Industrial Commission report on trusts and combines urged rules
Washington March 2 The industrial commission submitted a preliminary report and testimony on trusts and combinations. It calls for full business detail in prospectuses, open incorporation certificates, rights to inspect records, and detailed member lists. It also urges ICC power to audit railroad accounts, set penalties, and classify freight. The piece notes Boer War tensions and a sympathy telegram drive reaching about 100 signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Industrial Commission
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commercce Commission
United States
Man and Justice of the Peace Testify for Prosecution
Washington March 2. Before the house committee on military affairs William Stewart publisher of a Milton Idaho newspaper testified he was arrested without cause confined in the bull pen and his paper seized He said he faced threats to publish law and order John son went crazy over confinement and was killed by a guard Howard Flannagan Mullan justice of the peace said he was arrested without warrant held eighty seven days in the bull pen describing brutal treatment and unfit food He recounted guards firing on prisoners who stepped from a line and referenced a tunnel used for escape The standing line lasted one day and was not ordered for all prisoners
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Washington
House Committee On Military Affairs
Merriam
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
William Stewart
Milton
Bull Pen
Bull
Johnson
Howard Flannagan
Mullan
Uwull
Edwards
Lull
Senate pass moves Hawaii government bill without division
Washington March 2 The senate passed a bill providing a form of government for Hawaii without division. An amendment to grant Queen Liliuokalani 250000 was defeated. Clayton of Georgia opposed expansion in the Philippines. Porto Rican tariff bill reported as senate version to contrast with house. A vote on the financial bill set for Tuesday at 4 pm. An executive session was held. The house declined to take up the Aldrich Robbins contest from the Fourth Alabama district. House action limited to scheduling and minimal consideration of a few bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hawaii
Senate
Liliuokalani
Clay
Georgia
Philippines
House
Alabama
Sulzer Seeks U S Backing for Boers War
Sulzer of New York introduced a house resolution stating that the republic of the United States sympathizes with the brave Boers in their struggle for freedom and independence and declares that the people of the United States support their cause. The measure was offered in Washington on March 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sulzer
New York
Republic of the United States
Who Owns That Thirty Thousand Question the Senate Committees
In Washington on March 2 the $30,000 used by Whiteside in the Clark case before the Montana legislature was returned to State Treasurer Collis. The money will be held for five years and then become part of the state school fund if unclaimed. Representative Campbell faced cross-examination by Faulkner about his instructions to a detective monitoring the Clark group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Whiteside
Clark
Montana
Senate Committee On
Collis
Campbell
Faulkner
Washington Debt Declines as Cash Rises in February
The monthly public debt statement shows at Feb 2 close, debt excluding cash in treasury stands at 1,118,886,059 dollars, down 6,750,168 from Feb 1. The decrease mainly reflects more cash on hand. interest-bearing debt totals 1,026,862,120 dollars.
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Washington
National bank note circulation rises in 1900 February
The monthly statement of the comptroller of the currency reports total national bank notes circulation at the close of business February 28, 1900, amounting to 249,484,878 dollars. This shows an annual increase of 6,582,511 dollars and a monthly rise of 2,447,685 dollars.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Surplus Shown for February in U S Receipts Expenditures
A comparative statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States shows a surplus for February amounting to 7,802,798 dollars. This reflects federal revenue exceeding outlays for the month as recorded in the financial report.
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Washington
United States
Dose of Their Own Medicine Ambush Near Batangas
Manila March 2 9 a m Colonel Anderson with the thirty eighth infantry ambushed insurgents near Batangas using their own tactics. Spies revealed a passing detachment. Americans fired from concealment killing twenty four insurgents and wounding thirty while capturing several. Some arms and ammunition were seized. The blow has a salutary effect and the enemy in that locality is dismayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Anderson
Batangas
Coloniel Anderson
National Editorial Association Meets in New Orleans
The National Editorial Association held its first business session in New Orleans on March 2. President R. H. Neary urged a uniform advertising tariff, condemned the paper trust and trusts in general, and called for bringing the larger dailies into the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Editorial Association
New Orleans
R. H. Neary
Weaver Addresses 300 at Albert Williams Democratic Banquet
General Jas B Weaver of Iowa was the principal speaker at the Albert Williams Democratic club banquet in Mich on March 2, speaking on expansion and gold standard tendencies of the government, drawing an audience of over 300.
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Weaver
Tonia
Mich
Jas. B. Weaver
Iowa
Albert Wiliams Democratic Club
Farmer Murdered by an Unknown Near Wheeling West Virginia
James Tervey, a farmer six miles east of Wheeling, was murdered last night by an unknown intruder among two masked men. In Cape Town, an angry crowd stormed parliament, one man climbed the flagstaff and raised the union jack to protest the ministry’s stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
James Tervey
Schreiner
Cape Town
Soldiers Buried 96 in Arlington with Honors
Washington March 2 The bodies of ninety six soldiers who died in Cuba since the end of the Spanish war were buried with military honors at Arlington cemetery yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cuba
Arlington Cemetery
Rosebery resigns presidency of Scottish Liberal association
A news digest item lists Lord Rosebery stepping down as president of the Scottish Liberal association. Other notes include the Paris exposition delayed, a Philadelphia bookseller jailed for selling controversial works, and various obituaries and local incidents across Illinois, Wisconsin, and Chicago.
Chicago Labor Troubles Ahead of Grim Crisis
Chicago march 2 press committee of Building Contractors council warns of a major labor crisis within three weeks as 80,000 unemployed workers clash with 2,200 firms. Preparations include swearing in special officers to protect non union and targeted union workers. machinists could tie up streetcars and idle locomotives if a shop walkout occurs.
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Chicago
Building Contractors’ Council
International Association of Machinists
Passenger Train Wreck Near Plainville Kills Four
A south bound passenger train on the Northampton division of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad derailed near Plainville Connecticut about 655 pm killing four people four others were injured one passenger body recovered another remains in wreck. The dead include Stephen Searles engineer New Haven Bernard Burrows baggagemaster New Haven and two unknown passengers. Injured include Jacob Corpre fireman New Haven C W Phelps express messenger New Haven William Seymour mail clerk New Haven George H Merrill Bristol J T Newton New Haven Charles Hills Hartford Charles Neale conductor New Haven all with varying injuries.
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Plainville
Conn
Northampton
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Shelburne Falls
Mass
Here
Stephen Searles
New Haven
Rernard Burrows
Charles Neale
Death of eight miners in Iron Mountain mine
In Redding California on March 2 eight miners were trapped by a disaster in the Iron Mountain mine. Four were rescued but died later, leaving four still entombed. Names of the deceased are David B. Ross A Cavanaugh H Cuastilion and Alfred Oates. The four remaining are J McBroom B McCallyop A Vanburen and J A Oates. Rescue efforts continue without expectation of finding survivors due to lack of air after over forty hours.
Stewart and Nora Smith Tie Angling to Charleston Nuptials
Walter Stewart and Miss Nora Smith eloped from Paris Mississippi and wed in Charleston on March 2. The bride, 18, faced parental objection as her father Rev. Lewis Smith, a local Christian minister, pastors a church near Paris.
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Charleston
Tis
Walter Stewart
Nora Smith
Pris, Ms
Lewis Smith
Paris
Dead Soldiers Brought Home from Philippine Service
A train arrived at Grand Central station carrying seventeen coffins of soldiers who died in the Philippine islands. The caskets were en route to Michigan and other states for burial.
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Cincinnati
Grand Central Station
Philippine Islands
Michigan
Prominent citizen’s son shot during dance at Wier City
Ottumwa dispatch reports Willian Walloway son of Dr Z G Halloway a Bussey prominent citizen was killed in a dance hall shooting at Wier City Wednesday night Davis a miner was arrested for firing the shot
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Ottumwa
Willian Walloway
Z. G. Halloway
Bussey
Wier City
Davis
Markets Report Chicago and Milwaukee Prices March 1
Chicago hogs receipts 24,000 with prices 4.00 to 4.97 for various classes. Cattle receipts 8,000 with steers from 3.90 to 5.90 and heavy ranges for cows and heifers. Sheep receipts 11,000 with western lambs at 5.70 to 7.35 and native lambs at 5.35 to 7.35. Milwaukee grain markets show steady No 1 northern wheat around 65 to 66 cents, No 2 northern 63 to 64 cents, rye steady, barley dull, oats steady at 25 cents.
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Chicago
Texas
Milwaukee
Chicago Grain and Produce
Chicago Board of Trade
Short Ridge
Illinois
Sunset Verse Reflects on Day's Decline and Quiet Night
A Mary H. Wheeler poem from the Boston Transcript contemplates turning away from the east as day ends. It contrasts morning growth with evening peace, urging readers to savor the moment as sunset glows over distant hills and lights the western sky.
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Mary H. Wheeler
Boston Transcript
Burr as Hero and Hamilton’s Downfall in Clemens Novel
The New York Sun recounts Jere Clemens, a Alabama senator, telling of a Burr defense in a murder case. In a dramatic closing, Burr used two candles to reveal the assassin witness and invoke nature’s verdict. Clemens’s historical novel The Rivals portrays Burr heroically while tarnishing Hamilton, including a Washington letter scene that sparked a rift between Washington and Burr.
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Jere Clemens
Ounce
United States
Alabama
Burr
Clemens
Times of
Slamilton
South
Hamilton
Washington
Branston
Agron Burr
New York Sun
Ballast For Ships From New York Ports
The article explains ballast practices for ships with stone as the common ballast. It notes shipmasters from New York know rock grades and can arrange stone disposal to offset loading costs. On return voyages, contractors bid for ballast stone for macadam and paving, with some material usable for building.
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New York
New York Press
Music For Fish Balt by Singing Hermit Fisherman
An eccentric hermit William Schueller of lanktin Micb claims to lure fish with song. He boats in deep water and, while listening for fish, sings Old Iundredth and attracts crowds of fish to his net. Neighbors doubt but note his famed voice.
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William Schueller
Lanktin
Micb
Deadly War Missiles and Fragmentation Evolution
A Chicago Democrat piece notes that 19th century ordnance broke into 19 to 30 pieces, while modern shells fragment into about 240. Shrapnel counts rose from 87 to 40 in new bursts, and a 70 pound bomb now yields around 1 200 fragments when charged with peroxilene, each hurled faster than earlier gunpowder debris.
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Chicago Democrat
No Cause to Be Discouraged
Philadelphia Record advises parents not to worry about delayed speech in a toddler. An aunt or parent shares reassurance from relatives noting a child who spoke late eventually began speaking, illustrating patience and typical variation in early speech development.
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Youngpop
New Mexico Coal Reserves Could Supply US for Millennia
A report estimates New Mexico holds vast coal resources sufficient to power the entire United States for about 1,000 years, highlighting the state's mineral wealth and potential energy implications for national supply and industry.
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New Mexico
United States
Cookery in Bolivia and the national dish chupe
A Sucre letter to the Chicago Record describes Bolivian cooking. Indigenous ovens use a clay roof over a pit to smoke meat and simmer stews. The national dish chupe mixes mutton, chicken, fish, vegetables, and grains into a porridge like stew. In remote areas chupe worsens, prompting travelers to carry canned meat and bread for sustenance.
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Bolivia
Chicago
Grain-O replaces coffee in groceries across the nation
An advertisement extols GRAIN-O as a pure grain substitute for coffee that suits delicate stomachs, costs 15 or 25 cents per package, and is safe for children. It claims it tastes like coffee and urges readers to ask for Grain-O while noting Americans favor electricity for cars, French petroleum, and Russian wood alcohol at 8 cents a gallon.
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease Advertisement
Allen's Foot-Ease powder cures painful swollen smarting feet and relieves corns and bunions. It makes tight shoes feel easy and combats sweating calluses hot tired feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores. Trial package free. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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Allen
Allen S Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
No Fear At Deathbed, Physician Claims
A Philadelphia physician with long hospital experience says deathbeds are not terrible scenes but partings with loved ones. He notes the dying often accept fate, fear of the unknown absent, and those who panic are usually less ill than they appear. He calls it a human trait, not a psychological cause.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Record
De Witt's Little Early Risers Praised by Michigan User
M. B. Smith of Butternut Michigan says the De Witt’s Little Early Risers are the very best pills for constipation liver and bowel troubles. H. J. Moogk.
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M. B. Smith
Butternut
Mich
de Witt
H. J. Moogk
Hair Work in All Its Branches by Mrs A C Thomas
Mrs A C Thomas offers hair work services at 255 Galena Street detailing branches of the craft. The notice highlights styling and maintenance options available to customers seeking various hair arrangements.
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A C. Thomas
Galena Street
Glimpses Across the Sea by Sam T. Clover
Harriet M. Burbank piano teacher promotes a new book Glimpses Across the Sea by Sam T. Clover. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway has bought an edition for distribution. Readers may order by sending six cents for postage to Geo H. Heafford at Old Colony Building Chicago.
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Sam T. Clover
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Geo. H. Heafford
Old Colony Building
Chicago
Ill
Grand Excursion to Old Mexico Via Chicago and North-Western
A grand excursion departs Chicago on Tuesday March 6 1900 under J J Grafton. The trip uses a special train with dining car to visit principal Old Mexico points of interest. Limited space, all expenses covered by ticket. For brochures call or write Chicago North Western Railway agents.
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Chicago & North-Western Railway
Chicago
J.J. Grafton
Old México
Chicago & North-Western R’v
Ilinois Central
American Tourist Association
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Reliable Remedy
Utterly trusted witness Mr. H Melchoir of Chicago Street reports severe backache from kidney trouble relieved quickly after taking Doan's Kidney Pills. He praises the cure as definitive. Doan's Kidney Pills available at Emmert and Burrell drug store and other dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan's. Take no substitute.
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H. Melchoir
Chicagges
St. Says
Doan
Emmert & Burrell
Foster-Milburn Co
Bu Talo
N. Y
United States
Dr Rideout Eye Ear Nose Glasses Fitted
Dr W J Rideout at 110 Step Street Eye Ear Nose and Glasses fitted with a telephone contact 305 Bell.
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W. J. Rideout
Step Street
Bell
Homeseeker's Excursion Sale by Chicago Great Western
Homeseeker's Excursion to nearly all states offered at a low rate of two dollars for the round trip. Tickets good return within 21 days from sale date. Contact agent F. H. Lord G. P. at 113 Adams St Chicago for details. Also notes Lessons in china painting by Min H V Brown at 74 Clark Ave.
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Chicago
R’y
F. H. Lord
G. P
Adams St
China
Min H. V. Brown
Clark Ave
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South African Republic
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Congress of the
Great Britain
South Africa
Fitzgerald of
Selzer
Col. Anderson
Lord Rosebery
Scottish Liberal Association
Journal Des Debats
Apwil
Delos L. Atkyns
Binghamton
LyraSalle
Ills
W. OD. Kinney
Watelhurst
Wis
St. Paul
Wisconsin Valley Advancement Association
Keeley
J. KR. Oughton
B. Ten Eyck
Russia
Mexico
New England
Iron Mountain
Redding
Cal
Milwaukee Grain
Washington and Burr
Harriet M. Burbank
West Street
Beodtf
Old Mexico
Freeport Light& Fuel Co
Stephenson St
California
Oregon
Chicago, Union Pacific and
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Illinois Central
R. R
Chicago-Oma
Tfa
the Central
the Express
Omaha
Omaha-Minneapolis
Limited
Iy Express
Minneapolis
Oorake
Finess
Lunday
Hainois Central
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Hammond
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Hingistral Railroad Company
Louisiana
Dobe Town
Merry
Angeles
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