Rates and party clash over Hepburn bill in Senate
Dickinson analyzes Democratic control of rate legislation and Aldrich’s guarded stance on Hepburn reform. He contends Republicans risk credit for the measure as Democrats steer the bill, while old leadership faces a changing Senate dynamic amid broader rail regulation debates.
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Committee of Interstate Commerce
Demott
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Aldrich
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Tillman
Rhode Island
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Inigres
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House
M. Aldrich
Ste Osublein Feidel
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Henderson
MacKinley
Dingley
Burrows
Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Democrats in Senate Gain Momentum on Rate Legislation
The Senate Democratic leadership, led by Bailey, projects steadier unity on rate reform as Republicans face shifting alignments after Roosevelt era changes. The piece notes Tillman’s respect but Bailey’s legal strength and outlines possible Republican leaders, including Spooner, Knox, and Hale, amid a lively intra party clash.
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Mocody
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Castro Aims to Humble France and Target Americans
Reports from Willemstad say Fresuent Castro vows to humiliate France, end the Monroe Doctrine, expel all foreigners from Venezuela, then move against Americans, English, and Germans. The educated Venezuelan class seeks US intervention for humanity as unrest grows with a pending protectorate call. The piece mixes political alarm with social notes on champagne consumption.
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Caracao
Venezuela
Fresuent Castro
France
United States
Henderson Dies Former Speaker Henderson Dies at Mercy Hospital
Obituary of David B. Henderson former Speaker of the U S House who represented Iowa's Third District for two decades. Details of his death at Mercy Hospital due to paresis after a nine month illness. Funeral in Dubuque with eulogy by George D Perkins. Henderson famed for resigning in 1902 and for his long congressional service and legal career.
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Iowa
Dubuque
David B. Hen~derson
National House of Representatives
Mercy Hospital
Feud Flares as Tennessee Families Fight at Candy Pulling
In Cannon County near De Kalb line, the Johnson Motley feud renewed during a Pea Ridge candy pulling. Sem Blair was shot four times in the stomach, Bob Motley twice in the groin, and Richard Johnson throat cut. The sheriff rushed to the Wild Mountain district as residents fear further violence.
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Johnson-Motley
Cannon
Sem Blair
Bob Motley
Richard Johnson
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Blair
Johnson
British Ambassador to Guest of Student Volunteers
Nashville news from February reports the fifth conclave of the Student Volunteer Movement assembling in Nashville for five days. Chairman John R. Mott will open sessions at 3 p m in the Ryman Auditorium with an expected 4000 to 5000 delegates. Sir Mortimer Durand, British Ambassador, arrives with other foreign missionary secretaries including Rev George Robson, Herbert Lankester, and Karl Imries.
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Tenn
John R. Mott
Ryman Auditorium
Sir Mortimer Durand
United States
George Robson
Edinburgh
Scotland
Herbert Lankester
London
England
Karl Imties
Stockholm
Sweden
Upset by Huge Wave Aboard Liner Toursin Bandages
A fierce sea struck the American liner New York and the French steamship La Touraine. Consul general A Ortuzar and his family, dining in the saloon, were thrown from chairs as a wave rocked the ships. The Ortuzars and others sustained cuts and bruises, with bandages worn during disembarkation.
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Washington Post
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United States
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Paria Lugi
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Ees
Duel over a girl ends in death in South San Francisco
Eugene Peguillon was shot through the eye by Bernard Myers in a fatal duel over a factory girl named Hisle Fevier. Myers fled and was not captured. Two young men under twenty one watched as the men settled the grudge with pistols in an empty lot near their homes. Witnesses could not confirm if Peguillon had a chance to fire.
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Washington Post
San Francisco
Eugene Peguillon
Bernard Myers
Myers
Hisle Fevier
Peguillon
Pistola
Morley Upholds Civil Government in India Dispute
John Morley, as secretary for India, intervenes in the Curzon-Kitchener dispute, affirming civil government supremacy in Indian military matters. The decision, published in dispatches, is praised by London papers though The Daily Telegraph questions if it will settle a difficult controversy.
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Mob Siege At Chilean Legation Sparks Brussels Crisis
A Chilean charge d'affaires son Balmaceda is shot by Senor Waddington after a betrothal dispute. The legation is ringed by police and guards watch travelers leaving by ship. Balmaceda, connected to Chilean leadership, is 20. Senorita Waddington is 19 and recovering. Belgium demands surrender, and Waddington's father may resign amid public anger.
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Brussels
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Senor Balmaceda
Balmaceda
Senorita Waddington
Legation
Waddington
Belgium
Spiridonova Torture Details Spark Liberal Outrage
Seventeen year old Mile. Spiridonova, who shot chief of secret police M Luzhenoffsky at Tambov, is in hospital with a fractured skull after brutal treatment by Cossacks and officers. The letter describes eleven hours of torment and physical abuse, and newspapers call for trial and punishment of the two officers involved.
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Charlotte Corday
St. Petersburg
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Mile
Spiridonove
Spiridonovo Ig
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Ferrets to Carry Wires in Terre Haute Project
Report from Terre Haute Indiana dated February 25 quotes Construction Chief Cline of Bell Telephone describing a test using ferrets to pull lead lines through underground conduits. He says the method, once mocked as a joke, proved effective and cheaper than prior jointed rods. The plan includes using rats as lures to guide the ferrets to each manhole.
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Terre Haute
Actor Corbett Disappears While in Lead Role
Meriden Connecticut February report says William D. Corbett, rising actor in the Duke of Killcrankis, vanished Friday during Winsted rehearsals. His wife, in New York, knows nothing of his whereabouts. Manager A L Shepard speculates temporary dementia after he failed to recall lines, leaving 75 page part unfinished.
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Washington Post
Meriden
Conn
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Winsted
NO MINERS STRIKE SETTLED AS TO SOFT COAL
In Indianapolis and Pittsburg conflicting statements emerged about a possible miners strike. United Mine Workers leaders say no general strike in April and expect coal operators to restore wage reductions. operators claim no change and no meeting scheduled to discuss a new wage agreement.
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Pennsylvania
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Robbins
Francia J. Robbing
Pittsburg Coal Company
John Mitchell
Miners’ National Organization
Police Chief Slain by Mayor in East Chicago
Hammond Indiana reports Mayor W F Hale of East Chicago dismissed Police Chief Thomas Conroy who then drew a revolver. Hale struck Conroy with a hickory single-tree fracturing his skull. Conroy failed to fire and Hale was not arrested. Auction of furniture and rugs announced at Washington Art Galleries at 11 a m.
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Ind
W. F. Hale
East Chicago
Thomas Conroy
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Hale
Iale
Washington Art Galleries
Attempt to wreck West Shore train near Oneida New Mexico
An attempt to wreck West Shore train No 1 00 Chicago Limited east of Oneida New Mexico failed when Engineer John Scanlon stopped the train and found a wood wedged beneath the pony trucks. The obstruction, cut to fit the rail, smoked from friction and may have been placed to rob express cars containing no passengers.
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West Shore
Chicago
John Scanlon
Moving Picture Fire Traps 400 Children in Alton Hall
A spark from film ignited a celluloid roll causing thick smoke and panic in St Mary's School Hall Alton. About 400 children from Cathedral Orphanage Ursuline Convent and St Mary's School witnessed the blaze as 25 sisters worked to calm them. Roughly fifty were injured by trampling but none seriously hurt.
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Ursuline Convent
St. Mary's School
Murderer in a Well Shot Twice by Pursuers
Georgia youth Lee Wright, driven by insane jealousy after Annie McIntyre spurned him, killed his sweetheart and wounded her aunt and uncle. Chased by a mob in Cartersville, Wright leaped into a well and was shot twice before sheriff and bystanders rescued him and took him to jail.
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Washington Post
Cartersville
Lee Wright
Hla Uffe
Wright
Annie McIntyre
Armed Outbreak in Guanabacoa Left Two Guards Dead
Havana February 25 The quartered town of Guanabacoa occupied by twenty five rural guards was attacked early today by about thirty rioters armed with rifles and revolvers. They entered from the rear and fired at sleeping soldiers shouting Long Live the constitution Long Live the Liberal party and Down with the rural guards The guards returned fire and the rioters fled A sergeant and a corporal guarding the dormitory were killed four rural guards were wounded No arrests yet All leaders and culprits are being sought by government secret soldiers The attack followed a disruption at a local bakery during Independence Day celebrations
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Havana
Guanabacoa
Liberal Party
Alarmed in Pekin Dinamite at Palace Gate
Panic spreads over predicted uprising in Pekin as dynamite found near palace gate. Officials tighten security. rumor mill and Canard of Saturday disturbances swirl amid foreign tensions and military precautions.
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Pekin
Forbidden City
Funeral by street car honors priest's thrift
In Chicago on February 25, a street car funeral will carry the body of Rev. Martin Van Delaar, priest at St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in South Chicago. He died Thursday night and in his will requested a simple journey to his resting place to curb extravagant funerals. After services at the church, the body will be placed in a street car and followed by mourners in similar conveyances.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Martin van Delaar
St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
Death Follows Arrest of Union Treasurer Shelley
Edward J. Shelley of 339 Ninth Street Brooklyn, treasurer of New York Photographers Engravers' Union No. 1, died after a warrant for misappropriation of 1834.73 dollars was served. He protested his innocence, wrote a note to his wife, collapsed at his door, and died from an epileptic cause confirmed by a doctor.
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Edward J. Shelley
Ninth Street
Brooklyn
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Tum
Shelley
Coe Aeley
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