Measures Curbs on Hunting Deaths and State Governance
A garbled legislative summary covers proposed terms for two year terms for state lawmakers, elevated railroad crossings, and funding for county agricultural schools. It notes a four year term bill, rail crossing authority, and a $20,000 rural school grant with infrastructure and staff requirements. It also mentions the state insurance bureau fees being redirected to the treasury and contract publicity rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Fen
O. B. Ekman
Roseau County
House
Senate
Eman
Jackson
J. T. Mannix
Hensepin County
State to allow forty acre homesteads for heads of families
A bill by Andrew Miller of Duluth would let a state head of family take up a timberless state land homestead for a $5 filing and $5 final proof. Tracts must not buttress existing homesteads to promote colonization in unsettled regions. The bill also covers a new Stillwater prison and congressional action on adulterated foods and medicines.
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Andrew Miller
Duluth
W. B. Anderson
House Judiciary Committee
House
John Zelch
Stillwater
J. R. Hickey
Congress
Senate Debates Bills on Drainage Board and Manslaughter
A bare senate quorum sees four introduced bills including creation of a state drainage board with $160000 appropriation and amendments to drainage laws. McNamee seeks first degree manslaughter for hunting mishap deaths. Pugh bills favors $8500 naval reserve at Duluth and Ramsey county hospital for indigent children. Stephens proposes lumber company rights to improve canals.
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Senate
State Drainage Board
Joint Drainage Committee
McNamee
Pugh
Duluth
Dunn
Ramsey County
Stephens
Navigable Streams Recommendation For Passage Conditions
A fragment notes streams used by them under certain conditions were recommended for passage. The readable text hints at navigation suitability and regulatory or operational criteria guiding access.
Missouri Man Ends Life After Fatal Stabbing in Kansas City
Kansas City Missouris Feb 16 Charles Bleger aged 57 fatally stabbed his invalid wife Emma Bleger aged 42 then slit his own throat dying instantly A daughter threatened earlier by Bleger over money for liquor Bleger had attacked his wife believing she influenced their daughter to refuse him funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Charles Bleeer
Emma Bieger
Bleger
Charges Filed in Brotherhood of American Yoemen Session
In Des Moines Iowa on February 16 the Brotherhood of American Yoemen filed formal charges of incompetency and usurpation against founder head J F Paul for changing the constitution. The charges were sent to a committee for report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of American Yoemen
Des Moines
The
Order
J. F. Paul
Governor seeks new WV legislature investigation
Charleston West Virginia February 16 Governor White has sent a special message to the state senate requesting a legislative inquiry into charges that lawmakers doodled while handling liquor and medical legislation. The move follows newspaper accusations prompting the probe.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
White
State Senate
Hie
MacArthur and Goodnow Bail for the Orient
The Pacific Mail steamship Korea sailed from San Francisco to the Orient with 11,000 tons of merchandise including war material for Japan. Passengers include Major General MacArthur and his wife with aide Colonel West. General MacArthur heads to Japan then Manchuria as US Army representative. John Goodnow, ex consul general at Shanghai, returns to China for private business.
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San Francisco
Pacific Mail
Korea
Orient
Honolulu
MacArthur
West
Japan
Manchuria
United States Army
John Goodnow
Shanghai
China
Underwear for Children Prompts Ready Stock Purchase
AAW urges parents to stock up on children underwear, signaling long term supply readiness and potential cost savings through bulk buying. The message emphasizes practical readiness and quality options for kids.
Head in the Senate Upper House Receives President Message
The Senate upper chamber received the president's message on the Dominican protocol signaling a formal executive briefing to lawmakers. The document outlines proposed steps for diplomatic and defense coordination with Dominican authorities and regional partners.
Monroe Doctrine Measures in Santo Domingo Protocol
The president sent to the senate a Santo Domingo protocol urging U S involvement to ensure payment of just debts by South Central American republics and West Indies to preserve the Monroe Doctrine. The measure seeks American control of Dominican revenues to deter foreign intervention and safeguard regional stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
United States
West Indies
Santo Domingo
Committee On Foreign Relations
Japanese Bombard Russian Front Near Mukden
Mukden, Feb. 16. Japanese forces opened a heavy cannonade on the Russian right flank Tuesday afternoon and continued through Wednesday. Reports indicate preparations for a general attack as Russian guns reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mukden
Russian fleet sails to join Rojestvensky in far East
The departure from Libau of Admiral Nebogatoff’s four battleships one cruiser and two auxiliaries to join Vice Admiral Rojestvensky’s squadron is celebrated by the admiralty. The rendezvous point is not stated but is expected to be beyond the Indian Ocean and Rojestvensky is instructed not to delay the cruise into the monsoon period.
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St. Petersburg
Nebogatoff
Libau
Rojestvensky
Far East
Admiralty
Indian Ocean
Russian students strike to press reform demands
Students across Russia use strike tactics to protest political conditions and demand reforms. Moscow students vote to not resume the current school year, with participation spreading to St. Petersburg Kiel and other universities and even seminaries and lower schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
University of Moscow
Kieff
Horace Boies Seriously Ill at Hot Springs Ark
Waterloo dispatch reports Horace Boies prominent Iowa Democrat and twice former governor lies seriously ill at Hot Springs Arkansas. His son H B Boies was sent by telegram. Boies, age seventy seven, had good health until recent weeks when his strength waned and he was advised to seek treatment.
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Waterloo
Horace Boles
Iowa Democracy
Hot Springs
Ark
H. B. Boies
Boies
Fifty Vessels to Join Japanese Navy From Port Arthur Salvage
Tremont reports salvage operations at Port Arthur will add fifty vessels to the Japanese fleet. Vessels will be repaired at Port Arthur docks as large crews work to recover them. Reports also note captured guns artillery vehicles locomotives and rail cars massed on drill grounds for shipment and coal stockpiled at Golden Hill.
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Bers
Renate
Hunter
Committee On Accounts and Expenditures
Board of Control
M. D. Flower
Austin
R. R. Murphy
Austin, Minn
Missouri
Goodnow
Sam
Isabella Fox
India
Cts
Ieade
Barneley
Steven
Calicoes
Belding
Cravenette
Albert Thon
Dent
Domin
ICAN
Third Pacific Squadron
Horace
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