British Army Pay Reform Mirrors U S System
The text discusses pay increases for enlisted men as a move to raise military standards and reduce wastage. It cites American enlistment practices, noting potential benefits like fewer desertions and better class of recruits, and references Brodrick and Cardwell in the debate. It mentions coronation anticipations and related political placements.
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Treasors
Washington
Wes
America
Drodrisk
Cardwell
Tommy
England
Brodrick
United States
Kentucky General Assembly Adopts Tax Cap in Revenue Bill
In Frankfort at noon the lower house struck proposed life insurance tax increases and kept existing rates. It adopted a section levying an annual tax of one eighth of one percent on the capital stock of Kentucky organized corporations, including those exiting the state to pursue federal court actions.
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Frankfory
March
General Assembly
Kentucky
Roase
Weather forecast for Sunday and Monday in Midwest regions
Washington and March reports show fair conditions for Sunday and Monday. Indiana Illinois Ohio expect fair skies with variable to west winds. Barometer 30.15 inches, maximum 46, minimum low, precipitation trace. Blythe signs off as section director with mean temperature and precipitation comparisons.
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Indiana
Ilinois
Ohio
R.H
Prus. W. T. Blythe
Movements of steamers and arrivals in March
Shipping news lists arrivals and departures across multiple ports including New York Havre Antwerp Glasgow Genoa Mechrg Liverpool Cherbourg and London. Vessels include St Paul Prinzessin Luise Umbria Minnehaha Kaiserin Maria Theresa Graf Spee Cam Manitou Sylvania and Syle with routes from New York West Indies Boston and Bremen among others.
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Trave
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Minnehaha
Carthagenian
Glasgow
Pennsylvania
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la Cham
Cam
Cherbourg
Ndon
Manitou
Rom
Sylvania
Streetcar Strike Riots Paralyze Norfolk Core Event
Violent demonstration by strike sympathizers in Norfolk at Main and Church streets left cars bombarded and nonunion workers beaten. A 1,000 to 2,000 crowd caused damage, arrests followed, and arbitration terms called for bonding, recalling old workers and retaining some nonunion staff.
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Main
Church Streets
Norfolk Electric Company
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Truxton
Commodore Truxton
Lee Curtis
Arbitration Committee
Hugh Gordon Miller
Freight handlers strike over reinstatement at South Boston
Boston dispatch reports 450 freight handlers at New York New Haven Hartford in South Boston walk out after the firm refused to reinstate workers discharged for declining freight from R S Brine Transportation. A far reaching strike threatens widespread disruption to the railroad's freight operations. In St Johns Newfoundland about 3000 sealing fleet crews strike seeking higher pay from per hundredweight to 4 per hundredweight. Demonstrations were orderly as they marched to government house to present their case to Governor Cavendish Boyle. Ships may fail to sail Monday without a settlement.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
South
R. S. Brine Transportation Comp
ST. Johns
N. F
Government House
Cavendish Boyle
Plant Sale After Beet Crop Failure Ends Losses
A valuable factory machinery sale is planned as the beet crop in the area fails. The plant, bought for $200000 three years ago, has operated at a loss since its opening, and the machinery will be moved away after the sale.
Bates Ordered to Chicago to Temporarily Command Lakes
In Omaha Nebraska on March General J C Bates commander of the Department of the Missouri was ordered to assume command of the Department of the Lakes upon General Otis's retirement. Bates expects the assignment to be temporary while General MacArthur, then in Colorado, may take over the Lakes department upon his successor's appointment.
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J. C. Bates
Department of the Missouri
Department of the Lakes
E. 8
Bates
Army Headquarters
MacArthur
Department of Colorad
Department O the Lakes
Etruria Liner Under Tow With Slow Progress
Cunard line officials report the Etruria moving at fifty to sixty miles daily after losing propeller and rudder and being towed by Clyde liner William Clifford. Marconi operator Hepworth details wireless exchanges and says there is no ground for uneasiness though no report expected before Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Etruria
William Cliff
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Lucanta
Campania
Nantucket
Arsenal fire at Lorient devastates government works
Paris reports a great fire at the government arsenal in Lorient destroying important documents and plans. Elsewhere a Boer magazine with ammunition and stores was found by Canadian scouts in the Orange River Colony, and Lord Kitchener notes fifty plus Boers captured nearby.
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Ross
Natal
British schooner Cavalier ashore burned near Petit Trou
News from San Domingo reports the British three masted schooner Cavalier from Halifax was burned by natives after running aground on the south coast. Wrecked Jan 28 at Petit Trou while bound for New York with half a cargo of wood aboard. Petit Trou lies 87 miles west of Port au Prince in Hayti.
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Halifax
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Petit Trou
New York
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Port au-Prince
Earthquake Damage Report in Shemaka Area
Official report from the earthquake investigation committee lists 1% villages totaling 1084 houses in the disturbance zone. It records 3488 houses destroyed 4500 damaged along with 4163 farm buildings eleven churches forty one mosques eleven factories and three schoolhouses seriously damaged.
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Baku
Russian Transcaucasia
March
Shemaka
Cannot Get a Commission for Navy Gunner Hill
Joseph Hill, gunner on the training ship Pensacola and Maine survivor, has been officially informed by Washington that he is ineligible for a U S navy commission. He passed the moral mental and physical exams with credit but lacked professional qualifications. Hill, currently the highest ranking petty officer, plans to try again and cites the 1901 act allowing eligible enlisted men under thirty five who pass the exam to receive commissions when vacancies arise.
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Joseph Hill
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Maine
Washington
United States Navy
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Obituary notices for Conger Wright Crocker Lindsay across cities
New York March 8 Frank Conger of New York died in Detroit after grip and pneumonia on his way from Saginaw to Little Rock. Born May 1 19 in Groton New York he led multiple companies and clubs. Akron J B Wright aged 43 died of pleurisy. Boston Uriel H Crocker author died at 69. St Louis John Lindsay former fire chief died after long illness.
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Frank Conger
Detroit
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Mary Brown Conger
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Pittsburg
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Akron, O
March
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Barberton
Boston
Uriel H. Crocker
Crocker
Flo
ST. Louis
John Lindsay
Lindsay
Cecil Rhodes Improves Amid Quiet At Muizenberg
Cape Town reports Cecil Rhodes resting at Muizenberg seaside, with doctors noting relief from two years of heart trouble. The heat has worsened his condition but there is hopeful improvement as he remains under medical care.
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March
Cecil Rhodes
Muissenberg
Mr. Rhodes
Spanish ministers crisis lingers despite cabinet council
Madrid reports indicate a ministerial crisis is almost inevitable with newspapers forecasting an official announcement after the cabinet council on March 10. The tone suggests imminent political upheaval as Spain grapples with internal tensions and leadership questions.
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Madrid
Merchants and Farmers Trust Company organized in Connersville
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Connersville Indiana March 8 The Merchants and Farmers Trust Company with capital stock 30000 elected Francis T Roots president E W Ansted vice president B F Thiebaud cashier F R Beeson assistant cashier The bank will occupy the old Citizens Bank building and begin business on April 3.
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Indianapolis Journal
Connersville
Ind
Merchants’ and Farmers’ Trust Company
Capital
Francis T. Roots
E. W. Ansted
B. F. Thiebaud
F. R. Beeson
Citizens’ Bank
The Open Door Plan and a Cooled Attempt on Life
A Washington Post essay recalls a brilliant young woman who chose to die by her own hand but failed. After trying to sit on a rain sleet window sill she endured hours in cold and dreamt of pneumonia, yet woke unharmed and has not tried since.
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Washington
Epictétus
Lil
Mrs Hillis in critical condition at Woodbine paralyzed mother of Rev Dwight Hillis
Mrs Hillis mother of Rev Dwight Hillis of Brooklyn remains in a critical condition in Woodbine Indiana. Stricken with paralysis last October she is very feeble with impaired ire and speech and doctors have small hope of recovery. Rev Hillis has been notified and is expected to arrive soon.
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Woodbine
Jailed men escape from Rutledge jail
Mitchell Mitely held for murder and George Taylor with Isaac Woodsey on minor charges escaped from Rutledge jail in the dark. They overpowered the keeper, seized his pistol, locked him in a cell, and fled after breaking jail.
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Mitchell Mitely
George Taylor
Isaac Woodsey
Rutledge
Drunken brawl ends with arrest of four in Ed area
John Long of 838 South Missouri street and Frank and Ed Newton of 541 and 411 West Merrill street were arrested at Senate avenue and Merrill street after a beating. Long, bruised and muddy, reported the Newton brothers tried to take his $9 weekly pay. The Newtons denied it and vowed retaliation. Patrolmen pulled the trio off as they fought in the mud and were charged with drunkenness. the Newton brothers also with assault and battery.
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Missouri Street
Ed Newton
Merrill Street
Frank Newton
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Why He Didn't Jump
A Portland Oregonian column recounts a railroad worker tale from a depot. A young Irishman braked a construction train for 3 cents a mile. during a high speed descent he clung to the car, refusing to jump while others urged him to leap for safety.
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Portland
Mike
Quarrelsome dispute leads to knife threat arrest
Police say Charles Bradley and Charles Dunham, both colored, were arrested after a street quarrel ended with a bloody knife found on Dunham. Bradley reported defensive wounds on his hands and arm from grabbing the weapon, while both men denied ongoing trouble.
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Bates
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Roommates Charged After Dollar Dispute Turned Assault
William Zeigler and Tom Conners were arrested after a quarrel over a dollar. Zeigler says Conners assaulted him in bed following a dispute over payment that allegedly began a month earlier. Both face assault and battery charges.
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North West Street
Tom Conners
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Conners
Summer Home of Michael Doran Destroyed by Fire
The summer residence of Democratic politician Michael Doran in Cottage Park White Bear Lake burned today. The loss is about $100,000 with $25,000 insured. The cause remains unknown.
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Michael Doran
Cottage Park
White Bear Lake
Wentinecs
Cee Vetcy
Beet Sugar Plant to Be Sold in Benton Harbor
At a stockholders meeting of Wolverine Sugar Company in Benton Harbor on March 8 the decision was reached to sell the beet sugar plant. The move aims to realize value for shareholders and reorganize company holdings amid market pressures and potential bids from interested buyers.
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The
Wolverine Sugar Company
The Dubois Agreement and a Politically Quiet Marriage
Mrs Dubois wife of Idaho senator is a child culture enthusiast. Before marriage she was a kindergartner and made child culture her life study. They agreed after marrying the senator would never talk politics and she would never discuss child culture, a pact they say they have kept since.
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New York Times
Canada's Half-Breeds and Their Future Policy
Montreal Gazette reports Father Albert Lacombe appeals to Canadians for Manitoba and western half-breeds. It traces their origins, language, and roles, notes some become clergy or nuns, and highlights their hardships, land issues, and a proposed heir-breed colony with mills, schools, and government support near Edmonton.
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Albert Lacombe
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Father Lecombe
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Red River
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St. Lawrence
Mer. Tache
Hudson Bay Company
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Northwest
Sisters of Mercy
Father Lacombe
Canada
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Picture buyers and a New York dealer in a tale of minding
The New York Sun recalls Bolton Jones noting a widespread condition among buyers. He cites two concrete examples showing the virulence and ridicule of the tendency, highlighting a leading New York dealer who exploited opportunities to sell, illustrating the phenomenon in vivid terms.
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New York Sun
Bolton Jones
New York
Woman rejects New Jersey landscape after gallery visit
A woman selecting a Mr Jones landscape and arranging delivery declines the Jersey subject after learning it depicts New Jersey. She insists she would not have the painting in her home. The dealer suggests the work's American locale, but the patron remains firm.
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New Jersey
Free trade on pulp and lower duties on paper proposal
The American Publishers Association tariffs plan advocates free raw materials and high finished product duties with reciprocity. It contrasts with backers of tariff favored schemes by stressing consumer influence. The article frames the policy as the fairest yet from any industry and emphasizes consumer input over tariff beggary.
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Portland Oregonian
American Publishers’ Association
Woman's Weigh Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
A health ad touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a bowel cleanser for women, claiming renewed digestion and vigor. The copy markets tonic benefits, urging readers to try the product for improved health and energy.
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Dr. Pierce
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