Congress Weeks of May Highlight Naval and Land Acts
The report chronicles May congressional activity with passage of the Nicaragua canal bill and Alaska civil code, debates over army funds and coast survey funding, and approvals of sundry civil, fortifications, and military pays bills. Senate adjourned after May 7 with several pension and right to seat concerns pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanate
House
Senate
Turner
Wash
Philippines
Congress
Messrs
Cannon
Hepburn
Clark
Montana
Senate House
Nelson
A. Miles
Coast Survey
United States
Navy weighing sale of steam yachts and small vessels
Navy officials consider selling all steam yachts tugboats and small auxiliary vessels bought after the Maine disaster two years ago while keeping larger colliers and transports. About 20 yachts and as many tugs lie idle and deteriorating awaiting proper care. Guam population is 8 661 as of January 1 1900. Postal service extends free letter delivery to 163 offices leaving under 100 cities without it.
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Navy Department
Maine
Secretary of the Navy
Guam
United States
Post Office Department
Destructive Fires, Labor Strikes, and Notable Deaths Across Regions
News brief reports on a large forest fire between Cedarville and Centre Grove New Jersey with extensive losses, the huntingdon Pennsylvania death of Oliver L. Stewart from an emery wheel accident, the death of Capt John Betts in New York City, a Durford copper works strike ending with a 10 percent raise, and new corporate filings in Trenton. It notes Pan-American exposition labor strikes in Buffalo, US and Canada business failures, a Quincy Massachusetts granite cutter strike resolved, TP Despradelle winning Paris salon prize, and Carl Wilie Scofield of Tidal Oil Co. dying in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedarville
Centre Grover
N. J
Huntingdon
Oliver L. Stewart
Laird Malleable Iron Works
Stewart
Huntingdon County
Franklin
New York City
John Betts
Knickerbocker
Durford Copper Works
Constable Hook
Thompson
National Asphalt Co
Trenton
Buffalo
N. Y
Pan-American Co
United States
Canada
Quincey
Mass
Cutters’ Union
TP Despradelle
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Carl Wilie Scofield
Tidal Oil Co
Jamestown
Pennsylvania
New York
Bank Heist at East Brady Dynamites Safe Night of Fourth
A burglar entered the First National Bank of East Brady Pennsylvania and blew the safe during the night of the fourth, taking all in sight including pennies. The loss is about ten thousand dollars.
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First National Bank of
East Brady
Fires Threaten Presque Isle. Bay City Strike Impacts Wages
Across Presque Isle county Michigan fires destroy cedar ties and hemlock logs left from last winter due to low snow. In Bay City about 400 box makers and helpers strike for 10 to 15 percent wage increases not granted by manufacturers. A relief purchase of 20 000 bushels of corn for Bombay is ordered by the Kansas India relief committee. Western book paper mills close indefinitely due to overproduction. Robbers on a Northern Pacific local freight train near North Yakima seize watches rings and nearly 600 dollars from passengers after forcing them to line up and firing at them. FH Eck sells Ellis Junction in Marinette county to Polska Industrial Co for over 100 000 dollars to colonize by Poles. Six hundred workers in a La Salle zinc factory strike for higher pay. Porch climbers raid M M Munster’s Chicago home, stealing diamonds pearls sapphires rubies and gold valued at about 15 000 dollars.
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Presque Isle County
Mich
Rogrers
City
Bay City
Kansas India Relief Committee
Anderson
New York
Bombay
Northern Pacific
North Yakima
Wash
Eck
Ellis Junction
Marinette County
Wis
Polska Industrial Co
Crivitz
Milwaukee
Chicago
Old Country
la Salle
Ill
M. M. Munster
Peasant Revolt Grows Near Rustchuk and Other European News
Reports describe peasant uprisings near Rustchuk Bulgaria with troops disarmed and gunfire injuring officers and soldiers. Other items note Dupuy Delome named ambassador to Italy, the German American cable laid from Borkum, cattle import ban shocks Glasgow markets, and cholera worsens famine in India affecting about 93.5 million people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rustchuk
Bulgaria
Dupuy Delome
Washington
Italy
Borkum Island
North Sea
Glasgow
Scotland
South America
India
Advices Cite Widespread Hardship and Disasters Worldwide
Reports from St Kitts warn of severe financial distress due to sugar shortages. A Cyclone wrecked the San Antonio Loan and Trust Co building in Texas, with $70,000 loss and no insurance. A collapse in St Louis killed two women and injured seven others. A train wreck near St Charles Missouri after a ruined trestle caused deaths. Trades strikes in Philadelphia show 10,000 unemployed. Senate debate covers naval, pension, and National Guard funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Kitts
West Indies
San Antonio (Tex
Cora Everson
Melvina Nelson
St. Charles
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
John Boyle
T. S. Palmer
Philadelphia
Naval
New York Naval Miliia
Navy Department
Alleghenies
Spruce Creek
I’a
National Guard
Counterfeiter Arrest Reveals Lancaster Conspiracy Ties
Harry Taylor, tied to the Lancaster counterfeiting case, was arrested in Philadelphia and confessed to passing Manninghead $20 notes. He admitted involvement with Arthur Taylor and Baldwin Bre dell who engraved the notes and stamps. Taylor faced $10,000 bail and a possible heavy sentence as the secret service probes deeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mian
Thom
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Harry Taylor
Taylor
Mathew 5
Gritfin
Secret Service
United States
Edmunds
Warry Taylor
Arthur Taylor
Jacobs and Kendig
Lancaster Cigar Manufacturers
Ellery P. Ingham and Harvey
K. Newitt
Secret Service Department
Wilkie
Burns
Peck
Baldwin S. Bredell
Slaughter of Rebels In America Garrison Attacks Reported
Telegrams from Gen Young recount rebel leader Aguinaldo rejoining Tino in the north and assembling forces. Two recent rebel assaults on American garrisons in Visayan islands kill 280 enemies and wound two Americans. At Catarman a 400-strong force is repelled with 145 rebels killed and two Americans wounded. On Leyte, 200 riflemen and 600 bolomen attack Jaro. 125 rebels are buried after the clash. no American dead.
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Manila
Gen. Young
Aguinaldo
Tino
Young
Visayan Islands
Catarman
Catubig
Jaro
Leyte Island
Estes
Collapse Buries Seven in Kansas City Building
A three story brick building at 1302 Grand avenue in the business district collapsed on Monday afternoon. Ground floor housed Jacob Goodman second hand shop while above Mary Sohn ran a rooming house. Seven people were buried. at least some were rescued as fire crews worked through the ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Grand Avenue
Jacob Goodman
Mary Sohn
San Antonio Tornado Causes Major Damage
A tornado swept through San Antonio yesterday causing over 100000 in damage with no loss of life. Fort Sam Houston suffered demolished barracks and unroofed officers quarters. A steel bridge over Salado creek near the city was demolished and fifty houses damaged by collapsing walls and roofs amid a statewide storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Fort Sam Houston
Salado Creek
Fatal Twisters Hit Kansas and Nebraska Towns
A Times special reports multiple tornadoes across central Kansas on Sunday. Two killed and several injured as homes, outbuildings, and windmills are destroyed from Ellsworth to Kanopolis and Logan Township areas. Beaver City Nebraska also reports tornado damage and large hail.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Kansas City
Ellenwood
Kan
Logan Township
Cheyenne Bottoms
George
William Helfrich
George Helfrich
Carl Schneider
Ellsworth
Kanopolis
Brooksville
Saline County
Kanapolis
Waite
Brookville
Pawnee Rock
Gerrish
John McComb
Beaver City
Neb
Wilsonville
Narrow Escape as Man Fends Off Two Highwaymen
Charles Jones of Oak Park was thrown in front of a fast mail train by two masked highwaymen. He grabbed the assailant, the other thief fired at him, but Jones held on, knocked the gun away, and the duo fled as the engine passed, leaving him bruised and shaken but alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles Jones
Oak Park
Jones
Webster Davis Defends McKinley at New York Meeting
Ex-assistant secretary of the interior Webster Davis praised President McKinley at a New York Academy of Music gathering. He warned against British influence and urged removal of advisers around McKinley who sympathized with Britain and opposed liberty for the South African republics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster Davis
Wren
New York
Academy of Music
New York Committee
Spain
America
England
Europe
McKinley
Mr. Davis
Lincoln
Havana to overhaul police force including secret service
Havana reports a thorough reorganization of the police will occur, focusing on the secret service branch which has failed to act for ten months. Robberies occur nightly, murders remain unsolved, and public confidence erodes as ordinary police show incapacity and abuse of authority.
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Havana
Secret Service
Democratic state convention set for Columbus June 12 13
The Ohio Democratic state convention will meet in Columbus on June 12 and 13. The state central committee organized a temporary setup with Webster P. Huntington as chairman and the group selected to lead the convention. Cleveland members lost a vote fight to base representation on 1896 results, choosing the 1899 rule giving Cuyahoga county 15 votes.
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Columbus
State Central Committee
Webster P. Huntington
Press- Post
Dewey
Lewis Keemelin
Cincinnati
John McCarty
Defiance
John F. Joyce
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Toledo centennial commission fights $500000 expenditure
Columbus May 3. The Toledo centennial commission seeks to spend a $500,000 appropriation after governor Nash approved a salary voucher for the secretary. The state auditor refused payment. A suit will force Auditor Guilbert to issue a warrant. Supreme court decision will determine whether the centennial is held or abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Toledo Centennial Commission
Wilbourne
Gov. Nash
Guilbert
Supreme Court
Pistol Duel Follows Murder Suspect in Cleveland
In Cleveland on Monday detectives and patrolmen exchanged 20 to 30 shots with Henry Ruthelton a mulatto suspected of killing Patrolman Shipp. Ruthelton was shot in the arm and leg and escaped. James Jearon Ruthelton’s brother in law was arrested as a suspicious person. A trunk and satchel seized contained about 700 dollars worth of silverware stolen from East End houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Henry Ruthelton
Shipp
James Jearon
Ruthelton
East End
Painter killed by falling elevator at Caxton building
Fred Bunn a painter employed at the Caxton on Huron street was killed Thursday when the freight elevator descended striking him at the neck. His head and shoulders were crushed. He had moved to Cleveland from Columbus two weeks earlier and leaves a widow and two children.
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Cleveland
Fred Bunn
Caxton
Huron Street
Bunn
Columbus
A. M. E. Conference Opens in Columbus With 1000 Delegates
The quadrennial general conference of the African Methodist church began in the Columbus Auditorium with over 1000 delegates. Bishop Grant delivered the quadrennial sermon, noting steady church growth and a membership rise of about 34 per hour over the last four years. A separate item reports a contest for Ohio division commander with Capt Montfort and Peter F Laughlin as leading candidates, and W I Squires entering as a compromise challenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
African Methodist Church
Grant
Toledo
May
Ohio Division
Findlay
Capt. Montfort
Cincinnati
Peter F. Laughlin
Youngstown
W. I. Squires
Bryan Visits Toledo Amid Large Northern Ohio Rally
William J. Bryan arrived in Toledo from Detroit Thursday afternoon and was greeted by a large delegation of citizens. Bands played as a special committee of Democrats from northern Ohio met him, drawing thousands of outsiders for the daylong gathering spanning northern Ohio and southern Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Toledo
William J. Bryan
Detroit
Bands of Music
Ohio
Michigan
Quarrel Over Driveway Ends in Fatal Pickax Blow
In Copley township Ohio Ed Carr is charged after a dispute over a road through land of Gideon Carr ended with him striking Vester Hull on the head with a pickax handle. Hull, about 35, died. Carr and Hull are licensed local farmers with a long-standing feud. Gideon Carr, about 60, is involved as the landowner.
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Akron
Ed Carr
Vester Hull
Copley Township
Gideon Carr
Hol Carr
Hull
Oil price decline noted in Lima region moves markets
May reports show Lima crude oil prices easing with a three cent drop today and a total twenty cent decrease over two months. Quotation spreads list North Lima at 11 22 and South Lima at 10 7, with Indiana and eastern product prices following the broader decline.
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Lima
North
South Lima
Indiana
Roberts Law Dead After No Appropriation
Columbus officials report the Roberts stationary engineers act is dead as no funds were appropriated. The emergency board cannot authorize any deficiency, per state officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Roberts Stationary Engineers
Emergency Board
Dick's Renomination Assured in Summit Caucuses
Akron May 4 Republicans plan caucuses Friday May 11 to choose delegates for the Warren congressional convention on May 17. Summit County gets 61 delegates with 20 opposing the renomination of Col. Charles I. Dicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Warren
Summit County
Charles I, Dicks
State Board Reports Damaged Wheat Crop Outlook
The May 7 bulletin by the state board of agriculture estimates Ohio's prospective wheat crop at 41 percent of average, about 16 to 18 million bushels, reflecting poor conditions across the state.
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Columbus
State Board of Agriculture
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M'Kinley
Ohio State News
Gures
Hood
Frank Nolen
Oakland
Grain-O
Dobbs
Bobbs
Beamer
Baltimore American
Denver
Union Pacific
North-Western
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Chicago & North-Western Re Y
Clark St
Wells St
Sue Brett
Chicago Journal
Lydia E. Pink
Hham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Carter
Carters
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