Senate Debates Discharge On Anti Trust Bill Split
In Washington the Senate finished routine business with Jones of Arkansas proposing to discharge the judiciary committee from further consideration of the anti trust bill and move to the bill itself. Chairman Hoar says no senator supports the measure as written and seeks a just remedy and narrower scope. Platt of Connecticut condemns the move as political maneuvering to prolong debate.
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Judiciary Committee
Senate
Loar
Hoar
Platt
Connecticut
Colored miners in peril in Alabama mine disaster
At a Tuscaloosa area coal mine flood trapped twenty four workers, all colored, after a tie blew into old entries. Eleven escaped while thirteen remained entombed as pumps labored through the night. Experts warn it may take days to reach them.
High School Street Fair Features vaudeville and sideshows
Indianapolis high school pupils plan a street fair Saturday with a midway and various sideshows. An afternoon vaudeville program will entertain, while a big sideshow features Frank Abbott and Sera Lauter performing Romeo and Juliet and shadowgraph pictures in the evening. The high school cinch club will run a highlights sideshow with wonders anticipated.
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Indianapolis High School
Frank ‘Abbott
Sera Lauter
High School Cinch Club
Poison in pencils risks blood poisoning in youths
Chicago reports a danger from typewriter ribbon and indelible pencils with aniline dye coloring matter. Dr E E Prescott cites Frank Meyer, 14, who punctured a finger with a splinter then used an indelible pencil seeking relief as poison spread through his body.
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Chicago
E. E. Prescott
Frank Meyer
Dozen New Coppers Appointed by Board of Safety
The Board of safety announces a dozen new peace officers effective March 1. Appointees include William F. Smith Thomas M M Mathews Horace C. Davis Benn Tamzy John Cousins John a Bell Louis W Montgomer y Henry Fetticord Hugh M Dugan Charles L Gollnisch A H Lursh George F Johnson with party affiliations noted Democrats and Republicans. Substitutes named John P Vordermark Patrick J Doherty Hanford Burk respectively.
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The
Board of Safety
William F. Smith
Thomas M .M. Mathews
Horace C. Davis
Benn. Tamzy
John Cousins
John A Bell
Louis W. &Ontgomery
Henry Fetticord
Hugh M. Dugan
Charles L. Gollnisch
A. H. Lursh
George F. Johsson
John P. Vordermark
Patrick J. Doherty
Hanford Burk
Hatchet Hurling Burglary Foiled in Elwood Home
Mrs. Carri Broyles hurled a hatchet at a burglar trying to raise a window Wednesday night in Elwood Indiana. The intruder fled as her husband, at the tin plate factory, was away at work. The incident ends without further reported injuries.
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Elwood
Ind
Run on a Bank in Pittsburgh Suburbs Ends
The run on the German National Bank of Allegheny ends after withdrawals total about 100.70 dollars. Officials report the bank is not crippled and operations continue normally.
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Pittsburg, Pa
German National Bank of Allegheny
House Indefinitely Postpones Hat Removal Bill
In a Friday House debate the bill to require women to remove hats in public venues was indefinitely postponed 65 to 24. Supporters joked about bachelors and kindergarten bills while Bonham’s amendment faced criticism from Young Roberts and others.
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Roberts
Jefferson County
Blackford
Bonham
Marion
Pritchard
Bribery allegation shocks Delaware legislature
Dover news reports Democratic legislator W H Hearn claiming Republican Ad Addicks offered him 2000 dollars to stay away from the legislature Thursday. The move would tilt the vote toward Addicks, the gas magnate and U S Senate hopeful, with two missing Democrats supposedly securing his election. Democrats contest the claim and doubt Addicks can win.
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Dover
Del
W. H. Hearn
Addicks
J. E. Addicks
United States
China Accepts All Demands from Powers
Washington reports Minister Conger cabled the state department that China has acceded to all demands outlined in Conger’s Feb 6 cablegram. The confirmation aligns with Wednesday press reports.
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China
Conger
Lansdowne to Submit Canal Question to Cabinet
London February 21 Lord Lansdowne foreign secretary said to American ambassador Mr Choate that he would present the Sicaraguan canal issue to the cabinet on Friday.
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London
Lord Lansdowne
Sicaraguan Canal
Police applicants face height rule hurdle in appointment
The sole applicant failing the medical exam was Hugh M. Dugan who stood just a quarter inch short of the five foot nine inch requirement. The department allows five eight and three quarters, so he was appointed after a delay. Diherty and Montgomery were reinstated and many applications lingered before the board for about a year.
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Hugh M. Dugan
Heignt
Dugan
Diherty and Montgomery
Lawmakers Take Up Deficiency Bill as Currency Elasticity Move Advances
The house opened at noon and the general deficiency appropriation bill was immediately taken up. The banking and currency committee, by 5 to 2, approved a favorable report on the Lovering bill to increase currency elasticity, with three Democrats voting no. The Cox amendment extending national banking laws to state banks was defeated.
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Washington
House
Committee of Banking and Currency
Lovering
Cox
Knights of Pythias Dedicate New Plainfield Hall
Plainfield lodge No. 50 Knights of Pythias dedicates a new three story brick hall in Plainfield Ind costing 12000 with grand lodge officers present. Teams from nearby towns attend and wives and sisters serve an excellent dinner and supper.
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Plainfield
Ind
Plainfield Lodge
Knights of Pythias
MGR. BESSONIES SINKING
The condition of Mgr. Bessonies shows gradual weakening with little suffering. No visitors were admitted to his room on Wednesday due to his weakened state. He takes only a little nourishment.
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Mgr. Bessonies
Arrests in Manila Case Of Supplying Insurgents
Several more arrests have been made in the case of those charged with furnishing insurgents with supplies. The prisoners are members of the native government.
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Manila
United States 1999 Cotton Crop Total Reported
Washington reports the 1999 U S cotton crop total 4 672 695 500 pounds based on ginner figures supplied to the Census Bureau.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Legislative session hears swift action on electricity bill
Washington debates an electricity execution bill while Rapid City, Ont. hires Desperado Sullivan after Will Randolph. In Manchuria Russians and Chinese tensions rise, Newton Jackson of Philadelphia consolidates 20 Pennsylvania flour mills, 260 Meyersdale miners strike over discharge of union men, and East Liverpool mail stamps ruined by a burst pipe. Mrs Lervile of East Cambridge faces prison for five years in a blinding case.
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Legislative League of America
Washington
Rapid City
Ont
Will Randolph
Desperado Sullivan
Manchuria
Newton Jackson
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Meyersdale
East Liverpool
Tom Johnson Seeks 1904 Democratic Presidential Bid
In Cleveland on February 21 1904 Henry George Jr said Tom L Johnson of Ohio will be a presidential candidate if he lives. Johnson endorses a Pure Jeffersonian platform denouncing special privileges and private monopolies and calls for municipal or government control of key monopolies.
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Henry George
Young Bandit 18 Nipped In The Bud At Bank
Arthur Hyer, 18, son of a wealthy farmer, robbed Vennum's bank in Fisher Illinois, forcing the cashier to give $1600. He fled to a caboose on the Illinois Central train, threatened the engineer, but a posse captured him before the train gained speed. He is jailed in Champaign.
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Champaign
Arthur Hyer
Fisher
Vennum
Hyer
Ilinois Central Railroad
Jesse James
DAR Elections Prompt Clash Over Inspectors
Election day in the Daughters of the American Revolution saw a sharp debate over boosting state inspectors from five to nine. Mrs. Draper of the department of Columbia moved to table the motion, ending the discussion. The parliamentarian appeared in smoked glasses due to light and glare from the crowd.
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Washington
Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Grain and livestock prices move on Chicago and Indianapolis markets
Wheat and corn futures edge higher and lower as markets report cattle hog and lamb receipts at Union Stock Yards Indianapolis and Union Stockyards Indiana with quotations for feeders steers cows and calves. City grain notes No 2 red wheat bids 75 to 73 cents and futures. oats and hay prices weaken while dairy and meat prices show mixed gains.
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Interstate
Indianapolis
Union Stockyards
Indianapo
Cannes
Slevinsys Esos
Towagon
Toc
Timothy
Mother of Fifteen Children Stuns Rhode Island Census
Boston dispatch reports Clara Chase of South Kingston aged 29 is mother to 15 children with her husband, 28, living in modest means. Joseph Northrup, a school census enumerator, notes twins among offspring and half the children are school age. The couple maintains harmony and the mother appears well and composed about the large brood.
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Boston
Mass
Providence
Clara Chase
South Kingston
Tor Joseph T. Northrup
Chase Homestead
Northrup
The New York Crusade Agitates Tammany as Nixon Defies Pressure
The vice crusade shakes Tammany Hall as Lewis Nixon faces sharp criticism for his role in the Parole club raid that led to Maurice F. Holahan’s arrest. Croker says Nixon acts on the executive committee, while Devery’s hold on police power weakens. Gov Odell to sign a police reform bill as Devery’s tenure nears end and Cortright acts as chief until a successor is named.
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New York
Tammany
Lewis Nixon
Tammany Committee of Five
Parolé Club
Maurice F. Holahan
Nixon
Croker
Executive Committee
Willaim
Devery
Greater New York
Odell
Whies W. Cortright
van Wyck
Measles Hit Reform School As Cases Pass One Hundred
Plainfield Indiana February 21 Measles at the reform school are widespread with more than 100 cases reported and some severe. Henry Wawra can now marry his wife is in Australia he sued for divorce but service was not made and the decree was set aside. The divorce was granted Wednesday.
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Henry Wawra
Australia
McMaster
Wawra
Farm wife touts Grape-Nuts aid for fragile child
Mrs. Sarah Lessinger of Stuart Nebraska reports her eight year old daughter improved after starting Grape-Nuts. The family a farming household says the girl is now hearty and active. They are trialing meatless breakfasts with Grape-Nuts and notice better overall well being for all in the household.
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Sarah Lessinger
Stuart, Neb
Variety Household Goods and Supplies Listing
A list of items for sale including carpet tacks and table tumblers in two patterns, teaspoons in sets of six Rogers brand, gas lighters with taper box, drip less tapers, woolen ladies mittens, suspenders for men and boys, and men’s percale shirts. Prices range from 5c to 25c with limited quantities per item.
Bargain Shoe Sale Ad with Diverse Styles and Prices
A vintage style sale lists many shoe types from box calf to dongola lace and soft sole shoes. It promotes low sale prices like 88 cents to 35 cents and highlights sizes from misses to men.
Friday Bargains in Men’s Furnishings at Local Store
The ad promotes men's trade apparel and Friday bargains including laundered shirts at $1.00, plain black sateen shirts with attached collars, boys shirts, ribbed undershirts and drawers at 25 to 50 cents, nightgowns, socks, Arrow brand shirts, cuffs, and fleece-lined gloves with multiple color options and low prices.
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Tse India
Agte
Textile Sale Highlights Deep Discounts Across Fabrics
A long listing describes a deep sale on fabrics including Henrietta s and serges priced well below regular values. Items cover wide fabrics from 20 to 52 inches, including Mohairs and Cheviots, with many at 8 to 89 cents per yard and select goods up to 1.75 dollars.
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Fasiy Fete
de Battenburg
Het van Camp
Oc. J. Iessseee
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