Wisconsin Legislature evening session reports March action
Wisconsin moves through a crowded session with bills on firemen’s funding, road tools procurement, and anti saloon measures. Debates cover university funding, health board grants, patronage rules, and various county and city ordinances as senators and assembly members push or delay readings and votes.
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Madison
House
McGillivray
Senate
Assembly
Slice Firemen's Association
Pasenger Tate
Ube
Mailer
State Board of Health
Orton
Evans
Paulir Nanlch
Dodger
Dlust
Senate Passes Bills Reflecting State Reforms and Education Moves
The senate advanced measures including a bill to seat women employees in stores and a tax on shipments out of state. Education proposals favored include a constitutional amendment for elected state superintendent and incentives for long-serving teachers. Several bills were passed on topics from utilities to factory regulation, with adjournment planned for Monday.
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Mailison
Senate
Whitehead
Roehr
Harris
Committee
Education
Stout
McGloray Bi
Committee On Corporations
Nos. Va
Industrial School
Shell
Assembly
ADOTO
Wiscons
Battleship Commission
Moghee
Congress
Notable Women Impress in Arts and Ventures Worldwide
A chronicling of remarkable women across Europe and the Middle East highlights Alpine enthusiasts, artists, and artisans in Strassburg and Paris. Notable figures include Mme de Cumier, the Countess of Paris, and Mrs Finn, famed for soap works in Jerusalem. The piece also notes Afghan political intrigue with a powerful queen and a potential royal succession near in view.
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Strassburg
Moherszollern
Victoria of Wales
Chartres
Mme. de Cumier
Mme. de Riencorpi
Bibesco
Counress
Paris
Sybil Aneiert
Celony
England
Finn
Mmccall
Lubrew Scholir
Jerusalem
Inn Gan
Afghanistan
Hulabullah
Mahomed Omar
Washers Describe Afghan Prisoner Incident At War
A curious anecdote from the Afghan war recalls General Roberts ordering a prisoner washed. Two soldiers stripped him and scrubbed for two hours with brushes and soft soap, but could not find a suit of clothes. They complained their arms ached and vowed the effort useless.
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Roberts
J Fount Tillman Former Treasury Official Dies Near Shelbyville
J Fount Tillman former register of the treasury has died at his home near Shelbyville Alabama. The obituary notes his public service and long career in government.
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J. Fount Tillman
Register of the Ceasury
Shelbyville, Ata
Washington's Capitol Guides Syndicate Exposé
A Washington Post report reveals a self named Guides of the United States Capitol forming a syndicate in 1898. They pool earnings and enforce dues while guiding visitors in the rotunda. The group, led by a chief, operates through influence with Senate and House officials.
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Capitol Guides
Guides
Unites States Capitol
Howard Kennedy
Aoun
Jim
Kane
Washington
Senate
Linise
Nurbers Limited
Avi
Carniste
Mary
Zoon
Guides’ Association
Phessuldes
Graviates
Washington Post
Porto Rico School Statistics Dissected by Skeptical Reader
A critical reader halvingly questions official Porto Rico school reports. He notes misbalancing columns, tally errors, inconsistent totals, and suspicious figures. The piece argues the fault lies in messy data collection and poor form design rather than the system itself.
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Porto Rico
Literacy figures and census errors in Porto Rico
In Porto Rico authorities demand annual school attendance figures, but records are unreliable. The author notes missed or delayed reports from mayors, inconsistent census data from 1887 and 1883, and distrust in literacy statistics, concluding that figures are nearly valueless when based on household head reports.
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Ios
Familious
Tamale
Portable church on wheels serves small communities
A compact 15 by 27 foot movable chapel, mounted on wheels, designed to travel country roads and fit under telegraph wires. It seats about 100 with pews spaced, houses a built in organ, and displays most finishings donated by manufacturers. Total cost to the organizers about a third of the $3,000 estimate.
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Madison
Senate
Barrow
Roehr
Wisconsin
True
M. W. Ryan
Grshin
Keesler
Cattin
Battles
la Crosse County
McGratl
Cat- An
Kessler
Narragatzett Hay
Charles
Preston
Mannufacturers
New York
A Prosperous Theater in New York City
A prosperous theater in New York aims for a favorable season with business over 250,000 dollars and 159 employees. There are 37 theaters including one variety house active in Manhattan and the Bronx, with Brooklyn adding about 20 more. Theaters feel the broader economic climate as both luxury cigars and constant cultivation of the theater habit factor into sustained demand according to W J Henderson in Scribner's.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Lickett
W. J. Henderson
Scribner's
Fragmentary dialogue on telepathy and certainty at club
A garbled exchange mentions belief in mental telepathy and certainty about another person’s thoughts. The text includes stray words like “club,” “neker,” and “wife,” with unclear context and multiple nonsensical phrases.
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Rirook
Lis
An American Peer The Fairfax Line Through Virginia Ties
The article traces Rt. Hon. John Coates Fairfax eleventh Baron Fairfax of Cameron and his Virginia connections. It outlines the Fairfax family’s English origins, transfer of title, and holdings in Virginia and Maryland. It notes Fairfax’s residence on the Potomac near Bladensburg, his age, marriage, and two sons, and recounts historic ties to colonial estates Belvoir and Guernsey Court. It highlights party stances in the American Revolution and a later link to Gen. Washington through Bryan Fairfax and the Fairfax banking firm in New York.
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Hors
United States
Jobo Coates Wairfax
Bevon Fairfax of
Cameron
Lord Mairfax
Virginia
Mary
Col
Kirby
United States Army
Albert
Charles Edmund
Larke
Debrett
Baron Fairfax of Cameron
Potomac
Lord
Fairfax
Watten
Alnsty
Yorkshire
York
Yadcaster
Thomas Psivlux
Henton and Skreton
Svotkind
Ferdinando
Lord Fairfax
Marston Moor
Gon An Bel
Vairfax
Vairfax Thetkes Khawn Gs Sir Thomas Fairfax
Naseby
Chares I
Monk
Charles
Hick
England
Luzl
Vteary
Ford Fairfax
Tala
Chomas
V.) Eaton
Cole-neppers
Leeds Easily
Kent
Thomas
Lord Wairfax
Vancluse
Fairfay
Nofseman
Charles Snowden Fairfax
California
Supreme Court
Berth Lord
Baltimore
John C. Fairfax
Fairfax of
Carthorpe
Thwaites
Denton
Barwick
Tolston
Barrison
Virginie
Cornwallis
Lord Farfax
Greenway Court
Jaz
Brian
Baron Fairfax
Washington
Laurence Washington
Fairfaxes
Jose
New York
Great Britain
Hinck and White
Thought Transference Talk Reveals Boston Tale
Mrs Le Count of Chicago asks Mrs Stimleton of Boston about a telephone in the house. Stimleton replies they use direct thought transfer via a speaking-tube, reported in the Boston Transcript.
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