Cuban Senate Ratifies Reciprocity Treaty With United States
Havana March 12 The Cuban senate passed the reciprocity treaty with the United States by a 16 to 5 vote with three absentees. Fifteen Republican Conservatives and one Nationalist supported, five Nationalists opposed. Senor Bustemente urged that the 20 percent duty cut on Cuban sugar would boost Cuba’s trade by favoring Cuban sugar over Europe, aiding national prosperity. Senor Zayas voted yes to seek amendments on commodity exchange but not oppose the treaty. Senor Sanguilly opposed to challenge the executive and strain of arguments.
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Havana
Senate
United States
Senor Zayas
Senor Sanguilly
Bustemente
Che
Senor Bustemente
Trust
Europe
Cuba
Progress toward vote on Colombian canal treaty in Senate
Washington March 12. Senators moved toward setting next Tuesday for a vote on the Colombian canal treaty and amendments. Senator Frye and Morgan brokered the understanding while Gorman discussed it, Morgan pressing printing of his executive-session speeches. Democratic leaders favor an amendment to Article 23 to clarify U S control of the canal and seek Republican votes, with expectations of bipartisan support for the change.
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Washington
Senate
Frye
Morgan
Committee On Foreign Relations
Alabama
Gorman
United States
Treaty Likely To Be Ratified Without Change
The text argues that acquisition of Central American territory is out of place yet signals indicate the treaty will be approved as presented, with no modifications expected. The discussion centers on the broader implications of the agreement and its reception by lawmakers.
Roosevelt Accepts Invitation to Louisiana Purchase Exposition
St Louis dated March 12 Roosevelt formally accepted the invitation to attend the dedication ceremonies of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition on April 30. The notice confirms the president will be present for the opening events and highlights the national significance of the exposition.
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St. Louis
Roosevelt
Indianapolis Democrats Face Tie Up Over Leadership
In Indianapolis on March 12 a factional fight brews within the Democratic Party as Taggart’s influence clashes with calls for leadership change. Keach’s city chair candidacy sparks the debate, though Keach and Taggart remain personal allies. Henry W. Marshall returns to Lafayette after a dinner at the University Club praising his speaker record. Legislature adjournment empties hotels as convention crowds surge, while state officials prepare to take office, and many Indiana lawmakers head home to politics.
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Indianapolis
Democrats
Taggart
French Lick
James L. Keach
Keach
Henry W. Marshall
Lafayette
University Club
Marshall
Grant
Gilbert
Fort Ware
Requisitions Issued For Escapee Tharp And Finnell
Governor Durbin issued a requisition on Kentucky for Edward Tharp a convict who has broken parole and is at Louisville after parole violation. A second requisition went to Ohio for William Finnell charged at Winchester with obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Indianapolis
Durbin
Kentucky
Byers
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Edward Tharp
Tharp
Evansville
Louisville
Ohio
William Finnell
Winchester
Secret Service arrests man in 12000 dollar counterfeiting case
Chicago on March 12 officers of the United States secret service arrested Frank Davis for making and circulating 12000 counterfeit dollars during the last year. Davis is described as part of a gang, with the remaining members at large and still sought by detectives.
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Chicago
United States Secret Service
Frank Davis
Davis
Jacob Gilhooly
William Tracy
Hugo Beckman
Beckman
Gilhooly
Mrs. Beckman
Tracy
Dalton Acquitted in Murder Trial in Cleveland
In Cleveland on March 12 Charles Dalton was acquitted by a jury of murder for the killing of Morris Katz a bartender in a saloon about a year ago. The testimony showed Katz was killed by someone else and the evidence did not prove Dalton’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Charles Dalton
Dalton
Kirled
Morris Katz
Katz
Purdue Freshmen Riot at Banquet Hall in Lafayette
In Lafayette Indiana on March 12 500 freshmen attacked sophomores at Columbian hall during their annual banquet. The fiercest class fight in Purdue history left rooms damaged with broken dishes and bruised students. Police arrested F D Harman as ringleader and firefighters helped clear the scene.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue
Columbian Hall
Banqnet Hall
F. D. Harman
Harrison
Columbia Hall
Stone
Malicious trespass charges and factory crime report
The record cites a man charged with malicious trespass after being deposed as Western Rubber company mechanical superintendent and accused of destroying chemicals worth $1,000. In Portland Indiana a woman near Geneva health issue led to a stabbing incident with a butcher knife.
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Western Rubber Company
RECORD BREAKER GUARDING THE BANKS
New Orleans reports flood precautions as river nears record stage. Government and city authorities strengthen levees, increase inspections, and deploy workers day and night to guard banks and prevent damage amid rising Mississippi waters.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
State funds strain as legislature funds run short
Indianapolis March 12 State Treasurer Hill may call on county treasurers for funds before the state if an immediate demand is made for all money appropriated by the recent legislature and made available when the bills passed John Reed settlement clerk in Auditor Sherrick s office says about 380000 remains in the state treasury not enough to meet the appropriations available
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Indianapolis
Hill
John Reed
Sherrick
Woodmen elect officers at Corry banquet
Corry Pa March 12 The Woodmen convention closed with a grand banquet in city hall Officers elected for two years Head Consul A A Sturman Johnstown Pa Head Adviser J F Weigel Bellevue Ohio Head Banker J K Stauffer Latrobe Pa Head Clerk W T Gordon Rochester Pa Canton chosen for the 1905 convention location.
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Corry
City Hall
A. A. Sturman
Johnstown
J. F. Weigel
Bellevue
Ohio
J. K. Stauffer
Latrobe
W. T. Gordon
Rochester
Canton
Embankment Break Near Vidalia Threatens Dikes
Natchez Miss March 12 A report says the Texas Pacific railroad embankment at Bougie in lower Concordia parish about thirty five miles south of Vidalia has broken though Sheriff Gillespie cannot verify. The fifteen foot high new levee is rising water 2.5 feet above danger line. Homes washed away animals driven to high lands and levees are patrolled as early crop prospects fade.
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Natchez
Miss
Texas Pacific Railroad
Bougie
Concordia Parish
Vidalia
Gillespie
Betsy Ann
Angolan Woman Shoots Woman in Family Quarrel
In Angola Indiana on March 12 Etta McGrew wife of Job McGrew shot Julia Bennett after a quarrel that began when Mrs Bennett and another woman confronted Etta over alleged attentions from her husband. Bennett was wounded in the right breast and taken to Russell House in precarious condition. McGrew, aged about forty and reportedly respectable, faced two witnesses to the incident.
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Angola
Ind
Etta
Job McGrew
Julia Bev
Mrs. McGrew
Explosion at Republic iron works kills and injures workers
In Hammond Indiana on March 12 an explosion at the Republic iron and steel mills East Chicago occurred while workers operated large cutting mill shears. Mike Karloski was killed John Foejek fatally hurt J Childs had his foot crushed Peter Ostrotek was hurt. Debris and flying steel filled the area after the gas tank exploded.
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Hammond
Ind
Republic Iron and Steel
East Chicago
Mike Karloski
John Foejek
J. Childs
Peter Ostrotek
Family in shanty near Logansport saved from starvation
In Logansport Indiana a family of four staples saved by Trustee Minneman. Father, mother and two ill children suffer lung fever with only a few rotten potatoes and bread crusts found at the home. The younger child cared for the family through winter.
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Logansport
Ind
Minneman
Middleton Surrenders to Authorities in Goshen
Ready to Answer Goshen Indiana March 12 Henry A Middleton has returned from Chicago and surrendered himself to the authorities in a developing local case.
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Goshen
Ind
Henry A. Middleton Bes
Chicago
In Wrong Court
Arguments in the trial of Indiana coal operators continued late last night and resumed this morning. Defense contends the state court lacks jurisdiction, claiming the charges involve violations of both state and federal statutes and that the case should be in federal court.
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Chicago
Indiana
Ames Resists Return to Minneapolis for Trial
Ex mayor Adelbert Ames defies immediate return to Minneapolis to face bribery charges. NH lawyers seek habeas corpus release, then appeal to NH supreme court. If denied, US Supreme Court may intervene. He may stay in New Hampshire for a year or two, provided $12,500 security is posted by 2 p.m. Saturday.
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Manchester
N. H
Adelbert Ames
Minneapolis
New Hampshire
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Supreme Court of the United States
Liberty
Double Tragedy In Ohio in St Paris on Main Street
Springfield Ohio March 12 Joseph H Gibbs and his wife were found dead in a bloodstained street in St Paris after Gibbs shot his wife near the village church as she confronted them with jealousy. Gibbs then killed himself after firing at Mrs Shehee who fled the scene.
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Ohio
Springfield
Joseph H. Gibbs
St. Paris
Gibbs
Jim Shehee
Mrs. Shehee
Weather forecast for Memphis stage height rise
Weather bureau warns Memphis that the river stage will reach 38 feet by Sunday with a 32 foot stage prepared as a precaution. The forecast notes the high water risk and urges residents and authorities to stay alert for changing conditions.
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Memphis
Tenn
Weather Bureau
River flood outlook as Ohio side streams rise again
Evansville Indiana March 12 river level expected to fall by Friday morning though another rise is anticipated as Little Wabash and Pond rivers run high in years. Farmers from Evansville to Cairo face thousands of dollars in losses as homes fences and barns are swept away.
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Evansville
Ind
Ohio River
Pond
Cairo
Flood Drowns Wheat Crops as Paducah Struggles
Paducah Kentucky reports rising water backing into sanitary sewerage and flooding that threatens thousands of acres of wheat. Rescue boats are out on the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers to save vast numbers of railroad ties, with an estimated 175000 ties in danger.
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Paducah
Tennessee
Cumberland
No Danger at Cincinnati River Flood Forecast
Cincinnati March 12 Weather Forecaster Bassler says the river will stay at or below fifty two feet during the current rise. The danger line is passed and unless additional rain in the upper Ohio valley occurs the risk of a serious flood is over for now.
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Cincinnati
Bassler
Ohio Valley
River Flooding Drowns 40000 Acres of Wheat in Missouri
The Mississippi River rise floods over 40,000 acres of wheat in Mississippi county Missouri with Big Four railroad tracks north of Mound City submerged. Levee break at Price's Landing near Commerce is reported.
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Cairo
Mississippi County
Missouri
Mound City
Price's Landing
Commerce
Illinois Rail Rates Cut By 25 Percent To Match Indiana Ohio
The Illinois State Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners announced a 25 percent rate reduction for all railroad shipping within the state. The cut applies to distances up to 150 miles, with longer distances adjusted to align with rates charged by Indiana Iowa and Ohio roads.
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Springfield
Lil
State Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Illinois
Boards of Trades
Indiana
Iowa
Ohio
The Proper Missile and a Judge Debate Passion
A terse Town and County quip recalls a courtroom scene where a prisoner defends actions by saying he struck with a curbstone to curb another’s passion, highlighting a sharp exchange over restraint and punishment.
Mountain and wasteland reclaim Spain's vast acreage
A statement notes that sixty one million of Spain's 121 million acres are mountainous or waste land. The figure highlights significant land areas unsuited for cultivation or development within the country.
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Spain
Doctor Manuel Barros Borgono Dies Rector of University of Santiago
Prominent Chilean educator Doctor Manuel Barros Borgono, rector of the University of Santiago, has died in Santiago on March 12. The educator, a leading figure in Chilean education, passed away after a long illness.
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Dea
Santiago
Chile
Manuel Barros Borgono
University of
Market Report: Prevailing Grain and Livestock Prices
Market report from Indianapolis Louisville Cincinnati Chicago New York East Buffalo Toledo shows grain and livestock prices by item and market. Wheat corn oats cattle hogs sheep lambs vary by location with prices and movement described for March 11.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
New York
East Buffalo
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