Loubet Elected President of France After Versailles Ballot
Paris dispatch reports the senate and chamber of deputies meeting at Versailles chose Loubet as president of the French republic with 453 votes to 270 for Meline. Anti Loubet demonstrations begin in streets as supporters vow to sustain the new administration.
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Meline
Manila
Insor Kents
Paris
National
Asserenl
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Versailles
Faure
Loubet
Cavaignac
Jamont
Saussier
Dupuy
France Faces Coup Rumors and Faure Memorials In Paris
Reports warn of possible coup d etat as Emile Loubet appears favored for the presidency while Faure lies in state. Ministers discuss impacts on Europe, troops remain in barracks as France observes the president’s death and funeral rituals with official condolences flooding in from Europe and Asia.
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France
Paris
Presa
Vorite
M. Emile Loubet
Theetate
Faure
M. Loubet
Europe
Pewr Faure
M. Faure
Carnot
Legion of Honor
Sisters of Charity
Asia
Madame Faure
William
Ferdinand of Bulgarin
Faure death stuns France as political realignments loom
Details recount M Faure’s death and the national grief. Nominations surge as Meline withdraws, Loubet and Dupuy eyed for president with wide international sympathy and Vatican backing rumored for Meline. Officers in parliament weigh balance of power amid crisis.
Suffering with Heat American Soldiers Tortured by Weather
Manila february reports say heat is oppressive for troops especially those in the open. Rebels concentrate south of the Pasig before Overshine's brigade. Jungled country extends for miles as scouts note fighters possibly moving from Laguna and Cavite provinces. Nebraska wounded eight reported by Otis. Grant bound for Manila cealing here. Amendment to suffrage voted by both branches of the general assembly.
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Manila
Pasig River
Overshine
Laguna
Cavite
Washington
Otis
Perim
Grant
Couple Buried Together in Metropolis Grave
In Metropolis Itl on February 18 Robert Cole and his wife, longtime residents, died and were buried yesterday in the same grave. Cole was a cousin of Frank and Jesse James and the Younger brothers, who visited him multiple times under assumed names. In Seattle Wash on February 15 a large chamber of commerce led meeting protested against cession of any Alaskan territory to Canada.
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Loubet
Meline
Paris
M. Meline
M. Loubet
M. Faure
Dupuy
Senate
Mo Meline
Dreyfus
McKinley
Madame Faure
Metropolis
Itl
Robert Cole
Cole
Frank
Jesse James
Seattle
Wash
Chamber of Commerce
Alaskan
Canada
Compromise talks roil army bill as Senate fights over Philippines plan
Washington notes a Senate push toward a compromise on the army reorganization bill led by Republican and Democratic figures, while Hawley rejects concessions. A Philippine occupation plan aims to deter resistance with naval force, troop landings, and possessions on Cebu Mindanao and Negros. The House passes the sundry civil bill with no major amendments as debates over the Nicaragua Canal fade.
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Philippines
House
Washington
Hawley
Cockrell
Philippine
United States
Philippine Islands
Manila
Cebu
Zamboanga
Naval and senate actions dominate Washington session
In a busy day in Washington the House sustained a gun cart amendment and advanced the naval appropriation bill to substantial completion, with no general opposition despite a 44 million dollar price tag, while fifty seven private pension bills passed at night. The Senate adopted a Faure death sympathy resolution, and the naval personnel bill passed. Committees and conference actions on cable subsidies, beef tracing, and the Nicaragua canal continued, with funding debates and amendments shaping the legislative program.
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Washington
House
Imi
Congress
France
Faure
Alaska
Beveridge
Indiana
Trade revival follows heavy winter storms in northeast
Bradstreet reports spring trade reviving after cold waves and snow across the country. Western livestock losses appear limited to five to ten percent. New York and Boston see business rise after the storm. Demand for dry goods and woolen garments improves. copper and silver prices strengthen. lumber movement remains hampered. Michigan considers pig iron bounty, medical chairs, and Sunday restrictions. Chicago Comptroller Robert Waller dies of pneumonia and heart failure at 45. leaves Chicago after moving there at 14. Leaves of plants close at sunset, first thought to be temperature related, later shown to occur in hothouse conditions. Birmingham, England, ships five tons of hairpins weekly.
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Bradstreet’s
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Middle States
Boston
Tren
Chicago City
Dexa
Robert A. Waller
Robert A Waller
Lexington
Chicago
Horrible Brussels Wreck Fifty Injured in Collision
An express train from Calais carrying London passengers collided with a standstill Brussels train at Forest. Fog prevented signal sighting. about thirty killed and fifty injured. Locomotive mounted on top of last carriages. cars smashed. Other items note ships, politics, and a medicine ad.
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London
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