Chinese American debate over Mrs Morris ejection at White House
Washington January 11 remarks by Mr Sheppard of Texas on the ejection of Mrs Minor Morris from the White House office drew sharp clash with Mr Grosvenor over proper forum. Sheppard condemned the incident as brutal and demanded investigation, while Grosvenor and Payne argued about decorum and jurisdiction. House adjourned without action.
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Minor Morris
White House
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Texas
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Congress
Wr. Payne
New York
Olmstead
Payne
Democratic Party
American Congress
House
Republicans Narrowly Oppose Hamilton Statehood Bill
Washington January 11 Republicans in the house show little headway against the Hamilton joint statehood bill as insurgents circulate a pledge to gather signatures. The draft already lists about forty five GOP members with about twenty undecided and insurgents claiming they can exceed sixty names. Administration backers estimate opponents total around forty.
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Hamilton
Administration
Eighty Bills Passed in Senate This Week
Washington January 11 About eighty bills passed by the senate on Wednesday leaving six or seven measures on the calendar A large majority grant private pensions and many were bridge bills One bill provided $200000 for marking the graves of Confederate soldiers who died in northern prisons during the Civil War
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Washington
Senate
Oaxaca and Pacific Railroad Incorporation in Hartford
A Hartford company files for a Oaxaca and Pacific Railroad with secretary of state. Authorized capital stock is 40 million dollars. The plan is to build and operate railroads in Mexico. In separate dispatches, Ostrowicz falls to government troops with many revolutionists killed or wounded, and Russian forces fire on crowds in Chataoff with several casualties.
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Mexico
Warsaw
Ostrowicz
Hadon
Southern Cotton Growers Begin Three Day Session in New Orleans
A large attendance from cotton states gathers at Odd Fellows hall as the Southern Cotton Growers association opens a three day session. Officers cite progress from the year, including price rises and government crop reporting reforms. Main topics include holding crops for price gains, acreage decisions, a world market commission, diversified farming, and possible national headquarters with Atlanta Memphis and New Orleans as candidates. President Jordan is expected to seek re election amid limited opposition. A negro delegation from Fincs county Mississippi attends as regular delegates.
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Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Ita
Congress
China
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Orient
Atlanta
Memphis
Jordan
Fincs County
Mississippi
Woods
Mississippi Association
Church Given Medal For Gallantry In Cuba Action
President Roosevelt presented Captain James M Robb Church of the medical corps with a congressional medal of honor for conspicuous gallantry during the Spanish American War at a ceremony in the White House. The award honored his service with the First U S Volunteer Cavalry the Rough Riders and was witnessed by Taft Chaffee and other senior military and medical officials.
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Las Guasimas
Cuba
Hnor
Congress
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Medical Corps
Army
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Rough Riders
Captain Church
Taft
Chaffee
General Staff
Navy
Rixey
Executive Council of
The
American Medical Associations
Roosevelt
Increase of Appropriation for Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges
Washington January 11 The War Department has received deeds to the site for locks on the Brazos river at Hidalgo Falls and forwarded them to the attorney general for approval. Committee on agriculture reports favorably a bill to raise the appropriation for all state agricultural and mechanical colleges by five thousand dollars and to increase it annually until the total reaches fifteen thousand dollars.
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Hidalgo Falls
War Department
Lyon
Texas
Committee On Agriculture
Agricultural and Mechanical
Prince Arthur of Connaught Departs for Tokio
Prince Arthur of Connaught, with Admiral Sir Edward Seymour and other royal commissioners, departed London for Tokio to present the order of the Garter to the emperor of Japan. He also bears three orders of merit for Admiral Togo, Field Marshal Oyama, and Field Marshal Yamagata.
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