Congressional Progress in Senate and House Debates
The senate advanced several bills on the 4th to 8th with bills on ship subsidy rural free delivery and consular diplomatic appropriations. Mr Frye finished his ship subsidy speech. Mr Clay opposed the ship subsidy bill. Mr Hanna spoke in favor of the consular and diplomatic appropriations. The House announced Representative Polk's death and adjourned. debate on rural free delivery continued without votes.
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Senate
Frye
House
Clay
Georgia
Representative Polk
Pennsylvania
Hanna
Miss Lotta Greenup Campaigning for Dem Nomination
Miss Lotta Greenup of Paducah Kentucky campaigns with her father for the Democratic nomination for Congress. Miss Greenup is a musician who plays the violin and sings during her father’s district tours.
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Miss Lotta Greenup
Paducah
Congress
Trainfield
N. J
Buabcock
Lord Francis Hope
London
Ife Itis
Grent Northern Steamship Co
Northern Railway Co
New London
Conn
William Hofman
Philadelphia
Hofman
Twentythird Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Fifty-sixth
Heath
Gettysburg
Albert Decker
Deckter & Son
Furniture Dealers
Brazil
fInd
Decker
Demimerk
St Louis
Ent Uurages
Angel Group
Arizona
New York
Ohio
Wilcox
Ario
Denver
Sevral Guiles
George Musgrove
Black Jack
Clayton
Ncm
Alamogordo
Nom
Post Aflice
Tnspector
United States
Ovta
New Yoork City
James Tien
Pall Wnthrap
Tome
Glasgow
Scotland
Millionaire urges marriage payoff for officers daughters
Lieutenant B Van Gchaick cites Cavite magnate Gen Zano offering 500000 dollars to each American army officer who marries his daughters. Census report on carriage and wagon manufacture for 1900 shows 7632 establishments and 118 million capital, wages fall. President signs permanent census bureau bill as fire hits Hudson N J causing 200000 dollar loss.
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B. van Gchaick
Pilippines
Zano
Cavite
United States
Hudson, N
Vreeland
Metropolitan Street Railway Co
New York City
Manhattan
District
Cook County
Grant
Window Glass Workers’ Association
L. A
Knights of Labor
Simon Burns
Paul St. Peter
Pittsburg
S. S. Hunter
New Castle
New York
C. A Pearson
London
Santos Dumont
Birmingham
Sant Dumont
Cincinnati
Henry Woltgrew
Otto Ronaldo
Wolt
Wholesale Paper Dealers’ Association
City of
United States Steel Corporation
Bessemer Railroad
Homestead
American Bridge
New
Neville Island
Joseph Hill
Pensacola
San Francisco
Maine
Washington
United States Navy
Hill
Gunner Morgan
Arbitration Decision Favors Company in Norfolk Strike
Strikers reject arbitration terms, insisting on union work only and 85 percent rehire with bond. Riots continue as cars run under guard. leader Gam Kelly injured, arrested, bailed. Company says it can field 500 motormen and conductors in 12 hours and will operate without union backing.
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Norfolk
Chamber of Commerce
Gam Kelly
Kelly
Arbitration Committee
Richmond
Hugh Gordon Miller
D. J. Coleman, Jr
Lancaster Williams
Norfolk Railway and Light Co
Monticello
Williams
Quiet Sunday in New York as saloons defy dry orders
On March 10, New York saloonkeepers disregarded a dry Sunday order. In the West Side orders were observed somewhat, while the East Side saw most saloons open. Many improvised bars operated in back rooms as 34 excise arrests were reported across Greater New York.
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New York City
New York
Sandwich
Upper West Side
Porton
Lower East
Seventh Avenue
Bowery
Insurance Rates Advance
Vice President Wilson of the Southwestern Tariff Association reports from New York that no formal action was taken but a tacit understanding exists that 235 percent rate increases will be enforced by all insurance companies east of the Rocky Mountains.
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Macon
Wilson
Southwestern Tariff Association
New York City
Rocky Mountains
Chinese unrest in Jehol as bandits loot after sectarian clash
Pekin reports say Jehol about 100 miles northeast of Pekin experiences rioting between Christians and non Christians over native Christian claims. Brigands plunder the region while officials note 500 Russian troops reaching Jehol from Manchuria. A Velgian priest is among those affected.
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Pekin
Jehol
Rekin
Foreign Office
Velgian
Etruria Rescued After Propeller Breaks Off In Accident
The Etruria anchored at Orta Azores after a February 26 breakdown in which its propeller detached from the tube and the rudder was lost. The William Cliff and Ottawa assisted, a jury rudder was fitted after two days, and passengers describe the crew’s actions as commendable while avoiding danger.
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Orta
Azores
Etruria
Cunard Line
Umbria
William Cliff
Ottawa
Fayal
Sealing Fleet Strike at St Johns Over Pay Rate
About 3,000 sealers demand 4 dollars per hundred weight, higher than last year’s 3.20. Merchants refuse to concede, signaling no advance while foreign markets dampen optimism. Deadlock persists as owners seek replacements if needed and crews threaten to sail or stay ashore.
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St. Johns
N. F
St. John’s
A Close Call in Chicago Boarding House Fire
Rodolph Engeleke, a jeweler, leaped from a three story Erie Street boarding house window as smoke filled his room. Firemen caught him in a net, but he suffered internal injuries, a fractured wrist, and severe burns. twelve others escaped, while Mrs Devite and Carl Cosper were badly burned.
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Chicago
Rodolph Engeleke
Erie Street
Engelcke
Katherine Devite
Carl G. Cosper
Wage dispute pits Union against American Bridge Co
Local Union No. 3 of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers rejects the American Bridge Co proposal to settle the wage scale dispute. About 1,200 members attended. roughly 2,000 workers are affected. Since a January 17 to 19 Pencoyd conference the union has pressed for 50 cents an hour for four eight hour days, while the company offered 43 cents for a nine hour day.
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Pittsburg
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
American Bridge Co
Pencoyd
Prince Henry of Prussia receives cordial Boston welcome
Boston hosts Prince Henry of Prussia with Governor Crane and Mayor Collins greeting him. He attends a gift delivery to the Germanic Museum in Cambridge and Harvard's honorary doctor of laws, then a Boston dinner with 200 citizens. New York trip notes his nine state train run and broad praise for the reception.
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Boston
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Crane
Collins
Cambridge
Kaiser
Harvard
Commonwealth
New York
Philadelphia
von Muller
Capt. von Muller
United States
East
St. Louis
Albany
Hudson River
United States Military Academy
West Point
Prince Henry of Prussia
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
University Club
Corneling Vanderbilt
Prince Henry
Independence Hall
Cramp's
Complete Tieup Strikes Hit Boston Freight Movement
Boston March 11 Thousands of Teamsters and freight handlers went on strike amid Brine Transportation Co disputes. Longshoremen kept unloading vessels but no teams arrived to move cargo. 7 500 workers from several unions involved. Providence reports union chats and potential spillover if Boston actions spread.
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Bostom
Boston
Brine Transportation Co
Teamsters
Brine Co
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Boston & Albany
Oscar F. Cox
Allied Freight Transportation Council
Teamsters’ Union
Providence
RR. 1
New England
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Anti merger suit filed against Northern Securities and railways
The United States filed a Sherman act case in federal court in St Paul against the Northern Securities Co and the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railways. The suit seeks to void the merger and permanently enjoin the company from buying or voting stock of the two railroads, alleging restraint of interstate commerce.
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St. Paul
United States
Northern Securities Co
Great Northern Railway Co
Northern Pacific Railway Co
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Attorneys fear for captains after Savannah harbor case disappearances
Macon Ga March 10 Assistant United States Attorney Ackerman states that Capt JD Greene and John F Gaynor charged with conspiring to rob the government in the Savannah harbor works are greatly mortified by their disappearance. He notes the court officers have no fear they can hide anywhere and lack advices on their whereabouts.
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Macon
United States
Ackerman
Savannah
JD Greene
John F. Gaynor
Savannah Harbor
Three Die of Coal Gas At Mount Clemens Home
Frederick Doescher 56 his wife 72 and sister in law Mrs John Frink 60 perished from coal gas at their Mount Clemens Michigan residence between Friday night and Monday morning The women were found in bed and Doescher in a chair behind the stove authorities reported the accidental death.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Frederick Doescher
John Frink
Doescher
Supreme Court strikes Illinois anti trust law as unconstitutional
The court ruled Illinois and many other states carves out exemptions for agricultural products and livestock. It held anti trust statutes must apply to all combinations without exemptions to be constitutional, affecting several states including Georgia Indiana Louisiana Michigan Mississippi Montana Nebraska North Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas and Wisconsin.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Illinois
Georgia
Indiana
Louisiana
Michigan
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
North Carrolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Wisconsin
Removal of Wu Ting Fang Demanded by Chinese Censor
A Manchu censor in Pekin memorializes for Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister to the United States, to be removed. He accuses Wu of corruptly retaining eighty thousand dollars of Tien Tsin silver refunded by the American government, claimed as legation repairs in Washington.
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Wu Ting Fang
United States
Washington
Japanese girls school in Zendra burned. 75 saved
Cable report informs Dr. Joseph Lemberger treasurer of the Reformed Church mission board that the girls school at Zendra, Japan, maintained by the church, was destroyed. The 15 year old institution housed 75 girls, all saved, with an estimated loss of 5000 dollars partially covered by insurance. The school had enjoyed favor with the Japanese government.
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Lebanon
Joseph Lemberger
Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church
United States
Zendra
Japan
Railroadeers Strike Ties Up Northern Pacific Routes
Missoula Mont March 11 The Rocky Mountain freight division of the Northern Pacific from Helena and Butte to Hope Idaho is tied up by a strike. The trouble began when a train crew was discharged for refusing to run around another crew.
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Missoula. Mont
Rocky Mountain
Northern Pacific
Helena
Butte
Hope
Idaho
Becaus
Spalding’s Followers Desert Him In League Fight
Chicago March 11 The Record Herald reports two top Spalding backers must be placated or A G Spalding will resign from the race for National League presidency. His campaign methods and absence in California have upset a key adherent who says he will not take part further.
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Chicago
the Record- Herald
Spalding
National League
A. G. Spalding
California
Dominion Coal Co Finds Billion Ton Bituminous Deposit
Corne lius Shields, general manager, said borings near Butler's Lake, 3B, show a coal seam estimated at least one billion tons. The announcement from Montreal notes the field lies in proximity to Butler's Lake.
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Montreal
Quo
Cornelius Shields
The
Dominion Coal Co
Butler's Lake
Bishop Dr. John Franklin Spalding Dies in Pa
Dr. John Franklin Spalding Episcopal bishop of Colorado died at his son Rev Frank Spalding's home in Eric Pennsylvania on Sunday. The son is seriously ill with typhoid fever.
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Eric
John Franklin Spalding
Episcopal
Colorado
Frank
Spalding
Munecie Team Wins Western Championship in Roller Skating
Muneie Indiana March 11 Munecie's roller skate poll team defeated Richmond 350 to 1 last night clinching the western championship. A series of games will be played with the Lowell team the eastern champions.
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Muneie
Ind
Munecie
Richmond
Lowell, Mass
Struck for an Eight Hour Day in Denver
Denver workers including carriage makers machinists mattress makers indoor wire workers and fuel handlers go on strike for an eight hour day and union wages. Unions vow to push the demand across all labor branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
CHM Orders Two Battleships in England
The government orders construction in England of two battleships of 12,000 tons each at about £1,000,000 per vessel. March 11 report notes the plan and cost.
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CHM
Santiago de Chili
England
Stofft Wins the First Game in Open Championship
The opening game of the professional championship peel tournament at Montauk billiard academy Brooklyn ended with H. P. Stofft of Cleveland defeating Charles H. Weston of Wyoming 125 to 59.
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New York
Montauk Billiard Academy
Brooklyn
H. P. Stoft
Cleveland
Charles H. Weston
Wyoming
Woman Given Six Months For Murder in Dover
Esther Gero was convicted of manslaughter after killing her husband with a hunting knife during a dispute in Dover Maine. She was sentenced to six months in the county jail yesterday.
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Dover
Esther Gero
Geel Loman and Wheeling R R Time Table 1902
Central Standard Time timetable shows northbound and southbound B&O trains with stops at Bridgeport Flushing Uhrichsville New Phila Dover Justus Massillon Fulton Warwick Barberton Akron and Cleveland. Sunday Massillon northbound 7 28 am southbound 8 14 pm. Electric cars run Bridgeport Wheeling Bellaire Martins Ferry.
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Bridgeport
Flushing
Uhrichsville
New Phila
Dover
Justus
Massillon
UC. Fulton
Warwick
Barberton
Akron
Cleveland
Wheeling
Bellaire
Martins Ferry
Carrel
Gen
Lorain
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Gil
Grafton Elyria
Lester
Lina
Rooklyn
Lester June
Medina
al Sie
Seville
Sterling
Bao
Viu B. & O
B&o
P.M
Canal Dover
L'A
Ubrichaville
Po P.M. P.M
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the Gazette
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Congressional
New York Journal of Commerce
Kokomo
Frank Wyatt
Order of Odd Fellows
Wyatt
Wonatt
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York Lacht Club
Colombia
Atlantic
Cii Service Commission
Postmaster Roberts
Cova Service
National Civil Service Reform League
Communesourt Ponlihe
Milwaukee
Sturgeon Bay
Asta
Jowa
Carkast
Masha
Klondike
Cape Nome
Neme
Sera
West
Taoman
Etruria-In-Port
Hor=ta
Satlor
Lis
Park Avenue
Stofft
Arlington Lodge
Weris
W. H. Sellers, N
Will F. Scott
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Lorena
Ular
Hofstetter
Rose
Werts
Main Street
Brothare
Une
Will. Owene
C. Ernest F. Scott
Knights OF Pythias
Seton Lanes
Brothers Co Ally
Joseph-Devery
C. Scott
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Wak&ks
Warsaw
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Zanesville
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Millersburg
E. A. Ford
Gen's
Penn
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Lva
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Orrville
Mt. Vernons
Columbus
Mt Vernon
Tive
Hudson
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