Wakefield Reports House Work Across Two Sessions
Frank H. Wakefield tallies House activity in the Fifty-sixth Congress noting 1,411 House bills and resolutions and 7 Senate measures acted on, total 2,204. Several acts failed to become law, with 29 not signed, two vetoed, and a few recalled. House met 197 days, far above the eight-congress average, while military, invalid pensions, and war claims dominated committee reports.
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Washington
Frank H. Wakefield
House of Representatives
House
Senate
House Geome
Rural free delivery box bids approved by committee
The Post Office Department committee reported on rural free delivery street box feasibility and approved the Henry Rural Free De Bent Box of Ladoga, C. Folson of South Bend, Kelly Foundry Machine Co, and George E. Wirt of Greensburg. All bids for street letter boxes were rejected and new advertisements will call for steel boxes.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Post Office Department
Henry Rural Free de Bent
Ladoga
C. ©. Folson
South Bend
Kelly Foundry Machine Company
o_o
George E. Wirt
Greensburg
Postoffice Department
Postal Service
Navy Department reshuffles South Atlantic leadership
Washington March 12 Orders detach Rear Admiral W S Schley from command of the South Atlantic station and recall him for further orders. Rear Admiral B J Cromwell is detached from Portsmouth yard and assigned to command the South Atlantic station sailing from New York April 3. Lieutenant Commander J H Sears returns home. Lieut J H Sypher assigned to Admiral Cromwell’s staff. Rear Admiral J J Read to relieve Cromwell at Portsmouth yard.
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Portsmouth Yard
Admiral Cromwell
J. J. Read
Miscellaneous News Briefs From Washington and Abroad
Treasury balance under $150 million cash with $88.2 million in gold. Second Lt. Ernest G. Smith resigns from the Sev enteenth Infantry. Cabinet meeting uneventful. Hay-Pauncefote treaty answer not discussed. Austrian congress against alcohol ism to meet in Vienna. US invited. Admiral Lampoon asserts no copies of his endorsement were shown. Post office receipts and telegrams. February postal receipts up versus 1890 in New York Chicago Dayton. fifty largest offices show a 4.7 percent decrease at one.
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Ernest G. Smith
Seventeenth Infantry
Treasury
Senate
State Department
Groves
New York
Chicago
Dayton
Declinations and appointments hint at evolving U S legal and trade ties
The president declines a role with the Spanish claims commission as a son faces family settlement. Canada considers halting preferential tariffs on English goods, risking steamship lines to Portland New York and Boston. St Louis fair commissioners list, nine members including ex-senators and representatives, nears announcement. General Greely issues circulars on the new army law reducing pay for many NCOs and privates. The Ohio launching crew travels separately from the president’s party. Weather forecast divisions gain authorization with new chiefs and locations Boston Galveston Denver. Wireless experiments advance along Virginia and North Carolina coasts using wire cylinder transmissions to cover large distances. Cape Henry station to link three sites, salvaging costs on repair stations.
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State Department
Turner
Ottawa
House of Commons of Canada
Canada
Portland
New York
Boston
St. Louis Fair
Carter
Montana
Lindsay
Kentucky
McBride
Oregon
Thurston
Nebraska
Rodenburg
Illinois
Allen
Mississippi
Greely
Ohio
Washington
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Nash
Scott
Cortelyou
Rixey
White House
Crcediaty Wilson
New England
Gulf States
Galveston
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Denver
John W. Smith
Isaac M. Kline
Frederick H. Brandenburg
Weather Sery
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Virginia
North Carolina
Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
Moore
Hatteras
Roanoke Island
Pamlico Sound
Cape Hen
Cape Henry
Anti Yank ee Crusade Venezuelans Try to Create Trouble
An AP correspondent reports United States Minister Loomis faces political pressure in Caracas as Venezuela seeks to expel him and curb foreign press. Scorpion officers claim eastern Venezuela is pacified with troops withdrawn, while hostility to Americans rises and threats target Orinoco Company offices.
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Associated Press
Willeme
Curacao
Caracas
la Guayara
United States
Scorpion
Sargent
Loomis
Venezuela
Orinoco Valley
Casto
Orinoco Company, Limited
Santa Catalina
Department of State
Washington
Lancaster
Tayabas Forms Civil Government Under Col Gardener
Lucena chosen as Tayabas capital after a commission vote as Lucena earns eight of thirteen pueblos. Col Gardener named civil governor of Tayabas province, with Abbot treasurer and Austin supervisor. Native insurgents praised for loyalty. commission plans visit to Sorsogon and considers incorporating Marinduque.
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Lucena
Tayabas
Luzon
United States Army
Phillippines Commission
Gardener
Thirteenth Infantry
United States
Federal Party
Manila
Marinduque
John W. C. Abbot
Thirtieth Volunteer Infantry
Frederick T. Austin
Forty-sixth Volunteer Infantry
Sorsogon
Luzon Island
Hidden Manila conspiracy linked to insurgent arms supply
War Department reports no new details on the Manila organization with foreign consuls aiding insurgents. The group is said to be effectively broken up, yet some participants may be punished to deter similar conspiracies by the United States authorities.
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Washington
War Department
Manila
Hhe
United States
Receiver Appointed as Order of Select Friends Faces License Revocation
Kansas insurer revokes the Order of Select Friends license for insolvency amid a 6 million dollar policy portfolio and 3,000 members across Kansas Missouri and Colorado. Dr J A Wells sues for 8000 to recover and Judge Stillwell names C C Dutton receiver at Erie to manage lodge affairs amid claims the winter deaths strained finances.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Supreme Office of the Order of Select Friends
Kansas Insurance Commissioner
Lcense
Kansas
Missouri
Colorado
J. A. Wells
Erle
Yates Center
Judge Stillwell
Chambers
C. C. Dutton
Erie
W. J. Linn
British naval estimates for 1901 02 surge in shipbuilding and crews
London March 12 British naval estimates for 1901 02 total £30 875 500 an increase of £2 million chiefly for ship building. New programme covers three battleships six armored cruisers two third class cruisers ten torpedo boat destroyers five torpedo boats two sloops and five submarine boats with much work already begun.
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London
Admiralty
Holland
Orient Royal Mail
Pacific Companies
Committee of the Admiralty
Tey
Belleville
Million Dollar Cold Storage Plant Transferred to Insular Gor
Manila March 12 The Washington authorities assign control of the $800000 ice plant to the insular government to save cold storage capacity. Army will be furnished ice at cost and employees at roughly cost. Construction may require additional $200000. Military and civil control schemes discussed. War Department approves civil control. Monthly operating cost estimated at $150000. Additional items cover troop movements and insular army actions. Philippine customs receipts for February total $750000.
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Manila
Washington
War Department
Pasig
Spain
MacArthur
Wheaton
Thirty-fifth Volunteer Infantry
United States
Thomas
Mindanao
Twenty-eighth Volunteer Infantry
Gulich
Forty-seventh Volunteer Infantry
Pulay
Gubat
Albay Province
Luzon
Lieut
Watson
Forty-fifth Volunteer Infantry
Camarines Province
United States Army
Egbert
Taku
China
Seattle
Philippines
Health of Army in Philippines Receives Positive Note
In Manila report dated January 15, the Division of the Philippines records 67,475 troops with 7.49 percent sick. The weekly hospital tally shows 2,400 sick, including malaria, dysentery, wounds, and injuries. eighty-three deaths occurred in the month ending January 15. Colonel Greenleaf calls overall health good.
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Washington
Sternburg
Greenleaf
Division of
Philippines
Manila
Army enlistments surge amid recruiting drive
Washington reports more than a 100 percent rise in regular army enlistments since the Feb 8 start of recruiting after the army reorganiza tion bill. Officials say no trouble is expected meeting full strength before volunteers must be mustered out. Adjutant General Corbin cites daily reports from recruiters nationwide with 268 recruits in the first week and 7 percent for the week ending March 8.
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Washington
War Department
Corbin
Transportation Hancock Arrives With thirtieth United States Volunteer Infantry
In San Francisco on March 12 the transport Hancock docked from Manila carrying the Thirtieth United States Volunteer Infantry. The ship had 177 aboard, including 26 army officers 738 noncommissioned officers and enlisted men with a mix of volunteers from Michigan Illinois and Indiana.
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San Francisco
Hancock
Manila
United States Volunteer Infantry
Michigan
Illinois
Deficient Order of Select Friends Loses Kansas License
TOPEKA Kan March 12 The annual report shows the Order of Select Friends is $15000 short in meeting obligations and W W Church state superintendent of insurance refuses to renew its Kansas license to do business This suspends the order authority to operate in the state.
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Topeka
Kan
Order of Select Friends
W. W. Church
Kansas
Wrecked and Burned C N W Train Tragedy at Arlington Heights
Chicago and Northwestern freight rear ended a stock train at Arlington Heights injuring eight and killing two. The caboose burned with several stock heads killed. A relief train followed. Officials blamed gross crew carelessness for ignoring two danger signals.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Arlington Heights
Otto Schmidt
Stockman
Palatine
Illah Block
Johnson Creek
James H. Wilson
Fort Atkinson
Wison
St. Paul
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Naval estimates draw mixed British press verdicts
London reports say the naval budget meets national needs for new warships though newspapers diverge. The Times and Morning Post hope for stronger measures next year while the Daily Mail decries underfunding, accusing the government of starving the navy to fund a large home defense army on paper.
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London
Morning
Times
Morning Post
The
Daily Mail
Involuntary Manslaughter Charged in Chicago Boiler Blast
Chicago February 12 formal charges of involuntary manslaughter were filed against A M Doremus manager of Doremus laundry after a boiler exploded and killed nine and injured many. Hearing set for March 22 as victims and survivors react and authorities conclude bodies removed.
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Chicago
A. M. Doremus
Doremus
Theodore van Alt
Sentiment of the People Wounded by U S Congress Says
General Gomez writes that Cubans feel wounded by the Platt amendment and US pressure. He urges the power and liberty debate, noting the United States should not demand crumbs of concession. Wood informs Havana on election power and budget increases trigger discussion in the convention.
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Havana
la Lucha
Maximo Gomez
San Domingo
Cuba
Gomez
United States
Spain
Wood
Committee On Relations
General Wood
Municipal Council of
Brewery destroyed by blast at McKeesport plant
An explosion collapsed the McKeesport brewing plant injuring two, killing two, and leaving one missing. Rescue scenes drew bystanders as a man on a freight car was decapitated by a passing engine. Victims named include engineer Joseph Fierkle and workers Matthew Mauerr and James Ashton. Patrick Spanier and wife also hurt.
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Gilassport
James Ashton
McKeesport
Pittsburg
Youghiegheny
Patrick Spencer
Spencer
Patrick Spanier
Whiteside returns to Santiago after Havana talks
General Whiteside arrived in Santiago from Havana where he conferred with Governor General Wood on civil matters. He secured large appropriations for public works and plans sewers and water works projects in the city.
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Santiago DE Cuba
Whiteside
Santiago
Havana
Wood
la Rovin
Cuba unrest fades as US officials predict stability
War Department officials report improving conditions in Cuba and expect peace to continue barring unforeseen events. General Whiteside to inspect interior commerce and military posts while Senators Proctor and Cockrell plan Cuba visits. Wood wires deaths in his command through March 1 including Downey, Ryley, and Wood from various causes in Santiago and Matanzas.
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Senor Bravo
Negro Party
United States
Whiteside
Washington
Cuba
War Department
Congress
Department
Proctor
Cockrel
Wood Cables
Havana
Santiago
Downey
Eighth Cavalry
Quemaddos
Harry E. Ryley
Third Battery
Field Artillery
Matanzas
Smith J. Wood
Second Cavalry
Trial of a battleship Illinois at Newport News
Newport News Va March 12 On her builders trial trip the battleship Illinois exceeded expectations. The run down the coast tested boilers with the ship averaging 16.210 knots for a two hour stretch under moderate draught. Dockyard officials aboard included Superintendent Post Captain Converse and Lieutenant Commander Henderson. The vessel, in water over a year and fouled with barnacles, made no high speed attempt.
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Newport News
Illinois
Post
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
G. A. Converse
United States Navy
Henderson
Virginia Capes
Strike of Painters Over Death at East River Bridge
New York March 12 A painters strike at the East River bridge was ordered after the discharge of John Hale whose fall caused Frank Atherton’s death from a 150 foot drop. Painters demand Hale’s reinstatement and seek 3 cents more per day for working at immense heights. The move signals possible sympathy action by iron workers.
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New York
New East River
John Hale
Frank Atherton
Hale
Lighting Niagara Falls by Falls Power
Experiments show lighting Niagara Falls at night using electric power generated by the falls. General Electric experts and a new amplifier from Schenectady tested searchlights from Falls View, aiming to give patrons a grand view under self supplied electric illumination.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
General Electric Company
Schenectady
Falls
Michigan Central
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Teething Remedy Claim
An herbal pediatric claim extols Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup used by mothers for teething pain and colic. It also advertises Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar for consumption cures and Pike's Toothache Drops with a one minute relief claim. The text notes druggists sell these products nationwide and includes pricing.
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Hale
Pike
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures Digestive Distress
Dyspepsia sufferers endure bad tastes, stomach tenderness, fullness, and headaches. A Kentucky man, Joseph F. Laine, credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with relief after years of illness, restoring bowels, strength, and energy. Beware of substitutes, buy Hood's.
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Hood
Joseph F. Laine
Flanagan
Lackey's Horse Sale Sells Eighty-Two Animals At Cambridge City
Cambridge City Ind March 12 Lackey's annual horse sale opened with high attendance from Eastern buyers. Of 58 horses catalogued eighty two sold for nearly twenty eight thousand dollars, average about 40. Notable buyers included Rowe Stock Farm Dayton and Bessie V. Gosnell Rushville with multiple bidders from Indianapolis Cincinnati and New York. Sales highlighted by mares and colts from John Lackey and Posey Stock Farm among others.
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Indianapolis Journal
Cambridge City
Ind
John 8S
Lackey
United States
Ita
Rowe Stock Farm
Dayton
B. Line
Mr. Dodd
O. B. Snider
Greenfield
Bik
Ma Ni Jim
John Vaughn
Pittsburg
James Hamilton
Morning Sun
Billy Hamilton
Willam Johnson
New York
John
M. Elnora
William Kittredge
Cincinnati
John 5
Charles Moore
Indianapolis
G. F. Weeks
Rushville
Bessie V. Curt Gosnell
City
John 8
B. m. Coleridge
John F. Judy
Williamsport
G. P. Weeks
B. m. Mattle
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