Prohibition Amendment Lessons and Fair Hopes
Town follows Kansas toward a similar prohibition amendment and a promised rich wheat crop for Kansas. Flood reports in Virginia Georgia and Alabama. Ute Reservation tensions. Pope expresses disapproval of English Catholic dignitaries. City Marshal shoots a man in Senatobia while tracking railroad obstructions. Railway Agents’ Convention in Ohio discusses rate setting and consolidation.
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Maren Joe
Senatobia
Miss
Calvin Roberts
Lane
Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad
Roberts
Diaz issues reform order banning political interference in Mexico
President Diaz orders prefects and army officers to abstain from campaigns, postmasters and telegraph operators may be removed for disobedience, ensuring free polls. In Clarksville three men Moreland Lewellen and Flack were arrested for counterfeit money. Robbery at John F. Hill's merchant safe, over $4000 lost, Sheriff McConnell investigates. band possibly linked to prior operations in Marianna.
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Mexico
Diaz
Hocs. Ans
Moreland
Lewellen
Flack
Clarksville
John F. Hill
Wheat acreage up 20 percent with higher yields in state
Leavenworth March 16 The Times reports county clerks show fall wheat acreage 20 percent higher than last year and condition 50 percent better, promising yields over 30 bushels. Immigration is larger than ever, with many settlers described as of meal.
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Mansas
Leavenworth
the Times
Congress Debates Bankruptcy Law and Election Questions
Senate members press for a uniform bankruptcy law urged by Chicago merchants. Other actions include a New York Lake cargo funding request, a Kellogg charges investigation tabled, and a bill to fix electors’ meeting day referred. House debates deficiency bill focus on public printing and marshals pay amid election-law disputes.
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Washingtox
W. J. Davis
Ilinois
Chicago
Davis
New York
Edmunds
Beck
Istamus Canal
Committee On Foreign Relations
Thut
Congress
ST. Joe
House Committee On Public Buildings and Grounds
St. Joseph
Ute Reservation unrest prompt for troops and relocations
March 16 report from Los Pinos Agency notes many parties have staked placer claims and taken up ranches on the Tite Ute reservation with more to come. A Cabinet meeting and Schurz Auray Ute chiefs conference followed as Interior issues a warning that locations on the reservation will not be recognized until lands are restored to the public domain.
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Secretary of the Interior
Los Pinos
Tite
Schurz
Auray
Congress
Colorado
Department of the Interior
Interior Department
United States
Flood Threatening Virginia Cities Amid Heavy Rains
Reports from Ricamon and nearby towns in Virginia warn of rising James River tributaries and flood danger. Lynchburg and Charlottesville see six foot water rises while merchants protect goods in town centers. Similar overflows threaten Selma and Rome in Alabama with possible record floods.
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Virginia
Ricamon
Lynchburg
Charlottsville
George A. Monnie
Ata
Rome
Selma
Battery Room
Western Union Telegraph Co
Kharkoff Council Refuses Government Co operation
Kharkoff municipal council replies to a government call for rural assemblies to aid in keeping order. It cites inability to comply due to restrictions on discussion and poor education, arguing these factors hinder supporting the government against revolutionary propaganda. The piece notes General Melikoff's approach to public duties raises questions on reorganizing the European part of Russia.
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Sr. Derenseene
Kharkoff
General Melikoff
Rrussia
Gladstone Stump Address and Labor Turmoil Across Lands
The report covers Gladstone rallying support at a railroad station with a vow of victory and Scotland’s potential seats shift. It also notes a radical meeting in Lambeth ending in a brawl, a Berlin papal seminary concession, a Cape Town diamond theft, Nordenskjold rushing to aid the British Arctic commission, widespread factory strikes in St Louis and Wichita area, and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad wage restoration planned for April first.
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Loxpox
Tadstone
Midlothian
Radical Association of Lambeth
Henry Labouchere
Wruth
Gladstone
Scotland
Berlin
Strasburg
Cape Town
Nordenskjold
Lisbon
Viva
England
British Arctic Commission
Turkey ransom talks as captors demand troop recall
In Constantixoire on March 16 brigands who seized Captain Synge and his wife state as a primary condition for their release that all troops pursuing them be recalled.
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Constantixoire
Captain Synge
Pottsville
Hammond
Martin McDonald
Senate committee reports on Spotford Kellogg case
The Senate Privileges and Elections Committee, by party vote, recommends that Kellogg not obtain a seat while Spofford is declared duly elected. A minority report from Republicans is expected. The action follows debates on the contested case and related report plans.
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Wasurscrox
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Senate
Spotford-Kellogg
Kellogg
Spofford
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
House of Representatives
Neal
United States
Spain
Lucius Fairchild
U.S
Madrid
Morocco
Dennis Kearney Sentenced to Six Months and $1000 Fine
San Francisco March 16 Police Judge imposed six months imprisonment in the House of Correction on Dennis Kearney and a $1000 fine. The sentence surprised Kearney who expected a nominal punishment and indicated he would appeal to the Supreme Court.
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San Francisco
Dennis Kearney
House of Correction
Kearney
Supreme Court
Dasai
Markets Report from New York Money Market
New Year March 16 shows money at 6 percent per annum. Discounts for prim mercantile paper at 6 percent. Sterling rates: X B Bonn 60 days at 4.85, sight at 4 AB.
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New York
Prima Mercantile Paper
Sterling
Bonn
Anbar City Produce Market Report Kansas City March 18
Wheat receipts 15808 bushels shipments 41204 and store 495633 bushels. market weak and lower. Corn receipts 1844 shipments 40793 store 178504. No 2 mixed 205c. No 2 white mixed 29% bid. Oats No 2 2c bid. Rye and barley nominal. Eggs steady 84 to 89 cents per dozen. Butter steady 27 to 28 cents.
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Anbar City
Kansas City
Kansas City Stock Market Report
Kansas City stock market figures show cattle receipts 655 for 24 hours with 148 shipments. native steers priced 141.5 to 147.3 per 100 pounds and sold around 4.30 to 4.40. Sheep receipts 1,495 for 24 hours with prices from 13.10 to 14.60 and sales of 4.40 to 5.00.
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Kansas City Stock Market
Kansas City
St Louis Produce Market Report March 16
Market notes from St Louis show dull flour and dull pork while wheat edged higher and corn and oats moved slowly. Whiskey and butter held steady with firm eggs at 49 cents a dozen and lard bid around seven dollars.
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St.louis
St. Louis
Louis Stock Market Report and Commodities Roundup
Louis stock market notes from March 15 cover cattle prices with prime steers at around 4.60 to 5.35 and varied weights, hogs strong with mixed packing at 4.15 to 4.65, and sheep light with fair to good quotations. Grain futures show unsettled wheat, lower oats, quiet rye, and mixed barley, with spring and cash prices noted.
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Cnurde
Texas
Uyaibe
Jay
Chicago Stock Market Roundup in March Trade
Market roundups show mixed activity with receipts and shipments listed for hogs and sheep. Prices drift, with hogs firmer and packers cautious, sheep easing about a quarter to a half dollar, and cattle steady amid varied bids.
Missouri Democrats weigh convention timing for Cincinnati delegates
St Louis reports the Missouri Democrat State Central Committee held informal talks on electing delegates to the Cincinnati convention and nominating state officers. Eight members favor Seymour for President with varied views on timing. The committee set May 20 in Moberly for the Cincinnati delegates and July 21 in Jefferson City for the State officers convention. Massachusetts Prohibitionists plan a April 20 State Convention in Bastoy. Minor items include a Reno case ruling and counterfeit notes alert in Washington and Chicago.
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St. Louis
Democrat State Central Committee
Cincinnati
New York
Seymour
Moberly
Jefferson City
Massachusetts
Bastoy
Prohibition State Committee
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