Change in Rules Likely for Senate Proceedings
A Washington speech by Senator Dubois signals a rule change to split appropriations bills among subject committees. The move aims to ease the overworked Senate Appropriations Committee by routing bills to Agriculture, Fortifications, Rivers and Harbors, District of Columbia, Foreign Relations, Indian Affairs, Army and Navy, Military Academy, Post Office, and related panels for reporting before final appropriation.
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Wasiinctoy
Senate
Dubois
Tda
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Tasomator
Tis
District of Columbia
District of Columbis
West Point Examinations For Cadet Candidates Held At Posts
About 236 candidates and alternates for vacancies at the West Point academy will take exams at army posts near their homes on March 19. Congressmen have named most vacancies. 140 total, with two still to be filled before exams. Candidates travel costs drive local testing. papers then go to West Point for final review. The note also reports bills on gambling prohibition and county printing contracts.
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Mareh
St. Paul
Pebo
Maweld
West Pout
West Point
Jone
Nin
Ams
West Pont
Tina
Young Republicans of Alexandria Host Senator Nelson
In Alexandria on February 16 the Young Men’s Republican club hosted Senator Nelson at the Letson House with about 80 members present. Mayor R McCrory Colonel G B Ward and Captain H J White attended. J H Wettleson spoke and Nelson replied to welcome. A morning report notes Lieutenant Gaigernon is a possible candidate for the Republican nomination in the Second district. parties plan a strong bid to oppose McClhony’s renomination next year with Senator Day viewed as a key figure.
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Alexandeia
Shinn
Young Men's Republican Club
Kiate Nelson
Letson House
R. McCrory
G. B Ward
Nelson
H. J. White
J. H. Wettleson
Sematoe Nelson
Dray Phinee
Princetivenes
Br. Pach
Pel
Gaigernon
Republic
Wtn
Congress
McClhony
Day
Shell
Dias
Uspimae
Murder in Zeiss Hotel Affects Actress Madge Yorke
Police guard city depots as detective suspects actor Gentry of killing Miss Madge Yorke at Zeiss hotel. Revolver found near the hotel. three shots fired with one fatal wound to Yorke's forehead. Miss Clark, a close friend in the room, says no quarrel had been heard between the lovers.
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Madge Yorke
PiLapenpnta
Z. B. Country
Zeiss Hotel
Grieris
Gentry
Pennsylvania Road
New York
Wis
Eighth and Locust Streets
Gentry Jaid
Miss Clark
Sioux Balls Dispute Over Prairie Chickens Ends Turbulent Day
A Sioux Falls gun club dispute erupts after a farmer sells prairie chickens to a market man. A gun club member intervenes prompting a rushed retreat, with potential prosecution under game law. The meat dealer holding the birds may also face penalties. Each bird carries a ten dollar fine.
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Bel
Sioux Pills
Amit
The Late Montana Blizzard Strikes Stock and Residents
Reports of additional fatalities from the Montana blizzard arrive daily. Agent August Schafer of Fergus county perished. his horse lay nearby. A Miles City herder named Smith remains missing amid deep snow and lost stock losses are vast, especially for sheep. In Washington, Stockslager protests the Dockery report to abolish the surveyor general and merge surveys into a new bureau.
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August Schafer
Fergus County
Swift
Miles City
Smith
Stockslager
Washington
Hon
S. M. Stockslager
The
Land Office
Congress
Dockery Joint
Surveyor General of Public Lands
Geological Daven
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Surveying
General Land Office
Auditor's Report Reveals State Taxable Property Value
The state auditor's report for years ending July 31 1894 1895 and 1896 will appear in book form. Taxable property value is estimated at 600 000 000 for 1894 660 000 000 for 1895 and 670 000 000 for 1896. The land department notes school fund growth and fund sources with detailed bond holdings and investments across multiple states and categories.
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Path
Bross
Pioti
Fragmented OCR notes from a Minnesota civic meeting
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Minnesota and a city council or community meeting. Key names or dates are unreadable, with no clear event outcome or actionable detail available.
British and Frenchacknowledge American cruiser superiority
The article reports British and French recognition of the Columbi a and Minneapolis as superior American triple screw cruisers. It notes plans to build similar vessels, with French and British programs aimed at matching or exceeding the 23 knot speed and about 8 5 thousand ton displacement, while British designs seek higher speed to avoid being outpaced.
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Wasninaetox
Columbia
Minneapolis
Melville
Great Britain
France
Blake
Croiseurs Corsaire
Neyvy Department
Pacific cable route chosen if Hawaii landing fails
Sanford Fleming’s analysis on tenders for the Pacific cable route is sent to colonial governments. Route No 1 within British territory would run from Vancouver Island to Fanning Island Fiji Norfolk Island with branches to New Zealand and New South Wales. Denver reports a sale of the Florence and Cripple Creek railroad for 2 million to a Boston syndicate. D H Moffatt remains the largest stockholder.
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Hawaii
Ottawa
Ont
Sanford Fleming
Hawaiian Archipelago
British Territory
Vancouver Island
Fanning Island
Fiji
Norfolk Island
New Zealand
New South Wales
Cripple Creek
Denver
Colo
John C. Montgomery
Florence and Cripple Creek
Boston
D. H. Moffatt
Princess Paulina Dies in New York at 17 Inches
New York reports the death of Princess Paulina who arrived Dec 22 and drew great local interest. She was 17 inches tall and weighed eight and a half pounds. Meanwhile sheriffs collect information on W W Taylor the absconding state treasurer, with Griswold Indiana noted as a clue.
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Reprikiy
W. W. Taylor
Griswold
Paulina
New York
Sentences Court Convict to Electrocution in April
William Lake convicted of murdering Ennna Hunt at Albion New York is sentenced to be electrocuted in the week starting April 1. Ernest Winters a ten year old student at Hoosac Falls New York attempted suicide after being locked in a cloak room and was revived.
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William Lake
Ennna Hunt
Albion
N. Y
Ernest Winters
Hoosac Falls
North Dakota Schools Growth Shown in Historic Comparison
A review of Laura J Isenhuth’s late State Superintendent report reveals two years of growth in North Dakota schools. It contrasts 1891 1893 with 1891 1898 figures on districts houses teachers salaries costs and indebtedness, urging abolition of the district treasurer post and adoption of a free text book system.
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Graxp Fors
N. D
Laura J. Isen- Huth
ISHL
Peace talks move toward Port Arthur amid envoy reports
Li Hung Chang heads for Port Arthur to meet Japanese envoys and seek terms to end the war. Russia and England may mediate, while Pekin officials fear trouble and have increased guard details from warships at Tien Tsin.
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Port Arthur
Chee Foo
Li Hung Chang
Japan
Russia
England
China
Ase
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Depositions in Merritt Rockefellar suit disclosed
The World reports depositions in the Merritt versus Rockefeller case seeking 1,250,000 in a preliminary suit. Charles Rand and Charles Colby testified about preexisting solvency and heavy mortgages alleged to involve Rockefeller’s control of stock through first mortgage bonds. The action sits in the U S circuit court in Duluth Minnesota.
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New York
Alfred Merritt
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
Minnesota
United States Circuit Court
Duluth
Minn
A. A. Harris
B. W. J. Fox
Dillon
Charles F. Rand
Penokee
Gogebic
Federal Court of
Wisconsin
Charles L. Colby
Montana House approves resolution for woman suffrage amendment
In a night session the Montana House ordered a favorable report on a constitutional amendment to grant women the right to vote. The report passed 40 to 16 with five absentees, needing four to block the two thirds requirement. Elsewhere, Republican votes on the gold bond bill showed five affirmative votes west of the Alleghenies. Benjamin Sweed, 80, was found dead on a Macy farm in Iowa after a quarrel with his brother-in-law. his body was frozen stiff. A new Eastern Star chapter was instituted at Lake Brenton with visiting officers from Minneapolis and Wellsburg.
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Montana
Mon
Wasnincrox
Alleghany Mountains
Aldrich
Chicago
Barthold
St. Louis
Babcock
Wisconsin
Storer
Cincinnati
Updegraff
Iowa
Elpora
Benjamin Sweed
Macy Farm
Here
Wellsburg
Eastern Star
Lake Brenton
Minn
Order of the Eastern Star
Markham
Taylor
Thomas
Loraine
Minneapolis
Mathews
Minturn Takes Charge of Lake Shore Division
Minturn assumes duty as superintendent of the Lake Shore division of the St. Paul road in Green Bay on February 18, succeeding H. M. Bell who may move to South America to oversee a railroad venture.
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Minturn
Green Bay
R. R. Minturn
Lake Shore
St. Paul Road
H. M. Bell
South America
Wolcott Attacks Bond Sale in Senate Attack on President
In Washmncrox on February 18, Senator Wolcott of Colorado denounced the presidents bond sale in a fiery speech. He claimed a New York bank president said the bond syndicate would pay at most 10 percent and that bonds bought at 104.50 were trading at 112 amid strong demand. He charged the president with harming government credit and said the message to Congress contained a lie.
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Teller
Egypt
Washmncrox
Hill
Senate
Wolcott
Colorado
New York
Congress
Women Ill Treated Sioux City Crusaders Sweep Saloons
Sioux City February 18 The Woman's Christian Temperance Union led nearly 100 members from Whitfield church on a street march to about a dozen saloons. Most venues admitted them two or three refused they sang hymns ending with the doxology. They reported police warned against blocking sidewalks and moved through streets to City Hall to complain to Mayor Fletcher who was warned and absent. The group dispersed after a failed bid to secure action and pledged injunctions if saloons fail to comply with the law.
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Sioux City
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Whitfield Church
Fletcher
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