Payne Amendment to the Porto Rico tariff bill debate
In Wasurwaros the final day of the Porto Rico tariff fight opened with a large gallery attendance and brisk speeches. Mr Payne proposed a substitute reducing duties to 16 percent and taxing Porto Rican and U.S. manufactured goods. the amendment was adopted without division, with revenue projections around 1.25 million dollars.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
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Boers and British Trade Blows in Feb War News
A long dispatch from Lenox reports on the Boer defense near Mafeking with four thousand Boers and heavy guns facing British columns. French and Kelly-Kenney actions keep the Boers from retreating, while some surrender and prisoners shift. Separate notes include Wright’s Washington appointment discussions, a Chickamauga monument appropriation, and a Kansas City train robber killing.
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Flags Clash at Pilares de Tierra Sparks Fatal Shootout
A Washington's birthday incident at Pilares de Tierra near Goayman Mexico left three Americans and five Mexicans dead after tensions over flag hoisting. U.S. officers faced down armed Mexicans as firing killed Obsries Hogeatt while Danforth, Evans, and Rea were wounded. Flags remained aloft despite the clash.
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Tribune
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Washington
Pilares de Tierra
Pilares
United States
Danforth
Bloodless Enduring Battle at Railway Hill Ends in Irish Losses
New York reports a brutal clash at Railway Hill where Inniskilling soldiers, with Dublin and Connaught units, faced relentless Boer fire. They advanced to capture trenches but suffered heavy casualties, with five officers and about 100 men killed or wounded. Noted commanders and units are named in dispatches from Pietersburg dated February 94.
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Natal
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Colonel Sitwell
Snowstorms in the West Paralyze St Louis Transit
Severe snow and subsequent ice storm crippled St Louis infrastructure. Wires and poles down blocked street cars and disrupted trains for hours. Power and telephone systems faced outages as cross wires and ice failures caused widespread delays and perilous travel conditions.
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ostoOio
T' Sleoteia Ngheing
Livi
Fiercest Buzzard For Years In the Southwest
Snow three feet deep blankets the southwest with drifts up to foot. Kansas Orry on Feb 2 reports rail and telegraph breakdowns, city transit at a near standstill. Storm intensifies, disrupting services and prompting emergency response across Kansas and neighboring regions.
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Kansas
Emblems of Goebel Death Stripped From State House
Vandals removed emblems and drapery from the state capitol's front in mourning for Goebel. The act required many hands and an overnight effort. Cochran on duty faces a court of inquiry. Also reports of Negro exodus from Athens to Mississippi for farm work and a severe wind and hail storm in the area.
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State Capitol
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Fighting Maya Indians and Mexican Troops in Central America
Desperate seven day clash reports government troops and Maya Indians at Oaxaca Mexico with heavy casualties on both sides. Feb 21 attack by 600 Indians on General Bravo’s regiment left five soldiers killed and 15 wounded. later 1,200 Mayas attacked outposts on Feb 25 driving in sentries and assaulting entrenchments amid ongoing fighting and reported over 100 Maya dead.
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