Contagious Livestock Rule Move Passes in House
The House approved a bill transferring authority from the Treasury to the Agriculture Department to regulate suppressing contagious livestock diseases. The measure aims to curb cross state disease spread and prevent infected hay or forage from Canada. The session also advanced minor business and a lighthouse project in Washington state. The rest of the day focused on the legislative appropriations bill, with 122 pages settled.
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Department of Agriculture
Feh
Wyoming
Mukilteo Point
Wash
Wadsworth
N. Y
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Treasury Department
New England
Canada
United States
Mrs U S Grants Funeral To Rest Beside Husband
Washington reports that Mrs Grant will be laid to rest beside Ulysses S Grant in Riverside Park New York after a brief service. The Pennsylvania Railroad offers a combined car for casket and pallbearers and a private car for the family to the tomb. Army officers in New York are to attend in full dress, with the steamer Meigs meeting the party at Jersey City for the journey to the tomb.
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Secretary of War
Army
New York
Meigs
Jersey City
After Thirty-Eight Years Holliday Located in Kansas
A State Journal from Carlinville reports that George H. Holliday former Macoupin county clerk who vanished thirty eight years ago amid a 2.5 million dollar courthouse project has been found in a Kansas town. The Carlinville board of supervisors will consider bring back Holliday on Wednesday. His wife has mourned him as dead, and prior efforts to recover him ended with the wrong man returned.
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Ill
State Journal
Carlinville
George H. Holliday
Macoupin County
Kansas
Board of Supervisors
Holliday
Italy Demands Clarify Venezuela Response Unsatisfactory
The Italian ambassador to Washington reported that Venezuela’s reply to Italy over claims by Italian citizens was entirely unsatisfactory. It is unclear if the Italian minister’s note to Venezuela was a demand or an ultimatum, though the difference appears slight.
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Signor de Flanches
Venezuela
Italy
Colombia Planning Invasion of Venezuela War Threat
Panama and Colon officers are quietly preparing for an invasion of Nicaragua to seize the Mosquito strip and secure canal routes. Officials in Managua fear the attack and seek means to avert it as Colombian soldiers seek an outlet for their energies after years of fighting rebels.
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Venezuela
Washington
Nicaragua
Panama
Colon
Mosquito Strip
Managua
Argentina ready to fight over Monroe doctrine stance
Caracas reports Argentina will report its stance to Buenos Aires soon. If the United States remains impassive, Argentina plans to back Venezuela and offer aid to President Sastre to defend South American autonomy against Britain and Germany.
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Venezuela
United States
Caracas
Argentina
Buenos Ayres
Great Britain
Germany
Sastre
Statehood Bill Printed as Senate Document for Three Proposed States
The senate committee on territories sub committee resumes action on the omnibus statehood bill. The bill, a 394 page Senate document printed and made public Monday night, includes maps, quotations, and answers from witnesses. It covers size population resources schools churches business morals and other characteristics of the three proposed states along with miscellaneous data.
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Benardi
Senate Committee On Territories
Senate
Ross new president of Union Depot Bridge and Terminal Ry
George H. Ross of Chicago becomes president of the Union Depot Bridge and Terminal Railway company succeeding Theodore C Bates of Boston who resigned. Boston dispatch says Bates sold his interests and river land and terminals owned by the Winner bridge to Swift Company.
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George H. Ross
Chicago
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Theodore C. Bates
Boston
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Bates
Missouri River
Swift & Company
Swift plant boiler blast prompts shorter work hours
A coroner's jury in Chicago ruled the Swift and Company ice plant explosion was caused by an employee opening a boiler valve too quickly. The verdict urged engineers, firemen and water tenders employed by the company to have shorter hours after evidence showed they worked twelve hours daily.
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Swift and Company
Army May Turn Election In Haiti As Nord Enters Portau Prince
General Alexis Nord, formerly war minister under the provisional government, rode into Port au Prince at the head of his army and was greeted warmly by the populace. While Nord’s plans are unclear, many believe his candidacy would secure him the presidency due to his large military backing.
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Hayti
Alexis Nord
Nord
Choctaw Indians Moving To Indian Territory
Emigration of hundreds of Choctaw Indians from Mississippi to Indian Territory has begun. Many families arrived in Ardmore on Friday to appear before the Dawes commission for enrollment. Indians must reside in the Indian country and prove their Choctaw status before allotment eligibility.
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Indian Territory
Dawes Commission
Indian Country
Mrs Grant Dies at 11:17 in Washington
The widow of Ulysses S Grant died at her Washington residence at 11:17 PM. Heart failure, worsened by valvular disease and bronchitis, led to her death with Nellie Grant Sartoris and a granddaughter present. Sons Jesse, Ulysses Sherman in California, Fred Grant in Texas were summoned. interment planned at Riverside Park, New York. Julia Dent Grant, born 1826 in St Louis, married in 1848. four children.
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Ulysses
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Nellie Grant-Sartoris
Rose Mary Sartoris
Dr. Bishop
Jesse
Ulysses S. Grant
California
Fred Grant
Texas
Ulysses Sherman
San Diego
Cal
General Grant
Puerto Cabello Bombarded by British and German Warships
Minister Bowen reported from Washington that President Castro informed him British and German warships bombarded Puerto Cabello. Earlier, Bowen noted Caracas was quiet after the initial excitement caused by the flight of British and German ministers and the seizure of a Venezuelan gunboat without a blockade declaration.
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Washington
Bowen
State Department
Castro
Puerto Cabello
Caracas
Generals summoned to testify in Samar campaign case
Manila court martial to hear General Chaffee and General Smith on orders in the Samar campaign and the conduct of the fighting. Captain W C Rogers of the Twenty seventh infantry also to be tried on charges of using disrespectful language toward General Davis and other officials.
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Glenn
Sixth Infantry
Chaffee and Smith
United States
Samar
W. C. Rogers
Twentyseventh Infantry
Davis
Appropriation Bills Reported Raise by Half Million
Washington Friday the appropriations committee reported the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill carrying 26 million 930 thousand 452 dollars. The measure increases the current year's appropriation by 500 thousand 301 dollars.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Senate Passes Anthracite Strike Commission Bill
The Senate approved a bill to fix compensation for a new anthracite coal strike arbitration commission with amendments. A $4,000 lump sum for noncivil service members was set, daily expenses for commissioners at $10, and the commission’s name changed to anthracite coal strike arbitration. An attempted government officer ban on service on commissions was withdrawn after debate.
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Senate
Daniel
Quay
Bate
Tenn
Beveridge
Ind
Lodge
Mass
Hale
Frye
Coal Strike Commission
Tariff debate in Reichstag targets United States
During the third reading of the tariff bill in Berlin the majority signaled the measure is aimed at the United States. Speaker Dr Pasche urged revising treaties including most favored nation clauses, arguing Germany should limit concessions to nations that receive advantages without reciprocity.
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Reichstag
United States
America
Pasche
Lberal
Clerks Work in the Cold as Coal Shortage Hits Washington
Interior Department steam plant closed for over an hour and the Capitol faced a two day coal supply while Post Office Department lost coal early Monday morning. Government buildings face shutdowns if blizzard conditions persist, with Read ing railroad contract keeping Capitol heated.
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Interior Department
Washington
Post Ofice Department
Capitol
Reading Railroad
Live Stock Market Slumps Across Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Cattle receipts show uneven demand with prices down about 50 cents from week close and cows at year lows. Hog prices open near a dime lower, then slip to 5.90 to 6.10 with limited packer bids. Sheep and lambs rise slightly on strong demand while feeder stock and grass fed cattle remain softer than corn fed equivalents. Price ranges cover cattle, hogs, and sheep across multiple categories, reflecting a broad market slow period.
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Texas
Ight
Canal Treaty Talks Delayed as Colombia Seeks Price
Secretary Hay received Dr. Herran, Colombian chargé d affaires, at the state department to discuss the canal treaty status. Herran could not report a price Bogota would accept for lease terms. Urgent action was urged due to other diplomatic matters and tensions from the Venezuelan situation.
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Washington
Hay
Herran
State Department
Bogota
Colombia
Foreign Office
Haytian Senate Elects Likely President Pick
PORT AU PRINCE Hayti The chamber of communes finished the election of senators Friday and the national assembly will elect a new president within a few days. The majority favor Senecque Pierre whose election is assured if General Nord the war minister does not oppose him.
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Port AU Prince
Hayti
Chamber of Communes
National Assembly
Senecque Pierre
General Nord
Bank Bandite Make Haul
A private Hillsboro bank was robbed in broad daylight on Wednesday and more than 30000 dollars taken. Three men fled through Fairview toward the Black Range as a sheriffs posse started in pursuit.
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Banta FE
N. M
Santa Fe
Hillsboro
Fairview
Black Range
Texas Line Not Bought in Santa Fe Short Line Plan
E. P. Ripley president of the Santa Fe denies reports that the railroad has purchased the Texas Central. He says the Santa Fe does not want the Texas road and the Albuquerque to Galveston short line will not be built yet. The contract for constructing the Santa Fe short line will soon be let.
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Kan
E. P. Ripley
The
Santa Fe
Texas Central
Texas Road
Albuquerque
Galveston
Texas
Treaty Protocol Signed Between United States and Cuba
A protocol of the commercial treaty between the United States and Cuba has been signed, marking a formal step toward enhanced trade relations. Officials denote the accord as a preliminary framework pending full ratification and implementation details.
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United States
Cuba
Dr Miles New Treatment Claims Cure for Heart Diseases
The ad touts Dr Miles New Special Treatment for heart nerves stomach and dropsy promising cure or trial free at $2.50 value. It cites testimonials from Col N G Parker J S Jewell and others and claims extensive practice with forty associates. Free references and treatment address are provided at 201 to 215 State Street Chicago.
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N. G. Parker
South Carolina
Miles
J. 8. Jewell
Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases
Chicago
Frank Smith
Buck
Faribault
Minn
Franklin Miles
State Street
Bank Director Questioned Over Account Books
A terse exchange cited by Puck records a bank director being pressed on how his associates reviewed the institution’s ledgers. The remark about a Sunday school talk on distance and impermanence frames the incident with a wary tone.
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Puck
White Elephants Note on Color and Description
The text describes a so called perfect white elephant as not truly white but a lighter shade. It notes pink eyes with a yellow fungus, light brown hide, and red hair. The passage reads as an unusual zoological or illustrative note on color variation in elephants.
Maryland man dies after inheritance claim sparks heirs
A Maryland man collapsed and died after a relative told him he had inherited $60,000. Authorities note the heirs now being sought may be less excitable about the unexpected fortune.
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Maryland
Fadts in death by own action and sports headlines
A Buffalo News note highlights youth fatalities from self harm and motorcycles. It contrasts such tragedies with the removal of bright young Americans by football crowds, implying a cautionary link between danger and youthful ambition.
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Buffalo News
Ireland's School Census Report Highlights Attendance Rise
The National Education commissioners in Ireland report that during the past year 897,408 pupils were provided with places. Average attendance rose from 478,224 in 1900 to 482,031 last year, an increase of 3,807.
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Ireland
Commissioners of National Education In
Scott's Emulsion: a standard scientific food for delicate children
The text extols Scott's Emulsion as a mixed blood and brain nourishing food for thin weak individuals and those with anemia. It presents it as a standard scientific food for delicate children.
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