Post Office Blamed In Indian Appropriation Debate
Washington hearing notes clash over post office costs and carrier cuts as Rep Loud defends staffing against Quigg accusations. Cannon-Kelley exchange sparks insults while Hoar avoids provocation. Featwale and Smith press Day on treaty Ghent warship ban and potential diplomatic modification.
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Loud
Post Office Committee
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Cannan, Or the Appropriation
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Postoffice
Quigg
New York
Congress
Department
Post Office
Wold Bulla
Featwale
Smith
House Committee On
State Department
Ghent
Great Lakes
Senate Debate Over Silver Payment Plan Continues
Debates in the Senate stretched beyond six hours over the Teller resolution to pay government bonds in silver with both sides presenting arguments and responses. Senators Teller Hoar and Platt led the addresses while Lodge pressed for clarity on a proposed amendment about paying in gold or its equivalent, and Ledge questioned Teller on earlier statements about payment in the highest money.
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Teller
United States
Daniel
Hoar
Platt
Lodge
Colorado
Congress
Teler
Interstate Commerce ruling on grain rate differentials
The Interstate Commerce Commission, in an opinion by Chairman Knapp, held that distances by shortest available routes should base grain rate differentials from the same shipment points to Milwaukee and Minneapolis. The Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce had challenged the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway and others.
Senate committee rejects Corbett seat in Corbett case
Washington January 27 report of the senate privileges and elections committee presented by Senator Caffery recommends Corbett be denied a senate seat. The legislature failed to elect and the committee notes precedents oppose seating an appointee when the legislature could elect.
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Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
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Senate
Caffery
No Demonstration Reported at Havana Harbor Arrival
A navy dispatch from the Marine commander says general interest greeted the Maine in Havana harbor but no demonstrations occurred. He went ashore several times and was treated with great courtesy.
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Washington
Navy Department
Commander of the Marine
Senate confirms George T. Roberts as Mint Director
The Senate in executive session confirmed the nomination of George T. Roberts of Iowa to be director of the Mint. The confirmation took place in Washington on January 27.
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Ort George T. Roberts
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Mint
Roosevelt Sniffs the Battle at Harvard Graduates Meet
A large Sanders Theatre gathering in Cambridge organized Harvard graduates athletic association. WW Bancroft presided with Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, speaking on athletics shaping character. He praised rough sports and dismissed pacifist peace, noting European peace and Chinese territorial gains amid laughter.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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China
Earthquake Rocks Helena With Three Severe Shocks
Helena Ark January 27 1900s city awoke to a severe earthquake lasting under half a minute with three distinct tremors. Buildings shuddered and residents fled from a prayer meeting as booms of noise echoed. Telephones reported the quake felt across surrounding areas.
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Central Mattress Manufacturers Association Formed in Indianapolis
Thirty-one mattress makers representing factories from Pittsburgh to St. Louis north of the Ohio River met in Indianapolis and organized the Central Mattress Manufacturers' Association to regulate prices on all mattress lines and reduce harsh competition. Officers elected: President G. A. Wisher of Petersburg, secretary and treasurer C. C. Nichols of Cincinnati.
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Central Mattress Manufacturers’ Association
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City of Duluth Reported Stranded Off St Joseph Bar
Chicago January 27 The steamer City of Duluth is reported stuck on the bar off St Joseph Michigan and pounding heavily. The latest report says the vessel may be destroyed and the St Joseph life saving crew prepared to throw lines to reach the crew ashore. The ship carried no passengers and a crew of about twenty five men. TMnots Surveyors to Coviseid Peoria WI January 27 The thirteenth convention of the Vilipe in Society of Engineers and Survesys adjourned with the election of officers and committee appointments. Toronty Ont January 27 Rev Professor George S Robinson of Knox College will join McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago.
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Society of Engineers
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Treasuree Harmen
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Chivage Cer. Toronty
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Knox College
McCormick Theological Seminary
Barge and crew sink off Barnegat in gale
A barge named Yonkers sank near Barnegat while towed by the Walter A Luckenback from Newport News toward Providence Rhode Island. Four men were aboard the barge when it went down in the storm.
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Walter A. Luckenback
Newport News
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R, I
Miners Win Eight Hour Day and 10 Cent Advance Pact
The interstate coal operators and miners convention in Chicago ends with miners securing an eight hour day and a 10 cent per ton wage advance for nearly 200 000 soft coal workers. The agreement bases pay on run as screened coal with a uniform price system and sets annual meetings to fix the scale, with Pittsburg chosen for the next gathering. President Ratchford calls the eight hour day a major victory.
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Hocking Valley
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Ratchford
United Mine Workers
W. P. Read
Pennsylvania
Three mill superintendents offered to travel to England
New Bedford reports three mill superintendents are summoned on short notice to buy yarn in Ireland for the striking mill, enabling cloth production without spinners. In Springfield, Colonel J N C Shumway, manager of Taylorville Coal Mining, agrees to pay the Springfield scale, and miners plan to return to work today.
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Mil
Sall
England
Mneland
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Ill
J. N.C. Shumway
Taylorville Coal Mining Company
Michigan mining report notes higher wages and output
Labor Commissioner Cox reported from Lansing that George Wagner collected mine statistics for the upper peninsula. Wages rose 10 to 16 percent, copper miners earned more than iron workers, and despite limited iron mine activity the state’s output reached record levels with hopes of 10,000,000 tons in 1898. The royalty system is blamed for depressing wages and hindering development. Madrid and Washington dispatches describe the Spanish battleship Vizcaya, 7,000 tons, set to visit American ports and its formidable specs and armament.
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Cox
George Wagner
Marquette
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Madrid
Washington
Vizcaya
United States
Maine
Honoria
Spain
Revenue bill amendments shape tax liens and corporate value
The legislature adopted amendments to the revenue bill delaying tax liens to May 1, granting the state board of equalization power to raise corporate assessments but not lower them, and to value capital and franchises above tangible property. The bill moved to third reading and an amendment to submit to all counties except Cook was defeated 49 to 78.
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Disappearances and unrest Across Cities On Jan 27
Reports from Ann Arbor Chicago Algiers Grand Rapids and Washington detail J Rice Miner’s disappearance a spate of attacks against Jews in Algiers a Grand Rapids woman elected president of the National Federation of Musical Clubs and a daily weather outlook for Indiana Illinois Lower Michigan Upper Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa with mentions of snow and shifting winds.
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National Federation of Musical Clubs
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Unorganized spinners resist wage cuts in Fall River mills
In Fall River Massachusetts striking frame spinners without a local union challenge wage cuts at Iron Works mills. Three of four mills see operations affected as Sagamore loom-fixers plan 25 cent weekly assessments to aid strikers. Card-room workers at King Philip and Granite mills report reductions up to 22 percent while negotiations for wage schedules continue.
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Sagamore Mill
New Bedford
King Philip Mill
Granite Mill
Lansey
Shore
Judge rules against union preference in city contracts
In Boston on January 27 Judge Richardson in superior court denied a city action to block a public bathhouse project. The decision upholds a contractor bid without union labor preference, calling discrimination in labor employment incompatible with equal rights and government service for common good.
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Superior Court
Lynch & Woodward
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Dover Street
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United States
Wheat and grain market quotes from Chicago Board of Trade
Quotations for Wheat Corn Oats and Park futures with opening and closing prices. Lard May and January figures shown. Produce items include butter, dressed poultry, potatoes, sweet potatoes and dairy stock. Livestock markets report hog and cattle bids and receipts for the day in Chicago and Milwaukee.
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Currency Reform Move Rules Congress Seen
Indianapolis January reports a two day Monetary Convention adjourned swiftly after endorsing the Commission’s plan for currency reform. Delegates, led by New York merchants and eastern figures, backed a gold standard course while warning Congress to accept changes. Buckner of Kentucky criticized Teller’s resolution as a double dishonor. Leaders urged unity to push currency reform through Congress despite opposition from the Merchants Association and others.
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Hugh Manna
Monetary Commission
Congress
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Hotel Lobbes
Teller
Buckner
Kentucky
Wrett
Merchants’ Association
Thank You and the Power of a Simple Thanks
An earnest essay extols the impact of saying thank you for small courtesies. It argues that gratitude sustains faith, strengthens kindness, and should be practiced beyond Thanksgiving Day. The piece urges timely handwritten thanks to strengthen everyday goodwill and improve the world.
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Another Good Man Gone Wrong
A man did not use Foley's Kidney Cure for his kidney complaint, leading to his decline and death. The notice cites H. J. Moogk and Swartz & Fleck as involved parties in the medical matter.
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H. J. Moogk
Swartz & Fleck
Hot Springs Tours and Puzzles Featured in Local Ad
The column touts Hot Springs South Dakota with cures, hotel and bath facilities, and cheap tourist tickets on specific Tuesdays. It promotes a Chicago Great Western map puzzle sent for 10 cents, outlining a United States map by state pieces and capitals, plus a California service note announcing Thursday Pullman sleeper departures to Los Angeles via CGW and Santa Fe routes.
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South Dakota
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Chicago Great Western Railway
United States
F. Tf. Lord
G. PL & T. A. Chicago
California
Los Angeles
Chicago
Spadards Retreated After Spanish Fire in Cuban Skirmish
In January 27 dispatches, insurgent positions near Nek were shelled by Spanish artillery. Casualties were reported as many buried and wounded as Spanish forces pressed coastal defenses and captured a plantation. The steamer Chichi carried relief supplies to New York for the Cuban relief effort aboard the Ward One.
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