Congress and Senate Proceedings Across March 12 17
Reports from Washington detail Senate debates on mediation requests from the Transvaal and financial coinage positions with Nebraska and North Carolina senators speaking. House actions include passage of a placer mining bill for Alaska and the Porto Rico appropriation debates with port tariff considerations and a DC appropriation bill. The week also covers seating changes in the House, and a memorial resolution for Senator Hayward followed by adjournment.
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Senate
Washington
Allen
Transvaal
Rawlins
Utah
Philippines
R. A. Wise
W. A
Virginia
Alaska
Nebraska
Butler
North Carolina
Turner
Housa
House of Representatives
Yeas
Porto Rico
Jones
Arkansas
United States
Wellington
Quay House
District of Columbia
HOUSE
Hayward
State Refutes Premier's Arguments Over Transvaal Note
London dispatch says Free Staters massing at Warrenton to resist forces. Pretoria reports State Secretary Reitz refutes Salisbury note and accuses British ministers of conspiring against independence. Reitz asserts burghers must fight, noting reforms offered before Salisbury telegram.
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Transvaal
London
Daily Mail
Lorenzo Marquez
Warrenton
Pretoria
Reitz
Salisbury
Bloemfontein
Republic
Lord Salisbury
Mr. Reitz
Porto Rico Bill Allocates Customs Revenue for Puerto Rico
The text of the Porto Rican bill passed by the senate provides that 2 095 455 dollars from customs revenue on U S imports to Porto Rico after the Spanish evacuation be placed at the president's disposal for existing and future government, public education, works and other public purposes in Porto Rico through January 1 1900.
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Senate
Washington
Porto Rico
Alten
Washineron
United States
Des Moines
Blanchard
State Board of Health
Topeka Capital Remains Religious
Toroeka Kansas March 19 F A Papenoe banker owner of the Cap ital announces the paper will be continued permanently along the Sheldon lines. He says it will pay more attention to current news and other changes may follow but as the only religious daily in the country it ought to succeed.
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Topeka
Toroeka
Kansas
F. A. Papenoe
Ile
Tenement Fire in Newark Claims Fourteen Lives
New York reports a Newark tenement blaze yesterday killed fourteen people and left two seriously injured. Firemen recovered thirteen bodies from the ruins, and another victim died in hospital. One family was wiped out. in another, only the father survives and is hospitalized.
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New York
Newark
N. J
City
City Hospital
Duluth and New Orleans Railroad Files 2,500,000 Bond Trust
A mortgage and deed of trust filed with the county recorder covers the entire Duluth and New Orleans Railroad stock for twenty five hundred bonds at 1000 each not exceeding 16,000 per mile. Thirty year bonds payable in 1930, enabling immediate possession of 2,500,000 and starting work from Osage to Des Moines via Iowa Falls and Des Moines. Wv. War dall is president and E. M. Wardall secretary. trust deed signed by both.
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Des Moines
County Recorder
Duluth & New Orleans Railroad Company
Winona & Western
Osage
Iowa Falls
Wv. Wardall
E. M. Wardall
Duluth
Des Moines Temperance Seek Injunction Over Saloon Closures
Des Moines temperance lawyers plan to ask the district court for a writ of injunction to close saloons arguing section 2450 of the statutes is unconstitutional. They will then take the matter to the supreme court for an official interpretation, alleging repugnancy and contradiction.
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Des Moines
Des Maines
District Court
Supreme Court
Hoot 18 Indicted on Assault and Dynamite Charge
Waterloo reports the grand jury returned two indictments against Jerome W. Hoot. The first charges assault with intent to murder and the second charges throwing dynamite into an inhabited dwelling. Maximum penalties are ten and twenty five years. Bonds are set at $10,000 each, total $20,000.
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Waterloo
Jerome W. Hoot
Hoot
Murderer Meyer Most Miserable
Ernest Meyer, jailed for killing his brother in law Christ Bauer, endures mental anguish in Woodbury county jail. He laments separation from four children and sobs as he recalls the crime and his life as a German farmer.
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Murderer Meyer
Sioux City
Christ Bauer
Ernest Meyer
Woodbury County
Meyer
Stabbing Affray in Webster City Leaves Boy Injured
March 16 encounter between two school boys ended with Lowe Pierce, 14, wounding Ralph Gerber, 13, with a knife. Gerber is confined at home with deep cuts to the left ear neck and head, near the jugular. Dr. Whitley treated the injuries. recovery expected.
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Webster City
Worester City
Ralph Gerber
L. N. Gerber
Lowe Pierce
Gerber
Whitley
Fire at Davenport damages Lee Broom and Duster Co
A Davenport fire caused by a toppled stovepipe in a back room damaged the Lee Broom and Duster Company. Losses total about 5000 dollars with the building and machinery damaged. operations expected to resume in a couple of weeks.
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Davenport
Lee Broom and Duster Company
Democratic State Convention Sets May 3 in Des Moines
The Democratic State Central Committee met in Des Moines and fixed Thursday May 3 and Des Moines as the date and place for holding the state convention to select delegates to the National convention in Kansas City on July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Mores
Democratic State Central Committee
Des Moines
Kansas City
Davenport Canning Plant Destroyed by Fire
A serious blaze wiped out the Davenport Canning Company plant in Davenport on March 15. The factory, recently refitted and starting tin can production this year, suffered an estimated loss of $150,000 with insurance details not disclosed.
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Davenport
Davenport Canning Company
Safe Burglaries Hit Oskaloosa Stores
Safe burglaries struck Ed Howard's grocery and the Oskaloosa Times in Oskaloosa on March 13. Howard reports about $200 in losses while the newspaper's loss is described as very small.
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Oskaloosa
Ed. Howard
Howard
Dr Gates resigns as Iowa College president
Dr George A Gates has resigned the presidency of Iowa College, with the trustees accepting the decision. He cites his wife's poor health in the Iowa climate as the reason, noting the resignation has been planned for some time. The trustees express appreciation for his service and indicate the resignation takes effect November 1, with Mrs Gates currently in Colorado Springs for her health.
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Iowa College
Grinnell
George A. Gates
Gates
Iowa
Tme
Named for Archbishop Keane and Two Others Nominated
Durveve March 18 Arch bishop Keane of Washington and Bishops Cosgrove of Davenport and Cheyenne named as candidates for the archbishopric of Dubuque. Keane may decline to seek the post, Cosgrove would become next. division of the Dubuque and Davenport sees expected with new bishops to Des Moines and Sioux City.
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Keane
Cosgrove
Linehan
Durveve
Washington
Davenport
Cheyenne
Dubuque
Chicago
Des Moines
Sioux City
Dr. Carroll
Rev
McLaughlin
Clinton
Alleged dynamiters arrested in Cedar Rapids
Seven young men were arrested on charges of placing dynamite with intent to destroy a building. A keg and dynamite with fuse were found on the steps of St. Paul’s Methodist church after a canvass for a petition to operate a multi saloon law. The youths confessed they placed the key on the steps as a joke. they deny liquor organization ties.
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Cedar Ramos
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Street Car Fire Destroys Five Cars in Dubuque
Fire on March 17 burned part of the Dubuque street railway power house. Five cars were destroyed with losses totaling 25 000 dollars and insurance coverage of 20 000 dollars.
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Dubuque
Dusuqur
Des Moines Hosts May Delegates To National Convention
The Republican state central committee met in Des Moines to set the state convention date for May 10 to name delegates to the national convention. G. Cousins was chosen temporary chairman.
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Republican State Central Committee
Des Moines
Kh. G. Cousins
Sioux City
Iowa
Gaynor
Christopher Bauer
Garfield Township
Plymouth County
Earnest Meyers
Rutland Township
Woodbury County
Meyers
Dora Bauer
Bauer
H. C. Fuller
Nevada
Ile
Fifty-first Regiment
Iowa National Guard
William B. Widner
Holmes
Polk County Court
Board of Supervisors
Boers Rally to Defend Transvaal Independence
Reports from Pretoria say Boer leaders and the public vow to fight to the bitter end to preserve independence. President Kruger and advisers plan a defiant reply denying annexations and challenging Britain to "do her worst" while condemning Orange Free State officials for surrender. Cronje and troops sent to St Helena sparks further outrage.
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Lonxon
Pretoria
Lord Salisbury
Transvaal
Reitz
England
Kruger
Orange Free
Fraser
Kelner
Cronje
St. Helena
Great Britain
Ready to March on Pretoria
Lord Roberts’s forces poised to advance toward Pretoria as rail links to the Cape stay intact. Casualties at Dreifontein March 10 numbered 62 dead and 321 wounded including one Canadian. Mafeking remains a target, while relief for Kimberley nears. Russia alone among powers would not intervene. The pope reportedly wrote only a letter to Queen Victoria.
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Lord Roberts
Lonpox
Dreifontein
Loxpoy
Cape
Pretoria
Orange Free State
Mafeking
Kimberley
Russia
Leyds
Leopold
Secretary Root Sees Cuban Progress and Self Government
Secretary Root, in Havana, said he came to Cuba to inspect civil and military departments and to meet representative men and business leaders. He praised Cuban conduct amid years of strife and said they demonstrated the capacity for self government.
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Havana
Root
Associated Press
Cuba
Joint resolution to amend constitution on trusts and monopolies
Washington March 17 Representative Ray of New York chairman of the judiciary committee and head of the trusts sub committee has introduced a joint resolution proposing an amendment to Congress with Article XVI granting power to regulate monopolies create and dissolve corporations and pass necessary laws while allowing states to exercise powers not in conflict with federal law
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Washington
Ray
New York
House Committee On
Judiciary
United States
Congress
Slavery Prohibited in Guam Proclamation Issued
Wasurveron March 19 Governor Leary ordered a proclamation banning human slavery in Guam. The notice marks a formal legal stance against forced servitude in the territory.
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Guam
Wasurveron
Leary
Sultan on the anxious seat over Asia Minor rail deals
In Constantinople on March 17 officials fret as Russia refuses to soften demands for railroad concessions in Asia Minor. The Turkish government urges firmness and the Sultan awaits a military report on the strategic implications before deciding.
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Sultan
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Webster Davis Coming Home from Abroad
Naples reports Webster Davis United States assistant secretary of the interior has arrived from Pretoria on his way to America marking a return from overseas service after a diplomatic assignment.
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Webster Davis
Naples
United States
Pretoria
America
Des Moines Iowa Legislature Debates and Enacts Various Bills
Des Moines March reports show senate and house actions on education library agriculture law enforcement and taxation. Key moves include state mine inspector salary increase bills and a department of agriculture establishment. Cheshire measures on precedence carriage and taxation advance with joint conventions for printers and binders. Senate votes adjust express taxation and rail car reporting while water and schooling considerations appear amid broader fiscal reforms.
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Senate
Des Moines
Cheshire
HOUSE
Bernard Ae
Vinton
Howard ‘Tedford
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
State Department of Agriculture
Open Door Policy in Danger in Empress Dowager Attitude
The American Association telegraphs to Washington that the empress dowager’s stance against reforms undermines the open door policy. They warn rebellion and anarchy threaten foreign interests and urge prompt concerted action by the powers. The Chinese association will seek British support from Sir Claude MacDonald on the matter.
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Shaneuat
American Association
United States
Chinese Association
Claude MacDonald
Warship to Guard Missionary Interests in China
March 17 report from Wasurxeron says Secretary Long cabled Admiral Watson at Cavite to send a warship to Taku China at the mouth of the Tieho river to protect American missionary interests facing threats.
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China
Wasurxeron
Long
Admiral Watson
Cavite
Taku
Tieho River
Germany declines to mediate in war
DURBAN March 13 The Transvaal appealed to Germany for mediation or intervention in the war with Great Britain. Germany replied she declines to interfere as she is in no way concerned in the conflict.
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Germany
Durban
Transvaal
Great Britain
Forty-Six Victims in Red Ash Mine Disaster
Dharteston West Virginia March 14 It is believed all bodies in the Red Ash mine have been recovered The full death toll is forty with six injured Two of the injured are in the hospital and will probably recover
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Dharteston
W. Va
Representative Temple Urges Honest Campaign on Imperialism
Representative Temple, in a county address before the club, declared imperialism is here to stay and urged Republican friends to make a frank avowal in the coming campaign.
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Temple
County
Re Hcan
Land tracts eyed for city site to suit contract wants
Secretary Ward of the Exchange reports a letter and Congressman Hull assures passage of the army post bill with no material objections. The D. B. chairman leads efforts to secure a suitable locality for a site, with three desirable tracts in view and a contract likely to close within months.
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Ward
Hull
Des Army Post
D. B
Tesaple Appellate Court Bill Passes House
The bill creates a three‑man appellate court with exclusive jurisdiction in cases under 3000 dollars except real estate title issues, constitutional questions, municipal authority validity, and divorce cases. No appeal to the supreme court. Judges appointed by the governor. bill takes effect after the general election.
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Tesaple
Supreme Court
Governor Pardons Ollie Blair for Eight Year Sentence
Governor Shaw issues a conditional pardon for Ollie Blair who is serving an eight year term for breaking and entering a road car. Judge Holmes of Polluty imposed the sentence citing prior misbehavior. the pardon lasts only while Blair conducts himself properly and pursues a lawful future.
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Ernor Shaw
Ollie Blair
Holmes
Polluty
Indiana Senate Passes Cheshire Bill Taxing Express Firms
The Cheshire plan to tax express companies under unit system becomes law in Indiana after passage in the senate with one opposing vote. Senators filed explanations, arguing the method is necessary though they oppose double taxation on bonds and stocks. Amendments to treat intangibles and bonds as equal to tangible value were defeated.
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Indiana
Senate
Lewis
Junkin
Ball
Rumors of Russian troop movements in the Black Sea region
A dubious dispatch reports South Russia amid fresh alarm over suspicious military activity. The note hints at troop concentrations near Kros or Mitylene as part of possible preparations for a larger operation, with unclear sources and potential for broader conflict.
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Russia
Lonpon
Apple
Turkey
Kros
Mitylene
Secret Transfer Report From Lexinetron Jail Escape
Officials state that an armory clerk and an associate were moved under secrecy from Lexinetron Ky to Versat and then transported by train to Louisville. They arrived and were detained in the county jail.
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Lexinetron
State Powers and Co
Louisville
Financial Bill Signed in Washington
Washington March 15 228 dent signed the financial bill day. The brief item notes the signing event and the date in a concise government update.
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Washington
Dent
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