The Cost of Government Analysis by Tawney
Representative Tawney, chairman of the house appropriations committee, presents a detailed statement on fiscal year 1906 appropriations totaling 880,183,301. He argues per capita government costs are lower than in any European country, analyzes channels of expenditure, and lists supply bill totals across departments, with a total regular annual appropriation of 740,106,981 and permanent annual appropriations at 880,183,301, marking a 60 million excess over last year.
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Washington, D. C
Tawney
House Committee On Appropriations
Congress
United States
Mr. Tawney
Panama Canal
District of Columbia
Navy
First Session of the 59th Congress Ends
Washington reports the first session of the fifty ninth congress closed with all regular appropriation bills passed and several major measures enacted. Key actions include a railroad rate bill, lock canal bill, pure food law, naturalization reform, and meat inspection provisions. Total session bills near 900 million dollars, a new high. The naturalization rule requires two year declarations. aliens must meet language and loyalty criteria.
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Panama Canal
Washington
Senate
Congress
Panama
Circuit
District Courts
House
Taft elected Yale corporation member to succeed Depew
Secretary Taft selected to join Yale corporation succeeding Depew. Reports note large Pittsburg labor payrolls. Indiana leaders avoid campaign money. Bryan taxed for Nebrasa 73 225 plus 78 000 in government bonds. Bailey of Texas blames Hearst for Cosmopolitan articles. Armour condemns packing house sensationalism. Northern Pacific president Elliott may resign. Salvador aids Guatemala rebels. Judge Webb Fort Worth kills himself. Tennessee Republicans name Evans for governor. Mutual Life quits France. Immortal J N funeral largest at McCutchensville. Allen Rutner 20 crushed in dough mixer. Former Gov Hughes dies at Little Rock. Heat deaths in Spain. George Schwartz goes to prison for killing brother. Foster Mo struck by lightning. Burlington rebates in Kansas City case to be heard. Champ Clark to oppose Stone for Missouri Senate. M P Bewley dead at Fort Worth. Mrs A O Sumpton dies in Salina. Railroad construction records first half year. Vermont Democrats fuse with independents for governor. William Gohlson dies in Cairo. Five thousand building tradesmen return to work in St. Louis. Mrs J C Weaver dies in Dallas.
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Taft
Yale Corporation
Depew
Pittsburg
Republicaan
Indiana
Bryan
Nebraska
Bailey
Texas
Hearst
Cosmopolitan
J. Ogden
Brother
Christian Church
Foster
Burlington
Kansas City
Champ Clark
Stone
U. S. Senate
Missouri
M. P. Bewley
Miller
capiitaHst
Fort Worth
Tex
A. O. Sumpton
Salina
Kas
Vermont
Wm. Gohlson
Cairo, IL
St. Louis
J.C. Weaver
Dallas
23 Americans Killed in Salisbury Rail Disaster
An American line steamer carried passengers from Plymouth to Southampton when a Salisbury railway wreck at 74 mph killed 23 and injured 10, with four railway workers dead. Mayor McClellan of New York and his wife were among the survivors who remained on the steamer. Names and injuries of the dead and injured follow, with several addresses listed as unobtainable. A separate item notes a big merger in St Louis uniting streetcar, electric light, and gas under North American Co and United Railways control.
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London
New York
Plymouth
England
Salisbury
Southampton
McClellan
Hames
Deadarewick
Walter
Toronto
Ont
Cassier
Louis
Trumbull
Conn
Cassitt
Frederick Henry
Elphicke
Mrs
Co. W
Chicago
Harding
Dudley
Hitchcock
L. N
Howieson
Mary
King
Rev
J. L
Koch
Frank
Allentown
McDonald
John E
New York City
McMeekin
C. F
Pipon
C. A
Sentell
Charles
E. W
Blanche M
Gertrude M
Smith
Walter W
Dayton
Elanor
Gerard
Waite
Jillias
Hurd
Rask
Sentell, &. W
St. Louis
United Railways Co
North American Co
United Railways
State Medical Co
Missouri
Louis C. Bitting
Soltarium Io
Cee Ice C.O. D
May coinage totals by the U S mint in 1906
The director of the mint reports that in May 1906 total U S coinage reached 2,056,751 dollars with gold 1,486,020, silver 324,964, and minor coins 295,767. Additionally 1,000,000 five peso gold pieces were produced for the Mexican government.
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Washington
Mint
United States
Mexico
Must Take Its Turn In Pittsburg Millionaire Case
New York reports District Attorney Jerome plans to press prosecutions with speed but will not rush the murder case of the young Pittsburg millionaire accused of killing Stanford White. Trial likely not before end of October due to other homicide matters ahead.
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New York
Jerome
Pittsburg
Stanford White
Lightning Kills Baby at Breast in Picnic Carriage
Denver news item reports a lightning strike during a suburban picnic scene. A baby at the mother’s breast was killed. the parents Hall and his wife were stunned but recovered. The incident occurred as the couple traveled in a carriage near Denver.
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Denver
Col
Ra Hall
Wilson On Meat Bill Promises Strong Inspection System
Secretary Wilson of the agricultural department announced an official statement on the new meat inspection system to be immediately enacted under the recent congressional act. He pledged healthfulness and purity of canned meat, asserting it will compare favorably with fresh U.S. meat and urging public and international confidence in American packing institutions.
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Roosevelt
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Department
Congress
United States
Maneuvers Turned Naval Battle Into Verbal Victory
London reports both attacking and defending fleets claim victory after maneuvers. Admiral May, leading the attackers, captured Scarborough and telegraphed King Edward that English ports and channels are under control. Defenders seized Victorious, Royal Oak, and two cruisers near Cape Finisterre, asserting control of trade routes by driving attackers into the North Sea.
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London
May
Scarborough
King Edward
English Channel
Victorious
Archibald Berkeley Milne
Royal Oak
Cape Finisterre
North Sea
Cholera in Philippines and Chicago Church Fire News
Cholera breaks out among natives in Manila with one American dead and several ill. Great St Michael Church in Hamburg burned, its 426 foot spire ranking among the tallest. Washington investigates government printing and enrollment forces over a 3 million sundry civil bill error. New York reports a new trust, the American Farm Products Co., poised to control dairy, poultry and eggs. Police naturalization probes threaten dismissal and federal action for fraudulent papers.
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Philippines
Manila
Washington
Government Printing Office
Congress
New York
the Herald
American Farm Products Co
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McClelland
ST Louis
Edward
Sanitary Department
Alongapo
Philippine Islands
C. W. J. Anderson
Terre Haute
Ind
Wwrilstant Robertson
Horton, Kas
Rock Island
New ‘York
A. Heddergott
Troy
W. W. Jarvis
D. G. Jarvis
Seres Foreign and Domesto Exchange
Munnee
Scientific American
Esmeat Oironen
A AG
Munn Co
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