Stone Fires Hot Shot Arraigns Long Amendment
Senator Stone of Missouri attacked the proposed Long amendment during a Senate debate on railroad rate legislation. He argued the amendment would curb court review and accused the White House of hatching the proposal in a solemn conclave. He defended President Roosevelt against claims of politics and stressed the need for proper legal safeguards while criticizing Republican maneuvers.
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Missourian
Kanesan
Roosevelt
Wiite House Conference
Senator Stone
Missouri
William J Bryan
Bryan
Senate
Roosevelty
Ur Basle
Kansas
United States
Sundemormagist
Stone
White House
Kansan
Interstate Commerce Committee
Iowa
Minnesota
Dinos
Cullom
Far
Southland
Alnnesota
House
Siena
Piulman
Kingas
Rhode Island
Aldrich
Destim
Dots
Renton
Mr Stone
Cigention
Republican Party
Congress Condensed Rail Road Rate Bill Debate
Senate notes record Mr Newlands closing his speech on the railroad rate bill with Mr Stone of Missouri harshly criticizing limited court review. A timber land grazing revenue inquiry was adopted. Elkins to discuss rates. House slated for post office funds debate and subsidies to railroads. Towne on labor petition. Ralvey contrasts U S and foreign watch costs. House session to convene at noon.
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Newlands
Senate
Stone
Missouri
White House
Forestry Bureau
Heyburn
Elkins
House
Moon
Tenn
Towne
Organized Labor
Congress
Ralvey
Transfer of Powers Case to Federal Courts
A bill was introduced in the House by Mr Gaines to move Caleb Powers murder case from Kentucky state courts to federal courts. The proposal targets defendants who cannot obtain justice in state tribunals and would apply to pending actions, aiming to protect rights in federal forums. Powers awaits his fourth trial after a Supreme Court ruling rejected earlier efforts.
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Caleb Powers
Goebel
Kentucky
Gaines
West Virginia
Chauge
WNL
Sameme
Stringent amendment to immigration bill proposed by Heyburn
Idaho Senator Heyburn proposes a strict immigration bill requiring every arriving immigrant to swear to name birth date occupation and residence, with corroboration from associates. Copies and photographs of the statement would be filed with the Department of Commerce and Labor and kept at the entry station, with denial of admission for noncompliance.
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Heyburn
Idaho
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Democrats Circulate Call To Consider Rate Bill
A Senate floor call for a Democratic conference on railroad rate legislation circulated yesterday but failed to secure required signatures. The plan names the rate bill as business but omits a date. a caucus would follow Bailey's remarks, likely near Tuesday. An amendment proposed to block suspensions of commission orders may be urged if party action is pursued.
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Bete Noir
Rhode Island
Senate
Wix
South Carolina
Hem
Absorde
Bailey
Texas
Washington
Alison 18
Aldrich
Ofiec Ofyorgar
Senate Bailey
Messrs
Allison
White House
Friends
Atup
Hetle
Hale
Cabal
Senator McCumber Proposes Amendments to Rate Bill
In the Senate yesterday Senator McCumber offered amendments to the railroad rate bill. Measures curb rebates, set a threefold penalty, extend rules to refrigerator and cold storage cars, require ownership of cars by railroads after 1903, and bar ICC rate regulations that hinder competition or discriminate among lines or cities.
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Senate
McCumber
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad gets right to construct bridge in Arkansas and New York Harbor
Senate passes bills authorizing a light and dog signal at the dredged channel entrance in New York Harbor and a bridge by Tyronea Railroad Co across Little River in Poincette County Arkansas. A Forestry Bureau information resolution seeks the last year’s lumber sale revenue for grazing on reserves, with Mr Heyburn noting about 709000 dollars and the need for official accounting.
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Greenville
New York Harbor
Senate
Tyronea Railroad Company
Little River
Poincette County
Arkansas
Forestry Bureau
Heyburn
Bureau
Bill Seeks Prohibition on Convict Made Goods
Government would be barred from buying any article produced by convict labor if this labor committee bill becomes law. Introduced by Mr Van Duzer of Nevada, it pairs with Mr Hunt of Missouri to halt interstate shipments of prison made goods when the receiving state objects.
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House Committee On Labor
van Duzer
Nevada
Hunt
Missouri
HITS AT MAIL SUBSIDY TOWNE MAKES FIRST SPEECH
In a broad House debate on mail subsidies several members spoke on labor rights rail policy and the watch trust. Towne of New York used his first speech of the session to press labor demands while Rainey of Illinois explained tariff issues with a lesson on watches and the trust impact.
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New Yorker
House
Ramey
Ilinois
Watch Trust
Browne
Newark
Lee
Georgia
Rainey
Moon
Tennesse
Democratic Party
Richardson
Alabama
Southern Railroad
Congress
Towne
New York
Renate
Iabbr
Illinois
Trust For Home
Alabama Sit Six Months a Year Court Session Plan
A House debate notes Alabama to convene the circuit and district courts in the middle district for six months annually at Birmingham. The day included remarks on Pennsylvanian representatives Castor and Patterson and a discussion of post office funding, with limited progress.
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Ramey
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Pennsylvana
George A Castor
George R. Patterson
Underwood
District Court of the Middle Distriet of
Alabama
Birmingham
Committee Named to Attend Franklin Birth Memorial
The House Speaker appointed a committee to represent the House at the second centenary of Benjamin Franklin's birth in Philadelphia on April 17. Members include Olmstead Pa Jevens Minn Cousins Iowa Watson Und Fassett Vy Opr Mass Smith Md Pou NC Noy Watsons (an).
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House
House of Representatives
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Messrs
Olmstead
Jevens
Minn
Cousins
Iowa
Watson Und
Fassett
Opr
Mass
Smith
Pou
NOY
Watsons
Opposition to the Metric System voiced before House panel
Several witnesses opposed adoption of the metric system arguing it would upend U S weights and measures and inflict incalculable losses on manufacturers and the public. They warned tariff reform would be needed and cited costs to business as the Bureau of Standards push continued.
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House Committee On
United States
Representative Games
Tennessee
Napoleon
Gladstone
John Quincy Adams
Seward
Sumner
Bureau of Standards
William H. Seaman
Washington
H H Supplee
New York
William Kent
Syracuse
Henry S ‘Lowne
Frederick A. Haleey
George W Colles
Milwaukee
Alfred H Rainal
Messrs ‘Arrington
Vivier, Armstrong
Mallock
Kennelly
Harvard
Francis H Stillman
Marshall Cushing
George W Bend
Hartford Samuel
Vale Boston
Mr Burlinghame
Providence
Macfarland nomination as commissioner confirmed
The Senate in executive session yesterday confirmed nominations for various federal posts including Macfarland as commissioner of the diameter of Columbus and other collectors and postmaster positions across multiple states such as Pennsylvania Niagara New York Wisconsin Colorado and Wyoming among others. The list includes Crown Merrit Mecfarland and many named county and district officers.
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Senate
Benjamin B Crown
Pennsylvania
Brie
John A Merrit
Niagara
Mency BF
Nelson proposes volunteers on retired list amendment
Senator Nelson of Minnesota offers an army appropriation amendment to place senior officers on the retired list at three fourths pay once they reach seventy and have served two and a half years. The proposal also allows officers who lost an arm leg or both eyes to retire regardless of length of service.
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Nelson
Minnesota
Secretary of War
Lst
Committee names panel to draft canal zone government bill
The Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals named Senators Shit tredge Knox and Morgan a subcommittee to draft a canal zone government bill. Millerd is committee chairman. The panel will reconvene after April 16 when Secretary Tattnall discusses canal type.
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Senate Committee On
Apitero An All-Around Health Cereal Promised
The copy promotes Apitero as a balanced cereal providing essential nutrients to every part of the body. It claims to give life, animation, vitality, and overall health, positioning the product as a complete nourishment option.
Cereal promises vigor and health for family meals
The ad claims cereal provides rosy cheeks stamina courage and good nature aiding success. It emphasizes benefits for children and visible monthly improvements, urging readers to buy the cereal package sold everywhere.
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Apitero Buscuita
Avites
Rocery
School bill boosts salaries and expands board in DC
The House District Committee endorsed a measure called the Babcock Bill, enlarging the school board to nine members who will serve without pay and open sessions. It would raise teachers' salaries by 120000 annually, create a building and supplies director, and set promotion rules with automatic raises. The plan, supported by the Morrell Subcommittee, faces House opposition but aims to give full school funding and a new governance structure starting July 1, 1906.
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House
Morrell
Babcock
St Sp
Siven
Peimary Anstruction
Anual Teaiure
Heh and Manuel
Treasury Department
Congress
Stuart
Appropriations Committee
District Committee
District of Columbia
Committee On Appropriations
Committee On the
Great Muir of
Eaue
President sends nominations to Senate from multiple states
The President transmitted a large slate of nominations to the Senate, naming officers and appointees across states including Oklahoma District Attorney, postmaster posts in Maine and New Hampshire, and various federal positions. Names span districts from Freeport to Clifton Forge, with ranks and offices such as Brigadier General and Corps of Engineers noted among appointees. The list encompasses nominees from Georgia, Illinois, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, and Virginia, among others, reflecting a broad federal appointments batch.
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Senate
District of Oklahoma
Ohn
Embry
Army
Trigedier
Charles R Suter
Corps of Engineers
Maine
CG Fogg
Freeport
Slackpols
Bato
New Hampshire
Horece French
Weat
Lebanon
New York
EK Hayes
EK Hayes Familius, ¥ F Cook, Helfagt, G Henry, Hencock. Pennaylvenia
B Wendell
Lyndera Eoc McGregor
Burgettytown Cailiers
G F Snell
Delmonte
Turner Loomis
Colorado
I Welté
Aaton T Trathen
Janho Syeings
Georgia
H. HK Turner
Nashville
J J Gordy
Richland
Ieming
Athens
Kate W Kirkpatrick
Decatur
Albert J, McRae
McRae
Ohio
Stary Bivaile
Woodvile
Histom
Loudonville
Thomas Jackson
Virginia
Mair
Clifton Forge
Wincoualn
Henry Kloaden
Mayvilla
Fifty Million for Indians Proposed by Burke Bill
A bill called the Burke measure would allocate fifty million dollars in Indian funds to be distributed to wards of the nation. The President would determine individual eligibility to relinquish tribal ties and obtain U.S. citizenship, with the House Indian Affairs Committee favoring this bill over the Lacey alternative.
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House
United States
Benguio Becomes Seat of Philippine Government Move
Gov Ide relocates the Philippine government seat from Manila to Benguio in Luzon mountains. Philippine Commission members and Manila officials expected to follow in April May as weather in the islands grows intolerable. In the U S, Philp Pitt Campbell is renominated for Congress by acclamation in Kansas. Judge John Hooster receives a second Indiana congressional nomination amid unanimous support.
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Ide
The
Philippines
Manila
Bengwo
Luzon
Philippine Commission
Gov Ide
Benguio
Sedan
Kans
Philp Pitt Campbell
Pittsburg
Kansas
Petersburg
Ind
John Hooster
Evansville
Indiana
Horstman Runs for Congress Against Longworth in First District
Theodore Horstman a Cincinnati attorney and reform leader seeks the Republican nomination for Congress in the First district opposing incumbent Nicholas Longworth son in law of the president. Horstman formerly city solicitor and reform advocate aims to mobilize convention support with friends backing from Senator Foraker and reform momentum.
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Theodore Horstman
Cingimnah
Congress
Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Corneas
Nicholas Longworth
Horstman
John A Caldwell
Rate Fight Splits Senate Oligarchy In Historic Clash
The Senate rate fight splits the old oligarchy as Allison and Aldrich emerge as rival leaders. A Democratic president and shifting party lines edge the debate, with Bailey demanding inclusion in amendments. The spectacle marks a dramatic shift from private consensus to open factional power in the Senate.
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Mr Moon
Crisp
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Macfarland
Norrett Damnellon
Georgis
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HB Sutton
Della
Boone Laxtey Ilinos
Tayor Colfax
Niehgla Maswoo
Jona R C White
Glenwood
Ells Panora
I Brick
Senator Patterson
Red Men
W. B. Moses & Sons
F Street, Cor. 11Th
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Lillian Bell
John Kendrick Bangs
Henry Tourke
Stewart
Honever
George Ade
London
Marseilles
Naples
Wilfred Bancroft
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
11Th
Matsue
Columbia, Planograph Company
Evening Star Annex
R.¢. Kelner
H. Tardella
W. Kuong
Columbia Wall Paper Co
E Street N. W
White
Empire of
King Scotch Holland Toe Handleti’s
Imperial
Seeda
Toole
7Th St
Ola
Wextlake
Arlington
Riacrainics
Firat
Ith
Ava Telephone Wee Osteopathy
Televerager
D.F. Barringer
F Street NW
Horror
Fostitute
Pari
Barringer
Spooner
Hepburn
Philippine 6
Longworth
Earl
Lady Grey
Hart
Toady Grey
Senator Newlands
Senate O Oligarchy
Jeans Plate
Europe
Scrubs & Co., Ltd
Greenwich Street
Columbia
Lillian Blauvelt
Eugene Cowles
Rose of the
Sale Row
Herbert Kelcey
Effie Shannon
Belasco Theatre
IMR
Henry Lee
Nordica Mandolin and
Svening—Orchestra
Gie Paleons
le She
St Balcony
Isc
Miles Bros
Ie.u. Daily Mats
Auguste van Biene
Eyeengs
Geo. Ade
Nanatin
Sultan OF Sulu
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D Harrigan
EDWA
David Higgins
Kernan
Matinee Daily
Nelson - McGovern Tighe Pictures
Aer
Dreamland Burlesglers
St. RW
Treagurr
Boston
Mites Standish
John Tweedale
JW Bigchott
Walter Humphrey Busdo
First Congregational Church
Feidal
Aueanio
New Wind Hotel
Fulton’s
Ninth Street
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