US Senate and House Consider War Tax and Civil Service Bills
The House rejected a bill to grant civil service preference to Spanish American War veterans, while the Senate focused on the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and Montana senatorial issues. Leaders discussed a broader war tax reduction, with committee action on private calendar bills and war revenue reform slated after the holiday recess.
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Senate
Chandler
N. H
Montana
Graeme Stewart
Martin B. Madden
John M. Glenn
Senate Committee On Manufactures
Mason
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Senate Committee
United States Won't Intervene in Porto Rico Cuba Claim
The State Department issued an opinion denying U S intervention to back Porto Rico s $2 5 million claim against Cuba. Sanctioning collection now could invite many larger claims, draining the island s finances, regardless of equity. Promotions in Army Navy announced Lincoln December 19. several officers named to higher posts. Hoar introduces bill to hang train robbers with death for accomplices. intent to kill not required if robbery kills a noncombatant.
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United States
Porto Khewo
Cube
Army
Port Rico
Washington, D. C
State Department
Porto Rico
Cuba
Financelal
Hoar
Judiciary Committee
England Declines Amended Hay Pauncefote Treaty
Washington reports Lord Pauncefote the British ambassador believes Britain will not accept Senate alterations to the Hay Pauncefote treaty. He says the proposed changes are so radical they break the negotiation line set by Secretary Hay and the envoy, risking treaty ratification.
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Pauncefote
Washington
Lord Pauncefote
Senate
Great Britain
Gompers Re elected AFL President at convention
The American Federation of Labor closed its convention in Louisville with Samuel Gompers re elected president and Frank Morrison John Lennon James Duncan John Mitchell James O Connell Max Morris Thomas Kidd Dennis A Hayes as officers for the coming year. Scranton was chosen to host next year’s convention. The gathering ended with Auld Lang Syne sung by a Scotch delegate.
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Louisville
American Federation of Labor
Samuel
Gompers
New York
Frank Morrison
Washington
John 8B
Lennon
Bloomington
James Duncan
Boston
John Mitchell
Indianapolis
Miner
James O’connell
Max Morris
Denver
Thomas Kidd
Chicago
Dennis A. Hayes
Philadelphia
Scranton
Peace Keynotes From Chicago Labor Conference
Leaders from labor and capital and prominent political economists gathered at Steinway Hall for a National Civic Federation conference on concili ation and arbitration. The meeting aims to explore peaceful settlement of industrial disputes with a possible federal board of conciliation, though most speakers oppose compulsory arbitration.
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Chicago
Steinway Hall
National Civic Federation
Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Board of Conciliation
Chaffee Protest Spurs French Action Against Looting
Paris reports Gen. Chaffee’s protest against looting in China prompted swift French government steps. M. Lanessan ordered the Marseille maritime prefect to seize looted items and return them to Chinese owners. He also directed Gen. Voyron to ban looting under all circumstances.
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China
Paris
Chaffee
M. A Lanessan
Marseilles
M. Lanessan
Voyron
Legal action over libel by Rev William de Ronden Pos against Dowie
Rev William de Ronden Pos sues John Alexander Dowie of Chicago claiming libel in Dowies Leaves of Healing Oct 16 issue that accuses Pos of fraud and immorality. British court grants leave to serve writ abroad with Dowie to appeal the order.
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Briogs
Dowie
London
William de Ronden Pos
John Alexander Dowie
Chicago
Pos
Mr. Dowie
Miner Kearney Repels Bandits Near Parrall
G E Kearney riding to his mine twenty miles from Parrall with about 3000 pesos tied to his wagon and pistols hidden. He was confronted by two bandits who ordered him to stop. He was forced from the wagon and killed the two attackers with gunfire.
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Parrall
Mexico
G. E. Kearney
British Gunboat Pheasant Reaches Panama and Chepo Expanse
The British gunboat Pheasant arrived at Panama on Saturday while the Taboga cargo ship leaves with a Colombian expedition to quell unrest at Chepo. Authorities expect an easy victory. In Baltimore a hospital fire at Baltimore University Hospital trapped patients. firemen saved most, but one man died after leaping from a window.
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Panama
Colon
Colombia
Galveston
Texas
Pheasant
Taboga
Chepo
Baltimore Hospital
Baltimore
Baltimore University Hospital
Fifty Men Dead or Injured in Beaver Brook Dam Accident
Report of a disaster at the Beaver Brook dam under construction by Bridgeport Hydraulic Company between Stratford and Huntington five miles from Bridgeport. Fifty men are killed or wounded in the incident, details unrevealed.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Beaver Brook Dam
Bridgeport Hydraulic Company
Stratford
Huntington
Insurgents Fire Cabatuan as Manila Regime Forms First Party
Reports from Iloilo describe insurgents burning much of Cabatuan while US forces led by Assistant Surgeon Washburn and his unit defended key buildings. Twenty-sixth infantry detachments captured papers and stores at Quintin Salas HQ. many natives killed, 30 rebels captured in San Pedro Macati area. US forces reported no casualties. A first political party under American rule forms, with a platform favoring sovereignty and native autonomy. Washington dispatchs allege frauds in the Philippines involving former Manila consul Oscar L Williams with a large conspiracy details to be released by the Philippines commission.
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Manila
Iloilo
Panay
Cabatuan
Frederick A. Washburn, Jr
Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry
Quintin
Salas
Noile
San Pedro Macaiti
Twentieth
United States Infantry
Ca Aira Police
Gaines
Philippines
Washington, D. C
Philippines Commission
War Department
Cuba
Otis
Oscar L. Williams
United States
Spain
Military Board Opens Hearing Over Booz Cadet Death
The war department inquiry into Oscar L. Booz death at West Point after alleged hazing began in Bristol Pennsylvania with Maj Gen John R Brooke Brig Gen Alfred Bates and Col J H Clouse on the board. The first witness William H Booz testified that Arthur entered the academy June 10 1898 and letters soon arrived alleging hazing.
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Boos Logatery
Bristol
Military Board of Inquiry
Secretary of War
Oscar L. Booz
West Point
Academy
John R. Brooke
Department of the East
Alfred E. Bates
J. H. Clouse
William H. Booz
Oscar
Arthur
Wreck Kills Two in Milwaukee Freight Collision
A collision between two segments of a broken freight train at South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killed two men and possibly three last night. Two oil cars were wrecked and remains of two men were found in the wreckage. The victims were well dressed and their identities could not be learned.
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Milwaukee
Wis
South Milwaukee
Prince Nicolas of Montenegro Drops Princely Title
Prince Nicolas of Montenegro informs European courts he will abandon the title of princely highness and adopt royal highness. An earthquake near Chattanooga Tennessee and surrounding states lightly shook East Tennessee Virginia and North Carolina last evening.
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Hly
Belgrade
Servia
Semlin
Hungary
Nicolas of
Montenegro
Europe
Aierhantes
Chattanooga
Tenn
East Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
Helen Keller Speaks at Ratcliffe College
Helen Keller the deaf blind and formerly mute at Ratcliffe College astonished Ratcliffe freshmen by delivering a short address at Fay Hall during a class luncheon. She spoke a few clear words in a musical voice while Miss Sullivan understands her and classmates praised the moment.
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Ratcliffe College
Boston
Helen Keller
Ratcliffe Colege
Fay Hall
Helen
Miss Sullivan
Miss Keller
Radcliffe
New York
Fire Devastates Brown Hoisting Plant in Cleveland
A massive blaze in Cleveland nearly destroyed the Brown Hoisting and Conveying Machine Company plant at Hamilton and Belden streets. Five of seven buildings burned, damages exceed 500000 with 1100 workers left unemployed, while Elwell Parker Electric suffered about 100000 in losses. Fire began in the varnish room, workers jumped from windows to escape, no serious injuries reported. Plant to be rebuilt promptly.
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Brown W Holsting Machine Company
Cleveland
Brown Hoisting and Conveying Machine Company
Hamiton
Belden Streets
Elwell-Parker Electric Company
Brown Company
Elwell-Parker Company
Brown’ Company
Parker's London Sun Debuts With Anti Gambling Edit
The London Sun under Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker launches with a bold protest against gambling and vice. An editorial urges magistrates to curb Hooliganism, while ads feature company prospectuses and the page notes another ghastly East End tragedy.
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London
London Sun
Joseph Parker
City Temple
Parker
East End
Big Boom in Stocks on Wall Street Bulls Rampant
The stock market shows rampant bull speculation with-unprecedented activity on the floor of the stock exchange. Attendance of board members is the largest in several years as outside demand is expected to sweep stocks higher following Friday and Saturday signals.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Delayed Atlantic Steamships Face Storms on the U S Arrival
About twenty steamships overdue for port in New York as of December 18 due to Atlantic storms and head winds. Vessels from Liverpool Havre Gibraltar Hamburg London Rotterdam and others, including ships Umbr ia La Champagne Victoria Bulgaria Minnehaha Colorado, have not reported in. Some overdue ships have been at sea since late November.
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New York
Atlantic
Umbria
Liverpool
la Champagne
Havre
Victoria
Gibraltar
Bulgaria
Hamburg
London
Colorado
Ywull
Rotterdam
Keane Appointed to Dubuque Diocese
Rome reports a secret consistory appointing bishops including Mgr. Keane former rector of the Catholic University in Washington to the Dubuque diocese.
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Rome
Mgr. Keane
Catholic University At
Washington
Dubuque
Escaped Lunatic Tops Civil Service Exam in Racine
An escaped lunatic spent time in Racine Wisconsin taking the civil service examination and achieved the highest grade.
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Racine
Wis
Our Nation's Wealth and Iron as Nation’s Strength
An unsigned early 20th century advert promotes Hosteller's Starach Bit ters claiming to relieve clogged bowels improve appetite cure constipation dyspepsia and bilious ness. It ties national wealth to iron and useful digestion.
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Hosteller
Caster Care and Odd Tales From The Past
Vintage ad and miscellany feature touts for Cascarets a bowel health cure priced at ten cents. It shares a quip about an Oxford cow and a Glasgow clergyman, then recounts Pasteur warning on fruit germs at a family dinner with a grape washing anecdote.
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Oxford
Osborn Gordon
Christ Church, London
Woman credits Dodd's Kidney Pills in open letter
Mrs H D Hyde of Folsom South Dakota recounts three years of heart pain and kidney issues in her open letter praising Dodd's Kidney Pills They claim to cure and she notes her daughter also improved after use The letter requests publication and mentions 50c box price plus dealer availability and other assorted ads follow.
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Folsom, Custer Co
South Dakota
H. D. Hyde
Dodd
Anecdotes on Simpler Life and Gladstone Bruise
Robert Barr defends Thoreau like Walden Pond life over modern luxury. Bret Harte notes Emerson proximity and parched peas in books. Sir Wemyss Reid records Gladstone bruised after a Mayfair alley fall. crowds thought him drunk, he kept silent about the incident.
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Robert Barr
Bret Harte
Henry Thoreau
Walden Pond
Barr
Harte
Emerson
Emerson Homestead
Henry
Gladstone
Wemyss Reid
Reid
Mr. Gladstone
Lord Granville
Mayfair
Delineator’s 1901 Plans and Notable Literary Picks
The Delineator unveils its January 1901 prospectus and outlines eight linked stories under Through Old Rose-Glasses. Also reviewed are The District of Columbia centennial article in Review of Reviews and Atlantic Monthly’s reconstruction essays. The Century’s The Prodigal by Mary Rabeck Foote is highlighted with its San Francisco arc and moral underpinnings.
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World
Mary Tracy Earle
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
New York
District of Columbia
National Capital
Albert Shaw
Federal District
Washington
Atlantic Monthly
South
North
Augustine Birrell
London
M. P
Wifeshire
San Francisco
Mary Rabeck Foote
Low Rates to the South by Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul
Excursion tickets at reduced rates to southern resorts including Jacksonville Mobile New Orleans Savannah El Paso good for return passage any time before June 1 1901. Information on rates routes and times available from coupon ticket agents. Nearly every man in the say he is the only person living wig can tell you all about realy.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Jacksonville
Fla
Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
Savannah
Hi Paso
Tex
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paw Railway
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Daily Market Report
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