Treaty Amendments Move Panama Canal Pact in Senate
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee directed Senator Culism to report the Panama canal treaty with three amendments. Republicans backed the pact. Democrats Morgan and Money were present, with Morgan voting no and Money undecided. Amendments target sanitation, city limits, and harbor control for canal zone improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Washington
Culism
Morgan
Money
United States
Panama
Colon
Canal Zone
Chicago postal needs prompt study by new committee
Washington is to form a committee of officials to study Chicago postal needs amid downtown congestion. Senator Hopkins and Chicago House members pressed Postmaster General Payne and First Assistant Wynne for urgent investigation and the establishment of mail service via tunnels under construction. They urged branch post offices at the Chicago and Northwestern stations and depots of Rock Island or Illinois Central to ease south side mail handling, with Representative Mann pushing for a separate South Chicago post office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
Payne
Hopkins
Coyne
Wynne
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Rock Island
Illinois Central
Mann
President Roosevelts Invitation to Michigan Celebration
President Roosevelt received a delegation of about 100 Michigan leaders in the White House East Room. They invited him to attend the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the Republican party to be held at Jackson Michigan on July 6. He will decide later whether to accept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Jackson
Mich
Senate Receives Resolutions on Post Office Probe
Washington on January 19 saw resolutions laid before the senate urging a congressional investigation of the post office department. Hale defended the administration and criticized the Democratic side over the Bristow inquiry, while the house moved to District of Columbia business and passed several local bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Post Office Department
Senate
Hale
Bristow
House
District of Columbia
Supreme Court Grants Briefing Time in Minnesota Case
In the case of the state of Minnesota versus the Northern Securities Company the Supreme Court issued an order giving counsel twenty days to file additional briefs. The focus is on the federal court's jurisdiction over the removal issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Minnesota
Northern Securies Company
United States Supreme Court
President nominates postmasters in several states
Washington January 19 The president has sent to the senate the following nominations of postmasters Benjamin F Shaw Dixon IL Frank M Pickerl Argos Ind J Ochiltree Morning Sun Ia J P Scott Jr Delray Mich Edgar I Gregory Janesville Mich
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Benjamin F. Shaw
Dixon, IL
Frank M. Pickerl
Argos
Ind
J. Ochiltree
Morning Sun
J. P. Scott, Jr
Delray
Mich
Edgar I. Gregory
Janesville
Justice Hooker Charged With Fraud in Payroll Conspiracy
Charges against Supreme Court Justice Warren B. Hooker of Fredonia will be presented to the State Bar association in Albany. The allegations claim Hooker caused his nephew to be placed on the Dunkirk post office payroll and conspired with George W. Heavers to hire Frank P. Ball for $600 who did no work, with Ball’s pay allegedly funneled to Hooker to settle a debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Supreme Court
Warren B. Hooker
Fredonia
State Bar Association
Albany
Hooker
Dunkirk
George W. Heavers
Frank P. Ball
Ball
Wolves Devour Man and Team Near Port Arthur
The remains of Andrew Sands a Minnesota trapper and his two horses were found near Dodds across the Minnesota line. The bodies show signs of wolf predation leaving enough features to identify Sands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Ont
Andrew Sands
Minnesota
Dodds
Sands
Representative Sharp Williams of Mississippi Near Recovery
In Washington for several days Representative Sharp Williams of Mississippi shows improving health. other items note delegates to Louisville convention, a near drowning incident in Mammoth Cave, a death in Ocean Park, and various labor, political, and international developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sharp Williame
Mississippi
Washington
Commission Merchants’ Convention
Louisville
Mammoth Cave
Cyrus Jormlan
Hilladale
Mich
Ocean Park
Bricklayers
Masona’ Internatonal Union
Trenton
N. J
Treasuries
General Treasury
Lieutenant General Samuel D. B. M. Young Rebounds in Boston
Lieutenant General Samuel D. B. M. Young, ill at a friend's home in Boston, has recovered enough to plan leaving the city in a few days. A severe cold and pneumonia symptoms prompted prompt care, and he is faring well but to stay indoors a day or two longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puerto Plata
Banco Mingo
Hamburger Machrichten
William
James Gordon Lennett
New York Herald
Hamburg
Sarah Croon Hobson
Mehmond Pp. Hobson
Boulder
Col
Delaware and Hudson Company
Olyphant
Maine
New York
BG. Dysart
Cockrell
Paris
Lake Carriers’ Association
Lake Navigation
Boston
Samuel DB. M. Young
Opera House Closed Over Fire Protection Lapse
Cincinnati reports Mayor Fleishmann citing lack of adequate fire protection as the reason for closing Heuck's Opera House on January 1. The action follows safety concerns and potential enforcement of city codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Fleishhmann
Heuck
Weather forecast for Illinois and Indiana markets
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies in Illinois and Indiana with warmer temperatures and brisk southeast winds. No precipitation is expected tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iilinoie
Indiana
Markets Report Open in Chicago Hogs and Cattle Price Ranges
Chicago markets show hog receipts around 45 000 with pig to heavy packers quoted 3.04.40 and 4.60 4.85 for fair to good averages. Cattle receipts near 30 000 with steers priced from 4.70 to 6.90 and stockers at 2.00 4.50, cows 1.25 4.50, veal calves 4.00 6.75. sheep and lambs priced 2.00 4.30 and 3.40 6.25 respectively. East Buffalo reports dull cattle, strong hogs, and mixed lamb markets. St. Louis grain shows wheat firm and oats steady with mixed corn values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Best
St. Louis Grain
Oats for Poultry A Strong Case for Soaked Feed
Joe Farmer in Stockman and Farmer argues oats, often condemned for poultry, are among the best and cheapest feeds when soaked or boiled. He shares his 20 year practice of soaking oats with bran shorts oilmeal meat meal and salt, plus grit, to boost bone, flesh, and egg production, noting hard oats are rejected by birds unless properly prepared. He urges readers to try his method and observe hens prefer the softened grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Burlingame
Joe Farmer
Farm birds and insects a farmyard ally
Farm and Poultry Review notes that hens turkeys and ducks help control insects. Hens destroy grubs and larvae while scratching. turkeys search fields for insects. guinea fowl scan fields for pests. ducks eat insects field mice and small reptiles when food is scarce.
Pedigreed White Plymouth Rock Hen Shines in Show
Illustration from American Poultry Journal features a pedigreed White Plymouth Rock owned by Victor D. Caneday of Taylors Falls Minnesota. The hen excels in color and form and laid eighty six eggs in four months in her second laying year. Her grandam produced over two hundred eggs in a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Poultry Journal
Victor D. Caneday
Taylors Falls
Minn
Radium Induced Radocity Aims at New Therapies
A New York Medical Journal piece by Dr. Samuel G. Tracy reviews radium based treatments offering potential cures for cancer consumption and other malignancies. Experiments show radioactivity in salt solutions affecting plates and germs, with applications proposed externally or internally and as antiseptic sprays or dressings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Medical Journal
Samuel G. Tracy
New York
Mierre Curle
Hammer
Tracy
Unproofitable Bother in Domestic Chat
Mrs Oldcastle fretted over hot poltlos as Josiah proposed storing them in a box for display. The hostess dismissed the idea, noting fresh ones would be set out next spring if frost killed them.
Jeweled stockings and lace netted silks trend in England
The latest fashion notes highlight jeweled stockings with turquoise and bronze silks, bronze kid shoes, and matching colored stones. Pink green stones paired with shoes of the same shade and iridescent insect motifs embroidered on black textiles are also popular, along with white silk stockings ribbed with lace in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Lost-White opera show between Washington and Wayland
Classified note mentions a lost event titled Lost White opera show located between Washington and Wayland with return to Journal office. Also sells Pure Pekin ducks and Buff Cochins by Mrs J P Pollard at 82 th street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington and
Wayland
Journal Office
J. P. Pollard
Hogs and Cattle Market Report Chicago January 19 1904
Market summary from Chicago shows hog receipts at 26000 with 9000 carryover. Prices range light 435 to 480, mixed packers 450 to 495, heavy shipping 460 to 500, rough 460 to 4400. Cattle 6000 head with steady prospects. Sheep 16000 with slow to barely steady demand.
Silky Fowls: England Popularity and Breed Traits
Silky fowls are uncommon here but popular in England. They have loose fluffy feathers, weigh two to four pounds, with crested heads and violet skin. They lay small pale buff eggs, ten to twenty five, and are noted as good mothers for delicate varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Market Report Shows Mixed Hog Prices and Stable Receipts
Official receipts yesterday totaled 48 77 with shipments at 7 517. Estimated receipts today 26 000 and tomorrow 44 000. Market was rather slow with bulk hog prices from 4.65 to 4.90 for heavy shipping grades 4 65 to 4 80 for roughs and 4 05 to 4 45 for pigs. Porkers quoted 4 55 to 4 70.
Market Receipts and Prices for Beeves and Cattle
Receipts at 6000 Market show slow steady movement for beeves with cattle sales at 315 to 85 80 dollars. Cows and heifers range from 125 to 84 40, while stockers and feeders sell from 82 00 to 405 dollars.
Sheep Market Report Shows Mixed Steady to Lower
Market notes indicate steady to 10 lower on native sheep with prices 2 50 to 4 35 for Western natives. Yearlings range 4 05 to 4 85, Lambs 4 50 to 6 06, Western Lambs 84 05 to 86 00.
Market Closing Report From Chicago Jumps With Mixed Packers
Chicago market shows higher activity with light offerings advancing 440 to 485 and mixed packers 84 60 to 85 05. Heavy ship's grades rise 460 to 85 10 while cattle hold steady and sheep and lambs remain slow and weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Advance Light
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chicago Post Office
Wieitahe City
National Legislature
Securites
Presidential Postmasters
Justice
New York State Supreme Court
TRE News
General Young
Cincinnati Theater
Chicago Grain
Fotlowin
Bing
Harry Whitaker
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Chicago Board of Trade
McCall Bros
East Side Restaurant
Roy Y. Stichter, Prop
California
H. W. Russel, Agt
Davenport, Ia
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Overland Limited
F. A. Miller
Chicagg
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!