Senate Passes Commerce Department Measure Amid Proposals
Washington January 28 Senate debates and adopts a resolution to study the Philippine question and to publish a special Congressional Record edition. The measure to create the department of commerce and labor is approved with the census bureau kept in place. A separate vote keeps the census bureau in the new department. Philippine tariff provisions follow as plans to ship goods to the Philippines move forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lodge
Massachusetts
Committee On
Philippines
Senate
Bacon
Georgia
Committee On Printing
Congress
Hawley
Department of Commerce
Pettus
Department of Labor
Department of Commerce and Labor
Nelson
Hale
Interstate Commerce Commission
Committee of the Whole
Quarles
Census Bureau
House
Precautionary Measures In Smallpox Case In Clay
Health Commissioner Macbeth orders strict quarantine and vaccination for Clay school pupils linked to LeRoy Winebrenner. Dr. Hammond expects the patient to recover as officials disinfect the delivery route and workplaces. Public interest remains high as zeal for containment continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macbeth
Clay School
Winebrenner
Clifford Wallace
J. N
LeRoy Winebrenner
Hammond
Presidents Must Have Congressional Authority To Accept Gifts
Washington January 28 officials say President Roosevelt cannot accept presents from Emperor William or Prince Henry without congressional authority. Precedents show presidents rarely keep gifts from abroad without approval or they must be returned or deposited in the State Department or Smithsonian. Many medals and valuables from foreign rulers are in the State Department library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Emperor William
Prince Henry
Congress
Department of State
Smithsonian Institute
State Department
Civil War Volunteer Enlistee Advanced to Major General
The subject enlisted at the war’s start and after gallant service at its close was appointed to the regular army. He rose through successive grades to attain the rank of major general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volunteer Army
Regular Army
Government cable proposal passes house committee
Washington January 27 by an 8 to 7 vote the house committee on commerce moved in favor of government construction and operation of a Pacific cable and sent a favorable report on Representative Corliss's bill detailing the government undertaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Commerce
Corliss
Michigan
Boiler Explosion at Hodle Saw Mill
A boiler exploded at Hodle saw mill near Maples on Monday afternoon. Several mill hands narrowly escaped injury as both ends blew out and a fence section was torn down. The father of Deputy County Audit Gale and three other workers nearby were knocked down by the blast.
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Hodle
Maples
Deputy County Audite
Gale
Prominent Churchmen Here Visit Local Clergy
Rev. H L Yarger D D of Atchison Kansas visited the city for a few hours hosted by Rev and Mrs L J Metschman He is field secretary of the Lutheran church United States general synod and touring the state’s educational institutions and churches He departed last evening for Leipsic to lecture.
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H. L. Yarger
D. D
Atchison, Kansas
L. J. Metschman
The Wheaton Affair in Senate Quotation Misread
The War Department will take no action on General Wheaton’s remarks after review of a Manila dispatch. Officials say the senate debate misinterpreted what he said and that Wheaton did not criticize the U S Senate or its committees.
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Washington
War Department
General Wheaton
Senate
Manila
United States Senate
Department
Wheseton
Papers on Border Line of Surgery and Practical Analysis
E. J. Lent of South Bend and Dr. Porter will discuss a paper titled On the Border Line of Surgery read by Dr. Bayard Holmes of Chicago. Dr. Wheelock will present A Final Analysis Along Practical Lines this evening before the society.
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E. J. Lent
South Bend
Porter
Bayard Holmes
Chicago
Wheelock
Society
Van Dorsten Aims for 100000 Flying Machine Prize
A. W. Van Dorsten of South Bend believes he has solved the flying machine problem and plans to compete for the St. Louis exposition prize. He proposes lifting wheels at the vessel sides with vertical tubes in the wings to mimic a bird's wing motion and turn the airship within its own length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
A. W. van Dorsten
Santos-Dumont
van Dorsten
Dr Zeigler Ends Life After Fatal Wounding of Wife
Dr Harry J Zeigler of Lancaster Pennsylvania fatally shot his wife Amna Zeigler in a Chicago Wey hotel room and then killed himself. A note said they planned to die as she lacked the nerve to shoot. Mrs Zeigler survived after surgery and identified her husband as the shooter. The report mentions a divorce request from a Miss Baker and notes the elder Zeigler’s illness.
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Chicago
Harry J. Zeigler
West King Street
Lancaster
Amna
Wellington Hotel
Anna
Zeigler
Cabinet notes easing Philippine friction amid favorable briefing
Secretary Root read a private letter from General Chaffee denying friction between military and civil authorities in the Philippines. The letter gave an encouraging resume of the situation and was deemed gratifying by the president and cabinet members. The Wheaton discussion in the Senate was touched upon as Root reviewed Wheaton's record.
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Washington
Root
General Chaffee
Philippine
Senate
General Wheaton
Hubler Union Sunday Activities and Revival Notes
Sunday school attendance was strong with many visitors. Mr Hill is building a new house soon to be occupied. Miss Sarah Campbell visited Miss Tressie Cook. Mr McMahen spoke to locals Sunday night. Mrs Fleming is reported improving. Mrs Racine is sick. L A Cook is regaining sight after eye injury. Revival services by Rev Fisher and wife of Lagrange continue with large attendance. Sunday school next Sunday at 2 30 p m.
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Sundsy
Hill
Sarah Campbell
Tressie Cook
McMahen
Fleming
Racine
L. A. Cook
Fisher
Lagrange
Fireyard workers suffer eye injuries and finger bruise
Fireman Kovan on a switch engine in the Wabass yards sustained a painful cut to the left eye while breaking coral chunks. William Szink in the smith shop injured his cornea when a burning match flashed into his eye. Paul Uhlig in the boiler shop bruised his left index finger with a hammer. Ed Klingman, a boilermaker, lost part of a finger and went to Penn hospital to recover.
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Kovan
Wabass
Keehn
Springfield
William Szink
Smith Shop
Szink
Paul Uhlig
Ed Klingman
Penn Hospital
Promising Violinist Severely Injured In Snowball Incident
Alfred Lautmann, son of a wealthy Hammond merchant, lies unconscious in St Margaret's hospital after a snowball struck his abdomen with icy hardness during a snowball fight. Doctors performed an operation to save his life, but recovery remains uncertain.
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Hammond
Ind
Alfred Lautmann
St. Margraret’s Hospital
Lautmann
Doctors Attend Sixteenth St. Joseph County Medical Meeting
Dr. K. K. Wheelock and Dr. M. F. Porter departed for South Bend to attend the sixteenth annual meeting of the St. Joseph County Medical society. Wheelock will present a discussion on the paper Injuries to the Eyeball and its Appendages.
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K. K. Wheelock
M. F. Porter
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Bishop Coppin Returns From Africa Diocese Mission
Rt Rev L K Coppin arrives back in New York aboard the Umbria after a year directing the fourteenth Episcopal diocese of the African Methodist Episcopal church in South Africa. He says work was ready but few conferences were organized and development just began. He is from Philadelphia and was the first bishop sent to lead this diocese.
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New York
L. K. Coppin
Umbria
African Methodist Episcopal Church
South Africa
Philadelphia
Local notes report illness and travel among city residents
Henry Winans of Indiana Furniture is ill with grip. Mrs. Guy Conklin heads to Pleasant Lake after a telegram says her mother is dying. Niel Smith received two Cuban bayonet swords from A J Gould of Albion Illinois. Remodeling plans for a special car remove aisle seats to run full length. Mr and Mrs L C Hunter hosted friends in Pedro for Mr Hunter's birthday. Mrs Greenwell of Huntertown attended from out of town. A painter named Christ Salge lost control of his team on Broadway, but the horses were later caught near Van Buren. Col E B Woodruff of Vincennes visits for Brights disease and dropsy treatment with Dr Tucker. he led a Kentucky regiment at Chickamauga. Mrs Elizabeth Lemas sold her 82 acre farm in St Joe township and will move to Packard Avenue in the city. buyer William Roebuck paid 7800.
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Henry Winans
Indiana Furniture Company
Grip
Guy Conklin
Pleasant Lake
Niel Smith
A. J. Gould
Albion
Ill
Smith
A. L. Scott
L. C. Hunter
Pedro
Broadway
van Buren
BE. C. Woodruff
Vincennes
Tucker
Bright
Woodruff
Kentucky
Chickamauga
Elizabeth Lemas
St. Joe Township
City
Packard Avenue
Foster
William Roebuck
Roanoke Review Writer Visits Friends in City
Nathaniel Stockbridge of the Roanoke Review spent Sunday as a guest of friends in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Stockbridge
The
Roanoke Review
McMahon Named to Fill Indiana Bench Vacancy
Governor Durbin announces William C. McMahon of Crown Point to replace Judge John H. Gillett, who moves to the supreme bench as circuit judge of Lake and Porter counties until next fall’s election for a new judge.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Durbin
Tne
William C. McMahon
Crown Point
Thirteenth Congressional District
John H. Gillett
Lake
Porter Counties
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