04 Dec 1899
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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1899
Page
1
The 58th Congress opens amid a heated Roberts seating dispute from Utah. House and Senate proceed with swearing in, roll calls, and party tensions as leadership seeks to organize the chamber and plan committee actions. A New York Times-style compilation of events notes the Roberts objection and expected debates over seating and funding.
Frustrated by disputed returns from Kentucky’s last election the state board of election commissioners meets to decide whether Gash and Taylor deserve the governorship. The panel may delay a ruling until Wednesday or later as it weighs contested county and precinct totals and powers over ballot acceptance. The outcome hinges on authority claimed by the board and voting officials.
Fragmentary Ottoman-like notes describe armed guards on plantations in Pinar del Rio and threats of military action. The scribbles reference Havana, December 4, and imply anxieties over protection and potential conflict, with mentions of U.S. government policy and international tensions amid a scattered mix of names and places.
Two Denver & Rio Grande passenger trains collided near Ballinties English switch six miles east of Salida at 6 this morning. Six bodies were recovered and several injured taken from the wreck. The dead include C M Mathew Petey Barns Denver R Porter Grantaston Oberlin Ohio and an unknown man. Seriously injured include W Pires Thomas M Gosman and A M Johnston, all of Denver.
A new firm named Woolf Motor Car Company is chartered in Chicago with $500,000 capital. Its aim is to manufacture and operate automobiles and other vehicles. The article notes the secretary of state recording in Springfield Illinois.
Mount Ayre merchant F. O. Ingrant collapsed under liabilities around 80 000 with creditors mainly Chicago and Des Moines wholesale houses. The marriage of Miss Marie Burroughs (Lillie Arrington) to Dr Albert Sterne was postponed due to her illness with Dr Sterne in New York.
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