Roosevelt Message Read In Senate As Nation Mourns McKinley
Washington December 4 crowds in public galleries listened as the first message of President Roosevelt was read in the Senate for two hours and fifteen minutes. Resolutions of respect to the memory of William McKinley were adopted in both houses and committees named to consider appropriate expressions of national sensibility.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Hale
Morgan
House
Congress
O. L. Pruden
Henry M. Rose
Draker
Mediate Consi i
Paraker
William McKinley
Roosevelt’s First Message Reading Opens Congress Gallery Attentive
Washington December 4 crowds fill gallery when President Roosevelt’s first message to Congress is read. Speaker Henderson forms rules committee with Underwood replacing Bailey. Bingham announces arrival of the president’s message and members stay seated in keen interest as reading proceeds.
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Henderson
House
Committee On Rules
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Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Grosvenor
Ohio
Richardson
Tennessee
Underwood
Alabama
Bailey
Texas
Senate
Bingham
Major Pruden
Henmlerson
United States
Congress
Con. Thidght
Iowa Teachers Shifts in Numbers and Wages Across State
The 30th biennial report shows male teachers in Iowa fell from 5 814 five years ago to 4 757 with 4 948 a year ago, while female teachers rose from 22 507 in 1896 to 24 088 this year. Wages for men rose, while female pay declined as schools expanded, libraries grew from 176 519 volumes in 1896 to 458 454 in 1907, and total school spending rose from 38,971,539 to 9,321,652. The report also notes a need for 1,122 more teachers and a $2.5 million increase in schoolhouse value.
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Iowa
Department of Public Instruction
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