Abuses Reported in Washington Post Office Case
The 1908 Tulloch charges report faults Perry S Heath former first assistant postmaster general and George W Beavers chief of salaries with gravest postal abuses 1898 to 1900. It condemns Postmaster General Smith Willett Tracewell Castle and Merritt for varying responsibility and calls for further investigation and reform of auditing and comptroller offices.
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Washington
Perry &. Heath
Conrad
Bonaparte
W. Tulloch
Washington City
Heath
George W. Beavers
Smith
Willett
R. J. Tracewell
Perry S. Heath
Willet
United States
Merritt
Tulloch
Washington Post Office
Inspector Crowell
New York
G. Charles Emory Smith
James P. Willett
John A. Merritt
Robert J. Tracewell
Henry A. Castle
Post Office Department
Washington Postoffice
New York Postofice
Post Office
Senate passes tariff measure for Cuba reciprocity
The Cuban reciprocity bill passed the Senate 57 to 18 after a lengthy debate. Nine Democrats joined the aye side, while one Republican opposed. The measure lowers Dingley tariff rates on Cuban goods by 26 percent and allows Cuban imports with reduced duties tied to reciprocal trade. A holiday recess to Jan. 4 followed the vote.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Senate
Bacon and Clay
Georgia
Cockrell
Stone
Missouri
Simmons and Overman
North Carolina
Blackburn and McCreary
Kentucky
Gorman
Maryland
Bard
California
Bailey
Congress
House of Representatives
House
Hoar
Massachusetts
Mr. Bailey
Hale
Maine
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
White House
Chamber
Roosevelt
Dingley
Taft Announces Settlement on Friar Lands Sale
Governor Taft reports to the War Department an agreement to sell friar lands in the Philippines with funds to go to the orders via bonds. Lands will be offered to tenants on long payments to build a class of landlords, aiming to preserve peace. Few friars remain and U.S. funds not needed to buy the lands.
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Washington
Taft
War Department
Manila
Ireland
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Spain
Root
United States
Russia
Japan
Despondent cellist fatally wounds himself over Miss Bussert
Henri Merck a well known cellist in Vietor Herberts Pittsburg Orchestra shot himself in the head with a percent caliber bullet Sunday. Miss Anna Bussert a singer in the Westminister church quartet and soloist with the Herbert organization had attracted his attention. Merck, married in Sweden, could not wed her and reportedly said he did not care to live before the attempt. He may die from the wound.
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Anna Bussert
Henri Merck
Vietor Herbert
Pittsburg
Miss Bussert
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Delphos
Herbert
Merck
Sweden
Helped to Nominate Bates in Lancaster Nomination
Lancaster Pa December 17 Col Frank Eshelman a leading meat man in the Lancaster bar and judge Adyo-
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Bates
Lancaster
Frank Eshelman
Adyo
Sunday School Election At Wayne Street M E
Wayne Street M E Sunday school elects officers: superintendent A B Coverdale. assistants M A Mason and Emily Griswold. primary supervisor Mrs M A Mason. home department head Mrs D A Grumman. secretary J E N Dillon. assistant Anna Roshm. treasurer T H Miller. librarian Eva J Badic. chorister H W Brown. assistant Mrs Fred S Hartman. pianist Gertrude Schrader. assistant Eva Tinkham. Installation set for first Sunday in January.
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Wayne Street
M. E. Sunday School
A. 8. Coverdale
M. A. Mason
Emily Griswold
D. A. Grumman
J. E. N. Dillon
Anna Roshm
T. H. Miller
Eva J. Badiac
Fort Wayne I C O F Elects Officers at Encampment
Fort Wayne Encampment No. 152 I C O F elected officers last night Chief Patriarch W S Catshall High Priest F T Benoy Senior Warden W B Tink Junior Warden Christian Bruns Recording Scribe W G Stahl Financial Scribe Daniel Harding Treasurer T J Rodabangh
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Fort Wayne
W. 5. Catshall
F. T. Benoy
W. B. Tink
Christian Bruns
W.G. Stahl
Daniel Harding
T. J. Rodabangh
Lectures at Fort Wayne Medical College Conclude Saturday
Lectures at the Fort Wayne Medical College will conclude Saturday afternoon and the sessions will not be resumed.
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Fort. Wayne Medical College
Hoar and Gorman Clash Over Panama Disclosure in Senate
In Washington on December 17 the Senate debated the Panama issue as Mr. Hoar pressed for full government information on the revolution and US actions, while Mr. Gorman attacked the administration and accused it of suppressing facts and pursuing partisan gain.
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Yeas
Aldrich
Alger
Allee
Allison
Ankeny
Bacon
Ball
Beveridge
Blackburn
Burnham
Burrows
Burton
Clapp
Clark
Wyoming
Clay
Cockrell
Cullom
Depew
Dillingham
Dolliver
Dryden
Elkins
Fairbanks
Foraker
Foster
Washington
Frye
Fulton
Callinger
Gorman
Hale
Hansbrough
Hanna
Heyburn
Hoar
Hopkins
Mearn
Lodge
Long
McComa
Newlands
Pettus
Taliaferro
Tellier
Tillman
Hawley
Montana
Millard
Clarke
Arkansas
Kearns
Gibson
Warren
Money
Quay
Morgan
Kittridge
Patterson
Senate
McComas
Maryland
St. Louis
Columbus
Ohio
Republic of Panama
Isthmian Canal
Republican Party
United States
Colombia
Mr. Gorman
Panama
Loomis
New York
Nicaragua
United ‘States
Bogota
Republic
White House
Mr. Till
Japan leaders press for united front against Russia
Tokyo reports a conference of elder statesmen and cabinet ministers backed a strong anti Russia posture after Russia’s unsatisfactory reply. The group included Marquis Ito Yamagata Matsukata Inouye Oyama and Premier Katsura and lasted three hours.
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Tokio
Japan
Marquis Ito
Russia
Yamagata
Matsukata
Inouye
Corea
Oyama
China
Katsura
House Actions Include Cuban Reciprocity Bill Signing
The house convened signing the Cuban reciprocity bill with four gold pens from the Cuban minister. Debate sparked over a Arizona wagon road bond plan to extend from Phoenix to the Salt River Valley dam site. Speakers reviewed pension measures and the Civil War era trials, noting political battles and economic interests.
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Washington
Phoenix
Tempe
Mesa
Arizona
Salt River Valley
Olmstead
Pennsylvania
Nitro Wagon Runaway Triggers Panic at Indiana Nitroglycerine Plant
A nitro glycerine wagon loaded with 480 quarts, untied horses, and 400 quarts in the factory plus 400 more in the magazine ran loose near Hartford City. The team bolted, the driver fled, and workers scattered through woods as an explosion seemed imminent. The wagon finally halted after striking a car truck, with miraculous avoidance of disaster for the plant and its employees.
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Hartford City
Ind
Indiana
Arthur Ziegler
A Fine Christmas Present For Friends Outside The City
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St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Hoe
Mitchell
Mr. Sims
Tennessee
Burgess
Texas
Sentinel
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