Senate Agrees to Vote on Colombian Canal Treaty
Washington March 13 The senate will vote on the Colombian canal treaty Tuesday with amendments to be considered Monday General debate ends Monday morning and speeches on each amendment limited to fifteen minutes for most. thirty minutes for committee chairmen. Secrecy order to be removed after Morgan speeches and debate.
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Washington
Senate
Frye
Colombia
Committee On Foreign Relations
Committee On Interocanic Canals
Morgan
Panama Canal Company
Gorman
Labor Candidate Wins Woolwich Seat in London Election
The Woolwich division of London elected William Crooks, labor candidate, to Parliament with a majority of 3229 votes over Geoffrey Drage, the Unionist contender. Crooks succeeds Lord Charles Beresford after the March 13 vote.
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London
Lord Charles Beresford
Woolwich
William Crooks
Geoffrey Drage
Help Wanted Advertisement From United States Medicine Company
A large conservative corporation seeks a local agent and representative with no experience required. Earn steady income by working in your town and neighborhood in leisure time. Liberal cash pay and valuable premiums offered. Apply to United States Medicine Company at 132-136 West 14th Street, New York.
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United States Medicine Company
West 14Th Street
New York
Great Levees Tested as River Rises Toward 40 Feet
Memphis officials warn the Mississippi flood may crest at forty feet after reaching 39.1, the highest on record. North Memphis residents abandon homes as Wolf River industries halt, railroads suffer, and levees near Holly Bush show top erosion while Dyersburg planters flee rising waters. Steamboats transport refugees to safety.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Wolf River
Holly Bush
Dyersville
River conditions improve as winds aid flow to gulf
New Orleans reports the Mississippi River is stationary since Saturday due to favorable winds speeding water to the gulf. Better weather has helped levees harden and restore stability, countering sensational rumors that levees below Canal Street broke and the French Quarter was under water.
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New Orleans
Gulf
Canal Street
Baton Rouge
Crevasse Wider in Plaquemine Parish
News from New Orleans reports a crevasse already two hundred feet wide ten miles below Pointe la Hatchee, about sixty miles from the city. The damage will be confined to a small portion of Plaquemine parish.
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New Orleans
Pointe la Hatchee
Plaquemine Parish
Knapp Held to Grand Jury in Hamilton Hearing
Alfred Knapp appeared before Mayor Bosch for a preliminary trial and was bound over to the grand jury without bail after his lawyers and the mayor discussed the case. Charles Goddard testified Knapp and his wife were at his house from 7:30 to 9 pm on December 21 and that he later identified Hannah Knapp's corpse in New Albany Indiana.
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Hamilton
Alfred Knapp
Bosch
Knapp
Charles Goddard
Hannah Goddard Knapp
Goddard
Hannah Knapp
New Albany
Ind
Kummerling
Tragic He Rescue Sealed by Fire in Hibbing Home
Hibbing Minnesota March 17 John McLaughlin awakened by smoke saved his wife and two day old child from a burning house then returned to rescue his six year old son. He and the child perished as the roof collapsed sealing a double tragedy.
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Hibbing
Minn
John McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Waterman who invented the postage stamp dies at 86
Millbury Mass March 17 Henry Waterman former postmaster here died at Woonsocket RI aged eighty six years His notoriety arose in 1839 when he created and used the Millbury stamps His method of marking letters by the postmaster’s name noted the amount due before the stamp idea and design were adopted by the United States.
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Millbury
Mass
Henry Waterman
Woonsocket
R. L
Police Sergeant John Noonan Dies by Suicide in St Louis
In St Louis on March 17 Sergeant John Noonan of the Fourth district, tied to recent vice and corruption disclosures by the grand jury, killed himself by cutting his throat and shooting his abdomen after suffering nervous prostration. He faced ongoing investigations and pressure from the case.
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St. Louis
John Noonan
Fourth District
Right for Road Restraining Order Blocks Southern Pacific Vote
Judge Horace H. Lurton issued a restraining order in suits by Harriman and Keene interests tying to Union Pacific, Central Pacific, and Southern Pacific stock. The order bars voting stock, altering bylaws, or changing meeting rules for the upcoming Southern Pacific annual directors’ election until April 1 hearing. suit seeks injunction pendente lite to protect Southern Pacific stockholders’ interests.
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Cincinnati
Horace H. Lurton
United States Circuit Court
Harriman and
Keene
Union, Central and Southern Pacific Stock Holdings
Nashville
Tenn
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Central Pacific
Southern Pacific Company
Central Pacific Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Mercantile Trust Company
Lurton
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Kentucky
Keene- Taylor
Southern Pacific Board of Directors
J. B. Foraker
Edward Lauterbach
New York
Augustus Willson
Louisville
Harmon, Colston, Goldstein & Hoadly
Harriman
Verdict for defendants in Indiana coal case ends in not guilty
Judge Chetlain instructed the jury to return a not guilty verdict in the Indiana coal operators trial. The court held any law violation was interstate not Illinois, placing the case under federal jurisdiction and dismissing the Illinois anti trust provisions.
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Chicago
Chetlain
Indiana
Illinois
Hamil
Roosevelt weighs extraordinary session over Cuban treaty
President Roosevelt has not fixed a date to call an extraordinary session of Congress. He is weighing the move if the senate amends the Cuban reciprocity treaty to force action by the House. Advisers expect senate action on Panama Canal and Cuba at the current session, with a decision possible by next week.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Panama Canal
Cuba
Irrigation Projects Authorized Across Five States
Secretary Hitchcock grants authority to acquire property and rights of way for five irrigation developments in Wyoming Montana Colorado Nevada and Arizona. Projects include Sweetwater dams Mill River Gunnison tunnel Truckee and Salt River reservoir with an estimated cost of 7 million dollars to reclaim about 600000 acres. Graybull reservoir project to be pursued next, pending rights and private claim adjustments under the 1902 act.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Wyoming
Montana
Mill River
Colorado
Gunnison
Nevada
Truckee
Arizona
Salt River
Graybull
Plan for Big Loan to Cramp Shipyards in Philadelphia
Banking interests in Philadelphia near completing a 4 million dollar loan to William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. The loan will be four series of 6 percent notes with 25 percent payable in five year steps, redeemable after twenty years, secured by a consolidated mortgage on the plant. Cramp property valued at 12.5 million with existing mortgages of 1.5 million and 0.5 million on parts. Funds from government and others for vessel completion to be used as working capital. company reportedly without floating debt.
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Philadelphia
William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company
Cramp
First Hawaiian coins sent to U S mint for recoinage
Sixty five thousand dollars of Hawaiian money is transferred from the U S treasury to the local mint to be melted into United States currency. Recoinage begins at once and the island metal will be sent back after stamping with the American eagle. A further $200,000 remains in the sub treasury and more Hawaiian coin is expected from Honolulu by steamer until the $1,000,000 goal is reached.
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San Francisco
United States
Honolulu
Death Toll at Cornell Rises to Twenty Two
Ithaca N Y March 14 The death list of Cornell students from typhoid now reaches twenty two with the deaths of R S Knapp a sophomore in Waverly and H N Rockwell a freshman in Pike the last reported Both had been home briefly Knapp was among the universitys top basketball players recently on the varsity team Only two new cases reported in twenty four hours
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
R. S. Keapp
Waverly
If. N. Rockwell
Pik
Knapp
Senate Rules Halt for Knox Opinion Clash
Ten minutes after convening the Senate went into executive session on a motion by Mr. Cullom. Senator Morgan attacked Attorney General Knox's opinion on the Panama Canal property title, criticizing its handling of French court jurisdiction and its overall validity concerning the new Panama Canal company.
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Washington
Senate
Cullom
Hawley
Conn
Morgan
Knox
Canal Company
Marching on Santa Barbara in Honduras conflict
Panama, Colombia dated March 14 reports cable messages from Honduras stating General Sonilla, president-elect, has troops controlling Copan Gracias La Paz Comayagua and Paraiso as he advances on Santa Barbara. Sierra forces reportedly hold Tegucigalpa Chojuteca and Valle capitals.
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Colombia
Honduras
Salvador
Copan
Gracias
la Paz
Comayagua
Paraiso
Sonilla
Santa Barbara
Sierra
Tegucigalpa
Chojuteca
Valle
United States Considers Warship to Honduras Waters
A dispatch from William C. Wilt in Ceiba, Honduras, reports Ceiba captured by revolutionary forces and urges sending a U.S. warship to Honduras waters. Acting Secretary of the Navy Darl ing orders Admiral Coghlan to move his squadron to protect American interests.
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Washington
State Department
William C. Wilt
United States
Ceiba
Honduras
Darling
Coghlan
Rainy Weather Deepens Mississippi Levee Strain
New Orleans reports ongoing rain raises flood risk on the Lower Mississippi. The river sits seven-tenths of a foot below 1897 record yet heavy rainfall worsens levee pressure. Workers reinforce city front while engineers stay hopeful embankments endure the strain.
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Mississippi
New Orleans
Louisiana Line
Stockholders to Bring Civil and Criminal Suits in Metro Street Case
Baltimore reports John Kuckler, senior accountant in the Metro Street Railway probe, says stockholders who started the movement will file civil and criminal actions. He notes the court will request the company books and a full explanation of the financial situation.
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Baltimore
John Kuckler
Metropolitan Street Railway Company of
New York
Kuckler
Immigration officials say female inspectors not needed
Washington report shows objections to employing female inspectors. Commissioner General Sargent informs the treasury secretary that their services are not needed. Secretary Shaw has taken no action yet but is expected to follow Sargent's recommendation.
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Washington
Williams
New York
Treasury Department
Immigration
Sargent
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Secretary Shaw Ends Inquiry Into Money Situation
Washington, March 13. Secretary Shaw returned from New York and, after reviewing the money situation, found nothing warranting department interference. It is stated he does not plan to take any steps in the matter at present.
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Washington
Shaw
New York
Associated Press
Department
Tracks Washed Out Near Brush Colorado
Warm spell melts snow on the South Divide causing swollen streams. Burlington line west of Brush washed out, trains rerouted over Union Pacific to Brush. Bridges south of town over Long Beaver Creek destroyed, travel halted.
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Brush
Colo
South Divide
Burlington Railroad
Union Pacific
Beaver Creek
Cabinet Attendees Few as Knox Out of City
Washington on March 14 reports only 11 cabinet members attended. Secretaries Hay Moody Roct and Post master General Payne along with Autorn. General Knox were out of the city so only routine business occurred and no subject of serious importance was discussed.
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Washington
Hay
Moody
Roct
Payne
Autorn
Knox
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