Extra Senate Session and Cuban Reciprocity Treaty Ratified
In Washington the senate held an executive session on the Indianola post office case and discussed the Cuban reciprocity treaty with no action. Hamilton Fish’s nomination as assistant treasurer of the United States at New York was confirmed. On the 19th the senate ratified the Cuban reciprocity treaty by 50 to 16 after amendments and then adjourned sine die.
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United States
Senate
Money
Hamilton Fish
New York
United States Senate
Floods and blizzards cause wide damage across states
Floods near Memphis and a Denver blizzard cripple travel and business. Drownings occur in Joplin as five boys die on a raft. Mining accidents kill workers in Cardiff and South Fork. Lightning strikes devastate Greenville and Shawano. A dynamite robbery hits Wilmington tolling $100. Missouri railroads face free transport for officials. Miss river flood sets records. Governors sign anti cigarette law. legal cases span from real to criminal.
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Memphis
Tenn
Denver
Col
Joplin
Raymond Croccroft
Ralph Oaks
Charles Oaks
Peter Berry
Luther Berry
Cardiff
Greenville
Wis
Daniel Holt
South Fork
Gustav Klebesatel
Shawano County Agricultural Society
Shawano
Charleston
W. Va
Stamford
Binefield
FE. G. Davidson
Bear Lake
Mich
Pennsylvania
Wabash
St. Louis
Ole Oleson
Aitkin
Minn
James Ruffin
Jay Green
Sioux City
Ark
Don McGhee
Moultrie
J. H. Bryant
D. Buchanan
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
C. Moench & Sons Company
Moench, Fischer & Gaensslen
Gowanda
Major fires and deaths mark a year of turmoil in 1905
A wave of disasters and political changes includes Hentsch's bonded warehouse fire in Sydney burning for a $2.5 million loss, Clarendon Hotel blaze in Grand Rapids killing William Hawkins, and pushing flood aid. Multiple fatalities occur from maritime collisions and gas asphyxiation. US departments report markets and strikes developments, and leaders resign or reshuffle in Cuba and Venezuela.
Notable Early 20th Century Obituaries and Passings
James K. Jones president of the First National Bank at McConnellsville dies at 91. Gen Schuyler Hamilton veteran of Mexican and Civil Wars dies in New York at 83. Jose Etrada Palma son of the Cuban president quietly wed Miss Mabel Jacobs. Alice Roosevelt reaches San Juan Porto Rico amid cheers. Mrs Ely Knudsen dies in Chicago at nearly 102. William P. Wood heads Lincoln Johnson Secret Service dies in Washington at 80. Justice Charles V. Bardeen of Wisconsin Supreme Court dies in Madison at 53.
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James K. Jones
First National Bank
McConnellsville
Ohio
Gen. Schuyler Hamilton
Gen. Grant
West Point
New York
Jose Etrada Palma
Mabel Jacobs
Alice Roosevelt
San Juan
Porto Rico
Ely Knudsen
Chicago
William P. Wood
Secret Service Division
Lincoln and
Johnson
Washington
Charles V. Bardeen
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Madison
Foreign Notes From Across The World In Brief
Boody and Bayliff fail in London over 1 million pounds. Lyon Azuballey hanged in Wind sor for murder in Tenny Cape last October. Venezuelan congress meets at Caracas. First Cuban consulate general in France opened at Marseilles. Venezuela and allies face renewed trouble. The Hague may be required. Chamberlain hosts in London as Boers loyal to Britain. Cuba blocks removal of Maine wreck from harbor. Charles Godfrey Leland dies in Florence at 79. La Soufriere erupts blinding darkness over St Vincent. Peace signed between Uruguay government and rebels. Cuban senate calls extra session to ratify reciprocity treaty.
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Lyon Azuballey
Windsor
Lion Lundore
Tenny Cape
Caracas
France
Marseilles
Venezuela
Hague
Chamberlain
Great Britain
London
Maine
Charles Godfrey Leland
Florence
Italy
la Soufriere
St. Vincent Island
Various 1904 World News Items Range Across Crimes Disasters and Politics
In a set of inquest and court reports Mrs. Burdick testified without light on her husband's murder as Pennell love letters surfaced. Five Wyoming cattlemen perished in a Sweetwater blizzard. A Mass family tragedy saw Mrs Burke kill her four children then self-destruct. Campbell County men form a bachelor society. Root says Rathbone charges against Gen Wood are unfounded. Miners die from gas in Athens Illinois. Mrs Emma Drake is arrested for murder in Covington Indiana. Canton Missouri Christian College burned, loss $50,000. Surigao town seized by ladrones. American inspector and others killed. Mrs Florence Maybrick to be released in July 1904. Marguerite Sylva troupe treasurer robbed of $3,000 in Milwaukee. Rev. Chichester dies in Atlanta. Gen Matos says rebellion ends if Castro resigns. Memphis flood danger subsides. Mrs Roosevelt and children to stay at Sagamore Hill during the president’s western tour. Mackinac Straits opened to navigation. Santo Domingo captured by revolutionists after fierce fighting.
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Edwin L. Burdick
Buffalo
N. Y
Pennel
Pennell
Sweetwater Country
Wyoming
Peter Burke
Fishdale
Mass
Campbell County
S. D
Root
Rathbone
Gen. Wood
Athens
Til
Emma Drake
Covington
Ind
Robert J. Drake
Christian College
Disciple Church
Canton
Surigao
Mindanao
Ladrones
Clarke
Florence Maybrick
England
Harry E. Nirdlinger
Marguerite Sylva Opera Company
Milwaukee
William J. Chichester
First Presbyterian Church
Chicago
Atlanta
Matos
Castro
Memphis
Tenn
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay
Straits of Mackinac
San Domingo
Republic of Santo Domingo
Minor news items reflect global and national notes of the era
A Canadian tax plan to hit Chinese entrants is said to curb coolie traffic to the United States. Roosevelt accepts UVa Alumni Day June 16 invitation. Reid urges naval arms limits in Britain’s commons. Crile reports adrenalin tests for heart failure. Gillespie to survey Bahia Honda site for defenses. Nzinahwaush, Chippewa elder, dies at White Earth aged 87. Hutchinson phonograph principle aids deaf children. Britain plans medals for Maine nurses. Stewart prepares for G A R encampment in San Francisco. Reno becomes Cuban citizen Jorge Renokinni. Iron makers form to resist unions. lockouts may affect 360,000 workers. Washington dinner marks 160th independence signer birthday. Hetty Green shuns home to avoid property taxes, travels between NYC and Chicago.
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Roosevelt
University of Virginia
Robert Reid
House of Commons
Europe
George Crile
Boston Medical Society
Gen. Gillespie
Bahia Honda
Cuba
Nzinahwaush
White Earth
Minn
Miller Reese Hutchinson
New York
Great Britain
Maine
South Africa
Thomas J. Stewart
Grand Army of the Republic
San Francisco
George Reno
Robert G. Ingersoll
Andi
Jorge Renokinni
Washington
Barton
Hetty Green
Chicago
Venezuela's Castro resigns as president amid Congress urging stay
President Castro tendered his resignation in Caracas as Congress unanimously declined to accept it and urged him to reconsider. The hall filled with diplomats as Castro read a fiery address blaming foreign intervention and signaling abdication to allow lawful succession.
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Caracas
Castro
Venezuela
Congress
Miraflores
Diplomatic Corps
Matos
Stosch
Dean Farrar Dies at 71 in London
Very Rev Frederick William Farrar dean of Canterbury since 1895 died Sunday at age seventy two. He wrote Life of Christ and was a leading figure in the English church serving as chaplain to the house of commons and preaching weekly at Westminster Abbey. He authored many theological works and engaged in social issues including liquor reform.
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William Farrar
Westminster
London
Castro
Venezuela
Senate
Congress
Carlos Ezeta
Republic of
Salvador
Mazatlan
Mexico
Frederick William Farrar
Canterbury
Dean Farrar
Christ
House of Commons
Westminster Abbey
England
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Help for Women
An advertisement-style letter extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for nervousness and female ailments. It cites testimonials and urges readers to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice. The piece includes patient anecdotes and a sales pitch for the medicine.
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Mrs. Pryxenamu
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkkham
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American National Red Cross Society
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Gen. Funston
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