Rate Bill Urged For Immediate Senate Action In 1900s Debate
Will press rate bill before Senate as Tillman seeks to digest testimony and move the measure as unfinished business. Aldrich notes Republicans oppose the House version without amendments and pledge no unnecessary delay, stressing need for careful review and judicial safeguards.
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Washington
Senate
Mittee
Mgr
Tillian
Newcomb
Adams
Tillman
Aldrich
South Carolina
Ohio
Cromwell Testifies on Panama Canal Ties Before Senate Panel
William Nelson Cromwell testified before the Senate committee on interoceanic canals and described his role in Panama canal affairs since U S ownership. He said his involvement came by invitation and that his only compensation in the United States was via the Panama railroad he held prior to U S acquisition.
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Washington
William Nelson Cromwell
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Panama Canal
Canal
United States
Panama
United
Democratic Campaign Committee Meeting Called
Washington February 27. The Democratic campaign for the Sixtieth Congress will start soon. Secretary Edwards issued a call for a meeting of the Democratic Congressional Committee to be held March 6 in the minority committee room of the House. The meeting aims at organization and immediate attention to campaign details.
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Washington
Edwards
Democratic Congressional Organization
Minority Committee
House of Represt
Representative Keifer proposes reduced Southern representation
Washington February 27 Representative Keifer introduces a bill to cut the number of U S House members for Southern states citing disfranchisement of new voters Alabama drops from nine to six Arkansas from seven to six Florida from eight to two Georgia from eleven to six Louisiana from ten to three Mississippi from eight to three North Carolina from ten to six South Carolina from seven to five Tennessee from ten to eight Texas from sixteen to twelve Virginia from ten to eight
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Washington
Keifer
House of Southern
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Supreme Court voids Galbraith law on railroad property taxes
In an unanimous ruling Justice Montgomery declares the 1905 Galbraith law unconstitutional. The state board of assessors cannot equalize railroad property with other property as the constitutional amendment already requires a single rate for all property.
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Lansing
Mich
Justice Montgomery
State Supreme Court
Galbraith
State Board of Assessors
Vanderbilt Release After Pontedera Incident
Florence Italy Feb 27 W K Van derbilt Jr after his car struck a child near Pontedera was released on $200 bail by the royal praetor clerici following an investigation that found the incident unavoidant. Vanderbilt gave $40 each to two local charities and $500 to the child's parents then left with Mrs Vanderbilt escorted by police to the town outskirts amid fears of further demonstrations.
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Florence
Italy
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Pontedera
Royal Praetor Clerici
Senate La Follette bill targets political committee funding
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin introduces a sweeping bill requiring all national and congressional election committees to account for all expenditures and file receipts and disbursements with the secretary of commerce and labor. It bans corporate money to committees or candidates.
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Washington
la Follette
Wisconsin
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Congress
Citrus fruit cases ruled against railroads by high court
The U S Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Peckham, decided unfavorably to Southern California railroads in the citrus fruit suits. The ruling reversed both the Southern district of California circuit court and the commission order, ending the railroad battle over routing fruit shipments eastward.
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Washington
California
Supreme Court of the United States
Peckham
Circuit Court For
Southern District of California
Commission
Castro's Next Move Aims to Arbitration Over French Damages
Willemstad Curacao February 27 official Caracas sources say President Castro will ask the United States to arbitrate the damage caused by France in allowing the outfitting of the privateer Ban Righ at Fort de France to attack Venezuelan commerce and transport troops during the Matos revolt. The U S claim against Britain in the Alabama case will be cited as precedent.
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Willemstad
Island of Curacao
Caracas
Venezuela
Castro
United States
France
Ban Righ
Fort de France
Martinique
Matos
Great Britain
Alabama
Imperial Ukase Sets May 10 Assembly Meeting
St. Petersburg reports an imperial ukase announcing the national assembly will convene on May 10. The decree outlines the schedule and official aims for the assembly and its expected responsibilities.
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St. Petersburg
National Assembly
Compelled to Furnish Cars Bill Proposed in House
West Virginia representative Hughes introduces a bill requiring railway companies to supply cars to shippers upon request for transporting their products. Violation carries a maximum fine of 1000 dollars and up to sixty days in jail.
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Washington
Hughes
W. Va
Agree to Increase Restores 1923 Wage Scale
The agreement to raise pay will bring back the wage scale used in 1923, aligning current wages with historic pay levels. The move signals a return to prior compensation structures and impacts employees relying on the old scale.
Conference in New York on coal wage scale dispute
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers summons officers to New York to discuss a proposed restoration of the 1903 wage scale by bituminous coal operators, a 5.55 percent increase. Vice President Lewis indicates a national miners convention may be called to work out details and set a convention date.
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Indianapolis
Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
New York
T. L. Lewis
Mitchell backs no general coal strike on April first
New York reports John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, endorses Vice President Lewis’s claim there will be no general strike on April 1. Francis L. Robbins of Pittsburg Coal Co. says no reversal from operators and no meeting planned. Mitchell and Robbins conferred at the Waldorf Astoria.
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New York
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Mitchell
Francis L. Robbins
Pittsburg Coal Company
Mr. Robbins
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Anti injunction league formed by Typographical No 16
Chicago February 27 workers join effort to curb restraining court writs during strikes. Typographical union No 16 forms a five member committee to plan actions with aim to expand through the Federation of Labor. The movement could become national with 75 000 trade unionists in Chicago and over 60 percent of unions already enjoined during strikes affecting nearly one million workers.
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Chicago
No. 16
Federation of Labor
Attack on Guanabacoa Rural Guards Sparks Fatalities
In Guanabacoa twenty five rural guards were attacked at dawn by about thirty rioters armed with rifles and revolvers. A sergeant and a corporal were killed in their beds, four guards wounded, one of whom later died. Rioters fled and no arrests were reported.
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Havana
Guanabacoa
Fhaem
Des Moines Fire Destroys Fleck Home. One Dead, Three Injured
A house fire in Des Moines destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Fleck. Mrs. Pleck suffered severe burns to her body and face and lost fingers on her right hand. She is expected to die. Three others are seriously injured.
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Des Moines
George Fleck
DSViD B. Henderson Dies in Dubuque
David B. Henderson former speaker of the US House died in Dubuque Iowa from paresis aged 86. He was born in Old Deer Scotland in 1840 and came to America in 1846. He served in the Civil War losing a leg at Corinth and represented Iowa in Congress from 1883 to 1903.
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Dubuque
David B. Henderson
National House of Representatives
California
Henderson
Old Deer
Scotland
United States
Ilinois
Iowa
Corinth
Masked robbers seize baker in Millville burglary
In Millville New Jersey two masked men one white and one negro forced Frederick Radel a baker from his stable into his home at gunpoint and compelled Rachel to open the safe stealing nearly $4000 before escaping.
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Millville
N. J
Baker
Frederick Radel
Rachel
Berlin to offer Morocco concession with French yield
The German government plans a further concession on the Moroccan question if France yields similarly. Details will be announced at Algeciras to the French delegates. Emperor William and Chancellor von Buelow prefer another effort to reconcile aims rather than risk a drift toward conflict. Some financiers attempt to spark a war scare from the emperor’s reply to a silver wedding congratulatory address.
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Berlin
France
Germany
Algeciras
William
von Buelow
Moro Province Land Law Brings Hemp Rubber Sugar Prospects
Fred A treasurer of Moro Province Mindanao attests a land law allowing sale or lease to corporations for 2500 acres of hemp rubber sugar and other crops. He seeks U S capitalist investors in Kansas City Chicago New York and Washington to fund development and agricultural ventures on the island.
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San Francisco
Fred A.ce
Province of
Moro
Island of Mindanao
Thompson
Kansas City
Chicago
New York
Washington
Missouri insurer withdraws from state filing
Jefferson City Feb 27 State Superintendent Vandiver reports Mutual Reserve Life Insurance of New York will not file its 1905 business statement in Missouri and will withdraw from the state. Vandiver says the notice relieves him from issuing an ouster order he had prepared.
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Jefferson City
Vandiver
George D. Eldredge
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company of
New York
Missouri Insurance Department
Pickpockets Rob Chicago Farmer of $3150
Chicago on February 27. John Bailey of Fox Lake Illinois was robbed of 3150 dollars by three men who rode close to him on a street car after he had obtained the money at the gate of a mortgage. The thieves escaped.
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Chicago
John Bailey
Fox Lake
Ill
Bailey
American Missions In China Destroyed In Kiangsi
Consul General Rodgers reports US missions at Nanchang Kiangsi destroyed with a English family of four killed. The El Cano gunboat ordered to Kiulang may reach by Wednesday while British missions inland reported safe. Officials deem the Nanchang trouble local with low spread risk though it could trigger wider tensions.
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Washington
Rodgers
Shanghai
State Department
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Nankin
Kiuliang
Yangtee
China
Missionaries Escape by Boat from Nanchang Riot
Reports from New York dated February 27 state eight American missionaries at the Methodist mission station in Nanchang escaped by boat after riots. Named evacuees include Rev. Edward James and wife, Dr. M. Charles and wife, and four American women Gertrude How Genevieve Hughes Alta Newdy and Kate L Ogdorn, with Ida Khan a Chinese helper also at the station.
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New York
Nanchang
Methodist Board of Foreign Missions
Methodist Board
J. W. Bashford
Shanghai
H. K. Carroll
Edward James
Wisconsin
M. Charles
Ohio
Gertrude How
Genevieve Hughes
Alta Newdy
Kate L. Ogdorn
Ida Kahn
Chinese minister reports Canton boycott agitation subsiding
The Chinese minister received a cablegram from the Canton viceroy stating that the boycott movement has cooled and no recent meetings have occurred. He reports all is quiet.
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Washington
Canton
Presbyterian federation plans meeting in Charlotte
Harrisburg February 27 Representatives from six denominations including the Presbyterian church and the Reformed bodies will meet in Charlotte on March 14 to draft a basis for federation. A year ago a consolidation basis was prepared and sent to the churches legislative bodies, which approved it but returned it for more detail.
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Harrisburg
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church South
United Presbyterian Church
Reformed Church In the
Joint Committee
Poison in communal wine targets Venezuelan archbishop
Caracas reports presidents and church leaders reacting to an attempted poisoning of Archbishop Juan Bautista Castro with nitrate of silver in communal wine on Sunday February 18. The attack, linked to a priest, caused a major sensation and followed an encyclical criticizing clergy immorality.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Caracas
Castro
Juan Bautista Castro
Venezuela
Ironworker held on homicide charge in Williamsburg
Peter Cooper an ironworker was held without bail in the Lee avenue court Williamsburg on a homicide charge. He allegedly caused the death of John Jahrsdorfer a nonunion iron worker who died Saturday night from injuries inflicted with a slungshot at Bethany Deanoconesses home.
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New York
Peter Cooper
Lee Avenue Court
Williamsburg
John Jahrsdorfer
Bethany
Deanconesses
Collier Dines on Perjury Charge in Man Town Topics Case
Robert J. Collier testified in New York on perjury charges linked to the Hapgood libel suit. He and his father expect to pay the prosecution expenses, including handwriting experts, with plans to seek reimbursement from the city through the district attorney.
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New York
Robert J. Collier
Collier’s Weekly
William D. Mann
Town Topics
Norman Hapgood
Collier's Weekly
Hapgood
Colonel Mann
Mr. Littleton
Jealous wife linked to Chicago gas deaths
Chicago report says William F. Sears and wife found dead in their home. Gas turned on and vents blocked with rags. Investigators tie the deaths to Mrs. Sears who allegedly opened the gas and locked the door after fearing her husband’s supposed infatuation with another woman.
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Chicago
William F. Sears
Snow and Sleet Hit Nebraska and Missouri
Snow fell in eastern and northern Nebraska reaching nearly an inch with more on the way. In St Joseph sleet and snow storm delays rail and streetcar traffic since early morning.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Senate Concludes Railroads Investigation Resolution Moves On
Washington February 27 The senate agrees to the house amendment to the Gillespie Tillman resolution for the investigation of railroads and their relation to coal and oil producing. The measure now goes to the president for signature.
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Washington
Senate
House
Gillespie-Tillman
Alexander to Recover After Two Surgeries
New York February 27 doctors announce the recovery of James W. Alexander former president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society from recent operations and deem recovery practically certain.
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New York
James W. Alexander
Equitable Life Assurance Society
General Leonard Wood sails for Mindanao on two week tour
Major General Leonard Wood has left Manila for a two week inspection tour in Mindanao. Filipinos show readiness to form a volunteer regiment to assist the United States in China.
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Manila
Leonard Wood
Mindanao
America
China
Smallpox Cases Reported by Michigan City Health Board
The city board of health finds twenty smallpox cases in Michigan City Indiana. Most patients are confirmed cases and families are urged to seek vaccination and quarantine as required by local health orders.
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City Board of Health
Michigan City
Ind
Market Quotations Wheat Prices From Minneapolis Note
Wheat May at 80 cents 10 9 10 July 82 3 4 On track No 1 hard 79 No 1 Northern 79 No 2 Northern 77 in Minneapolis market report dated February 26 with futures and cash quotes for wheat varieties.
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Minneapolis
Cattle Prices Mixed in St Paul Sale Report
St Paul report notes cattle markets with Good to choice steers trading around 4.50 to 5.50 per hundredweight and lower grades from common up to cattle buyers responding to demand. Trade details remain incomplete due to fragmentary OCR.
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St. Paul
Wheat and flax price notes from Duluth market report
The Duluth market lists wheat prices for No 1 Northern at 78 with No 2 Northern at 77 with on track quotes at 79 for No 1 Northern and 77 for No 2 Northern. Flax prices shown for arriving and on track at 1.12 May 1.14% pay 1.15 Sept 1.14% Oct 13.
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Duluth
Northern
Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices From Chicago Market List
Chicago stock prices list cattle cattle cows and heifers stockers and feeders Texans hogs mixed and butchers good heavy rough light pigs sheep lambs with ranges quoted in dollars and cents for February 26. Prices show cattle from 1.50 to 6.40 per unit and hogs from 5.65 to 6.22, with sheep and lambs at 3.65 to 7.00.
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Chicago
Market Quotes Chicago Wheat Corn Pork and Dairy Prices
Chicago quotes show Wheat May 81 4 and July 81 2 cents, Corn May 43 43 and July 48 13 cents, Date May 30 and July 29 cents, Pork May 15.30 and July 15.05, Winnx Cash Northwestern 1.3344, Southwestern 1.08 May 1.14, Butter Creameries 17 27 cents, dairies 17 24 cents.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Southwestern
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New York City
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