Philippines bill aims for temporary insular government
Senator Lodge to introduce a bill for a temporary Philippine government. The measure, drafted with War Department input, confirms President McKinley's action creating a commission and ratifies its acts. It grants authority during armed resistance, governs lands, public lands, timber, and zoning, and scopes franchises and coinage. Representative Cooper to push civil government plan aligned with the Philippines commission recommendations.
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Washington
Jan
Lodge
Committee On the Philippines
Rslands
United States
Government of
the Philippines
The
Philippines
Government of the Philippines
Congress
Commission
Islands
Phiilippine Commission
Islanda
Massachusetts
Conant
Cooper
Wisconsin
House of Representatives
War Department
Philippines Commission
Supreme Court denies Carter appeal in habeas case
Washington January 8 the supreme court refused to interfere in Captain Oberlin M Carter's habeas corpus bid to win release from Leavenworth prison Kansas The court also upheld Kentucky rail act provisions and declared related statutes constitutional Justice Brown wrote the opinion in the Alexandrof deserter case holding the Russian subject should be restored to Russia per official charge
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Washington
Supreme Court
Oberlin M. Carter
Carter
Leavenworth, Kaw
Kentucky
Justice Brown
Leo Alexandrof
Philadelphia
Varlag
Alexandrof
Garter Accomplice Seek to Evade Georgia Trial
The Supreme Court affirmed a circuit court ruling sending Benjamin Greene and Don A. Gaynor to Georgia for trial. They face charges of conspiring with Captain O. M. Carter in defrauding the government while supervising public works at Savannah, Ga. The defendants had attempted habeas corpus in New York to avoid extradition, but the court denied relief.
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Garter
Washington
Jan
Supreme Court
Tée Day
Clrout Court
Southern District
Nework
Benjamin Greene
Don A. Gaynor
New York
Georgia
York
Roosevelt Confers With Roosevelt on Conserving Policy
Unclear text references a meeting at the White House over conservation with Roosevelt. Discussion appears tied to a call for efficiency and fiscal ideas. The fragment mentions coins and a proposed agenda, but details are obscured.
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Roosevelt
Edmir
White House
Cooper Bill Outlines Autonomy for Philippines
Washington report describes Representative Cooper of Wisconsin introducing a bill for a complete civil government in the Philippines starting January 1, 1904. The plan includes a president appoinTED governor for four years, a two-house legislature, and two Philippine commissioners to Washington.
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Cooper
Washington
Jan
Wiséeconain
House
Philippines
Lodge
Philippine Commission
Interior
Education
Manilas
Central
United States
Canal Debate Opens as House Debates Nicaragua Canal Bill
Washington reports the House entered a committee of the whole to consider the Nicaragua canal measure. Hepburn outlined the Walker report and urged centralized presidential control for protection and operation. He cited the Panama Canal Co. failure to argue for a government-led project and noted Senate activity on private bills and Indian land lease inquiries before adjournment.
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Washington
Jan
House
Grosvenor
Nicaragua Canal
Wes Made & G
Hepburn
Iowa
Walker Commission
United States
Panama Canal Company
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Washington Notes from the National Capital December 7 New Deal
United States supreme court affirmed with costs the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company v Webster Raton administrator of John R Matthews from Nebraska. Senator Millard met president Baker of Nebraska and urged his federal judgeship appointment in New Mexico. Iowa posts and pensions, including various names, amounts, and widows, appear in the brief Washington dispatch.
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Newa
National Capital
Northwestern
Washington, D. C
United States Supreme, Court
Chicago, Rock Island and Paciie Ailway Company
Webster Raton
John R. Mathews
Supreme Court of
Nebraska
Millard
White Honce
B.S. Baker
Baker
New Mexico
Representative Smith
Iowa
Oliver L. Postlewart
Prairiesburg
Henry G. Tucker
Valentine
Neh
Interior Department
Maggie U, Young
Pine Ridge
Rosebud
Lot Thomas
Frank Large
Rock Valley
W. A Bmenton
Rodney
J. A. Smith
Lawton
Abraham H. Butchester
George Brown
Cedar Rapids
Franklin WN. Baton
A Moines
Mitchell Nilles
Ball I
Lvclough
Lafayette Davis
Langing
Haley HL Wolcott
Bedford
Miles N. Parker
Bussey
Henry Haeger
Theonic
John van Sickle
Chesterfield
Phebe A. van Sickle
Faerie
Sparks
Los Angeles
Mary C. van Morman
Mogille
Victoria M. Guthrie
Woodward
Specelal
Lucretia Brown
Tdekotas Ee I
Tiebreexe
Edward J. Naugle
Wayner
Walter
Leake
Rim Creek
Bent Cya
Fea
Cola
Charles N. Shenklin
Eure Ata Que Mal
An Unholy Plan in the Dyea Gold Camp
Hank Bowers and his partner Rider scheme to steal a batch of gold dust from Dick Taylor and Turner, plotting a decoy ambush near Dyea. They intend to hold up Taylor’s party, seize the horses and guns, and flee toward Dawson City with the loot, planning to avoid capture.
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Hank Bowers
Dyea
Bowers
Fleet
Nquor
Mquor
Rider
Prisner
Para
Turner
Bowies
Obed
Wwe
Dassen
Pards
Ephat
Taylor
Hosses
Dick Taylor
Bowery
Dawson City
Dawson
Seattle
Skaglay
Robbed Treasure Trail Leads to Hidden Trap
A prospecting party returns with rich gold claims near Dyea and Dawson but faces a hidden trap. Dick Taylor suspects a dangerous stranger as Hank Bowers loyalists lie in wait, suggesting a planned ambush. The scene ends with a vow of danger until next week.
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Dyea
Dawson
Hank Bowers
Taylor
Tom
Clara Avery
Dick Taylor
The Scrapbook Habit in the Public Mind
The piece examines scrapbook collecting as a widespread, evolving hobby. It traces stages from buying an album to pasting diverse items, noting the variety of scrap material and the fleeting nature of the pastime. It ends with reflections on heirs valuing the collected work as precious or rubbish.
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Boston Transcript
Bryan Pleads for the Boers at Cleveland Meeting
Four thousand people gathered at Gray's Armory in Cleveland for a pro Boer rally. Hon. W J Bryan and Mayor Tom Johnson attended and were greeted with cheers. The meeting urged the president to act, denounced reconcentration camps, and called for enforcement of the 1871 treaty preventing wartime material from US ports. A long resolution urged end to concentration camps and continued efforts to halt war cruelty. German singing societies added patriotic songs to the event.
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Cleveland
Gray's Armory
W. J. Bryan
Johnson
Bryan
Mr. Johnson
Dohnsen
John J. Lentz
Auguat Franz
Messrs. Bryan and
Mr. Bryan
United States
Jolinson
McKinley
Manchester
England
Washington
Roosevelt
Panama Canal Company Offers to Sell to United States
The Panama Canal Company proposes to sell its canal properties and concessions for 40 million dollars. M Boeuve in Washington delivered the offer to Admiral Walker and to Secretary Hay, with the president to be informed and Congress to be advised. The sale aims to place canal control before legislative decision.
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Panama Canal Company
United States
Paris
Jan
Isthmian Commission
Washington
M. Boeuve
Admiral Walker
Jan. C
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama
Isthmus
Walker
State Department
Hay
Congress
War Office Adds Forty Five Wounded in Britain List
London January 4 war office releases an additional list of forty five men wounded all felt from The Great War updating the total wounded to ninety with one reported fatally wounded.
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War Office
London
Thiwar
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Prassedent McKintey
Taft Commission
United States Supreme Court
Hley
Philippine
Measure
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Alaska
Flve
Waa
Tom L. Johnson
Nebraska Man Talk
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