Senate and House Actions After McKinley Death
Congress reports outline Senate and House activities around McKinley’s death with adjournments and committee appointments. Senate Dec 2 recessed after president’s message and McKinley death actions. Dec 4 focused on bill introductions. Dec 6 House adjourned after committee announcements. McComas of Maryland urged anti anarchist bill.
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Congress
Senate
McKinley
House
McKinney
Soannte
Dee
McComas
Maryland
Henderson
Seasion
US cotton crop projected at 9 674 000 bales for 1901 02
Federal estimates place U S cotton production at 9 674 000 bales for 1901 02. The Treasury reports a November money in circulation rise of about 5 million despite 18 million in gold exports and slight bank circulation drop. State receives 6000 pounds from Britain to settle Boer war expulsion claims. Meade marine court martial acquits him and he is restored to duty at Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Treasury Department
Department of State
Great Britain
South Africa
Navy Department
Robert L. Meade
Marine Corps
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Multiple incidents and notices from early 1900s press
Reports from Brooklyn to New Jersey detail Mrs. Plotkin and granddaughter Rebecca Plotkin suffocated by a gas tube. Dover forms American Vulcanized Fibre Co. with 3.4 million capital. Capt. Joseph P. Sanford, 85, dies in Stamford. Granite State Provident dividend 16 2 3 percent on Jan 1 1902. Texan grade oil demo at ice plant in New York. Budderow jailed in Collingswood for South Jersey Gas Co. robbery. Norwegian families buy 1000 acres near Rowlands Pa for lumbering and a colony. A H W Muller released after remark about Roosevelt. Centenary Collegiate Institute dedicated at Hackettstown replacing fire-destroyed building.
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Brooklyn
Hester Plotkin
Joseph P. Sanford
Stamford
Conn
S Sangford
Farragut
Granite State Provident Association
New York City
Wilmer D. Budderow
Collingswood
N. J
South Jersey Gas Electric and Traction Co
Budderow Avas
Rowlands
A. H W. Muller
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Muller
Martin
Centenary Collegiate Institute
Hackettstown
Pittsboro
B. J. Matthews
American District Telegraph Co
Valley Forge
George Tissert
Sing Sing
James A Smith Dies in Jackson Mississippi
James Argyl Smith prominent legal figure and former state superintendent of public education, served as marshal of the supreme court of Mississippi and brigadier general in the Confederate army, died in Jackson on the 6th.
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James Argyl Smith
Supreme Court of
Mississippi
Jackson, Briss
Baltimore and Alabama Train Crashes Across States
Rail disasters reported include a Baltimore and Ohio freight collision at Moundsville West Virginia killing Conductor I C Kelley of Marietta and wrecking an engine and ten cars. In Alabama a mixed freight and passenger train collided injuring twelve near Bessemer. Additional notes cover wartime port closures in the Philippines and a large Great Lakes steamer launch at Wyandotte Michigan. Local revenue and legal actions are cited in Illinois and Kentucky related to tax collections and state treasurer spending.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Moundsville
W. Va
I. C. Kelley
Marietta
Bessemer
Ala
Birmingham Mineral Railroad
Chaffee
Laguna
Batangas
Wyandotte
Mich
Eastern States
Great Lakes
Detroit and Buffalo Navigation Co
Detroit’ Shipbuilding Co
Indianapolis
Roosevelt
Ilinois Internal Revenue
United States
Chicago
Columbus
Breckinridge
Frankfort
Walter R. Day
John S. Sweeney
British torpedo destroyers sold to Chile for £70000
The Chilian government has purchased two torpedo boat destroyers in England for 70000 pounds. Yuan Shi ai, governor of Chi Li, plans to reorganize naval forces with American instructors and form an army corps of 100000 under foreign leadership. In Arabia, forty Turkish soldiers die near Lohein in a clash with tribesmen over taxes. A Berlin plant manager compares wages and tool costs between Germany and the United States, finding American workers produce 25 percent more output per equal wage.
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England
Yuan Shi Ai
Chi Li
Lohein
Arabia
Berlin
Baptisms in icy Androscoggin river shock Lisbon Falls crowd
Thirty persons including women and children waded into the icy Androscoggin near Lisbon Falls Me under the Holy Ghost and Us Bible school. One woman died of shock others ill and several children were drenched as the river froze.
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Androscoggin
Lisbon Falls
Holy Ghost and
Us” Bible School
Shiloh
Wall Street
Amalgamated Copper
Cornelius van Cott
New York
Scotland
Enewhind
Highlands
Gables
Meir
Evanston
Frank Ely Rogers
Florence Ely
Wabash Sereen Door Co
Rhinelander
Wis
Johnson
Do Cis Son
Vewton
Miss
Texas
Senate
Tillman
South Osrolina
McLaurin
Chaffee Reports Against Troop Reductions in Philippines
The War Department released Maj. Gen. Chaffee's first annual report as military governor. He notes Batangas Laguna Samar Mindoro Cebu and Bohol as disturbed areas and warns against further troop reductions before 1903. He calls for a permanent post near Manila with a two-squadron cavalry two artillery batteries and two infantry regiments. He cites costs and cites the Balangiga disaster as a warning. 361 Filipino officers and 3,638 men surrendered since June 10, 1901 with 26 officers and 494 men captured.
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Philippines
Washington
War Department
Chaffee
Batangas
Laguna
Luzon
Samar
Mindoro
Cebu
Bohol
Afanila
Sen. Chaffee
Company C
Ninth Infantry
Balangiga
Mr.Arthur
Not Guilty Plea In Jane Toppan Murder Indictments
Miss Jane Toppan of Lowell pleads not guilty in Barnstable Superior Court to three indictments charging her with murder by poisoning of Mrs Mary D Gibbs A P Davis of Cataumet and Mrs Genevieve A Gordon of Chicago. Trial set for next spring.
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Barnstable
Mass
Jane Toppan
Lowell
Superior
Mary D. Gibbs
A. P. Davis
Cataumet
Genevieve A. Gordon
Chicago
Gibbs
Mason
Loppan
Loco crashes over bluff into Fraser River killing two
A Canadian Pacific freight train derailed after a rock slide near a dangerous curve above the Fraser River. Engineer Randall and Fireman Petruit died crushed beneath the engine as three cars plunged 200 feet. Wreckage and loss followed as the crew escaped. In Chicago the livestock exposition featured cattle, with 33 Galloways sold at an average of 285 dollars and prices reaching as high as 8 000 in the main pavilion.
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Vancouver
B. C
Dee
Canadian Pacific
Frazer River
Randall
Enngineer
Petruit
Chicago
Naid
Growth of AFL 21st Convention Sets Records in Scranton
Delegates representing more than 1,500,000 workers attend the American Federation of Labor session at St Thomas college hall Scranton Pa Gompers presiding The opening features seating disputes over United Mine Workers and a decision to create a separate Central union for colored workers The report shows a net gain of 364410 members and 313 new local unions plus 4056 newly chartered unions and 1150 disbanded. The federation lists affiliated unions city centrals and local trades as of Oct 31 and records three general strikes including San Francisco river and dock workers and gains in the nine hour rule for machinists with wage and day changes.
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Scranton
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
St. Thomas College Hall
United Mine Workers
Central Labor Union
Richmond
Federation
City Central
State Federations of Labor
San Francisco
Amalgamated Association
International Association of Machinists
Lennon
Morrison
Fire destroys National Starch plant at Des Moines
A blaze at the National Starch Manufacturing Co plant in Des Moines Iowa last evening gutted the southeastern site. Firefighters battled flames for hours but limited water kept the fire from spreading to nearby properties. The building and contents suffered about 200000 in losses with insurance records kept in New York. Hundreds of employees escaped safely and the starch trust’s headquarters are in New York City.
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Trusts
Des Moines
National Starch Manufacturing Co
New York
Starch Manufacturing Trust
New York City
Arrest of a Counterfeiter in Kansas City
Kansas City in December reports Jacob Brill of Louisville arrested for counterfeiting. He allegedly passed counterfeit five dollar gold pieces and silver dollars, with a full set of tools found in his room. Brill claims recent Kentucky imprisonment for six years, and police call him an expert with no known confederates. Also an Andalusia Oklahoma chase sees 22 Black suspects detained after killings of a merchant and a city marshal, amid mob fears.
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Kansas City
Jacob Brill
Louisville
Brill
Kentucky Penitentiary
Andalusia
Ala
Bradshaw
J. W. Dorsey
Fale Atkinson
Frans Hals Portrait Acquired By Boston Museum Of Fine Arts
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts bought Frans Hals Portrait of a Woman for 30000 from T. J. Blakesley of Blakeslee galleries New York. A 1650 painting 40 by 50 inches once belonged to Buckingham's collection and later Mrs Whatman of Maidstone England. It will hang in the main gallery.
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Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Duke of Buckingham
London
Henry Named After Gilbert’s House Rule Dialogue
A conversation quotes Gilbert asserting male dominance at home while Jason asks about naming a baby. Gilbert recounts naming the child Henry after his wife’s deferential consent, noting he should yield a point in appreciation. The excerpt includes aphorisms on female aging and authority, attributed to Tit Bits Town Topics and George Eliot.
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Gilbert
Jason
Henry
Market Report from Five Cities and New York Prices
New York prices show flour patents at 3.90 to 4.25 per barrel and wheat No 2 red at 874 to 875 cents. Corn No 2 at 73 to 74 cents. Oats No 2 white 55 cents. Cleveland markets list flour and wheat values, butter 26 cents per pound, cheese 12 to 14 cents, eggs 29 cents, potatoes 95 cents to 1.00. Cattle steer values 4.90 to 6.35, calves 6.00 to 6.25, sheep 2.00 to 3.25, lambs 4.00 to 5.00. hogs 6.00 to 6.15. East Buffalo shows fat steers 6.78 to 7.00, hogs 6.00 to 6.10, lambs 4.75 to 4.85. East Liberty notes steady cattle, prime hogs 6.30 to 6.40, sheep weaker. Cincinnati reports hogs 4.00 to 6.20, cattle 2.25 to 5.60, lambs 3.00 to 4.75.
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New York
Minnesota
Cleveland
York State
East Buffalo
East Liberty
Cincinnati
Princess Viroqua Endorses Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Dr P Viroqua of Lansing Michigan praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a blessing to state and nation. The endorsement claims cures for ovarian trouble barrenness and womb ulceration with herbal treatment and urges readers to obtain a bottle and seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Dean
Povenas
Lydia
Princess Viroqua
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O&m
Federation of Labor
Ita
Busnt Starch
Hlabby
George Eliot
Ewe Hue
Princess Viroqua, M
Lydia E. Pinkhham
Western Canada
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
F. Padley
Trans
Canada
Joseph House
East
Ohio
N. MM
Toledo
Great Platte Valley
Nebraska
Jas. H. Casselman
The
Irrigators' Bank
Scottsbluff
Bears
the Centaur Company
TY Murray Street
New Tora City
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Dougiss
Atyis
L. Douglas
Rae Toy
Douglas
Best Shoe
USA
UNION
W. LI Douglas
Ren
Hae
Wah Goi Byelon
Gee
W. L. Douglas
Brockton
Ahakesis Sane
Ae Puimpto Adh Nagcone
Baliding
I. G. Glack
School of Dinamatis
Ieast Doone Bos
J ‘Ornia Ave
Naalifornia Hoes
Gendfertict
Weorter
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Bax Francisco
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