Georgia Members Dominate House Committees in Holiday Assignments
Washington December 10 Special In the make up of the house committees announced by Speaker Henderson Georgia members fare especially well with Tingston head of minority representation PR and key posts for Howard Maddox Griggs Brantley Tate Adamson Bartlett Lewis Filming Lester and others. Bartlett leaves election committee. Alabama, South Carolina, and other states receive placements to expedite legislation before holiday adjournment.
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House
Henderson
Georgia
Tingston
Howard
Mississippi
Griggs
Brantley
Tate
Adamson
Bartlett
Lewis
Lester Rivers and Harbors
Capendi
State Department
Alabama
Underwood
Clayton
Taylor
Bankhead
Richardson
Burnetl
Bowie
Wiley
Thompson
Navy Department
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Civil Service
Talbert
Labor
Latimer
District of Columbia
Finley
Territories
Pacific Roads
Lever
Scarborough
Johnson
Congress
Philippines
Galush A. Groy
Pennsyivania
Burke
South Dakota
Kyle
Hepburn
Iow4
Fletcher
Minnesota
Sherman
New York
Wanger
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Joy
Missouri
Corliss
Michigan
Stewart
New Jersey
Mann
Ulmois Lovering
Massacauneetts
Coombs
California
Tompkins
Ohio
Pavey
Louisiana
Davis
Florida
Shachteford
Ryan
Hicharagon
vInsular
Cooper
Wisconsin
Canon
Illinois
Hill of Lines Payne
Iowa
Good of
Tawney
Warner
Minnia
Littlefield
Maine
Kahn
Thomas
Iyan
Powers
Massachusetts
Nevin
Desrmond
Lanham
Texas
Plliett
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Smith
Kentucky
Fleming
Syton
Hewison Banking Committee
Banking and
Fowler
Hill
Connecticut
Prince of
Ilinois
Capron
Rhode Island
Calderhead
Kansas
Overs
Philippine tariff bill debate moves in House next Tuesday
Washington dispatch notes Ways and Means Republicans agree on a temporary Philippine tariff measure. The draft provides duties and tonnage taxes on imports and ships from the Philippines, with revenues to fund local government there. Debates anticipate brief committee action and a final vote by Tuesday evening. The Cuban reciprocity issue is postponed until Philippines matters mature, and the committee schedules further hearings after holidays.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Philippine Commission
Bil
United States
Philippine Archipelago
Treasury
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Secretary of the Treasury
Payne
Savannah Subtreasury Bill Moves in Senate Fortunes
Senator McLaurin plans Savannah stay and partners in a Savannah legal firm. Senator Clay pushes a bill for a Savannah subtreasury and a Savannah marine hospital costing 125000 dollars. Charleston opposes, Savannah and southern financial bodies back the plan as beneficial to coast commerce. The bankruptcy law repeal also comes with the session notes.
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Washington
South Carolina
Ter
Senate
Benitor McLaurin
Stewart
McLaurin
Savannah
Congress
United States
Clay
Treasury Department
Georgia
Lea~ter
Charleston
South
Marine Hospital
General Wyman
Senate Confirms Hunt Bowen and Other Nominations
The Senate confirmed nominations including William H Hunt as governor of Montana and Charlies Hartzell as secretary of Porto Rico. Also approved were William A Rodenberg as civil service commissioner Francis B Loomis as minister to Portugal Lloyd U Griscom as minister to Persia Herbert W Bowen as minister to Venezuela Richmond Pearson as collector at Genoa George W Allen as collector of customs Key West and George W Cohn as collector at Albermarle NC.
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Hunt
Richmond Pearson
North Carolina
Genoa
George W. Allen
Key West
Fla
George W. Cohn
Albermarle
N. C
Fishhook Fatal to a Priest at Rockaway Beach
New York December 10 Father W O Kelly Catholic priest died from blood poisoning after he injured his hand while fishing at Rockaway Beach a month earlier He refused amputation of a damaged thumb to continue his priestly duties and died from the infection.
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Father O’kelly
New York
Father W. O'Kelly
Rockaway Beach
Z2te
Money Bills Advance as Appropriations Panel Meets
The House committee on appropriations held its first session in Washington. Chairman Cannon announced subcommittees to draft the big supply bills and said they would begin work immediately. With a holiday recess starting December 19, few appropriations are expected to pass before then, and the panel aims to finish work for a June 1 adjournment.
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Committee On Appropriations
Washington
House Committee On Appropriations
Cannon
Congress
Political Names and Districts Listed in House Committees
A fragmented OCR list enumerates numerous lawmakers by state and committee assignments including Naval Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Public Buildings and Grounds, and Miscellaneous names. The garbled text preserves many proper nouns such as states, surnames, and committee labels, indicating a roster of members tied to various policy areas.
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Tate
Foss
Illinois
Dayton
West Virginia
Loudenslager
New Jersey
Butter
Pennsylvania
Bull
Fihoge Island
Mudd
Maryland
Indiana
Cousins
Town
Taylor
Ohio Roberts
Massachusetts
Cummings
New York
Meyer
Louisiana
Georgia
Rixey
Virginia
Kitchin
North Carolina
Vandiver
Missouri
Wheeler
Moneteky
Hitt
Winds
Hubert Adams Jr
Penneylvania
W. A Smith
Michigan
Hept ¥Ole
Minnesota
Gillett
Landis
Perkins
Belcler
Ohio
Foster
Vermont
Otten
Wisconsin
Dinsmo
Arkansas
Clark
Howa
Burleson
Texas
Hooker
Plesisappi
Naphew
Massachu
Merce
Nebraska
Burleigh
Maine
Bartholdt
Fasouri
Powell
New Persey Fhowse
Proposal to gift Carnegie fund for education discussed
Washington reports a proposed $20,000,000 Carnegie fund to extend higher education. The plan envisions government trustees managing grants to support deserving students for original study home or abroad. President to consult with Congress before public terms. Also notes a marriage request for Mrs Mears Blackbury.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Congress
Desperate Kinonen Slaughters Family Then Commits Suicide
In Calumet Michigan a man named Job Kinonen killed his wife and two children in their sleep with a razor then fatally cut his own throat. A younger son survived with injuries while a 16 year old lay fatally wounded, all occurring at Cooper Falls near midnight. Doctors say the wounded will recover. Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is advertised.
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Calumet
Mich
Cvet
Jobo Kinonen
Iinonen
Cooper Falls
Battered by giant waves sails to Baltimore voyage of schooner Joel Cook
The three masted schooner Joel Cook from Savannah arrived in Baltimore after ten days of severe weather unseen in Captain Frasier's forty seven years at sea. The vessel battled southerly gales, heavy seas, and near drownings as it rode windward with extreme conditions off the coast, finally reaching safety after Bodie Island and the capes.
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Cook
Savannah
Baltimore
Joel Cook
Lunder
Frasier
Cross Bea
Cork
Bodie Island
Town Burned by Fire in Wayne West Virginia
December 10 report from Wayne county seat describes a fast moving blaze that destroyed multiple businesses and residences including Davis dry goods, Chapman Fry dry goods, Addison Nappier livery stable, and W L Booton dwelling. With little insurance and no fire department, flames spread two blocks as residents watched property turn to ashes.
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Wayne
W. Va
Wayne County
Con Davis
Wiliam Booton
Peter Fischback
Chapman Fry
Addison Nappier
Osborne
Wesley Hills
Elisha Adkins
G. G. Burgess
W. L. Booton
Pistol Close to His Body in Bonine Trial
Three medical experts testified that the fatal chest wound on Census Clerk Ayres likely came from a shot fired when the pistol was 6 to 8 inches from the body. Other doctors supported close range findings as the trial of Mrs Lolanda Bonine moved toward closing arguments and possible jury deliberation.
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Bonine
Washington
Lolanda Bonine
Ayres
Sterling Ruffin
Dra. Carr
Bovee Aled
Fred
Glazebrook
Achoenberger
Fearful trek of Buffalo woman to Sandusky ends in arrival
Mrs Mary Ross staggers into the Sandusky police station reporting she walked from Buffalo to her mother’s home in Bucyrus. A snowstorm near Sandusky halted her 10 miles from the city. she cited a fire in Buffalo destroying her belongings as the motive for the long walk.
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Buffalo
Sandusky
Ohio
Mary Ross
Bucyrus
Oho
Labor Convention Fails to Ban Japanese Immigrants
At Scranton on December 10 delegates of the American Federation of Labor adopted a Chinese exclusion resolution while defeating a broader ban on Japanese and other Asiatic races. The ticket scalping debate drew sharp lines over jurisdiction with railways and telegraphers opposing. A universal labor label was defeated as the convention pressed for state and regional actions against convict labor and voter rights reforms. Malaria causes biliousness, Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic.
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Scranton
American Federation of Labor
Japan
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Virginia Federation of Labor
Voice of Labor
Virginia
District of Columbia
Askig Congress
Tennessee
Short Items of General Interest in city paper
A prominent lawyer states the police board lacks legal authority to suspend officers, with suspensions often longer than allowed by city code. Other notes report illness of Clio Luck, a special order to enforce sidewalk safety, a suspected killer from seven years ago, injuries from a street accident, Mrs. Marteha Latham’s funeral journey, and a gang activity on Edgewood avenue with a ditch dug on Mariet street.
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THU Ielty
Police Board
Dolng
Clio Luck
Officer Lack
Lee Street
Chine Ball
Marteha Latham
Atlanta
Palatka
Fla
Latham
Elorida
Dover
Frenk Reese
Edgewood Vende
Bute I Street
Endowment Gifts Make Stanford University Richest Ever
A San Francisco dispatch reports Mrs Jane Stanford’s deeds of gift to Leland Stanford Jr University place endowment estimates around 30 million dollars, with stocks bonds and real estate across 26 counties, multiple ranches, and extensive properties including Palo Alto and gridley holdings. The article notes the endowment as three times any prior educational gift.
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San Francisco
Jane YM. Stanford
Leland Stanford
Vina Ranch
Tahuan
Gridley Ranch
Butte County
Palo Alto Ranch
Santa Clara County
Stanford
Sacramento
Weller linked to forgery case and Norfolk warrant
Atlanta police learned a man named Weller cashed a forged check at the Kimball house two months ago. A telegram from Sheriff Patspaugh said a man believed to be James II Douglass, a religious crook, was arrested in Winston-Salem and would be held for identification. he claims to be James T Harbin and ex-Cuban soldier.
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John D. Little
House of Representatives
Majestic
Weller
Atlanta
Willis
Kimball House
Norfolk
Patspaugh
James II Douglass
Winetén- Salem
N. C
James T. Harbin
Douglass
Lithanis
Wine Ston-Salem
Ralph J Long Arrives After Waterless Two Days
Port Townsend Wash December 01 The schooner Ralph J Long with Captain M F W Green arrived from Cape Nome after a perilous voyage of forty seven days carrying ninety passengers and six stowaways. Water ran out at Dutch Harbor forcing two days without drinking water as gales raged and a sea washed overboard and drowned Mate Hanson. Passengers relied on rain for a water supply during the final stretch.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Ralph J. Long
M F W. Green
Cape Nome
Nome
Dutch Harbor
Hfe
Hanson
New York Delegation to Visit Vicksburg Battlefields
A seven member New York party plans a week in Vicksburg Mississippi to locate field sites of Ninth Army Corps action during the siege. They aim to guide state commemorations, building monuments and tablets at key spots long associated with northern soldiers. General Sickles chairs the Gettysburg and Chattanooga committee guiding the effort.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Ninth Army Corps
Nw York
General Sickles
Gettysburg
Chattanooga
Baird
David F. Wright
Henry Dreyer
Lear
J. 3. Johnson
Lewis
Charles
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