Senate opener dull as deaths, bills loom ahead
Washington dec 2 the senate opened with little business as the deaths of Senators Davis and Gear were announced and new members Dolliver and Dillingham took oaths. Frye plans to push the shipping subsidy bill and oppose the Spooner Philip pine measure next. Oleomargarine tax bill faces solid dairy backing and will be taken up Thursday. House memorials honored late Representatives Daly Hoffecker and Senators Davis Gear.
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Senate
Davis
Gear
Allison
Neleson
Frye
Republican Committee
Committee On Foreign Relations
Tinally
Ways and Means Committee
Daly
New Jersey
Hoffecker
Delaware
Daris
Programme Voice Marks Early Action in House Session
In the House Speaker Henderson kept order as members reunited and formed new ties. Leaders push the short session with steady momentum, focusing on the war revenue tax cuts, army reorganization, river and harbor, and various appropriation bills. The army bill faces Senate opposition, with a caucus by Theocrats and talks of a two to three year provisional army substitute.
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Henderson
House
Senate
Beech Prac
Public debt totals decline in November snap
Washington on December 3 reports the monthly debt statement through November 30 showing a total debt of 1,101,174,575 after cash in the treasury is excluded. The month records a decrease of 3,227,445 with interest bearing debt at 1,001,499,750 and noninterest bearing debt at 385,770,506, plus debt on which interest has ceased at 3,081,410 for a total of 1,390,251,606.
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Washington
Manley Asked to Accept Internal Revenue Post
Washington reports that Hon. Joseph H. Manley of Maine has been asked by the president to take the vacant internal revenue commissionership caused by the death of George W. Wilson. Manley has not decided and says he knows nothing of the appointment.
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Washington
Joseph H. Manley
Maine
Internal Revenue
George W. Wilson
Manley
Augusta
Weather bureau chief cites court ruling on rain damages
Professor Moore of the Weather Bureau notes a U S court of appeals decision from Richmond Virginia holding a vessel master liable for rain damage to rice loaded on an sheltered Charleston wharf despite bureau forecasts of rain. The report also cites the Comptroller of the Currency's monthly circulation statement showing national bank notes in use as of Nov 20 1900 at 322 212 405 dollars a yearly rise of 88 452 157 and monthly gain of 599 137.
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Washington
Moore
Weather Bureau
United States Court of Appeals
Richmond
Charleston
S. C
Comptroller of the Currency
National Bank
Illinois naval militia inspection by Washington official
Capt. Southerland in charge of the naval militia division of the navy department has departed Washington for Chicago to inspect the Illinois naval militia by invitation.
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Illinois
Washington, der
Southerland
Naval Militia Division
Navy Department
Washington
Chicago
Naval Militia of
Wreck on Mexican Central Rail Way Kills Score and Hurts Fifty
A Mexico rail disaster between Taranaca and Simon leaves about twenty fatalities and fifty injured. Edward Rische reaches the scene minutes after impact as three engines and forty cars pile up thirty feet high in a valley. One freight train with forty five empty cars and a 1560 man construction crew were involved. Names of the dead and injured are not available.
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San Antonio
Tex
Taranaca
Simon
Jumilice
Edward Rische
Mexico
Justice Miller's Widow Dead in Washington Home
Mrs Eliza W Miller widow of U S Supreme Court Justice Samuel E Miller died in her Washington home from angina pectoris. She had returned from Keokuk La Thanksgiving and dined with Senator and Mrs Cullom. She is buried in Oakland cemetery beside Justice Miller and other family members.
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Washington
Eliza W. Miller
Samuel E. Miller
United States Supreme Court
Highland Terrace
Louis R. Reeves
Samuel F. Miller
Reeves
Ashland Kidnapping Suspect Captured in Rush Mines
William Gibson, charged with burning his 2 year old stepdaughter to death with a poker, is reportedly captured in Rush Kentucky and held for a reward. Miners secreted him in local mines. Governor Beckham plans a $500 reward tomorrow and demands $1,000 to hand him over.
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Ashland
William Gibson
Rush
Beckham
Texas presidential electors vote tally declines from four years ago
Texas results from the November 6 election show William Jennings Bryan leading with 267,422 votes, William McKinley 121,173, Donnelly 21,160, and scattering 62,000. Bryan's plurality reaches 146,259, with total Texas ballots about 110,000 fewer than four years ago.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Bryan
McKinley
Donnelly
Scattering
Duke and Duchess Visit as Zimmerman Plans Tour
New York December 3. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester and Miss Helena Zimmerman arrive in New York aboard the steamship St Louis. Zimmerman, the duchess father, welcomes them and discusses their west and south tour with plans dependent on the duke. The couple will visit Cincinnati and Natchez before returning to England.
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New York
Duke and Duchess of
Manchester
Helena Zimmerman
Cincinnati
American Line
St. Louis
Zimmerman
Revenue
Duke
England
Duke of Manchester
Sovereignty of the Voter Debate at Chi Phi Banquet
The Chi Phi fraternity banquet in Atlanta featured Judge Emory Speer of the U S district court as principal speaker. He argued against sectionalism and urged fair voter qualifications to curb corrupt or ignorant voters of all colors.
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Atlanta
Chi Phi
Emory Speer
United States Distric Court
South
Men Slow to Act Despite Clever Looks
A short quip notes some men prove brighter in theory than in practice, being quick with wit yet slow with effort. The line humorously contrasts intelligence with laziness, suggesting potential remains untapped.
Income of a Sleeping Car Earns Big Annual Returns
A Kansas City Journal summary notes a sleeping car on a 1,000 mile New York to Chicago run earns 24 hours per trip and about 125 dollars daily when full. After wages, wear, tear, cleaning, refitting, and depreciation, set at 10 percent, three trips weekly yield over 60 thousand dollars yearly, with some cars earning more.
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New York
Chicago
United States
Kansas City Journal
Passing of the Old Maid Reflects Social Change
Mrs. Mary E. Bryan notes in Macon Telegraph that the old maid of past scandals is fading. Modern unmarried women in their twenties and beyond are cheerful busy and active, engaged in business arts professions and community work with little time for gossip.
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Mary E. Bryan
Macon
Intelligent snake alarms house to trap burglar
A Bradford Star correspondent recounts a tale of a tame snake so clever it roamed its owner's home one night and coiled around a burglar’s legs in the dining room. The snake struck a bell with its tail to alert the household, aiding in the burglar’s capture.
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Bradford Star
All Gone Save Experience Cleverton Dialogue
Dialogue excerpt shows Cleverton and Dashaway in a wry exchange about money and social access. Dashaway claims insolvency while Cleverton notes their intimate access to New York's literary circle and elite. The tone mixes wit with social critique.
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Cleverton
New York
Dashaway
Aspiration and Realization at the Depot
A brief Chicago News item records two figures, Hills and Mills, discussing plans to seek fortunes. Mills asks for a loan of one dollar until Hills returns, highlighting a shared sense of ambition and mutual aid. The fragment hints at frontier aspiration and quick exchanges at a depot setting.
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Mills
Hills
Chicago News
Man at Gymnasium Exercise Turns to Kindling Split
A humorous note suggests many men who visit the gym nasium for workouts end up with their wives splitting the kindling at home.
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