House Debates Tariff Bill as Fifth-Fifth Congress Opens
Washington on March 19 marks the first legislative day of the Fifth-fifth Congress with an unusually energetic session. The tariff bill faces minority views, with Dalzell and Dingley proposing general debate while opponents clash over procedure and timing. The House adjourns after approving a resolution for four major appropriation bills and sets a minority tariff report to be released Monday.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Ealleries
Bingley
Committee On Ways and Aleans
McMilin
Dalsell
Pennsylvania
Committee On Rules
Messrs
Dal- Zell and
Dingley
Messrs. McMillin
Bland
Wheeler
Dem
Ala
Bailey
Texas
Trossvenor
Mein
Howard
Ali
Henderson
Rep. la
Congress
Sayers
McMillin
Tennessee
Pearson and
Inney
Rep
Iowa
Bailey and McMillin
House
Ways and Means Committee
Batley
Norfolk Public Building Receives House Approval
The House yesterday passed a bill to allocate $156,000 for a public building in Norfolk. A telegram from Washington said the bill passed the House as it did in the Just Congress but did not reach the President in time to become law. Senate passage is likely, making a Norfolk public building almost certain.
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House
Norfolk
Washington
Congress
Senate
Day in the Senate Brim with Debates and Nominations
The Senate calendar includes a move to elect Senators by the people, two Pacific railroad bills, and hundreds of new bills led by pension measures. Debates erupt as Allen and Chandler spar over organizing the chamber, while Davis supports arbitration with Great Britain. Nominations confirmed include Gordon, Way, Porter, White, Heath, and Allen.
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Senate
Purple
Indiana
United Siots
John Edward Addleks
Kenny
Delaware
Burrows
Michigan
Potter
North Carolina
Chandler
New Hampshire
Sirirt
Oregon
House of Representatives
Committee On
Gear
Town
Union Pacific Raiload
Committee On Finance
Davis
Minnesota
Senator Allen
Nebraska
Allen
Httle
Great Britain
Peanut trade turmoil hints at tighter Virginia crop
Norfolk presses its peanut clout as the market tightens. The Virginia Peanut Association has faded, leaving manufacturers to face volatile prices, small crops, and a push toward a centralized trust. Farmers begin to hold stock longer while buyers flag future supply risks amid fluctuating hand picked nuts.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Nansemond County
Ubon
Tam Vom
Sane Nnn
Stuklen
Tts
Virginia Peanut Association
Big Cleaner
North Carolina
Cabinets and Pillsbursters Debate Non Navigation Laws
A Washington cabinet meeting discussed violations of non navigation laws and the handling of arms shipments aboard vessels. The Attorney General declined to give a definite opinion, leaving the issue to Treasury discretion and delaying a firm action in the Dawntless case as a test of administration policy.
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Mt US
Wient
Sherman
Gage
Chenorat McKennan
Bong
Wier
Jacksonville
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Dawntless
McIkenna
Department of Justice
Cmci
Supreme Court
MUSGS
Cuban rebel assault near Jizunnd in Cuban province repulsed
Advices report rebels attacking forts near Marana and Jizunnd employing two small cannons. Garrison losses include one volunteer officer, four soldiers killed and 18 wounded. Enemy leaders among the six killed. Troops mounted three-column assault, forcing rebels from entrenchments. several private deaths and many wounded on both sides. Union forces also repelled a rebel force at Can fille and Mayo Jigua with further casualties.
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Maret
Jizunnd
Ss Na de Cuban
Parison
Fien
Chen Rey
Canfille
Mya
Governor declines to halt executions in Frankfort case
Governor Bradley has decided not to interfere with court sentences in the Scott Jackson and Alvin(e) Walling case. Both executions will occur tomorrow after the governor read the confessions a second time and reviewed the records until 3 o'clock this morning.
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Frankfort
Why
Bradley
Scott Jackson
Alvnine Walling
Mob forms to protect suspect in Georgetown murder case
Georgetown Del March 1 a mob ofTA men formed between here and Milton to lynch Jane M Gordy held on a murder charge. Mrs Mirra Lewis of New York is the alleged victim. Twenty deputy sheriffs guarded the area. the night passed quietly and the town remained calm this morning.
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Georgetown
Del
Here
Milton
Janes M. Gordy
Wile Place
Mirra Lewis
New York
Ota
Bed Bug Poison Ad by Alfred T. West
An 19th century style ad claims West's Bed Bug Poison kills bed bugs in one round of treatment. It promises no staining or odor and uses corrosive sublimate and alcohol. The product is sold by Alfred T. West at 408 Main St near Church with phone number 372.
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Alfred T. West
Main St
Church
Norfolk
Mississippi Flood Deluge Ravages Regions Across States
Widespread flooding reports from Mississippi to Tennessee and Arkansas describe rising rivers and breached levees. Seventeen drownings reported near Caruthersville. hundreds stranded, homes lost, livestock killed, and residents left destitute as water fills valleys and swamps lowlands. Armed guards patrol embankments to deter saboteurs amid the rising disaster.
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Memphis
Missisippi
Caruthers Ville
Run Point
Tennessee
Arkan Sta
Arkansas
Talon
Many Deaths Reported in California Ark Floods
Floods sweep the country around Calvin Arkansas as water rises to train tracks. Workers manage dirt dikes while both white and Black residents beg for aid from train crews. Drowned workers and missing people are listed among the mounting fatalities. livestock losses and submerged homes compound the disaster.
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Calvin
Ark
Waler Lgup
Tron
Wiliam Cartwrhsht
Wilam Coz
Judge Hodges
Rosehbud Island
Jake Carty
Amanda Chipman
Glr
Charles Burkley
Gavin
Flood Threatens Upper Mississippi and Midwest Areas
Rain and heavy snow melt send floodwaters surging into the Mississippi as ice breaks. reports from North and South Dakota mirror the trend. Residents near the Red and Jim rivers desert home sites while Louisville reports washouts on the Ohio approach to the East Cairo bridge. The river rises to eighteen feet at the falls with over an inch and a half of rain in 24 hours.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Jevel
Mississippi River
North
South Dakota
Peone
Sted River
Jim River
Tintlr
Louisville
Wickliffe
Ohio
East Cairo
Weather Warnings Prolong Flood Districts Rise
The worst is not yet. Additional warnings issued by Weather Boren in Washington on March 19 note rainfall in central valleys. The continuing rise in the lower Ohio is expected over the next forty eight hours, with details continued on the third page.
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Ohio
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