World Congress Session Recieves Cuba Reciprocity Proposals
A week of foreign and domestic items notes bills in the U S Senate to repeal the bankruptcy act and pension Civil War veterans. It covers Cuban reciprocity, Smoot eligibility, party jitters, labor statistics, and a Des Moines army post opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
United States
Senate
Army
House
Reed Smoot
Utah
United States Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Ways and Means
Notable 1903-04 U.S. and world events skim
The report shows regular army strength at 59 181 on October 15 and organized militia at 116 542 as of July 1. News notes include Bryan sailing for Europe with his son, a Baltimore student beaten for talebearing, a White River Indiana tornado wrecking a church and homes, a coal famine threat in Denver, a Savannah Illinois elevator fire, and memorials at Purdue Lafayette. Other items cover a Montclair suicide, graft schemes, Chicago railway strike riots, arson at Albia, a Missionary Ridge dedication, a deadly freight collision near New Hope, Kentucky, a Lafayette Ohio post office robbery, train forgers arrested in Chicago, Bunau-Varilla meeting with Roosevelt, Colorado miners eight-hour day, and 283 U.S. business failures in the week to the 13th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jennings Bryan
Europe
William J., Jr
Majestic
Adjt
Hall
Lily Bengert
Baltimore
Indiana
White River
Denver
Col
Roosevelt
Savannah
Ill
Armour & Co
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Edward de Witt Walsh
Montclair
N. J
A. L. Niden
Chicago
Albia
Missionary Ridge
Tennessee
Ohio
New Hope
Jenkins City
Neaf
New York
H. L. Kaines
H. L. Lee
M. Philippe Bunau-Varilla
Panama
United States
Colorado
Government mucks $200,000 via Boston importers probe
Special treasury agents report evidence of collusion in the Boston custom house apprisers department. About twenty firms are said involved amid years of alleged improprieties. Freight movement and military logistics are noted, while other items cover retirements, arbitrations, and labor actions across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Iis
Texas
Powell
State Department
San Domingo
George Gray
Delaware
Senor Galvin
San
Mesta Machine Co
Homestead
Slattery & Co
Tuscarora
Royal Oak Co
Isaac Weiner
New York City
United States District Court
Equitable Trust Co
Henneberry Co., Publishers
Chicago
Paint Creek
Thurmond
W. Va
Senate
House
Minor News Items Roundup of Early 1900s Facts
Navy native born percentage per Moody figures. German Reichsbank head Koch marks 50 years in office. Missouri seeks 475,186.13 in Civil War reimbursements. Arkansas mine output declines. Mexican gauge shift saves 500 miles Chicago to Mexico City. Dr Sacon driver survives 300 foot plunge in France. Henry purchases letters set for 15 million. Rural free delivery cost estimate to July 1 1904. 1902 U S jewel production hits 318 300. Denver safety plan by Miss Louise Hardin. Three Annapolis midshipmen expelled for hazing. Orrien Hickok dies at 60 in Cleveland. Indiana autograph nucleus of an early Christmas project noted. Harvard Germanic Museum opened with Eliot Schurz speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Washington
Mine Inspector of
Arkansas
National Railroad of Mexico
Chicago
Mexico City
Sacon
Mantle
France
Henry
Woman's Club
Annapolis
Orrien Hickok
State Hospital
Cleveland
Hickok
Indiana
Harvard University
William
Prince Henry
Eliot
Carl Schurz
Notable Obituaries and Political Notes
Frederick J. Haas the claimed first American beer brewer died at his Trenton New Jersey home. James Langdon Curtis former People's Party presidential candidate died in Stratford Connecticut aged 96. Lee Trickey known as Jolly Lee died in Newport Arkansas at 32 weighing 61 pounds. Valentine Pfeiffer a long time La Crosse pork packer died. Republican National Committee plans a December 11 Washington meeting. Mrs Emma Devoe celebrated her 100th birthday in Irving Park Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick J. Haas
America
Trenton
N. J
James Langdon Curtis
People's Party
United States
Stratford
Conn
Lee Trickey
Jolly Lee
Newport
Ark
la Crosse
Wis
Valentine Pfieffer
Northwest
Republican National Committee
Washington
Emma Devoe
Irving Park
Chicago
Cuban congress grants gift to General Gomez
The Cuban congress approved a $50,000 gift to Gen. Maximo Gomez to recognize his leadership of the revolutionary army. Settlement of Philippine friars land claims awaited Gov Taft’s Manila departure on December 29. A fire in the St Petersburg Moscow mail car caused $3.5 million loss. Since March 10,000 people died of famine in Santiago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maximo Gomez
Gov. Taft
Manila
Colombia
Republic of Panama
Panama
Lebaudy
Paris
Pope P
Ius
J. Merry del Val
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Santiago
Indicted New York magnate tied to Missouri bribery case
Jefferson City Mo Nov 16 William Ziegler head of a baking powder combine and backer of Baldwin polar expedition is indicted by the Cole county grand jury for complicity in bribing Missouri legislators. D J Kelley named as agent and ex Lieut Gov Lee cited as witness with alleged payments to lawmakers to block alum baking powder sales. Jury fixing charges and 106 indictments reported with prosecutions pending and arrests expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller-Gould-Hill
Steel Trust
Great Lakes
Treasury
D. Crawford & Co
St. Louis
Trades Union Section
American Federation of Labor
Boston
William Ziegler
Baking Powder Trust
Grand
Jefferson City
London
New York
Canada
James
Baking Powder Combine
Cole County
Grand Jury
Missouri
Evlyn Baldwin
Baldwin
Ziegler
D. J. Kelley
Kelley
John A. Lee
W. A. Cochran
Planters
Goy. l Lee
Stone
Farris
F. BE. Luckett
Trains Collide Near Kentwood Killing Thirty
A northbound Illinois Central Chicago limited and an accommodation collided near Kentwood Louisiana at 7 30 PM Saturday. Thirty people died and many others injured as engine ashes set fire to wreckage. Officials report limited details while confirming casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Chicago Limited
Illinois Central
Kentwood
Catawa
Tangipapoa
Magor
McComb
Amite
Here
Moros Attack Guard Near Maria Bou Killing Three Infantry
In Manila on November 16 the Moros near Lake Lano attacked a boat guard after Maj. Gen. Wood left for Jolo. Three Twenty-eighth Infantry soldiers were killed Sergt. J. G. Stephens of Omaha, Pvt. Frank Bowser of Marion Ohio, and Pvt. Elmer H. Burke of Kansas City. one other soldier was badly wounded.
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Manila
Wood
Jolo
Lake Lano
Mariabou
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Sergt
J. G. Stephens
Omaha
Frank Bowser
Marion, O
Elmer H. Burke
Kansas City
Shot Rival Wounds Sweetheart After Dance Near Oak Grove
Hopkinsville Ky Nov 16 Infuriated over his sweetheart leaving a colored dance with Andrew Houston Friday night Henry Young shot and fatally wounded his rival and wounded the woman then escaped the scene.
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Rival
Hopkinsville
Oak Grove
Andrew Houston
Henry Young
Painter Camille Pissarro Dead at 73 in Paris
Was a Famous Painter, New York, Nov. 16. Camille Pissarro, the impressionist painter, is dead after an operation for a bladder complaint. Born at St. Thomas, D. W. I., 73 years ago, he ranked high in his art. Dispatch from Paris in Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Camille Pissarro
Paris
St. Thomas
Confession Links 25 in Grand Rapids Water Bribe Scandal
Former Grand Rapids city attorney Lant K Salsbury confesses to a $75,000 bribe tied to the 1901 02 Lake Michigan water contract. Officials and businessmen are named as implicated. prosecutors anticipate arrests and further trials as the case unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Lant K. Salsbury
Salsbury
Lake Michigan
Superior Court
St. Louis
Salsburg
Detroit House of Correction
Michigan
Cook County
Ill
William Woods
Guy C. Barton
Omaha
Barton
Chicago
Gerritt Albers
Supreme Court
House of Correction
Beware of cheap baking powders sold by peddlers
The notice warns households to avoid low priced baking powders pushed by peddlers. It cautions that many contain alum or harmful additives like sulphuric acid or lead salts, and cites authorities including Yale’s Dr S W Johnson. Shop for reputable cream of tartar brands and avoid purchases from door sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Congress
District of Columbia
Yale College
Faces On The Wall At Fisher Farm In Shamokin
In Shamokin Pennsylvania at the home of Simon Fisher strange likenesses appeared on walls and ceiling at the deaths of his daughter and later his son. The 18 year old daughter died after a protracted illness and a light showed the face. Six years later the son died and his silhouette appeared on the wall while the daughter’s image remained on the ceiling. Locals visited the house to view the phenomenon but no explanation is offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Fisher
Shamokin
Rebuck
Fisher Homestead
Thanksgiving turkeys to cost more this year
Chicago traders report a 25 to 30 percent price rise for Thanksgiving turkeys due to widespread crop shortages. Wet weather hurt hatchings in Indiana Missouri Tennessee and parts of Illinois Wisconsin and Iowa, reducing this year's supply by an estimated 40 percent in some areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South Water Street
Indiana
Missouri
Tennessee
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Guilty Verdict in Triple Naturalization Fraud Case
In St. Louis on Saturday, a U.S. district court jury found defendants Thomas R. B. Barrett former marshal of the St. Louis court of appeals John P. Dolan head of the Democratic city central committee and Policeman Frank Garrett guilty in a triple naturalization fraud trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Thomas RB. Barrett
St. Louis Court of Appeals
John P. Dolan
Democratic City Central Committee
Frank Garrett
United States District Court
Accidently Electrocuted at Urbana Pole
Bloomington Illinois November 16 Frank Lester superintendent of the Home Telephone company at Urbana was electrocuted Friday night while working at the top of a pole. His wife witnessed the accident and was pros trated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ill
Frank Lester
Home Telephone Company
Urbana
Seven Die In Louisville Rail Wreck in New Hope Incident
Reed Ff. Hume, a brakeman injured in Thursday's collision on the Louisville and Nashville line near New Hope Kentucky, died Saturday at Lebanon. The death toll from the wreck rises to seven.
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Louisville
Presbytery Protests Clergy Bob-Tail Coats
Green Briar presbytery adopted resolutions protesting clergymen wearing bob tail coats. The document condemns departures from tradition and warns brethren against conforming to style of the times. A Ram's Horn remark comments on behavior and temper.
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Thur
New Richmond
Des Moines
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Cincinnati
Andrew G. Green
Greater New York
Cornelius M. Williams
Chicago City
Salt Lake City
Climax
Minn
National Bureau of Labor
Brown Rodger
Union
S. C
Rodger
Charles Smith
Logan
San Francisco
Fifteenth Cavalry
Chicago City Railway
Gazette
St. Joseph
United States Navy
Moody
Koch
Reichsbank
Berlin
William Zeigler
Louisiana
Blaz
Moros
The
Philippines
Pennsylvania
W. J. Hill
Concord, C
Justice of the Peace
Dean
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
N. Y
ALLEN
Philadelphia
Gorn Farn Farms
Ioeaae Chee Ihio- Tal
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