Wreck death toll and fires marshal across multiple accidents
London Ontario dispatch reports 30 killed and many injured in Grand Trunk wreck near Wanstead with blizzard conditions hindering rescue. Other incidents include three Illinois Central trainmen killed, a Benton engine collision killing two, and four seriously injured in Rochester Minnesota derailment. Mary Hartwell Catherwood, noted western historian novelist, died in Chicago aged 80 plus survivors listed.
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London
Ont
Grand Trunk
Wanstead
Louisville
Battle Creek
Mich
Benton
James Kerwin
Theodore Schil- Balis
Brown
Wurkhardt
New Austrian Ambassador Presents Credentials
Baron Lauis law Hengelmuller von Hengervar, raised from minister to ambassador, presented his credentials to the president. The exchanges were felicitous as the new envoy entered the post.
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Washington
Baron Lauislaw Hengelmuller von Hengervar
Austria-Hungary
Endowment Drive Reaches Target for Central College
Pella Iowa December 27 The push for Central College endowment has raised 26000 toward the June goal with pledges expected to lift the total to 50000 by next June securing a president's house.
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Pella
Central College
Woman Commits Suicide After Christmas Safety Fears
Mrs. Ella Sweetland of St. Louis shot herself late Christmas night. She had feared paralysis and it is believed this worry prompted the act.
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AL Nder Stewart
Petrolia
Ont
A. Ricketts
Sarkia
J. Gilles
Sarnia
Trotter
Lawred Watford
F.S. Freeman
Oil Springs
Jeffrey
London
Clem
Port Huron
Mich
Nwarde
Penwarden
H. Brock
Brucefield
B. Burwell
St. Louis
Ella Sweetland
Bank Robberies Hit Missouri and Kansas Towns
Two professional thieves burglarized the Union Missouri bank early this morning blasting the vault with nitro glycerine and stealing 15000 dollars. In Superior Nebraska the State Bank of Webber Kansas was dynamited and robbed of 31500 dollars with a hole blown through the stone vault to access the steel chest.
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Union
Dee
Superior
Neb
State Bank
Webber
Kan
Etere
Pathetic Christmas Case in Duluth Ends in Freezing Death
George Pry dell dies on his doorstep while carrying Christmas gifts for friends and relatives. Found near Fifth avenue west the body shows blood from a cut hand. coroner rules death from freezing with temperatures at 20 below zero for a full day.
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Uluth
Duluth
Mion
George Prydell
Fifth Avenue West
Prydell
Harbor Front
England
Dozen Buildings Go Up in Smoke in Richmond Ill
A major fire Thursday destroyed Fisher's bakery igniting a blaze that consumed the Richmond Gazette plant and a dozen other businesses including two groceries a drug store bakeries a meat market a furniture shop a tailor shop and several offices plus five family flats. Loss near 30000 with 7000 to 8000 insured. In Westchester Pa a potato thief case ends with a fatal shooting as four colored men were caught in a cellar raid and one was killed by a shotgun blast.
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Richmond
Ill
Fisher's
Richmond Gazette
Woodmen’s Ball
Westchester
Lewis Brown
New Garden
Accident in Hunt Wounds 14 Year Old Felt in Indiana
In Greenfield Indiana 14 year old Edward Felt was accidentally shot in the hip by Ross Wagoner during a rabbit hunting trip with friends. Wagoner’s gun discharged as he neared the group in the woods.
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Greenfild
Ind
Edward Felt
Ross Wagoner
Young Felt
Wagoner
Felt
Archduke Ferdinand and Crown Princess to Visit United States
Reported on good authority that Archduke Ferdinand and the crown princess of Saxony with companions plan a trip to the United States, as European chances for suitable homes appear unlikely.
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Vienna
Archduke Ferdinand
Saxony
United States
Europe
Tin Mills to Start Jan 5 in Pennsylvania
News from Sharon Pennsylvania reports that Greer tin mill at New Castle will begin operation on the first Monday in January. The Shenango plant will start twenty of its thirty mills at the same time.
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Sharon
Greer
New Castle
Shenango
Guam Fiscal Struggles Highlighted in Seaton Schroeder Report
Commander Seaton Schroeder report on Guam finances shows receipts about 66 000 dollars and expenditures 57 000, leaving an 8 000 balance but down 14 000 from prior year. Exports and imports nearly balanced. leper colony costs and reduced import demand hurt finances. no copra, coffee, or strong home production. He urges an agricultural experimental station on the island.
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Washington
Seaton Schroeder
Guam
Navy Department
Congress
Schroeder
Department of Agriculture
Island population under 10 000 seeks reforms and currency change
The governor proposes making a Philippine silver dollar legal tender in Guam, replacing the Mexican dollar. Island census shows 9 10,000 residents with 46 foreigners and 14 US citizens, most natives literate in Spanish. Recommendations include public education, codified laws, funding for improvements, and noting Pedro Duarte’s anomalous citizenship status.
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United States
Guam
Schroeder
Tumon Bay
Pedro M. Duarte
Loot Dug Up Near Burlington Robbery Scene
Part of the money taken by Burlington train robbers a few weeks ago near Lincoln was dug up today close to the robbery site. The find places the recovered funds near the scene of the crime and adds to the ongoing investigation.
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Lincoln, Neb
Burlington
Saloon Shooting Leaves Man Fatally Wounded in Three Lakes
In Dinsler's saloon Frank Schmidt shot George Vilan in the stomach during a quarrel. Vilan, reportedly intoxicated and having attacked Schmidt, was fatally wounded after returning for a second attack.
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Three Lakes
Wis
Dinsler
Frank Schmidt
George Vilan
Vilan
Schmidt
New Year Promises Busier Trade Ahead in 1901
R G Dun weekly review notes holiday quiet with Christmas demand strong and orders rising. Year begins with more business on books, commodities steady due to domestic demand and export push. December railway earnings exceed last year and 1900 by notable margins while iron and steel show health and cotton goods rebound with China demand. US weekly failures drop from prior year. Canada shows fewer failures.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Iron and
China
United States
Canada
Two Railroad Strikes Weaken Looming Spread Across States
Marshalltown Iowa Central switchmen threaten wider action after the company rejects a 4 cent raise. Albert Lea Oskaloosa Monmouth and Peoria unions may join in sympathy. Freight stoppage and coal shortages threaten famine as Union Pacific shopmen seek settlement with Harriman and Burt amid a six month strike over wages and piecework.
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Marshalltown
Iowa Central Railroad
Albert Lea
Oskaloosa
Monmouth
Peoria
Iowa Central
Towa
Omaha
Union Pacific
New York
E. A. Marriman
Burt
John McNeil
Brotherhood of Loitermakers
Southern Pacific
Kurt
Harriman
Prominent Men Die in Sudden Illness and Officiant Deaths
Denver Dee reports Prof P H Van Diest a renowned geologist dies in San Luis Colorado. Former United Consul General Jones dies today of heart disease.
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Denver
Dee
P. H. van Diest
San Luis
Col
Rome
United of
Jones
Remains of Archbishop Interred in Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury England December. The remains of Dr Temple were interred in the cloister of Canterbury Cathedral today.
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Canterbury
England
Temple
Seven Die From Freezing In Pennsylvania in 24 Hours
Philadelphia reports seven men frozen to death over the last day in Pennsylvania. Other items note an Austrian woman burning to death in Steubenville after attempting to light a stove with gasoline, and a Georgia murder and burglary at Matthews near a store six miles away with a stolen safe.
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State OF Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Matthews
Edward Gay
Gas Discovery Near Douglas Wyoming Found in Oil Well
Natural gas has been found thirteen miles west of Douglas Wyoming in an oil well. The gas erupted with gravel and sand tossed high above the derrick and there was a small accompanying flow of oil.
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Wyoming
Douglas, Wyo
Here
Chamberlain urges友 friendship as Milner visit praised
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain and Mrs. Chamberlain arrived in Durban on the Good Hope and received a warm welcome. He urged reconciliation with Lord Milner, stressed equality for new subjects, and signaled acceptance of a Boer offer to fight in Somaliland.
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Durban
Nainl
Dee
Chamberlain
Portsmouth
England
Good Hope
Lord Milner
South Africa
Chaimberlain
Iowa Doctor Arrested for Threatening Murder
Cedar Rapids reports Dr.0 Keller, a prominent physician, arrested on charges of threatening to kill his fiancée Miss Hall of Vinton and Dr. Park. Nell Mark of Fort Mary offers a different name in the fragmentary text. Bank assets of Central City Savings bought in Lansing Michigan for 351.50. notes face value 284000. new owner aims to cash them for profit.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Keller
Miss Hall
Vinton
Park
Nell Mark
Fort Mary
Lansing
Mich
Guards and officials move with McKinleys tomb guard unit
Lieutenants Reece and Ingichart with troops of company M third United States infantry depart Fort Thomas Kentucky for Canton Ohio to guard McKinleys tomb. Herbert to become vice president and general manager of Colorado and Southern railroad January 1. Union Stock Yards blaze in South Omaha kills 500 sheep valued at 50 000. Jacksonville federal building site chosen. Great Britain 1902 crop returns total 2 387 765 acres, down 21 480 from 1901.
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McKinley
Cincinnati
Dec
Reece
Ingichart
Third United States Infantry
Fort Thomas
Foster
Canton
Herbert
Denver
J. M. Herbert
Denver and Rio Grande
Colorado and Southern Railroad
Fort Worth
Omaha
Neb
Union Stock Yards Company
South Omaha
Great Britain
Roosevelt reply: fraud scheme targets Defiance residents
Defiance Ohio residents received about 200 letters from a New York collecting agency claiming they owed money for jewelry loans. Letters were sent to people long deceased or moved away. Post office inspectors labeled the tactic blackmail and warned the postmaster to notify recipients.
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Defiance
New York
Reed Will Allocates Entire Estate to Widow
Dec 27 New York reports the will of Thomas B. Reed filed today leaving the entire estate to his widow.
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Thomas B. Reed
New York
Sadness in the Home: Detroit Tragedy of a 22-Year-Old Girl
In Detroit on December 27 a lamp overturned igniting flames that burned Agnes Ewald to death at 180 Superior Street. Her father Julius Ewald mourns the loss as he shows the small Christmas tree and the year-old boy Edward, also shaken by the tragedy, laying on a makeshift bed. The family faces its grievous injuries and an impending Christmas without their daughter.
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Detroit
Julius Ewald
Superior Street
Agnes
Edward
Jimmy
Reciprocity on soft coal trade talks gain support
Indiana Illinois and Ohio coal operators press congressmen for a reciprocal tariff free treaty with Canada to boost Canadian imports and ease Chicago area competition by routing Ohio and Pittsburg coal northward. The issue follows rising Canadian soft coal sales despite a 48 cent duty per ton.
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Terre Haute
Ina
Dediana
Illinois
Chicago
Origin of the term Sterling and eastern coal ambitions
The piece traces Sterling to a German trader Hasterling and the Easterlings who refined silver money for England under Henry III, producing monéta Easterlingorum. It also notes ongoing measures to exploit coalfields along an eastern route, with Edward Nicholls securing concessions from the Egyptian government for this purpose.
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Great Britain
Hasterling
Germany
Europe
England
Henry III
Egypt
Edward Nicholls
Roosevelt Supports Hague Arbitration Over Venezuelan Dispute
Ambassador Meyer delivered President Roosevelt’s note on arbitration to the foreign office. The president favors submitting the case to The Hague tribunal, preferring arbitration by the court over direct Roosevelt mediation. Berlin reports German disappointment but allies move toward a joint proposal framework.
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Nome
Meyer
Foreign Office
Roosevelt
Hague Tribunal
Germany
Berlin
Dec
Great Britain
Italy
Venezuela
Washington
Hay
Castro
Hague
The
British editors react to Roosevelt’s Venezuela stance
London readers note mixed responses to Roosevelt arbitration offer. Clergy and government opponents cheer the perceived victory while supporters worry about prolonged bargaining and procedural delays before any Hague submission. Continued on Eighth Page.
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London
Fikce
Roosevelt
Hague
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