Senate Debates Ship Subsidy Bill and Rural Delivery Acts
March sessions show ongoing ship subsidy debate led by Frye with adjournments amid Philippine tariff talks. House handling rural free delivery classification and related conferences. Polk death noted. Clay opposes subsidy. Hanna supports subsidy. consular and diplomatic appropriation passed.
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Senate
Frye
House
Clay
Georgia
Representative Polk
Pennsylvania
Hanna
Roosevelt vows strict enforcement of interstate and Sherman laws
The president informs railroads that enforcement of the interstate commerce and Sherman acts will be rigorous. He also signs the bill to establish a permanent census bureau, which releases a 1900 report on carriage and wagon manufacture citing 7,632 establishments, $118.19 million capital, 62,540 workers, and $29.81 million in wages with various changes from prior data.
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Roosevelt
Census Bureau
United States
Fire destroys fourteen homes at Schoenville suburb
Fire in Schoenville a Pittsburg suburb destroys fourteen frame houses on the 5th leaving 150 people homeless. Loss stands at $15,000 as residents escape with few possessions saved.
Flooded district shows improvement in Chattanooga reports
Reports from Chattanooga reveal improvement in the flooded district. The Southern railroad faces road bed and bridge losses estimated at 200000 to 250000 dollars. Delayed and annulled trains will incur large losses. Meanwhile in Paterson New Jersey the plumbers tinsmiths and sheet metal workers have largely returned to work ending the strike.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Railroad
Paterson
N. J
Notable 1900s Figures Highlighted In Diverse Headlines
Miss Lotta Greenup campaigns with her father for a Democratic congressional nomination while she also performs as a violinist and singer. A Klondike find yields $15,900 in a day from an old bedrock seam, and a Brazil furniture dealer exposes a clerk by photographing him foreclosing on a till. Arizona ore discoveries spark metal wealth talk as navy pigeons fetch 30 dollars after 150 birds sell in Norfolk. A three-masted schooner runs aground near North Carolina with crew saved. Chicago votes on a national party for initiative and referendum. Obituaries note death of Albert Booth and Judge Martin M. Wallace, with whisky scandal ties. A Philippine returnee reports a rich offer to officers’ daughters and a Florida mill boiler blast kills three. Sapphires spark Highwood excitement.
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Miss Lotta Greenup
Congress
Greenup
Miss Lotta
Dawson Dispatch
Klondike
Richard Butler
Bar Creek
Albert Decker
Brazil
Ind
Moncy
Angel
Arizona
Wilcox
Ariz
Denver
Norfolk
Va.) Navy Yard
Charleston
New Inlet
North Carolina
Pocomo
Referendum League of
Chicago
United States
National
Albert Booth
A. Booth & Co
England
Booth
Great Lakes
Martin M. Wallace
District of
Cook County
Grant
B. van Schaick
Philippines
Gen
Zane
Cavite
Oake
Fernandina
Fla
Gordon Hall
Highwood
Mont
London Noble Lord Surrenders Estate for Life Income
Lord Francis Hope, who has spent 3 000 000 since adulthood, assigns all property and expectations to a life insurance company that guarantees him 10 000 dollars annually for life. Mormon propaganda in Denmark grows, with literature spread in churches urging young girls to attend meetings. One in 22 Danish emigrants to the United States becomes a Mormon. James Dick, English importer of gutta percha and submarine cables, inventor of rubber soled shoes and philanthropist, died on the 7th in Glasgow.
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London
Francis Hope
Denmark
United States
James Dick
Glasgow
Scotland
Various 1890s economic and military notes across the United States
The passage confirms the president signed a Philippine tariff bill. Bank data show weekly losses with cash and specie declines. Santos Dumont offers a 4000 pound prize for an airship London to Birmingham. Holtgrew defeats Ronaldo in a 3500 side dumbbell contest in Cincinnati. U S census lists 25258 mills with 218 million capital in 1890. New York forms Wholesale Paper Dealers Association. Steel Corp plans eight million dollars in upgrades at several plants. Pensacola gunner Joseph Hill is deemed ineligible for commission due to lacking professional qualifications. Rural free delivery bill debate closes in the House. Senate not in session.
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New York Associated Banks
C. A. Pearson
London
Santos Dumont
Birmingham
Cincinnati
Henry ‘Holtgrew
Otto Ronaldo
New York City
Holtgrew
United States
Wholesale Paper Dealers’ Association
City of
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburg
Bessemer Railroad
Homestead
American Bridge
New
Neville Island
Joseph Hill
Pensacola
San Francisco
Maine
Washington
United States Navy
Hill
Gunner Morgan
Senate
Wreck on Southern Pacific Kills Fifteen Near Maxon Station
A broken rail caused a fatal wreck on the Southern Pacific near Maxon, 25 miles west of San derson, San Antonio. Fifteen people died and 28 were injured as the midnight train derailed, cars burned, and passengers slept through the disaster. Engineer Al Mast, El Paso, and several others perished. Relief efforts opened from El Paso, Del Rio, and Sanderson with surgeons aiding the injured.
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San Antonio
Tex
Southern Pacific
Maxon Station
Sanderson
Martin Riddle
Chetopa
Kan
Chris Keel
Estavon Contraras
del Rio
W. W. Price
Andrew C. Shelly
D. E. Hausen
Racine
Wis
White
Manitowoc
al Mast
el Paso
H. Bertscholst
L. A. Jeene
Dayline
Galveston, Harrisburg
Division
Stockton
Cal
Weather and floods disrupt industry while spring trade nears
New York March 8 R G Dun weekly review notes unsettled weather as the main drag on business. Floods in the Pittsburg area close plants and damage machinery, coke supplies lag, and railways are disorganized. Output is light though spring demand rises. footwear slows while cotton goods stay steady amid labor uncertainty. woolens weaker. weekly US failures 176 against 208 last year, 17 in Canada versus 18.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Pittsburg
United States
Canada
Mysterious Winsted Death Under Coroner Probe
Coroner Higgins investigates after neighbors find Mrs. James M. Howard burned to a crisp in her Barkhamstead home. The body hung over a potato bin in the cellar. no lamp or ignition source found and surrounding woodwork unburned. Her husband was at work at the time.
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Winsted
Conn
Higgins
Barkhamstead
James M. Howard
Howard
Move to Reduce Railway Fares Demanded by Senate
The Minnesota Senate adopted a resolution calling for lower passenger rates by railroads operating in the state. It argues earnings have risen excessively and no rate cuts have occurred in 20 years. It directs the railroad committee to investigate and set fares at no more than 24 cents or less than two cents per mile for first class.
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St. Paul
Minn
Senate
Railroad Committee
Pittsburg Miners Accept Last Year Scale
Pittsburg district operators and miners conclude talks by adopting the previous year's coal scale. The agreement ends prospects of a strike for the year.
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Pittsburg
James Galvin Dies at 47 Former Star Pitcher
Pittsburg March 8 James Galvin once famous baseball pitcher dies at his Allegheny home after four months illness. Born in St Louis 47 years ago he was in his prime as a pitcher in the eighties.
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Pittsburg
James Galvin
Allegheny
Galvin
St. Louis
Minnesota Seeks Relief On Northern Securities Fight
Attorney General Douglas appeals to Congress with Minnesota backing to amend the judiciary acts. The Minnesota legislature and delegation press for a fix after the Supreme Court rules states cannot sue out of state citizens in federal court. Douglas has contacted Senator Nelson and Representative Stevens and hopes for two bill introductions in Washington.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
Minn
Douglas
Congress
Washington
Supreme Court
Northern Securities Co
President Hill
van Sant
Senate
Wilson
House
Nelson
Representative Stevens
Southern Pacific Creates Unified Railroad Company
The Southern Pacific Co. merged its California Arizona and New Mexico holdings into a single new entity the Southern Pacific Railroad Company with capital stock of 159145000. Old corporations are dissolved and stock exchanged for new after consolidation. The move makes the largest California based corporation.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Co
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Southern Pacific Railroad Company of
Amendment would bar officials from ship subsidy profits
Senator Mc Laurin of Mississippi proposes an amendment to the ship subsidy bill to block high U S government officials from any benefit. It would require public disclosure of all firm owners and stockholders in relevant corporations and proscribe direct or indirect ownership or profits from contracts or beneficiaries under the act.
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Washington
McLaurin
Mississippi
United States
The Rise in the Ohio River
The Ohio river is rising slowly with forecasts of 38 to 40 feet. Low lands between Evansville and Henderson are flooded, damaging thousands of acres of wheat and endangering corn crops in the bottoms. Farmers from Evansville to Paducah move to higher ground as water reaches corn cribs and farmland.
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Ohio River
Evansville
Ind
Here
Henderson
Paducah
Ice Breakup Damages La Crosse Riverfront Structures
Ice in the Mississippi moved yesterday at La Crosse Wisconsin causing substantial damage. Huge ice cakes piled at the bridge damaged piers boathouses and levee structures including the pile driver and several buildings. The river’s breakup marks the earliest in twenty years.
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la Crosse
Wis
March
Mississippi
Jury Rules Mrs Klump Murdered In Lowell Case
Lowell Michigan march The coroner s jury investigating the mysterious death of Mrs William Klump decided she was murdered and rendered a verdict to that effect Mrs Klump had received a supposed sample headache powder by mail and took it Sunday morning Her husband William Klump has been arrested amid reports he recently became involved with a woman in Grand Rapids.
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Lowell, Mich
March
William Klump
Masked Robbers Murder Elder in Butler County Home
Three masked men broke into the Saxonburg residence of Henry Smith near Butler on Thursday night and killed the elderly man while torturing Mrs. Smith in what authorities call a fiendish attack.
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Butler
Henry Smith
Saxonburg
Mrs. Smith
Cecil Rhodes in Grave Condition in Cape Town
Telegrams from Cape Town report Cecil Rhodes in a most grave condition with angina pectoris and enlarged heart encroaching on lung space as of March 8 in London.
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Cecil Rhodes
London
Cape Town
Mr. Rhodes
Tragedy in St Louis: McGinnis Kills Wife then Commits Suicide
In St Louis on March 8 Patrick McGinnis shot and killed his wife before turning the gun on himself. Mrs McGinnis, described as an habitual drunkard, had reportedly served multiple terms in the workhouse.
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St. Louis
Patrick McGinnis
McMcGinnis
Herlihy Must Stand Trial in Disorderly Houses Case
Albany March 8 The New York Court of Appeals rules the indictment against Police Captain John D Herlihy for failing to suppress disorderly houses in his precinct is valid and he must stand trial in New York City.
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Herlihy
Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
John D. Herlihy
New York City
Five Dead as Catastrophe Hits Catsburg Mine
Explosion at the Catsburg mine of the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Co. on Thursday kills five men and injures several others, with two more believed fatally burned. Rescue attempts fail. teams struggle to reach trapped workers amid continuing blaze and gas ignition issues.
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Monongahela
Catsburg
Monongahela River
Seddon
Leutitt
John Coulter
James Hagger
James Torrent
Gilder
Snow Blockade Causes Bethlehem Coal Famine Warned
Snow drifts ten feet across the Lehigh Valley block trolley lines and rail branches from Bethlehem to Wind Gap. Coal dealers warn a coal famine will follow as township roads are choked and livestock perishes. Clergymen trapped on a trolley car from a Bangor conference reach home after release. Easton remains snowbound with cold and wind. rural roads stay drifted and delays in traffic persist.
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Bethlehem
Lehigh Valley
Lehigh & Lackawanna
Jersey Central Railroad
Blue Mountains
Wind Gap
Bangor
Bangor & Portland Railroad
Philadelphia
Easton
Maine Victims Claims Denied by Spanish Commission
The Spanish treaty claims commission in Washington ruled against seamen claims stemming from the Maine wreck in Havana harbor. It held individuals of one nation cannot seek redress from another government for injuries to shipmates while in the line of duty.
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Maine
Washington
Spanish Treaty Claims Commission
Havana Harbor
Court martial ordered for Maj Little ton Waller and Lieut Day
Manila reports a court martial set for March 17 to try Maj Little ton Waller and Lieut John A Day of the marine corps on charges of executing Samar natives without trial. The case details include a native tied to a tree and shot in stages over four days.
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Manila
Littleton Waller
John A. Day
Marine Corps
Samar
Perfume Makers to Form Major U S Combination in Detroit
Detroit March 7 The American Perfume Co capital 5 1 million will be formed in a few days by about 15 of the largest perfume manufacturers in the United States.
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Detroit
Mic
American Perfume Co
United States
Derby Plant Closed by Sheriff After Attachment
The Driggs Seabury Gun and Ammunition Co plant in Derby Connecticut was shut by the sheriff last night leaving about 100 men out of work. Laffan Rand of New York had attached the plant for 30000 to cover a 22000 claim and the action today follows that non settlement. The firm had been running night shifts on government contracts with much unfinished work.
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Derby
Conn
Driggs-Seabury Gun and Ammunition Co.s
Laffan & Rand
New York
Driggs- Seabury Co
Prescott Elevator Co Declared Insolvent in Canada
Ogdensburg N Y March 7 The Prescott Elevator Co operating a large grain elevator at Prescott Ontario has been declared insolvent by the courts and the Ottawa Trust and Deposit Co has been appointed to close up its affairs The elevator built years ago to compete with the Ogdensburg and Kingston elevators capitalized at 300000 It has done little business for two years The Wolvin syndicate expects to purchase the plant.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Prescott Elevator Co
Prescott
Ont
Ottawa Trust and Deposit Co
Oglensburg
Kingston
St. Lawrence
Wolvin Syndicate
Censure for Evans at Minnesota G. A. R. convention
A resolution censuring Pension Commissioner Evans was adopted at the Minnesota G. A. R. convention. Another resolution accusing the pension department over its construction of the pension resolution was passed.
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Evans
Minneapolis
Minn
Department
Battle with Mayas near Merida on road to Guatemala
Federal troops clash with Mayas near Merida Yucatan on March 7. Rebels suffer casualties with several killed and many wounded as fighting spills onto the road toward Guatemala.
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Merida
Yucatan
Guatemala
Wonderful Crops in Western Canada Show Big Yields
A Regina report from the Agricultural Statistics Branch notes crop yields across the Territories based on actual threshing rather than opinion. Wheat yields reach 40 to 45 bushels per acre in Regina district. oats average 63 bushels per acre on 450 acres. Edmonton district reports 73 bushels per acre for wheat and 116 bushels per acre for oats. The system aims to provide reliable data for business and banking.
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Regina
Assineboia
Canada
Agricultural Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Territories
Territorial Department
Regia District
J. A. Snell
Yorkton
W. R. Motherwell
Abernethy
Edmonton
T. T. Hutchings
S. Norman
Quotable Bits and Witty Snippets From Daily Jests
A collage of pithy remarks and humorous lines. Stockson Bonds and theater gossip appear alongside quips about aging, example, cruelty, and education. The items mix social observations with light banter from a late 19th or early 20th century papers’ humor column.
Two Views in a Philadelphia Press Exchange
A Philadelphia Press snippet contrasts a beggar's lament on losing relations with a crusty reply about poor relations. In a street car scene Miss Kay thanks Mr. Crabbe for a seat as he jokes about men giving up seats to pretty girls.
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Philadelphia Press
Kay
Mr. Crabbe
Too Late
A wry exchange about foresight and youth. The father warns and the son retorts that it is too late to dwell on past advantages. The Ohio State Journal reports a moment of urban humor and generational perspective.
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Ohio State Journal
Butter beans spark market irony in Philadelphia exchange
A woman running a new boarding house questions twenty five cents for string beans. The huckster corrects it as butter beans and jokes about oleomargarine beans, reflecting lively Philadelphia street commerce.
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Philadelphia
Knives Before Forks
Reported dialogue from a Philadelphia Press item involves Mr Stingum, Sharpe, and Mr Nuritch in a tense exchange about knives and self harm. The passage hints at a planned confrontation and a warning that someone may hurt themselves soon.
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Stingum
Sharpe
Tong Cafe
Nuritch
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Tourist Sleeping Cars
Chicago and Northwestern Railway offers $30.00 fares from Chicago to Helena Butte Anaconda Ogden Salt Lake City and $33.00 to Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Seattle Tacoma Vancouver Victoria plus many other points for March and April. Tourist Sleeping Cars operate daily to the Pacific Coast with maps and details from local ticket agents or W. B. Kniskern 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago Ill.
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Chicago & Northwestern Ry
Chicago
Helena
Butte
Anaconda
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Okone
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
Vancouver
Victoria
Pacific Coast
W. B. Kniskern
Fifth Avenue
Ill
Train wedding mishap shocks couple on journey
The bride cries Oh John as the engine pulls away leaving friends behind. She laments tearing her dress while the couple jokes that stepping on the train foretold the mishap, in a brief Baltimore area account.
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John
Ultimore
Cholly Remains Loyal to First Love
In a playful clash of romance and wit, Constant claims Cholly is not engaged and stays true to his first love. May-Who asks who that beloved is, prompting the chorus of the wordplay.
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Constant
Alice
Cholly
May
Puck
Mothers and Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A reader explains how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her endure childbirth. She says she loved children but feared the process due to weakness and sickness, praising the tonic for relief.
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Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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