Congressional actions update from late Washington
The House Military Affairs Committee favors retirement of Surgeon General Sternberg with major general rank. The House adopts a $20,000 naval test appropriation for squid testing from California and Texas fields under the Bureau of Steam Engineering. The Senate backs the Meeker relief bill for a life annuity of $500 starting June 1, 1900. The irrigation bill canvass shows a growing majority with 186 pledges. The attorney general seeks evidence of beef trust practices. district attorneys will review tips nationwide. The Senate Philippines panel calls Clemencia Lopez to testify in Boston. Negotiations on canal rights with Colombia Nicaragua and Costa Rica proceed, with three treaties forthcoming. Fort Hall land opening set for June 11 under a rush system. 60,000 acres near Pocatello excluded from the rush. Thomas F. Walsh plans a large Washington office building known as The Colorado. Warren presses a Wyoming fence order delay and Indian fund payments. Roosevelt signs Meeker annuity. Uintah opening and water provision still unsigned. scrutiny over camp plans persists. The naval bill debate includes concerns that current ships serve mainly as peace ships. strong navy but not invincible. Manderson criticizes beet sugar trusts and Cuba tariff effects on western beet sugar industry. Mudd successfully blocks an ideological purge to bar Edgar Stanton Maclay writings from naval use. Hoardman testifies on brutal Filipino campaigns. war is described as hell but humane conduct noted. President's Martinique disaster message requests $500,000 relief appropriation and immediate action.
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House Committee On Military Affairs
Sternberg
California
Texas
Bureau of Steam Engineering
House
Senate
Ariyella D. Meeker
Greeley
Chicago
Senate Committee On
Philippines
Clemencia Lopez
Sixto Lopez
Boston
Washington
Lodge
Hale
Burrows
Colombia
Naragua
Costaiia
United States
Panama
Nicaragua Canal
Secretary of State
General Land Office
Fort Hall
Pocatello
Thomas F. Walsh
Colorado
Fourteenth
G Streets
Foundry Church
G Street
Fourteenth Street
Warren
Hat Creek
Wyoming
Congress
Jers Toman
Friends of Cuban
Bell
Roosevelt
Mre
Arvella D. Meeker
Uintah Reservation
Spokane
Secretary Root
Mary Root
Macifle
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountain
Foss
Naval Committee
Manderson
Nebraska
Cuba
Missouri River
Middle West
Manitoba
Platt
Mudd
Maryland
Naval Academy
Edgar Stanton Maclay
Yton
Naval Establishment of
Dayton
Senate Philippine Committee
George G. Hoardman
Twentieth Infantry
Jacob II
Smith
Karn
Otis
Lana
Mindie
Martinique
House of Representatives
Guada
Fort de France
St. Pierre
France
America
Port de France
St. Vincent
Treasury
War
Navy
Macedonian Hotel on City Island Reuses Warship Timber
A Long Island inn on City Island sits in a former wrecked British frigate, the Macedonia. Native ownership tows old timbers to the shore and constructs a tavern with historic hull planks, a galley cupboard bar, and a second floor music room once the ship’s main cabin. The sign claims the ship’s capture by the United States in 1812.
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City Island
Long Island
Macedonian Hotel
Macedonia
Hart's Island
New York Herald
United States
Stephen Decatur
Lon
Cape de Verde Islands
Africa
Cowbay
Macedonian
What the Fatherland Had Lost
Visiting prince Memry tours the Kronprin Wilhelm's steerage where a German man, stamped with nationality, insists he left Vaterland to be free. The prince remarks that no country can love a man who claims freedom as he moves on.
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Memry
Kronpring
Wilhelm
Vaterland
Waterland
New York Times
Easter Splendor in Rome At St Peter's Balustrade
Leslie's Weekly describes Rome's Easter celebration with the pope leading mass at St Peter's in grand vestments. Cannons fire at dawn from the castle and a canopy bears the papal entourage as fabelli fans display peacock eye motifs amid regal splendor. The benediction from the central balcony marks one of Rome's greatest days.
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France
Rome
Castle of St. Angelo
St. Peter's
Vatican
Leslie's Weekly
The Cov entry Tapestries Sell to French Collector
A description of the Cov entry tapestries selling for 250000 to a French collector, and the broader note on high tapestry prices and notable holdings in America and Europe. The piece mentions Gobelins works, Mme de Talbe's Sutton Hoo Park pieces, Livingstone Tapestries, and collectors like Commodore Gerry and William C Whitney.
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Virginia Bonynge
San Francisco
Deerhurst
Lord Coventry
Conome Court
House of Coventry
Coventry
Mme. de Talbe
Sutton Hoo Park
Livingstone
Commodore Gerry
St. John the Divine
William C. Whitney
Fifth Avenue
Rushed Ads and Pulp Notes from Denver and New York
A collage of 19th century notices and ad blurbs. Mother Gray's baby powder boasts 30 000 testimonials and a 25 cent price with free samples. Allen's foot ease sells for 25c and promises relief for tight shoes and foot ailments. Ranch News, a Denver farm paper, invites sample copies. Various quips and scattered ad lines fill the text.
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Mother Gray
New York
Allen 8
Olimstu, Letoy, N
Johnnie
Ranch News
Denver
P. O
American cold wave heralds energy and progress
Prof Willis Te Moore argues that extreme cold air boosts oxygen and vigor, attributing national vitality to the north wind. He cites historical resilience of Aryan peoples and notes northern civilizations maintain stronger political unity despite harsh climates.
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Russia
Thorthern
Willis Te Moore
Weather Bureau
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Nyrup
Hamlin
Allen
Olmsted
Lesley, N
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Tom
Se. Jacobs
Vogeler
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Groson Crasar
Decchcroft Road
Serrey
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Baltimore
Voceler
Ours
Igoe
Ra Remedy Co
the Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co
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Kentucky
Jesale
Pricom
Gs Wb
Ruth
Peete
W. L Douglas
Ame Cithes
Douglas
Krockton
Washington. v
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Lishing Association
Detroit
Michigan
Mrs. Martin
Brooklyn
Anna Martin
Hoyt Street
N. Y
Marie Johnson
Columbia
East
Mich
Hope Lodge No. 6
Independent Order
Good Templars
Peruna
Ruth Emerson
Sycamore St
Buffalo, N. Y
Hartman
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Hartm
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Huntleh
Giticura
Golvent
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Mailer
Tt Press
Lawrence St
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Tru Crerunt Thompson
Eye
Tanager
Lanse County
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