Senate Advances Philippine amend ment to Army Reorganization Bill
Senate debates the Spooner Philippine amendment and Cuban amendment to the army bill. The Philippine amendment vests military civil and judicial powers in the president for island governance until permanent civil government is set up. No sale or lease of public lands or timber is allowed without presidential approval and franchises must be needed and approved. The Cuban amendment was adopted.
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Senate
Philippine Islands
Spain
Paris
Washington
Congress
Islands
United States
House Proceedings in Washington February 28
The House approved conference reports on the Fortification District of Columbia and Military Academy bills, with anti hazing provisions in the latter. The naval appropriation bill was sent back to conference after defeating a Senate three boat provision. Several statues bills were cleared by maneuvers. Adjourning halted a revenue cutter bill amid a looming Thursday session. In Marseilles three thousand dockers voted for a general strike after contractors refused to dismiss overseers.
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Washington
House
District of Columbia
Senate
Marseilles
Militia Guard Deployed to Prevent Griffin Jail Lynch Mob
Gov. Candler orders one militia company to guard the Griffin county jail and another to stay alert to stop a possible lynching of H F B Booth, superintendent of Griffin knitting mills. Booth faced prior arrest for alleged assault on operatives, prompting unrest after a dispute over ticketed work.
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Griffin
Monument to the Queen planned for London
London Feb. 28 Public subscriptions will be asked Thursday for a memorial to Queen Victoria. A cabinet committee appointed by King Edward decided the memorial should be in London, permanent and monumental, with the king's approval. The committee seeks advice from notable persons on exact form and details.
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London
Queen Victoria
Edward
Bearden Arrested in Kansas Bank Kidnap Plot
Honner Springs Kansas February 28 M D Bearden a respected citizen is under arrest for attempting to extort 1000 dollars from Frank Warner bank cashier and principal owner. Bearden allegedly fled with a bag of slugs containing money after receiving a threatening letter and promising death to banker and wife or kidnapping the child.
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Honner Springs
Kan
M. D. Bearden
Frank Warner
Bearden
Transport Indiana Returns With Soldiers From Philippines
The transport Indiana arrived in San Francisco from Manila via Honolulu with 450 sick and seven insane soldiers. Twenty five bodies are aboard, including two who died en route from Manila to Honolulu.
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San Francisco
Indiana
Manila
Honolulu
Philippines
Tragic double suicide linked to marriage in La Junta
In La Junta Colorado the bodies of Louis Bureh and Addie Taylor both 18 were found in an abandoned house one mile south of town. They were found in each other's arms and each had been shot in the head. Authorities report parental opposition to their marriage as the motive.
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la Junta
Col
Louis Bureh
Addie Taylor
Grain and Live Stock Prices From Multiple Markets
Cincinnati and Chicago market notes list flour and grain prices with patent and fancy grades, wheat and corn on track, oats sales, and Chicago futures. Regional livestock values include hogs, cattle, sheep, and lambs across Cincinnati Indianapolis and East Buffalo with price ranges and quality descriptors.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Indianapolis
East Buffalo
Bank Burglary Trap Captures Leader in Riley Kansas
Early Wednesday a planned bank raid in Riley Kansas ended with leader Frank Wharton overpowered and handcuffed after a dark confrontation. Deputies D M Verson and Harry Pugh were injured but survivors fled. the vault with 100000 dollars remained untouched.
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Yowo
Riley
Kan
Frank Wharton
Wharton
Johnson
J. D. Finney
Johnston
Tinkey
D. M. Verson
Harry Pugh
Mantua in Flames as Town Burns to Ground
Mantua Ohio reports a major fire at a Standard Oil Co warehouse destroying the center of the village. About half the 200 houses and the Mantua and Taylor hotels are lost as the blaze spreads rapidly. Residents wander in snow as Cleveland fire units move in. damage expected to surpass 150000 dollars.
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Standard Oil Co
Mantua, O
Mantua
Taylor
Cleveland
War veterans refuse roles in inaugural ceremonies
Washington, Feb. 28. Civil and Spanish war veterans will not participate in the inaugural ceremonies next Monday. Their refusal stems from the grand marshal not granting them a position in the marching columns, which they believe they deserve.
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Washington
Purdue to Open Locomotive Museum in Lafayette
Arrangements completed for a locomotive museum at Purdue University in Lafayette Indiana with railroads showing interest and three agreeing to contribute to the collection. The museum will be the only institution of its kind in the country.
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Chicago
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Government to send punitive expeditions against Ogaden Somalis
It is reported that the government will dispatch strong punitive expeditions of Indian troops against the Ogaden Somalis with the forces advancing from Berbera toward the end of March. In Youngstown Ohio, workers in Mahoning valley blast furnaces planned Wednesday to organize a union with the American Federation of Labor.
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London
Berbera
Gulf of Aden
Youngstown, CO
Mahoning Valley
American Federation of Labor
United States Steel forms vast new empire with 78 furnaces
Cleveland O February 28 It is learned that the newly organized United States Steel corporation controls 78 blast furnaces 149 steel works and six finishing plants including bar mills structural and plate mills tin plate works sheet mills and wire mills The annual finished material capacity reaches about 9 000 000 tons It owns Lake Superior iron mines producing about 11 000 000 tons of ore last year The company runs 18 309 coke ovens 70 830 acres of coal lands and about 30 000 acres of surface lands in the coal region Its lake fleet totals 66 vessels Future absorption of Rockefeller ore and vessel interests could add 59 ships and 2 000 000 tons more ore capacity raising lake ore carriers to 125 with an estimated 125 000 employed across interests The blast furnaces capacity exceeds 6 500 000 tons of pig iron annually half U S output in 1900
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Cleveland
United States Steel Corporation
Lake Superior
Rockefeller
United States
American Tribune New Colony Plan Forms In Indiana
The American Tribune New Colony Co plans to file articles of incorporation with the secretary of state within days. It will form a for profit colony in Oklahoma with a $250000 capital stock, drawing thousands of investors from many states. FP H Fitzgerald of Indianapolis leads the movement with ten thousand members already. The project expects at least 80000 acres of land and a Oklahoma site in development discussions, exact location withheld until land purchase. The colony aims to attract residents from Iowa Nebraska Dakota Indiana Missouri and Ohio and will represent nearly every state.
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Indianapolis
Ind
American Tribune New Colony Co
Oklahoma
Georgia
FP. H. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Iowa
Nebraska
Dakota
Indiana
Missouri
Ohio
Union
Verdi Remains Transferred With Ceremonial Procession
In Milan on February 28 the composer Giuseppe Verdi was moved from the cemetery to the Home for Aged Musicians founded by him. Troops lined the route while a large crowd watched. A several hundred strong choir sang as the procession advanced, headed by a troop detachment and followed by students and other associations.
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Milan
Giuseppe Verdi
Verdi
Rio de Janeiro wreck inquest finds negligence by captain and pilot
In San Francisco the coroner's jury concluded after examining 11 bodies from the Rio de Janeiro disaster that Captain Ward and Pilot Jordan acted with criminal negligence. The Pacific Mail Steamship Co. is censured for employing a Chinese crew. Second Officer Graham Coughlan is commended for saving lives.
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San Francisco
Rio de Janeiro
Ward
Jordan
Pacific Mail Steamship Co
Graham Coughlan
Prisoners at Marshall Poor Farm Try Rail Disaster
In Marshall Missouri inmates at the local poor farm conspired to wreck a passenger train by placing fishplates and railroad iron on the track near the Chicago and Alton line. The train wrecked, car floors torn, air brake damaged, three inmates jailed, they claimed it was for fun. Treasury reports cash balance 146,414,509 and gold 79,440,865 in the general fund excluding the $150,000,000 reserve.
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Marshall, Mo
Chicago & Alton Railway
Washington
Treasury
General Fund
Oil Discoveries Near King's Mountain Battlefield Stir SC County Interest
Reported oil discovery near King's Mountain battlefield sparks excitement in York County South Carolina and adjoining Cleveland and Gaston counties in North Carolina with numerous land options created.
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South Carolina
Charleston
5. C
King’s Mountain Battlefield
York County
Cleveland
Gaston Counties
North Carolina
Regent signs decree naming Cervera vice admiral
The queen regent signed a decree appointing Cervera to the rank of vice admiral. The appointment follows a prior appointment of Midrid as vice admiral on February 28.
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Midrid
Adm
Cervera
Mob readiness as Indiana guards prepare amid assault case
In Indianapolis on February 28 a mob threat followed Dorothy Carter identifying Dee Reed as her assailant. Police and state militia were put on alert, 100 stands of arms moved to the jail, 75 deputy sheriffs sworn in, and crowds dispersed under stern orders. Suspect Reed presented but later questioned as wrong man theories arise.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Dorothy Carter
Dee Reed
New Castle
Irvington
Quigley
Darter
Reed
National Guard
Morristown
Doc” Reed
Candy
Tyner
Morton Arnett
John Bennett
Arnett
Boralma to race against fastest trotters for $10,000
Boston reports owner Thomas W. Lawson plans a three heat free-for-all trotting race for up to $10,000 at a grand circuit track with Boralma 2 28 aiming to meet top trotters like The Abbots 2 03 14 and Croescens 2 04 and Charlie Herr 2 07. Last season Lawson raced Boralma for charity with proceeds donated to hospitals in Boston and Lexington.
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Boston
Boralma
Thomas W. Lawson
Lawsor
Abbbot
Croescens
Charlie Herr
Mr. Lawson
Lexington
Moran wins bloodiest lightweight bout in Savannah
Tony Moran of New York defeats Shorty Jenkins in a dramatic 18th round stoppage in Savannah on Wednesday night Moran scores a decisive knockout with a right hand that drops Jenkins.
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Savannah
Tony Moran
New York
Shorty
Jenkins
Moran
Prominent Politician John F Madden Dies in El Paso
El Paso February 28 John F Madden a prominent politician and highway commissioner from Manhattan borough New York is dead here of hemorrhage. He had suffered from consumption for months.
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el Paso
Tex
John F. Madden
Manhattan Borough
New York
L Aiglon and More Than Queen Stir Napoleonic Fever
The piece surveys two stage dramatizations of Napoleonic life, L Aiglon and More Than Queen, with Sara Bernhardt and Maude Adams in L Aiglon and Blanche Walsh as Josephine. It notes lavish costumes inspired by David portraits, discusses Josephine’s portrayal and the royal imagery, and sketches Walsh’s career and private life.
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Napoleon
Lord This
I’aiglon
Duke of
Reichstadt
Josephine
Sara Bernhardt
Maude Adams
L’aiglon
Blanche Walsh
Edward
Queen Alexandra
England
Miss Blanche Walsh
Thei
Miss Walsh
Louis David
New York
Old Tombs
McDowell
Melbourne McDowell
Fanny Davenport
Noted train encounter ends bragging chorus
A witty intervene by a sharp passenger silences a newly married couple who mock a passerby on a railway car. The woman, sensing the rudeness, turns the tables by gently signaling the older bride that the situation is inappropriate, and the train car quiets after her strategic move.
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Chicago
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