Sugar Trust Eyes Colorado Beet Sugar Firms
Denver reports the American Sugar Refining Company plans to enter Colorado’s beet sugar field. Independent producers fear a price war to crush competition, with plans to build two new plants at Longmont and Fort Collins while threatening others in Loveland Grand Junction Greeley Eaton and Rocky Ford. A meeting of independents may seek legal protection and united action as Niese continues tours of beet districts.
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American Sugar Refining Company
Colorado
Oxnard
Denver
Republican
Henry Ernst Niese
American Sugar Nefining Company
West
Utah
Hayemeyer
Rocky Ford
Loveland
Grand Junction
Sugar City
Greeley
Eaton
Colorado Field
Mese
Hue
Campalee
Arkansas Valley
Washington
Longmont Beet Sugar Company
Fort Collins Sugar Company
Longmont
Trust
Fort Collins
W. C. Pennoyer
Michigan
Hisssociates
Niese
Boulder
United States Circuit Court
Nirse
New Yor
Russian railway accidents kill over one thousand in 1899
Statistics from the ministry of ways and communications show 4,447 railway accidents in 1899, with 1,226 deaths and 6,993 injuries. Derailments caused 21 deaths and 172 serious injuries. collisions 19 deaths and 288 serious injuries. other accidents 1,146 deaths and 2,665 injuries.
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Ministry of Ways and Communications
England
Russia
London Standard
Dumbbell fruit sparks global interest from lone island seeds
A strange peach like fruit born from 1886 on a Ceylon island by scientist Jeffreys and a Sinhalese servant has grown into a sought after commodity. Syndicates in Bombay and shipments to Australia and India fuel demand while London shoppers welcome the new item. A suburban confectioner also created a drink from its juice and prospered.
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Jeffreys
Ceylon
Bombay
Australia
India
London
Story of Dr Ducachet and Sam the servant
Bishop Williams of Connecticut recounts a tale from the late Dr. Ducachet about a Sunday when he felt ill and sought a servant's counsel. The servant urged him to preach, and after the sermon the minister felt better, sparking the comic line that the sermon had cured him. The story surfaced in the New York Tribune.
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Bishop Williams
Connecticut
Dr. Ducachet
Ducachet
Sam
Simmons
Sexton
Massa
Darky
New York Tribune
Queen Victoria Journals Her Happiness After Albert’s Wedding
Queen Victoria records tender feelings for Prince Albert in her wedding journal. Parliament debated his allowance on the eve of the marriage, ending with a grant of 150000 dollars annually. Albert’s reaction stressed that love outshines political fine print.
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Albert
Victoria
Prince Albert
House of Commons
England
New U P Branches for the Beet Sugar Fields
The Union Pacific plans a survey and branch line to serve beet sugar factories in northern Colorado, competing with the Loveland Construction Company route. Surveyors move west of Platteville toward Greeley Eaton and touch three factories while Loveland builds a belt line to reach fields near Loveland and connect with Colorado & Southern. Officials say the UP line may pay from beet haulage and should be ready to handle this year’s crop.
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Union Pacific
Greeley
Eaton
Loveland
Loveland Construction Company
Denver
Republican
Union Pacifé
Colorado
Charles Boettcher
D.C. Dodge
I. L. Buck
George Dodge
Burt
Dickinson
Devel
Union
Macite
Oiala
Plitteville
Platteville
Fort Collins
Laramie
Wyoming
Union Pacefile
Thattevile
Cheyenne
Loveland Company
Colorado & Southern Railroad
Union Paelie
Union Muncific
Union Pactiie
Borthoud
Colorado & Southern
Vion Pacific
Atan
Patrick Found Guilty of Mill Is Recluses Murder
Albert Patrick, a New York lawyer, was convicted of murdering the elderly Texan recluse Mill and estate owner Without Millish Rice on September 23, 1900. The jury deliberated about three hours after a nine week trial, finding Patrick conspired with Charles P. Jones to gain control of a $7,000,000 estate and that Jones killed Rice by chloroform. Patrick remarked that they would try again after sentencing.
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New York
Albert Patrick
Millish Rice
Patrick
Death of Cecil Rhodes in Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes died peacefully at 3 57 p.m. after two heart failure attacks. Present at his death were Dr Jamieson Dr William Smartt commissioner of public works Colonel Elmhurst Rhodes and others. Last words were farewells from his brother and companions.
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Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
Mr. Rhodes
Jamieson
William Smartt
Elmhurst Rhodes
Watton
Port Elyabeth
Rhodes
Dr. Stevenson
To Pray for Peace. Rome March 27
The Osservatore Romano calls on Christians worldwide to pray to God for an end to war between Britain and the Boers. The article, attributed to the paper’s editor, urges prayers for peace today.
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Rome
Osservatore Romano
Grationi
Boer Guns Captured Amid British Advances
March 26 dispatch reports Lord Kitchener announcing 140 prisoners captured from General De la Rey along with three fifteen pound guns two pompom guns and various stock wagons and supplies. De la Rey reportedly evaded the cordon despite the setbacks.
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General de la Rey
Lord Witchener
Lord Sitchener
Yellowstone Park expansion sparks debate over scenery and elk protection
Cheyenne March 25 The Yellowstone National Park enlargement bill sent to the Senate by Secretary Hillchcock faces mixed reaction. Supporters note improved elk protection and broader reserves while critics warn the state would lose scenic regions around Jackson Lake and the Tetons. The proposal would extend boundaries to include parts of the Yellowstone Thunder land reserve and the Teton forest reserve, aiming to curb rampant elk slaughter seen around Jackson's Hole and across Idaho and Wyoming.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Yellowstone National Park
Senate
Hillchcock
Wyoming
Jackson's Lake
Three Tetons
Yellowstone Park
Teton Forest Reserve
Thiber
Teton Reserve
Jackson’s Hole
Yellowstone
Jackson's Ole
Idaho
Jackson's Hole
Penitentiary Farm Abolished Plans for Workshops Likely
Denver reports the penitentiary commissioners will end convict work on distant farms and gardens as contracts expire. They cite inadequate income and high guard costs plus escapes as reasons and hint at penitentiary workshops to replace farm labor, following models at Joliet and other sites.
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Denver
Denver News
Joliet
Representative Randall Seeks Neutrality Toward South Africa
Washington March 25 Representative Randall of Texas introduced resolutions mirroring a caucus output by House Democrats. The measures urge sympathy for the two republics and a British peace, calling for U S neutrality. Cochran of Missouri proposed asking the secretary of state to check if U S charitable groups can aid non combatants and secure safe access to concentration camps for medical care.
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Boera
Washington
Randall
Texas
South Africa
House Democrats
United States
Cochran
Missouri
Secretary of State
Oppose Rabbit Coursing Heralds Moves to Prosecute
Denver reports that the Colorado Humane Society plans to abolish rabbit coursing by prosecuting promoters and entrants. The effort relies on the courts after police and city officials refused to intervene. Letters from prominent women and officials urge the board to deny the event citing cruelty and moral harm.
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Denver
Colorado Humane Society
Humane Society
Whitehead
Wie and Police Board
Frank Adaing
Flelen
Grenfell
Stuly
Union Park
Colorado
Sarah Platt Decker
Board of Charities and Corrections
Adins
Broadway Park
Coursing Club
Denver Womans Press Club
Independent beet sugar fight spreads to Fort Collins
Denver March 24. Northern Colorado farmers mobilize against the American Sugar Refining Company. F M Shaw of the Pennoyer interests will lead Fort Collins efforts to secure land and rail access for a Pennoyer plant, with Fort Collins headquarters established as construction begins.
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Denver
Republican
Colorado
American Sugar Refining Company
Pennoyers
American Company
Fort Collings
F. M. Shaw
Colorado & Southern
Pennoyer
Fort Collings Beet Sugar Committee
Fort Collins
Pennnyers
Shaw
Henry Ernest Niese
American Sugar Refining Commpany
Fort Colling
Niese
Mr. Shaw
Tey
Nfort Collins
Pennoyer Company
Independence Ordered for Cuba by United States
Secretary Root issued a formal directive to General Wood to transfer control of Cuba to Cubans by May 20. The order requires Cuba to assume treaty obligations, keep an artillery force for defense, and have the Cuban Congress convene before May 20 while consulting with President-elect Palma and replacing current Cuban officials as desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Root
General Wood
Cuba
Wood
Palma
Uba
Rioting Mob Hangs Denver Porter for Assault on Mrs Miller
Washington Wallace a Denver car porter was lynched by a mob of about two thousand after an alleged assault on Mrs Henrietta Miller. The crowd seized him at the county courthouse, dragged him to a park electric pole, and the rope was hauled up as firing began.
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Henrietta H. Miller
Washington H. Wallace
Denver
Muarrel
Punta
Washington
Amo
Tens
Iletta Hi
Miller
Los Angeles
Walthire
Cratdready Yards
Ten Oelock
Wallace
Matver
Te Inter
Shervim Farry
Sherrif Stewart
Marshdls Rose
Branklin
Pueblo
Patterson Hollow
Fowler
Rocky Jord
Cily
la Duinta
Robert Patterson
Bavnker
Dr. Whaing
Charles Daerbohn
Lockmts
Court House
Hoe
Frederick A. Sabin
Jim City
Tre
Hawley group gains control of Colorado & Southern railway
Edwin Hawley and associates secure a controlling interest in the Colorado & Southern railway through open market stock purchases. Hawley, president of the Minneapolis and St. Louis and the Iowa Central, formerly served as traffic manager of the Southern Pacific before resigning weeks ago.
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York
the Journal of Commerce
Edwin Hawley
Colorado & Southern Railway
Hawley
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railways
Iowa Central
Southern Pacific
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Rice
New York City
LA Junta
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