Congress Week in Review of May Senate Sessions
Chronicle of May sessions noting Clark's resignation from Montana Senate seat after bribery probe. passage of military and emergency river bills. debates over Cuba administration and pneumatic tube service funding. Red Cross incorporation. Grant statue reception and other routine business.
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Senate
Clark
Montana
Montane
House
Cuba
United States
Sn House
American National Red Cross
Panama Canal Co
Company House
Appomattox
Lee
State of Missouri
Senator Benton
Gen. Blair
Statuary Hall
Capitol
Grand Army of the Republic
Ulysses S. Grant
Capitol House
Gen. Grant
Army reorganization bill spurs cadet ship applications and hotel protests
In Washington the war department sees many applications for the new cadet ships created by the army reorganization bill as 100 additional cadets are approved alongside six existing corps. Democratic leaders lobby Senator Jones as Kansas City hotel extortion complaints surface over room rates for delegates and visitors. Immigration figures show Japanese laborer arrivals in 1898 1899 and ten months of 1900. Friends of Congressman McClellan press for him to be Bryan’s running mate.
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Washington
War Department
Democratic Party
Jones
National Committee
Kansas City
Commissioner General of Immigration
United States
Japan
Canada
George T. McClellan
New York
McClellan
Bryan
Fires and famine aid dominate city and national news
The Mesta Machine Co plant in Homestead Virginia was partly destroyed by fire on the 17th with a 4000 dollar loss. In New York City a meeting of the India famine relief committee reported 20246 on deposit and a nationwide appeal to 10000 couriers across the U S and Canada. A rumor about independent tobacco interests gaining strength and 41 U S factories in play is noted. A fatal shooting occurred when robbers attacked Louis Goldberg at a wedding in New York. An accident near Mount Holly New Jersey left seven injured. In South Fork three dead and another dying after wood alcohol poisoning. A proposal by the American Window Glass Combine seeks to curb Belgian and French glass imports by delaying work to June 30. A remittance of 100000 was sent to Dr Louis Klopseh in Bombay for famine relief.
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Mesta Machine Co
Homestead
New York City
Committee of 100
India
Canada
United States
Trust
Michael Frogel
Louis Goldberg
Goldberg
Frogel
Mt Halli N J.oan
Pennsiiliania
South Fork
Window Glass Combine
Window Glass Workers’ Association
America
Louis Klopseh
Bombay
India Famine Relief Fund
Inter-Denominaonal Committee of Missionaries
Consolidation Drives Through Local Breweries
A movement aims to consolidate 28 local breweries, absorbing all but three established brewers and two others. The plan centralizes operations under a principal who will employ brewmasters drivers helpers engineers and all labor classes.
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Wostoima
Erelish Breweries
Unions and Unrest Across Cities and States
Reports from Daleville Indiana to Montana and Kentucky detail a violent fight of stock molders, a new US senator appointment for Martin Maginnis, a Frances Slocum monument unveiling near Peru, a $5 000 forfeit related to Lieut Gibson, and six deaths from Jamaica ginger decoction in Clarksville. Milwaukee sailing crews strike over wages while Seamen's union blocks sailing vessels pending a $2 rate. Porto Rico names William Hunt secretary of state. San Francisco reports bubonic plague. Belmont NC's St Marys College partially burned, estimated loss $200 000.
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Ehn Otts Walker
Daleville
Ind
J Sexe
Gov. Smith
Montana
Martin Maginnis
Helena
United States
WW. A. Clark
Peru
Frances Slocum
Miami
Gibson
Clarksville
I. T
Milwaukee
Seamen’s Union
William Hunt
Porto Rico
Hunt
San Francisco
Plague Reports Crest in Osaka as Wet Season Begins
Foreign advices say plague resurges in Osaka with four April cases all fatal. Blood samples reveal plague germs in victims. Concern grows as warm season starts and illness may spread. Also reported: Venezuela population at 2 223 527. Cholera accelerates in Hyderabad division with 45 famine camps attacked. Gujarat sees virulent outbreak and thousands dead. Welland canal patrol shifts to Dominion police, with military guards withdrawn.
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Japan
Osaka
Venezuela
Hyderabad
Ihbdia
Plague Measures Ordered as San Francisco Quarantine Tightened
Federal officials in Washington appoint Dr. Kinyoun to oversee bubonine plague suppression in San Francisco. Reports note Mehinles invite to Chicago encampment, and other national, postal, and political actions including labor strikes and Senate votes.
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Washington
Kinyoun
San Francisco
Focal Board of Health
Fritz Meyer
Sing Sing Prison
N.Y
Frederick Smith
New York City
Abert T. Shaw
G& AR
Mehinles
McWinles
Chicago
Rathbone
Aristow
Cuba
Russia
Hague
Pliughers
Philadelphia
Werkle- Jobo
Flav
Barber
Vasana
Col
Heeher
Kroger
Lord Salisbury
Jis
M.S. Quay
States Senate
Pennsylvania
Senate
House
German Trade Fears and Tariff Push Amid US Rivalry
An 1890s report notes Germany aims to raise duties on US imports and reassess tariffs. It cites Mason’s predictions on strained Germany US trade, rising German demand for Chinese markets, and calls for broad reciprocal treaties on citizenship, duties, and port charges.
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Araack
Washington
Sey
Germany
Mason
Berlin
Bureau ‘of Foreign Commerce
State
Department
United States
East
China
France
Reichstag
Shamokin Officials Convicted in Paving Contract Conspiracy
Sunbury Pa May 21 The Shamokin councilmen Thomas A Hall E O Zuern William Keppard O J Reed W S Zimmerman and Shamokin brick rep I L Boas and Maier Rothchild were found guilty of conspiracy in paving contracts The jury also acquitted Georges Lttla J M Disey and Charles F Smith The court postponed sentence for 30 days to allow motions for new trials and further indictments remain pending at the next term of court
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Sunbury
Shamokin
Thomas A. Hall
E. O Zuern
William Keppard
O. J Reed
W.S Zimmerman
I. L. Boas
Reading
Maier Rothchild
Shamiekin
Jeatraz Paving Co
Philadelphia
Georges
Lttla
J. M Disey
Clearfield Brick Co
Charles F Smith
Mahamoy City
Anton
Johnson
Law Professor Roy White Killed in Philadelphia
Trof Roy Wilson White 28 an instructor in the University of Pennsylvania law department was murdered on a city street. His skull was crushed presumably with an iron bar. A watch was missing but a small sum of money remained. Three men, two of them negroes, were arrested on suspicion.
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Philadelphia
Roy Wilson White
Law Department
University of Pennsylvania
Ohio State News Excitement Over Hicksville Murder Arrests
In Hicksville May 18, Mrs Vina Moore and others are linked to a fresh murder case in Columbus that led to life sentences for Frank Zeuber and Tedward Johnson. Floyd Rombaugh waits trial as Pinkerton detectives pursue one more suspect and the trio was moved to Defiance after arrest.
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Gilbert
Sherwood
Tragic Shooting Kills John Todd in Tuscarands
John Todd and two Dennison youths on a Dennison fishing trip near New Philadelphia were at a canal bridge when two companions examined revolvers. A 32 caliber pistol fired by John McCreary struck Todd behind the left ear, killing him instantly.
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New Philadelphia
John Todd
Dennison
Tuscarands
Todd
Canal Bridge
John McCreary
Cleveland Telegraph Strike for Eight-Hour Day
Nearly 500 workers from the Cleveland Bell Telephone Co and the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co walked off Monday seeking an eight hour day. Strikers claim about 440 are Bell employees in roles such as linemen inside men gablemen helpers inspectors and laborers. Inspectors joined in solidarity with linemen and other shop workers.
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Cleveland
Cleveland (Bell) Telephone Co
Cleveland Electric Iluminating Co
Bell Company
Ex-Legislator Fatally Shoots Wife in Rat-Hunting Accident
Paulding, May 22. Simon W. Cramer, former legislator, accidentally shot and killed his wife during an attempt to dislodge a rat from debris. She stood on the opposite side of a woodshed as he fired a loaded shotgun he believed pointed at a rat.
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Paulding
Simon W. Cramer
Cramer
Large verdict awarded in Cleveland personal injury case
James Moore of Youngstown received one of the largest Cleveland verdicts for personal injuries. He sued Erie railroad for 75 009 and lost both legs. The jury returned $18 333.33 for Moore.
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Cleveland
James Moore
Youngstown
United States
Moore
Erie Railroad
Knights of Pythias Convention Opens in Sandusky
The 31st annual grand lodge convention of Ohio Knights of Pythias opens in Sandusky with full state lodge representation. Today the Pythian Sisterhood and Rathbone Sisters begin their annual sessions, drawing attendees from all Ohio lodges.
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Sandusky
Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias of
Ohio
Pythian Sisterhood
Rathbone Sisters
Dreamy passenger pockets prized fabric in transit tale
A young woman riding an uptown streetcar drifts into a dream state and offers foulard samples from her pocketbook to the conductor. Her embarrassment grows as a passerby’s grin reveals the moment, while she pines for a dress cut from the sample top piece.
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Coniductor
Agi
Barber Lams Teases Bar Association With Impromptu Tale
Sedalia attorney Henry Lamm told a Kansas City Star audience a humorous anecdote at a Missouri Bar reception. Lamm improvised, joked about reading a dry paper, and recounted a Texas joke about dirty collars told by a Dutch barber to illustrate gotcha humor.
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Henry Lamm
Sedalia
Missouri Bar Association
Kansas City
Texas
Dot
Too Strong to Work Dusts Dusts Dusts
A Washington woman sought house help after losing her kitchen assistant. The first applicant, a stylish mulatto woman, admitted she could not cook wash or iron or sweep. Her only claimed skill was dusting, provoking the bemused householder.
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Washington
Carter Medicine Co Wins Final Injunction In Label Case
Carter Medicine Company won a final injunction with costs against Chicago Label and Box Company over alleged simulations of Carter’s Little Liver Pills labels. The case marks a new step in proprietary trade infringement as the matter proceeds to a final accounting in chancery.
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Gase
Gabelay
Brent Good
Carter Medicine Company
Chicago
Chicago Label
Garter
Carter
Carter Meiere Company
Tfe
N. Y. Press
Chicago Daily
Turners Strike Closes Potteries in Akron
A strike by the turners halted operations in Akron potteries yesterday leaving about 800 men idle. The turners, about one third of the workforce, demand a uniform wage scale to raise all workers to the same level regardless of skill.
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Akron
Turners
Attempt to Wreck a Train Near North Sewickley
An attempt to wreck a Pittsburg and Western passenger train occurred early Monday near North Sewick ly. Spikes were placed on the rails but Engineer Cunningham stopped the ten-coach train just as it reached the obstruction.
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Youngstown
Pittsburg & Western
North Sewickly
Cunningham
Massive Fire Destroys Saloon and Stores in Youngstown
A large blaze in Youngstown on Thursday morning destroyed Matt Hurty’s saloon Edward Kelly’s grocer shop a building owned by Thomas Ward and housing the Greck confectionery plus damage to other structures Losses reach 910 000 with 7 000 insured The fire heavily impacted several nearby businesses and property owners.
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Youngstown
Matt Hurty
Edward Kelly
Thomas Ward
Greck Confectionery
Toledo Teamsters Strike Over Michigan Labor Influx
A large number of Toledo union teamsters quit their paving material hauling job on Thursday after teams from Michigan were brought in to work on the project.
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Toledo
Michigan
Wood W. Skites Nominated by Republicans in Fourteenth
Norwalk records Wood W. Skites of Shelby as the Republican choice for congress in the Fourteenth district after a 123 to 81 ballot vote over E G Johnson.
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Norwalk
Wood W. Skites
Shelby
Congress
Fourteenth
E.G Johnson
President nominates Frank M Chandler for Ohio marshal post
Washington May 22 announced the president sent to the senate the nomination of Frank M Chandler of Cleveland to be marshal for the northern district of Ohio.
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Washington
Senate
Frank M Chandler
Cleveland
Ohio
Akron Man Slashes Throat. Fatally Wounds Self
George Morris aged 70 a prominent citizen of South Akron attempted suicide by slashing his throat with a razor. His injuries are fatal according to local reports.
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Akron
George Morris
South
Hoth Laws Uphold Fire Marshal and Engineers Statutes
Attorney General Sheets ruled that both the fire marshal law and the stationary engineers law are valid. He found that the Roberts appropriation was made, though wording was not as clear as ideal.
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Columbus
Sheets
Dunkard Conference In Session Near Donnelsville
Springfield reports the national conference of the Dunkards Brethren is in progress at Donnelsville with about a thousand people expected for communion services.
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Dunkard
Springfield
National Conference of
Ktiver Brethren
Dunkards
Donnelsville
Feddars The Boxing Kangaroo Nickname Origin
Philadelphia writer recounts Robert Frank self made artist who, after delivering hurried sketches, nicknamed Feddars for saying Ja wohl and Ja, gewisslich. The piece ties the moniker to a boxing kangaroo drawing and notes later quips about outlawed accounts and speedy runners.
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Robert Frank
Philadelphia
Frank
Ja Wo
Gewisslich
Titsa Jong
Feddare
Market report from New York and several cities on May 22
Prices across grains, dairy and livestock show varied activity. Wheat futures and cash prices range with red and blue varieties noted, while corn oats and butter hold modest gains and hogs and sheep show mixed levels in Cleveland Toledos and nearby markets.
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Western Creamery
Cleveland
York State
Toledos
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