Post Office Clerks Underpaid Dims Efficiency Says Hitchcock
First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock warns that starting salaries of 600 dollars a year for clerks in first and second class post offices deter qualified applicants. He urges closing shared government buildings and favors emergency funding of 75000 dollars for temporary postal facilities in mining towns. The report notes big jumps in domestic and foreign money orders, a rise in undelivered letters with valuable enclosures, and a surge of indecent material prompting a department crackdown on objectionable mail.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Department of
Panama Canal Zone
Nuisante
Department
Railroad Promoters Clash Over Crossing in Portland
A state circuit court injunction orders the Portland & Seattle railroad and Simms & Shields contractors to stop work near a proposed crossing with the Oregon Railroad & Navigation track between Portland and the Columbia River. This marks the first direct legal clash between the competing HiFi and Harriman interests as both sides seek to fix a grade the other must follow.
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Portland
Portland & Seattle Railroad
Simms & Shields
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Here
Columbia River
Hifi
Harriman
President Signs Canal Bill Approving Panama Funding
President Roosevelt signed the Panama canal appropriation bill totaling 11 million dollars. Secretary Shaw notes the Panama bonds legislation is ready for sale but the treasury does not plan an immediate issue, as current conditions for issuing bonds are not favorable and could divert funds from essential trade channels.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Panama Canal
Shaw
Panama
Treasury Department
Thousand Dollars a Child Eldora Family Story
A German immigrant, George Cramer, living near Ackley, came to America poor. His German father promised $1,000 for each child born in the family. Twelve children have blessed the pair, and twelve $1,000 checks have been sent to the American son and heirs as promised.
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Eldora
George Cramer
Ackley
America
Germany
Wadsworth Discusses NY Assembly Speakership With President
James W. Wadsworth Jr met with President Roosevelt at the White House by appointment. The talks covered events surrounding Governor Higgins' selection of Wadsworth as the party's leader in the New York Assembly.
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Washington
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Higgins
New York Assembly
Roosevelt
White House
Wadsworth
Sower House
Senate Postpones Action On Military Nominations Until After Holidays
Senate executive session delays confirmation of Brig Gen George B. Davis as judge advocate general and Brig Gen William Crozier as chief of ordnance after holidays. Taft explains a legal technicality in reappointment limits under the 1901 army reorganization act. Isthmian canal commission nominations referred to Interoceanic Canals Committee.
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Washington
George B. Davis
William Crozier
Ordance
Senate
Warren
Committee On Military Affairs
Taft
Isthmian Canal Commission
Committee On Interoceanic Canals
President Must Have a Railroad Rate Bill
Washington declares Congress must enact Roosevelt era railroad rate legislation this session or face an extraordinary session after. The ultimatum at the White House marks the president as determined and suggests senators opposing the plan will be sidelined at the White House for the remainder of their terms.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Iself
White House
House
Senate
Investigation Wil l Go On Omaha After Judge Baxter Dismissal
The summary dismissal of Judge Baxter as United States district attorney is discussed in Omaha. Baxter was absent from his office on Christmas morning but had received the president’s telegraphic removal order. A Secret Service agent handling Nebraska land fraud probes says investigations will continue toward the May grand jury, promising deeper findings.
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Omaha
Judge Baxter
United State District Attorney
Baxter
Secret Service Force
Nebraska
Marshal Mathews
Grand Jury
Roosevelt Birthplace Buy Acquired for Sixty Thousand
A group formed to purchase Theodore Roosevelt's birthplace at 28 East Twentieth Street New York has secured possession of the property for 60000. They plan to restore the house to its original condition with available furniture and fittings. Andrew Carnegie Henry C Frick and General Horace Porter are among contributors with Porter reportedly subscribing 19000.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
East Twentieth Street
Andrew Carnegie
Henry C. Frick
Horace Porter
Howard University accepts John Gordon resignation
Trustees approve the resignation of President John Gordon effective at the end of the current school year in May 1906 with a leave of absence from January 4, 1906. Dean Frederick D. Fairfield becomes acting president immediately after Gordon’s departure following a student demonstration earlier.
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Washington
Howard University
John Gordon
Frederick D. Fairfield
University
Arrests of Hd-lifting clubs on liquor law charges in St Louis
Police court arraigned several members of Hd-lifting clubs raided on Governor Folk orders for liquor law violations. Fines ranged from 50 to 100 dollars, with many cases appealed to the criminal correction court. Police Judge Tracy denounced the groups as subterfuges evading Sunday closing and excise laws.
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ST. Louis
Folk
Court of Criminal Correction
Tracy
Moscow Revolt Suppressed and Normal Life Returns
Moscow electric lighting was restored by 3 pm and streets began normalizing. Rail schedules may resume, factories reopen, and relief efforts for victims are organized as the revolt is crushed. In St Petersburg the government proclaims victory and warns of further terror attacks by revolutionaries.
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Moscow
ST. Petersburg
Baltic
Minsk
Rosewater to Attend Postal Congress in Rome
Washington date announced that the sixth universal postage congress will convene in Rome Italy during the first week of April 1906. Edward Rosewater of Omaha and Eugene F Loud of San Francisco were named to represent the United States with authority to sign modified postal union conventions subject to presidential and postmaster general approval.
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Washington
Universal Postage Congress
Rome
Italy
Eugeene F. Loud
San Francisco
United States
Edward Rosewater
Omaha
Neb
Lund
Russia to borrow funds for 1906 war costs
St Petersburg reports the 1906 budget shows ordinary revenue of 50 million dollars with 195 million needed to cover war expenses. An ukase allows 200 million dollars of short term gold bonds to be issued abroad, though none sold yet. General Kuropatkin reportedly moved 1.26 million dollars in gold from the Imperial bank.
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Petersburg
Milva
Kuropatkin
Far East
Imperial Bank
Uhler Warns on Crude Oil in Passenger Steamers
Washington early today supervising inspector general George Uhler submitted his annual report warning that carrying crude petroleum in passenger steamers endangers ship and passenger safety. He notes much of the oil is highly inflammable and can flash at ordinary summer temperatures.
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Washington
Steamboat Inspection Service
George Uhler
Fire at Higgins tenements in Minneapolis leaves dead and injured
A deadly blaze at the Higgins tenements on Minnehaha Avenue in Minneapolis killed one person and badly burned two others while more than fifteen were overcome by smoke. The fire began in Mrs Lorraine Buckliffs apartment and spread rapidly as twenty seven families were rescued from their beds into the freezing night.
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Minneapolis
Higgins
Lorraine
Buckliff
Minnehaha Avenue
Sur
New Electoral Law Gazetted in St Petersburg
The government announces a new electoral law and states universal suffrage is not yet decreed by the cabinet. The assembly must decide. The list will be published and elections announced with a convocation of the national assembly once half the members are elected. The reform widens suffrage in cities to include factory workers real estate owners taxpayers licensees lodging tax payers and government employees while rent-based limits are removed and the two-tier system remains.
Tragedy in Wathena as merchant dies after knife attack
In Wathena Kansas John Schalz a leading store owner is stabbed to death by Edward Morris a farmer after a price dispute over shoes. The killing happened at the store doorway in front of Christmas shoppers. Morris is jailed and Schalz leaves a wife and eight children while Morris has a six member family.
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Wathena
Kas
John Schalz
Edward Morris
Boycott in China Deepens Says American Merchant
R Van Sant reports from San Francisco that the China boycott has grown severe with many American houses closing doors. The boycott covers seventeen provinces and worsens in Canton and Hankow, reducing American trade to about twenty percent. Chinese demand modified exclusion laws before trade returns, else stronger actions may follow. British and German firms in the Orient also lose significant business.
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San Francisco
Orient
China
R. van Sant
Shanghai
Mr. van Sant
Canton
Hankow
Americas
Hong Kong
United States
Orisent
Attorney General appoints S R Rush special prosecutor
S R Rush an Omaha attorney has been named by Attorney General Moody as special prosecutor in land fencing cases. He will begin issuing subpoenas immediately as court convenes January 8 and prosecutions are to be pursued vigorously.
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Omaha
S. R. Rush
Moody
Nebraska backs Payne bill on Philippine sugar import
Senator Millard said Nebraska would vote solidly for the Payne bill allowing Philippine sugar at 26 percent of import duties. Nebraska, a leading beet sugar state, faced internal split but was deemed decisive given its production heft and current protectionist pressure.
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Washington
Nebraska
Millard
Senate
House
Payne
Charles T. Yerkes Dies in New York
Charles T. Yerkes, the prominent railway financier of Chicago and London, died at the Waldorf Astoria after more than six weeks illness. A severe cold contracted in London early in the fall led to a complication of diseases. his condition had been critical for ten days with physicians unable to save him.
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New York
Charles T. Yerkes
Chicago
London
Waldorf-Astoria
Mr. Yerkes
Railroad Rebates Reported in Interstate Commerce Conference
Western railroad representatives met with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington to discuss rebates and discrimination against small shippers. J C Stubbs led Harriman lines, as chair Knapp and Commissioners Cockrell Clements listened. The joint press note said the meeting aimed to aid lawful inquiry and enforce the anti rebate law, with lines pledging to report illegal transactions.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. C. Stubbs
Harriman Lines
Knapp
Cockrell and
Clements
Western Railway
Chicago
Gulf
Western Trunk Line Committee
trans-Missouri Freight Bureau
Southwestern Tariff Committee
Transcontinental Freight Rate Commission
Odell Hints Merritt May Still Be Speaker Candidate
Former Governor Odell, Jr. traveled to Newburg after meetings with E. A. Merritt Jr. and local politicians. Odell indicated conditions looked favorable for Merritt’s candidacy, and he could attend the Albany assembly caucus next Tuesday evening. Merritt remained in town as rumors of a compromise circulated.
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New York
B. B. Odell, Jr
Newburg
E. A. Merritt, Jr
Assembly
Odell
Merrit
Albany
Merritt
Morales Reported Wounded in Caribbean Incident
Washington reports Commander Chambers in Nashville sent a cablegram from Puerto Plata stating a government source says President Morales was shot and seriously wounded.
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Washington
Navy Department
Chambers
Nashville
Puerto Plata
Morales
Jubilee of Pope Pius to mark priestly jubilee in 1908
Rome prepares for 1908 jubilee of Pope Pius X priestly ordination. The pope vows a strictly religious celebration, rejecting a grand international exposition. Committees worldwide will arrange offerings for the jubilee.
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Pope Pius
Rome
Vatican
Mrs Fitz Seeks Divorce in Sioux Falls Case
Mrs. Robert Fitzzaimmons, once believed to be in New York for vocal study, has moved to Sioux Falls. She reportedly hired a local attorney and plans to establish residence before initiating divorce proceedings.
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Sioux Falls
Robert Fitzaimmons
New York
Destructive Moscow Battles Raise Casualty Toll
A Daily Telegraph Moscow dispatch reports 6000 killed and 14000 wounded as fighting continues amid barricaded streets. Civilians face limited movement and severe food shortages while rebels and troops clash with escalating intensity.
Fifty years in Sioux City Weare marks anniversary
Jan George Weare, president of the Iowa State National Bank and pioneer banker of northwest Iowa, celebrated his fiftieth year in Sioux City since arriving just after Christmas 1855. His bank, with Weare & Allison, is the oldest under continuous management in the state, rivaled only by L D Letillier the French voyager and fur trader.
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Sioux City
Jan George Wears
Iowa State National Bank
Iowa
Bank of Weare & Allison
Emperor of Japan Ends Diet Speech on War’s Close
Tokio reports the emperor in a closing throne speech thanking public servants for ending the war with Russia. He notes restored friendly relations with Russia, increasing amiability among treaty powers, and cites the Anglo Japanese alliance and guiding Korea. The house adjourned until January 20 after a royal address.
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Tokio
Russia
Japan
Allance
Korea
House of Representatives
Vacancy in Nebraska US attorneyship may remain unfilled
Washington reports the Nebraska district attorney post after Baxter's removal likely stays vacant for weeks. President Roosevelt departs to Virginia, Senator Millard leaves for Omaha and returns Jan 8. Mills and Burkett hold an informal meeting on candidates, twelve named with no consensus to recommend.
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Washington
United States
Nebraska
Baxter
Roosevelt
Virginia
Millard
Omaha
Burkett
Uoon
Forty Millions for Canal Work Proposed in 1906
Albany New York Forty million dollars will be asked of the coming legislature for work on the thousand ton barge canal during 1906 according to the second annual report of State Engineer and Surveyor Henry Allan Alstyne.
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Albany
N. Y
Henry Alan Alstyne
Wattles Defense Outlined in 30000 Legacy Suit
Boston attorney Streeter outlined the defense for Guy Wattles of Omaha in a $30 000 suit over legacies. The administrator under the will claims plaintiffs knew he represented Omaha property of Edwin A Wallace a wealthy New Hampshire manufacturer. An independent examination was later conducted.
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Boston
Streeter
Guy We. Wattles
Omaha
Jott
Edwin
Wallace
New Hampshire
Wattles
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MR. Rosewater
Postal Congress
Kansas
Asd
Payne Bill
Fitz
Daily Telegraph
Emperor OF Japan
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