The Nicaragua Canal Preference Endorsed by Experts
The Chicago Inter Ocean summarizes that experts have long favored the Nicaragua route for a canal, noting shorter completion time per French estimates, guaranteed U S control, and advantages in port-to-port timing. It contrasts with Panama as a known quantity but argues Nicaragua offers strategic superiority despite enduring debates.
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Panama Canal
Nicaragua Canal
Panama
Nicaragua
South America
United States
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Onions for 1903 To Grow For St Louis World's Fair
Rock Island growers urged to plan a carrot year ahead for onions to supply the 1903 St Louis World’s Fair. Projections suggest 50 to 100 acres, car load shipments, and careful seed selection and timing to avoid express costs. The Hallettsville Herald notes growers can obtain data and guidance from the paper.
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Rock Island
St. Louis
Herald
Hallettsville Herald
Rex Dyspepsia Tablets Promotion in Bryan Texas
Regional druggist M. H. James of Bryan Texas advertises Rex Dyspepsia Tablets promising refunds if they fail to cure indigestion sour stomach heartburn and dyspepsia. Each package priced at 50 cents with druggists authorized by manufacturers to refund.
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M. H. James
Bryan
Texas
Waxahachie Cotton Mills Hold Annual Stockholders Meeting
A large Waxahachie crowd attended the annual stockholders meeting. The directorate report covered nine months of operation with estimated earnings around 11 000 and a net on hand of 933 32 after recovering from a first lot loss of about 10 000 due to high cotton prices in fall 1900 when bales sold for as high as 9 75 each.
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Waxahachie
Local Officials Safe After False Alarm in Texas
Texas federal office holders face no mass removals as Hawley confirms stable posts. Girls Industrial School commissioners will visit College and Bryan to plan site location, with local citizens meeting them. Bryan Telephone adds all night service to aid patrons and sick calls, while Waxahachie merchant J P McLendon eyes Bryan prospects. Businesses adopt 7 o clock closing. Miss Laula Coulter returns from Rockdale.
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Texas
Hawley
College
Hearne
Bryan
Bryan Telephone Company
J. P. McLendon
Waxahachie
Laula Coulter
Rockdale
McCreary Nominated for U S Senate in Kentucky
In Frankfort on January 10 Hon James B McCreary of Madison county accepted the Democratic party nomination to succeed William J Deboe in the U S Senate. He won 62 to 87 over Circuit Judge James B Cantrill after a harmonious caucus that saw Wheeler and Smith withdraw. McCreary, a Confederate soldier and former governor, pledged to be faithful to his constituents. His candidacy follows decades of public service in Kentucky politics.
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Frankfort
Old Hall of Representatives
Kentucky
James B. McCreary
Madison County
William J. Debre
Senate
United States
James B. Cantrill
Scott County
General Assembly
Deboe
Charles K. Wheeler
David N. Smith
McCreary
Cantrill
W. A. Byron
Eli Brown
Nelson County
House
James E. Cantrill
Byron
Reprative Brown
Governor and congressman with Civil War service
The subject served in the Kentucky Confederate cavalry, rising to lieutenant colonel and surrendering at Appomattox. He later became governor in 1875, then served in the Forty-ninth through Fifty-fourth Congresses, chairing foreign affairs and serving on coinage weights and measures, World’s Fair, and private land claims committees. He fought in the Army of the Tennessee under Morgan and Bragg and Breckenridge in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confederate States of America
House
Cannot Sue Under Sherman Act
Washington reports that Attorney General Knox told Minnesota Attorney General Douglass it would be impossible to sue to null the Northwestern railway merger under the Sherman anti trust law. The news disappoints Minnesota leaders who hoped Knox would pursue a Sherman act suit following state actions.
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Washington
Knox
Douglass
Minnesota
Northwestern Railway
Supreme Court
Mayor of Havana Suspended by War Department Order
Washington reports no official statement on the suspension of Miguel Gener from Havana's mayoralty by Governor General Wood. Good authority says the action followed an investigation into his conduct in Cuba's political affairs and the recent presidential elections, with approval from the secretary of war.
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Washington
War Department
Miguel Gener
Havana
Wood
Gener
Cuba
Secretary of War
Railroad loss settles at execution sale in Weatherford
Weatherford Tex Jan 10 Sheriff D C Bratton sold at execution sale last Tuesday the Gulf and Brazos Valley railroad to satisfy a district court judgment in favor of Robert Winder et al. The property brought 16000 dollars and was bought in by E W Cower of Henrietta.
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Weatherford
Tex
D. C. Bratton
Gulf and Brazos Valley Railroad
Robert Winder
E. W. Cower
Henrietta
Tragedy in Jones County Ends in Death in Texas
News arrives of a shooting and knife assault in Jones county Abilene Texas on January 10. Ed Coons was mortally stabbed and died. Coons fired three shots at Jesse Jackson but caused no serious injuries.
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Abilene
Tex
Jones County
Ed Coons
Coons
Jesse Jackson
Woman Fatally Burned in Whitewright Field Fire
Whitewright Tex Jan 10 Mrs Howard living near here was perhaps fatally burned Tuesday while burning stalks in a field. Her husband also suffered burns to the hands while trying to extinguish the flames.
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Whitewright
Tex
Howard
Revolt in Paraguay Overshadows Capital Asuncion
Rumors of a Paraguayan revolt prove true as violence erupts in Asuncion over presidential succession. President Aceval resigns amid congress acceptance, a deputy chamber clash kills Senator Fecardo Insfran and wounds General Caballero and others. Congress names Vice President Hector Carvallo to lead.
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Buenos Ayres
Republic of
Paraguay
Asuncion
Aceval
Acevel
Congress
Chamber of Deputies
Fecardo Insfran
Caballero
Miguel and Corbalan
Fernando Carreras
Congress of
Senor
Hector Carvallo
Coffee Exchange Reports Huge Annual Sales Gain
The New York coffee exchange released its annual report at the meeting noting the largest business volume since 1890. Total sales reached 8,666,750 bags, about 1,250,006 more than the prior year, signaling strong market demand and activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Managers
Old Man Christopher Miller Hangs Self in New York
Christopher Miller a 90 year old man hanged himself in the bathroom of his son's home in New York. Grief over his sister in law's death and renewed distress from reading about a New York Central tunnel accident last Wednesday reportedly unsettled his mind.
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New York
Christopher Miller
New York Central Tunnel
Waller reports long march across Samar in exile action
Washington Jan 10 the navy department received a telegram from Rear Admiral Rodgers in Cavite stating Waller completed a ten days march across Samar from Lanaug to Bahey. The column faced severe hardships and killed 13 insurgents, capturing a captain lieutenant and four men.
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Washington
Navy Department
Rodgers
Cavite
Waller
Samar
Lanaug
Bahey
French minister Beau refuses credentials until China complies
Pekin Jan 10 The French minister M Beau refuses to present his credentials until China satisfies demands of the French government. The planned joint audience with the foreign minister and the new Chinese minister has been postponed because of Beau action.
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Pekin
M. Beau
China
A Suggestion The Angry Father What Do You Expect Me to Do
Dialogue fragment shows a tense exchange between a father and son about finances and debt. The father questions payment, the son suggests a dual approach. Source fragment preserves core conflict and characters without embellishment.
Daughters of the Confederacy request ban on Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Lexington chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy has petitioned Lexington opera house manager Charles B. Scott to stop presenting Uncle Tom's Cabin. They argue the play misrepresents slave life, uses sensational imagery, and harms Lexington families and Southern gentlemen. The petition, signed by four prominent chapter members and endorsed by all, has caused a local sensation.
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Lexington
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Charles B. Scott
Lexington Opera House
Opera House
South
AFFAIRS IN PHILIPPINES INSIGHT BY BRIGADIER GENERAL HUGHES
Brigadier General Robert P. Hughes, back from Manila on the Warren, on leave to visit Washington and eastern cities. He says the situation in the Philippines improves slowly but troops cannot be drawn down soon. He doubts Filipino friendship, believing acceptance is self serving and that strict military rule will be needed for some time.
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Hughes
San Francisco
Robert P. Hughes
Manila
Warren
Philippines
Washington
Prince Victor of Savoy Plans American Visit
New York reports Prince Victor of Savoy, fourth in line to the Italian throne, will depart Rome next week for a U.S. trip. He previously visited in 1897 and is said to be studying American institutions and military matters for a future career. Rumor suggests a royal betrothal to an American heiress may be involved.
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New York
Prince Victor of Savoy
Rome
Italy
United States
Victor
America
Prince Victor
Captain Crossman Dead in Jersey City
Captain James A. Crossman of the steamship Alliancia died at his Jersey City home. He commanded the ship when a Spanish cruiser fired on it off Cape May on March 8, 1895, with Crossman surviving by continuing to New York. Born in Hudson, New York, he was 68 and had served as an ensign in the Civil War.
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Crossman
New York
James A. Crossman
Alliancia
Cape May
Jersey City
Navy
Hudson, N., Y
Murder at Balm post office in Balm Texas
Gainesville Tex Jan 10 A Balm post office carrier Sir Pettit was shot through a window in his house while talking with his mother He died almost instantly The sheriff and posse went to the scene and a deputy sheriff telegraphed that a kinsman of the murdered man had been arrested and would be brought here
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Gainesville
Tex
Balm
Sir Pettit
Baltimore and Ohio to Spend Fifty Million in 1902 Reforms
Baltimore and Ohio system improvements for 1902 will cost about 50 million dollars. A large portion will go to lines west of Pittsburgh to Chicago. The expenditure follows a system wide inspection by President Loree and staff with engineering and operating estimates guiding the action to place the system in sound physical condition.
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Chicago
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburg
Loree
Ex Governor Moses Sentenced In Larceny Case
Franklin J. Moses former governor of South Carolina admitted his presence in the rogues gallery and the depths of New York opium joints but pleaded for mercy as he was sentenced to four months in prison for the larceny of an overcoat.
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Poston
Rogues
New York
Franklin J. Moses
South Carolina
Euclid Avenue Trust and Savings Co Assigns to Attorney Ginn
The Euclid Avenue Trust and Savings company failed at Cleveland Ohio. It assigned its assets to Attorney Frank H. Ginn with a $250000 bond fixed by Judge Bloch of the insolvency court. Slow collections caused the failure.
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Cleveland, C
Euclid Avenue Trust and Savings Company
Frank H. Ginn
Bloch
Survivors From Bristol Wreck Reach Bristol Bay Port
The steamer Topeka from Alaska brings 21 survivors of the Bristol wrecked on January 2 near Dundee en trance. The incident occurred on the Gray Island reef off Dixon en trance.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Topeka
Alaska
Bristol
Gray Island
Dundee’s Island
Dixon Entrance
Percy Charlton Dead
Percy Charlton, traveling passenger agent for the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway, with Chicago headquarters, died in Chicago after surgery for appendicitis performed last Sunday.
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Chicago
Percy Charlton
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Railroads gain rehearing as order suspended
The order is suspended and a rehearing is granted after objections from railroads to the commission's timetable orders. Astin January 10.
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Ates
TEE Company
Alex. Hilton
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Bryan Snyder
Saint Louis
Messrs. Smith
Daily Eagle
J. W. Bi Matter
Real Estate Ag
Arnes
Rea
Confederati
R. H. Hed
Chappell T McDougald
Zen
James
Freestone
T Post
Misares
U.S
Nouris Pharmacopoeia
Tucker
H.&t. C. Adil
G N
Tucker House
Mistrot
Wagner & Brandon
Hartman House
Central Hotel
Bryan, Texas
Uncle Tom
Daughters of the Confederacy
Affairs IN Philippines
Improv
Cleveland
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