San Francisco school row settled after White House talks
The San Francisco Japanese school controversy ends with a pledge to abolish oriental schools after immigration bill passage and to call an extra session if needed. Mayor Schmitz and the school board agree to rescind oriental school orders once law includes the exclusion amendment.
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Washington
San Francisco
White House
Schmitz
Root
Congress
State Department
Seccretary Root
Oriental School
Kennedy resolution seeks probe of express companies
Congressman Kennedy introduced a resolution urging the interstate commerce commission to investigate leading express companies in the United States. The Western Fruit Jobbers Association accuses them of business mixing. E. B. Brinch of Omaha reported to a Kansas City convention leading to a adopted resolution. The measure was referred to the interstate and foreign commerce committee.
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Kennedy
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association
E. B. Brinch
Omaha
Kansas City
House
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Pittsburg Miller McKim Dies by Own Action in Centropolis Hotel
John R. McKim aged 48 a Pittsburg miller committed death by own action at the Centropolis hotel in Kansas City He was formerly with Cudahy Packing at South Omaha and later with Kansas City Baking Powder in Chicago.
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Cudahy Packing Company
Kansas City
John R. McKim
Pittsburg
Kas
Centropolis
McKim
South Omaha
Kansas City Baking Powder Company
Chicago
Ninety Six Million Navy Bill Clears House
The house passed the naval appropriation bill in a tight debate, carrying about 396 million dollars. Representative Burton D sought to strike the battleship provision for a Dreadnought type, but the amendment failed 114 to 146 amid speeches by Burton, Kitchin Stayden Crumpacker Hull Sulzer Waldo Weeks Longworth and Foss.
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Navy
Washinglton
Burton
Burton and Kitchin
N. Y
Stayden
Tex
Crumpacker
Ind
Hull
Sulzer
Waldo
Weeks
Mass
Longworth
Foss
Trade Boom With Noncontiguous U S Terrtories Amid Growth
Figures from the Bureau of Statistics show American trade with noncontiguous territories rising sharply in the last year. Value reached 131 million dollars, up from under 100 million in 1904, signaling a strong expansion in commerce.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Friends Kill Two-Cent Fare Bill in South Dakota House
In Pierre South Dakota the two cent fare bill was killed by its allies after a failed attempt to avoid indefinite postponement. Car roll moved to table a motion to indefinitely postpone, carried on a roll call and the bill was tabled and declared dead by the Speaker.
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Pierre
S. D
Carroll
Browne
Land Leasing Measure Debated by Agriculture Committee
Senate agriculture panel heard arguments on a Burkett amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill. It would let the secretary of agriculture district unreserved grazing lands and charge fees while balancing big cattlemen and sheepmen interests. Roosevelt letter favored government control but protected homesteaders, drawing sharp exchanges between cattlemen and sheepmen.
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Committee On Agriculture
Washington
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Burkett
Nebraska
Secretary of Agriculture
American National Livestock Association
National Wool Growers’ Association
Roosevelt
Senator Warren
A. E. Derriquiles
J. W. Boardman
Helena
Mont
Cattlemen’s Association
Proctor
Mr. Boardman
T. W. Gray
Gunnison
Colo
Colorado
Utah
Works in the Garden and a Kidney Pills Endorsement
Robert Scollan, 87, of Seneca Falls New York, thanks Dean's Kidney Pills for relief from kidney trouble and lumbago. His daughter Mrs Goethious says he was soon cured after starting the pills, and her husband also found relief. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Robert Scollan
Garden St
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Why Russia Lost the War Extracts From Kuropatkin History
General Kuropatkin’s confiscated history of the Russo Japanese War is now accessible in three volumes. He blames disorganization, disobedience by officers such as Kaulbars, and low morale, contrasting Russian weaknesses with Japanese readiness and numbers at Liao Yang Sha River and Mukden.
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Kuropatkin
St. Petersburg
Europatkin
Liao Yang
Sha River
Mukden
Kaulbars
Russia
Europe
Postal Savings Banks Abroad Reported in Detail
The president transmitted to Congress a secretary of state report on postal savings banks in multiple nations. England lists 6,673,717 depositors with 721,819,296 dollars, while Japan records 907,561 depositors with 20,532,387 dollars.
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Washington
Kennedy
Nebraska
Secretary of State
England
Japan
France
Belgium
Italy
Holland
Austria-Hungary
Sweden
Russia
Egypt
Bulgaria
Canada
Postal Savings Bank
Bill for an Irish Council in Parliament
Augustine Birrell announces a bill to establish an Irish council and related purposes as the liberal government pledges to advance Irish legislation in the current session. The move aligns with nationalist demands to place Irish affairs at the forefront of parliamentary work.
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London
Ireland
Augustine Birrell
Two Bills Seek to Restrict Press in Washington State
In Tacoma Senator Booms introduces a bill resembling the Pennypacker measure but with the penalty omitted. Senator Graves drafts a second bill banning suggestive crime stories, execution details, crime reports, police court coverage, and medicine advertisements for certain diseases.
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Tacoma
Wash
Booms
Pennypacker
Graves
Union Pacific Declares Regular 5% Common Dividend
Directors of Union Pacific railroad announced the regular annual dividends of 5 percent on common stock and 2 percent on preferred. It was stated that a portion of the common dividend comes from earnings and another from investment income.
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Union Pacific
New York
Union Pacific Railroad
Bishop Bonacum Turned Down By Nebraska Rumors
Naples Archbishop Quigley of Chicago stops for a few days while Bishop Bonacum of Nebraska remains here. He did not obtain from the propaganda congregation all he sought in presenting charges against Rev Father Murphy of Seward Nebraska to the group.
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Bonacum
Naples
Quigley
Chicago
Nebraska
Congregation of the Propaganda
Father Murphy
Seward
Neb
President Nominates Houston and Alliance Officials
The president sent to the Senate nominations for Samuel L. Hain as surveyor of customs for the port of Houston Texas and William W. Wood as register of the land office at Alliance Nebraska.
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Washington
Senate
Port of
Houston
Tex
Samuel L. Hain
Alliance, Neb
William W. Wood
Leaders of Nicaragua and Honduras Agree to Peace
Washington reports from the presidents of Nicaragua and Honduras pledge maintenance of peaceful relations. In response to a joint U S note with Mexico and Guatemala they express willingness to consider steps toward arbitration of the disputes.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Honduras
United States
Mexico
Guatemala
Judicial bill reported to add federal judge for Nebraska
Washington rep Tirrell of Massachusetts reported favorably Judge Norris bill creating an additional federal judge for Nebraska. The voluminous report compares Nebraska with Iowa and cites rising case totals and court days, arguing Munger needs help as circuit work grows and other judges cannot be readily obtained.
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Washington
Tirill
Massachusetts
Norris
District of
Nebraska
Burkett
Senate
Congress
Burket
Judiciary Committee
Thrill
United States
Iowa
Munger
Half Million Dollars Gone From New Britain Bank Vaults
The Savings Bank of New Britain disclosed that more than 500000 dollars worth of securities were stolen from its vaults by missing treasurer William F. Walker. The bank issued the statement on Wednesday detailing the loss and suspect.
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New Britain, Conn
Savings Bank of
New Britain
William F. Walker
Japanese School Question Settled In Nationwide Debate
President Roosevelt and Mayor Schmitz reach an amicable agreement with the San Francisco school board over the Japanese school issue. Congress now holds the final adjustment to resolve the dispute.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Schmitz
San Francisco
Congress
Bradford H. Cox Dies After Oyster Poisoning
Bradford Hibbard Cox a Sunday school worker and evangelist with a national reputation died from ptomaine poisoning after eating oysters at a local restaurant in Kansas City. His wife also fell ill and a physician was called. she recovered after an emetic was given. Cox refused treatment. He died at midnight after severe stomach pains began the previous Sunday.
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Bradford H. Cox
Kansas City
Bradford Hibbard Cox
Ship Collision Tragedy Off Block Island Claims Many Lives
About 150 people perished when the three masted schooner Harry Knowlton collided with the Joy Line steamer Larchmont off Watch Hill. Nearly 200 aboard the Providence to New York voyage. 19 crew and 9 passengers survived. Bodies began washing ashore through the day. a mass of confusion and shock followed.
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Block Island, R. L
Block Island Sound
Harry Knowlton
Joy Line
Larchmont
Providence
New York
Watch Hill
South Amboy
Boston
George McVey
Knowlton
Haley
The
Two-Cent Fare In Iowa House Passes Without Dissent
Des Moines Iowa the Iowa house of representatives approved a reduced railway fare measure with no debate or opposition. The compromise sets fare rates by railroad earnings per mile with $4 000 or more at 2 cents, $3 000 to $4 000 at 2144 cents, and under $3 000 at 3 cents per mile.
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Des Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
House Committee On Railways
Burbank Out of Prison After Fifteen Months
Lieutenant Sidney Burbank was released from Leavenworth federal prison after nearly fifteen months and headed toward Indianapolis to visit a brothel for a few days. He declined to reveal further plans and criticized the officers responsible for his conviction. He said he would issue a statement later.
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Burbank
Leavenworth
Kas
Sidney
Federal Penitentiary
Indianapolis
Associated Press
Proof of Homesteaders Order Expanded Exceptions
Washington report on the presidents January order delaying final title certificates for public lands. The White House conference with Garfield Pinchot Steenerson and Grenna, plus geological survey reps, agreed to broaden exceptions so homestead entries with five years residence proof may receive title under existing law.
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Washington
White House
Garfield
Gifford Pinchot
Steenerson
Grenna
Geological
Suvey
Nebraska Judicial Bill Unites State Delegation
Nebraskas delegation shows unity on the judicial bill after Monday talks. Senators Millard and Burkett discussed concessions with Congressman Kinkaid, agreeing to add Chadron and keep North Platte in the district while maintaining a single court site.
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Washington
Nebraska
Millard and
Burkett
Germania Works
Dictary
Kinkaid
North Platte
Chadron
Delegation Seeks Grazing Land Transfer Legislation
Washington leaders from Colorado and western stock raisers, led by Denver's Washington Alfred E. Dericules, urge Congress to move grazing lands from the interior to the agricultural department. They plan to press the agricultural committees in front of the house and senate for timely enactment.
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Washington
Alfred E. Dericules
Denver
Colo
National Live Stock Association
House
Senate
Interior Department
Agricultural Department
Queen Liliuokalani Seeks Recovered Hawaiian Lands
Washington vice president fair banks introduces the petition before the senate for Queen Liliuokalani to settle her claim to sovereignty lands seized during the 1898 annexation. The former Hawaiian queen had filed a petition in 1905 seeking restoration or compensation.
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Queen Lil
Washington
Fairbanks
Senate
Liliuokalani
Hawaiian Islands
Soreign
United States
Turkish Admiral Hairi Pasha Dies Amid Trade Row
Vice Admiral Hairi Pasha, newly named chairman of the commission to examine the battleship Assar I Tewfik after modernization, died suddenly after an officials visit reportedly over orders to cancel the trade. The 1870 vessel had been built in France and remade at Kiel before his death.
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Constantinople
Hairi Pasha
Imperial
Assar-I Tewfik
France
Germania
Kiel
Valuable Prescription in Home Mix Promises Rheumatism Relief
A nostalgic notice touts a costly city and living in Dan gon while promoting a home made mixture claimed to cure rheumatism and kidney troubles. It lists ingredients like dandelion extract and sarsaparilla and urges readers to obtain them from pharmacies for daily use after meals and at night.
Milkman Delivers Rushed Rounds as Baby Dies in Kansas City
On Linwood boulevard a milkman hurried his rounds and faced angry customers after explaining his late start. A tearful confession followed his claim that his baby was dying. The next day he appeared very early and announced the burial, receiving understanding rather than blame.
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Linwood Boulevard
Kansas City
Grape-Nuts Promoted by Ill mother for children
An Illinois mother extols Grape-Nuts as a cure for indigestion and a booster for children's health. She notes her family favors toast and Grape-Nuts with milk, and a 15 year old son feels his mind sharpest after a Grape-Nuts breakfast. The advertisement credits Postum Co. of Battle Creek and promotes The Road to Wellville with the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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