Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill passes House by near unanimous vote
Washington January 19 The Hepburn Nicaragua canal bill sailed through the House with only two dissenters Fletcher and Lassiter opposing. The bill authorizes the president to secure land in Costa Rica and Nicaragua to build a canal from the Caribbean near Greytown Nicaragua to the Pacific near Brito and to construct harbors and defenses. It sets a total cost cap at 180 million dollars with initial appropriation of 10 million and requires ongoing contracts and surveys as needed.
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Washington
House
Messrs
Fletcher
Rep
Minn
Lassiter
Dem
Cannon
Hepburn
Appropriations Committee
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
United States
Caribbean Sea
Greytown
Lake Nicaragua
Pacific Ocean
Brito
San Juan
Secretary of War
Treasury
McKinley
Census Committee
Post Office Department
Shallenberger
Weat Point
Congressional Committees On
West Point
Military Academy
Return to Peking and other 1900s era dispatches
A mixed set of dispatches reports the reentry of the Chinese emperor into Peking marked by imperial splendor and the effacement of royal deification. Other items cover a fatal gas lamp accident in Strasburg Illinois, the arrest of Edmond Palmer in Pittsburg, and a hospital discharge connected to the Merrimac sinking. A Washington note notes the impossibility of antitrust suit against the Hill railroad merger under Sherman law.
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Peking
Washington
Knox
Minnesota
The
Hill Railroad
Planning Fourth World Sunday School Convention Reach Jerusalem 1904
The committee for the tenth international Sunday school convention met to discuss time and place for the fourth gathering. Debates considered Jerusalem as the 1904 site, with Denver 1902 as a prior plan, and talks pursue travel feasibility and comfort for American delegates. The first three conventions were London 1889, St. Louis 1893, and London again in 1895.
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Thron Oaks
Bbeh
Erosalem
Denver
Col. Dune
Jerusalem
Palestine
London
England
St. Louis
America
Admiral Schley Heads to Savannah Welcome in City Hall
Savannah welcomes Rear Admiral W. S. Schley with a formal afternoon reception at City Hall after a thronged arrival. He visits Gen. W. W. Gordon and attends theater with Mrs. Schley amid enthusiastic cheers from the crowd.
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Savannah
Schley
Myers
W. W. Gordon
Admiral Schley
Panama Canal sale offer before Senate panel explained
M Edouard Lampre of the Panama Canal Co testified behind closed doors about selling the company’s property and franchise to the United States for 40 million dollars. He said the offer included franchises and property but not treasury funds, and that title was secured via the liquidator before the present organization. The plan would distribute proceeds among original and current members by arbitration.
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Washington
Edouard Lampre
Panma Canal Company
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
United States
M. Jules Boeufve
Preas
M. Lorpre
Panama
Admiral Walker
Isthmian Canal Commission
Paris
Panama Company
M. Lampre
Snuffles the Guaranteed Catarrh Cure Offered at One Dollar
A vintage advertisement touts Snuffles as the guaranteed cure for all catarrh including hay fever and cold in the head. It promises permanent relief by removing the cause and claims rapid inflammation relief, with a month’s supply for one dollar sent prepaid from Philadelphia.
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Pancens
Brant
Duccivi
Ius Cox
United States
Canada
Owrn B
Gries & Company
Philadelphia
Guardianship Hearing for Minor Land Sale License
In Brown County Minnesota a probate court special term orders a hearing on January 2, 1902, to determine whether Elizabeth Helgeson as guardian should be granted license to sell Alfred Helgeson’s real estate for the ward’s benefit. The order requires notice and weekly publication in the New Ulm Review for three weeks prior to the hearing.
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State of Minnesota
Brown
Alfred Helgeson
Elizabeth Helgeson
Minon
Brown County
Minnesota
New Ulm
Said
Minn
A. George
Going to California by Minneapolis and St Louis line
The Minneapolis and St Louis Railroad advertises tourist excursions to California with through daytime scenic travel and limited sleeping car berths. It promotes friendly conduct, grand scenery, and asks readers to request ticket rates and berth reservations from A. B. Outts, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad.
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Minneapolis &81
Louks
Aphol
Ge Paul
Munieapolis
Avery
Omaha
Denver
East Lake City
A. B. Outts
Mistenpolis
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Minn
Petition for license to sell land of minors in Brown County
In Probate Court Brown County Minnesota on December 12 1901 Walter E Jensen and Rudolph N C Jensen minors guardian John W Jensen petitions to sell real estate in Prairieville for their benefit. Court orders hearing January 12 192? at 1 am at New Ulm County Court House. Publication mandated in New Ulm Review for three weeks.
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State of
Minnesota
County of
Brown
Walter E. Jensen
Rudolph N.C. Jensen
John W. Jensen
Tha Ikis
Prairieville
New Almin Ssid
New Ulm
Min
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New Ulm Review
W.A Hodges and
Asa P, Brook
Sun
New Ling
Sid
San
Sunj
Mankato
Chicago
Inneapolis
Winona
Tracy
Redfield
S. D
H. L. Beecher
A.C. Johnson
W. B. Kniskern
Minneapolis & St. Paul
St. Pau
New Aliana
Milwaukee
John Ryczek
R, E, O'Keefe
Sawyer
Talolphi
New Ulm, Minn, Ba North and
Minnesota St
G. J. Koon
W. G. Alwin
New Uns
Ears & Somsen
U. S
D. L. A. Gebhardt
Schoch-Ottomeyer Building
de Fred W. Fritsche
Ofice Over Brown Co
Bante New Ui
L. A. Fritsche
Brown Co. Bank
de J.L. Schoch
Pioneer Drug Store
Aura Pfaender
Attorney AT Law
Schoch-Ottemeyer Block
Mixx
Hagberg
Asw
ULM
Dakota House
Myery
Srinary Hospital
Anton Wiesner
Ahlgmma
Rlgheat
Prvantaod
Prigg Tit Andersch Bros
Uclps
TRE
Bouse
Panels Canal Company
Springfield
H. Weber
Strasburg
Shelby County
Albert Foster
Foster
Palmer
Pittsburg
Edmond Palmer
Desplaines
Ashley
Ellisville
Max
Vallejo
Cal
Osborn
Delg~nan
Merrimac
Santiago
Ukiah Hospital For
Independence
Mare Island Navy Yard
Cambridge
Mass
Oliver F. Cutts
Harvard
Yale
Ira N. Hollis
Harvard Atletic Committee
Haverford
Cutts
Col College
Quay
Senate
Senator Quay
Pennsylvania
Florida
Sharon
Pig
Sharon Steel Company
Joseph Panine
William Logan
Robert Lower
Pig Casting
Marconi
Montreal
Can
Sig. Marconi
New York
Canadian Society of Electrical Engineers
Quebec
Berlin
Emperor William
Hohenzollern
Prince Henry of Prussia
Johann
Johannesburg
Jen
Chamber of Mines
Manchester
N. H
Annie Beandry
Jenniy Gighon
Antils
Mics Bago
Bente
Panama Canal Company
Edmond Bahmer
California
Giles
Andrew J. Eckstein
ITH Premier Typewriter
the Smith Premier Typewriter CO
ISG East
6Th ST
ST. Paul. Minn
Mastock Company
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ontario
Island Falls Minds Company, Limited
Kings
International
Ana Wready
Ite
Island Falls
Uire
Torey
Bilding
Duluth
Minn Rie
O'Keefe
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