World and National Briefs Note Turmoil and Progress
Senate debates shipping bill and army reorganization moves forward. Kentucky split into two judicial districts. Alaska gains a House delegate. Fortifications and post office funds pass. a $7,000,000 building to house federal courts and a national library is approved. Mary Green funds naval YMCA home. Queen Victoria tribute follows.
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Senate
Committee On Judiciary
Kentucky
Committee On Pensions
Philip
Santiago
House
Alaska
Superior
Wis
Court of Claims
Hammond
Ind
Post Office
Supreme Court of the United States
Federal Courts of
District of Columbia
Department of Justice
National Library
Notable Obituaries from Early American Newspapers
Rev Hans Walder the first Scandinavian Baptist minister in America died in Newburg Minnesota at 86. Mrs Mary Palmer Banks widow of Gen Nathanael Banks died in Wal tham Massachusetts at 82. Steve Brodie actor bridge jumper and promoter died in San Antonio Texas at 42. Mrs Mary Wolfe aged 102 died near Moundsville West Virginia. George D Tillman died at Clarks Hill South Carolina aged 76, brother of Senator Tillman and a former congressman 1876 to 1893. Mrs Mary Luby oldest woman in Illinois died near Springfield at 103.
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Hans Walder
America
Newburg
Minn
Mary Palmer Banks
Nathaniel P. Banks
Waltham
Mass
Steve Brodie
San Antonio
Tex
Mary Wolfe
Moundsville
W. Va
George D. Tillman
Clarks Hill
S. C
Senator Tillman
Congress
Mary Luby
Ilinois
Springfield
Boer Invasion Report Reaches Cape Colony Amid War News
Telegraphs note General De Wet leading a large Boer force into Cape Colony. Queen Victoria’s funeral pageantry spans Osborne to Portsmouth. King Edward to open Parliament February 14. Taft commission acts on Philippine city governance while rebels lose voting rights after April 1. France cautions power balance over China. Boer assault harms Boksburg mines at £300,000. Two peace envoys shot. Captain Cameron and 50 Philippine cavalry defeat insurgents at Bundoopuray. 20 killed, arms seized. Many Filipinos vow allegiance to the United States.
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Queen Victoria
Reichsrath
Abyssinia
Orange River
Cape Colony
Cape Town
Philippines
Republican
Dominion
London
de Wet
Shensi
Shansi
China
Lieut. Hicken
Santa Lucia
Edward
Belgium
Portugal
Greece
England
Victoria
Taft Commission
Philippine
France
Germany
Boksburg
Cameron
Bundoopuray
United States
Osborne House
Cowes
Solent
Portsmouth Harbor
Minor News Items Cover Diverse National Updates
A Philadelphia officer arrests his son for theft. Illinois Central adds 6 million to capital stock for new gear. McKinley to open Pan-American exposition May 20 in Buffalo. German scientist Prof Slaby predicts electricity advances this century. Silk industry employs 30,000 in the U S. Drought cripples western New South Wales. over 36 million sheep perished. Naval officers eye war with Germany. Admiral Dewey predicts conflict within two years. Ex-President Cleveland joins the Mer cer County Fox Hunting association as honorary member. Southern states lead in cotton and woolen manufacturing gains. South Dakota cattlemen deem branding cruel and outdated. Ottendorfer will bars union workers from 50,000 bequest to New York Staats Zeitung. U S corn exports average 173 million bushels yearly since 1895 up 254 percent from five years prior. Two large Great Lakes steamers, 450 feet long, to be built by American Shipbuilding Co. Bronze tablet honors Hamilton Fish Jr in Columbia University. W A Heath of Rawlins Wyoming touts a flying machine to revolutionize water and air navigation. Massachusetts abandoned farms shrink from 330 to 136 in three years.
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Philadelphia
McKinley
Buffalo
Slaby
United States
New South Wales
Germany
Admiral Dewey
Cleveland
Mercer County
N. J
South Dakota
Oswald Ottendorfer
Union
New York Staats-Zeitung
Great Lakes
American Shipbuilding Company
Hamilton Fish, Jr
Columbia University
W. A. Heath
Rawlins
Wyo
Massachusetts
Big snow storm chills northern New York trains and shops
A heavy snow storm blanketed northern New York on the 4th with two feet accumulations at some points. Passenger and mail trains were delayed and freight trains stalled in deep drifts as the nation’s big corporate moves and various incidents are noted in this bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cleveland
American Bicycle Co
Bicycle Trust
Queen Victoria’s Burial Rites At Windsor Estate
At Windsor the funeral service for Queen Victoria unfolds in St George’s chapel with Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky anthems. The procession for the dead monarch features heralds, nobility, and a crowd as the body lies in state at the Albert memorial chapel ahead of public interment at Frogmore. Emperor William attends, with King Edward, and departs for Port Victoria after a private evening service.
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Portugal
Grand Duke of Hesse
Victoria Station
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Emperor William
Coffin
Edward
Army
Navy
Earl Roberts
Duke of Norfolk
Windsor
St. George’s Chapel
College of Heralds
Mendelssohn
Winchester
Wesley
Gounod
Tchaikowsky
Dresden
Wiliam Henry Weldon
Beethoven
Walter Parrot
Albert Memorial Chapel
London
Queen Victoria
Royal Household
Windsor Castle
Frogmore
York
Alexandra
Duchess of Cornwall
Frederick William
Duke of Connaught
Mme. Albani
Marlboro House
Charing Cross Station
Port Victoria
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Blizzard Hits Midwestern Cities With Heavy Snowfall
The Janesville dispatches describe a major blizzard sweeping Chicago Milwaukee Detroit Des Moines and Atchison with over ten inches of snow in Chicago drifting drifts six feet deep in Kansas and Nebraska and widespread rail delays and streetcar outages across multiple states.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Des Moines
Atchison, Kan
Kansas
Nebraska
Central Branch
Missouri Pacific
Cawker City
Greenleaf
Whiting
Atchison
Downs
Nation Crusade in Topeka Sparks Fear of Lynch Plot
A Topeka report warns of a plot to tar and feather Carrie Nation as she continues her anti liquor crusade. Police investigate a tip from a trusted ally about armed guards at joints. Nation prepares to march with 300 volunteers as she promises prayer meetings and steady resolve.
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Kansas City
the Times
Topeka
Kan
Luster
Stahl
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Kansas Avenue
Secret Service
Not a Candidate for 1904 Nomination
Albany correspondent of Leslie's Weekly reports Senator Hill will not seek the presidential nomination in 1904. The claim rests on a high authority as Hill is focused on a lucrative law practice and active in his professional duties.
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New York
Senator Hill
Albany
Leslie’s Weekly
Kitchener Dispatch On Medderfontein Post Fall
Lord Kitchener reports from Pretoria dated February 2 that Medderfontein on the Gatterland southwest of Krugersdorp was attacked by a thousand Boers. The Krugersdorp relief column could not prevent the fall and captured officers and men are arriving at Vereeniging.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
Pretoria
Medderfontein
Gatterland
Krugersdorp
Vereeniging
Fire damages Krug Packing plant in St Joseph
A fire started mysteriously in the trimming department of the Krug Packing company plant in St Joseph Missouri Sunday night causing a loss of $100,000 before the flames were controlled. The incident remains under investigation and no injuries are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph, Mo
Krug Packing Company
Family Poisoning Strikes Pittsburgh Household
A Pittsburgh family was poisoned Saturday after eating pork believed to be doctored with preservative. One member is dead and five others are seriously ill.
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Pittsburgh
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Congressional
Oklahoma
Mary Green
Boston
Long
Annapolis
Charles F. W. Neely
Bureau of Finance
Cuban Post Office Department
Havana
Bostock
Baltimore
Hundred Year Club of
Tzar Rodofsky
Moscow
Nancy Hollofield
Battle Creek
Sheriff
Anthony
Jefferson
Guthrie
Indian Territories
Coats’ Opera House
Carne Nation
Tennessee
War Department
Virginia
Vanderlip
Treasury Department
Ashford
Fort Abercrombie
N. D
Wichita
Helen Gould
Naval Branch
Young Men’s Christian Association
Brooklyn
N.Y
Treasury
Nation
Southern Pacific
Vanderbilt
Orient
Wallace Junction
Peter Donahue
Agricultural Department
J. P. Mason
Continental National Bank
King Victor
Hardin
Col
Cliff Slaton
Otto Ferguson
Madisonville
South Sioux City
James S. Harlan
Porto Rico
Andrew Luetke
Sire
Portland
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Wisconsin
Indiana
Chamberlain & Co
Maine
Choate
Great Britain
Sherman
National Museum
Hiawatha
Kaw
Washington
B. H. Skeele
Thawville
Ill
Free Press
National Wire Company
Fairhaven
Conn
Jacob Yochum
William
Fostoria
Warren
San Francisco
Manila
Adams Express Co
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
German National Bank
Newport
Mississippi
Mississippi River Commission
Mobile & Ohio
Southern Railway
Telegraph
Canada
Post Office Department
Bacon
Georgia
Spain
Nationa Banks
Edward VII
Duke of
Connaught
Duchess of Fife
Princess Royal
Charles
Denmark
Edward B. Cassatt
Paddington
Guards
Household Cavalry
Mrs. Nation IN Danger
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