Revival of Prosperity Near South African Centres
London reports a tentative move toward peace talks in South Africa. Boer opposition remains strong, but English observers see renewed Boer loyalty and a growing reawakening of Johannesburg and Rand markets. Four thousand Boers loyal to England now in arms against Botha and De Wet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
Europe
Spectator
England
Johannesburg
Rand
Kitchener
Botha
de Wet
English Parliament Debates Wheat Granaries and War Risks
Parliament discussed Mr. Bal four's new rules of procedure amid Irish obstruction, while Henry Seton-Karr urged national grain storage to withstand wartime shocks. Analysts doubted granaries amid modern logistics, noting the navy and foreign wheat shipments as safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balfour
Henry Seton-Karr
M. P
America
Robert ‘Hiffen
Seton-Karr
England
United Kingdom
United States
Roumania
Eengland
Mardi Gras New Orleans and Return Fare Ad
Mardi Gras travel notice announces a New Orleans round trip fare of 37 dollars and 50 cents with tickets on sale in February. The advertisement notes limited hours and a single line operating through sleeping and dining car service, directing readers to offices at 185 Broadway for travel arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mardi Gras
New Orleans
Poit Ft
Southern Ry
Ottend
Rail Schedule Fragments for Southern Railway Service
Fragments indicate daily New York service at 4 25 P M with Saturday exceptions and office references 271 and 1156. The text notes routes via Southern Ry and includes abbreviated station or timetable markers. Details are incomplete but point to regular commuter or mail connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eneers
Southern Ry
New York
Eyeone
Grain tariff debate gains for relief from direct taxation
In a broad discussion the demand for a tariff on grain imports grows as a remedy for direct taxation. The debate shows rising support, though still minority, amid labor law restrictions and shifts in free trade sentiment. John E Redmond mobilizes Nationalists to block the Government on key votes. BE. A. DITHMAR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Redmond
M. P
Home Secretary
Peking
BE. A. Dithmar
Submarine Venture Aims For Arctic Pole Under Ice
Vienna scientist Dr. Anschutz Kempff builds a submarine boat to travel under Arctic ice to the north pole. His model, tested in a basin, reportedly meets the needs of the expedition, following Frank Stockton's tale The Great Stone of Sardis which inspired the idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
London
Frank Stockton
Sardis
Anschutz Kempff
Vienna
North Pole
Stockton
Pole
Trouble in the Afghans
London reports pending trouble in Afghanistan as Shak Khan and his son Mahomed prepare to test Abdulrahman's chosen heir. The new Ameer is expected to rule for years, though likely limited if his character matches beliefs. Russians are not directly tied to the reports, but Slavonic influence is cited in English views on turmoil in the buffer state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
London
Afghanistan
Shak Khan
Mahomed
Abdulrahman
Ameer
Development of Man
Sir Norman Lockyer argues in The London Times for forming a new academy under the Royal Society to study historical philosophical and philological development. He suggests one charter for both bodies and advocates organized representation of literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
London
Sir Norman Lockyer
New Star
Perseus
London Times
Academy
Royal Society For Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies
Royal Society
Norman
Hugo Centenary Preparations Underway in Paris
Paris readies a grand Hugo centenary on February 26 at the Panthéon with participation from the President and Cabinet, the French Academy, the Comédie Francaise, and the Conservatoire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Panthéon
French Academy
Comédie Francaise
Conservatoire
Glucose Starch Consolidation Tied to New Corn Products Co
Officials announce next week a glucose starch combination led by C. H. Matthiesen of Glucose Sugar Refining and Max Pam. Standard Oil underwrites the cash needs as New York Glucose Company aligns with the plan. Authorized capital totals 80 million dollars with 50 million common and 30 million preferred. Charter applications to be filed in New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C. H. Matthiesen
Glucose Sugar Refining Company
New York
Max Pam
Standard Oil
New York Glucose Company
Consolidated Corporation
Florida & Metropolitan Limited Seaboard Train Ad
Seaboard Air Line operates the only limited train to Florida on Sunday, the Florida and Metropolitan Limited with drawing room and compartment sleepers, library, dining and observation cars. Departs from West 25th Street Ferry and Broadway at 12 55 noon. Information at 290 Broadway. Winter at Tampa Bay Hotel offers golf hunting and fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard Air Line Ry
Florida
Florida & Metropolitan Limited
West 25d Street
P. BR
Tampa Bay Hotel
Cuban Reciprocity Bill Moves Toward White House Backing
Republican Ways and Means members show signs of backing Cuban reciprocity amid strong presidential support and widespread public anger at sugar and tobacco interests. Senate moves may attach Cuban relief as a rider to the War Tax Reduction bill to advance relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ways ‘and Means Committee
Davy Crockett
Grosvenor
Rep
Ohio
White House
Payne
Rep. N. Y
Dalzell
Penn
Sienderson
Mr. Dalzell
United States
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Maryland's Jim Crow Car Bill Sparks Statewide Debate
Baltimore February 1. The Maryland Legislature debates a Jim Crow Car bill requiring separate cars for white and colored passengers on railroads and steamboats. Rail and street railway opposition is expected. Republicans face political pressure from eastern and southern counties as Democrats push for a House vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Legislaute
House
Missing Boston lawyer Randolph C. Surbridge
Boston reports Randolph C. Surbridge, a Cambridge and Boston lawyer, missing amid fears of self harm. He was Harvard Law School graduate, active Republican organizer, once associated with John D. Long, and served as president of the Porto Rico Copper Mining Company and the Detroit and Shore Line Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Randolph C. Surbridge
Cambridge
Mr. Surbridge
Brooklyn
Island
Harvard
Law School
Republican National Committee
State Committee
John D. Long
Navy
Porto Rico Copper Mining Company
Detroit and Shore Line Railroad
Pigeon Shooting Opens Season at Aiken Gun Club
The first shoot of the Aiken Gun Club was held Wednesday in Aiken South Carolina with Roland Smith of Ballston New York winning the cup. Ten thousand pigeons have shipped from the North for use at the traps and more will be needed later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken, S. C
Aiken
The Palm Limited Route Attracts South's Top Resorts
The South's Most Attractive Resorts reached by the Southern Ry the route of the famous Southern's Palm Limited between New York and St. Augustine. New York offices 271 and 1185 Broadway. Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
New York
St. Augustine
N. Y
Dust Explosion Kills 85 in Mexican Mine
A San Antonio dispatch reports a dust explosion at Mine No. 6 of the Honda Coal Mining Company in Mexico, eighty-five miles south of Eagle Pass. Eighty-five bodies have been recovered and 165 men were in the mine at the time, with feared additional deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Pass
Texas
Honda Coal Mining Company
Mexico
Two Children Perish With Their Pet Kitten
A family in destitute circumstances loses two children, Joseph and Freda Beyer aged four and five, in a smoke fire at a fifth floor tenement on 124 Greenwich Street. Police and firemen recovered the bodies. the kitten died with them. Neighbors aided the family, but burial arrangements are unclear due to poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Freda Beyer
Greenwich Street
Kate Beyer
Germany
Trinity Church
Beyers
William Street
Trinity School
Charlies Greber
Church Street
Greber
Beckwith
Hudson Street Hospital
Joe
Freda
Sergi. Carson
Coroners’ Office
Death in a Theatre Takes Mrs Knevals at Broadway Theater
Mrs Sherman W Knevals wife of Sher man W Knevals senior partner of Knevals and Perry law firm and once a partner of President Arthur died suddenly of heart disease yesterday afternoon in the Criterion Theatre at Broadway and Forty fourth Street. She left home with her two daughters Mrs Frank B Wesson and Miss Augusta Knevals and collapsed in the dressing room after walking there. Doctors could not revive her and the body was later taken to 62 East Sixty third Street. Coroner Jackson issued removal permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman W. Knevals
Knevals & Perry
Arthur
Criterion Theatre
Broadway
Forty-fourth Street
Cow Franks A Governor's Move Provokes Express Debate
In Chicago on February 1 a debate arose over whether an express company franking a cow for Gov. Yates’s move from Jacksonville to Springfield was valid. The company refused to treat livestock as personal effects, so the cow traveled by freight, while other possessions were deadheaded under the governor’s pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tiny
Frank
Jacksonville
Yates
Illinois
Pacific Express Company
Wabash Road
Train schedules and travel ads mention Atlantic Coast Line
Florida Thomasville Havana Nassau rail notices list N. Y. and Pa. Special at 2 10 P M with two other trains and excursion tickets allowing stopoffs for Charleston Exposition. Apply Atlantic Coast Line 1161 Broadway. Adv. Also Otard's brandy pitched as the standard of excellence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Thomasville
Havana
Nassau
Harleston Exposition
Atlantic Coast Line
Broadway
Otard
Hoard of Money and Newspaper Clippings Found With Bronx Ragpicker
Mrs. Ann Nixon, a Bronx rag picker living at 4 177 Park Avenue, was found dead in a small room. Police reported she left a fortune hidden in barrels of rags with clippings on death and money, bank books totaling thousands, and real estate valued at about 50 000. Coroner attributed death to apoplexy. lawyer Moeran described their complicated will history and her possible intentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Nixon
Bronx
John Rodenfeld
Park Avenue
Birgest
Seventy-eighth Street
Third Avenue
O'Gorman
Curtin
Dry Dock Bank
Bank For Savings
Bowery Bank
Samuel Nixon
Tremont
Gorman
Rodenfelds
Nixon
Edward H. Mocran
Pine Street
Brving Place
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Reg
Moeran
Tur
New York
County Dublin
Ireland
Darley
Fern Hill
Kilgobbin
Judge Darley
John Bottomley
Peabody Home
Boston Road
Walpole Warren
County Wickids
Scheherazade’s coin saves the Sultan at midnight
An excerpted advertorial tale describes Scheherazade using a silver coin and a copy of the New York Sunday Journal to entertain the Sultan and prevent her execution. The ad promotes the paper and its Magic Pictures as absolutely new fun and instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scheherazad
NEW York Sunday Journal
Scheherazade
Sunday Journal
Adv
Two Florida Tours Via Royal Blue Line
Two round trips to Florida offered by Royal Blue Line on February 11 and 25 at 50 dollars total. Includes all expenses and a stopover in Washington. Details at ticket offices 454 Broadway and 1 Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Royal Blue Line
Washington
Ady
Coroner probes death as valuables found locked away
The coroner closed the room where the woman died and vowed to continue the search. He reported finding valuables locked in a safe and said they would be turned over to the Public Administrator as soon as possible. The witness spoke of hospitality and wine in the days of the man’s boyhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Gorman
Rockefeller gift to Harvard Medical School reported
Harvard prepares a $1,000,000 Rockefeller gift to advance the Medical School project begun with Morgan’s plans. The gift requires a $300,000 fundraising effort for land buildings or endowment and would support new laboratories and increased running costs. Dr. Coley, praising university ties in medical education, cites Rockefeller’s plan as pivotal.
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Cambridge
Mass
J. Pierpont Morgan
Harvard Medical School
Eliot
John D. Rockefeller
Medical School
Morgan
Rockefellers
William B. Coley
Park Avenue
Rockefeller
Harvard
Boston
Rockefelea
Coley
Flo
DAR Reception Cancelled After No Guests Attend
In Poughkeepsie New York on February 1 the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution planned a reception for officers of the Fifteenth Separate Company city officials and prominent residents. Invitations went unanswered leaving sixty unfilled and only fifteen DAR women attended with elaborate preparations. The event was abandoned as guests never arrived and organizers realized the invitations were misworded to invite museum visits rather than a banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Old Museum
Beaumont Fuel Oil Becomes Statewide Bargain
Beaux? Beaumont fuel oil bids for six months by Texas state institutions opened with ten bidders. Alamo Oil Company secured the contract at 119-10? cents per barrel at the well, 45 cents delivered in Austin, with other bids ranging up to 45 cents delivered to distant points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Beaumont
Alamo Oil Company
Burlington surveyors stranded near Alkali Creek work
A Billings dispatch says a Burlington survey party is camped five miles from Billings on Alkali Creek. Engineers Ensign and Devoe of Lincoln Neb claim the men were straightening curves in the canyon and expect grading on the Great Falls extension when warm weather returns. The surveyors deny any halt due to anti merger cases before the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mon
Billings
Burlington
Ensign and Devoe
Lincoln
Neb
Great Falls
Supreme Court
Rumors of Attempt on Tsar's Life Surge in Vienna
The Sunday Special's Vienna correspondent reports sensational rumors of an alleged attempt on the tsar's life circulating last night in the city. No official confirmation was available from authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sunday Special
Vienna
Southern's Palm Limited trains to five cities with daily service
The Palm Limited route runs through Thomasville Tampa St. Augustine Palm Beach and Miami with 8 trains daily via the P R K and Southern Kentucky line. The ad mentions New York offices and a reference to antiquated eye and aristocratic layites brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Tampa
St. Augustine
Palm Beach
Miami
P. R. KR
Southern Ky
Palm Limited
N. Y
BP’ Way
Advy
Biddle brothers die after jail escape attempt
In Butler Pennsylvania on February 1, John and Ed Biddle, condemned jailbreakers, die from wounds after a failed escape attempt. Mrs. Soffel shows pneumonia risk post operation and may survive while her mother visits. Authorities debate transfer to Allegheny County as crowds gather and a letter from Ed to Soffel reveals the escape plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dietrich
Tomorow
John Riddle
John Biddle
Meath
Edward
Sutley County
Allegheny County
John R. Henninger
Allegheny c
Obert CG. Robinson
Henninger
F. W. Lowry
M. Christler
J. M. Painter
W. 4. Murrin
Ed’ Biddle
Father Walsh
Ruhney
Fitzgerald
Soffel
Edward Biddle
Biddle
Kate Soffel
Sion
Dee
Homestead
Charles W. McDonald
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Ing
Shak Khanh
Hugo
Standard Oil Interests
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Cuba
South Carolina
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Knevals
Chester A. Arthur
Springfield
Company
Qld
Mreless
Telegraphy
Outwit Rae
J. C. Rockefeller
Poughkeepsie D. A. R
Simty
Spectai
Nese
York Times
Great Fall
Czar
Layties Brothers
Ed Biddle
Ing Posse
John Biddles
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