Congress in session for Panama treaty and world affair notes
The World Congress discusses reciprocity with Cuba as sessions cover Panama matters and Roosevelt’s Panama canal message. Taft and Wright nominated for war secretary and Philippine civil governor. Reports urge fortifications in the Philippines while theater fire and rail incidents trigger investigations and mournful tolls.
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Congress
Senate
Panama
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Ohio
Luke E. Wright
Tennessee
Philippine Islands
Joint
Army and Navy Board
Philippines
Lodge
House
Chicago
Panama Canal
United States
Warner
III
Morgan
Panama Republic
Record of Industrial, Personal and Political Happenings
A week’s digest of home and foreign items covers industry updates political notes and notable events abroad and locally. Read as a compact summary of current affairs and personal items reflecting the period.
Insurrection Proclaimed in San Miguel County and National Turmoil
A Ohio assembly convenes in Columbus while Gov Peabody of Nebraska proclaims San Miguel County in insurrection giving military power to restore order. Roosevelt denies US complicity in Panama conflict. Wood nominated for major general by Senate committee. Steel stocks plunge. bitter winter grips New England. Iroquois theater inquiry begins. total deaths reach 591 with another in Iowa Capitol fire. Immigrant arrivals surge in New York. five hundred children escape Arnold Pa school blaze. Knapp granted new trial for wife murder in Ohio. Mill resumption boosts Pittsburgh area employment. Rhode Island inaugurates Garvin to second term. Major fire losses tallied. rail layoffs and business failures rise. Mississippi legislature convenes. Rock Island train wreck kills engineers Reardon and Benjamin. Postmaster retiree accounts show shortfalls. Maryland weather records shatter decade highs.
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Kentucky
New York
Chicago
Burlington
Rochford
S. D
Taylor
Bureau of Navigation
Lake Michigan
Lake Bluff
Racine
Mme
Lillian Nordica
United States
Europe
Statesmn
Washington
China
Manchuria
Traeger
J. E. Marcell
Highland
Kan
Edmund H. Driggs
House of Representatives
Albany
Buena Vista
Ark
San Miguel County
Col
E. H. Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
John L. Bates
Massachusetts
Boston
James Garfield
Minneapolis
Minn
H. Frazee
Iowa State Capitol
Russell Sage
Wall Street
Gregory
New Madrid
George Marshall
Rafael Reyes
Hay
Panama
General Assembly
Ohio
Columbus
Peabody
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Leonard Wood
Senateilitary Affairs Committee
United States Steel Company
Iags
Eastern
New England
C. L. Linley
Iowa Capitol
Arnold
Alfred A. Knapp
Hamilton
Pittsburg
L. F. C. Garvin
Rhode Island
Canada
Mississippi
Jackson
Rock Island Road
Topeka
Reardon
Benjamin
Maryland
Notable Deaths and Political Nominations Across U.S. Regions
Obituaries note the deaths of Rev. Dr Chauncey Hobart in Red Wing Minnesota aged 93 and Rufus Blanchard in Wheaton Illinois aged 83. Other losses include Benton Beebe in Middletown New York aged 59 and Parke Godwin in New York aged 88. Also reported: George A Castor and Samuel J Randall named for Pennsylvania congress, Ruth Cleveland dies at Princeton New Jersey at 15 from diphtheria complications.
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Chauncey Hobart
Methodist Church of the Northwest
Red Wing
Minn
Rufus Blanchard
Chicago
Wheaton
Third
Pennsylvania
George A. Castor
Samuel J. Randall
Benton L. Beebe
Sign of the Times
Middletown
N. Y
Julius Frederick
Greely
Indianapolis
Ind
John Reed
Decatur
Warren Barnhart
Barnhart Bros. & Spindler
Elijah J. Woodruff
Foledo
Parke Godwin
The
Evening Post
New York
Ruth Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Royal Opera House Berlin Closed for Fireproof Upgrades
Kaiser closes the Royal Opera House in Berlin until new ex its are built and modern stairs replace old ones. Dispatches say Russia’s reply to Japan is at Admiral Alexieff to deliver when ready. Anarchy in Corea as U S marines land from the Vicksburg toward Seoul to protect the legation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Opera House
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Russia
Japan
Admiral Alexieff
Corea
United States
Vicksburg
Chemuipo
Seoul
Legation
Herbert J. Croft
Chicago
Frank J. Croft
Postmaster General Payne Sees Prosperity Urging Mail Reforms
Postmaster General Payne in his annual report declares the last fiscal year the most prosperous, urging improvements in mail handling, service extension, and pensioning of faithful employees. Several political and international updates follow, including Bryan in New York, Smoot replies to charges, and open ports in China. The report also notes theater openings in Chicago, Chaffee becomes army chief, and other national events and deaths.
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Payne
William J. Bryan
New York
Reed Smoot
Mukden
Antung
Gen. Reyes
United States
Colombia
Panama
Chicago
Adna R. Chaffee
United States Army
Gen. Young
Alexieff
John Brown Gordon
Miami
Fla
Santo Domingo
United States Legation
Charles Foster
Fostoria
Ohio
Congress
Treasury
Benjamin Harrison
Springfield
John H. Hutchinson
Milford
Mass
Smith Island
Dungeness
Straits
Juan de Fuca
Robert Gordon Hardie
Brattleboro
William W. Skiles
Fourteenth
Shelby
Senate
Scott
Darien Canal
Chaffee
Commissioner of Pensions Ware
F. E. Macha
Pisek
N. D
Bloomington
la Tesca
Mexico
Roosevelt
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Japan
Russia
Frederick Pabst
Milwaukee
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Anson
Dietrich
Omaha
Neb
J. H. Coutts
First National Bank of
Tipton
Cedar Rapids
Iroquios
Iowa State Capitol Fire Wrecks North Wing Des Moines
A blaze destroyed Iowa's north wing in Des Moines injuring no one reported but causing an estimated 300000 in damage. The fire began in committee room No 5 and the legislature’s session date is not postponed. Governor Cummins joined the firefighting efforts in boots and rough coat as officials evacuated the building and the state library volumes were moved to safety. The executive council declared the legislature would convene as planned.
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Iowa
Des Moines
House of Representatives
Cummins
State Library
Martin
Carroll
Gilbertson
Death toll rises among Iowa victims in Iroquois Fire
Report lists more than twenty Iowa residents among the Iroquois theater blaze dead in Chicago. Names include Mrs. N M Stark and Mrs T J Tuttle of Des Moines, John Holland and Lillian Pelton, Cedar Rapids, and others from Dubuque Burlington Clinton Knox ville Davenport Decorah Webster county Keokuk Neola Des Moines Cedar Rapids Burlington.
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Chicago
Iowa
N. M. Stark
T. J. Tuttle
John Holland
Lillian Pelton
Des Moines
J. B. Edwards
Nina
Bessie Chapman
Mabel Cooper
Josephine Mulholland
Cedar Rapids
Henry Wunderlich
Miss Beckers
Dubuque
Decorah
Nathan Lowitz
Keokuk
Maniey Gifford Arrested for Embezzling from Chicago Firm
Maniey Gifford, a Monroe farmer and cattle raiser, was arrested and jailed in Cook county after embezzling about 11200 from Smith, Carey & Co. of Chicago. He acted as their agent shipping cattle to Union stock yards and fled after funds were sent for purchases.
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Smith, Carey & Co
Chicago
Maniey Gifford
Monroe
Cook County
Gifford
Union Stock Yards
Bankers in Nebraska Iowa Towns Stock Cash for Demands
Widespread fear of robberies in southeast Nebraska and northwest Iowa prompts bankers in small towns to keep only enough cash on hand for daily demands. Reserve funds are sent to city banks with Sioux City as the main depository.
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Andrew Brown
W. P. Brown
Roundlake
Mondamin
Thomas Monahan
Iowa
Ossian
Monahan
Dubuque
T. N. Hooper
Colfax
Colfax Northern Railroad Company
Nebraska
Sioux City
Six Sets of Twins Born to Local Family Near Brandon
Mr and Mrs Anthony Pardo near Brandon have twins a boy and a girl marking six sets in their family. A year earlier they welcomed another pair of twins and a year before that their first twins arrived. Before moving to the present home another couple in the same house had three pairs of twins and a set of triplets over four years. Of the 15 children born to the house eight are living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Pardo
Brandon
Irish Bulls At Philadelphia Meeting Rules Reform
A Philadelphia political gathering on Locust Street reports a humorous misinterpretation as a delegate proposes a rules committee size. An aged Milesian delegate underscores a need for a larger panel to ensure a majority in case of a tie vote.
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Locust Street
Broad
Philadelphia
Prudence Lowe Comerdy Tour Canceled Stop
The Philadelphia Press notes a cancellation of a Los Angeles performance on the Prudence Lowe Comerdy tour. The article hints at independent planning and a detour to an ostrich farm near the theater to view eggs.
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Prudence
Lowe Comerdy
Lost Angeles
Philadelphia
Physician Endorses Dodds Kidney Pills in Arkansas
Yorktown Arkansas January 11 Dr Leland Williamson M D a noted physician endorses Dodds Kidney Pills saying he uses them daily and prefers them to other kidney medicines. He reports successful relief in kidney disease back pain gout rheumatism and kidney inflammation and congestion and asserts the pills restore kidneys and purify blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
Ark
Leland Williamson
Dodds
Williamson
Hat joke sparks debate over fashion costs
A humorous exchange from the Philadelphia Press contrasts a wife praising a new hat with a husband quipping that only if the bill were only a dream would it be perfect. The brief vignette captures period newspaper wit and consumer attitudes toward fashion expenses.
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Philadelphia Press
Earliest Green Onions Seed Offer From Salter Co
An old notice from the John A Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin promotes Earliest Green Eating Onion among new vegetables. It invites farmers to send the notice for a large seed and catalog offer including numerous vegetable seeds and a Berliner Cauliflower bonus for 16 cents postage.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
K. L
Garter snake joke sparks odd exchange at Prince ton Tiger
Larry sent Maud a garter snake preserved in alcohol as a joke. Maud answered in kind, returning the snake in the same spirit, reflecting a playful back and forth between the pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry
Harry
Princeton Tiger
Cure for womb inflammation boosts Miss Ros cure testimonials
A Kentucky woman writes that a remedy from a vegetable pound relieved chronic menstrual and pelvic inflammation after two months. She praises the cure and says she has advised friends to try it, noting her own health improvement and satisfaction with results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Roscure
Broadway
Lexington
U Inal Letton
Nebuchadnezzar Eats Grass A Neighbor Seeks Help
A garbled old-time excerpt describes Nebuchadnezzar eating grass while a neighbor boy approaches Mrs Nebuchadnezzar seeking permission to trim the front lawn, reflecting a faded community scene from a bygone era.
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Nebuchadnezzar
Eaeeree
Ovat
Winter Tourist Tickets to Florida on Various Routes
Tickets on sale via Queen and Crescent Route Southern Railway and connections to points South Southeast and Southwest valid for return until May 31 1904. Purchase to Ida via Lookout Mountain and Atlanta and return via Asheville and the Land of the Sky. Information from W C Rinearson G P A Cincinnati O.
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Queen & Crescent
Southern Railway
Ida
Lookout Mountain
Atlanta
Asheville
Land of the Sky
W. C. Rinearson
Cincinnati
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