Senate and House debate and bills on Philippine question
The senate on the 15th and 16th debated the Philippine question and financial measures. Mason urged state bank notes, Rawlings opposed finance, and Laurin Wiem spoke. The House focused on District of Columbia business, urgent deficiency appropriations, and roster changes, with June W. Gayle sworn in and various reports advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Rawlings
Utah
Mason
House
District of Columbia
June W. Gayle
Cannon
Laurin Wiem
S.C
van Arken
Richardson
Secretary of the Treasury
Whrypkine
Ito
Hlates
New York
Tennate Billia
Great Britain
Roving News Snippet From Federal Dispatches
A patchwork of items notes deaths and accidents in Pennsylvania and Kansas, smallpox outbreaks in Leavenworth, fires near Wilkesport, and a national gathering with President McKinley at a ceremony unveiling a memorial. Other brief items mention Osma Digna capture, embezzlement arrest in New York, and packinghouse plans in Kansas City.
Late news items from the Senate and war reports
The senate was idle on the 22d while the house spent an hour approving bills including a dry docks project. Reports touch on South Africa where Buller's forces press toward Ladysmith, earthquake damage in Colima and Guadalajara, Denmark sending butter to British troops, and revolts in Negros. Also notes Cargnie gift offers and ongoing Puerto Rico governance debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
League
Roberts
Danford
Ohio
South Africa
Buller
Ladysmith
Mexico
Colima
Guadalajara
Vera Cruz
Princess of Wales
Denmark
Negros
AL Co Ledyard
Sinth Infantry
Tnnstead
Orman Digna
Khalifa Abdubla
Tohar
Suukim
Henry Sharpe
Philadelphia
Cadi
Prichard
South
Turner
District of Columbia
Henry
Texas
Puerto Rico
Oscar
Harper & Bro., Printers and Publishers of
New York
Supreme Court
United States Court
Maj. Johnson
Forty-sixth Regiment
Maj. Muir
Thirty-eighth
Taal
Batangas
Luzon
Died as He Predicted Pastor Passes After Warning
Indianapolis pastor Rev Charles Harvey of Eaton preached he would die before another Sunday. He fell ill after the sermon and died early Saturday. In Kokomo Indiana a mother’s bath time injury to a needle and thread in her three year old boy causes concern as the needle likely swallowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Harvey
Methodist Church
Eaton
Lem
Fs Kokomo
J. R. Deal
Miners at Hartwell Mines Halt Work Over Wage Scale
In Pike county Indiana on February 22 a clash occurred when Ayrshire miners, 140 strong, marched to Hartwell and demanded operators sign the scale or quit. After revolvers were drawn and shots fired into the air, Hartwell diggers vowed not to return unless union wages are paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Hartwell
Pike County
Ayrshire
Local men prepare voyage to Alaska with heavy haul of machinery
Omar Maris Bert Murden Elwood Madden and Fred Murden of Kokomo Indiana are loading cars of machinery for an Alaska trip and will depart soon. Madden marks a fourth Alaska voyage for him and claims to have scraped $4 009 000 in nuggets from seashore moss with only his hands and a pocketknife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Omar Maris
Bert Murden
Elwood Madden
Fred Murden
Alaska
Madden
Mr Maris
Denial of Diplomatic Mission Toward Davis Visit
Washington asserts Webster Davis assistant secretary of the interior is not on a diplomatic mission to South Africa. He travels in a personal capacity to visit cousin Consul General Stowe in Cape Town. State and interior departments deny government authorization or guidance for his Pretoria trip.
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Washington
State
Interior Departments
Webster Davis
Interior
Department
United States
South Africa
Cape Town
Stowe
State Department
Mr. Davis
Davis
Pretoria
Interior Department
Macrum
Afr. Maerum
Missouri and Illinois Case on Chicago Drainage Canal
The U S court allowed Missouri to file its bill in the suit State of Missouri vs State of Illinois seeking an injunction against the Chicago drainage canal. A temporary restraining order was requested to halt canal operations during the case. Chief Justice Fuller noted the failure of original state-to-state jurisdiction without notice and set return for April 2 after service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State of Missouri
State of
Ilness
Chicago
United States
Missouri
B. Lehnermacher
Chicrepe
Fuller
Supreme Court
Harrison homestead in North Bend sold for fifteen dollars
The William Heory Harrison homestead at North Bend Ohio has been purchased for 15 dollars. Mrs Olive Olla of Kokomo Indiana now holds title and possession. The property includes the original mansion and seven acres, birthplace of ex President Benjamin Harrison, known as Old Tippecanoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
William Heory Harrison
North Bend
Olive O.lla
Tippecanoe
Benjamin Harrison
Wabash Commercial Club Formed to Attract Industry
Wabash Indiana January 22 The Wabash Commercial club organized by representative business men to seek manufacturing industries for the city. The group aims to offer subsidies and publicize local advantages to lure new plants and jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash, Ind
Wabash
Tragic Death of Lake Station Farmer Hit by Michigan Central Train
Valparaiso Indiana January 22 Carl Fritsche a prominent farmer 40 of Lake Station was killed when struck by a Michigan Central train as he returned from Hobart where he had just secured life insurance for 5000 He leaves a family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Ind
Carl Fritsche
Lake Station
Michigan Central
Fritsche
Hobart
Conflict of Jurisdiction Over Drug Store Possession
In Covington Kentucky on January 23 a conflict looms between state and federal courts. Sheriff Boskees and Receiver George Keefer face a US court rule to appear in Louisville to answer contempt for taking the Cavanaugh drug store, previously attached by Judge Tarvin, after a bankruptcy petition ousted Tarvin’s receiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
United States Court
Boskees
George Keefer
Evans
Louisville
Cavanaugh
United States
Evansville Man Fatally Shoots Sweetheart Louise Mitchell
John Scar borough fatally shot his sweetheart Louise Mitchell after arguing about friendships with other men. He called, upbraided her, then produced a revolver and shot her. Scar is under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Usain
John Scarborough
Louise Mitchell
Lulu Brown Dies In Oil Stove Accident At Home
Lulu Brown seventeen year old daughter of Rev Charles A Brown pastor of Trinity Methodist Church fainted near an oil stove and was fatally burned. Rev Brown suffered severe burns attempting to extinguish the flames.
Paroled man shoots rival in Columbia saloon
Tack Weisweaver, four weeks out on parole from Jeffersonville prison, quarreled with Harmon Barnes in a Columbia City saloon and shot Barnes, likely fatally, then escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia City
Ind
Tack Weisweaver
Jeffersonville
Harmon Barnes
Barnes
Fire wipes out Paver Brothers flouring mill at Winchester
Mencie Indiana January 22 The flouring mill owned by the Paver Brothers at Winchester burned Saturday night with 5000 bushels of grain. The three story brick structure suffered a loss estimated at 20900 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mencie, Ind
Paver Brothers
Winchester
Pension Legislation Hearing Reported by House Committee
Washington date shows Gen Albert D Shaw head of the G A R and pension committee members presenting to the House committee on invalid pensions. Chairman P B Brown and Gen Daniel E Sickles led main arguments urging clarity in the act of June 27 1890 and urging adequate government support for aging veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Albert D. Shaw
Hose Committee
Shaw
P. BR. Brown
Zanesville
Daniel E. Sickles
Third Army Corps
Gallinger
Miin
Gen
Sickels
Local cannery shifts to green pea packing this season
The cannery, operating here for two years, which previously packed 50 000 cases of tomatoes each season, announces plans to begin packing green peas this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash, Ind
Wabash Canning Company
Ex-Hardware Merchant Files Bankruptcy in Boulér
Julius C. Vernier, once a leading hardware dealer in Boulér Ind, filed for bankruptcy on January 22. The petition shows liabilities of 6060 dollars and no listed assets.
Gas supply in Indiana will be exhausted officials state
Indianapolis January 22 gas inspector Leach files official report warning the natural gas supply is failing and will finally be exhausted nationwide impact expected as energy sources dwindle and infrastructure adjusts to shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Leach
Hepburn Morgan Nicaragua Canal Bill Likely Passes
New York January 25 a Herald poll shows the Hepburn Morgan Nicaragua canal bill will pass this session and is slated for early consideration in both houses as part of the legislative programme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Congress
the Herald
Johnson drives insurgents through Balayang in Philippine operations
Gen Otis reports Maj. Johnson of the Forty sixth Infantry led a successful advance from Lemery to Balayang and Calaca capturing rifles and horses, with limited casualties. Insurgent positions remained strong near Santa Cruz and Laguna de Bay as Wheeler prepares to sail to the United States Wednesday via Guam and Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj. Johnson
Gen. Wheeler
Mefila
Johnson
Wheaton
Lemery
Balayang
Calaca
Batangas
Buir
Thirty-eighth
Taal
Santa Cruz
Laguna de Bay
Schwan
Town of
Bay
Calamba
Tayabas
Otis
Washington
War Department
Manila
Warren
United States
Guam
Honolulu
Black man and his pistol trigger a Macon tragedy
In Macon Georgia on January 23 two black men were killed and two white men seriously wounded during an attempted arrest of J H Butler a colored man who shot indiscriminately along Fourth Street Butler was shot dead by police and citizens after he killed Armstrong Bryant and Seltman while wounding Reed and Seliman Butler a North Carolina migrant previously linked to earlier killings in Pinehurst Georgia was involved in the incident and was said to have killed two Negroes there about a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
J. H. Butler
Armstrong Bryant
BR. Seliman
Johr Reed
Butler
Poiceman Pearce
Fourth Street
Seltman
Bryant Avilist Reed
Georgia
North Carolina
South Georgia
Pinehurst
Goldsborough Torpedo Boat Destroyer Passes Builders Trial
The Goldsborough completed a builders trial on the Columbia River with machinery in perfect order. Starting with 250 pounds of steam pressure it reached 40.5 revolutions per minute, exceeding the 20 knot requirement. Average speed ranged from 24 to 30 knots before returning to Portland. A Puget Sound trial is planned in about 15 days under the Navy Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Goldsborough
Columbia River
Puget Sound
United States Navy Department
Taylor Lumber mill burns in Lafayette loss reaches 50000
Fire destroys the Taylor Lumber planing mill in Lafayette Indiana causing an estimated 50000 in damage. No injuries reported. Fire under investigation as crews battle the blaze.
German Emperor Criticizes Press Toward Britain
Berlin reports the Montag Zeitung says the emperor told the diet presidents he regrets British officer losses in South Africa and praises Boer generalship while resenting the German press stance toward Britain. He warned his task to avoid friction is harder and recalled Bismarck saying the windows we smash must be paid for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
the Montag
Zeitung
South Africa
Great Britain
Prince Bismarck
Boers Sympathy Resolution Tabled in Albany House
In Albany on January 23 a reformer named Bradley introduced a resolution sympathizing with the Boers in their fight against English forces. The measure was laid over for one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Bank cashier Beverley Duer dies at 60
New York report says Beverley Chew Duer once with Bank of the State of New York and formerly in San Francisco has died at age sixty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Beverley Chew Duer
The
Bank of the State of New York
San Francism
German Bark Marie Seized for Sulphur Cargo Reaches Port Said
A Durban dispatch reports the German bark Marie captured by the British cruiser Fearless has been brought to Port Said after being taken to Portée. The vessel carried sulphur and was seized in early January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Durban
Marie
Fearless
Portee
Belgian patent coats windows to prevent frost deposits
The article notes a recently patented Belgian composition that coats window panes to hinder the formation of vapor and heat frost. It describes the substance as a preventive coating for glazing and mentions its novelty as a patented invention.
Police Officer Killed by Youth in Washington
Washington Pa Jan 24 Police officer George W McCammon of West Alexander was shot and killed by a young man named Frank McGee in a reported confrontation. The incident leaves the town in shock as investigators inspect the scene and question witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Pa
George W. McCammon
West Alesander
Frank
McGee
Board of Ordance reorganized by War Department
Washington January 23 The secretary of war issued an order nearly reorganizing the board of ordnance Maj Gen N A Miles remains ex official chairman New members include Brig Gen John M Wilson Brig Gen A R Buffington Col John S Rogers and Thomas J Henderson The latter from Illinois is the only civilian Henderson replaces Ohio born Outhwaite Veterans relieved include Col Royal T Frank Capt Chas B Wheeler and Capt Jos E Kuhn The action aims to strengthen the board guarding the coast and to enlist top military talent under current service conditions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of War
Board of Ordnance
N. A. Miles
John M. Wilson
Engineers
A. R. Buffington
Ordnance
John S. Rodgers
Fifth Artillery
Thomas J. Henderson
Hawaii land disposition debated by House Committee on Territories
Washington January 23 the house committee on territories held a hearing on how to dispose of public lands in Hawaii. Officials and Hawaiians including Commissioner Hermann Attorney General Smith and Willian Owen Smith argued various plans while native Hawaiian K R W Wilcox defended crown lands. Local attorneys Gilbert F Little backed small property owners and Americans in Hawaii. In Puerto Rico the bill to establish a two house government passed the House granting a governor secretary a 13 member council and 26 member house with male voters over 21 who can read and write in English or Spanish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Territories
Hawaii
Hermann
Public Land Office
Willian Owen Smith
KR. W. Wilcox
Gen
Hartwell
Gilbert F. Little
Iawaiji
Henry
Texas
Puerto Rico
House of Representatives
Subcommittee Deliberates on Customs Reach in Former Spanish Lands
In Washington on January 23 the ways and means subcommittee debated whether U S customs and revenue laws apply to territory once held by Spain. The panel met again but did not reach a decision, spending the session reviewing authorities and precedents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Customs and Revenue
United States
Spain
Revenue receipts rise in December totals show growth
Washington reports December internal revenue collections at 24,219,308 dollars, up 2,020,415 from December 1898. For the six months of the current fiscal year, receipts total 151,780,158 dollars, an increase of 12,457,653 over the same period last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internal Revenue
Wyoming acres for Soldiers' home and Fort Hays land for Kansas college
The senate committee on public lands reported favorably Senator Warren's bill to grant 50 000 acres in Wyoming for the State Soldiers' and Sailors' home and another bill to give the abandoned Fort Hays military reservation to Kansas for a branch agricultural college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weehington
Senate Committee On
Warren
Wyoming
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Fort Hays
Kansas
Resignation of Sitka customs chief amid quick succession
Washington reports Jos W Ivy resigns as collector of customs at Sitka Alaska. Appointment of his replacement expected within a day or two. Navy yard repair estimates place Olympia work at about half a million dollars and a year to complete. Remains of 48 soldiers from Santiago to be buried at Arlington with full military honors Wednesday at 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jos. W. Ivy
Sitka
Alsaka
Olympia
Board On Naval Construction
Boston Navy Yard
Santiago
Arlington Cemetery
Witnesses sparse as Montana hearing adjourns quickly
Washington January 23 The senate committee on privileges and elections held a brief session due to witness absence. Only two witnesses appeared President Smith of the Montana National Bank and Representative Murray of the Montana House. Murray testified he was offered 10000 to vote for Senator Clark by persons he believed represented that candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Jones
Ark
Andrew Carnegie
Leavenworth
Kas
Washington
Senate Committee On Privileges
Smith
Montana National Bank
Representative Murray
Montana House of Representatives
Murray
Clark
Treasury Says Bottles Of Brandy Not Admitted
Washington January 23 The treasury department holds that bottles of brandy containing about a tenth of a quart are not admissible under the current import rules The ruling clarifies a long standing dispute over small quantities and duties for such bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Tremendous Rise in Money Circulation Across Nation
The article notes a $500 million rise in money in circulation in the United States over two years following restored protection and prosperity. It cites figures: $1,163,716,148 on Nov 1 and $1,985,930,004 on Dec 1, with a projected crossing of $2,000,000,000. It links the wealth increase to the 1896 McKinley Bryan choice and the upcoming election context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
William McKintey
William J. Bryan
Iso
Looking Backward on the 1857 Panic in Providence
The passage recalls the 1857 financial panic that devastated Providence industries under low tariffs. It describes widespread unemployment, city relief work, and a vast sand-digging project along the Woonasquatucket river valley that employed thousands for meager wages to stave off starvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Woonasquatucket River
Money in Circulation Rises Across 30 Years With Preview to $2 Billion
Treasury Bureau data show gold and gold certificates growing from about $135.6 million to $778.4 million and total circulation from $516.3 million to $1.986 billion over the past 30 years. The trend includes marked gains in the last three years and hints at crossing the $2 billion line soon. A table lists yearly totals from 1879 to 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Bureau of Loans and Currency
Treasury Department
United States
Dundary i
Call to Rehabilitate the American Merchant Marine
The piece argues US reliance on foreign shipping harms sea borne trade. It urges Congress, per McKinley, to boost the American merchant fleet so that five sixths of overseas commerce no longer leaves by foreign ships. It links open markets and new dependencies to the need for prompt domestic maritime growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress of the
McKinley
America
Memory of tariffs and living costs in a bygone era
The writer recalls a wintry hillside scene and critiques dis couragement to American labor. They contrast past tariff periods with current costs, noting flour sold in New York by the carload above 12 dollars a barrel and retail prices in Providence at 14 dollars a barrel, supported by documentary evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Providence
Western boom drives swift growth across Missouri and Rockies
The piece notes zinc and lead discoveries in southern Missouri spurring industry and social development, with gold finds in Colorado and Montana boosting U S production. It cites rising grain crops, bank clearances, railroad tonnage, and post office figures as indicators of unprecedented western prosperity in 1899.
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Missouri
Colorado
Montana
United States
California
Pike’s Peak
West
Washington
St. Louis
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City of
Columbus
C. W. Smith
Hughes
Panay
MacArthur
Commercial Bank
Silver Lake
Clifford R. England
Jaes Hammond
John McLelland
Chitawa
Detroit
Joseph Schwarty
Preecut
Jimi
Willian Calloway
Othe
Becemier
Indian Territory
Aus
Lansing
Daniel
Beort
Tsi
Western Theological Seminaries of
Samuel Edsall
North Dakotta
Rte
Arthur L. Williams
Nebraska
Matthew
Cuba
Binary de Biutien
Tien
Lee
Charles Rh. Tlarris
Wilhemsport
Wellington
Sivoy W. Seeor
Goodrich Transportation Co
Milwaukee
Cudahy Brothers
Kansas City
Osman Digna
Khetifa Abdullah
Tokar
Suakim
Burges
von Sehaezier
Davenport
Jahas
Germany
Spearman
Natal
Lord Dunderald
Acton Homes
Orange Free State
Amos Phillips
Armer
Fort Scott
Kaa
Leopold Edlinger
Noren
Indiana
Deg Oat Miltonn
Transvaal Republic
Illinois
Imm
Noils
Knya Historic Property
After Industries
Pension Committee
Nicaragua Canal
BIL
Philippines
Mil
Lafayette
Taylor Lumber Company
Public Lands OF
Government of
Internal Revenue Collections
Arlington
Recko
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