Congress News From Washington In Late January
A week of U S Senate activity covers pension bills for widows Lilian Capron and Harriet Gridley, passage of a 145 million pension appropriation, army reorganization debate, and votes on foreign and diplomatic funds. tributes marked the passing of Rep Simpkins of Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Lilian G. Capron
Harriet V. Gridley
House
Grosvenor
White
Rep. N. C
Platt
N. Y
Cook
Ilinois
John M. Palmer
Illinois
Senate
Frye
Spain
Mr. Simpkins
Massachusetts
States in Session Spur Record Crop of Resolutions
With 35 state legislatures in session there is potential for a larger crop of resolutions this year, reflecting renewed legislative activity and policy aims across the country.
United States Cuts Consular Posts Saving 43000 Per Year
A Chicago court seeks a receiver for a Klondike railroad amid ongoing legal wrangle. In Illinois a man has launched 153 newspapers and aims to fulfill a long sought ambition, likely hindering his happiness if he fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ilinois
American exports rise as machinery boosts trade balance
American furniture exports last year reached 3 700 000 dollars while imports were nearly nominal. The rise is attributed to the impact of domestic machinery, which has shifted the trade balance in this and other manufacturing sectors.
Hundredth Birthday Sleigh Ride Amid Deep Freeze
Mrs. Mary Sawyer Peters of Henderson North Island celebrated her 100th birthday by taking a sleigh ride as the thermometer marked 20 below. The piece includes a rhetorical query about girls and their habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sawyer Peters
Henderson, N. I
Missouri Senate Seats Remain Held by Cockrell and West
For two decades Missouri has been represented in the U S Senate by Senators Cockrell and West. Cockrell, first elected in 1875, has just won his sixth term. West has served since 1579.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
National Senate
Cockrell
West
Heiress's Name Change Reconfigures Marriage Plans
Miss Mary Gregg of St. Louis wishes to marry Joseph I Dillon. Her uncle leaves a fortune on condition she keeps her name. The complication is resolved by legally changing the groom's name to Joseph A Dillon Gregg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gregg
St. Louis
Joseph I. Dillon
Joseph A. Dillon Gregg
Inventor Eisel Passes Away in New York
The article notes Eisel, a New York inventor, who supplied ideas that others profited from. He created the revolving bookrack earning him a few thousand, and concrete for pavements earning $6,000. The company using his concrete made $6 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eisel
Daly Elected Mayor of Limerick Under New Irish Act
A Dublin cablegram reports John Daly the Irish political prisoner freed from Portlanda prison in 1896 has won the mayorship of Limerick. Daly, sentenced in 1884 for alleged complicity in a dynamite plot against the House of Commons, was elected unanimously under the new local government act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
John Daly
Portlanda
House of Commons
Limerick
Daly
Surprise New Jersey treasury surplus prompts legislative notice
New Jersey shows a state treasury surplus of over 1 million dollars without a direct state tax and growing. Gov Voorhees asks the legislature to consider the matter as receipts last year reached 2,554,622 mainly from corporation taxes collateral inheritance taxes and state fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Tradition in railroad crash myth discredited by expert
An iconoclast claims the engineer did not whistle and jump as the train stopped. Instead he would shut off steam apply the air brakes open the sand box and jump. If afraid to jump he faces death or heroism.
Wallace Claims Tropics Best for Health and Vigor
Dr Alfred Russel Wallace argues tropical climates promote health better than temperate zones. He credits 7 to 12 years in the tropics for his own health and notes European soldiers in India enjoy better health than sedentary natives. He adds that steady work and a cheerful, clean, fearless life sustain health anywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Russel Wallace
Tropics
Elopement Ends in Tragedy on Lehigh Valley Train
George Josephs and Mary Siin key of Shamokin PA died in a wreck after fleeing to marry in New York. Parents opposed the union but the youths under 18 years old boarded the first coach to elope. A fatal crash cut short their plans and lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Valley
George Josephs
Mary Siinkey
Shamokin
New York
Cush
Denth
Telephones Treated as Hidden Germ Menace Says Doctor
Dr BE John Kaufman warns the public that telephones are crowded with germs. He states more grip infections have been transferred via phones than from any other source, urging caution as people handle phones between uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kaufman
Augustus Garland dies after stroke at Supreme Court
Augustus H Garland aged 67 collapsed with apoplexy while addressing the United States Supreme Court in Washington and died within ten minutes. He served as Arkansas governor 1874-76 and US senator 1877-85 before joining President Cleveland’s cabinet as attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus H. Garland
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Arkansas
United States
Cleveland
Felipe Agoncillo
Aguinaldo
Eagan
Miley
War Department
Otis
Philippines
Robert Williams
Stephen A. Douglas
Treasury Department
Multiple Disasters and News From Various Cities
Off Norwalk a steam canal boat ran aground and five people drowned. In Brooklyn Emil Reuter a wholesale dealer and his wife died within an hour of each other. Gen George S Green the oldest army officer died at Morristown aged 97. Derby hat makers form a price-fix pact. Near Port Burrell a Robson family and Henry Martel drowned in Lake Erie. In Philadelphia the Quay trial set for February 70. A seat on the New York Stock Exchange sells for a record 38000. The American Missionary association urges observance of February 12 as Lincoln Sunday. Fire destroyed the First Baptist Church in Scranton Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Conn
Brooklyn
N. J
Emil Reuter
George 5. Green
Morristown
N.J
Port Burrell
Robson
Henry Martel
Lake Erie
Philadelphia
Senator Quay
Richard
Quay
Haywood
New York Stock Exchange
American Missionary Association
Congregational Churches of the
Various 19th Century U.S. and international incidents reported
The item lists multiple events including Cuban February holiday aims in Havana Ilavana, the death of Potawatomi chief Simon Vokagon in Michigan, a coalton Ohio Southern train wreck with fatalities and injuries, foreclosures on the Baltimore Ohio railroad, fires destroying hotels in Hillsboro Texas with deaths, five goldseekers dying at Valdez glacier in Alaska, a National Live Stock association election of Joseph Springer in Denver, an April Sunday convention in Atlanta, the death of U.S. Senator James H. Slater in Oregon, a Montana legislature election of William A. Clark, a fatal snowslide killing Mrs. William Jive dolph and two children near Apex Colorado, and the death of populist leader Svan Jones in Fort Worth Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilavana
Simon Vokagon
Pottawatomies
Lee Township
Mich
Coalton
Ohio Southern
Wright
Golf and Morris
Baltimore
James IT. Slater
United States
Oregon
Lagrande
Ore
Montana
William A. Clark
Dem
Butte
Apex
Col
William Jivedolph
Svan Jones
Fort Worth
Tex
Gen. Weaver
Ninth Ohio battalion mustered out at Summerville Ohio
In Summerville 8. C the Ninth Ohio battalion colored under Maj Young was mustered out. Arthur Livingston aged 80 died in Peoria Ill and his wife aged 85 died a few hours later. In Hardin County Kentucky white caps tried to whip Tom Jackson but his wife stepped in and killed William Wright their leader.
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Summerville
8. C
Ohio Battalion
Maj. Young
Arthur Livingston
Peoria
Hardin County
Tom Jackson
William Wright
Insurgent Congress War Powers and Global Disasters March
The Malolos insurgent congress adopts a Philippine constitution and grants Aguinaldo authority to declare war as needed. A Solomon Islands hurricane devastates villages. 500 natives die. Cannibalism reported after shipwreck in New Guinea. Ship Wanksdale sinks near Margate with drownings. Belfast bankers fail for 600000 dollars. William II marks birthday in Berlin. Conspirators in Constantinople arrested after sultan plot. Spain accepts empires peace conference invite. Famine grim in Palestine with starvation tales. Palin mine explosion in Spain kills 14.
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Malolos
Congress
Aguinaldo
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
Wanksdale
Margate
England
P. & M. Shields
Belfast
Ireland
Berlin
William
Constantinople
Emvir
Spain
Palestine
Jerusalem
Palin
Mazarron
Various US political and military updates from the era
The article notes the senate receiving a peace treaty, executive session discussion, and House activity on the army bill. It reports fires in Chicago displacing families, a large Cuban soldiers' fund disbursement, retirements, and deaths of notable figures. It also covers a Wisconsin senatorial nomination, a French death, nitroglycerin explosion, jurists’ review, and Cuban general Gomez demanding funds from the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
State Department
House
Chicago
McWhinley
Robert P. Porter
Thaddeus H. Stanton
J. C. Rayner
Myron Winslow Reed
Broadway Temple
Denver
West Liberty
Ind
James Thompson
Gib Gooden
Wisconsin
Republican Caucus
Joseph Y. Quarles
Milwaukee
United States
Alonzo C. Yates
Syracuse
N. Y
Nice
France
Whitaker Manns
Howard Harlan
Ballardsville
Charles Louis Beale
Hudson
Eagan
Lieber
St. Paul
Minn
Philippines
Shreveport
Maximo Gomez
Minor News Items Overview
Population figures for Egypt are cited with a doubling since 1889 and a current total of 10 000 000. Notes include Russell Sage’s charity plans for babies named after him, emigration offices in England, and Gen Russell Hastings chosen as director of the bureau of American republics. Also reported are Long elected president of the Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society, Lincoln pardoning Vaughan, Utah congressman Roberts seat dispute, Romeo and Juliet tomb renovations at Verona, Peter's peace fund 1898 contributions, boxer Om Lansing’s death, Maj Gen Ludlow on Havana sanitation, Saure sentenced for theft, Lady Waiters' Industrial Association, and a British military attache appointment for Washington.
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Egypt
Russell Sage
England
Russell Hastings
Northampton
Mass
Bureau of American Republics
Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society
John D. Long
Lincoln
George S. E. Vaughan
Vaughan
Maryville
Missouri Senate
Roberts
Utah
Verona
Romeo and
Janet
Peter's Peace Fund
United States
France
Spain
Om Lansing
Louisville
Jack Root
Chicago
Ludlow
Havana
Louis Jd. Saure
New York
Sing Sing
Cleveland
Knights of Labor
Lady Waiters’ Industrial Association
Washington
Arthur H. Lee
Royal Artillery
President’s Luzon Demand Drives Senate Reading of Letters
Washington January 31 The president sent to the Senate correspondence with Peace Commissioners, showing instructions to demand Luzon alone with sovereignty and debating taking the entire archipelago. Commissioners warned of European and Spain opposition, Cuban payments, and possible future conflicts if Luzon was not tied to full island control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island of
Luzon
Senate
Washington
State Department
Jfoar
Paris
Philippines
Secretary Day
Commissioner Day
United States
Spain
Gray
Europe
Cuba
Merritt
Infantry shortages shift to cavalry for Cuba
The war department says Cuba has enough infantry for now and calls for mounted troops. About 15 cavalrymen from the Second Fifth and Eighth regiments will sail from Savannah on three transports the Minnewaska Manitoba and Michigan today and Wednesday to bolster country district peacekeeping duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
War Department
Cuba
Minnewaska
Manitoba
Michigan
Hoom in Mining Stocks Rocks Colorado Markets
Colorado Springs January 31 Monday marked the wildest day in local mining stock certificates with about 2.3 million shares traded Isabella led activity with around 150,000 shares changing hands between 1.50 and 1.80. It opened 1.50 rose to 1.75 1.80 then eased to 1.65 on the first call and closed 1.574 on the second. The overall market showed strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Col
Isabella
Celebrate Execution of King Charles I Observed in London
London commemorations mark the 250th anniversary of Charles I's execution with Legitimist and Jacobite leagues in Whitehall. wreaths and floral crosses were placed at his statue as leaders gathered and stood bareheaded. Twenty children drowned in a German ice disaster near Warpuhnen Boirhein.
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London
Charles I
Whitehall
Koenigsburg
Eass Prussia
Warpuhnen-Boirhein
Beale Former GOP Congressman Dies at 75 in New York
Charles Louis Beale aged 75 died in Hadson New York Monday. A republican member of the Thirty sixth congress from New York City he served as a presidential elector on the Lincoln Johnson ticket in 1864 and was a delegate to the National Union convention in Philadelphia in 1866.
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Hadson
N. Y
Charles Louis Beale
New York City
Johnson
Philadelphia
General Stanton Retired From Army Paymaster Post
Gen Thaddeus IV Stanton paymaster general of the army was retired at noon Monday in compliance with age rules. The retirement occurred in Washington, marking the end of his official duties after a long service career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton
Washington
Thaddeus IV. Stanton
Army
Winter's icy grasp grips multiple states
Snow and cold slam Colorado Kansas Missouri Minnesota and Illinois areas with Breckinridge Como Leadville and Chicago reporting record lows. Weather brings road closures, stock losses, and widespread suffering though no deaths yet.
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Denver
Col
Breckinridge
Como
South Park
Leadville
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Mercury
Government Weather Bureau
Abilene
Kinsley
Larned
Florence
Dodge City
St. Paul
Minn
Battle Ford
Marquette
Northwest
Duluth
Moorehead
Miles City
Winnipeg
Lake Portage
Chicago
Charles W. Schuyler
Demand of Gomez Seeks Large US Payment
A Washington dispatch reports Cuban general Gomez demanding nearly 60 million dollars from the United States and opposing disbandment until payment. The plan previously set to pay 3 million to about 30,000 armed Cubans at 100 dollars per man is challenged by Gomez who seeks far larger sums and insists on continuing the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Tribune
Washington
Maximo Gomez
United States
Calixto Garcia
Gomez
National Defense Fund
Death of Alonzo C. Yates in Nice France
Alonzo C. Yates of Syracuse died in Nice France on Monday from heart failure. He inherited 4 000 000 from his father in 1880 but spent almost all within five years on dissipation. Also Albany urged swift Senate ratification of the Spain treaty by a voice vote in the assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo C. Yates
Syracuse
N. Y
New York
Nice
France
Yates
Albany
N.Y
Assembly
Senate
Spain
Quarles Wins Wisconsin Senatorial Nomination
Madison Wis Jan 31 Joseph W Quarles of Milwaukee was nominated by the Republican caucus to succeed John L Mitchell after a long roll call. The vote went unanimous as supporters of Stephenson and Babock faded, Quarles praised as one of Wisconsin’s leading lawyers and orators, with a long public career in Kenosha Racine and Milwaukee.
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Madison
Wis
Milwaukee
Joseph W. Quarles
John L. Mitchell
Thayer
Babcock
Zinn
Isaac Stephenson
J. W. Quarles
Mr. Zinn
Senator McGillivray
Congressman Babcock
Assemblyman
Williams
Mr. Cook
Senator Hatton
Webb
Judge Webb
Ray
Hatton
Green
Quarles
Daggett
Stephenson
Joseph Very Quarles
United States
Wisconsin
Kenosha
University of Michigan
Thirty-ninth Wisconsin Infantry
Spence & Quarles
Carrie A. Saunders
Chicago
Thawing nitroglycerin causes fatal blast near West Liberty
In Portland Indiana on January 31 two oil workers James Thompson and Gil Gooden died when nitroglycerin exploded during preparation to shoot a well at Rice and Emerson base near West Liberty. The blast shredded the area and was felt for miles in the county.
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Portland
Ind
Rice & Emerson
West Liberty
James Thompson
Gil Gooden
Magazine on new lines by Lady Randolph Churchill
Paris correspondent reports Lady Randolph Churchill plans a sumptuously bound magazine priced at a guinea per copy. Her son Herbert Churchill will help, with contributors including Emperor William and other royals. Soldiers Die at Sea. The Spanish transport Ems arrived at Ponta Delgada with repatriated troops. three soldiers died and 29 ill during voyage. vessel placed under strict quarantine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
The
Daily Mail
Randolph Churchill
Jerome
New York
Herbert Churchill
William
Ponta del Gada
Azores Islands
Ems
Harrassowitz
Cienfuegos
Island of Cuba
North German Gazette denies Hohenlohe resigning chancellorship
The North German Gazette denies rumors Prince Hohenlohe plans to resign as imperial chancellor. In Texas, three robbers dynamited a Kelly Plow Co store safe at Long View, securing a sum and damaging the building. one robber was badly injured and Joe Carroll, a Joplin, Missouri native, was captured. In New York conferences discuss forming a wholesale grocers combine in the western states with annual business over $500,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hohenlohe
Fort Worth
Tex
Kelly Plow Company
Long View
Joe Carroll
Joplin
New York
Sporting Life Comes to McVicker's February Run
Jacob Litt presents Sporting Life at McVicker's theater starting February 19 for a lengthy engagement. The production, praised as America's greatest melodrama, uses over two hundred performers including fifty speaking roles and features the Earl of Wood stock scene with Lady Love the Derby mare. It moved from New York to Philadelphia last week and will travel west on a ten car special train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Litt
McVicker’s
Academy of Music
New York
America
Mansfield
Missouri Kansas and Texas Railways Offer Southwest Excursions
Semi monthly trips advertise visits to Texas described as the Empire state of the Union with abundant resources and climate. It promotes a pamphlet and dates of excursions via H A Cherrier in Chicago and T B Cockerly in Des Moines for descriptive material and schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
Texas
Empire State of the Union
Middle States
Commissioners of
H. A. Cherrier
Marquette
Chicago
Iil
T. B. Cockerly
Dist. P. A
Des Moines
Our Southern Sisters booklet from the Chicago and Eastern Illinois R R
The Passenger Department issues a handsome illustrated guide titled Our Southern Sisters. It describes Cuba and Porto Rico for travelers and showcases West Indies places with illustrations. A feature is two fast daily through trains and their route. Free copies available from C. L. Stone in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago & Eastern Illinois R. R
Cuba
Porto Rico
West Indies
C. L. Stone
Chicago
Florida Air Line inaugurates seasonal sleeping car to Jacksonville
The Louisville Air Line launches a season opening to Jacksonville via Southern Railway Queen and Crescent Route and Florida and Central Peninsular railroad passing through Louisville Lexington Chattanooga Atlanta and Macon. The route offers a convenient year round Florida trip via Asheville North Carolina to the resort area. Correspondence solicited and information promptly furnished by R A Campbell General Passenger Agent St Louis Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Air Line
Jacksonville
Fla
Southern Railway
Queen & Crescent
Florida and Central Peninsular Railroad
Luisville
Lexington
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Macon
Florida
Asheville
N. C
R.A. Campbell
St. Louis
Mardi Gras Round Trip Fare Details Across Cities
The G H and D R y offers one fare for round trips to Mardi Gras events in New Orleans Mobile and Birmingham with travel dates from February 6 to 13 for outbound and return through February 28. Contact nearest H and D Ticket Agent or G Edwards P T M Cincinnati Ohio for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Mobile
Birmingham
G. Edwards
Cincinnati
Powerful Locomotive and Modern Pullman Cars Market Train Offer
A vivid description praises a locomotive pulling Pullman sleeping and dining cars enabling pleasant rail travel. Two such trains run daily from Chicago to St Paul Minneapolis Ashland and Duluth via Wisconsin Central lines. Nearby ticket agents provide full details. C Pond Milwaukee is the general passenger agent. In a separate noted exchange a mother and father discuss a child’s walking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ashland
Duluth
Wisconsin
Central Lines
C. Pond
Milwaukee
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John Mix
Father Joes
Pokagon
Nea
Republicans of
Joseph V. Quarles
Hood
Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Florida Air Line
John
California Fie SyRur Co
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California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
New York, N. Y
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Eral
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