Treaty Amends to Allow U S Defense of Canal Interests
In a Senate executive session the 65 to 17 vote approved an amendment to the Har-Paunce treaty enabling the United States to defend its interests in the canal zone. The debate touched on sovereignty and security measures, with Elkins proposing that nothing prevent U S acquisition of security and control over the canal.
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War Revenue Reduction Bill Passed and Hawaii Delegate Sworn In
After several attempts the war revenue reduction bill passed with stamp tax largely abolished except on bank checks. The pension bill of 145 million was also approved. Hawaii delegate Robert W. Wilcox was sworn in, greeted by cheers, as debate over inheritance tax exemptions continued and an amendment to cut the exemption from 10 000 to 5 000 failed 45 to 83.
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British Minister in Peking Demands Note Change
British minister Sir Ernest Mason Satow in Peking has received new instructions from London and requests a modification to a point in the joint note. The objection promises further delay as all ministers must consult their governments, with officials declining to reveal specifics of the contested demand.
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Hopkins Reapportionment Bill_Committee Vote
The house committee on census approved the Hopkins reapportionment bill by 7 to 6, keeping total house membership at 357 and rearranging several state delegations. The measure will be taken up after the holidays.
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Yerkes Named Nominee for Internal Revenue Commissioner
Washington announces John W. Yerkes, a Kentucky Republican former governor candidate, as commissioner of internal revenue. Also reports a 16 year old New York girl Nellie Moffat arrested for forging employer checks, allegedly obtaining $340.
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Internal Revenue
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Erran Will Fetet Aims To Start Weekly Commoner Paper
Erran Will Fetet announces plan to launch a weekly newspaper named The Commoner to defend Kansas City platform principles. He will be proprietor and editor with first issue in January. He notes aims to discuss public questions and race and politics while seeking academic lectures in college towns and more time with family.
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River and Harbor Bill Grows Beyond Early Estimates
Washington reports the house rivers and harbors committee expects to finish the bill before the holiday recess. The package, including continuing contracts, is rising past earlier estimates, possibly reaching over 75 million dollars. Provisional agreements include 225 thousand for a survey of the 14 foot canal linking the Great Lakes to the Mississippi via Chicago drainage and Des Plaines. A major committee fight over the canal favoring canal interests is noted, along with 2.2 million for Buttermilk changel, New York.
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House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
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Mississippi
Chicago Drainage Canal
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Buttermilk Changel
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Foraker Defends It on Amended Hay Pauncefote Treaty
Washington December 19 The Senate after executive session ratified minor treaties and extended time for reciprocity treaties by 12 months. Senator Foraker defended the Hay Pauncefote treaty as a wise precaution for American interests noting amendments adopted by the Senate and committee recommendations.
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Committee On Foreign Relations
German training frigate Gneisenau sinks off Malaga
Mapbnip December 17 German frigate Gneisenau foundered off Malaga sixty miles east northeast of Gibraltar after violent seas wrecked anchors. Crew fought waves clung to wreckage with Captain Krestimann at his post among believed dead. About one hundred feared lost.
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Gneiseneu
Gibraltar
Mogador
Morocco
Krestimann
Telegraph Fines Bring Laughs From Civil War Messages
A Detroit observer recalls Civil War era telegraph lines between Carlisle and Harrisburg becoming serviceable after General Fitzbuzh retired. The first messages amused officers and civilians, with a Harrisburg army operator terse and a Carlisle civilian named Noble flustered. The exchanges show army and civilian use of telegraph slang as proper syntax rules were still learned.
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Carlisle
Harrisburg
Noble
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Minneapolis Times
Sardou and Irving as celebrated stage managers
The article compares Sardou with Sir Henry Irving as top European stage managers. It notes Sardou’s hands on rehearsal method, his exact demands, and ability to transform into the character briefly to test actors. It also mentions his temper when requests are unmet and references upheavals in Japan and three major Chinese holidays.
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Toneytonzue
Cussele Alegs
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