Daylong congressional activity highlights budget battles and foreign crises
The record shows intense debate over the war revenue bill and a constitutional funding debate in the Senate. House and Senate budgets dominated the session with extensive discussion of agricultural and sundry civil appropriation bills. Notable items include reexamination of New York custom house sale, Colombia rebels hindering business, and promotions in the British and U S military ranks.
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Payne
Senate
Mery
Perry S Heath
Dulaec
House
Messrs Hale
Axige
New York Custom House
National City Bank
Esas
Cannon
Othens
Colina
Mrs Nation Leads Topeka Crusade Against Joints
Mrs Carrie Nation sparks a Topeka crusade with a morning raid on a city joint smashing fixtures and windows. She returns to jail after multiple arrests, then targets a cold storage plant before more clashes with police and a church stop.
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Topeka
Kes
Mre
Carrie Nation
Mre Nation
Mrs Nation
State House
Kansas Avenue
Ed Murphy
Nation
Mhers
Moeser
Cook
First Christian Church
Acean
State House Friands
State House Square
Capitol Building
Nebraska City Tragic Shooting Murder Case
In Nebraska City on a February night Hall Frampton, a Black man, quarreled with his wife and attempted to kill her. His 13 year old step-daughter intervened, he seized a shotgun and chased her, then shot her in the head and killed her.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Hall Frampton
Frampton
Earth Shocks Reported in Trieste and Laibach Districts
Minor seismic tremors were felt yesterday in Vienna nearby districts Trieste and Laibach, with no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Seismologists monitored aftershocks and warned residents to stay alert.
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Vienna
Trieste
Laibach
Late mining horror drives Cumberland and Nanaimo into gloom
Reports from Union mines on Vancouver Island describe a fatal accident in Number 6 shaft. Fire and flood from an eight inch main hinder rescue efforts as officials expect days before recovery of the bodies. Passengers H. R Raymond and Bennett arrived aboard the Tartar with updates.
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Vancouver
Union
Vancouver Island
Cumberland
Xanaimoe
Canadian Pacific Railway Co
Tartar
H. R Raymond
the. Bennett
Number 6
Raymond
Rebel Leaders Surprised Near Paperia
Manila reports indicate eighty men of the Fifth U S Infantry and scouts surprised insurgent leaders Villamor and Alejandro near Paperia. Villamor wounded. Charges against American contractor Dr D M Carman and partner Thedorio Carranza grow with proof of supplying uniforms provisions money and arms to rebels. Investigation continues as many insurgent officers surrender.
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Manila
Fifth
United States Infantry
Villamor
Alejandris
Paperia
D. M. Carman
Thedorio Carranza
Jury sentences William Rhea to death for Snyder murder
Fremont Nebraska February 15 jury returns verdict of murder in the first degree against William Rhea for the December 7 Snyder saloon shooting that killed Herman Zabo. Rhea and two companions Darrell and Gardiner were arrested after the night-time hold-up. Darrell and Gardiner await trial.
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Fremont
Neb
William Rhea
Herman Zabo
Snyder
Westerday
Zahn
Ehea
Darrell
Gardimer
Gardiner
Express Wreck Near Millsity After Cloud Burst
The east bound limited express leaving San Francisco at 10 a.m. Saturday struck a washout at Millsity Nev caused by a cloud burst. The fireman and three passengers were killed. the conductor, engineer, one brakeman, two postal clerks and one passenger injured. All passengers badly shaken. all trains east and west were abandoned for 48 hours.
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San Francisco
Limited
Millsity
Nev
Victoria Foundation scholarships proposed by National Institute
The National Institute plans a Victoria Foundation fund to establish university scholarships for women, promoting high ideals of womanliness and domestic virtues alongside progressive study. Clara Marten of Washington will serve as treasurer. Leyds loses diplomatic papers in Brussels theft incident. thief used false keys to access a residence vestibule.
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Philadelphia
National Institute
Victoria Foundation
Queen
Leyds
Brussels
Dr. Leyda
Transvaal
Hague
Cook’s Death Ends London Marriage Link to New York
London mourns Sir Francis Cook who died last night at ten o'clock. The 1555 marriage linked him to Miss Tennessee Clarin of New York, widow Tessie Cladin, placing the couple in notable society. The obituary notes his long life and title.
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London
Francis Cook
Tennessee Clarin
New York
Accident on Kearsarge gun described as trivial
Pensacola Florida reports a 12 inch gun on the battleship Kearsarge suffered a minor rifling injury from a premature shell discharge during a cruising off Key West in the Gulf of Mexico. No damage to the gun or ship was reported. King Victor Emmanuel will visit London in March per the Daily Mail.
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Pensacola
Fla
Kearsargr
Key West
Gulf of Mexico
London
Victor Emmanuel
The
Daily Mail
Lomlem
Mar
Mississippi Matters and Confederate Echoes in 1900s Ledger
Local Mississippi notes compile reader questions on state history with plans for pamphlets. Articles recount Confederate veterans, bank deposits, hospital annex, and civic projects, naming Adams and Warren counties, Jackson, Natchez, Vicksburg, and figures like Erastes Bridges Foster and Dr. Fos.
Judge Jesse J. Phillips Dies in Hillsboro at 64
Springfield reports the death of Judge Jesse J. Phillips of the Illinois Supreme Court at his Hillsboro home at 1 20 a m after a year of illness including liver ailments. Born in Hillsboro, he was a Civil War veteran and veteran legislator who rose from circuit judge in 1879 to the supreme bench. A Democratic leader, he was once a congressional nominee and leaves a widow Julia Phillips two brothers Murrill and Meare Phillips and a sister. Funeral planned for Tuesday.
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Springfield
Hillsboro
Jesse J. Phillips
Illinwle Supreme Court
Phillips
Illinois
Hilletere
Supreme Bench
Democratic Party
Congress
Julia Phillips
Murrill
Meare Philips
Roosevelt and Geff Hunt Lions in Meeker Ranch Raid
Meeker Colorado February 17 reports Gov Roosevelt and John Geff visiting Keystone ranch. Geff says 17 lions were killed during the hunt with the governor claiming 17 including four by knife. Roosevelt killed a 227 pound largest lion, shot from a cliff with Geff's account of a dramatic moment as Roosevelt leaned over a 40 foot precipice to shoot. Roosevelt calls the trip the most enjoyable time of his life.
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Meeker
Roosevelt
John Gerete
Keystone Ranch
Geoff
Philippines Commerce Shows Rapid Trade Rise
Washington, Feb 17. The War Department insular affairs division released a public statement on Philippines commerce for seven months ending July 31. Merchandise imports totaled 11,990,554, up over 46 percent. exports to all countries reached 5,676,015, up 54 percent. Trade with the United States showed imports of 1,200 and exports of 126.67, with imports up over 75 percent and exports declined.
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Washington
Division of Insular Affairs
War Department
Philippines
United States
Col Peter Michie Dead at West Point
Col Peter S Michie professor of Lateral and Experimental Philosophy at the United States Military Academy died after a short illness of pneumonia. He was 70 and had served as professor since 1860 after graduating in 185? He entered the engineers and served in Civil War operations. Survived by widow and a daughter. a son Lieut Dennis N Michie was killed at San Juan and another son died of pneumonia within a year.
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Cartagena
Colombia
Interior Department
Cattarena
Catherine J. Kinney
Kansas City
W. A. Seeley
Berlin Arbeitemarkt
England
Dewarls
James H. Wilson
Fitzhugh Lee
Theodore Schwan
Col
A. 5. Daggett
Fourteenth Infantry
Schwan
Henry (. Bates
St. Johnsbury
Fletcher Ladd
Lancaster
E. F. Johnston
Ann Arbor
Mich
L. R.wilfley
St. Louis
A. F. Odlin
San Juan
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Manila
Lord Kitchener
British War Office
Christian de Wet
Philipstown
de Wet
Orange River
Zand Drift
President McKinley
Lth
Congress
Admiral Sampson
Chicago
Palmer House
Great Northern
Sherman House
McKinley
White House
Diplomatic Corps
Wisconsin
Senate
Robley D. Evans
Hobson
Mary Stevens
Bloomfield
Mth
William Yates
Calif
Magee
West Pointy
NX. V
Peters
Michie
United States Military Academy
Sims
Military Academy
Corps of Engineers
Charleston
Dennis N. Michie
San Juan Bil
Chinese plenipotentiaries respond on punishments
In Dekin the Chinese plenipotentiaries state the foreign envoys ruling is irrevocable. They note Teng Fu Slwenge’s sentence may be suspended until the court can place him in restraint. No official communiques yet. talks with De Giers and Sir Ernest Satow continue. A final reply is not expected before the end of the year’s celebrations.
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Dekin
Poperiel Court
Ren
Teng Fu
M de Giers
Ernest Satow
Herr Bebel Attacks War in Reichstag Speech
Berlin February 1 Herr Bebel delivered a bitter Reichstag indictment of the war calling it China’s meanest and most shameful 200 years of Prussian aggression. He read private letters from China praising brutality, and urged action while Kaiser issued a prison policy. Von Gossler pledged to prosecute papers printing such letters.
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Berlin
Herr Bebel
Reichstag
China
Pressia
Germany
Bebe
Hana
Hebel
Reichstagion
von Gossler
Foreigners Not Wanted in Spanish Railroad Contracts
Consul General Hanover reports a royal decree in Spain discriminating against foreigners by awarding railroad and tramway work to Spanish subjects or locally headquartered establishments. The decree requires bonds and interest be paid in Spanish coin and mandates two thirds of loan directors and board executives be natives residing in Spain. Exemptions may be made only as deemed necessary by the government.
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Washington
State Department
Hanover
Frankfort
Germany
Saye
Spain
Boards of Supervision
Hatchet Brigade Raids Perry Joints In Saloon War
A Perry Kansas dispatch reports Fifteen women allied with Mrs Nation raid saloons at six pm wielding axes and hatchets. They wreck joints appalling liquor theft and injure a woman. crowd cheers as authorities offer no hindrance. Separate note from Winfield mentions rising riot risk as saloon factions arm. Emporia churches plan to suppress joints with a ten-man panel per church as women mobilize for further action.
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Kansasity
Times
Perry
Kas
Mra Nation
Emporia
Smallpox Case and Disinfection on North Steamer
Report from New York on a smallpox patient aboard the North Steamer. The ship will be disinfected and all passengers vaccinated before berthing in the city. Pittsburgh police text references a separate U.S. court suit involving Secret Service Agents Flyne and Berriman and Deputy W S Blair over an arrest, with Judge W M Acheson issuing a defining opinion.
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New York
North Steamer
Car Aia
Pittsburgh
John B. Bennett
Secret Service
Flyne
Berriman
United States
W. S. Blair
Plantiff
W. M. Acheson
United States Court
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Perseus Fresen
Paris
France
Algiers
Ment
St. Petersburg
Nagasaki
Russo-Chinese Bank
Lake Baikal
Siberia
Port Arthur
Austria
Genty
Foer
Letty
Tessie Cladin
Ivaly
Ming
Mississippi
J. L. Power
Musinip
Eolcito
J. L. Powrn
Shakespeare
Allen Wooker
Mississppians
Toxispeech
Erastes Bridges Foster
Adams County
Miss
Pat Darden
Old Foster Mound Place
James Foster
Dom Stephen Mir
Foster
Cesar
Fos
Africa
Natchez
Erastus
H. F. Simral, Jr
Misissippi
WLM
Minsuasippi
Suneetwan Bae Ie
Woodman of the World
Confederate Hospital Annex
Vicksburg
U. D.C
A. G. Durham
Mra
Theo McKnight
Vanco Sentinel
Jackson Bank
Merchants
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Jackson
First National Bank
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Leake
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John C. Carpenter
Sherman
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Texan
Thomas Palmer
T. W.caskey
Knights Templars
Denver
Grand Commandery
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Benson Blake
Yazoo River
Henry Legrand Connor
Peter Girard
Rhone
America
South Carolina
Mra Blake
George T Ill
Winnie Davis
State Capitol Commission
Jane
Davie
Jefferson Devis
Capitol Square
Confederacy
Jobe Arthur
William Arthur
Holivar County
Penelope Auzburn
Newtoe
George M. Barber
Warren County
Bries
John K Blackburn
William T. Ratliff
Orsea
Hinds County
Sarah
Clark
Emus FP
Worthy
Thomas ¢. Clark
Jane Cofer
Lemoer Coffer
Lafayette County
Martha L. Dixoe
Hi Eastland
James
Ritch
Scott County
Washington Weir
Levin Fields
W. L. Head
Frances Hyland
J. Q Roberts
Henry Roberta
Monroe County
Luthe A Rather
John Oswald
Marshall County
Charlies Spencer
Tippah
J. D Smith
Sidney EB Smith
Washington County
Kerlina
William E. Fleming
J. G. Leach
Eli Whitaker
Marshal County
J. K McAlpin
John Willis
Newton County
Samuel Worthington
Washington Country
Jo Be Young
Yalobasha County
Guy
Multural and Mechanical College
Cadet Corps
J. W. Carr
H. S. Chilton
DH. Crawford
J. E Craig
HL Fox
L. Gillis
J. D. Gayton
E Haristos
SM. Kimbrough
E T. Mitchel
J.C. Neilson
C. D. North
L. G. Shelton
H. L. Winston
Galloway
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Bar
Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Mississippi
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Whitfield
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I8es
Isea
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Lowrit Hentom
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Oahoma
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Calhoun
Carroll
Erenada
Holmes
Montgomery Webster
Judge Truly
Amite
Pranklin
Tone Jeffer
Mm Mu Lawrence
Pike
Wilkinson
Copiah
Hinds
Madison T
Perry Oeneee Bankin
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J. J. Phillips
Paserdiney
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Roosevelt and the Lions
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Commerce
Peter S. Michie
Mewes
Weet Feist
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Venice
Austin
Tex
Beaumonnt
W. H. Pope
M. Carter
Fort Worth
Secretary of War
Sabine Pass
Carter
Portisad
Ore
Portland
Oregon Railroad
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Huntington
Northern Pacific
Red River
Ttediver Line
Shreveport
Has Se Foundation
Youngstown
George D. Wick
Speie Discriminaire Ageinet Fereigners
Eeirarte
Hatchet Brigade
Winfield, Kas
Oldenberg
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