Annual War Dept and Treasury Outlook in Taft Report
Secretary Taft submitted a war department annual report noting Philippines trade shifts under a gold standard, tariff cuts for tobacco and sugar, and broad tariff-free imports. It covers army strength, enlistments, militia size, and cost trends from 1901 to 1904 with projected decreases in expenditures and growing federal call readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William H. Taft
Anis
War Department
Philippines
Taft
United States
Spon
Secretary Wilson reports on farm congress and 1904 crops
The eighth annual report to the president highlights cooperative work with agricultural stations, feeding and breeding experiments, fights against boll weevil and cattle mange, road engineering education, hardy orange production, fruit shipping research, nitrogen fixing bacteria, imports reduction, and island education. 1904 crops set records with corn worth the most, cotton second, hay and wheat close behind. rice forecast at 900 million pounds. Exports for farm products stay near five-year averages, with a big farm-wealth balance in favor of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Wilson
Louisimma
Texas
Forestry and wheat output in United States discussed
The article notes wheat production will reach at least 14 million bushels this year. It highlights optimism in forestry, with the secretary calling future lumbering potentially profitable and stressing that broad forestry policy hinges on business conditions and further forest condition studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Terrible Slaughter Report On Port Arthur Bombardment
Telegrams from Toklo and Berlin describe Japanese advances at Port Arthur with claims of gaining forts and lodgements, heavy losses on both sides, and hopes Port Arthur will fall within weeks. Details include breaches in forts, tunneling activity, and a major demolition of Ehriung fort as Japanese forces press the siege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
London
Toklo
Standard
Bennett
Kekwan
Mukden
Rennenkampff
Red Cross
Kurok
Rome
Ehriung Fort
Tokio
Italia Militare
New York Court of Appeals rules eight hour law unconstitutional
Albany November 20. The New York state court of appeals declares unconstitutional the labor law forbidding contractors from employing workers more than eight hours daily on city county or state projects. Since 1897 the statute has faced frequent scrutiny. judges O'Brien Martin and Vann strike down the provision as depriving property without due process. Chief Judge Cullen with Judge Werner agrees on precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
New York State Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
O'Brien
Martin
Vann
Illinois Official Returns Show Deneen Edges Roosevelt
Illinois counts confirm Deneen leads Roosevelt in governor’s race by 298,010 votes. State totals: Roosevelt 632,364 Parker 328,186. Deneen 632,932 Stringer 334,922. Roosevelt’s statewide plurality 304,178. Deneen’s plurality 298,010. Other items note Smoot hearing subpoenas, Irish distress, Carbondale clash, and Norway Michigan fire losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Chicago
Illinois
Deneen
Roosevelt
Parker
Stringer
Roosevelt Enjoys Eight Hour World Fair Visit In St Louis
President Theodore Roosevelt toured the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in eight hours, inspecting all major exhibits and foreign pavilions, reviewing troops, attending a banquet, and praising the fair. Mrs Roosevelt and daughter Alice accompanied him, with other Washington guests present. The trip included church and social events before a midnight train departure back to Washington. Separately, Princeton professor and seminary administrator Dr William M Paxton died at age eighty one after a paralytic stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Philippine Scouts and Constabulary
Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt
Douglas Robinson
Loeb
Rixey
Washington Party
St. Louis ‘Fair Grounds
Second Presbyterian Church
Thompson
The
Exposition Company
Francis
Washington
Princeton
N. J
Long Contest Ended at Supreme Court Bequest Divides
Washington November 30 by a supreme court decision twenty colleges will share a 2 500 000 bequest from Daniel G Fayerweather a New York leather merchant who died in 1890 The case has been pending for 14 years and the money will soon be distributed among beneficiaries Rear Admiral Buried Providence November 8 funeral of Rear Admiral John R Bartlett A B N retired held from Christchurch Lonsdale with Gov Garvin ex Gov Lippitt and Newport naval officers present Much Tobacco Shipped Janeaville Wisconsin November 28 largest foreign tobacco shipment to Antwerp 3 000 cases Leaf tobacco consigned to Antwerp World's Fair Attendance St Louis November 28 admissions to the world fair for the week ended Saturday night 699 553 total admissions since opening 18 317 457
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Daniel G. Fayerweather
New York
Providence
R. I
John R. Bartlett
Christchurch
Lonsdale
L. F. C. Garvin
Charles W. Lippitt
Newport Naval Station
Janeaville
Wis
Antwerp
St. Louis
Richard Swartz
William Hoadley
Bryant Paper
Kalamazoo
Mich
Nashville
Levi Z. Leiter
Chicago
Colin Powys Campbell
Thomas Moran
Wayne
Neb
Geath
Interstate Commerce Commission
William R. Hearst
Richard M. Scruggs
Mickey
Nebraska
Lulu Johnson
Valentine
Wade
Morgan Run
Ohio
J. W. Burdette
Berea
Michigan Agricultural College
Lansing
William E. Curtis
Chicago Record-Herald
United States
New Yorks
Paris On
A. Dibson
Lewis Nixon
Russia
Sebastopol
Black Sea
Yale University
Philippines
Japan
W. M. Evans
Eastern Illinois Normal Collage
Charleston
Ill
Woman’s Word Leads to $250000 Suit Against Cleveland Wife
New York reports suits totaling over 250000 opened Monday against Mrs Cassie Chadwick of Cleveland. Banks pursue claims as investigators reveal bonds and securities worth claimed 5 million, tied up by injunctions. Carnegie denial casts doubt on a forged 500000 note. trust assets questioned as more banks seek repayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Belgun
Cleveland
Oberlin
Boston
Herbert D. Newton
Brooklime
Mass
Cassie Chadwick
Chadwick
Newton
Mr. Newton
Exonerated in Pythias inquiry on Carnahan charges
Indianapolis findings of a court of inquiry for Maj. Gen. James R. Carnahan report no favoritism in drill prize awards at Louisville conclave August 15 to 20. Supreme Chancellor Shively transmitted the rulings in Richmond. Carnahan declared innocent of all charges. Coxey bankrupt filing in Columbus court shows liabilities of 287000 dollars and assets of 2560 Coxey Steel shares plus an unsecured note of 11000. Coxey Steel & Silica Sand firm now under receivership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Court of
James R. Carnahan
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Coxey
Columbus
Jacob
Mount Vernon
Commonwealth” Army
United States
Coxey Steel & Silica Sand Company
Meets Peculiar Death in Air Tight Room
Charles Krasny a Newark machinist died in his sleep from asphyxiation when a small gas heater exhausted the room’s oxygen. The door and window were kept closed, making the space nearly air tight, leading to the fatal outcome. Roosevelt Leads Iowa Vote Totals in Des Moines Results show Roosevelt with 307,907 to Parker 149,141 and other candidates trailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Krasny
Newark
N. J
Krasny
Roosevelt
Iowa
Des Moines
Executive Connel
Parker
Swallow
Debs
Watson
Kentucky Seeks Rain Amid Record Drought Feels Water Shortage
Kentucky endures a record drought cutting milk supplies in Louisville with dairies rationing customers and candy makers lacking ingredients. Citizens buy water, farmers drive stock to watering points, and railroads haul double tanks as watering stations close from Lexington to Somerset. Churches prayed for rain as drought persists since July 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Kentucky
Southern Railway
Shelbyville
Lawrenceburg
Lexington
Burgen
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Somerset
Zeigler Under Martial Law Tension Rises in Illinois Town
Zeigler Illinois endured near martial law as Company C of the Fourth Infantry and Sheriff Stein prepared riot duty under orders from Adjutant General Scott. Entry is restricted to vouched individuals, while 8,000 acres of Leiter land face military surveillance. Joseph Leiter arrived with Chicago miners, and on Monday night Zeigler was fired upon from sundown to daylight with 500 shots. The coal company Gatling guns directed fire as the town lay surrounded and gunmen positioned one half to three quarters of a mile away. Empty shells littered the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Fourth Infantry
Zeigler
Stein
Adjt
Scott
Leiter
Joseph Leiter
Chicago
Benton
Coal Company
Indiana official electoral vote totals released
The Indiana election board announced Roosevelt won with a 93 944 plurality. Indiana’s electoral votes by ticket were Republican 368 289 Democrat 274 345 Prohibitionist 23 496 People's 2 444 Socialist 12 013 Socialist Labor 1 598. Total electoral vote 682 185.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
State Election Board
Indiana
Grubbs
Roosevelt
People's
Tragic family murder reported near Shelby Ky
In Ashland, Kentucky a farmer named Enoch Loen returning from Shelby in a drunken state killed his wife and four young children before taking his own life. The incident occurred in the Pike community near Shelby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Shelby
Pike Comunty
Enoch@loen
Gompers Reelected Amid Unanimous AFL Vote
San Francisco on November 28 reports Sewned Gompers won reelection as president of the American Federation of Labor with near unanimity. One delegate Victor Berger opposed, requesting his vote be recorded. Rounding out the dispatch, Bert Newship was shot near Waucedah Michigan, his body found in a cabin. Russia accepts US arbitration invitation. Captain A Ros has been chosen commandant of the Great Lakes naval training station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gompers
San Francisco
American Federation of Labor
Victor Berger
Milwaukee
Pittsburg
Appleton
Wis
Bert Newship
Waucedah
Mich
Washington
A. Ros
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Cuban Prohibitions Prompt House Vote in Week’s Brief
The week ending Nov 30 reports the Cuban house passing a bill 37 to 10 banning street religious processions. Notable deaths include Rev. Dr. J. D. Rankin in Cleveland after a clash in Carbondale, Pa. and Miss Nancy Carver Leiter wedding in Washington. Major incidents include drownings at West Point and a fatal steam pipe burst at Kalamazoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Rankin
Howard University
Washington, D. C
Cleveland
Carbondale
A. F.nispegel
St. Charles (Mo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pavors
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
New York State
Smoot
Burrows
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Reed Smoot
Ireland
Connemsra
Mayo
Ttallans T
Norway
Oliver Mining Company
McCutcheon
Chicago Daily Tribune
President Roosevelt
Carnahan
K. of P
St. Petersburg
Burcia
Exua
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!