Royal wedding contract signed amid Madrid unrest
Madrid whispers of a royal marriage amid a tense climate. The signing occurred at the palace with limited witnesses as crowds gathered outside and police patrolled Puerta del Sol to avert clashes. Authorities closed venues and arrested several in a broad crackdown to keep order before the ceremony scheduled in the palace chapel.
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Madrid
Princess of the Asturias
Prince Charles of Bourbon
Caserta
Puerta del Sol
el -Pais
el Imparcial
Spain
High Court
Saragossa
Pampeluna
Cadiz
Valencia
Maliza
Sefer Pi Y Margall
Jeader
Ki Puis
Marquis Imperiale
Weyler
Echague
Ceabinet
High Court Reverses Ruling in Ubao Daughter Restitution
Madrid February 12 The High Court orders the restitution of Senora Ubao's daughter after she was allegedly pressured by her Jesuit confessor to abandon her home during her mother's illness and enter a convent. The case has drawn wide attention as reports claim the priest influenced multiple girls to take the veil, earning him the nickname Rather Fishhook.
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Madrid
Senora Ubao
Ubao
Spain
Sefiora Ubao
High Court
Index to Department Listings and Page References
A catalog style notice listing sections such as Amusements Court Calendars Losses by Fire Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails New Corporations Real Estate Railroads Society United Service Weather Report and Yesterday's Wires with page numbers for each category. It serves as a navigational guide for the newspaper.
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Society
United Service
Weather Report
Right at Your Hand Grand Central Station Train Timetable Ad
Advertisement notes Grand Central Station in New York with a through train every hour and reservations a month in advance. Trains run at all hours and a timetable is provided.
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Grand Central Station
New York Central
Bryan Speaks in Ohio on Jeffersonian Principles
In Columbus a 1500 in dining hall and 1000 in galleries attended a dollar dinner marking Abraham Lincoln’s anniversary with William Jennings Bryan as the featured speaker. Bryan denounced money power and urged Jeffersonian ideals, with other leaders present and plans to reorganize the Jefferson Jackson Lincoln League along state and national lines.
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Columbus
Ohio
Abraham Jincoln
Jefferson, Jackson, and Lincoln League
William Ir. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Jeffersonian Prinmyeime
Jefferson
Mammons
DeArmond
Missouri
Altgeld
Ilinois
Towne
Minnesota
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Carmack
Tennessee
League
Asphalt Trusts Contention on Venezuelan Courts
President Castro claims authority over Venezuelan court decisions, prompting the Asphalt Trust to resist settling disputes with Warner Quinlan. The State Department warns it will review court rulings and seek indemnity if justice is denied to Americans, noting a historic Fish exception for dictatorships.
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Washington
Castro
Asphalt Trust
Warner-Quinlan
Venézuela
Venezuela
Venezuelan Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
State Department
Fish
Mr Fish
Women serve as election officers in Kansas City primary
Kansas City Missouri February 12 The Sixth Ward women's clubs opposed Mayor candidate Short while other clubs backed him About 1800 women registered to vote in the Republican primary and many served as judges or clerks for the first time The polls opened on time but women were delayed by bad streets and thawing snow A photographer captured many polling place scenes and officers at work
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Kansas City
Legislature of
Kansas
Sixth Ward
Mr. Short
Jinghes
Farmers fare in 1900 show gains over 1899
Washington reports the Agriculture Department sums for 1899 and 1900. Total farm value rose from 1 676 170 410 to 1 861 466 582 dollars, a gain of 185 296 172. Corn and hay led price increases, while barley and buckwheat fell slightly.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Unionport Residents Oppose Avenue C Changes Over McDonald Plans
Unionport property owners fear widening Avenue C to aid contractor John B. McDonald who builds the Jerome Park Reservoir tunnel and aims to link a dirt railroad to the East River. They claim the move would enrich McDonald by transforming Scriven tract land and extending a street to control a broader route, with local officials split and petitions countered by rebuttals.
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Unionport
Westchester County
Avenue C
John B. McDonald
Jerome Park
McDonald
Edgewater Road
Pelham Bay
Westchester Avenue
West Farms Road
Michael E. Devtin
Public Schools
Westchester
Bronx
Unionport Taxpayers’ Association
Devlin
Hyland
Whalen
Board of Public Improvements
Maurice F. Holahan
Holahan
New Street
Castle Hill Avenue
Borough of
The
Unionporte
Pelham Parkway
Parkway
River Front
Highland
Fifty-ninth Street
Reservoir
Morris Park
White Plains Road
East River
Bear Swamp Road
Alderman Gass
Rhynland Overdue From Philadelphia to Liverpool
The Belgian steamer Rhynland, capt. Kinne, of the American Line, left Philadelphia January 26 for Liverpool and is five days overdue from Queenstown. Philadelphia officials say no anxiety is felt. the ship is 408 feet long with 40½ foot beam and 301½ feet depth, built by Barrow Shipbuilding Company. About twenty-five passengers are aboard in second cabin and steerage.
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Queenstown
Rhynland
Kinne
Philadelphia
Liverpool
New York Times
American Line
Barrow Shipbuilding Company
Barrow
England
Woman deputy sheriff heads Grant County jail in West Virginia
Parkersburg Feb 12. Grant County appoints Mrs Anna McDonald as chief Deputy Sheriff and head jailer for four years. A dead shot with a Winchester she guards Maysville and its jail, with bear scalp and antlers as trophies of prowess.
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Parkersburg
West Va
Grant County
Anna McDonald
Maysville
Alleghanies
Isaac Lewis
McDonald
Dyed a Woman Red in Chicago Rooming House Intrusion
Mrs. Mary Stafford reports a young man entered her Chicago rooming house, bound her, gagged her with a handkerchief, and poured red dye over her head and neck. She feared crying out. the intruder fled as detectives traced the dye to a local drug store.
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Chicago
Mary Stafford
Rich Gold Strike Reported at Fourth of July Mine
HELENA February 12 A sensational gold strike reported near Pony Madison County. H T Brigdon operating property shows assays from 77 40 to gold per ton from a streak six to thirty inches wide. Crosscut ore averages 25 per ton with eight feet exposed. Pay streak developed seventy five feet and likely to grow.
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Helena
Mon
Pony
Madison County
Montana
H. T. Brigdon
Propereys
Pendleton Named Dean and Associate Professor at Wellesley
Ellen Pendleton has been appointed Dean of the college and Associate Professor of Mathematics at Wellesley, with the appointment taking effect in June. Pendleton, a 1886 graduate, became an instructor in mathematics in 1888 and earned a masters degree in 1891, serving as Secretary of the college since 1897.
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Boston
Wellesley
Ellen F. Pendleton
All Deerfoot Farm Sausages Made in Southboro
All Deerfoot Farm sausages are produced at the Southboro Massachusetts farm. The company credits success to choice materials and meticulous cleanliness in preparation.
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Southboro
Mass
Adv
Blizzard Rages Across Northern and Central New York
A severe blizzard blankets from Rochester to Utica and Watertown to Ithaca with gale winds and drifting snow. Travel is largely halted as roads fill and communication with outlying towns is cut. Two New York Central freight trains collided at Jordan, delaying the limited fast mail and a westbound passenger train. no serious damage reported.
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Syracuse
N. Y
New York
Rochester
Utica
Watertown
Ithaca
Cortland County
New York Central
Jordan
Plague Report Emerges in Western Siberia Khirghiz Steppes
A St. Petersburg correspondent notes a famine linked bubonic plague outbreak in the Khirghiz Steppes of Western Siberia. Thousands have died between Semipalatinsk and Orenburg as the government ships wheat and organizes travel services to reach the starving population.
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London
The
Daily Mail
St. Petersburg
Khirghiz
Siberia
Semipalatinsk
Orenburg
Velasquez Portrait Acquired by Boston Museum
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts added a Velasquez portrait of Prince Carlos with his dwarf playmate, painted circa 1682, to the Lawrence room. Reported price 80,000 dollars amid a 90,000 dollar asking price with a noted discount. Director Gen Charles G. Loring hails it as the finest American painting, acquired from Castle Howard North England after 150 years on display there. The life size work is well preserved with strong public acclaim.
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Boston
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Velasquez
Prince Carlos
Philip IV
Lawrence
Charles G. Loring
Castle Howard
Earl of Carlisle
England
The
Mucy
Bank Receiver Sues D F Coon for One Hundred Thousand
Fort Scott Kan Feb 12 D F Coon a wealthy St Louis Merchants Exchange member and former Staite Bank president is sued by the bank receiver for 100 000 for creditors and stockholders. The action names Judge Thornton Ware of Chicago Judge G W Herdman of Jacksonville Ill and other prominent Illinoisians as creditors. It alleges the bank was wrecked by an official who hid losses under the firm Colean Co and that Coon was the company.
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Fort Scott
Kan
D. F. Coon
St. Louis
Colean & Co
Coon
Scheme to Steal 13000 From Revell Publishing Firm
John F. Kerr and Alfred L. Foley, jailed in Chicago, confessed to a fraud scheme against Fleming H. Revell Publishing. Kerr, cashier, and Foley, assistant manufacturing manager, ran a fictitious printing firm to process fake bills and counterfeit checks. A clerk from Illinois Steel aided by lending his name for a monthly fee.
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Chicago
John F. Kerr
Alfred L. Foley
Fleming H. Revell Publishing Company
Kerr
Foley
Revell
Standard Printing Company
Northern Trust Company Bank
Illinois Steel Company
Death Mask of Napoleon Rescued From Ash Barrel
In Plainfield New Jersey Col Julian Scott rescued a Napoleon death mask taken at St Helena after Napoleon's death. It matches a Metropolitan Museum of Art mask linked to Mrs Astor and once belonged to the Spooner collection. Damaged but restorable, the mask was saved from disposal in an ash barrel.
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Col. Scott
Track Elevation Ordinance Clears Chicago City Council
Chicago council passed the lake shore track elevation ordinance with little opposition. It will eliminate two dangerous grade crossings at Polk and Harrison Streets and set conditions for the Lake Shore and Rock Island Station project costing $2,000,000.
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Chicago, Ill
Lake Shore
Polk and
Harrison Streets
Lake Shore and
Rock Island
Danish West Indies Sale Approved by Landsthing
The Financial Committee of the Landsthing approves the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States with only one dissenting vote, according to Copenhagen correspondent for The Daily Mail. The decision comes ahead of formal ratification in London dated February 13.
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London
Copenhagen
Daily Mail
Landsthing
Bradley Martin Jr Hero of Kaiserin Maria Theresia Rescue
On the Kaiserin Maria Theresia voyage to New York a wave swept Miss Josephine Curtillin toward the rail. Bradley Martin Jr sprang into the water, grabbed her, pulled her clear, and lowered her to safety in the saloon before the sea receded. Mrs Cruger later recounted the daring救.
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Atlantic
Mediterranean
Bradley Martin, Jr
Josephine Curtillin
Wealthy men formUpper New Rochelle fire company
John G Beresford head of a new fire company to be located in Quaker Ridge Upper New Rochelle. He has signatures of most Westchester wealthies and Adrian Iselin donated land for the building. The hose and chemical apparatus will cost 10000 with uniforms funded by Iselin. Beresford reports over sixty applications already received.
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New Rochelle
John G. Beresford
Charles Beresford
England
Adrian Iselin
Beresford
Upper New Rochelle
Quaker Ridge
Westchester County
Iselin
Aazi
Ate
Mutual Insurance Men Meet in Springfield Session
The Illinois Association of Mutual Fire and Cyclone Insurance Companies opened its twelfth biennial session in Springfield with over 1,000 delegates from 210 companies holding $175,000,000 in insurance. Proposals include changing the cyclone year to end December 31 and allowing township officers to adjust losses up to $500.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Association of Mutual Fire and Cyclone
Insurance Companies
Dearborn Chemical Company forms Chicago drug trust
The Dearborn Chemical Company, led by George S. Lord of Lord, Owen & Co., declares aim to dominate top Chicago drug stores. It already controls about fifty downtown outlets including Auditorium Pharmacy, Buck & Raynor, George R. Baker’s, Dyche & Co., Lexington Pharmacy, Twentieth Century Store, and others, opposing the Retail Druggists' Association rule against selling to cut-rate rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Army of Trusts
Dearborn Chemical Company
George S. Lord
Lord, Owen & Co
Romaine Pierson
American Druggist
Trust
Druggists’ Association
People’s Stores
Colbert Chemical Company
von Herman’s
Indiana Avenue
Thirty-first Street
Burlesque for a Dying Man in Lake Bluff
In Lake Bluff Oscar Olson a thirty two year old carpenter died after pneumonia developed into consumption. Friends arranged a public burlesque show titled The District School to raise funds for his burial. The event funded a respectable funeral while he was alive.
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Chicago
Lake Bluff
Oscar Olson
Olson
Lincoln Birthday Debate Rocks Indiana Senate
The Indiana Senate revived Civil War era tensions as an adjournment motion honoring Lincoln sparked bitter charges. Republican Matson authored the measure but faced GOP resistance over public business needs, while Democrats alleged GOP repudiation of Lincoln and Senator Wood compared Lincoln’s fate to crucifixion amid references to Bryan and Jevenson.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Senate
Abraham Lincoln
Matson
Lincoln
Senator Wood
Bryan
Jevenson
Chinese Court Sends Death by Own Action Dispatch
Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang received a long dispatch from the Court detailing Emperor Kwang Su's bequest of death by own action for punished officials. Envoys may demand public executions and heads displayed. Gen Tung Fu Liang's loyalty and possible civil war are discussed as risks. Foreign envoys treaty terms and legation guard quarters are also noted. Dr Morrison reports Satow says Britain will not accept Chang Po Hsi as special envoy to Queen Victoria’s condolence.
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Peking
Prince Ching
Li- Hung-Chang
Kwang-Su
Tung-Fu-Liang
Legation
London
Morrison
The
Times
Ernest M. Satow
China
Chang-Po- Hsi
Queen Victoria
Chinese delegates accept terms seen as mere pretense
The North China Daily News reports Chinese claims that the peace plenipotentiaries accepted terms as a blind while a large Chinese force moves toward Tai-yuan Foo to oppose an expected allied expedition.
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Shanghai
North China Daily News
Tai-yuen- Foo
Minister Conger Attitude on Boxer Demands Questioned
Senator Perry seeks details on whether Minister Conger pressed for decapitation of Boxer leaders. The State Department prepares correspondence. Conger is not believed to have demanded executions, while envoys push for severe punishment and some powers favor decapitation of many on the list.
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Washington
Perry
Conger
Senate
State Department
Onger
China
America
Russia
Japan
France
Great Britain
German
Austria
Helland
Spain
Belgium
Russian garrisons seek reinforcements near Kia-Chau
A Shan-Kai-Kuan dispatch reports Kia-Chau and surrounding lines of communication are threatened by brigand attacks. The garrisons have urgently requested reinforcements to repel the assaults.
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London
Shan-Kai-Kuan
Kia- Chau
Kia-Chow
Conger Said to Be Nominee for Iowa Governor
Major E. H. Conger United States minister to China cables from Des Moines that he will accept the Republican nomination for governor of Iowa but will not actively campaign for the race.
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Conger
Iowa
Des Moines
E. H. Conger
United States
China
Govea
Ex Slave Edward M Allen Dies in Boston
Edward M Allen once escaped from Virginia slaveholding origins near Richmond later settled in Boston and used the name William A Carter. He fled to Canada before returning after the Civil War to work as a servant in the Wolcott family, forming a lasting friendship with Roger Wolcott and recounting how Gov Wolcott taught him literacy.
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Boston
Edward M. Allen
Virginia
John Endres
Richmond
William A. Carter
Allen
Canada
Gov. Wolcott
Roger Wolcott
Model Tenement Plan for Chicago Housing Project
Chicago will see a Spring construction of a model tenement house in the Nineteenth Ward with 100 rooms, stone and brick four stories high. Mrs. Bowen and Hull House’s Miss Addams lead the project. rooms rent $1 to $3 monthly with steam heat gas range electric light water and bathrooms shared. The top floor reserved for single men and a central court includes a fountain flowers and a children’s playground.
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Chicago
Ill
Joseph T. Bowen
Jane Addams
Hull House
New York
Reginald de Koven
Jacob A. Riis
Bowen
Manly drink promises strength and wit from Burton ale
A vintage advertisement promotes Ballantine's Old Burton Ale claiming the working man gains muscle while the thinking man gains brain and all enjoy rest from the brew.
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Ballantine
Burton
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