Senate in Tangle Over Statehood And Antitrust Bills
Washington dispatch reports the omnibus statehood bill remains stalled as unfinished business on the Senate calendar. Quay shifts tactics to seek a statehood rider on an appropriation bill, Cullom pursues the Cuban treaty, and the anti trust bill faces possible delay to next week. The currency bill seeks priority with a prepared rule amid talks on a two day debate. Moon of Tennessee blocks unanimous consent until Indian Territory is addressed. thirteen Payne objection claim bills are slated for tomorrow.
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Quay
Cullom
Friends of the Currency
Moon
Payne
N. Y
Levi Ankeny Elected Senator From Washington
Levi Ankeny of Walla Walla won on the thirteenth joint ballot to succeed George Turner in the United States Senate. Twenty three Republicans endorsed Ankeny while thirteen railroad commissioners declined the caucus choice. King county delegates showed bitterness toward the dissenters as votes were cast in Olympia.
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Olympia
Wash
Levi Ankeny
Walla Walla
George Turner
United States
Senate
Mr. Ankeny
Railroad Commission
Ankeny
King County
New Rifles for Militia From Congress Law
Washington reports the militia nationwide will be issued regular army service rifles under the new militia law. About 115000 Militia members will receive arms as Springfield Armory churns out rifles. The War Department also sets up Rock Island Arsenal to manufacture service rifles, though not yet ready.
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Congress
National Armory
Springfield
War Department
Rock Island Arsenal
Cardinal Gibbons Warns Against Divorce Mills
Baltimore February 2 Cardinal Gibbons warned at the cathedral about a rising scourge of divorce mills endangering family life. He described them as destroying domestic life on flimsy grounds and said they threaten the nation’s social fabric. He urged moral restraint and stability in marriages.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
United States
Train Collision Kills 25 Cattle In Maitland Mo
Frank Rozelle bought 100 head of cattle in Omaha and a similar number in St. Joseph. The herd was shipped to Maitland and driven toward his farm when they stampeded and bunched in a railroad cut near town. A southbound freight derailed after colliding with the herd, killing 25 cattle and severely damaging several freight cars.
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Frank Rozelle
Omaha
St. Joseph
Steamer Avona Wreck Strands Crew at Danish Coast
London reports the Norwegian steamer Avona en route from New York to Aarhus ran ashore at Lemuig Denmark after calling at Dartmouth January 28. Three lifeboats and six corpses washed ashore with feared additional crew fatalities aboard.
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Avona
Dwyer
New York
Aarhaus
Dartmouth
Lemuig
Denmark
Sultan’s Victory Over Moorish Rebels Brings Widespread Slain or Capture
Tangier reports confirm a decisive sultanist triumph over the Moorish rebels. Most of the pretender Bu Hamara’s following was slain or captured, and the sultan’s army recovered camp, arms, and artillery lost in December. A cage rumor of Bu Hamara’s Fez confinement remains unconfirmed.
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Tangier
Bu Hamara
Bu Hamarsa
Fl Menebhi
Famine Grimly Strikes Northern Sweden Amid 100000 On Verge
Lulea Sweden February 2 famine grips the north as about one hundred thousand people face starvation. Families with many children endure privation as relief supplies must travel long distances to reach rail points. In Honolulu February 2 the Pacific Mail ship China reports China importing arms and ammunition in violation of international agreements. Vessels disguised as trading boats carry war material into the interior, linked to reform efforts seeking to topple the Manchurian dynasty.
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Stockholm
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Yokohama
San Francisco
Reform
Lynch Must Serve Some Time
London reports Colonel Arthur Lynch moved to Parkhurst prison after doctors found his lungs unfavourable. His life sentence remains in effect for at least three months, with potential release near King Edward's planned Ireland visit next spring or autumn.
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London
Arthur Lynch
Parkhurst
Edward
Ireland
Ex Secretary Long's Condition Bulletin
Boston February 2 ex Governor Long's condition bulletin issued at 10 o'clock reports a comfortable day with improved rationality better appetite and strength within expected limits temperature nearer normal than on any previous day
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Boston
Engineer Burned to Death In Freight Train Wreck
Paola Kan Feb 2 Edwin C Ragsdale Kansas City engineer for St Louis and San Francisco southbound freight train No 155 was burned to death at Dana six miles north of here last night in the wreck of his train Three cars of meat and six of flour were derailed and destroyed by fire
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Edwin C. Ragsdale
Kansas City
St. Louis
San Francisco
Dana
Here
Dexter Bank Robbed in Dexter Kansas
Three masked men wrecked the State Bank of Dexter safe early Sunday and secured $1,500, escaping on a handcar before locals could be alerted. Officers from Arkansas City pursued the trail for miles without success.
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Kan
State Bank of
Arkansas City
She Doctor and Sqeedunk as a rheumatism clinic
Detroit Free Press notes a reader asking if Sqeedunk is a good place for rheumatism. Doctor-Sure replies that it is where the reader got relief, implying personal endorsement.
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Detroit Free Press
Allies Seek End to Venezuela Deadlock Under Bowen Tip
Washington Feb 2 Proposals for a six to twelve month pause in preferred claim status for Britain Germany and Italy on Venezuela customs at Puerto Cabello and La Guayra may be accepted by Bowen and allied reps. After the interim period all claims would share 80 percent of receipts in proportion to each nation’s claim while non tripartite powers may join later. France presses to revive street collection as an answer to the deadlock while awaiting allied responses.
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Venezuela
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Bowen
United States
Puerto Cabello
LaGuayra
Venezuelan
Alles
France
Belgium
Denmark
Holland
Sweden
England
Twreneh Chareve Daffatres
Foreign Ministry
Castro
Twenty Three Die In Southern Pacific Collision Near Walls
A revised list from Tucson reports twenty three dead and twenty one injured from the Southern Pacific wreck near Walls. Identified victims include engineers John W. Bruce and R. Wilkie, fireman George McGrath, J. M. Hilton of Cambridge Massachusetts, J. B. Cassidy a Texas volunteer, S. G. Elder Jr of Bisbee Arizona, plus a six year old child and several unidentified persons.
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Ariz
Walls
John W. Bruce
R. Wilkie
George McGrath
J. M. Hilton
Cambridge
Mass
J. B. Cassidy
Texas
S. G. Elder, Jr
Death toll climbs in Grace land wreck reaches twenty two
Plainfield New Jersey January 31 William M Clark of Plainfield died last night as a victim of the Grace land railroad wreck. Samuel McCarthy fireman on the Reading flyer remains critical and J Everett Reighton of Plainfield is reported very low. The death of Mr Clark brings the dead to twenty two.
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Plainfield
N. J
William M. Clark
Graceland
Samuel McCarthy
Reading Flyer
J. Everett Reighton
Mr. Clark
Street Car Hit By Passenger Train In Yellow Springs Crossing
A Big Four southbound passenger train struck a street car at the Yellow Springs crossing in Springfield Ohio last night. Eleven people were injured including two seriously, Mrs Eddie Wheeler and Anna Bailey, who may die. Motorman A L Wilkinson is badly hurt.
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Yellow Springs Street
Eddie Wheeler
Anna Bailey
A. L. Wilkinson
Hobson Resigns as Naval Constructor in Navy
Captain Richmond P. Hobson, a guest of Bishop Lewis W. Burton in Lexington Kentucky, confirmed his resignation as a naval constructor due to eye condition. He plans to lecture for at least three years, traveling west to the coast, advocating a larger navy to outrank all nations.
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Lexington
Richmond P. Hobson
Lewis W. Burton
France Defies Allies on Venezuelan Tax Collecting Claim
Caracas reports President Castro telegraphs that Venezuela seeks equal treatment for all creditor nations and asserts the right to collect directly a portion of duties under the 1867 convention. France has informed Caracas it may collect directly a portion of duties under that treaty.
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Bowen
Venezuela
Castro
Europe
America
France
Stanley a Dyspeptic Explorer in Sussex Home
London reports Henry M. Stanley, famed African explorer, a chronic dyspeptic who endures severe pain. He resides mainly at his Sussex country house, while a Senate sub committee toured the southwest. Editor Thomas Hughes of Albuquerque drew attention to a remark about Senator Burnham opposing New Mexico statehood, noted with irony.
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London
Henry M. Stanley
Sussex
Senate Committee On Territories
South-West
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
Thomas Hughes
Albuquerque
S Hughes
Senate
Burnham
The Modern Boy on Washingtons Hatchet Tale
Charles B. Wolf argues against the Washington cherry tree myth and the idea that great men were once perfect boys. He critiques story books and Sunday papers, notes real youths face tough realities, and urges individuality over imitation. He recalls personal lessons from childhood, warns about inflated youth ideals, and cites Belva Lockwood, Susan B. Anthony, Mark Twain, and others to illustrate varied paths to greatness.
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Washington
George
Adam
England
George Washington
Eveis
Belva Lockwood
Mary Walker
Susan G. Anthony
Mark Twain
Jimmie
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