Big Four Senators Turn to Fishing Lore in Washington
Washington correspondence notes the four leading fishermen in Congress Senator Frye of Maine Senator Cushman Davis of Minnesota Senator Gear of Iowa and Senator Quay of Pennsylvania, plus growing talk of adding Senator Foraker of Ohio. The piece highlights their fishing exploits from Maine camps to Potomac pools and gear tales, praising their sportsmanlike approach and enduring affection for angling.
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Washington
the Shenandoah
Potomac
Virginia
Atill Water
Shenandoah
Senator Frye
Maine
Senate
Senator Davis
Minnesota
Gear
Town
Quay
Pennsylvania
Cushman K. Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Davis
Basa
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Fishermen in Congress and Grover Cleveland as Bass Enthusiast
An aged account praises lawmakers for fishing prowess across parties. Heatwole of Minnesota, Heatwole, Babcock of Wisconsin, Speaker Henderson, Uncle Joe Cannon, and Grover Cleveland are profiled as devoted anglers. Cleveland favored a frog lure as a humorous anecdote closes the tale.
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Joe’ Cannon
Fouse Committee On Appropriations
Joe
Grover Cleveland
White House
Cleveland
Senator Visits Rod and Gun Club Fishing Trip
A senator visited a rod and gun club and was rowed up a river. He tried several fishing holes with indifferent success, then directed the guide to a chosen spot after sounding the water and noting the land, current, and bottom. He predicted good fishing there.
Cuba census shows war losses and urban growth figures
Gen J P Sanger releases a bulletin detailing Cuba and Porto Rico populations after the civil war reconcentration. The report estimates 200,000 direct and indirect losses from the war, notes urban populations exceeding 1,000 inhabitants and lists major cities with counts, including Havana and Santiago. A Connecticut Zinc Company nugget from Joplin, Missouri, features a striking one-ton zinc ore specimen.
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J. P. Sanger
Cuba
Porto Rico
Connecticut Zinc Company
Joplin
Beer consumption rises with U.S. population in late 19th century
A survey of beer and whisky production shows beer barrels per capita surged from one per sixteen people in 1860 to about one per two by 1895 as U.S. population grew from 31 million to 70 million. It notes whisky output was high earlier and recalls wardrobe costs of the Mortons and Edison-era voting machine tests in Park Row.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Bureau of Statistics
United States
War Room Routines and Federal Payroll Figures Revealed
The article notes a White House war room with color coded flags tracking every army and navy movement. It surveys federal payrolls with names like Smith and John Smith and cites extensive rural carrier requirements and a census enumerator initiative. It also mentions Rev. William H. Milburn, recruiting Office plans, inheritance tax rulings, and Senator Pettus’s pen packed hat route.
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White House
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Afontgomerys
Philippines
Army
Navy
Adjutant- General
Bureau of Navigation
Resigns and Appoints Clark to Montana Senate Vacancy
The Montana Senate moved to expel W A Clark amid bribery claims tied to his seat. Acting Governor Spriggs appointed Clark to fill the vacancy until the next legislature elects a successor, while Gov. Smith raced back to oppose the move.
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Spriggs
Senate
Clark
Spriges
Gov. Smith
California
Smith
William A
Clark A
United States
Benator
Supreme Court Declares Inheritance Tax Constitutional
The United States Supreme Court rules the inheritance tax law constitutional and valid, applying to the legacy rather than the entire estate. The decision follows a test case brought by Abram Pence, George Ater, and Shirley High challenging wartime revenue tax on the estate of James L. High, with government officials anticipating funds from estates now due.
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Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Uncle Sam
Abram 3L Pence
George Ater
Shirley T. High
James L. High
Wrank.b. Coyne
Chicago
United States Treasury
Congress
Federal court issues sweeping injunction in St Louis streetcar strike
The U S District Court in St Louis, at request of District Attorney Roxzier, issued a broad injunction against fifty strike leaders. It bars any action delaying post office car operation and mail delivery, based on complaints by Postmaster Baumhoff and post office employees. Police kept parade calm as about 7000 marchers voiced sympathy. Transit officers now armed with rifles in some cars to deter violence.
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Federal Court
St.Louis
St. Louis
Elmer B. Adams
United States Circuit Court
Roxzier
Baumhoff
Campbell
Tt-Line
Central Trades Assembly
St. Louis Transit ‘Company
van Cleave
Des Moines Life Insurance ‘Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Lcense
Finois
United States
Des Moines Company
Porig
Jane Montgomery
Rock Island County
Robert
Montgomery
Supreme Court Upholds Kentucky Gubernatorial Ruling
The U S Supreme Court dismissed the Kentucky governorship dispute for want of jurisdiction affirming the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruling in Beckham Goethe case Chief Justice Fuller stated state resolution by political branch valid and the people are final arbiter, Kentucky fully within the Union.
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Supreme Court
Beckham
Kentucky
United States Supreme Court
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Fuller
General Assembly
Assembly
Goethe and Beckham
People
Boer and Briton War Updates From Natal to Johannesburg
Rigid censorship limits Natal news while British forces push across the Vaal and along the Vaal River. Boer setbacks and Kruger’s orders signal shifting fronts near Newcastle, Mafeking, and Pretoria with talks of peace negotiations and possible shifts in capital security.
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Johannesburg
Newcastle
Majuba
Methuen
Vaal
Orange Free
Natal
Kroonstadt
Bloemfontein
Pretoria
Sir Alfred Milner
Kruger
Laing
Nek
Roberts
Spencer Wilkinson
Washington
Mafeking
Ladybrand
Basutoland
New Orleans
Eloff
Kriger
London
Orange Free State
Onstadt
Heilbron
Baden-Power
Mafe
Biggarsberg
Aswogan
Steyn
British War Office
Vaal Tiver
Kat Irmingham
Aid
Pure foods law to curb adulteration in Illinois
Illinois to enforce a new pure foods act starting July 1 penalizing selling imitation butter glucose as honey adulterated extracts or spices with fines up to 200 and possible jail. A. S. Jones heads the state food commission overseeing labeling and anti adulteration measures. The law passed April 24 1899 with a one year grace for old stock. enforcement will be strict after July 1.
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Commonwealth of Illinois
A. St Jones
Mrr. Jones
Illinois State Food Commission
Chicago
State Metropolis Excerpt Reveals Multiple Local Deaths and Probate
A partial State Metropolis piece reports several local incidents including the death of 23 year old Johnson in Highland Park following a moving van incident, Cole Harlow's illness and hospital injuries from a Central freight train accident, and 16 year old George Hill's poisoning at a saloon. The probate court notes a will for Siay BA Cobben and a $6,550,000 estate with executors William B Walker and Clar ence Buckingham filing a joint bond of $1,110,000.
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Louis” “Johnson
George H- Harlow
Highland Park
Wat
Cole Harlow - Cwas
Arthur’ Bigom
St. Luke's Hospital
Tris
Tris’ To Board. Fin: Iliiiois
Central
Scotia
William
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Senator Quay
P’ennsylvania
Florida
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Gear’s
Taris
House of ‘Representatives
Fishing Brigade
Heatwole
Babcock
Wisconsin
Republican
Congressional
Flenderson
House of Representatives
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Fisikeman
Tarfon Fisiel
Morton
Paris
Edith
Shimcelt Rich
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Waterloo
N.D
Carter Harrison
Elij Land
Cae of
Geena
England
Smithy
John Smith
George Washington
William McKinley
Sam
Louisville Custom House
Bryans
Grover Clevelands
Public Service
Fort Peck Indian Agency
Post Office Department
Merriam-of-the-census-bureau
Merrian
William H. Milburn
Capitol
Thehilippines
MacArthur
Jacob—De_Haven
de Haven
Senator Pettus
Senate Chamber
Goup, BY
Taylor
Smaldeel
Illinois
Treasury
Gov. Tanner
Board of Pardons
Arthur Goodpasture
Livingston County
Goodpasture
George Colombo
Williamson County
William Carter
Warren Parrott
Carter
Wiliam Marring
Pulaski County
John W
Bynum
Patrick Clancey
Cook County
John Brennan
Henry Lyons
Henry Theilen
Louis Leonard
George Leird
Union County
William Harris
Adams
John Thompson
Lawrence
Louis P. Smith
Cook
Kailee
Edgar
Lee
White County
Essie “Stewart
Samuel Alshuler
Aurora
Insurance
Hay
Ocean ‘Accident and Guarantee: Corporation of, Gretain
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