Northwestern acquires Fremont Elkhorn Missouri Valley line
Marvin Hughitt announces purchase and takeover of the Fremont Elkhorn and Missouri Valley railroad to form the Nebraska and Wyoming division of the Northwestern system. Gardiner names C A Cairns general passenger agent with Chicago HQ.
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Northwestern
Marvin Hughitt
The
Chicago and Northwestern
Fremont, Elkhorn and
Missouri Valley Railroad
Nebraska
Wyoming
South Dakota
Nebraska and Wyoming
Northwestern System
Gardner
C. A. Cairns
Chicago
Elkhorn
Omaha
W. H. Jones
J. W. Munn
Defiance Starch Promoted as Superior Value
An advertisement extols Defiance Starch as unlike any other product and one third more for cents. It claims guaranteed quality with a money back refund and prices 16 ounces for 10 cents, urging readers to try it now and save money.
Murder Miners: WV Killing Ties Union Investigation
The Evans report on the Atkinsville killings details coal company agitation to arrest miners and a breakdown of a bond agreement. Deputy Cunningham and his deputies allegedly killed sleeping miners, with witnesses describing the shootings and a response by Cunningham about women and children.
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Indianapolis
Chris Evans
West Virginia
Atkinsville
United Mine Workers
General St. Clair
Charleston
United States
Cunningham
Mr. Evans
Joseph Hizer
Hizer
Bowen resumes protocol talks on Venezuela claims
Herbert W. Bowen, representative of the Venezuelan government, returns to Washington to resume negotiations for signing protocols settling foreign claims against Venezuela. The Belgium protocol is ready and will be signed by Baron Moncheur and Bowen, following the US protocol. After Belgium, five of eight total protocols will be complete and talks with Britain, Germany, and Italy on The Hague arbitration will be pursued in Kansas Votes Silver Plate.
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Washington, D. C
Herbert W. Bowen
Belgium
Baron Moncheur
Bowen
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Hague Arbitration
Congress Passes Record Total of 753 Million in Appropriations
Washington reports the just completed session allocated 753,484,018 across agencies from Agriculture to Navy and Pensions, with total congress expenditures at 1,564,108,514, higher than the prior fifty-sixth congress. An Allison led committee on appropriations released the itemized breakdowns.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
Allison
Committee On Appropriations
German trade conditions signal over production in Germany
Consul General Frank H. Mason reports to the state department that Germany’s overall year shows over-production and panic since summer 1300, with food and raw material prices detached from finished goods. He notes a notable rise in German exports to the United States totaling 14,778,770 dollars across twenty-five consular districts.
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Washington, D. C
Frank H. Mason
Berlin
State Department
United States
Cornell Plans Pension Scheme for Professors
Ithaca New York announces a pension plan for Cornell University professors who retire at 70 under a board rule. A $150000 fund will earn compound interest to reach $250000 by 1914. Retired professors receive 1500 dollars yearly, with three quarters from the fund and a quarter from the professors themselves, with early retirees also eligible.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
Board of Trustees
Miners to Get Pay Rise and By Weight Wages
The coal strike commission recommends at least a 10 percent wage increase for miners from last October and pay by weight where practicable. Per diem workers gain same nine hour day pay. Indirect union recognition and local arbitration are proposed with a three year term.
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New York
The
Herald
Coal Strike Commission
Roosevelt
Henal Yard
John Mitchell
Miners’ Union
Board of Arbitration
Morgan does not buy Cuba arrival at Port Tampa
J P Morgan arrived in Tampa from Havana and boarded a special train to New York after disembarking. Rumors linked the Flagler hotel system and Florida East Coast Railroad to Morgan for a Southern railway deal and a Florida Cuba steamer service, which he denied emphatically.
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Tampa
Fla
J. P. Morgan
Port Tampa
Havana
New York
Flagler
Florida
Florida East Coast Railroad
Morgan
Southern Railway
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern
Cuba
President Roosevelt to attend Railway YMC A convention in Topeka
In Topeka Kansas the president will attend the international convention of the Railway Young Men's Christian Association from April 30 to May 3. He has not fixed a visit date. Plans include presiding at the corner stone laying for the new railway YMCA building funded largely by Santa Fe president Ripley. Miss Helen Gould and other notable figures will attend alongside delegates from around the world.
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Topeka
Kan
Roosevelt
Railway Young Men’s Christian Association
Railway Young Men's Christian Association
Ripley
Santa Fe
Helen Gould
New York
Eruptions at La Soufriere Described by U S Geologist
Ernest Howe of the United States Geological Survey reports small eruptions at La Soufriere in Kingston Vincent. He notes sudden steam puffs, rockets of mud and stones shooting from the crater, loud roars as mud returns to the lake, drifting steam clouds, ash deposits, and a hot Wallibou river causing evaporating water columns with dust.
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Kingston
T. Vincent
Ernest Howe
United States Geological Survey
Wallibou
Fifty Seventh Congress Closes as Henderson Retires
The Fifty seventh congress ends at noon with Speaker Henderson retiring from the House. Partisan tension blocks a unanimous thanks resolution, which must come from Republicans. Senate approves the President Pro Tem Frye thanks. Roosevelt signs enrollment bills as he visits the Capitol with his cabinet.
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Washington
House
Henderson
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Senate
Capitol
Congress
Four New Battleships In Naval Appropriation Plan
Senator Hale reports an naval appropriation amendment to build four first class battleships matching the Oregon type and two first class armored cruisers like the Brooklyn. Costs cap at 3200000 per battleship and 2750000 per cruiser, sizes 12000 and 9500 tons. Restricts more than two vessels per establishment and requires government yards if competition is blocked.
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Washington
Seenator Hale
Committee On Naval Affairs
Oregon
Record of Bills and Deaths in the Fifty-seventh Congress
The Fifty-seventh Congress saw 17 500 bills introduced with 3 918 reported and over 2 000 passed. Seventy eight bills remained undisposed of at adjournment. Earlier congresses show varied totals with 2 214 reported and 1 473 passed in the Fifty-fifth, 2 787 reported and 2 204 passed in the Fifty-sixth. The Forty-ninth had the highest aggregate with 4 181. Fifty members died during the just-closed term, an unusually high figure.
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Washington
D. C
House
Cuban Reciprocity Treaty Debated in Havana Senate
In Havana the reciprocity treaty was discussed again in the senate on Friday with debate adjourned until Saturday. Senor Sanguilly denounced the treaty as a U S scheme aimed at restricting Cuban European commerce and keeping it under American influence.
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Havana
Senate
Riot Ends College Debate in Atchison
In Atchison Kansas the Kansas Intercollegiate Association contest ended in a riot over Malcolm Garrard of Kansas University. Garrard attempted to speak but was hissed down as unruly students clashed with the crowd. Police were called to expel Kansas University students.
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Atchison, Kan
Kansas Intercollegiate Association
Malcolm Garrard
Kansas University
Colima Volcano Eruption Triggers Mass Prayer in Streets
At 10 o clock Friday forenoon the Colima eruption intensified with ash showers and dense clouds darkening the sky. People in Tuxpan fled to hills and knelt in the streets to pray as many houses and stores shut down amid mounting fear.
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Colima
Mex
Tuxpam
Plague Record at Mazatlan Burns Houses in Sanitary Drive
Mazatlan Mexico reports February deaths at 107 with fifty from bubonic plague. From January 1 to March 1 authorities burned 291 cheap-class houses, paying owners 73000 dollars in compensation.
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Mazatlan
Mexico
Crowninshield to Retire From European Station Command
Rear Admiral A S Crowninshield has applied for retirement under the personnel law provisions. He will be relieved by Rear Admiral Charles B Cotton, currently commanding the Norfolk navy yard, with Crowninshield moving to first grade and a retired pay of 5625 dollars annually.
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Washington
A. S. Crowninshield
Charles 8. Cotton
Norfolk Navy Yard
Crowninshield
Ex Nebraskan in trouble Lewis S Irwin to Milwaukee for forgery
Toledo Ohio dispatch reports Lewis S. Irwin was taken to Milwaukee to face forgery charges. He had been jailed here while awaiting extradition. Irwin, a former Nebraska attorney of fifteen years, declares his innocence and was noted as a prominent political figure in Nebraska.
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Lewis S. Irwin
Milwaukee
Toledo
Irwin
Nebraska
Elso
Senators-Elect Meet Roosevelt Ahead of Special Session
President Roosevelt welcomed at the White House on Monday several incoming senators with terms beginning in the extraordinary session set for next Thursday. Hayburn of Idaho succeeds Heitfeld Ankeny of Washington succeeds Turner Smoot of Utah succeeds Rawlins and McCreary of Kentucky succeeds Mebo e.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
White House
Senate
Hayburn
Idaho
Heitfeld, Ankeny
Washington
Mr. Turner
Smoot
Utah
Mr. Rawlins
McCreary
Kentucky
Meboe
Little Animosity’s Curve and the Baby Gun
A geometry minded man explains that the 16 inch Sandy Hook gun showed a rightward deflection of about twelve minutes of arc in a light breeze. He notes that if this curvature continued across twenty miles, the shell would complete a circle and return to its start, implying possible shell reuse if practical.
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Sandy Hook
New York Press
Can Be Seen Cassell's Journal Satire of the Vaughan Household
The scarce supply of servant girls forces Mrs Vaughan to hire a farmer's daughter from an Irish rural district. Her unfamiliar town ways trigger many amusing scenes when a visiting lady asks to see Mrs Vaughan. Kathleen quips with a mock Irish accent describing Mrs Vaughan as six feet high and four feet wide.
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Cassell
He Went West and Prospered
Freeman, Kan March 9 One of Harp er County s most prosperous farmers is Mr N H Mead He left Clarence New York thirty four years ago and settled in Kansas He harvested over 140 acres of wheat last year Despite poor health for several years he improved recently attributing his recovery to Doods Kidney Pills He says the remedy cured his kidney bladder trouble and gave quick relief The puffin is noted for its punctual annual migration
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Freeland
Kan
Harper County
N. H. Mead
Clarence
N. Y
Kansas
Mr. Mead
Dodd
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Pills Ad
An 1880s advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a one day cure for colds with a money back guarantee. It also features Hall's Catarrh Cure testimonial style claims and a Toledo Ohio notarized patent medicine pitch for F J Cheney & Co. and Hall's Family Pills.
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State OF Ohio
Toledo
Loucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Chaney &Co
Hall
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