Congress Week In Review Senate Death Shifts Schedule
Congress week notes Senate adjourned after the death of Senator Sewell New Jersey as representatives debated pensions canal and census measures. House pressed Nicaragua canal bill while Senate differed on private pension limits and nominations. Sessions varied with adjournments and reconvening dates through January.
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Senate
Sewell
New Jersey
Sowell
House
Gallinger
Committee On Pensions
Houge
Nally
Census Bureau
Census Committee For
Admiral Wilkes to assume command of Asiatic squadron
Rear Admiral Wilkes is ordered by the Navy Department to prepare for sea duty and sail February 1 from San Francisco to take command of the Asiatic Squadron, relieving Rear Admiral Remey. The mineral product value in 1900 topped one billion dollars for the first time, per the Geological Survey report. Laborers in government departments will enter civil service under forthcoming presidential orders. Turpentine and resin industry capital rose 192 percent with a 152 percent rise in product value, per the census. industry capital totaled 11,847,495 across 1,503 establishments, with products valued at 20,344,888.
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Wilkes
Pensacola Navy Yard
Navy Department
San Francisco
Remey
United States
Geological Survey
Capitalization and corporate fees rise in New Jersey 1901
The year 1901 saw a sharp rise in capitalization and corporate fees in New Jersey with 2,346 corporation certificates filed last year, compared to 1900. Other items: a playful yet dramatic strike by three Reynoldsville mill girls, judge’s bank run after a jail release, and notes on canal bills and public figures.
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New Jersey
Reynoldsville
James A. Crossman
Steamship Alliance
Cape Maysi
Jeron
Ity
P MeKim
Herildren
McKim
Sn York
Odell
Dte
Francis J. Sierra
New York City
War Department
Pea Ridge
Ark
N. Dr
Senator Quay
Pennsylvania
Florida
Roosevelt
Senate
John
Edward Biddle
Allegheny County
Gov. Stone
Board of Pardons
Edward
Board of , Ardons
Acoro Club of New England Forming in Boston
Preliminary steps in Boston aim to form a club for advancing aerial navigation in America. Interest groups include well known Automobile club members and the project will study aerial navigation with a potential ascent by year’s end under club auspices.
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Boston
America
Automobile Club
Acoro Club
New England
Multiple 1902 Incidents Darken Midwest News
West and South items report an acid attack on Charles Straussberger in Aurora Illinois. a Greensburg Indiana post office safe blowout with $1800 stamps. a deadly Arcadia mine blast near Calumet Michigan injuring Andrew Lara. a Manistee mill fire causing $100000 loss and 140 layoffs. Also notes railroad upgrades for 1902, a Cragin malting company receiver, Detroit leader Francis Russell dies at 65, Union Pacific improvements funding, and professor Lombard locates the soul in the spine with implications on brain death.
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Aurora
Ill
Charles Straussberger
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Greensburg
Ind
Arcadia
Calumet
Mich
Isaac Sarala
Andrew Lara
Manistee
Lewis, Sand
Thealtimore & Ohio
Pittsburg
P. J H. Rice Malting Co
Cragin
Francis G. Russell
Detroit
Baldwin
Union Pacific Road
Lombard
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
Capitalists back Sovereign Bank of Canada in Toronto launch
Foreign buyers in Boston and Chicago take a controlling stake in the Sovereign Bank of Canada, planning a 2 million dollar capital. Head office to be in Toronto with executive offices in Montreal and a chain of branches across Canada. The British war office faces a crisis as volunteers ignore a front line relief call, with pay of one shilling daily versus five shillings for yeomanry.
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Boston
Chicago
Sovereign Bank of Canada
Toronto
Montreal
Canada
British War Office
Yeomanry
Pontifical Silver Jubilee Celebrations Move World Wide
The drive for fitting celebrations of Pope Leo XIII’s silver jubilee spans the globe with England leading preparation efforts. In the United States and Canada the Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen grows to 40,720 members, a doubling since 1904. Reports include a deadly elevator accident in New York, a massive grain fire in Chicago, two men killed on a railway track in New Jersey, a Saga mill strike over cloth cuts, a death of an American Express messenger in Detroit, and a Senate debate on a commerce department with broad executive appointments and a pension bill focus in the House.
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Leo Niti
England
Brotherhood of
United States
Canada
Aso4
James Tienan
Peter Glynn
Fayerweather & Laden
New York City
Glynon
Kienan
J F. Weil
American Malting Co
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railway
Linden
Rahway
N. J
Sagamore
Fall River
Mass
A. E. Wooker
American Express
Michigan Central
Detroit
Kalamazoo
Carnegie Institution Trustees Named From Carnegie Gift
Official notice lists eminent trustees for the Carnegie Institution formed with Andrew Carnegie’s 10,000,000 gift in five percent bonds. The board includes U S presidents, cabinet figures, and leading scholars, with meetings set for January 29 to organize and appoint officers in Washington.
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Washington
Carnegie Institution
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Board of Trustees
Charles D. Walcott
Abram S. Hewitt
Daniel €. Gilman
John L. Billings
Carroll D. Wright
United States
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Smithsonian Institution
California
Weir Mitchell
Pennsylvania
W. W. Morrow
Elihu Root
New York
John C. Spooner
Wisconsin
Andrew D. White
Edward D. White
Louisiana
District of Columbia
Mr. Carnegie
City of
Toledoan Demonstrates Telephone System for Fast Car Travel
C F Lidwell of Toledo demonstrated his father’s invention enabling passengers on moving electric or steam cars to call and talk to anyone on the same line at any distance. The system uses parallel trolley wires, a second pole, a flanged wheel, and a closed circuit to carry telephone service with reduced voltage.
Williams sues Dowie for damages over alleged conspiracy
Benjamin F Williams formerly a Mansfield teacher and follower of Dr Dowie filed in the circuit court a suit for 85000 against Dowie and Elders John Speicher and Cyrus B Fockler of the Christian Catholic church of America claiming conspiracy to alienate his wife's affections Edith R Williams allegedly treated him as a stranger due to Dowie's teachings. Knox Considers Schrey's Case. Washington
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Dowie
Chicago
Benjamin F. Williams
Mansfield
John Alexander Dowie
Yestterday
Circuit Court
John Speicher
Cyrus B. Fockler
Christian Catholic Church of America
Williams
Edith R. Williams
Knox
Schrey
Washington
the Post
Schley
Eee
Court of Inquiry
Orthy
Schley and Santiago tale told by Graham in press
Graham Chicago January 13 reports a forthcoming book Schley and Santiago by George E. Graham war correspondent, recounting the flying squadron’s actions at Santiago with vivid behind the scenes details from the Brooklyn and fleet. The author promises a truthful account without personal attacks.
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Wittensh
Graham
Chicago
Schley
Santiago
George
E Graham
Brooklyn
New York
Grahiam
Colon
Cook
Asche
iSchley
Sampson
We Fleet
Oregon
Cristobal Colon
Telephone Deal Brings Erie Lines Under Bell Control
Detroit Jan. 13 The Free Press reports Michigan and allied Erie controlled lines now under American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Nine million dollars of Erie debt will be wiped out by the reorganization. W. E. Moss says 90 percent of Brit stock and 5 percent of bonds are with National Shawmut bank. Collateral notes totaling 9 million will be paid at Old Colony Trust Co. Bell will provide six million cash for obligations and working capital.
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Erie
Bell
Detroit
Mich
Free Bays
Michigan Company
Big Bell
The
American Telegraph and Telephone Co
W. E. Moss
Brit Company
National Shawmut Bank
Boston
Old Colony
Wreck injures two Pennsylvanian train crew near Wentworth
In Chicago a Pennsylvanian passenger train from New York collided with a Cincinnati express at the Baltimore and Ohio crossing by 49th Street and Wentworth Avenue. Two train attaches are seriously injured, one cook badly burned in the Delmonico dining car. A jumper from the rear engine survived.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
New York
Cincinnati
Baltimore & Ohio
49Th Street
Wentworth Avenue
Delmonico
Robert Hatchen
Nun Tuberty
26,000 for Tino Colts in Lexington sale
Stevens sold to Rome Respass a pair of 2 year old colts for 6000 dollars in Lexington Kentucky on January 13 as part of the 4H sale.
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Tino
Lexington
Stevens
Rome
Stones moved in Mason Dixon boundary survey recovery
Surveyors from Pennsylvania and Maryland report many boundary stones displaced in Germany township Adams county Pa. A stone used as a door sign in a dwelling and another in a church were found off their original positions. Surveyors will secure and reset all stones.
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Hanover
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Mason and Dixon
Germany
Adams County
New York Central Tunnel Crash Kills Fifteen
A rear end collision in a New York Central tunnel near Park Avenue kills fifteen passengers and injures many more. Investigators probe signals, with White Plains train engineer arrested amid blame for the disaster. Residents of New Rochelle contribute many victims from the rear car.
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New
York
New York! Central
Park Avenue
Norwalk
New York
New “Haven
Hartford’ ‘Railroad
Franklin
John Wische
White Plains
Wische
Christopher Flynn
Fifty-ninth Street
New Haven
Jerome
State Railway Commission
New York Central Road
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New Rochelle
Naval hero Commodore Potter dies at Belvidere home
Commodore Edward Potter retired naval officer died of paralysis at his Belvidere, NL home. Born Medina New York in 184? he joined Annapolis in 1850, served as commodore from 1892, fought in the Civil War with Admiral Schley on the Niagara, led the Chippewa at Fort Fisher, and helped capture New Orleans. He also served in Ireland relief operations and directed the Norfolk yard during the world’s fair.
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Belvidere
Edward Potter
Medina
N. Y
Rockford
Ill
Annapolis Academy
Navy
Potter
Admiral Schley
Niagara
McLean
Sedley
Commodore Potter
Ireland
Constellation
Norfolk Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Fort Fisher
Gulf Squadron
Jackson and
Philip
New Orleans
Inquiry into railroad community plan adjourned to January 24
The Interstate Commerce Commission postponed its hearing in Chicago due to missing witnesses and will reconvene January 24 to continue examining the community of interests plan among railroads.
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Chicago
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Miners Strike at Buttonwood Colliery in Wilkesbarre
Seven hundred miners at the Buttonwood colliery of the Parish Coal Co. struck yesterday over the discharge of non union men. Officials refused to dismiss the workers seeking the move.
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Wilkesbarre
Buttonwood
Parish Coal Co
The Poor Sinner's Bell of Breslau Tale
A Breslau church bell cast July 17 1386 earned the name the poor sinner's bell after a master bell founder killed a boy who disobeyed warnings at the molten metal. The bell's tone was praised as marvelous and sweet, and the founder was executed after turning himself in.
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Breslau
Silesia
Prussia
Detroit
Automobilists Seek Duty Free Car Crossing of Canada
The Automobile Club of America discusses reciprocity for touring vehicles at its New York session. George F. Chamberlain notes 1898 bicycle duty free cross border rules and urges similar US Canada treatment for cars. A committee will visit Canada to pursue the change.
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Canada
The
Automobile Club of America
New York City
George F. Chamberlain
A. R. Shattuck
Chamberlain
United States
Treasury Departments
Find Your Piece and Fill It
A satirical piece laments a youth forced into a voca tion he disapproves of, criticizing a life that dents self respect and moral sense. It urges choosing work that preserves dignity and the joy of living through doing one’s best.
The Lesser Evil and Rural Play Lines
A father fears an earthquake near his home and sends his two sons to a friend. Weeks later the friend writes to bring the boys back and to “send down the earthquake.” The quip contrasts a rural play with a mortgage on the arm and a fiddler’s bill that overstates charges.
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Philadelphia
Buletin
Three Chicago Doctors Endorse Lydia E Pinkham's Compound
Mrs Manerre L Lamonte of Chicago describes a long illness with multiple doctors and painful cycles. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her after five bottles and urges other sick women to try it.
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Mabelle L. LaMonte
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mabelle L
Lamonte
Manrerie L. Lamonte
31St St
Chicago
Miss’ LaMonte
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