Cuban Reciprocity Bill Sparks House Debate in Washington
The House opens a day of debate on the Cuban reciprocity bill as leaders seek a final vote by adjournment. Democrats push to remove the refined sugar differential for Cuba and others, with Mr Cushman and Mr DeArmond among key speakers. The caucus backs abolition of the differential, while opponents warn of costs to the U.S. and sovereignty concerns in Cuba.
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Washington
House
Cushman
Wash
Committee On Rules
DeArmond
Messrs
Pierce
Tennessee
Douglass
New York
Lacey
Iowa
Messrs. Jenkins
Wisconsin
Gaines
West Virginia
Warner
Illinois
Gardner
Michigan
Jones
Washinston
Loud
California
Cuba
United States
Democrats
Swanson
Virginia
Toote
Roosevelt
Thomas F. Walter
Mr. Jenkins
Benrig
Senate
Philippines
Sesson
Underwood
Richardson
Senator Morgan Opens Nicaraguan Canal Debate Four Hours
Senator Morgan of Alabama, chairing the Isthmian canal commission, spoke for over four hours in the Senate urging the Nicaragua route over Panama. He argued Nicaragua’s advantages and the practicability of the Nicaraguan canal plan. The session followed by Platt's motion to substitute the Chinese exclusion bill for the Senate version. The body also passed land rights measures for Mobile and a Baton Rouge military reservation title transfer.
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Washington
House
Senate
Morgan
Alabama
Isthmian Canal Commission
Nicaragua
Panama
Platt
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad
Choctaw Point
Mobile County
Ala
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
Cul
Destructive Hail Storm Strikes North Texas Areas
Reports from Ables Springs Rusk and nearby towns on April 18 describe a severe hail event. Prices Knox and C R Lemay suffered home damage while crops including peaches corn and fruit trees were wiped out across several miles.
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Terrell
Tex
Ables Springs
Here
Price Knox
C. R. Lemay
Rusk
Guinn Bros
Wills Point
Cedar Grove
Three New Bishops Chosen by Episcopalians Mexico to Receive Consecration
The Episcopal Church elected three new bishops Salina Nathaniel Seymour Thomas Honolulu Henry Bond Restarick for western Kansas and San Diego and Porto Rico James H. Van Buren. Mexico’s church leaders Henry Forester Faust Orihuela and Jose Antonio Corrion were named as bishops. The presiding bishop will consecrate the three Mexican bishops once approved by a constitutional majority.
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Cincinnati
Episcopal House of Bishops
Potter
New York
Synod of
Bonn
Germany
Salina
Kansas
Nathaniel Seymour Thomas
Honolulu
Henry Bond Restarick
St. Paul's Church
San Diego
Cal
Episcopal Church of
Mexico
Episcopalians of
United States
Henry Forester
Fausto Orihuela
Jose Antonio Corrion
Military Affairs Committee Recommends Action on Resolution
The committee on military affairs favors tabling Mr Burleson of Texas resolution calling for court martial of Major Littleton Waller Ne on the ground that forwarding papers from the Philippines to Washington could be expedited by House action and that inspection would be available when received. The move would prejudice the parties concerned.
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Washington
House Committee On Military Affairs
Burleson
Texas
Littleton Waller
Philippines
House
Mendora Insurrection Ends, Captain Pilcher Reports
Captain Pilcher telegraphs General Wheaton that the Mendora insurrection is over. The island in the Philippines remains quiet as order is restored following months of conflict.
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Manila
Pilcher
General Wheaton
Island of
Mendora
Court martial opens for Major Waller and Lt Aday
The hearing begins on the charge of executing natives of Samar without trial. Lieutenant John H. Aday faces the same accusation after Major Littleton T. Waller. Insurgent leader Gonzales agrees to obey Malvar and will surrender.
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Rné
Littleton T. Waller
Marine Corps
Samar
John H. Aday
Gonzales
Malvar
Steamers Chartered for Oil Trade in Texas Charter
The lake-built steamers Northwestern Northeastern Northman and Northtown, which came east last fall to carry coal, have been chartered for five years for the Texas oil trade and will be fitted with tanks for bulk oil transport.
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Boston
Northwestern
Northeastern
Northman
Northtown
Batensi to Leave Sing Sing After Six Years
Louis Alfred Batensi will depart Sing Sing tomorrow after six years for misappropriating 25000 dollars in jewelry. He faces a French warrant charging embezzlement of 1500000 dollars from Drancé, to be served at the prison door.
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W. A. Reed
Parsons
Same
Bryan
Ossenning
N. Y
Louis Alfred Batensi
Sing Sing
France
Drancé
Brain food nonsense and fake cures warned by authorities
The article ridicules the idea that specific foods nourish particular body parts and promotes Green's August Flower as a cure for indigestion and sluggish digestion. It claims the liver will be stimulated, blood purified, and energy boosted with the remedy sold by Wilson-Jenkins Co.
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G. G. Green
Wilson-Jenkins Co
Green
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Daly
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Etapa
Porto Rico
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Lynn, Mass
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Manila News
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Will
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