Washington Notes on Congressional Policy and Tariff
Happenings of a week notes Speaker Cannon’s committee choices provoke insurgent Republicans and Democrats. A Treasury statement shows McKinley’s assassination cost $42,517 in surgeons’ bills and expenses. Taft conferences with both sides but avoids stance. A new tariff bill, partly printed, may cut lumber duties in half and remove hides from the free list, targeting $350 million more revenue. Senate may probe Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin for alleged election purchase while cabinet appointments await oath of office.
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Washington
Cannon
Treasury Department
McKinley
Taft
House
Senate
Stephenson
Wisconsin
MacVeagh
Dickinson
Roosevelt Hangs On Streetcar First Day Office
Theodore Roosevelt endures a strenuous inaugural ride aboard a New York street car as he starts work at the Outlook. Count Arthur Cassini, longtime Russian diplomat, has retired after 64 years and returns to St Petersburg. Mrs Ruth Leavitt, daughter of William Jennings Bryan, obtains a divorce in Lincoln. William B Severe resigns from the post office after 12 years. Belgian lieutenant Arnold, once accused by missionaries, is convicted and sentenced to 12 years. Charles E Brown of Danville stands trial in federal court for counterfeiting. John W Fisher of Buffalo sentenced to Auburn prison for grand larceny in the first degree. indictment cites theft of 2600 dollars from Cheektowaga.
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Theodore Roosevelt
New York
The
Outlook
Count Arthur Cassini
United States
St. Petersburg
Madrid
Ruth Leavitt
William Jennings Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
William B. Severe
Post-Office Department
Lieut
Arnold
Congo
Charles BE. Brown
Damville
Ill
John W. Fisher
Buffalo
N. Y
Auburn Prison
Cheektowaga
Urry Jones
Muscatine
Col. Davidson
Edward
Gov. Carroll
Iowa
John Junken
Clara Rosen
Ottumwa
Clicato
Kansas City
James Sharp
Adam Good
Melissa Sharp
Michael P. Mullane
Nebraska Senate
New York Assembly
Ways and Means
Ethical Societies
New York City
Ases
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Republic Oil Company
Missouri Supreme Court
Cooper-Carmnack
Nashville
Tenn
Meeks
Eastern Illinois Normal School
Charleston
Kingdon Gould
George Gould
Missouri Pacific Railway Company
United Mine Workers of America
Terre Haute
Ind
W. P Rolling
Quintons
Brinkley
Ark
Chamber of Deputies of
France
Frederick Holbrook
Vermont
Brattleboro
Taft
Connecticut General Assembly
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Honduras
Guatemala
Salvador
Costa Rica
Central America
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Fitzhugh
Unitarian Church
Oyster Bay
Walter F. Schultz
Chicago
Alexandria
Washington
B. Cochems
University of Wisconsin
St. Louis University
Roosevelt
Carmack-Cooper
Venn
Fred Parker
Brookfield
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Not Guilty Verdict in Standard Oil Case and Other News
Judge A B Anderson in Chicago orders the jury to return a not guilty verdict in the Standard Oil cases. Rev Erasmus Anston of St Stanislaus Newark is assassinated in his study by three gunmen. Nantucket sound collision sinks Horatio Hall while H F Dimmock runs aground but all aboard are saved. Britain welcomes Washington’s plan to send a Liberia commission and aid to West Africa. Fairmount WV grand jury returns 72 indictments for pistol carrying amid mining region unrest. Interior Dept opens 8 million acres in eastern Wyoming for homesteading. Harriman party departs Tucson for a Mexican coast cruise. West Coast aluminum makers consolidate into a single corporation with capital of $750,000.
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Indianapolis
United States District Court
Chicago
Father Erasmus Anston
St.Stanislaus Church
Newark
N. J
Nantucket Sound
Horatio Hall
H. F. Dimmock
Great Britain
Washington
Liberia
Republic
West Africa
Fairmount
W. Va
Interior Department
Wyoming
H. Harriman
Tucson
Ariz
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Urry Jones dies in jail before testimony in murder trial
Long list of Iowa and national items including Urry Jones, on trial for murder in Muscatine, who died by his own action in jail hours before he was to testify. Other notes cover Gov. Carroll on lynchings, peace conference plans, and various court and political events from Iowa and beyond.
Widening Senate Battle Foresees More Battles Ahead
Des Moines reporters note opponents of the Meredith resubmission expect a Senate clash after a House victory. The House backed rerefer to the judiciary committee by 57 to 42 amid heated debate. The Senate is viewed as blocking another period of turmoil on prohibition.
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House
Senate
Meredith
Judiciary Committee
Marston
Harding
Sullivan
Inman
Elliott
Johnson
Hanson
Roe
Senate adoptions and clashes over the Peterson bill
The Senate delayed for two weeks then passed the Peterson bill allowing fathers of former soldiers to enter the state soldiers home at Marshalltown after a comma amendment. Representative Carl Johnson objected, the Senate refused to concur, a conference committee formed, and Peterson chaired the panel. The panel’s report reinserts the comma and a minor change, sending the bill back to the House for concurrence while lawmakers push Capitol grounds expansion and state house adequacy plans with hopeful funding.
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Peterson
Marshalltown
Carl Johnson
House
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Hummer Mercantile Company
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