Senate to Vote Next on Canal and Cuban Treaties
Washington March 12 important moves on treaties in the Senate. A vote on the Panama Canal treaty was set for Tuesday and the Cuban reciprocity treaty reported with amendments requiring House approval. Debate focused on sugar duties and the need for House consent before the Cuban treaty takes effect.
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Committee On Foreign Relations
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House of Representatives
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Cuba
United States
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Bacon
House
Sugar Trust
Mrs Paine Disappears in Buffalo Amid Burdick Inquest
Mrs. Seth T. Paine, a key witness in the Burdick inquest, left Buffalo with a detective pursuing a summons. A ticket agent noted a woman matching her description bought a ticket possibly to Batavia. Funeral arrangements proceed for Arthur R. Pennell and wife after a fatal runaway accident. Pennell's will and Burdick estate details are outlined.
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Batavia
Tragedy at Bellefontaine Ends In Multiple Homicide
August Kraus, a wealthy St Louis County farmer, killed his wife aged 37 and six children with a sledge hammer at his Shelter road home. He attempted to take his own life but only injured himself. The eldest child was 12 and the infant six months old. Neighbors report Kraus has long suffered mental illness. motive cited as insanity. News received by long-distance telegraph.
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Edward H. Hmnery
Louis W. Marcus
Penney
Bellefontaine
Missing Cincinnati woman after Jersey City arrival
Mrs. Mary Keenan, 60, is sought by police after her daughter Miss May Keenan reported she arrived in Jersey City a day early and could not be found. The family planned a surprise visit to a newly prepared home in New York, with Cincinnati as the listed residence.
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Commercial Tribune
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Miss May Keenan
Mary Keenan
Miss Keenan
Tsar Grants Religious Freedom and Labor Reforms
Petersburg report on a royal decree granting freedom of religion to non Orthodox subjects and easing peasantry burdens from enforced labor. It vows local self government and marks a new era, issued to celebrate Alexander III’s birthday.
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Commercial Tribune
Sf. Petersburg
Russia
Alexander III
Famous Naval Officer Leaves Parliament
Lord Beresford, renowned English admiral, retires from Parliament. His successor, a Labour candidate, was elected yesterday, and Beresford will devote his attention to the Channel Squadron, which he was recently appointed to command. He was a popular Commons figure, returning recently from a US tour.
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London
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Commons
United States
Czar Decree Pushes Tolerance and Local Self Rule Across Empire
The decree pleads for national development while upholding Orthodox primacy and freedom of creed for all subjects. It directs banks to support village welfare, preserves communal property, promises peasant labor relief, and seeks closer clerical and communal cooperation under provisional governments. The move echoes Alexander II’s emancipation era aims.
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Alexander II
Meeting of Ohio coal dealers draws over fifty attendees
Columbus reports a large executive committee gathering of the Ohio Wholesale and Retail Coal Dealers Association at the Chittenden Hotel. J H Ulrich outlined talks with the Attorney General and outlined aims to prevent fraud, protect consumers, and ensure fair competition amid anti trust concerns. In New York Dr. R C Flower was arrested on grand larceny and bribery charges related to mining stock sales and alleged payoffs to a police inspector. The case involves Mrs. Isabella Gray Taylor and Andrew D Meloy with stockholders claiming $75,000 in interests. Inspector George Titus denied knowledge of Flower or Meloy and vowed legal action if accusations persist.
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Springfield
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H. Herman
Toledo
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Marion
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Dayon
New York
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Ohio
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Theodore Haggeman
Taylor
Dr. Flower
Andrew D. Meloy
Meloy
Titus
George Titus
Plower
Flower
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Women drivers fill nonunion teamsters roles in Kansas City
Mrs G B Evans and Mrs H B Meyers took over their husbands nonunion jobs driving trucks in Kansas City amid a strike. Citizens offered polite deference as the fleet moved, with police kept on duty around striking barns. A few stones were thrown at one wagon but no injuries occurred and the crowd dispersed.
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St Louis Exposition President and Schwab Aboard Kronprinz Wilhelm
Paris report says Francis, president of the St. Louis Exposition, and Charles M. Schwab were aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm which sailed from Cherbourg yesterday for New York.
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Cherbourg
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Boy 9 Terrified He Had Killed Friend Then Killed Himself
In Belleville Illinois on March 12 Warren Fleming aged 9, believing he had killed playmate Laura Wainwright by striking her with a stone, shot himself through the heart after learning from his sister which side his heart lay.
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Laura Wainwright
C. Stone
Warren Fleming
Fusion's Snare Revealed in Ohio Senator Foraker Speech
United States Senator Joseph Benson Foraker visits Cincinnati arguing a case in court and urging Republicans to back their own candidates. He warns a fusion ticket weakens Ohio and national prospects, cites Mayor Fleischmann and Ingalls, and stresses Roosevelt's renomination and Hanna's statewide re‑election as core goals.
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United States
Joseph Benson Foraker
Cincinnati
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