Debates on the Currency Bill Highlight Bipartisan Divide
Washington sees Senate speeches by Wolcott Elkins and Butler on the currency bill. Wolcott defends gold standard while urging silver openness, cites 1897 International Bimetallic League work and warns Bryanite opposition harms bipartisanship. He links finance policy to Philippines and global money markets.
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Washington
Senate
Wolcott
Rep
Col
Elkins
West Va
Butler
Pop
N. C
Bryan policy condemned and bimetallism debate widens
The article reports on political contention over bimetallism with references to Mr. Bryan, Wolcott, and Elkins. It notes attacks on Bryan’s stance, calls bimetallism a potential blackmail tactic, and discusses Senate debate over monetary standards and the public debt funding scheme.
Big gain in postal receipts January report shows 10.6 percent rise
Washington reports January gross postal receipts of 4,087,919 dollars, up 389,653 dollars or 10.6 percent from a year earlier. Large gains occur in Lowell Massachusetts Syracuse Jersey City and Nashville. Decreases appear in Washington and Rochester due to Puerto Rico administrative changes and a local firm shutdown in Rochester.
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Washington
Lowell
Mass
Syracuse
Jersey City
Nashville
Tenn
Congressional Notes and Bills Move Through Senate and House
The Appropriation Committee reported the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial bill with estimates totaling 25,019,269 and an appropriation of 23,874,871. A Senate Judiciary subcommittee opposed Judge Fowart’s nomination, with full committee postponing action. Senate bills include a Washington to Philippines government cable, an independent San Francisco to Hawaii line, and a Lincoln statue for $500,000. Additional measures fix New York port salaries, require English equivalents for foreign phrases in government documents, and preserve the frigate Constitution. The Senate also nominated Brevet Major Alexander Stewart Webb for retired lieutenant colonel and authorized Venezuelan orders for several naval officers.
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House
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Ewart
North Carolina
United States
Fowart
Senate
Foster
Washington
Philippines
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Attu
Russia
Japan
San Francisco
Hawaii
Lorimer
Illinois
Lincoln
Cummings
New York
Airpraiser
Money
Alexander Stewart Webb
Venezuela
W. T. Sampson
H. C. Taylor
FF. A. Cook
C. D. Sigshee
F. E. Chadwick
C. F. Goodrich
W. W. Mead
J. H. Dayton
F. M. Symonds
Nominations by the President for naval officers and postmasters
The President named naval promotions including H. M. Witzell R. T. Hall and A. G. Winterhalter to lieutenant commander positions. R. Y P. Crandall became surgeon and Richard Hatton promoted to paymaster. Postmaster nominees include Charles F. Hopkins Boonton Eugene P. Strong Bayshore Hiram Odell Newburg and Alfred I. Goddard Essex.
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Washington
H. M. Witzell
R. T. Hall
A. G. Winterhalter
R. Y P. Crandall
Richard Hatton
New Jersey
Charles F. Hopkins
Boonton
New York
Eugene P. Strong
Bayshore
Hiram Brb. Odell
Newburg
Connecticut
Alfred I. Goddard
Essex
Woman’s faith care fails as boy battles meningitis
New Brunswick New Jersey February 12 Mrs J G Saults of Huntingdon Street sought faith healing for her three year old son Willard The child’s condition worsened prompting a doctor to diagnose spinal meningitis The prognosis is grave and the illness may prove fatal
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New Brunswick
N. J
J. G. Saults
Huntingdon Street
Willard Mrs. Phillips
Subsidy Bill Debate Reflects Ocean Steamship Push
Washington reports on Hanna Payne Subsidy bill amid President support a split party stance and public criticism. E T Chamberlain disputes subsidy magnitudes comparing American Line with Peninsular and Oriental cost and tonnage figures to defend a planned American fleet subsidy.
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New York Times
Washington
Puerto Rico
Friends of the
Hanna-Payne
Commissioner of Navigation
E. T. Chamberlain
International Navigation Company
Peninsular and Oriental
Cabinet to Create Secretary of Mines and Mining
Washington February 12 The House Mines and Mining Committee favors a bill creating a Cabinet level Secretary of Mines and Mining with control over all mining affairs including the Geological Survey An Assistant Secretary position mirrors interior department hierarchy A second measure would set up mining experiment stations in each mining state and appoint a Government geologist at 3500 dollars and an assayist at 2500 dollars per year to issue bulletins conduct regional explorations and provide assays
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Washington
Bill Allows Bonded Goods Transit Across United States
The House passed a bill enabling goods in bond to be shipped through any U S port to foreign ports. It aims to expand transcontinental trade to the Orient for U S transportation firms and repeals the 1895 ban on bonded shipments to the Mexican free zone, a provision opposed by Mr Stephens of Texas.
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Mr. Stephens
Texas
Relief Bill for Widow of Soldier Killed by Mexicans
A Senate Military Affairs committee considers a Teller bill to aid Mrs Emmet Crawford widow of a Captain killed during a pursuit of Geronimo. Crawford and Lieut Maus waved flags of truce before being struck by Mexican fire near Sonora on January 10 1886.
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New York Times
Washington
Emmet Crawford
Senate Committee On
Teller
Colorado
Major Ringgold
Crawford
Third Cavalry
Geronimo
Henry W. Lawton
Sonora
Marion P. Maus
Horn
Maus
Geonimo
Miles
Lawton
Canteen Question Settled
Mrs Lillian M Stevens of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union led a delegation to President McKinley to urge overturning Attorney General Griggs's ruling on liquor sales in army canteens. The President, while courteous, said the AG's interpretation must stand, and Congress must speak clearly before action. The women plan to continue their campaign.
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Washington
Lillian M. Stevens
National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Anna A. Gordon
Margaret Dye Ellis
Department of Legislation
Society
McKinley
Stevens
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Griggs
Ellis
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Temperance
Congress
Opponents to Woman Suffrage at Congress Hearing
Washington February reports show nine opposition delegates meeting President McKinley after suffrage advocates arranged a White House visit. The meeting in the East Room and later Red Room calm the scene as suffragists prepare for Senate and House committee hearings.
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New York Times
Washington
Congress
American Woman Suffrage Association
Miss Anthony
White House
Douglas Robinson
William C. Cowles
Gov. Roosevelt
Arthur M. Dodge
Gilbert E. Jones
Rossiter Johnson
George Phillips
New York
A. J. George
Houghton
Boston
Emily P. Bissell
Wilmingsoe
Alice H. Chittenden
Brookyn
Red Room
Elihu Root
Postmaster General proposes bill to ease business mail
Washington February 12 The Postmaster General sent a draft bill to Congress to permit private firms to issue reply envelopes and reply cards sent back through the mails without prepayment of postage. Postage would be collected from the addressee, with a required advance deposit for applicants. registry privileges would apply and registry fees collected on delivery.
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Washington
Post Office Committees
Congress
Army and Navy Transfers And Assignments Listed
Capt Armand Lagseigne transfers from Company I to Company K in the Fourteenth Infantry. Second Lieut Walter Sweeney of the Twenty fourth Infantry goes to San Francisco to join the Department of California for assignment to troops en route to Manila. Commander Richard Wainwright detached from Naval Academy duty to serve as Superintendent from March 15. Lieut Commander C Thomas and Lieut J R Edie ordered to duty at Washington Navy Yard for ordnance instruction.
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Armand I. Lagseigne
Fourteenth Infantry
Walter C. Sweeney
Twentyfourth Infantry
San Francisco
Cal
Department of California
Manila
Sweeney
Richard Wainwright
Naval Academy
C. Thomas
Navy Yard
Washington
J. R. Edie
No Trial Of McGiffert By New York Presbytery
The New York Presbytery voted 77 to 39 to quash charges against Rev. Dr. Arthur C. McGiffert for heresy, signaling dismissal unless appealed to the May General Assembly. Debates centered on whether McGiffert should face the Assembly for writings in A History of Christianity in the Apostolic Age. Minority members, led by Dr. Birch, indicated plans to appeal.
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New York
Presbytery of
Howard Agnew Johnston
George W. F. Birch
General Assembly
McGiffert
Birch
Presbytery
William Adams Brown
Union Theological Seminary
Brown
Johnston
Dr. Birch
Duffield
Open New Coal Fields by Uniontown to Wheeling Rail Line
James R. Barnes of Uniontown heads a large Pennsylvania coal syndicate and urges building a seventy mile railroad from Uniontown to Wheeling West Virginia to access Fayette and Greene County coal lands. Barnes notes strong fuel demand and cites his $251000 purchase of 1400 acres near Van Kirk Elizabeth area as context for urgency.
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James R. Barnes
Uniontown
Pennsylvania
Waldorf-Astoria
Penn
Wheeling
West Va
Fayette
Greene Counties
Elizabeth
Pittsburg
City Railroad Noise Ordinance To Curb Train Racket
The Railroad Committee will report an ordinance to ban unnecessary noises from trains in the city. It targets elevated railroad noise and stems from a resolution by Councilman Goodwin at the request of James J. Russell, a Tammany leader in the Ninth Assembly District. The measure makes maintenance of noisy railroads a misdemeanor and punishes company officials with fines and imprisonment.
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Goodwin
James J. Russell
Ninth Assembly District
Navy ships move between Caribbean bases and ports
The Texas sails from San Juan to Culebra Island, the Monongahela travels from Martinique to St. Kitt's, the Essex departs St. Kitt's for Frederiksted, the Machias stays at San Juan, the Nero arrives in San Francisco, the Potomac sits at Key West, and the Vixen completes a Culebra survey and is ordered to Crab Island across the sound.
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Washington
Texas
San Juan
Culebra Island
Martinique
St. Kitt‘s
Essex
St. Kitt’s
Frederikssted
Machias
Nero
San Francisco
Potomac
Key West
Vixen
Crab Island
Sound
Culebra
Efforts to free Mrs Maybrick rise in Norfolk plea
Efforts are under way in Norfolk to win clemency for Florence Maybrick the American wife serving a life term in England for the murder of her husband James Maybrick. Organizers plan to enlist New York Washington and Norfolk residents to appeal to President McKinley to intercede with British authorities.
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Maybrick
Norfolk
Florence Maybrick
England
James Maybrick
Maybricks
New York
Washington
McKinley
February Contrast in Weather and Commerce 1899 1900
The writer recalls a severe blizzard a year ago that closed stores early to ensure safe travel. This year’s second Monday of February features mild air and crowds, with a Spring shopping surge. They note a perceived law of compensation despite skepticism.
Bargains on Cabinets Papeterie and Writing Paper
The notice touts drastic price cuts on 6x9 ft. cabinets with tinted papeterie sets, plus 34c Imperial Papeteries and 8c linen writing papers. It promises limited quantities and three day cuts on monogram dies with early order urged and a 49 cent item.
Reliable Clocks Offer Bargain Timepieces
A advert promotes affordable clocks offering reliable timekeeping. It markets nickel alarm clocks at 49 cents and selects mantel and porcelain clocks with eight day movements, priced from 3.74 to 3.94 dollars, emphasizing durability and safety compared to repairing old ones.
Fountain Syringes and Bottles Price List Fragment
A fragmented price list shows Star Fountain Syringes two-quart size with three pipes priced at 43 cents, Columbus Fountain Syringes two-quart in wooden box with three pipes at 69 cents, Dr Welhoff Bulb Syringes listed at 2.00 but sold at 1.89, and Defender Hot Water Bottle two-quart sized at 59 cents.
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Columbus
Plymouth repairs costly after grounding in heavy fog
The Fall River steamboat Plymouth, aground December 18 in dense fog off Hunter's Point, has arrived in Newport after engines were overhauled. Repair costs exceed 50 000 dollars, with docking alone nearly 30 000 dollars, as owners complain of being squeezed by the sectional dry dock operator and consider builder repairs. Captain H O Nickerson accuses dock interests of price fixing amid plans for rival docks and new competition within a year.
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Fall River
Plymouth
Hunter’s Point
L. I
Sectional Dry Dock
Newport
Erie Basin
W. & A. Fletcher
North River Iron Works
Hoboken
H. O. Nickerson
Fall River Line
Archbishop Feehan ill with pneumonia in Chicago
Archbishop Patrick A. Feehan of the Chicago Roman Catholic Archdiocese is ill with pneumonia at his residence in Chicago. He is seventy one years old.
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Chicago
Patrick A. Feehan
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of
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