Happenings of a Week in Brief
Senate passes omnibus claims bill and fixes dates for memorial addresses. House adopts inaugural ball plan and approves Indian and pension appropriations while debates currency reform and Swayne impeachment. Senate considers statehood and railroad regulation as misc national events unfold.
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United States Senate
Hoar
House
Senate
House Committee On Indian Affairs
House Committee On Appropriations
Committee On Banking and Currency
Charles Swayne
Liet
Miles
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Florida
Russian war news from Mukden to Tokyo reports shifting morale
Reports reach Tokyo that Russian generals at Mukden doubt Europatkin and troops are disheartened after defeats. Port Arthur claims Koniatenko, not Stoessel, heroed the Citadel defense and that surrender followed his death. Oyama receives 32,000 reinforcements and 368 siege guns as he faces 1,254 guns. Cossacks raid the Liaoyang railroad and another unit attacked Newchwang but was repulsed.
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Tokio
Mukden
Europatkia
Port.Arthur
Koniatenko
Stoessel
Mukdensay
Oyama
Port Arthur
Europatkin
Liaoyang
Newchwang
Safe robbery and fires reported across towns
Safe robbers damaged the county treasurer office in Wauseon Ohio and took 5000 dollars. A theater fire at Neepawa Minnesota caused about 50000 dollars in losses. Henry Phipps will fund a million dollars for model tenement houses in New York City. Chief Wilkie warned of a counterfeit two dollar note from 1999 series. Fireworks restrictions proposed for July 4. Bristow resigned as fourth assistant postmaster general to become Panama railroad trade investigator.
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J. J. Hill
Robert M. Fair
Marshall Field & Co
Chicago
T. K. Niedringhaus
Missouri
National Live Stock Association
Denver
Col
Laflin & Rand
Wayne
N. J
Ohio
Buffalo
Cleveland
Toledo
Arthur MacArthur
San Francisco
Japan
Manchuria
Russia
United States
Francis M. Cockrell
Morgan G. Bulkeley
Connecticut General Assembly
Joseph R. Hawley
D. C. MacArthur
Archibald Carmichael
Michigan Central
Dutton
Ont
James H. Peabody
Alva Adams
Colorado
Kansas
K. H. Sarasohn
New York City
Lizardo Garcia
Ecuador
Cayambe
Mme
Emily de Laszowski-Gerard
Vienna
Chevalier Miccislas de Laszowski
Raton
N. M
Wynne
Wauseon
Neepawa
Minn
Henry Phipps
Pittsburg
Wilkie
United States Secret Service
Lyons, Register
Roberts
Edward F. Croker
New York Fire Department
Joseph L. Bristow
Panama
Notable Deaths and Disasters in 1901 Chronicle
Ex Governor Silas Garber of Nebraska dies at Red Cloud. Fire and accidents claim multiple lives from Arkansas to Illinois. Political moves include Wisconsin tariff talk and Missouri campaign probes. A Russian Quaker settlement arrives near Los Angeles as battles, storms, and a mass of obituaries fill the page.
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Silas Garber
Nebraska
Red Cloud
Idaho
Gov. la Follette
Wisconsin
Count Puechler
Germany
Arispe
House
John Matthews
Lincoln
New York
Wilkes Booroth
Washington
William T. Matthews
Frank P. Flint
Rep
Los Angeles
United States
California
Thomas R. Bard
Piggott
Ark
Silas S. Whitehead
Marshall
Evansville
Ind
Enquirer
Courier
Missouri House
Senate
Thomas K. Niedringhaus
St. Louis
H. E. Buckley
Oklahoma City
Okla
George Betz
George Horan
John Finlayson
John Miller
Chicago
Charles D. Hamill
Board of Trade
Cal
Bishop Potter
New York City
William Coleman
Illinois State Board of Charities
Missouri
St. Louis Brewers
State Republican Committee
Alonzo H. Sylvester
Berlin
Alva Adams
Pueblo
Colorado
Great Britain
Cuba
Kansas
Jolo
James J. Jewell
Fourteenth
United States Cavalry
Deaths in Veedersburg lodge balancing books
John Brant of the Veedersburg News and Charles Eckburg barber were found shot dead in a barber shop where they balanced the odd fellows lodge books. Eckburg left three letters including a suicide confession. coroner's verdict says Eckburg killed Brant then himself amid financial trouble. Eckburg, financial secretary of the lodge, had faced auditing concerns earlier.
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Veedersburg
Ind
John Brant
The
Veedersburg News
Charles Eckburg
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Brant
Eckburg
Wertz
John Laban
Charles Pugh
Fifteen Years of Torture Ended by Cuticura Use
Testimonial from H B Franklin of Allegheny Pa. describes fifteen years of scalp sores and itching. After three days of Cuticura Soap and Ointment, his head cleared, and one week with one cake of soap and one box of ointment cured him.
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H. B. Franklin
Washington St
Allegheny
Invention Criticism Prompts Practical Welsh Rarebit Idea
A Washington Post quip suggests pursuing practical inventions. It jokes about a headacheless Welsh rarebit as a cure for time wasted on fads like thornless cacti and fadeless flowers. The remark frames practical innovation as more valuable than gimmicks.
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Washington Post
N. Y
Nickel Plate passenger service praised for comfort and care
The Nickel Plate Road offers attentive service for travelers including ladies and children. Colored uniform porters, clean cars, Pullman sleepers, and dining service for club meals or a la carte at moderate cost are highlighted. Tickets and reservations info available via J. Y. Calahan at Chicago offices.
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Nickel Plate Road
Pullman
French Cabinet Quits After Bitter Chamber Battle
Paris reports that M. Combes and his ministry plan to resign after a fierce midnight struggle. Official letters await President Loubet as the next ministry, likely to pursue separation of church and state, moderating policy changes.
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Paris
M. Combes
Chamber of Deputies
Loubet
Are You Going to Florida or New Orleans
Tickets on sale via Green and Crescent Route and Southern Railway to Florida New Orleans and other points south at greatly reduced rates good returning May 1st 1905 Also variable route tickets good going to points in Florida and Cuba via Atlanta and returning via Asheville For rates and information address W A Beckler N P A 113 Adams Street Chicago IL D P Brown N E P A 11 Fort Street W Detroit MI W W Dunnavant T P A Warren Ohio W C Rinearson G P A Cincinnati Ohio
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Green & Crescent
Southern Railway
Florida
New Orleans
Cuba
Atlanta
Asheville
W. A. Beckler
Adams Street
Chicago
D. P. Brown
Fort Street
Detroit
Mich
Marital Laws Compared Across Nations
A New York World note contrasts English marriage restrictions with U S practice, stating an Englishman cannot wed his deceased wife’s sister while in this country he may marry his ex brother-in law’s spouse. The item reflects legal and social norms highlighted in a brief overseas update.
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England
N. Y. World
Winter Tourist Tickets On Sale To Southern Resorts
Winter tourist tickets are offered at low rates via the Louisville and Nashville Railway from St Louis Evansville Louisville and Cincinnati to winter resorts in the South Southeast and Cuba. For illustrated booklets Florida Cuba New Orleans time tables and rates address C L renne General Pass Agent Louisville. All the fun of having a bank account is destroyed for a woman because the cashier knows how much money she hasn't got. N Y Press.
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Louisville and Nashville
N. Y
Fanatic Rosseau linked to Washington statue attempt
Philadelphia January 16 The man arrested with an unloaded infernal machine admits to attempting to destroy Frederick the Great’s statue in Washington and sending a trunk with an infernal machine to the Umbria in 1903. Authorities in Washington and New York seek him as an American patriotic fanatic.
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Philadelphia
Gessler Rosseau
Uity
Frederick the Great
Washington
New York
Rosseau
Guaranteed Piles Cure Ad Offers Refund Guarantee
An advertisement claims Pazo ointment cures piles in 6 to 14 days with a 50 cent price and a money back guarantee from the druggist. It quotes a Judge remark about reputations after being damaged.
Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromo Quinine
Ad promises a one day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. Slogan claims money back if it fails and notes E. W. Grove’s signature on each box. Price 25 cents. Mentions first successful flour mill in London in 1764.
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E. W. Grove
London
Fire claims Mason family and servant in New York home
Five people died in a blaze that partly destroyed a brownstone at 133 West One Hundred Thirteenth Street. William T. Mason a lawyer, his wife and two children Ellen four and Marion six months perished, along with servant Annie Wells, in the early Sunday morning fire.
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New York
William T. Mason
Ellen
Marion
Annie Wells
West One Hundred
Thirtieeth Street
Powers See Russian Protest as China Invasion Cloak
London reports that the powers view Russia’s note protesting alleged Chinese neutrality violations as a cloak for Kuropatkin’s invasion plans and promise action to block any such move.
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London
China
Kuropatkin
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