Senate clash over railroad rate bill delays action
Washington faces a sharper split between administration and anti administration factions in the senate committee on interstate commerce over railroad rate legislation. Dolliver Tillman and Newlands push for immediate action while Elkins and Aldrich favor deferring until House input is known. The fight centers on whether to push a rate bill now or wait for House desires to shape the measure.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
House of Representatives
Dolliver
Tillman
Newlands
Elkins
Aldrich
House
Senate
House Committee
Senate Committee
Senate Democrats
Interstate Commerce Committee
Arbitration Court for Western Hemisphere Proposed
Washington reports Secretary Root may seek support for an international American court of arbitration to settle disputes among Western hemisphere governments. The plan aims to speed and reduce costs versus The Hague framework, with Root to discuss at the Rio de Janeiro conference next July.
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Washington
Root
Rio de Janiero
Hague
Trial of Green and Gaynor in Savannah Harbor Case
After six years of effort to bring Benjamin D. Greene and John F. Gaynor to trial for alleged conspiracy with Capt. Oberlin M. Carter to defraud the government in Savannah harbor improvements, their cases will be called this week before Judge Emory Speer in the Southern district of Georgia. The trial is expected to be a notable event in local court circles.
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Savannah
Jan. S
Benjamin D. Greene
John F. Gaynor
Oberlin M. Carter
United States Army
Emory Speer
United States Court For
Two Million Jute Bags From Calcutta Arrive at Walla Walla
The final shipment of 3 500 bales of jute reaches the penitentiary. Superior quality suggests about 550 grain bags per bale may be produced, lifting total output to about 2 000 000 bags for the season. Warden Rees plans similar convict work numbers as 1905. price per 100 bags to rise from 5 85 f o b. Walla Walla, with broader markets expected as boards set new rates.
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Walla Walla
Calcutta
Rees
Board of Control
Battleships collide in New York Harbor grounding incident
In New York Harbor on January 8 the battleships Kearsarge Kentucky and Alabama collided and grounded near West Bank lighthouse. Kentucky suffered heavy damage to its starboard upper section, Kearsarge and Alabama assisted, tugs were summoned, and all moved to Tompkinsville before proceeding to Hampton Roads for winter maneuvers with Rear Admiral Evans leading the fleet.
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New York
Evans
Kensarge
Kentucky
West Bank
Alabama
Illinois
Hlinois
Maine
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Kearsarge
Tompkinsville
Hampton Roads
Schiff Sees Danger In Present Currency Conditions
Jacob H. Schiff warned of a coming panic unless currency reform occurs and opposed the treasury plan to expand currency. He urged a system based on commercial paper and spoke before the New York Chamber of Commerce where a finance committee was asked to study the treasury recommendation and report back.
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New York
Jacob H. Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
New York Chamber of Commerce
Schiff
Stock Exchange
Committee On Finance and Currency
Chamber of Commerce
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Chamber
Immigration Office Scrutiny Ordered in Seattle
Commissioner Sargeant directs thorough investigation by security men into the Seattle immigration office. Officials promise no white washing as the inquiry proceeds.
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Washington
Sargeant
Secret Service
Seattle
The Hunter Boy Seeks Squirrels in Early Dawn
A boy wakes before dawn to hunt in a rural landscape. He tracks gray squirrels, skins them, and returns home hungry yet proud, savoring the simple meal and the quiet majesty of the woods as dawn breaks.
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Corn Lot
William
Cincinnati
Granny McDonald Claims Valley Forge Birth at 1771
The 134 year old Granny McDonald of Philadelphia asserts she was born at Valley Forge in 1771. A noted Black elder, she has lived past three-score years and ten, witnessed the Continental Army winter, and impressed kin with sharp memory and devout faith despite blindness.
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Ganny McDonald
United States
Philadelphia
Valley Forge
Granny
Frogtown
Howell
Continental Army
Woman canvasses voters for father in Virginia election
J E Taylor, Piedmont farmer, elected to the House of Delegates during a notable off year campaign. His daughter Mrs FB Moses rode horses to reach voters, nursed him through typhoid fever, and personally appealed to every white voter, marking Virginia's first grand canvass by a woman.
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Virginia
J. E. Taylor
Piedmont
House of Delegates
FP. BR. Moses
Po B. Moses
Didacy
Taylor
Local Doctors and Lawyers Listed with Offices in Aberdeen
Multiple professionals including Paul Smits MD and D M Robb Stapp provide office hours and locations across Aberdeen. Also listed are E H Fox attorney, Robert E Taggart attorney, and Jesse F Murphy with notes on experience at Olympia land office and homestead defense.
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Jesse F. Murphy
Olympia Land Office
Hayes & Hayes Bank Building
Aberdeen
Wash
Silent Chauffeur Dialogue on Roads and Disappointment
A quirky exchange pits a first chauffeur declaring a dislike for running over a baby against a second chauffeur echoing the danger of nursing bottles and tires. The lines mix dark humor with a bridge image and a theme of disappointment.
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Cain
Hoquiam Daily Schedule Times Listed
For Hoquiam the article lists three daily times at 9 0 0 a m 3 10 p m and 8 10 p m as station hours or event starts, indicating a routine timetable or program sequence. The exact events or destinations are not specified in the readable text.
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Arbitration Court For
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Green and
Gaynor
New York Harbor
Investigate
Immigration Office
Sister's Garden
Millkyard
Mrs. Sharp
New York Press
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DE. Watkins
Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
Everett E. Lane, D. D. S
Hayes & Hayes
D. M. Robb Stapp
Hayes & Hayes Bank
U. G. Kinnison
Market Street
C. Cross
Attorney AT Law
Zelaska Block
Street
E H. Fox
Robert E. Taggart
Dabney Block
Ben Sheers
W. Mason
Heron Street
Continental
O. C
G Street
Heron
Aberdeen, Wash
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
South F Street
Independent
Grays Harbor
San Francisco
Los Angeles
C. E. Burrows Co., Ag
Tacoma
Portland
All Points East
Hoquiam
Ocosta
H. B. Elder
N. P. Ry
A. D. Charlton
N. P. Ry. Co
Portland, Oregon
W. Johnson Transfer Co
S. P Street
Roslyn Coal
E. J. Bradley
State Bank
N. E
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Hayes & Hayes Bankers (Incorporated
A. Ingebrightsen
Central Restaurant
M. Antich
Heron and
Wishkah
Canadian Pacific
Boston
Toronto
Montreal
All Atlantic
Locke
J. W. Draper
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
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