Solons in Session Fifty-Ninth Congress Opens in Capital
The Fifty-ninth Congress convened in Washington with brief openings in both chambers. Speaker Cannon re-elected, oaths taken, and rules adopted as flowers were notably absent due to a Senate resolution and House order. Senators Allison and Morgan notified the president of readiness for business. adjournments marked by tributes to late lawmakers Pratt and Marsh.
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Morgan
Fairbanks
Almich
Knox
Warner
Frazier
Tenn
Pratt
Connecticut
House
Joseph G. Cannon
Illinois
Williams
Mississippi
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Roosevelt
Rules
Committee
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Marsh
Ilinois
Panama Canal
Philippines
Santo. Anlage
President Roosevelt Holds Luncheon On Football Reform
At a December 4 luncheon President Roosevelt met with Dr. William T. Reid Jr and Herbert White to discuss moderating football rules to curb brutality and promote open play. Coaches pledged to curb brutality this season and consider rule changes, while Roosevelt urged careful reform without abandoning the sport. Columbia University discussed abolishing football in a letter from President Butler stating the game has become a profession rather than sport.
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Roosevelt
William T. Reid, Jr
Harvard
Herbert White
Athletic Association
Dr. Reid
Walter Camp
Reid
Columbia’ University
New York
Butler
Coluumbia
Columbia University
Balfour Resigns as UK Premier Amid Liberal Crisis
Arthur J. Balfour formally resigns with his cabinet to King Edward. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman is invited to form a new government and likely to appoint John Morley as a chief adviser. Lord Rosebery to be ignored in the cabinet lineup.
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United Kingdom
Arthur’j. Balfour
Edward
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Henry
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Lord Roseberry
John Morley
Sir Henry
Down Mayor Dunne Faces Setbacks in Chicago Council
Chicago aldermen rejected Mayor Dunne on gas rates and traction plans after a lively session that stretched late. Dunne abandoned a planned Cleveland trip to Ohio as discussions included a referendum move requiring each alderman to circulate signatures for traction ordinances.
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Dunne
Chicago
Ohio
Cleveland
Printing in Native African Languages by Missionaries
The American Tract Society prints tracts and books in Mpongwe Bulu Umbundu Benga and Fang to render Pilgrim's Progress into vernaculars. Missionaries provide phonetic copy since editors and printers lack language understanding, aiding literacy and moral elevation with dictionaries primers and woodcuts.
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American Tract Society
New York
New York Sun
Cleveland's wife guest at White House prompts breakfast debate
An anecdote from the era describes Mrs. Cleveland and a guest from Cleveland discussing a public issue at the breakfast table. The guest pressed the president with radical views, but Cleveland replied he must do his own thinking, noting women may outdress him but he leads his own decisions.
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Ohio
New York -Tribune
Suzannah and the Night Winds in Elisa Middleton Verse
A rural lyric from Elisa Middleton appears in Lippincott's magazine. The speaker addresses Suzannah, describing twilight, river light, katydids, fishflies, and a lover’s embrace. The poem blends intimate longing with nature’s imagery as a suitor speaks of love.
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Elisa
Middleton
Pybout
Lippincott's
What is the color chatain in hair color
A Creole woman explains to a young man that chatain means the hair color she had when she was young. She recalls the term to clarify the color and smiles at the accurate explanation.
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Chatain
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Texas Railways Build Up Surpass Illinois Milestones
The St Louis Republic notes Texas is planning many new rail lines claiming the state will soon boast roughly 50 percent more main track than Illinois, which held the lead before a new surge in the Lone Star State.
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Texas Railways
Texas
Illinois
Iron Horse
Lone Star State
Independent Wins Highlight Cross-Party Races in Massachusetts
William Travers Jerome of New York and John B. Moran in Suffolk County both won offices without formal party nominations. Moran defeated the fusion Republican Democrat candidate in Boston district attorney race, signaling electoral success for independent endorsements.
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William Travers Jerome
New York
Massachusetts
John B. Moran
Suffolk County
Boston
Japan Plans Major Navy Expansion and New Warships
The Japanese admiralty outlines an elaborate naval expansion to be approved by the diet. Future battleships may be 22,000 tons with 14 twelve inch guns and 20 knot speed, while cruisers reach 15,000 tons and 25 knots. Planned orders include Satsuma 18,000 ton battleship and Kure Aki 18,000 tons, with several armored cruisers and subs. A large gun factory along the Sumida river will employ 4,000 workers to produce heavy ordnance.
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Jiji Shimpo
Japan
The
Nippon
Yokosuka
Satsuma
Kure
Aki
Tsukuba
Ikoma
Ikabi
Kamura
America
Sumida River
Tokio
Judge Raper Retains O Keefe as Court Reporter
Judge Raper recently appointed to the district bench will retain Court Reporter O Keefe as official stenographer. It is arranged that Judge Kelligar will keep his work in Gage county where he has been holding court in the past.
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Raper
O’keefe
Judge Raper
Babcock
O'Keefe
Kelligar
Gage’ County
Coffeyville Women Order $10,000 Civil War Monument
The Women's Relief Corps of Coffeyville has ordered a ten thousand dollar monument for Elmwood cemetery. The memorial features a marching soldier at rest and stands fifteen feet tall to honor Civil War sisters and veterans buried there.
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Coffeyville
Women's Relief Corps of
Elmwood Cemetery
Watterson Declines Kentucky Governor Nomination
The Louisville Courier Journal prints Henry Watterson’s statement that he would not accept any nomination for governor or other office even if unanimously offered. He says he would have pursued public office thirty years ago if he desired an official career.
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Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Henry Watterson
Courier-Journal
Kentucky
Grand Jury Investigation Into Nebraska Grain Dealers
The federal grand jury is expected to probe the Nebraska Grain Dealers association though dissolved. Nebraska witnesses have been summoned and more from nearby states are planned. The inquiry targets interstate commerce law violations with Sherman anti trust issues also under review.
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Grain Trust
Grand Jury
Nebraska Grain Dealers’ Association
Nebraska
Gatling Guns Deployed At Missouri Penitentiary
After a long conference between Governor Folk and Warden Hall an order was wired for Gatling guns to sweep all approaches to the Missouri penitentiary. Officers will use them in line with the governor's determination to quell the convicts outbreak.
Marshall Field Jr Dies After Accidental Shooting
Marshall Field Jr of Chicago aged 37 died at Mercy hospital after being shot in a mysterious incident. His wife knelt by his side as his father, the merchant prince, watched in tears. Authorities say Field accidentally discharged the revolver while cleaning it.
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Marshall Field, Jr
Chicago
Mercy Hospital
Merchant Prince
Young Field
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