Congress Debates Chinese Exclusion and Cuban Reciprocity
Senate and House proceedings center on the Chinese exclusion bill and Cuban reciprocity. discussion highlights include Mr. Teller supporting the bill, amendments on Chinese students and sailors, and a substitute measure favored by Senator Platt. In the House, Cuban reciprocity advances amid speeches by Cushman and Loud, with party divisions reflected in votes on amendments and germaneness rulings.
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Senate
Bils
Mestra Foraker
McLaurin
D. C
Teller
Col
Ana
Mrr. Turner
Pacific Coast
Platt Conn
House
Ft. Fie
Morgan iAla
Iethmien Canal Committee
Panama
Cushman
Loud
Cal
Cuba
United States
Philippine Islands
Roosevelt vetoes pension bill for discredited Civil War officer
President Roosevelt on the 17th vetoed a bill pensioning Thomas F Walter a lieutenant in a Pennsylvania volunteer regiment cashiered by general court martial for disobedience. The report notes bishops elected in Cincinnati and other varied items from church, finance, and politics.
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Roosevelt
Thomas F Walter
Pennsylvania
House of Bishops of the
Episcopal Church
Cincinnati
Salina Western Wansas
Nathaniel Seymour Thomas
Philadelphia
Honorata Henry Bond Restarick
San Diego
Dal Porto Rico
James H. van Buren
Lynn
Mass
San Juan
Alterman
Thomas Carey
Chicago
William Roach
Washington
General Assembly
New York
Ireland
America
Great Britain
Loubet
Gtand Palais Des Champs Elysee
Isle
Treasury
North Mestana
Helena
Mont
Colorado
Cuba
Lottie G. Dimon
Dimon
American Bridge Co
Actin
Flood of Fires Ravages Dallas Killing and Wounding Several
A series of fires in Dallas, Texas, early April 1 caused two deaths and a large property loss estimated at $970,000. Fire Chief Magee was seriously burned, his son injured, and Fireman Spurr hurt by a brick. The Dorsey Printing Co. plant, 29 buildings on Lamar Street, and the Griffith Lumber Co. suffered major damage, with numerous smaller businesses lost and four cottages burned in Fisher Lane.
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Dallas
Tex
Magee
Dorsey Printing Establishment
William Spurr
Dorsey Printing Co
Dorsey
Lamar Street
Collin
Griffith Lumber Co
Griffith & Co
Keating Implement Co
Fisher Lane
Destructive Fire Leaves Fifty Dwellings Gone In Kansas City
A southwestern Kansas City fire destroyed about fifty dwellings and left sixty or more families homeless. John Sliane of Quincy Illinois died from a falling iron piece. Edward Bennett the firefighter was overcome by heat. Wind aided the blaze, which began in a grocery store, with three hours of fighting before containment.
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Kansas City
John Sliane
Quincy
Til
Edward Bennett
Fatal Monterey Fire Tragedy in Chicago Tenants Die
A blaze at the Monterey apartment building on Thirty-ninth Street killed a little girl and burned several people. L Grimsted tried to save his child from the upper floors but a gas explosion on the third floor caused her fall to the pavement. Property loss pegged at $35,000.
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Chicago
Monterey
Thirty-ninth Street
L. Grimsted
Dunien Okening
Grim
Street Car Strike Shuts Most San Francisco Lines
San Francisco on April 20 saw a street railway strike in effect. Only three lines operated California Hyde and Union streets as riders walked and business on the United Railroad of the Baltimore syndicate halted.
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San Francisco
California
Hyde
Union Streets
United Railroad
Baltimore
Explosion at Navy Barracks Kills Many in Managua
A Managua dispatch reports a Wednesday night blast at military barracks caused by Conservative party members. Nearly 150 people died and the barracks were destroyed.
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New York
the Herald
Managua
Nicaragua
Mississippi Industry Booms as Census Reveals Growth
The census bulletin on Mississippi industries shows a ten year surge in manufacturing establishments and capital, with 4,772 factories in 1900 employing over 20 thousand workers and producing products worth 31.37 million. Lumber, oil, cottonseed products, cotton ginning, turpentine, and cotton goods lead. Meridian and Vicksburg stand out among cities for employment and output.
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Washington, D. C
Census Bureau
Union
Mississippi
South
Meridian
Greenville
United States
Natchez
Misa
Vicksburg
Jackson
Columbus
Bitext
Corinth
Aberteen
West Point
Scranton
Handsboro
Floating tower proposal aims to top Eiffel height
Dr E Parmly Brown of New York submits via Adolphus Busch a plan to erect a floating tower 1000 feet taller than the Eiffel tower at the St Louis exposition. A 2000 foot steel cable column supports a 100 foot diameter captive balloon with two elevators to an aluminum bamboo observation deck. Fireproof balloon shields against lightning as 6000 visitors per day may ascend at a two dollar price per person.
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E. Parmly Brown
New York
Adolphus Busch
Lost Gate Of Pittsburg Steamer Disaster At Cairo
Cairo April 21 survivors from the City of Pittsburg report about half of the 150 aboard were lost when the steamer burned near Ogden's landing. Many saved from exposure and fright, with casualties higher among crew. Names of many roustabouts unknown. likely not all drowned or burned will ever be known.
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Cairo
Pittsburg
Sumlay
Ogden’s Landing
Paducah
Court martial ordered for Gen. Jacob H. Smith
A court martial is ordered to try Gen. Jacob H. Smith, commander on Samar. Generals Lord Wheaton Sumner Bell and Bisbee and Colonels McKibbin Rafferty Dougherty Markley Lee compose the court. Maj. Harvey Carbaugh is the adjutant. Col Wowtruff will defend. Trial set to begin Thursday.
Deadly steamer fire leaves dozens missing in tragic disaster
A burned steamer disaster reports 66 passengers and multiple children lost as survivors recount frantic evacuations. Rescue workers fear many bodies remain unrecovered with crews and passengers listed only in partial casualty notes.
Fortane's Favorite and Joe's Lucky Charm
Dialogue from Puck contrasts fortunes of Tom Dick and Joe. Tom laments Joe's luck as exceptional, joking that Joe could sleepwalk from a window and still have a feather bed waiting below, highlighting comic fate and bravado.
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Fortane
Tom
Joe
Puck
Unclear Dialogue Quip About Language Accent
A fragment from a humorous exchange describes meeting a deaf and dumb Englishman who is an outspoken Cockney. The speaker notes the man drops his h sounds and mispronounces words, prompting a witty remark about language quirks.
Supreme Court backs reserve clause in baseball contracts
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed the Court of Common Pleas in Napoleon LaJoie v National League Baseball Club, upholding the reserve clause in National League contracts. LaJoie had played second base for a NL club in Philadelphia and signed with the Philadelphia Americans for 1901 and 1902, prompting a suit to restrain him from playing for the American League. If sustained, the ruling affects players under the reserve clause now with the American League. In New York, three men sentenced to death for their uncle Peter T. Hallenbeck’s murder were moved from Hudson jail to Dannemora’s Clinton prison for execution May 30.
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Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Court of Common Pleas No. 5
Napoleon LaJoie
National League Baseball c
LaJoie
Philadelphia Baseball Club
John S. Rogers
New York
Willis, Burton
Frederick A. van Wormer
Hudson
Clinton
Dannemora
Peter T. Hallenbeck
Knight is Killed by Train Near Leavenworth
Perry C. Knight, 18th Indiana veteran and inmate at the soldiers' home, with relatives in Omaha, was struck and killed by a Missouri Pacific passenger train Sunday night near Leavenworth Kansas. Reports note the fatal incident occurred as the train passed through the area.
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Leavenworth, Kas
Perry C. Knight
Soldiers’ Home
Eighteenth Indiana Infantry
Omaha
Missouri Pacific
American Tuberculosis Congress Meets in New York
American congress of tuberculosis will meet in New York on May 14 15 and 16 with sessions in the morning and afternoon.
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New York
American Congress of Tuberculosis
Real Test of Wealth Parvenu Discussion
Town Topics notes a Parvenu debate on wealth with Mrs Parvenu claiming superiority. The piece observes that the wealthy receive more begging letters and suggests social snobbery surrounds money and status.
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Parvenu
Newriches
Her Only Chamnee exchange at earthly vows
A brief humorous dialogue between Mrs Hoyle and Mrs Doyle about marriage on earth versus Heaven, ending with a wry remark on the absence of marriage there.
Mississippi Notes on Synod Plans and Beauvoir Hope
Jackson reporters recount synod committee deliberations on locating the Presbyterian School for Girls with site visits promised in June and offers to be formalized. The piece also highlights Beauvoir restoration for veterans housing, Mississippi World’s Fair aims, and praise for local boosters and medical leaders in Jackson.
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Great
Presbyterian School For Girls
Synodical
Jackson
Synod
Synodical College of
Cis
Winona
Brandon
Holly Springs
Pontotoe
Meridian
Orford
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Bellinger
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John Betta
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Gilitforte
Cincinnari
Poker
Albert McGowan
EB. D. Holley
Sailorman
Sam Spinkston
Darter Shores
Emma Deith
A. M. Allen
L. M. McGiraw
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Jisden Mulkey
Metropolis
Tannmeyer
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Mre
Margaret Bridees
Louteville
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Thompson
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Dance
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Ellen Fenimore
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W._T. Daugherty
Marton
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Moscow
al Pritchard
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Fannie
Lravenworth
Ind
David
Jacob I. Smit
Samar
Wes Doss
Cincinnat
Marie Tessim
Cannelton
Fannie McCullum
Leavenworth
James Brows Eub
Bae
Demat Tait
Aaya
Louisville
Theodore Nelson
John Davis
Joe Bachine
En- Pred Jones
Newport
The
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Sydney
Zoological Gardens
American Tuberculosis Congress
Edwards House
I. C. Enochs
Edwards
Mr. Enochs
Lone Star
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State Medical Association
Desi
Theodore C. Link
St. Louis
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Ohio
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Kansas
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Colrado
Missouri
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Ellisville News
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World's Fair Bureau
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