Polar voyage plan faces potential danger from two sailors
The Express notes two men from Indiana and Chicago plan to reach the north pole by mairship. Obituaries may be written beforehand to save time. Italian statistics show 160000 immigrants to America annually with about half returning home. European unrest grows in Russia Belgium and Spain, while progress is tied to revolution.
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Indiana
Chicago
North Pole
America
Italy
United States
Russia
Belgium
Spain
Europe
Danish King Reaches Eighty-Four As Europe Watches
King Christian IX of Denmark, at eighty four, is the eldest European sovereign. Dagmar, his daughter, is czarina of Russia and Alexandra, another daughter, is queen of England.
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Christian IX
Denmark
Dagmar
Czarina
Russia
Alexandra
England
Cotton Leads U S Foreign Trade In Agriculture
The south basks in joy as cotton dominates foreign trade. Last year agricultural exports totaled 952 million dollars, the highest on record, with raw cotton making up about one third, breadstuffs second, and meats third.
Flagpole atop Chicago post office stands 72 feet high
The new Chicago post office crown features a 72 foot flagpole costing $500. The pole began as an Oregon fir tree shipped from the northwest and was finished on a Chicago lathe at a major planing mill.
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Chicago
Omaha woman claims title of youngest great grandmother
Mrs Minnie Davis of Omaha Nebraska says she is the youngest great grandmother in the United States She married at age one was a mother at fourteen a grandmother at twenty eight and a great grandmother at forty five Her children are younger than her granddaughter indicating an unusual family timeline
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Minnie Davis
Omaha, Neb
United States
Monument marks center of United States at Fort Riley
A large monument on high ground at Fort Riley Kansas marks the geographical center of the United States. It stands over the grave of Maj Edmund Ogden who died at Fort Riley in 1856 and was erected by Joseph O Sawyer formerly of Cincinnati.
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United States
Fort Riley
Kan
Maj
Edmund Ogden
Joseph O. Sawyer
Cincinnati
Arkansas Governor Remarks on Political Rivalry
Gov. Jeff Davis writes to a correspondent noting distrust and perceived rivalry. He accuses the correspondent of not being his friend despite show of support and compares his eyes and handshake to Ku Cassius-like signs. The piece comments on how such physiognomy based politics enliven state discourse.
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Jeff Davis
Arkansas
Foreign sales rise in early 1902 manufacturing output
Treasury statistics show January and February gains over 1901 with total foreign sales exceeding by more than 3,009,000. Cotton manufactures rise by 9,000,000 and leather by 2,000,000, figures regarded as encouraging for manufacturers and artisans.
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Treasury
Sermon Figures of the Postwar Preacher Era
Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage stood near the end of a famed generation of preachers who shaped the public voice after the Civil War. Companions included Beecher Chapin Bellows Boole Storrs Hall Collyer Swing and other once familiar names nationwide.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Beecher
Chapin
Bellows
Boole
Storrs
Hall
Collyer
Swing
Aguinaldo Enjoys Comfort Near Pasig River Home
The Filipino leader Aguinaldo resides in a well furnished Malacanan suburb house along the Pasig river, comparable to Gov. Taft’s riverfront home. An American guard protects him while his wife, children, mother-in-law, and several servants attend to daily needs.
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Aguinaldo
Pasig
Malacanan
William H. Taft
Census of London Reveals Population and Occupation Details
The census shows London has 1,019,546 families with an average of 4.4 persons per family. Females outnumber males by 253,371, and widows total thrice widowers. 83.6 percent of men and 37.4 percent of women are in trade or occupations. Russia leads among naturalized foreigners with 38,111.
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London
Russia
Insurance against smallpox risks expands in England
Insurance firms in England offer a policy at 28 cents per person for one year. It pays heirs $500 after death from smallpox and provides the insured $5 weekly for five weeks during a non fatal attack. Rates vary with vaccination status.
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England
Antiques Reveal 1834 Prophecy on Future Travel
An antiquarian finds a 1834 illustration forecasting future human travel with airships and horseless carriages among recurring motifs. The scene highlights Santos-Dumont’s navigated airship as most plausible, with moving houses and shops and a showman selling a "live horse" as a sideshow attraction.
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Santos- Dumont
Wisconsin returns to San Francisco after 15519 mile cruise
The battleship Wisconsin reaches San Francisco after a 15 519 mile voyage. A target practice record shows 95 percent of her 482 crew qualified as marksmen. At Magdalena bay the 18 inch battery fired on a rock pinnacle at 2600 yards, the first shot broke the center rock, second shattered the stump, and the fourth destroyed the remaining pinnacle remains.
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San Francisco
Magdalena Bay
Week's History From Washington Affects Cuba and Philippines
A week of congressional action covers the Nicaragua canal debate in the Senate, Cuban reciprocity in the House, and government discussions on the Philippine Islands. The Senate agrees to Chinese exclusion conference and honors Senator Kyle. Fortifications and legislative appropriation measures advance.
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United States Senate
Morgan
House
Cushman
Wash
United States
Senate
Philippine Islands
Cuba
Platt
Cann
Dillingham
V.J
Clay
Washington
Benjamin V. Stephenson
Gen
Tudlow
Committee On
Kyle
S. D
Conference
Notable Deaths and Rail Accident Toll in 1901
Maj O L Pruden an assistant secretary to be president died in Washington at 60. An Interstate Commerce Commission report shows 725 killed and 2622 injured in US train accidents in the quarter ending September 30 1901. Novelist Frank R Stockton died suddenly in Wadlington from brain hemorrhage paralysis.
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O. L. Pruden
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Frank R. Stockton
Wadlington
Mr. Stockton
US markets mixed as week end totals rise and notable events loom
The seven day totals at leading clearing houses rose to 2.541 billion from 2.247 billion last week. The period saw 261 business failures, while weather improves orders and collections. A New York shipping trust valued at 1 billion dollars was formed. Willis Burton and Frederick Van Wormer were convicted of murder and sentenced to death in Trudson. J P Morgan and associates reportedly control 128 ocean liners with 150 million in capital. AFL leaders urge anti injunction legislation. Sugar stock drops 30 points over anti differential move. potential refiner losses estimated at 5 to 6 million. Dr Nicholas Murray Butler installed president of Columbia University with Roosevelt and Harper speaking.
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United States
New York
Willis Burton
Frederick van Wormer
Trudson
N.Y
Peter A. Hatlenbeck
J. P. Morgan and Associates
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
New York Stock Exchange
Congress
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Seth Low
Roosevelt
Harper
Warnings and winter wheat outlooks across the plains
Missouri allows teachers to whip pupils where deemed necessary. En couraging signs point to a large winter wheat yield. Rosebud agency lands in Nebraska and South Dakota to be opened to settlement this summer. Iowa governor offers 1260 reward for Des Moines Peterson children murders. M E Ingalls says railway merger safety limit reached. Depot Carriage and Baggage fire in Kansas City kills 46 horses. Wallace and Washington hanged in Donaldsville for murder. Heat and drought threaten Kansas wheat. 95 in Omaha and 92 in St Joseph. 5000 attend John P Altgeld memorial in Chicago with Clarence Darrow and others. Steamship City of Pittsburg fire near Cairo claims 50-75 lives.
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Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Rosebud Indian Agency
Iowa
Peterson
Des Moines
Chicago
M. E. Ingalls
Big Four Railroad
Depot Carriage and Baggage Company
Kansas City
Philip Wallace
Ellis Washington
Donaldsville
Lee Geismar
Geismar
Omaha
St. Joseph
John P. Altgeld
Auditorium
Clarence Darrow
Bishop Spalding
Lentz
Cairo
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Memphis
McCarty Fatally Shoots Wife in Lexington Peace Warrant Case
William McCarty a railroad brakeman shot and killed his wife in Lexington Kentucky after learning she had sworn out a peace warrant against him.
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William McCarty
Lexington
World News Briefs From Global Conflicts and Disasters
The dispatch reports the Chinese government protests Philippine exclusion policy. Ireland’s national leaders seek renewed coercion act terror. Colombia seeks 2 million dollars rent for 14 years paid upfront. British operations continue in South Africa amid peace talks. Queen Wilhelmina’s illness is labeled typhoid fever. The prince of Wales may tour the United States in September. Belgium strikes reportedly ended. Colombian rebels capture Bocas de Toro after a night battle with 50 dead. Managua barracks explode killing over 100 soldiers. Quetzaltenango and Amatitlan in Guatemala ruined by earthquakes with 500 deaths unconfirmed. Tapachula Mexico earthquake damage estimated at 1 million dollars.
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Philippine Islands
Ireland
National League
Colombia
South Africa
Transvaal
Free State
Kitchener
Wilhelmina
London
Prince of Wales
United States
Belgium
Bocas de Toro
Managua
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Quesaltenango
Amatitlan
Tapachula
Mexico
River and Harbor Bill Passes Amid Broad Appropriations
The river and harbor measure, carrying about 70 million dollars in appropriations, passed. Debate on the Philippine government bill stalled. Military academy appropriation included 6.5 million for West Point grounds and buildings. Major Rathbone bailed at 100000 dollars. Talmage left an estate of 300000, widow to receive one third. Manila trial of Gen. Smith to begin. Earthquake damage reported in Guatemala with 500 killed estimated. Heat in western states, chill in the northwest. City of Pittsburg disaster death toll 70 to 145. Coghlan and Sands nominated rear admirals. British depot near New Orleans to be discontinued over neutrality concerns.
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Senate
West Point
Maj. Rathbone
Rev
T. DeWitt Talmage
Gen. Smith
Manila
Guatemala
Queseltenango
Ocean Steamship
Abraham Antoranim
Waukegan
Pittsburg
Ohio
Cuba
George Butler
Chicago
Joseph B. Coghlan
James II. Sands
New Orleans
Col. Crowder
Venezuela Ratifies Protocol for Renewal of France Ties
The nation approves the treaty to renew diplomatic relations with France as other world events unfold. Also noted: John Quincy Adams Butts marks 50 years as town clerk of Canaan Maine, and a two minute mud shower darkens Poughkeepsie New York.
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Venezuela
France
John Quincy Adams Butts
Canaan
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Quebec Southern Railroad
Chicago
Texas Civil Court of Appeals
Steamer City of Pittsburg Destroyed Near Cairo
Cairo Ill April 21 The side wheel steamer City of Pittsburg en route from Cincinnati to Memphis burned to the water edge at Turner's Landing near Olmstead 11 12 miles from Mound City 1N 24 miles from this city Panic spread as flames and smoke filled the vessel while passengers fled in boats and on deck Two women and several children were among the injured and missing Rescue efforts continued as crews from this city and nearby towns aided the survivors The steamer Maud Kilgore conveyed the rescued to port with aid from local societies
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Cairo
Ill
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Memphis
New South
Paducah
Oliver Phillips
al Pritchard
Clay Breeze
Archie M. Allen
Phillips
S. R. Leach
Bridgeport
Ellen Fenmore
Arbuckle
W. Va
Fannie MecCullum
Leavenworth
Ind
Pat Burt
Owensboro
Mound City
Wesley Doss
Marie Tissim
Cannelton
Maud Kilgore
Cole
Presbyterian Creed Revision Moves Toward General Assembly
Washington on April 18 reports the Presbyterian creed revision committee completed its labors and unanimously prepared a 16 article report for the general assembly in New York May 15. A declaratory statement clarifies chapters 3 and 10 and removes the oath and pope of Rome clause from the confession. Separately, Lopez urges Philippine Filipino testimony. labor council in Brussels ends a strike. robbers loot Bank of Goodlettsville and post office cash in Nashville.
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Washington
Presbyterian Creed Revision Committee
General Assembly
New York
God
Lord Jesus Christ
Rome
General Malvar Surrenders in Philippines Campaign
Washington reports General Chaffee cable stating Malvar unconditionally surrendered to Brigadier General J Franklin Bell in Lipa Batangas. Wheaton says resistance ended and ports to reopen. about 3300 rifles collected in Batangas and Laguna as Malvar seeks interview to finalize submission.
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Washington
War Department
Chaffee
Manila
Malvar
J. Franklin Bell
United States
Bell
Taynabas
Cavite
Wheaton
Gen. Wheaton
Gen. Bell
Ife
Batangas
Laguna
Ocean liners unite under combined British and American flags
A British American German shipping merger solidifies with White Star Dominion and Leyland on the British flag and Atlantic Transport American and Red Star on the American flag. Hamburg America and North German Lloyd join in a harmonious community, keeping identities while sharing control. Major Octavius L. Pruden dies at Garfield hospital at age about 60. In Pennsylvania, nearly 2,000 coal miners quit along West Pennsylvania railroad after a Leechburg district meeting, with 26 mines idle and 500 workers remaining at companies still signing the scale.
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London
White Star
Dominion and Leyland Lines
Atlantic Transport
Red Star Lines
Hamburg- American
Lloyd Lines
Pittsburg
West Pennsylvania
Leechburg
Wheat Prospects Improve for Winter Crop
Reports to R G Dun and Co from New York on April 18 indicate favorable wheat prospects with acreage equal to or above last year. Only a small loss is noted in areas with decreased planted area, and overall winter weather damage appears minimal.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Washington
Idaho
Washington & Idaho Investment CO
Exchange National Bank
Spokane
Wash
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Mrs Sophie Binns
Mrs Sophie Binns of Fruitvale reports cure of ovarian congestion and inflammation after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for eighteen months. She cites pain relief and improved health within two months, urging others with menstrual and gynecological troubles to try the remedy. She warns against other medicines and states the claim is genuine with a $5000 forfeiture notice.
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Sophie Binns
Young People’s Christian Temperance Union
Fruitvale
Bar
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sophie Brgns
Ping Pong Mischief Tale From Baltimore American
A playful vignette in verse recalls a maid guiding a suitor to the ping-pong table where a misadventure with a racket leads to a memorable lesson. The Chicago Journal adds a proverb urging slow social enjoyment and swift awareness of others' fortunes.
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Baltimore American
Chicago Journal
Cannibal King chef jokes about captured cook
The cannibal king’s chef recalls a captured cook’s boastful tale of soup stock. A German author criticizes American traits as bumptious, flippant, exploitive, and lacking refinement, seen as fearsome in German circles.
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Buffalo Express
Seismic Shake Felt Across Mexico City Friday Evening
A severe earthquake struck Mexico City at 7 50 pm on Friday. The tremor lasted about a minute and a half, reportedly the strongest in years and felt across the capital.
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Mexico
China Protests Reach Senate Over Philippine Exclusion
April 19 Washington The secretary of state on Friday sent to the senate a communication from United States Minister Conger attaching a protest from the Chinese government against the exclusion of Chinese from the Philippine islands.
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Washington
Secretary of State
Senate
United States
Conger
Philippine Islands
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