Alaska and Indian policy and land law in early 1900s
The text urges Congress to improve Alaska land and resource laws to favor permanent settlement, fisheries, forests, and home stead provisions. It stresses respectful handling of Indian tribes, supports gradual assimilation, and calls for better education, industry diversity, and governing officials' conduct. It also notes agricultural progress, museum plans, and improvements for Washington DC's hygienic and labor laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Alaska
Commission of Fish and Fisheries
Restoring the White House and government printing reforms
Theodore Roosevelt urges limiting government printing to items of permanent value and extending merit-based appointments to the District of Columbia. He praises the restoration of the White House to its original plan and compares preservation to Mount Vernon, stressing the nation’s duty to maintain historic monuments. Reports from executive departments accompany the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Congress
District of Columbia
White House
Washington
University of Virginia
Jefferson
Mount Vernon
Attorney General Knox Reports on Judicial Salaries and Docket Load
Attorney General Knox urges salary increases for judges nationwide. The report lists 344 appellate and 11 original undisposed Supreme Court cases at October 1901, plus 383 docketed and 375 disposed. It tallies 16,350 criminal prosecutions last year and 9,602 pending on July 1, 1902, with detailed category counts, plus 3,150 U.S. convicts as of 1992.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knox
United States Supreme Court
United States
Baby wins prize of a million in Montana birth
A son born to the wife of W A Clark Jr last night won the $1 000 000 prize offered by Senator W A Clark for his first grandson. The winner is reported as the new heir among Clark's descendants while the senator is in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
W. A. Clark, Jr
W. A. Clark
Record-Herald
Butte
Mont
Morris
New York
Senator Clark
Paris
Nominations by the President Placed Before Senate
The President sent numerous recess nominations to the Senate including Oliver Wendell Holmes for the Supreme Court of the United States and Francis M Wright for the Court of Claims. Also named were judges, U S attorneys, marshals, ambassadors, envoys, secretaries, consuls, land office officials, and postmasters across multiple states and territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the
United States
Francis M. Wright
Ilinois
Court of Claims
George W. Ray
New York
District of New York
Ashley M. Gould
District of Columbia
Supreme Court of
John T. DE Rolt
Hawaii
Circuit Court of the First Circuit
Territory of Hawaii
Thomas R. Roulhac
Alabama
William Michael Byrne
Delaware
Morgan H. Beach
Solomon H. Bethea
Illinois
William J. Youngs
Lunsford L. Lewis
Virginia
EDSON
Bishop
Connecticut
William H. Mackey, Jr
Kansas
Dawn Jail Auction Schedule Fragment Sparks City Realms
A fragmented list shows times and names tied to properties and modest sums. Entries include John McCann at West Nineteenth Street for $100, Henry Barrheuer at Eighth Avenue for $10, Jacob Lasser at Orchard Street with trifling, Gansevoort Storage at West Street for $1000, Michael Lucceli at Tenth Avenue for $10, Mrs. peneta at East Thirtieth Street for $10, and Peter vanoman at East Seventy sixth Street near Third Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenth-ave
Michael Lucceli
Trial Heated Over Arrest in Kings County Larceny Case
General Benjamin F. Tracy defending Baird Morrison in a grand larceny trial clashed with District Attorney Peter McDonough over the arrest of a witness. McDonough was jailed briefly then released by habeas corpus. Tracy denounced the arrest as a flagrant violation of the law as Judge Crane limited the clash to that time. Prosecution readiness expected to continue tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin F. Tracy
Baird Morrison
Kings County Court
Crane
Tracy
Peter McDonough
McDonough
Adams St
General Tracy
Mr. Clarke
Huncomb
La Champagne Hailed For Rough Passage In Heavy Seas
The French liner La Champagne arrived after rough seas and heavy gales from Havre, two days late, leaving the hull salt crusted from keel to crow’s nest but repairable with paint. She carried 1,210 passengers. Two seamen were injured during the voyage a man crushed leg and another struck on the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Champagne
Havre
Crow's Nest
Bradford Estate Search Pursued by Lawyers After Counterfeiter’s Death
Lawyers handling Orlando E. Bradford’s will seek missing personal property worth over 30000 dollars. They suspect diamonds and two large value packages once held by Bradford, but prison and safe deposit searches yielded only 57 dollars. They request information from Miss Stone John Nixon or Colonel A W Spencer, known gang members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando E. Bradford
Bradford
Maine
Josephine I. Scott
Miss Scott
Messrs. Kroger & Austin
Rockaway
Miss Stone
John Nixon
A. W. Spencer
William E. Brockway
Manhattan Railway declares 14 percent quarterly dividend
Directors at Manhattan Railway Company vote a quarterly dividend of 14 percent on stock payable January 2, up from 13.5 percent. The firm notes 4 percent yearly dividends since 1896 and a 6 percent average for six years to 1896. A stock increase from 48 million to 60 million dollars is put to stockholders January 16, with 72 thousand shares immediately issuable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan Railway Company
Manhattan
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
James P Hayes Victory in Libel Suit
James P Hayes defeats John O Toole in a $30,000 libel and slander suit filed during Mount Vernon White Plains municipal campaigns. O Toole, a Democrat, claimed Hayes damaged him with statements tying him to misconduct over Bedford avenue improvements overseen by O Toole. Judge Gaynor instructed that public discourse on charges is allowed if not knowingly false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O'Toole
Public Works
Mount Vernon
James P. Hayes
White Plains
Gaynor
Supreme Court
Alderman Hayes
O'Toole
Hayes
Bedford-ave
O’toole
Swine Made Them Prodigals Boys Flee West to Fight Indians
Two boys, John Glader aged eleven and Joseph nine, were found shivering at midnight and taken to New Rochelle police. They said they quarreled with their father in Williamsbridge and left to fight the Indians in the West after refusing to help feed 14 pigs. Police notified. father has not yet retrieved them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Rochelle
John Glader
Joseph
Williamsbridge
Bronx
Brooks
Williamsbriace
Meeting to discuss Hibernian Institute at Fifth Ave and 116th St
A meeting will be held at Carnegie Hall on Sunday evening to discuss erecting an Hibernian Institute at Fifth Avenue and 116th Street. Plans for the building have been prepared and the Ancient Order of Hibernians holds equity in the property. Archbishop Farley will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hibernian Institute
Fifth-ave
Man recounts perilous Arctic drift near the Pole
Wilson R. Mizner, brother of a St. Stephen's House pastor, returns from a six year voyage aboard the steamer Portland trapped in ice. The ship drifted north of Herald Island toward the Pole, skirting Behring Straits and Behring Sea ice. Mizner notes coal use, a gale aiding escape, and comparisons to Greely, Peary, and Nansen distances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Wilson R. Mizner
W. Mizner
St. Stephen's House
Arctic
Portland
Mizner
Seattle
Cape Nome
Herald Island
United States Revenue
Nome
Behring Straits
Genia
Arctic Ocean
Cape Lisborne
Aleutian Islands
Pole
Greely
Lockwood
Brainerd
Peary
Nansen
Cagno
Salmon Industry Menaced by Canadian Traps
In Whatcom Washington, Canadian officials poised to grant trapping rights that could divert Puget Sound salmon. Major BC canneries and Pacific American Fisheries rely on traps, risking financial ruin for local crews if Ottawa approves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Whatcom
Wash
Raymond Prefontaine
Puget Sound
Canada
United States
Straits of
San Juan de Fuca
Fraser
British Columbia
Ottawa
Prefontaine
Todd
Vancouver Island
Fairhaven
Pacific American Fisheries Company
Fairhaven Canning Company
Rice Fisheries Company
Puget Sound and Astoria Packing Company
Tse
San Juan Island
The
Sound
Sweden
Norway
Albert B Chandler Burned In Brooklyn Home Fire
Albert B. Chandler chairman of the board of Postal Telegraph Cable Company was badly burned on hands and face while fighting a house fire at 389 Clinton Avenue Brooklyn. The blaze caused about $2000 in damage from wood near the furnace. A milkman alerted the family at about 5 am and Chandler returned to the cellar to fight the flames before escaping with his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert B. Chandler
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Clinton Ave
Brooklyn
Chandler
VerdictAward in Leys Suit Against New York Central
The jury awarded Mrs Jennie M Leys 100000 damages plus interest from January 1902 in her suit against the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad for her husband s death in the Park Ave tunnel crash. The court adjusted the verdict to date interest from January 1902 and overruled objections to announcing the decision in open court. A stay of execution was granted and plaintiff s lawyers received 2000 in allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie M. Leys
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Park Ave
Dugro
Supreme Court
Leys
Altman & Co
Carnegie Gift Upheld as Binding Contract by Halifax Court
Halifax December 2 Supreme Court holds council vote to accept 75000 from Mr Carnegie and to place a site per his wishes formed a binding contract. The council earlier rejected the gift amid deadlock but injunctions kept officials from telling Carnegie the gift was rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N. S
Supreme Court
Carnegie Library
Carnegie
Cleveland Eight Hour Law Declared Unconstitutional
The U S Supreme Court ruled the city of Cleveland v Clement Brothers case unconstitutional upholding a prior decision. The city had reduced contracts and demanded compliance with an eight hour labor rule under ten dollar penalties per violation. The case escalated from lower court judgment to the high court and the city lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
City of
Cleveland
Clement Brothers
No Ship Trust Conference Reported in Philadelphia
Dispatch from Philadelphia claimed P. A. B. Widener and Clement A. Griscom would meet J. Pierpont Morgan to finalize details of the International Mercantile Marine Company. The conference did not occur, though the company executive committee met and transacted business. James A. W., vice-president of the International Navigation Company, said no definite operation plans existed as the IMMC was not fully organized yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
P. A. B. Widener
Clement A. Griscom
J. Pierpont Morgan
International Mercantile Marine Company
Oe K Wright
Jdames A. W
International Navigation Company
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Future OF the Indians
Louisiana
Texas
Smithsonian Institution
Ct of Columbia
Pike
Theodore Roosevelt
Attorney-General
Baby
W.W. A. Clark, JR
Justice
James F. Smith
California
Philippine Commission
Government of the Philippine Islands
Robertus McOrmick
Russia
Bellamy Storer
Austria-Hungary
Charlemagne Tower
Pennsylvania
Germany
Charles Page Bryan
Switzerland
Leslie Coombs
Kentucky
Guatemala
Honduras
Arthur S. Hardy
New Hampshire
Spain
John B. Jackson
New Jersey
Greece
Rumania
Servi
William B Sorsey
Mississippi
Bolivia
David E. Thompson
Nebraska
Brazil
H. Percival Dodge
Berlin
R. S. Reynolds Hitt
Mlinofe
Peter A. Jay
Rhode Island
Mason Mitchell
Zanzibar
William F. Doty
Tahiti
Society Islands
Albert R. Morawitz
Arizona
Nogales
Mexico
E. Scott Hotchkiss
Wisconsin
Brockville
Ont
David R. Birch
Mainga
George H. Bridgman
Kingston
Jamaica
Franklin PD. Hale
Vermont
Coaticook
Que
James CC. M'Nally
Liege
Belgium
William A. M’kellip
Maryland
Magdeburg
John B. Richardson
Atilla
Henry L. West
William R. Merriam
Minnesotta
John B. West
Lewiston
Idaho
Peter Campbell
Akron
Col
John F. Armstrong
Sacramento
Cal
Archibald Munger
Eau Claire
Wis
David R. Crosby
Montrose
Selwyn Douglass
Oklahoma
Charles H. Garry
R. B. Kennedy
New Orleans
Richard Fysh
Independence
George W. Warner
Daniel R. Collier
Louisville
John R. King
Shepard Freeman
Green Bay Agency
Registers of Land
Harry J. Syms
Boisé
Neal J. Sharp
Hailey
New—Jersey
T. M. Griffin
John F. Clarke
W. & J. Sloane
Broadway
Low Street
Park-Ave
Freel
Ber
Samuel Friedman
Columbia St
Marshal Freel
Wooster, Mercer and Greenests
Wooster St
Friedman
COUN
Cil
Madison Square South
Vitals Benguiat
Thomas E. Kirby
American Art Association, Managers
East
Madison Sq., South
Steck Piano
Watercoms
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