Carnegie Institution Incorporation Formed in Washington
In Washington on January 6 the Carnegie Institution was incorporated and Andrew Carnegie pledged a gift of ten million dollars. The board of trustees will include John Hay Edwin White D C Gillman Charles Walcott John S Billings Carroll Wright and others. The institution aims to promote original research in science literature and art and to cooperate with governments universities and learned societies.
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Andrew Carnegie
Hay
Cabinet
Board of Control
Washington
National College
Carnegie Institution
Perera
John Hay
Edwin D. White
Supreme Court
D. C. Gillman
Johna Hopkins University
Charles D. Walcott
Geological Survey
John 8. Billings
Carroll D. Wright
Labor Institutions
United States
District of Columbia
City of
Carnegie
Carnegie Cal
Karnegiers
Scotland
US gold and silver output for 1901 shows slight gains
Preliminary mint estimates indicate a small rise in US production from 1900. Alaska declines by about 1 million dollars while Colorado gains slightly. Silver output exceeds 2 million ounces year over year, totaling 59,653,738 ounces valued at about 35.8 million dollars. Coinage silver value near 77 million dollars. In New York, Sunday and excise laws tighten enforcement, with saloons told to curb noisy customers and intoxication, and Raines Law hotels adjusting service.
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Washington
Roberta
Mint
United States
Alaska
Colorado
New York
Ex-City Attorney Salsbury Bondsmen Seek Custody
In Grand Rapids on January 6, bondsmen for ex-City Attorney Lant K Salsbury, jailed for bribery in the water supply scandal and pursuing a new trial, notify the court they will not support him and request custody. Similar action is taken for Stilson V MacLeod, who confessed involvement. In London on January 6, Great Britain reports 24,200 war losses since the war began, 19,430 killed or died, and 64,330 invalided home from disease, missing, or other causes.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Lant K Salsbury
Stilson
London
Great Britain
South Africa
Princess Louise Declared Hopelessly Insane in Dresden Retreat
Berlin reports Princess Louise daughter of King Leopold of Belgium has been pronounced hopelessly insane after years kept at a secluded retreat near Dresden following a divorce from Prince Philip of Saxe Coburg Gothа.
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Berlin
Louise
Leopold
Belgium
Philip of
Saxe- Coburg-Gotha
Dresden
Crude Rubber Company Placed Under Receiver
New York January 6 The Crude Rubber Company has been placed in the hands of a receiver. The attorney for the company estimates assets at about five million dollars and liabilities at about four million dollars.
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New York
Divide Honors in Ohio Republican Caucuses
In Columbus on Saturday the two republican factions split control of the legislature with Hanna forces winning the house and Foraker supporters capturing the senate. Key races ended without concessions as McKinnon and McElroy gained speaker and chief clerk posts while Uhl failed for chief clerk in the senate.
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Columbus
Hanna
House
Foraker
Senate
W S. McKinnon
Ashtabula
L. McElroy
Newton M . Miler
McElroy
Speelman
Panama canal sale proposal tops congressional agenda
A firm offer to sell the Panama Canal properties to the United States for 40 million dollars was submitted to Admiral Walker and then to the State Department. The plan, driven by Panama officials and New York financiers, aims to transfer full control and assets, with Congress expected to debate the Hepburn Isthmian canal bill amid possible broader discussion.
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Washington
Congress
Hepburn
Panama Canal Company
Burton
Senate
Morgan
Nicaragua
House
Ohio caucus picks Foraker ally in senate race
The roll call shows Uhl with seven of 21 votes while F E Scobey of Miami supports the Foraker line. Democratic senators elect W F Roadbush as president pro tem and C L Brumbaugh as speaker as a joint caucus backs Charles W Baker for the U S Senate. The Republican caucus is set for the week with Foraker’s renomination treated as a formality.
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Uhl
F .E. Scobey
Miami
Foraker
Ohio
Congress
Hanna
Democratic Senate Caucur
Wfe Roadbush
Democratic House
Offeers
C. L. Brumbaugh
Charles W Baker
Cincinnati
United States
Senator Foraker
Hobson to Oppose Bankhead in Sixth District Race
A Montgomery dispatch reports Captain Richmond P Hobson plans to run against John H Bankhead for Congress in Alabama's Sixth District. The rumor notes Hobson may resign from the Navy to enter the race, and mentions local political tension and timing as the election approaches.
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Birmingham
Ala
Age-Herald
Montgomery
Richmond P. Hobson
Navy
John Hie
Bankhead
Bryce
Ae Wei
Panama Canal Company Offers Transfer to US for 46 Million
The final proposition, led by secretary general Edward Lampre, urged a timely offer to transfer Panama Canal properties and concessions to the United States for 46 million dollars. Admiral Walker was informed, the matter reached the state department, and the president planned to brief Congress as the issue moved from executive to legislative hands.
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Edward Lampre
New York
Lampre
M Boeufve
Isthmian Canal Commission
Admiral Walker
Admiral Walk
Ae Gecre
Praidehee
Pene
Ex-Cuban post chiefs face trial after long extradition fight
Edtean Rathbone former director general of Cuban posts and Charles F W Neely once of the Cuban post office department are brought to trial in Havana after months of delays. Rathbone is charged with neglect of duty and misappropriation of funds while Neely faces embezzlement charges with Rathbone’s connivance. The defalcations shocked President McKinley and damaged American prestige in Cuba.
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Havana
United States
Edtean Rathbone
Charles F W Neely
Cuban Post Office Department
Rathbone
Neely
Rathborne
McKinley
Unfounded hopes in Miss Stone captivity case
Constantinople reports say brigands holding Miss Stone are not located by Turkish inhabitants and rumors of her release are deemed unfounded. The American legation has no news since November 13 and dragoman Minas Gerguilo travels to meet her. In Boston, Bishop Brent plans a $100000 appeal to fund a Philippine jurisdiction amid Rome’s long influence.
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Constantinople
Miss Stone
Bulgaria
M Gerguilo
Legaton
Salon
Boston
Charles H Brent
St. Stephens’ Church
Philippine Islands
Episcopal Church
United States
Brent
Explosion Tears Pennsylvania Gas Plant in Ludlow
Radford Pennsylvania Jan 6 The Pennsylvania Gas Company's Ludlow plant was wrecked Sunday night by an explosion Details are scarce Warren reports one man missing and another blown through the side of the building fatally hurt A cryptic note hints at a searches for a supervisor and potential sabotage remains unclear
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Radford
Pennsylvania Gas Company
Ludlow
Warren
Wreck of the Walla Walla and Chinese Court Reentries
Reports from San Francisco detail the disabled French steamer Max towed in after a collision with the steamship Walla Walla. Survivors, dead, and missing from the Walla Walla number from 37 to 47, with 42 counted as lost. Rev. Henry Erickson among survivors suffers severe trauma. In Peking, foreign officials observe the court’s reentry procession with unprecedented restrictions.
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San Francisco
Max
Walla Wall
George Wilder
Portland
Acme
United States Revenue
McCulloch
Point Reyes
Walla Walla
Eureka
Pomona
Henry Erickson
Nome City
St Mary's Hospital
Erickson
Eck
Frakson
Nome
Mr Erickson
Chen-Mey
Peking
Shan- Tung
Legation
Chinese Foreign Office
Legations
Peking Prepares Glittering Capital On Court Return
Peking on the eve of the court’s return displays an animated scene as palaces pagodas and temples are painted and gilded. The city walls roofs and gates gleam with yellow tiles crimson walls and gilded gates reflect a historic spectacle.
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Peking
Walla
Oh Imp Fall
SPECIALS FROM ACROSS THE NATION AND WORLD
A jumble of short items mentions an asylum fire in Williamsburg and a single patient lost, a suicide near Litchfield, Chicago arrests for $30 000 in stolen Northwestern railway tickets, and a possible $7 000 000 widow’s claim from a court ruling. Also noted are naval repairs, a Peru woolen mill transfer, a live-wire death near Taylorville, and urban plans for Chicago structures.
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Williamsburg
William Tucker
Litchfield
Chicago
Northwestern
Henry B
United States Navy
Joshua Turner
Peru
Ind
H H Hammond
Cleveland
Albert Rowe
Hillsboro
Tne
Taylorville
Urton League Club
Jackson Boulevard
Chamberlain
Slremer
Handler
France
Philippines
Minnesota
United States
Great Northern Railroad
Henry C Tatum
Westerns Commercial Traitvre Association
Bec
St Louis
Kim
Kill Their Livestock Deaths Reported in San Antonio Drought
Reports from San Antonio describe over 100 head of horses and milch cows killed in the past 60 days to stave off starvation amid a prolonged drought and rising feed costs. Poorer owners face bleak prospects as grass and feed remain scarce.
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San Antonio
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Panama Canal
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Ethmian Canal Commission
Paris
State Department
Canal Dillim Congress
Cardinal G. M. Gotti
Cardinal Gott
armeHte
Leo
Cardinal Gotti
Hobson
Cuba
Will
Sioux City
Leonard Shelgren
Cherokee
Frank B. Ferguson
Ferguson
Shelgren
Piet Dash
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