Senate Debates Chinese Exclusion Amendment Amid Setup
The Senate opened discussion on the Chinese exclusion bill with Senator Mitchell urging strict labor exclusion while Senator Quay proposed an amendment to protect Chinese Christians and those who aided in Pekin in 1900. Penrose opposed the amendment as it falls outside immigration committee support. Minister Wu attended, observing proceedings as Alaska boundary concerns and related resolutions surfaced in House debate.
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Pekin
Penrose
Senate
Sulzer
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
Mitchell
Oregon
Quay
Pe-Tang
Immigration Committee
Mr. Mitchell
Mr. Quay
Hale
House
Messrs, Hitt
Athels
Perkins
New York
Adams
Pennsylvania
Bul
Messrs
Chirk
Missouri
Kahn
California
Naphen
Massaichussets
Wild Night at A A McLeod Home in New York
At the home of A A McLeod the scene grew wild as the evening progressed with unexpected commotion and heightened activity around the residence. No further details are provided about the cause or outcome of the disruption.
Atlanta Boston clash highlights regional basketball event
Exclusive wire reports a national Associated Press brief from Atlanta to New York noting a five point game between Atlanta and Boston with venue details including New York City and Manhattan column references.
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Associated Presa
Atlanta
Boston
National
Athante
New York-New York
Manhattan Cola
Interesting historical revelation by ex police prefect
Paris April 4 Jean De Keratry a former prefect of police told at a Aero club banquet about his mission to Madrid to persuade Prim to proclaim a Spanish republic. He described a balloon mission carrying sixty million francs in treasury bonds to support 60,000 troops, which Prim refused. Prim was assassinated months later and his killer remained unknown.
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Jean de Keratry
Aeroub
Prillon
Bar-Le- Duc
Meuse
National Defense Government
Madrid
Prim
Spain
Keratzy
Franco
Marshal Prim
Senor Cartelar
Tsabelli
Leopold of
Hohenzollern
Amadeus
Duke of
Aosta
Meeting of the Amen Association Dinner Honors Senator Platt
A New York Fifth Avenue hotel dinner hosted by the Brothers of the Amen Corner drew about 400 guests including politicians jurists and journalists to honor Senator Platt. Notables present included Archbishop Ireland Lions and Governor Odell with President Roosevelt sending regrets.
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Fifth Avenue Hotel
New York
Edward G. Riggs
Thomas C. Phlitt
Amen Corner Brotherhood
Albany
Timothy L. Woodruff
Joseph HH
Manley
John J. Kean
William E. Warner
George W. Dunn
John C. Spooner
August Belmont
Elihu Root
Ireland
Chauncey M. Depew
Arthur P. Gorman
Seth Low
John A. McCall
Henry (. Payne
Franks. Black
David J. Burrell
Niathan B. Scott
John P. Jones
Roosevelt
Senator Platt
Odell
Woodruff
Depew
Thessemblage
Riggs
Platt
Root
Washington
Paul Krotel
Senator Depew
Manchurian Treaty Talks Conclude in Paris Text Drafted
Exclusive dispatch from Pekin reports China and Russia have finished negotiations on the Manchurian treaty and are now drafting the French text. The terms are understood to satisfy the United States Great Britain and Japan.
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Ire
Pekin
China
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Con fer Will Visit Shanghai for China Treaty Talks
Pekin April 4 United States Minister Conwell began a voyage to Shanghai aboard the gunboat Wilmington to start negotiations for a new commercial treaty between the United States and China.
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Conger
Shanghai
Associated Press
Pekin
United States
Conwelli
Bhanjcad
Wilapington
United Biatea
China
Mr. Talmage Improves After Exclusive Wire Report
Washington reports state of Meg De Wit Talmage as condition improves after medical update. The Associated Press provides latest bulletin noting partial recovery and ongoing treatment.
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Mr. Talmage
Washington
de Wit
Talmage
Atlantic City Orders Fire Engines and Brick Beachfront
Atlantic City council approves three new fire engines and four thousand feet of hose at a special meeting. The panel directs the city solicitor to draft a charter vote for a special election to limit beachfront buildings to brick and stone. Telegrams of sympathy arrive from Paterson and Cape May mayors.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Paterson
Cape May
Boy confesses to slaying WasutKka mine watchman
Clyde Felt a 15 year old boy admits he cut Sam Collins throat in a cave above Warm Springs. He stripped the body and walled up the entrance with stones and buried the clothes. Police suspect a broader moral degeneracy and plan further arrests.
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Assoulated
Salt Lake
Utah
Clyde Felt
Sam Collins
Warm Springs
Young Felt
Collins
Lane Sentenced to Death for Philadelphia Murders
William H. Lane, a colored servant, was found guilty of first degree murder for the killings of Ella J. Jarden and her daughter Madeline in Philadelphia. He pleaded guilty, avoiding a jury, and was sentenced by Judge Biddle to death. the governor will set a date for execution after issuing the death warrant.
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Philadelphia
William H. Lane
Ella J. Jarden
Madeline
Eloise
Lane
Biddle
Stone
Harrisburg
Remains of General Rosecrans to be moved to Arlington
The Army of the Cumberland society voted to move General Rosecrans remains from Los Angeles to Arlington for burial. A military funeral is planned around May 17 at the Arlington pavilion with President Roosevelt and high army officers expected to attend. Congress will be represented by committees and speeches are planned by key figures from both chambers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
General Rosecrang
Los Angeles
Cal
Arlington
Arlington Grounds
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Grosvenor
Hosecranz
Foraker
Senate
Shipping Arrivals and Clears Note Erratic Coastal Listings
New York reports arrivals at sea ports with vessels Lucania Liverpool Queenstown and others. Cleared ships include Umbria Liver pool Lahn Naples and Gono Rotterdam with routes Boulogne Havre Cherbourg and Hamburg. Reading shows mixed spellings and unclear names but outlines arrivals and clearances of multiple ships around April 4.
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New York
Lucania
Liverpool
Queenmatown
Umbria
Foxhall Keene Injured In Race Fall At Melton Mowbray
Foxhall Keene, noted American sportsman, was riding with Quorn Jomes hwar Burrough bill when his horse fell at the first fence at Melton Mowbray. He lay unconscious for some time before regaining identity and being moved to Dalby Hall.
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London
Foxhall
Keene
Sporsman
Melton Mowbray
Per
Dalby Hall
He Midyhoy
Fox House
Fire destroys home in Alexandria killing children
Exclusive wire report from Associated Press datelined Alexandria details a April blaze that destroyed a dwelling and claimed the lives of McDaniel children, a 12 year old and a 16 year old, in a tragic local incident.
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Associated Press
Alexandria
Howe
Clriy Melaniel
McDaniel
Canadians Shine as Boer Battle Ends in Heavy Casualties
Lord Kitchener reports a severe all day fight near Hart's River in Transvaal on March 1. British and Boer forces clashed with heavy losses on both sides. Canadian Rifles earned praise for steadfast defense as Boer leaders De La Rey and Kemp failed to rally their men. Lieutenant Bruce Carruthers led a party that stood until all were killed or wounded.
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Associated Press
London
Lord Kitchener
Hart's River
Transvaal
Kitchener
de la Ray
Kemp
Canadian Rifles
Bruce Carruthers
de la Rey
Will Fight Reciprocity In Senate On Cuba Treaty Link
Washington April 4 The Post reports Senator Platt of Connecticut received two notices indicating a planned senate fight over reciprocity with Cuba. One from Democrats promising to oppose at every stage and form a blocking group. The other from a leading Republican proposing an amendment making reciprocity depend on a US Cuba treaty reflecting the Platt amendment.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
Post
Platt
Connecticut
Senate Committee On
Cuba
United States
Senate
Germans Adopt Rowland Octuple Transmitter System
In Berlin on April 4, the German postal department accepted the octuple trans mitter from the late Professor Henry R Rowland of Baltimore after tests sending four telegraphic messages each way on a single wire. Experiments between Berlin and Hamburg reached 100 to 350 words per minute. The department plans to roll out the Rowland system to Berlin Hamburg Cologne Leipzig and Frankfurt.
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Berlin
Henry R. Rowland
Baltimore
Hamburg
Rowland
Cologne
Lelpsive
Frankfort
Dramatic Murder Conviction in Clinton Dotson Case
Exclusive Wire reports Clinton Dotson faced trial for his father’s murder in Deer Lodge Montana. The prisoner allegedly confessed just before the trap was sprung, and the drop caused his neck to break within half an hour after leading to the gallows.
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Deer Lodge
Mont
Clinton Dotson
Dotson
Gearfeld
Dinner guests at the White House include officials and relatives
Exclusive AP report from Washington notes President Roosevelt hosted guests at dinner, including William Corocier, Civil Service Commissioner Foulke, Mira Cowles, and James Roosevelt. Later Beater Maga visited the White House for more than an hour.
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Washington
Myre
Roosevelt
Gewnl Willam Corocier
Stm
Civil Service
Foulke
Mira
Cowles
Jami Roosevelt
New York
White Howe
Charters Issued To Several Pittsburgh Area Firms
Exclusive wire reports the state department issued charters today to Monongahela Light Company of Pittsburgh with capital 1000 dollars Swedish Provision Company of Mechanicsport capital 85000 Stamyon Hue Silvering Company of Pittsburgh capital 5000
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Harrisburg
State Department
Corporal
Monongahela Light Company
Pittsburg
Swedish Provision Company
Mekkeesport
Stamyon Hue Gilvering Company
Toledo tragedy ends in double fatal shooting
A Toledo man, Preston, a plumber, shot his wife in the hand before killing himself. Investigators say no other details emerged as the crime occurred during a dispute and left two dead, including a man aged 47.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Tling
Preston
Morula
Lilo
New Party Officers Form National Labor Movement
Dr. Chambers claims the Allied Peoples party represents the first political home for organized labor. Chairman Parker names J. H. Cook and Dr. Joseph E. Chambers to the national executive committee, with J. H. Berrus and A. Wright on the Missouri central committee. Other vacancies will mirror organized labor selections from St. Louis.
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Loulhville
Parker
Allied Peoples Party
J. H. Cook
Joseph E. Chambers
Missouri
National Executive Committee
J. H. Berrus
Kansas City
A. Wright
Springfield
Central Committee
Organized Labor
St. Louis
Dr. Chambers
Good Roads Convention Ends in Charlottesville Session
The Jefferson memorial and inter state good roads convention concluded in Charlottesville with a notable turnout from Washington officials led by Senator Hanna and ex Secretary Bliss. Commissioner Hermann opened with a call for intensified pursuit of road improvements while Hanna stressed transportation practicality and Southern development. Others including Representatives Davis Littlefield and Tongue spoke on regional progress and waterways in the South.
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Washington
Hanna
Bliss
Hermann
General Land Office
Rocky Mountains
Tennesside
Alabama
United States
South
Davis
Florida
Littlefield
Maine
Tongue
Big Race at Brighton Between Abbot and Lord Derby
A $10,000 purse befits a best three in five heats trotting match at Brighton Beach during Grand Circuit week August 11 to 16. The Abbot and Lord Derby, records 2.031% and 2.061%, will race under National Trotting Association rules with distancing waived.
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New York
John F. Scannell
B&b
Lord Derby
Smathers
Scannell
National Trotting Association
Abbot
Crescens
Boralma
T. W. Lawson
Trotter
Charges Against Captain Foody
District Attorney Jerome filed charges against Police Captain Foody of the Thirty-seventh precinct alleging forty two violations of the law in ten typewritten pages. Police Commissioner Partridge said the charges would not be released to the public until tomorrow.
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New York
Foody
Silver Station
Jerome
Foodg Lad
Partridge
Tomonow
Ada Gilbert Dennis Condition Improves Slightly
Exclusive AP report from Washington notes Ada Gilbert Dennis the Dreamaker shows modest improvement after months of illness. A detective questioned her about a personal property incident and who assaulted her. she stated she did not know who assaulted her.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ada Gilbert Dennis
House committee adopts Shay bill on anarchists and the president
Washington April 4 The house committee on Judiciary substitutes Chairman Shay's bill on anarchy and the attempted life of the president for the senate measure. The May bill goes further, excluding aurclpid and allowing suppression of incendiary propaganda.
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Washington
House
Shay
Senate
Meeting of American Academy of Political and Social Science Opens
The Philadelphia gathering of the American Academy of Political and Social Science began today with strong attendance. The main topic is lifelong loyalty and age-related social activity, discussed by academy members over the two days.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Politieal
Social Science
Academy
Lajoie Rejects National League Offer to Switch Leagues
Lajoie of the Philadelphia Americans declines a $7,000 a year three year offer from a New York NL agent. He remains under contract for two more years and pledges loyalty to manager Connie Mack and the American League. Mack says he has no knowledge of any NL raid and trusts his players to honor contracts.
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Philadelphia
Lajoie
New York
National League
Lajole
Shibe
Mack
Connie Mack
Scheduling the National League Baseball Season Opens April 17
The National League committee released the 140 game schedule with opening day set for April 17 and the season ending October 4. Eastern clubs to the West first, with 40 clashes between leagues and key holiday games on July 4 and Decoration Day. A $100,000 fund to oppose the American League was discussed but not confirmed.
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Fifth Avenue
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Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Brooklyn
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Pittsburg
Cincinnatis
American League
Colombian minister seizes cable from President Maproquin on revolt
An exclusive wire report from Washington states Colombia’s minister received a cablegram from President Maproquin addressing tensions with Generals Valencia and Perdance. Insurrection rumors frame the situation as unstable in Gulumbla, with pressure mounting locally.
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Washington
Senor Coneha
Maproquin
Colombia
Uapatohon
Valencia
Perdance
Deaths of a Day. Naval veteran dies at 9 present in city
Louis Newark April 4 John F. Carthy rector of St Patrick's Cathedral died here today of dropsy. The other obituary notes a naval officer who died at the naval hospital after a career in the DeLong Arctic expedition and service in the Spanish American War.
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Washington
Dee Livulenan Coundiander
Wilsow
Schvutme
Naval Hospital
Yeti
Ele
Tran Minsuri
Lie
Lena Delta
Blade Shodhi
Humitan
Ewal
Alate
Siberia
DeLong
Naval Service
Louis
Newark
Nod
Teo
John F. Me. Carthy
St Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral
Rhodes Will Creates Oxford Scholarships and American Ties
Cecil Rhodes’s will plans colonial and American scholarships and five German birth student bursaries to Oxford nominated by Emperor William. Funds total £100,000 for Oriel College. aims to foster English speaking world unity and educational links. Scholarships avoid race or religious discrimination and may delay by territory, but won’t lapse on statehood. Trustees may suspend scholars. Rhodes envisions annual dinners for graduates and sympathetic guests.
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Emperor William
Oxford
England
Germany
United States
London
Cecil Rhodes
Emperor Willam
Rhodes
South Africa
Oriel College
Four rebellious seamen seized from schooner Campbell
Four seamen were taken off the Isaac T Campbell, sailing from Boston to Savannah, after refusing to weigh anchor and hoisting the colors upside down. Captain Gustav W Weldman ordered arrest. magistrate discharged them, possible U S court case. Seamen cited topmasts as reason but praised the vessel's seaworthiness.
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Mires
New York
Isaac T. Campbell
Baoston
Savannah
Gustav W. Weldman
Clifton
Campbell
Weldman
United States
Strike Settlement Likely For Altoona Coal Firm
An Associated Press reported conference at Unit Mine Workers headquarters between President Mitchell Bernard Rice of Deerfield District No 2 and W Hobinson of Rochester N C leads to belief the strike of the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co at Altoona starting April 1 and involving about ten thousand men will be declared off.
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Associated Preak
Tullanapolia
Ind
Unit Mine Workers of American Today
Mitchell
Bernard Rice
Deerfield
Altoona
Weekend Weather Outlook for Pennsylvania and Washington
Forecasts indicate a fair Saturday with likely similar conditions on Sunday for Pennsylvania and Washington. Easter mood remains dry with mild temperatures as fronts pass south of the region.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Warner Narlahle
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