Compromise Resolution Tries Senate Path In Brownsville Affair
The Senate debates a compromise resolution to investigate the Brownsville affair without challenging the president’s authority to dismiss soldiers. Tillman issues an apology to Carmack and the Senate, prefacing a tense session behind closed doors and a crowded gallery during open remarks.
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Washington
Senate
Brownsville
Tillman
Senator Spooner
Mr. Tillman
Senator Carmack
House of Representatives
Chamber
Artillery Efficiency Bill Passes After Senate-House Substitution
Washington January 22 Senate Bill reorganizing U S artillery moved through without division. The measure splits coast and field artillery preserving the coast corps and creating field artillery regiments. It adopts the Senate version in place of the House bill.
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Senate
House
Washington
United States
Postmasters Nominated by the President
The president sent to the Senate a list of postmaster nominations including Oklahoma J P Rickert Gootebop J V Marvin Lone Wolf and Texas W H Webber Lampasas J R Nelson Snyder D M Wilson Bridgeport J J Otts Canton Laura H Poe Santa Anna dated January 22 from Washington.
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Senate
Washington
Oklahoma
J. P. Rickert
Gootebop
J. V. Marvin
Lone Wolf
Texas
W. H. Webber
Lampasas
J. R. Nelson
Snyder
D. M. Wilson
Bridgeport
J. J. Otts
Canton
Laura H. Poe
Santa Anna
Jury in Shea Case Ends Without Verdict
Chicago Jan 22 The trial of President Shea of the Teamsters union ends with jurors unable to reach a verdict seven for acquittal five for conviction. Judge Ball discharged the panel after fifty five hours in the jury room without agreement.
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Shea
Chicago
Teamsters’ Union
Ball
Governor Litt le Suffers Collapse From Street Car Exit
Little Rock reports Governor Litt le collapsed while stepping from a city street car in front of the state house. He received stimulants in his private office and was later sent home with orders to refrain from official duties for several weeks. In Washington, Osage reservation pasturing bids will open February 28 after Judge Smith request.
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Little Rock
Jan
Little
State House
Washington
Smith
Leupp
Culberson Seeks Ban on Sending Cotton Futures Information
Senator Culberson introduced a bill prohibiting sending any information on cotton futures over interstate telegraph lines or through the mails. Buildings collapsed in Cincinnati as cold weather and a gale worsened the flood situation, with two large wholesale houses among the structures toppled.
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Culberson
Senate
Washington
Senator Culberson
Cincinnati
Brief Deaths and Tragedies Across Several States
Mrs. J. E. Allen died suddenly in Huntsville Texas from acute indigestion. Alma Walsh died by asphyxiation in Chicago with ten others unconscious. A train bridge collapse near Haynes Texas drowned two crew members. A Brooklyn post office motorman James Smith was killed by an oncoming train. H N Gressett died at Sterling City Texas after injuries from gin belting.
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J. E. Allen
Huntsville
Tex
Alma Walsh
Chicago
Haynes, C
Brooklyn
James Smith
Sterling City
H. N. Gressett
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