Acids in the Beef Probe Sent to Army
A surgeon verifies acidity levels in refrigerated beef sent to the Army amid a food safety inquiry.
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1899
Page
1
Chemical preservatives in meat debated by War Commission
Major Daly testified that borax and salicylic acid were used to preserve beef on transport ships. He described odors and signs of decay, questioned the testing methods, and noted chemical residues in preserved meat while urging caution over army beef quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Rocky Mountains
Ponce
Chester
Beaver
Panama
Manitoba
Atttsburg
Daly
Conner
Mr. Denby
Dr. Daly
Denby
Commission
Clarke
Geological Survey
Flood of Cheap Labor Reaches Hawaii, Anticontract Urged
The House Labor Committee urges extending anticontract labor laws to Hawaii. It notes thousands of contract laborers, mainly Japanese, have entered since annexation. It cites 2.8 percent admitted after annexation and 5.9 percent on November 8, with 3,467 to be brought in this quarter of 1899. The report warns about about 10,000 more entering before laws apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan. C
Hawaii
House Committee On Labor
United States
Explosion Fells Naphtha Launch Paul Jones Wreck
The government steamer Pansy found wreckage on Breton Island from the naphtha launch Paul Jones including a stern section and a smashed bow of a yawl boat. No bodies were recovered. Maud with Jones and Taggart aboard confirmed the wreckage as Paul Jones. Co. F Fremont and crew sail Adeline to inspect western waters for ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Pansy
Biloxi
Miss
Breton Island
Paul Jones
Maud
Jones
Taggart
Wagenman Returns to Face Court Charges in St Louis
Al J Wagenman, Clerk of the Criminal Court of Correction, who faced misappropriation charges and was reported missing, returned home today. He admitted being a little short but said his official acts are proper and that he has enough money in the bank to cover demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Criminal
ST. Louis
al J.wagenman
The
Criminal Court of Correction
Wagenman
Croker on Silver Preaches Its Funeral
The American political scene is framed around the Panic tied to the Democratic Party as Tammany Hall figure Richard Croker criticizes the Silver cause and urges a retreat from party rhetoric in the period ahead.
Democratic Leader Croker Warns Against 16 to 1 Slogan
New York Democratic leader Richard Croker warns that the 16 to 1 silver question is a dead issue. He argues the nation must avoid revived debates, notes 1896 economic distress, and says New York must align with all sections while awaiting a unified 1900 platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard Croker
McKinley
United States
West
Congress
Government Plans to Ship 16000 Spaniards from Manila
The War Department invites bids from shipping firms to transport 16000 Spanish prisoners from Manila to Spain, ensuring home repatriation without waiting for ratification. Bids open February 1 in New York and San Francisco with cabin space for officers and steerage for enlisted men, equal air and food standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Philippines
Manila
Spain
United States
New York
San Francisco
Kentuckian Returns Conscience Money to Governor
Rev. Father Thos. B. Major delivered 1050 to Governor Bradley on behalf of a conscience-stricken sender who admitted defrauding the state. The priest declined to name the giver or the distant part of Kentucky involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Kentucky
Father Thos
Major
Church of the Good Shepherd
Bradley
Latter Day Saints Oppose Roberts Seat in St Louis
In St Louis on January 20 members of the reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints voted at a business session to oppose seating Congressman elect B H Roberts stating he is a pronounced polygamist. Resolutions adopting this position were approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints
B. H. Roberts
Safebuilder's Desperate Night Ends With Bullet
Alfred Jackson, 50, a safebuilder, admitted stealing 1500 dollars from a bank safe on Dearborn Street in Chicago. After six failed suicide attempts driven by disgrace, he shot himself on Christmas Day and survived, now recovering in a hospital. He previously confessed to bank president Lyman J. Gage but faced no prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jackson
Corn Hospital
First National Bank
Dearborn Street
Lyman J. Gage
Louis Snure Searched Two Continents for Wife’s Consumption
Louis J Snure a former confidential clerk for Maridel Pursch Reiner clothiers New York is jailed on charges of stealing 20000 via forged checks. He fled with his ill wife seeking European climates for her consumption before returning to Cheyenne and then New York where detectives arrested him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louis J.snure
Maridel, Pursch & Reiner, Clothiers
Saure
Europe
United States
Chyenne
Wyo
Americans Ordered to Enforce Chinese Exclusion in Puerto Rico
Treasury requests prompt action by War Department to enforce U S Chinese exclusion laws in Puerto Rico. No Chinese immigrant may enter Puerto Rico without U S compliance. movement from Cuba to Puerto Rico restricted. Chinese agents were allegedly planning to flood Puerto Rico with Chinamen to gain later entry to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
War Department
Puerto Rico
United States
Cuba
Treasury
Relief to Serve as Hospital and Ambulance Ship
Secretary Alger ordered the hospital ship Relief to Manila where she will serve as a hospital ship and ambulance transport for sick and wounded soldiers. The Relief sails via the Suez Canal from Kong, with Surgeon Bradley and additional medical officers accompanying the voyage to the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
Gene Sternberg
Alger
Manila
Solabard
Nagasaki
Ken
Suez Canal
Bradley
Philippines
Woman Charged With Theft Attempts Suicide After Arrest
Helen G. Steadman of Five Points Circleville Ohio was arrested on a jewelry theft charge brought by Mrs Z Timmons. She admitted the theft and tried to drink carbolic acid to kill herself. she was saved and jailed awaiting grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Circleville, O
Helen G. Steadman
Officers elected at Ohio Institute of Mining Engineers session
In Columbus on January 20 officers were named for the Ohio Institute of Mining Engineers with Prof. F. A. Roy as president and William B. Hanlon as vice president. Alexander Beattie condemned the spoils system, warning it endangers lives by placing unqualified political appointees in mining roles and calling for efficiency over politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ohio Institute of Mining Engineers
F. A. Roy
O. S.A
William B. Hanlon
L. & W. Railway
Cleveland
R. M. Haseltine
N. W. Lord
W. H. Jennings
H. V. & L. E. Railroad
J. L. Morris
Carrollton
Alexander Beattie
Illinois Senate Thanks Miss Gould for War Aid
Springfield Jan 20 The Senate concurred in a House joint resolution thanking Miss Helen Gould for her untiring devotion to American soldiers in the Spanish American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Senate
Miss Gould
Springfield
House
Helen Gould
Spain
Samoa’s Chief Justice Charles Chambers Names Rival King
Hon William Chambers, Chief Justice of Samoa, an Alabama native based in Atlanta, holds the deciding vote on which rival becomes king under a protectorate by American British and German authorities. The German Consul rejects Chambers decision and proclaims a separate court system, defying treaty and order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Chambers
Samoa
Atlanta
Chambers
Supreme Court
Samoa Situation Drives Planned Berlin Treaty Change
Washington reports President McKinley will push immediate treaty revision after Samoa crisis. Officials deny U.S. aims to exit Samoa while planning a new Berlin agreement granting Washington greater influence. German actions in Apia may be disavowed if unauthorized. Conference of Britain Germany and the U.S. expected in Berlin. Philadelphia likely to sail around January 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
United States
Samoa
Apia
Berlin
Philadelphia
Oregon May Sail to Apia to Samoa
The Iroquois has sailed from San Francisco for Honolulu carrying dispatches for the battleship Oregon and items related to its possible deployment to Samoa. Navy officials are uncertain if the Oregon has received the order but it is believed she may be ordered out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States
Iroquois
Honolulu
Oregon
Samoa
Navy Department
Germany Rules Out Treaty Violations in Samoa
Berlin reports to the Associated Press that Germany will not back any irregular acts contrary to the treaty. Officials question Mataafa’s invalid election while noting Samoa’s condominium is provisional and that Washington has taken a different view. The Falke’s captain is said to attach little significance to recent incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Samoa
Germany
Apia
Mataafa
British cruiser Tauranga sails to Samoa
The British third class cruiser Tauranga has started for Samoa as part of a show of force amid tensions with rival powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
N. Z
Samoa
Resignation of Columbus State Hospital Steward Hester
Urban H Hester resigns as Steward of Columbus State Hospital for the Insane last evening. Dr Carpenter says the governor and trustees agree Hester is not the right man for the post. Hester cites incompatibility. Governor Bushnell says politics played no part and finds no fault with trustees’ action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Urban H. Hester
Columbus State Hospital
Carpenter
Hester
Richardson
Bushnell
Bones of Giants Found on Goat Island Skeletons Over Six Feet
In San Francisco on Goat Island eight skeletons were unearthed during government construction work. The bones are enormous with most individuals at least 6 feet 6 inches tall. Local wild theories suggest pirates or early Spaniard burial grounds, though the true origin remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goat Island
San Francisco
Hamilton Mayor Dismisses Slot Machine Cases
Hamilton Ohio January 2 Mayor Bosch voids affidavits in slot machine arrests of Eugene Maxfield and Frank Schleben ruling filings failed to charge a crime. He says proprietors, not players, should be charged if gambling proven and cases move to a higher court on exception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Bosch
Ohio
Eugene Maxfield
Frank Schleben
Motion to Address Emperor Francis Joseph Rejected
In the Hungarian Diet upper house Count Szechenyi's motion to address Emperor King Francis Joseph and urge restoration of constitutional order was rejected 99 to 69 after Premier Banffy spoke against the proposal in Budapest on January 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Count Szechenyi
Francis Joseph
Baron Banffy
Oscar W Deignan Appointed Naval Cadet
Senator Gear introduced a joint resolution in the Senate to appoint Oscar W Deignan of Iowa as a cadet at the United States Military Academy. Deignan, a Merrimac hero, earns the academy post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar W. Deignan
Iowa
Washington
Gear
Senate
United States Military Academy
Deignan
Merrimac
Pontiff Convalescing From Influenza Attack
Rome report says the Pope, weakened by a brief influenza illness, is convalescing and will leave bed tomorrow to receive the Roman Patricians on January 26. Dr Lapponi, the pontiff’s physician, confirms the improvement and upcoming audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Lapponi
Grovenor and Lewis Trade Barbs in Washington Duel
In Washington on January 20 the House debated Cramp & Sons shipbuilding claims and army navy contractor criticisms. Ohio Republican Grosvenor clashed with Washington Democrat Lewis as Simpson and others weighed big contracts and postoffice funding amid a busy afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Grosvenor
Mr. Lewis
Lewis
Congress
Napoleon
Grant
Simpson
Cramp & Sons
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War Commission
W. H
Aly
General Miles
Pherto
Albania
Lan
Guage
Miles
Iles
Prof. Clarke
Major Daly
Sisbadoes
Chickamauga
Jacksonville
Odd
Divorce
Delaware
Mary Adkins
Common Pleas Court
Charles Adkins
Adkins
AL Wagenman
Tammany
Democratic Party
Times
East
Roberts
Alfred Jackson
Louis J. Snure
Conti
Sues Canal
Beattie
Ohio Mining Engineers
Ment
Stewara
Columbus Hospital For Insane
Hamilton
Hungary
Rabat
Tangier
Morocco
Prince Marani
Pontiff
Army
Navy
Grosvenor
Court of Claims
Cramp
Payne
Dingley
Reed
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
N. Y
Ways and Means
McMillin
Tennessee
Crumpacker
Indiana
Santiago
Cervera
Columbia
Massachusetts
Brooklyn
Texas
Bingham
Kansas
Union Iron Works
Pennsylvania
Kansas City
Newton
Western
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