Porto Rican relief bill faces Senate vote and turmoil
The Senate adopts the Porto Rican relief bill conference report by a 15 to 0 vote. Debate attacks and the spread of tension across San Juan Mayagüez and other towns frame a growing backlash as Americans in Puerto Rico face delays, economic strain, and potential unrest.
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Maynes Yauco
Arecibo
Aguadilla
Fajardo
Uane Diaz
Guayama
Foraker Instructed to Seek Tariff Separation in Porto Rico Bill
Washington March 23 Senator Foraker was authorized by the Republican Senate caucus to propose separating the tariff feature from the Porto Rican government bill and to seek passage of the House tariff bill without amendment. The free trade faction in the Senate planned to oppose early action and seek more time if the vote neared. A conference indicated fifteen senators would oppose hasty action, with ten firmly against a tariff on Porto Rican commerce.
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Tillgan
Iowa
Congress
Mr. Tillman
Mr. Foraker
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Cal
McKinley
Gallinger
Porto Rico
Spain
Aday
Foraker
Starving in Porto Rico Jochm Marsh
Porto Rico reports severe hunger conditions as aid access tightens and local relief efforts struggle to meet rising needs amid ongoing shortages and economic strain. International observers call for sustained assistance and faster logistics.
Cabinet Meeting Focuses on Root Report From Cuba Visit
Secretary Root led a cabinet session detailing observations from his Cuba trip. He announced changes in handling government funds and discussed permits for dredging below low water to mark Cape Nome coast, Alaska, and reviewed related laws.
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Washington
Root
Cuba
Cape Nome
Alaska
Incendiary Fires Reported Across Barbadoes Kingston
Nine plantation fires were recorded in Barbadoes during the week ending March 17 amid rising unease at authorities over declining Barbadian revenue. Officials attribute the downturn to reduced purchasing power among the people.
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Kingston
Barbadoes
Strike Grows as Machinists Reach 1802 Out in Cleveland
At the Cleveland headquarters 421 men from thirteen shops joined the machinists strike, bringing the total to 1802. The movement has idle many in other trades. H F Devens of the National Metal Trades Association predicts spread nationwide and says his group will help recruit replacements locally.
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Cleveland, CO
H. F. Devens
National Metal Trades’ Association
Cleveland
Two Unions at Odds in Buffalo Lino Dept Dispute
Edward Wunsch former chief machinist of the Buffalo News Linotype sues sixty seven Typographical Union No. 9 members claiming conspiracy to bar him from work. Wunsch had won a civil judgment for six months pay from July to January and faces possible penalties if convicted under penal code Section 168. The case pits the local typographical union against the Machinists' Union, not a fight between papers and machinists.
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Edward Wunsch
The
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Buffalo News
Linotype Department
Typographical Union
Typographical Union ‘No. 9
Wunsch
Justice Childs
Machinists
Miners of District No 16 Threaten Strike Over Pay
John Mitchell reports from Washington that Myersdale Pennsylvania and Georges Creek Maryland miners in District No 16 will strike if operators do not raise the proposed 10 cent per ton wage increase to 15 cents. About 16 000 miners at stake threaten a district wide shutdown beginning April 1 if demands are not met.
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Ind
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Washington
Myersdale
Penn
Georges Creek
Governor Steunenberg At Coeur d Alene Inquiry
Idaho Governor Steunenberg testified before the Coeur d Alene investigating committee that he authorized any preissuance actions in reclamation and claimed responsibility for all arrests in Shoshone County or by deputies outside Idaho. He said the use of stockades or the bull pen arose from circumstances rather than a specific order.
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Washington
Steunenberg
Idaho
Coeur d’ Alene
Vernor Steunenberg
Shoshone
Merriam
President's wife confined to room by illness
From Washington March 2 Mr Me takes his daily drive with Kinley but the President’s wife has been confined to her room for two or three days with grip and is not regarded as seriously ill though indisposed.
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Kinley
Immigrant Smallpox Case Leads to Quarantine Plan
A Swedish girl Ellen Hall among Vancouver passengers bound for Mage? Massachusetts eluded health officials after partial landing in Portland. Waltham Health agent Moody and Officer Backman vaccinated her at Lyman Farm though she appeared healthy. The house will be quarantined for forty nights to prevent any epidemic risk.
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Electric Road to Tufts College Opens Soon
The Boston Elevated Railroad will rebuild a Mystic crossing after Medford and Somerville approved the necessary chaster repairs. Construction starts April 1 with about sixty days to complete a double track from Winter Hill up Broadway to the Old Powder House then splitting toward Arlington and West Medford via College Avenue.
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Irish Shamrock and Rose Saint Song Fragment
A fragmented wartime lyric contrasts shamrock and rose as symbols of Ireland and Britain. It questions emblems worn by Irish soldiers and recalls 19th century tensions and imperial loyalty amid references to Dublin, Africa, and famine era guilt.
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Swiss Watchmakers Unite to Counter American Competition
Washington reports Swiss watchmakers unite to protect their market from American competition. Prizes are offered to develop improvements in Swiss watches to maintain reputation and name, a subject reported to the Bureau of Foreign Commerce by the Consul General at Gal.
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Bureau of Fore Commerce
Ult Dubte
Gal
Six Thieves Escape in Fall River Robbery Chain
In Fall River on March 23 six thieves fled after robbing a local store during a citywide spree linked to Brockton and Taunton crimes. A. L. Gray, living in Newark, captured with a store goods roll while seven men arrived in the city, six escaping via separate routes. Medley pursued the gang and caught Gray.
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Taunton
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Third Rail System Awarded for New York Corridor
C W Blakeslee and Sons of New Haven have won the contract to build a 35 mile third rail line between Hudson and Albany with completion by July 1. A. M. Young of Waterbury is the principal stockholder in the $2,000,000 capital firm. The line will pass through Niversville where it intersects with the Boston and Albany.
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C. W. Blakeslee & Sons
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N. Y
Consul Macrum to Testify in Washington Inquiry
Consul Macrum arrived in the Capitol from Kentucky to testify before the House foreign affairs committee. Representative Wheeler arranged access to Chal Hitt and secured early evidence for next week. Wheeler intends to press for a full committee inquiry.
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March
Macrum
Capitol
Sponse
Wheeler
Kentucky
House Committee Oni Foreign Affairs
Representa Taylor
Ohio
Pretoria
Chal Hitt
Foreign Affairs Committee
Labor leaders press for curbs on injunctions in labor unrest
In Washington on March 23, Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor and C. & Darrow of Chicago, among others, testified before the House Judiciary Committee urging a bill limiting injunctions during labor disturbances.
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Washington
Preat Gompers
American Federation Labor
C. & Darrow
Chicago
Judiciary
House
Arkansas governor withdraws from senate race
Little Rock Arkansas governor announces withdrawal from the senatorial race leaving Senator Berry as the sole candidate in the field and clearing the slate for the party.
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Ark
Aesernor Jones
Senator Berry
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