Congress In Session And Budget Proposals For 1904
Congress opened with the Senate in session twelve minutes and the House under an hour. Both chambers adjourned to honor late Senators McMillan of Michigan and Charles Russell of Connecticut. President’s message due Tuesday in joint session. Treasury estimates total 589,189,112 dollars, down from 1903, with detailed departmental totals and specific increases and decreases listed. Bankhead reports on Tombigbee and Warrior river improvements. dredge needs cited for Mobile harbor. a national forest reserve bill advances with ten million dollars funding and four million acres to be purchased across six states.
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Congress
Senate
House
McMillan
Michigan
Charles Russell
Connecticut
Secretary of the Treasury
Legislative
Executive
State Department
Treasury Department
War Department
Navy Department
Interior Department
Post Office Department
Department of Agriculture
Department of Labor
Department of Justice
Civil Service Commission
Ate Department
Foreign Inter
Bankhead
Tombigbee
Warrior Rivers
Mobile
Mobile Harbor
Charleston
Trownlow
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Colombia Names New Minister and Herron Takes Lead
Senor Concha is relieved as minister for Colombia and Dr. Thomas Herron, the present secretary of the legation, is expected to become minister. Herron is authorized to press negotiations for a canal treaty with expanded powers. Concha resisted government urges for a treaty, prompting the transfer. The bankruptcy report shows 16 374 voluntary petitions in the year, 2 190 involuntary, with New York Illinois and Alabama leading voluntary filings.
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Senor Concha
Colombia
Thomas Herron
Legation
Herron
Concha
Dr. Herron
New York
Inois
Alabama
Claim settlement and court killing report headline
Comptroller cuts state war claim from 20172 to 5875 dollars for Spanish American War expenses. Actor Barry Johnston killed Mrs Kate Hassett in Philadelphia then suicided after jealousy. Indian Affairs reports 2437785 total school costs or 123 per capita with ration withdrawals aiding self support. Rural Free Delivery seeks 12656000 budget, up 5 million from this year.
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Comptroller of the Treasury
State of
New York
United States
Spain
Barry Johnston
Kate Hassett
Acress
Philadelphia
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Jones
First Lease for Hire of State Convicts
A Montgomery report states the governor and convict board awarded a major portion of state convict labor to Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Co. at 7 percent per ton, for coal mined and delivered to railcars. The Sloss Sheffield Co. will receive the remainder. details and prices for that bid are pending.
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Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Montgomery
Governor and Convict Board
Tennessee, Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Tipple
Sloss-Sheffield Company
Tennessee Company
Sloss-Sheffield
The
Tennessee
Sloss
Stove foundry eyed for Eulaton with strong backing
A new stove foundry is planned for Eulaton soon, with an organized company led by experienced men and ample capital. The site would be on Felix Foster’s property, prompting a likely visit by promoters to investigate. The Anniston Electric and Gas Co may extend its car line to Eulaton after establishment.
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Eulaton
Felix Foster
Anniston Electric and Gas Company
Anniston
Louisville and
Nashville and Southern
Captain Fred Jonnsen Ends Life in Mobile
A 78 year old retired Mobile stevedore Captain Fred Jonnsen shot himself after a period of mental strain. A Swedish native who had lived in Mobile forty years, his death ends a widely noticed life of wealth and prominence.
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Fred Jonnsen
Mobile
Sweden
Tayler Opens Fire On Virginia Election Credentials
A house debate centers on the validity of Virginia Representative Glass's election. Representative Taylor of Ohio proposes a resolution to send credentials to the elections committee for examination, aiming to probe registration, franchise rights, and possible disfranchisement of Black citizens. Democrats warn the move could widen inquiries beyond Virginia.
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House
Congress
Representative Glass
Virginia
Taylor
Ohio
Elections Committee
Glass
United States
Railroad Figures and World Fair Interest Report
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports railroads operated 195 945 miles. Passenger earnings 472 29 165 and freight earnings 1 200 884 603. Gross earnings 8 726 per mile. expenses up 71 395 421. Dividends 150 685 959. surplus 395 358. Europe shows interest in Louisiana Purchase Exposition. English and German officials inclined to visit. Two thousand bales of cotton burned after cargo ship Pensacola to Genoa. Havana sanitation reports混 partial relaxation of systems.
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Interstate Commerce Commis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Acs
Francis
St. Louis
Corbin
Europe
England
Germany
United States
America
Bishops Meet in New York for Advent Missionary Plan
Six bishops head a New York gathering to discuss raising a 22 million dollar annual missionary fund. The meetings aim to publicize church work to New York citizens and outline plans to collect funds for sending white missionaries abroad. A separate report notes rising malaria cases among Philippine troops and a drop in cholera cases.
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New York
New York City
Adair
Phillippines
Philippines
Constitution Likely Invalid County Elections in Question
Circulated rumors claim the November vote was illegal for county commissioners and superintendent of education. Lawyers say the new constitution does not provide for these elections. only constitutional officers are named. Supreme Court may rule differently, but legislature likely to settle next month. Williams likely unaffected.
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Gadsden
Cty
Education
Supreme Court
Williams
Iron Market Holds Firm Despite Year-End Quiet
The iron market remains quiet yet firm as 1903 delivery contracts near. Demand is focused on immediate needs with limited sales for the last half of the year and brisk buying for spot No. 2 at 24. Prices for first-half 1993 deliveries range around 17 to 20, while producers amass stock amid car shortages, notably Sloss-Sheffield storing about 9,000 tons at Sheffield.
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Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company
Sheffield
Fugitive Sam Barner Captured in Pueblo After Fifteen Years
Sam Barner, a colored man, was captured in Pueblo, Colorado, ending a fifteen year fugitive status. He is charged with a 1887 murder at a stock house in Bessemer of Ransom Morefield. The case, once scattered by court house moves, saw most records lost. Most original witnesses remain in Bessemer.
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H. W. Crook
Jefferson County
Board of Revenues
Bessemer
Sam Barner
Pueblo
Colo
Barner i
Ransom Morefield
Jefferson Court House
Hood Building
Court House
Barner
Commission Again At Work In Coal Strike Talks
The strike commission resumed hearings after Thanksgiving recess as miners and anthracite companies pressed for a possible out of court settlement. Chairman Gray urged both sides to settle many points, offering conciliatory help. Six witnesses testified across two sessions.
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Anthracite
Gray
Governor Announces Appointments Across Counties
The governor named several officials including Walter Williams at Laurel Hill and M B Curry for rotary fuel routon. Notaries Montgomery W A Connolly and Etowah John Clifton Elder were appointed in Montgomery and Gadsden. J J Akers named notary at Selma and S H Gibson named notary public and justice of the peace in Posey beat 10 Autauga.
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Montgomery
W. A. Connolly
Etowah
John Clifton Elder
Gadsden
Dallas
J. J. Akers
Selma Autauga
Ss. H. Gibson
Justice of the Peace
Posey
Kentucky Court Grants Caleb Powers a New Trial
An appellate court reverses and orders a new trial for Caleb Powers. The opinion pinpoints failure by Judge Cantrill to vacate the bench after defense affidavits claiming judicial bias. Three Democratic judges dissented from the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Caleb Powers
Caleb Powersggon
O’rear
Cantrill
Double Killings and Disturbances Across States
The report covers multiple violent and troubling events including J A Stubbs shooting his mother then himself at Castleberry near Evergreen, a man in Opelika killing himself, a youth near Ochapoka found dead after likely being run over, a fatal derailment in Sunbright Tennessee, and a Mississippi levee breach near Belcher. It notes pardons, political bills, corporate bond issues, and regional developments in coal and iron industries, plus naval and diplomatic notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castleberry
Evergreen
J. A. Stubbs
Death of Judge Ambrose Dudley in Mobile
A telegram announces the death of Judge Ambrose Dudley in Mobile where he sought treatment. Born in Frankfort Kentucky sixty one years ago he was a University of Michigan graduate and a successful lawyer from Henderson Kentucky who recently moved to Tuscaloosa. Remains will be moved to Frankfort for interment.
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Ambrose Dudley
Mobile
Judge Dudley
Frankfort
University of Michigan
Henderson
Unt
Tuscaloosa
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