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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1903
Page
2
Senator Quay ends statehood push in this session
A crowded political notice cites Senator Quay abandoning the statehood fight and no statehood legislation expected this session. It notes congressional leaders predict passage of major bills by March 4, including canal and Cuban treaties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Quay
Earl Woods
Frankfort
Ind
Frank Brown
McDade Station
Connell
William Fambro
Griffin
G. W. Smiley
F. W. Kreissman
W. H. Blackwell
L. W. Walworth
Cleveland
Berea
Webrum
Congress
Cacoma
S. D
White River
Mount Airy
Navy Department
Walter Davis
Thomas McLaughlin
Matthew Donnelly
Auburn
Til
Congressional Update From Washington Heads To Sun
Senate read Washingtons farewell address and debated public building and post office bills while predicting quick statehood settlement. House passed deficiency and Philippine currency bills as well as pension measures and budgets. Wagoner beats Butler in Missouri contested election. Canada annexation proposal and union station project noted. Senate discussed sun dry civil bill and Panama canal treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Dubois
Idaho
House
Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Tillman
Wagoner
Butler
Missouri
Agricultural and Post Office
DeArmond
Canada
United States
Morgan
James J. Butler
George C. B. Wagoner
Washington Birthday Observed Across the Nation
Rear Admiral Henry C. Taylor received a sword from Indiana citizens. Illinois coal operators met miners in Springfield. Washington's birthday celebrations occurred nationwide. Colonial dungeons were unearthed in New York. An explosion near Rockwood Pennsylvania killed four. Col Paul R. Hawkins was elected commander of the Legion of Spanish War Veterans in Lawrence. The D A R held routine in Washington. Cortelyou seeks a 7 million building for commerce and labor. A railway wreck near Athol killed one and injured thirteen. Philadelphia Methodists plan a daily paper without sports and no Sunday issue. A seven week clash ends in Chicago cloth trade. Cornell faces typhoid fever with many students leaving. Rev. Hutchins cites polygamy in Connecticut towns. President Truesdale accuses coal interests amid the anthracite strike. Bowen suggests arbiter for Venezuelan issue. D A R adopts amendment aiding election of Mrs Fairbanks. Post offices at Mexico IL Denver CO East Atchison KS and Morgan MO robbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Taylor
Indiana
Illinois
Springfield
Washington
Ethan Allen
New York
Baltimore & Ohio
Rockwood
Paul R. Hawkins
Mass
Legion of Spanish War Veterans
Lawrence
Continental Congress
Daughters of the American Revolution
Cortelyou
Department of Commerce and Labor
Fred A. Bopp
Hawkeye
Athol
S. C
Philadelphia Methodists
Chicago
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
H. L. Hutchins
New Haven
Connecticut
Truesdale
Lackawanna Railroad
Bowen
State Department
Russia
D. A. R. Confess
Fairbanks
Mexico
Denver
Ill
East Atchison, Kan
Morgan, Mo
Notable Deaths and a Secret Marriage Reported
John Quinn of the Fifty first Congress died in New York at 63. Henry Farrer, renowned American water colorist, died in New York at 60. Barbara Bell aged 58 and Joseph Hawkins aged unknown were secretly married in South Bend Indiana. Conrad N. Jordan, assistant treasurer at the U S sub treasury in New York, died of the grip at 73.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Quinn
New York
Henry Farrer
America
Barbara Bell
Joseph Hawkins
South Bend
Ind
Conrad N. Jordan
United States
New York City
Earthquakes Raise Guam Island by Six Inches
Reports say Guam was uplifted six inches after a sequence of long lasting earthquakes. The disturbance is noted as a major geographic change affecting the island and its surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Porto Cabello
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Baire
Havana
Senate and House Pass Multiple Appropriations Bills
The 27th Senate approved naval and military academy appropriations totaling 81,507,412 and backed the Panama canal debate. House action sent four appropriation bills to conference and adopted an Indian appropriation conference report. The 28th saw fortifications and immigration bills pass, and eulogies were given for four late congressmen. Roosevelt hosted the Daughters of the American Revolution. Keenan was hanged in South Carolina for murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Morgan
District of Columbia
Military Academy
Roosevelt
White House
Joseph Keenan
Greenville
Ss. C
Samuel Williamson
Rural Free Delivery Routes Set for March and April
Rural free delivery routes will begin March 15 in Bloomfield Davis county with two carriers covering 45 percent miles over 35 square miles serving about 800 people. Pulaski also starts March 15 with one carrier covering 23 percent miles over 20 square miles for 440 people. On April 1 Callender Webster county starts with one carrier 24 percent miles over 30 square miles serving 522. Cresco Howard county adds four carriers over 101 percent miles across 82 square miles for 1700 residents. Granger Fillmore county Minn to be served by rural carriers. Kirkman Shelby county begins with one carrier over 25 percent miles across 36 square miles for 550 people and 110 houses. Redline post office to be discontinued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Davis County
Pulaski
Callender
Webster County
Cresco
Howard County
Granger
Fillmore County
Minn
Kirkman
Shelby County
Redline
Emperor William works with Lauff on new drama Under the Helmet
The emperor joins court poet Joseph Lauff to create the drama Under the Helmet about Frederick William of Brandenburg who died in 1688. Notes on John Lawrence Toole mocking pretentious wealth and a New York fashion rival to Mrs. Langtry are included with fashion envy and seaside Jersey jokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Joseph Lauff
Frederick William
Brandenburg
John Lawrence Toole
London
Eccles
Toole
New York
John Jacob Astor
Astor
Signing the Pledge in Centerville Iowa
Gen Francis Marion Drake leads a total abstinence marching club in Centerville with 136 members, one third of the population, organized by A C Rankin. Allerton hosts a 101 member club with three fourths of its leading businesses. Rankin has spoken 15 years and reports strong Iowa enthusiasm. Mr and Mrs A J McColl of Des Moines plan to extend pledge drives statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Marion Drake
Centerville
A. C. Rankin
Moulder
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Allerton
Rankim
Iown
A. J. McColl
Des Moines
Valued Cremona Violin Said to Be Worth Thousands
James Harragan, longtime cashier at the Dubuque National Bank, owns an old violin believed to be a genuine Cremona. The instrument bears the maker’s name and the date 1729, suggesting a value in the thousands if authenticated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Harragan
Dubuque
Capitol commission blocks electric lights in statehouse offices
The capitol commission decided no electric lights can be installed on the main floor offices of the statehouse. Cement walls and floor make conduit boring prohibitively costly, creating an unusable lighting situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Commission
Statehouse
Lecture Warns Against Tuberculosis Spread And Poor Housing
Dr. Flick urges avoiding homes of consumptives and employed consumptive servants. A royal commission on tuberculosis proposes case reporting, confinement, nursing bans, and municipal hospitals with shared or free care for the poor. Health Commissioner Lederle promotes multilingual leaflets and trained nurses to educate tenement residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lederle
New York
Notable World Records Cited in 19th Century Comparative List
The article cites extreme examples across categories: Krupp’s armor plate at 106 tons produced in Dusseldorf last year. Strophantidia described as the most deadly earthly poison from an African plant via ether and alcohol. a life-size sitter portrait measuring 64 by 33 inches created by a Dublin firm. the largest UK estate Glenapp in Ayrshire at 8 600 acres. and Battle Abbey in Sussex commanding £200 000 as the most expensive property last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krupp
Dusseldorf
Earth
Dublin
United Kingdom
Glenapp
Ayrshire
Battle Abbey
Sussex
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Adolf Razlag
Restaurador
Mabini
Filipino Supreme Court
Pedro Aalvarado
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ICWA
State Register and Leader
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Capt. Rumple
Commonwealth
John Henry Gear
Augustus C. Dodge
Wisconsin
William B. Allison
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Frank W. Palmer
James Wilson
John A. Kasson
FE. H. Conger
China
Hubbard
Cedar Springs
Mich
Dan Jones
Milwaukee
Samuel Harris
Terre Haute
Cherokee
Edward L. Burdick
Buffalo
Garrett
John C. Fellmore
Order of
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Columbus
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
England
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Wales
Mary Anderson
Neb
Bolivia
Brazil
Acre
John Baker
Belleville
Venezuela
Atlanta Constitution
William Farrar Smith
Baldy” Smith
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Jonesboro
William Farmer
James Christian
George Cole
Butte
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Rodney Wallace
Fitchburg
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
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Tenn
Ohio River
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Music and Drama
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Virginia
Norfolk and Western R Railway Company
Bevill
Paul Scherer
G. Peass
Anakesis
Tribune Building
A. Ad. Green
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Detroit
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Pac Lachlan
Wegen
J. C. Duncan
Heim G
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Sign OF the Fish
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A. J Tower
Cotoronto
Cam
Salter
John A. Salzer
Waihi
Boston
Gacantes
Bbc
Gures
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