Tightens Rules to Halt Filibuster in House Debates
Washington April 6 The House rules committee tightened procedures to curb obstruction by Democrats during debates. Dalzell Pa presented a rule shifting stalled bills with Senate amendments to conference and limiting motions. The measure, praised by Republicans and derided by Democrats, passed 138 to 119 as the District of Columbia appropriation move continued amid continued filibuster tactics.
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Washington
Committee On Rules
House of Representatives
Williams
Jay
Dalzell
Wong
Mr. Fulzell
Daizell
District of Ca
Wamera
Henry
Tex
Leech Named Public Printer in the Philippines
John S Leech of Illinois has been appointed public printer for the Philippines by President Roosevelt, succeeding Stillings whose resignation was accepted. Leech, a Bloomington resident, has long served at the government printing office and is praised as an organizer and admin officer. He is a union member with an honorary suspension for his new post. He is about forty five.
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Washington
John S. Leech
Ilinois
Philippines
Leech
Stillings
Roosevelt
Ab. Leech
Bloomington
20Ernment
Insular
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Seech
Crisis in Diamond Industry Rocks Antwerp Market
Antwerp April 6 crisis hits Hammond industry as American demand collapses. Diamond Workers' map calls for a month of price cessation, threatening merchant inventories and solvency. Foresees widespread failures as ships unload and liabilities mount amid market turmoil.
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Antwerp
Hammond
Army March Toward Fez Covers Moroccan Front
An army of 6,000 under Sultan Braces Aziz with twenty artillery pieces and commanded by Gen Bagdani has begun marching on Fez from Rabat Morocco on April 6. Fez is now held by Mulai Haid, a rival sultan of the south.
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Fez
Rabat
Morocco
Sultan Braces Aziz
Gen- Bagdani
Miherenis
Mulai Haid
Sultan
Bishop Moore Explains Tobacco Destruction Backlash
New York April 6 Chancellor James B. Day of Syracuse University spoke to the New York Methodist Episcopal conference stating on behalf of Bishop Moore that he does not sympathize with Kentucky barn burners but approves of destroying tobacco warehouses as aligning with the church's stance. The conference adopted a resolution of confidence in the bishop following a prior statement cited as praising the tobacco destruction by the Nish riders.
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New York
James BR. Day
Syracuse University
New Yor Methodist Episcopal Conference
Moore
Kentucky
Chan
Cellor
Amend Anti Trust Law Hearings Draw Wide Business Delegation
A large New York led delegation from manufacturing, commerce, rail, labor and farming groups appeared before the House committee on Dulic iary to oppose Sherman act amendments. Notables included former Mayor Seth Low and leaders from the American Federation of Labor and United Mine Workers. Telegraphed protests from manufacturers and about 200 associations were read.
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Washington
April
National Civic Federation
House Committee On Duliciary
Seth Low
BE. H. Gary
Albert Shaw
Isaac N. Seligman
Victor Moraweiz
Charles A. Moore
William J. SelieMftn
John S. Huyler
V. E. Macy
William C. Breed
Ralph M. Easley
New York
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John Mitchell
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
D. J. Keete
Detroit
Mich
Samel Mather
Cleveland
Henry L. Higginton
Boston
Franklin MacVeagh
Chicago
A. B. Garretson
Cedar Rapids
Theodore Marburg
Baltimore
Frank Faxon
Kansas City
Mahion Kline
Philadelphia
J. W. Jenks
Ithaca
NS. Y
E We Kinnear
Pittsburg
Telefield
Russia weighs recognizing China's sovereignty in Manchuria
The Russian government contemplates issuing a statement recognizing China's sovereignty in Manchuria as far as Russia’s administrative railroad-zone rights allow. The move aims to resolve the Harbin dispute after American consul Fisher refused to recognize Russian authority there. Russia seeks an acceptable formulation for the United States and other powers that describes the status quo under existing treaties while permitting necessary reforms in rail zone administration.
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St. Petersburg
China
Manchuria
Russia
Harbin
Fred D. Fisher
Chailar
United States
Cambridge Wins Varsity Boat Race Over Oxford
Putney April 6 Cambridge repeated as victors in the annual varsity boat race beating Oxford by about two and a half lengths. The Dark Blues won the toss and chose the Surrey side but Cambridge surged to the front from the start and maintained a clear lead to the finish.
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Putney
Eng
Cambridge
Oxford
Surrey
Lost by One Vote Endorses Bryan and Delegates to Denver
Manila April 6 The Democratic convention in the Philippines narrowly defeated a resolution condemning Secretary Tate and endorsed Bryan for President. It also adopted tariff reform and elected six delegates to the national Democratic convention. The insular platform nearly caused a party split as factions argued over government acts and tariff action. The meeting lasted several hours and approved key measures by a large majority.
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Manila
Philippines
Tate
Bryan
Henas
Vther
Bryan Accepts Invitation to Jefferson Dinner
Washington reports a telegram from W de Bryan via Rep Sulzer indicating he prefers to be host speaker at the Jefferson day banquet in New York, with subject The Art of Government. A faction at the National Democratic club opposed Bryan’s role, while Governor Johnson and Judge Gray were listed as speakers.
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Washington
Sulzer
New York
W. de Bryan
National Democratic Club
Bryan
Committee On Invitations
Merc Suizer
John Fox
Ien Jared
Bryrar
Johnson
Minnesota
Jide Harmon
Gray
Mr. Bryan
Bryan supporters bolt at Populist convention
In St Louis on April 6 the Populist convention nominated Thomas E Watson of Georgia for president and Samuel Williams of Indiana for vice president. Nebraska and Minnesota delegates opposed adjournment to await Democratic and Republican nominations, with a filibuster and dramatic protests marking the stormy sessions. George Honnecker, elected chair, resisted Bryan faction pressure and defended orderly rules amid loud exchanges.
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St. Louis
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Samuel Willams
Indiana
United States
Nebraska
Minnesota
Ham
Bryan
Jay W. Forrest
Albany
Watson
Whic
T. J. Meighan
George Honnecker
Jervey City
Chairan
Jacob Coxey
Coxer
Oldest American remains found in Argentina suggest ancient human type
The discovery at Monte Hermoso and later study in La Plata indicate a vertebra of a non human or near human ancient form. Herr Lehmann Nitsche identifies features linking it to both humans and apes, proposing an early upright walking creature with a small brain and light head.
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Argentine Republic
Monte Hermoso
Museum of
la Plata
Herr Lehmann-Nitsche
Diva
Beauty in Japanesely Arranged Blanket on Steamship Berth
A passenger recalls how a Japanese cabin boy transformed an ordinary blanket into art through careful folding. He patterns it with leaves, chrysanthemums, and a rising sun motif, including two red wavy lines to resemble Japan’s flag, a display noted as patriotic and strikingly precise.
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Wilf
Dhankers
Steamship Company
Japan
Bank of Spain Plans New Series to Foil Counterfeiters
The Bank of Spain adopts a new plan by issuing notes with strong color-graphic security features. An English firm will print a series featuring famous Spanish buildings, aiming for high accuracy to deter fakers. The cost is about 1513 pesetas, roughly 238.50 dollars.
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Madrid
Bank of Spain
Spain
Revived in His Coffin in East Tennessee
John Adams of Del Rio, East Tennessee, was found seemingly dead from heart failure. The undertaker would only accept cash, delaying burial until Philadelphia relatives sent payment. The corpse reportedly opened its eyes, yawned, and the undertaker and others vanished. Adams then recovered and remained alive.
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John Adams
del Rio
Tennessee
Adams
Philadelphia
Mr. Adams
Living Up to His Name in Boston School
A mission school teacher in Boston recalls a pupil named Ralph Wailda Emerson Longfellow. When he misses a Sunday, a serious boy suggests he is home writing poetry, prompting amused chatter among classmates as Youth's Companion recounts the moment.
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Boston
Ralph Wailda Emerson Longfellow
Johnie
Lasting Effect Quote Turns Man to Insanity
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt, a exchange mocks rhetorical conversion as a man ends up in an insane asylum. The dialogue suggests a failed persuasion by Shett corner oratory. Rug gles, once changed, is confined and unable to cope with modern intellect.
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Ripsling
Ruggles
Chicago Tribune
The Ideal Wife in Vaudeville Dream Chat
A salon style exchange pits a domestic ideal against show business glamour. The question asks for the ideal wife and the first woman lists housework and furnace care. The reply pivots to a vaudeville chorus praising a performer who earns 500 dollars a week, linking beauty and wealth to the ideal wife image.
In Bedtime Hours on Sleep Posture and Snoring
A New York Press excerpt argues against sleeping on the back, praising front sleeping to reduce snoring and improve relaxation. It jokes about pillow inventions, critiques back sleeping myths, and suggests elevating feet for insomnia relief while urging a fresher, calmer rest. The piece lampoons snorers and ends with a cheeky note on brain circulation.
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New York
Bung
Jess
The Prudent Piper and the moving piper tale
The act of financier Thomas F. Ryan is linked to a tale about a bagpiper. In a Deutschland smoke room he jokes on bagpipes and a street piper who keeps moving erratically to avoid being hit by cobbles.
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Thomas F. Ryan
Sympathy Leans to Legs in Charity Appeal
A philanthropist notes one appeal to charity is highly effective an artificial leg. He says Lees are warmly appreciated by the public and those lacking a limb receive sincere commiseration. In 35 years in philanthropic work he has issued appeals for various bodily parts but a leg appeal quickly draws funds to fit multiple artificial limbs.
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Lees
Captain Castle
Handy Grate Idea Installed in Chelsea Dwellings
A new grate invented by the prince of Wales is placed in Fond House municipal dwellings in Chelsea. A housekeeper uses a simple lever to transfer fire from the kitchen grate to the sitting room grate after cooking. A sliding back wall motion and wall lever tilt the kitchen fire into the sitting room for efficient heating.
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Prince of Wales
Fond House
Chelsea
Doubtful of the Guarantee and the Moorish Proviso
The Youths Companion recounts how the Arabic phrase Inshaalah is used to shield promises from obligation. A Gibraltar cloth seller notes that buyers habitually invoke the pious proviso to excuse payment delays, arguing the price or terms may shift if God wills.
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East
Gibraltar
Inshallah
Child Prodigies in Music Through History
The piece surveys early musical prodigies from Samuel Wesley at age eight to Mozart composing at five. It notes Elgar as a 12 year old, Schubert’s early songs and works, Handel at eight, Vieuxtemps at two, Halle at four, Liszt at nine, Chopin at eight, and other celebrated figures who began performing or composing in childhood.
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Sir Edward Elgar
Sir Edward
Samuel Wesley
Franz Schubert
Handel
Vieuxtemps
Charles Halle
Liszt
Chopit
Auenstein
Women’s Rights in Brazil Oppressed and Illiterate Nation
Edward Bb Norris, an English resident of Rio de Janeiro, cites official figures showing 86 percent illiteracy and laments Brazil’s lack of modern enterprise and enlightened citizenship. He notes that many girls are married by age 12 and become grandmothers by 20, with women treated as chattel and silenced in many households.
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Brazil
Edward Bb. Norris
Rio Janeiro
Republic
Cotton as a Food Could End Famine, Says Cross Notes
Absorbent cotton made of cellulose could be converted into sugar and starch, transforming cellulose into edible food. If scientists learn to cheaply transform cellulose, absorbent cotton may become a food source, ending hunger and price crises. Bread and cakes could be made from absorbent cotton, eliminating wheat shortages and famine.
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Hed Cross
Angel Worker Encounters Cleanliness Demand in Tenement
A city settlement worker patrols a crowded tenement where several children plead for soap and water explaining they await the angel who recently visited and gave a nickel to wash a boy’s face. The scene captures poverty and a charity gesture shaping daily life in spring.
The Mind of Gladstone and Endless Youth
The article notes brain growth typically ends around age 30 and declines after 60. Canon MacColl observed Bir Gladstone’s head outgrows hats, even near age 70 during the Micota jan campaign, leading to head remeasurement. His view links lifelong brain growth to apparent perpetual vigor.
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Canon MacColl
Bir. Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Is It Far From Here to the Next Town
A tourist asks a man on a rural road how far the next town is. The man replies that it is not very far nor very near, and not as near as it would be if it were not as far as it is, describing the distance as between and between.
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Lippincett’s
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