Senate passes ship subsidy bill after debate
Washington March 18 The senate approved the ship subsidy bill by a 42 to 31 vote with Allison Dolliver Spooner and Quarles among those voting yes. Amendments were mostly rejected or accepted in line with the bill, including limits on subsidies and annual expenditures. Shook fists belligerently during discussion of Boer war remarks in the house.
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Senate
Allison
Dolliver
Iowa
Spooner
Quarles
Wisconsin
Protor
Dillingham
Vermont
Republica
McLaurin
South Carolina
Frye
Commerce Committee
Vest
Patterson
Colorado
Congress
Cochran
Missouri
Wachter
Maryland
Hoar Amends Conspiracy Clause To Narrow Definitions
Senate report from the judiciary committee introduces an amendment to limit the meaning of conspiracy in labor dispute cases. The change narrows relief from restraining orders or injunctions by requiring proof that intimidation by force or property injury is intended or likely, with court discretion to accept exceptions if proof satisfies the court.
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Hoar
Washington
Committee On Judiciary
Senate
Mrs. Fisher Credits Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
In a testimonial from New York, Mrs. O. M. Fisher says years of nervousness and frequent doctor visits ended after using Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. She reports improved mood, color, weight gain, and overall well being following multiple bottles and the author’s guidance.
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O. M. Fisher
Lexington Ave
New York
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Committee members assess Amendment’s practical effect
Committee members say the amendment would leave present law unchanged in effect. They emphasize that the practical result is preserving the status quo and not altering existing legal standards.
House Rules Panel Recommends 13 Member Special Committee
Washington March 18 The rules committee reports a resolution by a party line vote to form a thirteen member committee to investigate alleged disfranchisement of voters in several states.
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Washington
House Committee On Rules
Crompacker
Indiana
Maine Republican on offer for first assistant postmaster general
Washington reports Joseph T. Manley of Augusta Maine a Maine member of the Republican national committee is being pressed by the administration to accept the first assistant postmaster general post though no formal tender has been made and it is unclear if Manley will accept.
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Washington
Evans
Pension Bureau
Keane
Joseph T. Manley
Augusta
Maine
Republican National Committee
Manley
Marcevtius, Mich
Mareh II
Hnat Wednewlay Nicht
Leon Marae
Agricultural College
Morrisburg
Chicago
Joan Casselman
Dakota
Grugee
Morristurg
Retirement of Major General Otis Opens Lakes Dakota Commands
Washington March 18 Major General Otis will retire on the 25th inst vacating commands of the lakes at Chicago and of Dakota at St Paul Major General Arthur MacArthur will move to Chicago and General Fuysten will take over the Colorado department
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Washington
KB. B. Otix
Senate Committee Takes Up Reciprocity Treaties Again
The senate committee on foreign relations will again consider the reciprocity treaties to secure amendments ensuring ratification. The committee concedes the house stance that the treaties require action by both houses.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
House
Major General David S. Stanley Buried with Honors
Washington reports the retired Major General David S. Stanley was buried with full military honors yesterday at the Soldiers' Home cemetery near the city. The ceremony honored his service andMemory.
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Washington
David &. Stanley
Wes
Soldiers’ Home Cemetery
Virginia's Otey proposes $100 million good roads fund
Washington march 18 Otey of Virginia introduces a bill to create a national good roads fund with a $100000000 appropriation to improve highways across the country.
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Washington
Otey
Virginia
Funston Dines With Roosevelt at the White House
Brigadier General Frederick Funston dined with President Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt at the White House last night in Washington.
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Funston
Roosevelt
Washington
Frederick Funston
White House
Hair-Cut Standoff Delays Cherokee Enrollment
Eight full blood Cherokee from the Ketoowah society were arrested in Muskowee on March 18 for contempt of court after refusing Dawes commission enrollment. Redbird Sith led the protest as federal officials ordered haircuts. after the first cut, the group agreed to enroll and were released.
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L. T
Dawes Commission
Raymond
United States Territorial Court
Stouthy
Redbird Sith
Deoense
Train wreck near Murphysboro leaves one dead three injured
A mobile and Ohio freight train derailed near Oroville six miles north of Murphysboro after a defective drawhead caused the break. Sham Forsythe of Tupelo Miss. died. Jus Dyson William Manly and Alexander Smith were badly injured. Three boys boarding at Aya were put off and are missing.
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Mobile and Ohio
Oroville
Here
Sham Forsythe
Tupelo
Miss
Jus. Dyson
Willian Manly
Alexander Smith
Percy
Murphysboro
Aya
Borrowed More Than They Could Pay
C. H. Seeley, senior member of the Seeley Howe Le Van department store, fled to petition in district court seeking a receiver. He states the firm owes about $100,000 with assets near $95,000, including $60,000 of borrowed money.
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Des Motpes
C. H. Seeley
Seeley- Howe-Le van Department Store
Murder attempt on Rev Houst in Elizabeth Italian anarchists blamed
In Elizabeth New Jersey March 18 a failed assassination attempt targeted Rev Mr Houst pastor of the German Lutheran church. Police suspect Italian anarchists carried out or planned the attack as authorities condemn anarchist violence.
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Houst
Lizabeth
N. J
Sree McKinley
Mystery Surrounds Disappearance and Threat Letters
A boy Jean went missing after a November 28 attempt on his life. Threatening letters claim the boy is in hell and accuse his father. Earlier, a young man tried to lure a girl into a bowser, she cried, drawing witnesses. the assailant fled. An attempted murder occurred Sunday night.
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Jean
Waa
Houst
Michigan brewer liquor case reaches key ruling
Circuit Judge Stone of Marquette has issued an opinion in a liquor law violation case. Clayton Voorhis of Gladstone was defendant. The decision holds outside brewers may not sell in Michigan without a 500 wholesale license per community through an agent. The ruling targets Chicago Milwaukee and Minneapolis brewers active in the upper peninsula.
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Mich
Eonate
Stone
Marquette
Clayton Voorhis
Gladstone
Voorhin
Minneapolis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Textile mills reopen as wage rise spreads city
Fall River March 18 textile corporations granted a 10 percent wage increase effective yesterday. Most mills, except Sagamore, resumed full operation. Weavers won the raise with rent but the long cuts dispute remains unsettled as Weavers' Association members refuse to return to work.
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Fall River
Mase
Sagamore
Weavers’ Association
Admiralty Ends Search for British Sloop Condor
London March 18 report that the Admiralty has given up all hope of finding the British sloop Condor. The ship departed Victoria bound for Honolulu with 140 officers and crew. her books are closed and pay through March 17 will be issued. No further word has been received since departure.
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Admiralt
Victoria
Boo
Honolulu
Miners and Operators Resume Convention in Des Moines
Iowa miners and operators resume their joint convention in Des Moines after an indefinite adjournment taken to await a report from the scale committee. The session reconvened at 2 p m and will consider the committee findings before further action.
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Iowa
Des Moines
New Doorkeeper Named for House Session
Washington March 18 A Republicanan house caucus designated FLBR Lyons of Cuba New York as doorkeeper to succeed the late door keeper Glenn.
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Flbr, Lyons
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Glenn
Chicago Live Stock Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago and East Buffalo markets show hogs receipts around 41 000 and 16 000 head with prices from 5.10 to 6.55 for packing hogs and heavy lots. Cattle receipts near 20 000 with steers priced up to 7.80 and cows to 4.75, plus stockers and veals. lambs and sheep quoted from 3.10 to 7.73 for various categories.
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Catttle
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
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MAD SOLDIERS COME HOME
Eighteen United States soldiers returning from the Philippines are described as utterly mad and violently deranged. They arrived in Omaha and were sent to the Washington insane hospital, chained and restrained, with reports blaming heat climate and liquor for their condition.
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Mare
United States
Philippines
Washington
Wil
Chaffee Orders Civil Military Roles Clarified
Washington reports General Chaffee issued guidance to avoid friction between military and civil authorities in the Philippines. The note cautions against military interference with civil duties and supports strict adherence to orders that limit army actions in pacified provinces.
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Chaffee
Philippine Commission
Army orders on habeas corpus and discipline in the Philippines
A dated directive clarifies when writs of habeas corpus apply in the Philippines and urges restraint in military arrests. It stresses distinguishing actual United States authority from local disorder and condemns disorderly conduct by troops, demanding strict discipline and prompt redress of abuses.
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Army of the
United States
Scranton Railway Hikes Wages Amid Ongoing Strike
Scranton Virginia March 18. The Scranton Railway posts a general wage rise from 14 to 18 cents to 17 to 19 cents an hour. After three years service the higher rate applies. Strikers demand 20 cents an hour flat. Company offer could end long strike.
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Scranton Railway Company
Senate
NY Woman Leaves 25 000 to Central University
Mrs A P Lees of New York city under the administrator's report has bequeathed 25000 to Central University and 15000 to the S P Lees Institute in Jackson Kentucky. This increases the university endowment by 75000 in three days.
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Danville
P. Lees
New York City
Central University
S&p. Lees Institute
Jackson
Marriage of Aliss Margaret Evelyn Herron and Henri Verner Berghall
Aliss Margaret Evelyn Herron sister of Professor George Herron married Sr. Henri Verner Berghall of Manistee Michigan at Elmwood Farm near this place. The Herron family and a few friends attended. The couple left in the afternoon for St. Louis for their future home.
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N. di
Aliss Maragret
Evelyn Herron
Cheorge DD
Llerrona
Henri Verner Berghall
Manistee
Mich
Elmwood Farm
Herron
Bt. Louly
Hotel employee's arrest for stolen guest valuables
An Omaha hotel worker from the Milland hotel is under arrest charged with stealing watches and other valuables from guests. Stolen items were found in his possession.
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Omaha
Neb
Milland Hotel
Mystery in the Fife Case in Savannah Missouri
Defense attorney James W. Boyd of Stewart Fife’s murder case disclosed an anonymous letter urging him to summon a witness who allegedly knows who killed Frank Richardson. Boyd said the writer’s claim is credible and may hinge the trial on that witness’s testimony, though securing it may be impossible.
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James W. Boyd
Stewart Fife
Frank Richardson
Woyd
Richardson
Boyd
Geronimo seeks release and civic status
Geronimo the Apache chief petitions Washington to be released from captivity at Fort Sill. After fourteen years as a military prisoner he asks to be paroled and made a citizen while General Armstrong reviews the case. He has lived fairly freely in recent years, maintaining a small farm and government scout pay.
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C. T
Geronimo
Washington
Fort Sil
Frank Armstrong
Regular Army
Miorida Everglades
Runaway Daughter Spared by Court as Couple Plans Wed
Coreen Martin of St Louis searches for daughter Katherine who left home with George Hay toward Chicago. Marriage records show both are of age. Martin cannot block the union. He suspects a misinformed note and has left for home.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Starrison A. Martin
St. Louis
Katherine
George A. Hay
Chicago
Gretna Green
Martin
Duuniter
Hay
Stone Missionary Release Sends Joy Across Nations
A representative of the Associated Press in Salonica reports Miss Stone the American missionary expresses surprise and gratitude at the universal joy over her release and that of Mine Tsilka. She thanks all who aided through favor money or prayers. in Chamberlain South Dakota the Missouri River subsides revealing a shallow stream about fifty feet wide due to a gorge upstream.
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Associated Press
Miss Stone
Tsilka
Chamberlain
Missouri River
Dalearian rebels repulsed near Nerua with deaths
A Dalearian group attacked Turkish guards at Nerua in Tijumahata district and suffered two killed and several wounded. Turkish losses were reported. Prince Henry of Prussia arrived in Plymouth, England and left for Germany.
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Mawreh II
Nerua
Tijumahata
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Plymouth
England
Germany
Rioting in St Petersburg as 10000 join protest in 1901
Sunday demonstration in St Petersburg drew up to ten thousand people with a major police and cavalry presence. About 100 arrests occurred, with injuries but no fatalities reported as crowds clashed near the Hotel De Europe and in surrounding streets. The riot stemmed from a student protest linked to the cathedral anniversary of Victoria.
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Hotel de Europe
Free
Russia
St. Petersburg
Doomed Crew and Life Savers Lost Near Cape Cod
The Monomooy station crew and seven life savers from Chatham and Harwich perished yesterday after a capsized life boat near Cape Cod. Five crew from the Wadena and two more from the John C. Fitzpatrick were saved. Survivors include Lemuel Blite rescued by Captain Rimmer Mayo. others lost include Marshall N. Eldredge and William H. Mack, with officers from Boston and Cottage City among the drowned.
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Mass
Monormeoy Station
Cape Cod
Wadena
Lemuel Blite
Rimmer Mayo
John C. Fitzpatrick
Marshall N. Eldredge
South Chatham
Edgar Small
Elijah Kkendrick
Osborn Chase
Harwich
Arthur Rogers
North Harwich
Isaac Thomas Foye
Valentine Nickepson
William H. Mack
Cleveland
Christian Olsen
Robert Moulanux
Boston
Walter A. Zeved
Manuel Maos
Cottage City
Mayo
Beatrice Youth Shot After Blackmail Plot in Tillle
Beatrice Nebraska March 18 Willam Smith a 20 year old man aiming to blackmail a local merchant in Tillle was shot and killed by a four man posse that had set a trap for him The youth rewrote an anonymous letter demanding money and resisted capture before his death.
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Trillion
Wis
John Otto
Forest Junction
Youngstown, O
John Hewth
National Steel Company
Michael Torrain
Wee
Beatrice
Willam Smith
Tillle
Knife and gun clash leaves two wounded in Creston quarrel
In Creston Louisiana on March 15 John Jackson bears a non fatal knife wound to the face and John Robinson suffers a bullet wound to the left hip from a gambling dispute. A stray bullet from Robinson instantly kills Ollie Ohlschtag er a newsboy not involved. In Charleston Illinois stockholders award a $40000 gas plant contract to a Chicago firm with mains due by July 1.
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John Jackson
Aepross
John Robinson
Robinson
Ollie Ohlschatager
Charleston
Charleston Gas Company
Chicago
Northwest cold wave eases with minimal deaths reported
Chicago notes the cold spell waning after two days of severe conditions with few fatalities. A Minot, N D report records a quadruple tragedy from freezing. St Patrick’s Day parade numbers and other local notes follow in city dispatches.
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