Congressional notes on bills and world events of the era
Senate debates the Philippine government bill and agricultural-appropriation. House passes the omnibus public building bill and District of Columbia measures. Reports mention Sand Creek gold rush, a Dacca tornado death toll, insurance claims in Illinois, a Denver child poisoning case, and various international and industrial developments.
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Congressional
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Republic of Cuba
Spooner Lodge
Foraker
Army
Taft
Cummings
Multiple disasters and deaths reported across continents
Fire destroys Rifle business district in Colorado and major blazes impact Africa and Europe. Volcano Mont Pelee awakens near St Pierre. fires claim lives in Egypt and the United States. Notable deaths include Rev Dr Joseph Packard in Virginia and Dr PD Estaing Dickerson in Kansas City. Police investigate a mafia linked murder in Brooklyn.
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Rifle, Co
Mont Pelee
Martinique
St.Pierre
Joseph Packard
Episcopal Theological Seminary
Alexandria
Colorado
San Martin de Provensals
Spain
PD. Estaing Dickerson
Kansas City
Watertown
N. Y
J. W. Foster
Dickerson
Chicago
Mit Camp
Duainietta
Nile
Beaver Creek
Knott and Letcher
William Osborne
Hiram Little
Sam Cook
George Reedy
Osborne
Cook
Reedy
Iowa
Sheldon
Joss
Conger
Chi Li
China
Pekin
Centerville
S. D
Victor Anderson
Anderson
Adeline Sage
Detroit
Mich
James Joseph Barry
Brooklyn
Bright
Baltimore
Navy
Andrew F. Haas
Livestock Commission
Union Pacific
South Omaha
Neb
Writeman
London
Earl Roberts
Anomobo
Khqner
Cotles
Hiram Poueh
Osassons
Tetedea
Two Fatal Wrecks Hit Pennsylvania Rail Line
At Rockwood near Connellsville two trains collided head on killing A D Venture and Nicola Sakci Italian immigrants and injuring 45 others including fatally injured B F Smallwood and Dominico Pedazhei. The wreck near Rockwood halted traffic with fire and rescue efforts ongoing. In Rochester a relief train wreck between Freedom and Rochester killed Charles Sewall and fatally scalded engineer Abner J Stacy as the engine overturned and blocked four tracks.
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Connellsville
Rockwood
Baltimore & Ohio Road
A. D. Venture
Nicola Sakci
B. F. Smallwood
Cumberland
Dominico Pedazhei
Casselman
Luzon
Smallwood
Rochester
Conway Yards
Freedom
Charles Sewall
Abner J. Stacy
Stacy
Wells Elevator Destroyed by Fire in Buffalo
A fire last night totalled the Wells elevator on the Buffalo river at Indiana street. Loss on the building and contents is estimated at 275000 dollars after a loud explosion and flames that rose from the roof. Fire boats battled the blaze while crews protected adjacent property. the Wilkeson elevator nearby suffered minor damage.
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Buffalo
Wells
Indiana Street
Wheelme
W Va
Welleburg
Maele Wliss Works
Paul Dros
Trad Te Soo
Campaign against Sultan Bayan succeeds in Moro fort capture
The War Department received a cable from Gen. Chaffee reporting a complete success in the campaign against Moro chief Sultan Bayan. A gallant assault captured the principal Moro fort with several leading Moros killed.
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Washington
War Department
Chaffee
Sultan Bayan
Wind Storm Destroys Factory and Damages City Structures
A May storm in St Louis caused fires and extensive damage including a machine shop and part of a foundry at William & Philp Wadarts patent pulley plant. The wind felled trees, fences, signs and awnings, with property damage estimated around 300,000 dollars and insurance coverage.
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St. Louis
Wiliam & Philp Wadarts Patent
South Sto Lemis
Joss
Dannee
Big strike feared as miners and operators split
Hazelton Pennsylvania May 5 fear of a general strike grows as operators and United Mine Workers fail to agree. District boards may order a work suspension at Scranton next Wednesday. About three fourths of local workers are organized and a long stoppage could halt operations at all mines.
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Hazelton
United Mine Workers
Scranton
Doctor Aldrich Kills Self After Shootout With Detectives
In Los Angeles May 5 a dramatic confrontation at Dr. E W Aldrich’s Hotel Savoy office left City Detective Hawley wounded and Aldrich dead by his own hand. Detectives served governor ordered papers for Aldrich’s return to Chicago on perjury and bigamy charges.
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Los Angeles
Cal
E. W. Aldrich
Chicago
City
Hawley
Dr. Aldrich
Hotel Savoy
Bradish
Aldrich
Palmer Prominent Chicago Businessman Dies at Lake Shore Drive
Potter Palmer, a leading Chicago merchant for nearly fifty years, died at his Lake Shore Drive home after a weeks long nervous disorder. He collapsed Sunday evening after a day of weakness. doctors offered no definite cause.
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Chicago, Ill
Potter Palmer
Chicago
Lake Shore Drive
Palmer
Longshoremen Strike Settled in Duluth on Compromise
The Duluth longshoremen end a week long strike with a wage compromise 51 2 cents per hour unless lumber rate per thousand rises to 3 dollars or more then 55 cents. The Lumber Carriers' association agrees to regulate lumber boat arrivals for steadier work and the workers had demanded 60 cents, having earned 50 cents previously.
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Duluth
Minn
Lumber Carriers’ Association
Death of a Congressman from Virginia District
Washington May 5 Congressman Peter J Otey of Virginia's Sixth district died in Lynchburg his home Sunday The sergeant at arms of the House was notified last night Otey a Democrat was named to accompany the remains of the late Congressman Cummings to New York but said he could not attend due to illness He was born in 1540 and was known as a southern business man
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Sand Creek
Mont
Dacca
India
Illinais
Russia
Mexico
Galveston
Tex
Republic
Sydney E. Mudd
Maryland
William Barmore
Ritchieccounts
Woo Na
Circ Ol Co
VO. Duncombe
Countrys
Keeler
Mted
United States
Pittsburg
California
Frank Stuck
Aldenndern
Seanage
HOA Barrows
Tarso
Suman
Erastus Thayer
Bprugfield
Ndherst
Adrian Britt
Dines Caleter
Oochsomville
Fla
Toman
Cheagee
Wall
Pere
Ted
Nerfath
Washington
Peter J. Otey
Virginia
Lynchburg
House of Representatives
Otey
Cummings
New York
South
Two Hundred Fifty Fishermen Drowned in Japanese Gale
A gale off the west coast of Japan has wrecked the herring fleet and left two hundred fifty fishermen dead. The disaster centered near Yokohama with widespread loss among crews and ships.
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Yokohama
Japan
Tragedy in Youghiogheny River West Newton Four drownings in skiff
In West Newton Pennsylvania on May 3 a skiff with four adults and a child overturned in the Youghiogheny River. Mrs Fred Landsparger and her four year old son drowned. Others aboard included Miss Magpie Herrington and Fred Bond. Landsparger saved Miss Herrington then returned to help his wife and child, but both drowned as onlookers watched.
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West Newton
Youghinghens
Fred Landsparger
Landsparger
Magpie Herrington
Fred Bond
Herrington
Tye
Secretary Hay Proposes 1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Postponement
Washington May 3. Secretary Hay sent to the senate a letter requesting the postponement of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition from 1903 to 1904. A Carter letter and Francis telegram support delaying the opening to May 1, 1904, with buildings completed by April 30, 1903. The plan includes a $250,000 gold souvenir coin and a total $5,000,000 congressional appropriation. Francis states the fair cannot be scaled to meet current time limits. an extra year would aid preparation.
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Washington
Hay
Senate
Carter
Government Commission
Francis
The
Exposition Company
Cockrell
Congress
D. R. Francis
T. H. Carter
Cummings Dies in Baltimore After Pneumonia
New York Congressman Amos J. Cummings died in Baltimore at the Church Home and Infirmary after pneumonia following an operation. A public memorial service in the House of Representatives in Washington drew almost full attendance, with senators, reps, and delegations from New York groups and unions.
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Baltimore
Amos J. Cummings
New York
Washington
House
Hall of Representatives
William JD. Kelley
Pennsylvania
Nelson Dingley
Maine
House and
Senate
Capitol
Department of New York
A. R
Typographical Union No. 6
New York Pilots’ Association
Houses of Congress
Wallace Radcliffe
New York Avenues
Fatal Collision Near Clyde Delays Mail Service
A westbound New York Central fast mail No 3 collided with a rival fast freight near Clyde New York at 5 pm killing the mail engineer and fireman and injuring 13 mail clerks. The dead include Syracuse and Cleveland men with skull fractures and other injuries. The fast mail was traveling at 75 miles per hour when the crash occurred.
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Clyde
N. Y
New York Central
Syracuse
William K Noxon
J. W. Shepard
FE. F. Force
R. Mills
E. E. Gibson
Cleveland
RC Baird
John M. Mert
G W. Nanmer
Elyria
J. P. Putnam
Brockton
George I. Smert
George Growney
Buffalo
GE. Wright
Rochester
Arthur Underhill
Norwalk
John Pitts
Corry
Detroit Molders Strike Ends Calm After Riot
About 2000 molders from nearby foundries joined the Bub Malleable Casting plant strike in Detroit on May 3 causing a riot. Several arrests were made among the strikers and the firm agreed to discharge non union workers if the marchers dispersed.
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Detroit
Mich
Bub
Cripple Creek Bank Run Sparks Liquidity Panic
A run on the Bimetalhe Bank of Cripple Creek began yesterday and continued after closing time at Ssoeloch. Reports claimed the bank would liquidate, with more than $50,000 withdrawn amid depositor fears.
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Cripple Creek
Col
Ssoeloch
Ine
San Diego Clergyman Accepts Bishopric of Honolulu
Rev. B. Restrick of San Diego accepts the post of bishop of Honolulu. Consecration will be held in this city.
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San Diego
Cal
Rev
B. Restrick
Honolulu
Merger Suit Clarifies Northern Securities Defense
The Northern Securities Co and individuals including J. Pierpont Morgan and James J. Hill filed answers in the Knox anti trust suit in St Paul. They argue the merger of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways promotes inter state and international commerce and that the anti trust act does not bar such enterprise or infringe state corporate rights. The responses say the securities firm acts defensively against rival pressure and that the combined obligations exceed 220 million dollars while preserving benefits from Burlington shares.
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Northern Securities Co
Oneskine
St. Paul, Minn
Knox
United States
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Railways
James J. Hill
William P. Clough
D. Willis James
John S. Kennedy
George F. Baker
Great Northern Railway
J. Pierpont Morgan
Robert Bacon
Daniel S. Lamont
Northern Pacific Railway Co
Congress
Securities Co
Burlington
Fatal Fire at Eureka Bedding Co in Pearl Street
A fire at building No. 304 Pearl Street, Eureka Bedding Co, New York, killed Emma Beltcher 19 and John Lynch. Injured: Ethel McGrath likely fatally, Katie Wadsworth with back injuries, Annie Gilroy with sprains from jumping to a roof, as workers fled via rear windows. Fire started from cotton near stairs. panic caused jumps.
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New York
Pearl Street
Eureka Bedding Co
Emma Beltcher
John Lynch
Ethel McGrath
Katie Wadsworth
Annie Gilroy
Gilroy
Wadsworth
Boutcher
Lynch
Mrs Kate Soffel Pleads Guilty in Jail Escape Case
Pittsburg May 6 Mrs Kate Soffel wife of Allegheny county jail warden pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting in the Riddle brothers escape. She faces sentencing next Saturday with a maximum penalty of two years in the penitentiary.
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Pittsburg
Kate Soffel
Soffel
Allegheny County
Riddle Brothers
Twenty Nine Die in Oklahoma Cloudburst Flood
A Foss Oklahoma cloudburst drowned nine people and left many homeless as damage from washed out Choctaw railroad tracks totaled about 200000 dollars. Geary reports suggest the death toll could reach twenty. In a separate report Arthur Sweatman, 33, son of Bishop Sweatman, killed himself by leaping before a Grand Trunk train in Toronto Ontario after returning from California.
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Oklahoma City
O. T
Foss
Geary
Toronto
Qont
Arthur Sweatman
Bishop Sweatman
Grand Trunk Railway
California
Queen's Condition Remains Steady At The Hague
The Hague May 6 The queen's bedside remained attended by Drs Roessingh and Pot as evening reports say her fever has not risen and officials expect a good night rest. Baron Clifford stated there is no immediate cause for disquiet and at 10 pm the queen was sleeping quietly with her condition practically unchanged.
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the Hague
Loo Palace
Drs Roessingh
Pot
Baron Clifford
Court debate on US liability for Cuban insurgent damage
Washington May 6 The Spanish treaty commission weighed whether the United States could be held responsible for property damage in Cuba caused by insurgents before the peace treaty. Government counsel argued that claims for such damages should be dismissed since Spain could not be held responsible, so the United States could not be.
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Washington
Spanish Treaty Commission
Cuba
Spain
United States
Train Schedule Details for Wheeling Route and Stops
Electric car service runs between Bridgeport and Wheeling with daily trains except Sunday. Timetables list northbound and southbound connections through Bridgeport Massillon Justus Dover New Phila and Akron with specific arrival and departure times and Sunday exceptions.
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Bridgeport
Flushing
Uhbrichsville
New Poila
C. Dover
Justus
Barberton
Warwick
C. Fulton
Massillon
Justus Zujum
Dover
New Phila
Chrichsville
Finnshing
Wheelinng
Bolttatre
Martine Ferry
M. G. Carrel
Gen. Pass
MIP. M
Cleveland
Swanee
Brooklyn
Lester
Medina
Seville
Sterling
Akron
Ask
Canal Fulton
A.M
Camal Dover
New Phila'l
Uhrichsville
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