Isthmian Canal report. Philippines tariff and Anarchy bills
Washington dispatch notes the Senate devoted most of Dec 5 to bills and resolutions including isthmian canal plans with US control of the Central American strip. A tariff bill for the Philippines was introduced, keeping the Sept 17 1901 tariff in force and directing duties to the angular treasury, while Root counsels leaders on insular cases and revenue figures.
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Washington
Senate
McComas
Maryland
Missouri
Morgan
United States
Central America
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Philippine Commission
Secretary of War
Angular Treasury
Root
Republican Party
Supreme Court
Congress
Department
Manila
Treasury
Isthmian canal supports Nicaragua route over Panama
Washington reports two senate bills favor constructing a Nicaragua route canal. The Isthmian Canal Commission endorses Nicaragua citing proximity to US ports and lower acquisition costs, with Lake Nicaragua supplying water. Minority George S. Morrison backs Panama citing contingencies and better terms through Panama Canal Co. rights.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Senate
Isthmian Canal Commission
Congress
United States
New York
San Francisco
Panama
Panama Canal Company
George S. Morrison
Nicaragua Canal
Costalea
Cuban Reciprocity Sought by Wood at Capitol
General Leonard Wood the military governor of Cuba and his secretary conferred with U S senators at the Capitol to urge reciprocity on Cuban sugar and tobacco. He said such measures are essential for Cuba to gain stability and prosperity after the Spanish rule was removed.
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Cuba
Washington
Leonard Wood
Gongales Juesadz
Capitol
Two Currency Features Noted In Secretary Gage Report
Secretary Gage in his annual report notes two currency features. First the growing use of gold including certificates in circulation, and second the steady increase in small denomination paper. The report highlights these trends shaping monetary circulation.
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Washington
Gage
Treasury notes and banking capital taxed by commissioner
The internal revenue commissioner rules bankers must return for taxation capital, surplus, undivided profits and borrowed money used in banking. Capital is taxable whether invested or circulating, including money borrowed, as well as surplus and undivided profits.
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Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States
Native Drink In Real "Pizen" Party Ban Extended
Washington December 5 Brigadier General Bell orders soldiers in northern Luzon to stop drinking the native vino spirits under threat of court martial. The alcohol is blamed for insanity and incitement to crime among troops.
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Washington
Bell
Luzon
Isthmian Canal Treaty Sent to Senate in Executive Session
Washington December 4 The Senate received the new Hay Pauncefote isthmian canal treaty from the president during an executive session. It was not considered at that time.
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Senate
Washington
Bishop Bonacum Loses Parish Property Case in Seward Nebraska
In Seward Nebraska on December 5 Judge Sernberger ruled for Father Murphy against Bishop Bonacum. The decision bars the Bishop from pursuing church property actions and directs awaiting Rome authorities. Title to the Seward and Ulysses church properties is quieted in favor of the parishioners.
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Seward
Neb
Sornberger
Bonacum
Lincoln
William Murphy
Father Murphy
Schumenn, you be wanted
Clara Fletcher, who arrived on the Antwerp from New York, sought directions to Iowa with no money. Edward Schumann of Sigourney, Iowa, had asked his brother in Saxony to select a wife, sending Clara. Authorities wrote Schumann to cover transport charges for the would be bride to the Hawkeye state.
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New York
Clara Fletchman
Antwerp
Iowa
Edward Schumann
Sigourney, Ta
Jacob
Saxony
Clara
Alata
Hawkeye
Frenchman Attacks England in Egypt and South Africa
Paris reports J B Dubief deputy from Macon accuses Britain of violating the law of nations in Egypt, maintaining occupation and eroding French influence. He cites the South Africa war as proof of Anglo-Saxon coolness and tenacity and a harsh pursuit of gain.
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Paris
J. B. Fernand Dubief
Macon
Chamber of Deputies
Foreign Office
Egypt
Great Britain
South Africa
M. Dubief
Osteopathy Declared Lawful School Law Ruling
The supreme court annulled an indictment against H. H. Gravett of Drake county for unlawfully practicing osteopathy. The decision holds osteopathy is the practice of medicine, requiring osteopaths to be examined as other doctors, seen as a state victory though Gravett is released.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
H. H. Gravett
Drake County
Dr. Gravett
Fire nearly destroys Waukesha Spring Sanitarium building
Waukesha Wisconsin December 5 1900 The Waukesha Spring Sanitarium a new $50 000 building was almost destroyed by fire Tuesday night An engine was sent from Milwaukee but arrived too late to help The building unoccupied but would have been finished in two weeks About $30 000 insurance on the building this is the second big fire in the city within a month.
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Waukesha
Wis
Wauukesha Spring Sanitarium
Milwaukee
Kaskaskia Abolished as Post Office Nears End
Kaskaskia once Illinois capital to be erased from official records as the postmaster general orders closure of the town post office. Only five families remain, with residents to be served by extending a rural free delivery route.
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Kaskaskia
Washington
Ilinois
Drexel to Own Largest Yacht Afloat After Watson Build
J R Drexel of Philadelphia will own the biggest yacht afloat when the new vessel he ordered from George L Watson is launched. Plans are finished and approved, with construction at the yard where Shamrock III was built in America this year.
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Glasgow
J. R. Drexel
Philadelphia
George L. Watson
America
Life of Martin B. Madden Book Sparks Senatorial Talk
Bloomington reports a new phase in central Illinois politics as thousands receive a biography titled Life of Martin B. Madden Public Servant. The Chicago politician is hinted as a possible dark horse candidate against Dawes, with no formal declaration.
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Bloomington
Ills
United States
Illinois
Martin B. Madden
Chicago
Dawes
Father Is Granted Custody in Grandchild Case
Judge rules George E Weeks of Chicago employed by the Grand Trunk line has rights over his child Gladys. Weeks obtained possession by writ of habeas corpus last Tuesday, placing the child in his charge.
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Linecoln
Neh
George E. Weeks
Chicago
Grand Trunk Line
Gladys
Grandmother Has Temporary Custody Of Child In District Court
The district court granted Mrs. Jennie Fanning temporary custody of the child, allowing two weeks with the grandmother before transporting the girl to the father in Chicago. Weeks and his wife, the stepmother, attended the hearing.
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Jennie Fanning
Chicago
Weeks
Italian Laborers Strike at Fort Dodge Depot Yards
Fifty Italian laborers with the Chicago Great Western walked off the job in Fort Dodge Iowa after wage cuts from two dollars to 175 a day on December 1. Discontent rose over the cold climate and a Pole among the workers even threatened the depot agent. The men were paid off and discharged.
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Fort Dodge
Chicago Great Western
Forgery suspect James Whittaker nabbed in Hamilton
Sheriff Miner of Christian county reports a telegram from Hamilton Ohio authorities that James Whittaker, a Taylorsville forger who escaped earlier by leaping through a moving train window at Pana, is now under arrest in Hamilton.
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Taylorsville
Dee
Miner
Christian County
Hamilton
James Whittaker
Pana
Gentzen art glass works idle as strike grounds over supervisor
All union employees at Gentzen art glass works walk out and halt production over a nonunion supervisor from Connersville. Other workers refuse to work with him, boosting tensions as the plant stays idle.
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Anderson, tIad
Gentzen Art Glass Works
Connersville
Chicago Board of Trade Prices and Markets Summary
Chicago and St Louis price quotations show wheat corn oats and livestock markets. Wheat and corn move higher with multiple futures options while live stock in Chicago and East Buffalo see varied gains and firming demand across hogs cattle and lambs.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Bomwm
WY Inc SS
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dee
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Canada
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Defense Portrays Lola Bonine As Neutral Host At Kenmore
Washington December 3 The Bonine defense in the murder case of James Seymour Ayres put fifteen witnesses on the stand to show Lola Bonine displayed no special partiality toward Ayres. William C Hay testified dances at the Kenmore were her responsibility and she treated Ayres like other guests while urging prompt attendance. Richard L Jenks heard Bonine advise Ayres against drinking to excess, a sentiment echoed by other witnesses.
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Washington
Lola Ioa Bonine
James Seymour Ayres
the Kenmore
Kenmore
Ayres
Moy Foo Opium Death Shocks Chicago Chinatown
Moy Foo, a laundry worker at 1047 Fifty-eighth Street, died after drinking opium. The inquest, led by Deputy Coroner Senff, included an interpreter and Chinese witnesses. the scene featured gong sounds and ritual cautions to ward off spirits. Mrs. Josephine R. Ormsby filed for divorce from Charles T. Ormsby, alleging extreme cruelty and intoxication, citing a June 18 assault and fourteen children, seven living including quadruplets. A separate accident at Chicago Sugar Refining left James Frank dead after being pulled into a bran slide on the fifth floor. A missing wife case concerns Fred Kruger seeking his German wife, thought lost after disembarking at Ellis Island bounds. A Polish church trespass led to Charles Spierling receiving five days’ pay after a police board hearing.
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Moy Foo
Senff
Wo Ton
Woo Won
Sam May
King
Chinatown
Josephine R. Ormsby
Ormsby
Charles T. Ormsby
Milwaukee
New York
Chicago
Marie Kruger
America
Kruger
Fred Kruger
North Center Avenue
Fllis Island
Germany
Patricia
Wittenberg
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Endorsed for Digestive Health
An 1890s style testimonial praises Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription for stomach disorders and digestion. The ad claims cure of diseases preventing proper nutrition and notes improved vitality and appetite after use. It also mentions Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for sick headache.
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Pierce
Wynn Invention Declared Worthless In Gold Mine Waste
Denver December 4 The process claimed by Professor Wynn to extract gold from mine waste proved worthless after his death. The sealed secret, opened by partners Willard Teller and Sidney Williams, revealed nothing new and no secret at all.
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Denver
Colo
Wynn
Messrs
Willard Teller
Sidney Williams
Bank creditors to receive 60 percent settlement plan
President Theodore Kersten proposed settling the German Exchange bank of Chilton creditors for 60 percent of claims. Judge Seaman confirmed the plan in U S court, with creditors to get 80 percent cash now, 10 percent next year, and 10 percent annually thereafter until paid. The bank’s facilities exceeded $600000.
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Milwaukee
Theodore Kersten
German Exchange Bank of Chilton
Seaman
United States
Seventy Years of Marriage for Cosbys in Washington Ind
Sunday marked the seventieth wedding anniversary of Uncle Dake Cosby and Aunt Lorena Cosby of Washington Indiana. They are cited as the oldest married couple in southern Indiana and perhaps the Mississippi valley. Cosby turns 90 on January 24 and Lorena is 87 as of October 16. Both were born in Kentucky with Dake in Mason County and Lorena in Logan County.
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Washington
Ind
Dake
Lorena” Cosby
Indiana
Mississippi
Vallley
Cosby
Jan
Kentucky
Mason
Logan County
Ohio Supreme Court Rules Short Hauls May Use Three-Cent Rule
Columbus Ohio December four The Ohio supreme court decides in the Big Four railroad case against Winfield Wells that a railroad may on short distances levy the nearest multiple of a three cent rate. The ruling is seen as of great importance to railways.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Big Four Railroad
Winfield
Wells
Will of Clem Studebaker Admitted to Probate
The will of Hon. Clem Studebaker was admitted to probate in St. Joseph County circuit court yesterday. The estate is worth several million dollars and is to be divided among his wife and children.
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South Bend
Lod
Clem Studebaker
St. Joseph County
Postmaster in Des Moines Charged Over Hiring Son
Des Moines Louisiana Postmaster Lewis Schooler faces civil service charges for advancing his son Dean to superintendent of carriers. Opponents plan to present the matter to President Roosevelt, alleging he bypassed others and displaced 8 O. Richter, an longtime employee.
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Des Moines
Lewis Schooler
Dean
Roosevelt
Schooler
O. Richter
Fontana High School Principal In Fatal Hunting Accident
In Williams Bay Wisconsin on December 3 Thomas J Crew principal of Fontana High School shot and killed Guy Baker a well known local resident while hunting at the head of Geneva Lake. Crew said his gun discharged when he slipped and fell in tall grass causing Baker to die almost instantly.
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Williams Bay
Wis
Geneva Lake
Thomas J. Crew
Guy Baker
Crew
Fontana
Baker
Drew
Humboldt Football Player Mourning Death After Injury
Will Power, 19, from Humboldt Neb., injured during a football game at Auburn. He was tripped during a run for a touchdown, fell with several players on top, and suffered a broken arm and crushed left ribs. Doctors say he will die.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Will Power
Humboldt
Neb
Auburn
Robbers wreck Vort Union post office. flee empty handed
A gang partially wrecked the Vort Union Ohio post office but obtained nothing. One robber was wounded in the explosion. The report notes a large world dog show in Birmingham England with 1,500 exhibits and mentions historic French military spending since 1871 totaling 25.56 billion francs.
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Vort Union
Birmingham
G. B
Messabu
France
Rebels Lose Colon as Government Forces Regain Bocas del Toro
News from Colon reports government troops recaptured Bocas del Toro with celebrations while the Tribune arrives back from Rocas del Toro after alleged mistreatment incidents. Peace negotiator Diaz plans surrender terms, and Senor del Rio accepts exile rather than trial. General Ding agrees to lay down arms and travel to Panama under prior terms. Lions share of the details: Liberals, Colombian government, and General de la Rosa moving toward prisoner exchanges.
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Colon
Colombia
Tribune
Rocas del Toro
Galloway
The
Hudson
Panama
Bocas del Jore
Bocas del Toro
Havana
Senor del Rio
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Cgeneral de la Rosa
Tw Mace
Burial of Booth tale sparks debate on his final rest
Captain Jo W Hilliard of Massac county recalls the 1865 burial of John Wilkes Booth in a river disposal on the Potomac aboard a gun boat. The tale challenges the claim Booth was buried in Virginia family cemetery. News of two related fatal accidents reaches Mr and Mrs Charles A Bury of Carbondale Illinois.
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Carbondale
Wis
Dee
Jo. W. Hilliard
Massac County
Pinois
Abraham — Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Booth
Virginia
Juliet
Charles A. Bury
North Nicholson Street
Eury
Chillie
the. O
Montana
Tragedy in Bridgeman as 7-Year-Old Gonder Shoots Self
In Bridgeman near St. Joseph Michigan seven year old Peter Gonder took a pistol from a bureau and shot himself under the heart the bullet lodging in the stomach the physician says he cannot survive a scolding from his grandmother is said to have prompted the act
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St. Joseph
Mich
Dee
Bridgeman
Peter Gonder
Ten Thousand Dollars' Worth Of Goods Damaged In Racine Factory
In Racine Wisconsin ten thousand dollars of goods were damaged in the Modern Shirt and Skirt company factory by Tuesday night fire or incident. The building damage totals several thousand dollars.
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Racine, Wis
Modern Shirt and Skirt Company
Fugitive William Starr In Custody Goes Maniac in Wyoming Jail
William Starr, held as a Texas fugitive, has descended into a raging mental state in a Wyoming jail cell, with officers unable to approach him.
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Laramie
Wye
William Starr
Texas
Judge declares injunction against Hammond Donkey strikers permanent
Judge Baker in Indianapolis rules the temporary injunction against the Donkey strikers at Hammond Indiana is now perpetual. The decision follows a hearing that solidifies legal action to curb strike activity in the area.
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West
Lodge
Tares
Braska
England
Waukesha Sanitarium
Drexel
M. B. Madden
Moyal Baking Powder CO
HEW
York
Chicago Grain and Produce
James Frank
Chicago Sugar Refining Company
Taylor and Beach Streets
Ufank
Walter Snyder
Snyder
Frank
Charles Spierling
Mr. Spierling
Lubeck Street
Spierling
Rick
Tou
Uwe
BAIR
Peoria
Wisconsin
Domingo Diaz
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
H. Keck
Frank Stewart
J. M. Sprout
Frank R
Sacre
Ker
Pennsylvania Coal
Delta
Centerville
Beacon
Eldon
Canton
Douds Station
Oskaloosa
Columbia Pharmacy Cartel
John Shields & Son
Dempsey
Johson
Leg Coffel
Sid
Equare
Harwood
Bouth Sida
J. Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Potomac
L. E. Latta
Joseph Pollard, Jr
OWA
H. Knecht
Washington National Bank
O. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
FRICK
Kear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
Hi. Butterfield
Marsh W. Bailey
Presor
Geneva
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
Schuyler W. Livingston
Washington, Iowna
Court House
A. Dewey
Attorney-At-Law
Washington CO. Savings Bank
Charley
Hay of
Burne
W. A. Stiles & Co
West Main St
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Wanamaker
Brown
R. A. Riley
National Bank
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Biara
A. Warre
O.M. Keck
First National Bank
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Wm. Blair
Robinson
Henderson
W.R. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
J.T. Anderson
Washington County
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Wings Bark
Cotocbhr
Dave Keltn
Hotel Colenso
Lila Whitmore
Maine
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NASA
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Paci Northwest
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Indiamape Ind
Cincinnati
BR. OG
N. R
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ARS
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Mason City Mail
Sun
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Way Freight
Peoria Mail
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