Senator Clark Plans Hawaii Summer Residence
The Express notes Montana senator Clark will build a grand summer home in Hawaii, citing large investments there and a climate suited to his plans. It also mentions failed chloroform killings in India due to heat, an ice-box fix, and profiles Mrs Joupenr and Mrs Kruger as educated Boer women famed for domesticity and early Pretoria piano ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Montana
Hawaii
England
India
British War Under Secretary Grorge WrnpuaM Aged Debater
Grorge WrnpuaM, 85, under secretary of state for war in Great Britain, has served in Parliament for years and earned a reputation as a strong debater. He joined the army at twenty and saw hard service in Africa, also editing Plutarch and a volume of Shakespeare's poems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grorge Wrnpuam
Great Britain
Africa
Plutarch
Shakspeare
Butterflies Found Near North Pole Recover When Warmed
Climbers report frozen butterflies in snowy high latitudes that crack apart if mishandled yet thaw and regain flight when moved to warmer climates. Six species have been located within a few hundred miles of the pole, suggesting surprising Arctic insect resilience.
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North Pole
Confederate veterans seek purchase of Jefferson Davis home
Confederate veterans in New Orleans plan to buy Jefferson Davis's Mississippi home Beauvoir for an industrial farm aiding ex Confederates able to work. They have word Mrs. Davis desires to sell and may invest in New Orleans real estate making the city her home.
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Confederate Veterans of
New Orleans
Beauior
Jefferson’ Davis
Mississippi
Kruger’s marriages tied to Du Plessis family in South Africa
President Kruger married twice both times into the historic Du Plessis family, one of the oldest in South Africa and linked to Richelieu. His first marriage produced one child who died young, the second produced sixteen, and his total grandchildren reach 104.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presipent Krucer
du Plessis
South Africa
Cape
Richelieu
Mr. Kruger
Fashionable Weddings Rule London Paris and New York
In London and Paris stylish weddings occurred at four in the afternoon. Among New York's chic brides three had no bridesmaids and Miss Julia Dent Grant wed Prince Cantacuzene without attendants. Fashion dictates both bridesmaids and floral decor as gown styles evolve.
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London
Paris
New York
Julia Dent Grant
Prince Cantacuzene
Birp Stafford Bouton STAFFORD Tasmania Premier
Birp Stafford Bouton Stafford the new premier of Tasmania is a 59 year old Congregationalist clergyman by origin from Newcastle upon Tyne England. He settled in Hobart in 1879 as minister of the leading congregationalist church there. He entered parliament three years later and later served as colonial treasurer. He has represented Tasmania in two Australian federal conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bouton Stafford Birp
Tasmania
Newcastle-on-Tyne
England
Hobart
Paper cost in shopping trip confuses buyers
A Baltimorean compared paper weight with food purchased, noting paper wrapping amounted to about 10 percent of one day's purchases. In a list totaling about $1.40 the paper weighed with the provisions cost 1 43 cents.
Belgians Queen Raised Amid Feudal Castle Customs
The Queen of the Belgians was raised in her father’s Pesth castle, surrounded by feudal age customs. At night the father himself descended to lock the outer gate. The great hall divided into two levels housed daughters at needlework and music, with attendants below.
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Pesth
Fiery takeover unites Southern Pacific lines under single system
Couns P Iluxtineron and allies claim control of the combined Southern Pacific and Central Pacific networks. The reorganization plan consolidates rails into one organization and liquidates the government debt of 55,812,715 without market disruption.
Paris struggles to relocate the guillotine
Paris officials face an accumulation of criminals awaiting execution after abolishing public hangings in Square de la Roquette. Aldermen debate a new site while citizens resist every proposed location for the ghastly machine.
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Square de la Roquette
Paris
McKinley’s Steward Sinclair Trusted Buyer At White House
Sinclair, McKinley’s steward and former Cleveland employee, is praised as a careful buyer. He worked eight years for Cleveland, receives 1800 dollars yearly by law, and is bonded for twenty thousand dollars. He manages all property entering the executive mansion, with some items of inestimable value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Sinclair
Cleveland
White House
Sixteenth Street
United States
Executive Mansion
Union News Roundup shows fiscal and financial tallies
A week’s history across the nation reports a postal deficiency of 6 610 777 for the fiscal year a 27 percent drop from last year’s deficit total receipts exceed 95 million dollars the comptroller notes banking deposit growth and lower interest rates Buffington’s ordnance outlay reaches 23 786 786 Indian affairs notes 181 000 population with 20 522 students in schools Thurston Purman wedding occurs in Washington at the bride’s residence and a petition by 100 representatives’ wives urges their husbands to deny Roberts a seat in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.C. Madden
Gen. Buffington
Ordnance
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
John M. Thurston
Nebraska
Lola Purman
Washington
Commissioner of Navigation
Bureau
Congress
Roberts
Utah
Resignations and naval command mark week in review
In the United States 219 business failures occurred in the week ending the 17th, up from 157 the prior week and 223 in the same period last year. Dr. Richard Storrs, longtime pastor of the Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn, resigns due to failing health. Rear Admiral Schley assumes formal command of the South Atlantic squadron from the cruiser Chicago. Two bubonic plague cases are reported aboard the British steamship J W Taylor, which arrives at quarantine in New York from Brazil. George Harvey Chickering, last of the famed piano makers, dies in Milton, Massachusetts at 70. Seth Lovell, king of the gypsies in the United States, dies in Philadelphia at 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Richard
Storrs
Church of the Pilgrims
Brooklyn
N. Y
Chicago
Schley
South Atlantic
J. W. Taylor
New York
Brazil
George Harvey Chickering
Milton
Mass
Seth Lovell
Philadelphia
Notable 1898-1900 Murders and Disturbances Across Several States
A mob lynched William Hutt in Bloomfield Missouri after his murder charge. Rev Daniel Hill a leading Quaker leader died in Richmond Indiana. The transport Senator sailed from San Francisco to Manila with troops. William Burke died at Marengo Illinois aged 110. Michael Emil Bollinger hanged in Chicago for wife murder. H W Wart appointed US consul at Dusseldorf Germany. Masked men robbed Parker Illinois State Bank of 1000 dollars. Lewis L Troy US Railway Mail Service chief died in Chicago aged 60. Cornelius Corcoran killed three children and wounded another then suicided in Chicago. Accidental poisoning of a son believed to drive murder. Dr Thomas E James and son Wade Hampton James killed by Samuel Lanier in Greenville South Carolina. Dwight L Moody struck by heart trouble at Kansas City Missouri. Four robbers robbed Carl Junction Missouri bank of 4000 dollars. Des Moines Described football injury to Winifred Stephenson who died within an hour. Maj Henry Clay McDowell died in Lexington Kentucky. Thomas Ayres died at Maxon’s Mills Kentucky aged 100 years 4 months leaving eight daughters and ten sons. Six men killed and four injured in Humboldt South Carolina railway accident. Edward Jackson and wife and Daniel Richman tarred and feathered in West Liberty Ohio by a mob charged with incendiarism. Cuban leaders seek independent government with US troops to maintain order.
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Bloomfield
William Hutt
Andrew Melton
Daniel Hill
Society of Friends
Richmond
Ind
San Francisco
Senator
Manila
William Burke
Marengo
Michael Emil Bollinger
Chicago
McKinley
H. W. Wart
Alliance, O
United States
Dusseldorf
Germany
Parker
Thomas E. James
Greenville
S. C
Wade Hampton James
Samuel Lanier
Kansas City
Dwight TL. Moody
Northfield
Mass
Carl Junction
Humboldt
West Liberty
Edward Jackson
Daniel Richman
Congress
Island
Manila dispatch notes Otis on Young Wheaton link
Maj. Gen. Otis believes Gen. Young has linked or at least communicated with Gen. Wheaton. He estimates insurgents within the American cordon at 3,000 as Aguinaldo seeks escape to Bayombong. Reports place him still in the Jow country. British forces in South Africa gain daily troopship arrivals with 7,000 men moving inland, while Gen. White’s army risks destruction if Boer aggression continues.
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Manila
Otis
Young
Wheaton
Aguinaldo
Bayombong
Jow
South Africa
Wurban
White
Port Said Statue Unveiled by Khedive at Harbor Entrance
Reports describe the khedive unveiling Count de Lesseps statue at Port Said gate to the harbor as Manila reports note Col Swigert at Pozorsubio moving against insurgents while Aguinaldo may be present. MacArthur pushes north from Tarlac toward Bayambong as Wheelson and Lawton coorses north of front.
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Port
Khedive
Count de Lesseps
Manila
Col. Swigert
Third Cavalry
Pozorsubio
Aguinaldo
MacArthur
Tarlac
Bayambong
Vizcaya
Paris
Loubet
South Africa
New Guinea
Madrid
Aguinialdo
MacArthur advances in Philippines cited as insurrection broken
Gen. MacArthur's rapid march north from Tarlac reaches Dagupan signaling to war department officials that the insurgent movement in the Philippines is breaking as a unified force. The rainy season is blamed for delays to Gen. Otis and his army. Local deaths include Mrs. Mary Carey 111 in Washington NJ and Maj. William Dickey a Maine legislator for 85 years.
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MacArthur
Tarlac
Otis
Dagupan
War Department
Philippines
Mary Carey
Washington
N. J
Bucara Manga
Admiral Dewey
Joseph Wheeler
Congress
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Democratic National Executive Committee
J. N. Jones
Chicago
Fancock
Puebla
San Francisco
Manila
William Dickey
Maine
Fort Kent
Evelyn Adams
New York City
Ohio
George W. Nash
St. Louis
Germany
Windsor
Queen Victoria
Lady Salisbury
London
Ladysmith
Cape Colony
Confederate monument planned for Chickamauga
A $65 000 Confederate monument is planned for Chickamauga. Other items note Baltimore's large black population claim and various 1900s figures, including bequests, pensions, and sensational political events.
News of Churchill Wounded at Ladysmith Front
London reports key update on Winston Churchill wounded in hand and alive in Pretoria. British forces in Natal bolster ranks as 28 000 reinforcements arrive and Boer attack near Estcourt is repelled. Times dispatch details Ladysmith siege actions and German and British war movements.
Hillmon Case Ends With Plaintiff Victory After 20 Years
In Leavenworth Kansas a jury ruled for the plaintiff in the Hillmon insurance case. Damages totaled 22,068 from New York Mutual Life and 11,034 from Connecticut Mutual, far above the original 15,000 and 5,000 claims. The six trials spanned two decades, with multiple hung juries and a double exhumation of the body in question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
Hillmon Insurance
New York Mutual Life
Connecticut Mutual
Hillman
Smith
Supreme Court
John W. Hillman
Medicine Lodge
Moody Returns From Illness After Kansas City Visit
D L Moody evangelist arrived in St. Louis with private secretary and Dr R M Schouffler after a heart trouble scare in Kansas City He dismissed the episode as a temporary relapse from overwork and said he was feeling much better and near full recovery en route to Northfield Mass.
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St. Louis
D. L. Moody
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific Railway
R. M. Schouffler
Union Station
Mr. Moody
Plague Cases Arrive in New York From Santos
Two suspected bubonic plague cases aboard the J W Taylor from Santos Brazil recoveries reported for Capt Waters and Charles J Allisson while steward Robert Hope dies at sea. Authorities vow disinfection and isolation aboard the ship. no citywide outbreak feared due to strong sanitation.
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New York
Lamport and Holt Line
J. W. Taylor
Santos
Brazil
Capt. Waters
Charles J. Allison
Cook
Robert Hope
Evangeline O’Neill Arrested in Montreal for Defrauding Creditors
Evangeline Claire O’Neill wife of Harry J. O’Neill once called the barley king on the Chicago board of trade was arrested in Montreal on a charge of attempting to defraud creditors in Chicago of about $50,000. Creditors include Mandel Bros. Rowe Bros. Spaulding & Co. Marshall Field & Co. and others. Debts span Chicago Philadelphia St Louis and New York suppliers with items such as millinery dresses trunks and a $1500 petticoat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Evangeline Claire O’neill
Harry J. O’neill
Chicago Board of Trade
Montreal
Canada
Marshall Field & Co
Burley & Co
Foreman Shoe Company
Ballenberg
Charles T. Wilt
Chambers Resigns as Samoa Chief Justice
Washington reports Chief Justice Chambers of Samoa has resigned and his resignation accepted by the president for the United States. The move affects the Berlin treaty parties with notifications to Britain and Germany. His final act was submitting a report on his administration prior to leaving Apia.
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Washington
Chambers
Samoa
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Apia
Jewelry Trends and Holiday Novelties Highlight 1920s Gifts
The Jewelers' Weekly notes gold and silver belt buckles with rosebud motifs, a conical scent bottle of silver and cut glass topped with topaz, and chatelaine links. Thanksgiving novelties include gold wishbones brooches silver turkey foot pins and football headed hat pins. An inkstand features two football players and a goal post hook design. Also reported is a 150 student missionary conference at Eisenach Germany.
Six killed in Omaha railroad accident near Humboldt
A Sioux Falls dispatch reports a handcar party attacked by a backing work train near Humboldt, killing five workmen including Edward Howard and injuring many others. Five doctors assist as the injured are evacuated. a 15-year-old dies en route. A mob threat by Italian workers follows the crash.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Times
Sioux Falls
Omaha
Humboldt
Higgins
Montrose
Edward Howard
Richton
Illinois Central
St. Louis
Springfield
Here
J. W. Clark
Thomasville
Ill
American Advance Near Dagupan in Philippine Campaign
Manila reports rapid American progress as Gen. MacArthur nears Dagupan within five miles and artillery and railway logistics improve. Gen. Wheaton or Gen. Lawton expected to occupy Dagupan while lines beyond Bamban remain damaged. Capt. Leonhaeuser led a night march from Capas to O'Donnell, trapping about 200 insurgents with arms and supplies, one Filipino casualty, no American losses.
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Manila
Dagupan
Gen. MacArthur
Wheaton
Gen. Lawton
Bamban
MacArthur
Leonhaeuser
O'Donnell
Capas
Cubans seek February election for president and cortes
Havana reports Cubans plan to petition Congress for a February vote to elect a president, vice president, and provincial members forming a cortes with an upper chamber, plus cabinet secretaries. They request continued military occupation with 5 000 troops and one American general in command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Havana
Big Deals in Wheat Sealed by German Firm
Alfred Duttenhofer, heading a grain house with bases in Mannheim and Duisburg, closes deals with Kansas City grain firms for hundreds of thousands of dollars of southwestern wheat and plans shipments to Europe from Galveston. He cites poor Russian crop quality as the reason for visiting Kansas City. Negotiations continue in Washington with Brazil for tariff concessions to broaden American wheat and flour markets, led by Assis-Brazil and Kasson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
Alfred Duttenhofer
Mannheim
Duisburg
Germany
Galveston
Europe
Duttenhofer
Kansas City
Washington
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Assis-Brasil
Kasson
United States
Sulzer Arrives in Chicago for Democratic Exec Meeting
New York Congressman William Sulzer registered at the Auditorium to attend the Democratic National Executive Committee meeting. He declared his candidacy for minority leader of the next House but denied running as a Tammany representative. Also reported, Sir William Dawson, famed educator and geologist and late principal of McGill College, has died in Montreal.
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Chicago
William Sulzer
New York City
Democratic National Executive Committee
House of Representatives
Tammany
Montreal
Sir William Dawson
McGill College
Wintering on the Gulf Coast by Louisville & Nashville line
A midwestern sales appeal touts the Gulf Coast portion between Mobile and New Orleans as ideal winter retreat with mild climate, pure air, good hunting and fishing, and first class accommodations. Through cars from Northern cities via L and N R R are highlighted with Florida connections.
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Gulf Coast
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Mobile
New Orleans
Florida
J. K. Ridgely
Chicago
Mrs Pinkham's Medicine Restores Health to Women
Readers report dramatic relief from womb troubles and nervous symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and associated products. Letters praise renewed energy, better sleep, and ability to work full days, with testimonials from Mrs E E Kuhn Germano Onto and Mrs M L Spears Guy Marsu.
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Mrs. Pinshamm
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. E. Kuan
Onto
M. L. Spears
Guy Marsu
Mica
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Westfield
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Massachusetts
Jane Stanford
Southern Pacific
Huntington-Speyer Syndicate
Gurney Spalding
Niagara County
John H. Haswell
Albany
State Department
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Worth Bagley
Spain
Iva D. Sankey
Atlanta
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Dewey
Justice Mooker
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Ladysaith
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Lourenzo Marques
Royal Dublin Fusilleers
Colenso
Estcourt
Natal
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Cape Town
Durban
Lower Natal
the Times
Free State
Newcastle
Johannesburg
King’s Royal Rifles Corps
King’s Rifles
Prince of Wales
Caesar’s
Manchester Regiment
Colenso Road
Natal Mounted Rifles
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
William
Shamrock
Clyde
Moscow
Tokio
Japan
Yokohama
Osaka
Nagasaki
Chickering
Boston
Hillmon
Dd. L. Moody
Eisenach
Omaha Road
The
Hood
Palace On Wheels
Alton Limited
Chicago & Alton KR. RR. Co
Chicago Alton
United States Postal
Chicago & Alton
Pullman
Chicago Daily News
Piso
Stedeford
Pittsburg
Sate & Deposit Co
Ree and Rae & Trade Mark Registered
Sterling Comedy Company
W. L. Douglas
Shoes Union
W. C. Douglas Shoe CO
Brockton, Mass
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