Government duties mix of bills and trials span globe
The House committees push landmark protection for cliff dwellings in New Mexico and Arizona while Roosevelt signs an interstate commerce inquiry into rail and oil and coal monopolies. Senate debates rate bills. Oklahoma statehood moves forward. military actions in the Philippines. legal cases unfold in New Jersey and Georgia.
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Congress
House Committee On Public Lands
New Mexico
Arizona
Roosevelt
Tillman-Gillespie
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
House Committee On Banking and Currency
House
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Jamestown expo appropriation approved in Virginia houses
A conference report endorsing a $100000 appropriation for the Jamestown exposition passed both houses of the Virginia General Assembly. Other items note Justice Brown plans to resign and Roosevelt’s plan to appoint Taft to the U S Supreme Court vacancy. Rouvier ministry resigned in France amid Franco German tensions.
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Virginia General Assembly
Henry Billings Brown
Supreme Court of the United States
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Ohio
United States Supreme Court
Henry B. Brown
Rouvier
Chamber of Deputies
Algeciras
Panama Canal
Panama
W. E. Bainbridge
Iowa
Amoy
China
Shaw
Customs Service
Paris
William H. Williams
Hadley
Missouri
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Co
Caldwell
Ida
Frank Steunenberg
Steve Adams
George E. Green
Washington
United States
Post-Office Department
Halifax County
Halifax
Calumet
Mich
No. 2
New York City
of Weven Anthracite Opera
Anthracite Miners and Operators Clash Over Strike Award
The Anthracite operators propose extending the strike commission awards for three years from April 1 1906, rejecting miners wage readjustment. They oppose a union agreement, defend the open shop, and note no basis for eight hour day demands while acknowledging past ten hours.
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Morocco
France
Germany
Illinois Coal Operators’ Association
United Mine Workers’ Union
Philadelphia
Ohio
Pittsburg
Indianapolis
Indiana
Illinois
Francis L. Robbins
Alberta Railroad & Coal Co
Lethridge
Alberta
Can
Great Falls
Mont
Edward Donkin
London
Donkin
Cleveland
Tim McBride
James McBride
Savannah
Babe” Dyer
Marcus White
Waverly
Tenn
American Window Glass Co
National Association of Lumber and
Chicago
J. L. Peck
Jay P. Graves
Columbia River
Kettle Falls
Wash
Spokane
Tucson
Ariz
Congress
Navy Department
Massachusetts
New York Navy Yard
Boardman C. Frost
Lake Marine Insurance
Oswego
N. Y
Edwin Bindley
Duquesne National Bank
Roosevelt
Alfred B. Hoggatt
Alaska
Hoggatt
Juneau
Joseph Lee
John Morgan
Locust Gap
Locust Spring
Hickory Ridge
Shamokin
New York
United Mine Workers of America
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Double Railway Wreck at Godsend Ohio Near Bloomdale
Eastbound freight No 78 from Garrett Indiana rode into a stopped section in a snowstorm at Godsend near Bloomdale. A fast westbound passenger train struck the derailed cars causing multiple wrecks. Fireman Hootman died, Engineer Seigel was badly injured, but no passengers were harmed.
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Toledo
Garrett
Ind
Godsend
Bloomdale
Albert Gunstke
Nicholson
Seigel
Terrible mine disaster in Courrières district
In Bethune’s Courrières coal fields gas exploded trapping 1,800 miners. Death toll reported at 1,100 with 6,000 relatives affected as 400 soldiers guard a vast mortuary camp. The scene spurs urgent calls and crowd unrest.
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Paris
Courriéres
Bethune
Courrieres
Pas de Galais
Should a horse be clipped in early spring
A discussion on clipping horses in early spring highlights health and work benefits. It cites veterinary support, compares clipped versus unclipped horses, and mentions a Buffalo test showing far fewer illnesses in clipped horses. Additional notes cover France's trade, wartime sickness, Cuba tetanus, and French coal production as context.
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England
France
Buffalo Street Car Company
America
Norway
Italy
Russia
Japan
Sweden
Cuba
Pas de Calais
Nord
Queen Margharita Intervenes in Pardon for Youths
Queen Margharita of Italy personally granted the king's pardon to three youths who last autumn attempted to wreck her automobile by piling stones on the highway.
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Margharita
Italy
New Jersey Editor Credits Grape-Nuts Diet for Recovery
A New Jersey editor describes years of digestive distress and nerve strain, credits a Grape-Nuts diet with restoring digestion and boosting stamina, enabling full-time work and extensive writing. He notes improved vigor, daily long walks, and greater mental clarity since adopting the regimen.
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New Jersey
Postum Co
Cattle Creek
Mich
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Frederick A. Burnham
G. D. Eldridge
George Burnham, Jr
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Co
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The
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Joseph H. Choate
Mutual
Pensacola
Fla
Pittsburg & Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
Vanderbilt
Cincinnati Railroad
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
E. Meegan
Camden
Rosedale
Kan
Kansas City
Willie W. Standifer
Atlanta
D. P. Durham
Mt. Dajo
Jolo
Philippines
Joseph W. Duncan
Sixth Infantry
Trenton
N. J
Antoinette Tolla
Bergen County
Joseph Sonta
Court of Pardons
Eugene Richter
Reichstag
Bismarck
Freisinnige Zeitung
Berlin
Jean Marie Ferdinand Sarrien
Fatlieres
Jerome Griffin
New Cambria
Edith Merz
St. Louis
Joseph Weir
National Soldiers
Leavenworth
Pagosa Springs
Col
Oral Welr
Harry Vaughan
George Ryan
Ed Raymond
John Clay
Edward J. Morgan
Hotel Belleclaire
San Francisco
Superior
Wis
Treasury
Eitixens
New Orleans
Thomas McKenna
Rock Mountain News
Denver Times
Denver
Charles M. Schwab
Burlington
Akron
George H. Sherwood
James T. Sullivan
Athens
King George
Greece
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Birmingham
Ala
W. M. Hill
Smythe’ King
Walker
Columbia
Bloomdale, O
Caney
Susan B. Anthony
Rochester
Manila
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Benignant Queen
Pacific
Billings
Helena
Butte
Ellensburg
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
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Idaho
Oregon
Great Northwest
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Ing Cars
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Gen’l Emi
Gration
ST. Paul, Minn
J. J. Ferry
East 4Th St
Cincinnati
A. M. Cleland
California
Via
Union Pacific
W. G. Neimyer
G. A
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, Ill
Baxtine
R. Paxton Co
Boston
Mass
King
Tom
Miss Kiderleigh
Jack
Chicago Daily News
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