Sunday Session Keeps Senate and House Busy All Night
Both chambers met on Sunday with the Senate completing fight on naval funds and deficiency bills while approving railroad safety measures amid inauguration crowds. The House, working into the night, disposed of numerous conference reports as tensions remained high and order fragile.
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Fifty Sixth ‘Congress
Senate
HOUSE
St. Louis
Buffalo
Charleston
Cannon
Appropriations
Porto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
Solicitor Polhill Found Dead in Macon Courthouse Office
Hon Hope Polhill solicitor general of the Macon circuit was found dead Saturday at 5 80 o clock in his Macon courthouse office. He killed himself Friday night with a pistol while despondent and ill in health. He sat in a revolving chair at his desk and toppled as the fatal shot ended his life. His body lay in the chair with his head back and blood on the floor. He leaves a wife and a young baby. King Edward back in London after a visit to Germany arrived Sunday night.
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Hope Polhill
Macon, Ga
Macon
Mr. Polhill
Cloture Rule Proposed in Senate Busy First Day
The Washington special reports Vice President Roosevelt presiding as the fifty seventh congress opens with a crowded gallery, oath admin to Nelson and McLaurin, and peers debating rules to limit debate. Platt Mason Reed rule changes trigger party fault lines as Wellington and Bacon clash over potential senate domination. Executive session follows. Rockefeller gifts $110000 to Vassar for a new dormitory.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Washington
Nelson
Minnesota
McLaurin
Mississippi
Allison and
Cockrell
Platt
Connecticutt
Mason
Illinois
Kansas
House of Representatives
Bacon
Georgia
Congress
House
Wellington
Maryland
Morgan
United States
Great Britain
Hoar
Searles Makes Assignment For Creditors
New York Dispatch reports financier John E. Searles, active in major corporations and banks, made an assignment for the benefit of creditors to Howard F. Dwight. Searles’s assets exceed liabilities but include illiquid securities. The move does not affect his tied entities. Journal of Commerce cites liabilities estimated at 1 to 2 million dollars.
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New York’ Dispatch
John E. Searles
General Corporation
Tanaaey
Howard F. Dwight
Searles
American Cotton Company
American Type Founders Company
Hyatt/Roller Bearing Company
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company
International Trust Company
Union Traction and Electric Company
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway
Mr. Searles
Journal of Commerce
Wolseley Attacks British Military System in Lords
In the Lords a London special reports Lord Wolseley condemning Britain’s military administration. He criticized the shift of power from field commanders to a civilian secretary of state, saying the commander-in-chief could only voice needs, then had no further recourse.
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Britain
House of Lords
London
Duke of Bedford
War Office
Lord Wolseley
Great Britain
Marquis of Landsdowne
Disston Lands Sold in Florida Foreclosure Case
O W Ward of Washington D C buys all assets of the Disston Land Company at Kissimmee Florida for 70 000 spot cash on behalf of bondholders. The bankruptcy sale covers about 2 000 000 acres across five counties, much of it improved. The price is seen as nominal despite years of investor interest.
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Washington Man
Old
Disston Land Company
Kissimee
Fla
O. W. Ward
Washington, D. C
Ward
Father and Son Arrested in Alabama Murder Case
Arthur Foote, nineteen, was arrested in Atlanta on a Birmingham telegram accusing him of murdering his mother Mrs. Charles A. Foote in Bessemers home. Authorities say the father is charged as an accessory. The案 telegram details the brutal killing, earlier suspicions, and Foote’s denial in Atlanta city jail.
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Arthur R. Foote
Atlanta
Bessemer
Ala
Birmingham
Charles A. Foote
Here
Momborna
Paria
Foote
Arthur Foote
Atlanta City
Georgia
Irish Ejection Turns House Upset in Midnight Clash
A London Special reports a midnight surge in the House of Commons as Irish Nationalists protest Mr Balfour's education estimates closure. Police remove sixteen recalcitrants after a struggle, with Eugene Oresu carried out by six officers. Crean is dragged out amid shouting and cries of murderers and South African brutality. The scene ends as the chamber resumes without a division.
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London
Didre
House of Commons
Balfour
Jobby
Mr. Savin
Trish
Yas Yar
Myr Balfour
Thia Way
Armsi
Spolidamen
Eugene Oresu
Cork
Plagin
Ireland
Mr. Crean
Orean
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Edward
King Edward
Germany
Rockefeller
Vassar
John D. Rockefeller
Vassar College
New York
Wolseley
Disston
ERIN
Balbour
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