General Davis outlines plan to spend funds on roads and aid
From San Juan a World dispatch quotes General Davis saying most congress funds will build roads and the destitute will be fed while the able bodied must work. He avoids politics, praises Puerto Rico and contrasts its people with New Mexico’s earlier territorial rule. The note adds a Tennessee case of Post Office Inspector Cochran taking charge of the Chattanooga office citing official misconduct against Postmaster Moss.
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New York
San Juan
Davis
Congress
Puerto Rico
New Mexico
Jackson
Tenn
H. K. Cochran
Chattanooga
W.M. Moss
Washington
Moss
Senate
Brownlow
Evans
West Tennessee
Bankruptcy ruling sets precedent on stock proceeds
Memphis reports Judge Hammond declares that when a merchant sells stock as a whole the proceeds must satisfy creditors. Concealing or transferring funds to defeat creditors is as unlawful as hiding property under bankruptcy law.
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Memphis
United States
Hammond
Multiple Texas incidents reported from March 22
Paris reports fatal accident two miles from Slate Shoels as Harvey Gibson and Lev Ball ride. Gibson’s horse misdirects him into a tree. Rosebud notes Ella Nabors 12 torn by a window sash. dismembered finger joint. Austin states state received 12460.45 back leases for school land. Nacogdoches reports Robert Scroggins shot in Home store over local option dispute. Governor Sayers plans Washington trip to pursue unpaid war claims. Huntsville records O G Cole, 60, killed by runaway team. Fort Worth voter registration ends at 6425, a record high.
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Paris
Tex
J.O. Haygood
Slate Shoels
Harvey Gibson
Lev. Ball
Gibson
Austin
Nacogileachs
Marels
Lufkin
Robert Scroggins
Borden
Sayers
Washington
Texas
Loud bill debate and British treaty amendments in Congress
House debate over the Loud second class matter bill featured sharp exchanges about lobbying ties. Amendments would raise newspaper sample copies to 2000 and limit mail segregation to titles over 5000 orientation. Senate treaty revisions on estates were defeated, and Alaska gold-sea bed concessions sparked a critical remark. Washington reports also note revenue gains and a 1993 St. Louis exposition bill with a $10 million government match.
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Washington
House
McPherson
Rep. Ia
Lenta
Dem. O
Laud
Alaska
Turner
Senate
Cape Nome
Secretary of War
United States
Great Britain
England
Banks restricted from loaning to officers advance in House
Washington March 22 A banking bill to bar national banks from lending to officers moves forward after favor by the house banking and currency committee. Comptroller of the currency urged the measure saying ill advised loans to officials caused bank failures. Galveston March 22 Dr J M Wright League City sues Clarence Warfield and Martin Byrne for 36000 damages claiming libel by officials at a county commission meeting.
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Washington
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Galveston
J. M. Wright
League City
Clarence Warfield
Martin Byrne
Commissioners’ Court
Wright
Warfield
Byrne
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Willis & Coleman
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Earth
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A. D. Wood
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Great Steel and Iron Combine
Pittsburg
Huntsville
G.cole
Grant
Fort Worth
Wantemngtun News
Cape
Bes
Loud
War Department
Otis
Philippines
Collection of Internal Revenue
Lane
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St. Louis
Louisiana Territory
Lockhart
Luling
South Bend
Ind
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Kandy Kitchen
Berwick Bay
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Gunther
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Bryan
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J. F. Parks
Wooten & Harder
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