Daily Capitol Briefs Highlight Congress and World News
Newell Sanders sworn in as United States senator from Tennessee. Various bills pass or stall in Congress on rail, roads, sugar, and immigration. Battles in Mexico and political maneuvers in Illinois and New York mark a busy national scene with military and economic concerns.
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Tennessee
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United States
Barnett
House Immigration Committee
Henry
House
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Chilton
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Smoot
Heyburn
Congressional Record
Rucker
Missouri
House of Representatives
Roosevelt declares hat in the ring after Illinois tour
Secretary Knox received a lukewarm welcome in Havana. General Fred D. Grant died in New York at the Buckingham Hotel. The Ohio prohibition party nominated a state ticket. Federal Judge Hanford in Seattle denounced the industrial workers of the world for carrying the red flag. Roosevelt closed his Illinois tour saying his hat was in the ring and will stay there.
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Philip Kearny
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Arlington National Cemetery
Jojulla
Morelos
Mexico
Department of the Interior
Knox
Havana
Fred D. Grant
Buckingham
Ohio Prohibition Party
Hanford
Seattle
United States Demands Protection for Americans in Mexico
Washington warned Mexico and General Orozco that American life and property must be protected and that the United States will not tolerate mistreatment of Americans. Interventions were denied, while American officials urged humane treatment of prisoners and adherence to war rules amid the Mexico conflict. A second tale recalls an intelligence office mix up over hiring a general servant, ending with a sharp retort from an Irish applicant.
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Insurrectos
Republic of Mexico
Mexico
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Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico City
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Chihuahua
Wilson
General Orozco
Orozco
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Thomas Fountain
Roosevelt Wins Pennsylvania Primary Delegates
The Keystone Party and coal miners support Colonel Theodore Roosevelt as incomplete returns show him with 65 of 76 delegates in the Republican convention. Also reported is the Titanic's sinking after striking an iceberg with about 1300 people aboard and calls for assistance.
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Keystone Party
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Theodore Roosevelt
Sstate
Nebraskans Perish In Storm Victims Found
Hemingford Nebraska authorities recovered the bodies of Mrs. Cora Path and her son Theodore after they were swept away in the weekend storm. The mother’s body was found about a half mile from their home and the son’s body a half mile farther away.
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Hemingford
Gun Discharged by Wind Claims Man in Saskatoon
Joseph Hamill, recently arrived from Kansas, died in Strassburg Saskatchewan after a shotgun discharged when a barn door blew shut in the wind as he entered the building.
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Strassburg
Sask
Joseph Hamill
Kansas
Governor Shafroth Docked Five Days Pay
Denver report says Governor Shafroth was away on official business for five days and the state treasurer docked his pay by five days adding the amount to the lieutenant governor.
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Shafroth
Forty Women Drown as Boat Capsizes at Amoy
A boat carrying passengers from the British steamer Seang Chun at Amoy foundered on Sunday. Forty people, mostly women, were drowned in the disaster.
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Amoy
McIntyre Signs Contract With Chicago Americans
Chicago baseball note reports outfielder McIntyre ending holdout by signing his contract with manager Callahan last week after spring negotiations with the Chicago Americans.
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McIntyre
Chicago
Matty” McIntyre
Chicago Americans
Callahan
Fact and Fancy Quip Sparked by Daring Dress
A courtroom quip about a daring dress turns into a pun on truth as a judge notes that an old man who dies is said to be better off, reflecting on the contrast between fancy and fact. The exchange highlights the tension between appearance and reality.
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Scott
Maria
From Forty Five to Fifty Are Much Benefited by
The change of life is a critical period for women and raises risks of apoplexy, organ congestion, cancers, and tumors. Warning symptoms like hot flashes, headaches, dizziness, and irregular appetite signal help is needed. Lydia I. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is advertised to strengthen the nervous system and invigorate the female body.
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Lydia I. Pinkham
One Case Proves Our Claims From St Anne Letter
Mrs Esters Giluis of St Anne Illinois describes relief from severe female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports displacement pain fainting spells dizziness backache and nervousness fading swelling and improved appetite. After two months she can walk and does most housework.
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Lydia E. Pinkam
Mrs. Esters Giluis Pie
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St. Anne, Illinois
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