Proceedings of Congress In Brief
The report covers Senate and House actions on diplomacy and appropriations. Amendments to a diplomatic bill were approved and salaries for American legation officials increased. The House debated the sundry civil bill, rejecting funds for the Hermitage project but approving Alaska canal work and creating a Philippine commission president. Tornado relief funds were passed. A fight over wood pulp duties highlighted party tensions, and a national art gallery funding proposal was rejected. Conferees agreed on adjusted army officer pay scales with specific annual salaries for ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Snap
Williamsom
House
Cannon
Congress
Stevens
Fiee
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
National Art Gallery
Smithsonian Institute
Congress Debates Trust Suppression and Cattle Disease Report
In Washington on May 1 the House spent the session considering the sundry civil bill. A paragraph restricting secret service detectives was removed, and a printing of 100000 copies of a Department of Agriculture report on cattle diseases was approved. In the Senate Senator Davis urged discharging the judiciary committee to advance his bill against trusts and denounced Rockefeller, Morgan, and Standard Oil, calling for treason indictments.
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Washington
House
Department of Agriculture
Senate
Davis
Arkansas
Committee On the Judiciary
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
Sundry Civil Bill Debate and Interstate Enforcement Increase
The House resumed consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill with Townsend of Michigan offering an amendment to raise the appropriation for enforcement by the Interstate Commerce Commission on Hepburn act account examinations of railroad accounts from 50 000 to 350 000. After four hours of debate the amendment was adopted. The House also disagreed with Senate amendments to District of Columbia and pension bills and referred them to conference. The session opened with a five minute rule and the usual quorum question. President signed Fulton land grant resolution and Mondell patent discussion continued in public lands committee.
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Senate
Culberson
House
Paris
Iate
Mallory and
Bryan
Florida
Legation
Salvador
Secretary of State
United States
St. Johns River
Washington
Townsend
Michigan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic fleet travel total 42600 miles to Hampton Roads
Washington April 30. Naval officials estimate the Atlantic battleship fleet will have covered about 42600 miles when it reaches Hampton Roads on February 22. The San Francisco to the Philippines to China to Manila route totals 16218 miles with the Honolulu to Auckland leg at 3860 miles as the longest stretch.
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Washington
Hampton Roads
San Francisco
Philippines
China
Manila
Honolulu
Auckland
House Debates Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill and Reads President Message
In Washington on Tuesday April 28 the House filled most of its time with speeches on various topics and heard the president’s special message. Rep Lake of New Jersey drew applause after criticizing the president as lawmakers paused to read the message. Senate actions included passing pension and District of Columbia appropriation bills and adjourning at 5 27 p m amid debates on the Brownsville affair and cyclone relief.
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Washington
House
Lake
New Jersey
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Vreeland
New York
Hamilin
Missouri
Pension
Culbershdn
Senate
Senate Rejects Four-Battleship Plan in Roosevelts Era
Washington reports an overwhelming Senate vote against the four battleships plan. Senator Beveridge urged larger navy while Senator Ankeny’s bill advances aid for Indian War veterans, raising pensions from eight to twelve dollars monthly, with civil war veterans at twenty dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Piles
Beveridge
Senate Naval Committee
Senator Ankeny
Navy eyes hospital ships to aid readiness
Washington April 29. The surgeon general's office proposes designating several vessels for hospital use. Among the ships named by Surgeon General Rixey is the Buffalo stationed on the Pacific coast. The aim is to keep the navy always ready for medical needs.
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Washington
Surgeon General's Office of the Navy
Rixey
Buffalo
Pacific
Navy
GOP Four Sacks of Cash Robbery on Night Express
Two masked white robbers boarded the New York and St Louis Express near Walker's Station ten minutes late at 10:50 pm seized four bags of currency from express messenger N Roshen and gagged him. Conductor William Lafferty halted the train. authorities from railroad security and local police joined the probe with no identifications to aid them.
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Ttsburg
Rovberteke
William Lafferty
N. Roshen
Adams Express
Secret Service
Death of Kansas banker aboard Koenig Albert linked to Damascus shooting
Bernard Warkentin president of the Kansas State Bank Newton Kansas was killed on a train near Damascus in April. A Syrian passenger aboard the Koenig Albert claimed the revolver fired by accident. Ambassador Leishman reported the shooting to the state department and promised justice if murder. Carl Warkentin alleged a Turkish prince killed his father and that Leishman warned against prosecuting.
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New York
Koenig Albert
Bernard Warkentin
Kansas State Bank
Newton
Kas
Damascus
Leishman
Constantinople
State Department
Carl Warkentin
Mr. Warkentin
Warship Matsushima Explodes Killing 240 Japanese
News from Tokio reports a blast in the stern magazine of the Matsushima during harbor duty near Makang. Rescue efforts saved 141, with 68 cadets remaining aboard a 300 cadet crew. many officers, including sons of Baron Chinda and Prince Oyama, are feared dead. Washington tallies about 415 aboard, with roughly 175 saved and about 240 killed.
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Tokio
Yoshimatsu
Matsushima
Makang
Pescadores Islands
Hashidate
Itsukushima
Washington
Taniguchi
Strikers Attack Funeral Amid Seattle Funeral Incident
A Detroit report states 30 strikers were arrested for breaking up a funeral in Seattle. They attempted to seize a corpse as the Dolphin steamship arrived. The procession stretched for blocks, drawing a large turnout of strikebreakers. The mob attacked the procession but failed to seize the body.
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Seattle
Wash
Treadwell
Dolphin
Food for the Fleet Supplies Open at Navy Dept
Preparations to furnish large food quantities for the Atlantic battleship fleet moving around the world were opened at the navy department. Supplies will be loaded aboard auxiliaries at Mare Island and Puget Sound, including 1,500,000 pounds of flour, 1,210,000 pounds of frozen meats, sausages, potatoes, vegetables and fruit.
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Washington
Navy Department
Mare Island
Puget Sound
Siamese Revolt Shocks Batang Town In Siam
Paris dispatch reports Bat tambang in Siam under revolt by natives threatening European residents. French authorities fear insufficient troops to ensure protection.
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Paris
The
Temps Today
Battambang
Siam
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Hermitage
Andrew Jackson
Nashville
Tenn
Tawney
Minnesota
Smith
Louisiana
St. Michaels Canal
Alaska
Philippine Commission
South
Fulton
House Public Lands Committee
Mondell
Gop
Pittsburg
Leischman
Newberg Graphic
Oregon
Union Pacific
Ianbertain Metician Ci
Ee Mainge, Bewa, UA
Chamberlain
MM. McMuirray
Sala
Gre
Slik
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