Hopes and Debates Mark Panama Canal and Army Bills
In the Senate on the 18th Cul lom backed the Panama canal treaty while Teller opposed it. The House handled District of Columbia business and reviewed the army appropriation bill totaling 75 million dollars. The 19th saw post office investigations proposed, with Oklahoma and Indian Territory statehood bills and mail restrictions on chain schemes. The Hepburn pure food bill passed 201 to 68. Zenor urged good roads. Morgan pushed annexation talks. Mor gan introduced the Panama annexation bill. In the House five hours focused on the tariff as the army bill remained in committee.
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Senate
Cullom
Teller
House
District of Columbia
Committee On Military Affairs
Committee On Post Offices
Post Office Department
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Payne
Patterson
Platt
Conn
Panama Canal
Morgan
Ala
Panama
United States
Zenor
Ind
Eight Chicago churches closed for building violations
Police guard will prevent reopening until repairs are made. The list includes eight churches in Chicago ordered closed for building violations.
Mine Cave-In Claims Six Lives in Colorado
A coal mine collapse at Rouse in Colorado cost six miners their lives. The incident is among a string of national headlines including floods at Findlay Ohio and a hotel fire in Marion Indiana.
Bryan Opposes Abandoning Bimetalism at Lincoln Banquet
W J Bryan, honored in Lincoln Nebraska, argued against abandoning bimetalism and against shifting the party tariff stance. George Francis Train, famed eccentric financier, died of heart disease in a New York lodging house. Mississippi lawmakers reelect A J McLaurin and H D Money to the U S Senate. Mayor J M May of Cedar Rapids, inventor of farm machinery, dies at 90. National conventions set: Democratic in St Louis July 6, Socialist in Chicago May 1, Prohibition in Indianapolis June 29.
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W. J. Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
George Francis Train
New York
Jones
St. Louis
National Socialist Party
Chicago
Indianapolis
Oliver W. Stewart
A. J. McLaurin
H. D. Money
Mississippi
United States Senate
J. M. May
Cedar Rapids
Global unrest and disasters dominate early 20th century reports
Relief centers in Macedonia report 100000 homeless. Russia and Japan tensions rise as a crisis develops. Bloemfontein floods kill 30 and destroy hotels and 176 houses. Naval mediation ends a Puerto Plata battle. Cuba’s congress adjourns sine die. Notable deaths include Baron Von Mannlicher and historian Herman von Holst. Panama adopts a new constitution separating church and state and abolishing trade monopolies.
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Boston
Macedonia
St. Petersburg
Japan
Bloemfontein
Orange River Colony
Puerto Plata
San Domingo
United States
Russia
Baron von Mannlicher
Berlin
Herman von Holst
Freiburg
Germany
University of Chicago
Panama
Diplomatic Moves in Europe and Asia
Bishop Junguito travels from Cartagena to Panama and claims Colombia will not fort. The British foreign office says Russia may concede Japan demands but opposes recognizing China's sovereignty in Manchuria. British advocates of arbitration urge the czar and the mikado to settle Russia Japan disputes at The Hague.
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Junguito
Panama
Cartagena
Colombia
Russia
Japan
China
Manchuria
British Friends of Arbitration
The
Hague
Mass of 1906 headlines from a crowded news page
Russian notice of Japanese troops at Chemulpo. Chicago fire at the Masonic Temple causes $20,000 loss and mass flee. Diamond thief James Walters arrested in Minneapolis. $12,000 in gems recovered. Senator Burton indicted in St Louis for a $2,500 payoff. Ten drownings in Pennsylvania floods. flood receding. Cleveland Produce Exchange bank cashier Rose indicted for $189,000 embezzlement. Smoot facing possible election challenge. Augustus Hunt schooner wreck off Long Island. seven drowned. Aalesund destroyed. 14,000 homeless. Panama treaty majority among Democrats. information sought from the President. Cannon opposes radical measures. Lynch released on license. New York Central pays $40,000 in tunnel deaths. total $1,249,000. Corean disturbances along Seoul-Fusan rail. Miss Sarah Shaefer found murdered in Indiana. Senate inquiry on Panama underway. House passes pension bills. No river and harbor bill this session. Tornado kills 37 in Moundville Alabama. town devastated. Bishop Dudley dies in New York. 12,000 Japanese troops land at Masampho? Korea. Spring trade outlook favorable. Produce Exchange bank losses total $170,000. Hanna warns socialism threatens labor. Pittsburg Plate warehouse and Bucklen lab destroyed. losses $250,000.
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Chemulpo
Masonic Temple
Chicago
James Walters
Minneapolis
United States
Joseph R. Burton
St. Louis
Rialto Grain and Securities Company
Peat Office
Pennsylvania
George A. Rose
Produce Exchange Bank
Cleveland
Reed Smoot
Utah
Senate
Augustus Hunt
Long Island
Aalesund
Norway
Panama
Cannon
Arthur Lynch
South Africa
New York Central Railroad Company
Fork Avenue
New York
Seoul-Fusan
Corean
Sarah Shaefer
Elkhart
Ind
Bedford
Gorman
Dolliver
House
Secretary of War
Attorney General
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Congress
Moundville
Ala
Tuscaloosa
Thomas Underwood Dudley
Louisville
Masampho
Corea
Dun’s
Bradstreet
Produce Exchange Bank of
Hanna
Pittsburg Plate Plans Company
Wabash Avenue
H. B. Bucklen & Co
Bucklen
Senator Burton Indicted Over Grains Company Payments
United States senator from Kansas Joseph Ralph Burton was indicted by a federal grand jury on nine counts for accepting five $500 checks from Rialto Grain and Securities. The payments alleged to influence post office decisions involving Rialto’s mail permissions, dated between November 22, 1902, and March 26, 1903. Maj. Hugh C. Dennis and W. B. Mehaney are named coactors.
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St. Louis
Joseph Ralph Burton
United States
Kansas
Federal
Rialto Grain and Securities Company
Post Office
Rialto Company
Hugh C. Dennis
W. B. Mehaney
Burton
Lynch Freed On License After Treason Conviction
Col Arthur Lynch who led the Irish brigade in the South African War and was later sentenced to life imprisonment for treason has been released on license. He has not received a royal pardon and remains disqualified from parliament or public office. The release followed intercessions by Mrs Lynch and Sir Thomas Lipton after talks involving Michael Davitt and President Roosevelt.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Arthur Lynch
South Africa
Col. Lynch
Ireland
Michael Davitt
United States
Roosevelt
Albany
England
Davitt
President Roosevelt
Thomas Lipton
Lynch
Sir Thomas
King Edward
Home Secretary
Peruna praised by medical experts in 1900s ad claims
Medical Examiner L Llewellyn and several doctors from Washington to San Francisco endorse Hartman Peruna as a cure for catarrh and related ailments. They praise its systemic action, urge readers to try it, and invite letters for free medical advice from Dr. Hartman in Columbus Ohio.
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United States
Robert BR. Roberts
M. D
Washington, D. C
sThrough
Hartman
Robert R. Roberts
M. C. Gee
Jones St
San Francisco
Cal
M. D. Gee
Peruna
One Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Congress Likely to Delay Financial Legislation
Washington reports indicate the current congressional session will not enact financial legislation. Pressure exists for action, but Speaker Cannon and the president agree on avoiding radical reforms this session. A possible broader reform may come in the Fifty-eighth Congress, but Cannon is not committed.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Cannon
Upstate Party Excited by Docks Ship Hatch Discovery
A group from upstate toured a four master at the docks and thrilled at finding an open hatch on the coal ship about to depart for the east. A woman exclaimed she saw the ship’s holler as the hatch was spotted.
Salzer Seed Co promises huge 1904 yields to farmers
The U S Department of Agriculture endorses Salzer's Oats and lists other Salzer seeds with impressive per acre yields across many crops. It urges farmers to send 10 cents for catalogs and samples from John A Salzer Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin, claiming potential profits in 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Salzer
Farmer
John, A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
Winter Tourist Tickets to Florida On Sale Via Several Routes
Tickets available through Queen & Crescent Route Southern Railway and connecting lines to the South Southeast and Southwest good returning until May 31 1904. Purchase to Florida via Lookout Mountain and Atlanta and return via Asheville and the Land of the Sky. Information from W C Rinearson Cincinnati.
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Florida
Queen & Crescent
Southern Railway
Lookout Mountain
Atlanta
Asheville
Land of the Sky
W. C. Rinearson
Cincinnati
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Indiana
Congress AT Work
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Santa Fe Railroad
John Devine
Colorado Express
New York Central Railroad
Prossen
Louisa Elion
New York City
William Sparrow
Kasson
Minn
United States Steel Corporation
Shelby (O.) Steel Tube Company
Hay
Thomasville
Col. Payne
Asa S. Bushnell
Ohio
Jacob P. Ellen
Lake Michigan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Brighton
Col
Adams County
Rouse
Methodist College
Sioux City
Findlay
A. W. Machen
Pere Marquette
St. Joseph
Navy Department
Ilongapo
Subig Bay
Evans
Wisconsin
Oregon
Tucumari
N. M
Harry Hoffman
Charles Batser
John Keen
Lancaster
Brewers’ and Maltsters’ Union
National Board of Trade
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Holland Society
John Alexander Dowie
Australia
Marion
Johnstown
J. W. Warr
Moline (Ill
Edward Ordera
Treasury
BR. Llewellyn Jordan
U.S. Treasury Department
Columbia College
West Point
Llewellyn Jordan
United States Treasury
Uck
Milwaukee Sentinel
Arge
Rte
Western
Canada
Tion
Ottawa
Broughton
Quincy Building
Chicaro
I. J
Glof
Earth
John A. Salzer Seed Co
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