Secretary of War discusses rights of colored citizens
New York notes the fortieth anniversary of the Union League Club with Elihu B. Root presiding. He warns about class conflict and labor, recalls postwar questions on black citizenship, and laments reduced black appointive power under Roosevelt versus earlier administrations. He predicts a shift in southern acceptance of black officials and urges national unity and thoughtful policy.
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New York
Union League Club
Elihu B. Root
Root
Denver poised to land new Presbyterian college
Denver, Feb. 7 The Republican reports the four city candidates for the new Colorado Presbyterian college and that Denver leads with top offers. The Westminster University building and 120 acres would anchor the campus if Denver wins. The committee meets in Pueblo on the 17th to formalize plans.
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Denver
Republican
New Presbyterian College
Colorado
R. F. Coyle
Pueblo
Canon City
Colorado Springs
Presbyterian Church
Westminster University
Rocky Mountain Lake
College
Chamber of Commerce
Westminster
Statehood Request for New Mexico Senate Memorial Passed
Denver Feb 7 Senate joint memorial No 2 urging Congress to admit New Mexico into the Union was approved. The measure cites the Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty obligations and pledges from Democratic and Republican parties to support admission along with H R 12 543 omnibus bill. Colorado senators Teller and Patterson urged to push passage.
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Denver
Senate
Congress
New Mexico
Barela and
Ward
Senate of the
United States
Fourteenth General Assembly
Colorado
Guadalupe Hidalgo
A. D
Republic of Mexico
States
Arizona
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Congress of the
Henry M. Teller
Thomas M. Patterson
Senate of the United States
Russia Prepares for Trouble In Black Sea Fleet Inquiry
Sebastopol February 7 The Russian admiralty has questioned the troop carrying capacity of the Euxine squadron transports the volunteer fleet of cruisers and ships of the Russian navigation companies amid growing tension in the region.
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Sebastopol
Russia
Euxine
Trainmen Gain Higher Wages Across Western Rail Lines
St Louis February 7. Following a successful demand settlement all danger of a general strike on western roads out of St Louis Chicago St Paul Kansas City and Denver is believed over. The fifteen percent raise for freight conductors and brakemen double pay for double headers and twelve percent for passenger crews are expected to be granted across forty three western lines. Missouri Pacific Cotton Belt Frisco and Katy changes set a pattern with further conferences anticipated to settle switchmen demands. Committees await actions at Burlington Great Northern and other western and northern roads.
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St. Louis
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad
Chicago
St. Paul
Kansas City
Denver
Missouri Pacific
Katy
Cotton Belt
Frisco
Morrissey
Garretson
Burlington
Great Northern
Washington Navy Yard
Naval
Clayton
Alabama
Judiciary Committee
Powers
Massachusetts
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
House Agricultural Committees
House Committee
Washington
Warren
Wyoming
New Mexico
Arizona
Rawlins
Utah
Alaska Boundary Line
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Boundary Tribunal
London
Patti to Tour United States with 60 Concerts
Adelia Patti, hailed as queen of song, signs a cable contract with Robert Grau for a sixty concert U.S. tour. She will receive at least $300000 plus a 50 percent share of net receipts over $7500 per show. Denver matinee and night shows planned on the return from San Francisco.
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New York
Adelina
Patti
Robert Grau
Cable
Denver
Omaha
Mme
Destructive Storm Strikes Society Islands Amid Fatalities
News from Tahiti via the Mariposa reports a tidal wave and hurricane last January 13 14 15 16 killing up to about 1000 islanders. Fatalities estimated on Hao Hikuera Makokau and depopulation of Hao Makokau. French authorities dispatch warships with relief to the devastated district.
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San Francisco
South Sea Islands
Mariposa
Tahiti
Society Islands
Tuamotu
Papeete
Eimeo
Excelsior
Hao
Hikuera
Makokau
Unanimous House Passes Antitrust Bill
Washington reports the House approved the antitrust bill by a unanimous vote Tuesday 2 to 0. Democrats offered amendments to add teeth but most were ruled out or defeated. One GOP compromise allowed seven Republicans to join Democrats on a filing requirement for all corporations.
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Washington
House
Thomas
Rep
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rockefeller Telegrams Push Against Antitrust in Congress
Six U S senators received telegrams signed John D Rockefeller urging opposition to any antitrust legislation. The messages, nearly identical, were said to be from Rockefellers counsel of Standard Oil. A lobbyist visit to Senators prompted swift, uneasy reactions and cloakroom chatter in both chambers.
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Washington
United States
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Senate
New York
House
Congress
Bryan declines Irroquois Club banquet with Cleveland
William J. Bryan through a close friend says he will not attend the Irroquois Club banquet on March 16 in honor of Jackson's birthday where ex President Cleveland is billed to appear. The guest list includes Grover Cleveland Horace Boies David B Hill J J Hill Richard Olney William C Whitney Daniel Lamont Don M Dickenson Henry Watterson ex Attorney General Harmon and Senator Bailey.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
Irroquois Club
Jackson
Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Horace Boies
David B. Hill
J. J. Hill
Richard Olney
William C. Whitney
Daniel Lamont
Don M. Dickinson
Henry Watterson
Harmon
Senator Bailey
Planquette dies in Paris and other short telegrams
Short dispatches report composer Robert Planquette’s death in Paris last month. Other items note Lt Gen Miles dining with Gen Brugere, plague in Mazatlan from San Francisco vegetables, Jesuits readmitted in Germany, and Galicia oil-field negotiations by Standard Oil.
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Paris
Miles
Brugere
Mazatlan
Mexico
San Francisco
Germany
Standard Oil Company
Galicia
Kansas House
Congress
President McKinley
Baltimore
Postoffice McKinley Memorial Association
Washington State Senate
Roosevelt
Oregon
Nanking
China
Amelia Sach
Annie Walters
Holloway Jail
London
England
Daranelles
Great Britain
Turkey
Bosphorus
Sebastopol
Sousa
Windsor Castle
Tucson
San Marcialo
London Board of Health
Thames
Baginsky
Emperor and Empress Frederick Children’s Hospital
Berlin
Aronsey
New York State
Pelham Road
Westchester
Kansas Senate
Ship Owners’ Association of ‘Pool
Henry Phipps
Carnegie Steel Company
India
Lord Curzon
Topeka
Funston
Philippines
Washington News and Congressional Proceedings
House panel favors Mondell bill letting Buffalo Wyoming buy 55 acres for cemetery use at 1.25 per acre. Grant memorial plans chosen. Henry Merwin Shready of New York submits model. Honduras crisis and presidential claims, oil mining claim changes, and statehood rider on agricultural bill feature in the day’s federal sessions.
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House Public Lands Committee
Mondell
Buffalo
Wyoming
Grant Memorial Commission
General Grant
Henry Merwin Shready
New York
State Department
Sierra
Honduras
House
Senate
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Hansbrough
Foster
Wash
Quay
Bate
Heitfeld and Simmons
Proctor
Dolliver
Quarles
Willis van Devanter
Eighth Circuit
Roosevelt
Cheyenne
van Devanter
Interior Department
Colonel Hays
Ogden
Utah
Congress
National Armory
Springfield
Massachusetts
War Department
Rock Island Arsenal
Bates
Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Interior
Jones
Washington
United States
Messrs. Kleberg
Texas
Shafroth
Colorado
Senate Committee On Commerce
W. D. Crum
Charleston
South Carolina
Tillman
Smithe
Cornel Hemphill
Crum
Minneapolis
Suport
Harrison
Blaine
South
P. B. S. Pinchback
Louisiana
Whitfield McKinlay
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Frederick Bedell
Physics Department
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Barcelona
St. Pierre
Newfoundland
la Hague
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Vernor Taft
Isabele de J.08 Reyes
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