Senate clash over Quay seat and canal bills in Congress
The Senate debated M. S. Quay's right to a Pennsylvania seat as unseating motions and related issues dominated two days. House actions included post office funding, Nicaragua canal timing, and Porto Rico governance. Reports noted tax revenue, personnel changes, riots, fires, deaths, and military moves in Cuba and the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
M. S. Quay
Pennsylvania
Senator Clerk
Montana
Frank L. Hitchcock
House
Matthew
Quay
Porto Rico
Gage
Mason
Cuba
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nathan Scott
West Virginia
A Week's Record Home and Foreign Items Happenings at Home and Abroad
A compact review of industrial, personal, and political notes from the week. Domestic events across towns and regions blend with foreign developments, highlighting economic shifts and notable happenings.
President and Mrs McKinley begin Canton visit
The President and Mrs McKinley left Washington for a week in Canton Ohio. Grain stocks across the United States on the 23rd showed wheat 54,814,000 bushels corn 24,414,000 oats 7,301,000 rye 1,279,999 barley 1,063,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, Co
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York & Pennsylvania Road
Gage
Congress
John Horton
Pearl River
Jackson
Miss
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Weather Bureau
Blue Springs
Neb
Ivernia
New York
Rajah
Argentine
Kan
Russ Rivera
Wood
Cuba
Havana
Wilson & McCulloch
Fairmount
Ind
Liberal Congress of Religion
Boston
United States
J. T. Raymond
University of West Virginia
Multiple U S political nominations and resignations across states
Gen Joseph Wheeler resigns from Congress in the Eighth Alabama district. Texas prohibitionists plan a Dallas state convention on July 18. Illinois populists nominate A C Tyne for governor. Midwestern populists select delegates in Des Moines for Cincinnati. Wisconsin Republicans nominate congressional candidates in six districts and set August 8 for state ticket. Indiana Democrats renominate James M Robinson. Republicans in several states endorse McKinley and hold at large delegate votes. A. S. Hallidie dies in San Francisco at 73. Nebraska Republicans nominate Hays and Morlan. Alabama Democrats nominate Samford for governor. Kansas populists back Bryan. Nebraska and Michigan congressional nominations noted. Indiana and Massachusetts Republican conventions favor McKinley and Durbin respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Wheeler
Congress
Alabama
Texas
Dallas
Illinois
A. C. Tyne
Flora
Des Moines
Wisconsin
H. A. Cooper
Herman B. Dahle
J. W. Baocock
Theobald Otjen
Samuel S. Barney
Davidson
Milwaukee
James M. Robinson
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
McKinley
Senate
Quay
Hallidie
San Francisco
Nebraska
John R. Hays
Morlan
W. J. Samford
Kansas
W. J. Bryan
John D. Pope
M. P. Kinkaid
Michigan
P. R. Crosby
Winfield T. Durbin
Anderson
Massachusetts
Secretary of the Navy
Long
Lord Roberts Moves Reinforcements in Wepener Relief
Reports say British commander learns Boers began fighting and that Lord Roberts has sent reinforcements to aid the Wepener relief. Other items note Boxers massacring Catholics near Pai Ting Fu and the destruction of Panuer Mexico by fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Roberts
Wepener
Mafeking
Nueva Carceras
South Camarines
Bell
Hull
Ont
Ottawa
Vera Cruz
Mex
Transvaal
Free State
Johannesburg
Elandslaagte
Colombia
United States
Pai Ting Fu
Panuer
Mexico
India
Schmay
Beyrouj
War Department
Welland Canal
Peking
Queen Victoria
Ireland
Windsor
Kam Shan
China
Ladybrand
Boshof
Kimberley
Methuen
Senate ratifies Spain treaty and other senate actions
The Senate ratified a six month extension to the Spain treaty affecting Philippine citizenship. Nathan B. Scott of West Virginia is seated. The House passed 91 private pension bills including one for Col. Stotsenberg’s widow and approved the Hawaiian government bill conference report. Other items include Boer sympathy resolution, Spain claims adjudication, bank robbery in Virginia, deadly fires, and multiple national updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Spain
Philippines
Nathan B. Scott
West Virginia
House
Col. Stotsenberg
Nebraska
Pettigrew
S. D
William Brace
Hays City
Kan
Peter Goetz
Natal
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
McKinley
Washington
Canton
United States
Charles Herbert Allen
Porto Rico
San Juan
Texas
Waco
Blackshear
Ottawa
Hull
Laurel Forge
Levi Myhill
Coloma
Wis
Adolph Landauer
Milwaukee
Susan Simmons Winans
Chicago
Santa Ana
Cal
Ulysses SS. Grant
Galena
Ill
Gov. Roosevelt
New York
Sarah Boston
New Brunswick
N. J
David H. Mercer
James Simonds
Otter Lake
Willis E. Mayne
Eunice Arnson
Minnehaha County
Mayne
Gov. Taylor
Kentucky
Goebel
William Edmunds
Maria Hook
Sadie Hill
Junction City
William Bolyard
Sandusky
Pedro Paterno
London
Gen. Roberts
Kroonstead
Staplehurst
Neb
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Boston
Disaster in Paris as Bridge Collapses at Exposition
A wooden foot bridge at the Paris exposition collapsed under Sunday crowds, killing nine and injuring as many. The Celestial Globe sideshow and unfinished works were blamed while officials ordered closures of dangerous sideshows and increased safety measures.
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Paris
Avenue de Sufren
M. Pepine
Criticism grows over delays in Roberts offensive
London reports on April 30 reveal mounting impatience with Lord Roberts operations. Dispatches note scant light on progress, French cavalry returns to Bloemfontein, and Boer resistance remains effective. Details cite Dalgety’s 1,700 troops, Karee Siding clashes, and Boers retreat toward Ladybrand with entrenched positions.
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London
Lord Roberts
Standard
French
Bloemfontein
Daily Chronicle
The
Times
Paardeberg
Post
America
Netherlands
Europe
Dalgety
Wepener
Karee Siding
Karee
Kroonstad
Thaba N’chu
Ladybrand
Aliwal North
Olivier
Rouxville
Hague
Boer Peace Commission
Rotterdam
United States
Holland American Line
Maasdam
Leyds
Mueller
Filipino Leader Paterno Captured Near Benguet Mountains
Maj. Gen. Lloyd Wheaton reports Senor Paterno former president of the Filipino cabinet was captured April 25 in the mountains near Trinidad Benguet. He had sought entry to American lines but did not appear. his relatives said he was ill and an invalid. He was moved to San Fernando by Forty-eighth regiment soldiers.
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Groveton
Tex
Admiral Dewey
Northwest
Chicago
New York
John Watson
William Brown
Lonnie Crain
McMinnville
Tenn
Spring Valley
Ill
Angell
Michigan University
Turkey
J. W. Cardoni
Lillian Weixelbaum
New Haven
Conn
St. John’s Reformed Episcopal Church
Irvine
Talbot
Huntington
Coulterville
Roosevelt
Sherman
San Francisco
Manila
Fourteenth Infantry
Lloyd Wheaton
Senor Paterno
Trinidad
Benguet
Paterno
Isis
San Fernando
Forty-eighth Regiment
Bank Robbery Shatters Staplehurst Bank in Nebr
Burglars blew open the Staplehurst bank safe at two this Saturday morning. The bank closed Friday night with 1800 dollars inside and 265 dollars in gold was found among the debris Saturday morning. The safe and building are wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward
Neb
Staplehurst
Democratic Nominee Named for Cleveland District
Cleveland Ohio April 30 The Twentieth congressional district democratic convention on Saturday nominated Lu D Harrington for congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Cleveland
Lu, D. Harrington
Former Appleton Mayor Herman Erb Jr Dies by Self Inflicted Shot
Appleton Wisconsin April 30 Herman Erb Jr former mayor shot himself after returning from Milwaukee sanitarium where he had been treated for mental trouble. The death followed worry over the Appleton library building controversy and im broglio surrounding it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Wis
Herman Erb, Jr
Milwaukee
Chateau Yquem Arrives With 1169 Immigrants in New York
The steamer Chateau Yquem from Marseilles and Naples reached New York with 1,169 steerage passengers aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chateau Yquem
Marseilles
Naples
Sheldon Week Sparks Debate On Moral Standards
In a South side car discussion two men debate Rev. Sheldon and his subscribers during Sheldon week. One says the worse a man is the more we need Sheldon’s newspaper while the other recalls missing issues for ten years in Topeka. They joke about being signed up “as Jesus would” during the campaign.
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Sheldon
Topeka
Jesus
New Book on Colorado by James W. Steele
A new book on Colorado is released by Mr. P. Fustis General Posse Agent of the age Burlington and Quincy Railroad. It presents Colorado scenery in vivid descriptive prose with fine engravings and high quality printing. Copies may be ordered by mail with six cents postage to Mr. Eustis at 209 Adams Street Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Fustis
Posse
Burlington and Quincey Railroad
James W. Steele
Eustis
Chicago
Adams Street
Too Much for the Elephant at Chicago Show
A Chicago showman advertised a piano playing elephant drawing crowds. After a brief spiel the beast entered the ring and played a scale before stopping, lifting its trunk, and fleeing the tent amid a dramatic claim that it recognized its dead mother in the piano keys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
San Ave
Wrong Impression and a Sharp Exchange on Caring
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet captures a tense dialogue where one character questions the other's concern and is met with a blunt denial. The exchange highlights social friction and personal boundaries in a concise, stagey moment.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cough Remedy Ad Backs Kemp’s Balsam Claims
An advertised patent medicine Kemp's Balsam promises to stop coughing immediately. The ad urges readers to visit a druggist for a free sample bottle and notes large bottles priced at 25 or 50 cents. Delays are warned as dangerous.
Now that a has secured her rare I suppose she is happy
Fragmentary OCR text mentions marriage and a Philadelphia reference. The readable portion hints at a personal status change and a place in North America but lacks clear, complete facts for a full news item.
Putnam’s Fape ves’ Dres colors all dyes better
Every package of Putnam’s Fape ves’ Dres colors more vividly than any other dye and colors them better too. Sold by all druggists.
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Putnam's Fape
Content and Prosperity Advice Across Seasons
The piece urges seasonal trade: sell bee products in summer, coal in winter, seeds in spring, and loaf in fall, reflecting a rural or market perspective on prudent commerce. It presents a compact proverb style saying such seasonal diversification leads to prosperity.
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Claims Laxative Quinine Tablets
An old Chicago Daily News ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a cure for a cold in one day. It warns that the druggists will refund money if the remedy fails. The copy emphasizes faith in odd numbers especially the number one.
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Chicago Daily News
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A. P. Charter
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Bex
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