Senator John H Mitchell Dies in Portland After Tooth Extraction
United States Senator John H Mitchell died at Good Samaritan hospital in Portland Oregon from complications after the removal of four teeth. Despite efforts by physicians the hemorrhage could not be stopped and his weakened condition led to death with Governor Chamberlain to appoint a successor.
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Portland
Ore
United States
John H. Mitchell
Good Samaritan
Mitchell
A. A. Giesy
George W. Wilson
Emil Pohl
James GO. C. Wiley
Jheart
Chamberlain
Buffalo Bill's Horses Killed in France
In Marseilles France Col. Jam F Cody and James A Bailey halted fears over disease by cremating the entire Buffalo Bill show horses. Saddles bridles and stablemen’s clothing were burned and Cody show railroad cars disinfected to prevent spread.
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Marseilles
France
Jam F. Cody
Colonel Cody
James A. Bailey
Cody
Panama canal appropriation approved in compromise figure
Washington reports an appropriation of 11,000,009 dollars was approved for Panama canal construction. The amount sits between the 16,500,000 dollar bill and a 6,000,000 plus estimate from Mr. Williams. Hepburn suggested about 11,006,000 dollars to push the project toward March.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Williams
Hepburn
Statehood Bills Amended In Senate Ruling On Territory Boundaries
Senator Foraker proposed amendments to Beveridge's statehood bill removing the New Mexico Arizona area from a new state and requiring majority approval in each territory for constitution acceptance. In Alhambra Henry Linneman, seventeen, shot his parents with a shotgun during a reported family dispute.
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Washington
Foraker
Beveridge
New Mexico
Arizona
Alhambra
Henry Linneman
Smallpox Aboard the Sylph Quarantines Navy Yacht
Washington reports a smallpox outbreak on the naval yacht Sylph used by President Roosevelt and family. The ship is quarantined and crew kept under health surveillance. One case, Clarence Marlow, a Black sailor, was sent to hospital as authorities monitor for further spread. Roosevelt has not been aboard for over a month and no alarms have arisen.
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Washington
President Roosevelt
Clarence Marlow
Mary Mabel Rogers Dica Hanged at Windsor Prison
The Vermont state prison at Windsor hanged Mary Mabel Rogers Dica on Friday at 1 12 p m for the murder of her husband Marcus Rogers in Bennington August 13 1902. Officials say death came by strangulation after the trap drop at 1 13 p m, with the body pronounced dead at 1 27 p m.
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Mary Mabel Rogers
Scoffold
Windsor
Vermont
Marcus’ Rogers
Bennington
Mary M. Rogers
Rogers
American Consul General Parsons Killed in Mexico City
James R. Parsons Jr American consul general at Mexico City was killed by an electric car shortly after 3 o clock Wednesday night in Mexico City He was appointed consul general there April 19 1904 Parsons from New York had previously served as consul at Aix la Chapelle from 1888 until June 1890 He was a native of New York.
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Mexico
Parsons
Washington
James R. Parsons, Jr
Mexico City
New York
Aix la Chapelle
Democrats Set Steering Plans as Cockrell Retirement Nears
Democratic senators met to authorize the steering committee to fill senate vacancies. Teller was named to fill the Cockrell retirement vacancy. Gorman was reelected caucus chairman, Blackburn vice chairman, and Carmack secretary. Republicans were said unlikely to cut Democratic representation on committees.
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Cockrell
Washington
Democratic Steering Committee
Senate
Teller
Senator Cockrell
Gorman
Blackburn
Carmack
Committee On Rules
Canal Bill in the Senate Seeks 16.5 Million for Panama Canal
The Senate will take up an emergency bill to appropriate 11 million dollars for immediate Panama Canal construction. Debate is expected to last three to four days, following the House discussion. It is anticipated the Senate will restore the 5.5 million cut by the House to total 16.5 million.
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Washington
Senate
House
Toco to Visit the United States and England Plan
San Francisco dispatch says Minister Gris com confirms Admiral Togo intends to visit foreign waters next year with a Japanese fleet. He reports the admiral plans to travel to England and the United States, possibly via the Suez canal, before returning home.
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San Francisco
Griscom America
Tokio
Manchuria
Togo
England
United States
Suez Canal
Sturaing
Gold Lost in the Wreck Near Ah Say
In Rock Springs Wyoming ninety thousand dollars in gold belonging to a shipper remains unrecovered after the Overland Limited wreck and fire at Ah Say last week. The railroad and express companies refuse to disclose the owner’s name.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Railroad and Express Companies
Overland Limited
Ah Say
Mathews Loses Job As U S Marshal In Nebraska
The president summarily removes United States Marshal T J Mathews of the district of Nebraska for alleged misconduct in connection with the Richards and Comstock case. The defendants in that state case were convicted of illegally fencing the public domain and were to remain in the custody of their counsel.
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United States
Nebraska
Washington
Éfice
T. J. Mathews
District of
Richards and Comstock
Attorney General Moody Circular to Federal DAs on Dikins Act
Moody directs eighty five United States district attorneys to vigilantly enforce the Dikins act against rebates and discriminations by carriers. The circular urges investigations of complaints, grand jury submissions, possible indictments for conspiracy, and use of immunity when needed to curb unlawful transport tariffs. It emphasizes indictments against both shipper and carrier where feasible.
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Moody
United States — District
United States
Grand Jury
Shipper
Cartier
Elkins
Supreme Court
William A. Moody
Senate canvass predicts passage of statehood bill
Washington reports a senate canvass on a statehood bill shows support with a good majority. Senator Beveridge, chair of the territories committee, says the bill will likely be approved this session in the form from last year admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one state and New Mexico and Arizona as another.
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Washington
Senate
Beveridge
Committee On Territories
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Brexico
Arizona
Hamilton
Michigan
House Committee On Territories
Rate Legislation Slumbers Before Holiday Recess
Washington reports rate legislation will rest until after the holidays as House committees on interstate and foreign commerce plan to tackle less important measures first. The Senate shows similar willingness to postpone rate bills with interstate commerce members scheduling only one weekly meeting before Christmas.
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Washington
House
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Grain Rate War Ends After Broad Railroad Conference
Western railroad executives announced a settlement ending the grain rate war. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line agreed to cancel its through corn tariff from New Orleans to Liverpool, while all roads accepted a test four cent differential favoring gulf ports for six months. St Paul and several lines resisted a full gulf advantage, seeking only a three cent differential, with gulf roads offering half a cent less than prior rates.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Liverpool
All Roads
Gulf Ports
Atlantic
St. Paul
Gulf Roads
Land Office to Abolish Receiver Offices for Savings
Washington reports the general land office recommends abolishing the receiver of public moneys in 107 local land offices to save about 200000 dollars annually and streamline local land office operations. In 1904 17055 acres were disposed. receipts totaled 7017811 dollars with 1985389 dollars in expenditures and liabilities.
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Washington
General Land Office
Public Land Service
Land Office
Public Lands Commission
Federal control over insurance proposal introduced in congress
Representative Fred Landis of Indiana introduces a bill claiming exclusive congressional jurisdiction over DC territories and insular possessions. It would empower the department of commerce and labor to require full statements from all insurance firms doing business there, arguing publicity ensures universal supervision.
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Washington
Fred Landis
Indiana
Congress
District of Columbia
United States
Department, of Commerce and Labor
Hinshaw Proposes Funding For York Federal Building
In Washington Representative Hinshaw introduced measures including a $125000 appropriation for the York federal building, relief for settlers on the Osage Indian reservation in Gage and Marshall counties, and provision for medical expenses of sick and enlisted army men on leave or furlough.
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Hinshaw
Washington
York
Otae
Gage County
Nob
Marshall County
Treasury Secretary authorizes interest payment on government bonds
The secretary of the treasury announced that he has authorized the payment of interest on United States government bonds due January 1, 1906, on December 15, 1995. Coupons due January 1 will be paid on presentation on and after December 15.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Norris for Railroad Reform Protects Rail Workers
Norris of Nebraska proposed a bill to bar interstate railroads from forcing conductors brakemen engineers firemen train dispatchers or telegraph operators to work more than twelve hours without an eight hour rest period. Violation would be a misdemeanor with fines for each offense.
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Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Denew resigns as director of Equitable Life
United States Senator Chauncey M. Denew resigns from his post as director of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. The notice was sent to President Paul Morton in a brief note, with no reason given. The resignation comes amid a widening life insurance investigation and was reported from New York on a Wednesday.
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New York
United States
Chauncey M. Denew
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Paul Morton
Equitable Society
Nebraska Delegation Satisfied With Speaker Committee Assignments
Nebraska lawmakers express broad satisfaction with Speaker Cannon’s committee choices. Key battles featured Hinshaw and Pollard for major posts, Pollard losing to Cooke due to a White House recommendation. Pollard gains industrial arts and expenditures, while older members also secure key spots in public lands and treasury. Wyoming Mondell chairs irrigation and military affairs.
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Nebraska
Hinshaw
Indian Affairs
Kennedy
Kinkaid
Insular
McCarthy
Department of Justice
Norris
Congress
Pollard
South Dakota
Burke
Martin
Iowa
Connor—Library
Treasury
Department
Dawson—Pacific
Birdsall
Mississippi
Hepburna—lnterstate
Foreign Ecommerce
Hult
Militia
Hubbard
Lacey
Public Lands
Haugen
Walter L Smith
Wyoming
Mondell
Cannon
Delegaton
Appropriations
Esriculture
William H. Cooke
Long Island
Mr. Cocks
White House
Nebraska Delegation Urges Reconsideration of Mathews Dismissal
Nebraska congress members pressed Attorney General Moody to reconsider Marshal Mathews dismissal by the president over a court order dispute related to Richards and Comstock. Delegation members say punishment was too harsh for his actions, hoping for a reprimand instead, and Moody would inform the president of the appeal.
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Swashington
Nebraska
Congress
Parl
Marshall Mathews
Marshal Mathews
Richards
Comstock
Department of Justice
Moody
Marshal Mathew
Mathews
Mathews S
R. B. Schneider
Republican Campaign Committee
Despondent brewer heir dies by suicide in Newark
R D Ballantine, 35, unmarried, shot himself at his mother's home in Newark. The death by self-inflicted harm came amid despondency. Ballantine was heir to the P Ballentine & Sons brewery fortune, once estimated at several million, with ownership passing to his widow after family transitions.
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Newark
N. J
R. D. Ballantine
Peter Ballentine
Chicago Live Stock Exposition Largest Show in World
The International Live Stock Exposition will be held in Chicago from December 16 through 23, offering the event as the world’s largest of its kind. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. sells low rate round trip tickets December 16 to 19, valid to return by December 24. Contact F A Nash, General Western Agent, 1524 Farnam St, Omaha.
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Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Message Approval Lifts Markets On Roosevelt Speech
London reports President Roosevelts message to Congress met with approval as Americans opened higher on stock prices. Other markets followed with broad strength and cheerfulness. Russians were notable reaching 827 8.
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London
Roosevelt
Congress
Stock Exchange
Tawney Holds the Purse
Washington reports Speaker Cannon filled key committee posts after adding Republican members. Only two chairmanships were vacant, Appropriations and Public Buildings and Grounds. Tawney of Minnesota was chosen chairman of Appropriations following established precedent.
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Tawney
Washington
Cannon
House
Minnesota
The Squaw Man Not an Indian Ruling
Justice Deuell affirms district court in Willis C. West v Hitchcock. West, who married an Indian woman, claimed adoption into the Choctaw and land allotment rights in Indian Territory. The Interior Department had not approved the adoption, prompting mandamus attempts to force recognition.
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Washington
Deuell
District Supreme Court
Willis C. West
Hitchcock
West
Indian Territory
Interior Department
West Then Sought, By Mandamus
Crisis in Russia Deepens as Telegraph Strike Bloodshed Sparks Decline
Report notes a new crisis in Russia with extended strike risk and possible universal labor clashes. It cites M Durновo's hard line after arresting M Krustaloff, leader of the workers' council, amid escalating tension and government labor confrontation.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
M. Durnovo
M. Krustaloff
Workmen's Council
Sidney Loses Land Office To North Platte Officials
President Roaze yelts away the Sidney land office on Friday and transfers its affairs to Register George E. Flatt and Receiver Elbridge Downs based in North Platte. Sidney officials relieved include Register Robert D. Harris and Receiver James L. A McIntosh Sr.
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Washington
Roaze_ yelt
Sidney
Neb
George E. Flatt
Elbridge Downs
North Platte
Robert D. Harris
James L. A McIntosh
More Money Needed to Run Government in 1907
Washington reports by appropriations committees show total requested appropriations for the 1907 session at 804,236,415 dollars, up 19,170,155 from the current year. The War Department asks 863,463 dollars less than last year while rivers and harbors funding is dropped entirely. otherwise all departments seek higher sums than current appropriations.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
War Department
Burton Requests No Committee Assignments Pending Case
Senator Burton wired Senator Long to say he desires no committee assignments while his case remains in court. Long informed Hale, chairman of the Republican Committees on Committees. Burton chairs the Committee on Forest Reservations and serves on Post Office Public Lands Pensions and Claims.
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Washington
Senator Burton
Senator Long
Hale
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Buffalo Bill
Frange
TOCO
Cereral
the Land Office
Congressman Norris
DENEW
Equitable
Burton
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