Round the Capital Congress Talk and Record Pace
The article argues Congress has talked little compared to prior sessions while rushing activity in the legislative process. It notes about 6,000 pages in the Congressional Record, compares sessions, and states the House has introduced about 21,000 bills to date, averaging nearly 60 per member.
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Fea
Washington
Congressional Record
Proceedings of Congress
Carnal Observer
la Vollette
Wisconsin
Aldrich
Brownsville
Senate
House
Queer Engagement and Divorce Rumors of Count Glzycki
Recalled gossip from Washington society details a disputed 1903 engagement between Count Glzycki and Eleanor Patterson of Chicago. Parents contested the match as Patterson returned from St Petersburg, with conflicting announcements and a later wedding at the Patterson home. The count stayed at the New Willard hotel during the visit and did not accompany the bride to the station.
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Glzyckd
Patterson Mansion
Roller skating thrives in the capital amid city life
Washington embraces roller skating as both business and leisure. The capital’s near perfect asphalt surfaces lure crowds, from shop girls to graybeards, into streets, avenues, and front doors for quick rides, checks on skates, and brief glides between errands.
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Abhington
Morerkales
Union
Washington
Pennsylvaola Avenue
Treasury Aid Capitol
Chinese Minister Now Called Doctor Wu
A former Chinese minister, known as Wu, has been titled doctor after a degree from the Royal University of Peking. He insists on the new title in all papers and seeks further degrees from American institutions while his son pursues law at Peking University and music studies abroad.
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Washington
Yoye
Academy Honarg
Hig Lot
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Peking
Gnd
University of Atord
Washington High School
Atlanta City
China
Fairbanks Praises Schools Over Armies in Banquet Address
Vice President Fairbanks spoke at St Stanislaus school dedication praising education over military buildup. He urged funding for churches, colleges, and hospitals, warned against socialism and anarchism, and called labor relations a key national issue while defending defense needs within reasonable limits. He argued Americans should invest in schools and churches to sustain republican virtue and initiative.
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Fairbanks
St. Stanislaus Parochial School
Rosevelt
Bald
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Achonl
America
Repubilce
Evans Flag Down as Fleet Chief Relinquishes Command
In San Francisco on May 10 Rear Admiral Robley D Evans formally handed over command of the Atlantic Fleet to Rear Admiral Charles M Thomas. Evans, worn from last night’s banquet remarks, rested in his hotel room while his Connecticut flag was lowered at 10 30 accompanied by a 13 gun salute. Thomas’s red flag on the Minnesota replaced it as he departed in a barge with aides Lieutenant Castleman and Lieutenant Berrien.
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Cal
Robley D. Evans
Charles M. Thomas
Bl, Francis Hotel
Admiral Evans
Connecticut
Thomas
Minnesota
Thieutenant Castleman
Berrien
Roosevelts Reach Capital From Pine Knot Visit
President Roosevelt Mrs Roosevelt and John Boroughs returned to Washington at 8:15 PM after a several day stay at Pine Knot near Charlottesville Virginia. The president said he was greatly pleased with the outing and wore a rough rider campaign hat as a crowd of over a hundred gathered to greet the party.
Four Die in New York Fire Inferno
A five story residential blaze in New York killed four people Eva Berg 53 Samuel Sach ten Hattle Koplemann two and a half and an unnamed man. Over 100 others were rescued via crowded fire escapes as flames trapped residents. Firefighters arrived after the dramatic efforts to save women and children on the narrow platforms.
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New York
Iafontent
Eva Berg
Samuel Sach
Hattle Koplemann
Fidders
Attle Hattle
Bloody Tragedy in Ohio Sparks National Guard Action
In Washington Court House Ohio Bart Devaney a 43 year old horseman killed Lida Bird 22 and wounded her mother then fled to Silas Shackelford’s barn where Shackelford was killed. Devaney killed himself after authorities organized a posse and the Ohio National Guard was deployed.
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White
Lida Bird
Silas Shackelford
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Devaney
Ju Ig
Jerome refuses jury minutes in New York case
District Attorney Jerome defies a judge order to file grand jury minutes with the general sessions clerk, risking jail. The minutes relate to the Metropolitan Street Railway probe by the King committee. Meanwhile floods in East Alton, Illinois flood five miles long, halting rail traffic and forcing factory shutdowns and evacuations. An Express Messenger on a Denver Rio Grande train was murdered by robbers who stole valuables worth under $100.
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Rosalsky
Court of General Sessions
Commissioner Hand
Gov
Hughes
King Committee
Rasalaky
Court’ of General Sessions
East Alton
Alton
Wood River
Chicago & Alton
Big Four
McKinsey Interurban
Denver
Col
Castle Rock
Charles
Wright
Globe Express Company
Four Die In Tenement Stove Explosion In St Johnsburg
St Johnsburg VI police report a kitchen gas stove explosion in the John Wilson tenement Friday. Four people perished two from burns and two from suffocation in the interior blaze that followed.
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St. Johnsburg
John Wilson
Cleveland Banks Assignment Noted In Brief Report
Cleveland, Q. The Budd Avenue Trust Company Friday made an assignment to the Cleveland Trust Company. No statement regarding liabilities or assets was given to the assignment deed.
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Cleveland Bank
Cleveland, Q
Budd Avenus “Trust Company
Cleveland Trust Company
Mabillitus
Primary Ballots All Same Size Action by Byers
Des Moines Attorney General Byers ruled primary ballots for all parties must be the same size even if many counties print blank pages. He said the auditor should print blank squares for offices with no nominations and that voters may write in names to nominate, clarifying how Australian ballot rules apply to primaries. Conventions and professional examinations notes follow, including the Town Grain Dealers convention July 14 and Epworth League in Des Moines in September, plus pharmacy board appointments and June exam plans.
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Byers
Hayward
Town Grain Dealers* Association
Epworth League
Des Moines
Geological volumes and Iowa cement industry rise
The Iowa Geological Survey reports No 17 focuses on the quarry industry with details on cement materials and manufacture. It notes new cement plants, lime tests across Iowa kilns, and a map of formations amid discussions by Dr Samuel Calvin James Lees Beyer and G W Bissell on power plants fuels and coal analysis. It also covers farm salary incentives and state land management, prohibition convention plans in Des Moines, and Cosson resigning to seek a state senate seat.
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Iowa Geological Survey
Samuel Calvin
James H. Lees
Beyer
Ames
Mason City
Eagle Point
Dubuque
Maquoketa
Viola
G. W. Bissell
Iowa State College
Towa
Prisoner Escapes Amid Court House Crowd
Harry Cameron, among thirteen prisoners taken to the courthouse for a grand jury challenge, slipped from deputies in crowded winding stairs and vanished into the crowd during transfer to the patrol wagon. The escape went unnoticed until reaching the jail yard.
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Harry Cameron
Cameron
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