Congressional gridlock on Cuba and Philippines policy
Senate debates Cuba policy as a future government forms, while House members clash over publication of speeches and army bill amendments. The week covers defense, revenue, and public building measures, with omnibus bills advancing and investigations urged in some sessions.
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Senate
Cuba
House
Lentz
Henderson
The
Philippines
Revenue Cutter Service
Ir. Morgan
Chandler
W. A. Clark
Frontana House
Post Office destroys Hawaii postal cards. revenue up in January
The post office department destroyed about 54 000 Hawaii postal cards including 28 000 one cent and 25 600 ten cent cards. The treasury monthly statement shows January 1901 internal revenue collections at 23 947 778 dollars, up 928 893 from January 1900.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Republic of Hawaii
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue
Rankin furnaces blown in and world’s largest capacity
The 750 ton a day Rankin group furnaces, owned by Carnegie Steel Co, suffered a double failure with the second furnace blown in late the 28th last month after the first on the 26th. Separately detectives recovered a $2,500 jewel from a $10,000 New York Hotel Savoy theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin, Pa
Carnegie Steel Co
Savoy
New York City
Percival Kuhne
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
United States
Gould
Champlain
N. Y
Jule Coutre
Mouse's Point
Canada
Henry Wortans
Secaucus
N. J
Pittsburg
Erie Railroad Co
McKean County
Erie Railroad
International Association of Machinists
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Baltimore
American Sheet Steel Cones Advance All Grades
A newspaper brief notes that American Sheet Steel Cones advanced all grades of sheet steel by a ton, signaling a move in production or pricing within the steel industry.
Banking Suspends Payments and News From Across the Nation
The Centennial Bank at Ashley North Carolina suspends payments with deposits estimated at 86000. In Chicago a nurse named Mabel Preston dies in a hospital elevator shaft. A rag dealer linked to 3670 recovery is suspected onboard a steamer to Germany. The Texas Senate passes a kidnapping death penalty bill. George H Welton, a Pennsylvania oil pioneer, influenced Stand ard Oil. Judge Haneey is nominated for Chicago mayor on the eighth ballot. A Denver group forms Tax Reform League seeking no salaries for officials. Ground is broken for a Protestant church in the Philippines funded by Knox siblings and a Manila donor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centennial Bank
Ashley
Mabel Preston
Chicago
Mary Conley
Germany
Texas Senate
George H. Welton
St. Paul
Minn
Pennsylvania
Standard Oil Co
Haneey
Circuit Court
Cook County
A. Tax Reform League
Denver
Cal
Phillipine Islands
M. Knox
New York City
Manila
Guayaquil and Quito Railway to Spend $4 Million on Equipment
Over the next two years about 4 million dollars will be spent in Ecuador on rolling stock and equipment for the Guayaquil and Quito railway. The 300 mile line is under construction by a syndicate of wealthy New Yorkers and Englishmen.
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Guayaquil
Quito
Ecuador
St. Johns
N. F
Ingraham
Lucerne
Bacalica
Steel Trust
United States
New Chiang
China
Shing King
Mukden
Multiple events hit US on the 4th across cities
Reports list fires at the Empire salt works in Warsaw New York causing about 150000 in losses and the Wehring block in Braddock Pennsylvania burning with 80000 in damages. A Chicago shooting injures Charles Morrill before the shooter John Correa dies by his own hand. Jacob Mueller dies in San Francisco prior to a benefit performance. Naval tests at Sandy Hook test a new powerful explosive. Two senior officers retire by age. Illinois Electric Vehicle Co to dissolve amid massive strikes. John R Beecroft hymnologist dies in Mount Vernon. Senate ends Fifty sixth congress with supply bills. river and harbor bill defeated. Fifty seventh congress opens with Roosevelt oath and adjournment of Senate and House.
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Empire Salt Works
Warsaw
N. Y
Charles Morrill
Chicago
John Correa
Wehring
Braddock
M. McDevitt
G. A. Bell
Nation
Frank Wentzel
Louis Bachman
Jacob Mueller
Europe
America
San Francisco
Sandy Hook
N. J
Bureau of Construction and Repairs
Colby
Ilinois Electric Vehicle Co
John R. Beecroft
Century Co
Mount Vernon
Senate
Fifty Sixth Congress
Roosevel
House
Senate War Debate over Philippine and Cuba Amendments
Senate heatedly debated the Spooner Philippine amendment and Platt Cuban provisions as the army appropriation bill moved forward. Bacon denounced administration coercion while West and Pettus amendments failed. Spooner measure adopted guiding temporary governance and reporting to Congress. The session ended with the army bill passing at 12 54.
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Washington
United States
Spain
Senate
Bacon
Georgia
Congress
Mr. West
Philippines
Mr. Rawlins
Mr. Pettus
Ala
Spooner
Philippine Islands
Cuba
Bell Company Loses Berliner Patent Case in Circuit Court
Boston Feb 28 Judge Brown of the U S circuit court ruled against the American Bell Telephone Co in the Berliner patent dispute with the National Telephone Manufacturing Co and Century Telephone Co. The decision bars use sale or manufacture of telephones with the microphone attachment and the Bell Co may seek past use profits. The Berliner patent remains a pivotal Bell asset, not expiring until November 17, 1908, and tied to prior U S court rulings on its validity.
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Boston
Brown
United States Circuit Court
American Bell Telephone Co
Bell Co
National Telephone Manufacturing Co
Century Telephone Co
United States
Bell Telephone Co
Wrecked by Its Former Secretary in Chestertown
Chestertown Building and Loan Association placed in receivership with assets of 55 000 and liabilities of 120 000 after former secretary Harry Rickey misappropriated funds. Rickey, cashier of Chestertown National Bank, did not report for over two years and died by ingesting carbolic acid the night directors demanded a report.
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Chestertown
Chestertown Building and Loan Association
Harry Rickey
Rickey
Chestertown National Bank
Try Grain Of Grain O Coffee Substitute Ad
Grain-O is promoted as a morning drink that replaces coffee for children and adults alike. It imitates mocha and java flavor using grain content, touted as easy on delicate stomachs. Packages sell for 10 or 25 cents at grocers.
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Java
Engagement Delay Sighting in Harper's Bazaar Dialogue
A playful exchange from Harper's Bazaar suggests a couple discussing the timing of their engagement. The dialogue notes ample time and a 24 hour window to announce. The tone hints at social norms of keeping engagements discreet then public.
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Harper‘s Bazar
Special Low Rate California Tickets From East Markets
Cheap travel to California offered by Southern Pacific on Ogden and Sunset routes. From Chicago $80, from St. Louis Memphis and New Orleans $27.50, from Omaha and Kansas City $25.00, with corresponding lower rates from other points east and north. Details and booking through SP Company representatives in Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburg St. Louis Kansas City and other cities.
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California
Southern Pacific
Ogden
Chicago
St. Louis
Memphis
New Orleans
Omaha
Kansas City
Southern Pacific Company
G. Weimyer
S. P. Co
Clark St
Ill
W. H. Connor
C. A
Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati
Ohio
G. Herring
Park
Pittsburg
Downsley
Olive
Mora
Cary
Lottery of Marriage Ends In Straws Drawn
An Atchison girl once boasted two men were eager to marry her and drew straws to decide. She drew the wrong straw, leading to the outcome described in the Atchison Globe.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
Ancient and Modern Proverbs in Brooklyn Standard Union
A collection of aphorisms and proverbs from sources including Arabian and American origins. It contrasts wisdom, ignorance, and guidance with remarks on travel by the New York Central and social sayings about money and marriage.
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Brooklyn Standard Union
New York Central
Advertising and travel promos in the era of Cascarets and trains
The passage touts Cas Carets sales rising to six million boxes in five years as proof that advertising works. It urges readers to try the remedy for natural liver and bowels assistance. It also reports the Florida Limited, a new Louisville & Nashville train to Florida with dining car service and connections to St. Augustine, plus a note on Palmer's Lotion and various quips and advertisements from that era.
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Etter
Cascarets
Louisville & Nashville R. R
Ines
Florida Limited
Thomasville
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Fla
Cincinnati
Ashville
Birmingham
Montgomery
Florida East Coast
Francis Lee
Clinton
Iowa
Tetter
Solon Palmer
Pearl Street
New York
Palmer
Markets Tell Quiet March Across Cities
New York and other markets show steady activity with wheat at 78 3 4 cents and corn at 481 3 4 to 434 and oats around 33 to 34 per bu. Live stock prices: cattle steady to higher with steers 3 75 to 5 30, veals 3 25 to 7 30, sheep 3 50 to 4 50, lambs 5 00 to 6 00, hogs 5 70 to 6 00. Regional quotes from Cleveland Toledo East Liberty East Buffalo Cincinnati: various gains and steady levels for wheat corn oats butter cheese eggs potatoes cattle hogs and sheep.
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New York
Cleveland
York State
Toledo
East Liberty
East
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Quotations and patent cures amid early 1900s ads
A collage of ad copy and quips from 1900, including Piso's Cure for Consumption from Ocean Grove New Jersey, Carter's Ink for schools, Lane's Family Medicine, Putnam Faperess Dress, Beeman's Pepsin Gum, Hale's Honey of Horehound, and Taxative Bromo Quinine. Snippets praise cures and wit from the era, with brief lines and product pitches.
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N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
N. Y
Herald
Quick Dessert From Burnham’s Hasty Jellycon
A grocer’s package of Burnham plans a quick jelly dessert. Dissolve in boiling water and cool to serve. Flavors include lemon orange raspberry strawberry peach wild cherry and calffoot for wine and coffee jelly. All grocers stock it.
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Burnham
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Carby
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Atchigon Globe
Littleton
Boston Courier
Irving Towne
Indianapolis News
Chicago Daily
Pavey
Carter
Chicago Daily News
Putnam
Lane
N. Y. Herald
Beeman
Ews
Hale
Pike
Wei Salzer
John A. Salzor
LaCrosse
Wis
Ant
An, K
Matis M .van Buren
California Ave
J. H. Iml
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