Rosebery awaiting speech as England braces for political shift
Britain awaits Lord Rosebery's Monday speech in Chesterfield with vast media attention and thousands denied seats. Rumors swirl of a potential new imperialist Liberal party led by Rosebery, with Grey Asquith and Fowler cited as future leaders, while Campbell-Bannerman maintains control of the Liberal machinery.
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London
England
Lord Rosebery
Chesterfield
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
House of Commons
Edward Grey
Herbert H. Asquith
Henry Fowler
Royal couple greeted by loyal Dutch crowds
Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry arrived in The Hague amid flags and festive decorations. Inhabitants gave a united welcome with no hostility to the Prince Consort. The Queen waved from the balcony as crowds sang the national anthem outside the palace.
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the Hague
Wilhelmina
Prince Henry
Saturday Review Attacks Nicaraguan Treaty Policy
The Saturday Review rails against the Nicaraguan treaty, argues Senator Lodge’s December 10 speech reveals Lord Lansdowne’s surrender to the United States, and asserts the treaty’s broad neutralization principle is compromised by partisan aims. It warns that nine points of law favor Lodge, claiming diplomacy fails against unscrupulous politicians.
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London
Saturday Review
Lodge
Senate
Lord Lansdowne
United States
United Tes
Campania sails with Campbell and Nagle on list
The Cunard steamer Campania departs Liverpool for New York with passenger names including actress Mrs Patrick Campbell and David Nagle. A New York detective escorting William Hoepner, extradited by Argentina at US request for defalcation and forgery, travels aboard. Hoepner, jailed in Liverpool, is treated as a British prisoner awaiting trial and reflects on his hard past.
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London
Cunard Line
Campania
Liverpool
New York
Patrick Campbell
David Nagle
William Hoepner
United States
Hoepner
England
Buenos Ayres
British appoint Sadler as Uganda commissioner
London reports Colonel Sadler, long in the eastern consular service and former consul general in Somaliland, is named British commissioner in Uganda. The move prompts surprise as he has never served in Uganda, with duties including frontier delimitation talks with King Menelik for British East Africa and Uganda.
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London
Sadler
Uganda
Harry Johnston
Somaliland
Mullah
Pall Mall Gazette
Foreign Office
Lord Salisbury
Menelik
British East Africa
Coeducation Expands in England as Keswick Prep Breaks Ground
London dispatch reports growing support for coeducation on American lines in England with Keswick set to open another large mixed school. The King Alfred School Society notes progress and plans, backed by Durham Dean George W. Kitch. Also, Britain considers revising the national anthem to suit the new monarchy, replacing phrases to honor the King.
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London
England
Keswick
King Alfred School Society
George W. Kitchdean
Durham
University of Durham
God
Movements of steamers across major ports
Arrivals and departures listed by city dated December. Pretoria arrives from Hamburg in New York. Sailed: Lucania to Liverpool, Pennsylvania to Hamburg via Plymouth Cherbourg, Lahn to Genoa Naples, Maasdam to Rotterdam, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to Bremen via Plymouth Cherbourg, Manitou to London. Philadelphia sails from Southampton to New York. Priness Victoria Luise to New York. Campania to New York. Altonia arrives from Havre. La Savoie sails to New York.
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New York
Pretoria
Hamburg
Lucania
Liverpool
Pennsylvania
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Lahn
Genoa
Naples
Maasdam
Rotterdam
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Bremen
Manitou
London
Philadelphia
Southampton
Prinzess
Victoria Luise
Wrecks and storms report coastal losses and royal notes
A storm off the east coast of Great Britain wrecks the Wave Queen with seven drowned and several smaller losses near Sunderland and Hartlepool. Elsewhere, Ellen M Stone case drift and rail electrification talks in London hint at faster service. Royal news: Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry seen in Appeldorn. Canton suburb fire destroys four hundred homes with casualties.
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Tondon
Channel
Great Britain
West Hartlepool
Hamburg
Sunderland
Rocket Brigade
London
Hong Kong
Lo-Nan
Canton
Senator Clark Buys Preyer Picture Collection
London dispatch reports United States Senator W A Clark of Montana bought Gottfried Preyer's art collection in Vienna for an undisclosed sum. The deal was conveyed to the Exchange Telegraph Company.
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London
Vienna
Exchange Telegraph Company
United States
W. A. Clark
Montana
Gottfried Preyer
Harte Is Found To Be In Good Health
London dispatch reports Bret Harte, the American novelist, is dangerously ill but those circulated in the United States are incorrect. He is in perfect health.
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London
United States
Bret Harte
Harte
Sousa sails for New York on steamer Philadelphia
London dispatch reports Sousa and his band leaving Southampton for New York aboard the steamer Philadelphia A Little Greek Prince. In Athens Crown Princess Sophia gave birth to a son today. Rome says Chilean reply to Argentina's note is satisfactory and war unlikely. Vienna reports Chile ready to accept just claims and Argentina's fears unfounded.
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London
Sousa
Southampton
New York
Philadelphia
Athens
Sophia
Constantin
Rome
Secoloe
Argentina
Vienna
Neue Freie Presse
Chile
Cuban Election Frauds Tied to Masso Detriment Report
Fidel G. Pierra, Cuban coalition commissioner for General Bartolome Masso, met with Secretary of War after submitting a memorial and statement alleging the central board of canvassers manipulated the election law. He urged postponement of the vote to January 31, 1902 to remedy alleged illegal acts. The secretary promised to inform General Wood in Havana.
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Washington
Fidel G. Pierra
Cuba
Bartolome Masso
Pierra
Wood
Fusebio Hernandez
Union Democratic Party
Massa
National
Independent
Republican
Union Democratic
Independent Voters
Central Board of Canvassers
Senor Palmas
Masso
Havana
Cuban Customs Report Shows Cuba Revenue Ten Months
The War Department division of insular affairs released figures on Cuba customs receipts for ten months ending Oct 31. Total Revenues 13,088,336, down from 13,228,861 in 1900 and 12,120,091 in 1899. Export duties abolished April 1. Export duties 267,440 in 1901 versus 734,776 in 1900 and 610,540 in 1899. Customs duties excluding export duties rose 1901 over 1900 by 276,811 and over 1899 by 1,200,434.
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Washington
Division of Insular Affairs
War Department
Cuba
Obituaries of Thompson and Sealy Mark End of Era in Two Cities
Portland obituaries note David P. Thompson, 1844 born in Ohio, ex United States minister to Turkey and former Governor of Idaho Territory, a banking leader in the Northwest. Galveston reports the death of George Sealy, 1833 born in Pennsylvania, on a train en route to New York, Heart failure. Sealy helped shape Galveston debt talks and bond negotiations.
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David P. Thompson
United States
Turkey
Portland
Ore
Mr. Thompson
Ohio
Oregon
Idaho Territory
Grant
Harrison
Thompson
Northwest
Galveston
Tex
George Sealy
New York
Sealy
Galveston Commission
Galveston City
H. Kempner
R. Waverly Smith
St. Louis
Mr. Sealy
Pennsylvania
Speed in photography spotlighted by revolving mirrors
Washington Times reports Smithsonian scientists note rapid photography hinges on ultra brief electric sparks. A rifle bullet at 2100 ft per sec appears stationary in a spark image. A revolving mirror can reach 1000 turns a second, producing light speeds up to 230000 ft per sec, 160000 mph, twice the rifle bullet.
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Washington Times
Smithsonian
Europe
Death of Dr. Robert Curry Founder of Curry University
Pittsburg December 14 Dr. Robert Curry founder of Curry University died at his Allegheny home aged eighty. He was formerly principal of the Nebraska State Normal School and later president of the State Teachers' Association of Nebraska.
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Pittsburg
Robert Curry
Curry University
Allegheny
Curry
Nebraska State Normal School
State Teachers’ Association of Nebraska
Milwaukees First Assistant Chief Edward Riemer Dies
Edward Riemer, first assistant chief of the Milwaukee fire department, died at age fifty four. He served thirty four years in the department and was widely known among firefighters nationwide.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Edward Riemer
Vailwaukee
Nerviest suggestion of the year about Buffalo exposition funds
The Salt Lake Tribune notes the Buffalo Exposition managers may ask Congress for 500000 to cover losses blamed on the assassination of President McKinley. The paper questions whether the exposition benefited McKinley’s visit and if officials would have offset such losses had he not been assassinated.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Congress
McKinley
Mexico Sees the Inevitable
The Omaha Bee reports that leading Mexican financiers insist the country must adopt a gold standard as silver depreciation harms business. Mexico has long sheltered silver, but economic forces outweigh sentiment, making a shift seem inevitable.
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Omaha Bee
Mexico
Four of five men found guilty in ward election fraud case
In Boston on December 14 four of five men tried for conspiracy to induce illegal voting at a Twenty first ward Republican caucus were convicted. The jurors deliberated through the night. Convicted are former Councilman Alfred Newmarch William L Lord warden of the caucus former Representative Temple A W Winslow and John Rogers. Sentence was de-
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Boston
Twenty-first Ward
Alfred Newmarch
William L. Lord
Temple
A. W. Winslow
John Rogers
Noted Alabama Attorney Shot Dead in Montevallo
Montevallo Alabama December 2 Walter O Cary a prominent attorney was shot and killed at 5 oclock this afternoon by Frank J Kroell a liveryman who fled Cary left six children his wife having died recently Excitement runs high and a lynching is expected if Kroell is captured
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Montevallo
Ala
Walter
Cary
Frank J. Kroell
Kiroel
Asylum Investigation Ordered for Oklahoma Sanatorium
Governor Ferguson announced immediate inquiry into the Oklahoma territorial asylum for the insane. Chiefs of Kansas Missouri and Colorado asylums will be asked to conduct the investigation into alleged mismanagement linked to Governor Jenkins removal.
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Guthrie
O. T
Ferguson
Oklahoma
Jenkins
Kansas
Missouri
Colorado
Woman Swindled for $1.50 by Green Goods Men Near Akron
Mrs Malvina Ful mer, 50, of Britain village near Akron, was swindled out of 1 50 today after receiving a Canton & Akron Electric Railway Company payment for a chief way through her farm. Her husband is confined in Newberg Asylum.
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Akron
Malvina Fulmer
Britain
Canton & Akron Electric Railway Company
Newberg Asylum
Explosion at Wauseon Waterworks Kills Engineer
Gas from a well at the Wauseon waterworks plant caught fire in the engine room and exploded, wrecking the building. Engineer Frank Dickey was crushed by falling walls and died this night. others burned but not fatally. Water service for Toledo is cut off and property loss is tallied at 3.W.
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Toledo
Wauseon
Frank Dickey
Franks
Three Masked Robbers Rob Saloon in South Omaha
In South Omaha Henry Hakenholt was shot through the lungs as he reached for his revolver during a saloon robbery by three masked men. The bandits rifled the cash register and escaped.
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Omaha
Neb
Henry Hakenhold
Hakenholt
Sheriff and Prisoner Shot in Florida Train Arrest
River Junction Florida December 14. During an attempted arrest of Sam Armstrong on a train to Climax Georgia Sheriff 5 F Edwards of Gadsden County was shot and killed. Armstrong died from the following gunfire as the sheriff fell.
Man’s duty to support his children stands firm
The saying stresses that a man may justify leaving a partner but cannot abandon his dependent children who rely on him for sustenance, emphasizing the grave social duty to provide for offspring.
Flood Strands Express as Lycoming Flood Rises
Disastrous flood hits Williamsport area as heavy rain swells Lycoming Creek. Washouts occur at Gilets Cedar Lodge Troy and Ralston. A north bound express stalls near Ralston with about thirty five passengers removed to safety. Water in Lycoming creek rises seven inches an hour and floods push people to high ground.
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Williamsport
Northern Central Railroad
Elmira
Lycoming Creek
Gilets
Cedar Lodge
Troy
Ralston
Trout Run
Salem Oil Town in Flames Likely to Be Destroyed
Salem, a several thousand resident oil town in West Virginia, is burning in the business district. Buildings, mostly frame, spread fire rapidly. Telegraph and telephone offices burned. operators fled. Fire engines from Parkersburg, Grafton, Clarksburg, and this city assisted. Baltimore and Ohio ran a special train to convey crews and equipment.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Salem
Grafton
Clarksburg
Baltimore & Ohio
Fire destroys Nebraska City City Hall
Fire today leveled the City Hall in Nebraska City. The department headquarters and one fire engine burned with smoke injuries to a hose driver asleep in the building. City Hall records were saved. Loss placed at 15000 dollars.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Fire Department
New Era Seen as Marconi Signals Across Ocean
New York reports Edward H. Morean senior counsel for the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company confirming a St Johns dispatch that Marconi has received signals from the coast of England. He says it marks a new era in world history and notes the immense difficulty of the feat. H Cuthbert Hall adds that Marconi has been signaling from Cornwall with no wires and that the company will push plans to put the discovery into active use.
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New York
Edward H. Morean
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
St. Johns
M. Marconi
England
Marconi
H. Cuthbert Hall
The
Comany
Cornwall
Signals from Mars and Marconi Spark Tesla Comparison
Chicago electrician D C Grant notes the similarity between Marconi signals and Tesla's Mars message claim. He cites the letter S in Morse and Marconi codes, suggesting Marconi could have received a message from the same source. He expresses doubt about Tesla's account and hints at a possible English origin for Marconi's signal.
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Chicago
Marconi
Tesla
Mars
D. C. Grant
England
Washington Letter on Constituents and Bribes
A Washington insider explains a rule that a congressman must always help constituents. He describes professional constituents seeking cash for travel home after failed government job hunts or pleasure trips, with many requesting funds for railroad tickets. One veteran says most callers were not residents, save for an ex convict just released from prison.
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Washington
Advertising firm in Brooklyn relies on morning papers
The Brooklyn firm's top advertiser explains preference for morning newspapers, noting they live longer and stay in readers' minds all day, with a common habit of copying for evening reading. This emphasis highlights the impact of morning print in advertising strategy.
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Philadelphia Record
Brooklyn
Depew Biography Notes December 1901 Marriage Outlook
New York Evening Sun notes in the Directory of the Fifty-seventh Congress an announcement of Senator Chauncey Depew's marriage plan in December 1901. It states he is not yet united to the lady but is optimistic about a future union.
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New York Evening Sun
Depew
Chauncey
Window Glass Price Cuts At Kooy Bridge Co
Window glass prices cut in half as Kooy Bridge Co advertises discounts. Call Jorreon Kooy Bridge Co for details on Washington Street offerings and lowered rates.
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Jorreon Kooy Bridge Co
Ashington Street
Humane Society chief calls for death for deserting fathers
The Kansas City Journal notes the American Humane Society president arguing that a man who deserts his children should be punished with death, a stance the paper suggests may be an extreme stance.
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Kansas City Journal
The
American Humane Society
Death of Robert Morton in Roanoke Street Sudden
Robert Morton aged thirty, colored, of Tim Roanoke street, died suddenly of heart trouble at 12:3 this morning. He undressed and went to bed feeling well, but collapsed shortly after attempting to rise. A doctor was summoned but arrived too late.
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Robert Morton
Tim Roanoke Street
Park Cowan No Longer Connected with Union Traction Ad Dept
Mr Park W Cowan is no longer connected with the advertising department of the Union Traction Company Indiana.
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Park W. Cowan
Union Traction Company
Indiana
Hunger's Havoc in China and Dowager Empress's Health
From Si-Ngan-Fu in Shen-Si province a Christian Herald commissioner reports the autumn harvest will not feed the people through the next year, with famine deaths reaching 2,500,000 or 30 percent of the province. In Peking the Dowager Empress's health is deteriorating while her influence remains strong and court officials are said to press for fees to gain audience as ministers anticipate freer access with the imperial court.
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Peking
Christian Herald
China
Si-Ngan- Fu
Shen-Si
Wei-Hai River
Prize Money and the Navy Exposed in Post Analysis
Washington Post argues prize awards behind the Spanish American War reveal inequities. It notes Sampson and Chadwick received large sums without fighting, while Dewey’s victors earned less. The piece calls for Congress to examine the prize money system and reform naval payouts.
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Washington Post
the Post
Spain
Manila
Santiago
Dewey
Hong Kong
Manila Bay
Sampson
Chadwick
Quebec
Schley
Watson
Cook
Clark
Philip
Evans
Taylor
Wainwright
New York
Bar Harbor
Congress
Symmetrical Decisions on Tariffs for U S Insular Trade
Baltimore discusses Supreme Court rulings on customs duties for goods moving between the United States and insular possessions. The article notes that tariffs on trade with Porto Rico and the Philippines are not exports, shaping Congress free to craft tariff policies for island trade. It cites the Foraker Act and implies a similar approach for the Philippines.
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Baltimore
Supreme Court
United States
Congress
Porto Rico
Philippines
Court of Last
Van Dyke in the Pulpit A Magnetic Force at Brick Church
The New York Press notes Rev Henry Jackson Van Dyke now Princeton professor cannot be replaced in the Fifth Avenue Brick Church. The famed pastor and author is described as a magnetic, nature loving speaker who shed the initial J to distinguish his identity from his father.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Henry van Dyke
Princeton
Henry Jackson van Dyke
Kness
van Dyke
Roosevelt delays Kentucky appointment amid vague charges
Washington special reports President Roosevelt faced a peculiar Kentucky appointment case this week. After selecting a candidate and informing him, charges were filed accusing him of unfitness for office for social habits. The inquiry found the charges mild and the stance favored the candidate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Soares
Srinka
Stenographer Arrested Over Treated Copy Trade
A U S stenographer is jailed for stealing and selling a copy of a new treaty. Congressmen write to the paper praising its enterprise for printing the draft in advance. The affair highlights unusual conduct by lawmakers and the press.
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Hartford Courant
United States
Debar Musicians Ignored by Labor Federation Action
A Scranton federation congress resolution urges inclusion of skilled laborers as exempt from the alien contract labor law. The move aims to remove the blanket bar on entry for certain workers, affecting national arts employment.
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Philadelphia
Federation of Labor Congress
Scranton
United States
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Home Office
Josephine Eastwick
Prince
Amsterdam
Daily Express
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SPEED
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Edward Fiemer
Buffalo
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Herald
Cravenette Storm
America
Erritt A. Archibald & Co
E. Washington St
Cash & Dove Co
Massachusetts Ave
Enterprise
Cerce
Renee Cp
Velvet
Smyrna
China Statuary and
Wales
ITC
Antsieso
Department Rea
Little O
Brooklyn Eagle
Edward
Alexandra
Prince of Wales
Choate
New York Times
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Joy
Indianapolis
Power
J. T. Power & Son
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Anna K. Hammond
Kentucky
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A. J. Balfour
Treasury
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New Cross
Galto
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