Teller Opposes Time in Hawaiian Annexation Debate
In a lengthy executive session Senator Teller of Colorado argued against delaying action on the Hawaiian annexation treaty. He urged annexation as beneficial to U S commerce and alignment with national interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Morgan
Alabama
White
California
United States
Waiian Islands
Sena- White
Sena- Davis
Friends
Davis
Minnesota
Committee On Foreign Relations
Admiral Worden
Monitor
Congress
Chandler
Worden
Hale
Maine
House
the Treasury
Yukon River
Teller
Benator Teller
Colorado
Eeseuy
Military Academy Appropriation Bill Clears House
The House passed the Military Academy appropriation bill Monday with one minor amendment. Debate was desultory, and the measure totaling 453 540 dollars was approved, about 26 802 dollars less than the amount carried by the car AW. A bill ratifying the territorial Arizona legislature act to erect a capitol was also passed. The House then adjourned into committees of the whole.
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Military Academy
Arizona
Life Sentence for Luetgert Laughs at Verdict Reading
Adolph Luetgert, found guilty of murdering his wife, receives a life sentence in Chicago. The defendant laughed upon hearing the verdict read by Clerk Knopf as Judge Gary prepared to adjourn. The courtroom crowd included reporters, police, witnesses, and spectators.
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Agemaker
Chicago
Adolph L. Luetgert
Luetgert
Gary
Criminal Court
Knopf
Commercial Congress Convenes in Tampa Addresses Transportation
The East and West Congress open in Tampa with President Smith presiding. J. M. Lowe of Kansas City delivers a paper on southern and western transportation, noting Western packing house products heading to Liverpool via a gulf port. Afternoon talks focus on the pooling bill before Congress.
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Tampa
Fla
Congress
Congress Hall
Smith
J. M. Lowe
Kansas City
South
West
Liverpool
Allen's Neck Saved by clemency in Bibb murder case
Atlanta dispatch reports Governor Atkinson commuted Tom Allen's death sentence to life imprisonment. The clemency order cites broad support from Bibb Jones and Monroe counties including church resolutions and officials from clergy and courts, calling the petition the strongest ever presented.
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Atlanta
Atkinson
Tom Allen
Bibb County
Bibb, Jones and
Monroe Counties
Judge Receives Threatening Letter in Martin Trial
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania during the Martin Sheriff trial, Judge Woodward reported an anonymous letter threatening consequences if he did not act as demanded. He condemned the writer as a scoundrel and coward and said such intimidation would not influence his judgment.
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Martin
Wilkesbarre
Woodward
Secretary Wilson Visits Florida Tobacco Growers
Secretary Wilson and Dr. J. L. M. Curry arrived in Jacksonville from Washington Tuesday morning. They met at the Escor Hotel where growers from tobacco, sugar cane and vegetables gathered for an informal conversation. Wilson praised Florida grown tobacco as a potential substitute for Cuban and Sumatra varieties.
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Wilson
J. L. M. Curry
Jacksonville
Washington
Senate Debates Cuban Aid Proposals and Belligerent Recognition
Washington reports three differing senate proposals on Cuban relief and belligerency recognition. Allen seeks to amend the diplomatic bill to allow a vote on recognizing the insurgents, while Cannon, Mason and others press for Spain's withdrawal and U S recognition of Cuban independence if Spain ignores a March 4 deadline. De Lome denial stirs talks of a potential ministerial change if a letter proves authentic.
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Washington
Senate
Allen
Nebraska
Committee On Foreign Relations
Spain
Cuba
United States of America
United States
House of Representatives
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Cannon
Utah
Republic of
Western Hemisphere
Cuban
Kingdom of
Republic of Cuba
Mason
Illinois
de Lome
Dupuy de Lome
Quarantine Convention Brings Nation to Mobile Alabama
The South Atlantic and Gulf states quarantine convention met in Mobile, Alabama on Wednesday with about three hundred delegates. Representing medical sanitary scientific transportation commercial and administrative interests, the gathering drew many southern delegates and a large number from other states. Notable attendees came from Chicago St Louis and New York.
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Mobile
Gulf States
Ala
Lom
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Southern progress of new industries in the past week
Southern trade centers report a healthy rise in business with spring demand seen as favorable. Iron, lumber, coal, and textile sectors stay active while new ventures include Rose Manufacturing Co in Dallas and several brick mills, box factories, and mining concerns across multiple states.
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Rose Manufacturing Co
Capital
Dallas
Tex
Natchez
Miss
Rockford
Helena
Ark
Velasco Box
Velasco
Brooks Lumber Co
Bath
8. C
Lexington Lumber and Manufacturing Co
Lexington
Cluttsville
Jemison
Ala
Hale, Miss
Chattanooga
Tenn
Revision of Game Laws Deliberations in Chicago Meet Delegates
Game wardens legislators lawyers and others gathered in Chicago to discuss uniform northwest state laws on game preservation. The first meeting, born in Wisconsin last winter, will report findings to state legislatures with aims to harmonize statutes. Seining in the Great Lakes tops topics, with many delegates favoring total prohibition of spring and winter shooting and protecting breeding seasons.
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Chicago
Northwest
Wisconsin
Great Lakes
Blaze Destroys Half Block at Atlantic City
A morning fire started in the Academy of Music Atlantic City New Jersey leveled about half a block of beachfront buildings and caused an estimated loss of 865000. Insurance coverage is scarce as companies refuse high rates. Moonshiners on War Path in Arkansas County.
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Academy of Music
Atlantic City
N. J
Arkansas
Little Rock
Mountain
Cleburne County
Ark
United States
Butler Objects Delays Nomination Of Ewart
North Carolina Senator Butler urged a postponement of final Senate action on Hamilton G. Ewart to be judge of the western district. He seeks time to formulate charges, asserting Ewart lacks judicial temperament and is not a sufficiently proven lawyer for the appointment.
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North Carolina
Butler
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Hamilton G. Ewart
Ewart
Cathedral Fire in Savannah Believed Incendiary
A Savannah fire destroyed the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, the state’s Catholic seat, with an estimated value of 225000 dollars and 60000 dollars insurance. The blaze began near 11 PM as engines were tied up at a Bay Street warehouse fire, raising questions of arson amid extensive property losses and multiple gutted brick buildings.
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Savannah
St. John the Baptist
Georgia
Bay Street
St. Vincent de Paul
Jefferson Street
Charles A. Conklin & Co
Atlanta
Montgomery and
Williamson Streets
Conklin & Co
John Flannery
Herman Meyer
Savannah Grocery Company
Georgia and Alabama Railroad
Dixon, Mitchell & Co
Battleships in a Bad Way Series of Accidents Noted
A letter received in Boston from a New York cruiser officer details a string of accidents affecting several ships in the North Atlantic squadron. The report cites troubling incidents as the fleet moves toward the Yazoo River improvement project. The War Department approves Army Engineers work on the Yazoo river mouth near Vicksburg with work likely to start soon.
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North Atlantic
Boston
New York
Yazoo River
Secretary of War
Army Engineers
Vicksburg
Mormon Elders Face Hostile Sentiment in Florida Towns
A Tampa special reports residents of several Florida towns oppose Mormon elders as proselyting efforts rise. In some settlements preachers were driven out under threats of whipping, with Tampa officials noting local excitement and close scrutiny of the missionaries presence.
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Tampa
Fla
Cuban Debate Opens As Senators Hear Cuban War Crisis
In the Senate crowded galleries hear Mason and Cannon argue the Cuban question ahead of anticipated speeches on recognizing Cuban independence. Mason denounces shipments to Spain while urging action to stop atrocities, even suggesting buying Cuban women and children to save them.
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Messrs
Mason and
Cannon
Senate
United States
Spain
Utah
Cuba
Congress
Hale
Mason
Illinois
Sai
The Gallows for Gafford in Lloyd Murder Trial
Greenville Alabama dispatch reports John A. Gafford found guilty of murdering Bartow Lloyd the Alabama author. After four days deliberation the jury fixed the punishment at death, with initial jurors split on life or death. The verdict drew public plaudits and the defendant remained calm.
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Bartow Lloyd
Alabama
Greenville
Ala
John A. Gafford
Covington Council Members Jailed for Defying Judge
Seven Covington city council members were sentenced to jail by Circuit Judge Travin for refusing to obey his orders to refurnish the Kenton county courthouse at Covington and move the court to Independence. The defiant actions led to immediate confinement.
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Travin
Cincinnati
Covington
Kenton County
Independence
Secretary Gage Issues Warrant For Mortgage Funds
Secretary Gage issued a Treasury warrant for 7515255.15 dollars to the United States treasurer to pay first mortgages on the eastern and middle divisions of the Kansas Pacific. The action follows the president's directions and anticipates Judge Banborn's ruling on redeeming the first mortgages and delaying the February 16 sale.
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Vecretary of Treasury
Gage
United States
Kansas Pacific
J Banborn
St. Louis
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