Mink Quizzes Pacific Rail Receivers Details Earnings
Oliver WW. Mink, a receiver for the Union Pacific, testifies before the Senate Pacific roads committee. He details earnings and expenses from October 1898 to January 1899, noting gross earnings of 52,832,402 and expenses of 21,170,283 while explaining bond interest and main line mortgage payments to keep the system intact from Kansas City to Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oliver WW. Mink
Anto Pacific Railroad
Senate
Committee On Pacific Roads
Old Finance Department
Woaldott
Mink
Union Pacific Road
Welcott
Kansig City
Denver
Union PaciGe
Great Plains
Te Road
Senators Contemplate Cuba Papers and Electoral Proposals
Senate discussions center on confidential Cuba related papers and a secretary of state communication, with debate on publishing the material. The House resumes Aldrich v Robbins Alabama contest argument as Senate panel advances a constitutional amendment for direct election of U S senators by popular vote.
Uproar in Reichstag Over Colonial Policy Attacks
In Berlin on March 14 the Reichstag erupted during debate on the colonial budget. Herr Bebel denounced German officials in Africa, naming Dr Carl Peters and Herr Leist and Herr Weh Yau, accusing them of barbarism including murder and rape. He condemned palace court sentences as shameful.
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Herr Bebel
Berlin
Africa
Carl Peters
Herr Leist
Cameroons
Weh Yau
Leist
Potsdalr
Wehlau
Government sues to reclaim land grants from Burlington Road
United States files suit in Des Moines alleging invalid land grants, seeking forfeiture of up to 87,000 acres amid 1,000 landowners in southeastern Iowa. Proceedings target railroad grants from 1864 and 1916 under land grant and swamp land acts. Co-defendants include many Council Bluffs residents. if government prevails, titles revert to federal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pradley
Maren Ui
United Stat Jareballini
Dept
Chistes
Burling and Tiuiney Railroad
Ammgny
Iowa
Uni Statsa
Des Moines
Cneral Yarmon
Tallen
Chicago
Burtington
Quibey
Burlington
Missouri
Monesomery
Adams
Berlington Road
Acternayse
Rairead
Council Bluffs
Lunds
Red Oak
Glenwood
Corning
Crestan
Lowns
Burlington Company
Spain Watches Congress War Tone Indicates End to Cuban War
Cable dispatches from New York and Rome report Spanish press views on U S Senate war preparations and possible actions. Madrid notes debate as a good sign but warns Spain must not ease pressure, while Italy confirms peace talks with Menelik and that generals thought dead at Adewa may be alive.
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New York
Journal
Iven Madrid
Sciuntora Hale
Hoar
Thorsey Lutt
Menwick
Rome
Menvlck
Ituh
Abyssinia
Albertone
Nava
Kied
Adewa
Mare 1
Dervishes Attack Sabdevali and Italian Desertions
The government reports Dervishes in force have attacked Sabdevali between Kassala and Agordat as Italian garrison withdraws to hills. Separate dispatch notes Verona garrison deserts with arms crossing into Tyrol with hundreds following daily.
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Taiwan
Rome
Mareh
Africa
Sabdevali
Kassala
Agordat
Austria
Vienna
Neue’ Freie Presse
Verona
Tyrol
Gone with a schoolman am
Carl Sampson iv a farming youth from Grundy county disappeared with two carloads of hogs and a carload of cattle destined for Chicago. His wife and two children remained on the farm. A Bildora resident later saw the names Carl Sampson and wife Eldora on a Chicago hotel register. Carl Sampson, 16, is ill in Illinois under medical care. Miss Cline, a schoolteacher boarded with the elder Sampson and left with them. Locals suspect a case of a willing woman and a weak man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midora
Carl Sampson
Grundy County
Chicago
Young Sampson
Sampson
Bildora
Atlantic Hotel
Eldora
Illinois
Miss Cline
Stole Nearly Two Million in Northern Pacific Embezzlement
In Tacoma Washington an examination of Paul Schulze the Northern Pacific official who recently killed himself shows theft totaling about 1 020 000 dollars. Victims included close associates and his ex wife Kate Schulze. He affected several companies including Yakima Investment and Tacoma Motor. He reportedly became involved with actress Marie Wainwright. His final letter expressed farewell to her.
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Tacoma
Wash
Paul Schulze
Northern Pacific
Kate Schulze
Henry Villard
Waler Oakes
Thomas I. Oakes
Schulze
Northern Pacific Land Department
Yakuna_ Trvestment company
Sunnyside
Tacoma Motor Company
Marie Wainwright
Western Union Called. Clinton Man Cuts Wires Fight
Motor of Clinton attempts to cut Western Union wires after city denies franchise. Mayor orders removals, fire department involved, Western Union agrees to a week to settle terms. Expectation rising council may grant only if offices stay open all night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union Company
Western Union
Dubuque Gets It Supervising Steamboat Inspector Moved
The Supervising Steamboat Inspector for the upper Mississippi from Keokuk to St Paul and the Missouri basin will be moved from St Paul to Dubuque. The change aims to centralize operations and respond to local needs amid seasonal considerations and shifting duties.
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Omee Oh
Spector
St. Paul
Pupique
Pibbaps
Mississppi
Keokuk
Algo
Missouri River
Yankton
Te Dupuque
Umueh Tval
Agin
Why They Did Not Marry in Lefayette Indiana
Theodore Woodruff, to marry Miss Ward, demanded the unfinished wedding dress from dressmaker Mrs. Walker Baugher. After learning the dress was incomplete he drew a knife and seriously cut Mrs. Baugher’s hands and arms. He was jailed, his fiancée ended the engagement, and Woodruff pled guilty to assault and battery, receiving thirty days in jail and a $10 fine.
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Beeansa Wis
Young seal shot and killed near Chester Delaware River
A fisherman named Ames Pleres killed a young seal seen along the Delaware near Marcus Hook and wreck of the Excelsior. The 130 pound creature had wandered from salt water and was the first such capture in the area, shot from a small boat near Chester.
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Phat
Chester
Ames Pleres
Marcus Hook
Excelsior
Delaware River
Jersey
Cheatur
H. Js. Ricards
Tyas
Venezuela dispute eyed as US urged to arbitrate early
The James Gazette quotes that the Venezuela dispute will not settle until the United States stops imposing terms and Britain presses for arbitration. The piece underscores tensions between the United States and Britain over Venezuela.
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Pho Rt. James
United States
London
Des Moines Senate Acts On Taxation And Suffrage
Friday in Des Moines the Senate introduced bills including making the attorney general a member of the executive council and authorizing guardians to mortgage property, with county auditor transfers logged by will or court process. House bills for rebates ban and county printing control passed. a bicycle tax measure and warehouse deliberations continued. At 1 PM a joint convention elected Wm. Smouse of Washington as hospital trustee for the insane at Mt Pleasant.
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Senate
the Moines
Hranck
Uhe
Healy
Perrin
Senate Bis
Kilburn
House
Alan
Wood
Board of Supervisors
Wm. Smouse
Washington
Hospital For the Insane
Mt Pleasant
Saturday at Des Moines Senate Bill Advances in State House
In Des Moines the senate and house passed multiple measures including a bill to raise the age of consent to 1 year and a consolidation of city marshal and police chief offices in chartered cities. A house bill to bar telephone charges across county lines failed final passage. Other action included tax and insurance proposals and an appropriation of $1,000 for Okoboji lake improvement. Adjourned.
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House
Pes Moines
Marc
Senate
Crow
Funk
Hobart
Fourth Judicial District
Okoboji Lake
Des Moines Senate Debates Woman Suffrage and Bills
In Des Moines on March 9 the senate took up a woman suffrage resolution with a nine thousand signature petition, then carried the measure from the table. Other actions include a bond date bill, city tax for sprinkling, grave robbing punishment, and a soldiers home admission case. House measures involve locating Iowa troops at Vicksburg, enhancing highway robbery penalties, injunctions for prohibition, and state institutions fixing highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Senate
Kilburn
Palmer
Cheshire
Caroline Crocker Robinson
Bailey
Iowa
Vicksburg
Manahan
Thompson
Miller
Des Moines Senate Moves On Insurance And Jail Provisions
The Iowa senate passed bills to cut interest rates on judgments with stays, exempt fraternal beneficiary orders from insurance statutes, and allow state auditing of such groups. Bills also authorize county auditors to collect non-treasury funds and require separating prisoners under 18. A $50 annual soldier relief salary bill failed amid party divisions. In the house, Linn county member Paula Brant was sworn in. Adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Senate
Supreme Court
Grirres
Northwestern Legion of Honar
Soldiers’ Relief Commission
Bil
Lothrop
Correctionville Court
House
Paula Brant
Linn County
McClelland
the. Polk
Wells
Cuba resolutions spark debate on intervention and policy
Washington lawmakers debated the Cuba belligerency resolutions with Sherman pressing for an early vote. Hill argued against broad intervention language, urging clear terms and warning that resolutions should reflect Congress not imply armed action or threaten foreign relations. He supported concurrent resolutions as proper expressions of congressional opinion.
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Senate
Washington
Lodge
Shermnan
Secretary of State
Cuba
State Department
Fry
Chie
Hoar
Sherman
Congress
Committee On Foreign Relations
Flo
Hale
Corkrell
Missouri
Treasury
Rep
Ohio
Ati P. m
Idl
Dem
New York
United States
Hay Post
Arma
Nso
House
Buncombe
Chilia
Hill
Mr. Hill
Ife
Hin
Hitt
Shesa
Lear
Massachusetts
Spain
Jackson
Delegate for Alaska to elect a congressional delegate
Alaska to gain a delegate in Congress was ordered today to be favorably reported by the House committee on territories. The recommendation comes from the Scranton bill and calls for a delegate elected by the people of Alaska.
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Washington
Scranton
Territory of
Alaska
House Territe- Thea Committee
Record of a bicycle tournament and pacing details
The fragment describes Micke Bt and door bicycle tournament seating with Pere and THegRE. It mentions a tandem ride covering a half mile in 1eter Metcalf paced by mine team, and a distance in 9h. The readable items suggest a cycling event with pacing and distance notes.
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Ban
Word
Micke Bt
Pere and
Thegre
Metcalf
Spanish officer in New York studied harbor fortifications
In New York on March 12 the World reports Captain Charles de la Casa of the Spanish army studied fortifications near New York City for three months, visiting sites around the harbor and gathering information and drawings. A break-in at his room led to questions about what papers were taken, while his official role as military attaché is described as observing posts and reporting to Madrid.
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Gotham
New York
Washington
Spain
Ti Wag
Cantala Charles de la Case
Oner Hundred
Fourteenth Street
Willet's Point
Sandy Hook
New York Harbor
de la Casa
United States
Secret Service
Captain de la Casa
Legation
Baltimore
St Paul
Ietter
de Ln Casa
Ordnace
Secretary of War
Ordnance
Kentucky Legislature Sees Door Open on Unseated Seats
In Frankfort the Senate rejected an amendment to show the chamber had adjourned before the vacancy report was considered. Republicans refused to vote, the chair ruled seventy members present and voting, and the session adjourned with Democrats hopeful of achieving the needed votes to elect before adjournment Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Senate
Jones
Yeats
Walton
House
Deboe
Lay
Landes
Carroll
James
Dunlop
Cavilsle
Blackburn
Railroad lands grants approved by Secretary Hoke Smith
Secretary Hoke Smith approved four supplemental land grants to the Central Pacific Railroad in the Redding and Marysville districts. The awards total 199,772 gores in California across the Marysville and Reading districts, plus additional gores in the Redding area. The action marks formal land allocations to the railroad as successor to the California and Oregon Railroad.
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Hoke Smith
Washington
Central Pacific Railroad Company
California and Oregon Railroad
Redding
Cal
Marysville
Gal
Dding
Cali
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Panieig
R Dceiver
Oliver W. Mink
Congressional Proceedings
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Reichstag
Uonus
Mangayoy
Jowa
Zhen
Maine Wainwright
Hillel
Dubuque
Delaware
Soe
Corgrass
Kentucky
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