Senate Acts on Harrison Monument and Panama Debates
Summary of measures and debates from Congress including approval of a Benjamin Harrison statue in Indianapolis and extensive Panama discussions in both chambers. It notes appropriations, civil service provisions, Oklahoma statehood moves, and rail, labor, and foreign policy tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Panama
House
Carmack
Spooner
Civil Service Commission
Newlands
Depew
Latimer
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Manchuria Treaties Pressured Before War Breaks Out
A digest of multiple incidents: states push commercial treaties with Japan and China to open Manchuria. officials debate theater fire inquest in Chicago. Ford’s 0:39.25 mile record. Blackfoot murder sentence in Helena. domestic tragedies near Hominy Creek. Indiana warns farmers about Chicago emigration. New Jersey signs urge removal of rail ads. bank run in Superior. an American group linked to arbitration. Mayor Harrison on theater closures. Omaha horse sale pavilion burned. bank robbery in Goff. Edwin Warfield sworn Maryland governor. Pratt City jail fire death of two inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Japan
Manchuria
Troquois Theater
Chicago
Williams
Henry Ford
Detroit
Mich
James Little Plume
Helena
Mont
George Corn
Hominy Creek
N. C
Indiana
State Board of Education
Washington
Hay
Mukden
Antung
Gov. Murphy
New Jersey
Wis
First National Bank
Interparliamentary Union For International Arbitration
Congress
Harrison
John &. Cooper
Omaha
Goff
Kan
Edwin Warfield
Maryland
Pratt City
Ala
Jack Kelly
Notable Political Figures and Officials Pass Away
Ex Governor John Young Brown dies in Henderson Kentucky at age unknown. W J Bryan declares democracy versus plutocracy in New Haven. Rev Joseph Platt, 94, dies in Davenport after long Presbyterian church service. Colonel Charles Denby dies in James town New York during lecture tour. Ohio legislature reelects Marcus Hanna to Senate for six year term starting March 4 1905. Col Thomas M Canter dies in Fayetteville Arkansas at 76. Asa S Bushnell dies in Columbus at 70. E H McCutchen head of BE McCutchen Co dies of typhoid in Holstein Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Young Brown
Henderson
W. J. Bryan
New Haven
Conn
Joseph Platt
Presbyterian Church
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Davenport
Charles Denby
Evansville
Ind
United States
China
E. H. McCutchen
BE. H. McCutchen & Co
Holstein
Noted French painter Jean Leon Gerome found dead in Paris
Dispatches report the death of Jean Leon Gerome in his Paris home. War news describe American ships at Colon, Colombian landings at San Andres, and tense isthmus actions as Colombia and Panama tensions rise amid Russian and Japanese postures.
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Jean Leon Gerome
France
Paris
Colon
San Andres
Balfour
Manchester
Great Britain
Russia
Japan
China
Republic of
Panama
Tokio
St. Petersburg
Coghlan
Colombia
Moscow
United Japan factions unite for defense amid war prep
A sweeping overview notes all political factions in Japan backing national defense while hoping for peace. It also covers a call by Senator Hanna for a Republican national convention in Chicago on June 21, and reports a spate of disasters and political events from the United States, including a Kentucky cave incident and a bank assignment in Mount Ayr Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Hanna
Chicago
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Citizens’ Bank
Mount Ayr
Ray Dunning
Olyphant
Delaware & Hudson Company
William
Prussia
Lyman BH. Barnes
Congress
Appleton
Wis
Henry Keppel
London
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Smoot
Utah
Franklin Union No. 4
Brentano
Linday Allison
United States
Pensacola
Fla
la Salle
James Lawrence Blair
St. Louis Exposition
Eustis
Seymour R. Church
San Francisco
Pollock F. Hyatt
Santiago de Cuba
Jersey Shore
Senate
Teller
Lee
Dorchester County
S. A
Belen
N. M
Edward K. Landis
Philadelphia
John Harris
Drasbach
Atlanta
Grant
Department of the Lakes
Gen
Bates
St. Louis
Ruth Brown Thompson
John Brown
Pasadena
Cal
William W. Dungan
United States Navy
Baltimore
Musham
Mexico City bankers report no need for silver shipments
Bankers in Mexico City have been told by Japan that no more silver is required for the time being. The move is seen as an indication that war is not imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Japan
Lydia Pinkham Medicine Praised by Women in Letters
Readers share testimonials praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female weakness and nervous prostration. Letters from Aliss Guia Gannon of Detroit and Mrs J H Farmer of St Louis claim renewed health after use, urging others to seek the remedy and heed Mrs Pinkham's advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Gannon
Lee
Detroit Amateur Art Association
Aliss Guia Gannon
Jones St
Detroit, Mich
Amateur Art Association
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. H. Farmer
Elliott Ave
St. Louis
Boston
R. Paxton Co
Dept
Mass
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Congress AT Work
Charles M. Schwab
New York
South Congregational
Northwestern Railway
Southern Railroad
New Baden
Ill
Mixon
William Knight
James A. Carothers
Pontiac
Express
Chicago Federation of Labor
Lake Carriers’ Association
John B. Gordon
Oakland Cemetery
Elmore Moseley
Sussex County
Alexander
Ark
Chicago Council
Farmers’ Bank
Auburn
Jumbo Clark
High Springs
Diplomatic Corps
Roosevelt
Cummins
Canada
Havre
Butch” Riley
McMillan
Tallulah
Miss
Seoul
Corea
Iroquois Theater
George N. Dusenberry
William Curran
Curran
Barry
Leon E. Stanhope
MW Harrison
Ele
Building Department
Edward Loughlin
Loughlin
O. K
Muskam
Iroquois
Sir Wilfred Laurier
Ottawa
J. Broughtorn
Quincy Building
U, D.c
Texas
Arizona
Old Mexico
California
Katy
George Morton
G. P. Ass
Mother Gray
Children’s Home
New York City
Olmsted
le Roy
Bellugus
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