Secretaries Dismiss Inquiry on General Miles Remarks
Washington March 21 General Miles criticized Hawley’s bill for a general staff and threatened resignation if enacted Senate inquiry raises if his press statements expose him to discipline Root showed little emotion and noted Miles opposed the bill before the committee under section 7 the lieutenant general would gain broad powers instead of being posed
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Secretary Declines Comment Pending Official Hearing Copy
The department and the president await an official copy of the committee hearing before reaching any decision. The secretary declined to express opinion for the moment.
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Representative Burleson Seeks Philippines War Plan Papers
Washington March 21 Representative Burleson of Texas introduced in the house a resolution asking the president to transmit to the house all correspondence and papers related to Lieutenant General Miles’s request to be assigned to duty in the Philippines and to implement a plan aimed at an immediate cessation of hostilities without further loss of life.
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Missouri contest: Butler vs Horton seat recommended vacant
In the Hor ton v Butler election case from Missouri's Twelfth district the Republican election committee recommends declaring the seat vacant after hearings. The panel found about 14,000 unlocatable registry names, with roughly 9,500 appearing in voting lists. Butler likely received about 7,000 votes and Horton about 2,500.
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Slow progress on river and harbor bill in House
Washington March 21 The House advanced only 30 of many river and harbor pages with 50 remaining. The river and harbor committee again defeated all amendments. Mr Bellamy NC denounced the rumpacker plan to probe Southern election laws and urged conservatives to defeat the resolutions.
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House
River and Harbor Committee
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North Carolina
Fresh Plague Outbreaks Reported in Sydney and Brisbane
Vancouver dispatch notes fresh bubonic plague outbreaks in Australia with twenty new Sydney cases and theater closures. Brisbane reports several deaths linked to plague as travelers bring word of the developments from Australia.
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Washington Hearing on Porter Pay for Widow and Children
A House Military Affairs hearing reviewed a bill to authorize the secretary of war to compute pay and allowances for General Fitzjohn Porter during his retirement and provide for his widow and children. The case, once favored for restoration of rank and pay, highlights 23 years of retirement and Porter’s efforts to restore his name.
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Senate debate on bill for president protection proceeds in Washington
Washington March 21. The senate discussed the protection of the president bill with Pettus Hawley and Nelson supporting and Rawlins McCumber Mallory Carmack Money and McLaurin opposing. Opponents argued federal officials should be treated by courts like other citizens.
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Minn
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Bangor Flood Destroys Bridge Spans and Floods Basements
Flood waters from the Penobscot swept ice and logs against the Maine Central railroad bridge, taking out its middle view and two spans of the wooden toll bridge. Basements in Bangor's business district flooded with goods ruined. a solid ice stretch extends six miles to Hampden, threatening half the downtown if the jam fails.
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