Senate party split on Panama canal treaty vote
Washington Feb 24 The Panama canal treaty ratification split Democrats 14 for 14 against with two paired for and three against. Debates touched on Colombia compensation and secrecy. Dispatch of U S troops to the Isthmus was announced as preparations accelerate for ratifications and canal work. Marines to Granatanamo and Guanatanamo to secure potential emergencies and San Domingo actions.
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Bacon
Berry
Clarke
Arkansas
Clay
Cockrell
Foster
Louisiana
Gibson
Latimer
McCreary
McEnery
Mallory
Money
Simmons
Taliaferro
Colombia
Gibeon and McEnery
Seratch
Istlams
Admiral Walker
Davis
Part
Port Arthur
Retvizan
St. Petersburg
Internal Revenue Receipts Edge Down in January 1904
Masnton February records show January 1904 total receipts of 16,805,454 dollars, down 1,058,745 from January 1903, reflecting a slight decrease in internal revenue collections.
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Masnington
Internal Revenue
Mrs Benjamin Harrison Ill With Measles
Indianapolis February 24 Mrs Benjamin Harrison widow of the late president is seriously ill with measles. The illness dates from some time ago and has not yielded to medical treatment despite care from physicians.
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Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Illinois Firms Face Charter Cancellations by March 1
Springfield Feb 24 Twelve hundred Illinois corporations may surrender their charters within a week for failure to file annual reports. If not restored by March 1 their charters will be canceled. Some firms await a test case verdict from the supreme court on the reporting requirement.
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Springfield
Illinois
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Avvrerea Alid
East St. Louis Man Foresees Own End
E. E. Exter of East St. Louis a Belleville former business and church figure, ill and proactive, arranged his funeral at Summit Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church after predicting he would die soon. He conducted farewell letters to friends and requested his body be brought to the Sunday school and then to Mount Hope cemetery.
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Belleville
E. E. Exter
el St. Louis
Lund
Lis
Exter
Summit Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Mount Hippe Cemetery
Japanese Exhibit Worth $1,000,000 Reaches Tacoma
The steamship Lyra arrives in Tacoma from the Orient with the most valuable cargo ever brought to the Pacific coast. It includes the exit of the Japanese government for the Louisiana Purchase exposition at St Louis and a miscellaneous cargo valued at one million dollars.
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Tacoma
Wis
Pacific Coast
Orient
Lyra
Lyda
St. Louis
Officers elected by state merchants association
The annual session of the merchants association elected officers: J. Manstielss as president, FL H. Johnson as vice president, and V. L. Christy as secretary. The meeting gathered retailers in session here on Feb. 24.
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Dewey
West Indies
Charleston
S. C
George Dewey
H. C. Taylor
Loomis
West Indian Waters
Train Strikes a Rock Near Del Rio
A south bound Southern Railway train on the Knoxville Asheville division derailed after striking a rock near Del Rio. The engine and three cars rolled into Pigeon river with no serious injuries reported.
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Bridgeport
Tenn
Knoxville-Asheville
Southern Railway
del Rio
Pigeon River
Korea to be Independent in Japanese Treaty
Secretary Hay reports that Japan has negotiated a treaty with Korea guaranteeing the independence and territorial integrity of Korea. The notice comes from Washington dated February 24.
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Japan
Korea
Washington
Hay
Convention of Industrial Association Adjourns in Indianapolis
The Convention of the Industrial Association of America adopts a constitution and picks New York to host the next meeting in November. Members pledge to oppose requiring libel on public printing and union labor on public work as discrimination. A telegram congratulates Governor Peabody of Colorado for his miners' strike stance. Otis of Los Angeles is hailed as a great influence.
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Indianapolis
the Industrial Association of Avertea
New York
EMM
Peabody
Colorado
Otis
Republicans Back Dick in Ohio Senate Campaign
In Columbus eighty eight of one hundred seventeen Republican lawmakers signed a petition backing General Charles Dick for United States senator. The party set March 1 and 2 for balloting in the senate joint resolution, with sixty nine votes required to nominate and seventy two to elect on joint ballot.
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Columbus
Pett
Nineteenth Congressional District
Charles Dick
United States
House
Senate
Sovereign Camp Freed From Responsibility
New Orleans February court ruling says the sovereign camp Woodmen of the World bears no damages for acts by individual camps. Jumper, injured during initiation with the Waterley camp in Mississippi, sought 5000 dollars for alleged injuries.
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New Orleans
M. PF. Jvauper
Woodmen of the World
United States
Court of Dfs
Waterley, Miss
Mystery Writer Of World Widow Linked Abduction Attempt
Rose Kalling, 17, narrowly escaped a kidnapping in Chicago after anonymous letters from a mysterious writer promised a world cruise and wealth. The attacker, a woman, seized her in a yard as her brothers pursued, but the suspect remains at large and the notes’ author undisclosed.
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F —Wne
Rose Kaling
Morgan Street
Maxwell Street
Rose
Kalling Gui
Seo
May Kelly
Rose Kalling
Sherman Street
Miu
St. Paul
Robert
Heip
Morgan and
Miller Streets
Blue Island Avenue
Emiysterz
Frightened to Death by Robber in Rome
Julia Flint of Ford du Lac Wisconsin died in Rome after a Naples robbery shocked her nerves. She was returning from church on December 27 when a man seized her and took her purse. She fell ill and never recovered.
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Ford du
Lake navigation delayed by thick Muskegon ice
Muskegon area reports lake and harbor ice up to forty inches thick delaying early navigation. Local authorities expect water communication with Chicago to resume only after mid March as ice thickens the lake.
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Muskegon
Chicago
Muskegon, Mic
Cochran to Succeed McClellan in House
In New York the Twelfth district held a special election to fill the McClellan vacancy. Democratic W Bourke Cochran won unopposed, taking the seat. Also: Knights of the Maccabees Chicago officers elected. Kischeneff riots case in Russia. Dewey sails for West Indies. fatal locomotive explosion in Kane Pennsylvania. Theodore Horup 71, pioneer St Paul businessman dies. Manitowoc blizzard halting rail and telegraph.
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New York
Twelfth
George B. McClellan
Congress
W. Bourke Cochran
Plot to Blow Up Utah Theatre Discovered
Salt Lake City reports a dynamite plot to destroy the Dewey theatre in Park City during a performance. Explosive set in the basement, time device attached. Officers claim evidence suggests intent to cause a fatal fire. arrests expected within five hours.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Dewey Theatre
Park City
Seismic Shocks Increase Near Se Correo and San Marcial
In Albuquergis M February 24 residents near Se Correo southwest of Lere report frequent earthquake shocks. Monday morning the third severe tremor in two weeks was felt. Reports say lava beds east of San Marcial known as Mal Pais have been disturbed with surface waves.
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Albuquergis
Secorreo
Lere
San Marcial
Mal Pais
Bad Landes
Death of Aged Woman Recalled by Bay City Tragedy
In Bay City Michigan Mrs Mary Hogle died aged 84 after years as toll gate keeper on the Tuscola stone coal. Twenty years ago Shang Clark and his gang terrorized the area torturing Mrs Hogle to reveal money. The gang was captured by Chief Murphy, Clark sentenced to twenty years and died years later. others served long terms.
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Bay City
Mich
Mary Hogle
Shang Clark
Clark
Tuscola Road
Hogle
Murphy
Masterdon’ Place
Shang Clack
Shang Clack Drew A Twony-Year Sentence From Judge Greene
Sioux City ministers propose labor union to aid workers
Rev. FL H. Sheed of Third Presbyterian in Sioux City proposes that city ministers form a labor ministry to bring ministers closer to the laboring class. The plan is meeting with much favor among ministers.
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Sioux Wily
FL H. [ Sheed
Third Presbyterian Church
Sioux City
Wong the Mip
Lake City Enforces Diphtheria Quarantine and School Closure
Lake City faces a diphtheria epidemic with multiple families affected. The mayor orders the closing of public schools and all gas lit gathering places, and quarantines are placed on affected houses.
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Mattoon
Lake City
Here
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