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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1900
Page
2
Washington reports recount a series of Senate debates on the Porto Rico bill with free trade proposals, tariff provisions, and amendments. Notable actions include votes on the bill and related finance measures, plus house discussions on army and naval appropriations and banking safety.
Philetus Sawyer former United States Senator from Oshkosh died at 8 o'clock yesterday. He was highly respected in the community with a large fortune from lumber interests. Survived by a son Edgar P. Sawyer and a daughter Mrs W C Goodwin, his widow Melvina Hadley had died earlier. He served as alderman mayor congressman and two terms in the Senate as a stalwart Republican. His bequests to charity were expected to be substantial in his will.
A Sunday fire in Owosso Michigan destroyed the central school buildings and caused two deaths and five injuries. The dead are Fred Ross and Frank Lucker. injured include Charles Beatty Frank Bulledge Prick Davis and Solomon Vogel. Also noted are unrelated items from Washington and Dexter involving legal actions and executions.
The week reports prohibitionishing imports in Turkey and a Philippine commission plan for Manila. Chicago fire destroys the Columbia Theatre, 190,000 loss. Multiple obituaries include Archibald Fehes London war correspondent, James Sands in New York, and Mrs. Pickard aged 109. Kansas City murder verdict, Iowa prize fight ban, and tragedy in Orange New Jersey. Local notes cover torn crops in Mississippi, famine relief, and a hospital-lab misoperation in Chicago.
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