Hanna Opens Senate Debate on Isthmian Canal Choice
Senator Hanna argues for the Panama route over Nicaragua in a Senate debate sparked by the Spooner substitute for the Hepburn bill. He cites the Panama Canal Company price and maps illustrating routes, presenting the issue as a business decision rather than sentiment.
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Washington
Senator Hanna
Senate
Panama
Spooner
Hepburn
Hanna
Panama Canal Company
United States
Caribbean Sea
Pacific Ocean
Nicaragua
Committee On Interoceanic Canals
Commission
Pandata
Debate on the Canal Bill Moves in Senate
In a Senate speech Mr. Hanna of Ohio argues for a world coast to coast canal via Panama or Nicaragua. He cites shorter Panama distance and seismic concerns, shifts from earlier Nicaragua support, and says the canal will promote world commerce and peace. Senator Mitchell supports feasibility of Nicaragua route to speed shipments and cut freight while noting sailing vessels may still need power through the canal.
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Washington
Senate
Hanna
Ohio
Nicaragua
United States
Panama
Canal
American Congress
Capal
Parama
Nicaragua Canal
Panama Canal
Spooner
Panama Canal Company
Mitchell
Inter-Oceanic Canal Committee
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Europe
Eom
Navy to issue verdict on Chicago court of inquiry
The Navy Department will announce Saturday the court of inquiry findings on the USS Chicago at Naples. The court criticized officer conduct, but Secretary Moody dissents from those points, leading to a vindication in substance of the officers involved.
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Washington
Navy Department
Chicago
Naples
Moody
House Debates Anti Anarchy Bill In Congress
June 5 Washington report on House discussion of the Anti Anarchy bill with votes for passage. Arguments cite Lincoln assassination era fears and presidential protection. Speakers include Sibley Loud DeArmond Grow Crumpacker Clark weighing constitutionality and expedited trials.
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Washington
House
Sibley
Penn
Congress
Garfield
Lincoln
Mr. Loud
Cal
DeArmond
Judiciary Committee
Grow
Crumpacker
Ind
Clark
Czolgosz
Buffalo
New York
Palmer cites Cuban beet sugar landings and war claims before Senate panel
Truman G. Palmer of Chicago testifies to the Senate Committee on Cuban Relations listing 17 American corporations holding about 588,727 acres in Cuba with capacity for 255,425 tons and 9.67 million dollars in U.S. war claims. He notes estates of U.S. citizens abroad totaling 366,786 acres and 13.65 million dollars in claims, arguing tariff cuts are linked to beet sugar factory plans and forecasts building at least one factory annually if reforms fail.
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Washington
Truman G. Palmer
Chicago
Senate Committee On
Cuba
United States
Constancia Sugar Company
Palmer
Europe
Platt
West Point Appropriation Battle Over $6.5 Million Upgrade
In the Senate on June 5 the Military Academy Appropriation bill faced opposition from Mr. Bate who sought to strike West Point improvements totaling 6.5 million dollars. Warren defended the necessity of upgrades to aging academy buildings. Harris urged expanding cadet numbers and keeping men in service, but Bates’ amendment failed and the bill passed.
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Washington
Senate
Military Academy
Bate
Tenn
West Point
Warren
Wyoming
Harris
Kan
Mr. Bates
Bates
Norcross Brothers to Remodel White House in Washington
The Norcross Brothers Company of Worcester has been chosen to undertake extensive alterations and improvements to the White House in Washington this summer. No contract is yet set, but arrangements call for the Worcester firm to perform the work based on plans by McKim Meade and White of New York, with S. F. French of Worcester supervising.
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Worcester
Mass
Norcross Brothers Company
White House
Washington
McKim, Meade & White
New York
S. F. French
Ham resigns from Board of General Appraisers
Washington June 5 C W Ham resigns from the Board of General Appraisers and is to be succeeded by Byron Waite a Detroit lawyer Daniel McKeever of New York urged appointing a businessman Roosevelt says the Detroit lawyer chosen and business interests should be represented on the board.
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Washington
C. W. Ham
Boar
Ham
Byron Waite
Detroit
Daniel McKeever
New York
Roosevelt
McKeever
Senate approves tribal agreements and homestead provision
Bills passed in Washington authorize ratification of a Choctaw and Chickasaw treaty and provide for free homesteads on the Ute Indian reservation in Colorado. The measures also divide Alaska into three districts for recording and judicial purposes and authorize a bridge project across the Waccamaw River at Conway by the Conway and Seashore Railroad Company.
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Senate
Colorado
District of Alaska
Conway
D. C
Conway and Seashore Railroad Company
Forecast of Next House May Not Favor Democrats
Washington observers say the next House is unlikely to swing to the Democrats. Republicans anticipate a majority as large as present, while Democrats concede little in Congress bolstering their fall bid. Gorman’s water cure remark is seen as a failing Democratic issue.
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Washington
Congress
Oregon
Gorman
Senate doubtful on President message Cuban question
Washington reports say a White House note on the Cuban issue did not move the Senate. Observers expect a rebate bill to pass, with Administration Senators resisting reciprocity against beet sugar interests. A Cuban relief bill seems likely, and the President appears inclined to sign a House approved measure.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
White House
Beets Press for Cuban Relief Tariff Talk Opened
Washington June 5 The beet sugar Senators Elkins Burrows and Jones met with the Senate Republican Cuban Relations Committee to discuss relief for Cuba including tariff concessions. Senators Platt Cullom and Spooner attended. No agreement was reached and adjournment was set for tomorrow. They argued for a Cuban product rebate but warned solid Republican backing for tariff cuts is unlikely. The group debated general tariff revision but dismissed it as undesirable. The beet sugar representatives claimed unity on rebates yet opposed broader tariff reduction.
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Washington
Elkins
Burrows
Jones
Nevada
Senate Committee
Platt
Culiom
Spooner
Gomez declines pension for war service in Cuba
Gen Maximo Gomez publishes an open letter from Havana on June 5 denying the $6000 annual pension tied to a Cuban House resolution. He asks friends to oppose the measure claiming it is unfair while other Cuban soldiers lack provision. He says he has a bill against the government for war services but will wait until Cuba can pay all soldiers.
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Havana
Maximo Gomez
House of Representatives
British Embassy Officers Missing From Official List
The June official diplomatic list issued by the State Department marks a historic change as the British Embassy officers no longer top the list for the first time in nine years. The absence alters the familiar order and signals a shift in diplomatic appointments at the head of the British mission.
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Washington
State Department
German Ambassador Takes Diplomatic Dean Title
The German Embassy has secured the deanship once held by Lord Pauncefote with Herr von Holleben replacing him. The British mission falls sixth on the list after Pauncefo te’s death, with Lady Pauncefote and Miss Pauncefote no longer listed. Precedence would shift if Austrian Minister Hengelmuller presents credentials before Michael Herbert, moving Britain to seventh.
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Herr von Holleben
Lady Pauncefote
Pauncefote
Germany
France
Russia
Mexico
Italy
Great Britain
Hengelmuller
Franz Josef
Michael H. Herbert
Edward
Mr. Herbert
Departure of Pauncefotes for England to receive Lord Pauncefo
Lady Pauncefote and the Misses Pauncefote plan to leave Washington on June 25 and sail from New York on June 26 for England to prepare for the reception of Lord Pauncefo te remains at the ambassador’s ancestral home in Preston. The cruiser Brooklyn is expected to meet a British man of war in English waters and be escorted to port. Brooklyn ready for sea at New York yard on June 29.
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Washington
Brooklyn
New York Yard
Bill to Ship Pacific Supplies on American Built Vessels
The House Military Affairs Committee reported favorably a bill letting American built ships on the Pacific transport Government supplies to the Philippines when regular service is unavailable. Representative Stevens of Minnesota noted most shipments to the Philippines used foreign vessels, with payments in 1901 heavily favoring foreign ships over American built ones.
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Washington
Pacific
Philippines
House Committee On Military Affairs
Stevens
Minn
United Service Board Dissolved and Army Assignments Updated
The board examining medals of honor is dissolved with unfinished business to be completed by a new board led by Major General Samuel B. M. Young. Personnel shifts include Lieuts Ward Bracken Evans and others reporting to respective presidents. Major Jones reassigned to New York City depot duties. transfers within the Fifteenth Cavalry and Artillery Corps announced, with several lieutenants reassigned or detailed to new posts and duties.
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Samuel B. M. Young
Wallace F. Randolph
John Tweedale
Henry A. Greene
United States Infantry
Ammon A. Augur
Frederick ’. Krug
Columbus Barracks
Charles G. Penney
Edward Kynoweth
John W. Ward
Twentieth Infantry
William P. Rogers
William S. McCaskey
Frederick von Schrader
San Francisco
Philippine Islands
Frank J. Miller
Artillery Corps
Walter Cox
Fort Banks
Burton J. Mitchell
Twelfth Infantry
Mitchell
Frederick Funston
John H. Hess
National Dental Association
Niagara Falls
Fifteenth Cavalry
John J. Pershing
Frank Parker
Navy assigns officers and modifies orders across ships
Lieut. Commander C. J. Badger detaches from the Alabama to report to the Chief of Bureau of Equipment. Lieut. Commander R. Henderson moves to the Alabama as executive officer. Lieut. Commander A. Dodd detaches from Pensacola to navigate the Wisconsin. Capt. C. H. West's June 2 order is modified. Retired Chief Engine Be er P. C. Asserson is noted.
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C. J. Badger
Alabama
Bureau of Equipment
Navy Department
R. Henderson
A. Dodd
Pensacola
Wisconsin
C. H West
Naval Retiring Board
New York
P. C. Asserson
Detached from the New York Yard June 10
A fragment notes a unit being detached from the New York Yard on June 10 and ordered home, with unclear context regarding unit type or destination.
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New York
Naval vessel movements reach several yards and ports
The Kearsarge arrived at New York Yard on June 4 followed by the Wisconsin at Bremerton the same day. The New York reached Yokohama on June 5, while the Alert arrived at Monterey and the Princeton at Sandaken on June 5. The Porter departed Norfolk for League Island and the Leyden left Newport for Portsmouth, New Hampshire, also on June 5.
Diamond dealer in trouble faces creditors on extension
Arthur J. Kahn & Co., wholesale watch and diamond dealers at 37 and 39 Maiden Lane, seeks nine to fifteen month extensions to resolve debts totaling about 155000 unsecured with 180000 nominal assets and 100000 secured and contingent liabilities. Creditors meet at 30 Broad Street with a committee recommending the extension amid sympathy for his real estate tied-up investments. Louis Simon filed for bankruptcy against Kahn for 855. Real estate moves include mortgaged properties around Morningside Avenue, Seventh Avenue and West Fourteenth Street and transfers to Trinity Realty Company.
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Arthur J. Kahn
A. L
F. Jacobs
Broad Street
A. L. Jacobs
Kahn
Jacobs
Mr. Kahn
Louis Simon
Stanton Street
Morningside Avenue
One Hundred and Seventeenth Street
Seventh Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Trinity Realty Company
Coler Named President as Guardian Trust Directors Elected
The Guardian Trust Company organized in its new Broadway Maiden Lane building with Bird S. Coler as President and R Ross Appleton Ernest C Brown and W Fairchild as vice presidents. George R Morse declined the presidency. the firm plans to begin business soon, around July 5.
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Guardian Trust Company
Broadway-Maiden Lane
Broadway
Frank E. Anderson
R. Ross Appleton
Stephen B. Ashley
William H. Baker
William F. Balkam
William A. Barber
Carroll P. Bassett
Ernest C. Brown
Elverton R. Chapman
Bird S. Coler
J. Jesse Courtney
George W. Fairchild
Edward H. Fallows
Joseph N. Francolini
Dangers of Ocean Towage Regarded by Chamber
The Chamber of Commerce adopted resolutions urging a federal inquiry and new laws to regulate ocean towage after recent accidents. It calls Congress to limit the number of barges in a tow and to shorten tow lines and spacing near coasts harbors and inland waters to prevent loss of life.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Congress
Resolutions and New Members at Chamber Meeting
A. Foster Higgins proposed resolutions urging pensioning of all life-saving crew members and helped secure their adoption. Fifteen new members were elected. The next Chamber meeting is scheduled for October.
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A. Foster Higgins
Chamber
WANTS GRASS TWINE STOCK
Deputy Sheriff Fogarty attaches $62,000 against Clifton B. in O Shaughnessy on a claim by James F. Beach of Cleveland for non delivery of 3,100 shares of American Grass Twine Company stock. Beach sold 5,800 shares at 40 dollars. Chisholm assigned to O Shaughnessy who paid 108,000 and later offered 124,000 for delivery. Beach refused. attachment served on a trust company.
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Fogarty
Clifton B
James F. Beach
Cleveland
O’shaugnessy
Beach
Stewart H. Chisholm
American Grass Twine declares 1 percent quarterly dividend
The American Grass Twine Company announced its regular quarterly dividend of 1 percent, payable on July 1.
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American Grass Twine Company
Broker Held on Forgery Charge
Alfred Russell a broker living at 53 West Nineteenth Street was arrested and arraigned before Magistrate Crane on forgery charges brought by James Jones Jr of 64 Cortlandt Street. He is held on $1000 bail for trial. Russell advertised as a note broker promising negotiable paper and used an assumed name to obtain two notes for 1250 dollars each, exchanging for notes falsely signed by John Kenyon of the John Kenyon Manufacturing Company of Pawtucket.
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Alfred Russell
West Nineteenth Street
Crane
James Jones, Jr
Cortlandt Street
Russell
Jones
John Ienyon
John I. Kenyon Manufacturing Company
Pawtucket
Woman discharged after two hearings in Jefferson Market Court
Mrs. Katherine Hartridge an English woman accused of stealing 270 from Otto Kerseard on a New York bound steamship was discharged by Magistrate Pool after two hearings. The magistrate found insufficient evidence to hold her and she maintained a defiant demeanor throughout the proceedings.
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Jefferson Market Court
Katherine Hartridge
Otto Kerseard
Magstrate
Naval Militia First Battalion Inspection on New Hampshire
The annual inspection of the First Battalion Naval Militia was conducted last night at the United States ship New Hampshire on the East River. Commander Jacob B. Miller led the review with Lieut. Commander W. pork oie assisting. A reception for friends followed aboard the ship.
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Naval Militia
United States
New Hampshire
Twenty-fourth Street
East River
Jacob B. Miller
New York State Naval Militia
W. Pork Oie
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