Washington News Briefs From The Week’s End
The House passed the service pension bill by 229 to 92. Secretary Knox and the Russian Ambassador discussed passport issues. Percy of Mississippi attacked William R. Sharpe and ex Governor Vardaman on personal privilege. The Foreign Affairs Committee backed abrogating the 1832 treaty with Russia.
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Sherwood
Knox
Percy
Mississippi
William R. Sharst
Vardaman
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Russia
Portraits and visits mark New York politics and society
Personal President Taft sat for a portrait by Arthur Helms a Hungarian artist hired by the Hungarian Republican Club of New York Cardinal Farley scheduled to arrive from Rome January 15 plans to line the streets with Catholic citizens for his welcome James K Hackett the actor wed Beatrice Mary Beckley in Milwaukee Theodore Roosevelt appeared anonymously at the Labor Temple New York delivering a sermon on Applied Christianity
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Taft
Arthur Helms
Umpire Hank O Day Named Reds Manager For Next Year
Sporting The Cincinnati club signs veteran National League umpire Hank O Day to manage the Reds next year. O Day has umpired for nearly twenty years. The Boston National League club, on the market since Hepburn Russell’s death, is sold to James B Gaffney, associate of Charles F Murphy of Tammany Hall. John M Ward is president and Ed Hanlon manager.
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Cincinnati
Hank O’day
Reds
O'Day
New York
American League Baseball Club
Frank J. Farrell
National League
Boston National League Baseball Club
William Hepburn Russell
James B. Gaffney
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
John M. Ward
Ed Hanlon
Hoodoo Dry Dock Opens at Brooklyn Navy Yard
Federal Grand Jury in Indianapolis begins dynamite inquiry. Oceanic from England brings 5846 bags of Christmas mail to New York, the heaviest in the nation. Postal savings funds total 5 134. John Traison captures a five foot rattlesnake with horn on its head near Rio Grande Texas. Dems attend dinner as committee meets January 8. Steel trade shows gains, with a 1906 boom anticipated. White Plains fire patrol collision kills George Knapp and injures nine trolley riders. Housewives League forms to enforce food laws. Hackensack court house and jail indictments eyed by grand jury. Buffums reach Los Angeles after vegetarian diet voyage. Navy league seeks flag preservation exhibit at Annapolis. Taft initiates national dynamite conspiracy probe. Prince dies of heart disease after voting in Pittsfield.
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General Dry Dock
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Federal Grand Jury
Indianapolis
Oceanic
England
New York
Chicago
John Traison
Rio Grande
Tex
Bryan
Harmon
Wilson
Foss
Clark
Marshall
Folk
Underwood
Democratic National Committee
White Plains
N. Y
George Knapp
Housewives
New York City
Jennie Dewey Heath
Housewives’ League
William H. Hinners
Hackensack
N. J
Jesse K
Warren H. Buffum
Boston
Los Angeles
Dr. Sargent
Harvard
Navy League
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Taft
Women Now Operate Elevators in Several Cities News
The item notes women operating elevators in Milwaukee and Trenton amid a $75,000 fire threatening a new $71 million city building and other costly structures. It also mentions Archbishop Ireland celebrating his 50th priestly anniversary and other varied incidents from across the country.
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Milwaukee
Trenton
N. J
Archbishop Ireland
St. Paul
Marie Brown
Skowhegan
Maine
C. M. Brewer
Olustree
Okla
Fort Riley
Kansas
Delaware, Lackawanna’ and Western Railroad
Buffalo
Cohalan
New York
T. T. Eckert
Thomas T., Jr
George P. Clark
R. G. Dun & Co
York
Edwin FF. Kellogg
General Sessions
Atlantic ‘Coast Line
Hardeeville
D. C
Worcester
Mass
George B. Stobbs
Jackson
Boston
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Kansas City
Colonel Swope
Porterfield
Esterline Virginia Evers
Bronx
Alice Elizabeth Randolph
Carnegie Hall
Andrew Carnegie
Charles M. Brewer
United States Army
Olustee
Kan
Brewer
Shuster says Persian contract still active and other world notes
Dispatches report Foreign Treasurer Shuster in Persia stating his contract remains in force. Hankow asks Paris for 200 soldiers for security. Abdul Hamid jewels sold for 69 725 this week, 1 196 160 total. Mexican troops close on Galean, Emilio Vasquez Gomez repudiates ties to Reyes. Han kow chosen for peace conference, Yuan's powers granted. British railway talks settle with unions. Delhi wreck risk cited with 1 500 000 coin onboard. Duchess of Manchester inheritance suit. Duchess of Fife shipwrecks. Princess Alexandra nearly drowned. Panama Liberals rally for Arias ally Richardo. Anglo Russian on ex Shah Persia not restored. King George proclaimed Indian Emperor. 100 000 witnesses. Ossia hints at passport reform. no comment from Foreign Office.
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W. Morgan Shuster
Persia
Hankow
Paris
Abdul Hamid
Galean
Reyes
Great Britain
Uznagze
Duchess of Manchester
United States
George
Duchess of Fife
Morocco
Alexandra
Panama
New Jersey Fruit Growers Seek State Aid for 1 Cent Acreage Tax
New Jersey fruit growers through the State Horticultural Society urge a legislative appropriation of one cent per acre for the 5,000,000 acres in the state, hoping for about $50,000 annually. They cite California and Massachusetts as models and urge stronger support to build the industry. The convention backed Burlington to host the 1912 gathering.
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Trenton
New Jersey
State Horticultural Society
Freehold
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
California
Graham
Red Bank
United States
America
Burlington
Atlantic City
Cape May Court House
Charles P. Farner
Taft Seeks Senate OK to End 1832 Russia Treaty
President Taft moves to cancel the 1832 Russia treaty by sending a special message to the Senate and urging ratification. The issue prompts protests by Jewish groups and involves formal notice to St Petersburg. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee crafts a joint resolution with House involvement after hours of debate.
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Washington
Russia
St. Petersburg
United States
Taft
United States Senate
House
Senate
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Democrats
Russia Defies Concessions on Jewish Passport Issue
In St Petersburg the Duma shows skepticism toward U S proposals on Jewish passports. Leaders say cabinet members would not touch the question. Jacob H Schiff expresses contentment over the treaty abrogation, praising American citizenship. bankers refuse comment citing political, not financial, significance.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
United States
Duma
Democratic Party
Jewish International Bankers
New York
Jacob H. Schiff
City Commission Abolishes Local Board of Health
The Commission of Public Safety under LaBarre decides to abolish the local board of health. The Walsh act centralizes city government control under the City Commission. Approval follows dissatisfaction with slow methods of the board.
Receivers Appointed for Wabash Railroad by Court
Judge Elmer B. Adams in the United States Circuit Court named Frederick J. Delano Edward B. Pryor and W K Bixby as receivers of the Wabash Railroad Company The three receivers bonds were fixed at 300 000 each W H Blodgett served as counsel The action follows support from the Wabash Readjustment Committee and surprised railway officials
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Westinghouse Air Brake Company
St. Louis
Elmer B. Adams
United States
Frederick J. Delano
Edward B. Pryor
W. K. Bixby
Wabash Railroad Company
W. H. Blodgett
Wabash Readjustment Committee
Hidden Aid for Missions From Unknown Donor
Rev. Charles H. Elder received seven $10 and one $5 bill for foreign missionary work from an unnamed donor. This is the fourth cash gift in under two years from the same source. Earlier gifts included $500 plus five $100 bills, then three $100 bills, and then two $100 bills. the donor is believed to be a woman.
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Charles. H. Elder
Mr. Elder
Court House Dynamited in Nevada Contract Dispute
A new Lyon County court house in Yerington near Reno was nearly destroyed by dynamiters after county commissioners awarded the contract to a Reno firm. The attack followed sharp denunciations by local contractors against the commissioners.
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Nevada
Reno
Nev
Yerington
Lyon County
Accident in New Jersey woods kills boy at training school
Two inmate youths gathered greens when a hunter left shotgun fired. Claude P. died instantly from a close range shot through the abdomen. The surviving boy, shocked, gave no usable account of the incident.
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New Jersey Training School
Claude P
Cardinal Farley Pays Fees From Purses For Elevation
The investiture of Cardinal Farley sees a $25,000 purse used for expenses with $10,000 given to the Pope from the purse at the first audience. Further sums include $10,000 more from the clergy and diocese, and $10,000 paid personally by Farley for fees, gratifications, and stamp duties on his ring and robes.
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Cardinal Farley
Rome
Nine Die In Wreck At Odessa Minya
Nine persons died and ten or more were seriously injured when the second section of train 18 the Columbian from Seattle crashed into the first section stopped on a wreck signal Railway officers blame the operator for not setting signals.
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Odessa
Minya
St. Paul
Seattle
Lesson on Malachi and Nehemiah era religious reform
The text surveys Malachi 3 1 4 3 and Luke 2 11 memory verses drawing connections to Ezra Nehemiah period Jerusalem. It notes prophetic expectations of the Messiah and John the Baptist as forerunner, contrasts genuine worship with ritual formality, and uses maps comparing Christianity and moral improvement across nations.
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City of
David
Christ
Lord
Ezra
Nehemiah
Jerusalem
Alcsbiades
Athens
Rome
Socrates
Herodotus
Plato
Kenophon
Greece
Malachi
London
Isaiah
God
Peac
Messiah
Jesus
Elijah
John the Baptist
Kingdom of Heaven
United States
Old and New Briefs For
Summary of assorted items includes funding for a New York project at seven million dollars and a Republican National Convention in Chicago on June 18. Other notes mention the Russian treaty, railroad securities, tobacco trust reorganization, record cotton crop estimates, Cuba labor tensions, Hankow casualties, and New Zealand voting on prohibition.
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Republican National Co
Chicago
Prn
Stanley Committee
Bessemer and Lake Erie
Hadley Coumission
Interstate Commerce_ Commission
Supreme Court
Tobacco Trust
Department of Agriculture
Cuba
Spain
Hankow
New Zealand
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William M. Prince
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Board of Prison Inspectors
Minnesota
Malagchi
Judah
William McKinley
Memor Teague
Sericea State Dairy
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Ee State
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State
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