Senate gains General Alger as McMillan seat filled
Washington December 3 Senate swore in General Russell A Alger of Michigan to fill the late McMillan seat. The session also heard the president's message with close attention as Rev W H Milburn the blind chaplain was mourned and no action taken on his resignation. House readings and memorials followed with adjournment out of respect to late Connecticut representative Charles H Russell. Presidential nominations were listed including Bellamy Storer as ambassador to Austria Hungary and various consular posts.
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Michigan
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Charles H. Russell
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Texas
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Interstate Commission
Stateo
Bellamy Storer
Ohio
Austria-Hungary
Charlemagne Tower
Pennsylvania
Germany
United States
David R. Birch
Sialaza
Spain
James C. McNally
Liege
Belgium
A. ©. Mathnes
Media
C. S. Ferrebee
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W. W. Morgan
Slatington
New Haven
West Virginia
Albert C. Helmick
Thomas
W. H. Somers
Berkeley Springs
W. W. Johns
Bellville
W. W. Roach
Bellefontaine
J. C. Lewin
DeGraff
J. K. McDonald
West Liberty
J. C. Tierce
Forest
The New York Stock Market Reacts to President Message
The New York stock market showed early strength as speculative pools resumed activity, led by a western contingent. After the president's message was delivered to Congress, gains faded and selling intensified, dragging the market down with bonds following suit as total sales reached 42.17 million dollars and U S 3s declined 1 4 percent.
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New York
Congress
United States
Youngstown Men Secure Havana Street Railway Franchise
Willis Parks and fellow capitalists from Youngstown Ohio secured a 15 mile street railway franchise in Havana under the Havana and Jiminettas Railway company. They plan a direct line from the Ward line landing front to Marianac Beach and to establish a Cuba summer resort. A meeting will organize officers in Youngstown this week. Charles T. Henry of Anderson Indiana announces an independent Indianapolis to Cincinnati electric railway with operation toward Rushville by July 1904. Nurses of the Spanish American War held their annual convention in Washington with key leaders present.
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Willis Parks
Cuba
Mexico
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Parks
Jiminettas
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Marianac Beach
Coney Island
Ward Line
Ohio and Indiana Electric Railway
Anderson
Ind
Charles T. Henry
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Cincinnati
Rushville
Henry
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Indiana
Hamilton
Dayton
Germany seeks time on Venezuela claims
Berlin reports the Germany Venezuela claim totals about 2 million with a plan for deferred payments. President Castro says it is hard for Venezuela to pay while emerging from civil war and that bonds with high interest and possible seizure of custom houses may back any agreement. German cruisers Vineta and Falke arrive at LaGuaira from Curaçao.
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Berlin
Germany
Venezuela
Castro
Caracas
Vineta
Falke
LaGuaira
Curacao
Fire damages Lucent Oil office in Philadelphia
The warehouse and office building of the Lucent Oil Company at Second and Arch streets, led by president William F Young, sustained heavy damage from a fire yesterday. Loss is estimated at 75,000 dollars, with partial insurance coverage.
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Lucent Ol Company
William F Young
Second
Arch Streets
Hebard Crew Rescued After Ship Wreck Adventure
Sault Ste. Marie reports the Hebard steamer foundered off Mamaise Point in a blizzard as the crew rode a small skiff and a wrecked yawl to safety. Two mates pulled a line ashore, with Captain Ryan narrowly escaping, while Oscar Carleson and sons aided in landing the others. Overdue Wilhem and Jow feared lost after departure from the Soo.
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Detroit, Mich
Free Press
Sault Ste. Marie Mich
Mamaise Point
Burrell
Jackson
Oscar Carleson
Jennie Barnes
Ryan
Ashland
Wis
Wilhem
Jow
Soo
Lake Superior
Sault Ste. Marie
Big Malleable Iron Combine Formed In Michigan
Detroit December reveals a historic deal as 17 leading malleable iron firms sign to create a single company with capital between 16 and 20 million dollars. Financial HQ will be New York, with Chicago as operating center. W C McMillan says no cash outlay, no stock watering, no plant shutdowns, no management changes, with United States Steel interests involved.
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Detroit
Michigan
W. C. McMillan
United States
New York
Chicago
W. C. McMiLan
Michigan Malleable Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
National
Cuban Reciprocity Talks Advance Between U S Cuba
General Tasker H Bliss met with Cuban Secretary of State Zaldo and Secretary of Finance Mantes as the United States seeks a reciprocity basis with Cuba. Bliss expects to wrap up the conference next Saturday with positive progress and Cuban commissioners reportedly accepting the U S proposals.
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Nec
Tasker H. Bliss
United States
Cuba
Zaldo
Mantes
Palma
General Bliss
Attorney General Seeks Higher Judicial Salaries
Washington December stock notes report by Attorney General Knox requests nationwide judicial pay increases. It records 344 pending appellate and original docket cases in the U S Supreme Court at October 1902 year end, with 283 docketed and 375 disposed. 16,859 criminal prosecutions terminated in the year and 2,150 federal convicts housed nationwide across prisons and reformatories.
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Washington
Knox
Congress
United States Supreme Court
United States
Severe Southern Storms Reach Four States
A severe storm swept the South damaging property and causing casualties across Louisiana, northern Mississippi, western Tennessee, and southern Alabama. Closest hits were near Clayton and Adin with uprooted trees and ruined houses. Evansville saw the worst storm in years, sinking river barges and tearing telegraph wires. a Cumberland Md to Register freight train runaway killed the engineer and injured others near Blackwater grade.
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Thee
Iouisiana
Mississippi
Tennesse
Alabama
Clayton
Adin
Evansville
Wheeling
W. Va
Dee
Cumberland
The
Register
West Virginia Central Railroad
John Jankey
Alva Wolfe
Flking
James Brown
J. Cross
Railroad unions unite for 20 percent pay rise demand
Committees from four major labor bodies in Chicago strike to raise pay by 10 to 20 percent for 170000 railroad workers. The groups are the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and the Order of Railway Conductors. They meet daily in four hotels and expect to present demands to railroad officials early next week. In a separate item, H. Wales, father in law of Secretary Root, dies at 72 in New York.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of
Foreign Opinions On Roosevelt Message Stir Continental Press
London and Paris papers view President Roosevelts message as cautious yet principled. They praise foreign policy and the navy, noting no dramatic shift, with some noting lofty language and ardent patriotism in addressing trusts and tariff questions.
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London
President Roosevelt
Lenton
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Paris
Der
the Figaro
International Sanitary Conference Opens in Washington
The first international sanitary conference of American republics opened in Washington with delegates from Mexico Cuba Chile Costa Rica El Salvador Honduras and the United States. The session focused on welcoming and organization as talks on quarantine and sanitation proceed under an international sanitary bureau. Dr Walter Wyman called the meeting to order and leadership was elected with Wyman as president Reynolds as secretary.
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American Reportses
Mexico
Cuba
Chile
Costa Rica
Salvador
Honduras
United States
International Sanitary Bureau
Aguiron
Quesada
Cunha
Walter Wyman
The
Marine Hospital Service
United States Marine Hospital
Rvice
Arthur K. Reynolds
Chicago
German Farmers Plan Three Month US Tour To Study Agriculture
A large delegation from the German agricultural society will travel to the United States in April for three months to study American farming methods. The trip, funded by German sponsors, includes stops from Baltimore dairy farms to Washington research, Kentucky tobacco and stockyards in Omaha, then Colorado irrigation, California fruit farms, and Michigan beet root industry before returning from New York on June 30.
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Berlin
German Agricultural Society
United States
Washington
Agricultural Department
Baltimore
United States Agricultural Department
Germany
West Virginia
Kentucky
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Nebraska
Colorado
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Tacoma
Dakotas
Minnesota
Chicago
Michigan
New York
New Trust Bill Introduced In Senate By Cullom
Washington reports the administration backed anti trust measure introduced by Senator Cullom in the Senate. The plan adds nine sections to the Sherman law and targets interstate commerce with detailed provisions on transport of produced goods. It also empowers the attorney general to appoint up to fifty agents to investigate violations across the United States.
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Washington
Senate
Cullom
Illinois
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Roosevelt
United States
Ashland Jail Break By Brown West Escapes Police
A horse thief named Brown West, jailed for five years, escaped Ashland jail after striking Sheriff Homan with an iron. They fought on stairs. West broke free through a glass door as Bloodhounds pursued him. Also included is an advertisement for a Chicago North Western Railway travel book.
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Brown West
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