Prince Albert of Belgium's Marriage Stirs Notable Rumors
Prince Albert of Belgium wed Duchess Elizabeth in Bavaria, intensifying speculation that King Leopold may abdicate in Albert's favor. The ceremony linked to prominent European nobility and reported amid other high society notices.
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Prince Albert
Belgium
Elizabeth
Bavaria
Philip
Flanders
Leopold
Wibeth
Bolvini
Maria
Charles Theodore
Bavacia
Marie
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Father of Trusts Charles R Flint Pioneer of Capital Consolidations
Charles R Flint of New York known as the Father of Trusts as early as 1878 organized the Export Lumber Company and led consolidations of multiple concerns. He acted as a trusted negotiator for the United States in the Br vil reciprocity treaty and aided peace efforts in the Baltimore incident. His o perations included shipping munitions and informing on Spanish fleet movements from Cape Verde.
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Charles RE. Flint
Charles R. Flint
New Yorker
Flint
United States
Brvil
Aldrich
Baltimore
Chili
Japan
Spain
Cape Verdi
Brazil
Witness declares Goebel case perjury in Goebel trial
Telegraph operator Finley Anderson confesses he lied under oath against Caleb Powers in the Goebel murder case. He claims attorney Thomas Campbell bribed him and instigated false statements, detailing payments and a Cincinnati meeting. Anderson says he wrote a false statement under Campbell’s direction and sworn it as fact.
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Finley Anderson
Caleb Powers
Gov. Goebel
Thomas Campbell
Louisville Evening Post
Anderson
Campbell
Cincinnati
Col. Campbell
Joe Owens
Barbourville
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Mr. Campbell
Powers
Owens
Georgetown
Arthur Goebel
Justus Goedei
Ferrell Found Guilty in Express Messenger Murder
Charles Rosslyn Ferrell was found guilty of first degree murder in Marysville Ohio for the Aug 10 killing of express messenger Charles Lane aboard a Pan handle train. The verdict carries the death penalty by electrocution. trial costs to the state and Union County are about 7500 dollars.
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Marysville
Ohio
Charles Rosslyn Ferrell
Chas
Juane
Panhandle
Union County
Expo
Charles R. Y. Verrell
Ads Express Company
Lillian Costello
Columbus
Jerrell
St. Louis
Lane
Jane
Ferrell
Denial by Cleveland Rejects Interview Publication
Ex president Cleveland dismisses a Philadelphia Times interview as a total lie and unfounded. The article ties his comments to a Bryan landslide claim after the election. A New York girl Lottie Brandon set a Century Road Club record for 10 miles at Valley Stream, while Taylor is named top sprinter and Kramer a season winner.
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Cleveland Cleveland
Philadelphia Times
Cleveland
Bryan
Lottie Brandon
New York
Century Road Club
Valley Stream
L. A
Wheelman
Roys
Taylor
Clinutolou
America
Frank Kramer
Goulds appoint trustee to protect Anna Gould fortune
The Gould family secures George J. Gould as judicial trustee for Anna Gould and her children after Count Castellane's lavish spending left the estate near ruin. The court names Maitre Bonnet to present the case and notes Castellane's finances are exhausted. Rumors suggest a possible separation as oversight begins.
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Gould
Anna Gould
Paris
George J. Gould
George
M. Bonnet
Maitre Badonini
George 41
Maitre Bonnet
Goulds
Anna
Castellane
European political reshuffle fuels War Office and Admiralty shifts
The week saw a sweeping English ministry reorganization led by Lord Salisbury with Lansdowne moved up and Goschen replaced by a Salisbury ally, amid criticism from both parties. Cabinet strength is questioned as Chamberlain takes the colonial post and Goschen faces removal. Spain grapples with Carlist unrest while its tax burden provokes public discontent. China remains unsettled as powers align on a broad stance toward concessions, with a denied Venezuela Margarita lease rumor momentarily inflaming diplomatic nerves. Monarch zinc mill fire in Clinton Missouri reports $10,000 loss.
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Lord Lansdowne
War Office
Lansdowne
War Department
Mr. Goschen
Admiralty
Joseph Chamberlain
Census Bureau Works Highlighted by Merriam
Director Merriam discusses census bureau efforts citing immediate tabulation with electrical machines to expedite population figures. He notes aims to finish reports by July 1 1902 and to provide Congress data for reapportionment decisions. He reports 53000 enumerators paid except 55, with total administration costs around 6.9 million dollars.
Apportionment Basis for House Under Census Debate
Congress faces bitter debate over a 200 000 population basis for reapportioning Representatives after the twelfth census. Republicans push a plan to reduce Southern states' representation by using the Fourteenth Amendment to justify disenfranchisement via illiteracy data once state counts are completed.
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Congress
United States
Government reports show mixed fiscal shifts and policy notes
Sept. circulation rose to 973 with year gain of 85 million. Lieut. Hobson seeks six months off for eye trouble. Judge Estee upholds right of Chinamen to land in Hawaii. Gen Miles urges more army automobiles. Samoa pact values rifles at six dollars per. Money orders total 255.7 million with 249.1 million paid. year business 442.5 million. Madden to publish stamp issue near 98 million, up 400 million. September receipts 45.3 million, expenditures 39.2 million. War Department outlays 14.1 million. Day rules Haiti claim award at 23 thousand. Public debt sits at 1.106 billion, cash 1.105 billion, liabilities 817 million.
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United States
Estee
Hawaii
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Gen. Miles
Secretary of War
Germany
England
Madden
Judge Day
John D. Metzger & Co
Hayti
Dames
Nayti
Treasury
National T
Old Time Lotteries and Harvard Hall Funding History
Harvard College used a lottery in 1806 to fund a new building, Holworthy Hall, with £1,000 from Sir Matthew Holworthys legacy aiding the college. Earlier lotteries financed Harvard Hall and other structures, and later public South American draws are described as social events. the Stillwater steamer (1898) transported troops after the Honduras lottery.
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College Yard
Holworthy
Stoughton Hall
Matthew Holworthy
Hackney
Middlesex
Charles II
Cambridge
New England
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Boston
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Stillwater
Honduras
Louisiana
United States
Porto Rico
Globe
Ideal Hero Replaced by Man of Action in Fiction
Robert Grant argues in Woman's Home Companion that tastes shifted from romance to realism. A decade ago Howells warned against romantic heroes, praising daily life as authentic while condemning Dickens era melodrama and Thackeray.
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Mr. Howells
Dumas
Vanity Fair
Thackeray
Trollope
Mrs. Proudie
Fragmented reflections on literature and society from a late 19th century column
A dense miscellany reviews literary heroes and Shakspeare while venturing into social notes. It cites Dickens, Bacon, and contemporary figures, mentions a yacht regatta, Brontë and the Empress Dowager of China, and mulls press and library reading habits. The piece also notes windstorms, onion remedies, a rabbit crisis in Chicago parks, and a boy burned by phosphorus.
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Bgland
Shakspeare
Australia
Ira D. Sankey
Ean Ey
Ireland
Francis Bacon
China
Chicago
Litcoln Park
Benjamin Young
Hoboke N. J
Publc
Mae
Popu Ernandez
Alexander Selkirks
Voaud
Apricot Pits Spark News of New Uses and Markets
The article notes apricot pits once valueless now drawn into fuel production and chemical use. It highlights potential in prussic acid derivatives for candy making and pharmaceutical uses, and mentions shifting market interest amid evolving industry demand and buyer optimism.
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