Increased Power for Interstate Commerce Favored as Cure
President's annual message to Congress urges federal control of major railroads and abolition of rebates. It calls for stronger interstate commerce powers, publicity of carriers accounts, and strict enforcement to curb improper rates and practices. It also covers labor questions, insurance regulation, immigration, military reform, and tariff readjustment considerations.
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Washington
Congress
Department of Justice
Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Internal Revenue Receipts Rise in 1905 Report
Washington reports from Commissioner John W. Yerkes show total internal revenue receipts for the year ending June 30, 1905 reached 234,178,976 with Illinois leading payments at 51,892,703 followed by New York and Indiana. The bureau notes increases in beer production and oleomargarine taxes, and suggests new charges for stamps and a 25 cent per gallon tax on fortified sweet wines to raise additional revenue.
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Washington
John W. Yerkes
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
A Few Too Many Mosquito Species Described
About 300 species of mosquitoes have been described and an estimated 200 more may exist. Giles noted only six species in North America, while Florida alone claims 22 species.
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Giles
North America
Florida
New Zealand Unions Scarce Affect Onions Prices
Unions in New Zealand are scarce and onions move at Wellington for 17 shillings for 19 a ton, a price £14 to £15 higher than London rates.
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New Zealand
Wellington
London
Smallest Tree: Greenland Birch Stuns Naturalists
Naturalists claim the Greenland birch is the world’s smallest tree. It grows under three inches tall yet spreads two to three feet in radius, forming a miniature woodland footprint.
Lessons for Porters Pronunciation of Stations
The London Globe reports that with London's underground electrification an effort will teach porters the proper pronunciation of station names to improve service and accuracy for riders and staff.
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The
London Globe
London
Notable Quip Sparks Roaring Wisecrack in Cleveland Leader
A brief exchange from the Cleveland Leader shows Mr Oldham courting a widow and her son retorting with a sharp quip about older men using the same line. The scene captures period humor and social dynamics in a small town.
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Johnny
Looks Promising But Why He Might Be a Real Poet
A Houston Post column quotes a puzzled editor who notes no magazine has accepted his verses. The exchange hints at growing confidence in the poet’s potential despite past rejections.
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Houston Post
Congress opens assembly of first session well attended
Washington December 5. Fifty-ninth congress opens with crowds at the capitol and a brief senate, a long house session of over three hours. Many bills and resolutions are introduced on tariffs, statehood, pensions, wages, corporate reporting, interstate commerce powers, campaign finance, Panama expenditures, child labor, direct senatorial election, and a six year presidential term. Senators notify the president of readiness for communication. Oaths to Aldrich Knox Warner Frazier. adjournment in honor of Senator Platt.
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Fifty-ninth Congress
Capitol
Senate
House
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Panama Canal
Allison and
Morgan
Fairbanks
Aldrich
R. I
Knox
Warner
Frazier
Tenn
Senator Platt
Connecticut
Scores of Persons Killed or Wounded in Kieff
Report from Kieff via Warsaw notes heavy fighting with mutinous sappers and Cossacks and clashes with workers. References to Black Hundred units and street fighting indicate numerous casualties and chaotic conditions in the city during December.
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Kieff
Russia
Pet
Warsaw
Panic Grips St Petersburg As Telegraphed Links Fail
Reports from St Petersburg via Berlin describe intense alarm with telegraph links to the outside world cut. Finnish operators join mission colleagues and embassies legations and banks rush courier service to Finnish and German frontiers as residents fear rail stoppages and a possible imminent catastrophe.
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St. Petersburg
Berlin
Youth in Alhambra shoots parents during alleged attack
Henry Linnemann aged 17 in Alhambra Illinois shot his father and mother with a shotgun while trying to protect his mother from an alleged attack. He slipped and accidentally shot his mother, then fired again and wounded his father. He was arrested.
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Alhambra
Henry Linneman
Doctor Cleared of the Crime in Suitcase Tragedy
In Boston on December 4, the superior court jury found Dr. Percy McLeod not guilty of being an accessory after the fact in the Susanna Geary suitcase death case. The defense noted the Pere Marquette system’s heavy obligations and rising debts, and the judge stated the defendant company had no property or credit to offer as security, with multiple creditor suits anticipated.
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Boston
Percy McLeod
Susanna A. Geary
P.M
Body of Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison Placed in Mausoleum
The body of Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison of New York, killed in a November 25 automobile accident, was placed in the family mausoleum at Cypress Lawn cemetery in San Francisco. Also interred there are her father Mr. and mother Mrs. Charles F. Crocker.
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San Francisco
Francis Burton Harrison
New York
Cypress Lawn Cemetery
Charles F. Crocker
Postal and Telegraph Officials Strike in Warsaw
Seven hundred postal and telegraph officials are on strike in Warsaw on December 4. About one hundred officials refused to join. Strikers poured vitriol in letter boxes. Two hundred bags of foreign nails lie unopened.
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Warsaw
Postal and Telegraph
Miners' Wages Raised by Georges Creek Co
Cumberland Maryland December 4 The Georges Creek Coal Company notified its workers of a five cent per ton wage increase effective December 1 raising mining coal price to 65 cents per ton.
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Cumberland
Georges Creek Goal Co
Eight-Hour Agreement Signed in Birmingham
At a Birmingham meeting of the local Typographical union it was reported that every job office and every newspaper employing union men has signed the eight-hour agreement. Proceedings note wide adoption across local press and print shops as of December 4 in Birmingham Alabama.
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Birmingham
Ala
International Typographical Union
Serious Charge Reported About Sermon Plagiarism
A Chicago Tribune excerpt accuses a preacher, Uppen I, of plagiarism citing that much of his sermon echoed St Paul and other New Testament writers, questioned after last Sunday’s church gathering.
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Uppen
de Ayer
St. Paul
Chicago Tribune
Khedive of Egypt Wealth and Habits Revealed
The khedive of Egypt has acquired an enormous fortune and is described as not a monogamist but a teetotaler. This portrait highlights wealth, personal life choices, and abstinence as noted in the report.
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Egypt
Bartlett of Familiar Quotations dies in Cambridge
John Bartlett aged 75, famed compiler of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations and author of the Shakespeare index and complete concordance to Shakespeare, died at his Cambridge home on December 4.
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Boston
John Bartlett
Cambridge
Guard Passes Through Berlin Heads to St. Petersburg Embassy
A U.S. embassy guard unit was seen in Berlin on December 4, traveling in civilian clothes en route to the United States embassy in St. Petersburg. The men are believed to be from the cruiser Minneapolis, then at Gravesend, England.
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Berlin
United States
St. Petersburg
Minneapolis
Gravesend
Railroads Put In Receivers’ Hands In Cincinnati
The Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton and the Pere Marquette railroads were ordered placed in receivership by US Circuit Judge Henry Lurton. Judson Harmon was named receiver with a total bond of 200000 dollars. Attorney Lawrence Maxwell Jr. filed the application for Walter B. Horn, a New York creditor, with agreement by the debtor.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton
Smoot Case Delayed Until Senate Committee Vacancy
Washington December 5 Chairman Burrows of the senate committee on privileges and elections says no action will be taken in the case of Senator Smoot of Utah until the vacancy on the committee is filled which will push the matter over until after the holiday recess.
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Hague
Santo Domingo
United States
Senate
Republic
Washington
Burrows
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Smoot
Utah
Seeking Canal Laborers Arrives in Kingston Jamaica
Kingston Jamaica December 5 Henry Burnett representing Chief Engineer Stevens of the Panama Canal work arrives to engage several thousand laborers for canal construction.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Henry Burnett
Stevens
Tariff and Campaign Contributions Reform Moves
Washington December 5 Representative Williams of Mississippi house minority leader introduced several bills and joint resolutions touching tariff policy and campaign contribution limits.
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Washington
Williams
Mississippi
House
Annapolis Code Attacked in House Bill Debate
Washington December 5 The Annapolis code prominent in the court martial of Midshipman Minor Meriwether was attacked by a House bill introduced by Representative Butler of the district. The measure challenges the code’s provisions and aims to modify procedures in naval trials.
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Washington
Minor Meriwether
Representative Butler
Pennsylvania
Lancaster tobacco growers plan protest to Washington
In Lancaster County on December 5 a meeting of the Lancaster County Tobacco Growers Association decided to send a representative to Washington. The protest targets the proposed tariff reduction on Philippine tobacco.
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Lancaster
Lancaster County Tobacco Growers’ Association
Washington
McWilliams Pleads Guilty in Iowa Killing Indictments
Independence Iowa December 5 William McWilliams pleaded guilty on three indictments for killing his wife and five children. He is declared sane and awaiting sentencing on Friday.
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McWilliams
Independence
Iowa
William McWilliams
Molitor Named Supervisor of Philippine Railroad
Washington reports E. A. Molitor chief engineer of Midland Valley Railroad named supervisor of the Philippine Railroad system. Molitor previously served as chief engineer for the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf railroad. December 5.
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E. A. Molitor
Washington
Midland Valley Railroad Co
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Philippine
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