Boers Press for Independence Amid Mediation Talks
The London Times and New York Times report Dutch mediation efforts with Holland to end the South African war. Dr. Leyds says Boer independence on their terms remains their aim, and mediation may not yield peace on their terms. The First Dutch Chamber debates seizure of a Dutch ambulance and neutrality questions as British captures complicate inquiries.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Neue Freie Presse
Oued
Vienna
The
Times
Leyds
South Africa
Hague
Dutel
Netherlands
Brussels
Holland
Britain Rejects Dutch Peace Offer as Boer Talks Continue
London reports Britain politely refuses a Dutch commission to South Africa while Boer delegates in Europe press for peace talks. Kruger and Leyds signal readiness to discuss eventual independence but seek war-end conditions after Queen Wilhelmina’s mediation.
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Associated Press
London
South Africa
Hague
Messrs. Wessels
Wolmarans
Fischer
Europe
Daily Mail
Great Britain
Brussels
Daily Telegraph
Kruger
Utrecht
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Dr. Leyds
Durate
Daily Newspaper Summary of Contents and Sections
The item lists sections and page references across a 16 page issue. It notes markets with grain cotton and butter prices, various departments including Amusements Arrivals at Hotels and Out-of-Town Buyers, Insurance Notes Court Calendars Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails and other departments such as Real Estate Religious Society Weather and Fires, with page numbers for each.
Deerfoot Farm Sausages Ady Winter Breakfast Offer
Advertisement promote Deerfoot Farm Sausages with a 2 pound package for winter breakfasts, urging readers to try their product.
Great Britain Japan and US protest bank rights in Manchuria
London dispatch says Britain and Japan with United States backing protest against the grant of preferential rights to the Russo-Chinese Bank in Manchuria. The delay in signing the agreement stems from these protests while Germany signals approval of Russia's policy.
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Great Britain
Japan
America
London Times
NEW York Times
London
Peking
the Times
United States
Russia
Manchuria
Russo-Chinese Bank
Germany
Shan-Tung
Chinese Viceroys Protest Extension of Customs to Inland
The Yangtse Viceroys memorialize the Grand Council protesting Sir Robert Hart's extension of the customs service to Hu Pei and Ho Nan interiors. They urge limiting operations to treaty ports and oppose foreign encroachment on Chinese prerogatives.
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Sir Robert Hart
London
Shanghai
The
Times
Grand Council
Robert Hart
Imperial Maritime Customs Service
Hu Pe
Ho-Nan
The Baghdad Railway Opens Asia Minor Route
The Times reports Sofia dispatch that the Bagdad Railway will open Asia Minor plains to more grain trade, sharpening competition among Canada the United States Argentina and Siberia. Germany backs the route with postal conventions amid Roumanian links via Bucharest and Constanza.
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London Timess
New York Times
London
Sofia
The
Times
Roumaine
Bagdad
Asia Minor
Canada
United States
Argentine Republic
Siberia
Bucharest
Constanza
Germany
Berlin
Roumania
Execution of Scheepers condemned as murder by Boer delegate
Paris correspondent for The Times quotes Mr. Fischer, a Boer delegate, calling Scheepers trial a sinister comedy and his execution a miserable murder. He adds Boers are by temperament incapable of reprisals, making reprisals unnecessary.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Temps
Paris
The
Times
Fischer
Scheepers
New Rules in Parliament Spark Irish Tension
A Dublin telegram to The Times reports the Nationalist press claiming new rules of parliamentary procedure aim to help English MPs dine and curb Irish members from working, signaling political friction in Westminster.
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London Times
NEW York Times
London
Dublin
the Times
House of Commons
Sugar Conference Adjourns to February Eleventh
A Brussels dispatch to The Times reports the International Sugar Conference adjourned until February 11 to allow delegates to confer with their governments. The outlook improves, with surtax policy remaining the central issue before the talks.
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Loxpon
Captain Streeter Indicted For False Pretense scheme
Chicago January 31 Grand Jury indicted Captain George Wellington Streeter on four counts of obtaining money under false pretenses. Streeter claims land along Lake Michigan shoreline as accretions part of a District of Lake Michigan. Charges stem from sale of lots in that district and dispute over title to the land.
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Chicago
Grand Jury
George Wellington Streeter
Streeter
United States
Lake Michigan
Beef Shortage Fears Grow in London Trade
London reports no U S bullocks reaching Deptford Market this week signaling a dramatic drop in imports. The Daily Mail urges reopening olive cattle trade with Argentina under strict limits to curb disease risk.
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London
Deptford
United States
America
The
Daily Mail
Board of Agriculture
Argentina
France Decorates Chicago Man for Siamese Exposition Work
Alfonso Le Due of Brosseau & Co. Chicago, a twenty year commission merchant on the Board of Trade, receives from the French Government the Cross of Le Merite Agricole. The cross honors his service representing the Siamese Government on the Paris Exposition jury in 1900, with a letter signed by Phya Suriya Navate, Siam ambassador to France.
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France
Chicago
Alfonso le Due
Ffirm of Brosseau & Co
Board of ‘Trade
Cross
le Merite Agricole
Awares
Phya Suriya Navate
Sixtm
Pullman Reservations Now via Seaboard Air Line Ry
Advertisement urges readers to book Pullman reservations for a Southern trip with Seaboard Air Line Ry. at Office 1,183 Broadway to beat February rush.
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Pullman
Seaboard Air Line
Transatlantic freight rates rise in major liner pact
A broad agreement among leading transatlantic steamship lines will raise rates on grain flour and provisions from the United States to England by about 50 percent. The pact includes White Star Cunard and other major lines, covers outgoing freight to England, and aims to curb derailed shipping economics while excluding passenger rates for now.
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Tranatlantic Steamship Lines
England
United States
Bowne Sanderson
Sanderson & Son
Wilson Line
J. Bruce. Ismay
White Star Line
Ismay
New York
Liverpool
Atlantic Transport
London
Philadelphia
Baltimore
National Line
Leyland Line
Boston
New Orleans
Wilson
Hull
Wilson, Furness & Leland
Lamport & Holt
Manchester
American
Red Star
Southampton
Chesapeake and, Ohio Soap Company
Newport News
Virginia
Norfolk
Tondon
Dominion
Sanderson
Agent Lee
Poultry Prices Rise in Chicago Cold Storage Holdings
Prices for chickens ducks and turkeys are up as frozen fowls flood Chicago cold storage. Commission merchants say no single group controls the market though strong holders and shrewd farmers are in on the scheme. Weather and heavy holiday demand boosted prices by two to three cents from a few months earlier.
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Chicago
South Water Street
Commission
Providence
Union Men Targeted at Union Pacific Shops
Special to The New York Times reports in Omaha that the Machinists Union discharges, including four officers, are aimed at eliminating all union machinists on the system. About eighty union men have been fired with more to come, amid claims locomotives from Baldwin works have been tampered with by non union labor.
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New York Times
Omaha
Neb
Machinists
Union Pacific
Baldwin
Baldwin Works
Eureka Silk receivers ordered to auction March 3 in Boston
The U S Circuit Court decreed Theophilus King William H Barnard and Edmonds Putney receivers of the Eureka Silk Company to sell the firm property and vessels at auction in Boston March 3 The company operates a Canton mill and owns property in Boston York Cincinnati Chicago and Easton Conn
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Boston
United States Circuit Court
Theophilus King
William H. Barnard
Edmonds Putney
Eureka Silk Company
Canton
Mass
York
Cincinnati
Chicago
Eastton
Moët & Chandon Champagne Sales Jump in 1901
The advertisement proclaims Moët & Chandon as the peak of quality with a White Seal claim. It states champagne production rose to 252,432 bottles in 1901, surpassing the combined increase of all other houses by more than 100 percent.
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Moét & Chandon
Champagne
Morgan presses Philippine tariff plan in Senate
Senator Morgan of Alabama argues for a tariff bill to fund Philippine government and uphold constitutional authority, urging a Philippine executive department and warning against export duties. He contends a separate Philippine taxation scheme would violate the Constitution, while noting support from some Republicans and opposition from others.
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Washington
Senate
Morgan
Alabama
Mr. Morgan
United States
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Jones
Arkansas
Mr. Tillman
South Carolina
Tillman
Congress
Hawaii
McKinley
Drunken man's deed invalid in Dole vs Dole case
In Monroe County New York the Appellate Division dismisses the appeal in the Dole versus Dole dispute. A uncle deeded his Chicago real estate to his nephew while intoxicated. The court rules the transfer invalid due to the uncle's liquor influence. The case uncovers a tale of romance and family fortune linked to Pennsylvania and Chicago estates.
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Lockport
N. Y
Supreme Court
Monroe County
Dole
Chicago
Pennsylvania
James Dole
Allegheny County
Penn
Sylva D. Newhouse
Port Allegheny
Thomas Dole
Lilibridge
Thomas
Newhouse
James
Saratoga Battle Monument Cracked, Awaiting State Funds
The Saratoga Battle Monument at Schuylerville, erected in 1877 to honor the 1777 surrender of General Burgoyne, has cracked badly. An agent reported the granite shaft and foundation in need of immediate repairs, with no disclosed cost. The State Controller will decide on an appropriation to fund the restoration.
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Albany
Saratoga Battle Monument
Schuylerville
Gen. Burgoyne
Miller
Gates Sells Kansas City Peoria and Chicago Railroad
Chicago January 31 report says John W Gates has sold the Kansas City Peoria and Chicago Railroad and has not named buyers. Rumor links the Rock Island and Burlington as joint purchasers since the line serves their Kansas City terminal.
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Chicago
John W. Gates
Kansas City, Peoria
Rock Island
Burlington
Kansas City
Life at Albany Life of legislators features and tales
A Sunday Tribune ahead teases Albany life with true yarns about legislators and their peculiarities along with hosts of other interesting features for readers.
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Life At
Albany
Sunday Tribune
Adv
Subway Explosion Pictorial Review Draws Full Pages
A four page spread in today's Commercial Advertiser Pictorial Review presents 13 scenes detailing a subway explosion. The sequence consumes all four pages of the section, with vivid images likely aiming to illustrate the event for readers.
Burglars Loot Meriden Company Store on Fifth Avenue
Thieves forced entry to the Meriden Britannia Company store at 1128-1150 Broadway and possibly stole at least $5,000 in silverware. The crime occurred under bright Fifth Avenue light, with detectives Titus and Sheehan leading the investigation and an empty envelope found as a prime clue.
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Fifth Avenue
Meriden Britannia Company
Broadway
Twenty-fifth
Twenty-sixth Streets
Madison Square
Meriden Company
Nighthawk
Titus
Detective Bureau
Sheehan
West Thirtieth Street
Mills
Theodore B. Starr
Meriden
Norfolk Fire Destroys Hotel and Office Block
A major blaze in Norfolk Virginia wiped out the Atlantic Hotel the Columbia Building Albemarle Flats and adjacent stores after an early morning start at 1 55. Explosion of whisky stored in the Columbia Building followed by wall collapses caused extensive damage estimated at 900000 with many insured losses and numerous businesses affected.
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Norfolk
Atlantic
Columbia
Albemarle
Virginia Club
Atlantic Hotel
J. C. Ready
Brooklyn
Plume
Main Street
Col. J. Hull Davidson
Paris
Southern
Ohio
Norfolk and Western Railways
Nottingham & Wrenn
Equitable Life Assurance Company
Dodson
Vermillion
Salomonsky
British Steamer Cavour Aground Off Long Beach
The British steamship Cavour of Liverpool bound for this port with cargo from Rio Janeiro went ashore at Long Beach during a heavy snowstorm. Crews from Point Lookout and Long Beach stations assisted. no immediate danger. Tugs Moran's and Dewitt Ivins were sent to aid. part of the cargo, 10,000 bags of coffee, is bound for Busk & Jevons Produce Exchange.
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Cavour
Long Beach
Liverpool
Lamport & Holt Line
Kelly
Long Island
Sandy Hook
Rio Janeiro
St. Lucia
Point Lookout
M. Moran
Dewitt c. Ivins
Moran
Messrs. Busk &Jevons, Produce Exchange
Panic at Open Air Shrine Fireworks Bomb Blast
A bomb exploded in front of 258 Elizabeth Street injuring a man and a child as Italian celebrants near a shrine at the St. Ciro festival faced a dangerous blast. Michael Francas and James Cardoni, 25 and 40, residents at 952 Elizabeth Street, were arrested for assault and fireworks without a permit after the blast shattered windows and wounded bystanders, including Samuel Sameno and young Samuel Romeo who were treated at St. Vincent's Hospital.
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Elizabeth Street
Marineo
Sicily
St. Ciro
Hie Eeer Michael Francas
James Cardoni
Samuel Sameno
A &Aloon
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Samuel Romeo
Sleet Inflicts Widespread Damage Across Tennessee
Severe ice and sleet cripple Tennessee Arkansas and Mississippi towns. Millions in losses feared as stocks ruin and streets clog with telegraph poles fallen trees and debris. Weather warms today and relief is expected soon after a week of paralysis.
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Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
Gales in Channel Cause Ship Losses and Delays
Continued gales in the English Channel disrupt mail service. The Channel mail steamers cannot depart from France and a Dover to Calais steamer returns damaged. The Sprite arrives in Hamburg five days overdue from Hartlepool, reviving hopes after prior worry.
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London
Channel
Channel Mail
France
Dover
Calais
Sprite
Hamburg
Hartlepool
Luxury Is Economy On The Pennsylvania Limited
Advertisement touts the Pennsylvania Limited train service leaving New York daily for Chicago and St Louis as a luxurious yet economical travel option. It emphasizes comfortable cars and efficient service for travelers heading west.
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The
Pennsylvania Limited
New York Daily
Chicago
St. Louis
Carnegie Institution outlined at Baltimore meeting
Dr. D. C. Gilman, president, spoke on long term planning for the Carnegie Institution. Trustees adjourned and executive sessions continued with letters to universities and experts nationwide. Two research lines will survey existing funding and foreign methods while no income from the gift will arrive for weeks.
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New York Times
Baltimore
D. C. Gilman
New
Carnegie Institution
Woodruff and Platt Seek to Keep Sharkey as Port Officer
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff of New York and Senator Platt urged the President to retain Sharkey as Naval Officer of the Port of New York. Woodruff indicated the President had heard reform complaints but showed signs Sharkey might stay in office. Platt and Woodruff argued the charges were unjust.
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Washington
Woodruff
New York
Platt
Rep
N.Y
Mr. Sharkey
Port New York
Sharkey
Boy Killed in Ice Planer at Goshen
Goshen New York January 31 16 year old George Callahan slipped on icecakes at an icehouse in Hurd town and was dragged into a planer that shapes slabs. He was pulled under the knives and died shortly after workers freed him.
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Goshen
N. Y
Hurdtown
George Callahan
Sunday Tribune Promotes Little Men and Women Dept
Advertisement urges boys and girls to buy The Sunday Tribune and read a new department for young readers. It promises prizes of two dollars in gold.
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Sunday Tribune
Pursued Posse Captures Biddles After Jail Break
Edward and John Biddle, with Mrs. Soffel, are captured near Mount Prospect after a gunfight with eight officers. Edward is dying from breast and leg wounds. John gravely wounded but may recover. Mrs. Soffel is hospitalized with a breast wound but expected to live, having shot herself after being shot at.
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Prospect
Butler County
Nea Mount Chestnut
Pittsburg
John Roach
Albert Swinehart
Charles McGovern
Butler
Rainey and
Hoor
Frank Holliday
Aaro Thompson
Robert Ray
Biddles
Mrs. Soffel
J.J. Stephens
Moon Chestnut
Mount Chestnut
Mount Prospect
Ed Biddle
John Biddle
Swinehart
Biddie
John
Rowch and McGovern
Fitzgerald
Thomas Kahney
Biddle
Father Walsh
Work on railroad stopbed by merger fight in Montana
A Great Falls dispatch reports Burlington orders halt all new work on the Helena to Billings branch. Gov Van Sant and allies oppose the merger plan under the community of interests concept, forcing projectors to abandon the line until their position is clarified.
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Helena
Mon
Great Falls
Burlington System
Billings
Gov. van Sant
Burlington
Community of Interests
Palm Limited to Florida from New York via Pennsylvania and Southern
The Southern's Palm Limited operates from New York to Florida via the Pennsylvania Railroad and Southern Railway. Depart New York at 12 40 noon with earliest afternoon arrival in Florida. Stops include Nassau Cuba and St Augustine with offices at 271 and 1 185 Broadway.
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Florida
Cuba
Nassau
Southern
S Palm Limited
New York
St. Augustine
Pennsylvania R. R. and
Southern Railway
Broadway
Unbroken Line Railroad Ad Targets Chicago St Louis Service
Pennsylvania Railroad promotes trains to Chicago and St Louis traveling on its own roadbed with a convenient schedule and rapid service in this advertisement.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago and
St. Louis
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Bagdad Railway
Chicago Lake Front
Continental Lines
Poultry Corner
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Cardoni
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English Channel
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Senator Platt
ICE Planer
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