Cabinet Meeting Shows Navy Still in Dark on Maine Wreck
The March 1 cabinet session yielded no new clues on the Maine disaster. Officials stress the inquiry and divers’ testimony will decide the explosion’s cause, with Long and Roosevelt downplaying premature theories while Spain’s involvement remains scarcely considered.
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Long
Gomer
Havana Harbor
Washington
Navy Department
Court of Inquiry
Roosevelt
Havana
Ers
Day
Wasatyores
Mareh L
the &S
Sigabee
Lee
Mavy
Wasniworox
Navy Department 4
Associated Press
Spain
Prisoner Burns Out Of Jail In Salina Escape
Hester Burnett, jailed for burglary and larceny after a prior escape to Nebraska, again escaped from Ouenux Kansas. Five locks could not be picked, suggesting key impressions aided the breakout. Burnett fled between 4 and 6 pm as crowds filled the town. He had been moving in and out at night and even woke a deputy to reopen the jail.
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Kansas
Ouenux
Kan
Hester Burnett
Nebraska
Burnett
Tragic Chicago Suicide on West Madison Street
William A. Dodson, a nation store employee on West Madison, Chicago, climbed to a third story ledge and yelled to street crowds before leaping to the pavement. His act drew hundreds, but assistors arrived too late to save him.
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Chicago
William A. Dodson
Nation
West Madison Street
Dodson
Valuable seeds prime arid regions from Hansen mission
Secretary Wilson sent Prof. Hansen to eastern Europe and Asia to obtain seeds and plants. The trip yielded many promising varieties, with three carloads of seed to be distributed to state stations for drought and heat resistance.
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Wasninetox
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Niels B. Hansen
Brookings
Europe
Asia
Hansen
Payne as Sooner Federal Officer Loses Land Claim
In Washington March 1 the U S Supreme Court ruled a United States official may not use office to gain advantage in land location. Ransom Payne, a deputy U S marshal in Oklahoma, located a tract when lands were opened to settlement, and the court voided his claim.
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Chaim
Oklahoma
Wasnixeton
United States Supreme Court
United States
Ransom Payne
Spain must fight alone says London Daily News
London Daily News editorial says England will not aid the United States against Spain, accusing Spain of ruining Cuba and other colonies through corruption and misrule, leaving Spain to face consequences without English support or sympathy. Other items note a Canadian youth escaping a death sentence, a Missouri robbery where a wearer of a hat is mentioned, and Kansan editorials condemning the Loud postal bill.
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Pittsburg & Gulf
Kansas City
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railway
Santa Fe
Rock Island, Texas & Pacific
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
London Daily News
England
United States
London
the Daily News
Spain
Cuba
Against Bloomers and a Ten Thousand Mile Race
In Madison Wisconsin criticism rises over university costumes worn by about 100 sophomore and freshman women at a recent athletic carnival. The burnished bloomers reach the knee as they perform Delsarte movements sparking debates on propriety for public exhibitions. Also reports from Boston discuss an ingrain carpet trust, with Thomas Bromley and Lowell Manufacturing push for a coordinated price regulation. In Tacoma, the clipper Tacoma wins a 10,000 mile race time of 151 days from Philadelphia, with Indiana owner Arthur Sewall and a distance allowance arrangement noted as the two ships competed toward San Francisco.
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Regrain Carpet Trust
New York
Washington
Griggs
Central Pacific Railroad
George Hoadly
Sanborn
Madison
Wis
Adams
Ingrain Carpet Trust
Boston
Boston Transcript
Arthur T. Lyman
Lowell Manufacturing Company
Lyman
Thomas Bromley
Philadelphia
Tacoma
Wash
Gaffney
Indiana
Arthur Sewall
San Francisco
Maine Victims Memorial Tablet Earmarked by Senate Action
The Senate advances a plan to erect a bronze memorial tablet in the capitol honoring officers and sailors who perished in the Maine disaster. Debate touches on bankruptcy bill timing and Alaska land matters as the House schedules consideration of Loud’s second class mail bill, defining which items qualify for newspaper and periodical classes.
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Washington
Turpie
United States
Great Britain
141St Meridian
Alaska
British America
Pettigrew
Mount St Giles
Hartholdt
Bartholdt
Nebraska, Kansas & Gulf Railroad
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Texas
Denison
Gulf
Galveston
International Trust Company
Wasuixeron
Navy Department
Navy
Roosevelt
Congress
Maine
Wasuteron
Bacon
Capitol
Hour
Stewart
Rawlins
Utah
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Fla
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Muiny
Avana
United States District
Gomez
Maximo Gomez
Tampa
New York World
Emilio Nunez
Col Nunez
Avally
Tex
State Supreme Court
Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company
Galveston, Harrisburg& San Antonio Railroad Company
Preona
W. N. Grayham
Christian Church of Cuba
Neesuse
the Agricultural Department
Alaska Boundary Treaty
Barthhorde
Navy— Meat Inspection
Washtheton
Rogers
Fort Smith
Ark
Gibson Pension Bil
Invalid Pension Committee
Board of Inquiry
California
Oakland
Cal
Henry Odenkerchen
Altamont
New Haven
Conn
Winchester Arms Company
Topeka
Ber. A
Embree
Kansas Methodium
Torrka
A. S. Embree
First Methodist Church
Shields
Lena Cr
Supreme Court
Wassmngton
E. F. Holden
Salt Lake County
Holden
Payne
Ottawa
Ont
Lyman Dart
Truro
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J. ©. Bailey
Waco
Ida Bailey
Torexa
J. W. Murphy
Kansas State Editorial Association
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