Washington City Gossip on Congressional Sessions
Fork Branches of Congress will hold sessions this week focused on finances and policy for insular possessions. The Senate will address Quay seating and the Hawaiian bill while the currency bill faces conference action. The House votes on the Porto Rican tariff bill Tuesday at 4 p.m., with five minute debate limits and intra party divisions. The Hawaiian and Nicaraguan canal bills await hearings. Alabama contested election Aldrich versus Robbins will follow Porto Rican action.
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Senate
Senator Quay
Emnaylvania
House of Representatives
Alabama
Aldrich Vs. Robbins
Islands Sibita and Cagayan Claim War Dispute
The United States maintains title to Sibita and Cagayan islands amid Spain's demand for return. The War and State departments favor retention, while the Navy resists surrender of captured lands. Sibita lies near Borneo and Sulu, with treaty language limiting Borneo’s reach. Cagayan formerly served as a penal colony under Spain.
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Cagayan Island
Spain
War Department
State Department
Navy Department
United States
Bibto
Borneo
Cagayan Ia
Mind
New Philippine Commission Members Named After Late Saturday Meeting
Four of the five members for the new Philippine Commission were announced. Rudge Tuff of Obla and Luke A. Wright of Tennessee joined MM Ide of Voruuit and Dean Worcester of Milligan. a fifth member was to be announced later, with Bernard Moses of California widely believed to fill the spot.
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Ie Hew Philippine Commission
Rudge Tuff
Obla
Luke A. Wright
Tenneseee
Ide
Voruuit
Dean Worcester
Milligan
Benard Moses
Califurnia
Tennessee lawmaker fights trusts in silverware case
Winteria. Reprovertative Richardson of Tennessee introduced a bill to prevent literature transportation of products of trusts making silver plated ware. A Ducktown special reports Miles Woods was killed after being shot on the mountain. His father was shot twice while trying to intervene. A deputy US Marshal was accused by the dying man’s daughter. No arrests have been made.
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Winteria
Richardson
Tennessee
Hide
Ducktown
Miles Woods
Calind
General Cronje Surrenders in Boer War Victory
London dispatch reports General Cronje capitulated unconditionally to Lord Roberts at Pandeberg. Cronje and his force are prisoners. British troops to stay near 200000 as Roberts presses toward Boer capitals. The event boosts British morale while uncertainty lingers about the Free State fight.
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War Office
London
Lord Roberts
Pandeberg
Cronje
Majuba
Free State
Traneyvualers
Free
Governor to Appeal Decision in Girard Kent Election
Governor Johnston announced a plan to appeal the Russell County Democratic Executive Committee ruling ordering a new election in Girard Kent. He has authorized his lawyer W. J. Boykin to appeal to the state committee, and a request for a special meeting of the state committee to hear the contest is expected.
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Johnston
Russell County
Democratic Executive Committee
Girard Kent
W. J. Boykin
State Board Reports December Teacher Exams Results
The state board of examiners completed December papers in Montgomery. Of 2,186 applicants examined, 512 failed. During the quarter 1,125 teachers worked under conditional contracts and 260 were rejected.
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State Board of Examiners of
Montgomery
Contested Kentucky Governments Face Court Adjudication
In Kentucky, two rival state governments claim to be regular authorities and run the state from Frankfort. Banks refuse to recognize either faction, leaving the treasury without funds as the dispute heads to the courts for resolution.
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Mounn
Kentucky
Éxed
Frankfort
Livy
New Cotton Mill Planned for Anniston by Noble Family
William Noble John H Noble and James Keith Jr will erect a five hundred thousand dollar cotton mill in Anniston at once and are arranging for the machinery. This will be Anniston s fifth cotton mill and second new one this year two months into the year.
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William Noble
John H. Noble
James Keith, Jr
Anniston
Death of Vather Duly in Dew Revered Southern Priest
Intelligence received from Bel ma Tuesday night reports the death of John James Dulfu a venerable priest widely known in the south. Father Dultu, born in France, had been at St Andrews Academy in Sela for several days and died at 11 o clock.
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Vather
Belma
John James Dulfu
Lind Bron
St. Andrews Academy
Sela
Father Dultu
France
Disastrous Birmingham Fire Tears Through Metropolitan Hotel
A major Birmingham blaze in the basement of the Metropolitan hotel destroyed the Moore and Handley building and surrounding structures. Losses exceed 114000 with about 50000 insured as flames spread to adjacent mercantile shops and the Berney National bank area. Origin traced to an overturned gasoline stove in the hotel basement.
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Birmingham
Metropolitan Hotel
Twentieth Street
Morria Avenue
Firat Avenue
Berney National Bank
Was
Moore and Handley
M. Wise & Co
Metropolitan
Hewlett Brook
Boddie
Alabama trustees weigh equity bill and tax stance in Birmingham
The University of Alabama executive committee in Birmingham discussed filing an equity bill to set aside recent university fund sales and resolved to resist taxes until compelled by law. Distillery seizures followed with two Alabama operations tied to Jumbo in Chilton County and Cottonwood in Henry County discussed. one owner bound over to the grand jury amid failed registrations. Professor Charles H Rows of Auburn died in El Paso after a long illness, noted as a major southern scholar and educator.
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Board of Trustees
The
University of Alabama
Birmingham
Alabama
Charles Rows
Charles H. Rows
C. E
State Agricultural College
Auburn
el Paso
Tex
Rows
Sind
Tragic Death in Woods Near Whitesburg Man Killed by Falling Tree
Joseph Morrow of Whitesburg dies when a tree falls in the woods near his home. The article notes Consol idated Coal and Iron will open a coal seat at Brookwood measuring ninety seven inches and claiming one of the finest in the mineral south. It also mentions the Indiana Lumber saw mill at Byrd Springs burned recently and likely to be rebuilt in Hanteville, with fifty men employed at the old plant.
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Joseph Morrow
Whitesburg
Consolidated Coal and Iron Company
Brookwood
Ti Ia
Indiana Lumber Company
Byrd Springs
Hanteville
Cotton Market Soars Boosting Local Trade Near Montgomery
The sustained cotton rise lifts regional commerce as prices hit a new high. Traders report 62 cents per lot sold on Tuesday along streets around Montgomery, while Deputy Collector P M Long reports on appraisal and destruction issues observed by Doctor Bingham.
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Montgomery
P.M. Long
Bingham'n
Democrats Certify Winners in Kentucky State Offices
The state contest board at Frankfort awarded certificates of election to all Democratic minor state officers. After being sworn in they demanded possession of the offices from Republican incumbents, but were denied. Newly sworn officials include Secretary of State B. Mill, Attorney General Robert G. Breckenridge, Auditor Goss Courter, Treasurer Wilbur Harer, and Superintendent H. V. McChesney. An array of injunctions followed to oust current officeholders. the installation stalls state government functions pending court decisions. Auditor Coulter notified county officials to remit public funds only to him under bond penalties.
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Tor
Kumtavky
Frankforton
State House
B. Mill
Clark County
Robert G. Breckenridge
Boyle County
Goss
Graves County
Wilbur Har Rer
Boyd County
H. V. McChesney
Livingston County
Court of Appeals
Shackleford
Coulter
Kansas City Chosen for Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Committee awarded the 1900 convention to Kansas City Mo after a vote 40 to 9 against Milwaukee. The call set July 4 in Kansas City with representation based on congressional seats and six delegates from each territory and district. It invites conservatives and reformers to unite for a constitutional government.
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Kansas City
Milwaukee
Missouri
National Democratic Committee
Washington
Congress of the United States
Alaska
Indian Territory
District of Columbia
United States
Amend Porto Rican tariff bill limits two years and duty cut
At a Monday Republican conference on the Porto Rican tariff bill insurances were given the president would back it as constitutional. An agreement limited the bill to two years and reduced the duty from 25 to 16 percent. Republicans expect votes from all but four members McGall Littlefield Lorimer Crumpacker and see opposition offset by other affirmatives.
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Jenders
Messrs. McGall
Massachusetts
Littlefold
Maine
Lorimer
Ilinois
Crumpacker
Indiana
Comer Dent Dies. Central of Georgia President
Hugh M. Comer, 58, president of the Central of Georgia Railroad, died at his Savannah home after illness. He led the railroad during a period of expansion and modernization, leaving a lasting impact on the company and regional rail service.
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Comer Dent
Hugh M. Comer
Central of Georgia Railroad
Savannah
Dia
Moullay
River catfish seen in Chicago water after fire cleanup
A fragment notes a river catfish sighting in Chicago waters within the city limits, claimed as proof that the drainage canal has improved river conditions since the great fire nearly 30 years ago. The report emphasizes public sentiment over the mere size of the fish.
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Chicago
W Figham
Liuite
Wire and Rod Mill To Begin Work In Alabama
Alabama news items report the wire and rod mill starting operations midweek after days of testing to remove flaws. Dr. J W Barclay counts Jefferson county births and deaths for the year, war claims funds reach Alabama, Pratt City suffers a major fire, dynamiters arrested in Mobile, a man nearly harms himself on a train, Warrior canal committee heads to Washington to press for canal funding with James A Van Hoose leading the delegation.
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J. Deb. Hooper
Alabama
Bibb
Blount
Cullman
Etowah
Jackson
Jefferson
Marlon
St. Clair
Shelby
Tuskaloosa
Walker
Winston
Radio Noes
TolTurst
J. W. Barclay
Jefferson County
Washington
Commercial Club of Birmingham
Rivers and Harbors Committee
House of Representatives
James A. van Hoose
McKinley facing murder charge amid Huntaville timber boom
In Centreville EB I McKinley fatally shot Marc Boyd following a dispute over a judgment obtained about two years earlier. The timber trade in Huntaville, with demand for hickory oak ash walnut gum and poplar, boosts the local market while George Baker, ex Eighth Regiment, stands trial for Joe Bush murder. his prior life sentence was reversed by the supreme court and remanded.
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Centreville
EB. I
McKinley
Marc Boyd
Boyd
Huntaville Hias
George Baker
Eighth Immune Regiment
Élronit
Joe Bush
Joe McLend
Mokir
Supreme Court
Fatal Mine Explosion Near Eagle Pass Texas
An explosion in a Dulch coal mine near Eagle Pass Texas injures and kills miners. Jesus Martinez Antonio Garcia and Francisco Gonzales die. several others severely burned. No gas tester used. Goebel law partner nomination noted in Kenton County Kentucky. Fusion in Idaho shows cross party support.
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Dulch Coal Mines
Eagle Pass
Tex
Jesus Martinez
Antonio Garcia
Francisco Gonzales
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