President seeks official interpretation on army bill and Corbin promotion
The President asked Attorney General Griggs for an official interpretation of a clause in the new army bill that would limit promotions to Major General for Adjutant General Corbin to a two year four month term. If upheld, Corbin’s promotion could be temporary or the bill revised.
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Attorney General
Griggs
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Corbin
Army
Endar
Treasury
Cleveland
River Steamer Sinks Near Clarksville After Collision
The H. W. Buttorff en route Nashville to Paducah sank after striking the Louisville & Nashville bridge pier in a high river and gale. No lives were lost though livestock was ruined and the vessel with $15,000 hull value and $2,000 cargo was a total loss. built three years ago and owned by Captain T. G. Ryman and J. S. Tyner.
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Commercial Tribune
Nashville
Tenn
H. W. Buttorff
Paducah
Clarksville
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
H. W. Butterft
T. G. Ryman
J. 8. Tyner
Belgium Queen Marie Henriette Near Death in Brussels
Queen Marie Henriette of Belgium, daughter of Archduke Joseph of Austria and wife of King Leopold II, suffered a serious relapse of broncho pneumonia. A bulletin offered a glimmer of hope after a grim noon, with family prayers and last rites given. Her age and three daughters are noted along with recent marital separations and royal ties.
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Archduke Joseph of Austria
Leopold II
Brussels
Marie Henriette
Belgium
Archduke Joseph
Austria
Leopold I
Louise
Philip
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Stephanie
Archduke Rudolf of
Clementine
Billion Dollar Congress Overspending Warned on Debt
Representative Cannon reports total Fifty-fifth Congress appropriations at 1 566 890 016 28 with 482 562 083 47 charged to the Spanish War. Dockery cites need for restraint and warns of deficits and possible bond issue in 1900.
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Washington
Joseph G. Canfion
Illinois
House Appropriations Committee
Cannon
Spain
Fifty-fifth Congress
Mr. Dockery
Missouri
Treasury
Congress
Public Service
Troops Rush To Lytle As Race Tensions Rise
President orders Company K Sixteenth Infantry from Huntsville Alabama to Lytle Georgia to protect residents amid threats by the Highth Immunes a negro regiment angry at local inhabitants. Two hundred volunteers from the Fifth Georgia stand ready for immediate transport and a tense situation unfolds near the Georgia line.
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Ribune
Atlanta
Firtita
Lytle
Eighth Immunes
Highth Immunes
Wisconsin
Chickamauga Park
Georgia Line
Chickamauga
Henry
Chandler
Sixteenth Infantry
Huntsville
Ala
Georgia
Attorney General Refuses Further Talk on Standard Oil Case
In Columbus on March 5, Attorney General Monnett confirmed a statement about a proposition in the Standard Oil Supreme Court case was correct but declined to identify interested parties or make further comment. L. T. Neal of Standard Oil called the article absurd and said it is “made out of whole cloth.”
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Sampson
Schley
Senate
Sampson-Schley
Long
Admiral Schley
Santiago
Navy
The
Texas
Cor ¥Ora
Santiago Harbor
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Monnett
Standard Oil
Supreme Court
L. T. Neal
Standard
Kipling Inches Toward Recovery as Family Illness Persists
New York reports Kipling shows slow convalescence with continuing fever though lungs infection improves. His daughter Josephine remains dangerously ill at Miss DeForrest’s home, while Elsie at the Hotel Grenoble continues pneumonia with no change in status.
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New York
Rudyard Kipling
Amenaea
Grenoble
Three Rhinehart Children Die in Alaska Valley Fire
A Sedro-Woolley special reports three young Rhinehart children from Walkers Valley died in a house fire after being locked inside while parents worked in the woods. The tragedy occurred in Seattle area coverage dated March 5.
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Seattle
Wash
Post Intelligencer
Sedro-Wooley
Toulon Explosion Kills Soldiers at La Goubran Magazine
A 60,000 kilogram powder magazine blast near Toulon, France, at La Goubran killed all on duty and injured many residents. The blast levelled buildings, toppled trees, caused liquid rainfall despite a clear night, and sent debris into the sea with dozens missing or dead. Relief funds were ordered by authorities.
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Toulon
la Goubran
la Seyne
Toulonin
Varn
France
Pone de Las
St. Jean Devar
M. Lockroy
Benzine Carboy Blasts Train Car Fire Kills Six Women
A benzine canister exploded in a third class railway carriage on the line to Dwinsk south of St. Petersburg last night. The carriage burned, six women and a man were killed and sixteen others injured in the incident.
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ST. Petersburg
Dwinsk
Southern Railway Takes Over Chattanooga Belt Line
Southern Railway assumed control of the Chattanooga Belt Railway under a 99 year lease after Rapid Transit Company failures over rent and traffic. Divine claims $15,000 in unpaid charges and a possible leakage of the Chickamauga Park electric line project if the lease ends. General Manager Gannon asserted the lease was forfeited due to nonpayment as the news unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Railway
Chattanooga Belt Railway
Chattanooga Rapid Transit Company
Divine
Rapid Transit Company
Chickamauga Park
Belt Road
Southern
Spenser
Gannon
Washington
Chickamauga
Despondent Michigan Woman Ends Life in Sandusky Hotel
Mrs Laura Moore aged W committed suicide in Sandusky Ohio today after arriving from Hillsdale Michigan where she had been deserted by her husband. Ill and destitute she found temporary shelter with Philip Nielson before taking laudanum and turning on the gas in her room.
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Commercial Tribune
Sandusky, O
Laura Moore
Hillsdale
Mich
Philip Nielson
King Humbert's Chaplain Anzino Dies in Rome
Monsignor Anzino, chief chaplain to King Humbert, has died in Rome on March 5. His death marks a loss for the royal circle, with funeral arrangements expected to be announced by the church and court.
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Rome
Monsignor
Anzino
Humbert
Wrecked Railroad Trains Kill Two Officials in Pennsylvania
The first section of the last newspaper train east of Scranton was wrecked by a land slide after heavy rain. Engineer Robert McCutchin and Fireman Jf. C. Trace, both of Harrisburg, were killed. Ex press Messenger J. O. Matter escaped injury. Trackwalker Long warned the engineer too late. two freight trains were wrecked.
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Scranton
Robert McCutchin
Jf. C. Trace
Harrisburg
McCutchin
J. O. Matter
Two Tricksters Take Employment as News Agents at Parkersburg
In Parkersburg West Virginia on March 5 J F Peters alias J Johnson and R Odell alias F Lane were arrested on charges as members of a fib fraud gang. They allegedly posed as train news agents to fleece travelers along regional rail lines. Police say they found hundreds in bogus money and a fake Klondike ticket. Both claim to be from Louisville and Jeffersonville with Cincinnati connections. More arrests expected as hearings are set.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
V. Va
J. F. Peters
J. Johnson
R. Odell
F. Lane
Louisville
Odell
Jeffersonville
Klondike
Cincinnati
Ship Mutiny Ends in Heroic Shootout at Sea
Captain Torrance of the British tanker Tancarville quelled a crew mutiny during a January hurricane and was compelled to shoot three sailors to save the ship. One sailor died and another went insane. Board of Trade inquiry upheld his actions.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Torrance
Tancarville
Belfast
Italy Demands San Mun Bay Lease as Coaling Station
Peking reports the Italian government seeks a ninety-nine year lease of San Mun Bay in Che Kiang with rights to three adjacent islands and a railroad to Po Yang Lake along with mining and rail privileges within the southern two thirds of the province. The Chinese government refuses such concessions, provoking international concern and talk of global control of China.
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San Mun Bay
Che Kiang
Uo Po-Yang Lake
Associated Press
Peking
Great Britain
China
United States
Chi Li
Italian Rear Admiral takes command in Chinese waters
Rome reports limited reaction to China’s refusal of San Mun Bay lease for a naval base. Authorities expect concession after more talks as Rear Admiral Grenet boards the Italian cruiser Stromboli at Naples to lead the squadron in Chinese waters.
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Rome
San Mun Bay
Grenet
Stromboli
Naples
Italian warships land marines at San Mun Bay
Rome correspondent reports Italian warships have landed marines at San Mun Bay effectively taking possession. Italy to pay about £80,000 for the concession while the Tsun Li Yamen seeks to reduce the lease to fifty years.
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London
Rome
The
Daily Mail
San Mun Bay
Italy
Tsun Li Yamen
British Minister Backs Italy Claim on San Mun Bay
London dispatch cites Times correspondent stating Sir Claude MacDonald has presented a note supporting Italy's demand and Italy is likely to take possession of San Mun Bay with little to no resistance.
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London
Peking
the Times
Wrath of a Storm Rips Madisonville Tornado Kills Three
A death dealing tornado swept Madisonville Tennessee killing three people and injuring ten others. Two of the injured are not expected to recover as homes and residences were wrecked.
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Commercial Tribune
Knoxville
Tenn
Madisonville
Monroe County
J. H. Burlesohn
Hailstorm in Atlanta Kills Man Under Power Wire
The heaviest hail storm in Atlanta history battered gardens and windows. A Western Union wire released by the storm fell on a 5,000 volt arc circuit, killing Joe Frazier, a young Black man. The storm occurred yesterday in Atlanta, Georgia, with hailstones seven inches in circumference and three inches in diameter.
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Commercial Tribune
Atlanta
Joe Frazier
Western Union
Four Lost In Storm At Decatur Alabama
A fierce storm hit Decatur Alabama injuring four and destroying a 140 foot long distance telephone tower. The wrecked raft below Whitesburg carried four white men presumed lost as their boat was destroyed.
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Decatur
Ala
Telephone Company
Sim McKee
Luke Pryor
Here
Kanawha Valley Flood Strikes Charleston WV
Charleston as well as much of Kanawha Valley submerged after days of heavy rain. The Kanawha and Elk Rivers rose rapidly flooding coal properties and utilities. City officials set up a relief station while residents sought shelter in public buildings as roads and rail service remained disrupted.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha Valley
Kanawha
Elk
State Capitol
Kanawha River
Winifrede
Black Cat
Bank
Capitol
Here
Pt. Pleasant
Cyclone-Like Storm Shreds Chattanooga Area
A severe storm struck Chattanooga Tennessee on March 5 causing a small house to be blown down and business houses flooded. Reports describe a violent and cyclone like passage with extensive damage to structures and flooding in the city.
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Putnam
By Hal D. Landon
Currency Reform Committee
Republican House Caucus
Reform Senate Finance Prospects Committee
Republican Party
Grosvenor
Republican Caucus
Henderson
Iowa
Atlantic City
N. J
Alexandria
Simpson
Senator Foraker
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Eeeee
Ruth
Thomasine
McKinley
Hanna
Thomasville
Europe
Ohio
Shattuc
Bronwell
Republican National Committee
Congressional
Herbert Putnam
Boston
Barrows
Boston Public Library
Buttorff
Clarksville, Tenn
Dockery
Postal Service
Department of Justice
Paris
Appropriations Committee
Secretary of Treasury
Lytley
Standard Co
Kipling
Josephine
Elsie
LaGoubran
Nice
King Humbert
Valley, W. Va
Edward L. Horton
Jack Moser
Willie Irwin
R. A. Roberson
Della Mason
Miss Rogers
Charles Pierce
Hugh Hicks
Charles Kelley
Prof
Kelley
Athens, Tenn
Horton
Roberson
Child
Moser
Frank McGill
Upper East Tennessee
Germany
Tsung-li- Yamen
Chinese Foreign Office
Marquis Salvage Raggi
Kiao-Chou Bay
England
Madisonville, Tenn
West Virginia
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