Chronology of the Year 1901 in the United States and Britain
A survey of 1901 highlights William McKinley’s assassination and Queen Victoria’s death, with Theodore Roosevelt and Edward VII assuming power. It covers U.S. politics, the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, the Schley inquiry, insular cases, U.S. Steel formation, stock panic, and major canal debates. Roosevelt’s succession and naval controversies frame a year of stability amid upheaval.
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Wiliam McKinley
United States
Queen Victoria
Theodore Roosevelt
Edward VII
Schley
Supreme Court
United States Steel Corporation
New York
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
D. K. Pear Sons
Progress in insular settlement and Cuban events
Considerable progress toward settling insular problems is noted with most Philippine inland areas under control, Aguinaldo captured, Taft appointed civil governor, and transfer of military command. In Samar clashes occur, and a U S court decision defines Philippines as domestic territory with constitutional reach. The text also recounts Cuba’s 1900 constitution and McKinley’s death aftermath plus the Pan American exposition murder and execution.
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Philippine
Aguinaldo
Funston
Wilm H. Taft
Arthur MacArthur
A. R. Obeffee
United States
Samar
9Th Infantry
Philippines
Congress
Baste Bice
Paria
Tanffact
Porto Bee
Pereker
1901 Global Disasters Headlined By Major Fires And Losses
A year in disasters details vast fires in Jacksonville Florida and Montreal with multi million dollar losses. It notes deadly incidents in Rochester New York Philadelphia Pennsylvania and a major oil blaze at Baku Russia. Tornadoes floods and cyclones are listed with dozens of fatal accidents across countries including China Japan Mexico Russia England and Europe.
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Fla
America
Montreal
Rochester
CN. Y
Philadelphia
Baku
Russia
Elkhorn Valley
West Virginia
Lei-Tung
China
Minneapolis
Mikala
Austria
Tokyo
Japan
Madagascar
Hang Chow
Recklinghauser
Bohemia
Trondshem
Kemmerer
Wyo
Spain
Walovo
Yabori
Gitsenkirche
Prussia
Texas
Arkansas
Chicago
Lake Como
Bolivia
Bologna
Italy
New South Wales
Birmingham
Ala
Fayette Co
Transvaal
St. Mary's
W. Va
Canary Islands
Griesheim
Germany
Holm
Belgium
Alaska
Pekin
St. Jean
France
Caledon
South Africa
Albania
Amreell
India
Drdeper River
Ghina
Switserland
Fairmont
Avacense
Lobendorf
Tennessee
Cape Town
Lamghenydd
Wales
Woleenbourg
Yearly toll of disasters reported for 1901
The text lists numerous fatal incidents by month and place worldwide including mines, floods, fires, explosions, rail and sea disasters. It notes 1901 railroad and boiler accidents totals and compares injuries to 1900 and 1899. It preserves place names like Chicago, Paris, Liverpool, and Hong Kong among many others.
Financial Review of 1901 World Market Supremacy
The 1901 treasury report shows a dramatic swing in trade with exports rising by 92 million and imports falling by 26 million, placing the United States as a dominant financial power. Government revenue reached 99 million with a 77 million surplus, while New York banks added 56.7 million in deposits and 61.5 million in loans.
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United States
Wall Street
Secretary of the Treasury
New York Associated Banks
New York
Record year 1901 tops gifts with colossal donations
The 1901 gifts total $123,888,732, the highest in the century, funding educational institutions libraries art museums charities churches and public enterprises. Notable sums come from Andrew Carnegie John D Rockefeller J P Morgan and Mrs Manford who donated Stanford University property valued at $7,000,000.
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Neely
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
J. P. Morgan
Jane L. Sanford
Manford
Stanford University
Carnegie
United States
West
D. K. Pearsons
Chisago
Cartigie
de Toted
The Distinguished Dead Necrology List Readers
A lengthy necrology lists many figures who have died, including Aldrich Louis actor and Armour Philip D packer and philanthropist along with numerous generals politicians clergymen and scholars from the United States and abroad. It notes dates of death and brief identifiers, ranging from ex presidents to naval officers and foreign dignitaries. The compilation presents a snapshot of prominent lives past and their professional roles across eras and nations.
Notable Deaths and Notable Figures Listed with Dates
The clipping lists figures including Rothschild Baron Wilhete von head of a great banking house with January 26, the pianist Frans Rummel in Germany, Bishop William Stalner of Oxford on April 2, Irish statesman Dr. Charles K. D. Tanner on September 7, composer Gulheppe Vordl on January FF Victoria Queen on January 27 and author Charlotte M. Yonge on March 4.
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Rothschild
Baron Wilhete
Von
Rummel
Frans
Germany
Stalner
William
Oxford
Tanner
Charles K. D
Vordl
Gulheppe
Victoria
Yonge
Charlotte M
LYNCHINGS IN 1901 REPORTS AND STATE BREAKDOWN
A nineteenth century table summarizes lynchings for 1901 with a nationwide total up from 1900. It lists state counts Alabama through Alaska, specifies 121 lynchings in the South and 14 in the North, and details crimes leading to lynchings including murder and assault with racial prejudice noted in several cases.
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Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Tdaho
Tinos
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Hampshire
New York
Nevada
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Washington
Wyoming
Arizona
District of Columbia
New Mexico
Utah
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Alaska
Fire insurance losses soar as 1901 year proves brutal
The year brought heavy losses for fire insurance companies, with total losses across the United States reaching 152 million plus another 20 million above 1900. Many stock and mutuals retired or consolidated, wildcat insurers emerged, and access to large policies tightened. Life insurance, by contrast, reports its most prosperous year as endowment and ordinary life policies grow. Legal reserve firms may write about 1.56 billion in new business, with in force coverage around 7.6 billion. One company alone wrote over 300 million.
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United States
Chicago
Lloyds
Legal Reserve
Business of Railroads Ped Miles of New Track Laid
The United States added at least 6,067 miles of new track on 233 lines in 1901, with the southwest leading. East of the Mississippi saw less activity except in certain areas. Interstate Commerce Commission reports show gross railroad earnings at 1.578 billion dollars and net earnings of 663 million, with dividends totaling 121 million, all up from the prior year.
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United States
Pennsylvania
New England
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Combinations of Capital Drive Industrial Consolidation
The year features continued growth in large capital trusts. In eight months new corporate capital reached 2.47 billion, rivaling 1900. The United States Steel Corporation leads with 1.1 billion. organizer J Pierpont Morgan. Other joining firms include Carnegie, Federal, American Steel and Wire, National Tube, American Bridge, National, American Sheet Steel, American Tinplate, American Steel Hoop, Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines, Shelby Steel Tube. Other mergers involve Alli-Chalmers, Amalgamated Copper, American Can, American Locomotive, American Phw, Consolidated Tobacco, among others.
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United States Steel Corporation
J. Pierpont Morgan
Carnegie
Federal
American Steel and Wire
National Tube
American Bridge
National
American Sheet Steel
Amercan Tinplate
American Steel Hoop
Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines
Shelby Steel Tube
Allia-Chalmers
Amalgamated Copper
American Can
American Locomotive
Americam Phw
Consolidated Tobuacco
North
Trust and Industry Merger Heads for Union
American Trust United Hox Board and Paper United States Shipbuilding and Northern Recurlden announce talks on a potential alliance among major firms, signaling a shift in regional manufacturing and financial sectors. Negotiations focus on joint ventures, market expansion, and coordinated investment plans.
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American Trust, United Hox, Board and Paper
United States Shipbulding
The
Northern Recurlden Companies
Chief Sporting Events of 1904 Highlight Americas Cup Victory
Sporting events of importance included the America's Cup races, where the American yacht Columbia defeated Lipton's Shamrock. Other highlights: English trapshooters beaten by Americans at Mendon in June, George Towns wins world sculling title at Nat Portage, Canada, May 7 reopening Olympic plans for Chicago 1904, Pittsburgh tops National League, Chicago leads American League, Harvard football champs, Wisconsin and Michigan split Western honors, Crescous clocks 2.024?4 mile trotting at Columbus on August 2.
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Sir Thomas Lipton
Shamrock St
Mendon
England
George ‘Towns
Nat Portage
Ont
International Committee
Juris
Chicago
Pittsburg
Marvard
Wisconsin
Michigan
Crescous
Columbus
World War Year in Review of Conflicts and Casualties
A year in review notes the Boer war as the standout conflict with guerrilla actions and heavy losses to British forces. It lists yearly casualties by region including Abyssinia, South Africa, Arabia, Venezuela, Colombia, and others, totaling 27 681, compared to 133 878 in 1900, with mentions of Central American revolutions and Sino treaty closures.
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Central America
Venezuela
Colombia
Argentina
Chile
Abyssinia
South Africa
Arabia
China
Africa
Philippines
Mexico
Corea
Bumatra
Java
Strikes Spark Tension Across Major Industries
Strikes disrupted large plants as machinists pressed for a nine hour day with no wage cut and thousands joined. July saw a union led bid by United States Steel mills affecting seventy five thousand workers, while a parallel Amalgamated Association order under President Shiffer aimed to enforce a union scale. Riots and fatalities followed in Albany, Telluride, San Francisco, and Kentucky.
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Iron, Steel and
Tim
United States Steel Corporation
Shiffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Albany
N. Y
Telluride
Colorado
Teamsters
San Francisco
Kentucky
Embezzlement Totals Decline From 1900 to 1901
The 1901 records show embezzlement and related fraud totaling 1 085 669 dollars, down from 4 660 134 dollars in 1900. Monthly breakdown lists large losses in April and March with public officials and banks accounting for the largest shares, including 696 545 from public officials and 1 513 498 from banks.
Losses from Epidemics and Famines in Early 1900s
The discussion notes a decline in deaths from epidemic diseases since 1900, with 1904 plague deaths around 28,000 and 1901 cholera about 5,000, though 1900 famine deaths in India reached roughly 579,689. An estimated cholera and plague toll for last year totals about 43,000, and famine fatalities in India and Russia lack formal returns.
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India
Russia
Historical execution counts by year and region
The record lists executions by year with totals such as 191 with 118, 1908 with 119, and 1882 with 197. It notes regional splits with 71 executed in the South and 47 in the North, including 71 enslaved or Black victims and 47 whites, and cites crimes like murder and criminal assault among the reasons.
Rise in Deaths by Own Action in United States
The death by own action continues to increase in the United States. The total reported for 1901 is 7,240, up from 6,755 in 1900 and 6,200 in 1898. Males total 5,850 and females 1,?2, preserving a roughly five to one male to female ratio for several years. Physicians lead among professionals with 8, attorneys 10, clergymen 0, bankers 6, journalists 6, and college professors 1.
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United States
May stock panic lifts Northern Pacific to $1000 a share
In May stock panic in New York arose from opposing interests seeking control of the Northern Pacific railroad. The stock was cornered and driven to $1000 a share. While many suffered heavy losses in other securities, there were no serious failures and the impact beyond speculative circles was very light.
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New York
Northern Pacific Railroad
Pan-American Exposition Opens and Closes in 1901
The Pan-American Exposition opened in Buffalo on May 1 and closed November 2. It was a financial failure partly due to the President's assassination, yet had successes with total attendance of 8,296,073. Stockholders were about 3,000,000 out of pocket. At Charleston, South Carolina, the Interstate and West Indian Exposition began December 2 to run through winter.
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McKinsey
Werder
Willem MekKinnsey
O Masmarchit
Fred
Leon Cselgoex
Buffalo
Czelgoes
Charleston
D. C
Invention Signals Across Atlantic by Wireless Telegraphy
A notable year’s achievement is Marconi’s successful wireless signal across the Atlantic. On December 12 a test from Cornwall to St. John’s Newfoundland sent the letter S reliably, marking a breakthrough in long distance communication.
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Marconi
Chicago Stock Yard Receipts 1901 Record Livestock Trade
The 1901 stock trade at Chicago Yard posted a record year with combined receipts of 16,257,000 head of livestock valued at $291,300,000. This marks the largest totals ever recorded for both headcount and valuation in the market's history.
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Chicago
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