Rapid House Action on Tillman Gillespie Rail Inquiry
Debated and quickly adopted a resolution directing the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate alleged railroad restraints on coal and oil. The measure returns to the Senate for final action, with lawmakers denouncing practices and urging an inquiry while cautioning about potential witness immunity.
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House
Tillman-Gillespie
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Grosvenor
Ohio
Townsend
Michigan
Mann
Ilinois
Cly
United States foreign trade rises in early 1901 period
A Commerce and Labor Department bulletin reports the first seven months of the fiscal year 1901 showing total foreign commerce at 1 752 421 330 dollars with notable gains in both imports and exports. Across seven months ending January 1906 imports rose 70 million and exports 155 million, while January and December breadstuffs exports exceeded 26 million each. The report highlights increases in agricultural products, manufactures, and breadstuffs.
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United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Milanese Cotton Society in Eritrea Posts Year One Loss
The Milanese Society for the cultivation of cotton in Eritrea finished its first year with a 14500 loss charged to agricultural losses and general expenses. It has capital of 110000 with 34000 paid in and aims to grow cotton in its African colony to reduce reliance on American cotton. The venture plans to supply Italian mills from Italian sources and believes success will come in quality and quantity.
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Milanese Society For the
Eritra
America
Gallinger resumes push for 1790 census heads of families
A senate joint resolution by Senator Gallinger proposes publishing the 1790 census by counties and minor civil divisions with heads of families. Three thousand copies are planned, 2000 for the House and 1000 for the Senate. The move fuels a rumor of reviving aristocratic lineage in U.S. governance. The State Department notes a heavy Japan famine response and a $10,000 Red Cross contribution.
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Senate
Gallinger
United States
House
State Department
Klop ®Tsche
The
Christian Herald
New York
Japan
Order of the Red Cross
Manila Prepares for Potential China Emergency
In Manila on February 25, active preparations for a possible China emergency continue. Major General Leonard Wood has postponed his planned Mindanao trip. A Manila list of packers and teamsters asks for volunteers to enlist for service in China, with outfits to be issued.
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Manila
China
Leonard Wood
Mindanao
Shafter Notes on China Uprising and American Force Limits
General William R. Shafter, returning to California, commented on the Chinese situation. He warned that if there were an uprising, the United States could not deploy enough forces to make a decisive showing, with danger primarily to Americans inland.
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el Paso
Texas
William R. Shafter
United States
Cuba
Hig
California
China
Hoch Execution Fails Absolve Man Denied Writ
Johann Hoch, convicted of poisoning his wife Marie Hoch, was hanged in the county jail after his lawyers failed to secure a writ of habeas corpus. The court denied the appeal and Hoch faced death with calm, insisting on his innocence and uttering a final prayer for the lawmen. He died at 1 34 p m with the drop taking effect shortly after.
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Chiergo
Johron Iloch
Leut
Marie Welcher Hoch
Hoch
Supreme Court of the United States
Law
United States Circuit Court
United States
Ma‘her
Comerford
Whitman
Peters
K. N. Landis
Landis
H. R. Davis
Whiteman
Supreme Court
J. R. Burkland
Burkland
Hoeh
Dr. McNamara
McNamara
Maher
Grant Hoch
Mussel Shoals Dam Bill Advances in House
The house spent the day on minor measures and passed several bills including the Mussel Shoals Dam Bill. The measure, before the house from the president, would authorize substantial water power use on the Tennessee River in Alabama and has lingered in congress for years.
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House
Tennessee River
Mussel Shoals
Alabama
Mussel Shoals Dam
Secretary of News
Congress
Hoch's Body Still Unburied as Cemeteries Refuse
Chicago February 25 The body of Johann Hoch lies in the county morgue at Dunning. An undertaker and two clergymen who assisted at Hoch's hanging seek a burial site but all cemeteries including Walheim Forest Home and St. Lucas refuse. Owners of cemetery lots object to interring murderers.
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Chicago
Johann Hoch
Dunning
Hoch
Walheim Cemetery
Forest Home Cemetery
St. Lucas Cemetery
King Alfonso Cancels Roosevelt Wedding Gift Order
A Madrid dispatch reports King Alfonso ordered a wedding present for Miss Roosevelt but countermanded the order due to opposition from his mother and the Spanish cabinet. The move reflects tensions over royal courtesies to the United States and local political sensitivities.
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Spain
New York
Two children die in Huntington house fire
Huntington West Virginia February 25 Two children of Homer Trail perished in a blaze that consumed the family home near Eagle in a deadly fire.
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Huntington
West Va
Homer Trail
Eagle
Plumber Files Bankruptcy Petition Shocks Judge
Kansas City on February 25 judge Phillips was surprised when a plumber filed a bankruptcy petition that led to an adjournment. The unusual filing startled courtroom observers and paused proceedings as details unfolded.
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Kansas City
Phillips
Yisement
Brookhaven hosts Mississippi Masons grand lodge session
The Mississippi Masons held their annual grand lodge session in Brookhaven with strong attendance and notable entertainment. C. H. Blum, a Shelby businessman, becomes the first Jew to serve as Grand Master-elect, linked by marriage to Julius Yaretzky the grand ruler. Attention centers on a Widows and Orphans’ Home with over 52000 endowment funds, bids to be reviewed within six months, and a 1000 endowment appropriation. The grand lodge plans to meet in Natchez in 1907.
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Grand Lodge of
Mississippi
Brookhaven
C. H. Blum
Grand Lodge of the Mississippi Masons
Shelby
Julius Yaretzky
Mississippi Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge
Widows and Orphans’ Home
Natchez
Endowment Push Advances at Mississippi Colleges
College leaders report progress on new endowment drives. Missippi College President W T Lowery says $33,000 secured toward a $75,000 goal, with $25,000 from the American Baptist Educational Society contingent on meeting the target. The drive continues steadily as Millsaps College nears $40,000 of a $100,000 goal and Bishop Theo DuBose Bratton pledges about $30,000 toward a diocesan college fund.
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W. T. Lowery
Mississippi College
American Baptist Educational Society
Lowrey
Millsaps College
Theo
DuBose Bratton
Episcopal
Mississippi
Harvie Jordan to Speak in Mississippi Cities
Word reaches headquarters of the Mississippi Cotton Association that President Jordan will address audiences in Winona on March 15 Jackson on March 16 and Harrison on March 17 as part of his annual southern tour. He will be joined by Secretary Will H. Woods of the state association while President Clark covers Scott Smith and Newton counties.
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National Divorce Congress Committee
Committee On
Wisconsin
Illinois
California
J. C. Richey
Chicago
Committee On Resolutions
McLean
Mississippi
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Academy
H. P. Todd
Crystal Springs
Misissippi Coton Association
Jordan
Winona
Mar
Jackson
Harrison
South
Will H. Woods
Clark
Scott Smith
Newton
Faith Cure Fakirs Deceive Vicksburg Victims
A group of faith curists swindled African American and white residents in Vicksburg last week, taking nearly $1,000 in jewelry and money. The healers claimed a nine day cure required surrender of all possessions, then vanished with the assets.
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Vicksburg
Natchez Board Advances $182000 Bond Issue Plan
The Natchez Board of Mayor and Aldermen adopted a resolution to petition the legislature for authorizing $182,000 in municipal bonds. Funds would cover $82,500 to redeem outstanding indebtedness, $25,000 for a schoolhouse, and $75,000 for a municipal electric lighting and power plant. City debt approaches $600,000, and the proposal would raise net debt by $100,000 beyond the 1892 Code limit.
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Board of Mayor and Aldermen of
Natchez
Bomb factory explosion shocks Odessa outskirts
Odessa February 25 a police search of a house on the city outskirts for a rumored bomb factory ended when a mine exploded killing six men outright and wounding twenty seriously. The blast caused a neighborhood panic as the alleged perpetrators escaped during the confusion.
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Odessa
Coumn
Report on Vicksburg charity hospital praised by committee
Chairman Kyle reports the state charity hospital at Vicksburg is efficiently run and well managed under Dr. Martin. The committee lauds cleanliness, patient care, and the surgeon and staff, recommending a salary increase to 2500 dollars per year for Dr. Martin.
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Kyle
Vicksburg Caily Hospital
Committee On Humane and Benevolent Institution
Stat Charity Hospital
Vicksburg
Martin
Bridge Worker Arrested in Forgery Case at Oshkosh
E. H. Powley alias E. H. Douglas alias A J McCormick alias Trisman, a bridge worker, was arrested at Pt Gibson by Sheriff Lee at Oshkosh Wis on a forgery charge. A deputy heads from Wisconsin with requisition papers.
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E. H. Powley
E. H. Douglas
A.J. McCormick
Trisman
Pt. Gibson
Lee
Oshkosh
Wis
Wisconsin
Mississippi Central railroad eyes Denny tract terminus
Unofficial word says the Mississippi Central Railroad has secured an option on the Denny tract near Bayou Casette four miles from Scranton to serve as a local terminus. Reported deal value is about 1.4 million dollars as the line plans to connect the Mississippi River with the Gulf of Mexico.
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Mississippi Central Railroad
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Natchez
Scranton
Denny Tract
Bayou Casette
Pleased Over Appropriation For Vicksburg Park
In Vicksburg residents feel general appreciation as a Senate approved bill allocates 50000 dollars for the Vicksburg park project. With House passage, expectations rise that the governor will sign, as he has signaled support for the appropriation.
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Vicksburg
Senate
Union Is Raised to Town in Newton County
The governor issued a proclamation elevating the village of Union in Newton county to a second class town after a census showed a population of 470.
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Union
Newton County
White Favors Lynching at Cornell Talk
Ithaca New York February 25 Former Ambassador to Germany Andrew D White urged lynching in a Cornell address. He cited Goldwin Smith and condemned protests against summary punishment of murderers and rapists. He claimed only one in forty six murderers are executed and warned nine thousand will be killed next year.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Andrew D. White
Germany
Cornell
Goldwin Smith
United States
Union card saves man from vagrancy charge
San Antonio February 25 Justice Adams ruled possession of a union card constitutes prima facie evidence the holder is not a vagrant. The decision led to the dismissal of a vagrancy charge against Phil McGuire by Consta ble Stevens. Dick Armendrice, arrested with McGuire, lacked a union card and was fined.
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Tex
Justice Adams
Phil McGuire
Constable Stevens
Armendrice
McGuire
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