Congress in Session Faces Short Hurdles and Spelling Debate
Washington December 3 Congress opened its short session amid a bustle of visitors and renewed renovations. Senators and representatives greeted each other in cordial fashion as the Capitol, recently cleaned and updated, prepared for votes on appropriations and a probe into the Brownsville affair. Senator Foraker plans a resolution to obtain full war department records, while spelling reforms may surface in debates over the Congressional Record and an oath of office was administered to new members.
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Congress
Brownsville
Foraker
Senate
25Th United States Infantry
Texas
War Department
House Committee On Appropriations
Fairbanks
Edward Everett Hale
Dupont
Delaware
Hale
Penrose
House
Secure First Site for Concrete Block Plant in West End
Arrangements through the Rock Island Industrial commission bring Tri-City Cement Products to secure a two acre tract in the west end, adjacent to Standard Table of Cloth. The plant, to cost 20 000 to 25 000 dollars, will produce concrete blocks and serve as a materials hub, employing 45 to 50 workers to start, with plans to double capacity soon.
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Rocksland Industrial Commission
Tri- City Cement Products Company
Geneseomen
Industrial Commission
West End
Standard Table of Cloth Company
Tri-City Cement Products Company
American Hydraulic Stone Company
William Weimer
Harry E. Brown
A. W. Weimer
Wedding Brings 34 Children Under One Roof
Sterling Illinois December 3. William Evers seven and Agnes Rivert seventy one both of Manlius Bureau county were married yesterday. The wedding brings 34 children under one roof.
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Sterling
Til
William Evers
Agnes Rivert
Manlius
Bureau County
Probe coal and oil in west at Pueblo hearing
Commerce Commission opens an import ant hearing in Pueblo Colorado led by E E Clarke assisted by Attorneys Thomas and Marchland. Investigating alleged land frauds and relations between common carriers and production and transport of coal and oil. A large number of witnesses to be examined and the inquiry will move to Denver after Pueblo.
Rock Island Firemen Demand Higher Pay and Conditions
Rock Island firemen seek increased wages and better working conditions. Chicago representatives of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen present demands to officials today. J. M. McQuade and 34 delegates met in Kansas City to solidify their requests. Klondike output for 1906 reached 5,697,942 dollars, total regional output now 112,786,572 dollars.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
J. M. McQuade
Kansas City
Seattle
Wash
Presidents nominations sent to Senate list seven cabinet posts
Washington December 3 The president today sent to the Senate nominations for Secretary of the Treasury George J Cortelyou Attorney General Charles J Bonaparte Postmaster General George L Von Meyer Secretary of the Navy Victor H Metcalf Secretary of the Interior James B Sarkfield Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar S Strauss Associate Justice of the Supreme Court William H Moody
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Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
George J . Cortelyou
Charles J. Bonaparte
George L. von Meyer
Navy
Victor H. Metcalf
Interior
James B. Sarfield
Commerce
Labor
Oscar S. Strauss
Supreme Court
William H. Moody
Treasury Estimates Show 1908 Government Appropriations
Washington reports secretary of the treasury Oday sent to Congress a breakdown of recommended appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1908. Totals include legislative, executive, judicial, foreign, military, naval establishments and other departments, with a grand total of 689,028,000. The current year’s appropriations totaled 701,552,000.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Naval Establishment
Division Elects Canal Message to Be Illustrated
The annual election of officers of Division No. 313 of the street railway employes across Rock Island and Moline elected Archie Hart as president and chose a full board. A constitutional change limits benefits to eight weeks per year, with meetings shifted to evenings. Also reported are officers for Iron Molders No. 230 and an illustrated Roosevelt message to Congress featuring canal zone photographs to accompany the Panama Canal report.
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Rock Island
Moline
Tri-City Railway Company
Fifth Avenue
Archie Hart
F. Reddit
E. C. Clevenstine
F. Widen
P. Walker
Fred Henry
Sentinel
John Dunkerton
C. A. Lovell
Aa. Hart
J.C. Kingsley
J. Hushman
J. Smith
W. H. Siebert
R. Hampton
J. C. Kingsbury
Iron Molders
Iron Molders’ Union No. 230
Louis Eckhart, Jr
Allie Stechlin
James McCormack
Robert Richman
John Wilson
William A. Robson
George Freestone
A. DeVoe
William Nold
Washington
Congress
American Republic
Roosevelt
Isthmian Canal
Canal
Panama
Colon
Shonts
Mr. Roosevelt
Welfare of Isles Hinges on Two Congressional Bills
Washington December 3 The annual report of the Bureau of Insular Affairs in the War Department stresses two key bills before Congress that will largely determine the future prosperity of the Philippine Islands. One lowers tariff on Philippine sugar and tobacco to 25 percent of Dingley, with all other goods free. The other creates an agricultural bank in the islands.
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Bureau of Insular Affairs
The
War Department
Congress
Philippine Islands
Islands
Sunday Broadens Revival Reach Across Nation
Evangelist W A Sunday closes a record revival in Kewanee with 405 converts, raising local church gains to 4800 in a year across Richmond and Chicago. San Francisco notes graft probes against Auditor Horton and the Board of Public Works, with Ruef and Schmitz tied to a Jackson Street resort and police revenue links emerging from seized ledgers.
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Ill
W. A
Chicago
United States
Burlington Town
Walil Yester
Richmond
Ind
Charles Scoville
Horton
Board of Public Works
Frank Maestretti
Abe Ruef
Ruef
Herbert Schmitz
Jackson Street
Graney and Coffroth
Belvidere
Supreme Court Rules Against Moyer and Colleagues in Idaho Case
The Supreme Court decides habeas corpus petitions of Moyer Haywood and Pettibone of the Western Federation of Miners, held in Idaho on murder conspiracy charges in the Steunenberg case. Justice Harland writes the opinion, allowing continued confinement for trial.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Idaho
Steunenberg
Justice Harland
Thaws Will Live in Paris If Husband Is Acquitted
Mrs. Harry K Thaw, confident of her husband’s acquittal at the forthcoming trial, has arranged to buy a Paris home where she and Thaw would take permanent residence if his release from prison occurs.
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Harry
New York
Harry Kthaw
Paris
Express Holdups Secure the Cash
Redwater Texas December 3 The express car attached to train No 4 of the Cotton Belt route was robbed Saturday night. Express Messenger Grissip was beaten and thrown from the moving train and seriously wounded. The robbery is believed to have occurred during the incident.
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Tex
Cotton Belt
Grissip
Subside Subsidies Stir Debate Over Rivers and Harbors
Washington reports focus on ship subsidy legislation as Senator Gallinger pressures Representative Burton to back the river and harbor bill. Gallinger vows scrutiny of the measure, arguing funds should aid American merchant marine, not foreign interests, amid ongoing House committee deliberations.
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Washington
Senator Gallinger
New Hampshire
Representative Burton
Ohio
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Senate
Gallinger
Burton
House
Merchant Marine Commission
Muzzle First Accident Kills South Moline Man
Carl Kirkemo of Moline, 32, died after a shotgun fired muzzle first through a barbed wire fence tore into his shoulder. He and his 11 year old son were hunting along the Reeve river bottoms when the incident occurred near Seventh Street Road. The wound proved fatal hours later despite aid from a Borner farm and Moline ambulance. Kirkemo leaves a wife and three children.
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Carl Kirkemo
Moline
Kirkemo
Reek
Seventh Street
Palmhouse
Borner Farm
Proposition to Sell Lands Fails in Illinois Canal Plan
Governor Deneen proclaims the proposition to sell the Illinois and Michigan canal lands failed of adoption in the November 6 election. Attorney General Stead's opinion says a majority of all votes cast was needed. Canvassers report most ballots favored the proposal, but many voters did not vote and it did not reach a majority of all votes cast.
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Illinoig and
Michigan Canal
Stead
Springfield
State
Law Department
NOT FIRST TOWN THE 25TH SHOT UP
Washington reports the War Department is preparing a congressional investigation into the discharge of members of the 25th infantry. A compiled record of Negro troops dating to the Civil War is said to reveal a prior incident in 1885 at Fort Sturlgis Dakota where the 25th infantry allegedly fired upon a town.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
25Th Infantry
Roosevelt
Fort Sturl Gis
Dakota
Evidence All In Last Witness Engineered Water Depth Claims
In Herkimer on Dec 3 Chester Gillette affair trial resumed with civil engineer Silas Feeter testifying about water depth at the overturned boat site. He reported seven and a half feet at the point, contradicting earlier four and a half feet figures. Shrubbery seen last July is now submerged. Defense rests its case, no further witnesses offered, and the district attorney closes for the People. Justice Devendorf did not impose time limits on closing addresses. Madrid article notes cabinet has re-signed on Dec 32.
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Cortland
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Silas D. Feeter
South Bay
Big Moose Lake
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