Reassembled Congress Opens Amid Floral Gala and Bye
The Fifty Seventh Congress convened its second session with a grand floral display in the Senate Chamber and decorated House chamber. Senators and representatives gathered, paying respects to the late Senator McMillan as the Senate adjourned at 12 minutes past noon and the House at 12:56 p m.
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Washington
Fifty-Seventh Congress
Senate
McMillan
Michigan
Hall of Representatives
Congress
House
Government budgets show 1904 appropriations at 589 million
The Secretary of the Treasury sent Congress his department estimates for the year ending June 30 1904 totaling 589 million dollars, 189 million less than the 1893 forecast and 33 million lower than that year's appropriation.
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Congress
Secretary OF Treasury
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary Hay Warns of Panama Canal Block by Colombia
Hay told the President and cabinet that Colombia plans a hold-up over the isthmian canal. If pursued, complications may force abandoning the project. Colombia rejected the US treaty proposal, citing a perpetual grant ban. A supplemental concession to 1910 exists, potentially null if Marroquin lacked authority. Colombia could seize the canal and seek sale, a new concession, or private completion with earnings split.
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Washington
Hay
Colombia
Columbia
Panama
Senor Concha
United States
State Department
Panama Canal Company
Marroquin
San Clemente
Old Bandit Captured After Century of Feared Leadership
Juan Contreras, Mexico's oldest bandit leader, was captured by rurales in the Juchipila district and jailed. At over 100 years old, he led bands for 75 years, resisted Diaz era peace terms, and gathered vast riches from mines and raids. He allegedly robbed ranches and stores recently while amassing a cave treasury. Sympathetic appeals to President Diaz are planned.
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Zaccategas
Mexico
Juan Contreras
Juchipila
Contreras
Diaz
Maci Tecas
Colorado Quarantine Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court sustained Colorado's stock quarantine law, allowing no import of cattle and other livestock from south of the 36th parallel between April and November unless animals carry health bills.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Colorado
Lady Glerksmeat Trust in the Departments
An uproar follows an order from the Postmaster General dismissing the matter of marriage. Officials dispute the action as improperly affecting department staff.
Government Prepares to Break Packers Monopoly Plan
Government officials move to block a major organization of the Packers aimed at creating a near monopoly. Regulators flag antitrust concerns and promise swift action to preserve competition.
Payne's order chills federal clerk ranks nationwide
Washington dispatch reports Postmaster General Payne orders married women out of federal posts, prompting fears of wider department crackdowns and a shift to private work. The piece traces the policy’s history, its effect on government hiring, and the broader clerical workforce. It also notes DOJ plans to charge the beef trust with contempt as prosecutions expand against packing houses seeking union-like consolidation.
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Washington
John A. Logan
Cleveland
Logan
Illinois
Post Office Department
Payne
Uncle Sam
Sam
Civil Service
General Payne
John Sherman
Treasury
Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Beef Trust
Ote Corporation
Steel Trust
Department
United States Circuit Court
Northern District of Illinois
Grosscup
Metal and Money Market Update from New York
New York markets report copper at 11.35 to 55, silver at 4712, and Mexican coins at 37 in early trading as metals and currency values shift.
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New York
Dewey Returns to Active Duty Aboard Mayflower
Admiral Dewey resumed active sea duty today for the first time since returning from the Philippines. The Mayflower flew four stars and sailed with his staff to take command of a large fleet in the Caribbean Sea.
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Washington
Dewey
Philippines
Carribean
Jealous husband shoots banker in Milwaukee
F William Reul a Watertown Wisconsin banker dies after being shot by Albert L Schissler a Milwaukee bookmaker. Reul met Mrs Schissler at a church festival and on a carriage ride was killed when Schissler rushed him with a revolver. Mrs Schissler is in custody and Schissler fled after leaving a note for his sister.
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Milwaukee
Wis
F. William Reul
Watertown
Wisconsin
Albert L. Schissler
Reul
Real
Omnibus Statehood Bill Faces Senate Delays
Washington December 1. Senator Beveridge may not file his report on the statehood bill for Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma until Thursday. The measure, to be taken up on the 10th, may require conferences and further sentiment checks before action. Republicans split over the Omnibus Plan with a caucus likely.
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Beveridge
Washington, D. C
Committee On Territories
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Senate
Quay
Albuquerque
Indiana
Infianny
Jeems Whitcomb Riley
Statehood
Hale
Allison
Aldrich
Platt
Connecticut
Gullum
Lodge
Hanna
Treasure Tale Tied to Bryan Island Sheriff Sale
D C Taylor of Manchester on behalf of a syndicate purchased Bryan Island in the Missouri River two miles above the Mississippi mouth at a Clayton sheriff's sale. The piece recounts the Malone Snyder river pirate era, their river wrecks and robberies, and notes authorities once pursued the gang to Bryan Island but never captured them.
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Louis
D. C. Taylor
Manchester
Bryan Island
Missouri River
Mississippi
Clayton
St. Louis
Ohio
Missouri
Red” Malone
Taylor
Malone- Snyder
Simon Acon
Cairo
Louisville
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
Dubuque
Acon
Malones
Nancy Lee
Roberts
St. Charles
Armes Gray
Afraid to Marry And She Ran Away
In Omaha Miss Alice Wells 15 daughter of a Swift & Co official, in a white wedding gown, fled from her wedding party near the church. She ran off pursued by her father and fiancé, and by late night had not been found.
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Omaha
Neb
Alice Wells
Swift & Co
Alice
Soph
Banks
Pay for Commissioners To Settle Goal Strike
Washington December 1 Representative Cannon introduced a bill to appropriate 50 000 dollars to defray the expenses of the anthracite coal strike commission.
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Washington
Cannon
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
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Lady Glerksmeat Trust
Packers
Combine
Metal and Money Market
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Kentucky
Wabash River
Heitfeldt
Idaho
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