Foraker and McLaurin Attack Chinese Exclusion Bill
Senate debates the Chinese exclusion bill with Foraker and McLaurin warning it violates treaties and harms the South’s cotton trade. They argue extending present law or excluding only laborers would better protect commercial interests while preserving integrity and treaty obligations.
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Washington
Senate
Foraker and
McLaurin
South Carolina
Foraker
East
Ohio
China
South
Teller
Lodge
Massachusetts
United States
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Pratt
Connecticut
Li Hung Chang
Dole Favors Senators on Pacific Islands Bill
Washington April 15 hearings before the Senate committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico featured Governor Dole and Hawaiians urging the apportionment of senators for Hawaii. Senator Carter supported the bill while opponents criticized figures from Treasury. Washington April 13 Treasury report notes general fund availability and gold reserves alongside the redemption division.
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Washington
Senate Committee On
the Treasury
General Fund
Senator Kearns Pushes Utah Annexation Plan
Washington April 15 Senator Kearns introduced a bill to annex to Utah all Arizona territory lying north and west of the Colorado River, broadening state borders and altering regional governance.
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Utah
Washington
Kearns
Arizona Territory
Colorado River
Exvoy Steets President
A garbled OCR snippet references a presidential context with unclear names and actions. Readable bits mention a person possibly named Exvoy Steets and a president, with scattered phrases about meetings, charges, fees, and an agent. No coherent event or outcome can be confirmed from the fragment.
Severe battle reported in Transvaal amid heavy losses
Lord Kitchener reports severe fighting in the Transvaal at week end. About 200 Boers killed wounded or captured and around 100 British casualties. Three guns and substantial supplies captured. Commandant Potgieter dead. Colonel Colenbrander moved to block Boer retreat from Preller Kop near Pietersburg.
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London
Transvaal
Lord Kitchener
Potgieter
Pretoria
Colenbrander
Berer
Prel Kop
Pietersburg
Molpspoort
Peort
Murray
Lincoln
Two Children Murdered Near Des Moines Suburb
On a Sunday night near Highland Park Methodist church in Des Moines outskirts, Mary Peterson 15 and Thomas Peterson 11, children of dairyman Peter J. Peterson, were found murdered. The bodies showed head injuries from a brickbat. no suspect or motive identified as police search for clues.
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Des Moines
DHS Moines
I A
Highland Park Methodist Church
Mary Peterson
Thomas
Peter J. Peterson
Boxy
Highland Park
Governor Dole Cleared to Remain Hawaii Governor
White House statement says after careful investigation and hearings Governor Dole's course warrants his continuance. Dole, who called at the White House, will visit Boston briefly and return home in about two weeks.
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Hawaii
Washington
White House
Dole
Ilawaili
Boston
Roosevelt Builds Large Life Insurance Portfolio
New York April 14 President Roosevelt as chief executive has become one of the most heavily insured men in the United States. He has taken out a policy for 5000 with a New York company and maintains smaller preexisting policies from before he was governor of New York. His total policies exceed by about 15000 to 20000 those held by McKinley. Mrs McKinley was paid about 60000 on her husband’s life.
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New York
Roosevelt
United States
McKinley
McKimley
Drowning Death of Local Teen at Salt Creek Pond
Havelock Nebraska April 11 Frank Saline 18 son of Mr and Mrs A Saline drowned after an epileptic seizure caused him to fall face down in a pond near Salt Creek while fishing. His companions could not rescue him.
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Havelock
Frank
A. Saline
Salt Creek
Poughkeepsie Woman Gives Birth to Quintuplets
Isaac Rhoades of Bailey's Gap announced in Poughkeepsie that his daughter Mrs. Janes A McGowan of Tucker's Corner Ulster County has given birth to five daughters. The five newborns are reported to be thriving.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Isaac Rhoades
Bailey's Gap
Janes A McGowan
Tucker's Corner
Ulster County
Daniels Sues Hammond Brothers in District Court
Martha Daniels filed a suit in the district court of Nebraska asking repayment of a bet from the Hammond brothers. The Fremouth Urivalle published the April notice. Dickingon leaves Turkey for the United States as Constantinople hosts a Viaotel States convoy.
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Hammond Brothers
Dickingon
Turkey
Constantinople
CL Ad Bate
Viaitel
Aj Lifeiinion
Unitet States
Rev T DeWitt Talmage Dies In Washington
The noted Presbyterian minister Rev T DeWitt Talmage died at 9 p m in Washington after a rapid decline from influenza and brain inflammation He passed quietly as his family watched His last rational words were to his daughter Maud The mourners at his bedside included his wife and children and several relatives.
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Washington
T. DeWitt Talmage
Talmage
Mexico
Senate Schedules Votes on Exclusion Bill and Related Measures
Washington April 14 The Senate will vote Wednesday on the Chinese exclusion bill, with the Philippine government bill to follow. The river and harbor bill may be taken up next, but amendments are sought. advocates for the Platt substitute plan intensified opposition. Senators Yoraker and McLaurin announce set speeches, and Saturday will include eulogies to late Senator Kyle.
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Washington
Senate
Yoraker
McLaurin
South Carola
Kyle
South Dakota
Business Goes to St. Joseph
Kansas City live steel commission men engaged in a boycott to gain lower charges will shift all business to South St. Joseph. Stock Yards officials received notice of the decision. Kansas City exchange agents will handle the two stock receipts diverted to this point.
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Joseph
Kansas City Live Steel Commission
Stock Yards Company
South St. Joseph
Stock Yards
Kansas City Exchange
Iwo
Railroads oppose townsite clause in Indian bill
ARDMORE April 14 The railroads along the line oppose the provision in the Indian appropriation bill that makes it a crime to lay out a town site without interior secretary consent. The clause imposes a fine and imprisonment for such acts as the government seeks to regulate new settlements along railroad town lines.
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Ardmore
Secretary of the Interior
Iowa Music Teachers Held in Dubuque Convention
Iowa music teachers plan their annual convention in Dubuque from June 24 to 27 with Des Moines musicians taking major roles in management and on the program.
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Iowa Music Teachers
Rubuque
Des Moines
Fort Scott native among recent Las Vegas deaths
I. 8 Judd, killed recently at Las Vegas by Mrs. Walker, was a Fort Scott, Kansas citizen who was well known there. Frank C. Churchill of New Hampshire is named as special Indian inspector, formerly serving as special agent for free schools in the Indian Territory.
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Judd
Las Vegas
Walker
Fort Scott
Kan
Frank C. Churchill
New Hampshire
Indian Territory
Cholera Situation in Manila and Provinces Severe
Cholera remains grave in Manila with 245 cases and 192 deaths to date. provincial outbreak draws growing alarm as health authorities struggle to contain spread and protect communities.
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Manila
Queen Marie Henriette in Serious Heart Disease
April 14 report from Bigissels says Queen Marie Henriette remains seriously ill with heart disease. The condition is described as grave, with doctors monitoring her for complications. A royal spokesperson did not release further details.
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Bigissels
Marie Henriette
General Schofield backs general staff to fix conflict with president
General Schofield told a Senate committee that the army needs a chief of staff and that the commanding general should disappear. He argued the president must act through the secretary of war and warned the close but troubled ties between the president, secretary, and army head hinder effective command.
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Washington
Senate Committee On
Schofield
Burrows
General Schofield
Senator Burrows
Army
Fom
Miller Confesses Murder in Detroit
Music teacher Prof Joseph M Miller confessed to killing Carrie M Sennett after an hour and twenty minutes in the sweat box. Assistant Prosecutor Merriam and police officers heard Miller admit illicit relations and planning to kill the girl before a lodge meeting. He said he took a hatchet from his kitchen and hid it on Seventh street en route to the meeting.
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Carrie M. Sennett
Detroit
Mich
Joseph M. Miller
Miller
Merriam
Miss Jennett
Troops to Enforce Coercion Act In Ireland
A Pall Mall Gazette dispatch from Dublin reports ten battalions of English and Scotch militia will be embodied and sent to Ireland within a month to enforce the coercion act. The Dublin correspondent says Lord Londonderry threatened to resign from the cabinet unless strong action was taken.
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London
Pall Mall Gazette
Dublin
Ireland
Lord Londonderry
The Live Stock Market. Latest Quotations from South Omaha
South Omaha market report shows cattle receipts for the week modest with downward pressure on cows and common grades. Hogs rose sharply on strong demand with good and heavy weights selling up to 7.00. lambs and sheep sold fairly active with steady to higher prices for good lots and clipped wethers bringing around 5.60 to 5.65.
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South Omaha
Kansas City
South Omahta
Saie Teday
Kansas City Market Summary Cattle and Hogs Rise in Mixed Trade
Cattle slaughtering grades steady to 10 cents higher with export and dressed beef steers around 7.03 to 7.35, stockers and feeders uneven and mostly lower, Indian and western fed cattle quoted in the 5.09 to 6.25 range, cows and heifers varied but steady overall. Hogs up 10 cents with top at 7.10, bulk sales near 6.05 to 6.70, pigs valed around 8.59 to 9.06. Sheep and lambs mostly steady with native lambs at 7.00, western lambs near 6.85, natives around 5.50 to 6.75.
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Kansas City
Kansas Man Named Pension Commissioner in 1912
Eugene J. Ware of Topeka Kansas was chosen by the president to succeed H. Clay Tivans as commissioner of pensions. Ware a longtime Kansas Republican, previously served in the state senate for Bourbon County, works with Ware & Greed law firm, and authored under the pen name Tranquill including The Washer Woman's Song.
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Kansas
H. Clay Evans
Washington
Eugene J. Ware
H. Clay Tivans
My. Ware
Topeka
Kan
Ware & Greed
Eugene ¥. Ware
Fort Scott
Boubon County
State Senate
Peters
Blue
Ware
Former Nebraskan Selected for Alaska Judge Post
Washington April 12 It is reported that A B Hayes formerly an attorney at Lincoln Nebraska and now district attorney at Ogden Utah will be appointed district Judge of Alaska to succeed Arthur B Noyes.
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Washington
A. B. Hayes
Lincoln
Neb
Ogden
Utah
Alaska
Arthur B. Noyes
Harriman Re-Elected President of Southern Pacific
In New York on April 12 E H Harriman was re elected president of the Southern Pacific by the companys board of directors at a meeting held here today.
Death Penalty for Busse in Wa verly Murder Case
DES MOINES April 11 The jury in the Busse murder case at Wa verly found the defendant guilty in the first degree and sentenced him to death by hanging.
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Busse
Des Moines
Waverly
General Wade Hampton Dead in Columbia at 83
General Wade Hampton died yesterday at nine o clock in Columbia. The death came not from disease but from a general breakdown. He celebrated his eighty fourth birthday last week. A severe attack a zoonth ago called his children to his bedside. He rallied and was out driving a week ago before his condition worsened rapidly in the final days.
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Wade Hampton
Columbia
D. C
General Hampton
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New York Life Bldg
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