Senate Debates Panama Treaty And Rules Revisions
The Senate on the 11th debated a rules reexamination to limit debate while Morgan pressed opposition to the Panama canal treaty. On the 12th a resolution to fix voting times was noticed, and Money proposed informing whether Indianola Mississippi has postal facilities. Several items followed including Cuban reciprocity, strikes, arrests, mine disasters, and a mystery murder mill probe. Storms, sea rescues, and political shifts punctuated a busy week.
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United States Senate
Committee On Rules
Senate
Morgan
Money
Miss
Indianola
Committee On Foreign Relations
Spooner
United States Sea
Knox
Panama Canal Company
Depew
N. Y
Senatorso
Crisis at Hand Flood Threat in Memphis Area and River Exceeding Records
Memphis observers report rising water in the Mississippi River between Caruthersville Missouri and Baton Rouge Louisiana. Gauge at Memphis reaches 38.5 feet, warnings of 40 feet, with levee sections and north Memphis lumber plants affected. Refugees, livestock, and trains see disruption as engineers monitor breaches and prepare for possible levee failure. New Orleans and Cincinnati dispatches note improving conditions and ongoing flood relief efforts with workers enlisting and river levels stabilizing.
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Memphis
Tenn
Caruthersville
Baton Rouge
Emery
Weather Bureau
Fourth
Market Streets
Hollybush
Here
St. Francis Levee
New Orleans
A Week's Record Home and Foreign Items
A weekly roundup reports developments in industry politics and daily life. It highlights notable home and foreign items, brief personal notes, and international happenings with concise summaries.
Judge Adams hanged in effigy as Wabash injunction appeal grows
A string of national notices follows: Judge Adams of St. Louis, who sued the Wabash injunction, was hanged in effigy in Kansas City. Mrs. Arthur Pennell dies in Buffalo after injuries from a fatal auto crash that claimed her husband's life. Buffalo police seek Mrs. Seth T. Paine as a Burdick murder inquest witness. Illinois troops send tents to Shawneetown flood refugees. Metropolis factories shut down. West Virginia coal miners face 12 indictments from the Charleston grand jury over the Atkinsville riot. A farmer near St. Louis kills his wife and six children with a sledgehammer and harms himself. Waterbury moves to take city government from Kilduff and police, to operate independently. Eight killed in a violent clash at turpentine camps near Orange Springs Virginia. Railroads plan an injunction to block a 25 9 percent freight rate cut in Illinois. Roosevelt urged to protection by James H. Wood of the Cigar Makers union. Gen. James A. Dumont resigns as chief of the steamboat inspection service. Missouri passes a chicken stealing felony bill. Bank robbery at Kasota Minnesota yields $400. Frank C. Pingree of Detroit seeks bankruptcy relief. Seven day U S clearinghouse totals reach 2 370 881 700 with an 11.7 rise. Caribbean Squadron under Admiral Coghlan sails to Honduras coast amid rising revolution.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
Arthur Pennell
Buffalo
N. Y
Seth T. Paine
Burdick
Illinois State Arsenal
Shawneetown
Metropolis
West Virginia
Charleston
Atkinsville
Adolph Krauss
Waterbury
Conn
Mayce Kilduff
Orange Springs
Illinois
Roosevelt
James H. Wood
Cigarmakers International Union
Tampa Fla
James A. Dumont
Steamboat Inspection Service
Missouri
State Bank
Kasota
Minn
Frank C. Pingree
City Savings Bank
Detroit
United States
Caribbean
Coghlan
Honduras
Notable Deaths Include Attorneys, Pensioner, and Public Figures
Samuel Knight Dow, noted attorney and Fuller partner, died in Chicago at 85. Nathaniel Surdam passed away at his Almena Michigan home at 100. Thomas Hardenburg died in Atlantic Iowa at 90. he had drawn a war pension since 1835 and claimed oldest pensioner on the roll. Robert G. Hedrick, Lincoln era Indian affairs commissioner, died poor in Indianapolis. Former Congressman William Eagar Simond died in Hartford City, aged 61. John M. Buckman, Hartford City News editor for 25 years, died in Conn.
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Samuel Knight Dow
Fuller
Chicago
Nathaniel Surdam
Almena
Mich
Thomas Hardenburg
Atlantic
Robert G. Hedrick
Lincoln
Indianapolis
William Eagar Simond
Hart
John M. Buckman
Hartford City News
Hartford
D. Conn
Ind
Last descendant of King Kamehameha dies in Honolulu
Albert Kakailimoku Kumu akha, the last descendant of King Kamehameha I, died of consumption in Honolulu. In Sonora a bandit raid on a stage along the Prince ge running aqui river left the driver and six passengers wounded and robbed the bodies of valuables.
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Albert Kakailimoku Kumu‘akha
Kameilameha
Honolulu
Aqui
Sonora
Minor items from world and national news
American demand wanes as British coal issues loom with Canada. The joint commission to settle disputes meets next fall. Negotiations over the pope's jubilee presents for St. Louis world fair are underway. Austria will not participate in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Ezra Kendall buys 600 acres near Washington, D C, planning 100 acre farms for six sons. The Ellesmere estate passes to the Earl of Fitzhugh Lee after a long trust. A statue of Gen to be placed in Statuary Hall in Washington faces opposition. Natal's governor proclaims a king's pardon for wartime treason trials. South American nations boycott British and German goods over the Venezuelan affair aiding US merchants. Turkey recognizes the American Medical College at Bieruth and allows Armenians’ families to emigrate. Clovernook passes from the Cary sisters' heirs to a Cincinnati blind institution. Secretary Cortelyou announces new Commerce and Labor Department appointments. A $5,000 Harvard scholarship is funded by Mrs. John Marlowe of Philadelphia. Miss Agatha and Miss Marianne Schurz donate $30,000 for infirmary students.
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Canada
St. Louis
Vienna
Austria
Ezra Kendall
Washington, D.C
Duke of Bridgewater
Ellesmere
Earl of Fitzhugh Lee
Gen
Washington
Natal
Robert E
United States
Turkey
American Medical College
Bieruth
Cincinnati
Cortelyou
Frank H. Hitchcock
Massachusetts
William L. Soleau
Michigan
Harvard College
John Marlowe
Philadelphia
Agatha
Marianne Schurz
Tired Mother's Testimony of Childs Healing With Cuticura
A widow mother recalls years of worry as her baby Charlie suffered severe skin sores. She details restless nights, teething illness, and the turning point after trying Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, praising the remedies and urging others to publish the story for help.
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Helena Rath
Mexico City Buoyant Over Panama Canal Plan
Reports from Mexico City say the United States may start Panama Canal work after treaty ratification with a five year completion estimate. President Diaz plans a Vera Cruz to Havana steamship line looping through Central America, boosting trade with 30 million Latin Americans.
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Panama Canal
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Vera Cruz
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Savanilla
The Presidents Western Tour Planned For April
The president and a small party will leave Washington on April 1 for a two month tour. April will be spent mainly in Yellowstone Park for rest and shooting. Stops include Milwaukee, La Crosse, Madison, St. Louis, California, Yosemite, and cities in Kansas and Colorado. The journey will return to Washington via Nevada and Utah with stops at Ogden and Salt Lake.
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Yellowstone Park
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la Crosse
Madison
Wisconsin
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Pacific Coast
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Colorado
California
Yosemite Valley
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Utah
Ogden
Salt Lake
Miss Roosevelt Sails for Porto Rico Trip
Miss Alice Roosevelt daughter of the president sails on the Commo Saturday for Porto Rico where she will be guest of Miss Elizabeth Hunt daughter of Gov Hunt. She is accompanied only by her maid at noon.
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Miss Roosevelt
Porto Rico
New York
Alice Roosevelt
Elizabeth Hunt
Gov. Hunt
Leather firm sold to Chicago capitalists
Cincinnati March 16. The International Leather company of Cincinnati with all patents has been acquired by Chicago investors. They bought stock valued at 5 million dollars.
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Cincinnati
International Leather Company
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