Senate to debate Panama Canal emergency appropriation bill
Washington det 11 the senate will take up the Panama canal emergency appropriation bill as the first measure of the session. Debate will focus on sea level viability and whether to refer the bill to appropriations or interoceanic canal committees with holiday recess likely.
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Senate
House
Committee On Appropriations
Committee On Interoceanic
Galliner
United States
Benator Lodge
Massachusetts
Organization in the House Sets Stage for 59th Congress
In Washington on December 11 Speaker Cannon plans to announce House committees, completing the 59th Congress setup. Subcommittees will be formed and reports follow, with major work postponed until after the Christmas recess. The House has 5,963 introduced bills, many private. Adjournment around December 21 is expected. Philippine tariff bill may move once Ways and Means organizes.
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Washington
Cannon
House
Fiftyninth Congress
Appropriations Committee
Legislative
District of Columbia
Ways and Means
Jail Explosion Fails to Harm Prisoner in Hamilton
A dynamite blast wrecked the jail in Hamilton Iowa on December 11 but prisoner W J Davis narrowly escaped harm. Davis, jailed on suspicion of a restaurant bombing, was the only inmate present and escaped with minor injuries as the building was largely destroyed. The blast may have been caused by Davis or someone else with a motive for the attack.
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Hamilton
W. J. Davis
Davis
Immigration report highlights surge in alien population
Washington December 11 In presenting the annual report the Commissioner General of the Bureau of Immigration notes the magnitude of the problem. The total arrivals for the year reached 1,020,499, up 213,629 from the previous year, underscoring rapid growth of the alien population in the United States.
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Washington
Bureau of Dap
General Argent
Postoffice Deficit Reported At 14 Million
Postmaster General Cortelyou presents the fiscal year 1905 results showing total receipts of 162,626,585 and expenditures of 147,161,959, leaving a deficit of 14,572,684. He emphasizes administrative efficiency amid growing free matter handled and notes the deficit is not the primary concern.
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Washington
Postmadur
Cortelyou
Postofice
Postal Service Faces Critics Over Second Class Matter
Postmaster General Cortelyou defends second class matter rules, noting the vast U S territory and dispersed population. He cites last year’s figures showing 663,107,128 pounds carried free or at one cent per pound, $33,155,846 paid out, and only $6,186,687 in revenue, with 63,121 post offices and a large workforce.
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Postal Service
Cortelyou
Mutiny at Cuban Penitentiary Wounds Nearly Score
In Havana on December 11 convicts mutinied at night in a 160 strong breakout toward supper. One officer with a revolver and three machete armed guards clashed with prisoners, mortally wounding two and seriously wounding sixteen as guards responded. Four more guards and artillery halted the riot. the prison holds over 1,300 inmates.
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Havana
Indian affairs report outlines reforms and schools
Washington on December 11 reports new features in the annual outline by Commissioner Francis E. Leupp. It highlights preserving Indian music, establishing an Indian reform school, and building a sanitarium for tubercular Indians.
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Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Francis E. Leupp
Appeal to Roosevelt on Kansas whiskey fight
An appeal will be made to President Roosevelt to intervene in the whiskey controversy in Kansas. Michael Brennan, a top Michigan attorney, dies of typhoid fever in Detroit. A fire at O’Bryan Bros. overall factory in Nashville causes about 75000 dollars in damage to stock and buildings. The White Star steamer Georgie runs aground near Liverpool but is not in danger. For the first time, El Paso may see snowballing and sleighing before Christmas per local weather bureau.
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Kansas
Michael Brennan
Michigan
Detroit
O'Bryan Bros
Nashville
Wheat prices and futures in Minneapolis market report
Minneapolis grain notes from December 9 show wheat futures with December at 82 and a half cents, May at 86 and three quarters, and July at 87 and three quarters. On track prices list No. 1 hard at 84 cents and Northern grades at 4 dollars and 4 cents for No. 1, with No. 2 Northern at 82 and four fifths to 44 cents.
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Minneapolis
Duluth Prices for Wheat and Flax on Dec 9
Duluth market notes show arriving Wheat prices for No 1 Northern at 85 cents and No 2 Northern at 88 cents. On track options list No 1 Northern at 85 cents and No 2 Northern at 83 cents for December and 84 44 cents for December, May at 86 and flax prices with arrive and track for December at 99 cents and May at 1.03 dollars.
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Duluth
Northern
Festivals in Morocco Fasting Moors and Sacred Feasts
A traveler describes Moroccan religious cycles with Ramadan fasts, Ald el Kabeer sacrifices, and Moolud festivities. He notes dawn feasts in mosques, the open heaven belief, and townwide sheep sacrifices. The Assawi of Mequinez are compared to visiting dervishes as they chant, drum, and in frenzy perform ritual acts.
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Nazarvere
Heaven
Annd
Ishmael
Isaac
Abraham
Moriah
Cadi
Assawi
Mohammed bin Ailsa
Mequinez
Historic Wheat and ancient cultivation of bread
Experts trace wheat back to early history across the stone age line and ancient civilizations in Egypt and Mesopotamia. Lake dwellings in Switzerland show milling tools and harvest gear 4000 years old, with wheat in tombs and ruins identical to modern grain.
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Egypt
Huphrates
Tigris
Switzerland
Justice is the Bread of Nations Quote
A compact aphorism states that justice sustains nations as bread sustains people, noting nations continually hunger for fairness. The line attributed to Chateau Braun frames justice as essential sustenance and an enduring social ideal.
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Markets in St Paul and Chicago Stock Yards Dec 9
St Paul yards report cattle prices from good to choice to be yearlings and hogs and sheep with ranges. Chicago stock yards show cattle bids from calves to prime steers, hogs varying by class, and sheep. Grain and provisions in Chicago list wheat corn oats with bid prices and eggs and poultry rates.
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Dreams reveal visions beyond sight in awakening and sleep
The Chicago News reports Dr. Axel Emil Gibson noting dreams show vision beyond the five senses. He cites Harvey and Malesherbe with dreams of injury, while Helen Keller and Milton prove the blind can dream visually. Dreams, like waking life, reflect the same world through different sensory media.
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Malesherbe
Axel Emil Gibson
Gibson
Helen Keller
Tom
Milton
Chicago News
Typists Mistakes and Misreadings in Histrionic Type
A collection of comic and curious malapropisms from erroneous typewriter outputs. Examples include "The deed shocked the nation to the heart core" becoming "The dead shocked the notion to the hard ear" and other slips showing how one sign can alter phrases, names, and even jokes.
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Mamma
Jocelyn
Josh Lane
Jake
Success
Was Just a Dream and a Fort Sill Signal Story
A Fort Sill veteran recalled a dream of an Indian massacre on Signal Mountain that became a local legend. The author notes no massacre or battle ever occurred, though Fort Sill soldiers once ran a signal station atop the mountain observing Comanche maneuvers.
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Signal Mountain
Lawton News Republican
Bible beds and four fathers joke in Harper's Weekly
A six year old wonders about Bible beds after Sunday school and asks why Abraham slept with his four fathers. The child’s practical interpretation contrasts with the teacher’s biblical phrasing, revealing a humorous misreading of ancestral terms.
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Abraham
Harper’s Weekly
Forging Antiquities Exposes Forger Tricks in Antiquities
Dr Oliver Tonks recounts how forgers use broken fragments, clay, and plaster to create convincing antiques. A Melos voyage scene shows a Greek seller with a patched vase. the narrator’s hands, blackened by modern paint, reveal the fraud as the glaze lifts.
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Outlook Magazine
Paris
Athens
Melos
Aegean Islands
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