Congressional News from The Intelligencer World Update
The Senate completed reading the sundry civil appropriation bill with unfinished committee amendments. In the House Alaska civil code passed and a Germany import tax bill was introduced. Other items include a Chinese immigration provision, oleomargarine tax debate, a branch soldiers home near Denver, and 189 pension bills advancing. Reports cover riots in St. Louis, donations to Washington University, and multiple international and domestic events across 1903.
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Senate
House
Alaska
Germany
Secretary of the Treasury
National Soldiers’ Home
Denver
Cal
St. Louis
Judiciary Committee
Congress
A Week's Record Home and Foreign Items
A compact summary of notable industrial, political, and personal items from home and abroad. Includes brief updates on business, public affairs, notable arrivals and departures, and minor world developments over the week.
Nation's grain stocks and notable events reported
The list shows U S grain on the 27th wheat 44755000 bushels corn 12657000 oats 6786000 rye 1067000 barley 944000. Other items include eclipse observations on a Norfolk to New Orleans strip, Seymour Johnson & Co failing with 500000 liabilities, a gas suffocation during cow rescue near Alliance Ohio, Catherine Morris receiving 14000000 in stock and cash gifts from W A Clark, a Methodist conference vote on liquor sales, a fatal shooting near Anoka Minnesota, a streetcar wreck in St Louis, Cuban treasury audits finding no fraud, a damaging cyclone in Sebena Township Michigan, the Methodist general conference ad journed, minimal changes in St Louis railway strike, Detroit Baptist anniversaries, York Haven paper mill fire loss 100000, McKinley viewing the eclipse in Washington, a train wreck near Keewanee Wisconsin with fatalities, and the National Association of Railroad Commissioners in Milwaukee.
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United States
Norfolk
New Orleans
Seymour, Johnson & Company
New York
William Hetzell
George Detchen
Alliance, O
Lewis R. Morris W. A. Clark
Montana
Catherine
Methodist General Conference
Chicago
William Wise
Anoka
Minn
St. Louis
Treasury and Customs Department
Sebena Township
Mich
General Conference of the
Methodist Church
Detroit
York Haven Paper Company
York Haven
McKinley
Washington
Chesapeake Bay
Green Bay & Western Road
Kewanee
Wis
Brown
Riordan
National Association of Railroad Commissioners
Milwaukee
Antream
Scott
Leo Robideaux
Roy
Benkelman
Notable deaths and political notes from multiple states
A batch of obituaries and political moves includes Judge John P. Rea of Minneapolis, Col. John H. Stevens, and Robert P. Burt in Beloit. Also listed are Pioneer David Ward of Pontiac and several state party shifts such as Alabama nominating Samuel M. Adams for governor and New Jersey's Kansas City uninstructed delegation. Michigan Republicans plan Grand Rapids convention on June 27.
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John P. Rea
Minneapolis
John H. Stevens
Minn
Padcock
Republican National Congressional Committee
Washington
Chicago
David Ward
Pontiac
Mich
Alabama
Samuel M. Adams
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Robert P. Burt
America
Beloit
Wis
Albert Francis Judd
Supreme Court of
Hawaii
Nuuanu Valley
James Scammon
Kansas City
Missouri
New Jersey
Filipinos Surrender to Americans and Other World Events
Two Filipino units surrendered to American forces at Guayapo and at Tarlac. MacArthur says the Philippines situation is improving. Boxers march toward Peking burning bridges. Lord Roberts annuls the Free State becoming Orange River state. Russian gunboats urged to reach Taku. Venezuelan rebel Jose M Hernandez captured. Schley's fleet stays in S A waters six months. Four thousand Moorish cavalry depart Fez toward Tafilet. Filipino attack at San Miguel de Mayumo kills five. Cholera spreads in India killing hundreds. Timber fires destroy millions in Ontario Rainy River districts.
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Guayapo
Tarlac
MacArthur
Philippines
Peking
Lord Roberts
Free State
Orange River State
French
Eit
Heidelberg
Boksburg
Johannesburg
Taku
Jose M. Hernandez
Venezuela
Admiral Schley
South American
John Scudder
Dutch Reformed Church
Arcot
India
Kodai Kanai
Fez
Tafilet
San Miguel de Mayumo
Rainy River
Ontario
Broad 1900 U S Senate Actions Reported
The article lists numerous late May 1900 U S Senate and House actions including passage of private pension bills and river and harbor measures, amendments affecting military ranks, an anti trust bill, and fiscal results. It also notes casualties in the Philippines, overseas transport shipments, strikes in Kansas City, notable deaths, and various international incidents in Cuba Chile China and South Africa.
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United States
Senate
Military Academy
Miles
Army
Corbin
House
Congress
United States Senate
Cuba
War Root
Philippines
Sherman
San Francisco
Manila
Building Trades Council
Kansas City
John C. Lowrie
D. D
Presbyterian Church
East Orange
N. J
Wharton Barker
Philadelphia
Bolivar
Key West
Fla
John Thompson
Pablo Feal
Willie Hancock
Sheldahl
Chilian Congress
Chili
St. Louis
Treasury
National Bank
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
London
Transvaal
Kruger
Leydenburg
Orange Free State
Ventersburg
Harrismith
China
Hamilton
Timothy Mahoney
David Starkey
Ambrose Smith
John A. Halden
Chicago
Robert B. Roosevelt
New York
Smith Alford
Bridgeton
New Lisbon
Wis
W. H. H. Cash
Dago Pete
Tutwiler
Miss
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Boston
Cincinnati
Aguinaldo
Maj
March
la Gat
Lydenburg
Steyn
Dewet
Free Staters
Kroonstad
Crocker's Iowa Brigade Tenth Biennial Reunion Notice
The tenth biennial reunion of Crocker's Iowa Brigade will meet in Keokuk on September 26 and 27, 1900. All veterans who served in the Iowa brigade are invited, with Capt. George O. Mordgridge to deliver the address. Details on transportation, accommodations, and membership badges are provided. correspondence to C W Kepler and D W Bushnell.
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Keokuk
Lowa Brigade
Iowa Infantry
George O. Mordgridge
Eleventh
Iowa Infantry Volunteers
C. W. Kepler
Mount Vernon
D. W. Bushnell
Council Bluffs
Belknap
HI. H. Rood
Iowa Crop Report Highlights Good May Conditions
The agricultural department notes warmer days with more sun and light, uneven rainfall. Planting corn finishing well with strong stands and generally favorable conditions. Spring grains are good, hay varies by region, and clover losses reduced meadows and pastures in all districts. Southern Iowa expects near or above average hay and timothy seed output.
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Agricultural Department
Yaws Outbreak Confuses Doctors Across Iowa
Reports from several Iowa towns describe a six month illness initially mistaken for smallpox. A Marshalltown physician says the epidemic is yaws, a disease noted in medical journals and linked to the Malays and West Indies. Early symptoms include rheumatic pains and fatigue, with pimples turning into pustules that crust. Two deaths reported as the disease spreads by contact.
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Iowa
Marshalltong
Daly Sounds Poker Rule Breaker to Tailor Prank
A humorous anecdote recalls Dan Daly in a quiet draw game and a misdialed call from a tailor. The tailor reports two pairs of trousers while Daly calmly tells him to speak louder and to move from the phone.
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Dan Daly
Chicago Chronicle
Umpteen Hundred and
Steen
Daly
Mr. Daly
Central
Taylor
Miss Violet Florida Waters Shines in Camille
Critic notes the Histrian club’s Camille performance on May 8 1899 praising Violet Florida Waters for remarkable stage command. A 1900 review from Plagalong repertoire company brands Waters a frost and says she needs years of training to be more than a back row ornament.
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Daily Grind
Indianapolis
Tiolet
Florida Waters
Histrian Club
Camille
Plagalong
Violet Florida Waters
Miss Waters
A Cent That Stuck With Him At The Store
Short recalls a Pittsburgh News tale about buying a 99 cent book and waiting for change. A chat with a nearby young woman led to the clerk giving him a bright new cent, provoking a chill and a nickname for him as a stingy man that endures.
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Pittsburgh News
Americans in Paris Order Ginger in Candled Form
In Paris a group asked for ginger in a confectionery, expecting candled ginger like New York shops. The shopkeepers were puzzled by the request, learned they meant a candle, and after delays offered ginger in liqueur or with ice, but served gin instead.
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Paris
New York
Broadway Merchant Offends With Bold $15 Suit Sign
A lower Broadway clothier priced suits at 15 dollars hoping for brisk sales but failed to attract customers. He found the sign on the sample with a bold line claiming prices would not last, drawing pedestrians’ smiles and leading to the designer’s dismissal.
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Lower Broadway
N. Y. Herald
Fraud warning in Farmington about a circulating con artist
A middle aged woman calling herself Olmstead or Seeley is collecting money in Farmington claiming to be an authorized agent of the American Home Finding association. She is described as a fraud and residents are urged not to give her any funds. Police are asked to arrest her and to notify the association in Chicago.
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Olmstead
Seeley
Farmington
American Home Finding Association
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Submerged Presbyterian Joke Pops Up After Service
A minister meets a stranger who claims to be a submerged Presbyterian as his family attends many denominations. He reveals all are contributing to various churches, joking that this spiritual breadth is what "submerges" him.
Senator Sullivan Endorses Peruna Catarrh Remedy
A Mississippi senator writes that after suffering catarrh he used Peruna and improved, praising it as a superior cure. The letter urges readers to obtain Peruna from The Peruna Medicine Co. of Columbus, Ohio, with a free book on catarrh.
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W. V. Sullivan
U. S
Mississippi
United States
Hartman
Ohfo
Peruna
Perunaedicine Co
Columbus, O
Passenger is killed by switch during Tama departure
An unnamed man around 20 attempted to board a C. and N. W. passenger train at Tama as it pulled out. A switch staff struck him, severing his arm and he later died after claiming to have lost a wing. He gave his name and Chicago address before dying.
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Sas
William Broehm
William Stevens
Shields
St. Louis
Whipple
Hawaiian Islands
Tama
Chicago
The Elasticity of Our Currency Examined
A critical feature profile notes the strain of inflation on daily wages and budgets, highlighting how money value shifts affect workers and households. The piece contrasts fiscal policy with living costs, underscoring ongoing economic pressures in urban life.
Governor Receives Treasury Warrant for Soldiers' Home Aid
The governor received from the U S treasury a warrant for 12680.17 for aid to the soldiers' home for the first quarter of 1900. It covers 567 members at 14175 with reductions of 872.87 for half pension money retained and 621.96 for half of other pension money retained, indorsed over to the state treasurer.
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United States Treasury
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