Week in Congress as Democrats push for greater representation
Washington reports a clash looming over filling senate committee vacancies as Democrats demand parity with Republicans. Republicans plan a caucus to adopt new tactics and seek to assign members while contending some allied senators no longer belong to their party. The week centers on committee balance and passage of a general arbitration treaty with Britain, with vote timing outlined and final debates looming. House proceedings note a five minute section debate continuing through Wednesday under current rules.
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Debate closers Bailey and Dingley set to speak and vote at 2 pm
Mr. Bailey of Texas and Mr. Dingley of Maine, leaders of the Democratic and Republican parties, will each have an hour to close the debate. The vote on the bill’s passage is scheduled for 2 pm on Wednesday, March 9.
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Struck by a live wire kills Newark policeman
Newark March 25 Police officer John Clark of the Harrison force was killed instantly after striking a live hanging electric wire on Harrison avenue near First street. The 35 year old officer died in the arms of Sergeant Kennedy. A lineman Owen Kelly of Newark Electric Light and Power Co was arrested for manslaughter. An inquest was ordered.
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Aged Nebrask an Farmer Murdered by Robbers
David Jones an elderly bachelor farmer near Wrymore Nebraska died from injuries inflicted by masked intruders one week earlier at his home He was tied to a bed bound with cloths soaked in coal oil and burned He escaped to a barn on a horse before collapsing at his sister's residence as investigators seek the hobbers responsible
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Minister to Japan Favorably Considered by Washington
March 24 report from Trenton notes Capt. William Hoagues of New York City commands the New Jersey Naval Reserve but retires from candidacy for assistant secretary of the navy. He was decorated with the order of the Sun and served in the trade department during the recent war, under favorable consideration for a diplomatic post.
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Water Rising Dangers Threaten Missouri and Mississippi Floods
The Missouri and upper Mississippi rivers rise to danger levels with new high watermarks. Quincy Illinois records 15.3 feet and rising, flooding lowlands from Des Moines to Hannibal. Palmyra and West Quincy farms suffer. Indian grave levee protecting 20,000 acres remains intact but at risk. Burlington Iowa reports a five mile wide river flooding mills. Pine Bluff Arkansas reports Red Fork town inundated, two feet of water in upper homes, Watson also submerged.
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Crowfish Threaten a Dyke Near Wesley Village
Crowfish menace reaches Wesley as water nears the village and forces residents Edward Hughes and James Blair to flee. Authorities report crawfish burrowing has honeycombed the dyke in Peking and La Marsh drainage districts, risking a breach.
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Mississippi Valley Flood Danger Escalates To April Strain
Washington report warns crest at Cairo remains 41.6 feet with rising levels from Helena to New Orleans. The Mississippi River will rise for days and weeks, threatening levees into April and prompting evacuations and stock transfers as heavy rains intensify the flood. In St Louis, Olympic Athlone club seeks horse breeders bill and a boxing show featuring Sharkey and Maher is planned with a $10,000 purse.
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Death of Charles H Porter in Leominster Massachusetts
Charles H Verter of Tenny and Porter comb manufacturers died suddenly from heart failure at 49. A prominent Republican and energetic party worker, he leaves a widow, a son, and a daughter. Described as one of Worcester county's leading men, he weighed 425 pounds.
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Braudagh Citizen Dies After Hydrophobia Bite
Philip James of Braudagh, a trusted Edgar Iron Works employee, died at West Peon hospital on March 29 after hydrophobia developed from a dog bite three weeks earlier. He was well known in Wittsburg.
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Survivors of St Nazaire Rescued by British Steamer Yanariva
Greenock March 29 report confirms the British tramp Yanariva from Newport News to Glasgow picked up sixteen survivors from the French steamer St Nazaire after it foundered off Cape Hatteras in a gale. The rescued, led by Second Captain Nicolai, endured exposure, hunger, thirst, and near drowning before being saved.
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Papal Delegate Del Val Arrives for Canada Mission
Mgr Merry Del Val, papal delegate to Canada, arrived in New York aboard the Umbria and will likely depart for Montreal and Manitoba next. He carries broad ecclesiastical authority to arbitrate the Catholic school dispute among bishops, premiers, and parishes, with power to depose resistors. He is slated for the London Jubilee in June and is linked to Rome’s church reunion efforts. In a separate item, a dog fight raid in Nashua led to 24 men and one dog detained, each fined $15 and costs.
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Sealing Meet Reports Poor East Coast Catch
News from the sealing meet on the East Coast shows 16 steamers sent to the North Atlantic, 11 heard from with a combined catch of 21 000 seals, a paltry total and the worst record to date for the year.
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Fire destroys Portsmouth area property worth 140000
The March 20 report estimates the blaze left over 140000 in destroyed property including a Catholic church two public halls and twenty seven dwellings leaving about 200 people homeless. The article also mentions a possible challenge for the America Cup and references a recent story about cadences and fre.
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State of Terror Threat of Turks The Island Annihilation
Canea reported widespread warfare rape and pillage as Crete presses toward annexation by Greece. Turks threaten to massacre foreigners and Christians alike if handed to Greece, while Greeks fear a collapse of the powers unity. Athens sees grave danger with Crown Prince Constantine away and a possible march on Athens.
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Kaiser’s disputed Crete policy shifts amid Balkan crisis
Berlin reports the Kaiser is directing active diplomacy over Greece and Crete, holding daily talks with Chancellor von Heberstein and coordinating with ambassadors in Constantinople and Athens. He reportedly seeks frontier rectifications under the Berlin treaty and argues Greece must gain territory to reach a pacific settlement, despite Crete remaining with the powers.
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Antarctic Expedition in Antarctic Ocean Planned
London reports that once political activity at the Admiralty settles, Mr. Goschen plans favorable reconsideration of dispatching an exploring expedition to the Antarctic Ocean. A suitable ship is likely to be commissioned soon for the purpose with active Admiralty assistance.
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