President Sends in a Batch of His Appointments
Washington reports the president has sent a slate of nominations to the Senate for high offices including Attorney General, Postmaster General, Secretary of the Navy, Interior, Commerce and Labor, and Associate Justice Moody. The session opened with attendance high and returns to routine business planned.
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Dence
House
Senate
Acted
The
Treasury
George B. Cortelyo
Charles J. Bonaparte
George L. von Meyer
Navy
Victor H Metcalf
the Interior
James R. Garrett
Commerce and
Labor
Oscar S. Strauss
Supreme Court
William 8. Moody
Thte
Judson B. Clements
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clements
Vermont Battleship Arrives in Boston Dry Dock for Trials
The Vermont, largest warship to enter Boston harbor, arrived at dry dock No 2 at Fore River, Quincy. Navy crews test screw standardization and prepare a four hour speed run to Haste Light with a 16,000 to 16,500 ton displacement and about 456 foot length, 77 foot beam, and 34.4 foot draft.
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Vermont
Rowton
Mass
Fore River
Quincy
Hag
Thas
Boston Harbor
Naval Board of Inspection
Naval Board of Inspection and Stoveyere
Maine
Rockland
Arguments In Tobacco Duty Cases Heard In Supreme Court
Washington Dec 3 The Supreme Court today resumed arguments in the government against Falk and Brow New York on whether imported tobacco duty is payable on entry weight or withdrawal from warehouses The circuit court held duty on withdrawal which would cost the treasury about a million dollars yearly plus other items The New York case seeks collection upon entry and is piling up in offices New York This case bears greatly on tobacco taxation and compliance News from New York notes a dealer predicting a large leaf tobacco crop and market implications for the year.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Government — Service
Bureau of Insular Affairs
The
War Department
Philippine Islands
Islands
Washington
Aupreme Cour
United Stattes
Falk
Brow
New York
Circuit Court of Appeals
Treasury
Arizona
Supreme Court of the United States Today
So Called Fertilizer Trust Case Hearing
The Supreme Court today began hearings on ten cases against Virginia officers tied to the fertilizer trust. They challenge removal to Tennessee on conspiracy charges under the Sherman Act. Plaintiffs argue lack of presence in Tennessee negates conspiracy indictments there.
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Fertilizer Trust
Washington
Dee
Supreme Court
Virginia
Tennessee
James G. Tinsley
Virgiahi
Federal Court of
U S Potato Crop A Record One In 1906
Washington reports preliminary estimates showing the 1906 potato acreage at 2,967,800 acres against 1905 planting. Average yield of 1025 bushels per acre suggests a crop near 300,010,000 bushels, with markets still ample and prices falling. Northern Michigan reportedly may have supplies as low as 22 cents a bushel. This year’s potato crop is claimed to be the largest on record.
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U. S&s
Washington
Michigan
World Championship Shoot At Nashville
A world championship shooting match began in Nashville under Winchester Repealing Army sponsorship. Contestants include W. R. Crosby John Roa J Mowell Hawking and Mr and Mrs Topper with Mrs Topperwain performing a marble and penny shooting exhibition. The ceremony also notes Bishop Willem Walter Webb enthronement in Milwaukee with dignitaries attending All Saints Cathedral.
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Nashville
Tesa
Winchester Repealing Army Company
W. R. Crosby
John
Roa
J. Mowell Hawking
W. W. Webb
Milwaukee
Willem Walter Webb
All Saints
Plague Germs Mix-Up Highlights Lab Visitor Case
Reports from Manila and Pueblo detail a lab mix-up where plague germs and cholera serum tubes were misplaced, with ten cholera deaths in Billbeds and a lab visitor blamed for the error. U.S. Commerce Commissioner Koel Clarke opened a Pueblo inquiry into coal and land issues tied to major rail and mining firms, with hearings planned then a Denver adjournment.
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Manila
Billbeld
Pueblo
United States Commerce
KO EL Clarke
Thomax and
Marchand
Colorado Fuel & Iron Co
Rio Grande
Colorado & Southern
Santa
Band of Robbers Attacks Princess Avalova Estate
In Tiffis Trans-Caucasia a dozen robbers plundered Princess Avalova's residence and assaulted her yesterday. They were captured later and face trial by drum head court martial. Also, the American Tobacco Trust pays a 7 percent extra dividend today, bringing total annual payouts to 22 percent. The trust is largely owned by Thomas F. Yan, who benefits from extensive property holdings.
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Russia
Tiffis
Trans-Caucasia
Avalova
Dram
Tobacco Trust
New York
American Tobacco Trust
Incoudizg
Thomas F. Yan
Cheolmceo Coordination
Old Men and Major Whitings Birthday Reminiscences
Old Men celebrate sixtieth birthday of Stevens but claim youth is gone. Major H R Whiting marks ninety ninth birthday at his old town home with guests and greetings. Whiting, a Rio Grande Valley resident for forty years, recalled frontier days and Indian skirmishes in past writings for the New York Herald and Ix rolt papers.
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Old Town
H.R. Whiting
Rio Grande Valley
New York Herald
Daily Papers
International Live Stock Show Opens in Chicago
The International Live Stock exposition in Chicago opens as a premier event with twenty percent more exhibits and high quality stock. Visitors mingle with prominent breeders and learn market demands, while prizes from England Canada France Argentina and Belgium attract top entries. Arthur Turner of Herefordshire judges Yorkshire pigeons as about fifteen thousand people visit today.
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Chicago
Iim
England
Canada
France
Argentina
Belgium
United States
Arthur P. Turner
Herefordshire
the &T
Prominent Stage Folk Honor New York Priest
New York on December 3 a large theatrical audience and public figures paid tribute to Father Ducey known as the little father of the one for his long pastorate at S Leo's church A faultless program of music accompanied the ceremony and reflected high regard for the clergyman
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Academy of Music
Chas. Frohman
Marc Klaw
William Harris
al Hayman
Joseph Weber
James K. Hackett
Chas
H. Burnham
W. N. Lawrence
George C. Cooke
J. Fred Zimmerman
A. J, Irlanger
Tony Pastor
Joe Brooks
Frank McKee
A. W. Dingwall
Harry B. Harris
B. Dillingham
Percy Willams
F. F. Proctor
Joseph H. Tooker
Henry Miller
B. F. Keith
Deniel Frohman
Lew Fields
George
Tyler Alfred Hayman
William A Brady
E. G. Gilmore
Jules Hurtig
J. Waser Rosenquest
McRcog Bar
Fiona Woh ci
Father Ducey
St. Leo's Church
New York
Father of
BIS
S. Leo's Church
Jewish People Flock to Palestine Reported Growth of Jewish Settlement
London reports at the Zionist meeting Lord Rothschild and Jeraet Zangwill led talks. Jews from around the world arrive daily in Palestine and the Holy Land, welcomed there. Zangwill notes about 40,000 Jews in Shera deported from Russia, under police surveillance after release, allowed to settle in Siberian cities, with restrictions on teachers and rising religious ignorance prompting emigration to Palestine and Jerusalem.
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Palestine
London
Zionist Organization
Lord Rothschild
Jeraet Zangwill
Holy Land
Mingwill
Shera
Russia
Siberian
Jerusalem
Jews Honor Memory of John Hay in Philadelphia
In Kenesetha Synagogue Philadelphia on December 3 prominent Hebrews unveiled a stained glass window by the city’s Jews to honor the late John Hay journalist and automat. It marks the first time a memorial has been placed in a Jewish house of worship and cites Hay’s humanitarian stand for Jews during Russian troubles and his broad sympathy to all races and creeds.
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Hay
Philadelphia
Kenesetha
Root
John Hay
Sun Cotton Works to Be Abandoned in Newport
Newport reports the gun cotton works and torpedo station will be dismantled as gun cotton for army use ends. A torpedo factory may be built privately on the site, replacing gun cotton production with torpedoes. The government currently pays private contractors $9,000 per torpedo.
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SUN
Newport
R. L. Dee
Gun
French Bakery Property Sells for $13,000
The 213 West Railroad Ave property including a two story frame building occupied by a French bakery sold to M. Wirth for $13,000. Wirth, once foreman at the bakery, says he purchased the property as an investment.
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West Railroad Ave
M. Wirth
Mir Wirth
Dowie's Friends Deny His Mental Failure
Chicago December reports deny John Alexander Dowie is mentally weakened. Overseer Voliva plans for a new Zion city and asserts divine authority while Dowie remains ill. Deacon Lewis cites Dowie as very sick and not yet well.
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Chicago
the Chronicle Today
Zionesty
Wilbur G. Voliva
Moses
Zion
Voliva
Zion Bhu
Hnex
Dowie
John Alexander Dowie
Zion Church
Deacon Lewis
Dowley
Secretary Metcalf says Japs can be kept out
In San Francisco December 3 The Call reports School Director H H Oliver said Secretary Metcalf before leaving for Washington told directors that he preferred separate schools for Japanese pupils. He aimed to correct the impression that Metcalf favored the Japanese in his report to the president.
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Metcalf
San Francisco
H. H. Oliver
Washington
Port Wold
Funeral Honors for Col H H Tilton By Albuquerque Masons
The funeral of Col H H Tilton, who died Wednesday, was held yesterday at the Masonic Temple in Albuquerque. Lodge brothers and friends attended the rites as a vast display of flowers surrounded the casket, with pieces from Ballut Abyad Shrine and Rio Grande chapter among others. The service included Masonic ritual and the cortege proceeded to Fairview cemetery for burial.
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Albuquerque
Col
H. H. Tilton
Masonic Temple
Thyton
Lodge
Temple
Fairview Cemetery
New Mexico's Loss of Valuable Citizen H. J. Ramer
H J Ramer a noted stockman and rancher in New Mexico said he has disposed of all interests there and is moving to Arizona. He recalled a poignant family moment when his father failed to recognize him after years away. A separate Korea birth rate report notes a decline of about 11,968 births for the year.
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H. J. Ramer
Koreau of Statistics
Supreme Court clears Idaho murder case in habeas ruling
The U S Supreme Court today denied habeas corpus for Moyer Haywood and Pettibone, Western Federation of Miners deputies held in Idaho for the Steunenberg murder, upholding state court authority to proceed with trials. Justice Harlan wrote the opinion. Justice McKenna dissented on extradition aid.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Moyer, Haywood
Pettibone
Federaton
Idaho
Steunenberg
Justice Harlan
McKenna
Harlan
United States
Justice McKenna
International Livestock Show Opens with Record Attendees
The seventh annual International Livestock Show in Chicago drew record crowds as Shorthorns and polled Durhems were judged. Total entries reached 2,840 across cattle 1002, sheep 891, swine 257 and horses 632, with Shorthorns leading the exhibits at 319 and other breeds like Angus 102 Herefords 167.
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Chicago
Dee
Lone Bandit Haunts Hell's Canyon Ruse Ends With Commode FH Kent
William Fraser, a Chilli country sheep raiser, reported a ghostly highway incident in Hell's Canyon. A bandit demanded hands up and diggorge, then revealed himself as the amiable Commodore FH Kent who shared Scotch and a joke, causing Fraser to relax during the scare.
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William Fraser
Chilli
Hell's Canyon
Mr. Fraser
Brite
Kent
Fraser
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