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The note discusses $20,000 exhibition costs at the St Louis World’s Fair and a possible spend of $40,000 by an American guard near a spot, mentioning Manchester wages and a heated debate over American wages. It notes naval demonstrations by Germany and England in Venezuela and argues for a larger American fleet to protect the Monroe Doctrine, criticizing the idea of a small fleet for any motive.
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Germany
England
Venezuela
Plan to land Chinese near US border sparks deferral
Reported plot to smuggle Chinese into Mexico near the United States border appears intelligible but may be halted as US authorities uncover it. Army and navy in New Jersey boycott union cigars refused admittance to a cigarmakers union ball unless uniforms are removed.
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Mexing
United States
Army
Navy
New Jersey
Pana Pastor Debuts Four Part Drama at Coliseum
Rev. George H Hammons of First Baptist Church Pana Illinois writes a religious drama titled Love's Sublimest Tragedy. The work condemns Sunday evening theater performances and is staged with scenery and properties at the Coliseum every Sunday night, one part per evening.
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George Hmmons
First Baptist Church
Pana, Ill
the. Coliseum
Dpria
President urges irrigation policy and land reform
A partial transcription shows the president urging irrigation as essential and urging that public land be reserved for settlers. He emphasizes that beginning is crucial and that available and reclaimed lands should be allocated to settlers under the national irrigation law, with broader political tensions hinted in the surrounding text.
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Aisessage
Senate and House News in Brief From the Session
The senate was not in session on the bill and the house focused on private calendar measures. Key action included a claim against steel imports, a three dollar head tax on immigrants, and passage of bills on gifts from foreign governments and tea import relief. Washington debates immigration, liquor in the Capitol, and militia funding, with adjournment following Sherman’s death tribute. The Grow speech on labor and capital marked notable rhetoric as session winds down.
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Senate
House
Court of Claims
Capitol
United States
Sherman
N. Y
Thomas B. Reed
Burton
Nexas
Hawaii
Galusha A. Grow
Circuit Court of New York
Personal and political items from a Washington date
On the 9th a Washington dinner honored Justice J M Harlan for 25 years on the Supreme Court bench. Clara Barton elected president for life and Mrs John A Logan vice president at an American Red Cross meeting. The Duke of Abruzzi chosen present Italy at the St Louis World’s Fair. In Cleveland Charles C Paige confessed bankruptcy in U S circuit court with liabilities of 225000. Col Sheffield Phelps, son of W W Phelps, died at Aiken D C. Charles Meighan postmaster at Opden Utah found guilty of embezzling government funds. Marcus A Hanna re elected president of the National Civic Federation as it closed in New York. Jeff and Sam Amick drowned at Clarksville Tex while crossing Red River in a skiff.
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Washington
J. M. Harlan
Supreme Court of the United States
American Red Cross
Clara Barton
John A. Logan
Duke of
Paigeville
United States
Col
Sheffield Phelps
William Walter Phelps
Aiken
D. C
Charles Meighan
Opden
Utah
Marcus A. Hanna
National Civic Federation
New York
Jeff
Sam Amick
Clarksville
Tex
Red River
Senate passes bill on strike commission pay and statehood talks
Telegrams report the senate on the 11th passed the compensation bill for the anthracite strike commission and sent it to conference. The statehood bill faced brisk debate and was laid over until Monday. The house capped Wagoner Butler contest testimony at 40 days and set a Sunday session to honor late Reps Russell Sheppard De Graffenried. Fourth class Illinois post offices to presidential class on Jan 1 1903 listed. Other items include a perjury sentence for J C Brown in Eldorado Kansas, a thousand pilgrims' train wreck near Guadalupe, a trampling in Santiago Cuba as the first through train arrived, Toronto Jimmy arrested in Chicago, Yukon post office robbery, Wright Bros hardware fire in Doniphan, and a fatal Clover Leaf collision near Cowden Illinois.
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Senate
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
House
Wagoner-Butler
Russell
Connecticut
Sheppard
de Graffeni
Texas
Hampshire
Marissa
Martinsville
Marshal Montfort
Wright Bros
Doniphan
George Adams
Cowden
Ill
Miscellaneous Local News Items From The Week
A Baltimore & Ohio train killed Mrs J C Nealy and her two daughters near South Baltimore on the 9th. On the 9th all British and German subjects in Caracas, Venezuela were arrested. A new counterfeit twenty dollar gold certificate was announced on the 10th. The Anti Saloon League issued an anti canteen address in Washington. Seven Chicago hotel keepers were warned to improve fire protection or police would be stationed at doors. Three hundred Spreckles sugar refinery workers went on strike in San Francisco. In DeKalb Texas on the 10th a bank robbery attempt ended with the robber dead after a young man named Marvin Dodd disarmed him.
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J. C. Nealy
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore
Caracas
Venezuela
Lyons Register
Roberts
Garfield
National Anti-Saloon League
Washington
Chicago
Spreckles
San Francisco
Collision injures crew on Minois Central near Birkbeck
A night collision on the Minois Central near Birkbeck injures the passenger train conductor and baggage man while the engineers of both trains are seriously hurt. Separately, near Cattsville Indiana, Charlie Shoaf fatally injures himself by shooting off an arm while hunting.
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Minois Central
Birkbeck
Cattsville
Ind
Charlies Shoaf
Elevated rail way franchise offered to St. Louis
J D Houseman proposes city of St Louis pay 50000 for an elevated railway franchise while national and local headlines note a tense period with revolutions in Honduras and shifts in politics. Other items cover regiments sent to the Philippines and legal cases in Minnesota and Missouri. A new town Snyder Oklahoma opens with a tent city and early commerce.
Illinois Obituary Notices Compile Civil War Veterans
The report lists multiple Illinois residents with ages from 66 to 80, most noted as Civil War veterans or pioneer settlers. Names include John Hoffer Anton Lutz William Meissner Christian Youst Margaret Snigg L L Burdick Louis Wood Mary Jane Alexander Isaac Stubblefield John Lovenguth Hannah Nield Thomas Kirkpatrick and others, with ages and birthplaces or residence towns such as Springfield Carlyle Bloomington McLean County North Alton Olney Mattoon Winchester and Grayville.
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John Hoffer
Nce
Oy Anton Lutz
Cound City
William C. Meissner
Bunker Hill
Christian Youst
Germany
Brighton
Margaret Snigg
Springfield
L. L. Burdick
Grayville
Louis D. Wood
North Alton
Mary Jane Alexander
Sparks
Carlyle
Isaac Stubblefield
McLean County
John B. Lovenguth
Bloomington
Hannah Nield
Olney
Osborne
Mattoon
Thomas Kirkpatrick
Winchester
Losses Strike Angora Herd of Lewiston Leader
J M Stewart of Lewiston faces a devastating disease in his Angora herd. Once hailed as among the finest in Illinois and possibly the west of the Mississippi, more than 300 goats have fallen, including top sires Dom Paul and Lawrence. Stewart, president of the National Angora Goat Association in Kansas City, Missouri, has lost thousands of dollars and fears total wipeout without a remedy.
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J. M. Stewart
Lewiston
Ilinois
Mississippi River
Mr. Stewart
National
Lawrence
Williams Died in Freeport Under Foul Play Suspected
Thomas FE Williams aged 50 died in a Freeport hospital in a case suggesting foul play. The physician said Williams appeared under the influence of a powerful drug after alighting from a Chicago train. His body was taken to Sandoval and buried. Williams was a Montana stock trader.
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Thomas FE. Williams
Freeport
Chicago
Sandoval
Williams
Montana
Onarga Post Office Robbery Suspects Nabbed in Buckley
John Lovett and Arthur Aldridge of Onarga were arrested at Buckley by U S marshals for the July 11 post office robbery netting 700 dollars. Government officers are probing Chicago crooks tied to the case.
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John Lovett
Arthur Aldridge
Onarga
Buckley
United States
Chicago
Miner William A Hunter Killed In Coal Town Blast
William A Hunter a miner in Coal town was killed by a premature dynamite blast while inspecting the fuse. He was hurled about 20 feet and terribly mangled in the accident.
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William A. Hunter
Coaltown
Hunter
Republican Convention Called in Paris Illinois
The Republican committee for the fifth judicial circuit of Illinois comprising Vermilion Coles Edgar Clarke and Cumberland met at Paris and called the convention to meet in Paris on March 18.
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Republican Committee For
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Ilinois
Vermilion, Coles, Edgar, Clarke
Cumberland
Paris
Arson Convict Edw Flanagan Sentenced in Peoria
Edward Flanagan aged 20 was found guilty of arson in Peoria and given a sentence to the Pontiac reform school. He is suspected as the cause of Peoria’s string of incendiary fires.
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Edw
Flanagan
Peoria
Pontiac
Body of missing Navy veteran found in field near home
The body of Patrick Brady, an elderly Navy veteran, was recovered from a field adjoining the Danville soldiers' home after several days of disappearance. Authorities say he was found in a frozen state, with investigation underway.
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Patrick Brady
Danville
Trains Crash on Illinois Central Near Birkk Beck
Two Illinois Central trains collided head on near Birkk Beck. Both engineers died. Baggage man Thomas Duke suffered serious injuries.
Domestic Fatally Burned. Domestic Worker Dies in Oakland Fire
Cora Grimm, a domestic employed at John Crawford's Oakland residence, died from burns received while starting a fire with coal oil. The incident occurred recently, with authorities noting accidental self-immolation during fuel ignition.
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Cora Grimm
John Crawford
Oakland
Twenty Years in Penitentiary for Murder Charge
Wesley Hawley was found guilty of the murder of Policeman Martin in Moneagua. The court fixed a punishment of 26 years in the penitentiary.
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Wesley Hawley
Martin
Moneagua
New Baden Post Office Robbery Ends with Burglars' Capture
Bandits entered the New Baden post office complex and forced open a safe using nitroglycerin. About $50 in cash was taken before authorities intervened.
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New. Baden
New Baden
Bribery attempt alleged in Scranton strike case
John Early, check weighman at Gypsy Grove colliery, testified before the strike commission that Michael Grimes, a mine foreman, offered him and P F O Hara 2500 each to mobilize ten men to pass a resolution ordering workers back to the job. Early outlined multiple meetings, dates, offers, and revised terms amid a broader bribery scheme within the union locals.
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John Early
Michael Grimes
P. F. O'Hara
Scranton
Gypsy Grove
Erie Company
Early
Lackawanna Valley
O'Harra
Grimes
Dunmore
Wm. Connell
Congress
Nicholls
Miners’ Union
P.E. O'Hara
O'Hara
Dunmoore
Wilson Appears Before House Committee on Plant Disease Aid
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson testified before the House Agriculture Committee on December 11 seeking urgent federal funds to combat foot-and-mouth disease spreading in England and to support measures for stamp out at home. The hearing focused on the necessity of an emergency appropriation to enable rapid action.
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Washington
Wilson
House Committee On Agriculture
England
States
Civic Federation closes conference on Industrial Agreements
The National Civic Federation industrial department wraps three day session in New York with no firm results but empowers an executive committee to form a special panel and pursue continued work. Samuel Gompers and other leaders weigh eight hour day, piece work, and joint labor agreements amid broad support for future semi annual meetings.
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New York
Industrial Department
National Civic Federation
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Gompers
Alfred Moseley
America
England
Germany
Samuel Mather
Pickands, Mather & Co
Cleveland
Buffalo
Toledo
David Keefe
Frederick T. Towne
National Founders’ Association
M. M. Garland
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
John Graham Brooks
George N. Barnes
Mr. Moseley
Hanna
Marcus A.hanna
Oscar 8. Straus
Cornelius N. Bliss
Treasarer
Ralph M. Easley
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