Congress Resume of the Week's Proceedings Feature clashes and finance debate
The Senate pace quickened with a Depew Pettigrew exchange over statements by Schurman and Dewey, while Pettigrew defended his prior claims. House action focused on diplomatic and consular appropriations and a mediation push in the British Boer war. The finance bill sparked rival speeches, Allison backing it and Jones opposing its bi metal provisions. debate to escalate under ten minute rule.
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Senate
Washington
Depew
New York
Mr. Pettigrew
Schurman
Philippine Commission
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Admiral Dewey
Aguinaldo
Turner
Bate
Tennessee
Mr. Allen
Nebraska
House
South Africa
Shaforth
Allison
Iowa
Jones
Nevada
Oerson
Turbulent House Session in Washington Over Quorum Clash
A night session in Washington featured an irate member rushing the aisle and denouncing the chair as Democrats jeered. Talbert pressed for quorum to block private pension bills, then spoke after being recognized as three quick bills passed within minutes. Senate business adjourned for Gen Lawton's obsequies amid routine acts. In Chicago the anti trust conference debated railway ownership, with the committee favoring government seizure for actual value and no watered stock, while preserving direct popular legislation. The mass meeting at the Auditorium included critics of franchise values and calls to remove trusts, led by President Lockwood who praised voluntary delegates and warned against political entanglement.
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Washington
Senate
Allen
Nebraska
Republican Party
Ways and Means Committee
Porto Rico
United States
Payne
Lawton
House
Talbert
Dem
S. C
Hepburn
Iowa
Chicago
Resolutions Committee
Anti-Trust Conference
Ignatius Donnelly
John P. Altgeld
A. I. McQuirk
George Fred Williams
Lockwood
Supreme Court
Congress
Pettigrew
Monnett
Ohio
Anti-Trust League
League
W. J. Bryan
New York
Gen. Washington
Betsey Ann Blessing
Holdfast
Blessing
Senate Debates Finances and House Transit Bill Passage
The Senate opened final discussion on the financial bill with speeches by Elkins Wolcott and Butler. The House passed a broader transit in bond bill enabling goods to move to foreign ports and repealing the 1895 Mexican free zone ban. Wheat and grain prices across Minneapolis St Paul Chicago and Duluth markets are reported along with cattle hog and sheep quotes from major markets.
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Senate
Washington
Elkins
West Virginia
Wolcott
Colorado
Butler
North Carolina
International Commission of 1897
House
United States
Mexican Free Zone
Stevens
Texas
St. Paul
Duluth
Minneapolis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
Sioux City
Iowa
South St. Paul
Ed Sims Given Forty Year Term For Pocketbook Snatch
A Kansas City jury yesterday sentenced Ed Sims to forty years in prison for snatching a woman's pocketbook. Two jurors favored a life sentence.
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Kansas City
Ed Sims
Betsey Blessing and the Peale Washington portrait tale
A 1776 London style tale recalls Betsey Ann Blessing who warned Washington of poisoned peas and won release and marriage to her lover after a staged spy scare. The piece shifts to Philadelphia art news about Charles Wilson Peale’s Washington portrait sold to Philadelphia for display and the painting’s debated origins and copies.
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Mistress Blessing
Betsey Ann Blessing
Betsey
Washington
Wisconsin items of interest from Marinette to Oshkosh
The Marinette kilks plan a vaudeville show and Company I, Second Regiment W N G, will occupy an armory in Marinette. Appleton officials move into a new library and city hall. The Wisconsin Retail Hardware association meets in Milwaukee with 150 members. The Wisconsin Telephone will rebuild Marinette exchange at 22000 dollars. Several arrests injuries and legal actions across the state including robberies, a wagon accident in Plymouth, elocution instructor resignation at Lawrence University, a runaways, gang activity and a murder case sentencing at Madison. Smallpox spreads near Lincoln. The O H Campbell saw mill near Iron River suffers a fatal boiler explosion. The government begins payrolls for Wisconsin troops returning from Camp Harvey.
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Marinette Kilks
Marinette
Appleton
Wisconsin Retail Hardware Association
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Marinette Exchange
Frank Johmson
Stranger
Richland Center
Christian Durst
Plymouth
Mises Katherine Graham
Lawrence University
Alonzo Barnes
Naukee
Brodhead
Thray
Madison
O. Hanson
George Wylie
Wisconsin
Adams
The
State University
Green Bay
Henny Tarrant
Rock County
Zanesville
Oshkosh
United National Postoffice Clerks’ Association
Nestor Permentier
Myra Grinnell
Beloit
New York
Egypt
Gertle Ingalls
Colomo
W. F. Leatzow
Washington
Government Printing Office
Leo Bullman
Herman Botenhagen
North Cape
Muskego Lake
Harding Crowe
Pleasant Prairie
Lincoln
Algoma
Alison
Illinois
Charles Nolan
Thomas Good
Neillisville
Thomas Robinson
Jessie Thompson
Landlord Thompson
Hotel Thompson
David P. Amidon
Ono
Spring Valley
Sulut
William H. Behling
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association of New York
O. H. Campbell
Iron River
Charles Tuttle
Peale's Portrait Display Sparks Interest in History
An exhibit in Independence Hall features a portrait attributed to Peale. The display draws curiosity about the painting's origin and its historical ties, inviting visitors to explore its era and significance.
The Vegetarian Heart Beats Slower Than Meat Eater
The article notes a vegetarian's heart averages 58 beats per minute while a meat eater averages 75. This yields about 20,000 fewer heartbeats in a day, illustrating a notable physiological difference.
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Mainder
District of Columbia
Betsey Blessing
Richmond Hill
Philadelphia
Liberty Bell
Charles Wilson Peale
American Art Association of New York
Old State House
Charles Henry Hart
Hart
Thomas McKean
Germantown
Henry Pratt McKean
Riter
Thomas E. Kirby
American Art Association
Cadiz
Spain
Paris
M. Montaignac
Don Juan Marailles
Peale
G. A. Lucas
William H. Stewart
Versailles
America
Mount Vernon
Minnesota
C. Fuller
American Express Company
Baraboo
G. 8 S. Simpson
Simpson
Janesville
Evansville
Waupun
Will
James
Carroll Joyce
St. Joseph’s Orphan Asylum
Berlin
Camp Harvey
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