Doings in Congress and Statehood Debate
Congress and government actions span December 4 to December 8 with hearings on immigration reform and Oklahoma Indian Territory statehood. House passes coal strike commission funding and other measures. debates over salaries and authority. pension bill advances. holiday adjournment proposed. Notable figures include Nelson Quay Beveridge Burton and Payne with actions in Senate and House.
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Washington
Senate
de Graffenreid
Sheppard
Texas
Nelson
Committee On Territories
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Quay
House
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Burton
Pious Fund
Beveridge
Court of Claims
Smithmeyer & Pelz
Congressional Library
B. N. McCall
Eugene Wasdin
H. B. Geddings
Henry E. Alford
W. A. Taylor
H. W. Wiley
M. A. Carleton
John I. Shulte
Department of Agriculture
John A. Okerman
Mississippi River Commission
Casper S. Crowninshield
United States
Anna Tolman Smith
F. P. Phipps
W. A. Smith
London
Payne
Barthodit
Secretary of War
War Department
German-born linguist Prof August Lodeman dies in Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti Mich Dec 8 Prof August Lodeman longtime chair of modern languages at the state normal college died suddenly Sunday from acute indigestion He was born in Germany in 1842 A son Frank Lodeman teaches at Cornell University
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Ypsilanti, Mich
August Lodeman
State Normal College
Germany
Frank Lodeman
Cornell University
Houston Street Car Strike Settled With New Pay Scale
Houston, Dec 5. The street car strike ends as workers accept a wage scale of 18 cents per hour first year, 19 cents second year, and 20 cents thereafter, about a six percent boost over the prior scale.
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Houston
Tex
Lowell Picker ing Manufacturing Co. Fails
Lowell Massachusetts December reports the Picker ing Manufacturing Co. announced its failure Thursday night with liabilities upwards of four hundred thousand dollars. The company produces all grades of knitted cotton underwear.
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Lowell
Mass
Pickering Manufacturing Co
Patos Island Dispute Between Britain and Venezuela
Washington discusses the 1901 yellow book from Caracas detailing exchanges over Patos Island ownership. Venezuela bases its claim on proximity and a 1845 treaty, while Britain cites conquest of Trinidad and maps. Arbitration is unlikely as Britain holds the island. crisis with Britain looms amid Venezuelan tensions.
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Washington
Venezuela
Foreign Office
Caracas
London
Patos Island
Great Britain
Augusto
London Foreign Office
Carinra
International Law Institute
Patos
Trinidad
Spain
Ayuntanmiento
Huevos
Monos
Madrid
Pat
Gastro
New American Wages in Mexican Railroading
Eagle Pass Texas reports that since December 1 machinists at Ciudad Porfirio Diaz under the Mexican International will receive standard American wages on a gold basis. Machinists earn 3.30 dollars per day and boilermakers 3.50, payable in American money or Mexican silver at the monthly exchange rate. The change is limited to American workers and reflects an effort to retain skilled labor.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Mexican International
Ciudad Porfirio Diaz
Bride-to-be buried in wedding gown at funeral
Miss Augusta Rueger died suddenly while serving as bridesmaid at a friend’s wedding in Bloomington Illinois. She had planned to wed next Wednesday and was laid to rest in the gown that would have been her wedding dress as six bridesmaids and six groomsmen accompanied her to the grave.
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Bloomington
Ill
Augusta Rueger
Miss Rueger
Tartar Prince Burned At Sea With All Aboard
The Prince line steamer Tartar Prince Capt. MacFarlane was burned at sea on November 25 while sailing from New York to Port Natal via St. Vincent. Crew and passengers were saved by the Argyll for Algoa bay. Mr and Mrs Putnam B Strong arrived on the Umbria from Liverpool and Queenstown, with Strong declining to discuss his past or future movements.
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Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Prince Line
MacFarlane
New York
St. Vincent
Port Natal
Argyll
Algoa Bay
Putnam B. Strong
Liverpool
Queenstown
Putnam Bradlee Strong
Strong
Kitty wrecked on Runcador reef near Jamaica
Kingston Jamaica December 8 The United Fruit Co s steamer Kitty lies hard ashore on Runcador reef about 300 miles from Jamaica The American wrecking steamer Premier has been dispatched to assist her
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Kingston
Jamaica
United Fruit Co
Kitty
Runcador Reef
Premier
Thomas Brackett Reed Dies in Washington
Former speaker Thomas Brackett Reed died in his Arlington hotel suite after a bout with Bright's disease and uremia. He had been bedridden since Tuesday. Mrs. Reed and Miss Catherine Reed were at his side as doctors and nurses attended him. The body left for Portland, Maine, for burial after a simple service. President Roosevelt and other dignitaries visited.
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Washington
Thomas Brackett Reed
House of Representatives
Arlington Hotel
Reed
Catherine Reed
Gardner, McDonald, Bishop and Goodnow
Mr. Reed
Bright
Portland
Federal Express
Amos L. Allen
Roosevelt
Cabinet
Senate
Diplomatic Corps
Thomas Brackett Reed Funeral Details at Hotel
The casket stayed at the hotel until 4 pm then was carried downstairs to a hearse by undertaker assistants and a hotel employer. It was quietly moved to the railroad station. Two floral offerings rested on the casket, one from Mrs Reed and another in a box from Mrs Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt
White House
Holmes Nomination Confirmed to Supreme Court Bench
No opposition to Oliver Wendell Holmes as the senate confirmed his nomination to fill the late Justice Gray on the U S Supreme Court. Hoar reported favorably and the vote occurred in executive session with swift confirmation. Also noted, Merritt Chapman Wrecking Co fleet delivered the 16 inch gun from Watervliet Arsenal to Sandy Hook and moved it to the proving ground.
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Washington
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Senate
Justice Gray
United States Supreme Court
Hoar
Committee On the Judiciary
New York
Merritt & Chapman Wrecking Co
Sandy Hook
Watervliet Arsenal
Proving Ground
Miners Killed by Roof Coal Fall at Windber Mine
Johnstown report says Dominick Duninski 18 and Adam Lepansky 28, miners at Berwynd White Co. mine No. 31 Windber near Johnstown, were instantly killed by a fall of roof coal.
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Johnstown
Dominick Duninski
Adam Lepansky
Berwynd-White Co
Windber
Here
Navy's Great Naval Search Problem Outlined
Washington December 5 The Navy Department releases details of the grand naval search drill pitting white and blue fleets in a West Indies exercise. The plan defines fleet commands and mine laying rules with time limits and victory conditions for both sides.
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Washington
Navy Department
West Indies
Br. Adms
Sumner
Crowninshields
Adm
Adm. Higginson
Blue Fleet
White Fleet
Barbadoes
Porto Rican
Mayaguez
Great Harbor
Culebra
Cummings Library Bequest To Typographic Home
The library of Amos J. Cummings, late New York congressman and editor, will go to the International Typographic Union home in Colorado Springs. Mrs. Cummings, widow, confirms the bequest made in her own will, noting the collection includes valuable books and manuscripts.
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Colorado Springs
Amos J. Cummings
New York
International Typographical Union
Railroad plans substantial pay raise for Lackawanna staff
Scranton Pa December 8 The Delaware Lackawanna Hudson Western Railroad Co proposes a substantial increase in rates to pay to employees in various departments. Officials are drafting a general plan of readjustment and equalization to take effect soon likely December 1. The railroad has maintained high wage levels since October 1898 compared with eastern peers and will extend the increase to all service branches and employees.
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Scranton
Delaware, Lackawanna & Hudson Western Railroad Co
Lackawanna Road
Lackawanna
Jealousy noted in Springfield death shooting
In Springfield Missouri Annie McMahan a hotel domestic was found dead in her room Sunday William Pittman a Frisco shops employee was also found slightly wounded Pittman says the girl shot him in a jealous frenzy then killed herself Police say the girl was shot in the back Pittman is held pending investigation
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Springfield
Annie McMahan
William Pittman
Pittman
Sleigh Run Down by a Train in Havelock Ontario
James Rogers of Belmont drove his sleigh across Canadian Pacific tracks with family. a train struck, killing Mrs Rogers and a 12 year old. Rog ers and a 9 year old daughter died of injuries. another 14 year old was badly hurt. Watchman believed burned to death in Buffalo fire that destroyed Nathan Wolff & Sons building. loss about 50000 dollars.
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Havelock
Ont
James Rogers
Belmont
Buffalo
N. Y
Nathan Wolff & Sons
John Krautman
Railways in Portland subscribe $60,000 for exposition
President H. W. Corbett of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition Co. announced Sunday that railways with terminals in Portland have subscribed sixty thousand dollars to the exposition.
Peruna Cited by Sisters of Charity for Child Care
Catholic Sisters nationwide praise Peruna as a safeguard for bodily needs and illness recovery. Letters from Detroit and Napoleon Ohio testimonial figures including Congressman Meekison describe relief from catarrh and long standing head diseases. Dr. Hartman offers free medical advice and promotes Peruna through The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
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Sisters of Charity
Peruna
Hartman
United States
Detroit
Mich
S. B. Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna Medicine Co
Meekison
Napoleon
David Meekison
United
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
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