Cattle Disease Quarantine Halts New England Live Stock Exports
Secretary James Wilson imposes a quarantine on foot and mouth disease in Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts and Vermont. No cattle sheep or swine may move from these states into other states or foreign countries until further notice, to curb spread and protect the U S livestock industry. Cooperation from railroads shippers and transport firms is urged.
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Wilson
United States
New England
Boston
Department of Agriculture
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Vermont
D. Mohler
Leonard Pearson
University of Pennsylvania
James Law
Cornell
Hudson River
Congress
James Wilson
Talks of Rhodes' Scholars and Oxford Rules
Dr George R Parkin returned from England stating that Oxford holds twenty one colleges each seeking its own entry rules for Rhodes scholarships He will consult educators in the states and colonies to select candidates The first beneficiaries are to go to Oxford in fall 1904 with final awards early that year.
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Parkin
New York
George R. Parkin
Cecil Rhodes
Colonies
United States
England
Cunard
Campania
Oxford
Hanna denies resignation from Senate and party chair
Washington Senator Hanna said on Monday he does not intend to resign from the Senate or the Republican National Committee chair. He vowed to serve out his term and said it would be up to the people to decide his retirement.
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Hanna
Washington
Senate
Republican National Committee
Cabinet Meets as Panama Canal Talks Reach Dead Stop
Washington cabinet members discuss the president's annual message while canal negotiations with Colombia halt. Secretary Root and Secretary Hay absent as the Colombian minister rejects the last U S proposition, signaling no near renewal and potential shifts to Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Original Panama concession due to expire in 1904, raising questions about a ten year extension and possible implications for Colombia, the Panama Company, France, and the United States.
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Washington
Congress
Root
Hay
State Department
United States
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Colombia
Panama
Panama Company
Senate to Talk New States From Territories
Washington reports the Senate will focus on admitting Oklahoma New Mexico and Arizona as states in the coming session. The House omnibus territorial bill looms as unfinished business with a likely committee report due December 8 and potential action to admit all three territories or only Oklahoma.
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Washington
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Senate
House
Committee On Territories
Witether
Senator Quay
Find Money for Arbitrators
Washington news reports the house committee will draft a bill to fund the coal strike commission. Judge Gray requests a $50,000 appropriation to cover expenses, staff, and member compensation as set by the president. The appropriations committee plans to meet and prepare the bill for quick passage with little expected opposition.
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Washington
Committee of the House
Coal Strike Commission
Campaign against ladrones in Leyte and Biliran kills forty two
Manila dispatch reports a constabulary offensive in Leyte and Biliran districts. Inspector Crockett’s force destroyed a group near Ormoe, killing thirty nine. Corporal Montague’s detachment near Talibang, Biliran, killed thirteen and captured thirty six.
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Manila
Leyte
Billran
Inspector Crockett
Ormoe
Montague
Talibang
Biliran
Congress Opens Fifty Seventh Congress in Formal Session
The second session of the Fifty seventh Congress opened with large crowds at the galleries and visitors corridors. Sen Frye led the Senate opening followed by a floral display, honor for the late Sen McMillan, and a social atmosphere as representatives gathered amid refreshed decorations and portraits shifting in the chamber.
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Washington
Frye
Senate
Senator McMillan
Michigan
Diplomatic Corps
Bierstadt
Hudson
Monterey
Cal
Lafayette
Congress
Statehood Battle Divides Republicans Over Oklahoma Admission
Washington report on the omnibus statehood bill shows Senators Hale and colleagues Aldrich Hale Platt Conn Cullom Lodge Hanna Beveridge opposed to the bill but favoring admission of Oklahoma only. Republican supporters claim fifteen GOP senators back the omnibus, with Democrats, possibly securing passage and signaling a possible party caucus on the issue.
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Oklahoma
Washington
Congress
Hale
Alison
Aldrich
Platt
Connecticut
Cullom
Lodge
Hanna
Beveridge
Committee On
Territories
Friends of the
Indian Schools Prosper in Training and Home Duties
Estelle Beel, superintendent of Indian schools, presents the annual report noting progress in industrial training and suggests the course supports agriculture for self-sufficiency. She adds that girls gain from classroom work, equipping them for home duties and responsibilities.
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Washington
Estelle Beel
Railways Plan Joint Strike on Train Robbery
Chicago reports railroads and express companies across the middle west may unite to curb train robberies. Following the Davenport Rock Island heist, a $6,000 reward was posted for robbers by United States Express and the railroad, with Burlington offering $1,000 for a dead robber. Officials from Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Illinois Central, and other lines endorsed a concerted effort to eradicate the crime.
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Middle West
Davenport
Rock Island
United States Express Company
Burlington
Chicago, Milwaukee &St. Paul
Illinois Central
Chicago & Alton
Chaffee Sees President in Washington Visit
Major General Chaffee traveled to Washington and met with Secretary Root and Adjutant General Corbin. He called on Secretary Hay and Secretary Moody and discussed Army reduction plans. Secretary Root briefed the president, who congratulated Chaffee on his China and Philippines work.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chaffes
Root
Secretaary
Corbin
Hay
Moody
Philippines
Department
General Chaffee
China
Bank at Bancroft Robbed by Burglars at Night
Bancroft Nebraska bank owned by J. E. Turner was entered about 2 am by burglars using a skeleton key. The single story brick building housed a nonvaulted safe. Estimated loss ranges from 2000 to 4000 dollars with all cash missing except 1.25. Two explosions were used one on the outer door and one on the inner steel chest.
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Bancroft
Neb
Bancroft Bank
J. E. Turner
Negroes Praise Roosevelt Letter At Virginia Conference
At the African Methodist conference in Norfolk representing 75,000 colored people strong resolutions express pleasure at President Roosevelts broad philanthropic letter on Dr Crum of Charleston appointment and commend his attitude toward the negroes Bishop Walters and others spoke in support. The conference also passed a resolution commending John H Wise attack on Virginia's new constitution.
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Norfolk
African Methodist Church Conference
Roosevelty
Crum
Charleston
Walters
John 8. Wise
Virginia
Island Farms Useless Amid Philippine Agricultural Standstill
Manila reports that Philippine agriculture stalls due to a lack of field animals after a rinderpest epidemic. About ninety percent of carabas died, hindering restoration plans. Government intended to import and immunize new stock but funds dried up, blocking broad cultivation of plantations.
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Philippine
Manila
Philippine Islands
Robbers Battle with Officers Near Carlton Post
Sheriff Frank M. Tate and Deputy J. H. Frisbie pursued three alleged post office robbers at Carlton. The outlaws opened fire, wounding Tate in the arm and driving Frisbie from his horse as the trio escaped. A large armed posse of cowboys formed soon after following the trail.
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Lamar
Cole
Carlton
Frank M. Tate
J. H. Frisbie
Tate
Frisbie
Doan's Kidney Pills Proven to Aid Midland Man
Case No 18 977 David M Bye of Midland Michigan suffered three months of intense hip and back pain and sciatic rheumatism. After a month on Doan's Kidney Pills he returned to work without crutches claiming the pills cured the kidney ailments, with an invitation for inquiries and a free trial offer from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Case
David M. Bye
Midland, Mich
Dean
Doan
Bye
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Queer Firm Names and a Slipping Knife In London
William T. Gilmer notes unusual London firm names such as Pearce & Plenty and Allday & Onions, with a humorous image of a man bearing a quirky name. He cites Slippery Slipper, a surgeon, and Savory & Moore, perfumers, as part of a witty observation on branding and fate.
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William T. Gilmer
London
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