Respite to Road Delayed as Navy Fights Track Removal
The Sims substitute bill to extend two years for removing railroad tracks into the Washington Navy Yard faces opposition from the Navy Department which warns removal would deprive the yard of fuel and material. A District Committee report proposes maintaining tracks to protect navy operations while a longer-term solution is sought.
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District Committee
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Navy Yard
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Rairoad Company
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Senate
Marth
Anacostia River
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Railroad Company
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Amg Femlith
Beveridge as Temporary Chairman Hopeful at National Convention
The text outlines Beveridge returning as a Republican candidate for temporary presiding officer of the national convention. It notes his selection would let him deliver a keynote speech, position his campaign principles, and possibly influence the convention’s direction and committee support.
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Beveridge
Ike Sis
Tipuk
Ioan Reo
Leadheny
Dave Figur
Santhon
Chat Nour
Republican Metional
Republian National Committee
Fling at publishers by House prompts mass telegram protest
Telegrams flood the House desks from Maine to California urging passage of a bill to relieve extortion by the paper industry. The American Newspaper Publishers Association protests alleged subterfuge by Cannon Payne and Dalzell and seeks a vote on the Stevens bill.
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Maine
California
H Baker
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Amercan Newspaper Publishers Association
Cannon Payne
Dalzell
Stevens
Congliss
John Sharp Willams
Williams
Baker
Treckon
Miy
Payne
The
Ways and Means
Ani
Rake
Cautioned by President and Senate Push on Bills and Loans
The document describes pressure on committees and presidents to advance or block various bills, including financial measures and amendments. It cites communications signed by individuals like Ren entitne Furton of Ohio, detailing suggested amendments and the need to secure support. It also mentions a bankruptcy petition involving a fife insurance agent and lists numerous individuals and locations across Virginia, with names, ages, and towns.
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Senate Pay
Tierefar
Renentitne Furton
Gray Club at Princeton Forms to Boost Nominee
Princeton undergraduates organize a club to promote the candidacy of Fudge George Grey of Delaware for the Democratic presidential nomination. The group names Hamill of Houston as president and Hire of Pensacola as secretary, with other members from Penn and local affiliates.
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Princeton University
Fudge George "Grey Princeton
Delaware
Houston
Texas
M Hamill
Tere
Jtauteni
Penn Hire
Pensacola
President thanks assistant U S lawyers in naturalization effort
President Roosevelt meets assistant United States attorneys at the Justice Department conference on naturalization laws. He introduces them via Assistant Attorney General Cooley and lauds their work, citing Ruskin and the importance of duty over pay.
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United States
Department of Justice
Cooley
Roosevelt
Ruskin
Canadian Senator Cosgrain Weighs Ulysses S Giants Couple
Canadian Senator Cosgrain tours the Capitol and visits the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia where he weighs a couple identified as Gen and Mrs Ulysses S Grant. The husband bets his wife weighs more, but scale trouble leads Cosgrain to weigh them, revealing the wife heavier by two pounds.
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States
Philadelphia
Qir Osgrain
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Secret Service Chief May Face House Committees Explaining Denial
House committees push for explanation from Secret Service Chief Wilkie about the denial that agents were loaned to other departments. Lawmakers question the accuracy of his testimony and demand clarity on the involvement of Service personnel in the sundry civil bills context.
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Secret Service
Searet
Willie
Dsawa
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Wien
Whirl of hospitality ships crown new champion
Rival defeats Altiere 15 to 10 to win the belt and $15,000 for backers. Officers embark on a motor trip to nearby towns as three balls are awarded.
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Altiere
Anti-betting bills eyed as key issue in Albany proclamation
The proclamation omits subjects for the extra session on May 11. Governor Hughes signals anti gambling measures will be urged, while the legislature adjourns its 10th session with no attempts to extend regulatory powers. In Los Angeles the fleet visit ends with large crowds, ship tours, boxing finals, and a motor parade through surrounding towns.
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Soreret Commission
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Lachange
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Brill
Jeff Davis Questions Interior Chief Over Senate Information
Senator Jeff Davis grilled George A Ward head of the Indian Affairs division about sending rolls of the Choctaw and Chickasaw to the Senate. Ward denied harming his position. Davis seeks Garfield's explanation as the Interior Department confirms the Indian Territory Division was abolished as no longer needed.
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Senate
George A Ward
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Interior Department
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Jeff Davis
Haman
Garfield
Ward
Davis
Wassessen
Department
Indian Territory
Health Office Records Deaths Reported to April Second
Deaths list includes Marv Ki Jones 1227 Detws, 08 years. Charles H Norris 1300 Emerson St NE, 2237a Touise Schroeder 605 6th St AW 49 years. Names such as Joseph Towenthal Wash Asy Hosp 40 years. Edgar R Rucker 1147 Joth St AW 46 years. Frances Lowery Wash Hospital. Jane Johnson 21 Most SE 26 years. Louise Hamilton 17 N Ave NE 26 years. Elzabeth Stewart 478 1st NW. Calvin Lenore 008 Ih St NW. Harry Peindester 1227 Th Ft OO 1 year. Samuel William 4 Dudley Pi EW 1 month. Gracie Henson 1916 Half St E 4 months. Infant entries include Martha L Simonds 1818 Fla Ave NW Moe Infant. Noah and Bertha Goggins 005 2st NW ? month 1 infant. James A. and Anna Jackson, 3300 Lost NW, 1 day.
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Charles H Norris
Emerson St Ne
Touise Schroeder
Joseph Towenthal
Edgar R Rucker
Jane FP
Young Jon
Frances Lowery
Jane Johnson
Jo Gps Thomis
Sears
Louise Hamilton
Elzabeth Stewart
Calvin Lenore
Harry Peindester
Samuel William
Dudley Pi
Gracie Henson
Martha L Simonds
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Noah
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Fleet recruits to sail for Hampton Roads and Panama
The cruiser Pratire will sail from Newport with Commander A Ackerman in charge to take aboard a draft of apprentice seamen cooks yeomen and petty officers from the naval training station. The men will be sent to Colon then overland to Panama to board the Buffalo for transit to the Atlantic fleet. Some will later join the Asiatic fleet. Nashville Town April 21 Republican district delegates met at Camden and nominated H Thrasher for Congress, endorsing Roosevelts administration and backing Taft for President and H Clry Evans for Vice President.
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Ackerman
Hampton Roads
Naval Training Station
Hampton Toids
Norfolk Navy
Colon
Panama
Buffalo
Atlantic
Pacific
Asiatic Fleet
Nashville Town
Eighth Congressional District
Camden
H ‘Thrasher
Congress
Death by Suicide of Fritz Perrugia in Paris Grand Hotel
Paris April 23 Fritz Perrugia brother in law of Leopold de Rothschild and connected to the Anglo Jewish Association of London committed suicide in his Grand Hotel apartment. Motives unknown though reports say heavy losses from speculation in companies tied to Henri Rechette who was recently arrested in Paris for large scale swindling. Perrugia ran a banking business in London.
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Fritz Perrugia
Leopold de Rothschild
Anglo-Jewish Association
London
Grand Hotel
Henri Rechette
Perrugia
Five Russian Warships Ordered from Clyde Yard
London April 23 according to a trade journal the Russian government has ordered five war ships from a Clyde shipbuilder. Each vessel will be larger than the Dreadnought, marking a significant expansion of Russia’s naval fleet.
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Clyde Builders
London
Clyde Shipbuilders
Ex President Cleveland Rallies in Lakewood Stay Secluded
Former president Grover Cleveland showed improved health in Lakewood after arriving March 16 with rheumatism gout and stomach trouble. Mrs Cleveland said there is no danger and he is getting along nicely amid rumors of a grave condition. He remains largely in his hotel suite with few visitors and may return to Princeton soon.
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Lakewood
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Merce
Ting
Pronkton
Princeton
Pines
James N Berry
Full Hearing for Circumstances of Republican Nomination Contests
Indianapolis April 2 The Republican National Committee chairman Harry S New announces a meeting before the June convention to address numerous presidential nomination contests. The letter urges committee members to prepare for a possible emergency session in Chicago as early as June 1 to hear all contests with full attendance and time devoted to the proceedings.
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Ind
Harry S New
Republican National Committee
New Sad
Republicanational Committee
Chicago
Maine Wreck Raised to Bury Sailors in Arlington
A bill by Representative Sulzer calls for Navy bids to raise the sunken Maine wreck in Havana Harbor and return drowned sailors for interment in Arlington National Cemetery. The President would arrange, with Cuba, for the operation with contracts to the lowest responsible bidder. In Massachusetts, no resolutions were adopted at the district Republican convention. delegates Brooks and Wright went uninstructed to Chicago.
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Havana Harbor
Sulzer
Secretary of the Navy
United States
Washington
National Cemetery
Arlington
Republic of Cuba
Free Bay State
Holyoke
Mass
Massachusetts
Chicago
William H Brooks
Frank H . Wright
Great Bartington
Fraud order against multiple companies halted a rail scheme
The Postmaster General issued a fraud order denying mall use to SS Paul Mimneapolis and Seattle Electric Railroad Company and several associated firms. The scheme involved forming four companies to sell stock and fund a non existent third rail line from St Paul to Seattle. Samuel A Phillips faced embezzlement conviction and awaits trial on mail fraud charges. Report notes the plan claimed cars would cover 1650 miles in thirty hours and included a large stock capital.
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Paul Mimneapolis
Seattle
St Paul
Samuel
New Treaties Signed Maintain Baltic and North Sea Status Quo
Berlin April 23. The North Sea and Baltic treaties were signed at the foreign office today by Herr Von Schoen German secretary for foreign affairs and the British and French ambassadors and the Danish Dutch and Swedish Ministers to Germany. The treaties maintain in substance the status quo on the Baltic coast and in the North Sea.
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Baltic Countries
Berlin
Baltic
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Herr von Schoen
Germany
Baltic Coast
Panama Death Rate Falls Among Canal Zone Workers
Canal Zone health report shows March deaths at 40 among 43 276 employees, a projected annual death rate of 1247 per 1000. The prior year had 14 deaths among 36 387 employees, rate 4023 per 1000. Rate about one fourth, implying 28 fewer deaths per thousand if continued.
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W C Gorgas
Panama
Canal
General Linewitch Died in St Petersburg at 68
Lieut Gen Einesiteh aide de camp Tamperor Nich oas and commander of the Manchurian army died of pneumonia in the evening at St Petersburg. He was sixty eight and had a long career including Russo Turkish War service and relief operations near Peking. He commanded the First Manchurian Army since November 14 194 replacing Gen Kuropatkin and fought at Mithden and other major engagements showing notable bravery.
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Einesiteh
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Mret
Tainesich
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Peking
Kuropatkin
Waren Vo
Tanesitch
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