Congress Week Summary in the 26th Senate and House
The article details the Week in Congress with sworn in senators Dillingham and Dolliver, deaths of several members, readings of messages, and the army reorganization and subsidy bills. It notes the Great Oleo margarine bill, and eulogies for Representative Harmer. The Senate and House adjournments mark a quiet week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Dillingham
Vermont
Davis
Gear
House
Daly
New Jersey
Hoffecker
Delaware
J. P. Dolliver
Iowa
Frye
Representative Harmer
Pennsylvania
Ridgewood power house Fire destroys city utility facility
The Ridgewood power house, owned by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., was destroyed by fire on the Sth, causing an estimated loss of 150000. In Utica, two people died after contact with downed electric wires from a storm. A New York table shows 11 football deaths, 62 serious injuries and 150 minor injuries this season, higher than last year. A gale caused marine disasters in Massachusetts with four schooners ashore at Beverly and tugs and barges sunk or damaged near Newburyport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgewood
Brooklyn
N. Y
Massachusetts
Beverly
Wewburyport
Adulterated molasses probe and other regional notes
The Greater New York Board of Health will investigate adulterated molasses sales amid New Orleans pressure for purity. Reports note widespread glucose adulteration and strong chatter of tighter trade ties with South America as twelve chartered steamships head to Chile, Peru, and Ecuador to haul hyrgo ore and nitrate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health of
Greater New York
New York City
New Orleans
Philadelphia
South America
Chile
Peru
Ecuador
State Supreme Court
Massachusetts
United States
Canada
Chicago Relief Society
Harrison
Chicago
Joseph H. Manley
Maine
Republican National Committee
Internal Revenue
Wilson
West Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore
Sing Sing
N. J
James Parker
Ellisdale
Acushnet and Hathaway Cotton Mills
New Bedford
Mass
Quarantine Notices Issued Over Smallpox in Indiana Towns
Fort Wayne health authorities issue railroad quarantine notices against Monroeville Maples Dawkins Edgerton Payne and Latty due to smallpox spread across those Indiana towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Card of Health
Monroesville
Maples, Dawkins and Edgerton
Payne and Latty, C
Mine disasters and fires spark regional alerts across states
In Aurora Missouri three men died and two were seriously injured by a rock fall after a heavy blast at the World Herald mine. Be mine workers at Butte Montana narrowly escaped suffocation as a fire burned for weeks. six at work did not surface and rescuers endured gas exposure. Other notes report rail strikes, train crew safety measures, a deadly Delatware Lackawanna Western boiler explosion at Ray New York injuring five, a Tacoma Washington streetcar crash settlements, Yukon vaccination ordinance affecting fifteen thousand, Baltimore stores fire losses totaling 275000, a Chicago eye disease epidemic, and Iowa Ames fire at the main building causing 50 000 to 175 000 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
World- Herald
Butte
Mont
St. Lawrence
Anaconda
Gulf, Colorado, & Santa Fe
Union
Ray
N. Y
Delatvare
Lackaivanga & Western
Charles Miller
A. J. Auerbach
Jacob Morgan
Tacolma
Wash
Delia Street Bridge
Dipatches
Yukon
Yukon Council
Yukon Territory
Baltimore
Grattan, Loeb & Co
Chicago
Ames
Iowe Agricultural College
Lord Roberts Farewell and War Losses Highlight South Africa Campaign
The dispatch recalls Lord Roberts' farewell order praising British troops and the campaign's extreme hardships with 14 300 deaths from wounds fever and exposure. It notes possible royal attendance at August America's Cup races and a Cherbourg arsenal fire causing 2 million francs damage including Napoleon's launch. A gratuity for South Africa veterans is announced, minimum five pounds, with total cost about one million pounds.
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Lord Roberts
South Africa
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Prince
Cherbourg
France
War Office
Notable Discharges and mixed maritime and social items
Rev D F E Stuart leader of Wyoming Pa Baptist ministers released on habeas corpus then rearrested on a wife's death complaint. Armours NY olive margarine case dropped for lack of evidence. NP railroad orders 44 passenger cars 6 locomotives with option for 74 more. West Woodstock NY toddler dies after ingesting concentrate. Salvation Army to feed 19000 in Madison Square Garden on Christmas. US Navy to deploy 15 000 mile mosquito fleet to Philippines. Senate brief open session with Hay Pauncefote treaty discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. FE. Stuart
Wyoming
Woodward
Armours
Gov Black
Northern Pacific Railroad Co
Charles
Hiram Nahers
West Woordstock
N.Y
Salvation Army
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Vicksburg
Trolie
Wompatuck
Piscataqua
Remey
Senate
War Tax Reductions Aimed Before Christmas Congress
Washington moves to abolish nearly all stamp taxes under the war revenue act with a $40,000,348 cut. The plan, led by Chairman Payne, would reduce beer taxes and adjust schedules A and B while applying a 30 day effective date after passage. The bill targets brokers, circuses, theaters, receipts, checks, and various duties, with a 20 percent discount on beer tax per barrel and redemption of unused stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
Jess Wines
Boards of Trade
Eleven Rushville Residents Expelled for Great Turf Fraud
The American Trotting Association board expelled 11 Rushville Indiana residents after a probe found they staged a full trotting day on September 16 1899 at Rushville tracks and sold or used the alleged fast records for gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Chicago
Board of Review of the
American Trotting Association
Rushville
Ind
National Association
American
Aggressive Push for Restrictive Immigration Rules
Goodwin Brown of New York hospitals for the insane urged the industrial commission for tough laws to bar insane immigrants. He cited that 50 percent of New York’s public asylum inmates are foreign born, though 25 percent of the state population is foreign born, costing the state over 1 million dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Goodwin Brown
Hospitals For
New York
Industrial Commission
United States
State of
Treasury Seeks 626 Million for Next Year
The secretary of the treasury sent to congress the annual government expense estimates totaling 626,741,762 dollars for the coming year, a slight decrease from last year. Current appropriations stand at 586,655,362 dollars. War department is 176,658,345 dollars and Navy 88,913,248 dollars. Rivers and harbors total 33,881,317 dollars. Pensions amount to 144,000,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
War Department
Navy Department
Postmaster General urges remedial legislation to curb mail abuses
Washington reports Postmaster General Smith calls for hard reforms to end second class mail abuse and ensure fair postal service. He wants compulsory separation by publishers of second class matter and penalties for theft or assault of postal workers. He argues reforms would save 12 to 20 million dollars annually and unlock legitimate postal progress. The plan targets serials and misused bulk distributions while denying aim at legitimate publications. He urges law reform to curb entrenched abuses and protect the postal system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smith
Insurgents Fall Back as US Forces Advance in Luzon
In Luzon operations Manila reports show insurgents retreating at contested points while American detachments capture and destroy enemy supplies. A Forty-seventh US volunteer unit failed an attempted landing near Sandián, suffering two dead and two wounded, then withdrew to Catanduanes. Captain Ellis seized ammunition and equipment in the mountains near Barbara, destroying it. Victoria yielded rifles and cartridges. Fourth Infantry captured Maj. Garion and three officers in Pasay. another detachment destroyed Gen. Aguad's camp and rounded up 25 insurgents.
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Luzon
Manila
Forty-seventh
United States Volunteer Infantry
Catanduanes
Theoutheast
Sandan
Richard T. Ellis
Thirty-third Volunteer Infantry
Barbar
Victoria
Fourth Infantry
Garion
Pasay
Aguad
Fell From Window Claims Noted Horse Painter
New York reports artist John Mc Auliffe aged 70 was accidentally killed Sunday after tumbling from a window at his residence. A well known painter of horse scenes he began as a house painter and later focused on trotting horse images and other horse subjects including thoroughbreds and road horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John McAuliffe
McAuliffe
Six Day Bicycle Race Opens at Madison Square Garden
The sixth annual international six days race at Madison Square Garden began at midnight before over 6 000 spectators. Fourteen riders form partners to race for six days with 142 hours of grind and team relays allowed up to 12 hours per day per rider. Four thousand dollars in prizes await the victors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Madison Square Garden
Grain-O Promises Healthful Grain Beverage Alternative
A reader praised Grain-O made from pure grains as a coffee substitute. The letter notes improved energy after use and that children can drink it freely. The ad touts nourishment and health benefits, urging readers to buy a package from the grocer with directions.
Excursion Sleepers to West Coast Markets
Weekly excursion sleepers depart from St Louis and Kansas City by the MK&T line. Varying routes head to San Antonio Los Angeles and San Francisco with evening departures on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
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Vin M
K.&t. Ry
St. Louis
MK. &T. Ry
San Antonio
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Kansas City
M. K
Earl of Makearaise Arrives in New York
Society notice notes the arrival of the Earl of Makearaise in New York. The column references affluent readers and hints at social implications of his visit amid Detroit Free Press coverage of similar high society events.
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Earl of Makearaise
New York
Detroit
Lane's Family Medicine Advertisement
An old medical ad touts a remedy claiming it "moves the bowels each day" to keep health. It asserts gentle action on the liver and kidneys with a price listed as 25 and 60, reflecting various doses or formats.
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Atchison Globe
Lane
Carter's Ink for sale through storekeeper
A storekeeper can sell or obtain Carter's Ink upon request. Car loads are dispatched yearly to every state in the Union. The text references Carter's Ink and various phrases, resembling an ad or promotional snippet with miscellaneous lines.
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Carter
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