Doings of a Week a World News Condensed
A seven day review of Senate and House actions includes the naturalization treaty with Hayti, Panama canal debate, and a $4.6 million loan for the St. Louis exposition. Porto Rico citizenship bills, postal salary increases, and consular service reorganization are noted. Other items report a Chicago wage strike, a Missouri farmer’s starvation death, and safety actions in New York theaters. Six Arabian horses arrive in New York and a Sterling Illinois gold theft is recorded.
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Senate
Hayti
Morgan
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Chicago
Indiana
Illinois
Boards of Investigation and Arbitration
Panama Canal
James P. Clarke
Arkansas
Panama
Committee On Appropriations
St. Louis
Porto Rico
United States
House
American Can Company
J. G. Myers
Carthage
Root
New York Union League Club
Taft
Congress
John Winters
John _Fastland
Doodsville
Miss
Shaw
Shipbuilding Trust
C. M. Schwab
Morocco
Roosevelt
New York
Adams Express
Sterling
National Republican Editorial Association
Princeton
N. J.) University
Lake Village
Ark
McClellan
Black
Logan County
Ohio
Fire and social unrest headline multiple incidents
Fire in Knoxville Tennessee killed two firefighters and caused 400000 dollars in losses. A Berea Kentucky race dispute challenges coeducation at Berea College. General Viljoen dined with President Roosevelt. Rose of Cleveland sentenced for embezzling 187000 dollars. Railroads lure steerage migrants as canal treaty awaits ratification. Snow disrupts rail traffic in Indiana and Michigan. Roosevelt attends Potomac Grand Army banquet and praises veterans. Detroit bans boxing under mayoral order. D J Sully boosts cotton gains in the South. Grand Chain Alabama entirely destroyed by fire.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Berea
Berea College
Ben J. Vilnen
Transvaal
Roosevelt
George A. Rose
Produce Exchange Bank
Cleveland
United States
West
Northwest
Southwest
United States Senate
Snow
Indiana
Michigan
Department of the Potomac
Grand Army of the Republic
Washington
Detroit
Mich
Maybury
South
D. J. Sully
Grand Chain
Notable Deaths and Political Moves Across Cities
M S Otero, likely New Mexico’s wealthiest man and former congress delegate, dies in Albuquerque. William C Whitney, 63 or 638, ex secretary of the navy and financier, dies in New York amid prep for another appendectomy. Illinois Democrats schedule state convention in Springfield on June 14. Rose McHugh, 105, dies in New London Wisconsin. Maryland Democrats pick Isiah Rayner of Baltimore for U S senator. Charles E Fuller of Ottawa Illinois renominated by Twelfth district Republicans. Adolph Schwarzmann, Puck founder and editor in chief, dies in New York at 66. Maryland legislature elects Isi dor Rayner senator to succeed Louis E McComas. Captain Charles C Cornwall, ex commander of the cruiser Chicago, dies in Scottsdale New York.
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M. S. Otero
New Mexico
Congress
Albuquerque
William C. Whitney
New York
Illinois
United States
Charles E. Fuller
Ottawa
Adolph Schwarzmann
Puck
Maryland
Isidor Rayner
Baltimore
Louis E. McComas
Charles C. Cornwall
Chicago
Scaztsdale
N. Y
John E. Hurst & Co
Florence Maybrick
Sisters of Epiphany
Truro
Cornwall
Coal Creek
Tenn
Thomas F. Tipton
Forty-fifth Congress
Bloomington
Ill
Reed Smoot
United States Senate
Edward Butler
St. Louis
House of Delegates
San Domingo
Japan
Port Arthur
William J. Meaders
Detroit House of Correction
Joseph Ripley
Luther Holbert
Doddsville
Miss
James Eastland
Porto Rico
Hanna
Yankee
J. C. Johnston
Prohibition Party
Indianapolis
St. Petersburg
Roosevelt
National Republican Association
Washington
Edward Crawford
James E. Hagon
Montreal
Can
Java
Dutch East Indies
Republican National Convention Committee
Dun’s
Bradstreet
Buckingham
Ont
Trenton
William C.whitney
Grace Episcopal Church
New York City
Global turmoil and distant wars dominate world news
Reports from 1904 describe explosions in British India killing forty. Russia's war posture toward Japan, the czar receiving Japan's demands, and Panama rumors of Colombian conflicts. Updates cover London tariff splits, Home Rule tensions, and notable executions in Calgary. A Yaqui Indian stagecoach massacre is noted in Mexico.
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Fort Bhatinda
British India
King Edward
St. Petersburg
Far East
Florence Maybrick
Luke E. Wright
Henry C. Ide
Manila
Ernest Cashel
Calgary
Russia
Japan
Panama
San Blas
Edward
John Redmond
House of Commons
William
United States
Washington
Harvard University
Port Arthur
Tokio
Ortiz
Las Cruces
Mexico
End of American Occupation in Cuba Declared
The withdrawal of the last U S troops from Havana ends the occupation and lowers the flag signaling a new phase. Mexico issues a decree banning firearm bearing individuals from crossing its border into the country. Mrs Florence Maybrick is ordered to a secluded English home under religious sisterhood care until July.
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Cuba
Havana
Mexico
Florence Maybrick
England
Massive Baltimore Fire Devastates 50 Blocks Under Martial Law
News digest reports a major Baltimore blaze ignited by an explosion in the John E. Hurst & Co. store. Losses exceed 100 million with 50 blocks damaged, including key civic buildings. martial law imposed and several firemen killed. Other items note deaths in Coal Creek strikes, Tipton's death, Smoot hearings, and various international incidents.
Engineer Johnston Killed in Insurgent Attack in Santo Domingo
In Santo Domingo on February 1 insurgents fired on the Yankee launch killing engineer J C Johnston. U S Minister Powell orders drastic action to avenge the death and insult to the flag. The funeral drew about 100 Yankee crew and officials. flags were at half mast and troops escorted the cortege.
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San Domingo
J. C. Johnston
United States
Powell
Johnston
Johnstone
Santa Barbara
William
Santo Domingo
Washington
Moody
Lewis C. Heilner
Yankee
Deadlock in joint wage talks halts Indiana meeting
The Indianapolis conference of operators and miners reached a stalemate as the scale committee’s ultimatum faced rejection. Operators demand the 1902 scale with a 12 percent wage cut, while miners push to keep the current terms. The meeting adjourned with a plan to form a joint eight member committee to set a future date.
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Indianapolis
Ind
H. L. Robbins
Mitchell
Law Declared Unconstitutional Over Flag Use In Ads
New York court rules state law barring flag use on advertising labels unconstitutional when applied to trade marks. It permits flag display in trade marks, ruling it does not imply degradation. Also reports the death of Andre Matteson, former editor of the Chicago Times, at Highland Park.
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New York
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Chicago
Andre Matteson
The
Chicago Times
Highland Park
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New Moo
Congress AT Work
Boston
Hayes
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
KE. F. Hayes
Dudley St
Roxbury
Boston, Mass
E. F. Hayes
Cae
GEO. K. Stahl
Quincy, II
Arge
Gregory
H.gregory & Son
Marblehead
Mase
Western
Canada
Wilfred Laurier
Capada
Broughton
Quincy Building
C. Dexcas
Big Four
Indianapplis
K. T. Holmes
Jackson Street
St. Paul
Mian
M. V. McInnes
6Th Avenue
Nieh
T. O. Comriz
Callahan Block
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R
Marcus P. Beebe
Ipswich
Edmunds County
Mother Gray
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