Large World Facts and Local Curiosities From The Express
The Express notes notable figures and topics including J Lathrop Allen at 90 in New York, czar and czarina heights, Europe’s population near 395 million, and Belgium’s dense population. It lists perfumery uses by tonnage, a London report on an Esneh barrage costing 12000 dollars, irrigation impact, a Buena Vista bird seen as eagle duck hybrid, and coal land areas in the interior west.
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Buena Vista
Youghiogheny River
David McBeth
Marquis of DeDion Builds Motor Villa In Paris Idle Roads
The Marquis of DeDion, a prominent Parisian social and business figure, unveils a motor villa. The vehicle houses dining drawing bath bedrooms and a kitchen and runs on an electric motor, traveling about seven and a half miles per hour along highways.
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DeDion
Paris
Proposal for a Great Britain France and United States peace alliance
The suggestion advocates a triple alliance among Great Britain France and the United States to insure world peace. It cites a combined population and a fighting force of 4 700 000 men and 1 056 battleships with possible Japanese cooperation to bolster the alliance.
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Great Britain
France
United States
Japan
First Queen Alexandra statue to stand at London hospital
The first Queen Alexandra statue will be erected on English soil in the London hospital grounds to mark the completion of rebuilding costing 45000 pounds. Sculptor George Wade to carve a heroic bronze statue at 1500 pounds, with 1300 pounds already subscribed by the committee staff and friends.
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Queen Alexandra
London Hospital
George Wade
Railroads Agree to Report Illegal Acts to ICC
Western railroad officials at a Chicago meeting resolved to report every illegal act to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The same railroads that condemned others now plan to turn in offenders, following federal enforcement under the Elkins statute and indictments of some railroad executives.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Prosperous Mormon Colonies in Chihuahua Report
Four American Mormon settlements in Chihuahua state are reported to be prosperous. Colonia Dublan, the largest with 980 residents, owns about 37,000 acres and runs a flour mill a lumber mill a tannery and an iron foundry. Land is highly cultivated and fruit growing is extensive.
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Chihuahua
Colonia Dublan
Chinese Minister’s Daughter To Debut In Washington Society
An intriguing young woman from China, Miss Liang-Cheng, daughter of Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng the Chinese minister to the United States, is set for a Washington debut this winter. She is planned as the first high-born Chinese woman to enter American society, having led a relatively secluded life until now.
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China
Washington
Miss Liang- Cheng
Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng
United States
Wu Ting-Fang
Liang-Cheng
Secret paper used for currency printed in Massachusetts
The government prints currency on a special fibre paper made by a Massachusetts firm at 43 cents a pound. Distinctive silk threads are added to deter counterfeiting, and each sheet is counted twice at the mill and twice again on arrival in Washington.
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Massachusetts
Washington
Mineral Sands From Snake and Columbia Rivers Prove Rich
Government mineralogists at Portland Oregon report black sands from the Snake and Columbia rivers yielding gold platinum and other metals in paying quantities. They are also rich in iron of the best sort for spring steel and for hair springs used in watches and high grade edged tools.
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United States
Portland
Ore
Snake
Columbia Rivers
Death of Marshall Field in New York and Chicago Rises
Marshall Field, famed Chicago dry goods magnate, died at Holland House New York at 4 p.m. Tuesday after a week long illness. Born 1835 in Conway Massachusetts he built Marshall Field & Co reaching vast wealth and major gifts. Chicago observed a silent memorial hour with business closures and half mast flags.
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New York
Marshall Field
Chicago
Holland House
Field
Conway
Mass
Pittsfield
Palmer & Jester
Marshall Field & Co
Field Columbian Museum
University of Chicago
Pullman Company
Rock Island
Baltimore & Ohio
Prairie Avenue
State Street
Telephone Company
Higher Place For Wright The Philippines Governor General Nomination
Secretary Roosevelt announced that Quake and Wright of Tennessee will be the first ambassador to Japan if the Senate approves the nomination Roosevelt will submit next Monday. Wright will be succeeded in Manila by Henry C Ide as acting governor general during Wrights leave. On June 1 James F Smith of California will become governor general.
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Washington
Wright
Tennessee
Philippines
Japan
Senate
Roosevelt
Ropt
Manila
Henry C. Ide
Gen. Wright
James Fr’. Smith
California
Philippine Commission
Dozen Lost As Shipwreck Survivor Rescued
Karl Sumner the sole known survivor of 138 aboard the four masted schooner Robert H Stevenson drifted from Saturday morning to Monday before being picked up by the German steamer Europa bound Philadelphia Savannah and brought to Savannah. The voyage included the captain's wife two relatives and a servant among four women aboard heading to Havana for a pleasure trip.
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Karl Sumner
Robert H. Stevenson
Europa
Philadelphia
Savannnah
Havana
Busch plans $3 million tunnel under Mississippi River
St Louis press reports August A Busch states the Manufacturers' railway will build a 3 million dollar tunnel linking its Illinois and Missouri terminals under the Mississippi to replace the ferry operation.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
Jan
August A. Busch
Manufacturers’ Railway
a_ St. Louis terminal railroad
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association
Mississippi River
Illinois
Missouri
Champion Swimmer Dead
Victoria British Columbia January 20 B B Kieran holder of the world swimming championship is dead in Australia.
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Victoria
B. C
B. B. Kieran
Australia
Attorney General Seeks Ouster Of Ohio Bridge Firms
Attorney General Wade H. Ellis filed in the circuit court here a petition to oust all bridge companies operating in Ohio from their charters for alleged unlawful restraint of trade.
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Bridge Trust
Bellefontaine, O
Wade TH. Ellis
Ohio
Jury Deadlocks in Pratt Murder Case in Iowa
In Rockwell City Iowa on January 19 the jury in Mrs Josiah Pratt charged with murdering her husband failed to reach a verdict and was discharged. The panel stood 10 to 2 for acquittal.
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Rockwell City
Josiah Pratt
Woman Dies After Dinner in Station Dining Room
Mrs William Williamson of 625 Moss Avenue Peoria Illinois collapsed and died in the Station dining room after a hearty meal on her way to Dallas Texas. The incident occurred January 18 in South McAlester I T.
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McAlester
I. T
William Williamson
Moss Avenue
Peoria
Dallas
Tex
Former State Senator Began Five Year Term at San Quentin
Began term in prison at San Quentin California on January 18 in the state prison Harry Bunkers formerly a state senator was convicted of receiving a bribe and started serving a five year sentence.
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San Quentin
Cal
Harry Bunkers
Eight Die In Mine Explosion At Detroit Paint Creek
Eight men were killed in a blast at the Detroit & Kanawha Coal Company mine near Detroit on Paint Creek. Most died of suffocation. bodies recovered. Explosion at 12:30 p.m. scattered debris, hindering rescue work until the ventilation system was restored. Seven of the victims were married.
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Charleston
W. Va
Detroit & Kanawha Coal Company
Detroit
Paint Creek
Fire tragedy in Pembroke ends in suspected crime
Seven members of Charles M. Ayers family die or go missing after a farmhouse fire near Pembroke New Hampshire. Ayer fired a revolver at his temple and died that night amid suspicions of foul play.
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New Hampshire
Pembroke
N. H
Charles M. Ayers
Ayers
Ayer
George Bailey
Chichester
Safe Blowers Strike Near Chicago Bank and Post Office
Chicago police report two safe robberies within miles of the city linked to an organized gang. At Elwood IL the private J C Beattie bank safe was dynamited and about $3000 stolen, suspects fled north on a handcar along the Chicago Alton line. Nearby at Dunning a branch post office safe was blown open for stamps and money. total value unknown.
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Chicago
Cta
Elwood
J. C. Beattie
Chicago & Alton
Dunning
Mayor Dunne’s plan to own street railways heads to April vote
Chicago leaders push municipal ownership by authorizing 75 million Mueller law certificates to acquire street railway properties. If a majority of voters approve at the April election the ordinance becomes operative immediately.
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Chicago
Dunne
Fire destroys Schoe Saddlery complex in Quincy blaze
A January fire in Quincy Illinois destroyed the J B Schoe Saddlery five building complex and spread across the street burning the city hall. The total loss exceeds 300000 dollars.
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Quincy
Ill
Fred K. Harnst
J. B. Schoe Saddlery Company
Schloßelburg Prison Closes After Amnesty Decree
St. Petersburg reports the Schlos selburg state prison in the fortress of that name has closed. The facility was virtually emptied following the amnesty decree issued last fall, ending a long era of political confinement there.
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St. Petersburg
Schlosselburg
Death of Cardinal Spinola in Seville
Death reported of Cardinal Spinola archbishop of Seville who died Friday night. He was elevated to cardinal on December 11 last.
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Cardinal Spinola
Seville
Spain
Plaza arrives to assume command of Ecuador army
Guayaquil Ecuador Jan 19 Gen Leonidas Plaza Ecuador’s minister to the United States arrived at noon Thursday and assumed command of the army fighting the insurgents, after being recalled home.
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Guayquil
Ecuador
Leonidas Plaza
United States
Train wreck in Mexico kills two injures sixteen
Disaster in Mexico reports a south bound Mexican Central train wrecked south of Chihuahua. Two people were killed and sixteen injured.
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Mexico
Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Fallieres elected French president on first ballot
Paris Jan 18 M Fallieres a Republican and president of the senate was elected president of the republic on the first ballot by the national assembly. The ballot stood Fallieres 449 Doumer 371 with 860 present of 591 deputies and 300 senators. Fallieres had broad support from advanced socialist and radical groups. Doumer, former ally of the Combes party, opposed Fallieres.
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Paris
M. Fallieres
Senate
Republic
National Assembly
Fallieres
Doumer
Chamber of Deputies
Combes
M. Doumer
M. Combes
Philippine tariff bill passes House with tariff on rice tobacco and sugar
The Philippine tariff bill clears the House by a 258 to 71 vote. It keeps Philippine exports to the U S duty free except for sugar tobacco and rice at 25 percent of the Dingrey rates. After April 11 1909 full free trade both ways is planned and export tax exemptions for Philippine goods are established. Merchandise moves with internal revenue taxes in the country of withdrawal.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Philippine Islands
United States
Philippines
Ensign Wade Acquitted Restored to Duty
Mare Island California January 20 news arrived that Ensign Wade U S N has been acquitted on all charges tied to the Bennington disaster and has been restored to duty by order of the secretary of the navy via Admiral McCalla.
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Ensign Wade
Mare Island
Cal
Admiral McCalla
Secretary of the Navy
U.S.N
Bennington
Plant Damaged by Fire in Ashland Workworks Loss
Fire Friday evening caused a loss of 100000 dollars at F. E. Myers & Brothers implement and tool works in Ashland Ohio, the largest establishment of its kind in the world. Also death reported of Col. George W. Robbins veteran of the Eighth Wisconsin Live Eagle regiment at Avon Massachusetts aged 67.
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Ashland
F. E. Myers & Brothers’ Implement and Tool Works
Brockton
Mass
George W. Robbins
Wisconsin “Live Eagle
Avon
Rev F S Root Found Dead at Yale Divinity School
New Haven reports Rev F S Root secretary of the American Social Science association was found dead in his study at the Yale Divinity School. Death attributed to heart disease.
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New Haven, Conn
F. S. Root
American Social Science Association
Yale Divinity School
Depew Stricken by Aphasia and Melancholia
Washington reports Chauncey M. Depew, U S senator, seriously ill with aphasia and morbid fear that others oppose him. Attacks began at Christmas, with episodes of speech loss followed by longer spells, accompanied by paranoid worry about reception at the capitol.
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Washington
Jan
Chauncey M. Depew
Depew
Capitol
Mr. Depew
Jury Awards Damages in Drainage District Case
In Peoria Illinois on January 19 the jury awarded W R Curran and Congress member Joseph W Graff 750 in damages from Chicago Sanitary District. They sued for 55000 seeking relief for water overflowing into the Illinois River damaging land. The seven week four day trial influenced a broader set of claims totaling 4500000.
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Peoria
Ill
W. R. Curran
Joseph W. Graff
The
Sanitary District of
Chicago
Ilinois
Bishop John C. Keener Dies at 87 in New Orleans
Bishop John C. Keener of the Southern Methodist Episcopal church died in New Orleans at age 87 from heart failure Friday. Born February 7, 1819 in Baltimore, he started as a wholesale druggist before entering the ministry and later served as superintendent of chaplains for Confederate forces west of the Mississippi.
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Keener
New Orleans
John C. Keener
Southern Methodist Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Mississippi
Pain in the Joints and a Cure Claim for Dr Williams Pink Pills
An advertorial claim that rheumatism begins with joint pain and swelling and can spread if untreated. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure that purges the blood of poison, citing Mrs I T Pitcher of Newark and her husband a veteran from New York who says she recovered and can walk unaided after three weeks of use.
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Dr. Williams
Mra. I. T. Pitcher
Monmouth Street
Newark
N. J
New York
Pitcher
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Little Ironies of Life Essay Fails Moral Award
The Paris Academy prize entry was unreadable and did not win. Sir Alfred Harmsworth offered 500 for info leading to the arrest of a reckless motorist who turned out to be his brother. Luscomb Seaves learned the British government allowed his Boer War losses claim of 5 million while dying in a San Francisco hospital. General Dokstouroff died of heart disease on a front stair after asking to die a soldier’s death.
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Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
Sir Alfred Harmsworth
Sir Alfred
San Francisco
Luscomb
Brooklyn elevated crash claims one life injures twelve
A Brooklyn Rapid Transit Lexington Avenue line car derailed at Fulton and Chestnut streets. The three car train jumped a switch at a curve, sending the rear car into the street below while the first two stayed on the elevated structure. One person died and about a dozen were injured. Separately, John Willis Baer announced his acceptance of the presidency at Occidental College in Los Angeles.
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New York
Brooklyn
Lexington Avenue
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Fulton and
Chestnut Streets
John Willis Baer
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
Occidental College
Los Angeles
Cal
Home Missions Board
Revolutionaries Enter Quito as Baquerizo Moreno Assumes Power
From Guayaquil on January 20 the revolutionaries reach Quito and Vice President Baquerizo Moreno takes executive power and plans to name a new cabinet.
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Guayaquil
Quito
Ecuador
Baquerizo Moreno
Perkins to Announce Candidacy for Governor in Sioux City
George D. Perkins editor of the Sioux City Journal will formally announce his Republican bid for governor at a mass meeting in Sioux City on Monday night.
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Sioux City, Ia
George D. Perkins
The
Sioux City Journal
County Supervisor Pleads Guilty in Court House Case
Owosso Michigan January 18 E R Vincent one of 39 county supervisors indicted for exceeding authority in courthouse appropriations pleaded guilty and was fined thirty dollars.
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Owosso, Mich
E. R. Vincent
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