Balfour Defies English Lawmakers Over Army Corps Debate
London notes report Winston Churchill attacking War Secretary Brodrick and army corps plans as wasteful, while Prime Minister Balfour defends three corps for India and imperial needs. Asquith calls the session significant beyond the vote as Irish members abstain in a 261 to 145 division.
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Sam
Tle
South Africa
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Churchill
Balfour
Asquith
India
Russia
Central Asia
Interurban Car Collision in Dense Fog Near Peoria
In heavy fog three interurban cars crowded with workers collided near Acme five miles east of Peoria injuring 15. One worker died en route to hospital. Fire destroyed part of J I Case Plow Works in Racine, causing $100,000 in damage, covered by insurance.
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Peoria
Acme
Daniel White
Case Plow Works
Racine
Wis
J. I. Case Plow Company
Santa Fe
Ashes
Kansas City
B. 25
Acquittal in Thirty-Year-Old Murder Case
Nashville Mississippi Feb 25 William Murray once called the modern Jean Valjean is acquitted of a murder charge dating back almost three decades. The verdict came after a brief fifteen minute jury deliberation cheered by hundreds of spectators. Murray killed his brother in law Joel Woodrome in Williamsburg Jefferson county twenty seven years ago. He fled jail twice and later lived in Tennessee near Dunlap under the assumed name Howa with his wife and four children until the wife died and the children grew up.
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Nashville
Mis
Willian Murray
Jean Valjean
Murray
Joel Woodrome
Williamsburg
Jefferson County
Tennessee
Dunlap
Howa
Anti-Trust Law Aims to Shield Stock Men in Lincoln
Lincoln Neb Feb 25 An anti trust bill backed by the National Live Stock association has been pared in the lower house. It seeks to protect trade from unfair restraints and monopolies and to bar rebates on transportation. The measure mirrors Sherman laws and concurrent congressional proposals. Representative Junkin says it follows Judge Springer’s draft for stockmen.
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Lincoln
Neb
National Live Stock Association
Hoar
Knox
Junkin
Springer
The
Livestock Association
Boundary commission urged in British Columbia 1872
In 1872 British Columbia requested a boundary commission from Ottawa to settle Alaska borders. General Grant recommended the move in his December 1872 message, but lack of funds delayed the commission.
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Ottawa
Ont
United States
Canada
Alaska
Yukon
Legislative Assembly of
British Columbia
General Grant
Congress
Boers Consider Yaqui River Colony in Mexico
News from Nogales reports Boer leaders led by General B J Viljoen favor establishing a colony along the Yaqui river near Guaymas. They found fertile, wooded lands suitable for irrigation canals and expect government lands on easy terms, with fast development plans and strong local support from the Mexican authorities.
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Nogales
A. T
Mexico
Yaqui River
Guaymas
B. J. Viljoen
W. Snyman
P. Kritzenger
W. Fouche
W. Malan
G. Joubet
O'Donald
Snyman
Chihuahua
Viljoen
Remsing
City of
Yazoo
Mississippi River
Viljoen on Yaqui settlement and colonial plans
General Viljoen proposes a Yaqui district colony using Indian labor as allies, dismissing Yaqui hostility and noting limited transport. He envisions thirty pioneer families, eventual immigration, and a profitable settlement, while contrasting U S opportunities with British resistance and recalling his Boer memoirs.
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United States
Britain
England
South Africa
Transvaal
Viljoen
St. Helena
London
Kruger
de Wet
Miners Are Shot Down in Charleston Shooting
In Raleigh county last night about 100 U S deputy marshals and sheriffs faced 250 striking miners in a pitched battle. Eight miners were killed and 12 wounded, plus one colored deputy killed and three wounded. About 100 were arrested as the mob, mainly foreigners, refused to accept injunctions before the shooting.
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Charleston
W. Va
United States Depuy
Raleigh County
Boy Takes Four Lives in Indiana Tragedy
A 17 year old boy in Indiana murdered his father fatally wounded his mother and sister then killed himself. He claimed robbers entered the Woods home and killed the family, tried to organize a posse, and fled toward the city. He told neighbors the same story before a fatal wound ended the spree.
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Ind
Ter
Wen
Young Woods
Tremendous Hurricane Strikes Tutuila And Samoan Group
Honolulu reports a tremendous hurricane on the 12th hitting Tutuila and the Samoan group. Wind and sea fury caused great damage and details remain scarce, signaling a forthcoming disaster story.
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Honolulu
Tutuila
Statehood Bills Dead as Democrats Reject Two-State Plan
Washington February 25 The investigation into a White House sideboard claim found no basis that Mrs Hayes received such an item from the WCTU or any women. Two sideboards sold at auction. only a carved frame for Mrs Hayes portrait was provided to the White House. Democrats oppose the two statehood compromise. Arizona and New Mexico prefer separate statehood and consolidation is rejected as a snare. Senate action on the omnibus bill is unlikely this session with the two-state plan facing slim chances.
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Washington
Theo. A. Birzham
Lacey Webb ‘Hayes
White House
WLC
Hayes
Bingham
Arthur
Cincinnati School of Design
Federats
Senate
St Hood
Committee On Territories
Eral
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Committee On
Post Offices
House
Statehood
Supreme Court
Towle Opera House Dedication Sparks Hammond Riot Threat
In Hammond Indiana on February 25 a planned March 4 opening of the Towle Opera House featuring Otis Skinner and the Lazarre company faces a boycott by the local Trades and Labor assembly over non union labor use. An order fines non union attendees and the Stage Hands union has blacklisted the theater. The assembly will vote to boycott merchants for attending or buying tickets.
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Hammond
Ind
Towle Opera House
Otis Skinner and Company
Lazarre
Trades and Labor Assembly
Towle
Stage Hands' Union
Trades Assembly
Anarchists Plan Secret Paris Convention Against Royals
New York report says anarchists from around the world plan a secret meeting in Paris to plot against European crowns. An Italian American delegate named Angelo Ralph boasts of his selection as one of five US delegates.
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New York
Evening Telegram
Europe
Angelo” L “Ralolph
United States
Mrs Deere Reelected Illinois Regent D A R
Washington February report shows state delegations electing regents for the Daughters of the American Revolution. Illinois chooses Mrs Charles HM Deere as regent with Mrs Ma Purdy Peek as regent and Mrs George W Ogilvie as vice regent.
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Washington
Daughters of the American
Illinois
Charles HM. Deere
Towa
Ma Purdy Peek
George W. Ogilvie
Court limits on lottery traffic power and trust foes
A 1805 act to suppress interstate lottery traffic is cited as establishing broad federal authority over commerce, with the Attorney General Knox arguing Congress can prohibit traffic in any article. The ruling is likened to anti trust debates, claiming commerce includes nearly all activity including intercourse, and raises implications for future legislation. Separately, Chicago machinists from the Illinois Central system organize for higher wages, with delegates from Chicago and multiple Illinois and Iowa towns meeting to set a new wage scale.
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Coner
Nait
Knox
Pittsburg
Congress
Department of Justice
Chicago
Tlinois Central
Freeport
Centralia
Mattoon
East St. Louis
Clinton
Tls
Waterloo
Fort Dodge
Cherokee
Cornell Bluffs
Doctor Dead of Heart Disease in Pontiac
Dr Franklin G Galbraith a leading Pontiac physician died Saturday morning of heart disease at age 86 He had practiced there since the Civil War era and fell ill only a few hours before his death in Pontiac Michigan on February 24.
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Pontiac
Mich
Franklin G. Galbraith
Galbraith
Cooper-Wells Knitting Works Fire Injures Many in St Joseph
A fire at the Cooper-Wells Knitting Works in St Joseph Michigan today left 160 workers jobless with a $200 000 loss. The blaze started from an electric light wire and several employees were badly burned with others narrowly escaping death from explosions.
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Cooper - Wells Knitting Works
St. Joe
St. Joseph, Mich
Cooper-Wells Knitting Works
Redmond Warns Parliament on Land Question in Ireland
In London the Irish leader John Redmond moved an amendment to address a reply to the throne speech on Ireland’s land question. His conciliatory speech aimed not to threaten but to urge the government to pursue genuine reform as proposed by the land conference report, seeking assurance from the Chief Secretary for Ireland.
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London
John Redmond
House of Commons
Misterland
Redmond
Ireland
Wyndly
Philippine currency bill passes Senate with amendments
Washington reports the Philippine currency bill passed the Senate. The sundry civil appropriations bill had a statehood rider withdrawn. President nominates Frank L. Campbell for assistant attorney general and Melville W. Miller for assistant secretary of the interior.
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Senate
Ashington
Washington
the Presidene Today
Frank L. Campbell
Ohio
Melville W. Miller
Indiana
Interior
Southwest Limited Era Opens With Chicago to Kansas City Plan
The latest edition of the folders notes a new service along a Chicago to Kansas City cut-off by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway. It details a southwest line via avanna Moline Rock Island Davenport Muscatine Ottumwa Chillicothe and a planned passenger service including the Southwest Limited.
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Kansas City
Southwest
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Iowa
Chicago
Accused of Killing Two of His Wives in Hamilton
Indianapolis news item reports Albert A. Knapp, 41, formerly of this city, dragged from bed at his current bride Anna May Gamble’s home to Hamilton on charges of murder. Police say Gamble is the last surviving wife. Knapp is accused of killing Emma Stubbs and Jennie Connors. Knapp has prior penitentiary time. Also: Minnie Lark, 59, burned to death in bed at LaCrosse farm home, believed stove fire caused bedding to ignite.
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Indianapolis
Albert A. Knapp
Hamilte
Anna May Gamble
Hamilton
Murde
Gamble
Knapp
Emma Stubbs
Jennie Connors
Hannah Goddard
LaCrosse
Wis
Minnie Lark
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Winston Spencer Churchill
William Murray
Nebraska
Onawa
C. B. McKay
Anamosa
Wakefield
Insane Asylum
Kankakee
Ills
Illinois Eastern Hospital For the
O'Gara, King & Co
Illinois Central
Pullman
Trenton
N. J
Henry P. Johnston
Camden
Pullman Car Company
Johnston
Christian Advocate
Rose
David Rose
American Bowling Congress
Diaz
Argus
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Earl Woods
Levelleur
Newton
Frank Levelleur
Janesville
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Michigan
Democra
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Parliament
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