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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
6
Reported results of the 1900 presidential election detail the Electoral College vote with McKinley and Roosevelt receiving a large majority. It describes the process from ballots to delivery to Washington and the final Senate proclamation. It lists state by state votes and cites the popular totals and inches of the decisive margin. It also touches on related figures and a note about Chinese plenipotentiaries and edicts.
The House adopted the Burleigh measure by 165 to 102 to set membership at 387, increasing representation for twenty-one states and adding thirty seats overall. It preserves all existing state allocations, with Illinois, New York, and Texas together gaining three seats. Several states would gain one or two seats, while no state loses a member under this plan. If Senate approves as passed, overall state representations would rise accordingly.
A multi-voice survey contrasts U.S. rail rates with Europe noting the U.S. average about 7 mills per ton mile versus 2 to 2.1 cents abroad, and comments on capital, labor, and management roles. Other fragments touch cattle pasture needs, navy manpower shortages, Mississippi aging population, and Arizona’s population rise to 122,000 with a 65,000 gain in a decade.
Governor Tanner outlines Illinois fiscal gains with a growing revenue, endorses canal improvements linking Calumet River to the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and urges Sanitary District limits. He calls for a state fire marshal, medical examiner board, tuberculosis measures, and revised tax equalization to ease local tax burdens.
The final step in the Chinese peace effort occurred Sunday at Pekin as Chinese peace commissioners signed the edict after permission from the guards. Viceroy Chang Chih Tung reversed his stance, influenced by telegrams from Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching. Dispatches through Hankow showed a serious miscalculation that could bring punishment for advising the throne.
Summary of weekly U S and Chicago markets noting steady general business, awaited spring demand, and firm prices. Wheat trading saw a slight weekly decline despite large western receipts. speculation on May wheat and heavy supplies limit gains. Provision trade strong with steady prices. Indiana Kentucky notes on John Craig thefts and large cigarette use. Beet sugar expands with $250,000 annual output across 5,000 acres. Scranton street car strike ends with 3 cent hourly pay rise for workers.
A 19th century Wyoming Great Encampment mine notice asserts ownership of a 750 by 300 foot area around a writin named Bay Horse. The document uses rustic phrasing to claim spurs and rope from Missouri and warns others not to interfere, reflecting frontier mining rhetoric. American motormen are labeled as motor istas.
A Land Commissioner ruling under the reservoir act states declaratory statements do not withdraw land from other entry. The Interior Department had allowed 160 acre holdings via declaratory statements, prompting large land grabs in western states. The change aims to curb this and reopen lands to entry under general laws.
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