Civil Service Fight Opens in House Over Appropriation Bill
The House began its annual clash with the Civil Service Commission during debate on the legislative appropriation bill. Opponents Bartlett Georgia Hepburn Iowa and Grosvenor Ohio sought to strike the entire commission funding, criticizing civil service as stagnant. Five hours of discussion featured jokes about the Parker vote while paying scrutiny of expenditures. The pay for committee stenographers was cut from 5000 to 3000, and the panel rejected increasing the secretary’s pay. The Senate met briefly and adjourned to Monday as other measures stalled.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
House
Messrs. Bartlett
Georgia
Hepburn
Iowa
Grosvenor
Ohio
Commission
Civil Service
Sporls
Parker
Williams
Mississipi
Bingham
Senate
Aldrich
Tillman
Mr. Tilman
Wiliam D. Crim
Charleston
S. C
Committee On Judiciary
Port Arthur Bombardment Report and Far East War News
Reports from Tokyo and St. Petersburg describe Japanese bombardment of Port Arthur on December 5 and 7 with heavy guns, claiming hits on Peresviet Pobleda and Pallada, plus ships aground and hills 203-Meter and Akasaka under Japanese control. Rumors of a Rennenkampf feint and Japanese casualty counts circulate amid conflicting dispatches.
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Tokso
Imperial
Port Arthur
Peresviet
Pobleda
Pallada
Ponence
Pobieda
QT. Petersburg
War Office
Akasaka Hill
Stoessel
Berlin
Tokio
Lokal Anzeiger
Che Foo
Paiyu
Retvizan
Russians Repulsed as Japanese Hold 203-Meter Hill
Tokyo reports the Russians failed to retake 203 Meter hill after heavy losses estimated at 8000. Japanese defenses strengthen as they repulse attacks while works on Songsha mountain and eastern forts advance. Port Arthur bombardment intensifies after the hill’s capture enabled gunfire on Russian ships.
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Tokio
Songsha
Port Arthur
Pelyu
Senate Measures Reported in Washington
Senator Carmacs introduces a joint resolution to create a Senate and House commission to study national committee funding for presidential campaigns and prohibit interstate corporate collections. The panel will audit elections from 1898 1900 and investigate money sources and uses. Latimer reports the good roads bill allocating 24 million dollars for three yearly installments.
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Washington
Carmacs
Senate
House
Latimer
Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
Tha “Latimer
Inaugural Committee Plans Ball March Eighth
Washington The inaugural committee for President Roosevelts inauguration held its first meeting and voted to hold the inaugural ball on Saturday night March 3. The parade is expected to be unusually large with civic and military representation. The committee seeks legislation to use the Pension Office building for the ball.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
MAY PAY KENTUCKY A VISIT
President Roosevelt received an invitation to visit Louisville Kentucky next spring and gave conditional acceptance. He said he would likely go to San Antonio Texas for the Rough Riders reunion if Congress does not meet unusually. He plans to pass Roswell Georgia on the way to Texas and may stop elsewhere. a Colorado hunting trip could follow for two or three weeks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Louisville
Congress
San Antonio
Tex
Rough Riders
Roswell
Texas
Colorado
Money Stolen From Wells Fargo Express Department
Detectives of Wells, Fargo & Co search for the man or men who stole 15000 dollars from the forwarding department a week ago. Authorities hope the missing funds may be found in eastbound coin safes where misplacement was suspected. Reports from across sendings of coin saves are being reviewed.
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San Francisco
Wells, Fargo & Co
Express Company
Senate Week Focuses On Philippine Civil Budget Bill
The Senate plans a Friday vote on the Philippine civil bill with no debate, aiming to finish unfinished business after 2 PM daily. Democratic opposition seeks amendments, especially to bond and Chinese immigration clauses, before adjournment for Christmas. House considers private pension loss and the Swayne impeachment resolution as it begins the second week.
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Washington
Senate
House
Hepburn
Holninss
Judiciary Committee
Charles Swayne
Florida
Appropriations Committee
Contempt case over ballot fraud in Denver precinct
Colorado supreme court examined contempt charges against Thomas Culp and other officials in a ward seven race. Prosecution cited 238 voters vs 417 counted ballots and ordered the ballot box opened for expert penmanship analysis with two specialists to inspect. A warrant was issued for James Riley, the third judge, who remains at large.
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Denver
State Supreme Court
Thomas Culp
Devaung
Thomas Ward
James Riley
Roosevelt Criticized Over Civil Service Exemptions
At the National Civic Service Reform league final session Nelson S Spencer assailed President Roosevelt for executive order exemptions in the last three years. Foulke defended the president, hailing his justice and adherence to law amid civil service reform debates.
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Washington
National Civic Service Reform League
Roosevelt
Nelson S Spencer
Municipal Civil Service Commission
New York City
Civil Service
Foulke
Talk of Special Session on Tariff Revisions
Washington senators discuss the possibility of a special session to revise the tariff. Finance leaders say the issue warrants presidential and congressional consideration, and a hasty decision is unlikely as a majority is believed to oppose revision.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Diplomatic Salaries to Be Raised Across Many Posts
Secretary Hay’s estimate to Congress asks for higher pay for numerous diplomats and consular officers. Proposals include a $2000 rise for Argentina, $3500 for the minister resident to Liberia, and new posts in Romania Servia Greece Montenegro and Bulgaria. Also higher salaries for secretaries to Turkey and Switzerland and a third secretary for Italy Austria. New consulates at Alexandria Belgrade Bucharest Carlsbad Sandakan and Teheran with specified amounts. An extra $2000 for bringing home criminals and $50,000 for boundary delimitation with Canada are requested, plus $20,000 more in clerk hire for many consular offices.
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Washington
Congress
Hay
Treasury Department
Argentina
Liveria
Romania
Servia
Greece
Montenegro
Bulgaria
Turkey
Switzerland
Italy
Austria
Alexandria
Belgrade
Bucharest
Roumania
Carlsbad
Sandakan
British North Borneo
Teheran
Persia
United States
Canada
Philippine scouts formed into battalion at St Louis
War Department orders relieve officers at the Louisiana Purchase exposition and reassign them. A battalion is organized from the Fourth Twenty fourth Thirtieth and Forty seventh Philippine scouts with Captain William H Johnston assigned as major and other vacancies to be filled from the scouts.
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Philippine Scouts
Leutenant
William H Junhnston
Sixteenth
United States Infantry
Profits of British Cotton Mills
London reports eighty seven cotton spinning mills with capital over 315 million dollars earned a profit of 150 thousand dollars for the year ended November 30, down from 220 thousand dollars a year earlier.
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London
Use of Money in Campaigns Investigated by Joint Resolution
Senator Carack introduces a joint resolution to have a committee investigate money collected and spent by national committees for presidential candidates. It would require publicity and bar corporate contributions from interstate commerce firms. The panel must probe elections of 1896 1901 and 1904 and trace money sources and usage. Referred to privileges and elections.
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Carack
Senate
House
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Cable to Panama Canal Zone Proposed by Representative Wanger
A bill by Rep. Wanger of Pennsylvania would connect the Panama Canal Zone to the United States by cable under Panama, War, and Navy secretaries with cost limits. The project totals 2 million dollars with 300 thousand available now. Commercial rates would cap at 25 cents per word, with government and press dispatches at reduced rates.
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Washington
Canal Zone
Ithmus
Panama
United States
Wanger
Pennsylvannia
Secretary of the Navy
Lone Green Goods Man Arrested After Missing Train Wreck
Grover J. Collins, nicknamed the Lone Green Goods Man, was arrested by a post office inspector though believed killed in a Canadian train wreck months earlier. He advertised in western papers and sent green goods circulars and counterfeit government paper to collectors, keeping money sent for samples. He is sought by federal officers in New Jersey.
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New York
Grover J. Collins
New Jersey
Collins
Capture of 203-Meter Hill in Port Arthur assault reported
Shanghai dispatches detail Japanese night assault that captured 203-Meter hill forcing Russian evacuation from a parallel fortified slope. Japanese losses surpass those at Nan Shan. frost bite and cold hindered infantry. Reports also cover Russians driven from Gushan island, fires at depots, and fires aboard ships at Port Arthur.
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London
Shanghai
Port Arthur
Thote Mjountain
Daily Telegraphs
Bise Mountain
Nan Shan
Daidy Maf
Tokio
Tomatsu
Akasaka
Tien Tsin
Cha
Gushan
Liao Yang
Norother
Pallada
Bayan
Flop
Amu
Pelyw Mountain
Chinese Exclusion Treaty Negotiations Progress in Washington
Secretary Hay and Chinese minister Sir Cheutung Miang Cheng pursue a new exclusion treaty aimed at tighter limits on Chinese labor immigration and easing hardships at the borders. Officials say the pact should not bar indiscriminate immigration and hope it reaches Congress soon for swift action.
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Wasihngcon
Hay
Sir Cheutung Miang Cheng
Senate
Congress
China
Famine in Central Russia Debated in Official Statement
ST PETERSBURG reports an official denial of famine in Central Russia. The statement acknowledges a bad harvest in Southern Bessarabia and lesser shortfalls in Kherson Poltava and Nizhni Novgorod districts. Government aid includes loans for food and seed grain. no starvation reported.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Bessarabia
Kherson
Poltava
Nizhni Novgorod
Filipinos Start For Home From World’s Fair Exhibit
One hundred and forty five Negritos Bagabos Samal Morog and Lanao Moros tribal delegates left St Louis Wednesday on through Burlington Northern Pacific rails for Seattle to sail to Manila. Fred Lewis leads the party with Mrs Roy Hopping Rice McSie and Valentine Semilla. The Philippine board gave each tribe a large American flag.
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Louis
Burlington
Northern Pacific
Seattle
Manila
Fred Lewis
Roy Hopping
Rice McSie
Valentine Semilla
Philippine Board
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Everett Woman Recover
Mrs. P Brunzel of 3118 Grand Avenue Everett Washington reports fifteen years of back pain and fatigue eased after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She took five boxes with prompt relief of ache and discomfort. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY advertises the remedy as available from druggists at 50 cents per box.
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P. Brunzel
P Brunzel
Grand Avenue
Everett, Wash
Doan
Flocking into Canada as North Dakotans seek farms
Major Allison Edwards United States Consul General in Montreal reports North Dakota residents crossing into Western Canada in large numbers due to land scarcity. He says there is no real boundary in practice as people flock south to get good farms, bringing money and experience. Canadian agents offer full homestead land information.
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Dakota
Major Edwards
United States
Montreal
Allison Edwards
Fargo
North Dakota
Canada
Put Blame on Printers
One Browning remark is cited as char acteristic. He told Dr Knight that all unintelligibility of Sor dello stems from printers who would alter punctuation and omit commas semicolons dashes and brackets.
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Browning
Knight
Defiance Cold Water Starch Promises Time and Money Savings
An advertisement urges housekeepers to buy Defiance Cold Water Starch noting each 16 oz package costs 10 cents while rival 12 oz or 1 pound packages offer less. It claims Defiance avoids sticking to iron and contains no injurious chemicals, and accuses grocers of pushing smaller stock to mislead buyers. Demand Defiance.
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Defiance
Defiance Starch Promises More for Same Money
Some grocers say they do not carry Defiance Starch due to stock of other brands in 12 ounce packages they cannot sell first, while Defiance offers 16 ounce per same price and requires no cooking.
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Defiance
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Rennenkampf
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Hill
Kentucky
Civil Service Reform League
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Bill
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Meter Hill
Jonathan Swift
Satin
Richard Bentler
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