Senate and House open session with bills filed
Washington January 4 the Senate began the new session with earnest intent and a 22 hour sitting saw many important bills introduced and a financial measure set for debate at 2 pm House action was brief about 15 minutes with a bid by Sulzer for a treasury relations inquiry and Gaines questioned his Roberts vote In Harrisburg A D Fetterolf resigns as resident clerk of the house after years in office to pursue other business
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Sulzer
New York
Treasury Department
National City Bank
Committee On Ways and Means
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Tennessee
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Harrisburg
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House of Representatives
Farr
Fetterolf
Canada’s Second Contingent Ships Depart
Ottawa January 4 The militia department states the transports Laurentsa and the Montezuma carrying the second Canadian contingent to South Africa will sail from Halifax on the 18th inst and the Pomeranian on the 20th. The western squadrons will go for the last steamer.
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Ottawa
Militia Department
South Africa
Halifax
The Crying Baby and Starvation Advice from a Doctor
A mother with a crying infant seeks help, and the doctor explains hunger, digestion, and nourishment. He argues that pain comes from starvation, not lack of food, and that improving stomach function is key. He praises Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as an effective remedy.
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Doctor Pierce
Plague in Hawaii Raises Quarantine Measures
Honolulu reports state health action as bubonic plague causes multiple deaths among Chinese residents and a Miss Ethel Johnson. Chinatown is cordoned, homes inspected, and a crematory readied. US troops on shore leave evacuated to the Warren for Manila, with ships diverted to avoid Honolulu.
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Washington
Wyman
Carmichael
Honoluts
Ethel Johnson
Sweltt
Hawaiian Board of Health
Chinatown
State Council
United States
Warren
Manila
Honolulu
Ohio Centennial Exposition Plan Proposed in Columbus
The Ohio Centennial Commission led by Colonel James Kilbourne submitted a report to the legislature proposing January 1502 as the exposition date in Toledo and urging a state appropriation of 509,900 dollars.
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Gas deaths in New York and Pennsylvania households
On January 4 the bodies of George F. Gallagher, a special policeman, Loeman, and Nethe Welsh were found in a Second Avenue apartment, asphyxiated by gas from a heater during New Year’s celebrations. Five Guttentag family members narrowly survived after gas escaped from their One Hundred Twenty-first Street residence. Identifications tied another two men to gas asphyxiation on Twenty-fourth Street. In Austin, Pennsylvania, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Southwell were found dead in bed from natural gas asphyxiation after unusually heavy gas pressure and unvented stoves.
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George F. Gallagher
Second Avenue
Juttur Guttentag
Mary Guttentag
Dora
Pearl
Ruth
Dora Drennan
Afr
Guttentag
Twenty-fourth Street
Wiro Walpuski
Morocco
Austin
P. & Southwell
Carnegie's Determination on Imperialism and Expansion
New York Jan 4 Andrew Carnegie denies promising 50000 to the Republican convention fund. He opposes imperialism and would support expansion within North America only. He might fund Democrats if they oppose expansion, but his purse is closed if they favor it. Blacked out lines describe other dispatches from San Francisco Yankton and Chattanooga about ships, land deals with Indians, and local layoffs.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Republican Naional Convention Fund
Democratic Fund
French Holds No Crossings Near Colesburg Junction
London dispatch reports General French remains over five miles from Colesburg Junction with reinforcements unlikely to help seize a crossing of the Orange River. A Dover Farm dispatch notes Lt. Col. Pitcher’s safe return from Douglass amid renewed Ladysmith shelling. Boer forces intensify cannonade since Commandant Joubert’s front return.
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War Office
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Honorable Artillery Company
Ireland
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Sidney Robert Greville
Prince of Wales
Lord Salisbury
Schomberg McDonnell
England
Scotland
Provinces
Germany Coolly Responds to British Seizure of German Steamer
Berlin reports the German foreign office told a press correspondent that Britain’s protest over the seizure by the British cruiser Magicienne of the German liner Bundesrath off Delagoa Bay is being calmly handled. London-Berlin exchanges continue with no indication of Britain delaying a settlement. The Berliner Tageblatt notes rising anti British sentiment and warns Britain against seeking alliance with Germany. The Neueste Nachrichten says the foreign office is pressing the Bundespracht for a decisive, non‑interruptive stance.
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Joseph Chamberlain
Leicester
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England
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GENERAL WOOD PARDONS 40 MEN AT SANTA CLARA
General Wood decided to pardon about 40 detainees in Santa Clara after reviewing alleged excessive punishment and misapplied orders from General Bates. More releases anticipated, focusing on long-held detainees, with priority given to cases awaiting trial in Havana province.
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Santa Clary
Bates
Wood
Jude
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Harbor peril as schooner Hitchcock wrecks on Long Island shore
New York Jan 4 The three masted schooner 8 P Hitchcock of Bath was driven ashore at 3 am while 11 days from Benanchee. All hands, including Captain Solensua, were saved after hours in freezing seas using a breeches buoy. Shore patrol and other crews aided, with efforts continuing through dawn. The vessel likely total loss.
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Benanchee
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Solensua
Sard
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