Cuban Reciprocity Treaty Action Urged By Congress
Washington reports President Roosevelt plans to call the Fifty-eighth Congress in autumn likely Oct 1 to approve a joint concurrent resolution for the Cuban reciprocity treaty. If the current senate session ends without action, Congress would convene to pass needed legislation so the treaty takes effect in time to aid Cuban sugar planters this year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Date Set for Vote on Panama and Cuban Treaties
Washington reports a planned Senate vote on the Panama canal treaty for Tuesday while the Cuban reciprocity treaty advances after foreign relations committee amendments. The session focused on Cuban treaty details and a notable House approval condition. Adjournment expectations rise as nominations progress remain unsettled.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Morgan
Frye
Cullom
House of Representatives
Committee On Commerce
Crum
Chinese Empire Reform Association elects new education plan in BC
Four hundred delegates attend the British Columbia association annual meeting in Vancouver. The group votes to build a large headquarters and establish day and night Chinese language schools. Classes will serve Chinese youths and Europeans seeking Chinese language and literature. A modern, well educated teacher is to be hired. The plan claims education in Chinese can take five years instead of ten.
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Vancouver
B. C
Chinese Empire Reform Association of
British Columbia
Postal Telegraph to Build Line with Union Pacific
Omaha March 14 The Union Pacific railroad and the Postal Telegraph Company will build a six wire line on UP right of way from Omaha to the Pacific coast. Poles and wire are here and construction begins at once with total cost about 1.5 million dollars. The line links Postal system with the Pacific cable project by Mackay interests.
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Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Postal Telegraph Company
Postal
Union Pacific
Pacific Coast
Postal Company
Pacific
Mackay
Morgan Meets Roosevelt at White House in Afternoon
Mr. Morgan visited the White House in the afternoon and held a half hour conference with President Roosevelt. The purpose of the meeting was not disclosed.
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Washington
Mr. Morgan
White House
Czar Grants Religious Freedom and Local Self Government Reforms
The March 14 decree in St. Petersburg promises freedom of religion for non orthodox creeds and introduces village life reforms. It tasks rural law reform with popular input and aims to ease peasant burdens, seen as Russia’s most significant act since serf emancipation.
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St. Petersburg
Czar
Alexander III
Russia
Terror to Wrongdoers
Olympia March 12 The cumulative punishment bill passed by the legislature imposes harsh penalties for repeat felonies and petit larceny. Habitual criminals may face life imprisonment and petty offenders can be guilty of felonies, prompting police in large cities to push for stricter enforcement and Potts amendment to extend larceny penalties.
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Olympia
Potts
Senate and House Select Reception Committee Named
President J J Smith and Speaker W H Hare finalized the reception committee to greet President Roosevelt in a summer visit. The group includes five senators seven representatives plus the senate president and house speaker with named members Baker Hamilton Earles Crow Easterday Allis Carle Griffin Childs Megler.
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Olympia
J. J. Smith
Senate
W. H. Hare
House
Roosevelt
Hamilton
Spaker
George H. Baker
Edward §. Hamilton
John Earles
Herman D. Crow
J. H. Easterday
L. G. Allis
W. A. Carle
L. N. Griffin
David Childs
J. G. Megler
Seattle Officials Indicted by Grand Jury for Malfeasance
Seattle mayor Thomas J. Humes chief of police John Sullivan and ex King County prosecutor Walter S. Fulton reportedly indicted by the grand jury for malfeasance in office. Charges stem from alleged failure to enforce city ordinances and state laws on gambling and related crimes. Warrants may be served after forms are drawn by Prosecuting Attorney Scott. Piper case previously recalled and under consideration.
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Seattle
Post- Intelligencer
Thomas J. Humes
John Sullivan
Walter S. Fulton
King County
Scott
George A. Piper
Senate Attaches Spooner Act to Panama Treaty
Senator Morgan wins a concession to attach the Spooner canal act to the Panama Canal treaty with Colombia. Senator Lodge urges the move as harmless and necessary to preserve treaty terms, while Morgan argues it prevents invalidation. The attachment is not an amendment and copies of related correspondence are to be requested.
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Washington
Morgan
Senate
Colombia
Lodge
Daniel
Teller
Hoar
Cullom
Isthmian Canal Commissionn
United States
Panama Canal Company
Secretary of State
Injunction Roasts Stir Rail Labor Strife Commentary
The Daily News quotes Judge Tuley and Judge Adams amid a sweeping federal injunction against Wabash railroad unionists. Critics deride the order as unprecedented, warning judges may wield power over labor actions and wage disputes, risking contempt and broader political backlash.
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Chicago
The
Daily News
Tmey
Adams
St. Louis
Wabash
United States
Tuley
Adame
Iere
Enrolled slot bill error discovered in Olympia
Olympia March 12. Secretary of State Sam H. Nichols found the enrolled slot machine bill refers to section 169 instead of amending section 149 of the 1901 session laws. Attorneys say the flaw will not invalidate the measure though supporters doubt the enrolling room handling.
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Olympia
Sam H. Nichols
Humorous Bits From Various Papers On Daily Life
A collage of light humor and quips from Chicago Daily News Brooklyn Life Chicago Tribune St Louis Mirror New York Weekly Puck Tit Bits and Harper's Bazaar. Jokes cover doctors jokes about death and disease playful misunderstandings and travel mishaps with vivid character voices and regional dialects.
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Nora
St. Louis Mirror
Terrence
Dinnie
Dennis
Claribel
Young Hankinson
Angie
Chicago Tribune
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Aberdeen
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