Fire and Loss From Hoboken River Inferno Aboard British Queen
A fierce blaze swept Hoboken Harbor after a shipboard fire touched the British Queen and Phoenix line piers. Flames rose hundreds of feet under a 40 mile gale as several burning barges drifted toward New York piers. Losses exceed $1,000,000 with the British Queen totally destroyed and multiple lighters damaged. many aboard were lost or rescued as crews fought to prevent further spread.
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Phoenix Archor Line
Hoboken
New York
Wiln Line
Wnetheer Scott
Jansen
Rector Street
Murray Street
Stalin Pier
Phoenix Line
Barber Line
Phoenix
Holland Line
Steamship La Bourgogne Sinking Defeat Liabilty Claim
Judge Townsend of the U S District Court in New York ruled that the French Line Steamship Company was not liable for prepaid freight or for death claims arising from the sinking of the steamship La Bourgogne on July 4 898.
National Capital Notes on Army and Navy Appointments
Senate confirmations include Captain A B Crowninshield as Read Admiral and Major General Arthur MacArthur to command the Department of Lakes with Chicago HQ. War tax bill report prepared, Cuban reciprocity hinted, post check money orders in House. Military appropriation set at 99.9 million, Panama Canal title reports reviewed, Leishman data awaited on Miss Stone, Garfield potential Civil Service post discussed, and other cabinet moves. Also MacArthur to Chicago, Funston to Colorado, Otis retirement shaping new commands as Philippines Governor Wright reports pacification.
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Senate
A. 8
Crowninshield
Navy
Arthur MacArthur
Department of Lakes
Chicago
Foraker
House
Morgan
State Department
Miss Stone
Leishman
Civil Service
West
Kenvpf
Congress
Taku
China
H. Clay Evans
Pension Bureau
Wright
Philippines
Marcus J. Wright
Board of Rebellion Archives
E. 5
Otis
Departments of the Lakes
Dakota
St. Paul
MacArthur
Frederick Funston
Department of Colorado
Congressional Notes on Vetoes and Harbors Bill
The Senate received from the President vetoes of bills granting an army discharge to Charles H. Hawley and relief for James W. Howell. Debate on the President’s protection bill occurred with Bacon West and Mason. no vote. In the House, F B Lyon was elected doorkeeper, then the rivers and harbors bill was debated. Hepburn was applauded as he began his annual speech against it. General debate to end at 3 pm Wednesday.
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Senate
Charles H. Hawley
James W. Howell
Messrs. Bacon
West
Mason
House
F. B. Lyon
W. J. Glenn
Mr. Hepburn
Iowa
Sabe
Deport Anarchists Bill Moves in Senate Action
Senate approves House measure freeing Postmaster Coyne of Chicago from paying 74610 dollars for stamps stolen on October 19 1901. Senate leaders Spooner Teller and Bailey discuss the bill while Mr Bacon of Georgia introduces a deportation and exclusion proposal for alien anarchists. House finishes 27 of 116 pages of rivers and harbors bill.
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Senate
House
Coyne
Chicago
Spooner
Teller and Bailey
Bacon
Georgia
Rivers and Harbors
Army Appropriations Debate and Tax Repeal Action
The Senate discussed the bill to protect the President and the House passed a war taxes repeal. The bucket shop tax remains in force and prosecutions before passage continue. In the House, the army appropriation bill advanced, rivers and harbors debate resumed with 380 additional pages, and North Carolina's Bellamy denounced Crumpacker's election law probe as sectional.
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Senate
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Finance Committee
House
Bellamy
North Carolina
Crumpacker
War Tax Repeal and Harbors Bill Pass Senate Action
The Senate approved the repeal of war taxes except bucket shop tax retains. A protection of the President bill was passed, outlining death for killing the President or officers and up to 20 years for aiding, with 10 years for threats, plus accomplice penalties. The House approved the rivers and harbors bill without division or amendments, totaling 60,688,267 dollars including continuous appropriations.
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Senate
House
United States
Insurance rates rise in New York Fire Insurance Exchange
The New York Fire Insurance Exchange announced significant rate hikes on many NYC property classes. Hotels saw a 25 percent increase, omnibus and mixed hazards in single occupancy manufacturing also rose, breweries excluded. Dwellings, stores and dwellings, apartment and flat houses faced increases from 25 to 100 percent of prevailing premiums.
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New York Fire Insurance Exchange
New York City
Cuban Senators Arrive in New York To Meet Palma
Mendez Capote and Diego Tamayo Cuban Senators arrived in New York on Tuesday to consult with President elect Palma about policy. They hope Palma reaches Havana by May 1 for inauguration and believe the new government will bring stability and smooth progress.
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Mendez Capote
Diego Tamayo
Palma
New York
Capote
Havana
Stricken From Roll: Lt Stockly Disappears in Philippines
The name of Second Lieutenant Paul D. Stockly, Twenty-first Infantry, has been ordered stricken from the army rolls. Early in January, 1901, Stockly disappeared while stationed in the Philippines and no trace of the young man has been found.
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Paul D. Stockly
Twenty-first Infantry
Stockly
Philippines
Veteran Henry Lindemuth Dies After Civil War Ride
Henry Lindemuth a Civil War veteran and bodyguard to General Sheridan died at his home in Ashley near Wilkes-Barre aged 71. He accompanied Sheridan on the famous Winchester ride in a notable wartime companionship.
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Henry Lindemuth
Ashley
Wilkesbarre
General Sheridan
Winchester
Boer Envoys Depart After Weeks in Country
Boer delegates CG, A. Wessels, A. D. Wolmarans, and J. M. De Bruyn sailed on La Gascogne from New York Thursday returning home after their weeks in this country.
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A. Wessels
A. D. Wolmarans
J. M. de Bruyn
la Gascogne
New York
Congress halts Schley controversy in naval affairs vote
The House Naval Affairs Committee adopted a Roosevelt backed plan to terminate the Schley controversy and postpone all related bills by a 7 to 4 vote. The panel presented a report listing all resolutions and outlining four prior inquiries into the Santiago campaign. A motion to thank Admiral Schley and his men failed 4 to 7.
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House Committee On Naval Affairs
Roosevelt
Schley
House
Winfield Scott Schley
Santiago
McKinley
United States Court of Claims
Naval Court of Inquiry
Admiral Schley
Naval Court
Yeoas
Foss
Dayton
Loandenslager
Butler
Watson
Cousins
Roberts
Mudd
Rixey
Kitchin
Wheeler
Mr. Mudd
Congress
Court martial hears Waller and Day murder case
Major Waller and Lieutenant Day face trial for executing natives on Samar without trial after a General Chaffee communication. Waller admits 11 natives were killed while asserting orders were given in his right mind. Captain Marix and Captain Dunlap testified on the sequence of events and the prisoners’ treatment.
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Littleton W. T. Waller
John H. A. Day
Marine Corps
Samar
Chaffee
Waller
Arthur T. Marix
Robert H. Dunlap
Gridley
Sergeant Quick
Cargadores
Day
Meat Decree Excites Officials Over German Ban
Official Washington reacts to Emperor William's decree banning import of American meats into Germany. Secretary Wilson notes sanitary reasons may trigger troublesome policy, with possible retaliatory actions if German bans on American goods are deemed unsound.
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Washington
William
Germany
Wilson
Relief in Sight Senators Back Pension Bill Passage
Senators and members of Congress expect the pension appropriation bill to become law soon hoping for relief from pressure to push private pension legislation. The measure would make it a criminal offense for attorneys claim regents or others to be paid for services in connection with passage of private pension bills.
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Congress
Rebels gain 20000 Manchu troops in Canton revolt
Reports from Hong Kong state that Jung-chau telegrams indicate Marshall By's trained force of 20,000 has defected to the rebels. Observers compare the uprising to the Taiping rebellion, believing imperial forces would struggle to suppress it.
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Hong Kong
China
Canton
Jung-chau
Butler county claimants seek full $6000 reward
The Butler County claimants for the reward for the capture of the Biddle brothers refuse to accept the amount allowed and will sue for the entire six thousand dollars.
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Butler County
Biddle Brothers
McKinley Medical Bills Reach About Fifty Thousand
McKinley bills total around $50,000, covering physicians nurses telegraph companies and the undertaker. The sum reflects charges from medical staff, communications, and funeral arrangements connected to the president.
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McKinley
Poultry industry survey shows large United States totals
A Washington report shows 5,096,252 of 5,739,657 farms reported poultry in 1900. Chickens and fowls three months old and over total 233,598,058, turkeys 6,599,367, geese 6,676,868, ducks 4,807,358. Eggs produced in 1899 reached 1,293,819,186 dozens, with poultry values on hand at 85,794,996 and eggs value at 144,286,168 in 1889. Iowa leads in chickens with 18,907,678, Illinois second with 16,600,728.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Iowa
Illinois
Roosevelt Discusses Danish West Indies Annexation
President Roosevelt and his Cabinet discussed the Denmark United States treaty at their Tuesday meeting. Denmark has not yet ratified but is expected soon. The islands will be annexed after Danish troops leave St Thomas, without awaiting a Congress appropriation of 5,000,000 dollars.
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Danish West Indies
Denmark
United States
Senate
Roosevelt
St. Thomas
Congress
News Notes Roundup From 1901 era World Events
Tomas Estrada Palma leaves New York for Havana while a violent clash between union and non union bridge builders in Jersey City ends after police intervene. Across reports, military promotions, legal cases, and corporate moves surface as mass transit and energy projects advance.
Decisive blow in Samar rebel crackdown ends insurgency
General Turban's influence on Guevarra yields a proclamation naming himself Lukban's successor in Samar. Surrenders improve as General Smith and Guevarra sign an armistice to collect rifles. Guevarra reports 400 rifles and guarantees peaceful submission. Chaffee, Bell, and authorities hail the collapse of the revolt with daily surrenders in Batan gas and Laguna.
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Turban
Guevarra
Lukban
Samar
Philippines
Smith
United States
Chaffee
Batangas
Laguna
Bell
Chinese Rebels Push Hard as Imperial Forces Fail
Rebels in Southern Provinces rout imperial troops, General Ma and Marshal Siu warn suppression is impossible with current forces. Viceroy of Canton asks Yuan-Shi-Kai to send overland reinforcements from Chi-Li. Defeats at Sek-Shing and Popak, rebels hold Foo-Chuen district, and have captured Liu Chou and Yung-Ning.
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China
Siu
Canton
Yuan-Shi-Kai
Chi-Li
Sek-Shing
Kwang-Tung
Popak
Foo-Chuen
Yu-Nan
Liu Chou
Kwang-Si Province
Yung-Ning
Kwei-Chou
Sex revealed by death in Canandaigua case
In Canandaigua New Jersey a man known as William C. Howard died after an autopsy showed the deceased was a woman. Howard about 50, a farm hand, arrived five years ago with a woman called Mrs. Howard who had two children, the older being adopted. Those close to the family never suspected the gender.
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Canandaigua
N. J
William C. Howard
Howard
Sanandaigua
Gold standard urged as cotton trade improves in Mexico City
Mexican importers push for a government gold standard while silver supporters among planters and manufacturers persist. The silver-based costs of wages taxes and rents are cited as unsustainable as rents provisions and clothing shift to gold, signaling a potential policy move.
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Mexico City
Mexican Herald
Early Great Lakes Navigation Opens Ahead of Schedule
The opening of navigation on the upper Great Lakes will occur earlier than ever, with ships expected to travel between Duluth and Lake Hie ports by April 1, a full month earlier than the usual date. This 30 day advance adds at least 15 percent to lake fleet capacity.
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Upper Great Lakes
Duluth
Lake Hiie
Freight rates cut at Northwestern meeting in St Paul
A major freight meeting at St Paul, Minnesota set lake and rail rates for export and domestic products. Domestic flour will be priced 22 cents to the Beaboard and 19 1/2 cents on export. Rates are 3 cents under the all rail rate. New tariffs take effect April 1.
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St. Paul
Minn
Wu Tingfang and Ho Yow Charged by Six Companies
In San Francisco serious charges of official misconduct are filed at Peking against Minister Wu Ting Fang and Consul General Ho Yow. The two officials are brothers in law.
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San Francisco
Wu Ting Fang
Ho Yow
Peking
Piano Factory Fire Wipes West Forty-Eighth Street Plant
Hardman Pack and Co piano makers of New York City reported a loss of 300000 dollars after their plant at West Forty-Eighth Street and the North River was destroyed by fire.
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Hardman, Pack & Co
New York City
West Forty-eighth Street
North River
First Upper Lake Boat Arrival Report
The season’s first boat from upper lake ports, the steamer Alaska, carried 400000 feet of lumber and passed Detroit for Alpena on its way to Toledo, marking the opening of the season.
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Upper Lake
Alaska
Detroit
Alpena
Toledo
Metcalf Named as Interior Secretary Possibility
The article reports Representative Victor H. Metcalf of California as the latest figure discussed for the Interior Secretary post to succeed Ethan Allen Hitchcock. It notes California influence urging a Western appointee, mentions Horace Davis as a prior candidate with slim chances, and highlights Metcalf’s age, two terms in Congress, and Ways and Means Committee membership.
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Secretary of the Interior
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Victor H. Metcalf
California
Metcalf
Horace Davis
Hitchcock
Moody
Long
Massachusetts
Oakland
Congress
Ways and Means
Roosevelt Opposes White House Remodeling Plan
President Roosevelt rejects material changes to the White House and favors preserving its current arrangement. He discussed expanded facilities with Representative Mercer of Nebraska, chairman of the House Public Buildings and Grounds Committee, noting that enlargements would require space elsewhere. The trend favors making the White House primarily residential, with executive offices elsewhere. Senator Fairbanks proposes a separate Justice Department building and Attorney General Knox outlines a plan to increase executive facilities.
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Roosevelt
Mercer
Nebraska
Hojse Committee
White Houses
White House
Fairbanks
Department of Justice
Knox
Presidents Day Sword Presentation At State Exposition
President's Day at the Columbian South Carolina Exposition will feature Major Jenkins receiving a sword from his Rough Riders unit. A State committee will manage the ceremonies with ex Lieutenant Governor Thompson of New York agreeing to lead.
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Major Jenkins
Rough Riders
Thompson
New York
Lynching Near Vidalia After Jail Break Admitted Prisoner
John Woodward, named as the Black perpetrator of the murder of Leonard Calvitt, a white planter, was lynched Wednesday within 300 yards of the Concordia Parish jail in Vidalia. A mob gained entry by claiming they had a prisoner, overpowered the jailer, and carried out the hangin g.
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John Woodward
Leonard Calvitt
Union Point
Concordia Parish
Vidalia
Porto Ricans Contribute to McKinley Memorial
Thousands of Porto Ricans have contributed to the McKinley national memorial. Governor William Hunt writes to Ryerson Ritchie that $1,497.42 has been raised on the island, with the contributor count running far into the thousands.
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McKinley National Memorial
William Hunt
Ryerson Ritchie
Island
Global News Briefs From The Era On Wars And Treaties
Reports from Warsaw Brussels Rome St Petersburg Port au Prince and Paris cover arrests in the Russian revolution case Belgian anti gambling law Dutch royal plans and a nonfatigued Dutch queen. Updates note U S claims of tax exemptions Lyons Latin affairs Panama Canal sale talks and ongoing plague in Lashore India.
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Prince Varkoff
Warsaw
Chamber of Deputies
Brussels
Belgium
Wilhelmina
Holland
Amsterdam
United States
Lyons
France
Rome
Italy
Papal
Vatican
Scotto
Port Au Prince
Crete
Plerot
St.Petersburg
Grimm
Mexico
Maximilian
Reichsrath
Landsthing
Copenhagen
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Liven
Congressional
Army Appropriations
Cuba
Sheridan
Deglare Sghley Appeal
House Naval Committee
West India Islands
Tomas Estrada Palma
Jersey City
Elisha 3
B. Hamilton
Grand Army
Quincy
Ill
Miles
War Department
Arent
John K. Murrell
St. Louis
John Young
Mount Holly
Washington Hunter
George W. Horvey
Lead Miners' Union
Homestake
Mattie Bennett
Frank M. Hill
Chicago Junction Railway
Westinghouse Electric Company
Metropolitan Railway
London
Englenda
James Wilcox
Neil Cropsey
Elizabeth City
N. C
Virginia
West Virginia
United Mine
Wood
Arthur J. Sampson
Warman, Black, Chamberlain Company
Indianapolis
Metropolitan ‘Action Company of
Inter-Urban Railway Company
Southampton
England
Liverpool
Horta
Azores Islands
Island of
Bourrenders
Gold Standard
Great Lakes
Law
Lashore
India
Paris
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