Senate Ships Subsidy Bill Under Fire In Philippines Report
The senate subcommittee on interoceanic canals recommended against the Panamanian offer, while Sen Frye supported the shipping bill for ocean mail service and fisheries. A shooting incident marked the meeting as Sen Pritchard was wounded. Sen Kittredge reserved a minority report. The House debated rural free delivery yet adjourned amid a Cuban relief tariff conference and sugar tariff tensions.
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Senate
Frye
House
Philippines
Washington
Pana Company
United States
Morgan
Mitchell
Kittredge
Pritchard
Foster
Louisiana
Turner
Com
Committee On Commerce
Savannah
Allen V. Reed
Navy
Flora A. Darling
Eldorao and Bastrop Railroad Company
Ouachita River
Arkansas
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
N. M. Brooks
Postoffice Department
Germany
Liberia
Venezuela
Postoffice
Memphis
Tenn
Loud
California
Swanson
Payne
Henderson
Katy flyer derailed at Ivy Sid ing injuring several
At Ivy Sid ing near Luling on the Southern Pacific a Katy flyer derailed after an open switch. A chair car overturned and three sleepers left the track. engine struck a wood car causing a fire burning three wood cars. Fireman Johnson escaped. Engineer Collins injured. Jerry Morrison, a train porter, suffered a shoulder break. No fatalities.
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San Antonio
Ivy Siding
Southern Pacific
Luling
Aransas Pass
Johnson
Collins
Jerry Morrison
Supreme Court Says Detroit Street Car Fare Ordinance Irregular
The supreme court ruled that Detroit's ordinance reducing street car fares to 8 cents was irregular and without binding effect because a prior ordinance had set the fare at 5 cents. The decision, issued in Washington on March 4, centers on the city's conflicting fare regulations.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Detroit
Mich
Prince Henry of Prussia Arrives Amid Chicago Welcomes
Prince Henry of Prussia arrived in Chicago at 6:30 PM greeted by Mayor Harrison and an official committee. Crowds packed streets from the depot to the Auditorium as torches and electric lights lit the city. The grand ball at the Auditorium was the main highlight, described as the finest social event Chicago had seen, rivaling past ceremonies.
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Chicago
Prince Henry of Prussia
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Harrison
Prince Henry
Prince
Admiral Dewey
Union Stock Yard Sues Cudahy for 100000
In Nashville circuit court the Union Stock Yard company filed suit against John Cudahy of Chicago seeking 100000. The claim says in 1892 the parties agreed the plaintiff would provide land for a packing house to handle 300 hogs and 50 cattle daily, but Cudahy allegedly refused to comply.
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Nashville
Union Stock Yard Company
Chicago
New York
Louisville
John Cudahy
Cudahy
Engineer Kennerkan Killed By Trestle Collapse at Spadra
Fort Smith Arkansas March 4 An engineer named Kennerkan was killed instantly while pulling a freight train through Spadra when timbers of a coal mine trestle collapsed onto the track. He was peering from the cab window to check an injector when the fatal accident occurred. The body was discovered after several dead engineers were found hanging half out of the cab.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Kennerkan
Fort Smith and
Little Rock
Spadra
Choctaw Railway Expands to 40 Miles Beyond Arkinda
Texarkana reported March 4 that the Arkansas and Choctaw railway rapidly extends its line from Texarkana to 40 miles beyond Arkinda in the Indian Territory. Construction reaches Hugo eastward to the Kiamichi river with a 12 mile gap to Hugo and Arkinda. Engineers plan a line east of Ashdown to the Mississippi river.
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Texarkana
Arkansas and Choctaw Railway
Arkinda
Indian Territory
Hugo
Kiamichi
Corps of Engineer
Ashdown
Ark
Mississippi River
Populist National Convention May Move to Memphis
Jo A. Parker chairman of the Middle-of-the-road Populists visits Memphis to discuss transferring the national Pop convention from Louisville and to set a later date than April 2. He states there will be no fusion with the Democrats.
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Memphis
Jo A. Parker
First
Body identified as W L Chaddick in Whitewright cellar
In Whitewright Texas a dead man found in a cellar was identified by his father W H Chaddick of Plano as W L Chaddick rather than Bob Datting. The elder man described clothes and hat and recognized a photograph. Also note reports from Constantinople about Ellen Stone kidnapping and court action.
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Whitewright
Tex
Bob Datting
W. L. Chaddick
Plano
W. H. Chaddick
Constantinople
United States
Leichman
Ellen M. Stone
The
Porte
Young Man Fatally Injured in Santa Fe Yard Accident
Allie Amos of near Norman CT was seriously injured in the Santa Fe yards when he rode the tender of an engine and fell under it as the train moved.
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Purcell
I. T
Allie Amos
Norman
C. T
Santa Fe
Prohibition Wins In Franklin Texas March Vote
Prohibitionists secured a dry victory in Franklin Texas with 317 votes cast 163 in favor and 154 against it producing a nine point majority for prohibition in the March election.
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Franklin, Tex
Prohibition
Judge Reagan In Worse Health Report
Austin dispatch says Judge John H. Reagan's condition has worsened with erysipelas in his face and head. Mrs. Reagan reports the illness serious and the family prays for his recovery as L J Storey confirms the update.
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Reagan
Austin
John H. Reagan
L. J. Storey
To Cure Malaria in Four Days With Quinoria
Advertises Quinoria promising malaria cure in four days with a money back guarantee. All druggists refunded if it fails on fever or malaria. Price 50 cents per package. M. H James, leading druggist, Bryan, Texas.
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W. A. Reed
Consulia Modern
Parsons
Same
Bryan
C. CG. Parsons
Seltzer
M. H James
Vexsas
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Batavia
Howell Bros
C. G. Parsons
Panama
Ain
James & Castles
Condos Bros
Bryan Kandy
Navasota
Hearne
Grand Central Station
Hudson River Division
Grand Opera House
W. J. Swain
R G. Lowerey
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Bryan, Texas
City Market
Mike
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