News of the Week: Global Items and U S Affairs
A wide sweep of items covers: George Burnham Jr. jailed two years for larceny. William Moody becomes associate justice of the U S Supreme Court. ex mayor Rose pays a $1,562.64 fine in Kansas. murder verdict in Arkansas City. industrial and political shifts across Kansas Iola Topeka and Denver. Port Arthur survivor Nogi injured. Congress plans and disputes on tariffs parks labor and spelling. Roosevelt measures on firearms opium and seas are noted. various court cases rail matters and railroad rate debates. foreign policy on Transvaal and Morocco. New York diplomat Aoki affirms peace. Panama canal bidding to American firms. domestic robberies and Western shortages. Guthrie Oklahoma talks on rail rates. notable deaths indictments and court actions.
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George Burnham
Jjr
Mutual Life Insurance Company
William H. Moody
Supreme Court of the United States
Rose
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
John C. Moore
Arkansas City
Kansas
William Lanyon
Iola
Caney and
Deering
New York
Boston
John Speer
Kansas Free State
Denver
Col
Speer
Lawrence Tribune
Lawrence
Quantrell
Eugene Hagan
Topeka
Robert Clawson
Thomas, Ok
S. E. Howell
Omaha Coal Exchange
Gen. Nogi
Port Arthur
Tokio
Congress
Senate
Department of Commerce and Labor
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
House
Morocco
Algeciras
Spain
Roosevelt
South Sea Islands
Supreme Court
Charles J. Bonaparte
Victor H. Metcalf
Navy
Oscar S. Straus
Commerce and Labor
Representive Miller
Lumber Trust
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Indian Affairs Committee
Lincoln
Ark
White House
Transvaal
Waldorf-Astoria
American Asiatic Association
Aoki
Shonts
Canal Commission
Panama Canal
United States
Honolulu
Hadley
Missouri
Andrew Carnegie
National Civic Federation
Minnesota
Great Northern Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas Cattle Raisers' Association
Chicago
Edouard Muller
Federal Council
M. L. Frerre
Jesse Clyde Rumsey
Glasgow
Augustus Hartje
Pittsburg
Hartje
Morris
I. T
Ashen
Drexel
Zincite
Joplin
Hoch Br
Penrose
Macklin
Brownsville
Tex
Monsignor Montagnini
France
Pope
Rome
National Editorial Association
Indian Territory
Joseph E. Smith
Mormon Church
Union Pacific Railway
Salt Lake
la Salle Street
Brown
Utah
Washington
Anna M. Bradley
German Society of Wireless Telegraphy
Berlin
Nauen
Montana
Newport News
New England
Atchison, Kan
Lot
Sheffield Ingalls
Supreme Court of Arkansas
F. O. Butt
Eureka Springs
Protection for Japanese in San Francisco Schools
President's message to Congress transmits Secretary Metcalf's final report on Japanese in San Francisco, covering school exclusion, boycotts of Japanese restaurants, and violence. He condemns school segregation, urges comity to allow Japanese children to attend, praises law and order, and warns that federal force could be used to enforce treaty protections for Japanese residents.
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Washington
Congress
Metcalf
San Francisco
of California
Lecy Metcalf
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Navy Promotions Move to Accelerate Naval Ranks
President Roosevelt asks Congress to overhaul navy promotions, proposing captains by age 48 and rear admirals by 55, with seven years in rear admiral rank and creation of the vice admiral grade. The reform aims to save over 5 million dollars in seven years and improve officer training and experience.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Secretar
Navy
Metcalf Reports on San Francisco School Segregation Move
Secretary Metcalf recounts to the President that San Francisco’s Board of Education moved to establish separate schools for Chinese Japanese and Korean children and directed principals to send they to a designated Oriental public school. He notes strong local sentiment against Japanese in primary grades and cites federal assurances to protect Japanese residents under treaty.
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Washington
San Francisco
Metcalf
Board of Education of
California
Oriental Public School
Clay Street
Powell and
Mason Streets
Oriental School
Board of Education
Japan
Iocal
United States
Indians Wealth and Progress in Washington Bill Debated
The Indian appropriation bill for 8,203,000 was debated in the House. Rep Sherman outlined the measure and Indian progress, noting a total population of 284,280 and rising citizenship indicators. Treasury funds total 35,385,000 with annual interest 1,625,060, plus treaty payments exceeding 750,000. Lands outside territories total 1,478,000,000 acres. Sherman denied decline, citing 316 more births than deaths last year.
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Washingston
Sherman
New York
United States
Treasury
Sugar beet cash flows from Fort Collins factory reach new highs
Denver reports a Republican dispatch noting Fort Collins sugar beet factory has paid out over 400 000 for beets and wages since December. Since the campaign opened on September 25, more than 800 000 has been paid, with another beet payment of around 200 000 due January 15, pushing total circulation past 1 000 000. An estimated 40 000 tons remain to be delivered, with the campaign unlikely to end before March 1. Chester Iddings, a Cache La Poudre valley farmer, harvested 1 800 tons from 84 acres and received a 9 000 check by December 15 after costs. His beets averaged 21.4 tons per acre, yielding about 6 000 profit after 3 000 costs.
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Denver
Fort Collins
Fort Collin
Sampaign
Chester Iddings
Cache la Poudre Valley
Sugar Beet Payments in Northern Colorado District
Sugar beet payments were made by the Greeley Eaton and Windsor sugar factories totaling 604000 dollars for November deliveries. Payroll and expenses add 136000, putting 729000 dollars into circulation. September and October deliveries brought 185000 and 311000 respectively, lifting district earnings by about 1500000. Beet growers meeting with 250 attendees opposed siloing beets at 5.60 per ton, urged delivery by October 15th, and drafted a contract aligning with growers’ terms. Henry C. Watson presided. Charles Mason elected as president of the Beet Growers Association.
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Greeley
Eaton
Windsor
Colorado
Beet Growers’ Association of the
Greeley District
Sit Company
Sugar Company
Henry C. Watson
Charles Mason
Mexico buys railroads in government merger plan
The Mexican government will gain absolute control of major lines including the Mexican Central and the National Railway. A new Mexican company, majority government owned, will be formed with headquarters in Mexico City and securities exchanged for existing stock. A 21 member board split between Mexico City and New York will oversee operations.
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City of
Mexico
Republic
Mexican Central
Natic
International
Inter Oceanic and I
Hic
L: Do
Natul
Tehuantepec National
Vera Cruz & Pacific
Compani It Js
New York
Coal Shortage Sparks Death Risk Amid Cold Wave
Desperate in the Northwest as coal runs low and winter bites. Minneapolis faces a rail failure chapter in 1906 traffic, with Glenburn North Dakota Commercial Club urging governors to use state mill forces to move coal trains. Farmers burn outbuildings. Eveleth Minnesota invites fuel–starved residents to camp.
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Minneapolis
Northwest
Glenburn
North Dakota
Minnesota
Eveleth
Fort Collins Laramie Line Plans Rail Tie Contract
The Denver Laramie and Northwestern Railroad files a Colorado certificate naming Henry Apple as business agent in Denver. It has bought the right of way mostly between Fort Collins and Laramie and plans to start construction after freeze season, aiming for trains before 1907. The line runs from Fort Collins through Park Station and Virginia Dale to Laramie, with Denver service hoped soon after. A contract to cut and deliver 3,000,000 ties for the road was let in Laramie last week.
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Fort Collins
Denver, Laramie & Northwestern Railroad Company
Henry Apple
Colorado
Denver
Laramie
Wyoming
Park Station
Virginia Dale
Brooklyn Tunnel Completed Under East River
Brooklyn and New York sections of the East River tunnel, begun simultaneously, were joined perfectly beneath the river bed signaling completion of the under river link and a major transportation milestone.
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New York
East River
Brooklyn
Briday
President urges repeal of timber and stone act in push for land reform
The president called Congress to repeal or revise major public land laws including the timber and stone act and desert land act, and to overhaul the homestead law’s commutation clause. He urged stronger interior department action, more special agents, and mining experts to curb fraud, reserve coal lands, and speed patenting while ensuring proper land and mineral development.
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Washington
Interior Department
Geological Survey
Congress
Ier
Public Lands Commission
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
United States
Denver Postoffice Site Report Deliberations Continue
J Knox Taylor supervising architect of the Treasury Department submitted his Denver postoffice site report to Assistant Secretary Edwards who will consider recommendations for thirty days. Sixteen sites were offered, priced from 500000 to 190000.
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Washington
J. Knox Taylor
Treasury Department
Denver
Secretary of the Treasury
Taylor
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