in Buffalo and Closes
The Pan-American Exposition opened in Buffalo on May 1 and closed on Navy 2. It was a financial failure partly due to the President’s assassination, yet overall attendance and some aspects were deemed successful. Stockholders were about 3,000,000 out of pocket. the South Carolina Interstate and West Indiana Exposition began in Chapleston, D C, to run through the winter.
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Navy
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Notable Invention—Marconi Wireless Atlantic Signal
The year’s standout achievement in invention was Marconi’s successful wireless telegraph across the Atlantic. A test on December 12 linked Cornwall coast and St. John’s Newfoundland with messages sent and received repeatedly.
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St. John's
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Chicago Stock Yard Receipts 1901 Record Year
The 1901 stock trade at Chicago Stock Yards set records with total receipts of 40,257,000 head and a valuation of 291,300,000 dollars. The figures surpassed all previous years, exceeding prior valuations by over 22,000,000 dollars.
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