Edmunds backs subsidy bill to boost US trade and ship capacity
Ex Senator Edmunds urged Congress to fund a subsidy plan to place American ships on equal footing with foreign vessels in Cuba Puerto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines. He said 20 to 25 million dollars could advance fast cargo ships and later defend the nation. Shipbuilder Louis Nixon warned merchantmen cannot be built as cheaply as those in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cuba Mail Steamship Company
C. A. Griscom
International Navigation Company
Aaron Vanderbilt
American Shipping League
George Ff. Edmunds
Eugene T. Chamberlain
Treasury Department
Frye
Edmunds
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
United States
Louis Nixon
Europe
Witnesses Cite Letters Linking Clark to Senate Seat Battle
Washington report details testimony before the senate privileges and elections committee on Clark Montana's seat. State Senator Myers produced a Clark son letter noting a $500 retainer for an attorney in coal interests. Dentist Ector displayed Clark letters naming W M Bickford as Clark’s agent and indicating Clark’s policy to remunerate supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Clark
Montana
Senate
Myers
C. W. Clark
Young Clark
Ector
W. M. Bickford
HH. H. Garr
Garr
Whiteside
Bickford
Betor
Eetor
Paris
Result of a practical joke leaves Belgian youth in critical condition
Tomahawk Wisconsin January 13 a Belgian youth about 25 whose parents live in Harrison lies in a very critical condition at Sisters hospital as the direct result of a practical joke. The man could not speak English and worked in a logging camp near Tomahawk. Camp workers, noticing he was inexperienced, played a prank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomahawk, Wis
John Lenoble
Harrison
Wis
Sisters’ Hospital
Multiple Indiana town robberies and disasters reported
A roundup of early 20th century notices details a bank holdup at Owensville with $14 000 taken and the money moved by handcar toward Poseyville before vanishing. Other items note shipwreck losses at St Johns over sixty lives, gas pipe ruptures in Ossian Fort Wayne fires and assaults in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ind
McGinnis, Teel & Co
Owensville
County
Mount Vernon
Evansville
Terre Haute
Poseyville
Wabash River
Illinois
St. Johns, Nd
St. Mary’s Bay
Fort Wayne
Ossian
Woman sues for ten thousand in breach of promise
Miss Hattie Barco of Covington sues Stephen J. Foster of Fountain County in Crawfordsville for 10,000 alleging broken engagement after two years of courtship. She had quit her social position and prepared for marriage, but Foster postponed and then wed Edna Meeker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
Fountain County
Hattie Barco
Covington
Stephen J. Foster
Miss Barco
Chicago
Foster
Edna Meeker
Barco
Mix of Juniors and Sophs at Michigan College of Medicine
In Detroit on January 13 juniors and sophomores fought in the amphitheater during a cadaver demonstration. A soph, KR. J. Spooks, slapped a junior, triggering a brawl. Juniors overpowered the sophs, overturned a dissecting table, and sent a cadaver to the floor while pots and pans flew. Janitors cleaned the mess as the melee ended within fifteen minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Michigan College of Medicine
KR. J. Spooks
Spooks
British Woes Deepen as Ava Dies from Wounds
London dispatches announce the death of Earl of Ava Lord Dufferin's son from battle wounds after being taken from the field unconscious. Buller reports capture on the Tugela south bank with heavy flood conditions and four and a half miles of Boer entrenchments north. Casualties at Ladysmith listed as 135 killed and 242 wounded. The lettered sidelights recount doctors overworked by wounded at the front and fates of individual officers amid Talana Hill fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
South Africa
Earl of Ava
Lord Dufferin
Buller
War Office
Springfield
Tugela
Potgieters
Pont
Cape
Charing Cross Hospital
Pietermaritzsburg
Wakefield
Dong
Sterling
King’s Royal Rifles
Talana Hill
Gunning
Gunnig
J. Gavin
Dublin
Dub
McCoy Choynski Fight Ends In Scramble In New York
In New York last night McCoy and Choynski fought three erratic rounds. Choynski knocked McCoy down four times in the second round and McCoy bled from mouth and nose. In the third McCoy led until a late exchange left both men down as the bell rang. A foul claim followed as Choynski failed to respond to the bell for the fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Choynski
McCoy
Choyonski
Choynskii
Plague deaths in Bombay surge to 876 amid outbreak
The Bombay death toll from bubonic plague climbed yesterday to 876 from 282 as health authorities race to contain the outbreak. Lawton fund subscriptions reached 80,101 dollars while Germany bans sale of war materials to Britain and the Boers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Lawton Fund
Germany
Great Britain
Fire devastates half block in Iowa City
A morning blaze in Iowa City destroyed a half block of brick stores and offices. Thirteen business and professional men affected, with estimated losses between 60 000 and 60 400 dollars. The fire began in a dry goods store from a match that caught on cotton batting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland, Mich
Holland and Lake Michigan Electric Railway
Iowa City
Supreme Court Reverses Part Of New Revenue Law In Illinois
Chief Justice Cartwright writes that the law is valid for property assessments but the 5 percent tax cap provision in section 49 is invalid. The ruling may boost Chicago and Cook County revenues, affecting city appropriations and tax rates, with judges pausing further hearings pending the decision’s text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
Cartwright
Henry Stuckart
Knopf
Circuit Court
Cook County
Chicago
Tuley
Hiaring
Nervous Strain Leads to Jail Breakafterward Hospital Move
Henry F. Corbett held for trial on shooting Rev and Mrs Cheney was moved to St Luke's hospital as doctors report his nervous system is dangerously frail and jail could end his life. If his mental state is sane, he may be sent to the Northern asylum. Attorney Karney posted 3000 to cover Corbett’s appearance and guard him at the hospital. Other Wisconsin items note Dowle buying land near Zion, Jacob Blahnek nearly killed in a runaway near Algoma, Minnie Novrotski granted divorce after bigamy, and Iowa Anti-Saloon League reporting progress against saloons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine, Wis
Henry F. Corbett
Mra. Cheney
St. Luke's Hospital
Corbett
Thomas Y. Karney
Kenosha, Wis
John Alexander Dowle
Chicago
Zion
James Baird
Linois State Line
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Fastor Frye
Jan
Senate Committee On Commerce
Thomas Clyde
EE. P. Wilson
Cincinnati
Theodore A. Seareh
National Manufacturers’ Asociation
A. R. Smith
New York State Commerce Commission
H. P. Booth
The
Janey
Senator Clark
Lootan Indiana Bank
Atlanta, Ga
Frank L. Stanton
Natural Gas
Wisconsin
Brillion
William Wieckert
Des Moines
Iowa Veterinarians’ Association
J. H. McLeod
Charles City
John E. Brown
Oskaloosa
McLean County
Downs
Baim
Peshtige, Wis
Peshtige
Dufferin
Lady Methuen
Ladysmith
Methuen
Kybosh
Daily Telegraph
Frere
Colenso
Mount Hlangwano
Ugeta
Turkey
State Department
Oscar Strauss
Constantinople
Frank Lentz
Lentz
Pittsburg
Armenia
Manilo Garibaldi
Rome
Lewis H. Severance
Oberlin College
New Chemical Laboratory
Spotted Tail
Paris Thurn Way
Chicago Grain and Produce
Chicago Board of Trade
Dakiek
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dorsing & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis
Milwaukee Gratin
Milwaukee
Northern
Lord Kitchener
Kid
Conway
Sioux City
John Conway
Robert Raymond
Fred Bigfort
Horeshoe
Steven S. Conway
Armour & Co
Joliet, Ill
Saloonkeepers’ Association of
Lawa
Muscatine
A. A. Cooling
Wilton Junction
ROYAL
Oking
ER Oi
Dowle
Algoma, Wis
Jacob Blahnek
LaCrosse
Minnie Novrotski
Basband
Walter Novrotski
Scofield
Novrotski
Schmeepepper
Iowa
Iowa Anti- Saloon League
Abrams
Geogge W. Burnham
Vinton
Supreme Bench
Larabee
League
Millionaire
Montreal
W. W. Ogilvie
Canada
Bank of Montreal
Oshkosh, Wis
Olga Timm
Anton Berger
Blair
Wright’s Spur
Racine
John Schroeder
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph Kwok
Preasipent
Chas. H
Frank Stewart
O. Mo Keck
I. M. Sproul
Casey Bros
Feed and Sale Stable
Hotel Allen
E. M. McConaughy
Orrick
Klein's Clothing Store
P. W. McElwain
Washington Lawn
Orrice
Southeast Corner Square
Columbia Corner, Washtonton, TA
W. E. Anderson, M. D
Klein's Clothing
J. F. Poage
Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
Pleat National Bank
Marsh W. Bailey
Downstatia
C. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
W. H. Butterfield
Crall
Jos. Pollard, JR
Washington, JR
Co. S. Lemmon
L. D. Robinson
C. 8. Lemmon
Mr. Lemmon
Rocky Mountain
Burlington
MMA Hin
Philadelphia
Fox
H. Sanford
Pries
T. J. Dempsey
Claas
Side Square
National Bank
Doerra General Banking
W. KR. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
J.P Anderson
Washington County
Ings Bank
Jon. Krox
Pres
B.A. Wilson
Cashier
D. H. Kuew
Keok
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wallace
Joseph Keck
D. A. Kock
L.D. Robinson
Prankawart
J. ¥. Henderson
F.C. Keck
T. T. Keeley
W. Washington Street
City Feed Store and Feed Yard
Mason
Frank Rovers
R. F. Riley
Smouse
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