National Congress Debates War Deficiency and Postal Measures
The Senate passed the emergency war deficiency bill of 35,720,045 dollars and approved a postal laws bill allowing use of postal cards with restrictions and a one cent stamp. Fortifications and army officer promotions were confirmed, and a vacancy joint resolution was adopted. The post office budget faced cuts to deliveries and rural free service. In the House the war appropriation bill passed along with a postal service study commission and Alaska land and Hawaiian annexation moves.
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Washington
Senate
Fitzhugh Lee
Wheeler
Alabama
H. Wilson
Delaware
Sewall
New Jersey
Congress
Post Office
United States Army
Secretary of War
House
Congressional Commission
Postal Service
Grout
George Dewey
Alaska
Hawaiian Islands
Explosion near powder mills kills one in Denver
A nitroglycerin can exploded near the old powder mills on the Denver outskirts Sunday, instantly killing Fritz Smetzger as his body was blown apart. Peter Lehm, Peter Smear and Henry Loos were badly injured while retreating. Smetzger dropped a stone into the open can, triggering the blast.
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Atom
Denver
Col
Fritz Smetzger
Peter Lehm
Peter Smear
Henry Loos
Smetzger
Italian Bread Riots in Milan and Ark Storm Toll
Italian Bread Riots erupt in Milan with violent clashes on Via Samtraire and Via Torino, hundreds dead and many injured amid ongoing chaos. In Minnesota, 50 frame buildings burned on Minnesota Point leaving 2,000 homeless. Arkansas storms bring water spouts, tornadoes, and multiple drownings. Cannibal story from New Guinea reported. Two editors drowned in Missouri pond accident. Arkansas incumbents renominated in Democratic primaries.
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Lugano
Switzerland
Milan
Via Samtraire
Via Torino
Duluth
Minn
Minnesota Point
Ship Canal
Arkoonans
Little Neck
Ark
Arkansas
van Buren
Rudy
Winslow
Market Outlook Sees War Fears Diminish After Manila Victory
R G Dun reports war anxiety easing as Manila victory signals U S naval supremacy. Stocks rise with rail shares up 2.70. gold flows reassure currency and credit. Wheat soars with 0.25 dollar weekly gain driven by France duties removal and Russia export ban. corn gains limited despite strong export figures. Failures total 239 in U S and 25 in Canada versus prior year.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Manila
Treasury
Clearing House
Oae
Rance
Russia
United States
Canada
Proud of His Father Dewey Son Reacts to Manila Victory
George Goodwin Dewey, son of Admiral Dewey, expresses elated pride at the Manila victory news, praising his father and noting no American fleet fatalities. The report also mentions ex-Congressman Thomas Lynch dying at Pelican Lake after serving two terms from 1898 to 1902.
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Admiral Dewey
Elazed
Mantly
New York
Manila
George Goodwin Dewey
Dewey
Issed Aquino
Antigo
Wis
Thomas Lynch
Pelican Lake
Lynch
Congress
Proclamation Declares Neutrality in U S Spain War
Shanghai dispatch reports a government proclamation of neutrality in the conflict between the United States and Spain. In Guayama Cuba the autonomist congress opened yesterday with Gen Blanco denouncing the United States.
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China
London
Shanghai
United States
Spain
Guavana
Blanco
Bonaparte Niece Uses Big Gong At Washington House
The Bonaparte widow Caroline J Bonaparte living on K Street Washington keeps a large stable gang that rings a bell to summon servants. Porter secretary to the president complains of the nuisance. police say bells are only curbed in public streets. The issue remains unresolved as Bonaparte resists and Porters wife remains ill.
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Mme
Caroline J. Bonaparte
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte
K Street
Washington
John Addison Porter
Mme. Bonaparte
Mr. Porter
Porter
Sle
Lieut
Doyle
Wright
Champion Glass Eater Ti Woods Sets Denver Record
Larry H. Woods a contortionist and glass eater at Denver county hospital ate glass before an operation to graft new skin on his hands. He swallowed a long glass tube and a drinking glass without distress as surgeons and students looked on. The crowd witnessed the successful procedure and the stunned medical staff.
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Larry Ti
Woods
Larry HH. Woods
Denver
Col
McKenna
Ife
Mefenna
A Habit That Is Growing at Washington
A Washington correspondent notes the rising observance of precedence among cabinet members. The dinner order follows rank from the vice president to Secretary Wilson, with the vice president and Mrs Hobart arranging carriages before others depart. The pattern extends to cabinet gatherings and signals lights out.
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Washington
Chicago Tribune
Wilson
Hobart
Secretary of Agriculture
Nursery at a Church Mothers Plan for Worship Aid
The Mpworth league of First Methodist Church in New Brunswick New Jersey starts a cradle list to help mothers with young children attend services. A side room houses cradles with volunteer nurses caring for infants during worship, a plan deemed successful and likely to become a fixture.
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Mpworth League
First Methodist Church of
New Brunswick
N. J
Market Prices for Exotic Pets in Hamburg Shop
A listing from Household Pets, Hamburg shows civet cats at five dollars and tame jackals at seven dollars. A Brazilian snake is priced at forty dollars. Length based alligators cost one dollar fifty cents for one foot, five dollars at two feet, and thirty five dollars at seven feet. Also noting Language of the Channel Islands with references to old Norman dialect.
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Hamburg
Channel Islands
Channel] Islands
Seed Wheat Scarce in Minnesota and North Dakota
Farmers face a seed wheat shortage as high premium May options inflate profits. North Dakota and Minnesota require 15 to 18 million bushels for seed, but only the top grade No 1 hard is used. Quality issues push imports from Manitoba and Saskatchewan to improve future yields.
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Soluk
Mhemaelyen
Minnesota
North Dakota
Duluth
Chicago
Northwest
Minneapolis
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Peace Rivers
Shock Over St Louis Men as Negro Seeks Merchants' Exchange Membership
C F Yidwill a professional sampler for Annan Burg & Smith and other firms, becomes the first Black applicant for full membership in St Louis Merchants' Exchange. Debate erupts among members over admitting him while a new rule requires admission tickets for floor visitors. The application, filed through his employers, sits before the membership committee.
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Merchants
Merchants‘ Exchange
St. Louis
C. F. Yidwill
Annan, Burg & Smith
Exchange
Tidwill
Exchange Hoor
Widwill
George J. Morgen
Annan
Books for Critics Treated as Trade Goods by Customs
Louise Chandler Moulton, noted author and critic, learned that a package from London claimed to contain books was sent to Boston customs. She asserts the books are for reading and commenting in her professional capacity, not for trade. The collector referred the matter up, and the foreign dutiable mail officer, Mr. Shevlin, ruled duties must be paid under the Dingley law before release.
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Louise Chandler Moulton
London
Custom House
Boston
Miss Moulton
Mall
Shevlin
Dingley
Remembered by Japan Miss Helen Long Receives Cloisonne Vases
The Japanese minister gifts Miss Helen Long, daughter of the secretary of the navy, two cloisonne vases for her participation in the christening of a Japanese vessel in Philadelphia. The vases feature plum blossoms and nightingales, symbolizing purity and beauty, and sit on stands. Miss Long highly values these exquisite pieces.
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Helen Long
Philadelphia
Japan
Miss Long
Marriage Rules in France for Young Men
A Frenchman cannot marry in his country without his father or legal guardian consent until after he reaches twenty eight. The rule binds young men to seek paternal or guardian approval prior to wedlock, shaping matrimonial rights in France.
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France
Will Become a Jockey The New York Journal Reports
World famous bicycle rider Jimmy Michael held a conference with Philip J. Dwyer, Brooklyn Jockey Club president and stable owner. No agreement yet, but Michael intends to try racing as a jockey. Dwyer calls it a potential turf boon and will provide a chance if Michael proves himself weighing 98 pounds. Michael will move to Gravesend and begin trials.
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New York Journal and Advertiser
Angs
Jimmy Michael
Philip J. Dwyer
Brooklyn
Michael
Gravesend
Germany Expands Exports as Sugar Trade Declines
German exports to the United States rose in 1897, totaling 707,947,108 dollars, up from 896,124,641 the previous year, while sugar shipments shrank due to beetroot sugar bounties. Exports in non sugar lines increased by over four million dollars, showing Germany's shift to other goods as the sugar trade waned with tariff policies.
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Germany
United States
State Department
Berlin
Devlin
New Professor for Chicago Plants Physiology Chair
Charles R. Barnes, head of botany at the University of Wisconsin, accepts an offer to fill the newly created plant physiology chair at the University of Chicago. He will begin October 1 as full professor, bringing extensive work with Coulter and leadership in botanical societies. The move includes establishing a physiological lab on the fourth floor of the botany building and expanding a still largely untapped botany field at Chicago.
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Charles R. Barnes
University of Wisconsin
University of Chicago
Barnes
John M. Coulter
Hanover College
Purdue University
Wisconsin
Coulter
Botanical Gazette
Botanical Society of America
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Chicago
University
Wool Hat Makers in Pennsylvania Skid From Decline
Reading district once housed a dozen wool hat factories employing about two thousand workers. Prices plummeted from fourteen to twenty four dollars per dozen to two to four dollars. Wages fell from one hundred to one fifty monthly to around forty percent of that. Most hats were shipped west to plains frontier towns and mining camps, with orders shrinking from two to three hundred cases to twenty five or twenty cases. Other note mentions humanity's long knowledge of fire.
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Pennsylvania
Reading
West
Wealthy Californian bachelor dies without heirs in Waterloo estate over 100000
Peter Christensen a rich bachelor farmer died recently on his Waterloo ranch San Joaquin County leaving an estate above 100000 with no known heirs on this side of Denmark Public Administrator Horton handles the estate as no will is found. Reports claim a prior will once held by Judge Baldwin now mailed to Christensen then sent to the dead letter office and awaiting retrieval from Washington. Efforts seek the document which reportedly could be a large bequest to Christensen’s old friends.
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Baldwin
Christensen
Washington
Mexico Will Be Neutral in Case of Hostilities
Mexico City April 21 reports a strictly neutral posture if hostilities begin. Spaniards in Mexico City show gloom over the developing situation. Hayti will not aid Spain in procuring supplies. Spain has no coal in Hayti. The U S Navy buys Morgan yacht Corsair and Penelope, tying naval actions to the era. Madrid May 2 notes a cabinet report praising Spaniards who stood by honor despite losses.
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Mexico
City of
Spain
New York
Port Au Prince
Hayti
Navy
Morgan
Washington
Penelope
Boston
Philadelphia
Madrid
Correa
Bermejo
Pugilist Griffo Bail Admitted After Manslaughter Charge
Pugilist Griffo and fellow boxers Frank Schuler Frank McDonald Charles Fellman Patsy Corrigan and Harry Woods were arrested on manslaughter charges after the death of Davitt following a fight with Griffo last Wednesday night in Sacramento California. They have been admitted to bail.
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Sacramento
Cal
Griffo
Frank Schuler
Frank McDonald
Charles Fellman
Patsy Corrigan
Harry Woods
Young Davitt
Young Griffo
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