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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1900
Page
1
Washington dispatch reports the new army bill includes a prohibition on army officers and soldiers selling liquor. The rules committee adopted a rule to take up the army bill immediately while avoiding interference with other special orders.
Washington December 6 notes a Thurston bill to create a new judicial draft designated 58 tenth including Kansas Nebraska Colorado Wyoming Utah and Montana and establishing a court of appeals for the circuit. By Warren a bill would allow free admission or honorable discharge soldiers and all veterans into any U S hospital for medical treatment.
In Washington the speaker announced four communications from Maine family Boutella affecting his chairmanship of naval affairs. A resolution was adopted to set four hours of general debate with two hours per side before the bill under the five rule. Hull opened the debate and Cochran argued that no army could subdue the Philippines.
Washington December 5 the revenue reduction bill completed by Republican members of the Ways and Means Committee and Chairman Payne introduced the measure before adjournment. The plan reportedly abolishes stamp taxes on telegrams express receipts and proprietary medicines and cuts the beer tax by twenty five cents per barrel.
Washington December 5 The Hay Pounceforte treaty on the Nicaraguan canal was reviewed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for a few minutes. No conclusion reached. committee agreed to press the question in the Senate and favored reporting a resolution for ratification without amendment.
Washington December 5 senate committee on foreign relations granted a hearing to representatives of temperance and reform groups supporting the treaty to regulate liquor traffic in Africa. Among those present were Mrs Stevens president of the W C T U and other advocates.
Washington reports the president will transmit to the Senate today the nomination of George Myer of Benton for ambassador to Italy. Also noted are Roosevelt's planned hunting trip to Colorado, Count Benis London housing plans, and various brief foreign and domestic items.
London reports Baron Speck Von Steinberg, former German ambassador to Washington and newly appointed consul general in Calcutta, married quietly to Miss Lillian May Langham of Laureville Kentucky. Ambassador Obolte supported the couple as the bride’s family attended.
General Stowe predicts the South African War will end within months. He cites 19,000 Boer prisoners and a petition by Cape Town jurors urging peace as signs the conflict may soon close. The dispatch also notes a Louisiana Purchase Centennial meeting in St Louis with $204,000 in new subscriptions and upcoming talks.
Fire at Sergs structural iron works of Georgie Lb Mesker Co and Loewenthal's commission route in Evansville Indiana early day destroyed the plant. The blaze aided by strong wind caused about 1200000 loss. A group of firemen were trapped by a falling wall. Gorsube Burbeck killed and five others injured. the injured expected to recover.
Two crewmen from theAuxiliary cruiser Yosemite tell Cavite reporters that amid the typhoon they did their best to aid the stricken vessel. They describe attempts to tow and pump the ship, the abandonment as prudent, and that pumps and valves behaved under sea conditions. They note no blame toward officers and mention the Maya's voyage with Marines and the wider aftermath of the wreck narrative.
The court admits Mrs Castle's statement as evidence but rules certain portions altered and part of the letter must be removed or redacted. The decision specifies which passages are to be struck out and preserves the rest for the hearing.
In City Missouri a court scene centers on Jessie Morrison sobbing as Mrs Castle’s dying declaration is admitted to the record over objections. Judge Redden debates whether the statement was truly dying and if it should be heard by jurors, while witnesses discuss its significance in the case against Morrison.
Markets and receipts data show mixed wheat and dairy items with price notes and totals. Premier Pierson signals no arbitration now as the Netherlands and Great Britain discuss mediation. ongoing effort to resolve the Transvaal issue continues amid trade updates.
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