Panama Canal Reform Aims to Share Power with Congress
Washington Feb 24 The senate committee on interoceanic canals proposes a bill to reform Panama canal management. It would curb presidential authority, tighten appropriations rules, and place more control with Congress and the canal commission. Headquarters move to the isthmus to place builders on site.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On
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Senate
Canal Commission
Washington
Isthmus
Little Girl Killed Mistaken for Rabbit Victim in Newton
Special to The Light Natchitoches La Feb 24 A rabbit sighting led Charley Brimsy a local youth to fetch a gun. While the girl looked for the rabbit Brimsy fired thinking it was the animal killing eight year old daughter of R T Burnside instantly. The boy is held blameless and the child was buried that evening.
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Natchitoches
R. T. Burnside
Charley Brimsy
Newton
Here
Texas & Pacific Railway
Brimsy
Insurance firms sidestep Armstrong Committee advice too warm
Insurance companies ignore the Armstrong Committee’s recommendations, maintaining a lenient stance toward reforms. Industry sources say the sector resists stricter standards, prioritizing continuity and profitability over rapid changes.
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Armstrong Committee
Machinery In Operation To Shield Recommendations From Law
Officials push machinery into operation to keep recommendations off statute books amid growing consternation. Key figures engage in behind the scenes work to delay formal adoption while debates continue over urgency and impact. Stakeholders include government bodies and involved departments.
Negroes Attack Streetcar Conductor on Fare Dispute
Conductor R. E. Dunlap was stabbed twice by two passengers on an S P streetcar near the Southern Pacific depot. He was cut on the right arm and stabbed in the back but not fatally hurt. The attackers fled when the cars met facing traffic. mounted police searched but found no suspects.
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R. E. Dunlap
Southern Pacific
Insurance firms vow fight over Armstrong report rules
New York insurance executives scramble to block key Armstrong investigation recommendations. The New York Life leadership under President Orr considers the drastic findings, while firms hesitate to openly oppose pending legislation. The massive industry machinery gears up for resistance to most recommendations.
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Armstrong Investigation Committee
New York Comppanies
New York Life Insurance Company
New York Life
Orr
Aged man from Beaumont dies by own hand in Houston
An elderly man named H. Rock arrived from Beaumont to Houston and attempted suicide with a razor and knife. He cut his throat, slit a wrist, stabbed himself three times, and was found dying in Central wood yards with a Beaumont to Galveston rail ticket on him. Justice McDonald investigates the death by self harm.
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Tex
Beaumont
H. Rock
Galveston
Justice McDonald
Resignation of Stuyvesant Fish and Mutual Life clash
New York February twenty four Stuyvesant Fish resigns as Mutual Life trustee and leads an independent holder movement to wrest control from Standard Oil interests and force President Charles A Peabody out. The fight marks a pivotal power struggle in Wall Street and the financial world.
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New York
Big Life Insurace Company
Stuyvesant Fish
Truesdale House Cleaning Committee
Peabody
Stuyvesant Fish and the Illinois Central
New York, Feb 24 The Wall Street Summary reports no move by E H Harriman or allied interests to oust Stuyvesant Fish from the presidency of the Illinois Central Railway Company. Fish’s friends say he controls a majority of shares via proxies freely sent to him by stockholders across the country and see no credible threat to his leadership.
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New York
Wall Street
E. H. Harriman
Stuyvesant Fish
Unoy Central Railway Company
Harriman
Fish
Tillman-Roosevelt rate bill named by conservative element
Washington February 24 The Tillman Roosevelt rate Bill is now labeled by the conservative element within the Republican ranks as the Dolliver Hepburn measure from the senate committee on interstate commerce The label signals a move to bolster President standing within his party and with Republican senators while undermining the broad support for railroad regulation achieved across both parties.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Aldrich
Senate
Original Mexican Restaurant Teases Takehome Tamales
Short note invites patrons to take home tamales and chile con carne packed neatly at the Original Mexican Restaurant located at 117 Losoya Street.
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Losoya Street
The Garden Street Stables Offer Uplifting Ride
A vintage advertisement invites readers to call 212 for Garden Street Stables and take a drive behind a stylish horse to lift spirits. It promises the experience will banish blues and leave one feeling better about life and the world. An encouragement to try the experiment.
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Garden Street
Jury finds Browne not guilty in Pinckney murder case
The jury in Austin Texas returns a not guilty verdict for Roland Browne charged with the murder of Congressman John M. Pinckney after a trial ending around 6:15 p.m. The panel deliberated about two hours and fifteen minutes with initial ballots splitting on conviction and acquittal.
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Roland Browne
John M. Pinckney
Sue Pinckney
Congressman Pinckney
Tom Pinckney
Browne
Hempstead
Travis
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