Washington Mall Vision for a New National Museum Building
Public letter extols the Mall from the Capitol to the White House, noting its public access, historic development, and planned government buildings along Pennsylvania Avenue. It highlights the Smithsonian and National Museum origins, 19th century funding, and space shortages prompting calls for expansion. urges visitors to explore the Mall and its institutions.
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Capitol Frontage and Institutions Along the Mall
The article maps a tour of Washingtons Mall area mentioning Pennysylvania Avenue and key spots. It notes a planned municipal building purchase and a $3.5 million congress allocation for a new District hall of records. It highlights the botanical gardens, Armory Square, the federal fish commission, the Garfield assassination site, the army medical museum, the National Museum, and the Department of Agriculture, underscoring development near the Capitol.
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Proposed New National Museum Building Plan
Smith D Fry outlines Congress is considering a new rectangular fireproof museum building on the Mall to house and catalog vast collections. He notes current space constraints endangering priceless artifacts and envisions half funded now with eventual full construction and potential link to a national university.
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The Red Man's Automobile
A New York World Washington correspondent notes the season when Indian chiefs visit the city and recounts Col Bill Sterrett’s tale of selling baby carriages to Indians. A crowd watches an automobile as Sterrett’s story about baby carriages among Native Americans is recalled.
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Petrified Body From Wells Cemetery Baffles Authorities
A buried body moved from Wells to La Crosse is found petrified weighing 1500 pounds and officials fear other graves may share the fate. The 17 year old burial occurred before a Catholic cemetery existed nearby, prompting relocation. Police and church leaders offer competing explanations for rising crime, with no consensus.
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Work of the late Congress praised for restraint and reforms
Albany Journal lauds a recently expired Congress for level headed action amid pressure to overhaul tariffs and pass trust laws. It notes three rational measures protect public interests: antiprebate law, a labor and commerce department with corporate reporting power, and expedited action against corporations charged with illegal acts.
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Democratic calls for cutting revenues echo in Troy Times critique
The Troy Times critiques Representative Livingston of Georgia as he prepares to urge reducing revenues and tariffs, warning that past Democratic pledges to trim the surplus led to economic paralysis and hardship. It notes the GOP would welcome such a platform, as similar proposals have failed before and Bryan keeps a “rotten money” and “free riot” plan in reserve.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fifty seventh congress praised for its work and reforms
The article lauds the Fifty seventh congress for upholding the common good over class interests. It highlights repealing war tax, civil government in the Philippines, a permanent census, Chinese exclusion, Panama Canal act, and oleomargarine law. It notes Alaska boundary ratification and navy funding, with extra session anticipated for Panama treaty and Cuban reciprocity. It defends enacted quality over quantity and predicts strong performance by future sessions.
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Senate
Congress
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Suppress Disease Regulations Rewritten for Animal Health
The Department of Agriculture issued a new code of regulations to suppress contagious diseases among domestic animals in the United States. It requires owners and handlers to ensure animals are not diseased or exposed before transport or sale and calls for confinement of affected stock, with penalties up to $1000 or one year in jail.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
District of Columbia
Secretary of Agriculture
Buckeye Bank Failure Sparks Cleveland Court Move
Reports from Burton dated March 13 describe Boughton, Ford & Co. bank collapse with liabilities about $813,633 above assets. Creditors seek federal court action in Cleveland over state court handling. Receiver alleges 30 years of daily losses and possible fraudulent transfers by bank officials before insolvency.
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Terrible crime as German farmer kills family near Belle Fontaine
Krauss a German farmer near Belle Fontaine 21 miles west of St Louis killed his wife and six children with a sledgehammer after entering the house in the afternoon He then nearly died by striking himself with the hammer later and neighbors view insanity as the motive The seven bodies were laid on the floor and the man died from a skull fracture while unconscious
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Distinct Facts From Distant Places Report
The report notes Bombay exported 5,051,709 pounds of pepper in the year ending March 31, 1902. It states Germany has 1,420 daily papers, 760 in Prussia and 218 in Bavaria. It mentions farming districts in China where pigs pull small wagons, and Egypt has 1,211 medical men for over 5,000,000 people, of whom 604 are European doctors.
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