Congress Debates Rural Free Delivery Cost Rise
Washington march 4 The house opened debate on the bill to classify rural free delivery and place carrels under contract. Speaker Payne limited minority time while a filibuster halted progress. Proponents warned the salary system could cost from 60 million to 200 million annually, while opponents argued the contract plan would reduce politics and achieve self sufficiency.
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Washington
House
Loud
California
Committee On Post Offices and Postroads
Swanson
Virginia
Payne
Mgr. Land
Congress
Mr. Swanson
J. 2. Williams
Ilinois
Friendly Officer Caught by Bandit Raid in Cavite
In Manila on March 4, Governor Flores chased Felizardo and his 25 armed men into Cainta Cavite, capturing the town president Senor Ampil and most of its police. Ampil, an American sympathizer, is feared killed. Constabulary efforts move to secure his release. Captured correspondence with General Lukban in Samar is highly valued.
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Manila
Flores
Rizzi
Felizardo
Cavite
Cainta
Marong
Presidente
Gainta
Senor Ampil
Lukban
Samar
American mules praised in London report on remounts
A parliament ary paper issued in London on March 4 describes the remount department in South Africa. It commends the American mules as the best received from any source, magnificent workers and kept in good condition under adverse circumstances. It notes the American Norges varied, but most were excellent animals.
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London
South Africa
Winter Wheat Prospects Improve Across Nebraska
Reports from the Nebraska Grain Dealers Association indicate winter wheat acreage at 1.9 million acres, up about 25 percent from last year. Conditions are excellent but the critical period is ahead. expected yields range from 28 million to 47 million bushels if favorable weather continues, with a mid-April condition report due.
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Omasta
Neb
Nebraska Grain Dealers’ Association
Nebraska
President Objects to Civil Service Clause in Census Bureau Bill
President Roosevelt, in talks with Congress, opposes the civil service provision of the bill creating a permanent census bureau. He argues it unjustly excludes those who have passed or may pass civil service exams. He favors a permanent bureau and may sign the bill to then use executive orders to modify appointments under it.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Crazy Snake Leader and Followers Begin Prison Terms
Chitto Harjo Crazy Snake and nine followers left for Fort Leavenworth Kansas to serve two year sentences for conspiracy against the government. The Snake band leaders opposed Dawes land allotment in the Creel nation and had previously stirred uprisings prompting troop deployment from Fort Sill. They were arrested two weeks ago as unrest resurfaced in Indian Territory.
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Muskoghe
I. T
Area 2
Chitto Harjo
Crazy Snake
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
United States
C. W. Raymond
Snake Band of Indians
Dawes Commission
Creel
Bills Passed in Senate and Related Notices
Senate action approves a Savannah marine hospital project costing up to 200000, appoints Allen V. Reed as a retired rear admiral, and sanctions a compensation award of 5683 to Wlora A. Darling for illegal arrest in New Orleans in 1864, plus authorization for Eldorado & Bastrop Railway to build a bridge over the Ouachita in Arkansas. Hudson Garrard dies on a return from the Philippines in Nebraska, aged stockman and brother of local figures.
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Senate
Washington
Savannah
Allen V. Reed
Navy
Wlora A. Darling
New Orleans
Eldorado & Bastrop Railway Company
Ouchita River
Arkansas
Philippines
Kimball
Neb
Hudson Garrard
San Francisco
Wred
Bob Garrard
Change Date of County Fair in Nab Nebraska
At a directors meeting of the fair association all members were present and voted to move the county fair from the last week of August to August 19 through 22 to complete the circuit of southeast Nebraska.
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Pawnee City
Nab
the Fair Association
Nebraska
Flood follows fire in Paterson as floods threaten mills
Paterson New Jersey endures a second disaster after a major fire. The Phawale river overflow floods business districts and poorer housing areas. One death is reported. Authorities fear Spruce Street raceway could overflow, risking substantial factory damage. Engineers plan dynamite blasts to create a channel to divert water away from the mills.
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Paterson
New Jersey
N. J
Spruce Street
Bridry
President Roosevelt Considers Charleston Visit Plans
Washington March 3 President Roosevelt has scheduled a meeting tomorrow with a Charleston citizens committee seeking a visit to the Charleston exposition. He is expected to decide whether to go to Charleston or remain in Washington to handle family matters. The decision may touch on the Tillman dinner invitation episode and the president’s long cherished wish to visit Charleston.
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Charleston
Washington
Roosevelt
Utah seeks arid lands in Colorado river region
Utah irrigators adjourn after three days as the convention forms a permanent irrigation association. A memorial asks Congress to cede remaining arid lands to Utah to expand irrigation. Resolutions back the Newlands bill as amended by Utah's Sutherland and seek cession of Arizona land between the Colorado River and Utah border.
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Petitiona Co
Salt Lake
Utah
Congress
Sutherland
Arizona
Colorado River
Casualty figures in British Voindenop engagement reported
An incomplete casualty list from the February 24 British attack and capture near Vondonop, southwest of Berksdorp, reports five officers and forty-five men killed and six officers and 116 men wounded. Lord Kitchener’s release says sixteen officers and 451 men were captured, with one officer and 105 men released. two British guns were captured with the convoy. Force of Strikers Grows. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers announced a strike by linemen in Newark, N J, affecting New York and New Jersey telephone companies with about 450 out.
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Vondonop
Berksdorp
Lord Kitchener
New York
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Newark
N. J
New Jersey
American Telephone and Telegraph Companies
Greater
Reagan Is Again Worse In Palestine Texas
Palestine Texas March 3 Hon Joli H Reagan remains in poor condition after a restless night and shows little improvement from the previous day. The report notes his health as not favorable and ongoing concerns about his recovery.
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Reagan
Palestine
Tex
Joli H. Reagan
Two Days Victory Report In British Boer War Actions
London March 1 war secretary Broderick said in two days 600 Boers killed or captured and 2000 horses and 28000 cattle taken. General Dewet’s son and secretary among prisoners. Mania Botha reportedly killed. Over 800 Boers killed or captured, plus thousands of cattle and horses, wagons and sheep. Dispatches note delays in confirming convoy losses and a major Boer surrender near Harrismith.
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London
Broderick
Dewet
Mania Botha
Lord Kitchener
Mlerksdorp
Transvaal
Col. Anderson
Imperial’ Yeomanry
Enderby
House of Commone
Kitchener
Harrismith
Rawlingson
What Germany will save sugar convention result
Berlin reports the government will save 26,000,000 marks yearly due to a sugar convention from the Antwerp international sugar congress. The move aims to end the bounty system, trim the budget deficit, and avoid advantaging other states, though sugar interests oppose the change.
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Berlin
Antwerp
Germany
German tariff increases on imported maize to six marks
In Berlin the tariff committee of the Reichstag adopted a higher maize duty rising from two to six marks per 1,000 kilograms. The duty on malt was set at five marks, and a general grain levy of thirteen marks per 1,000 kilograms was approved as proposed by the government.
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America
Berlin
Tariff Committee
Freichstag
Live Stock Market Report from South Omaha and Kansas City
Cattle demand strong at South Omaha with good prices for steers and better grades, while cows and medium grades showed strength. hogs declined with heavy weight and underweight loads weak. sheep and lambs slow with mixed quality. In Kansas City cattle steady to higher, hogs 5 to 10 cents lower, sheep and lambs steady with varied quality.
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South Omaha
Kansas City
Texas
Harvard to Confer Honorary Degree on Prince Henry
Prince Henry of Prussia will receive an honorary degree from Harvard on March 6 amid initial university opposition overcome by the corporation. The ceremony is expected to be formal with possible announcement of German emperor gift details. The royal party expresses German interest in universities and the prince’s Cambridge visit.
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New York
Prince Henry of
Harvard
The
Tribune
Prince Henry
Cambridge
Nebraska saloon keeper kills wife then himself in Kansas
Ravenworth Kansas March 1 Prank Burlanek a saloon keeper shot Daisy Carpenter in her place and then killed himself. Burlanek formerly of Crete Nebraska left after a family quarrel and later moved to Leavenworth region. His wife in Nebraska has a three children. The woman is dying.
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Nebraska
Ravenworth
Kan
Burlanek
Daisy Carpenter
Hig Place
Crete
Neb
South Africa
Leavenworth
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