Congress At Work In A Week Of Global Affairs
Reports detail naval and army bills in the Senate, post office funding, and investigations into a beef trust and paper shortages. Proposals on Alaska, Philippine troops, pensions for blinded veterans, and Panama canal title progress are noted along with global events from Jerusalem to Port Arthur and reactions from Carnegie and Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Beef Trust
Philippines
Adjutant General’s Office
Record and Pension Office
Abyssinia
Bristow
Newfoundland
United States
Alaska
Congress
Finley
S.C
George William Croft
Wide-ranging political and crime news from multiple cities
The report details hundreds of postal law violations by lawmakers, Mormon Smoot case testimony and polygamy claims, bribery and disfranchisement in Illinois elections, a Milwaukee anti spitting ordinance, a fatal hanging sentence for a poison peddler, a big strike in New York, fires destroying Elmira theaters, a large charitable will, Missouri Pacific’s control of Wabash, drownings near St. Louis, a 47 time marriage admission in New Jersey, season ticket sales for a St. Louis exposition, deadly railroad collision in Mississippi, and race rioting in Springfield Ohio with a mob attack on the colored district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
New York
Jerusalem
Miles
Oto
Andrew 8. Draper
Illinois University
Brooklyn
N. Y
John Barrett
Panama
Springfield
Ohio
Kansas
Loren Harmer
Mormon Church
Senate
Reed Smoot
United States
San Domingo
Chicago
Ohio House
Washington
Utah
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
D. E. Standard
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
Knox
Panama Canal
Murphysboro
Ill
Taft
Philippines
Harrisburg
Overstreet
Smith
Smoot
William Lynn
Oliver Hoagland
Lincoln
Milwaukee Common Council
George P. Hussey
Philadelphia
Lyceum
Elmira
Sarah Schermerhorn
Denver
John Bright
George Jackson
William Robinson
Apostle Lyman
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Wabash
Joseph Withington
Meramec River
James H. Shippie
Elizabeth
N. J
Alabama Great Southern Railway
Kewanee
Miss
Iowa Senate and House Pass Broad Slates of Bills
Des Moines reports show the Iowa legislature advancing measures on quail season shortening and fishing rules, medical certificate recognition from other states, and anti fraud provisions. Other actions include hospital funding, prison salaries, a juvenile court bill, and an insurance department establishment with expanded auditing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Senate
Iowa
Boards of Supervisors
Andersonville
United States
Young
State Railroad Commission
House
State Board of Health
Board of Supervisors
Clayton County
Judiciary Committee
Auditor of State
Anamosa
Senate Acts On Fortification Bill and Bristow Report Probe
The senate considered fortification funding and passed a reform bill to curb use of the flag for advertising. In the house a select committee was named to probe the Bristow postal report. Obituaries note counts and deaths across Wisconsin Arkansas and Illinois, while other items report battles at Port Arthur and political moves for Miles and Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Cannon
Frank Hancock
Sparta
Wis
Harvey van Dine
Peter Neidermeier
Gustav Marx
Chicago
Bert Washington
Donora
Judge Hiles
Salt Lake
Washington
Utah
Fernando Walters
Garfield
Ark
Mojave
Cal
Republic
Panama
Holy Rosary Academy
Essexville
Mich
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Mme
Patti
Lucania
New York
Beardstown Lumber & Grain Company
Arenzville
Ill
Adam Carte
Deckerville
Port Arthur
Togo
Leonard Wood
William Alden Smith
Bristow
House
Jersey City
Walker
Panama Canal
David Swope
Pittsburg
United States
Dietrich
Nebraska
Springfield
Port
Arthur
Farmers’ Bank of
Smoot
Mob at Murphysboro Jail Foiled Lynching Attempt
A Carbondale mob of about 75 attempted to seize Thomas Vaughan, a mulatto inmate, from Murphysboro jail to lynch him. Sheriff Thorp and Deputy Woodward repelled the mob with riot guns. three men were captured and later released on bail. Vaughan is held on a criminal assault charge against a Carbondale school teacher. One deputy suffered a severe arm injury from a riot gun discharge.
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Murphysboro
Carbondale
Thomas Vaughan
Thorp
Jack Woodward
Jeff Etherton
Josh Walker
Dock Lightfoot
Walker
Woodward
Vaughan
Notable Deaths and Political Nominations Across States
Congressman Victor Murdock of Wichita is renominated by Republicans. Died: Jacob Romers of Toledo ex congressman from 1884 to 1889. Gen Henry Boynton of Augusta age 73. sculptor Erastus Low Palmer of Albany age 86. Mrs Eliza Montgomery of Chicago age 100. Dr I P Wilson of Burlington, Iowa. Mrs Rebecca Mayo of Newbern, Virginia age 90. Also: Kansas GOP names Roosevelt delegates and an E W Hoch for governor. Rhode Island Democrats back Hearst. Croft of South Carolina dies in Washington from blood poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Murdock
Wichita
Kan
Jacob Romers
Ohio
Toledo
Henry Boynton
Augusta
Erastus Low Palmer
Albany
N. Y
Eliza Montgomery
Chicago
I. P. Wilson
Iowa
Newbern
George W. Croft
Aiken
S. C
Washington
Rhode Island
William R. Hearst
Japanese fleet shells Vladivostok amid Russian losses reported
Reports from a wartime bulletin claim the Japanese fleet bombarded Vladivostok and sunk two Russian cruisers. London chatter suggests the Russian squadron may be bottled up outside the harbor while China vows neutrality and potential intervention. An elderly German officer hosted a fatal birthday banquet after poisoning his family. King Alfonso signs arbitration treaties with Britain and France. Archbishop Machray dies in Winnipeg at 73.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yalu
Manchuria
Fenhuancheng
Newchwang
Lin-Yang
Hai-Chen
Cambodge
Cochin-China
Port Arthur
Kamimura
Vladivostok
Senor Alvarez
Uruguay
Russia
China
Great Wall
London
Berlin
Alfonso
Spain
Great Britain
France
Archbishop Machray
All
Only Lawyer in Town Finishes Conversation on Arrival
A stranger asks who is the best lawyer in town. The platform lawyer proclaims I am, admitting he is the only lawyer here. The stranger seeks proof, but the reply stands: he is the sole attorney, so the lawyer gains a client.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkins
Kansas City Journal
Miraculous Cure Reported For Riley Girl
The three year old daughter of Jonas Brubaker in Manhattan Kansas survived whooping cough pneumonia malaria and Bright's Disease after three and a half boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. Father credits the pills with saving her life as doctors had given up. The child now runs and plays like any healthy youngster.
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Manhattan
Kans
Riley, Co
Jonas Brubaker
Dodd
Dors
Bright
No two things differ from haste and dispatch
A fragment quotes Colton on hurry and dispatch as measures of mind. The line contrasts weak and strong minds by speed of action, signaling a literary truism rather than a news item.
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Colton
Salzer Seed Company Targetes 1904 Yields Per Acre
An old seed catalog advertisement touts extraordinary per acre yields for multiple crops including corn oats barley and teosinte. It invites readers to send 10 cents to John A Salzer Seed Co for a catalog and seed samples with boastful claims of high output for 1904.
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Salser
Salzer
Ind
Ohio
Tenn
Mich
Victoria
Farmer
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
K. L
It Cures While You Walk Allen's Foot-Ease Cure For Feet
Druggists sell Allen's Foot-Ease to relieve hot, sweaty, callused and swollen feet. Price 25 cents. Do not accept substitutes. Trial bottle free. Allen, 8 Olmsted, Roy, N. Address included. Unbidden guests are always welcomes when they are gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
Roy
Woman Cures Severe Menstrual Pain With Pinkham Remedy
Agnes Miller of Chicago describes six years of dimenorrhea and six weeks of recovery after using Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports improved health, brighter eyes, added weight, better color, and daily well being after three weeks and a full cure in months.
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Pinkham
Agnes Miller
Potomac Ex
Chicago
Ill
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