Wolcott Sees Obstacles but Favors Feasible Bimetallic Plan
Senator Wolcott, chairing the bimetallic commission, told the senate that an international agreement is hopeless now due to European gold reserves and domestic opposition. He cited obstacles including tariff moves, banker doubts, and free silver foes, but kept hope for a modified 20 to 1 ratio and continued work on bimetallism.
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Wolcott
London
New York
England
United States
Europe
Walcott
Ontario Bars Americans From Subsidized Railway Work
Ontario legislative closing hours enactment prohibits employment of aliens on subsidized railways. Canadians are exempt from these jobs even where alien labor laws exist in other countries. The bill also requires all sawlogs cut in Ontario to be turned into lumber within Canada.
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Canada
Ontario
New Yorker killer ends life after triple murder
Police found John Matthews 66, his wife, and two children aged 1 and 12 shot dead in their Columbus Avenue home. Authorities believe Matthews killed his family and then took his own life in what appears to be a triple murder and suicide.
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New Yorker
New York
John Matthews
Matthews
Columbus Avenue
Fay Templeton to receive $100000 from Osborn will
Fay Templeton will receive $100040 from the will of Howell Osborn. Justice Freedman of the New York supreme court affirmed the validity of the Osborn wills. The cases were contested by Mrs. Lella P Meanriques Mrs. Mary A Mason and Henrietta Olive Trowbridge. Notable grand jury drawn in New Jersey district court includes George J Gould and other prominent figures. A,9 dispatched from Gleiwitz Prussian Silesia reports a mine disaster at Zaborze with several dead. France and Russia protest Britain aiding China to liquidate indemnity. Mrs Eliza H Kohler seeks insolvency in San Francisco with liabilities at 183173 assets 323735. Louisville fire at B F Avery & Sons plow factory caused about 7500 in damage, covered by insurance.
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Howell Osborn
Fay Templeton
Justice Freedman
New York Supreme Court
Miriam A. Osborn
Lella P. Meanriques
Mary A. Mason
Henrietta Olive Trowbridge
Osborn
United States District Court For
District of New Jersey
Trenton
George J. Gould
United States
Prussia
Gleiwitz
Prussian Silesia
Zaborze
Koenigen
Louisville
B. F. Avery & Sons
Youth Kills Five Year Old in Philadelphia Woods
A 16 year old boy reportedly killed five year old Percy Lockeyear near West Philadelphia. Lemuel Henderson admitted whittling a knife caused the accident and said he disposed of the body in a creek, though it has not been found. Police believe the death was deliberate.
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Philadelphia
Percy Lockeyear
Lemuel Henderson
Percy
Henderson
May End the Strike Moves by British Engineers
A committee of allied trades unions in Great Britain on initiative of the amalgamated engineers withdraws the demand for forty eight hours of labor per week and urges employers to drop lockout notices, signaling a potential end to the dispute though conflicting reports reach Glasgow and Manchester. London branch secretary Barns calls the announcement untrue.
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Glasgow
Manchester
Barns
London
Officer betrays trust at Kentucky Trust Company
Louisville directors meet to order an assignment amid embarrassment from vice president and general manager Willis. A letter in his own handwriting admits betrayal of trust and details a deal losing 75000 dollars from the company as he fled to Alabama coal lands and others.
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Kentucky Trust Company
Louisville
Willis
Alabama
York City Bye Election Prospects Shift Conservative Lead
In York City a bye election filled the seat left by Sir Frank Lockwood's death. Lord Charles Beresford, a Conservative Liberal Unionist, won by eleven votes over Sir Christopher Furness. This marks the government’s first seat gain since the last general election.
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York City
England
Frank Lockwood
Charles Beresford
Christopher Furness
Butterworth Dies After Pneumonia Then Uraemic Poisoning
U.S. Patent Commissioner Hon. Benjamin Butterworth dies at 3:15 PM in Thomasville Georgia after a pneumonia illness with a relapse of uraemic convulsions. He leaves a wife Mary Schuyler and four children including Mrs. Howe of Washington D C and sons William Frank and Benj Butterworth.
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United States Commissioner of Patents
Thomasville
Butterworth
Mary Schuyler
Pennsylvania
Howe
Washington, D. C
Wiliam
Deere
Moline
Ben
Frank
Father and Son Meet Booths Hold Conference
Gen William Booth of the Salvation Army and Commander Ballington Booth of the Volunteers of America met in New York at the Windsor Hotel after a Saturday interview. Witnesses say the discussion was strictly between father and son and did not involve any amalgamation of the movements. Josiah Strong and Charles Cuthbert Hall witnessed the session. Public controversies were to be settled as far as possible.
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Ballington Booth
William Booth
Salvation Army
New York
England
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Windsor Hotel
Josiah Strong
Charles Cuthbert Hall
Dole Arrives in San Francisco Aboard Peru
President Dole of Hawaii arriving with Mrs Dole in San Francisco after the steamer Peru from China and Japan via Honolulu docked Sunday night. Stormy seas delayed disembarkation. quarantine rules barred landing between sunset and sunrise despite their haste to reach Washington.
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Peru
China
Japan
Honolulu
Dole
Hawaii
Washington
Father of the Commons Charles Villiers Dies at 95
Rt Hon Charles Pelham Villiers member of parliament for South Wolverhampton and famed as the father of the house of commons died at 9 p m Saturday night in his 96th year. He had sat continuously in the house since 1885.
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Charles Pelham Villiers
Wolverhampton
England
House of Commons
Pardoned by McKinley for a Kansas murder case
Clyde Mattox, serving life for a murder in Indian Territory, was pardoned by President McKinley after three trials and a death sentence in 1894. Strong representations from friends prompted the commutation. The report notes a broader debate on the gold standard and mentions James Hazard of St. Louis, a coal business figure, who died of rheumatism.
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Clyde Mattox
Kansas
Indian Territory
Mattox
Cleveland
St. Louis
James Hazard
Hazard & Wilson
Refuse to Reopen Debate on Dreyfus Interpolation
The French cabinet will not reopen Thursday's debate on Dreyfus imprisonment interpolation, claiming no grounds to revisit the issue. Four Americans Arrested in Mexico City are held in communicado on suspicions of complicity in large robberies. the gang comprises twelve men. The steamer George W. Elder departed Portland for Skaguay and Dyea with 35 passengers, a full cargo, 600 horses, and nearly 600 dogs aboard. Mrs. James L. Flood died in San Francisco following a recent operation at California Women's Hospital. Gray Gables was burglarized, ex-President Cleveland's summer home at Buzzard's Bay, with entry from attic to cellar and burglars escaping. The U S government will establish a carrier pigeon service in Atlantic City for naval use. Senator Tabarrini of Rome, president of the council of state, is dead.
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George W. Elder
Portland
Dyea
Elder
Gray Gables
Cleveland
Buzzard's Bay
Trade Review Reports Quiet Distributive Trade and Steady Prices
Lindatreet's Weekly Review of Trade notes overall quiet distributive trade with mild nationwide weather hindering winter goods. prices steady or rising in parts, iron grades up and spring orders improving. Industrial activity strongest in the west with heavy iron demand and pig iron output at high rates of about 1,000,000 tons monthly. Anthracite production may limit to sustain a 20 to 40 cent per ton rise. Northwest weather weak, but demand grows in some centers as week progresses.
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Lindatreet
Review of Trade
Warships Ordered South by North Atlantic Squadron
The North Atlantic Squadron sailed from Hampton Roads on Saturday heading south for evolution and drill. Navy officials say the cruise is not tied to Cuba and was planned months ago under orders to Admiral Sicard, with the movement publicized to prevent misunderstandings.
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Sicard
Navy Department
Cuba
McKenna Not Confirmed Senate Postpones Vote
The senate postponed action on Joseph McKenna's nomination to be associate justice of the Supreme Court. Senator Allen of Nebraska sought a two week delay, and after four hours of executive session a one week deferral was agreed with a compromise allowing a vote that day.
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Allen
Joseph McKenna
Supreme Court
Nebraska
Flour Freight Rate War Hits Eastbound Traffic
Milwaukee area report notes the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line slash in eastbound flour freight rates. The rate cuts continue despite any agreement, with grain reportedly moving to the seaboard for 14 to 15 cents per unit, alarming freight interests.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
St. Paul
Seaboard
Letter Boxes Rifled and Checks Stolen in Multiple Cities
Banks in New York were alerted that an organized gang stole a large number of checks from letter boxes across Buffalo Minneapolis St Paul Toledo Cleveland Kansas City and Milwaukee Some checks were altered with acids raising concern over fraud and further losses.
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Buffalo
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Toledo
Cleveland
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Market Quotations From Multiple U.S. Cities Lead Grain and Livestock Prices
Price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York. Wheat corn oats rye butter eggs potatoes and seeds quoted with varying No 2 grades and regional figures. Notable highs include Chicago cattle up to 5 75 and New York cattle at 5 50 with soy— er no soy included.
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Indianapolis
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Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
Sic
New York
Egga Western
Sam's Big Kitchen in the Capitol City
The Senate kitchen in the Capitol is a vast, highly ventilated basement facility owned by T. L. Page of Maine. It features a 100 by 15 foot main room remodeled for over 50 000 dollars, two giant ranges, and a large beef stock kettle. The room operates with extensive machinery powering lights, elevators, and ventilation while preventing odor transfer to upper floors.
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Senate
Capitol
Senate Chamber
Committee
Senate restaurant at Capitol ill suited for patrons
A detailed account describes an elaborate kitchen at the Capitol with kettles, sauces, a steambox for oysters, a large grill, a turkey roaster, steam tables, and a staff of thirty. It notes a peculiar hours pattern from noon to 3 and weak patronage as Senators dine and breakfast at home or elsewhere.
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Senate
Capitol
Senate Restaurant Normalcy Amid Circling Pie Counter Rituals
The Senate restaurant hosts a lively scene with cooks scullions and waiters kept busy to feed many frequenters. Senators, pages, clerks, and reporters share the pie and oyster counters while private senators rooms remain off limits to nonmembers. Food quality is modest, bread plentiful, and occasional shipments from Oregon or New England foster a rare communal dinner.
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Washington
House
Ayate
Northwest
Oregon
New England
Hage
Entate
Washington Evening Chronicle Miscellany on Politics and Shows
The piece notes tensions over the Hawaiian question involving the President and Senator Thurs ton, mentions J W Shrague urging a death penalty for train wrecking and robbery, and details mourning in Washington affecting Lent schedules. It also covers Naval Academy discipline, Hassarek and Ecuador, Alger’s illness, and Barnum Bailey's show tariff issue needing a joint resolution to import the act back duty free.
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Whiting Allen
Washington
England
London
Custom House
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Secretary of the Treasury
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