World wide news notes show varied Senate acts and incidents
The report lists Senate ratifying the Panama canal treaty by 66 to 14 and ongoing debates on naval and agricultural appropriations. It notes the House progress, a fire at Phelps Piano Co causing 150000 dollars loss, arrests over pay accounts, child deaths from a house fire, labor leaders' deaths, wage reductions, price spikes in New York foodstuffs, a 102 year old preacher, a fatal train wreck in Missouri, France Spain arbitration, and martial law on Russian railways in 1910s style grounding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
National Glass Co
Phelps Piano Co
Brockport
N. Y
Harry Earl Biscoe
United States Steamship
Oregon
Evans
Asiatic
Biscoe
Elsie
Robert Shennfelt
Johntstown
John Phillips
National Organization of Hatters of North America
Brooklyn
Chicago
Jackson
French
Curtis Jett
Edward Callahan
Breathitt County
Jett-White
Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators
New York City
James Warden
Baltimore County
Maryland
Iron Mountain
Sikeston
France
Spain
Great Britain
Italy
Homer Elliott
Denver
Cal
Indianapolis
Tenafly
N. J
Frank Ellison
Diff
Philadelphia
Leutenant
Skaguay
Alaska
Samara
Zlatoust
European
Russia
Siberian
Minneapolis
Minn
American Tract Society
Camden Bank
Baltimore Trust Co
Camden
Del
Ada Crutchfield
David Crutchfield
Crutchfield & Co
John Krayzewski
New York
Supreme Court of
Porto Rico
Pedro Diaz
Humacao
Diaz
Hunt
James Blick
Northwestern Railroad
Blick
England
Victoria
B. C
British Columbia
Gibraltar
Enginy
Livingston, Mont
Park Hotel
District of Columbia
Fire Devastates Nicholson Business District in Pa
A fire destroyed the business portion of Nicholson Pennsylvania along the Delaware Lackawanna and Western line. Seventeen frame buildings burned, totaling about $40 000 in losses, traced to an overheated stove in Dr Kellys residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholson
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Dr. Kelly
Bureau of Commerce and Labor
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Vierney
Hartford
Conn
St. Thomas Seminary
St. Francis Hospital
American Steel and Wire Co
Donora
Tpa
Leo Tolstoi
Far East
Wisconsin
J. E. Jones
Anchor
Centerville
Sioux City
Gustav Sundstrom
Massachusetts
Matilda Friman
Oscar Friman
Sundstrom
Brooklyn
N. Y
Friman
National Brass and Iron Works
Reading
Wisconsin State Capitol
Madison
Milwaunee
Jury Delivers Guilty Verdict in Post Office Conspiracy Case
Nine hour jury deliberation ends with Guilty as indicted for August W. Machen George E. Lorenz Samuel Groff and Diller Groff. Motions for new trial arrest of judgment and bail bonds set at twenty thousand dollars per defendant. Bail posted. later sentencing set for two years and ten thousand dollar fine per defendant with appeals noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carl Peterson
Post Office
August W. Machen
Rural Free Delivery Division
George E. Lorenz
Toledo
Samuel and
Diller Groff
Pritchard
Court House
United States
Charles A. Douglass
Lorenz
Free Delivery Postal Service
Fourteen Lives Lost After Steamer Queen Sinks
Port Townsend Washington reports the steamer Queen's harrowing North Pacific voyage ending with 14 dead. Names include Miss Steiner Clellum and Mrs Adams among first class passengers, D Newsbury Texas and H Buckley among second class, crew members A Nielson J Nielson P Preitas W H Enman M Somers H Doug lass A Donnelly and Raymond, plus engineers P Mullin and M Flynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Townsend
Wash
North Pacific
Queen
Steiner
Clellum
Adams
D. Newsbury
Texas
H. Buckley
A. Nielson
J. Nielson
P. Preitas
W. H. Enman
M. Somers
H. Douglass
A. Donnelly
Raymond
P. Mullin
M. Flynn
Bribery Charge Dismissed in Clark Case
In Zutte Montana on February 27 Judge McClernan dismissed the bribery charge against Charles W Clark son of Senator W A Clark following county attorney Breen move The charge related to an alleged offer of 250000 to Judge Harney for a confession of bribery in the Minnie Healey mine case
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zutte
Mont
Breen
McClernan
District Court
Charles W. Clark
W. A. Clark
Harney
Minnie Healey
Panama Minister Resigns, Cables To President
Washington on February 27 reports that Minister from Panama M Bunan Varilla has cabled his resignation to the Panamanian president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
M. Bunan- Varilla
Panama
Temporary injunction blocks Illinois District Telegraph strikers
Judge Kohlsaat orders restraining messenger boys of Illinois District Telegraph Co from interfering with interstate telegraph messages for Western Union and American District Telegraph. Over 100 defendants named. marshals to serve. strikers alleged to harass would‑be employees and destroy messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messener
Chicago
Kohlsaat
United States District Court
Illinois District Telegraph Co
Western Union Telegraph Co
American District Telegraph Co
American Federation of Labor
Canada
United States
Maj Scott's Troops Beat Hassan's Band on Jolo
Gen Wood reports Maj Scott's forces clashed with Datto Hassan’s Moro group on Jolo. Lieut West and six privates were wounded with one dead. Hassan's 3000 strong force reduced to about 15. island under American control. rebels defeated. Hassan fled.
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Manila
Wood
Scott
Hassan
Jolo
West
Vigan
Washington
War Department
Maj
Gen
Summer
Ablegram
Murder on a Train in Alabama and Meridian
On March 1 in northbound train No 2 two postal clerks were shot two miles north of Meridian Mississippi. Jim Paris a negro boarded the train in Meridian yards and opened fire killing J T Stockton and wounding A J Bass. Paris seized registered letters and jumped off heading three miles before being captured by bloodhounds at daylight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Meridian
Miss
Jim Paris
Paris
J.T. Stockton
A. J. Bass
Stockton
Bass
President nominates Walker and others to Isthmian canal panel
The president sent to the senate nominations for the Isthmian canal commission led by Rear Admiral John G. Walker. Other appointees include Maj. Gen. George W. Davis retired, William Parsons of New York, William H. Burr of New York, Benjamin M. Harrod of Louisiana, Carl Ewald Grunsky of California, and Frank J. Hecker of Michigan. The body comprises engineers with six of seven having notable engineering backgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Isthmian Canal Commission
John G. Walker
George W W. Davis
William Parsons
New York
William H. Burr
Benjamin M. Harrod
Louisiana
Carl Ewald Grunsky
California
Frank J. Hecker
Michigan
Lake Superior Freezes Over at Bessemer
In Bessemer Michigan on March 1 residents report Lake Superior frozen over for the first time in memory. A party of Canadian Indians camp at the mouth of Black River have crossed the ice from the north shore with dogs and sleds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Mich
Lake Superior
Black River
Warship Bonaventure Reported Aground Near Central American Coast
A report from Vittoria indicates H M S Bonaventure, flagship of the North Pacific squadron, en route from Portsmouth to Esquimalt, is ashore on the South or Central American coast in a bad position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vittoria
B. C
H. M.S. Bonaventure
North Pacific Squadron
Portsmouth
Esquimalt
Central American
Ford Embezzlement Trial Set for March 14
Judge Disney Rogers fixed the trial date in the Ohio cases against George and Robert Ford Burton bankers charged with embezzlement. The trial location and presiding judge remain to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Disney Rogers
State of Ohio
George and
Robert Ford
Burton Bankers
Doctors fall in line with kidney pills claim
A letter from Dr Thos Orell of Bear Ark and case notes from Yorktown Arkansas extol Doan’s Kidney Pills. The physician describes malarial kidney disease, uric acid poisoning, and back pain relieved by the pills after several weeks. He cites four patient examples with rapid improvement and urges trials via Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster-Milpurn Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Yorktown
Ark
Bayou Bartholomew
Arkansas River
Doan
Orell
Bear, Ark
Dean
Smith
Tarry
Brown Baxks
Wynne
Bryan Exxtort
Bright
Foster-Milburn Co
N. Y
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Marcie
Machen
the Groffs
Payne
Post Office Department
Department of Justice
Theodore Roosevelt
Bunan-Varilla
Maj. Scott
the Isthmian Canal Commission
Yorktown, Ark
Arge
W. L. Douglas Union
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
W.l.douglas
Brockton
Mass
Ree
Tower Canadian CO
Toronto
CAN
United
Pa Bend
Shiloh
S.c.werrs&co
LeRoy
Sageee Ae
A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co
Ontario Fi
Cleveland
Shows Fitzgerald &Co
Western Department
Chicago, Ill
Pope Manufacturing Company
Eastern Department
TE A. Salzer
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Des Moines
Cincinnati
Windsor
Southwest
GEO
Morton G
Hay
A.N. K
Owensboro Rarings Bank & Trust Co
Main Street
Owensboro
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