Panic foreseen by James J. Hill amid Venezuelan tension
James J. Hill warns of an impending financial panic accelerated by Venezuelan troubles. He claims prosperity has peaked and uncertainty among New York financiers risks war with England or Germany, with stock markets prone to slumps. A St Paul dispatch counters Hill, arguing farmers sustain U.S. prosperity and panics are unlikely, noting others have warned of a crisis.
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James J. Hill
Mr. Hill
New York
United States
England
Germany
St. Paul
Hill
Hillerrs
Russell Sage
McKinley
Kentucky
Mother and child found frozen to death in New York tenement
A mother with her young daughter was discovered frozen to death in a New York City tenement. The piece denounces Republican policy as causing mass destitution and fuel shortages, contrasts wealth with suffering, and warns of civil unrest and future judgment.
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New York City
Republican Party
Hudson
Steel Trust
Widow of Gen. Grant Dies in Washington at 76
Mas Junta Dan r grant widow of Gen. U S Grant died last Monday night at 11 17 in Washington aged 76 years.
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Junta Dan'r Grant
U.S. Grant
Washington
Abolition of dance halls sparks wage critique by Cooley
Southern Mercury reports Dallas Charities Director Cooley arguing average working girl cannot live decently on wages. He cites 7000 interviews in Cincinnati Columbus Cleveland showing weekly cost of living at 5.24 and wages at 4.82, urging reform of industrial system to stop harming young women.
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Southern Mercury
Dallas
Cooley
Clevehille
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Toledo
Columbus
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Story of the Spoils System in Civil Service
A Treasury bureau dismissed an incompetent youth while a congressman argued the man’s low $75 monthly pay justified keeping him. The tale, illustrating patronage and spoils politics, condemns waste and political influence in public offices as absurd and costly to the public.
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Treasury Department
Treasury
Congress
United States
Capitol
Partizan
Mor Anpauli Injured in State House Fall
Mor Anpauli fell on the state-house steps Monday and broke his right thigh bone. Initial fears of a fatal outcome faded as he showed signs of improvement.
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Mor’ Anpauli
Coal Pay Rise Reported With New Advance
Coal has jumped up another watch. Recent advances amount to $1.25. Of this sum, the miners get fifteen cents.
Campaign Finance Grievances Spark Calls to Amend Ballot Laws
A Topeka Herald editorial lambasts the state’s election spending and mocks proposed reforms. It asks if laws should bar voters who do not back the favored candidate and references a biblical election between Christ and Barabas to illustrate perceived costs to the state.
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Tes Gerotte
Topeka Herald
Mie
Studnd Son
J. K. Hudson
Jerusalem
Christ
Barabas
Pilate
Kansas Officers Protest Seniority Rules In Army
A number of regular army officers from Kansas complain to the War Department, via Senator Burton, over seniority credit. They argue the law should award credit for time served in the volunteer forces to those who joined the regular army after the Philippine conflict, while some Kansas officers outrank them despite shorter service. The dispute centers on how seniority is calculated for officers who served in the volunteers and later received regular army commissions.
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Regular Army
Kansas
War Department
Burton
Secretary of War
Wealthy donors push costs onto workers in lift of prices
The Kansas Populist argues that philanthropy by Rockefeller, Morgan, and Carnegie transfers wealth from laboring people to donors. Donors funnel millions to libraries and colleges, railroads raise wages, yet freight rates rise to cover added costs. The working people end up paying the freight.
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Rockefeller
Morgan
Carnegie
Kansas
Plague Findings Reported in New York City
Local health officials confirm Turububonic plague exposure in New York City with cases traced to a cluster in a specific neighborhood. Authorities urge residents to seek medical care for fever chills and swollen lymph nodes and to practice preventive measures while investigations continue.
Kansas Delegation Urges Roosevelt to Appoint Harris to Isthmian Commission
The Kansas delegation asks President Roosevelt to name Senator Harris as the Democratic member of the Isthmian canal commission with all Kansas congressmen supporting Harris.
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Kansas
Roosevelt
Senator Harris
Isthmian Canal Commission
Earthquake Ravages Andijan City in Central Asia
Andijan in central Asia was totally destroyed by a quake. The city, previously home to about 30,000 people, saw no death toll reported in initial notices. Widespread damage left residents displaced and seeking aid.
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Andijan
Central Asia
Great Britain Concludes Germany Hoodwinked Her
Britain has reached the view that Germany deceived her and a growing bitterness arises between the two nations as relations sour.
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Great Britain
Germany
Unce Sam Demanded Payment for Railroad Builders
A claim from Korea seeks $1,500,000 owed to builders of an electric railroad, asserting funds due from Uncle Sam. The dispute centers on compensation for construction efforts and related obligations surrounding the project.
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Unce Sam
Korea
1903 Hicks Almanac Promises Superior Science and Weather Forecasts
Rev R Hicks touts the 1903 Almanac as finer and more useful than ever with daily storm forecasts for the year, nearly two hundred engravings, and praise for his Word and Works journal. Pricing lists 30 cents for the Almanac or $1 a year with Word and Works, from Word and Works Publishing Co., 2201 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri.
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Hicks
Scientife
Word and Works
Word and Works Publishing Co
Locust Street
St. Louis
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Reese
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