Iowa Senate Debates Tax Repeal and Insane Asylum Bill
The senate committee opened Friday hearings on Senator Jackson's tax repeal bill amid broad interest. A separate asylum for dipsomaniacs in Knoxville was discussed with a $1,257,000 appropriation before being sent back to the judiciary committee. Other actions included road and theater protection measures, teachers' exams, and public health bills as lawmakers advanced and postponed various proposals through the weekend.
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Mormon Church Leader Faces Senate Inquiry Over Polygamy Beliefs
President Smith of the Mormon Church testifies before the Senate privileges and elections committee, admitting polygamy was taught and that church authorities claimed divine revelation. The hearing centers on church influence in national politics amid broader investigations. An unrelated note reports Austrian customs halting unloading of forty carloads of Argentine beer at Vienna.
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Japanese Pronunciation Guide From a Early Language Handbook
This excerpt from A Handbook of Modern Japan by Kreest W. Clemecta outlines pronunciation rules. It notes that certain consonants and vowels have distinct sounds and highlights double consonants and syllable stress patterns. It mentions the awkward gh sound and provides example words for guidance.
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Kreest W. Clemecta
Blizzard Sweeps Across Midwest Slamming Plains States
A severe winter storm raged from Nebraska to North Dakota and Wisconsin with blizzard conditions. Temperatures plunged from seventy nine to sixteen in Nebraska while Chicago felt the cold front approaching from Lake Superior. The storm brought drifting snow and disrupted rail travel as March weather behaved like December.
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JAPANESE LAND TROOPS MOVING TOWARD KOREA AND MANCHURIA
A Vladivostok dispatch claims Japan has landed detachments of 800 men at Chiang-Chan about 130 miles north of Won-San to threaten the Tamens river valley near Tian-Chun, Manchuria. Landing on Leno-Tong peninsula and Port Arthur siege to begin in about two weeks. Skirmishing reported between Cossacks and Japanese in northern Korea. Japanese advance is checked but uncertain.
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A Big Prairie Fire Ravages Oklahoma and Nebraska
A north wind fanned a massive prairie fire sweeping 75 000 acres across Comanche Kiowa and adjacent counties injuring destroying homes farms and stock. Hobart Lawton and neighboring towns report heavy losses with several deaths feared as thousands seek shelter from the blaze. An extensive fire front scorched parts of Nebraska and other states with dozens of buildings burned and residents displaced.
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Kiowa County
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Elta
Roswell
Malina
Senate debates naval bill as war talks and race questions rise
The Senate spent nearly four hours on the naval appropriation bill while discussing US policy in the Philippines and the Russo-Japanese war. Hale led criticism of naval board plans, Lodge and Perkins defended naval offers, and a race question discussion followed. The House passed the District of Columbia appropriation and moved Indian appropriations ahead.
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Philippines
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Bacon
Lodge
Depew
Patterson
Perkins
Money
Fairel
Bih
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Locge
Grover Cleveland
Representative Webb
North Carolina
Taylor
White House
Beott
Kansas
Mel Beett
House
District of Columbia
War of Names Splits Newsroom Over Clever Headlines
A fragmented fragment from a dispatch mocks journalists for overusing grand titles and long names in war coverage. It contrasts Russia Japan and various figures, noting photographers and leaders shaping a quirky, satirical battlefield narrative.
Ratifications Exchange in National Capital on Panama Treaty
In the National Capital ratifications of the Panama treaty were exchanged and the United States holds clear title to the canal zone across the isthmus. Little Philippines legislation is expected this session as Republicans avoid new proposals before the national campaign. The Senate Appropriations Committee reported the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill carrying 28,790,233 dollars, a net increase of 447,378 over the House bill.
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Philippines
Congress
Senne Committee On Appropriations
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