Congress Debates Margin Tax and Peonage Probe
The House debated a bill by Hepburn to curb margin trading with a 50 cent per 100 share tax while excluding pledged stock certificates. A resolution authorized immigration committee inquiry into peonage. Florida issues were raised against Assistant Attorney General Russell and Attorney General Bonaparte. The postoffice appropriation bill, totaling 220.77 million, faced extended general debate under Overstreet, with adjournment at 5:06 am after brief discussion.
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Washington
Hepburn
Iowa
House
Immigration Committee
Clark
Fierida
Russell
Florida
Bonaparte
House of Representatives
Overstreet
Indiana
Dismiss 10 000 Men in Railroad Layoffs
Missouri railroad officials report about 10 66 employees have been dismissed across operating, mechanical, and clerical divisions to cut losses. The state railroad commission estimates roughly 8 000 of the unemployed were laid off in the last fifteen days. The Chicago and Alton plans to dispense with 100 passenger collectors. The Cotton Belt road imposes five unpaid layoff days each month.
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St. Louis
Missouri Railroad
State Railroad Commission
Chicago & Alton
Robbery at Banco de Minero in Chihuahua
Telegram from Chihuahua reports Banco de Minero owned by Ambassador Creel robbed of 295000 Mexican money. No details yet. Police ordered to monitor the border closely. Notes were in 1900, 100, 50 and 20 peso denominations.
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Chihuahua
Fi Paso
Tex
Mexico
Banco de Minero
Creel
Bancroft Woman Ends Life After Drinking Carbolic Acid
Bancroft Mrs. C E Robinson an elderly resident died by suicide with carbolic acid. She took the poison while alone in the home as her daughter Mrs. W F Presser shopped downtown. She leaves two daughters and a son.
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C. E. Robinson
Bancroft
C. BE. Robinson
W. F. Presser
Thomas B Wannamaker Dies in Liverpool Hotel
Thomas B Wannamaker of Philadelphia son of John Wanamaker and member of the Wanamaker family died suddenly at the Hotel Liverpool in Liverpool after arriving from Egypt with his mother seeking health. He had long suffered rheumatic gout and his death follows a period of illness.
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John Wannamaker
Philadelphia
Liverpool
Thomas B. Wanamaker
John Wanamaker
Mr. Wanamaker
Egypt
Throng Attends Priest Leo Heinrichs Burial in Paterson
An immense crowd filled St Bonaventure's church in Paterson to honor Father Leo Heinrichs, former pastor, assassinated in Denver. The services reflected solemnity and community reverence.
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Paterson
St. Bonaventure’s Church
Leo Heinrichs
Denver
Nine Hour Law Extension Denied by I C C
The Interstate Commerce Commission voted against extending the time to comply with the nine hour law. The decision denies all petitions to delay enforcement of the hours of service provisions.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroads Prepare for Nine Hour Law Compliance
Washington America railways plan to obey the nine hour law by employing thousands more operators and closing many small stations. Discontinuing service at several points will likely cause temporary travel and shipping inconvenience while cutting operating expenses. At a hearing, railroad officials attributed current strains to banking conditions rather than regulation, noting 300,000 idle freight cars and widespread congestion of empty cars across major lines.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
H. A. Mudge
Rock Island
Fire destroys large Tampa district in Sunday blaze
Northern Tampa suffered a severe fire that began in a boarding house and burned for three to four hours. It razed fifty five acres or eighteen and a half city blocks, destroyed 308 buildings including four large factories, many restaurants and over 200 cigarmaker dwellings. Loss estimated at $600,000 with about half covered by insurance and one woman dead from excitement.
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Tampa
Fla
Gasoline Cars Approved Between Madison and Freeport
Wisconsin Railroad commission dismisses complaint against gasoline motor cars on Illinois Central between Madison and Freeport Indiana. The panel says the motor cars are an advance in railroading and will bring beneficial results, despite claims they are dangerous and inadequate as a means of locomotion.
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St. Paul, Minn
Pioneer Press
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Railroad Commission
Freeport
Illinois Central Railroad
Great Northern Makes Terms
Spokane reports a satisfactory settlement between Great Northern and its telegraph operators. S T Moore, division delegate, says officials agreed to honor the nine hour law and will set new working hours after a St Paul conference.
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Spokane, Wash
Great Northern Railway
San Francisco and Northern
S. T. Moore
St. Paul
Great Northern
Wu Tingfang Speech At San Francisco Banquet
Chinese Minister Wu Tingfang spoke at a Sunday banquet hosted by San Francisco Chinese merchants. He asserted that the exclusion of Chinese laborers from the United States is a fixed fact and warned that opposing the exclusion laws or violating them is ill advised and against Chinese interests.
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San Francisco
Wu Ting Fang
United States
Threat to Priest Prompts Police Report in Chicago
Reverend P. Neuvil of St. Procopius Roman Catholic Church received a letter demanding $1,000 with a threat of death if refused. Police were notified.
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Chicago
P. Neuvil
St. Procopius Roman Catholic Church
Indian Blood Feud Ends in Slaying at Salisaw
Salisaw Oklahoma scene of a fatal family feud as John Chuculate a full-blood Cherokee leader was killed by his brother in law George Chuculate a noted Cherokee figure. The incident marks a brutal intra tribe killing within the Cherokee community.
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Salisaw
Okland
John Chuculate
George Chuculate
Fowler Measure Approved in Banking and Currency Panel
The house committee on banking and currency voted eleven to five to report the Fowler currency bill with a favorable recommendation. Nine named members voted, with one present and not voting. Weeks reserved right to oppose a federal guarantee of national bank deposits on the floor. The committee amended six features and Fowler released a synopsis urging a complete reform of financial and currency practices.
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Washington
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Representative Fowler
New Jersey
House
Ave—Fowler
Prince of Illlinois
Powers
Maine
McMorran
Michigan
Weems
Ohio
McCleary
Pennsylvania
Waldo
New York
Hayes
California
Weeks
Massachusetts
Carey
Gillespie
Texas
Noel—Burton
Ollie James
Kentucky
McKinley
Illinois
Lewis
Georgia
Crawford
North Carolina
McHeary
Pajol
Louisiana
Glass
Virginia
Banking and Currency Committee
House of Representatives
Fowler
Preservatives to Be Used Pending Board Action
Washington reports the use in small quantities of benzoate of soda and sulphur as food preservatives will be permitted pending formal action by the referee board of consulting scientific experts, according to an order issued by the department of agriculture.
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Washington
Referee Board
Department of Agriculture
Supply Depot Bill Secures Omaha Indian Depot Funds
Washington Senator Burkett secured an amendment to an appropriation bill granting 100000 dollars for a new Indian supply depot building at Omaha. The edifice will be on the old corral grounds owned by the government. Nebraska delegates had long fought to keep the supply depot funding in the Indian bill. The amendment ends the annual battle by removing the future struggle.
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Washington
Burkett
Omaha
Nebraska
Jerome Faces Removal Petition Over District Attorney Duties
A New York petition to Governor Hughes seeks Jerome removal as New York County district attorney. It accuses him of failing to prosecute jury fixing in street railway cases, delaying life insurance crime prosecutions, and tolerating a railroad property seizure scheme. The filing cites alleged misconduct, improper judge remarks, and over 50 000 dollars in campaign contributions from interests seeking favors.
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New York
William T. Jerome
County of
Hughes
Albany
Metropolitan Street Railway
William I. King
Jerome
Life Insurance Companies of
Armstrong Committee
Metropolitan Street Railway of
Jeromé
New York City
Jeromes
New York’ S Central Railroad Company
McKinley Home Sale Planned After Heirs Refuse
In Canton Ohio the McKinley Memorial trustees failed to obtain the President's home from Mrs. M C Barber and the William McKinley estate heirs would not sell at 25000. The plan was taken to court and the property will be offered at public sale.
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Canton
McKinley National Memorial Association
M. C. Barber
Fire at Pearl Street block destroys Sioux City stock
A fire ripped through the Green inger block at 212 216 Pearl Street in Sioux City damaging an entire building and the stock of the tenant, a wholesale company listed as Sioux City Tron company. Loss pegged at 140000 dollars.
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Sioux
Assassin Wil Plead Guilty in Father Leo Murder Case
Giuseppe Alio, accused of killing Father Léo in Colorado Springs, Colo, said he would plead guilty to the murder charge. He stated there is no chance for him and he has no fear of death.
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Wil
Colorado Springs
Colo
Giuseppe Alio
Father Léo
Inability to navigate rivers hinders irrigation progress
A discussion on inland waterways urges building a multipurpose river system to serve navigation irrigation and domestic water needs. It warns against power facility conflicts, notes high costs but argues benefits for all states, and condemns power monopoly attempts to seize forest lands without compensation.
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Commission
Standard Oil Lifts Lima Crude Oil Price Above Dollar Mark
The Seep purchasing agency of Standard Oil increased Lima and Indiana crude oil prices by 6 cents per barrel, placing the North Lima product above the dollar mark for the first time in over a year.
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North Lima
Lima
Seep
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Dynamite Mail Threat Reaches Easton Official
Easton city solicitor NLR Turner received a package mailed from Italy. He opened it to find a stick of dynamite with an explosive cap attached, but the cap burned out en route, destroying the fuse and preventing an explosion.
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Easton
Nlr
Turner
Italy
Conference on rights of way for irrigation canals
Officials from the interior department and western interests met to draft a bill replacing the current law that grants permits to use public lands for ditch, canal and other water conduits. The February 46, 1901 law allows the interior secretary to revoke licenses at his discretion.
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Washington
Interior Department
Secretary of the Interior
Kaiser Plans to Rest in Corfu Villa
An official note outlines Emperor William’s departure from Berlin to his Corfu villa on March 21 for extended rest not feasible in England. It denies a Constantinople report that the Turkish sultan will send an embassy to Corfu to meet him.
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Kaiser
Berlin
William
Corfu
England
Agemi
Constantinople
Turkey
Mayor Escorts Embezzler From Joliet Prison
Chicago mayor Fred A. Busse personally escorted John A. Linn the former clerk of the circuit court from Joliet penitentiary. Linn, convicted of embezzling $21,000 in fees, admitted the theft after imprisonment of twenty two months. Reason for release cited health decline and Al Amind diminishing.
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Chicago
America
Jolietto
Fred A. Busse
John A. Linn
Gircuit
Linn
Tha
al Amind
Fires, deaths and civic notices across Iowa towns
A collage of Iowa items reports fires destroying major buildings in Portsmouth and a schoolhouse at Colfax, deaths from self harm and accidents, legal verdicts in Colfax and Fairfield, bank staffing changes in Sioux City, prizes won by Henry George at a Manchester short course, and various local incidents including a saloon owner’s wife dying in Cedar Falls and a charity event in Mason City.
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Heroe Kauss
Creston
Worth Humphrey
Alliance
Iowa ‘Retail- Hardware Dealers Association
Cedar’ Rapids
George Calvert
Dubuane
Farmers - of
First Congregational Church
Mason City
Tural
Colfax
Blanford School
Thos. W. Carter
Council Bluffs
Weber
Rockland Railway Company
Bechly
Guthrie ‘Center
Pete Olsen
Maines
Menlo
A. “Medical School
John J. Spindler
State Bank Examiner
Sioux ‘City
T.G. Turner
First National Bank of
Newton
Wilcockson
Stanislaus
Grahlum
Fairfield
Wilma ‘Hill
Chicago- Burlington
QuincyRailroad
Henry George
Dover’ Township
Fayette
Manchester
Harry Nelson
Fort Dodge
Camp
Columbia
Hay
A. F. Mentzer
Marion
Linn County
Burkley
Imperial Hotel
Iowa City
Red Miller
Chicago
Marshalltown
Nellie Lose
Dubuque
Tri-State
Mississippi River
Sioux City
Henry H. Leader
United States
Krieger Verein
Leon
Arinking
Carbenlé
Ceil
Oregon
Fort
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Thomas B. Wannamaker
Tampa, Fla
House Committee
MR. Jerome
M’kinley
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