Army Appropriation Bill Amended With Major Retirement and Staff Provisions
The army appropriation bill reported to the senate carries key amendments including retirement at advanced rank for Civil War veterans and creation of a general staff. The bill's total appropriations rise to 77,211,277 with notable increases for quartermaster supplies, officers schools, and post expenditures plus new flexibilities for officers and military attaches.
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Senate
Senate Military Committee
Secretary of War
Artillery Corpe
National Guard
Porto Rican Provisional Regiment
Porto Rico
Quartermaster’s Department
Philippines
Cuba
China
Signal Corps
Chinese Woman Gets Land and War Debates in Senate
Senate proceedings featured Mr. McLaurin urging adoption of the Rawlins resolution to obtain evidence of brutal treatment in Philippine court martial cases. House passes Baptist church land grant and Porto Rican children admission to Carlile School. President asks power to cooperate with Mexico and China on silver parity. commerce bill sent to conference. post office and anti trust topics discussed.
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Senate
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Mississippi
Rawlins
Secretary of War
Philippines
Fillipino
Lodge
Bard
California
Foraker
Ohio
Senator Quay
Clay
Georgia
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Carterville
United States
Nellie Ett Feen
North Dakota
Feen
Land Office
Hanna
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Clary
Mexico
China
Committee On Finance
Lacy
Iowa
Carliale School
I St. Louie
Patterson
Tennessee
Messrs. Hepburn
Mann
Illinois
Richardson
Alabama
Indian appropriation bill passes House
The House approved the Indian appropriation bill and opened debate on the post office appropriation bill. Rep. Burton criticized Indian spending, Rep. Patterson spoke on the trust question, and Rep. Reid addressed good roads. Conferees on the commerce bill were named as the session ended.
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House
Burton
Ohio
Patterson
Tennessee
Reid
Arkansas
Department of Commerce
Committee On Claims
Subcommittee on Naval Affairs Fails to Meet Again
Washington January 2 the subcommittee on naval affairs reportedly tasked with forming findings for the full committee in the Lessler bribery inquiry again failed to meet due to the absence of a member.
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Washington
House On Naval Affaires
Lessler
New York Rep Bristow Proposes $100000 President Salary
Washington January 2 Representative Bristow of New York introduced a bill to raise the president's annual pay to $100000. The move aims to adjust compensation for the nation’s top executive.
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Washington
Bristow
New York
The
United States
Bill to make Salt Lake City a port of delivery favored
Washington January 29. The senate committee on commerce favorably acted on the bill creating Salt Lake City a port of delivery.
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Washington
Salt Lake City
Senate Committee On Commerce
New Champagne Record Sees Mumm Extra Dry Lead Imports
In 1902 G. H. Mumm's Extra Dry imported 125 719 cases, a record surpassing all others by 407 304 bottles. The famed 149 percent vintage resembles the 1889 vintage, noted for delicacy and superior quality versus 1893. Immense reserves assure the lasting excellence.
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G. H. Mumm
Mumm
Reading Company at Coal Strike Hearing Weighing Issue Agreed
At the coal strike commission session the Reading company and mine workers agreed that weighing coal in the southern fields is impracticable. The decision settles a principal dispute for this region though contention remains in the middle and upper regions. Reading officials and su perintendents described colliery conditions during testimony.
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Philadelphia
Jan
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
Coal Strike Commission
Reading Company
Land Office Ruling on State Land Disposals Stirs MT
Great Falls dispatch reports the Interior Department denial of a Montana land board's motion for review after canceling 6,000 acres of state land selections. The issue clarifies that the register of state lands may execute leases but deeds require the governor. The notice emphasizes state land control and outlines legal processes for patents and disposals.
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Secretary of the Interior
Montana Land Office
Montana
State Board of Land Commissioners
Money Question Up Again In New Form
President Roosevelt asks Congress for authority to aid efforts to fix exchange rates between gold standard and silver using countries. The message cites a Mexican and Chinese request for U S cooperation to stabilize silver bullion fluctuations and ease trade with China and silver nations.
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British India
South America
China
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Committee On Finance
Hay
Orient
Senate
Philippine Islands
Mexico
Moet & Chandon White Seal Crowned by World Events
World events of the year feature United States France England and Germany with royals and emperors and grand ceremonies. The White House hosts Prince Henry of Prussia while Edward VII is crowned king and emperor of India. The Meteor yacht christening and Rochambeau statue unveilings underscore celebrations. Moet & Chandon champagne is used exclusively.
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England
Germany
France
United States
Prince Henry
Prussia
White House
Edward the VII
India
Rochambeau
Moet & Chandon
Miner Tom Alice Dies in Rock Fall at Rocky Fork Mine
Italian miner Tom Alice, 38, was crushed by fallen rock while driving a main entry at Rocky Fork coal mines near Red Lodge. Bert Marietta, his brother in law, survived. coroner and jury viewed the body at a temporary hospital. Alice leaves a widow and two young children. The same fatal site had claimed Ferdinand Stura two months earlier.
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Standard
Red Lodge
Rocky Fork
Tom Alice
Bert Marietta
Fred Underwood
Alice
Knights of Pythias
Christopher Colombo
How to cure a cold in one day ad
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a quick cold cure. It promotes a 64 tablet box priced at 25e with a suggestive claim of fast relief.
Old-Time Miner Narrowly Escapes Death In Montana Gulch
George MacDonald an aging miner from Lamond City in Helena Montana had a close call last Monday. He stepped from his cabin to fetch snow near a deep placer diggings cut lost his footing and tumbled twenty feet down a gulch sliding four feet to the bottom. Neighbors heard his cries and hauled him back to his cabin where a physician found no bones broken but several painful cuts and bruises will keep him bedridden for a while.
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Helena
George MacDonald
Lamond City
Northern Pacific Contracts Cut-Off To Link Dickinson and Miles City
The Northern Pacific will in a few days award Foley Bros. of St. Paul the contract for a new line between Dickinson N C and Miles City Mont. It is described as a major improvement and will create a southern route that is nearly an air line.
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St. Paul
Minn
Northern Pacific
Foley Bros
Dickinson
N. C
Miles City
Mont
Ex Governor John D Long Near Death In Boston Hospital
Former Massachusetts governor and secretary of the navy John D Long lies critically ill at St Margaret s hospital in Boston. His wife and daughter are by his side as physicians monitor his condition amid reports of uremic poisoning and delirium.
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John D. Long
Navy
McKinley
Roosevelt
St. Margaret's Hospital
Pierce
Hingham
Mr. Long
J. W. Spooner
E. G. Cutler
Long
Me dora Bridge Route to Cut 25 Miles in New Plan
The plan would shorten travel by 25 miles between main points, with Glendive and smaller towns on a branch. It envisions an immense bridge near Medora, a costly project expected to be among the longest in the United States.
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Glendive
Medora
United States
Kansas Day banquet honors Wood on reciprocity
Gen Leonard Wood headlined the Kansas Day club banquet in Topeka marking Kansas 42nd anniversary. He spoke on reciprocity and Cuba with emphasis on U S aid and future stability. Other speakers included Gen Frederick Funston and Kansas Supreme Court Justice Bureh, with William Allen White as toastmaster. About 300 GOP leaders attended a governor led reception earlier.
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Kansas Day Club
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Leonard Wood
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United States
Frederick Funston
Department of the Colorado
Bureh
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William Allen White
Emporia
General Wood
Final Summons: William H. James Dies in Denver
William H. James a leading mining and smelting figure in the West died in Denver at his home from heart trouble aged 66. He arrived in Colorado in 1960 and helped organize the Grant Smelter company and the Colorado Fuel and Iron company. He had major mining interests and was a native of Monmouthshire England.
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Denver
William H. James
Mr. James
Colorado
Grant Smelter Company
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Monmouthshire
England
Cyrus Cobb Dies. Noted Sculptor Painter and Musician
Cyrus Cobb a well known Boston sculptor painter and musician died at 68. His early patriotic sculpture includes the Cambridge soldiers monument. His recent works include a model of General Phil Sheridan’s equestrian statue and paintings Warren in the Old South and Jesus Condemned.
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Cyrus Cobb
Cambridge
Gompers Son Dies of Pneumonia in Denver
Abraham J. Gompers, 28, son of Samuel Gompers the AFL president, died of pneumonia at the home of Max Morris in Denver. He came to the city about 18 months ago seeking health. The body will be shipped to his parents.
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Abraham J. Gompers
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Max Morris
Prominent pianist Mrs Clara Norton Fuller found dead
New York report says Clara Norton Fuller a noted professional pianist was found dead in her Metropolitan Hotel apartment tonight. Authorities investigated the scene and neighbors recalled her public performances and social prominence.
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New York
Clara Norton Fuller
Metropolitan Hotel
Death of Mrs. McCormick in Annapolis
Mrs. McCormick wife of Rear Admiral McCormick United States Navy retired died in Annapolis after long illness She is the mother of A H McCormick jr of the navy department.
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Annapolis
McCormick
A. H. McCormick, Jr
Navy Department
Armenian drug clerk dies after assassination attempt
Constantinople report says Agap Hatchiktana, the Armenian drug clerk arrested on January 14 for attempting to assassinate the Armenian patriarch, died in custody. The details of death are not disclosed.
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Constantinople
Agap Hatchiktana
Prison Today Report Hints at Executing to Silence Matter
A brief note suggests a prisoner was executed today to hush up a matter, with uncertainty about the motive and details. The statement implies a covert killing intended to suppress information.
Democrats' Bills Held Up in Idaho Legislature
Moore of Idaho county charged that Republicans bow to state committee chairman Gooding and block all Democratic bills. Balentine echoed the accusation in the senate while Republicans denied it, noting no Democratic bills had progressed from any committee. Galloway introduced an initiative and referendum amendment based on Oregon law.
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Boise
Idaho
Moore
Idaho County
House Today
State Committee
Gooding
Balentine
Senate
Galloway
House
Germany Moves to Prohibit Phosphorus in Matches
Berlin reports the Reichstag hears Home Secretary von Passadowsky-Wehner push a government bill banning phosphorus in match production. He cites health risks, notes the state holds a patent for a new harmless igniting substance, and offers factories access to alternatives. the bill goes to committee.
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von Passadowsky-Wehner
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