Tempest in the Senate as tariff debate sparks personal clashes
Washington, Jan 28. Senator Spooner warned the Philippine Tariff bill may narrow debate to avoid entangling civil government aims. The exchange drew Tillman, Bacon, Rawlins, Teller, Lodge, Beveridge and Frye into heated cross accusations over imperial policy and press censorship in the Philippines, marking a rare day of Party rancor in the Senate.
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Spooner
Wisconsin
Lodge
Philippines
Porto Rico
Senate
Tillman
South Carolina
Bacon
Georgia
Rawlins
Utah
Congress
Arizona
New Mexico
United States
South
Mr. Spooner
Teller
Beveridge
Manila
General Wheaton
Senator Lodge
Colorado
Indiana
Islands
Frye
Debate in Detail on Philippine Question and Navigation Laws
Washington January 28 the Lodge resolution authorizing the Senate committee to investigate the Philippine question was favorably reported and adopted. McCumber challenged Dubois on General Wheaton's youth claims while Dubois defended the general. Senators argued over dispatch content as to army officers. A joint resolution on navigation laws restricting passenger transport was presented. Continued on fourth page. Ad for a remedy appears at end.
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Washington
Lodge
Committee On
Philippines
Senate
McCumber
North Dakota
Dubois
Human Spirit of the Sea Rescue on the Coronda
Captain Crawford S. Smith recounts the perilous rescue of thirteen souls from the Ella coal ship in a January gale. A cockleshell boat, launched amid towering waves, hauled ten men a woman and two children to safety after two perilous trips, with no accidents.
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Crawford S. Smith
Coronda
Norton & Son
Merchant Marine
Captain Smith
Ella
Porto Rico
Smith
Condor Likely Lost as Warship Fragments Found
Reports from Alberni say Indians near Rhousett found a white painted clinker lifeboat believed to belong to the missing warship Condor, which sailed December 2 for Honolulu and has not been heard from. The Grant will recover the boat, while Egeria searches, and wreckage includes doors rails and oars.
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Tribune
Victoria
B. C
Ali- Berni
Rhousett
Queen City
Condor
Honolulu
Grant
United States
H. M
Egeria
Albern
British Columbia
Red Rock
Glasgow
Carmanah
Cape Scott
Blizzard Paralyzes Muskegon as Cold Grips Midwest
Muskegon Michigan reports the worst blizzard of the season with steady snowfall since Sunday, fierce gales, and subzero temps. Chicago and the Northwest endure extreme cold with La Crosse at 24 below and St Paul at 14 below. Seaboard Air Line advertises two daily through trains to Florida with Pullman service from West 23rd Street.
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Muskegon, Mich
Chicago
la Crosse
Wis
St. Paul
Seaboard Air Line
Florida
West 23d St
Broadway
Adyut
Fire menaces big area fire near Bleecker Mott corner
A seven story brick building at Bleecker and Mott streets burned last night, four alarms issued, flames rose fifty feet, endangering nearby tenements and the Church of Our Lady of Mercy. Firemen fought for hours, backdraft and roof fires controlled, damage estimated at $50,000. Priest rescue valuables from the church vestry as crowds gathered.
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Croker
Bleeckerst
Mott St
Elizabeth St
Nicholas Russo
Church of Our Lady of Mercy
Inspector Brooks
Mulberry
Eldridge
Union Market
Mercer St
Sturgis
William Leary
Mott and Bleeckersts
Feller's Café
The
Novelty Clothing Company
Sykes and
Ab Kirschbaum & Co
Farr Fishman
Rogers, Peet & Co
Wolf & Solotar
Timber Booms Break Flood Washes Half Million Timber
Heavy flooding on the Guyandotte River floods caused by booms breaking today result in a loss of about five hundred thousand dollars in timber. Widespread damage is reported along the river as waters rise.
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Huntington
W. Va
Guyandotte River
Waterways bill passed in French congress
Paris Jan 28 the Chamber of Deputies adopted a waterways bill proposing canal improvements at 60 500 000 francs new canals including north coal fields to Lorraine Loire to Rhone and Marseilles to Rhone at 445 000 000 francs and port upgrades at Dunkirk Havre Nantes Bordeaux St Nazaire and other sites costing 159 000 000 francs.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Lorraine
Loire
Rhone
Marseilles
Dunkirk
Havre
Nantes
Bordeaux
St. Nazaire
City not liable for subway explosion damages
A meeting of Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company directors discussed financial responsibility for the Park Avenue explosion. Contractor McDonald indicated city claims would not be paid, with settlements possibly out of court. Investigations could not confirm dynamite quantity or cause. a magazine fire near Murray Hill aided the disaster. Debris removal and repairs continued. losses estimated at 334,500 dollars. District Attorney Jerome was summoned to court for assaulting a coroner's clerk, drawing criticism from coroners and official counsel.
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Murray Hill
Jerome
Rives
Murray Hill Hotel
Park-ave
Forty-first-st
George Murray
Bureau of Combustibles
Freel
Goldenkranz
Murray
Shaler
Parkave
Fire Department
Mr. Murray
Thirty-fourth-st
Tubbs
Croker
S. EF. Stellman
No. 204 East Forty-thirdst
Explosion Probe Details Amid Murray Hill Dynamite Blast
Investigations into the 400 pound dynamite explosion in front of the Murray Hill Hotel at Park Ave and Forty first St continued with little progress. Chief Inspector George Murray led inquiries into storage permits, possible causes, and witness statements while noting the risk to inspectors and the need for solid evidence.
City debate on responsibility for Park Ave dynamite blast
The dispute over who pays for Park avenue explosion damages was debated at the Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company office with August Belmont, John B. McDonald, Major Ira A. Shaler, and Ex-Judge Henry E. Howland present. McDonald stated the city is indemnified against such losses and hinted at an out of court settlement while expressing sympathy for the injured and dead.
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Parkave
August Belmont
Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company
John B. McDonald
Ira A. Shaler
Henry E. Howland
Shaler
McDonald
Chanler Gets Back Estate in Virginia
In Louisa County Virginia a county court decree grants John Armstrong Chanler possession of his property, completing his recovery of assets in Virginia after already reclaiming holdings in Albemarle. He plans to pursue titles in New York and North Carolina. Mardi Gras New Orleans travel ad follows.
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the Tribune
Richmond
Louisa
John Armstrong Chanler
Albemarle County
Virginia
New York
North Carolina
Summons Issued In Assault Case Involving Jerome Hoeber Note
John MurrayING the coroner s office obtained a summons for District Attorney Jerome to appear in Centre Street court at 10 a m to answer an assault charge. Jerome said he would attend on time and claimed he did not strike Murray. Coroners criticized Jerome s conduct at inquests and sought guidance from Corporation Counsel Rives. McGrath remained in Tombs with a habeas corpus writ directing his appearance and a certiorari against Coroner Goldenkranz to produce records.
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John Murray
Coroners’ Office
Jerome
Brann
Centre St. Court
Hoeber
Goldenkranz
Rives
Scholer
Jackson
McGrath
Parkave
R. W.G. Welling
Supreme Court
Lunacy and Superstrenuousness Dismiss Jerome in Delmonico Speech
Speakers at the second panel of the Sheriffs jury at Delmonico's lashed District Attorney Jerome with satire. John S. Wise defined a new lunacy called superstrenuousness and attacked the DA amid cheers and some hisses as the audience cried Jerome.
Hot Springs Arkansas health resort noted in ad
U S government controls the famed Hot Springs Arkansas touted as the nation health and pleasure resort with winter climate golf and elegant hotels including Arlington Eastman and Isr aras to remain managed by W E Hoyt G E P A Mo Pac SL Broadway New York advertisement listing managers and location details.
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Arkansas
U. S
Arlington
Eastman
Raur
W. E. Hoyt
SL Broadway
New York
Advt
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