Congressional-Record Adverse Report Hearing and Related Actions
Summary of the national legislative session covering a hearing on the Adverse Report Against Congressman Roberts of Utah, debates on the Philippines, the fiscal bill, census director powers, and a Danish West Indies purchase report. Also notes measures on international water boundaries, district of Columbia day activities, and public notices including a sensational murder-suicide and a medical remedy claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Roberts
Utah
Senate
Wellington
Philippines
Teller
Ross
House
Roberts
Danish West Indies
Platt
N. Y
Great Britain
Committee On Foreign Relations
District of Columbia
Rock Island
Springfield
Canada
Clark
Fires Hit Banks and Rail Sites Across the Midwest and East
A roundup of incidents reports fires and explosions causing heavy losses. The Barnum Bailey quarters and eleven car barn burned in Bridgeport with $100000 damage. Watseka bank block and Peru gas station disaster added to casualties. Baltimore Burrows & Co fire caused $80000 loss. A New York freight elevator collapse killed Michael McLean and Patrick Leddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Barnum & Bailey
Watseka
Ill
First National Bank
Benton Harbor
Mica
E. B. Mack
Chicago
Safe and Lock Company
Citizens’ Bank
Peru
Ind
John Clark
Baltimore
Burrows & Co
New York
125Th Street
St. Nicholas Avenue
Michael McLean
Patrick Leddy
President grants death-row case a March 16 1900 respite
Washington Homer Bird appeals for mercy as president halts execution in Alaska murder case until March 16, 1900. St Louis John Flynn and James Thompson convicted of book making under Broders law. fined $1,000 and costs. Leadville two masked men rob Golob's saloon. bartender Jerry Ryan shot dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Homer Bird
Alaska
St. Louis
John Flynn
James Thompson
Clark
Leadville
Colo
Golob
Jerry Ryan
Mixed News From Across The Nation And World
Reports from New York to Paris describe donations for a Seamen's Retreat in Chicago, rail office moves in Kansas City, a Nitro factory explosion near Rome, and Kansas City to Olathe electric rail plans. Also noted are a fatal blaze in Nashua, a convention in Minneapolis, train deaths in Anna Illinois, and political trials in Paris.
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New York
Helen Gould
Chicago
Kansas City, Finbourg and Gulf Railroad
Rome
Nobel
Kansas City
Olathe
Kan
Nashua
N. H
Alonzo Blanchard
Iowa State Normal School
Joliet
Lockport
Lake Joliet
Illinois River
Murphy
Ind
Washington
Naval Board of Construction
Valparaiso
Chilean Council of State
Manila
McRae
Third Infantry
Hizon
Mabalacat
Gas tragedy hits Milwaukee hotel in Hart building
Mrs Mary Vadoski of Manistee, a wealthy Polish resident, lies dying at Milwaukee emergency hospital after her 5 year old niece Mary Kanecock died of asphyxiation. They had visited a daughter in La Salle and stayed at Hart s hotel 161 Michigan street. An open gas burner filled the room with gas awakening neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Milwauke
Wis
Mary Vadoski
Manistee
Mary Kanecock
Michigan Street
Masked robbers wreck bank vault in Silver Lake
Masked men blew the vault and safe of the Commercial Bank of Silver Lake Indiana on January 20. They took about $4,000 in paper money and left sacks of silver valued at $15,000 after a citizens’ battle. The incident prompted ongoing police and local action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Lake
Ind
Plague Deaths Rise in Hawaii With Mixed Ethnicities
Twenty seven deaths from bubonic plague reported in Hawaii. Of the victims, sixteen were Chinese, two Japanese, one South Sea islander, and the rest Hawaiians or part Hawaiians. Also noted are a naval board vote on torpedo contracts and a train fatality near Lohrville. An oil price advance is reported for Lima crude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Naval Board On Construction
Long
Lima
Ohio
Miners Strike Shocks Pennsylvania Anthracite Region
Some 40,000 miners in the anthracite districts near Scranton and Shamokin have begun a strike after a period of unrest. A separate ruling allows the mortgage trustee for thirty nine paper mill bonds to authorize sale of the collateral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Shamokin
Supreme Court
Paper Trust
Cooperation to curb western Colorado Indian raids
Further depredations by Indians in western Colorado will be prevented by the co operation of the war and interior departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
War and Interior Departments
Miners Re-elect Chief Officers at Convention
United Mine Workers convention re elected John Mitchell as president and W C Pearce as secretary by acclamation. The reaffirmed leadership highlights ongoing unity within the union during the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mitchell
W. C. Pearce
United Mine Workers’ Convention
War in South Beriga and British actions update
Reports claim Buller’s army across the Tugela launched frontal actions with limited gains and Boers entrenched. Kimberley Mafeking and Ladysmith hold. French Gatacre still active. 85,000 to 90,000 Boers. Choate seeks seized flour. Montagu White to be Transvaal representative in Washington.
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Buller
Tugela
Orange Free State
Ladysmith
Choate
Warren
Washington
Mason
Allen
Hale
Cape Town
London
Roberts
Mafeking
Laurence Marques
Towa House
Kaiser
Montagu White
Transvaal Republic
State Department
Mr. White
Anderson widow drowns while fording White River
Mrs Blanch Lorimer Knowland a music teacher was drowned Monday at the White River as the current upset her buggy and tangled her in the wheels. The British foreign office told Ambassador Choate some seized American cargoes have been released and will land at Lourenco Marques for delivery to consignors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Blanch Lorimer Knowland
White River
Choate
Lourenco Marques
Pierson Drug Store Sees Strong Demand for Chamberlain Cough Remedy
Manager Martin reports a high run on Chamberlain s Cough Remedy at Pierson drug store. Five bottles sold to a customer shows growing sales. In la grippe season the product is praised for stopping coughs healing sore throats and lungs and giving quick relief. For sale by W W Jones druggist South Chicago Daily Calumet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Jones
Martin
Pierson Drug Store
Chamberlain
la Grippe
Chicago
The Trade and Imports of Hong Kong
The Hong Kong trade shows minimal local consumption of imports, with most goods reexported. The island acts as a vast bonded warehouse and clearing-house for southern China and nearby regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
China
Prompt Settlement of Insurance Claim Noted
On October 31 1899 insured property with Ohio Farmers Insurance Co. A barn fire occurred November 15 1899 with contents. Settlement adjusted to satisfaction and a draft received January 5 1900 by James Q Layne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Farmers’ Insurance Co
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Swift Specific Company
Atlanta, Ga
R. E G. Fry
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Burk
Greencastle
George Ke, Blake
Greencastle, Tid
Werneke
the Jeweler
J. K. Langdon
Postottice
James A, Houck
Madison Township
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Nazi Bank
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Vreasaate
Leland Hotel
Chas
W. Dabb
Michigan
Jackson Chicago, Illinois
Haspel’s Meat Market
Public Square
Congressional
Transvaal
Morgan
Commissioner of Pensions
Martin Bergen
Boste Baseball Club
Razor
Col. Hughes
Sibalom
New Orleans
South Africa
Dover
Del
Farmers’ Voice Colonies Company of
Berlin
Prince Heinrich
Asia
Houston
Texas
Charles Hauptman
G. W. Chaffee
Gen. Chaffee
U. Ss. A
Chaffee
Henning
Tenn
Anderson Gauge
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Ripley
Paris
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Taal
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Thirty-eighth Infantry
Major Muir
Province of
Batangas
United States
Marietta
Death
John Morrison
St. Joseph
Mich
C. A. Reeves
Morrison
Mr. Reeves
Duke of Teck
Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander
Duke of
Teck
Mary Adelaide
Prince Adolphus Frederick
Duke of Cambridge
George III
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Lohrville
Chicago & Northwestern
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Richardson & Hurst
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Ottee
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Nervita Medical CO
Clinton & Jackson Sts
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Drost
Reture Mall
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Madieon Equars
Philada
East
Indianapolis
Boston
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Anday
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Greensburg
Danville
Pana
B.O
P. Huestis
Pubusappus Fouesoris Ratuman
Chicago Mall
Chicago Express
Southern Mall
Southern Express
J. A. Michael
Lisa
Limo
Vandalia Line
Sun
Terre Haute
Dowling
E. A. Ford General Passenger
St. Louis Mo
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