Week of Congress Aims at Appropriation Bills and Investigations
The week's agenda centers on appropriation bills in both houses. The Senate will finish the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill, possibly tackling the Indian Oil issue, while the House completes the fortifications bill and begins District of Columbia and diplomatic appropriations. Debates may hinge on the Brownsville matter and related salaries proposals for senators, representatives, and cabinet members.
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House
Senate
Columbia
District of Columbia
Moss
Brownsville
Cullom
Purdy
Spooner
Carmack
Stone
Foraker
Congress
House Committee On Appropriations
Chesapeake Bay
Gen. Keller
Walter Smith
Smith
Ohio
Hnalty
Watson
Lydiana
Senate Bil
Une
Als
Pace
China
Jepan
Smoot
Sahicot
Sutherland
Dirmingham
Farako
Rute
Tennessee
Nator Initon
Washington
Roosevelt
Root
Cold Wave Grips Northwest After Snowstorm
An intense cold wave hits the Northwest following a major snowstorm sweeping eastern Montana and western North Dakota. Readings at eight o'clock Sunday show 32 below in Batford and Swift Current, 22 below in Havre, Montana, and 18 to 16 below elsewhere. Forecaster says the severe cold will last a day or two, worsening conditions for affected communities.
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St Paul
Minn
Montana
North Dakota
Canadian Northwest
Minnesota
Bat Wicfard
Swift Current
United States
Havre
Mont
Helena
Miles City
Bismarck
N. D
Williston
Devils Lake
State treasurer leads mob to smash city gambling devices
In Chelsea Michigan on January 14 armed State Treasurer Glwler led about 200 stove works employees in smashing all gambling devices in town. The action followed his son Harold's losses at slot machines, prompting the seizure and destruction of the machines and anger toward their owners.
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Chelsea
Mich
Glwler
Michigan
Treasuer
Harold
Stove Works
Reenlistment Rejected by President Orders
El Paso Texas January 14. James Duncan a member of Company D twenty fifth infantry was discharged without honor at El Reno and applied for reenlistment at the local recruiting office here but was rejected under the orders of the president.
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el Paso
Tex
James Duncan
Twenty-Fifth Infantry
el Reno
Old Naval Officer Dead in New York Area Wreck
Obituary notice reports Gurdetta Gowins former chief engineer of the Keaysarge, wrecked in 1844, dying in Tully New York at age 65 after retirement since 1895. Also notes Captain Thomas W Dodd Texas-Mexican Railway vice president died in Lubbock, Georgia born 1840, and a Cumberland Mass coal mine fire destroys Consolidation Coal plant at Ocean, 60 000 dollars lost with 30 workers unemployed.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Gurdetta
Gowins
Tully
Taredo
Texas
Thomas W. Dodd
Texas-Mexican Railway
Listasidenca
Captain Dodd
Georgia
Cumberland
Consolidation Coal Company
Ocean
This County
Illinois Sues Railroad Co Over Back Taxes
Illinois Attorney General W H Steed filed in the supreme court a bill seeking an accounting from Illinois Central Railroad for back taxes running into millions. The suit argues false semiannual statements since 1877, seeks division of charter and noncharter earnings, and challenges rebates and other practices. The case hinges on whether the supreme court has original revenue jurisdiction or if the action moves to the circuit court.
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Springfield
Til
W. H. Steed
Supreme Court
Illnois Central Railroad
Nenean
Chicaro
Cairo
Circuit Court
Stead
Pagan To State Revernue
Finais Central
Sangemon County
Bids for Panama Canal reach low bids
Washington on January 14 the canal commission opened bids for the entire Panama Canal project. The lowest offer came from William J. Oliver and Anson M. Bangs at 4.75 percent of the estimated cost, perhaps around 9.45 million dollars on a 140 million dollar estimate. Other bids varied widely from 4.73 to 28 percent, sparking extensive discussion.
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Washington
Canal Commission
Panama Canal
Commission
William J. Oliver
Knoxville
Tenn
Anson M. Bangs
New York
Canary
Oliver-Baugs
Guest at White House Hours
Washington January 11 James W Wadsworth Jr speaker of the New York state assembly arrived in Washington and is a guest at the White House
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Washington
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
New York, State Assembly
Too Warm for Business and Trade Irregularities in January
New York January reports show erratic weather reducing sales of heavy wear in warm areas while colder sections enjoy better business. Freight delays persist, forward manufacturing orders rise, and December price declines near 1 percent. January commercial failures total 3,268,450 with most in manufacturing and trading sectors.
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New York
R, G, Dee & Co
Syst
Ascoune Cook
Bank wrecker arrest ends Goodland fraud case
Fred Gilman, former head of the Home Bank of Goodland Indiana, arrested in Bloomington Wisconsin on January 18. The bank failed two years ago leaving depositors owed about 240000. Gilman’s past included roles as a bank clerk at Goodland and later establishing the bank before its collapse. Settlement has been slow with small dividends already paid and a final dividend expected to wind up assets.
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Bloomington
Fred Hinman
Goodland
Ind
Gilman
Fred Gilman
Charleston
W. Va
St Ig
Millonaire's Son Killed In accidental shooting at home
Walter Rogie Jr., son of Crescent Coil president Walter Bogle, was found dead in a Chicago area home from a pistol shot believed accidental. He was 20s, preparing a valise for a St Louis trip when the gun discharged. Witnesses include Mrs Gilmore and Walter Bogle Sr. The piece notes the death as accidental per family statements.
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Chieiro
Walter 5. Rogie, Jr
Crescent Coil Company
North Park Avenue
Mr. Bogle
W. 5. Gilmore
Walter &. Bogle
Bogle
Oklahoma election date set for September third
Guthrie Oklahoma September third was set for the ratification vote on the state officers convention ordinance. The constitutional convention approved the election date for the statewide decision next Tuesday. A separate item notes a great fire in Lancaster Pennsylvania starting in a tobacco warehouse owned by S R Moss & Co caused spreading damage to adjacent properties.
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Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Tan
Constitutional Convention
Lancaster
Lancaster, Pa
Jan
S&. R. Moss & Co
Senator Hopkins Defends Smoot in Blount Case Debate
Utah man Reed Smoot is defended as qualified for the Senate. Senator Hopkins argues senators are not federal officers and cannot be impeached by the body. He praises Smoot as personally upright and a Christian gentleman in the LDS church. Also notes a general service pension bill advancing, with pensions for Civil and Mexican War survivors. House passes 628 private pension bills in record pace.
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Washington
Reed Smoot
Senate
Hopkins
Ilinois
Wis
Clouat
Tennessee
Blount
United States
Ife
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Mormon Church
House
Indiana fairbanks delegates eye 1900 presidential bid
A July Washington post office meeting discussed Republican affairs. Postmaster General Cortelyou, retiring chair Harry S. New, acting chair Elmer Dover, and Indiana’s Elmer New declared Fairbanks may be nominated for president with Indiana’s delegation backing him. The national committee will choose Cortelyou’s successor at its December meeting and set the convention date and place. In Scranton Pennsylvania a typhoid decline is followed by scarlet fever and diphtheria fears with 23 scarlet fever and 19 diphtheria cases reported in the last week.
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New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Beersiary Root
Mrs. Root
Washington
Ottawa
Canada
Bar Grey
Ottens
New York
Lowise de Massey
Gustav Simon
Simon
Berlin
France
Chateau de la Muette
Paris
New York State Bar Association
Albany
United States
J. M. Dickinson
Chicago
Dickinson
Roosevelt
Congress
Post Office Department
Sertelyou
Harry S. New
Inllauspolis
Elmer Dover
New
Fairbanks
Indiana
National Committee
Herteits Ignition
Republican National Committee
Cortelyou
Scranton
Two Big Cotton Mills Fail
Announcement was made Friday of the failure of the Vermost and the Southern cotton oils, two large mills located at Bessemer City. The plants were closed, and immediate application will be made by creditors for appointment of receivers.
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Charlotte
N. C
Vermost
Southern Cotton Oils
Bessemer City
N.C
Diverse 1900s Notes Signal Big Giving And Tensions
Wealth and power news mix with rumors and conflicts: J. P. Will donates 50,000 to Macalester College endowment in Minneapolis while Rockefeller rumored to back a Louisville University site worth 2,000,000. Trials, strikes, and political angles span Chicago to St. Petersburg as labor clashes grow and rail interests clash with Harriman plans.
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J. 3
Macalester College
Minneaspolis
John D. Rockefeller
University of Loulaville
Trlal
Shea
Teamsters
Wision
Chicago
Harriman
Workinsmien
St. Petersburg
Cleveland
Milssion Guard
Liverpool
Southampton
United States
Edward Lepper
Tiiin
Adem Belfer
Big land slip on Wabash near Mingo Tradler, Ohio line
A major landslide along the West Virginia side of the Ohio river at the Wabash bridge near Mingo Tradler Ohio 13 miles above Wheeling blocks the main line for days. The 700 foot by 50 foot slip pulls away tracks and soil as a westbound freight led by Engineer Charles McCabe nears the bridge. Caboose occupants escape as derailed cars are buried by earth and debris. Trains rerouted via alternate routes.
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Wheeling
Wabash
West Virginia
Ohio River
Mingo Tradler
Charles McCabe
McCabe
Caboose
Five Die As Rock Island Train Crashes Near El Paso
Five killed eleven injured as Rock Island passenger train No 80 derails after colliding with an open switch north of El Paso. Engine and fireman killed instantly beneath wreckage. Car and Pullman thrown from track. many Mexican laborers aboard. Rescuers, investigators seek causes amid wreckage.
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Tone Chil
Relacion
Volland
Kaa
Eel Paso
Wreck in Kansas Destroys Train No. 3 Near Salina
A Missouri Pacific passenger train from St Louis wrecked four miles east of Salina Kansas on Sunday after rails spread. Fireman Jones broken leg and engineer Jake Rose killed. All other passengers unharmed as the train overturned and most cars derailed.
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Kansas
Salina
Kan
Jas
Missouri Pacific
Wese
St Louis
Jake Rose
Jones
Crown Prince Injured in Palace Horse Ride Accident
Crown Prince Luiz Philippa was thrown from his horse in the palace grounds on Saturday. The horse toppled a fence and fell with the prince beneath it, leaving him unconscious. He later recovered and is reported to be out of danger.
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Lisbon
Luiz Philippa
Iowa college favored gift plan announced at Simpson College
Iowa College Simpson College announces a gift of $20,000 under a provision that the Des Moines conference must raise an additional $80,000 endowment. The announcement was made to Rev. Fletcher Homan, secretary of the college.
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Iowa College
Tadianola
Town
Ouk
Carnegie Missions
Simpson College
Des Moinse Conference
Fletcher Homan
Flagnosa
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Dan
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Milleonaire
Walter S. Bosie, Sr
Eliom
Frank W. Darling
Calhoun School
Mabel Calvert
Kansas City
Indian Territory
Kanaas City
Colorado
Territories
Senator Hopkins
Utah
Re‘afaach
Harry New
Gortelyou
Dover
Upton Sinclair
E. H. Harriman
Andrew Carnegie
Wall Street
John Graham Brooks
Ohio River Bridge
Ming Junction
Alco
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