Ship Bill in Danger in Senate Debate
The Senate wrangles over the ship subsidy bill with Allison and Spooner proposing amendments to limit duration and annual payments while Teller and Elkins clash over policy. Minority leaders criticize the bill as costly, ineffective and dangerous to free competition, urging Congress to avoid funding private shipowners.
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Washington
Senate
Allison
Iowa
Treasury
Spooner
Wisconsin
Congress
Teller
Colorado
Elkins
West Virginia
Barry
Committee On Commerce Today
Alleged Smugglers Captured Near Fort Worden
Jameson and Wilkes, alleged smugglers of Chinese, and their sloop were captured by customs officers after a storm drove the craft into a cave near Fort Worden. They landed Chinese workers, one of whom was seized near Port Townsend. Authorities had pursued Jameson for months and previously seized three of his sloops.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Jameson & Wilkes
Fort Worden
Jameson
German Steamship Firms Bar Emigrants From Bremen and Hamburg
Berlin March 15 The North German Line and the Hamburg American steamship companies have spent heavily returning emigrants from the United States who were barred by American immigration laws and will not permit propaganda or travel of Prophetic Russians Austrians to sail from Bremen or Hamburg.
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Lisya
United States
Austria
Russia
Ratisbon
Myslowitz
Reichstag
Posen
Emperor William
Herr Ballin
Herr Tietgens
Wiegand
Lloyd Ine
Herr Pilate
Hamburg
Hamburg- American Line
North Licoyd German Steamship Company
New York
Exclusive American Club Planned in London for King Edward's Coronation
An Anglo American committee plans a London club named Columbia with a $250 entrance fee, aiming to rival top US clubs. Members include Lords Kintore Suf field Craven Marcus Beresford and Reginald Ward, with Duse Hading and Rejane among expected visitors this summer. Also noted is a farewell sermon for the blue coat boys of Christ's Hospital as they move to new country quarters attended by King Edward.
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London
United States
Edward
Lords Kintore
Suffield
Craven
Marcus Beresford
Reginald Pole-Carew
Anthony Drexel
Reginald D. Ward
Arthur Ingram
Christ’s Hospital
Columbia
Ie Avondale
Piccadilly
St. James Street
England
Union and Knickerbocker Clubs
New York
Somerset Club
Boston
Metropolitan Club
Washington
Praise for Americans and De Constant visit to Chicago
Paris dispatch quotes M De Estournelles de Constant praising America and President Roosevelt after his U S trip. He notes Chicago’s progress, calls Roosevelt a friend of France, and says he will return for a decree on March 21. Cape Town bulletin reports Cecil Rhodes in critical condition, oxygen given, London doctors coordinating care.
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Paris
M. de Estournelles de Constant
United States
America
Chicago
Roosevelt
France
Washington
Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
London
Rhodes
Debate Over Treaty Policy Spurs Congressional Rift
Senators sparred over future treaty obligations and a proposed ship subsidy bill. Senator Spooner warned against binding the United States to long term contracts without assured results, calling the subsidy a gift and proposing amendments to retain congressional control. The House then passed a large batch of private pension bills, while foreign emigration rules and several European naval and trade issues dominated later discourse.
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England
Congress
Teller
Commissioner of Navigation
Hanna
Europe
United States Navy
Elkins
Committee of Commerce
United States
United States Treasury
Bacon
South America
Senate
Allison
Spooner
Mallory
Paalzow
Heirs Plan Italian Renaissance Hotel on Neb Hill San Francisco
The heirs of the late Senator James Fair will erect a grand five story hotel on Neb Hill in San Francisco. It will face Mason Street and stretch from California to Sacramento with white terra cotta or bright stone material. The project costs about 2 040 000 and offers an elevated view of the city and harbor across the bay.
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San Francisco
James Fair
Neb Hill
Mason Street
California
Sacramento
Bay
Bayonne Reports Slight Earthquake Shock
William A. Eddy, weather observer, said a slight earthquake shock was felt in Bayonne early today. The vibrations registered on seismographs and were attributed to minor local sources. The tremor was noted earlier this month.
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New York
William A. Eddy
Bayonne
Boers Captured in Heilbron District and Treason Court Shuffle
From Pretoria comes news that Commandant Celliers of the Kroonstad Boers was captured by the British in Heilbron. Dublin reports say the civil treason court is disbanded and treason cases will be tried by court martial. About eight hundred rebels in Natal, five hundred tried with sentences up to ten years and heavy fines. The Vicomte De Villebois de Marail appeals to Britain to permit a French ambulance to assist the Boers, citing Delarey’s release of Methuen as a signal for possible approval.
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Kroonstad
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Heilbron
Dublin
Natal
Paris An
Vicomte
Christian de Villebois de Marail
of Boshof
South Africa
Great Britain
Delarey
Methuen
Vera Gelo Again Seeks Death in Seine
New York March 15 Vera Gelo the Russian student linked to a Paris Sorbonne shooting and a fatality in France is reported to have attempted suicide in the Seine. A carpenter and companion pulled her from the water after she cried for death. Police released her after she promised not to pursue funeral plans.
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Vera Gelo
Paris
Herald
M. Emile de Schaenel
Sorbonne
Mme. Zelenin
Assiz
France
Russia
Vera
Villeneauve
Port Royal
Se Des Cysnes
Seine
Queen Regent appoints Sagasta to form new Spanish Cabinet
Madrid reports the Queen Regent has ordered Senor Sagasta to form a new Cabinet after failing to unite sectional leaders for a coalition government. The Pope reportedly urged her Majesty not to defy the decree requiring religious options to comply with the law.
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Madrid
Senor Sagasta
Tolstoi replies to Nobel prize letter and money remarks
In St Petersburg on March 15 Count Leo Tolstoi published a reply to a Swedish committee that regretted the Nobel prize not going to him. He thanks the committee and world for sympathy, notes he does not need money and calls it a curse. The letter is dated February 17. He raises no further claims.
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ST. Petersburg
Leo Tolstoi
M. Armand Sully-Prudhomme
Mammy Reclaims Carriage Horses From General Sheridan
From Virginia a tale claims Mammy, trusted by a mistress after a Civil War raid, confronted Gen. Sheridan’s camp. She secured two carriage horses, aided by soldiers, insisting the horses were the mistress’s property. The general relented, halters were placed, and the pair returned with the steeds.
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Washington Post
Virginia
Phil Sheridan
General Sheridan
Manassas
Mammy
Chile
Jack
Marie Plail Sheridan
Marie Phil Sheridan
West traveler seeks cure ear wax story from Dr Weir Mitchell
In a Philadelphia Times anecdote Dr Weir Mitchell relates a wealthy Western man who sought relief from vertigo after European consultations. The patient paid $100 and argued for a high fee upfront, while the doctor refused and hinted charity, insisting the cure was not a business transaction.
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Weir Mitchell
West
Europe
Seciacene
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