Witness Thurber and Cuban reciprocity scare hits Senate
A Washington special reports revelations before the senate Cuban affairs committee that funds from the Cuban military government and sugar magnates financed literature pushing tariff reductions. Thurber admitted employment by the Cuban government and receiving several payments, with $20,000 in literature funded by the sugar trust and military authorities. The disclosures shock observers and threaten the reciprocity bill.
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Washington
Cuba
United States
Senate Committee of Cuban Affairs
F. B. Thurber
Thurber
United States Export Association
Teller
Senate
Sprung
Nombes
Mr. Thurber
Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
General Wood
Elicia
House Committee On Military Affairs
Bartlett
Wood
Culberson
Novel provision of will prompts sons to serve country
The will of late Judge John D. Crabtree of the Illinois appellate district is filed for probate. It directs after distributing $200,000 in property among eight children that sons be ready to defend the country if needed, calling to mind their father’s service in 1961 and 1965.
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John D. ‘Crabtree
Appellate Court
Illnois
John
Receivers Appointed for Atlanta Standard Telephone Co
In U S court Judge Newman named C J Simmons and Otto C Wolf receivers for the Atlanta Standard Telephone Company upon a bond of 20000. The bill by City Trust Safe Deposit and Surety Co claims bonds totaling 600000 issued December 20 1899 secured by deed of trust. Defaults in interest cited since 1900 through 1902 amounting to about 75000 and tax defaults for 191 year noted.
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Atlanta Standard Telephone Company
United States
City Trust, Safe Deposit and Surety Company
Philadelphia
Newman
C. J. Simmons
Otto C. Wolf
Centennial Celebration at West Point Honors Union and Confederate Vets
West Point marks the U S military academy centennial with four days of exercises. Lt Gen Nelson A Miles arrives to a salute and graduates assemble in Thayer Hall where Gen John M Schofield delivers an address. Veterans Gen Thomas J Wood and Gen T H Ruger among speakers, with Major E J McClernand closing events and a grand illumination at Memorial Hall. Schofield is re-elected president of the graduates association.
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Famed
Military Academy
United States Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Nelson A. Miles
Thayer Hall
John M. Schofield
Association of Graduates
Thomas J. Wood
Wood
Benny Havens
T. H. Ruger
Porter Alexander
Ruger
Dixie
Alexander
E. J. McClernand
Memorial Hall
Schofield
Mills
General Schofield
Pension scheme a fraud exposes alleged swindle by council
E. E. Cage of Claiborne County denounces the National Industrial Council formed in Jackson last July as levying assessments on Black Mississippians to fund supposed ex slave pension legislation. He warns against ten and twenty five dollar payments for fraudulent certificates amid widespread claims of losses by the scheme.
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Mississippi
Congress
Nebraska Congressman Seeks War Department Reasons for Clerk Dismissal
Representative Shallenberger of Nebraska on the house committee on civil service reform introduced a resolution Tuesday asking the secretary of war to explain why Rebecca J. Taylor was dismissed from her classified war department position. Taylor, a clerk, was removed after criticising the president over Philippine policy.
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Shallenberger
Nebraska
House Committee On Civil Service Reform
Secretary of War
House
Rebecca J. Taylor
War Department
Miss. Taylor
Kaiser s Old Damage Claim Not Acknowledged By Washington On Venezuela Blockade
A St Thomas dispatch says German cruisers Falke and Gazelle sailed toward La Guayra amid doubts in Washington over Germanys motives. Berlin seeks to enforce a 6 million Bolivar claim, potentially by a peace blockade. The US would likely not object if Germany blocks Venezuelan ports to collect the debt, matching Monroe Doctrine interpretations.
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St. Thomas
Danish West Indies
Falke
la Guayra
Venezuela
Gazelle
Berlin
Washington
Germany
State Department
England
France
United States
Congress
Panama Will Win Senate Votes for Canal Purchase
Senators Hanna and supporters of the Panama canal claim enough votes in the senate to pass the Spooner substitute authorizing the president to buy the canal. They boast a strong lobby and funds and expect to scrape through if titles are clear, signaling possible canal abandonment and quicker action. They allege about forty five votes, including some southern Democrats.
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Hanna
Panama
American Canal
Senate
Spooner
Panama Canal
Husband Arrested in Tennessee Murder Probe
John Bailey, husband of the elderly Harriman woman found slain, was arrested last Monday with Willie Bailey, the decedent’s 17 year old nephew. The black servant arrested Sunday is jailed at Kingston, with further arrests expected.
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John Bailey
Harriman
Tenn
Willie Bailey
Kingston
Democrats of Arkansas pick Clarke for U S Senate nominee
The Arkansas Democratic state convention opened in Little Rock on Tuesday. It declared former Governor James P. Clarke the Democratic nominee for United States senator to succeed James K. Jones. A state ticket was nominated except for governor, and the Kansas City platform was reaffirmed until superseded by the next national convention.
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Little Rock
James P. Clarke
United States
James K. Jones
Kansas City
Roosevelt Hanna split endangers party unity in quarrel
Washington special reports President Roosevelt and Senator Hanna have sharply diverged over pursuing charges against four federal officers in Cleveland. Burton, a top Republican, sparked the rift by pressing for investigation. Roosevelt favors inquiry, Hanna opposes. Split threatens factional fights as Burton contemplates retirement and party leaders seek to mend ties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Republican National Committee
Senator Hanna
Cleveland
Ohio
Representative Burton
Hannas
Burton
Congress
Cleveland Republican District Committee
Paul Howland
Hanna
Roosevelt Hanna
Judge Burton
Warm Springs
Abel
Convicts Slay Guards in Salem Prison Escape
Two prisoners Tracy and Merrill escaped Muhtoonah county penitentiary after killing three guards Frank Ferrell R. Jones and Ben Tiffany. Tracy and Merrill seized a laddered wall then shot guards including Ingram and Tiffany before slipping into the timber as armed pursuers close in.
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Salem
Oregon
Harry Tracy
David Merrill
Muhtoonah County
Frank Ferrell
R. Jones
Ben Tiffany
Ferrell
Stapleton
Tracy
Merrill
Ingram
Jones
Tiffany
Anti Anarchy Bill Passed For President Protection
The house on Monday approved a measure to safeguard the president and vice president, cabinet members, foreign ministers, and ambassadors while opposing the spread of anarchist teaching. The roll call stood 175 to 38 with a long list of negative votes from named representatives.
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House
Adamson
Bartlett
Brantley
Brundidge
Burleson
Candler
Cooper
Texas
Creamer
DeArmond
Dinsmore
Finley
Fox
Glenn
Henry
Mississippi
Hooker
Howard
Johnson
Jones
Virginia
Claude Kitchen
W. W. Kitchin
Kleberg
Lanham
Lester
Lewis
Georgia
Little
Loud
McCulloch
McLain
Maddox
Neville
Patterson
Tennessee
Randell
Reid
Scarborough
Shackleford
Spight
Stephens
Underwood
Effigy in Wilkes-Barre Signals Coal Strike Tensions
The Wyoming Valley awoke to an effigy hanging in the street amid growing coal mining disputes. About 170000 miners idle across Virginia and Pennsylvania as Roosevelt weighs possible mediation with Hanna and labor officials.
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Wilkesbarre
Jplerpont Slorgan
South Wilkerbarre
Wyoming Valley
Washington
Roosevelt
Virginia
Virginias
Hanna
White House
Lena Hanna
Carroll D. Wright
Revolvers and Knives Mark West Virginia Republican Convention
Telegrams from West Virginia describe bloodshed and clashes between factions in the Republican Party over the senatorial contest. At Welch in the sixth district, violence erupted with revolvers knives and clubs during deliberations to choose a chairman. Colonel J M Fuller lies fatally injured at a hotel after the melee and many others suffer injuries. Colonel J L Caldwell opposes Senator Scott for reelection.
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West Virginia
Scott
Republican National Committee
J. L. Caldwell
Huntington
Welch
J. M. Fuller
Wayne County
Boers Seek Aid For Return Home From Denver
Twenty seven Boer refugees in Denver Colorado submit an appeal to the British ambassador in Washington requesting help to return to South Africa.
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Denver
Col
Washington
South Africa
Governor Jefferson Davis Joins Russellville Baptist Church
Arkansas Governor Jefferson Davis, a native of Russellville, was welcomed into the local Baptist church there on Sunday. Supporters say the move shows home folk solidarity amid the Second Baptist Church of Little Rock's recent withdrawal of fellowship over his U S Senate campaign.
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Arkansas
Jefferson Davis
Arkan‘sa
Baptist Church of
Russellville
Second Baptist Church of
Little Rock
United States
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