Happenings Round the World In Brief
A week’s globe notes cover Senate bills on pensions to ex slaves and agriculture building. House passes anti trust and post office bills. debate on tariff and statehood continues. Isthmian canal policy fuels Senate talks. District of Columbia and naval appropriations move. Roosevelts arbitration stance on Venezuela noted. Plague, storms, lynching, and labor conflicts mark the period with deaths in Buffalo and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Hanna
Lincoln
General Army
Department of Agriculture
House
Morgan
United States
Colombia
Committee On Appropriations
District of Columbia
Five Milwaukee firemen die from nitric acid fumes
Five Milwaukee firemen including Chief Foley perished after inhaling nitric acid fumes at a blaze. The incident adds to a string of tragic fires and raises questions about safety protocols in urban firefighting.
Notable U S Political Figures Die in Several States
Obituaries report the deaths of Justin St Whiting former congressman from Michigan aged 56 in St Clair Charity Green aged 103 in Omaha Robert Bailey aged 100 in La Crosse Wis Henry Laurens Dawes longtime senator and congressman died at Pittsfield Mass aged 86 Edwin Maxwell oldest West Virginia legislator died in Charlestown aged 75 J N Moody congressman from North Carolina died at Waynesville of lung congestion Dr John Slomans leading Boston surgeon and Civil War navy assistant surgeon Henry G Hayes longtime Washington reporter died aged 74
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Justin St. Whiting
Congress
Michigan
St. Clair
Charity Green
Omaha
Robert Bailey
la Crosse
Wis
Henry Laurens Dawes
United States
Pittsfield
Mass
Edwin Maxwell
Clarksburg
W. Va
Charlestown
J. N. Moody
North Carolina
Waynesville
John Slomans
Boston
Henry G. Hayes
Washington
Street car service suspended in Montreal as workers demand higher pay
A Montreal disruption reports streetcar service halted amid wage and hour protests by employees. Other items note a 1962 decree on military obligations, a gas explosion killing Japanese coal miners, Adelina Patti concert plans in America, and public figures including John H. Carroll, Rafael Uribe Uribe, and a South Sea hurricane toll.
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Montreal
Czar
Pan
Mme
Adelina Patti
America
John H. Carroll
United States
Cadiz
Spain
Mentone
France
Maryland
Rafael Uribe-Uribe
Colombia
South Sea Islands
Senate Antitrust Bill Moves. Typhoid Strikes Ithaca
The senate received the house anti trust bill on the ninth and referred it to the judiciary committee. Amid other action the army appropriation bill went to conference and the statehood measure saw further discussion. Over 400 typhoid cases hit Ithaca New York with Cornell students leaving campus as a result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Committee On
Judiciary
Aldrich
Treasury
House
District of Columbia
Germany
Italy
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Arnold & Co
St. Louis
Edna Lyall
Eastbourne
London
Coal Strike Commission
Philadelphia
William Fishback
Tunist
Fort Smith
Ark
Saxony
Lake Geneva
Bulgaria
Turkey
Macedonia
Republic
Western Railroad Improvemints
Krutz
Austria
Jobin L. Sullivan
New York
William Hooper Young
Brigham Young
Anna’ Pulitzer
Baltimore Cleric Denounces Divorce as Worse Than Polygamy
In a Baltimore sermon Cardinal Gibbons claims divorce surpasses polygamy in moral fault. Dowie and Zionists announce plans to invade Greater New York. The Supreme Court rules lithographed posters protected by copyright law. Beef prices drop 40 percent in New Orleans amid packer vs independent disputes. The Pennsylvania special train between New York and Chicago is being canceled to ease freight blockades. The Hill of Tara in Ireland sells for 18500 to a woman whose name is kept private. Chancellor von Buelow praises German foreign policy as conservative. War Secretary Root pushes militia health by training officers in Washington. Rail labor cites engineer exhaustion as cause of most accidents. Joseph William Sheppard dies after starving to prove Brahmin lifestyle. Prof Willett condemns Sunday school lessons as pedagogical monstrosities. Admiral Dewey appeals for funds to build a Jefferson memorial. Football rule reform urged to curb dangerous mass plays by school leaders.
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Baltimore
Gibbons
John Alexander Dowie
Zion
Greater
New York
United States Supreme Court
New Orleans
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Hill of Tara
Ireland
von Buelow
Aad
Root
Washington
Joseph ‘William Sheppard
H. L. Willett
University of Chicago
Admiral Dewey
Thomas Jefferson
Destructive South Sea Storm Kills Thousands
Reports from Tahiti detail a devastating January storm that hit the Society and Puamotu islands. About 1,000 natives are feared dead with 80 islands affected and islands Hao Hikuera Makokan depopulated. Relief ships depart as survivors seek aid.
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San Francisco
South Sea Islands
Mariposa
Tahiti
Society Islands
Puamotu
Papeete
Kimeo
Excelsior
Hao
Hikuera
Makokan
Hikuera Island
Makeno
Doan's Kidney Pills Claim Long Lasting Back Pain Relief
An old testimonial advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills for backache rheumatism and urinary troubles. A Deerfield and a Ridgeville Illinois bank president and a Michigan resident report relief after trial boxes, with claims of improved sleep, less swelling, and dropsy signs.
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Deerfield, Inc
Doan
Dean
Jc. H. Huser
Ridgeville, Indiana
State Bank
Bepine
Mich
Mrs. E
Bers
R. F
D. No. 2
Reading
Lesson in Optimism. A Cold and Quiet Exchange
A brief dialogue contrasts emotions as Smarticus and Spartacus discuss optimism and certainty. The Baltimore American quote frames the exchange, highlighting relief after years of doubt about one’s head.
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Smarticus
Spartacus
Baltimore American
California Low Rates for Colonist Vickers to Cali
Beginning February 11 the M K & T Ry will sell Colonist Vickers to California at low rates. St Louis 30 dollars Kansas City 25 dollars. Tourist Car through to San Francisco leaves St Louis every Tuesday at 8 32 p.m. Inquire at Way Agent or James Barker Gen Pass Agent 202 Wainwright Bldg St Louis.
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California
Vickers
St. Louis
Kansas City
San Francisco
James Barker
Wainwright Bidg
This Will Interest Mothers: Mother Gray’s Powders Ad
An advertisement promotes Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for children, credited to a nurse at a New York Children's Home. It claims to cure feverishness teething disorders stomach troubles and destroys worms. Sold by all druggists 25 cents sample free. Address A S Olmsted LeRoy New York. The Chicago Journal quotes a motto about half living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray
New York
A.S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N.Y
le Roy, N.Y
Toni Mall
Mull
Lichtning Medicine Co
Rock Island
Stops the Cough and works off the cold advert
An assortment of 1900 era ads and quotes includes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets at 25 cents, a Washington Star note about trains to California, and multiple quotes on patience, liberalism, and love from various papers. Also mentions Piso's Cure for Consumption and Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
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Westy Lee
Indiana
Congressional
Roosevelt
Hague
Buffalo
Richard P. Hobson
Miles Johnson
Augusta
New York Union League Club
Indianapolis
Valentine Casarrande
Leadville
Col
Hardie Henderson
John D. Rockefeller
Indiana Ipolis
Lee Hall
Crawford
Wrightsville
Texas
Harriman Lines
Frank Wildes
Craser
Manila Bay
Asia
South Carolina
Ilinois
Missouri
Kentucky
Newport News
Louisiana
Venezuela
Marconi
Alabama
Copenhagen
West Indies
China
Balkans
Russia
Constantinople
Milwaukee
Foley
Diamond Match Company
Arthur MacArthur
Department of California
John C. Bates
GR. Stormont
Lafayette
Philiadelphia
William Pauis
Barytone
Castle Square Opera Company
J. Edward Addicks
Delaware
Ohio
Western Pennsylvania
Western Military Academy
Upper Alton
Topeka
Kansas
Montana Senate
Tecolate
N. M
New York Street
Waldorf Hotel
Central American
Hay
State Department
Society Group of Islands
Durance
Zelee
Calabria
Alexander Brander
N. P. Plunkett
Oakland
T. D. Donnelly
Australia
C. Coppenrath
Papeene
Eimeo
el Paso
Edward M. Sturgess
Mexico
Douglass
Ariz
Torres Mountains
Cos
Nacozari
Sturgess
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Journal
Uncle Eben
Deirse
Washington Star
Oregon
Union Pacific
North-Western Line
United Presbyterian
Indianapolis News
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Philadelphia Bulletin
Ballicro
Mulhall
Sioux City
Franklin
Putnam
Post-office
State. Co
oster-Milburn Co
Macbeth’s
Pittsburgh
Daun
Meripemeigllinary
Idaho
Ross Ier-Jackson
Spokane
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