Week's Doings in Congress Debates and Bills
The Senate debated the war revenue tax reduction bill and Chinese exclusion while approving a Sterling Illinois public building appropriation. House actions included Cuba reciprocity talks, plus charter extensions for national banks and a fish and game bill for Alaska.
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Mocday
Senate
Sterling
Ill
Simmons
South
China
Orient
Pacific
House
Tuesaday
Simon
Hoar
Hiis
Alaska
Fire Damages Caney Street Home and Ince Estate
A fire at a Caney Street residence caused extensive damage to the home and nearby Ince estate. The blaze began in the early hours and spread rapidly, destroying parts of the structure and necessitating emergency response. No injuries are reported, and investigators are assessing the scene to determine the cause.
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Hominem
See Moamen ew York Mspateh event tragedy
Weary days and his wife Barbara died at the same minute in what appears to be a shared fate. Keuppler died in King's County Hospital from complications following an incident at her home.
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Moamenew
York
Barbara
Keuppler
King’s County Hospital
Con
Merger Bill Stalled By Railroad Lobby Leaders
Des Moines Iowa special reports W P Brady of the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway a leading lobbyist for the merger measure and House railway committee chairman Wise say no further effort will be made to push the Moiberry railway merger bill through the house.
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L. Des Moines
Iowa
W. P. Brady
Burlington, Cedar H Rapids and Northern Railway
Wise
House Committee On Railways
Memorial Service for Cecil Rhodes Draws Large Crowd
An impressive memorial service for Cecil Rhodes was held at St. Pat's Cathedral to coincide with the burial at the Maroon Hills. The cathedral was crowded and many more stood outside the railings unable to gain admittance.
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Cecil Rhode
London
Cecil Rhodes
St. Pat's
Interior department rules pension backpay for disability
The Interior department holds that a petitioner may recover thirty dollars per month pension under the act of March 1843 from the date of pension claim for the period of proven record grade disability, even if that period is temporary.
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Worabington
Interior Department
White man found buried after storm in Odesm area
A body of a white man was recovered near Odesm buried several feet in mud. Authorities believe he was caught in one of the recent storm events and are investigating the circumstances of his death.
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Odesm
Princeton
Ind
Frannville & Terre Haute
Britons Fear Full Inquiry Into Lathrop War Supplies
Lathrop Missouri April 12 British officers staff in barge of war supplies shipped by train to South Africa via New Orleans raise concern over a possible congressional probe. Rep. Cochran will press Roosevelt on neutrality violations. Gen Pearson expected to visit Lathrop as locals push Governor Dockery to avoid interference while British purchases sustain the town with thousands of dollars monthly. Maj. J Moore says officers here act like private citizens as horses mules and cattle flow to South Africa. 5600 horses and mules and 200 cattle currently held with more to come from New Orleans shipment.
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Lathrop
Africa
New Orleans
England
Port Chalmette
Cig House
South Africa
C. F. Cochran
Roosevelt
Pearson
Chalmette
Gov
Dockery
Maj
J. Moore
United States
Population Rise in Gould's St. Louis Directory 1902
The 1902 Gould's St Louis Directory shows about a 60,000 population increase since the last census and a 38,335 rise over 1901 figures. It lists 255,206 names, and applying Gould's 242 statistic yields an estimated population near 638,015, close to census counts. The 1900 census recorded 79,238 residents.
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St. Louis
Gould
Gould Company
St. Louis T
British General Denies Chalmette Camp For Remount Purchases
Major General Sir Richard C Stewart and Lt Col Holland arrive in Denver to review horse and mule purchases for South Africa amid claims of large-scale British government swindling. Stewart says no British Army camp exists at Chalmette Louisiana and that shipping meets legal requirements.
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Keeks Beldemes
Fraedenver
Richard C. Stewart
Holland
Denver
South Africa
Stewart
Chalmette
Governor Sayers probes famine relief in Zapaly County
Governor Say ers orders letters to Zapaly County to confirm reports of extreme famine. He pledges relief steps if confirmed, as 1000 people seek food and must wait for summer. Corpus Christi clergy led by Bishop Johnson appeal for aid amid transport failures and widespread hunger. Desperate Austig refugees rely on cactus roots. women and children wander seeking corn or beans.
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Tex
Sayrva
Zapaly
Oas
Corpus Christi
Johnson
Riots and political fear shadow Antwerp rule
Antwerp deputies warn the government may yield to universal suffrage as riots intensify and Leopold seeks to avert a Woody riots era. Reservists ready, secret orders issued. discontent spreads across the country amid socialist demonstrations and near-bracing tensions.
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Antwerp
Leopold
Brussels
Peter and Cornelius Meet Marks Gentile Inclusion in Early Church
In a Sunday School discussion, the Acts account of Peter’s vision and the opening of the church to non Jews is recounted. Peter’s vision of the unclean animals leads to the acceptance of Gentiles as equals in the faith, culminating in the meeting at Cornelius where the Holy Spirit falls on all present and baptism is commanded.
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Capernaum
Guat
Spitte
Peter
Peover
Vis
Angornel
Cambridge
Don
Cornelis
Cesaren
Simon
Deter
Memenis
Cegaren
Carnelis House
Wdrelaves
Crenida
Ars Wellusells
Jesus
God
Goa
Joppa
Vemrem
St. Raman
News Resume Behind the Times of a World Turmoil
James J O Fallon pioneer of SL Lowes is dead in Kentucky fields. Officials report fires destroying Atlantic City hotels. Kaiser Wilhelm’s visit to Berlin and Boer War actions dominate. Missouri and Kansas railroads gain leaders, banks grow, and pensions seek funds. Laws, battles, and political shifts shape the era.
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Kentucky
Great Britain
Abs
May Fenton Haines
Delanye
N. J
Atlantic City
C. A. Newcomb
Lindel Boulevard
St. Louis
Chenoa
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