Congressional News Roundup Brings Treasury, Tariff, and Rail Talks
A dense Washington summary highlights river projects, the river and harbor bill, and tax and budget debates. It notes Champ Clark’s bid for Speaker, admissions of Missouri’s delegation, and a proposed reallocation of Nebraska House seats. It references Mexico, unrest, and naval scrutiny, plus farm statistics and White House staffing hints.
National and World Briefs from Late December 1910
Congress adjourned until January 6 1911. In Chicago Governor Stubbs assails railroads and trusts. president’s dictatorial appointments confirmed by the senate. Champ Clark seeks to curb the speaker’s appointment power. Britain faces a split between contending forces. Wise County Virginia mine explosion entombs twenty six. George W Perkins leaves Morgan & Co to pursue profit sharing solutions. American Library Association names Pasadena California for 1911 conference. Naval medical board led by Surgeon Charles St J Butler will study typhoid fever outbreak at the naval academy.
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London
Navy Department
Taft
Cable Net
Omaha
Denver
Railway Mail Service
Chihuahua
Victor HH. Olmstead
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Amuel Insull
England
John R. Walsh
Department of Justice
John Vorteius
Paducah
Havank
Vodade
Havana
Roca
Ada F.C. Adriance
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Europe
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Senate
House
Jerusalem
War Department
Champ Clark
Charles JP McKenna
St. Paul
Farmers’ and Merchants’ National Bank of
Anson
Tex
National Bank
Department
Seve Keneral
Igh
Follite
Emil Reich
Naval Party of
Brazil
Pittsburg
Prinkling
Andrew Carnegie
Hitchcock
Great Britain
House of Commons
Charles J. Bellamy
Springfield
Mass
Daily News
Dick of
Hin
South Dakota
Garswe
R. A. More
Byers
Iowa Railroad Cojonision
Alonzo
Wilson
Jason Kenner
Newcastle
Ind
Melville de Laney Landon
EM Perkins
Yonkers
N.Y
Alaska
United States
Congress
Committee On Rules
Librarian of Congress
Hinbert Putnam
House Committee On Appropriations
Frederick Funston
Philippines
Department of
Luzon
Leavenworth
Potts
Macon
Arkansas
Robert J. Peary
Clarke Gapen
Madison
Wis
Gapen
Middle West
Standard Oil Company of
New York
Olean
New England
Supreme Court of the
James 1D
Aleshire
Army
Agricultural Department
House Committee On Agriculture
Chicago
Stubbs
Enate
King George
Nand Coal Company
Wise County
Virginia
George W. Perkins
Morgan & Co
American Library Association
Pasadena
Cal
Naval Medical Men
Charles St. J. ‘Butler
Naval Academy
The Carter Farm House Mystery Unfolds In Wreck Scene
Blakeley and McKnight collect clues at the Carter place after a wreck linked to a murder case. Hotchkiss explains telegram scraps and a possible alibi while Mrs. Carter hints at deeper dangers as Alison West’s presence complicates the pursuit. The narrator confesses risk and shares a kiss with Miss West.
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Lawrence Blakeley
Pittsburg
John Gilmore
Blakeley
Miksie
Pir Minkeley
Carter
Alison
Myaifoy
Shedro
Eck Rover
Wakeley
Sulivan
Carter Place
Alison West
McKnight
Jet Weé
Rose
Hotchkiss
Son
Hotchins
Obadiah
Mrs. Carter
Mc Knight
Siickey
Simon Harrington
Stair
Blake
Dinner Tale Delivers Laughs and Quotas Lesson
The New York Republican delegation quotes Senator Depew poking fun at Senator Root over New York’s 14 percent quota while secretary of state. The anecdote recalls Knox and Root as they discuss consular appointments amid the political zingers and a light newsroom farce about a printer and walk to a cemetery.
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Senator Depew
Senator Root
Washington
Mr. Root
New York Republican
Root
New York
Knox
Mr. Knox
Plinkyie Argus
Ofice “Mornir
Eatler
Low
Hpan
North Dakota News Notes Incomplete local updates
North Dakota items describe city events in Bismarck Hankinson Carrington Jamestown and Dickinson. Reports include education, public works, charity, quarantine, farming and mining notes with several references to local officials and institutions.
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Grand Parks Tile City
Iry
Kemarck
Bismarck
Ashley
Missouri River
Hankinson
Poul
Rockefeller
Gr Carrington
Welles
Dias
Ehiak
Towner
Varso
Mt Ensineers
Jamestown
Beren Ionér
Niowbells
Hasree
Dickinson
A New World Confronts the Murder Case Mystery
Hotchkiss notes telegrams and a motive for the crime as McKnight explains the killer’s plan. They discuss why the culprit collapsed at the wreck and the station agent’s counter message while a mother recounts aiding two exhausted strangers after the disaster.
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Hotchkiss
Baltimore
McKnight
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William H. Taft
Decatur
Kersham
Aldrich
Gridiron Club
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ST. G. Keterer
Watchkiss
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Mr. Hotchkiss
Secretary
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