Global Roundup Sparks Political, Fire and War News
The week covered Congress debates on Cuba reciprocity and Panama, with Taft nominated for secretary of war and Wright named civil governor of the Philippines. Reports note fortifications for the Philippines, Chicago theater disaster aftermath, and ongoing Panamanian tensions. Other items include a lynching in Arkansas, a bank forgery case in Kansas, and Harriman’s Union Pacific presidency.
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Congress
Senate
Panama
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Ohio
Luke E. Wright
Tennessee
Philippine Islands
Joint
Army and Navy Board
Philippines
Lodge
House
Chicago
Panama Canal
Post Office Department
United States Senate
Warner
United States
Morgan
Panama Republic
Washington
China
Manchuria
Traeger
J. E. Marcell
Highland
Kan
Edmund H. Driggs
New York
House of Representatives
Albany
Buena Vista
Ark
San Miguel County
Col
E. H. Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
John L. Bates
Massachusetts
Boston
James Garfield
Minneapolis
Minn
H. Frazee
Iowa State Capitol
Russell Sage
Wall Street
Gus Gregory
New Madrid
George Marshall
Rafael Reyes
Hay
New Trial Granted for Alfred A Knapp in Wife Murder Case
Alfred A Knapp, condemned for the murder of his wife in Hamilton Ohio, wins a new trial. He also confessed to five other murders, and the ruling shifts the courtroom spotlight to a high profile case with national press interest.
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Alfred A. Knapp
Hamilton
United States
Canada
Chicago
Mississippi
Jackson
Rock Island Road
Topeka
Kan
Reardon
Benjamin
Maryland
Kentucky
New York
City Council
Burlington
Rochford
Taylor
Bureau of Navigation
Lake Michigan
Lake Bluff
Racine
Mme
Tillian Nordica
Europe
Notable Obituaries and Political Nominations Across States
Obituaries of Rev Chauncey Hobart Rufus Blanchard Benton Beebe Julius Frederick John Reed Warren Barnhart Elijah Woodruff Parke Godwin Ruth Cleveland and political nomination of George A Castor and Samuel J Randall in Pennsylvania Third district. deaths span Minnesota Illinois New York Ohio Indiana New Jersey Connecticut.
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Chauncey Hobart
Red Wing
Minn
Rufus Blanchard
Chicago
Wheaton
Third
Pennsylvania
George A. Castor
Samuel J. Randall
Benton L. Beebe
Sign of the Times
Toledo
Parke Godwin
The
Evening Post
New York
Ruth Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Russia Japan tension and Corean unrest in 1904 era notes
Dispatches from St. Petersburg show Russia's reply to Japan awaiting delivery by Admiral Alexieff. In Corea anarchy flares as U S Marines move from the Vicksburg toward Seoul. Cuban congress backs a national lottery. Cuba's president Palma vetoes it. Typhoid cases rise in Montreal area. The Russian squadron sails from Port Arthur with orders to intercept Japanese landings.
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Royal Opera House
Berlin
Kaissr
St. Petersburg
Russia
Japan
Alexieff
Corea
United States
Vicksburg
Chemulpo
Seoul
Legation
Herbert J. Croft
Chicago
Frank J. Croft
Palma
Montreal
Que
Port Arthur
Corean
Prosperity and tensions mark year in review
Postmaster General Payne lauds a prosperous fiscal year and urges mail handling reforms. Reports from abroad note William Bryan’s return to New York, Smoot’s denial of polygamy, and open ports in Mukden and Antung. Army changes include Gen Adna Chaffee as chief of staff. The Clallam disaster and other deaths, crimes, and political notes fill a turbulent news round.
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Payne
William J. Bryan
New York
Reed Smoot
Mukden
Antung
Gen. Reyes
United States
Colombia
Panama
Chicago
Adna R. Chaffee
United States Army
Gen. Young
Alexieff
John Brown Gordon
Miami
Fla
Santo Domingo
United States Legation
Charles Foster
Fostoria
Ohio
Congress
Treasury
Benjamin Harrison
Springfield
John H. Hutchinson
Milford
Mass
Smith Island
Dungeness
Straits
Juan de Fuca
Robert Gordon Hardie
Brattleboro
William W. Skiles
Shelby
Senate
Scott
Darien Canal
Chaffee
Commissioner of Pensions Ware
F. E. Macha
Pisek
N. D
Bloomington
Ill
la Tesca
Mexico
Roosevelt
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Japan
Russia
Frederick Pabst
Milwaukee
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Anson
Tex
Dietrich
Omaha
Neb
J. H. Coutts
First National Bank of
Tipton
Cedar Rapids
Iroquios
Iroquois Theater Fire Inquiry Delivers Blame for Lapses
Chicago officials and attorney Monroe Fulkerson indict careless lighting handling and lack of fire drills. Managers admit no fire supervision and lock bolted exits fueling panic. Coroner lists 569 dead, earlier reports cited 591 due to morgue shifts.
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Chicago
Iroquois Theater
Monroe Fulkerson
Harry J. Powers
Will J. Davis
Thomas Noonan
Fulkerson
Noonan
Randolph Street
Irish Bulls At Philadelphia Meeting
A Philadelphia political gathering on Locust Street featured a humorous exchange as delegates debated committee sizes. An aged delegate, in a Milesian brogue, proposed increasing the committee to nine to ensure a majority of wan in case of a tote vote.
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Locust Street
Broad
Philadelphia
Solemly
Nome
Physician Endorses Dodds Kidney Pills in Arkansas
Yorktown Arkansas January eleventh Dr Leland Williamson a noted physician publicly endorses Dodds Kidney Pills. He reports daily use in practice for kidney disease back pain gout rheumatism and inflammation and says the pills restore kidney function and cleanse the blood of poisons with prompt relief.
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Yorktown
Ark
Leland Williamson
Dodds
Williamson
His Model Portrait Echoes Actor’s Real Life
A theater exchange praises a villain in a play as a lifelike figure. The author admits the character is a precise portrait of himself, as his wife portrays him in their quiet moments.
Salzer seeds promise record per acre yields and catalog offer
The notice touts Salzer's seeds with claimed historic per acre yields in several states and urges readers to request the 1904 Salzer catalog by sending 10 cents to John A. Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse Wis. Includes a comic quote from the Boston Transcript as filler.
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Salzer
Ind
Ohio
Tenn
Mich
Victoria
Aeney
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
K. L
Are You Going to Florida Winter Tourist Tickets On Sale
Tickets available via Queen & Crescent Route Southern Railway and connections to South Southeast and Southwest valid until May 31 1904. Purchase to Florida via Lookout Mountain and Atlanta return via Asheville and the Land of the Sky with a variable route. Information from W C Rinearson Cincinnati Oh. Refinement creates beauty everywhere.
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Queen & Crescent
Southern Railway
Florida
Lookout Mountain
Atlanta
Asheville
Land of the Sky
W. C. Rinearson
Cincinnati
Coal Price Cut in Fairmont Company Mines
In Clarksburg Virginia on January 8 a 25 cent per ton coal price reduction was announced by the Fairmont Coal Company which dominates local mines. The move cites overdevelopment and slackening demand as reasons for the cut.
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Clarksburg
Fairmont Coal Company
Vegetable Compound Restores Health After Long Illness
Miss Rose Nora of Lexington Kentucky credits the vegetable compound with curing chronic pelvic pain from an inflamed womb and congested ovaries after a bad cold during menstruation. She reports rapid improvement in two months and recommends it to friends. A $5000 forfeit warns against falsified proof of genuineness.
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Rose Hennessy
Lexington
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dean Mrs. Pinkham
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Bluebeard Company
Cleveland
Corn
Kitty
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Boston Transcript
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Micro- Audiphone Co
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