Great naval pageant to line up fleets at Cowes and Portsmouth
Warships gather for Friday's royal naval pageant with eight torpedo boat destroyers at the head, the Alberta containing the Queen's body, and royal yachts Victoria and Albert Osborne and Hohenzollern with Emperor William. The Channel fleet forms the eastern wing while the reserve fleet anchors western.
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Portsmouth
Cowes
Alberta
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Osborne
Hohenzollern
William
Admiralty
Enchantress
Trinity House
Spithead
Channel Fleet
Henry Houldsworth Raweon
George Henry Noel
Antelope
Gleaner
Shipjack
Lede
Rattlesnake
Alert
Circe
Speedwell
Trinity Pier
Isle of Wight
Alexandra
Camperdown
Rodney
Benbow
Collingwood
Colossus
Sanspareil
Nile
Howe
Melampus
Severn
Galatea
Bellona
Pactolus
Peliorus
Diana
Conqueror
Arrogant
Minerva
Niobe
Hero
Hood
Trafalgar
Resolution
Jupiter
Hannibal
Mars
Prince George
Majestic
Royal Yachts
Solent
Forte
Chapin
Beethoven
Nelson
Portsmouth Harbor
Sea Front
Barrow Island
St. Vincent
Excellent
Pelayo
Spain
Diaz Moreau
Christopher Colon
Santiago
London War Office Parade Promises Grand Military Pageant
London scene recounts orders for a lavish procession featuring detachments from forty regiments in distinctive uniforms. The pageant will display all arms of the service as it marches through the capital in a colorful display anticipated by observers.
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Naval Corps
United Kingdom
London
Covent Garden
Smithfield
War Office
Obsequies Preparations At Windsor For Sovereign
Windsor prepares for a royal funeral with mourning draped boroughs and a 2 PM service at St George’s chapel. The body expected 1 30 PM, route guarded by troops, Eton volunteers, and guards. Archbishops and bishops attend. flowers from aristocracy and public alike on display. some blooms fading.
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Windsor
Royal Borough
St. George’s Chapel
Eton
Garter King of Arms
Canterbury
Winchester
York
Oxford
King Edward Signals A Saturday Shutdown Across UK
The privy council meets under King Edward who signs a proclamation suspending business on Saturdays nationwide. The closure will extend to restaurants and saloons for four to five hours mid day, and some afternoon newspapers may skip Saturday editions.
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London
Edward
Privy Council
United Kingdom
King Edward Arrives at Cowes Amid Crowd of Onlookers
King Edward reached Cowes soon after four with Count Von Hulenberg, Emperor William's grand marshal. A large crowd gathered to watch. Government letters from Ottawa were penned on mourning paper with a quarter inch black edge.
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Cowes
Edward
Count von Hulenberg
William
Ottawa
Nelson stores draped in mourning for Queen's funeral
Merchants across Nelson display black and purple mourning in windows for Saturdays observance. Portraits of the late Queen, Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, and royal insignia appear in displays at William Hunter Co., Lawrence Hardware, Hudson's Bay, Royal Bank, Bank of Commerce, and other shops.
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Nelson
William Hunter Co
F. A
J. F. Weir
Charles Parker
Lillis Bros
J. Dover
Hamilton Byers & Co
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
Martin O'Reilly & Co
Lawrence Hardware Co
Dominion Express Company
Royal Bank
Bank of Commerce
Hudson's Bay
Hamilton Powder Co
Fletcher
Beach finds and shipping haul reported along the coast
A beach survey noted a long pair of oars with a lead color and a H stamped, a bundle of corn brooms, and substantial lumber strewn for miles with unlabeled salmon tins found nearby. Lumber stretched along the coast as the Queen City recovered $600 from Wreckay placers and the cutter Grant appeared at Cloose.
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Queen City
Wreckay Placers
Cloose
LACROSSE TOUR GAINS AUSTRALIAN GUARANTEES
Vancouver author announces that New South Wales Victoria and South Australia provide £200 each to support a Canadian lacrosse team tour to Australia. He plans a squad mainly from British Columbia with five players from New Westminster and the rest from Vancouver Victoria and Nelson. A meeting is called to raise an additional $3,000 as a supplementary guarantee through provincial government city councils and concerts.
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Vancouver
H. H. Allangham
New South Wales
Victoria
South Australia
Australia
Allangham
Montreal
Toronto
British Columbia
New Westminster
Nelson
Mining district shows steady progress despite smelter tension
A review of last month’s mining activity records unrest fading in silver lead camps after freight and treatment charges rose. St Eugene concentrator closed by C P R influence, while other mines in Nelson Slocan Kimberley and area shipped output rising with Highland and Athabasca expanding mills and new drills. Feb prospects point to continued growth with tramway at Tamarac and multiple tunnels advancing on Enterprise Phoenix and Ottawa groups.
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Beause
St. Eugene
Globe Concern
England
Kimberley
Nelson
London Consolidated
Silver Hill
Molly Gibson
Highland
Ainsworth
Hall Mines
United Gold Welds
Forty-Nine Creek
Poorman
Rand
Silver King
Athabasca
Tamarac
Ymir
B. ©. Riblet
Slocan
Ten Mile Creek
Phoenix
Slocan City
Two Northern Tragedies
The Willapa reports two Indians reached Port Simpson with word that the schooner Kionso off Dundas Island carried two dead men and children’s clothes were found ashore. Harman Wooster, a Skeena tannery man, drowned after leaving to reach his sloop. a search followed his absence. Black sand discoveries flagged at Vancouver Island’s far north. An agent seized 16 cases of liquor bound for Japanese alleged to supply Indians for a potlach.
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Victoria
Willapa
Port Simpson
Kionso
Port Roberts
Dundas Island
Harman Wooster
Skeena
Wooster
Vancouver Island
Disaster at Sea Hints Wreckage from Missing Ship
Report from Victoria cites extensive wreckage on the west coast found four days after a piece of teak bearing the letters Andra. Lighthouse Keeper Daykin recovered it at Bonilla point and authorities tie it to the vessel blown from the Columbia weeks ago near Kyogquot Island.
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Victoria
Queen City
Bonilla Point
Daykin
Andra
Columbia
Kyogquot
Polygamy Crusade Influences Utah College Funding
In Congress an amendment by Indiana's Landis to withhold agriculture college funds from Utah pending a check on polygamy was adopted but later stricken from the bill. King opposed, arguing polygamy is past, while Landis cited Utah professors and a trustee with seven wives. The Agriculture Appropriation bill then passed.
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Washington
Roberts
Utah
Lasy
Agriculture
Landis
Indiana
King
Utah Agricultural College
Hockey results from Sandon matches Rosa Find and Kaslo
In Sandon on January 40 Sandon beat Rosa Find 8 to 5 and Kaslo defeated Silverton 7 to 2.
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Sandon
Rosafind
Kaslo
Silverton
Missionaries Seek Safeguards in China Reforms
In Pekin on January 30 the punishment committee debated punishments for provincial officials after killings of foreigners. Missionaries urged reaffirming treaties protecting missionaries and sought stronger U S and British leadership to advance reform, improve missioner relations, and aid native Christians.
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Pekin
Jamieson
Legation
Ernest Salow
Conger
Mr. Conger
Great Britain
United States
China
German force advances from Pekin toward Shan Fu
A German column with a month’s supplies and an advance guard of Japanese has left Pekin for Shan Fu. A despatch to the Standard from Tien Tsin says withdrawal is not intended and notes the troops have been ordered summer clothing.
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London
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Shan Fu
Explosion destroys gunpowder factory killing Japanese soldiers
The North China Daily News reports that during gunpowder destruction at Shan Kwan an explosion occurred and forty Japanese soldiers were killed.
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Shanghai
North China Daily News
Shan Kwan
Newfoundland appoints Sir Cavendish Boyle as governor
London reports Sir Cavendish Boyle has been named governor of Newfoundland. He has served as government secretary of British Guiana since 1894 and succeeds Sir Henry Edward McCallum, recently named governor of Natal.
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London
Cavendish Boyle
British Guiana
Newfoundland
Cavendish Hoyle
Henry Edward McCallum
Natal
Revolutionists Defeated Near Carupano Venezuela
Caracas dispatch via Hayti reports the revolutionists defeated near Carupano with numerous losses. Two sons of General Acosta were captured, and Mejano and Rojas were also defeated.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Hayti
Revolutionista
Carupano
Acosta
Mejano
Rojas
Famous Stallion Hamburg Sold for 60000 at Madison Square Garden
In New York on January 30 Hamburg a renowned stallion from the Marcus Daly string was sold at Madison Square Garden for 60000 dollars. Purchaser was William C Whitney.
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New York
Hamburg
Marcus Daly
Madison Square Garden
William C. Whitney
Board of Trade Closes for Queen Victoria's Funeral
Chicago January 30 The board of trade will not hold a session Saturday, the day of Queen Victoria's funeral, and markets will observe a holiday.
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Board OF Trade
Chicago
Queen Victoria
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