Henderson to Retire From Congress After Tariff Split
Dubuque Iowa September 16 1900 Gen Henderson declines to accept the Republican nomination for Congress Third Iowa district citing a rift with party views on tariff and trusts He argues against free trade as a cure for trusts and endorses protective policy while hoping for reciprocal Cuban treaties and firm control of trusts by Congress.
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Dubuque
Henderson
Congress
C. E. Albrook
Eldorado
Iowa
Republican Party
United States
D. B. Henderson
Glaser
Congressional Committee
Albrook
Waterloo
Ple
Roosevelt
Cuba
House
Senate
Surprise in Washington shatters speaker race blues
Special report from Washington details Speaker Henderson’s withdrawal and its ripple effects on Indiana congressman prospects. Joseph G Cannon emerges as favorite to succeed Henderson, with Hemenway possible as Ways and Means chair. Iowa factions and Republican divisions color the upheaval and speculative bids for leadership.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Henderson
Indiana
Hemenway
Henderson Joseph G. Cannon
Cannon
Committee On Appropriations
House
Ways and Means
Iowa
Cummings
Congress
Horace Boies
Great Regret Expressed by Secretaries Wilson and Shaw
Associated Press dispatch from Washington dated September 16 reports Secretary Wilson and Secretary Shaw expressing deep regret over Speaker Henderson’s decline. The item notes continued coverage on page 2 column S.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Dispatch
Henderson
Banker Fish Dies After Alley Dueling In New York
Coroner rules death from cerebral hemorrhage due to concussion after a dispute in Ehrhard's leads to a fatal punch. Banker Fish, age fifty three, dies. funeral set at St Mark's Church with burial in Garrison. Family ties include Hamilton and Stuyvesant Fish. he led the New York State Society of the Order of Cincinnati.
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Ehrhard’s
Fish
Jackson
Mr. Fish
Second Avenue
Garrison
N. Y
New York State Society of the Order of Cincinnati
Banker Fish
Col
Nicholas Fish
Harlem Heights
Saratoga
Yorktown
Hamilton Fish
Grant
Hamilton
New York Assembly
Stuyvesant
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Thoughtful deaths and suicides across several cities
Reports from Jackson Mississippi Carlinville Illinois Las Vegas New Mexico and Joplin Missouri detail multiple self inflicted deaths. Shelton White a prominent druggist left a burial note before suicide. Mrs Sarah Bound and Mrs N E Peterson died by own action. Mrs J W Johnson killed herself on a train after distress over her husband’s army service. Ill health and personal loss are cited as factors.
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Carlinville, NL
Sarah Bound
Harry Bound
Robert Parker
Joplin
J. W. Johnson
United States Army
Here
Kansas City
Philippines
Roosevelt meets senators on tariff and Cuba policy
Senators Hanna Spooner Allison Aldrich Lodge and Payne met at Sagamore Hill with President Roosevelt to deter mine no tariff revision this winter and to reaffirm his stance on trusts and Cuban reciprocity. They visited after traveling from Long Island City and did not discuss the coal strike.
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Oyster Bay
Hanna
Spooner
Allison
Aldrich
Lodge
Payne
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Cuba
Long Island City
President Baldwin
Long Island Railroad
Land Island City
Center Island
New York
Associated Press
Dubuque
Henderson
Congress
Riot at Saloon Spurs Army Patrols In City District
Front of the place erupted as a crowd began stoning the building and breaking windows. Redfield left in charge of his wife and went to the Presidio for aid. Soldiers entered during his absence, took Redfield’s stock, and looted cigars and tobacco. A squad arrived and ordered rioters to camps while mounted police and guards patrol the area.
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Redfield
Presidio
Scottish Rite Masons Open Three Day Supreme Council Meeting
Providence R I Sept 16 The Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General thirty third degree Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Masonry Northern jurisdiction opened a three day meeting at the Masonic Temple with about 250 Masons in attendance including many wives. Judge Henry L Palmer presided as supreme sovereign commander. After forenoon business the group of nearly 400 sailed by steamer to Narragansett bay shore for dinner.
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Providence
R. L
Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand
United States
Masonic Temple
Henry L. Palmer
Wisconsin
Narragansett Bay
Sumner delays in Mindanao amid heavy rain and volcanos
General Samuel S. Sumner's Mindanao column is slowed by heavy trails from rain, with eleven infantry companies two cavalry troops and two artillery batteries at Camp Vicars. Active Macin Taal and Balusan volcanoes cause alarm near Macin. Six more cholera cases including one death aboard the Sherman at Nagasaki raise quarantine concerns. Brewster Cameron to represent Philippine interests in Washington seeking tariff concessions and immigration authority.
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Manila
Samuel
Sumner
Department of Mindanao
Camp Vickars
Malabang
Macin
Taal
Balusan
United Transport
Sherman
Nagasaki
Japan
Chaffee
Brewster Cameron
Philippine Islands
Washington
Congress
United States Commission
Banker's death in saloon quarrel linked to detective
Nicholas Fish, wealthy New York banker and former Belgian court minister, died from injuries after a quarrel in Erhardt's saloon with private detective Thomas J. Sharkey. Sharkey and two women faced homicide charges as police pursued competing stories about the altercation on Eight Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street.
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New York
Nicholas Fish
Thomas J. Sharkey
Fish
United States
Belgium
Roosevelt Hospital
Erhardt
Eight Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
Sharkey
Libby J. Phillips
Nellie Casey
Phillips
Casey
Nat
Mrs. Casey
Ips
Jubilee State Fair Opens With Record Second Day Attendance
The Jubilee State Fair drew huge crowds on the second day with estimated attendance not less than six thousand, breaking second day records. Ideal autumn weather and bustling grounds showcased dairy cattle, sheep, and hog displays, with farmers and urban visitors alike inspecting exhibits and enjoying Sousa concerts and side shows.
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Charles Downing
Cty
Stanhope
Indiana
Charlies B. Benjamin
Leroy
Jersey
Gas City
Shropshire
Oxford
Southdowns
Hampshire
Delaine
Joe Cunningham
Peru
Berkshire
Poland
China
Chester
Cheshire
Rioting Soldiers Battle Police At San Francisco Saloon
A band of soldiers rioted near the Presidio, threw stones at a saloon, clashed with police, and wrecked a second saloon before firemen extinguished the blaze. Several houses were damaged while no serious injuries were reported. About five hundred soldiers moved to confront authorities.
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San Francisco
Presidio
Ady Rehnela
General Chaffe reports 29 deaths at Manila since Sept 1
General Chaffe cabled the Manila army headquarters with a tally of 29 deaths since Sept 1, including nine due to cholera and seven to dysentery. Cholera cases appeared across multiple units from Aug 3 to Sept 14, indicating wide spread among regiments.
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Washington
Chaffee
Manila
Fifth Cavalry
Eleventh Cavalry
Ninth Cavalry
War Department
Triple Collision Shuts Sixty third Street El Tracks
Five seriously injured as three South Side elevated trains collide at Sixty third street and Madison avenue in Chicago. Motorman Robert Colbert suffers both legs broken. H O Otter crushed legs. Isadore Phillips with severe head and body wounds. Belden Suard dislocated hip and bruised. George Clark with lacerated hands and face. Passengers panicked as three trainloads were involved.
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Chicago
South Side
Sixty-third Street
Madison Avenue
Robert Colbert
H. O. Otter
Isadore Phillips
Belden » Suard
Aires George Clark
Massacre of Bruce and Lewis in Chang Te Hunan
Victoria B C reports details of the massacre of Bruce and Lewis during a cholera outbreak along the Yuan river. A mob killed Bruce with a hair pull and clubbing while Lewis and his teacher were wounded fleeing onto a shed. Bodies were mutilated and foreign goods looted as authorities moved in and a British warship dispatched.
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Victoria
B. C
Mr. Lewis
Mr. Bruce
Chihfu
Kronprinz Wilhelm Sets Westward Record From Cherbourg
The Kronprinz Wilhelm arrived in New York harbor beating all westward records from Cherbourg Cherbourg and Bremen. It left Cherbourg on September 10 and reached Sandy Hook at 4 07 am covering 3047 miles in five days eleven hours fifty seven minutes at an average of 23 09 knots. The voyage improved the prior Kronprinz Wilhelm record by three hours forty eight minutes and surpassed the Deutschland by twenty six minutes.
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New York
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Bremen
Southampton
Cherbourg
Sandy Hook
Arrest of G G Tyson Refilling Cigars for Tax Fraud
New Yorker George G. Tyson, vice president of Tyson & Co., owner of Waldorf Astoria and other hotel news stands, was arrested on a warrant by internal revenue officials for refilling cigar boxes with cheap “stuffers” and for failing to cancel revenue stamps. He pleaded not guilty before U S Commissioner Hitchcock and posted bail of 1000. Examination set for Monday, Sept 2.
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New York
George G. Tyson
Tyson & Co
Waldorf- Astoria
Internal Revenue
Tyson
United States
Hitchcock
Britain Fears Increases Fortification of West Indies
The Associated Press reports British authorities are rapidly strengthening strategic fortifications in the West Indies amid Panama Canal construction concerns. Officials are updating defenses and evaluating fortifications on British islands to anticipate possible eventualities.
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London
Associated Press
West
Iniles
Panama Canal
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Gen. Henderson
Cor
Wilson
Shaw
Secreta
Ries Wilson and Shaw
Jackson, Miss
Shelton White
N. E. Peterson
Las Vegas
N. M
Gen. Sumner
Mindanao
Philippine
State Agricultural Board
Sousa’s Band
Sousa’s
Bruce and
Lewis
G. G. Tyson
New Yorker
Britain
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