Tillman McLaurin Names Restored as Senate Debate Opens
Washington February 25 1905 the Tillman McLaurin dispute dominates the Senate as Frye orders restoration of the two South Carolina senators to the roll amid plans for possible temporary suspension. Republicans debate legality while Democrats push for restoration and continued challenge to the ruling.
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Washington
Frye
Senate
South Carolina
Aldrich
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Burrows
Mr. Burrows
Turner
Tillman
McLaurin
Stewart
Dubois
McMillan
Republican Steering Committee
House of Representatives
Rousseau Crump
Michigan
Representative Crump
Senators Confer On Suspension Of South Carolina Members
Republican members of the Senate privileges and elections committee dine to discuss a resolution to suspend the two South Carolina senators. Some doubt the legality of such action while others fear criticism of Senate steps. Burrows and Foraker named a subcommittee to seek guidance and propose a possible path forward.
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Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Senate
South Carolina
Burrows
Foraker
Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation Bill Adopted
The House passed the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill in a session noted for no major amendments. Key moments included Richardson of Alabama replying to Corliss on a Pacific cable, debate on consular reform, and Newlands defending Cuba annexation aims. Champ Clark urged constructive reforms over merited system critique while Dinsmore attacked a permanent consular service. The bill passed and the House adjourned at 5:65 p.m.
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Washington
House
Senate
Richardson
Alabama
Coriiss
Pacific
Newlands
Nevada
Cuba
Champ Clark
Missouri
Clark
Cleveland
Adam
Dinsmore
Arkansas
Probable murder in Louisville husband accused
Mrs James Reagan, of Wolfe county lumber family, was found at Welch's Tavern with her throat cut. Her husband, arrested on charges of the crime after a quarrel, denies it and says thieves attacked them. a bloody knife was found in his valise. Reagan faces bonds set at 1060 dollars as he admits another wife and three children in North Carolina. The injured woman provided a graphic account of the stabbing before police.
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Louisville
James Reagan
Wolfe County
Welch's Tavern
West Main Street
Reagan
Wata County
North Carolina
Train crews mangled five employes killed two injured
Rochester dispatch reports a collision on the Auburn branch of the New York Central left five trainmen dead two seriously injured and two missing. The wreck involved a westbound passenger train and a steam derrick near Aurelius. No passengers were hurt.
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Rochester
N. Y
Auburn
New York Central
Edward F. Vine
Frank Hinds
John Heisman
Durand
Syracuse
Thomas Burke
Edward H. Renner
Thomas Lipmuck
Aurelius
Canandaigua
York
Columbia & Port
Indiana Indians Reception at Charleston Tomorrow
Governor AV T Durbin of Indiana and a party of players with their wives arrived in Charleston D C on February 3 while traveling from Cuba. Indiana day is scheduled with a reception announced for tomorrow at the Woman’s building.
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Charleston
D. C
Av.t. Durbin
Indiana
Cuba
Womana
Storm wrecks San Francisco as ships and tents topple
A powerful southwest storm battered San Francisco on February 25. Winds up to 70 mph tore down homes and fences, toppled trees, and cut Telegraph and electric lines while ships at port dragged moorings and the Solace nearly collided with the Albatross. Soldiers at the Presidio faced tent collapses and rain soaked possessions as weather officials noted record low pressure and rising rivers.
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San Francisco
Point Reyes
Solace
Beale Street
Albatross
Transport Wharf
Folsom Street
Hancock
Rosecrans
Manila
A. ©. McAdie
The
Weather Bureau
Neahbey
Roseburg
Ore
Fire Rages Kill Four at Idaho Boarding House
Spokane dispatch reports four men died and about a dozen were injured, three fatally, when a fire destroyed the Standard mine boarding and bunkhouse at Mace Idaho. Sixty men slept inside. escape was cut off by flames. Other fires in New York and Tennessee cause injuries and explosions. a steamboat on the Tennessee river wrecked near London with multiple casualties.
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Spokane
Wash
Standard
Mace
Idaho
J. Edwards
D. Mann
Eugene Bangs
M. T. Moore
E. J. Arborough
BE. McCallum
John Bowbay
New York
Elizabeth Street
Knoxville
Tenn
T. H. Bacon
London
Kingston
Tennessee River
Estil Hudgins
Robert Bird
Failippines
Albert Claiborne
Cook Smith
Fire Devastates Thurb er Business District in Texas
A February fire in Thurber, Texas destroyed much of the town's business district. Estimated loss reaches 100000 dollars, with insurance covering about 75 percent of the damage. No injuries reported. The blaze prompted emergency response and assessments of remaining shops.
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Thurber
Tex
St Louis Plate Glass Company Formed In Mis souri
The St. Louis Plate Glass Company is formed and incorporated in Missouri with 2,000,000 cash capital. It will operate independently of the glass trust and compete with it. Twelve hundred acres are bought at Valley Park on the Meramec river, seventeen miles from the city, with contracts let for buildings and machinery. Site staking occurs and operation is planned by November 1. Plant capacity targets 0,000 square feet of glass daily and employs 0 men.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Plate Glass Company
Missouri
The
Glass Trust
Valley Park
Meremac
Return of soldiers and ships arrive from the Philippines
Two US transports and the hospital ship Solace reached San Francisco from Manila within hours. The Hancock reported two drownings and three deaths en route, carrying 51 cabin passengers, 1,022 soldiers and seven military prisoners. Rosecrans brought 591 soldiers including the Twenty second Infantry with Indiana officers Lieutenant Ivers W. Leonard and Lieutenant Parker Hitt among its ranks.
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Indianapolis Journal
San Francisco
United States
Solace
Manila
Asiatic Station
Hancock
Rosecrans
Twenty-second Infantry
Philippines
Department of the Missouri
Omaha
Neb
Indiana
Ivers W. Leonard
Fort Wayne
Parker Hitt
Indianapolis
Twenty-second Infantry in Philippine campaigns under Wheaton
The Twenty-second Infantry under General Wheaton fought at Caloocan and Tullahan bridges, and at Malolos on March 31, with four companies A, I, K and L in a fierce trench and church assault. They advanced mile by mile to Polo Meycauayan and Biga, entering Malolos the insurgent capital, and later San Isidro Bustos Candaba and other towns. The regiment endured losses, with three of five sergeants killed, and has had five colonels since formation, now led by Col James Miller. Generals Otis Wheaton Stanley Liscum Ballance Egbert Swaine Wikoff French McCaskey Minor Lockwood Kell Baldwin Yeatman Crittenden contributed to its noted record.
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Malolos
Twenty-second Infantry
Wheaton
Caloocan
Tullahan Bridge
Ma- Unta
Philippines
Polo
Meycauan
Bigna
San Isidro
Norgagaray
Novaliches
Bustos
Balluag
Rio Grande
San Fernando
Cabiao
Candaba
Twenty-second
D. 8. Stanley
Col
P. T. Swaine
Otis
Stanley
Liscum
Ballance Egbert
Swaine
Wikoff
French
McCaskey
Lockwood
Kell
Baldwin
Yeatman
Crittenden
Hughes and Taft Regarding the Philippines
Senate Philippines committee resumes hearings with Gen. Robert F. Hughes as witness. He arrived in August 189% and served as provost marshal general of Manila. He describes free contact between insurrection forces and Americans after his arrival.
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Washington
Senate Committee On the Philippines
Robert F. Hughes
Hughes
Islands
Manila
Five Earl family murders shock Welch area
Five members of the Earl family near Welch Louisiana were found murdered, including a wife with her face injured and a son shot while three other throats were cut. The head of the household is missing, and a search has not yet located him. No perpetrator has been identified, with the event tied to a Thursday night. A. E. Batson was arrested in Spickard Missouri on charges related to the killings.
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Walsh
Earl
Lake Charles
A. E. Batson
Spickard
Welch
Mabesl
Richard Aye
Steel magnates in jail in contempt ruling
E T and George H Schuler directors and majority stockholders of Alabama Steel and Wire Company begin a five day contempt sentence in the county jail tomorrow at noon. They will occupy a jail room furnished by themselves with a telephone and meals ordered from a leading cafe. Judge Wilkinson imposed the $500 fine and five day confinement.
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Birmingham
Ala
E. T
George H. Schuler
Alabama Steel and Wire Company
Schulers
Wilkinson
Twenty-second Infantry in Indian Wars and Philippine Service
The Twenty-second Infantry formed in 1861 with hard frontier service against Sioux in the Dakotas and Montana, involvement in Louisiana and Montana campaigns, and action in the Chicago riots and Coeur d Alenes. It served in Cuba and the Philippines, arriving in Manila on March 4 1899 and marching from Malate against insurgents from March 12 to 19 as General Wheaton led the advance toward Pasay and the lake country.
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Twenty-second Infantry
Thirteenth Infantry
Thirty-first Infantry
D. 8. Stanley
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
Louisiana
Custer
Chicago
Scranton
Wilkesdarre
Coeur d'Alanes
Idaho
Ballance
Moore
Cave Hills
South Dakota
Cuba
Phillippines
Manila Bay
Malate Nipa
United States
Otis
Pasix River
Wheaton
Manila
Malate
General Wheaton
San Pedro Macau
Pasay
Pateros
Coun
Lake Country
Mann
Pension Bills Introduced by Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge
Washington Feb 45 Senator Fairbanks introduced pension bills for Sarah E Jean Worthington Jeremiah Davis North Salem Peter Fisher Waterloo and Mrs Armanda Frybarger widow of the late Colonel Frybarger Senator Beveridge urged increases for Sylvester C Bishop Jasper H Robinson and William Banta and proposed pensions for Emily H Knapp of Indianapolis and a $535.53 payment to Captain Robert E Bryant of Crawfordsville for subsistence services on Brigadier General Wallace staff Beveridge returned from the West and attended a senate privileges and elections committee conference on South Carolina senators. Seat District Attorney J B Kealing leaves for Indianapolis and James P Goodrich to confer with Indiana delegation. Charles H Robb promoted to assistant attorney general for inheritance tax division. Other Indiana patents issued to inventors today include Finley Noyes Rastetter Stratton Talbert Zant and others. Currency controller approved bank organization for Valparaiso National Bank with capital of 100 000
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Fairbanks
Sarah E. Jean
Worthington
Jeremiah Davis
North Salem
Peter Fisher
Waterloo
Armanda Frybarger
Frybarger
Beveridge
Sylvester C. Bishop
Jasper H. Robinson
William ©. Banta
Emily H. Knapp
Indianapolis
Robert E. Bryant
Crawfordsville
Wallace
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
South Carolina
Yacht launch of Emperor William's craft ends dramatic slip
Alice Roosevelt christened the vessel and started the launch by severing the rope as the yacht slid into the water amid a formal ceremony. The scene captured a historic moment with press coverage noting the yacht’s slip into the harbor and the ceremonial act by the First Lady.
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Alice Roosevelt
Prince Henry of Prussia visits as Meteor launched
Weather and crowds greet Prince Henry of Prussia in New York as Kaiser yacht Meteor is launched at Shooter's Island. Miss Alice Roosevelt christens the vessel while President Roosevelt, the royal party, and city officials attend a day of receptions and a City Hall freedom ceremony amid rain and cheers.
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New York
Prince Henry of Prussia
Emperor William
Meteor
Alice Roosevelt
Shooter's Island
Prince
Roosevelt
Hohenzollern
Washington
City
Greater New York
Prince Henry
City Hall
Metropolitan Club
Metropolitan Opera House
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Shooters’ Island
United States
von Holleben
President Roosevelt
Jersey City
Baltimore
Magnolia
Miss Roosevelt
Mies Roose
Root
Hitchcoth
Henry C. Corbin
Corbin
Evans
Mies Evans
Lodge
Spooner
Litauer
Ademiral Bowles
Wiliam Cowles
Cowles
Hill
Theodore Bingham
Bingham
George W. Boyd
Willam Loeb, Jr
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T. Workns
Erroumen
TMS
Smsranes
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Eureka
San Diego
Marysville
Sacramento
Red Bluff
Pittsburg
Toocal
Allegheny
Monongahela
Texas
Resecrans
Col. Stanley
Fairbanks and
C. H. Robb
J. B. Kealing
James P. Goodrich
Indiana Republican State Central Committee
Charles H. Robb
Internal Revenue Department
Charles Finley
Henry F. Noyes
William Co
Rastetter
Charles H. Stratton
Muncie
Lindley A. Talbert
Benjamin F. Zant
Isaac W. Douglas
Michigantown
William Johnson
Valparaiso
Ind
Charlies W. Benton
Skinner
John Wark
Erasmus Ball
L. M. Pierce
Valparaiso National Bank
Kill-Von-Kull
Meteors
Freedom of New York
Shooter’s Island
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